TERMS OF SERVICE
Welcome to Blue Dot Photos! These Terms and Conditions ("Agreement") govern your use of our website (the "Website"), products, and services (collectively, the "Services"). By accessing or using our Services, you agree to be bound by this Agreement. If you do not agree with any part of these Terms, please do not use our Services.
1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
Blue Dot Photos Inc. ("Blue Dot Photos") welcomes you. Blue Dot Photos provides the Blue Dot Photos Services (defined below) to you subject to the following Terms of Service ("TOS"), which may be updated by us from time to time without notice to you. By accessing and using the Blue Dot Photos Services, you accept and agree to be bound by the terms and provision of the TOS. In addition, when using particular Blue Dot Photos owned or operated services, you and Blue Dot Photos shall be subject to any posted guidelines or rules applicable to such services, which may be posted and modified from time to time. All such guidelines or rules are hereby incorporated by reference into the TOS. Blue Dot Photos may also offer other services that are governed by different Terms of Service. In such cases the other terms of service will be posted on the relevant service to which they apply.
2. DESCRIPTION OF BLUE DOT PHOTOS SERVICES
Blue Dot Photos provides users with access to a rich collection of
resources, including without limitation various communications tools,
forums, shopping services, (the "Blue Dot Photos Services"). You also
understand and agree that the Blue Dot Photos Services may include
advertisements and that these advertisements are necessary for Blue
Dot Photos to provide the Blue Dot Photos Services. You also
understand and agree that the Blue Dot Photos Services may include
certain communications from Blue Dot Photos, such as service
announcements, administrative messages and the Blue Dot Photos
Newsletter, and that these communications are considered part of Blue
Dot Photos membership and you will not be able to opt out of receiving
them. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that
augment or enhance the current Blue Dot Photos Services, including the
release of new Blue Dot Photos properties, shall be subject to the
TOS. You understand and agree that the Blue Dot Photos Services is
provided "AS-IS" and that Blue Dot Photos assumes no responsibility
for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any
user communications or personalization settings. You are responsible
for obtaining access to the Blue Dot Photos Services, and that access
may involve third-party fees (such as Internet service provider or
airtime charges). You are responsible for those fees, including those
fees associated with the display or delivery of advertisements. In
addition, you must provide and are responsible for all equipment
necessary to access the Blue Dot Photos Services.
You
understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Blue
Dot Photos Services, including your Content, may involve (a)
transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and
adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.
Please be aware that Blue Dot Photos has created certain
areas on the Blue Dot Photos Services that contain adult or mature
content. You must be at least 18 years of age to access and view such
areas.
3. YOUR REGISTRATION OBLIGATIONS
In consideration of your use of the Blue Dot Photos Services, you represent that you are of legal age to form a binding contract and are not a person barred from receiving the Blue Dot Photos Services under the laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdiction. You also agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current, and complete information about yourself as prompted by the Blue Dot Photos Service's registration form (the "Registration Data") and (b) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current, and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, or Blue Dot Photos has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, Blue Dot Photos has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Blue Dot Photos Services (or any portion thereof). Blue Dot Photos is concerned about the safety and privacy of all its users, particularly children. For this reason, parents of children under the age of 13 who wish to allow their children access to the Blue Dot Photos Services must create a Blue Dot Photos Family Account. When you create a Blue Dot Photos Family Account and add your child to the account, you certify that you are at least 18 years old and that you are the legal guardian of the child/children listed on the Blue Dot Photos Family Account. By adding a child to your Blue Dot Photos Family Account, you also give your child permission to access many areas of the Blue Dot Photos Services, including, email, message boards, and instant messaging (among others). Please remember that the Blue Dot Photos Services is designed to appeal to a broad audience. Accordingly, as the legal guardian, it is your responsibility to determine whether any of the Blue Dot Photos Services areas and/or content (as defined in Section 6 below) are appropriate for your child.
4. Blue Dot Photos PRIVACY POLICY
Registration Data and certain other information about you are subject to our applicable privacy policy. You understand that through your use of the Blue Dot Photos Services you consent to the collection and use (as set forth in the applicable privacy policy) of this information, including the transfer of this information to the United States and/or other countries for storage, processing and use by Blue Dot Photos and its affiliates.
