TERMS OF USE
Last updated October 15, 2019
AGREEMENT TO TERMS These Terms of Use constitute a legally binding
agreement made between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity
(“you”) and American Cosmetic Association (“Company“, “we”, “us”, or “our”), concerning your access to and use of the https://www.cosmeticassociation.org/
website as well as any other media form, media channel, mobile website
or mobile application related, linked, or otherwise connected thereto
(collectively, the “Site”). You agree that by accessing the Site, you
have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by all of these Terms of
Use. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THESE TERMS OF USE, THEN YOU ARE
EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED FROM USING THE SITE AND YOU MUST DISCONTINUE USE
IMMEDIATELY. Supplemental terms and conditions or documents that
may be posted on the Site from time to time are hereby expressly
incorporated herein by reference. We reserve the right, in our sole
discretion, to make changes or modifications to these Terms of Use at
any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by
updating the “Last updated” date of these Terms of Use, and you waive
any right to receive specific notice of each such change. It is your
responsibility to periodically review these Terms of Use to stay
informed of updates. You will be subject to, and will be deemed to have
been made aware of and to have accepted, the changes in any revised
Terms of Use by your continued use of the Site after the date such
revised Terms of Use are posted. The information provided on the Site is not intended
for distribution to or use by any person or entity in any jurisdiction
or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or
regulation or which would subject us to any registration requirement
within such jurisdiction or country. Accordingly, those persons who
choose to access the Site from other locations do so on their own
initiative and are solely responsible for compliance with local laws, if
and to the extent local laws are applicable. The
Site is intended for users who are at least 18 years old. Persons under
the age of 18 are not permitted to use or register for the Site. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS Unless otherwise indicated, the Site is our proprietary
property and all source code, databases, functionality, software, website
designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics on the Site
(collectively, the “Content”) and the trademarks, service marks, and logos
contained therein (the “Marks”) are owned or controlled by us or licensed to
us, and are protected by copyright and trademark laws and various other
intellectual property rights and unfair competition laws of the United States,
foreign jurisdictions, and international conventions. The Content and the Marks are provided on the
Site “AS IS” for your information and personal use only. Except as expressly provided in these Terms
of Use, no part of the Site and no Content or Marks may be copied, reproduced,
aggregated, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded,
translated, transmitted, distributed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited
for any commercial purpose whatsoever, without our express prior written
permission. Provided that you are eligible to use the Site, you are
granted a limited license to access and use the Site and to download or print a
copy of any portion of the Content to which you have properly gained access
solely for your personal, non-commercial use. We reserve all rights not
expressly granted to you in and to the Site, the Content and the Marks. USER REPRESENTATIONS By using the Site, you represent and warrant that: (1) all registration information you submit will be true, accurate, current, and complete; (2) you will maintain the accuracy of such information and promptly update such registration information as necessary; (3) you have the legal capacity and you agree to comply with these Terms of Use; (4) you are not a minor in the jurisdiction in which you reside; (5) you will not access the Site through automated or non-human means, whether through a bot, script, or otherwise; (6) you will not use the Site for any illegal or unauthorized purpose; and (7) your use of the Site will not violate any applicable law or regulation. If
you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or
incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your account and
refuse any and all current or future use of the Site (or any portion
thereof). USER REGISTRATION You
may be required to register with the Site. You agree to keep your
password confidential and will be responsible for all use of your
account and password. We reserve the right to remove, reclaim, or change
a username you select if we determine, in our sole discretion, that
such username is inappropriate, obscene, or otherwise objectionable. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES You
may not access or use the Site for any purpose other than that for
which we make the Site available. The Site may not be used in connection
with any commercial endeavors except those that are specifically
endorsed or approved by us. As a user of the Site, you agree not to:
1. Systematically
retrieve data or other content from the Site to create or compile,
directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or
directory without written permission from us. 2. Make
any unauthorized use of the Site, including collecting usernames and/or
email addresses of users by electronic or other means for the purpose
of sending unsolicited email, or creating user accounts by automated
means or under false pretenses. 3. Circumvent,
disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the
Site, including features that prevent or restrict the use or copying of
any Content or enforce limitations on the use of the Site and/or the
