Terms of Service
1. Introduction; Agreement To This Terms of Service
Please read DoggieDen 's ("DoggieDen ", "We", "Our") Terms of Service carefully, which include and incorporate DoggieDen 's Privacy Policy and the Virtual Goods and Currency Terms of Service (collectively, the "Terms"). DoggieDen provides a service that allows DoggieDen Account holders (as defined below) to register unique personal profiles and communicate with other members based on location. These Terms govern and apply to your access and use of DoggieDen 's services available via applications owned, controlled, or offered by DoggieDen (the "DoggieDen Software"). To make these Terms easier to read, the DoggieDen Software, our services and the DoggieDen Site are collectively called the "DoggieDen Services". Users who access, download, use, purchase, pay to use and/or subscribe to the DoggieDen Services (collectively or individually "You" or "User" or "Users") must do so under these Terms. Your use of the DoggieDen Services is contingent on your acceptance of these Terms and all the terms and policies incorporated herein.
BY ACCESSING, DOWNLOADING, USING, PURCHASING, PAYING TO USE AND/OR SUBSCRIBING TO THE DoggieDen SERVICES, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY, THESE TERMS, AS THEY MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS IN THEIR ENTIRETY, YOU MAY NOT USE THE DoggieDen SERVICES.
Please also note that if you subscribe to the DoggieDen Services, your subscription will automatically renew for certain periods of time if you do not cancel prior to the end of the term. See Section 19 and our Virtual Goods and Currency Terms of Service for additional terms where applicable for more information on the automatic renewal terms applicable to subscriptions.
2. Eligibility
The DoggieDen Services are only available for individuals eighteen (18) years of age or older. By accessing or using the DoggieDen Services, you represent and warrant that you are currently eighteen (18) years old or over and that you are capable of lawfully entering into and performing all the obligations set forth in these Terms. You also represent and warrant that you have never been convicted of an indictable offense or any criminal offense involving sexual misconduct or otherwise. You further confirm that you (i) have not previously been suspended, removed, deactivated, terminated or blocked from the DoggieDen Services; and (ii) are not a competitor of DoggieDen and are not using the DoggieDen Services for reasons that are in competition with DoggieDen or other than for its intended purpose.
3. Use Of The DoggieDen Services
You agree that you will only use the DoggieDen Services, including the posting of any content through the DoggieDen Services, in a manner consistent with these Terms and compliant with any and all applicable local, provincial, federal and international laws and regulations.
1. Registration. You will need to register and create only one (1) unique DoggieDen account for your use of the DoggieDen Services (your "DoggieDen Account"). To register a DoggieDen Account, you may either (a) register by using a valid email address and your phone number with password (we may ask you to validate your DoggieDen Account via SMS) and provide certain information about yourself as prompted by the registration form; or (b) register by using your Facebook login, meaning that you are authorizing us to access certain information in your Facebook account, including, but not limited to, information about Facebook friends you might share in common with other DoggieDen Users. By allowing us to access your Facebook account, you expressly acknowledge and agree that we may obtain and share your name and profile pictures, as well as the name and profile picture of your Facebook friends who are common Facebook friends with other DoggieDen Users in your network or geolocation. You will not include any telephone numbers, street addresses, URLs, multimedia, artworks downloaded from external sources, email addresses or any other contact information in your profile or in any other publicly viewable User Content (as defined in Section 4) or other communications made in connection with your use of the DoggieDen Services. You understand and agree that anyone may be able to view any information you choose to make publicly available.
2. DoggieDen Account Security. You understand that you are fully responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your DoggieDen Account and you are responsible for all activities that occur under your DoggieDen Account, including the purchase of any of our Paid DoggieDen Services (as described in Section 17). You are solely responsible for selecting an appropriate username and for any and all disclosures you make of your username to others, including any selection or disclosure that makes you personally identifiable. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your DoggieDen Account login username and password and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your DoggieDen Account. In the event that you forgot your login information and wish to retrieve it, you will be directed to a password recovery section where you will be asked for the email address or phone number associated with your DoggieDen Account. You agree (a) to immediately notify DoggieDen if you suspect any unauthorized use of your DoggieDen Account or any other breach of security, and (b) to use particular caution when accessing your DoggieDen Account from a public or shared computer and/or mobile device so that others are not able to view or record your personal information. For instance, never give out your password, and remember to lock your mobile device when it is not in use. Please email us at GassmanSammyM@gmail.com with the subject line: DoggieDen Account Security Breach if you believe your DoggieDen Account has been accessed by an unauthorized person. You acknowledge that DoggieDen is not, and will not, be liable or responsible for any losses or damages arising from the theft or misappropriation of your DoggieDen Account. You further acknowledge and agree that DoggieDen is not responsible for, and has no control over, any security breaches experienced on any third party Social Networking Site (as defined below).
3. Exclusive Use. You will only use the DoggieDen Services for your sole, personal use and not in connection with any commercial activities. You will not authorize others to use the DoggieDen Services, gain access your DoggieDen Account or otherwise attempt to transfer your right to use the DoggieDen Services to any other person or entity. DoggieDen reserves the right to (a) disable, block, suspend or deactivate any User's use of or access to the DoggieDen Services, including the location information or profiles of other Users, or (b) terminate any User's DoggieDen Account, for any reason whatsoever and without notice.