5. Blue Dot Photos PRIVACY POLICY
Registration Data and certain other information about you are subject to our applicable privacy policy. You understand that through your use of the Blue Dot Photos Services you consent to the collection and use (as set forth in the applicable privacy policy) of this information, including the transfer of this information to the United States and/or other countries for storage, processing and use by Blue Dot Photos and its affiliates.
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Immediately notify Blue Dot Photos of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security
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Ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. Blue Dot Photos cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this Section 5.
6. MEMBER CONDUCT
You understand that all information, data, text, software, music,
sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, tags, or other
materials ("Content"), whether publicly posted or privately
transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from whom such
Content originated. This means that you, and not Blue Dot Photos, are
entirely responsible for all Content that you upload, post, email,
transmit, or otherwise make available via the Blue Dot Photos
Services. Blue Dot Photos does not control the Content posted via the
Blue Dot Photos Services and, as such, does not guarantee the
accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. You understand that by
using the Blue Dot Photos Services, you may be exposed to Content that
is offensive, indecent, or objectionable. Under no circumstances will
Blue Dot Photos be liable in any way for any Content, including, but
not limited to, any errors or omissions in any Content, or any loss or
damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content
posted, emailed, transmitted, or otherwise made available via the Blue
Dot Photos Services.
You agree not to use the Blue Dot Photos Services to:
A.
Upload, post, email, transmit, or otherwise make available any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable.
B.
Harm minors in any way.
C.
Impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a Blue Dot Photos official, forum leader, guide or host, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.
D.
Forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Blue Dot Photos Service.
E.
Upload, post, email, transmit, or otherwise make available any Content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements).
F.
Upload, post, email, transmit, or otherwise make available any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary rights ('Rights') of any party.
G.
Upload, post, email, transmit, or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, 'junk mail,' 'spam,' 'chain letters,' 'pyramid schemes,' or any other form of solicitation, except in those areas (such as shopping) that are designated for such purpose.
H.
Upload, post, email, transmit, or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment.
I.
Disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to 'scroll' faster than other users of the Blue Dot Photos Services are able to type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users’ ability to engage in real-time exchanges.
J.
Interfere with or disrupt the Blue Dot Photos Services or servers or networks connected to the Blue Dot Photos Services, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Blue Dot Photos Services, including using any device, software or routine to bypass our robot exclusion headers.
K.
Intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law, including, but not limited to, regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any rules of any national or other securities exchange, including, without limitation, the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, or the NASDAQ, and any regulations having the force of law.
L.
Provide material support or resources (or to conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, or ownership of material support or resources) to any organization(s) designated by the United States government as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
M.
‘Stalk’ or otherwise harass another; and/or
N.
Collect or store personal data about other users in connection with the prohibited conduct and activities set forth in paragraphs (a) to (m) above.
You acknowledge that Blue Dot Photos may or may not pre-screen Content, but that Blue Dot Photos and its designees shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to pre-screen, refuse, or remove any Content that is available via the Blue Dot Photos Services. Without limiting the foregoing, Blue Dot Photos and its designees shall have the right to remove any Content that violates the TOS or is otherwise objectionable. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such Content. In this regard, you acknowledge that you may not rely on any Content created by Blue Dot Photos or submitted to Blue Dot Photos, including without limitation information in Blue Dot Photos Message Boards and in all other parts of the Blue Dot Photos Services.
You acknowledge, consent and agree that Blue Dot Photos may access, preserve and disclose your account information and content if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to:
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Comply with legal process
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Enforce the TOS
C.
Respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third parties
D.
Respond to your requests for customer service
E.
Protect the rights, property or personal safety of Blue Dot Photos, its users and the public.
You understand that the Blue Dot Photos Services and software embodied within the Blue Dot Photos Services may include security components that permit digital materials to be protected, and that use of these materials is subject to usage rules set by Blue Dot Photos and/or content providers who provide content to the Blue Dot Photos Services. You may not attempt to override or circumvent any of the usage rules embedded into the Blue Dot Photos Services. Any unauthorized reproduction, publication, further distribution or public exhibition of the materials provided on the Blue Dot Photos Services, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited.
