1. Definitions
Parties
“You” and “your” refer to you as a user of the Site whether you are an Individual, Proprietor, Partnership, Limited Liability Company, Corporation or any other legally acknowledged entity and in all cases, the singular means the same as the plural and the plural means the same as the singular. A “user” is someone who accesses, browses, crawls, scrapes, or in any way uses the Site.
Throughout this Agreement, “You” may be referred to as a “UPartner” which will have no other effect on this Agreement other than to describe who “You” are. “We,” “us,” and “our” refer to URated Interactive LLC including but not limited to its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, any related companies, suppliers, licensors, sponsors, advertisers, partners and clients related to URated Interactive LLC as well as its Officers, Directors, Employees, Agents and Representatives of each of them (collectively, the “URated Interactive LLC Entities”.
Content
“Content” means text, images, photos, audio, video, location data, and all other forms of data or communication. “Your Content” means Content that you submit or transmit to, through, or in connection with the Site, such as ratings, reviews, compliments, invitations, check-ins, messages, and information that you publicly display or displayed in your account profile. “User Content” means Content that users submit or transmit to, through, or in connection with the Site. “URated Interactive LLC Content” means Content that we create and make available in connection with the Site. “Third Party Content” means Content that originates from parties other than URated Interactive LLC or its users, which is made available in connection with the Site. “Site Content” means all of the Content that is made available in connection with the Site, including Your Content, User Content, Third Party Content, and URated Interactive LLC Content.
2. Changes to the Terms of Service
We may modify the Terms from time to time. The most current version of these Terms will be located here. You understand and agree that your access to or use of the Site is governed by the Terms effective at the time of your access to or use of the Site. If we make material changes to these Terms, we will notify you by email or by posting a notice on the Site prior to the effective date of the changes. We will also indicate at the top of this page, the date that revisions were last made. You should revisit these Terms regularly and frequently as revised versions will be binding on you. Any such modification will be effective (1) upon our posting of new Terms; OR (2) if you are party to a Service Agreement with us, our new Terms will be binding on you upon the expiration of the then the current term of your current Service Agreement; OR (3) If you are party to a current Service Agreement with us and both parties agree to implement the modifications prior to the end of the then current Service Agreement, then the Service Agreement will be deemed modified to accept the modified terms, as of that date. You understand and agree that your continued access to or use of the Site after the effective date of modifications to the Terms indicates your acceptance of the modifications, unless you fall under number (2) above.
3. Using the Site
Eligibility
To access or use the Site, you must be 18 years or older, have reached the age of majority in your region and have the requisite power and authority to enter into these Terms. You may not access or use the Site if you are a competitor of ours or if we have previously banned you from the Site or closed your account.
Permission to Use the Site
We grant you permission to use the Site subject to the restrictions in these Terms. Your use of the Site is at your own risk, including the risk that you might be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent, inaccurate, objectionable, or otherwise inappropriate.
Site Availability
The Site may be modified, updated, interrupted, suspended or discontinued at any time without notice or liability.
User Accounts
You may create an account and provide certain information about yourself when you use some of the features that are offered through the Site. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account password. You are also responsible for all activities that occur in connection with your account. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account. We reserve the right to close your account at any time for any or no reason.
Your account is for your own only. In creating it, we ask that you provide complete and accurate information about yourself to bolster your credibility as a contributor to the Site. You may not impersonate someone else (Examples but not a complete list: adopt the identity of a celebrity, your neighbour, or a competitor), create or use an account for anyone other than yourself, provide an email address other than your own, or create multiple accounts. If you use a pseudonym, take care to note that others may still be able to identify you if, for example, you include identifying information in your reviews, use the same account information on other sites, or allow other sites to share information about you with URated Interactive LLC. Please read our Privacy Policy for more information.
Communications from URated Interactive LLC and other Users
By creating an account, you agree to receive certain communications in connection with the Site. You can opt-out of non-essential communications by contacting us.