4. Data Usage Charges. The use of the DoggieDen Services on your mobile device may require use of your data service. Depending on the plan that you have with your cellular carrier, you could incur data charges. You should check with your cellular carrier and determine how you will be charged for data usage. DoggieDen is not responsible for your data usage and will not be responsible for data charges that you may incur while using the DoggieDen Services. You are responsible for any Internet connection, data or other fees assessed by your cellular carrier to access the DoggieDen Services via your wireless device, including any data plan charges, toll, out-of-area, roaming, or other wireless device connection charges.
5. Interactions with Other Users. You assume all risk when using the DoggieDen Services, including but not limited to all risks associated with any online or offline interactions with others, including dating. While DoggieDen may signal that Users who purchase Subscriptions (as defined in Section 17) have valid iTunes accounts by placing a "verified" checkmark on their DoggieDen Account, you should understand that DoggieDen does not verify any other information about that User. You acknowledge that DoggieDen does not routinely screen its Users, inquire into the background of its Users, attempt to verify information provided by its Users (except as provided above) or conduct criminal screenings of its Users so please proceed with caution. DoggieDen does not make any representations, warranties or guarantees as to the conduct of its Users, information provided by Users, or their compatibility with you.
You alone are responsible for your involvement with other Users. You agree that DoggieDen will not be responsible for any losses or damages incurred as the result of any such interactions with other Users. DoggieDen reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disagreements between you and other Users. Please take all necessary precautions when meeting other Users, especially if you decide to meet in person. We have created Safety Tips that you may find helpful and we suggest that you review these before you start using the DoggieDen Services. You agree to treat all other Users with dignity and respect and comply with these Terms especially the User Conduct rules set forth in Section 3(G).
6. No Commercial Solicitation or Advertising. You will not engage in any advertising or solicitation to buy or sell any products or services through the use of the DoggieDen Services and you will not transmit any chain letters, junk or spam email or communications to other Users. Additionally, you will not use any information obtained from the DoggieDen Services in order to contact, advertise to, solicit or sell products or services to any User without their prior explicit consent.
7. User Conduct. DoggieDen is not responsible or liable in any manner for the conduct of its Users, whether or not such conduct is in connection with the use of the DoggieDen Services. You acknowledge that you use the DoggieDen Services entirely at your own risk. In order to keep use of the DoggieDen Services fun and safe, you agree not to do any of the following in connection with the DoggieDen Services or the Users thereof:
1. use the DoggieDen Services in any unlawful manner or in a manner that is harmful to or violates the rights of others;
2. engage in any unlawful, lewd, harassing, obscene, intimidating, threatening, predatory or stalking behaviour;
3. use the DoggieDen Services in connection with hazardous environments requiring fail-safe performance or any application in which the failure or inaccuracy of that application or the DoggieDen Services could lead directly to death, personal injury, or severe physical or property damage. i.e. driving while using the DoggieDen Services;
4. use the DoggieDen Services in any manner that could disrupt, damage, disable, overburden, impair or affect the performance of the DoggieDen Services or DoggieDen 's computer systems/technology or interfere with or attempt to interfere with any other User's use of the DoggieDen Services or User's computer systems/technology;
5. impersonate any person or entity, or misrepresent your age, identity, affiliation, connection or association with, any person or entity;
6. make any commercial use of the DoggieDen Services or promote or solicit involvement in or support of a political platform, religion, cult, or sect;
7. defraud, swindle or deceive other Users;
8. disseminate another User's personal information without his or her permission, or collect or solicit another User's personal information for commercial or unlawful purposes;
9. solicit or engage in gambling or any similar activity or any illegal or unlawful activity;
10. use any scripts, bots or other automated technology to scrape or access the DoggieDen Services;
11. use the DoggieDen Services for any phishing, trolling or similar activities;
12. use the DoggieDen Services to redirect Users to other sites or encourage Users to visit other sites;
13. harvest or collect email addresses or other contact information of other Users from the DoggieDen Services by electronic or other means or use the DoggieDen Services to send, either directly or indirectly, any unsolicited bulk email or communications, unsolicited commercial email or communications or other spamming or spimming activities;
14. distribute unsolicited commercial messages or spam, and or use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other manual or automatic device or process to retrieve, index, "data mine", or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure, security features or presentation of the DoggieDen Services or its contents;
15. attempt to access any DoggieDen Services that you are not authorized to access; or
16. permit or allow other people or third parties to access and use the DoggieDen Services via your DoggieDen Account.
8. Reporting Violations. If you wish to report any violation of these Terms by others, including Users, you may do so by using the report button ("Report") located in the DoggieDen Services. You may click on the Report button located in the drop down menu on a User's profile in order to flag Users that are in violation. While we will make reasonable efforts to review DoggieDen Accounts that are flagged in a timely manner, we are under no obligation to remove the flagged DoggieDen Account and in no way represent that we will remove or otherwise address flagged DoggieDen Accounts.