7.INTERSTATE NATURE OF COMMUNICATIONS ON BLUE DOT PHOTOS NETWORK
When you register with Blue Dot Photos, you acknowledge that in using the Blue Dot Photos Services to send electronic communications (including but not limited to email, search queries, sending messages to Blue Dot Photos Chat or Blue Dot Photos Groups, uploading photos and files to Blue Dot Photos services, and other Internet activities), you will be causing communications to be sent through Blue Dot Photos's computer networks, portions of which are located in California, Texas, Virginia, and other locations in the United States and portions of which are located abroad. As a result, and also as a result of Blue Dot Photos's network architecture and business practices and the nature of electronic communications, even communications that seem to be intrastate in nature can result in the transmission of interstate communications regardless of where you are physically located at the time of transmission. Accordingly, by agreeing to this TOS, you acknowledge that use of the service results in interstate data transmissions.
8. SPECIAL ADMONITIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL USE AND EXPORT AND IMPORT COMPLIANCE
Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable Content. Use of the Blue Dot Photos Services and transfer, posting, and uploading of software, technology, and other technical data via the Blue Dot Photos Services may be subject to the export and import laws of the United States and other countries. You agree to comply with all applicable export and import laws and regulations, including without limitation the Export Administration Regulations and sanctions control programs of the United States (see http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Pages/Programs.aspx). In particular, you represent and warrant that you: (a) are not a prohibited party identified on any government export exclusion lists (see http://www.bis.doc.gov/complianceandenforcement/liststocheck.html) or a member of a government of any other export-prohibited countries as identified in applicable export and import laws and regulations; (b) will not transfer software, technology, and other technical data via the Blue Dot Photos Services to export-prohibited parties or countries; (c) will not use the Blue Dot Photos Services for military, nuclear, missile, chemical or biological weaponry end uses in violation of U.S. export laws; and (d) will not transfer, upload, or post via the Blue Dot Photos Services any software, technology, or other technical data in violation of U.S. or other applicable export or import laws.
9. CONTENT SUBMITTED OR MADE AVAILABLE FOR INCLUSION ON THE BLUE DOT PHOTOS SERVICES
Blue Dot Photos does not claim ownership of Content you submit or make available for inclusion on the Blue Dot Photos Services. However, with respect to Content you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Blue Dot Photos Services, you grant Blue Dot Photos the following worldwide, royalty-free and non-exclusive license(s), as applicable:
A.
With respect to Content you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of Blue Dot Photos Groups, the license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and publicly display such Content on the Blue Dot Photos Services solely for the purposes of providing and promoting the specific Blue Dot Photos Group to which such Content was submitted or made available. This license exists only for as long as you elect to continue to include such Content on the Blue Dot Photos Services and will terminate at the time you remove or Blue Dot Photos removes such Content from the Blue Dot Photos Services.
B.
With respect to photos, graphics, audio or video you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Blue Dot Photos Services other than Blue Dot Photos Groups, the license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and publicly display such Content on the Blue Dot Photos Services solely for the purpose for which such Content was submitted or made available. This license exists only for as long as you elect to continue to include such Content on the Blue Dot Photos Services and will terminate at the time you remove or Blue Dot Photos removes such Content from the Blue Dot Photos Services.
C.
With respect to Content other than photos, graphics, audio or video you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Blue Dot Photos Services other than Blue Dot Photos Groups, the perpetual, irrevocable and fully sublicensable license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and publicly display such Content (in whole or in part) and to incorporate such Content into other works in any format or medium now known or later developed.
"Publicly accessible" areas of the Blue Dot Photos Services are those areas of the Blue Dot Photos network of properties that are intended by Blue Dot Photos to be available to the general public. However, publicly accessible areas of the Blue Dot Photos Services would not include portions of Blue Dot Photos Groups that are limited to members, Blue Dot Photos services intended for private communication such as Blue Dot Photos Mail or Blue Dot Photos Messenger, or areas off of the Blue Dot Photos network of properties such as portions of World Wide Web sites that are accessible via hypertext or other links but are not hosted or served by Blue Dot Photos.