4. Content
Responsibility for Your Content
You alone are responsible for Your Content, and once published, it cannot always be withdrawn. You assume all risks associated with Your Content, including anyone’s reliance on its quality, accuracy, or reliability, or any disclosure by you of information in Your Content that makes you personally identifiable. You represent that you own, or have the necessary permissions to use and authorize the use of Your Content as described herein. You may not imply that Your Content is in any way sponsored or endorsed by URated Interactive LLC, without our expressed written consent.
You may expose yourself to liability if, for example, Your Content contains material that is false, intentionally misleading, or defamatory; violates any third-party right, including any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, moral right, privacy right, right of publicity, or any other intellectual property or proprietary right; contains material that is unlawful, including illegal hate speech or pornography; exploits or otherwise harms minors or violates or advocates the violation of any law or on.
Our Right to Use Your Content
We may use Your Content in a number of different ways, including publicly displaying it, reformatting it, incorporating it into advertisements and other works, creating derivative works from it, promoting it, distributing it and allowing others to do the same in connection with their own websites and media platforms (“Other Media”). As such, you hereby irrevocably grant us world-wide, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free, assignable, sub-licensable, transferable right to use Your Content for any purpose. Please note that you also irrevocably grant the users of the Site and any Other Media the right to access Your Content in connection with their use of the Site and any Other Media. Finally, you irrevocably waive and cause to be waived, against URated Interactive LLC and its users any claims and assertions of moral rights or attribution with respect to Your Content. By “use” we mean use, copy, publicly perform and display, reproduce, distribute, modify, translate, remove, analyze, commercialize, and prepare derivative works of Your Content.
Ownership
As between you and URated Interactive LLC, you own Your Content. We own the URated Interactive LLC Content, including but not limited to visual interfaces, interactive features, graphics, design, the compilation, including, but not limited to, our compilation of User Content and other Site Content, computer code, products, software, aggregate user review ratings, and all other elements and components of the Site excluding Your Content, User Content and Third Party Content. We also own the copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade names, and other intellectual and proprietary rights throughout the world (“IP Rights”) associated with the URated Interactive LLC Content and the Site, which are protected by copyright, trade dress, patent, trademark laws and all other applicable intellectual and proprietary rights and laws. As such, you may not modify, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works or adaptations of, publicly display or in any way exploit any of the URated Interactive LLC Content in whole or in part except as expressly authorized by us. Except as expressly and unambiguously provided herein, we do not grant you any express or implied rights, and all rights in and to the Site and the URated Interactive LLC Content are retained by us.
Compensation
You are not entitled to any compensation in connection with Your Content.
Other
User Content (including any that may have been created by users employed or contracted by URated Interactive LLC) does not necessarily reflect the opinion of URated Interactive LLC. We reserve the right to remove, screen, edit, or reinstate User Content from time to time at our sole discretion for any reason or no reason, and without notice to you. We have no obligation to retain or provide you with copies of Your Content, nor do we guarantee any confidentiality with respect to Your Content.
5. Restrictions
You agree not to, and will not assist, encourage, or enable others to use the Site to:
- Write a fake or defamatory review, trade reviews with other businesses, or compensate someone or be compensated to write or remove a review;
- Violate any third party’s rights, including any breach of confidence, copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, moral right, privacy right, right of publicity, or any other intellectual property or proprietary right;
- Threaten, stalk, harm, or harass others, or promote bigotry or discrimination;
- Violate any applicable law.
You also agree not to, and will not assist, encourage, or enable others to:
- Violate the Terms;
- Modify, adapt, appropriate, reproduce, distribute, translate, create derivative works or adaptations of, publicly display, sell, trade, or in any way exploit the Site or Site Content (other than Your Content), except as expressly authorized by URated Interactive LLC;
- Use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other automated devices, process or means to access, retrieve, scrape, or index any portion of the Site or any Site Content;
- Reverse engineer any portion of the Site;
- Remove or modify any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notice that appears on any portion of the Site or on any materials printed or copied from the Site;
- Record, process, or mine information about other users;
- Access, retrieve or index any portion of the Site for purposes of constructing or populating a searchable database of business reviews;
- Reformat or frame any portion of the Site;
- Take any action that imposes, or may impose, in our sole discretion, an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on URated Interactive LLC’s technology infrastructure or otherwise make excessive traffic demands of the Site;
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site, user accounts, computer systems or networks connected to the Site through hacking, password mining or any other means;
- Use the Site or any Site Content to transmit any computer viruses, worms, defects, Trojan horses or other items of a destructive nature (collectively, “Viruses”);
- Use any device, software or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Site, or otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site;
- Use the Site to violate the security of any computer network, crack passwords or security encryption codes; disrupt or interfere with the security of, or otherwise cause harm to, the Site or Site Content; or Remove, circumvent, disable, damage or otherwise interfere with any security related features of the Site, features that prevent or restrict the use or copying of Site Content, or features that enforce limitations on the use of the Site.