9. Enforcement. You understand and agree that if DoggieDen believes in its sole discretion that you have violated these Terms, misused the DoggieDen Services or behaved in a way that could be regarded as inappropriate, unlawful, illegal or unsafe, DoggieDen may, among other things, investigate, take legal action against you and/or terminate your DoggieDen Account and cancel your subscription and/or membership without notice to you.
4. User Content
1. Definition; Responsibility for User Content. You are solely responsible for the content and information that you provide, publish, transmit, display or otherwise communicate to DoggieDen through the DoggieDen Services or to other Users (collectively referred to as "post"), including without limitation, messages, data, text, photos, video, music, graphics, links or other materials posted through text, messages, photos and profile information (your submissions and posts as well as those of other Users, collectively, are "User Content"). DoggieDen does not control, take responsibility for or assume liability for any User Content posted by you, other Users or any third party, or for any loss or damage thereto, nor is DoggieDen liable for any mistakes, defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehoods, obscenity, pornography or profanity that you encounter.
2. Accuracy of Information. You will not post any inaccurate, misleading, incomplete or false information or User Content to the DoggieDen Services or to any other User through the DoggieDen Services. You agree that all images posted to your DoggieDen Account are of you. You may be required to supply certain information and post a photo of yourself to use the DoggieDen Services.
3. No Duty to Review User Content. Although you understand and acknowledge that DoggieDen has no duty to prescreen, review, control, monitor or edit the User Content posted by Users and is not liable for User Content that is provided by others, you agree that DoggieDen may, at its sole discretion, review, edit, refuse to accept or delete User Content at any time and for any reason or no reason without notice. You are solely responsible for creating backup copies and replacing any User Content that you post or store on the DoggieDen Services at your sole cost and expense. This includes DoggieDen 's right to modify or crop any photos you post to comply with DoggieDen’s policies, practices and procedures.
5. License of User Content to DoggieDen
DoggieDen claims no ownership or control over your User Content, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, on the DoggieDen Services or in a separate agreement. By submitting or posting User Content, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to DoggieDen, its affiliates, licensees and successors, an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide right and license to use, copy, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce, adapt, modify and distribute such User Content furnished by you and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such information and User Content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing in any medium. You represent and warrant that the User Content and the public posting and use of your User Content by DoggieDen will not infringe or violate any third-party rights, including without limitation, any intellectual property rights or rights of privacy or publicity, or cause any harm to any third party or violate these Terms. You further represent and warrant that you have the written consent of each and every identifiable natural person in your User Content (including but not limited to any content you submit to DoggieDen to feature) to use such person's name or likeness in the manner contemplated by the DoggieDen Services and these Terms, and each such person has released you from any liability that may arise in relation to such use. By posting User Content, you hereby release DoggieDen, directors, officers, shareholders, employees, contractors and agents from any claims that such use, as authorized above, violates any of your rights and you understand that you will not be entitled to any additional compensation for any use by DoggieDen of your User Content. You also grant DoggieDen the right to choose DoggieDen Accounts to feature on the DoggieDen Services for enhanced visibility at no extra cost, in the sole discretion of DoggieDen.
6. Use of Proprietary Information of Others
You will not post, copy, transfer, create any derivative works from, distribute, reproduce or show in any manner any copyrighted or trade-marked or other proprietary information or materials, including any User Content posted by other Users, without the prior consent of the owner of such proprietary rights. You acknowledge that information or materials available through the DoggieDen Services may have copyright protection whether or not it is identified as being copyrighted.
7. Communications
We may provide notices to you in any of the following ways. First, we may email you at the email address that you provided when you created your DoggieDen Account. Second, we may present the notice on the DoggieDen Services. When we post notices on the DoggieDen Services, we post them in the area of the DoggieDen Services suitable to the notice. It is your responsibility to periodically review the DoggieDen Services for notices.
Subject to the Privacy Policy, if you send to DoggieDen or post on the DoggieDen Services in any public area any information, photos, ideas, inventions, concepts, techniques or know-how ("User Submissions"), for any purpose, including the developing, manufacturing and/or marketing or products or DoggieDen Services incorporating such information, you acknowledge that DoggieDen can use the User Submissions without acknowledgement or compensation to you. You hereby grant to DoggieDen a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive right and license to reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, copy, bundle, market, adapt, transmit, arrange, sublicense, export, merge, transfer, loan, rent, lease, assign, share, outsource, host, make available to any person, display or otherwise use any User Submission communicated to DoggieDen by you through the DoggieDen Services (including, without limitation, any ideas, concepts, inventions, know-how, techniques or any intellectual property contained therein) and to incorporate any User Submission in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed, including for advertising and promotion purposes, for any purpose, whatsoever, without any duty to account to you. In addition, you irrevocably waive all of your moral rights as author in respect of such User Submission, however arising. DoggieDen will not be required to treat any User Submission as confidential, and may use any User Submission in its business (including without limitation, for products or advertising) without incurring any liability for royalties or making any other consideration available to you of any kind, and DoggieDen will not incur any liability as a result of any similarities that may appear in future DoggieDen operations. For greater clarity, DoggieDen also reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to refuse to post any User Submission that it receives from you.
