Terms of Service

 
 



CHOICESOCIAL APPLICATION LICENSE AND SERVICES

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE

Version 3.1, September 1, 2020

Thank you for your interest in ChoiceSocial© and for opening a ChoiceSocial user account using a ChoiceSocial application (“Application”) which includes the mobile application, web application, or Mac/PC application; each providing access to ChoiceSocial content and services, including without limitation the photo filters and editing, photo upload and hosting services, social sharing and networking features, the Premium Store digital publishing system (“Premium Store”), and photo gallery features (collectively, such content and services, together with the Application, are referred to herein as the “ChoiceSocial Services“), and all are provided by ChoiceSocial, Inc. (“Licensor“). Download, installation and use of the Application, and access to ChoiceSocial Services, however accessed, are all offered to you, the individual user, by Licensor subject strictly to the terms and conditions set forth below.  

PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY! THESE LICENSE AND SERVICES TERMS OF USE AND THE CHOICESOCIAL PRIVACY STATEMENT INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE HEREIN (TOGETHER, THE “TERMS OF USE”) GOVERN YOUR DOWNLOAD AND USE OF THE APPLICATION AND CHOICESOCIAL SERVICES INCLUDING IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS AS WELL AS LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS THAT MAY APPLY TO YOU.  PLEASE PRINT OUT A COPY OF THESE TERMS OF USE TO KEEP FOR YOUR OWN RECORDS. THE MOST CURRENT VERSIONS OF THESE TERMS IS AVAILABLE FROM THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE TAB IN THE USER PROFILE SECTION OF THE APPLICATION.

By downloading, installing and/or using the Application, or otherwise accessing or using the ChoiceSocial Services, as applicable, you (the “User” or “you“) acknowledge your legally binding acceptance of and agreement to these Terms of Use, including the ChoiceSocial Privacy Statement. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, you are not authorized to use the Application or any other ChoiceSocial Services and should discontinue any use of the Application, and all other ChoiceSocial Services. 

Licensor reserves the right to change or modify these Terms of Use from time to time. Any changes to the Terms of Use will be in writing and you will be notified of any material changes. The date of the latest changes will be indicated at the top of the document. You are advised to check the Terms of Use periodically for updates. Continued use of this Application following the posting of changes will mean that you agree to be bound by such changes.

ARBITRATION NOTICE: UNLESS YOU OPT-OUT AND/OR EXCEPT FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF DISPUTES DESCRIBED IN THE ARBITRATION SECTION BELOW, YOU AGREE THAT DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND CHOICESOCIAL WILL BE RESOLVED BY MANDATORY, BINDING ARBITRATION AND YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OR CLASS-WIDE ARBITRATION.

1. GENERAL TERMS

1.1 Licenses. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Licensor hereby grants to you a personal, fully revocable, non-transferable and non-exclusive license to (a) use the Application on any device for which it is intended; (b) download, install and use the Application on an Apple iOS product that you own or control, and as permitted by the “Usage Rules” set forth in the Apple App Store Terms of Service, for the sole purpose of accessing the ChoiceSocial Services, any upgrades, updates or corrections thereto provided by Licensor to you, if any, and related user documentation (the “Documentation”) offered by Licensor to you; and (c) access and use the ChoiceSocial Services exclusively through the Application (collectively, the “Licensed Products”) within the United States, subject to all conditions and limitations provided in these Terms of Use. Access to ChoiceSocial Services through any means other than the Application may be subject to separate terms and conditions of use.  Licensor reserves the right to refuse access to the ChoiceSocial Services to anyone for any reason at any time.    

1.2 Not Intended for Children Age of 13 or Under. Licensor offers the ChoiceSocial Services mainly for the use of individuals who are over the age of 13. Content made available through ChoiceSocial Services may not always be age appropriate for children.  We do not solicit or knowingly collect personal information from persons under the age of thirteen, and we do not knowingly market our products or services to persons under such age.  

