Terms of Use
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CG Cookie, Inc (http://cgcookie.com and its network of sites, including but not limited to: http://blendercookie.com, http://maxcookie.com, http://conceptcookie.com, http://unitycookie.com, and ttp://modocookie.com) maintains this site for information and communication purposes. This webpage contains the Terms of Use governing your access to and use of the http://cgcookie.com or any of our network sites listed above, referred here on out as the "Website" or "Site". If you do not accept these Terms of Use or you do not meet or comply with their provisions, you may not use the Website.
A. TERMS APPLICABLE TO ALL USERS
1. Overview
YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE IS EXPRESSLY CONDITIONED UPON YOUR ACCEPTING AND AGREEING TO THESE TERMS OF USE. For users who are not registered with this Website, your use of the Website will be deemed to be acceptance of the Terms of Use, Section A. For users who are registered with the Website, your use of the Website shall be subject to (i) certain designated terms (see Section B below) in addition to those terms applicable to all users and (ii) shall be further conditioned on your [clicking the "I AGREE TO THE TERMS OF USE" button on the Registration Page.]. IF THESE TERMS OF USE ARE NOT COMPLETELY ACCEPTABLE TO YOU, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY TERMINATE YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE.
2. Changes To Terms
CG Cookie, Inc may, at any time, for any reason and without notice, make changes to (i) this Website, including its look, feel, format, and content, as well as (ii) the products and/or services as described in this Website. Any modifications will take effect when posted to the Website. Therefore, each time you access the Website, you need to review the Terms of Use upon which access and use of this Website is conditioned. By your continuing use of the Website after changes are posted, you will be deemed to have accepted such changes.
3. Jurisdiction
The Website is directed to those individuals and entities located in the United States. It is not directed to any person or entity in any jurisdiction where (by reason of nationality, residence, citizenship or otherwise) the publication or availability of the Website and its content, including its products and services, are unavailable or otherwise contrary to local laws or regulations. If this applies to you, you are not authorized to access or use any of the information on this Website. CG Cookie, Inc makes no representation that the information, opinions, advice or other content on the Website (collectively, "Content") is appropriate or that its products and services are available outside of the United States. Those who choose to access this Website from other locations do so at their own risk and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws.
4. Scope of Use and User E-Mail
You are only authorized to view, use, copy for your records and download small portions of the Content (including without limitation text, graphics, software, audio and video files and photos) of this Website for your informational, non-commercial use, provided that you leave all the copyright notices, including copyright management information, or other proprietary notices intact. You may not store, modify, reproduce, transmit, reverse engineer or distribute a significant portion of the Websites code, or the design or layout of the Website or individual sections of it, in any form or media. The systematic retrieval of data from the Website is also prohibited.
E-mail submissions over the Internet may not be secure and are subject to the risk of interception by third parties. Please consider this fact before e-mailing any information. Also, please consult our Privacy Policy. You agree not to submit or transmit any e-mails or materials through the Website that: (i) are defamatory, threatening, obscene or harassing, (ii) contain a virus, worm, Trojan horse or any other harmful component, (iii) incorporate copyrighted or other proprietary material of any third party without that party's permission or (iv) otherwise violate any applicable laws. CG Cookie, Inc shall not be subject to any obligations of confidentiality regarding any information or materials that you submit online except as specified in these Terms of Use, or as set forth in any additional terms and conditions relating to specific products or services, or as otherwise specifically agreed or required by law. The commercial use, reproduction, transmission or distribution of any information, software or other material available through the Website without the prior written consent of CG Cookie, Inc is strictly prohibited. Unless otherwise noted within the content.
5. Copyrights and Trademarks
The materials at this Site, as well as the organization and layout of this site, are copyrighted and are protected by United States and international copyright laws and treaty provisions. You may access, download paid for content, free content and print materials on this Website solely for your personal and non-commercial use; however, any print out of this Site, or portions of the Site, must include CG Cookie, Inc's copyright notice. No right, title or interest in any of the materials contained on this Site is transferred to you as a result of accessing, downloading or printing such materials. You may not copy, modify, distribute, transmit, display, reproduce, publish, license any part of this Site; create derivative works from, link to or frame in another website, use on any other website, transfer or sell any information obtained from this Site without the prior written permission of CG Cookie, Inc.