8. Prohibited Content
You will not post, transmit or deliver to any other User, either directly or indirectly, any User Content that violates any third-party rights or any applicable Canadian or international law, rule or regulation or is prohibited under these Terms or any other DoggieDen policy governing your use of the DoggieDen Services ("Prohibited Content"). Prohibited Content includes without limitation User Content that:
1. is obscene, pornographic, profane, defamatory, abusive, offensive, indecent, sexually oriented, lewd, threatening, harassing, inflammatory, inaccurate, misrepresentative, fraudulent or illegal;
2. promotes racism, sexism, homophobia, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
3. is intended to, or does, harass, or intimidate any other User or third party;
4. may infringe or violate any patent, trade-mark, trade secret, copyright or other intellectual or proprietary right of any party, including User Content that contains others' copyrighted content (e.g., photos, images, music, movies, videos, etc.) without obtaining proper permission first;
5. contains video, audio, photographs, or images of another person without his or her express written consent (or in the case of a minor, the minor's legal guardian) or otherwise violates anyone's right of privacy or publicity;
6. promotes or enables illegal or unlawful activities, such as instructions on how to make or buy illegal weapons or drugs;
7. violates someone's data privacy or data protection rights;
8. contains viruses, time bombs, malware, trojan horses, cancelbots, worms or other harmful, or disruptive codes, components or devices;
9. contains any advertising, fundraising or promotional content; or
10. is, in the sole judgment of DoggieDen, objectionable or restricts or inhibits any person from using or enjoying the DoggieDen Services or exposes DoggieDen or its Users to harm or liability of any type.
9. Social Networking Sites
When you have enabled the use of our DoggieDen Services through a third-party social networking or similar site or mobile or other application (a "Social Networking Site"), such as Facebook as described earlier, Google+ or Twitter, you permit DoggieDen to access information about you that is made available to the DoggieDen Services through or from that Social Networking Site. The information obtained by DoggieDen varies by Social Networking Site and may be affected by the privacy settings you establish at that Social Networking Site, but can include information such as your name, profile picture, network, gender, username, user ID, age or birthday, language, location, country, interests, contacts list, friends lists or followers and other information.
By accessing or using the DoggieDen Services through a Social Networking Site, you are authorizing DoggieDen to collect, store, retain and use, in accordance with our Privacy Policy, any and all of your information that DoggieDen has obtained from the Social Networking Site, including any personal information that you provided to create a DoggieDen profile and DoggieDen Account for you. Depending on the Social Networking Site and your privacy settings, DoggieDen may also post information to your Social Networking Site. Your agreement to the foregoing takes place when you "accept" or "allow" or "go to" (or other similar terms) the DoggieDen Services on a Social Networking Site or otherwise authorize the transfer of information to the DoggieDen Services from such Social Networking Site.
If there is information about your "friends" or other persons you are associated with in your Social Networking Site account, the information that we obtain about those persons may also depend on the privacy settings such persons have activated with the applicable Social Networking Site. You acknowledge and agree that DoggieDen is not responsible for, and has no control over, any applicable privacy settings on any Social Networking Sites (including any settings related to any messages or advertisements about DoggieDen that the Social Networking Site may send to you or your friends). You may also unlink your Social Networking Site account from the DoggieDen Services by adjusting your settings on the Social Networking Site.
10. Privacy
DoggieDen takes the protection of your personal information seriously. Please refer to our Privacy Policyfor information about how DoggieDen collects, uses, stores and discloses personal information from its Users. You understand and agree that if you post any User Content, information or material of a personal or private nature in your profile or in any private or public areas of the DoggieDen Services or post or provide to DoggieDen any information or content which is intended to be shared with other Users, such content, information and materials will be shared with others accordingly, and you hereby consent to such sharing. You understand that by using the DoggieDen Services you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information as described in our Privacy Policy.
11. Intellectual Property Rights And Limited License
Other than your User Content, the DoggieDen Services and all materials therein, including, without limitation, software, images, text, graphics, designs, illustrations, DoggieDen logos, patents, trade-marks, service marks, copyrights, photographs, audio, videos, music, information, data, other files and the arrangement thereof and User Content belonging to other Users (the "Proprietary Materials"), and all intellectual property rights related thereto, are the exclusive property of DoggieDen and its licensors (including other Users who post User Content to the DoggieDen Services). Except as explicitly provided herein, nothing in these Terms shall be deemed to create a license in or under any such intellectual property rights of DoggieDen.