1.3 ChoiceSocial Content. You may not, under any circumstances, copy, access or otherwise use ChoiceSocial Services separate or apart from your use of the Application, whether to create a derivative work of all or any part of the ChoiceSocial Services or otherwise. Additionally, by way of example, and not limitation, unless expressly authorized under these Terms of Use, you may not sublicense, alter, adapt, transmit, publicly perform or display, distribute, customize, modify, add to, delete from, create derivative works based upon any portion of the ChoiceSocial Services, copy, screen capture, counterfeit or paste content available through ChoiceSocial Services, excepting User Content as discussed below, (“ChoiceSocial Content“) to any other website or web page. ChoiceSocial does not claim ownership of User Content that you post or generate on or through ChoiceSocial Services. Such User Content is more specifically addressed in Section 1.8 below. ChoiceSocial Content available through ChoiceSocial Services includes content owned or licensed by ChoiceSocial. ChoiceSocial Content is protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other laws, and, as between you and ChoiceSocial, ChoiceSocial owns and retains all rights in ChoiceSocial Services, including without limitation the Application and ChoiceSocial Content. Without the Licensor’s prior written consent, you may not, and may not permit others to: (a) modify or create any derivative works of the Application, ChoiceSocial Content or its components; (b) decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, reduce the Application or any other ChoiceSocial Services to perceptible form, or otherwise attempt to learn the source code, structure, algorithms or ideas underlying the Application or other ChoiceSocial Services that include software (except to the extent applicable laws specifically prohibit such restriction); (c) sell, distribute or otherwise make available the ChoiceSocial Services or components thereof, or this license, in any way; (d) repackage or bundle the Application with other software: or (e) remove or alter any trademark, logo, copyright or other proprietary notices, legends, symbols or labels in the Application, the ChoiceSocial Services or ChoiceSocial Content. You acknowledge and agree that modification of the ChoiceSocial Content or use of the ChoiceSocial Content for any other purpose is a violation of Licensor’s, our licensors’ and suppliers’ and possibly other third parties’ copyright and proprietary rights. You agree to use the ChoiceSocial Services only for purposes which are lawful in applicable national and local jurisdictions and all subdivisions thereof. If you violate any provision of these Terms of Use, your permission to use and access the ChoiceSocial Services automatically terminates and you must immediately cease use of the ChoiceSocial Services. Any other use or exploitation of the ChoiceSocial Services, including without limitation the Application and the ChoiceSocial Content, is strictly prohibited. You agree not to interrupt, or attempt to interrupt, the operation of the ChoiceSocial Services in any way.

1.4 ChoiceSocial Brand Materials. The ChoiceSocial name and logo are trademarks and/or service marks of Licensor and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of Licensor, except to the extent Licensor publishes brand use guidelines on Licensor’s web site from time to time.  

1.5 Disclaimer; Nature of Services. THE CHOICESOCIAL SERVICES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE APPLICATION AND CHOICESOCIAL CONTENT, IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS”, “AS AVAILABLE” AND “WITH ALL FAULTS” BASIS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, NEITHER CHOICESOCIAL NOR ITS EMPLOYEES, MANAGERS, OFFICERS, AGENTS, LICENSORS, OR SUPPLIERS (COLLECTIVELY, THE “CHOICESOCIAL PARTIES”) MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OR ENDORSEMENTS OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO: (A) THE APPLICATION; (B) THE CHOICESOCIAL SERVICES; (B) THE CHOICESOCIAL CONTENT; (C) USER CONTENT; OR (D) SECURITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION TO, OR FROM, CHOICESOCIAL OR VIA THE CHOICESOCIAL SERVICES. IN ADDITION, THE CHOICESOCIAL PARTIES HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, TITLE, CUSTOM, TRADE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, SYSTEM INTEGRATION AND FREEDOM FROM COMPUTER VIRUS.  NOTHING HEREIN SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS A WARRANTY OF COMPATIBILITY WITH ANY PARTICULAR MOBILE/COMPUTING DEVICE, OPERATING SYSTEM, OR OTHER SOFTWARE RESIDENT ON YOUR DEVICE.  

THE CHOICESOCIAL PARTIES DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE CHOICESOCIAL SERVICES WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED; THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED; OR THAT THE CHOICESOCIAL SERVICES OR THE SERVER(S) THAT MAKES THE CHOICESOCIAL SERVICES AVAILABLE IS FREE FROM ANY HARMFUL COMPONENTS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, VIRUSES. THE CHOICESOCIAL PARTIES DO NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES THAT THE INFORMATION (INCLUDING ANY INSTRUCTIONS) ON THE CHOICESOCIAL SERVICES IS TRUE, VALID, ACCURATE, COMPLETE, OR USEFUL. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR USE OF THE CHOICESOCIAL SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND YOU EXPRESSLY ASSUME AND HEREBY EXPRESSLY RELEASE THE CHOICESOCIAL PARTIES FROM ALL LIABILITY, IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE, INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THE APPLICATION AND THE OTHER CHOICESOCIAL SERVICES. THE CHOICESOCIAL PARTIES DO NOT WARRANT THAT YOUR USE OF THE CHOICESOCIAL SERVICES IS LAWFUL IN ANY PARTICULAR JURISDICTION, AND THE CHOICESOCIAL PARTIES SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM SUCH WARRANTIES. 

BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SERVICE YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOUR ACTIVITIES ARE LAWFUL IN EVERY JURISDICTION WHERE YOU ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICE.

IN NO EVENT SHALL LICENSOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF THE CHOICESOCIAL SERVICES OR WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE CHOICESOCIAL SERVICES, EVEN IF LICENSOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. Licensor makes no warranties, express or implied, that the use of the ChoiceSocial Services does not infringe any patent or copyright of any third party. 

1.7 Registration.  In order to access or use the Application and ChoiceSocial Services, you will be required to create a registered ChoiceSocial account.  

1.7.1 Username/Password. When you create your registered ChoiceSocial account, you will be asked to create a username and password (combined, the “User Identity”).  You shall hold and secure any such User Identity as strictly confidential. Third parties with knowledge of your User Identity can gain access to your account information and may be able to make purchases and take other actions for which you will be held accountable and liable. Licensor is entitled to, and will, assume that any person using the ChoiceSocial Services under your User Identity is you and will hold you liable and responsible for all actions, statements, and/or purchases made under your User Identity.  Licensor shall not be responsible whatsoever in the event that your User Identity is used by an unauthorized entity or misappropriated by a third party. We reserve the right to refuse or reject any username for any reason and/or force forfeiture of any username at any time for any reason.

1.7.2 If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Licensor has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Site (or any portion thereof).

1.8 Posted Materials. ANY COMMUNICATION OF MATERIAL YOU TRANSMIT TO LICENSOR VIA THE CHOICESOCIAL SERVICE, OR OTHERWISE BY UPLOAD, POSTING, ELECTRONIC MAIL OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING ANY IMAGE, VIDEO, MULTIMEDIA, DATA, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS OR THE LIKE IS, AND WILL BE TREATED AS, NON-CONFIDENTIAL AND NON-PROPRIETARY.  Except as expressly set forth below or in our Privacy Statement, anything you transmit, or post may be used by Licensor for any purpose, including, but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting.  Furthermore, Licensor is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any communication you send to Licensor for any purpose whatsoever, including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing, and marketing products using such information without incurring any obligation whatsoever to you, and by sending such communication, you waive all your rights thereto. You agree that you are solely responsible for all data charges you incur in the use of the ChoiceSocial Services, including without limitation data charges incurred in uploading images from a mobile device to the ChoiceSocial Services using a cellular data connection.

1.8.1.  User Content.  ChoiceSocial does not claim ownership of any images, slide shows, compilations, commentary or annotations to content, messages to other users, or other material that you transmit, post, upload, create, or generate on or through ChoiceSocial Services (“User Content”).  However, by transmitting, posting, uploading, creating or generating such User Content on or through ChoiceSocial Services, you automatically grant to Licensor a world-wide, royalty-free, sublicensable, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, store, edit, translate, distribute, re-post, publicly perform, display and otherwise exploit such material, including, but not limited to, all rights in copyright to such material and all elements thereof alone or as part of other works, throughout the universe, in perpetuity, in any form, media, or technology, whether now known or hereafter devised solely for the purpose of operating, developing, providing and using ChoiceSocial Services, and to sublicense such rights through multiple tiers of sublicenses.  You agree that Licensor is not responsible for, and does not endorse, User Content posted within the ChoiceSocial Services. Licensor does not have any obligation to prescreen, monitor, edit, or remove any User Content, however Licensor may, but have no obligation to, remove, edit, block, and/or monitor User Content or User accounts containing User Content that Licensor determines in its sole discretion violates these Terms of Use.  If your User Content violates these Terms of Use, you may bear legal responsibility for such User Content.

