Terms of Use Agreement

Effective on 04.06.2020

The terms “we”, “us” or “our” refer to Spot Pack, LLC.

1. Introduction

This website and our products, applications and services (“Services”) are owned by us and are provided subject to the terms set forth herein. You agree you have read, understand, and agree to all terms applicable to you, which are contained herein. If you use the Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. Additionally, by your use of the Services you agree that you acknowledge and agree to our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy. The Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy are incorporated herein by reference.

We may make changes to these Terms of Use and to the Service from time to time. We may do this for a variety of reasons, including to reflect changes in or requirements of the law, new features, or changes in business practices. The most recent version of this Agreement will be posted on the Service under Settings and also on www.spotpack.com, and you should regularly check for the most recent version. The most recent version is the version that applies. If the changes include material changes that affect your rights or obligations, we will notify you in advance of the changes by reasonable means, which could include notification through the Service or via email.

2. Eligibility.

You must be at least 18 years of age to use the Service. By creating an account and using the Service, you represent and warrant that:

  • you can form a binding contract with us,

  • you own the pet identified in your profile,

  • you will comply with this Agreement and all applicable local, state, national and international laws, rules and regulations, and

  • you have never been convicted of a felony or indictable offense (or crime of similar severity), a sex crime, or any crime involving violence, and that you are not required to register as a sex offender with any state, federal or local sex offender registry,

  • You are not prohibited by law from using our services,

  • You are not required to register as a sex offender with any state, federal or local sex offender registry,

  • You do not have more than one account on our Services; and

  • You have not previously been removed from our Services by us, unless you have our express written permission to create a new account.

If at any time you cease to meet these requirements, you must immediately delete your account.

3. Your Account.

There are several important things you need to know about the account you create on the Services:

  • Access:You agree to access the Services through our approved application, including, but not limited to, a web browser or through an application made available through iTunes, GooglePlay and other third-party distribution platforms (“Applications”), and specifically agree not to use any other third-party applications not approved by us to access the Services.

  • Credentials: You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials you use to sign up for an account, and you are solely responsible for the activities that occur under those credentials. If you think someone has gained access to your account, please immediately [link to support contact].

  • Safety:Though we strive to encourage a respectful user experience through features like the double opt-in that only allows users to communicate if they have both indicated interest in communicating with another, it is not responsible for the conduct of any user on or off of the Service. You agree to use caution in all interactions with other users, particularly if you decide to communicate off the Service or meet in person. In addition, you agree to review and follow our Safety Tips prior to using the Service. [I think we really need to consider this. It appears everyone has these for “meet ups” of strangers] You agree that you will not provide your financial information (for example, your credit card or bank account information), or wire or otherwise send money, to other users.YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER USERS. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO NOT CONDUCT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS ON ITS USERS OR OTHERWISE INQUIRE INTO THE BACKGROUND OF ITS USERS. WE MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE CONDUCT OF USERS.

4. CONTENT 

While using our Services, you will have access to: (i) content that you upload or provide while using our Services (“Your Content”); (ii) content that other users upload or provide while using our Services (“Member Content”); and (iii) content that we provide on and through our Services (“Our Content”). In this agreement, “content” includes, without limitation, all text, images, video, audio, or other material on our Services, including information on users’ profiles and in direct messages between users.

  • Your Content. You are solely responsible and liable for Your Content, and, therefore, you agree to indemnify, defend, release, and hold us harmless from any claims made in connection with Your Content.

You represent and warrant to us that the information you provide to us or any other user is accurate, including any information submitted through other third-party sources (if applicable), and that you will update your account information as necessary to ensure its accuracy.

The content included on your individual profile should be relevant to the intended use of our Services. You may not display any personal contact or banking information, whether in relation to you or any other person (for example, names, home addresses or postcodes, telephone numbers, email addresses, URLs, credit/debit card or other banking details). If you choose to reveal any personal information about yourself to other users, you do so at your own risk. We encourage you to use caution in disclosing any personal information online.

Your individual profile will be visible to other people on the internet, so be sure that you are comfortable sharing Your Content before you post. You acknowledge and agree that Your Content may be viewed by other users, and, notwithstanding these Terms, other users may share Your Content with third parties. By uploading Your Content, you represent and warrant to us that you have all necessary rights and licenses to do so and automatically grant us a license to use Your Content as provided under Section 6 below.

You understand and agree that we may monitor or review Your Content, and we have the right to remove, delete, edit, limit, or block or prevent access to any of Your Content at any time in our sole discretion. Furthermore, you understand agree that we have no obligation to display or review Your Content.

