Last Updated Date: October, 2011
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Welcome to Maxton Men (“Maxton Men” or “we”) website, accessible at http://www.maxtonmen.com (the “Site”). Please read carefully the following terms and conditions (“Terms”). These Terms govern your access to and use of the Site, any services provided through the Site (the “Services”) and Collective Content (defined below), and constitute a binding legal agreement between you and Maxton Men.
Key Content-related Terms
“Content” means text, graphics, images, information or other materials.
“Site Content” means Content that Maxton Men makes available through the Site or Service, including any Content licensed from a third party, but excluding User Content.
“User” means a person that uses the Site or Services or completes Maxton Men’s account registration process, as described under the “Account Registration” section below.
“User Content” means Content that a User posts, uploads, publishes, submits or transmits to be made available through the Site or Services.
“Collective Content” means, collectively, Site Content and User Content.
Certain areas of the Site and your access to or use of certain Services or Collective Content may have different terms and conditions posted or may require you to agree with and accept additional terms and conditions. If there is a conflict between these Terms and terms and conditions posted for a specific area of the Site, Services, or Collective Content, the latter terms and conditions will take precedence with respect to your use of or access to that area of the Site, Services, or Collective Content, as applicable.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT, BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SITE, SERVICES, OR BY DOWNLOADING OR POSTING ANY CONTENT FROM OR ON THE SITE OR THROUGH THE SERVICES, YOU ARE INDICATING THAT YOU HAVE READ, AND THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY, THESE TERMS, WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE REGISTERED ON OR THROUGH THE SITE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, THEN YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO ACCESS OR USE THE SITE, SERVICES, OR COLLECTIVE CONTENT. If you accept or agree to these Terms on behalf of a company or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that company or other legal entity to these Terms and, in such event, “you” and “your” will refer and apply to that company or other legal entity.
Modification
Maxton Men reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify, discontinue or terminate the Site, Services or to modify these Terms, at any time and without prior notice. If we modify these Terms we will post the modification on the Site or provide you with notice of the modification. We will also update the “Last Updated Date” at the top of these Terms. By continuing to access or use the Site, Services after we have posted a modification on the Site or have provided you with notice of a modification, you are indicating that you agree to be bound by the modified Terms. If the modified Terms are not acceptable to you, your only recourse is to cease using the Site and Services.
Eligibility
The Site and Services are intended solely for persons who are 18 or older. Any access to or use of the Site or Services by anyone under 18 is expressly prohibited. By accessing or using the Site Services you represent and warrant that you are 18 or older.
Account Registration
In order to access certain features of the Site and Services and to post any User Content on the Site or through the Site or Services you must register to create an account (“Account”).
You may register directly via the Site or by logging into your account with certain third party social media or social networking sites (“SNS”) (including, but not limited to, Facebook) via the Site as described herein. If you decide to register through an SNS, we will extract the personal information you have provided to the SNS (such as your “real” name, email address and other information you make publicly available via the SNS) from the account you have with the applicable SNS and use that information to create your Account. The specific information that we extract may depend on the privacy settings you have with the SNS. You hereby consent to our access to and collection of such personal information about you. During the registration process, you will be required to provide certain information and you will establish a username and a password.
You agree to provide accurate, current and complete information during the registration process and to update such information to keep it accurate, current and complete. Maxton Men reserves the right to suspend or terminate your Account if any information provided during the registration process or thereafter proves to be inaccurate, not current or incomplete. You are responsible for safeguarding your password. You agree that you will not disclose your password to any third party and that you will take sole responsibility for any activities or actions under your Account, whether or not you have authorized such activities or actions. You will immediately notify Maxton Men of any unauthorized use of your Account.
Account Information
When you register for an Account, you will be required to provide customary billing information such as name and billing address. For individual accounts you will be required to provide a credit card number.
Privacy
See Maxton Men’s Privacy Policy at maxtonmen.com/pages/privacy for information and notices concerning Maxton Men’s collection and use of your personal information.
Ownership
The Site, Services, and Collective Content are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of the United States and foreign countries. You acknowledge and agree that the Site, Services, and Collective Content, including all associated intellectual property rights, are the exclusive property of Maxton Men and its licensors. You will not remove, alter or obscure any copyright, trademark, service mark or other proprietary rights notices incorporated in or accompanying the Site, Services, or Collective Content.
Licenses Granted by Maxton Men to Site Content and User Content
Subject to your compliance with the terms and conditions of these Terms, Maxton Men grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license: (i) to view, download and print any Site Content solely for your personal and non-commercial purposes; and (ii) a to view any User Content to which you are permitted access solely for your personal and non-commercial purposes. You have no right to sublicense the license rights granted in this section.