10. INTERSTATE NATURE OF COMMUNICATIONS ON BLUE DOT PHOTOS NETWORK
By submitting ideas, suggestions, documents, and/or proposals ("Contributions") to Blue Dot Photos through its suggestion or feedback webpages, you acknowledge and agree that: (a) your Contributions do not contain confidential or proprietary information; (b) Blue Dot Photos is not under any obligation of confidentiality, express or implied, with respect to the Contributions; (c) Blue Dot Photos shall be entitled to use or disclose (or choose not to use or disclose) such Contributions for any purpose, in any way, in any media worldwide; (d) Blue Dot Photos may have something similar to the Contributions already under consideration or in development; (e) your Contributions automatically become the property of Blue Dot Photos without any obligation of Blue Dot Photos to you; and (f) you are not entitled to any compensation or reimbursement of any kind from Blue Dot Photos under any circumstances.
11. INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify and hold Blue Dot Photos and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, employees, partners and licensors harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of Content you submit, post, transmit, modify or otherwise make available through the Blue Dot Photos Services, your use of the Blue Dot Photos Services, your connection to the Blue Dot Photos Services, your violation of the TOS, or your violation of any rights of another.
12. NO COMMERCIAL REUSE OF BLUE DOT PHOTOS SERVICES
You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion or use of, or access to, the Blue Dot Photos Services (including Content, advertisements, Software and your Blue Dot Photos ID).
13. GENERAL PRACTICES REGARDING USE AND STORAGE
You acknowledge that Blue Dot Photos may establish general practices
and limits concerning use of the Blue Dot Photos Services, including
without limitation the maximum number of days that email messages,
message board postings or other uploaded Content will be retained by
the Blue Dot Photos Services, the maximum number of email messages
that may be sent from or received by an account on the Blue Dot Photos
Services, the maximum size of any email message that may be sent from
or received by an account on the Blue Dot Photos Services, the maximum
disk space that will be allotted on Blue Dot Photos's servers on your
behalf, and the maximum number of times (and the maximum duration for
which) you may access the Blue Dot Photos Services in a given period
of time. You agree that Blue Dot Photos has no responsibility or
liability for the deletion or failure to store any messages and other
communications or other content maintained or transmitted by the Blue
Dot Photos Services. You acknowledge that Blue Dot Photos reserves the
right to log off accounts that are inactive for an extended period of
time. You further acknowledge that Blue Dot Photos reserves the right
to modify these general practices and limits from time to time.
Blue Dot Photos Messenger, including any web-based versions,
will allow you and the people with whom you communicate to save your
conversations in your Blue Dot Photos accounts located on Blue Dot
Photos servers. This means you can access and search your message
history from any computer with access to the internet. Whether or not
you use this feature, other users may choose to use it to save
conversations with you in their account on Blue Dot Photos too. Your
agreement to this TOS constitutes your consent to allow Blue Dot
Photos to store these communications on its servers.
14. MODIFICATIONS TO BLUE DOT PHOTOS SERVICES
Blue Dot Photos reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Blue Dot Photos Services (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that Blue Dot Photos shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Blue Dot Photos Services (or any part thereof).
15. TERMINATION
You may terminate your Blue Dot Photos account, any associated email address and access to the Blue Dot Photos Services by submitting such termination request to Blue Dot Photos.
You agree that Blue Dot Photos may, without prior notice, immediately
terminate, limit your access to or suspend your Blue Dot Photos
account, any associated email address, and access to the Blue Dot
Photos Services. Cause for such termination, limitation of access or
suspension shall include, but not be limited to, (a) breaches or
violations of the TOS or other incorporated agreements or guidelines,
(b)requests by law enforcement or other government agencies, (c)
discontinuance or material modification to the Blue Dot Photos
Services (or any part thereof), (d) unexpected technical or security
issues or problems, (e) extended periods of inactivity, (f) engagement
by you in fraudulent or illegal activities, and/or (g) nonpayment of
any fees owed by you in connection with the Blue Dot Photos Services.