  • Member Content. Other users will also share content on our Services. Member Content belongs to the user who posted the content and is stored on our servers and displayed at the direction of that user.

You do not have any rights in relation to Member Content, and you may only use Member Content to the extent that your use is consistent with our Services’ purpose of allowing use to communicate with and meet one another. You may not copy the Member Content or use Member Content for commercial purposes, to spam, to harass, or to make unlawful threats. We reserve the right to terminate your account if you misuse Member Content.

  • Our Content. Any other text, content, graphics, user interfaces, trademarks, logos, sounds, artwork, images, and other intellectual property appearing on our Services is owned, controlled or licensed by us and protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property law rights. All rights, title, and interest in and to Our Content remains with us at all times.

We grant you a limited license to access and use Our Content as provided under Section 6 below, and we reserve all other rights.

5. INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT AND MISCONDUCT; REPORTING

We are committed to maintaining a positive and respectful community, and we do not tolerate any inappropriate content or misconduct, whether on or off of the Services. We encourage you to report any inappropriate Member Content or misconduct by other users. You can report a user directly through the “Report a Concern” link on a user’s profile or at the bottom of every email. You may also email us by clicking [link to customer support].

6. RIGHTS GRANTED

  • To you. We grant you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable, nonexclusive, revocable, and non-sublicensable license to access and use the Service. This license is for the sole purpose of letting you use and enjoy the Service’s benefits as intended by us and permitted by this Agreement. Therefore, you agree not to:

    • use the Service or any content contained in the Service for any commercial purposes without our written consent.

    • copy, modify, transmit, create any derivative works from, make use of, or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, images, trademarks, trade names, service marks, or other intellectual property, content or proprietary information accessible through the Service without our prior written consent.

    • express or imply that any statements you make are endorsed by us.

    • use any robot, bot, spider, crawler, scraper, site search/retrieval application, proxy or other manual or automatic device, method or process to access, retrieve, index, “data mine,” or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the Service or its contents.

    • use the Service in any way that could interfere with, disrupt or negatively affect the Service or the servers or networks connected to the Service.

    • upload viruses or other malicious code or otherwise compromise the security of the Service.

    • forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any information transmitted to or through the Service.

    • “frame” or “mirror” any part of the Service without our prior written authorization.

    • use meta tags or code or other devices containing any reference to us or the Service (or any trademark, trade name, service mark, logo or slogan of ours) to direct any person to any other website for any purpose.

    • modify, adapt, sublicense, translate, sell, reverse engineer, decipher, decompile or otherwise disassemble any portion of the Service, or cause others to do so.

    • use or develop any third-party applications that interact with the Service or other users’ Content or information without our written consent.

    • use, access, or publish our application programming interface without our written consent.

    • probe, scan or test the vulnerability of our Service or any system or network.

    • encourage or promote any activity that violates this Agreement.

We may investigate and take any available legal action in response to illegal and/ or unauthorized uses of the Service, including termination of your account.

  • By you to us. By creating an account, you grant to us a worldwide, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, right and license to host, store, use, copy, display, reproduce, adapt, edit, publish, modify and distribute information you authorize us to access from a third-party site or app, as well as any Your Content Our license to Your Content shall be non-exclusive, except that our license shall be exclusive with respect to derivative works created through use of the Service. For example, We would have an exclusive license to screenshots of the Service that include Your Content. In addition, so that we can prevent the use of your Content outside of the Service, you authorize us to act on your behalf with respect to infringing uses of your Content taken from the Service by other users or third parties. This expressly includes the authority, but not the obligation, to send notices pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) (i.e., DMCA Takedown Notices) on your behalf if Your Content is taken and used by third parties outside of the Service. Our license to Your Content is subject to your rights under applicable law (for example laws regarding personal data protection to the extent any Content contains personal information as defined by those laws) and is for the limited purpose of operating, developing, providing, and improving the Service and researching and developing new ones. You agree that Your Content you place or that you authorize us to place on the Service may be viewed by other users and may be viewed by any person visiting or participating in the Service (such as individuals who may receive shared Content from other of our users). By submitting suggestions or feedback to us regarding our Services, you agree that we may use and share such feedback for any purpose without compensating you.

7. PRIVACY 

For information about how we and our affiliate collect, use, and share your personal data, please read our [Link to privacy policy]. By using our Services, you agree that we may use your personal data in accordance with our [link to privacy policy].

9. ACCOUNT TERMINATION

You can delete your account at any time by [instructions on how to terminate account].

