Terms of Service
West of Crazy is the owner and operator of (“West of Crazy” and “the Site”). This User Agreement between user and West of Crazy (“WOC,” “We” or the “Company”), governs User access to and use of the Services and Site offered by WOC. User access to and use of the Site is conditioned on User acceptance of and compliance with this agreement.
User Agreement
The following agreement (“Terms”) describes the terms on which we offer user access to our Site and Services, defined below. Capitalized terms used in these Terms shall have the meanings set forth below under “Definitions” or in the text of these Terms. Our offer to allow user to access the Site and Services is conditioned on User agreement to all of the terms and conditions contained in these Terms, including User compliance with the policies and terms linked to (via URLs or hyperlinks) from this Agreement, such as our Privacy Policy and our Content Guidelines. If user do not agree to be bound by these Terms in their entirety, user must cease accessing or otherwise using the Site and Services in any way. User use of any of the Site or Services constitutes User agreement to these Terms.
We may amend these Terms at any time in our sole discretion, effective upon posting the amended Terms at this URL where the prior version of these Terms was posted or by communicating these changes through any written contact method we have established with user. User use of the Site or Services following the date on which such amended Terms are published will constitute consent to such amendments. However, if user cease using the Site or Services upon such publication, User relationship with us will continue to be controlled by the previous version of these Terms. User agree that user will periodically check this page for updates to these Terms, and read the messages we send user to inform user of any changes.
DEFINITIONS
“Company” or “WOC” or “We” shall mean West of Crazy, and/or any of its affiliates, individually and collectively, doing business as WOC or otherwise.
“Company Parties” shall mean the Company, its affiliates and subsidiaries, and any of their directors, employees, agents, attorneys, third-party content providers, distributors, licensees or licensors.
“Service” or “Services” shall mean any of the internet based or other services offered by the Company, including, but not limited to, those described in this Agreement, whether through a website owned or controlled by the Company, through a social networking system, a mobile application, on User cellphone or otherwise.
“Site” shall mean this site owned or operated by West of Crazy primarily comprised of West of Crazy
“User Contributed Content” or “Content” shall mean each and every item of content or other material (whether comments, ideas, images, links, documents, text, writings, photographs, graphics, videos, or files) uploaded by a user to the Sites or otherwise integrated into the Sites by a user.
- Using Our Sites, User Conduct, and User Content
Eligibility: User may use our Site only if user can form a binding contract with WOC in compliance with the Agreement. In order to become a “Registered User” (by creating an account), WOC requires an individual to be at least seventeen (17) years old and not have a previous account terminated by WOC or otherwise have had his or her access to the Site terminated by WOC It is a violation of the Agreement to provide false or misleading information to WOC in connection with the creation of an account. If user would like to report an account registered for a minor, please email (need e-mail)
User Responsibilities: User are solely responsible for User use of our Site, for any Content user submit to us, any interactions with other users, and for any consequences thereof. Content user submit will be viewable by other users of the Site and through third party services and websites.
User should only provide Content that user are comfortable sharing with others under these Terms, and that does not violate any third-party’s rights of any kind, including without limitation, any intellectual property rights, rights of privacy, or publicity rights.
We reserve the right, but is not obligated, to reject and/or remove any Content in its sole discretion, including, but not limited to, violations of these Terms. We reserve the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between user and other users. We shall have no liability for User interactions with other users, or for any user’s action or inaction.
User Conduct: In exchange for User being able to use the Site, user agree to be bound by the following obligations:
- Registration.
- Even if user choose to create an anonymous account, user is still agreeing to all of these Terms.
- User may not: Use false information or an account owned or controlled by another person with the intent to mislead other users maliciously by impersonating that person or for any other reason; use as a User ID a name subject to any rights of a person other than User without appropriate authorization or in violation of our Content Guidelines; or otherwise submit false or misleading information to the Company.
- No Changes to the Software/Prohibited Uses.