Except as expressly provided under the "Scope of Use" Section above, you may not
use, reproduce, modify, transmit, distribute, or publicly display or operate this Website
without the prior written permission of CG Cookie, Inc. You may not use a part of this
Website on any other Website, without CG Cookie, Inc's prior written consent.
CG Cookie, Inc respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects our Users/
users to do the same. The policy of CG Cookie, Inc is to terminate the accounts of repeat
copyright offenders and other users who infringe upon the intellectual property rights of
others. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright
infringement, please contact us at support@cgcookie.com
6. Links
For your convenience, we may provide links to various other Websites that may be
of interest to you and for your convenience only. However, CG Cookie, Inc does not control or endorse such Websites and is not responsible for their content nor is it
responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any information, data, opinions, advice,
or statements contained within such Websites. Please read the terms and conditions or
terms of use policies of any other company or website you may link to from our website.
These Terms of Use policy applies only to CG Cookie, Inc's website/s and the products
and services CG Cookie, Inc offers. If you decide to access any of the third party sites
linked to this Website, you do so at your own risk. CG Cookie, Inc reserves the right
to terminate any link or linking program at any time. CG Cookie, Inc disclaims all
warranties, express and implied, as to the accuracy, validity, and legality or otherwise of
any materials or information contained on such sites.
7. No Unlawful Or Prohibited Use
As a condition of your use of the Website, you warrant to CG Cookie, Inc that you
will not use the Website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms,
conditions, and notices. You may not use the Website in any manner that could damage,
disable, overburden, or impair the Site or interfere with any other party's use and
enjoyment of the Website. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or
information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through
the Site.
8. Spamming
Gathering email addresses from CG Cookie, Inc through harvesting or automated
means is prohibited. Posting or transmitting unauthorized or unsolicited advertising,
promotional materials, or any other forms of solicitation to other Users is prohibited.
Inquiries regarding a commercial relationship with CG Cookie, Inc should be directed
to: support@cgcookie.com
9. No Warranties
THE WEBSITE, AND ANY CONTENT, ARE PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN "AS
IS," "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHETHER
EXPRESS, STATUTORY OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, SYSTEMS INTEGRATION,
ACCURACY, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, ALL OF WHICH CG Cookie, Inc
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS. CG Cookie, Inc DOES NOT ENDORSE AND MAKES
NO WARRANTY AS TO THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENCY, OR
RELIABILITY OF THE CONTENT, AND CG Cookie, Inc WILL NOT BE LIABLE
OR OTHERWISE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY FAILURE OR DELAY IN UPDATING
THE WEBSITE OR ANY CONTENT. WE HAVE NO DUTY TO UPDATE THE
CONTENT OF THE WEBSITE. CG Cookie, Inc MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS
OR WARRANTIES THAT USE OF THE CONTENT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED
OR ERROR-FREE. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY RESULTS OR OTHER
CONSEQUENCES OF ACCESSING THE WEBSITE AND USING THE CONTENT,
AND FOR TAKING ALL NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO ENSURE THAT ANY
CONTENT YOU MAY ACCESS, DOWNLOAD OR OTHERWISE OBTAIN IS FREE
OF VIRUSES OR ANY OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. THIS WARRANTY
DISCLAIMER MAY BE DIFFERENT IN CONNECTION WITH SPECIFIC
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OFFERED BY CG Cookie, Inc. SOME STATES
DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE
FOREGOING DISCLAIMER MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. YOU MAY ALSO HAVE
OTHER LEGAL RIGHTS THAT VARY FROM JURISDICTION TO JURISDICTION.
10. Governing Law, Location and Miscellaneous
These Terms of Use shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Illinois
USA, without reference to its choice of law rules. If an applicable law is in conflict with
any part of the Terms of Use, the Terms of Use will be deemed modified to conform to
the law. The other provisions will not be affected by any such modification.