Content contained therein. 4. Engage in unauthorized framing of or linking to the Site. 5. Trick,
defraud, or mislead us and other users, especially in any attempt to
learn sensitive account information such as user passwords. 6. Make improper use of our support services or submit false reports of abuse or misconduct. 7. Engage
in any automated use of the system, such as using scripts to send
comments or messages, or using any data mining, robots, or similar data
gathering and extraction tools. 8. Interfere with, disrupt, or create an undue burden on the Site or the networks or services connected to the Site. 9. Attempt to impersonate another user or person or use the username of another user. 10. Sell or otherwise transfer your profile. 11. Use any information obtained from the Site in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person. 12. Use
the Site as part of any effort to compete with us or otherwise use the
Site and/or the Content for any revenue-generating endeavor or
commercial enterprise. 13. Decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Site. 14. Attempt to bypass any measures of the Site designed to prevent or restrict access to the Site, or any portion of the Site. 15. Harass, annoy, intimidate, or threaten any of our employees or agents engaged in providing any portion of the Site to you. 16. Delete the copyright or other proprietary rights notice from any Content. 17. Copy or adapt the Site’s software, including but not limited to Flash, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, or other code. 18. Upload
or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) viruses, Trojan
horses, or other material, including excessive use of capital letters
and spamming (continuous posting of repetitive text), that interferes
with any party’s uninterrupted use and enjoyment of the Site or
modifies, impairs, disrupts, alters, or interferes with the use,
features, functions, operation, or maintenance of the Site. 19. Upload
or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) any material that
acts as a passive or active information collection or transmission
mechanism, including without limitation, clear graphics interchange
formats (“gifs”), 1×1 pixels, web bugs, cookies, or other similar
devices (sometimes referred to as “spyware” or “passive collection
mechanisms” or “pcms”). 20. Except
as may be the result of standard search engine or Internet browser
usage, use, launch, develop, or distribute any automated system,
including without limitation, any spider, robot, cheat utility, scraper,
or offline reader that accesses the Site, or using or launching any
unauthorized script or other software. 21. Disparage, tarnish, or otherwise harm, in our opinion, us and/or the Site. 22. Use the Site in a manner inconsistent with any applicable laws or regulations.
USER GENERATED CONTRIBUTIONS The
Site may invite you to chat, contribute to, or participate in blogs,
message boards, online forums, and other functionality, and may provide
you with the opportunity to create, submit, post, display, transmit,
perform, publish, distribute, or broadcast content and materials to us
or on the Site, including but not limited to text, writings, video,
audio, photographs, graphics, comments, suggestions, or personal
information or other material (collectively, “Contributions”).
Contributions may be viewable by other users of the Site and through
third-party websites. As such, any Contributions you transmit may be
treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary. When you create or make
available any Contributions, you thereby represent and warrant that: 1.
The creation, distribution, transmission, public display, or
performance, and the accessing, downloading, or copying of your
Contributions do not and will not infringe the proprietary rights,
including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark, trade
secret, or moral rights of any third party.
2. You are the creator
and owner of or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, releases,
and permissions to use and to authorize us, the Site, and other users
of the Site to use your Contributions in any manner contemplated by the
Site and these Terms of Use.
3. You have the written consent,
release, and/or permission of each and every identifiable individual
person in your Contributions to use the name or likeness of each and
every such identifiable individual person to enable inclusion and use of
your Contributions in any manner contemplated by the Site and these
Terms of Use.
4. Your Contributions are not false, inaccurate, or misleading.
5.
Your Contributions are not unsolicited or unauthorized advertising,
promotional materials, pyramid schemes, chain letters, spam, mass
mailings, or other forms of solicitation.
6. Your Contributions are
not obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, violent, harassing, libelous,
slanderous, or otherwise objectionable (as determined by us).
7. Your Contributions do not ridicule, mock, disparage, intimidate, or abuse anyone.
8.
Your Contributions do not advocate the violent overthrow of any
government or incite, encourage, or threaten physical harm against
another.
9. Your Contributions do not violate any applicable law, regulation, or rule.
10. Your Contributions do not violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party.
11.
Your Contributions do not contain any material that solicits personal
information from anyone under the age of 18 or exploits people under the
age of 18 in a sexual or violent manner.
12. Your Contributions do
not violate any federal or state law concerning child pornography, or
otherwise intended to protect the health or well-being of minors;
13.
Your Contributions do not include any offensive comments that are
connected to race, national origin, gender, sexual preference, or
physical handicap.
14. Your Contributions do not otherwise violate,
or link to material that violates, any provision of these Terms of Use,
or any applicable law or regulation.