1.8.2 In order to fully participate in the ChoiceSocial community, you will need to make decisions as to the extent to which you share User Content with other Users.  User Content may be made available to others pursuant to sharing and privacy settings you manage for yourself using functionality provided through ChoiceSocial Services. You acknowledge and agree that you elect to share or publish your User Content through the ChoiceSocial Services at your own risk.  While you may elect to remove specific images from your own content stream, you acknowledge and agree that, once you have shared your User Content with other Users, to the extent such other Users reshare your User Content, ChoiceSocial cannot thereafter guarantee that such reshared User Content, or derivative thereof, can be deleted from the ChoiceSocial Services. You are solely responsible for your interaction with other Users of the ChoiceSocial Services, whether online or offline. You agree that ChoiceSocial is not responsible or liable for the conduct of any User. Although we allow you to set privacy options that limit authorized access to your account information and User Content, please take note that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. We cannot control the actions of other users with whom you may choose to share your User Content. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your account information or User Content that you may share or publish through ChoiceSocial Services, will not be accessible to the general public or otherwise viewed by unauthorized persons. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures we provide. You understand and acknowledge that, even after removal, copies of Profile Information, including without limit your user generated content, may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or if other users have copied or stored all, or parts of, such information. 

1.8.3 From time to time, Licensor may elect to display marketing and promotions, and you hereby agree that Licensor may place such marketing and promotions on the ChoiceSocial Services or on, about, or in conjunction with your User Content.  The manner, mode and extent of such marketing and promotions are subject to change without specific notice to you.

1.8.4 You represent, warrant, and guarantee that (a) you have the full and unrestricted right to grant the rights to User Content as set forth in Section 1.8.1 above, and that there are no other agreements with any third party in conflict herewith; (b) posting and use of your User Content on or through the ChoiceSocial Services do not violate, misappropriate, or infringe on the rights of any third party, including without limitation, privacy rights, publicity and likeness rights, copyrights, trademark and/or other intellectual property rights; (c) Licensor’s exercise of its rights granted by you hereunder shall not infringe upon any copyright or any other subsisting right of any third party; (d) you agree to pay for all royalties, fees, and any other monies or obligations owed by reason of User Content you post on or through the ChoiceSocial Services; and (e) you have the legal right and capacity to enter into these Terms of Use in your jurisdiction. You waive any and all so-called “Moral Rights” or similar rights under any jurisdiction, now or hereafter recognized with respect to Licensor’s (or its assignee’s) exercise of its rights hereunder. Moreover, you agree to indemnify and hold ChoiceSocial harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, damages, losses, liabilities and causes of action of any kind or character, made by you or any third party against ChoiceSocial, arising out of or relating to ChoiceSocial’s exercise of such rights to User Content, your publication or transmittal of any materials, or your failure to comply or your alleged failure to comply with these Terms of Use.  This defense and indemnification obligation shall survive this Agreement and your use of the Application and/or the ChoiceSocial Services.  

1.9 Objectionable Material. You understand that through your use of the ChoiceSocial Services you may encounter content that may be deemed offensive, indecent, or objectionable, which content may or may not be identified as such. You agree to use the ChoiceSocial Services at your sole risk and that Licensor shall have no liability to you for the type of content that you may access, including without limitation content that you may find offensive, indecent, or objectionable.

1.10 Links to Other Sites.  ChoiceSocial Services may provide access and/or hyperlinks to other third party sites and content on the Internet. Such third party sites and content so linked have not necessarily been reviewed by Licensor and are maintained by third parties over which Licensor exercises no control. Licensor expressly disclaims any responsibility for the i) content or accuracy of information contained on such linked content; ii) quality of any product or service provided by or advertised in or by any such third party content. Licensor neither endorses nor makes any representation regarding any linked site, product, service and/or content, and we advise you to assess for yourself the adequacy and appropriateness of any linked site, product, service and/or content for your own purposes. Licensor expressly disclaims any responsibility for the quality, adequacy, or appropriateness of any product or service provided by or advertised by any linked site.

1.11 No Right To Continued Service. Licensor reserves the right to amend the Application, ChoiceSocial Services and/or the interface, functionality and/or operation of the Application or the ChoiceSocial Services at any time and without prior notice.  At any time without notice, Licensor may add, delete or disable content, and/or add, delete, disable or modify some or all of the ChoiceSocial Services, at its sole election, and you acknowledge: (1) that you may no longer be able to use the Application, and/or other aspects of the ChoiceSocial Services to the same extent – or at all – as prior to such change or discontinuation, and (2) that Licensor shall have no liability to you in such case. In no event will Licensor be liable for the removal of or disabling of access to any content, materials or functionality. Licensor may also impose limits on the use of or access to certain features or portions of the content, other aspects or components of the ChoiceSocial Service, in any case and without notice or liability. 