You are granted a limited, non-sublicensable license to access and use the DoggieDen Services and Proprietary Materials, subject to these Terms. You agree that you will not:
1. copy, modify, publish, adapt, sublicense, translate, sell, distribute, transmit, perform, display, reverse engineer, decipher, decompile or otherwise disassemble any portion of the Proprietary Materials or the DoggieDen Services or cause others to do so;
2. "frame" or "mirror" any part of the DoggieDen Services or the Proprietary Materials, without our prior written authorization;
3. use meta tags or code or other devices containing any reference to DoggieDen or the DoggieDen Services in order to direct any person to any other site for any purpose;
4. resell or make any commercial use of the DoggieDen Services or Proprietary Materials;
5. use any data mining, robots, spiders or similar data gathering or extraction methods or otherwise collect any pictures, descriptions, data or other content from the DoggieDen Services or Proprietary Materials;
6. forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any information transmitted through the DoggieDen Services;
7. use any automated methods or processes to create DoggieDen Accounts or access the DoggieDen Services or Proprietary Materials; or
8. use the Proprietary Materials or the DoggieDen Services other than for their intended purpose. Any use of the DoggieDen Services or Proprietary Materials other than as expressly authorized herein, without the prior written consent of DoggieDen, is strictly prohibited and will violate and terminate the license granted herein. Such unauthorized use may also violate applicable Canadian or international laws, including without limitation copyright and trade-mark laws and applicable communications regulations and statutes. Unless explicitly stated herein, nothing in these Terms shall be construed as conferring any license to intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, implication or otherwise. DoggieDen reserves all rights not expressly granted herein in the DoggieDen Services and the Proprietary Materials. This license is revocable at any time.
12. Trade-marks
" DoggieDen ", DoggieDen’s logos and any other trade names or slogans contained in the DoggieDen Services are trade-marks or service marks of DoggieDen, its partners or its licensors and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of DoggieDen or the applicable trade mark holder. In addition, the look and feel of the DoggieDen Services, including all page headers, custom graphics, button icons and scripts, is the service mark, trade mark and/or trade dress of DoggieDen and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without our prior written permission. All other trade-marks, registered trade-marks, product names and company names or logos mentioned in the DoggieDen Services are the property of their respective owners. Reference to any products, services, processes or other information, by trade name, trade-mark, manufacturer, supplier or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation thereof by us.
13. Third Party Content
DoggieDen may provide third party content on the DoggieDen Services and may provide links to web pages, applications, mobile apps, sites and content of third parties (collectively the "Third Party Content") as a service to those interested in this information. DoggieDen does not control, endorse or adopt any Third Party Content and expressly disclaims any and all representations, warranties or conditions of any kind regarding the Third Party Content, including without limitation regarding its accuracy or completeness. You acknowledge and agree that DoggieDen is not responsible or liable in any manner for any Third Party Content and DoggieDen undertakes no responsibility to update or review any Third Party Content. Users use such Third Party Content contained therein at their own risk.
14. Links to Third Party Sites or Resources
The DoggieDen Services may include links to other apps or sites that are not operated by us, including through advertisements. We are providing these links to you only as a convenience and are not responsible for the content or links displayed on such apps or sites. If you decide to download a third-party app or access a third-party site, even if you do so to earn free DoggieDen Coins (as defined in Section 17), you assume all risk related to such access and use. Additionally, you acknowledge and agree that any personal information collected, used, processed and disclosed through your use of such apps or sites shall be governed by the privacy policy and practices of such app/site owners, not by DoggieDen under its Privacy Policy or otherwise.
15. Advertising
DoggieDen and its licensees may publicly display advertisements and other information adjacent to your User Content. You are not entitled to any compensation for such advertisements. The manner, mode and extent of such advertising are subject to change without specific notice to you.
16. End User Licenses
1. License Grant. Subject to these Terms, DoggieDen hereby grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use a compiled code copy of the DoggieDen Services for one (1) DoggieDen Account for your personal, noncommercial use. DoggieDen does not represent or warrant that the DoggieDen Services will be compatible with your web browser and/or mobile device at any time.
2. Restrictions. You may not: (i) modify, disassemble, decompile or reverse engineer the DoggieDen Services, except to the extent that such restriction is expressly prohibited by law; (ii) rent, lease, loan, resell, sublicense, distribute or otherwise transfer the DoggieDen Services to any third party or use the DoggieDen Services to provide time sharing or similar services to any third party; (iii) make any copies of the DoggieDen Services; (iv) remove, circumvent, disable, damage or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the DoggieDen Services, features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any content accessible through the DoggieDen Services, or features that enforce limitations on use of the DoggieDen Services; or (v) delete the copyright and any other proprietary rights notices on the DoggieDen Services.
3. Software Updates. You acknowledge that DoggieDen may from time to time issue upgraded versions of the DoggieDen Services, and may automatically electronically upgrade the version of the DoggieDen Services that you are using. You consent to such automatic upgrading, and agree that these Terms will apply to all such upgrades. You agree that DoggieDen will not be liable to you for any such modifications.
4. Rights Reserved. The foregoing license granted under these Terms is not a sale of the DoggieDen Services or any copy thereof and DoggieDen or its third party partners or suppliers retain all rights, title, and interest in the DoggieDen Services (and any copy thereof). Any attempt by you to transfer any of the rights, duties or obligations hereunder, except as expressly provided for in these Terms, is void. DoggieDen reserves all rights not expressly granted under these Terms.
5. App Stores. You acknowledge and agree that the availability of the DoggieDen Services is dependent on the third parties from which you received the DoggieDen Services, e.g., Google Play or the Apple app store (collectively "App Stores"). You acknowledge that these Terms are between you and DoggieDen and not with the App Stores and that each App Store may have its own terms and conditions to which you must agree before downloading the DoggieDen Services from it. You agree to comply with, and your license to use the DoggieDen Services is conditioned upon your compliance with, all applicable terms and conditions of the particular App Store.