6. Privacy
You represent that you have read and understood our Privacy Policy. Note that we may disclose information about you to third parties if we have a good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to (i) take action regarding suspected illegal activities; (ii) enforce or apply our Terms and Privacy Policy; (iii) comply with legal process or other government inquiry, such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute, judicial proceeding, or other legal process served on us; or (iv) protect our rights, reputation, and property, or that of our users, affiliates, or the public. If you use the Site outside of the United States, you consent to have your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States.
7. Suggestions and Improvements
By sending us any ideas, suggestions, documents or proposals (“Feedback”), you agree that (i) your Feedback does not contain the confidential or proprietary information of third parties, (ii) we are under no obligation of confidentiality, express or implied, with respect to the Feedback, (iii) we may have something similar to the Feedback already under consideration or in development, and (iv) you grant us an irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide license to use, modify, prepare derivative works, publish, distribute and sub-license the Feedback, and you irrevocably waive, and cause to be waived, against URated Interactive LLC and its users any claims and assertions of any moral rights contained in such Feedback.
8. Third Parties
The Site may include links to other websites or applications (each, a “Third Party Site”). We do not control or endorse any Third Party Site. You agree that we are not responsible for the availability or contents of such Third Party Sites. Your use of Third Party Sites is at your own risk. Some of the services made available through the Site may be subject to additional third party or open source licensing terms and disclosures, including the ones posted here and incorporated herein by reference.
9. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold URated Interactive LLC harmless, including costs, liabilities and legal fees, from any claim or demand made by any third party arising out of or relating to (i) your access to or use of the Site, (ii) your violation of the Terms, (iii) any products or services purchased or obtained by you in connection with the Site, or (iv) the infringement by you, or any third party using your account, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity. URated Interactive LLC reserves the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us and you agree to cooperate with our defense of these claims. You agree not to settle any such matter without the prior written consent of URated Interactive LLC. URated Interactive LLC will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action or proceeding upon becoming aware of it.
10. Disclaimers & Limitations of Liability
Please read this section carefully since it limits the liability of URated Interactive LLC to you. Each of the subsections below only applies up to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law. Nothing herein is intended to limit any rights you may have which may not be lawfully limited. If you are unsure about this or any other section of these terms, please consult with a legal professional prior to accessing or using the site. By accessing or using the site, you represent that you have read, understood, and agree to these terms, including this section. You are giving up substantial legal rights by agreeing to these terms.
The site is made available to you on an “as is”, “with all faults” and “as available” basis, with the express understanding that URated Interactive LLC entities may not monitor, control, or vet user content. As such, your use of the site is at your own discretion and risk. URated Interactive LLC makes no claims or promises about the quality, accuracy, or reliability of the site, its safety or security, or the site content. Accordingly, URated Interactive LLC entities are not liable to you for any loss or damage that might arise, for example, from the site’s inoperability, unavailability or security vulnerabilities or from your reliance on the quality, accuracy, or reliability of the business listings, ratings, reviews (including their content, order, and display), or metrics found on, used on, or made available through the site.
URated Interactive LLC make no claims or promises with respect to any third party, such as the businesses or advertisers listed on the site or the site’s users. Accordingly, URated Interactive LLC is not liable to you for any loss or damage that might arise from their actions or omissions, including, for example, if another user or business misuses your content, identity or personal information, or if you have a negative experience with one of the businesses or advertisers listed or featured on the site. Your purchase and use of products or services offered by third parties through the site is at your own discretion and risk.