1.12 Third Party Legal Terms Incorporated by Reference.

1.12.1 Apple. In addition to terms and conditions set forth elsewhere in this Agreement, Apple, Inc. (“Apple”) also requires that this Agreement between you and Licensor include the following:

(a) Acknowledgement. You and Licensor each hereby acknowledge that this Agreement is concluded between you and Licensor only, and not with Apple.  Licensor, not Apple, is solely responsible for the Application licensed hereunder and the content thereof. 

(b) Maintenance and Support. Licensor is solely responsible for providing maintenance and support services with respect to the Application as required under applicable law, if any. You and Licensor each hereby acknowledge that Apple has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance and support services with respect to the Application.

(c) Warranty. Licensor shall be solely responsible for any product warranties not effectively disclaimed hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, and without limiting the disclaimers and limitations set forth in Section 1.5 above and Section 3 below, in the event of any failure of the Application to conform to any such applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price for the Application to you.  To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple will have no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the Application, and any other claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs or expenses attributable to any failure to conform to any warranty will be Licensor’s sole responsibility.

(d) Product Claims: To the extent you, or any third party, has any claims relating to the Application or your possession and/or use of the Application including, but not limited to: (i) product liability claims; (ii) any claim that the Application fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement; and (iii) claims arising under consumer protection or similar legislation, you and Licensor each acknowledge that Licensor, not Apple, is responsible for addressing any such claims, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and subject to applicable law. 

(e) Intellectual Property Rights.  In the event of any third-party claim that the Application or your possession and use of that Licensed Application infringes that third party’s intellectual property rights, as between Licensor and Apple, it is Licensor, not Apple, who will be solely responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement and discharge of any such intellectual property infringement claim arising under this Agreement or applicable law.

(f) Legal Compliance. You hereby represent and warrant that (i) you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a “terrorist supporting” country; and (ii) you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.

(g) Developer Name and Address. All end-user questions, complaints or claims with respect to the Application should be directed to Licensor at ChoiceSocial, Inc., ChoiceSocial Support, via e-mail at Support@ChoiceSocial.us

(h)        Third Party Terms of Agreement.  You must comply with applicable third-party terms of agreement when using the Application. 

(i) Third Party Beneficiary. You and Licensor each acknowledge and agree that Apple, and Apple’s subsidiaries, are third party beneficiaries of this Agreement, and, upon your acceptance of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Apple will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce this Agreement against you as a third-party beneficiary to this Agreement.

2. OWNERSHIP AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 

2.1 Ownership. Licensor is the owner and proprietor of the ChoiceSocial Services.  The ChoiceSocial Services, including without limitation the Application, ChoiceSocial Content, and storage, processing and hosting of User Content, as accessed through the ChoiceSocial Services are offered to you by Licensor for limited use pursuant to these Terms of Use.  You agree and acknowledge that you shall not acquire any ownership rights by accessing or downloading ChoiceSocial Content through the ChoiceSocial Services or otherwise. 

2.2 Copyright.  Unauthorized use of any material accessed through or contained on the ChoiceSocial Services, including without limitation commercial, third-party images available via the Premium Store, may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, trade secret laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and other regulations and statutes.  ChoiceSocial Content is owned by Licensor and/or its licensors, and content providers and is protected by applicable domestic and international copyright laws.  The compilation of all ChoiceSocial Content through the ChoiceSocial Services and its presentation through the Application is the exclusive property of Licensor and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws.  Text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, presented on or through the ChoiceSocial Services is Copyrighted by ChoiceSocial, Inc. All rights reserved. Any rights not expressly granted to you herein are reserved. Any violation of copyright laws may result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible.

2.3 Trademark. PikMobile, PikStream, Premium Store, PikStore, PikMessage, the ChoiceSocial logo, and all graphics, logos, page headers, titles, button icons, scripts, service names and other trademarks and service marks on the ChoiceSocial Services are trademarks, trade dress and service marks belonging to Licensor or its licensors (the “Licensor Marks”). Licensor Marks may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not related to Licensor or the ChoiceSocial Services, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits Licensor or the ChoiceSocial Services. Licensor Marks may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from Licensor.  All other trademarks not owned by Licensor that appear via the ChoiceSocial Services are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, sponsor, or sponsored by Licensor.   Any product, service, or trade name other than those owned by Licensor that identify a third party as the source thereof may, even if not so indicated, be the service mark or trademark of that respective entity or individual.  Any unauthorized use of the Licensor Marks or any third party trademark is strictly prohibited.