User may not and may not allow any third party to:
- modify, adapt, disassemble, decompile, translate, reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to discover the source code or structure, sequence and organization of the Site or any portion of any website on which the Services are offered (except where the foregoing is required by applicable local law, and then only to the extent so required under such laws);
- use the Site in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Site or another user’s use of the Site;
- remove, obscure or change any copyright, trademark, hyperlink or other proprietary rights notices (“Notices”) contained in or on the Site or any website on which the Service is offered, Company code embeddable or embedded on a third-party web site, and/or Company software;
- submit any content or material that falsely express or imply that such content or material is sponsored or endorsed by the Company; or
- use the Site or Services to violate the security of any computer network or transfer or store illegal material.
- Usage Rules.
User agree that User use of and conduct on the Site (including any commenting feature), and User Content Submissions shall be lawful and will not:
- violate the contractual, personal, intellectual property or other rights of any party, or promote or constitute illegal activity;
- be in violation of these Terms, any local, state, federal or international law, rule or regulation or the rules of conduct posted with respect to any individual feature of the Services;
- create user accounts by automated means or under false pretenses or mislead others as to the origins of User communications;
- trick, defraud or mislead the Company or other users, especially in any attempt to learn sensitive account information such as passwords;
- make improper use of the Company’s support services or submit false reports of abuse or misconduct;
- engage in promoting any pyramid schemes or other multi-tiered marketing schemes or engage in promoting any websites or services that are deemed spam, malware, or contain objectionable material in the Company’s sole discretion;
- create or transmit unwanted electronic communications such as “spam,” to other users or members of the Sites or otherwise interfere with other users’ or members’ enjoyment of the Sites;
- disseminate or transmit viruses, worms, Trojan horses, RATs, keyboard loggers, time bombs, spyware, adware, cancelbots, passive collection mechanisms (“PCMs”), or any other malicious or invasive code or program or 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;
- copy or adapt the Service’s software including but not limited to Flash, PHP, HTML, JavaScript or other code;
- reverse engineer, decompile, reverse assemble, modify or attempt to discover any software (source code or object code) that the Service create to generate web pages or any software or other products or processes accessible through the Sites;
- except as may be the result of standard search engine or Internet browser usage, use or launch, develop or distribute any automated system, including, without limitation, any spider, robot (or “bot”), cheat utility, scraper or offline reader that accesses the Service, or use or launch any unauthorized script or other software;
- cover or obscure any notice, banner, advertisement or other branding on the Sites;
- disguise the source of User Content Submissions or other information user submit to the Sites;
- interfere with or circumvent any security feature of the Service or any feature that restricts or enforces limitations on use of or access to the Sites, Content or the User Content;
- User agree that user shall be responsible for any consequences (including a responsibility to indemnify the Company for damages it may suffer) arising in the event that any use of and conduct on the Service (including any commenting feature), and User Content Submissions:
- includes any offensive comments that are connected to race, national origin, gender, sexual preference or physical handicap;
- includes profanity or any obscene, indecent, pornographic, sexual or otherwise objectionable content or language;
- defames, libels, ridicules, mocks, disparages, threatens, harasses, intimidates or abuses anyone;
- promotes violence or describes how to perform a violent act;
- reveals any personal information about another individual, including another person’s address, phone number, e-mail address, credit card number or any information that may be used to track, contact or impersonate that individual;
- attempts to impersonate any other party;
- or uses tools which anonymize User internet protocol address (e.g. anonymous proxy) to access the Sites;
- The Company does not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in User Content Submissions or external sites that may be linked to from such Content and, therefore, the Company specifically disclaims any responsibility with regard thereto.
- The Sites may contain or deliver advertising and sponsorships. Advertisers and sponsors are responsible for ensuring that material submitted for inclusion is accurate and complies with applicable laws. We are not responsible for the illegality or any error, inaccuracy or problem in the advertiser’s or sponsor’s materials.
- Licensing Agreements
User License: User retain User rights to any Content user submit to or through the Site. By posting any Content on the Site, however, user expressly grant, and user represent and warrant that user have all rights necessary to and do grant, to us a royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, list information regarding, edit, translate, distribute, syndicate, publicly perform, publicly display, and make derivative works of all such Content and User name, voice, and/or likeness as contained in User Content, in whole or in part, and in any form, media or technology, whether now known or hereafter developed, for use in connection with the Site and WOC’s (and its successors, assignees, or affiliates) business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Site (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats, whether now known or hereafter developed, and through any media channels or search engines for commercial and noncommercial purposes alike. User also hereby grant each user of the Site a non-exclusive license to access User Content through the Site, and to use, reproduce, distribute, display and perform such Content as permitted through the functionality of the Site and under these Terms. Any material user transmit to the Company or otherwise through the Site will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary.