You will not use, copy, adapt, modify, prepare derivative works based upon, distribute, license, sell, transfer, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, stream, broadcast or otherwise exploit the Site, Services, or Collective Content, except as expressly permitted in these Terms. No licenses or rights are granted to you by implication or otherwise under any intellectual property rights owned or controlled by Maxton Men or its licensors, except for the licenses and rights expressly granted in these Terms.
License granted by User
We may, in our sole discretion, permit Users to post, upload, publish, submit or transmit User Content. By making available any User Content on or through the Site or Services, you hereby grant to Maxton Men a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free license, with the right to sublicense, to use, view, copy, adapt, modify, distribute, license, sell, transfer, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, stream, broadcast and otherwise exploit such User Content only on, through or by means of the Site or Services. Maxton Men does not claim any ownership rights in any User Content and nothing in these Terms will be deemed to restrict any rights that you may have to use and exploit any User Content.
You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for all User Content that you make available through the Site or Services. Accordingly, you represent and warrant that: (i) you either are the sole and exclusive owner of all User Content that you make available through the Site or Services or you have all rights, licenses, consents and releases that are necessary to grant to Maxton Men and to the rights in such User Content, as contemplated under these Terms; and (ii) neither the User Content nor your posting, uploading, publication, submission or transmittal of the User Content or Maxton Men’s use of the User Content (or any portion thereof) on, through or by means of the Site or Services will infringe, misappropriate or violate a third party’s patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy, or result in the violation of any applicable law or regulation.
Content from Social Media and Networking Sites
As part of the functionality of the Site or Service, you may link your Account with online accounts you may have with third party service providers (each such account, a “Third Party Account”) by either: (i) providing your Third Party Account login information to Maxton Men through the Site or Services; or (ii) allowing Maxton Men to access your Third Party Account, as is permitted under the applicable terms and conditions that govern your use of each Third Party Account. You represent that you are entitled to disclose your Third Party Account login information to Maxton Men and/or grant Maxton Men access to your Third Party Account (including, but not limited to, for use for the purposes described herein), without breach by you of any of the terms and conditions that govern your use of the applicable Third Party Account and without obligating Maxton Men to pay any fees or making Maxton Men subject to any usage limitations imposed by such third party service providers.
By granting Maxton Men access to any Third Party Accounts, you understand that Maxton Men will access, make available and store (if applicable) any Content that you have provided to and stored in your Third Party Account (“Third Party Account Content”) so that it is available on and through the Site or Services via your Account. Unless otherwise specified in these Terms, all Third Party Account Content, if any, will be considered to be User Content for all purposes of these Terms. Depending on the Third Party Accounts you choose and subject to the privacy settings that you have set in such Third Party Accounts, personally identifiable information that you post to your Third Party Accounts will be available on and through your Account on the Site or Services. Please note that if a Third Party Account or associated service becomes unavailable or Maxton Men’s access to such Third Party Account is terminated by the third party service provider, then the Third Party Account Content that was available from such Third Party Account will no longer be available on and through the Site or Services. You have the ability to disable the connection between your Account and your Third Party Accounts, at any time, by accessing the “Settings” section of the Site. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS ASSOCIATED WTH YOUR THIRD PARTY ACCOUNTS IS GOVERNED SOLELY BY YOUR AGREEMENT(S) WITH SUCH THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS. Maxton Men makes no effort to review any Third Party Account Content for any purpose, including but not limited to, for accuracy, legality or non-infringement and Maxton Men is not responsible for any Third Party Account Content.
Feedback
We welcome and encourage you to provide feedback, comments and suggestions for improvements to the Site or Services (“Feedback”). You may submit Feedback by emailing us at team@maxtonmen.com. You acknowledge and agree that if you submit any Feedback to us, you hereby grant to us a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, fully-paid, royalty-free, sub-licensable and transferable license under any and all intellectual property rights that you own or control to use, copy, modify, create derivative works based upon and otherwise exploit the Feedback for any purpose.
General Prohibitions
You agree not to do any of the following:
· Post, upload, publish, submit or transmit any Content that: (i) infringes, misappropriates or violates a third party’s patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy; (ii) violates, or encourages any conduct that would violate, any applicable law or regulation or would give rise to civil liability; (iii) is fraudulent, false, misleading or deceptive; (iv) is defamatory, obscene, pornographic, vulgar or offensive; (v) promotes discrimination, bigotry, racism, hatred, harassment or harm against any individual or group; (vi) is violent or threatening or promotes violence or actions that are threatening to any person or entity; or (vii) promotes illegal or harmful activities or substances.