11. Separate Agreements
You may have other agreements with CG Cookie, Inc. Those agreements are separate
and in addition to these Terms of Use. These Terms of Use do not modify, revise or
amend the terms of any other agreements you may have with CG Cookie, Inc.
12. DMCA Copyright Policy and Copyright Agent
CG Cookie, Inc respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe
something on this Site has infringed your intellectual property rights, please notify our
agent and provide the following information:
(i)
A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the
owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
(ii) Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed.
(iii) Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of
infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled.
(iv)
Address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address where we
may contact you.
(v)
A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the
material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent,
or the law.
(vi) A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of
perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is
allegedly infringed.
The Site's Copyright Agent can be reached at:
CG Cookie, Inc
65 North River Lane, Unit 201C
Geneva, IL 60134
630-246-4409
hello@cgcookie.com
14. No Professional Advice
The information available on the Website is intended to be a general information resource
regarding the matters covered, and is not tailored to your specific circumstance. You
should not construe this as legal, accounting or other professional advice. This Website
is not intended for use by minors. YOU SHOULD EVALUATE ALL INFORMATION,
OPINIONS AND ADVICE AVAILABLE ON THIS WEBSITE IN CONSULTATION
WITH YOUR SPECIALIST, OR WITH YOUR LEGAL, OR OTHER ADVISOR, AS
APPROPRIATE.
15. Users Disputes
You are solely responsible for your interactions with other Users. CG Cookie, Inc
reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other
Users.
16. User Submissions And Communications; Public Areas:
You acknowledge that you own, solely responsible or otherwise control all of the rights
to the content that you post; that the content is accurate; that use of the content you
supply does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person
or entity; and that you will indemnify CG Cookie, Inc or its affiliates for all claims
resulting from content you supply.
If you make any submission to an area of the Website accessed or accessible by the
public ("Public Area") or if you submit any business information, idea, concept or
invention to CG Cookie, Inc by email, you automatically represent and warrant that the
owner of such content or intellectual property has expressly granted CG Cookie, Inc a
royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, world-wide nonexclusive license to use, reproduce,
create derivative works from, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform, and
display the communication or content in any media or medium, or any form, format, or
forum now known or hereafter developed. CG Cookie, Inc may sublicense its rights
through multiple tiers of sublicenses. If you wish to keep any business information,
ideas, concepts or inventions private or proprietary, you must not submit them to the
Public Areas or to CG Cookie, Inc by email. We try to answer every email in a timely
manner, but are not always able to do so.
Some of the forums/comments (individual bulletin boards and posts on the social
network, for instance) on the Website are not moderated or reviewed. Accordingly,
Users will be held directly and solely responsible for the content of messages that are
posted. While not moderating the forums/comments, the Site reviewer will periodically
perform an administrative review for the purpose of deleting messages that are old,
have received few responses, are off topic or irrelevant, serve as advertisements or seem
otherwise inappropriate. CG Cookie, Inc has full discretion to delete messages. Users
are encouraged to read the specific forum rules displayed in each discussion forum first
before participating in that forum.
CG Cookie, Inc reserves the right (but is not obligated) to do any or all of the following:
- Record comments on the site.
- Examine an allegation that a communication(s) do(es) not conform to
the terms of this section and determine in its sole discretion to remove or
request the removal of the communication(s).
- Remove communications that are abusive, illegal, or disruptive, or that
otherwise fail to conform with these Terms of Use.
- Terminate a Member's access to any or all Public Areas and/or the CG
Cookie, Inc Site upon any breach of these Terms of Use.
- Monitor, edit, or disclose any communication in the Public Areas.
- Edit or delete any communication(s) posted on the CG Cookie, Inc Site,
regardless of whether such communication(s) violate these standards.
CG Cookie, Inc reserves the right to take any action it deems necessary to protect
the personal safety of our guests or the public. CG Cookie, Inc has no liability or
responsibility to users of the CG Cookie, Inc Website or any other person or entity for
performance or nonperformance of the aforementioned activities.