2.4 Complaints; DMCA. If you believe that your trademark, service mark, or copyrightable work of authorship has been copied and/or is being displayed via the ChoiceSocial Service in such a way that would give rise to a claim for misappropriation or infringement, please follow the procedure regarding Notice and Claims: 

NOTICE REQUIREMENTS 

(a)  An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the intellectual property interest; 

(b)  A description of the protected mark or copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed upon; 

(c)  A description of the manner in which the material that you claim is infringing is accessed via the ChoiceSocial Services, including any information which would assist Licensor in identifying and locating that material; 

(d)  Your address, telephone number and e-mail address; 

(e)  A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the owner, its agent, or permissible by law; 

(f)  A statement by you under the penalty of perjury that the information in your notice is accurate that you are the mark holder, copyright owner or authorized to act on such party’s behalf. 

AGENT FOR CLAIMS

Renée Relf – DMCA Request

PikMobile Inc,  Developer of ChoiceSocial

2430 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Naples, FL 34109

E-Mail: DMCA@ChoiceSocial.us

3.  CONTENT AVAILABLE VIA PREMIUM STORE

3.1 Premium Store. Premium Store is a digital publishing platform within the ChoiceSocial Application that allows Users known as Store Owners to license rights in content (“Premium Store Items”) to other Users for a fee for use within the ChoiceSocial Services. Store Owners, Apple, and ChoiceSocial receive revenue each time Premium Store Items are licensed.  Premium Store Items are the exclusive intellectual property of the Store Owner who offers them for license via the Premium Store, and you agree to abide by the license terms for any Premium Store Items you use. Licensor may revoke your access to the Premium Store Items, Application, and/or ChoiceSocial Services should you violate the license terms or fail to make timely payment for your access to or use of Premium Store Items. Store Owners and Users of Premium Store Items are subject to additional terms and conditions, which are hereby incorporated by reference, and therefore considered part of these Terms of Use.

3.2 Use of Premium Store Items. You may edit and/or modify Premium Store Items, solely by means of functionality and permissions available through the ChoiceSocial Services, solely for use, sharing and display within the ChoiceSocial Services, which includes platforms outside of the Application, including but not limited to Twitter and Facebook, that support the Open Graph protocol. Editing or modification of Premium Store Items is subject to restriction by ChoiceSocial and the Store Owner who licenses their use. Any editing, modification, use, sharing, distribution or display of Premium Store Items outside of the ChoiceSocial Services is expressly prohibited.  

4.  DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

4.1 As with any on-line interaction and electronic communication, there is an inherent risk involved in transmitting any information via the Internet. Licensor does not and cannot guarantee that its system is free from hackers or viruses or that information provided by users to Licensor will not be stolen or otherwise surreptitiously obtained. Licensor is not responsible or liable for any infections or contamination of your system or delays, inaccuracies, errors, or omissions arising out of your use of the ChoiceSocial Services. You hereby acknowledge and understand that such risk is inherent in interacting with systems over the Internet, and take full responsibility for any harm, danger or damage that ensues due to any such breach in security. Pursuant to these Terms of Use, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Licensor expressly disclaims any such liability. In addition, you agree to be responsible for obtaining and maintaining all hardware and other equipment needed for access to and use of ChoiceSocial Services and you shall be responsible for all charges related thereto. 

4.2 CHOICESOCIAL SERVICES AND CHOICESOCIAL CONTENT ARE PROVIDED FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES.  LICENSOR DOES NOT ENDORSE ANY PARTICULAR CHOICESOCIAL CONTENT OR USER CONTENT OR ANY OPINION, RECOMMENDATION, OR ADVICE EXPRESSED THEREIN.  UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL LICENSOR BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR CHOICESOCIAL CONTENT OR USER CONTENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CHOICESOCIAL CONTENT OR USER CONTENT, OR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY CHOICESOCIAL CONTENT OR USER CONTENT ACCESSED, TRANSMITTED OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE APPLICATION AND/OR CHOICESOCIAL SERVICES.  You agree that any claim you may have arising out of or related to your relationship with ChoiceSocial must be filed within one year after such claim arose; otherwise, your claim is permanently barred.