17. Paid DoggieDen Services
1. General. DoggieDen makes available several paid DoggieDen Services. Firstly, you may purchase virtual currency ("DoggieDen Coins") for use with the DoggieDen Services for the amounts described on the DoggieDen Software. You may also from time to time, obtain DoggieDen Coins or other virtual items by engaging in certain actions (for example, by downloading third party apps). DoggieDen Coins and such other virtual items are referred to collectively as "Virtual Goods". Secondly, you may purchase subscriber-level access that unlocks premium features and enhancements of the DoggieDen Services (a "Subscription") for the amounts described on the DoggieDen Software.
DoggieDen does not receive or process payments or credit card information directly. You may purchase Paid DoggieDen Services through an App Store such as Google Play account and/or Apple iTunes account (a "Third Party Account"). If you purchase any DoggieDen Services that we offer for a fee (the "Subscription Fees"), including without limitation Virtual Goods, DoggieDen Coins, and/or a Subscription to the DoggieDen Services (collectively, the "Paid DoggieDen Services"), you authorize DoggieDen to collect currently the iTunes unique transaction IDs and receipts data. If you purchase any Paid DoggieDen Services through the Third Party Account, the Subscription Fees for these Paid DoggieDen Services will appear through your Third Party Account. Please note that DoggieDen does not control Third Party Account terms and conditions so please review these carefully. You also agree to pay the Subscription Fees for the Paid DoggieDen Services (including without limitation periodic fees as described on the DoggieDen Software as they become due plus all related taxes). Any and all payments made to DoggieDen for use and access to the DoggieDen Services, including without limitation, any Subscription Fees for the Paid DoggieDen Services, are final and all charges are nonrefundable.
Please see our Virtual Goods and Currency Terms of Service for additional terms applicable to the purchase of Virtual Goods and use of virtual currency offered by us. Typically, our virtual currency may be used to purchase certain features or Virtual Goods in connection with the DoggieDen Services. Any virtual currency that you receive as a promotion from us will be subject to the terms of our Virtual Goods and Currency Terms of Service. We reserve the right at any time to increase or change the amounts set forth in the DoggieDen Services for any of the Paid DoggieDen Services. We also reserve the right to charge new fees for access to portions of the DoggieDen Services or the DoggieDen Services as a whole at any time upon notice to you by posted such changes on the DoggieDen Software.
2. AUTOMATIC RENEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTIONS. When you pay for a subscription through a Third Party Account and you do not cancel your subscription prior to the end of the subscription term, your subscription for the DoggieDen Services will continue indefinitely until cancelled by you. After your initial subscription period, and again after any subsequent subscription period, your subscription will automatically continue for an additional equivalent period, at the price you agreed to when subscribing. You agree that your DoggieDen Account will be subject to this automatic renewal feature. You acknowledge and agree that your Third Party Account will be automatically charged for such subscription fees, plus any applicable taxes, upon each such automatic renewal. You acknowledge that your subscription is subject to automatic renewals and you consent to and accept responsibility for all recurring charges through a Third Party Account based on this automatic renewal feature without further authorization from you and without further notice except as required by law.
3. CANCELLATION OF SUBSCRIPTIONS. When you purchase a subscription through a Third Party Account, you will need to cancel your subscription through that third party, an App Store, not DoggieDen and in accordance with that third party's terms and conditions. Cancellations are effective the following billing period in which payment is due. If you cancel your subscription your subscription benefits will continue until the end of your then current subscription term, but your subscription will not be renewed after that term expires. You will not be entitled to a prorated refund of any portion of the subscription fees paid for the then current subscription term.
18. Free Trials And Promotions
From time to time, we may offer free trials or other promotions (a "Promotion"). As an example, we may offer Promotions that provide a free Subscription to the DoggieDen Services for a certain period of time. You must cancel your subscription (in accordance with Section 17) before the end of the Promotion period in order to avoid being automatically charged for Subscription Fees. As another example, we may provide you with our virtual currency without charge. Any such virtual currency is subject to the terms of our Virtual Goods and Currency Terms of Service. Additional Terms applicable to specific Promotions may be provided on the DoggieDen Software.
19. Modification Of These Terms
We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of any of the terms and conditions contained in these Terms including any policy or guideline applicable to the DoggieDen Services at any time. Unless otherwise specified, any changes or modifications will be effective immediately upon posting of the revisions on the DoggieDen Services, and your continued use of the DoggieDen Services after such posting will constitute your acceptance of such changes or modifications. You should from time to time review the Terms and any policies and documents incorporated in them to understand the terms and conditions that apply to your use of the DoggieDen Services. The Terms will always show the "last updated" date at the top. If you do not agree to any amended Terms, you must stop using the DoggieDen Services. If you have any questions about these Terms, please email us at the contact address below. These changes will be effective immediately for new and current Users of the DoggieDen Services.