Any
use of the Site in violation of the foregoing violates these Terms of
Use and may result in, among other things, termination or suspension of
your rights to use the Site. CONTRIBUTION LICENSE By posting your Contributions to any part of the Site,
you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have
the right to grant, to us an unrestricted, unlimited, irrevocable,
perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, fully-paid,
worldwide right, and license to host, use, copy, reproduce, disclose,
sell, resell, publish, broadcast, retitle, archive, store, cache,
publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, transmit,
excerpt (in whole or in part), and distribute such Contributions
(including, without limitation, your image and voice) for any purpose,
commercial, advertising, or otherwise, and to prepare derivative works
of, or incorporate into other works, such Contributions, and grant and
authorize sublicenses of the foregoing. The use and distribution may
occur in any media formats and through any media channels. This
license will apply to any form, media, or technology now known or
hereafter developed, and includes our use of your name, company name,
and franchise name, as applicable, and any of the trademarks, service
marks, trade names, logos, and personal and commercial images you
provide. You waive all moral rights in your Contributions, and you
warrant that moral rights have not otherwise been asserted in your
Contributions. We
do not assert any ownership over your Contributions. You retain full
ownership of all of your Contributions and any intellectual property
rights or other proprietary rights associated with your Contributions.
We are not liable for any statements or representations in your
Contributions provided by you in any area on the Site. You are solely
responsible for your Contributions to the Site and you expressly agree
to exonerate us from any and all responsibility and to refrain from any
legal action against us regarding your Contributions. We
have the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, (1) to edit,
redact, or otherwise change any Contributions; (2) to re-categorize any
Contributions to place them in more appropriate locations on the Site;
and (3) to pre-screen or delete any Contributions at any time and for
any reason, without notice. We have no obligation to monitor your
Contributions. GUIDELINES FOR REVIEWS We may
provide you areas on the Site to leave reviews or ratings. When posting a
review, you must comply with the following criteria: (1) you should
have firsthand experience with the person/entity being reviewed; (2)
your reviews should not contain offensive profanity, or abusive, racist,
offensive, or hate language; (3) your reviews should not contain
discriminatory references based on religion, race, gender, national
origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, or disability; (4) your
reviews should not contain references to illegal activity; (5) you
should not be affiliated with competitors if posting negative reviews;
(6) you should not make any conclusions as to the legality of conduct;
(7) you may not post any false or misleading statements; and (8) you may
not organize a campaign encouraging others to post reviews, whether
positive or negative. We may accept,
reject, or remove reviews in our sole discretion. We have absolutely no
obligation to screen reviews or to delete reviews, even if anyone considers
reviews objectionable or inaccurate. Reviews are not endorsed by us, and do not necessarily represent our
opinions or the views of any of our affiliates or partners. We do not assume liability for any review or
for any claims, liabilities, or losses resulting from any review. By posting a
review, you hereby grant to us a perpetual,
non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, fully-paid, assignable, and
sublicensable right and license to reproduce, modify, translate, transmit by
any means, display, perform, and/or distribute all content relating to reviews. MOBILE APPLICATION LICENSEUse
License If you access the
Site via a mobile application, then we grant you a revocable, non-exclusive,
non-transferable, limited right to install and use the mobile application on
wireless electronic devices owned or controlled by you, and to access and use
the mobile application on such devices strictly in accordance with the terms
and conditions of this mobile application license contained in these Terms of Use.
You shall not: (1) decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, attempt to derive
the source code of, or decrypt the application; (2) make any modification,
adaptation, improvement, enhancement, translation, or derivative work from the
application; (3) violate any applicable laws, rules, or regulations in
connection with your access or use of the application; (4) remove, alter, or
obscure any proprietary notice (including any notice of copyright or trademark)
posted by us or the licensors of the application; (5) use the application for
any revenue generating endeavor, commercial enterprise, or other purpose for
which it is not designed or intended; (6) make the application available over a
network or other environment permitting access or use by multiple devices or
users at the same time; (7) use the application for creating a product,
service, or software that is, directly or indirectly, competitive with or in
any way a substitute for the application; (8) use the application to send
automated queries to any website or to send any unsolicited commercial e-mail;
or (9) use any proprietary information or any of our interfaces or our other
intellectual property in the design, development, manufacture, licensing, or
distribution of any applications, accessories, or devices for use with the
application. Apple and Android Devices The
following terms apply when you use a mobile application obtained from
either the Apple Store or Google Play (each an “App Distributor”) to
access the Site: (1) the license granted to you for our mobile
application is limited to a non-transferable license to use the
application on a device that utilizes the Apple iOS or Android operating
systems, as applicable, and in accordance with the usage rules set
forth in the applicable App Distributor’s terms of service; (2) we are
responsible for providing any maintenance and support services with
respect to the mobile application as specified in the terms and
conditions of this mobile application license contained in these Terms
of Use or as otherwise required under applicable law, and you
acknowledge that each App Distributor has no obligation whatsoever to
furnish any maintenance and support services with respect to the mobile
application; (3) in the event of any failure of the mobile application
to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify the applicable App
Distributor, and the App Distributor, in accordance with its terms and
policies, may refund the purchase price, if any, paid for the mobile
application, and to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the
App Distributor will have no other warranty obligation whatsoever with
respect to the mobile application; (4) you represent and warrant that
(i) you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S.