4.3 WITHOUT WAIVING THE EXCLUSIVE GOVERNING LAW CLAUSE BELOW, SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS, THE LIABILITY OF LICENSOR, THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THESE TERMS OF USE SHALL LIMIT OR EXCLUDE OR PURPORT TO LIMIT OR EXCLUDE ANY LIABILITY WHERE SUCH LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION IS VOID OR UNENFORCEABLE OR OTHERWISE NOT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

4.4 Termination. In addition to any other rights of the parties set forth herein, either you or Licensor may cancel or terminate this Agreement at any time for any, or no reason.  You may terminate this Agreement at any time by ceasing use of the ChoiceSocial Services, and all components of the ChoiceSocial Services.  If Licensor terminates this Agreement for your material breach, Licensor reserves the right to suspend or terminate your access to the ChoiceSocial Services to you in the future.  If we terminate your access to the ChoiceSocial Services or you elect to deactivate your account, your User Content, including without limitation images, comments, social exchanges, and all other such user data will no longer be accessible through your account (e.g., users will not be able to navigate to your username and view your User Content), but those materials and data may persist and appear elsewhere within the ChoiceSocial Services (e.g., if your User Content has been reshared or incorporated into other ChoiceSocial users’ accounts by others).  Upon termination, all licenses and other rights granted to you in these Terms of Use will immediately cease.  Notwithstanding the expiration or termination of this Agreement by either party, the parties acknowledge and agree that the provisions of Sections 1.3, 1.4. 1.5, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.12, 1.13, 2, 3, 4 and 6 shall expressly survive such termination or expiration and remain in full force and effect.

4.6 Indemnity. You (and also any third party for whom you operate an account or activity on the ChoiceSocial Services) hereby agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Licensor and its affiliates from and against any and all liability and costs incurred by Licensor or the affiliates in connection with any claim arising out of (i) any breach or alleged breach of any of your obligations set forth herein; (ii) your User Content or your access to or use of the ChoiceSocial Services; (iii) your violation of any third-party right, including without limitation, any intellectual property right, publicity, confidentiality, property or privacy right, including your use of Premium Store Items; (iv) your violation of any laws, rules, regulations, codes, statutes, ordinances or orders of any governmental and quasi-governmental authorities, including, without limitation, all regulatory, administrative and legislative authorities; or (v) any misrepresentation made by you. You shall cooperate as fully as reasonably required in the defense of any claim. Licensor reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you and you shall not in any event settle any matter without the written consent of Licensor.

5.  ACCEPTABLE USE STATEMENT

  1. You may not post violent, nude, partially nude, discriminatory, unlawful, infringing, hateful, pornographic or sexually suggestive photos or other similar content via the ChoiceSocial Services.

  2. You agree that you will not sell, transfer, license or assign your ChoiceSocial account, followers, username, or any account rights. With the exception of people or businesses that are expressly authorized to create accounts on behalf of their employers or clients, ChoiceSocial prohibits the creation of and you agree that you will not create an account for anyone other than yourself. 

  3. You agree that you will not solicit, collect or use the login credentials of other ChoiceSocial users.

  4. You must not defame, stalk, bully, abuse, harass, threaten, impersonate or intimidate people or entities and you must not post private or confidential information via the ChoiceSocial Services, including, without limitation, your or any other person’s credit card information, social security or alternate national identity numbers, non-public phone numbers or non-public email addresses.

  5. You may not use the ChoiceSocial Services for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. You agree to comply with all laws, rules and regulations (for example, federal, state, local and provincial) applicable to your use of the Service and your Content (defined below), including but not limited to, copyright laws.

  6. You are solely responsible for your conduct and all User Content that you submit, post or display on or via the ChoiceSocial Services.

  7. You must not change, modify, adapt or alter the ChoiceSocial Services or change, modify or alter another website so as to falsely imply that it is associated with the ChoiceSocial Service or ChoiceSocial.

  8. You must not access ChoiceSocial’s private API by means other than those permitted by ChoiceSocial. To the extent ChoiceSocial permits the use of ChoiceSocial’s API, such use will be subject to a separate set of terms available from ChoiceSocial’s web site (“API Terms”).

  9. You must not create or submit unwanted email, comments, likes or other forms of commercial or harassing communications (a/k/a “spam”) to any ChoiceSocial users.