Further, you agree that all terminations, limitations of access and
suspensions for cause shall be made in Blue Dot Photos's sole
discretion and that Blue Dot Photos shall not be liable to you or any
third party for any termination of your account, any associated email
address, or access to the Blue Dot Photos Services.
Termination of your Blue Dot Photos account includes any or all of the
following: (a) removal of access to all or part of the offerings
within the Blue Dot Photos Services, (b) deletion of your password and
all related information, files and content associated with or inside
your account (or any part thereof), and (c) barring of further use of
all or part of the Blue Dot Photos Services.
16. DEALINGS WITH ADVERTISERS
Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through the Blue Dot Photos Services, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such advertiser. You agree that Blue Dot Photos shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers on the Blue Dot Photos Services.
17. LINKS
The Blue Dot Photos Services may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites or resources. You acknowledge and agree that Blue Dot Photos is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any Content, advertising, products or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that Blue Dot Photos shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such Content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource.
18. BLUE DOT PHOTOS PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
You acknowledge and agree that the Blue Dot Photos Services and any
necessary software used in connection with the Blue Dot Photos
Services ("Software") contain proprietary and confidential information
that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws.
You further acknowledge and agree that Content contained in
advertisements or information presented to you through the Blue Dot
Photos Services or by advertisers is protected by copyrights,
trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and
laws. Except as expressly permitted by applicable law or as authorized
by Blue Dot Photos or the applicable licensor (such as an advertiser),
you agree not to modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute,
transmit, broadcast, publicly perform or create derivative works based
on the Blue Dot Photos Services, such Content or the Software, in
whole or in part.
Blue Dot Photos grants you a personal, non-transferable and non-exclusive right and license to use the object code of its Software on a single computer; provided that you do not (and do not allow any third party to) copy, modify, create a derivative work from, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to discover any source code, sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any right in the Software. You agree not to modify the Software in any manner or form, nor to use modified versions of the Software, including (without limitation) for the purpose of obtaining unauthorized access to the Blue Dot Photos Services. You agree not to access the Blue Dot Photos Services by any means other than through the interface that is provided by Blue Dot Photos for use in accessing the Blue Dot Photos Services.
19. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:
A.
YOUR USE OF THE Blue Dot Photos SERVICES AND SOFTWARE ARE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE Blue Dot Photos SERVICES AND SOFTWARE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. Blue Dot Photos AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
B.
Blue Dot Photos AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE Blue Dot Photos SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (ii) THE Blue Dot Photos SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE; (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE Blue Dot Photos SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE; (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE Blue Dot Photos SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS; AND (v) ANY ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED.
C.
ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE Blue Dot Photos SERVICES OR SOFTWARE IS ACCESSED AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR AND HEREBY WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION WITH RESPECT TO ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM, INTERNET ACCESS, DOWNLOAD OR DISPLAY DEVICE, OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
D.
NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM Blue Dot Photos OR THROUGH OR FROM THE Blue Dot Photos SERVICES OR SOFTWARE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TOS.
E.
A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF USERS MAY EXPERIENCE EPILEPTIC SEIZURES WHEN EXPOSED TO CERTAIN LIGHT PATTERNS OR BACKGROUNDS ON A COMPUTER SCREEN OR WHILE USING THE Blue Dot Photos SERVICE. CERTAIN CONDITIONS MAY INCLUDE PREVIOUSLY UNDETECTED EPILEPTIC SYMPTOMS EVEN IN USERS WHO HAVE NO HISTORY OF PRIOR SEIZURES OR EPILEPSY. IF YOU, OR ANYONE IN YOUR FAMILY, HAVE AN EPILEPTIC CONDITION, CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN PRIOR TO USING THE Blue Dot Photos SERVICE. IMMEDIATELY DISCONTINUE USE OF THE Blue Dot Photos SERVICES AND CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS WHILE USING THE Blue Dot Photos SERVICE: DIZZINESS, ALTERED VISION, EYE OR MUSCLE TWITCHES, LOSS OF AWARENESS, DISORIENTATION, ANY INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT, OR CONVULSIONS.
20. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT Blue Dot Photos AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF Blue Dot Photos HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (a) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE Blue Dot Photos SERVICE; (b) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES; (c) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (d) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE Blue Dot Photos SERVICE; OR (e) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE Blue Dot Photos SERVICE.
21. EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF SECTIONS 19 AND 20 MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
22. SPECIAL ADMONITION FOR BLUE DOT PHOTOS SERVICES RELATING TO FINANCIAL MATTERS
If you intend to create or join any service, receive or request any news, messages, alerts or other information from the Blue Dot Photos Services concerning companies, stock quotes, investments or securities, please read the above Sections 19 and 20 again. They go doubly for you. In addition, for this type of information particularly, the phrase "Let the investor beware" is apt. The Blue Dot Photos Services is provided for informational purposes only, and no Content included in the Blue Dot Photos Services is intended for trading or investing purposes. Blue Dot Photos and its licensors shall not be responsible or liable for the accuracy, usefulness or availability of any information transmitted or made available via the Blue Dot Photos Services, and shall not be responsible or liable for any trading or investment decisions based on such information.
23. NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES
You agree that, except as otherwise expressly provided in this TOS, there shall be no third-party beneficiaries to this agreement.
24. NOTICE
Blue Dot Photos may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the TOS, including by but not limited to email, regular mail, SMS, MMS, text message, postings on the Blue Dot Photos Services, or other reasonable means now known or hereafter developed. Such notices may not be received if you violate this TOS by accessing the Blue Dot Photos Services in an unauthorized manner. Your agreement to this TOS constitutes your agreement that you are deemed to have received any and all notices that would have been delivered had you accessed the Blue Dot Photos Services in an authorized manner.
25. TRADEMARK INFORMATION
You agree that all of Blue Dot Photos’s trademarks, trade names, service marks and other Blue Dot Photos logos and brand features, and product and service names are trademarks and the property of Blue Dot Photos Inc. (the "Blue Dot Photos Marks"). Without Blue Dot Photos's prior permission, you agree not to display or use in any manner the Blue Dot Photos Marks.
26. NOTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT
Blue Dot Photos respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. Blue Dot Photos may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who may be repeat infringers. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide Blue Dot Photos's Copyright Agent the following information:
A.
an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;
B.
a description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;
C.
a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site;
D.
your address, telephone number, and email address;
E.
a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
F.
a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner's behalf.
27. CLOSED CAPTIONING
Blue Dot Photos complies with applicable Federal Communications Commission rules and regulations regarding the closed captioning of video content.
28. GENERAL INFORMATION
Entire Agreement: The TOS constitutes the entire agreement between you and Blue Dot Photos and governs your use of the Blue Dot Photos Services, superseding any prior version of this TOS between you and Blue Dot Photos with respect to the Blue Dot Photos Services. You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use or purchase certain other Blue Dot Photos services, affiliate services, third-party content or third-party software.
Choice of Law and Forum: You and Blue Dot Photos each agree that the TOS and the relationship between the parties shall be governed by the laws of the State of California without regard to its conflict of law provisions and that any and all claims, causes of action or disputes (regardless of theory) arising out of or relating to the TOS, or the relationship between you and Blue Dot Photos, shall be brought exclusively in the courts located in the county of Santa Clara, California or the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. You and Blue Dot Photos agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts located within the county of Santa Clara, California or the Northern District of California, and agree to waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over the parties by such courts and to venue in such courts.
Waiver and Severability of Terms: The failure of Blue Dot Photos to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the TOS shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the TOS is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the TOS remain in full force and effect.
No Right of Survivorship and Non-Transferability: You agree that your Blue Dot Photos account is non-transferable and any rights to your Blue Dot Photos ID or contents within your account terminate upon your death. Upon receipt of a copy of a death certificate, your account may be terminated and all contents therein permanently deleted.
Statute of Limitations: You 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 Blue Dot Photos Services or the TOS must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.
The section titles in the TOS are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.
29. VIOLATIONS
Please report any violations of the TOS to our customer care group.
Last updated February 5, 2025
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