· Use, display, mirror or frame the Site or any individual element within the Site, or Services, Maxton Men’s name, any Maxton Men trademark, logo or other proprietary information, or the layout and design of any page or form contained on a page, without Maxton Men’s express written consent;
· Access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of the Site, Maxton Men’s computer systems, or the technical delivery systems of Maxton Men’s providers;
· Attempt to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any Maxton Men system or network or breach any security or authentication measures;
· Avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, impair, descramble or otherwise circumvent any technological measure implemented by Maxton Men or any of Maxton Men’s providers or any other third party (including another user) to protect the Site, Services, or Collective Content;
· Attempt to access or search the Site, Services, or Collective Content or download Collective Content from the Site or Services or through the use of any engine, software, tool, agent, device or mechanism (including spiders, robots, crawlers, data mining tools or the like) other than the software and/or search agents provided by Maxton Men or other generally available third party web browsers;
· Send any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, email, junk mail, spam, chain letters or other form of solicitation;
· Use any meta tags or other hidden text or metadata utilizing a Maxton Men trademark, logo URL or product name without Maxton Men’s express written consent;
· Use the Site, Services, or Collective Content for any commercial purpose or the benefit of any third party or in any manner not permitted by these Terms;
· Forge any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or newsgroup posting, or in any way use the Site, Services, or Collective Content to send altered, deceptive or false source-identifying information;
· Attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software used to provide the Site, Services, or Collective Content;
· Interfere with, or attempt to interfere with, the access of any user, host or network, including, without limitation, sending a virus, overloading, flooding, spamming, or mail-bombing the Site, or Services;
· Collect or store any personally identifiable information from the Site or Services from other users of the Site or Services without their express permission;
· Impersonate or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity;
· Violate any applicable law or regulation; or
· Encourage or enable any other individual to do any of the foregoing.
Maxton Men will have the right to investigate and prosecute violations of any of the above to the fullest extent of the law. Maxton Men may involve and cooperate with law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who violate these Terms. You acknowledge that Maxton Men has no obligation to monitor your access to or use of the Site, Services, or Collective Content or to review or edit any Collective Content, but has the right to do so for the purpose of operating the Site and Services to ensure your compliance with these Terms, or to comply with applicable law or the order or requirement of a court, administrative agency or other governmental body. Maxton Men reserves the right, at any time and without prior notice, to remove or disable access to any Collective Content that Maxton Men, at its sole discretion, considers to be in violation of these Terms or otherwise harmful to the Site or Services.
Copyright and Intellectual Property Policy
Maxton Men respects copyright law and expects its users to do the same. It is Maxton Men’s policy to terminate in appropriate circumstances Users who repeatedly infringe or are believed to be repeatedly infringing the rights of copyright holders. Please see Maxton Men’s Copyright and Intellectual Property Policy at maxtonmen.com/pages/copyright-policy for further information.
Links
The Site or Services may contain links to third-party websites or resources. You acknowledge and agree that Maxton Men is not responsible or liable for: (i) the availability or accuracy of such websites or resources; or (ii) the content, products, or services on or available from such websites or resources. Links to such websites or resources do not imply any endorsement by Maxton Men of such websites or resources or the content, products, or services available from such websites or resources. You acknowledge sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from your use of any such websites or resources or the Content, products, or services on or available from such websites or resources.
Termination and Account Cancellation
If you breach any of these Terms, Maxton Men will have the right to suspend or disable your Account or terminate these Terms, at its sole discretion and without prior notice to you. Maxton Men reserves the right to revoke your access to and use of the Site, Services, and Collective Content at any time, with or without cause. In the event Maxton Men terminates these Terms for your breach, you will remain liable for all amounts due hereunder. You may cancel your Account at any time by sending an email to team@maxtonmen.com.
Disclaimers
THE SITE, SERVICES, AND COLLECTIVE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, MAXTON MEN EXPLICITLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET ENJOYMENT OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. MAXTON MEN MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SITE, SERVICES, OR COLLECTIVE CONTENT WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR BE AVAILABLE ON AN UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE BASIS. MAXTON MEN MAKES NO WARRANTY REGARDING THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR COLLECTIVE CONTENT PURCHASED OR OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE OR SERVICES OR THE ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, TRUTHFULNESS, COMPLETENESS OR RELIABILITY OF ANY CONTENT OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE OR SERVICES.
NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED FROM MAXTON MEN OR THROUGH THE SITE, SERVICES, OR COLLECTIVE CONTENT, WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN.
YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF YOUR COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER USERS OF THE SITE AND SERVICES AND WITH OTHER PERSONS WITH WHOM YOU COMMUNICATE OR INTERACT AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR SERVICES. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT MAXTON MEN DOES NOT SCREEN OR INQUIRE INTO THE BACKGROUND OF ANY USERS OF THE SITE OR SERVICES, NOR DOES MAXTON MEN MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO VERIFY THE STATEMENTS OF USERS OF THE SITE OR SERVICES. MAXTON MEN MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE CONDUCT OF USERS OF THE SITE OR SERVICES OR THEIR COMPATIBILITY WITH ANY CURRENT OR FUTURE USERS OF THE SITE OR SERVICES. YOU AGREE TO TAKE REASONABLE PRECAUTIONS IN ALL COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER USERS OF THE SITE AND SERVICES AND WITH OTHER PERSONS WITH WHOM YOU COMMUNICATE OR INTERACT AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR SERVICES, PARTICULARLY IF YOU DECIDE TO MEET OFFLINE OR IN PERSON.
Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold Maxton Men, its officers, directors, employees and agents, harmless from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, arising out of or in any way connected with your access to or use of the Site, Services, or Collective Content, or your violation of these Terms.
Limitation of Liability
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE ENTIRE RISK ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SITE, SERVICES, AND COLLECTIVE CONTENT REMAINS WITH YOU. NEITHER Maxton Men NOR ANY OTHER person or entity involved in creating, producing, or delivering the Site, Services, or Collective Content will be liable for any incidental, special, exemplary or consequential damages, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA OR LOSS OF GOODWILL, SERVICE INTERRUPTION, COMPUTER DAMAGE OR SYSTEM FAILURE OR THE COST OF SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES, OR FOR ANY DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL OR BODILY INJURY OR EMOTIONAL DISTRESS arising ouT of or in connection with thESE TERMS or from the use OF or inability to use the SITE, ServiceS, OR COLLECTIVE CONTENT, OR FROM ANY COMMUNICATIONS, INTERACTIONS OR MEETINGS WITH OTHER USERS OF the SITE or SERVICES OR OTHER PERSONS WITH WHOM YOU COMMUNICATE OR INTERACT AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SITE, SERVICES OR whether based on warranty, contract, tort (including negligence), PRODUCT LIABILITY or any other legal theory, and whether or not MAXTON MEN has been informed of the possibility of such damage, EVEN IF A limited REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PUrPOSE.
In no event will Maxton Men’S aggregate liability arising out of or in connection with THESE TERMS OR FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, SERVICES, OR COLLECTIVE CONTENT EXCEED THE AMOUNTS YOU HAVE PAID TO MAXTON MEN FOR THE TRANSACTION FROM WHICH THE CLAIM ARISES. THE LIMITATIONS OF DAMAGES SET FORTH ABOVE ARE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN MAXTON MEN AND YOU. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Proprietary Rights Notices
Assignment
You may not assign or
transfer these Terms, by operation of law or otherwise, without Maxton Men’s
prior written consent. Any attempt
by you to assign or transfer these Terms, without such consent, will be null
and of no effect. Maxton Men may
assign or transfer these Terms, at its sole discretion, without
restriction. Subject to the
foregoing, these Terms will bind and inure to the benefit of the parties, their
successors and permitted assigns.
Notices
All trademarks, service marks, logos, trade names and any other proprietary designations of Maxton Men used herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of Maxton Men. Any other trademarks, service marks, logos, trade names and any other proprietary designations are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective parties.
Controlling Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms and any action related thereto will be governed by the laws of the State of California without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. The exclusive jurisdiction and venue of any action to prevent the actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation or violation of a party’s copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents or other intellectual property rights will be the state and federal courts located in the Northern District of California and each of the parties hereto waives any objection to jurisdiction and venue in such courts.
Entire Agreement
These Terms constitute the entire and exclusive understanding and agreement between Maxton Men and you regarding the Site, Services, and Collective Content, and these Terms supersede and replace any and all prior oral or written understandings or agreements between Maxton Men and you regarding the Site, Services, and Collective Content.
Any notices or other communications permitted or required hereunder, including those regarding modifications to these Terms, will be in writing and given: (i) by Maxton Men via email (in each case to the address that you provide); or (ii) by posting to the Site. For notices made by e-mail, the date of receipt will be deemed the date on which such notice is transmitted.
General
The failure of Maxton Men to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not constitute a waiver of future enforcement of that right or provision. The waiver of any such right or provision will be effective only if in writing and signed by a duly authorized representative of Maxton Men. Except as expressly set forth in these Terms, the exercise by either party of any of its remedies under these Terms will be without prejudice to its other remedies under these Terms or otherwise. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of these Terms invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the other provisions of these Terms will remain in full force and effect.
Contacting Maxton Men
If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact Maxton Men at team@maxtonmen.com.