Such additional uses by WOC, or other companies, organizations or individuals who partner with or use WOC, may be made with no compensation paid to user with respect to the Content that user submit, post, transmit or otherwise make available through the Sites. We may add or insert affiliate and partner code into Content that user submit. We may modify or adapt User Content in order to transmit, display or distribute it over computer networks and in various media and/or make changes to User Content as are necessary to conform and adapt that Content to any requirements or limitations of any networks, devices, services or Third Party Services, and user are responsible for reading and understanding those Third Party Services’ privacy policies.
Site License: All right, title, and interest in and to the Site (excluding Content provided by users) shall remain the exclusive property of WOC and its licensors. The Sites are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of both the United States and foreign countries. Nothing in the Terms gives user a right to use the WOC name or any of the WOC website names, trademarks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features. Any feedback, comments, ideas or suggestions user may provide regarding the Site, or the Services is entirely voluntary and we will be free to use such feedback, comments or suggestions as we see fit and without any obligation to user.
Subject to User acceptance of these Terms, WOC grants user a non-exclusive, limited, non-transferable, freely revocable license to use the Sites for User personal, noncommercial (i.e. user may not use the Site to provide or serve or permit others to provide or serve ads or contests or sweepstakes) use only and as permitted by the features of the Site. WOC reserves all rights not expressly granted herein in the Site and the WOC Content. WOC reserves the right to terminate User license to use the Site at any time and for any reason or in the future to charge for commercial usage.
- Privacy
We care about the privacy of our users. User understand that by using the Site user consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of User personally identifiable information (see “Information Sharing” below) and aggregate data as set forth in our Privacy Policy, and to have User personally identifiable information collected, used, transferred to and processed in the United States.
- Information Sharing
We have technical, administrative and physical safeguards in place to help protect against unauthorized access to, use or disclosure of user information we maintain. Under our security practices and policies, access to personally identifiable information is authorized only for those who have a business need for such access, and sensitive records are to be retained only as long as necessary for business or legal needs and destroyed before disposal.
Although we work hard to protect personal information that we collect and store, no program is one hundred percent secure and we cannot guarantee that our safeguards will prevent every unauthorized attempt to access, use or disclose personal information. If user become aware of a security issue, please email us at legal@westofcrazy.com
The Company reserves the right to reveal User identity (or whatever information we know about user) in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any comment or other content posted by user or where such information is otherwise relevant.
- Advertisements
As part of the Service, we may include advertisements and/or content provided by WOC and/or a third party, which may be targeted to the Content or information on the Site, queries made through the Site, or other information. The types and extent of advertising by WOC on the Site are subject to change. In consideration for WOC granting user access to and use of the Site, user agree that WOC and its third party providers and partners may place such advertising on the Site or in connection with the display of Content or information from the Site whether submitted by user or others.
- Third-Party Links Disclaimer
The Site may contain links to third-party websites, advertisers, services (such as payment processing), special offers, or other events or activities that are not owned or controlled by WOC. WOC does not endorse or assume any responsibility for any such third-party sites, information, materials, products, or services. If user access a third party website from the Sites, user do so at User own risk, and user understand that these Terms and WOC’s Privacy Policy do not apply to User use of such sites. User expressly release WOC from any and all liability arising from User use of any third-party website, service, or Content. User dealings with or participation in promotions of advertisers found on the Sites, including payment and delivery of goods, and any other terms (such as warranties) are solely between user and such advertisers. User agree that WOC shall not be responsible for any loss or damage of any sort relating to User dealings with such advertisers or entities.
- Copyright Policy
If WOC receives notice that Content posted is unlawful or not in keeping with the Terms or the intended use of the Site, we reserve the right to remove the material. Please note that we will respond only to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). The text of the Act can be found at the U.S. Copyright Office Web Site.