We reserve the right to investigate and, if appropriate, suspend or terminate your account without a refund if you have violated these Terms of Use, misused our Services, or behaved in a way that we regard as inappropriate or unlawful, on or off our Services. We reserve the right to make use of any personal, technological, legal, or other means available to enforce the Terms of Use, at any time without liability and without the obligation to give you prior notice, including, but not limited to, preventing you from accessing the Services.

If your account is terminated by you or by us for any reason, these Terms of Use continue and remain enforceable between you and us, and you will not be entitled to any refund for purchases made. Your information will be maintained and deleted in accordance with our [Privacy Policy link].

10. NO CRIMINAL BACKGROUND OR IDENTITY VERIFICATION CHECKS YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO NOT CONDUCT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND OR IDENTITY VERIFICATION CHECKS ON ITS USERS OR OTHERWISE INQUIRE INTO THE BACKGROUND OF ITS USERS. WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE CONDUCT, IDENTITY, INTENTIONS, LEGITIMACY, OR VERACITY OF USERS. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CONDUCT—AND YOU AUTHORIZE US TO CONDUCT—ANY CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK OR OTHER SCREENINGS (SUCH AS SEX OFFENDER REGISTER SEARCHES) AT ANY TIME USING AVAILABLE PUBLIC RECORDS, AND YOU AGREE THAT ANY INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

11.YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER USERS. SEX OFFENDER SCREENINGS AND OTHER TOOLS DO NOT GUARANTEE YOUR SAFETY AND ARE NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR FOLLOWING THE SAFETY TIPS AND OTHER SENSIBLE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. ALWAYS USE YOUR BEST JUDGMENT AND TAKE APPROPRIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WHEN COMMUNICATING WITH OR MEETING NEW PEOPLE. COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED THROUGH THE SERVICE, INCLUDING AUTOMATIC NOTIFICATIONS SENT BY US, MAY RESULT FROM USERS ENGAGING WITH THE SERVICE FOR IMPROPER PURPOSES, INCLUDING FRAUD, ABUSE, HARASSMENT, OR OTHER SUCH IMPROPER BEHAVIOR.

Though we strive to encourage a respectful user experience, it is not responsible for the conduct of any user on or off the Service. You agree to use caution in all interactions with other users, particularly if you decide to communicate off the Service or meet in person.

12. DISCLAIMER. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES, AND ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND MATERIALS CONTAINED IN, ACCESSED VIA, OR DESCRIBED ON THE SERVICES, IS AT YOUR OWN RISK, AND THAT ALL SUCH INFORMATION, CONTENT, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE MAKES NO, AND HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL, REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE AVAILABILITY, OPERATION AND USE OF THE SERVICES OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES ON OR ACCESSED VIA THE SERVICES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON- INFRINGEMENT, AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE. IN ADDITION, WE DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE VIA THE SERVICES IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE OR CURRENT, AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS THEREIN OR FOR ANY ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES RESULTING FROM YOUR RELIANCE ON ANY ASPECT OF THE SERVICES. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT INTERNET DATA TRANSMISSION IS NOT ALWAYS SECURE AND WE CANNOT WARRANT THAT INFORMATION YOU TRANSMIT UTILIZING THE SERVICES IS SECURE. BECAUSE SECURITY IS IMPORTANT TO BOTH US AND YOU, WE WILL ALWAYS MAKE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO ENSURE THE SECURITY OF OUR SYSTEMS BUT WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR FREE OF ERRORS, VIRUSES, OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

CERTAIN STATE LAWS MAY NOT PERMIT LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN TYPES OF DAMAGES, AND THUS SOME OR ALL OF THE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

13. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.IN NO EVENT SHALL WE OR OUR AFFILIATE, OR THE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES OF US BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF, ACCESS TO, RELIANCE ON, INABILITY TO USE OR IMPROPER USE OF THE SERVICES OR ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES AVAILABLE THEREON (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL OR REVENUE, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR LOSS OF DATA), EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE. IN ADDITION, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE INTERNET CONNECTION TO ACCESS THE SERVICES VIA THE INTERNET AND THAT WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ACCESS THE SERVICES DUE TO ANY POWER OR INTERNET DATA CONNECTION FAILURE.

THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION 13 SHALL APPLY EVEN IF YOUR REMEDIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT FAIL WITH RESPECT TO THEIR ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES, SO SOME OR ALL OF THE EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

12. INFRINGEMENT;DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT

We have adopted the following policy towards copyright infringement in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the “DMCA”). If you believe any Member Content or Our Content infringes upon your intellectual property rights, please submit a notification alleging such infringement (“DMCA Takedown Notice”) including the following:

  1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;

  2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works;

  3. Identification of the material claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access disabled and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material;

  4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail;

  5. A statement that you have 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; and

  6. A statement that, under penalty of perjury, the information in the notification is accurate and you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Any DMCA Takedown Notices should be sent to copyright@spotpack.com, by phone to 214-576-3272 or via mail to the following address: Copyright Compliance Department c/o Spot Pack Legal, 823 Linden Ave., Oak Park, IL 60302.