government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. government
as a “terrorist supporting” country and (ii) you are not listed on any
U.S. government list of prohibited or restricted parties; (5) you must
comply with applicable third-party terms of agreement when using the
mobile application, e.g., if you have a VoIP application, then you must
not be in violation of their wireless data service agreement when using
the mobile application; and (6) you acknowledge and agree that the App
Distributors are third-party beneficiaries of the terms and conditions
in this mobile application license contained in these Terms of Use, and
that each App Distributor will have the right (and will be deemed to
have accepted the right) to enforce the terms and conditions in this
mobile application license contained in these Terms of Use against you
as a third-party beneficiary thereof. SUBMISSIONS You
acknowledge and agree that any questions, comments, suggestions, ideas,
feedback, or other information regarding the Site (“Submissions”)
provided by you to us are non-confidential and shall become our sole
property. We shall own exclusive rights, including all intellectual
property rights, and shall be entitled to the unrestricted use and
dissemination of these Submissions for any lawful purpose, commercial or
otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you. You hereby
waive all moral rights to any such Submissions, and you hereby warrant
that any such Submissions are original with you or that you have the
right to submit such Submissions. You agree there shall be no recourse
against us for any alleged or actual infringement or misappropriation of
any proprietary right in your Submissions. THIRD-PARTY
WEBSITES AND CONTENT The Site
may contain (or you may be sent via the Site) links to other websites
(“Third-Party Websites”) as well as articles, photographs, text,
graphics, pictures, designs, music, sound, video, information,
applications, software, and other content or items belonging to or
originating from third parties (“Third-Party Content”). Such Third-Party
Websites and Third-Party Content are not investigated, monitored, or
checked for accuracy, appropriateness, or completeness by us, and we are
not responsible for any Third-Party Websites accessed through the Site
or any Third-Party Content posted on, available through, or installed
from the Site, including the content, accuracy, offensiveness, opinions,
reliability, privacy practices, or other policies of or contained in
the Third-Party Websites or the Third-Party Content. Inclusion of,
linking to, or permitting the use or installation of any Third-Party
Websites or any Third-Party Content does not imply approval or
endorsement thereof by us. If you decide to leave the Site and access
the Third-Party Websites or to use or install any Third-Party Content,
you do so at your own risk, and you should be aware these Terms of Use
no longer govern. You should review the applicable terms and policies,
including privacy and data gathering practices, of any website to which
you navigate from the Site or relating to any applications you use or
install from the Site. Any purchases you make through Third-Party
Websites will be through other websites and from other companies, and we
take no responsibility whatsoever in relation to such purchases which
are exclusively between you and the applicable third party. You agree
and acknowledge that we do not endorse the products or services offered
on Third-Party Websites and you shall hold us harmless from any harm
caused by your purchase of such products or services. Additionally, you
shall hold us harmless from any losses sustained by you or harm caused
to you relating to or resulting in any way from any Third-Party Content
or any contact with Third-Party Websites. ADVERTISERS We allow
advertisers to display their advertisements and other information in
certain areas of the Site, such as sidebar advertisements or banner
advertisements. If you are an advertiser, you shall take full
responsibility for any advertisements you place on the Site and any
services provided on the Site or products sold through those
advertisements. Further, as an advertiser, you warrant and represent
that you possess all rights and authority to place advertisements on the
Site, including, but not limited to, intellectual property rights,
publicity rights, and contractual rights. We simply provide the space to place such advertisements, and we have no other relationship with advertisers. SITE MANAGEMENT We reserve the
right, but not the obligation, to: (1) monitor the Site for violations of
these Terms of Use; (2) take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in
our sole discretion, violates the law or these Terms of Use, including without
limitation, reporting such user to law enforcement authorities; (3) in our sole
discretion and without limitation, refuse, restrict access to, limit the
availability of, or disable (to the extent technologically feasible) any of
your Contributions or any portion thereof; (4) in our sole discretion and
without limitation, notice, or liability, to remove from the Site or otherwise
disable all files and content that are excessive in size or are in any way
burdensome to our systems; and (5) otherwise manage the Site in a manner
designed to protect our rights and property and to facilitate the proper
functioning of the Site. PRIVACY POLICY
We care about data privacy and security. By
using the Site, you agree to be bound by our Privacy Policy posted on
the Site, which is incorporated into these Terms of Use. Please be
advised the Site is hosted in the United States. If you access the Site