To file a notice of infringement with us, user must provide a written communication (by email with an attached and signed PDF or by U.S. mail) that sets forth the items specified below.
In all cases, if user do not hear a response from us within ten (10) days of submitting a complaint, please telephone us at (is there a specific phone number user want me to enter here) to confirm that we received User original complaint. Spam blockers sometimes devour important emails from strangers! To enable us to address User concerns, please provide the following information:
- For each allegedly infringing image, video, music, or piece of text that user wish to have removed from one of our sites, provide the exact permanent URL for the page containing the material.
- Provide information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact user: an email address is preferred, as well as a telephone contact number.
- For images, provide the following information detailing User claim to ownership of the copyright in the allegedly infringing image, video, music, or piece of text: Proof of copyright in the image, video, music, or piece of text concerned, namely proof of registration; OR, absent such registration, a detailed description and evidence to support User claim that user own the copyright in the image, video, music, or piece of text. We will not comply with requests to remove an image, video, music, or piece of text where the complainant cannot prove that they own the copyright in the Content in question.
- Include the following statement: “I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.”
- Sign the document and send it to legal@westofcrazy.com with subject line: Legal / DMCA Complaints.
Please note that user will be liable for damages (including costs and attorneys’ fees) if user materially misrepresent that any material on our sites is infringing User copyrights. We also reserve the right to publish User letter on the WOC site(s).
- Termination of Agreement
User may discontinue User use of the Site at any time without informing us. Subject to the provisions in the WOC Privacy Policy, we may retain and continue to use any Content that user have submitted or uploaded to the Site.
WOC may, without prior notice, change the Site, stop providing access to the Site or features of the Site to user or to users generally, or create usage limits for the Site. We may permanently or temporarily terminate or suspend User access to the Site without notice and liability for any reason, including if, in our sole determination, user violate any provision of these Terms. In particular, WOC may immediately terminate or suspend accounts that have been flagged for repeat copyright infringement, in accordance with the DMCA and other applicable laws.
Upon termination of User access to or ability to use the Site, including but not limited to suspension of User account, User right to use or access that Service and any Content will immediately cease. All provisions of this Agreement that by their nature should survive termination, shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, and limitations of liability. Termination of User access to and use of the Sites shall not relieve user of any obligations arising or accruing prior to such termination or limit any liability which user otherwise may have to WOC or any third party.
On termination of User Account or upon User deletion of particular pieces of User Content from the Site, user acknowledge and agree that: (a) caching of, copies of, or references to the Content may not be immediately removed; (b) such removed Content may persist in backups (not available to others) for a reasonable period of time; and (c) such removed Content may be available (and stored on our servers) through the accounts of other users, because of liking. User agree to release and indemnify WOC from all claims related to the retention of deleted content.
- Indemnity
User agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless WOC and its subsidiaries, agents, licensors, managers, and other affiliated companies, and their employees, contractors, agents, officers and directors, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorneys’ fees) arising from: (i) User use of and access to the Site, including any data or Content transmitted, submitted, viewed, or received by user; (ii) User violation of any provision of these Terms, including without limitation User breach of any of the representations and warranties above; (iii) User violation of any third-party right, including without limitation any right of privacy or intellectual property rights; (iv) User violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation; (v) any claim or damages that arise as a result of any of User Content or any that is submitted via User account; or (vi) any other party’s access and use of the Site with User unique username, password or other appropriate security code.
- Warranty, Disclaimer, and Limitations of Liability
User access to and use of the Site or any Content is at User own risk.
THE SITE ARE AVAILABLE “AS IS”: USER UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE SITE ARE PROVIDED TO USER ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WOC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
WOC makes no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to the Site, including any representation or warranty that the use of the Site will (a) be timely, uninterrupted or error-free or operate in combination with any other hardware, software, system or data, (b) meet User requirements or expectations, (c) be free from errors or that defects will be corrected, or (d) be free of viruses or other harmful components. WOC also makes no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to Content; user Content, in particular, is provided by and is solely the responsibility of the users providing that Content. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained from WOC or through the Site, will create any warranty not expressly made herein.