20. DISCLAIMERS
DoggieDen PROVIDES THE DoggieDen SERVICES AND THE PROPRIETARY MATERIALS AND THE DoggieDen SERVICES ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, DoggieDen EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, ARISING FROM STATUTE OR OTHERWISE IN LAW OR FROM A COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE WITH RESPECT TO THE DoggieDen SERVICES AND THE PROPRIETARY MATERIALS, INCLUDING ANY REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABLE QUALITY, TITLE, ACCURACY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
DoggieDen DOES NOT REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT (A) YOUR USE OF THE DoggieDen SERVICES OR PROPRIETARY MATERIALS WILL BE SECURE, UNINTERRUPTED, COMPLETE, ALWAYS AVAILABLE, ERROR-FREE OR WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (B) ANY DEFECTS IN THE DoggieDen SERVICES OR PROPRIETARY MATERIALS WILL BE CORRECTED OR (C) THE DoggieDen SERVICES AND PROPRIETARY MATERIALS ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. DoggieDen DISCLAIMS LIABILITY FOR, AND NO WARRANTY IS MADE WITH RESPECT TO, THE CONNECTIVITY AND AVAILABILITY OF THE DoggieDen SERVICES OR THE DELIVERY OF ANY COMMUNICATIONS.
DoggieDen HAS NO ANY OBLIGATION TO VERIFY THE IDENTITY OF OR SCREEN THE PERSONS SUBSCRIBING TO OR USING THE DoggieDen SERVICES, NOR DOES IT HAVE ANY OBLIGATION TO MONITOR THE USE OF THE DoggieDen SERVICES BY OTHER USERS OF THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, DoggieDen DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH AND THE CONDUCT OF OTHER USERS AND FOR IDENTITY THEFT OR ANY OTHER MISUSE OF YOUR IDENTITY OR INFORMATION.
DoggieDen DOES NOT: (i) GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION ON THE DoggieDen SERVICES OR ANY RESULTS FROM YOUR USE OF THE DoggieDen SERVICES; OR (ii) ADOPT, ENDORSE OR ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR THE CONDUCT OF ANY USERS OR FOR THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE, OR STATEMENT MADE BY ANY PARTY OTHER THAN DoggieDen. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL DoggieDen BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSSES, DAMAGES OR HARM OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM ANY USER'S CONDUCT OR YOUR USE OF THE DoggieDen SERVICES OR FROM ANYONE'S RELIANCE ON INFORMATION OR OTHER CONTENT POSTED ON THE DoggieDen SERVICES, OR TRANSMITTED TO OR BY ANY USERS.
21. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY; INDEMNITY
You hereby waive and agree not to assert any claims or allegations of any nature whatsoever against DoggieDen, its affiliates or subsidiaries, their sponsors, contractors, advertisers, vendors or other partners, any of their successors or assigns, or any of their respective officers, directors, agents or employees (collectively, the "Released Parties") arising out of or in any way relating to your use of the DoggieDen Services or Proprietary Materials, including, without limitation, any claims or allegations relating to the alleged infringement of proprietary rights, alleged inaccuracy of User Content, or allegations that any Released Party has or should indemnify, defend or hold harmless you or any third party from any claim or allegation arising from your use of the DoggieDen Services. Your use of the DoggieDen Services and Proprietary Materials is entirely at your own risk.
Without limiting any of the foregoing, neither DoggieDen nor any other Released Party shall be liable to you for any direct, special, indirect, exemplary, consequential, punitive damages, or any other damages of any kind, including but not limited to loss of use, loss of profits, loss of data, loss of good will, data, or other intangible losses or other economic loss, whether in an action in contract, tort (including but not limited to negligence) or otherwise, arising out of or in any way connected with your use of the DoggieDen Services or any Proprietary Materials, including without limitation any damages caused by or resulting from: (i) your use or inability to use the DoggieDen Services or any Proprietary Materials; (ii) any third party claims that the use by you of any of the DoggieDen Services or Proprietary Materials violates any third party intellectual property right or privacy right; (iii) any failure of performance of the DoggieDen Services or any Proprietary Materials, whether related to mistakes, errors, omissions, interruptions, defects, delays in operation or transmission, deletion of files or email, computer viruses or any failure of performance (whether or not resulting from acts of god, communications failure, theft, destruction or unauthorized access to DoggieDen or any other Released Party's records, programs or services); (iv) any damages arising from communications or transactions with other Users of the DoggieDen Services, whether through blogs, or otherwise, or persons that you meet through the DoggieDen Services; or (v) any other matters relating to the DoggieDen Services, Proprietary Materials, any User Submissions (as defined above), based in contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, fundamental breach, failure of essential purpose or otherwise, whether or not DoggieDen had any knowledge, actual or constructive, that you might incur such damages.
IN NO EVENT WILL THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF DoggieDen OR THE RELEASED PARTIES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OR FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE DoggieDen SERVICES OR PROPRIETARY MATERIALS EXCEED THE GREATER OF THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID TO DoggieDen FOR USE OF THE DoggieDen SERVICES AND PROPRIETARY MATERIALS OR FIFTY (CDN$50) CANADIAN DOLLARS. THE LIMITATIONS OF DAMAGES SET FORTH ABOVE ARE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN DoggieDen AND YOU.