from the European Union, Asia, or any other region of the world with
laws or other requirements governing personal data collection, use, or
disclosure that differ from applicable laws in the United States, then
through your continued use of the Site, you are transferring your data
to the United States, and you expressly consent to have your data
transferred to and processed in the United States. Further,
we do not knowingly accept, request, or solicit information from
children or knowingly market to children. Therefore, in accordance with
the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, if we receive actual
knowledge that anyone under the age of 13 has provided personal
information to us without the requisite and verifiable parental consent,
we will delete that information from the Site as quickly as is
reasonably practical.
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENTS We respect the
intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that any material available on or through the Site
infringes upon any copyright you own or control, please immediately notify us
using the contact information provided below (a “Notification”). A copy of your Notification will be sent to
the person who posted or stored the material addressed in the
Notification. Please be advised that
pursuant to federal law you may be held liable for damages if you make material
misrepresentations in a Notification. Thus, if you are not sure that material
located on or linked to by the Site infringes your copyright, you should
consider first contacting an attorney. TERM AND
TERMINATION These
Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect while you use the
Site. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THESE TERMS OF USE, WE
RESERVE THE RIGHT TO, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION AND WITHOUT NOTICE OR
LIABILITY, DENY ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SITE (INCLUDING BLOCKING
CERTAIN IP ADDRESSES), TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY REASON OR FOR NO REASON,
INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION FOR BREACH OF ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY,
OR COVENANT CONTAINED IN THESE TERMS OF USE OR OF ANY APPLICABLE LAW OR
REGULATION. WE MAY TERMINATE YOUR USE OR PARTICIPATION IN THE SITE OR
DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT AND ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION THAT YOU POSTED AT ANY TIME,
WITHOUT WARNING, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION. If we terminate
or suspend your account for any reason, you are prohibited from registering and
creating a new account under your name, a fake or borrowed name, or the name of
any third party, even if you may be acting on behalf of the third party. In
addition to terminating or suspending your account, we reserve the right to
take appropriate legal action, including without limitation pursuing civil,
criminal, and injunctive redress. MODIFICATIONS AND INTERRUPTIONS We
reserve the right to change, modify, or remove the contents of the Site
at any time or for any reason at our sole discretion without notice.
However, we have no obligation to update any information on our Site. We
also reserve the right to modify or discontinue all or part of the Site
without notice at any time. We will not be liable to you or any third
party for any modification, price change, suspension, or discontinuance
of the Site. We cannot guarantee
the Site will be available at all times. We may experience hardware, software,
or other problems or need to perform maintenance related to the Site, resulting
in interruptions, delays, or errors. We
reserve the right to change, revise, update, suspend, discontinue, or otherwise
modify the Site at any time or for any reason without notice to you. You agree that we have no liability
whatsoever for any loss, damage, or inconvenience caused by your inability to
access or use the Site during any downtime or discontinuance of the Site. Nothing in these Terms of Use will be
construed to obligate us to maintain and support the Site or to supply any
corrections, updates, or releases in connection therewith. GOVERNING LAW These Terms of Use and your use of the Site are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to agreements made and to be entirely performed within the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of law principles. DISPUTE RESOLUTIONInformal Negotiations To
expedite resolution and control the cost of any dispute, controversy,
or claim related to these Terms of Use (each a “Dispute” and
collectively, the “Disputes”) brought by either you or us (individually,
a “Party” and collectively, the “Parties”), the Parties agree to first
attempt to negotiate any Dispute (except those Disputes expressly
provided below) informally for at least thirty (30) days before initiating arbitration. Such informal negotiations commence upon written notice from one Party to the other Party. Binding Arbitration If
the Parties are unable to resolve a Dispute through informal
negotiations, the Dispute (except those Disputes expressly excluded
below) will be finally and exclusively resolved by binding arbitration.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WITHOUT THIS PROVISION, YOU WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO
SUE IN COURT AND HAVE A JURY TRIAL. The arbitration shall be commenced
and conducted under the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American
Arbitration Association (“AAA”) and, where appropriate, the AAA’s
Supplementary Procedures for Consumer Related Disputes (“AAA Consumer
Rules”), both of which are available at the AAA website www.adr.org.