We will terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.

13. ADS AND THIRD-PARTY CONTENT

Our Services may contain advertisements and promotions offered by third parties and links to other websites or resources. We may also provide non-commercial links or references to third parties within its content. We are not responsible for the availability (or lack of availability) of any external websites or resources or their content. Furthermore, we are not responsible for, and does not endorse, any products or services that may be offered by third-party websites or resources. If you choose to interact with the third parties made available through our Services, such party’s terms will govern their relationship with you. We are not responsible or liable for such third parties’ terms or actions.

14. DISPUTE RESOLUTION

If you are dissatisfied with our Services for any reason, please contact Customer Service first so that we can try to resolve your concerns without the need of outside assistance. If you choose to pursue a claim against us, these terms will apply.

  • Arbitration;Class Action Waiver;Jury Waiver. Unless resolved by mutual efforts of the parties hereto, disputes or claims that may arise out of or in connection with this Agreement and for which either party shall seek equitable relief, all differences, disputes or claims arising in connection with this Agreement or any transaction or occurrence contemplated hereby shall be finally settled under the Commercial Rules of the American Arbitration Association in West Palm Beach, Florida, by one or more arbitrators appointed in accordance with such Rules (and the arbitrator shall be obligated to provide a reasoned opinion). It is understood that the decision in such arbitration shall be binding on both parties and that a judgement upon any award rendered may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. Nothing in this Section shall prevent either party from seeking injunctive or other equitable relief from the courts for matters related to data security, intellectual property or unauthorized access to the Service. ALL CLAIMS MUST BE BROUGHT IN THE PARTIES’ INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING, AND, UNLESS WE AGREE OTHERWISE, THE ARBITRATOR MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE MORE THAN ONE PERSON’S CLAIMS. YOU AGREE THAT, BY ENTERING INTO THESE TERMS, YOU AND WE ARE EACH WAIVING THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY OR TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION. In the event that this arbitration agreement is for any reason held to be unenforceable, any litigation against us (except for small-claims court actions) may be commenced only in the federal or state courts located in Palm Beach County, Florida. You hereby irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of those courts for such purposes.

  • Governing Law. Except where our arbitration agreement is prohibited by law, the laws of State of Florida, U.S.A., excluding the State of Florida’s conflict of laws rules, will apply to any disputes arising out of or relating to this Agreement or our Services. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Arbitration Agreement above shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act. For the avoidance of doubt, the choice of Florida governing law shall not supersede any mandatory consumer protection legislation in such jurisdictions.

  • Venue. Except for claims that may be properly brought in a small claims court of competent jurisdiction in the county or other jurisdiction in which you reside or in Palm Beach County, Florida, all claims arising out of or relating to this Agreement, to our Services, or to your relationship with us that for whatever reason are not submitted to arbitration will be litigated exclusively in the federal or state courts of Palm Beach County, Florida, U.S.A. You and we consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction of courts in the State of Florida and waive any claim that such courts constitute an inconvenient forum.

16. Indemnity

You agree to the maximum extent allowed by law to indemnify and hold the us harmless from and against any and all damages, liabilities, actions, causes of action, suits, claims, demands, losses, costs and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys' fees, disbursements and court costs) arising from or in connection with (i) use of the Services or any content, information, materials, products or services contained, displayed or available therein by you or any other person accessing the Services under any password, user ID or other access method assigned to you; (ii) your violation of these Terms of Use or Privacy Policy, (iii) Your Content you provide to us; or (iv) your violation of any rights of any third party.

18. ENTIRE AGREEMENT

These Terms of Use, with the [Privacy Policy], [Cookie Policy] contain the entire agreement between you and us regarding the use of our Services. The Terms supersede all previous agreements, representations, and arrangements between us, written or oral. If any provision of these Terms of Use are held invalid, illegal, or otherwise unenforceable, the remainder of the Terms of Use shall continue in full force and effect. The failure by us to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. You agree that your agreement and account with us is non-transferable and all of your rights to your account and its content terminate upon your death, unless otherwise provided by law. Any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by us without restriction. No agency, partnership, joint venture, fiduciary or other special relationship or employment is created as a result of these Terms of Use, and you may not make any representations on behalf of or bind us in any manner.


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