You shall fully defend, indemnify and hold harmless DoggieDen and the other Released Parties from any losses, damages, liabilities, costs, expenses (including legal fees), claims and proceedings arising out of your use (or the use by any person to whom you have given access to your DoggieDen Account) of the DoggieDen Services, provision of User Content and the Proprietary Materials, including any claims made by any person that any of your User Content infringes the rights, including the intellectual property rights of any third party.
22. Applicable Law; Jurisdiction
The DoggieDen Services are controlled by DoggieDen and operated by it from its offices in Toronto, Ontario. All disputes, claims or other matters arising from or relating to your use of the DoggieDen Services, the Proprietary Materials and these Terms will be governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, excluding the application of any conflicts of laws rules. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods will not apply to these Terms.
23. Dispute Resolution
Except where prohibited by applicable law, any claim, dispute or controversy (whether in contract or tort, pursuant to statute or regulation, or otherwise, and whether preexisting, present or future) arising out of or relating to these Terms, the DoggieDen Services, User Content or posts, oral or written statements, advertisements or Promotions relating to these Terms or to the DoggieDen Services, or the relationships that result from these Terms, the DoggieDen Software, the DoggieDen Site, the DoggieDen Services, User Content or posts (collectively, a "Claim") will be referred to and determined by a sole arbitrator (to the exclusion of the courts) pursuant to the Arbitration Act, 1991 (Ontario) as the same may be amended from time to time.
Accordingly, except where prohibited by applicable law, you hereby waive any right that you may have to commence or participate in any class action against DoggieDen related to any Claim and, where applicable, you also agree to opt out of any class proceedings against DoggieDen. If you have a Claim, you should give written notice to arbitrate at the address specified below. If we have a Claim, we will give you notice to arbitrate at your address provided in your Registration Data.
If arbitration as described in the immediately preceding paragraph is prohibited by applicable law, you agree that all Claims will be heard and resolved in a court of competent subject matter jurisdiction located in Toronto, Ontario.
You consent to the personal jurisdiction of such courts over you, stipulate to the fairness and convenience of proceeding in such courts, and covenant not to assert any objection to proceeding in such courts.
If you choose to access the DoggieDen Services and/or the DoggieDen Software and/or the DoggieDen Site from locations other than Ontario, you will be responsible for compliance with all local laws of such other jurisdiction and you agree to indemnify DoggieDen and the other Released Parties for your failure to comply with any such laws.
24. Termination
Unless otherwise provided, these Terms take effect upon your initial use of the DoggieDen Services and shall remain in effect until terminated as described below.
1. Termination by DoggieDen. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Terms, DoggieDen may suspend, remove, deactivate, terminate or block your DoggieDen Account and your right to use the DoggieDen Services and may block or prevent your access to and use of the DoggieDen Services at any time in our sole discretion, for any reason, without explanation and without notice to you (including without limitation blocking Users from certain IP addresses). We also reserve the right to remove or block access to your DoggieDen Account information, User Content or data from the DoggieDen Services and any other records at any time at our sole discretion. In the event that we determine that your access to any of the DoggieDen Services is terminated, blocked, deactivated, removed or suspended at any time in our sole discretion, for any reason, without explanation and without notice or for cause, such as due to any breach or violation of these Terms, flagged conduct or content, third party complaints, infringement of the intellectual property rights of others, you agree that all fees then paid to DoggieDen by you will be nonrefundable.
2. Termination by You. In addition to any right to cancel your subscription pursuant to Section 17, you may deactivate your DoggieDen Account at any time by accessing "Settings" and selecting deactivate account or by emailing our customer support team at GassmanSammyM@gmail.com with the subject line Please Deactivate My DoggieDen Account. After your DoggieDen Account has been deactivated, and after you have logged out of the DoggieDen Services, your profile will not be visible to other Users. If you do not reactivate your DoggieDen Account within sixty (60) days, your DoggieDen Account will be permanently terminated and closed but some of your information (including any User Content, photos, videos, images, text, messages or data you have posted to the DoggieDen Services) may remain in DoggieDen’s backup copies and logs for up to one (1) year.
3. Survival. Upon any termination, discontinuation or cancellation of the DoggieDen Services or your DoggieDen Account, all provisions of these Terms which by their nature should survive will survive, including, without limitation, Sections ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, limitations of liability, and dispute resolution provisions. If these Terms expire or terminate for any reason, Sections 1, 5, 10-13, 16, 20-26, and any representation or warranty you make in these Terms, shall also survive indefinitely.
25. Miscellaneous
These Terms, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by DoggieDen without restriction. Any attempted transfer or assignment in violation hereof shall be null and void. If any provision, or any portion thereof, of these Terms is held illegal, void, invalid or unenforceable, such provision will be changed and interpreted to accomplish the objectives of the provision to the greatest extent possible under any applicable law and the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect. The failure of DoggieDen to exercise or enforce any right or provision in these Terms shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision.
26. Language Of These Terms
The language of these Terms is English. The English language version of these Terms will govern your relationship with DoggieDen.