Your arbitration fees and your share of arbitrator compensation shall be
governed by the AAA Consumer Rules and, where appropriate, limited by
the AAA Consumer Rules. If such costs are determined to by the arbitrator to be excessive, we will pay all arbitration fees and expenses. The
arbitration may be conducted in person, through the submission of
documents, by phone, or online. The arbitrator will make a decision in
writing, but need not provide a statement of reasons unless requested by
either Party. The arbitrator must follow applicable law, and any award
may be challenged if the arbitrator fails to do so. Except where
otherwise required by the applicable AAA rules or applicable law, the
arbitration will take place in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Except as otherwise provided herein, the Parties may litigate in court
to compel arbitration, stay proceedings pending arbitration, or to
confirm, modify, vacate, or enter judgment on the award entered by the
arbitrator. If
for any reason, a Dispute proceeds in court rather than arbitration,
the Dispute shall be commenced or prosecuted in the state and federal
courts located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania,
and the Parties hereby consent to, and waive all defenses of lack of
personal jurisdiction, and forum non conveniens with respect to venue
and jurisdiction in such state and federal courts. Application of the
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of
Goods and the the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act (UCITA)
are excluded from these Terms of Use. In no event shall any Dispute brought by either Party related in any way to the Site be commenced more than one (1) years after the cause of action arose. If
this provision is found to be illegal or unenforceable, then neither
Party will elect to arbitrate any Dispute falling within that portion of
this provision found to be illegal or unenforceable and such Dispute
shall be decided by a court of competent jurisdiction within the courts
listed for jurisdiction above, and the Parties agree to submit to the
personal jurisdiction of that court. Restrictions The
Parties agree that any arbitration shall be limited to the Dispute
between the Parties individually. To the full extent permitted by law,
(a) no arbitration shall be joined with any other proceeding; (b) there
is no right or authority for any Dispute to be arbitrated on a
class-action basis or to utilize class action procedures; and (c) there
is no right or authority for any Dispute to be brought in a purported
representative capacity on behalf of the general public or any other
persons. Exceptions to Informal Negotiations and Arbitration The
Parties agree that the following Disputes are not subject to the above
provisions concerning informal negotiations and binding arbitration: (a)
any Disputes seeking to enforce or protect, or concerning the validity
of, any of the intellectual property rights of a Party; (b) any Dispute
related to, or arising from, allegations of theft, piracy, invasion of
privacy, or unauthorized use; and (c) any claim for injunctive relief.
If this provision is found to be illegal or unenforceable, then neither
Party will elect to arbitrate any Dispute falling within that portion of
this provision found to be illegal or unenforceable and such Dispute
shall be decided by a court of competent jurisdiction within the courts
listed for jurisdiction above, and the Parties agree to submit to the
personal jurisdiction of that court. CORRECTIONS There may be
information on the Site that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies, or
omissions, including descriptions, pricing, availability, and various other
information. We reserve the right to
correct any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions and to change or update the
information on the Site at any time, without prior notice. DISCLAIMER THE SITE IS PROVIDED
ON AN AS-IS AND AS-AVAILABLE BASIS. YOU
AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND OUR SERVICES WILL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE AND YOUR USE THEREOF, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT
THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE SITE’S CONTENT OR THE CONTENT OF ANY
WEBSITES LINKED TO THE SITE AND WE WILL ASSUME NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY
FOR ANY (1) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT AND MATERIALS, (2)
PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM
YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SITE, (3) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF
OUR SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR FINANCIAL
INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (4) ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION
TO OR FROM THE SITE, (5) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE WHICH
MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH THE SITE BY ANY THIRD PARTY, AND/OR (6) ANY
ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT AND MATERIALS OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF
ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, TRANSMITTED, OR
OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA THE SITE. WE DO NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE,
OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE ADVERTISED OR OFFERED BY A
THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE SITE, ANY HYPERLINKED WEBSITE, OR ANY WEBSITE OR MOBILE
APPLICATION FEATURED IN ANY BANNER OR OTHER ADVERTISING, AND WE WILL NOT BE A
PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU
AND ANY THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES. AS WITH THE
PURCHASE OF A PRODUCT OR SERVICE THROUGH ANY MEDIUM OR IN ANY ENVIRONMENT, YOU
SHOULD USE YOUR BEST JUDGMENT AND EXERCISE CAUTION WHERE APPROPRIATE. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY IN NO
EVENT WILL WE OR OUR DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR
ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFIT, LOST
REVENUE, LOSS OF DATA, OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE
SITE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING
ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, OUR LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY
CAUSE WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION, WILL AT ALL
TIMES BE LIMITED TO $100.00 USD.
CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR
THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO
YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY
TO YOU, AND YOU MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS. INDEMNIFICATION You agree to
defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless, including our subsidiaries,
affiliates, and all of our respective officers, agents, partners, and
employees, from and against any loss, damage, liability, claim, or demand, including
reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, made by any third party due to or
arising out of: (1) your Contributions; (2) use of the Site; (3) breach of these Terms of Use; (4) any breach of your representations and warranties set forth in these Terms of Use; (5) your violation of the rights of a third party, including but not limited to intellectual property rights; or (6)
any overt harmful act toward any other user of the Site with whom you
connected via the Site. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we reserve the
right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of
any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to
cooperate, at your expense, with our defense of such claims. We will use
reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action, or
proceeding which is subject to this indemnification upon becoming aware
of it. USER DATA We will maintain
certain data that you transmit to the Site for the purpose of managing the
performance of the Site, as well as data relating to your use of the Site. Although we perform regular routine backups
of data, you are solely responsible for all data that you transmit or that
relates to any activity you have undertaken using the Site. You agree
that we shall have no liability to you for any loss or corruption of any such
data, and you hereby waive any right of action against us arising from any such
loss or corruption of such data. ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, TRANSACTIONS, AND SIGNATURES Visiting
the Site, sending us emails, and completing online forms constitute
electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic
communications, and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures,
and other communications we provide to you electronically, via email
and on the Site, satisfy any legal requirement that such communication
be in writing. YOU HEREBY AGREE TO THE USE OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES,
CONTRACTS, ORDERS, AND OTHER RECORDS, AND TO ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF
NOTICES, POLICIES, AND RECORDS OF TRANSACTIONS INITIATED OR COMPLETED BY
US OR VIA THE SITE. You hereby waive any rights or requirements under
any statutes, regulations, rules, ordinances, or other laws in any
jurisdiction which require an original signature or delivery or
retention of non-electronic records, or to payments or the granting of
credits by any means other than electronic means. CALIFORNIA USERS
AND RESIDENTS If any complaint
with us is not satisfactorily resolved, you can contact the Complaint
Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California
Department of Consumer Affairs in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N
112, Sacramento, California 95834 or by telephone at (800) 952-5210 or (916)
445-1254. MISCELLANEOUS These Terms of
Use and any policies or operating rules posted by us on the Site or in respect
to the Site constitute the entire agreement and understanding between you and
us. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of
Use shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. These Terms of Use operate to the fullest
extent permissible by law. We may assign any or all of our rights and
obligations to others at any time. We
shall not be responsible or liable for any loss, damage, delay, or failure to
act caused by any cause beyond our reasonable control. If any provision
or part of a provision of these Terms of Use is determined to be unlawful,
void, or unenforceable, that provision or part of the provision is deemed
severable from these Terms of Use and does not affect the validity and
enforceability of any remaining provisions. There is no joint venture,
partnership, employment or agency relationship created between you and us as a
result of these Terms of Use or use of the Site. You agree that these Terms of Use will not be
construed against us by virtue of having drafted them. You hereby waive any and
all defenses you may have based on the electronic form of these Terms of Use
and the lack of signing by the parties hereto to execute these Terms of Use. CONTACT US In order
to resolve a complaint regarding the Site or to receive further
information regarding use of the Site, please contact us at: American Cosmetic Association 1002 Lititz Pike #229 Lititz, PA17543 United States Phone: __________ contact1@cosmeticassociation.org
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