URated Interactive LLC expressly disclaims all warranties, whether express or implied, including warranties as to the products or services offered by businesses listed on the site, and implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. No oral or written information or advice provided to you by a representative of URated Interactive LLC shall create a representation or warranty.
Your sole and exclusive right and remedy in case of dissatisfaction with the site, related services, or any other grievance shall be your termination and discontinuation of access to, or use of the site. URated Interactive LLCs’ maximum aggregate liability to you for losses or damages that you suffer in connection with the site or these terms is limited to the greater of (i) the amount paid, if any, by you to URated Interactive LLC in connection with the site in the 12 months prior to the action giving rise to liability, or (ii) $100.
URated Interactive LLC disclaims any liability for any (i) indirect, special, incidental, punitive, exemplary, reliance, or consequential damages, (ii) loss of profits, (iii) business interruption, (iv) reputational harm, or (v) loss of information or data.
11. Choice of Law and Venue
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold URated Interactive LLC harmless, including costs, liabilities and legal fees, from any claim or demand made by any third party arising out of or relating to (i) your access to or use of the Site, (ii) your violation of the Terms, (iii) any products or services purchased or obtained by you in connection with the Site, or (iv) the infringement by you, or any third party using your account, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity. URated Interactive LLC reserves the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us and you agree to cooperate with our defense of these claims. You agree not to settle any such matter without the prior written consent of URated Interactive LLC. URated Interactive LLC will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action or proceeding upon becoming aware of it.
12. Termination
You may terminate the Terms at any time by following the instructions in your Services Agreement. If you do not have a Services Agreement, you may close your account, discontinue your use of the Site and provide URated Interactive LLC with a notice of termination by clicking here and completing the notice. Please review our Privacy Policy for information about what we do with your account when terminated.
We may close your account, suspend your ability to use certain portions of the Site, and/or ban you altogether from the Site for any or no reason, and without notice or liability of any kind. Any such action could prevent you from accessing your account, the Site, Your Content, Site Content, or any other related information. After closing your account you will not be billed any further, however we cannot refund previous payments.
In the event of any termination of these Terms, whether by you or us, Sections 1, 4, 5, 8-12 will continue in full force and effect, including our right to use Your Content as detailed in Section 4.
13. Infringement
Notifications of claimed copyright infringement and counter notices must be sent to our designated agent:
We are only able to accept notices in the languages into which these terms are made available by us. We will respond expeditiously to claims of copyright infringement committed using the our Site that are reported to our Designated Copyright Agent, identified above, in accordance with the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (“DMCA”). These notices must include the required information set forth in the DMCA.
14. General Terms
We reserve the right to modify, update, or discontinue the Site at our sole discretion, at any time, for any or no reason, and without notice or liability. We may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the Terms by email, regular mail or communications through the Site. Except as otherwise stated in Section 9 above, nothing herein is intended, nor will be deemed, to confer rights or remedies upon any third party. The Terms contain the entire agreement between you and us regarding the use of the Site, and supersede any prior agreement between you and us on such subject matter. The parties acknowledge that no reliance is placed on any representation made but not expressly contained in these Terms. Any failure on URated Interactive LLC’s part to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms does not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. The failure of either party to exercise in any respect any right provided for herein shall not be deemed a waiver of any further rights hereunder. If any provision of the Terms is found to be unenforceable or invalid, then only that provision shall be modified to reflect the parties’ intention or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that the Terms shall otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable. The Terms, and any rights or obligations hereunder, are not assignable, transferable or sub–licensable by you except with URated Interactive LLC’s prior written consent, but may be assigned or transferred by us without restriction. Any attempted assignment by you shall violate these Terms and be void. The section titles in the Terms are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. If you have any question regarding the use of the Site, please contact us at [email protected].
10DLC SMS Terms & Conditions
Terms and Conditions for 10DLC SMS messaging services outline the guidelines and rules governing the use of SMS messaging and how URated uses text messages to interact with our clients. This includes the permitted use of the service, restrictions on the type of content that we can send via SMS, and compliance with regulations and laws governing 10DLC SMS in the United States of America.