Release From Liability: User release, to the fullest extent permitted by law, WOC, its affiliated entities, parent companies, subsidiaries, directors, officers, shareholders, employees, representatives, consultants, agents, suppliers, and/or distributors from responsibility, liability, claims, demands, and/or damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, arising out of or in any way connected with the following: (i) Disputes between users, including those between user and other users; (ii) Third party sites and services, including Content found on such sites and services; (iii) Disputes concerning any use of or action taken using User account by user or a third party; (iv) Claims relating to the unauthorized access to any data communications or Content stored under or relating to User account, including unauthorized use or alteration of such communications or User Content.
Limitation of Liability: TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WOC, ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES, PARENT COMPANIES, SUBSIDIARIES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, CONSULTANTS, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, AND/OR DISTRIBUTORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR: (A) ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER; (B) LOSS OF: PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, USE, GOOD-WILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES; (C) DAMAGES RELATING TO USER ACCESS TO, USE OF, OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE SITES; (D) DAMAGES RELATING TO ANY CONDUCT OR CONTENT OF ANY THIRD PARTY OR SUBSCRIBER USING THE SITES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OR CONTENT; AND/OR (E) DAMAGES IN ANY MANNER RELATING TO ANY CONTENT. THIS LIMITATION APPLIES TO ALL CLAIMS, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER OR NOT WOC HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE, AND FURTHER WHERE A REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF WOC AND ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, CONSULTANTS, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, AND/OR DISTRIBUTORS, FOR ANY CLAIM UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING FOR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES, IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF FIFTY DOLLARS (USD$50) OR THE AMOUNT USER PAID US TO USE THE APPLICABLE SITE(S).
- Waiver, Severability & Entire Agreement
Waiver: The failure of WOC to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be deemed a waiver of such right or provision.
Severability: In the event that any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, then that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in full force and effect.
Entire Agreement: These Terms and our Privacy Policy and Content Guidelines are the entire and exclusive agreement between WOC and user regarding use of the Site (excluding any services for which user have a separate written agreement with WOC that is explicitly in addition or in place of these Terms), and these Terms supersede and replace any prior agreements between WOC and user regarding use of the Site.
- Legal Disputes
Applicable Law. User agree that the laws of the State of Virginia, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Terms and any claim or dispute that has arisen or may arise between user and WOC, except as otherwise stated in these Terms.
Binding Arbitration. If user and the Company are unable to resolve a Dispute through informal negotiations, either user or the Company may elect to have the Dispute (except those Disputes expressly excluded below) finally and exclusively resolved by binding arbitration. Any election to arbitrate by one party shall be final and binding on the other. USER UNDERSTAND THAT ABSENT THIS PROVISION, USER 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. The determination of whether a Dispute is subject to arbitration shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act and determined by a court rather than an arbitrator. User arbitration fees and User share of arbitrator compensation shall be governed by the AAA Rules and, where appropriate, limited by the AAA Consumer Rules. If such costs are determined by the arbitrator to be excessive, the Company 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 a party. The arbitrator must follow applicable law, and any award may be challenged if the arbitrator fails to do so. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, user and the Company 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.
Judicial Forum for Legal Disputes. Unless user and we agree otherwise, in the event that the Binding Arbitration provision above is found not to apply to user or to a particular claim or dispute, either as a result of User decision to opt-out of the Terms or a court order, user agree that any claim or dispute that has arisen or may arise between user and WOC must be resolved exclusively by a state or federal court located in the State of Virginia. User and WOC agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts located within the State of Virginia for the purpose of litigating all such claims or disputes.
- Statute of Limitations.
User and the Company both agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Site, Terms or Privacy Policy must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.
- Notification of Changes to Terms of Service.
Whenever we change our Terms, we will post those changes to this Terms of Service page, and other places we deem appropriate so that our users are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. By continuing to use the Site, user agree and accept the changes and agree to the Terms.
- International Users.
The Site and Services are based in the United States. We make no representations that they are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who access or use the Site and Services from other countries do so at their own volition and are responsible for compliance with local law.
- Effective Date.
These Terms of Service are effective September 7, 2020 and shall be updated from time to time.
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