17. Arbitration
Except as regarding any action seeking equitable relief, including without limitation for
the purpose of protecting any CG Cookie, Inc confidential information and/or
intellectual property rights, any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to these
Terms of Use or this Website shall be settled by binding arbitration in accordance with
the commercial arbitration rules, in effect at the time the proceedings begin, of the
American Arbitration Association. Any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on
an individual basis, and shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or
controversy of any other party. The arbitration shall be held in Illinois, USA.
All information relating to or disclosed by any party in connection with the arbitration of
any disputes hereunder shall be treated by the parties, their representatives, and the
arbitrator as proprietary business information. Such information shall not be disclosed by
any party or their respective representatives without the prior written authorization of the
party furnishing such information. Such information shall not be disclosed by the
arbitrator without the prior written authorization of all parties. Each party shall bear the
burden of its own counsel fees incurred in connection with any arbitration proceedings.
Judgment upon the award returned by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having
jurisdiction over the parties or their assets or application of enforcement, as the case may
be. Any award by the arbitrator shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the parties. The
parties hereby waive all rights to judicial review of the arbitrator's decision and any
award contained therein.
18. Limitation of Liability
YOUR USE OF THE CONTENT IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. CG Cookie, Inc
SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY, WHETHER BASED IN
CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, FOR
ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR
SPECIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH
ACCESS TO, USE OF OR RELIANCE ON THE CONTENT (EVEN IF CG Cookie,
Inc HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES) OR THAT
ARISE IN CONNECTION WITH MISTAKES OR OMISSIONS IN, OR DELAYS IN
TRANSMISSION OF, INFORMATION TO OR FROM THE USER, ANY FAILURE
OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT,
DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION OR DELIVERY, COMPUTER
VIRUS, COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR
UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF RECORDS,
PROGRAMS OR FILES, INTERRUPTIONS IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CONNECTIONS TO THE WEBSITE OR VIRUSES, WHETHER CAUSED IN
WHOLE OR IN PART BY NEGLIGENCE, ACTS OF GOD,
TELECOMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OF, OR
UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE OR THE CONTENT. THIS
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY MAY BE DIFFERENT IN CONNECTION WITH
SPECIFIC PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OFFERED BY CG Cookie, Inc. SOME
JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, SO THIS
LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
19. Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold CG Cookie, Inc, its officers, directors,
employees, agents, licensors, and suppliers, harmless from and against any claims,
actions or demands, liabilities and settlements including without limitation, reasonable
legal and accounting fees, resulting from, or alleged to result from, your violation of
these Terms of Use.
20. Notice to Minors, Parents and Guardians.
Any service or product purchased from the website, must be completed by any person
aged 18 or order. Or otherwise has obtained permission from parent or legal guardian.
CG Cookie, Inc is not responsible for any action performed by minors without consent of
parent or legal guardian.
B. ADDITIONAL TERMS APPLICABLE ONLY TO REGISTERED USERS
20. Accounts And Security
CG Cookie, Inc does not warrant that the functions contained in the service provided
by the Website will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected or that
this service or the server that makes it available will be free of viruses or other harmful
components.
As part of the registration process, each user will select a password ("Password")
and Login Name ("Login Name"). You shall provide CG Cookie, Inc with accurate,
complete, and updated Account information. Failure to do so shall constitute a breach of
this Terms of Use, which may result in immediate termination of your Account.
CG Cookie, Inc does not store any payment information. All payment information is kept
with the user and their respective Paypal or Google Checkout accounts.
You may not:
select or use a Login Name of another person with the intent to impersonate that person;
use a name subject to the rights of any other person without authorization;
use a Login Name that Website, in its sole discretion, deems inappropriate or offensive.
You shall notify CG Cookie, Inc of any known or suspected unauthorized use(s) of
your Account, or any known or suspected breach of security, including loss, theft, or
unauthorized disclosure of your password. You shall be responsible for maintaining the
confidentiality of your password.
Any fraudulent, abusive, or otherwise illegal activity may be grounds for termination
of your Account, at CG Cookie, Inc's sole discretion, and you may be reported to
appropriate law-enforcement agencies.
Contact us: If you would like to request additional information regarding these Terms of
Use, please contact us at support@cgcookie.com