  10. You must not use domain names or web URLs in your username without prior written consent from ChoiceSocial.

  11. You must not interfere or disrupt the ChoiceSocial Services or servers or networks connected to the ChoiceSocial Services, including by transmitting any worms, viruses, spyware, malware or any other code of a destructive or disruptive nature. You may not inject content or code or otherwise alter or interfere with the way any ChoiceSocial page is rendered or displayed in a user’s browser or device.

  12. You must not create accounts with the ChoiceSocial Services through unauthorized means, including but not limited to, by using an automated device, script, bot, spider, crawler or scraper.

  13. You must not attempt to restrict another user from using or enjoying the ChoiceSocial Services and you must not encourage or facilitate violations of these Terms of Use or any other ChoiceSocial terms.

  14. Violation of these Terms of Use may, in ChoiceSocial’s sole discretion, result in termination of your ChoiceSocial account. 

  15. If you violate the letter or spirit of these Terms of Use, or otherwise create risk or possible legal exposure for ChoiceSocial, we reserve the right to stop providing all or part of the ChoiceSocial Services to you.

6.  MISCELLANEOUS

6.1 Full Integration. These Terms of Use, including the ChoiceSocial Privacy Statement incorporated by reference herein, constitute the entire agreement between you and Licensor related to your access to and use of the Application and the other ChoiceSocial Services hereunder.  No prior or contemporaneous written, oral, and electronic representation, negotiation, or agreement form a part of this agreement, and these Terms of Use, including the ChoiceSocial Privacy Statement, as each may be amended by Licensor from time to time, supersede all prior written, oral, or electronic agreements between you and Licensor relating to your access to, and use of, ChoiceSocial Services hereunder. 

6.2 Written Agreement. These Terms of Use constitute a written agreement between you and Licensor. A printed version of these Terms of Use, and of any notice given in electronic form related to this agreement, shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings to the same extent, and subject to the same restrictions, as other business contracts, documents, or records originally generated and maintained in printed form. 

6.3 Electronic Form of Agreement. You hereby waive any and all defenses you may have based on the electronic form of these Terms of Use and the lack of signing by the parties hereto to execute these Terms of Use. 

6.4 Modifications to the Agreement. Licensor has the right to modify this Agreement and any policies affecting the ChoiceSocial Service, including without limitation the ChoiceSocial Privacy Statement. Any modification is effective immediately upon posting by Licensor. Your continued use of the ChoiceSocial Services hereunder following notice of any modification to these Terms of Use shall be conclusively deemed an acceptance of all such modification(s). Your only right with respect to any dissatisfaction with any modifications made pursuant to this provision, or any policies or practices of Licensor in providing the ChoiceSocial Services, including without limitation any change to the ChoiceSocial Content, is to cease using the ChoiceSocial Service.

6.5 Governing Law.  You agree with Licensor that these Terms of Use shall be considered a contract governed by Florida law and that by clicking to accept these Terms of Use you are entering into a legally binding agreement with Licensor using electronic signatures pursuant to Florida law. Any disputes regarding these Terms of Use shall be heard by the state and federal courts located in the State of Florida, and each party consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts.  ChoiceSocial Content is provided by Licensor from its facilities in the United States of America.  Licensor makes no representation that ChoiceSocial Services or ChoiceSocial Content are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and access to them from territories where any of the ChoiceSocial Services or ChoiceSocial Content are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to use and/or access ChoiceSocial Services or ChoiceSocial Content from other locations do so on their own volition and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. 

6.6 No Waiver.  Failure to insist on strict performance of any of the Terms of Use will not operate as a waiver of any subsequent default or failure of performance. 

6.7 Severability.  If any part of these Terms of Use is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of these Terms of Use shall continue in effect.

6.8 Relationship Between the Parties. Nothing contained in these Terms of Use shall be construed to constitute you and Licensor as partners or joint venturers or to constitute employment or any type of agency. 

6.9 Events Beyond Licensor’s Control.  Licensor will use reasonable efforts to keep the Application and ChoiceSocial Services available for your use; however, Licensor cannot and will not be responsible for any loss or unavailability of access to ChoiceSocial Services that results from any cause including a cause over which it does not have direct control, including, but not limited to, failure of electronic or mechanical equipment or communication lines, wireless data or other interconnect problems, computer viruses, unauthorized access, theft, operator errors, severe weather, earthquakes, or natural disasters, strikes or other labor problems, wars, or governmental restrictions. 

6.10 Descriptive Headings. The headings of the various sections herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not define, limit or otherwise affect any of the terms or provisions hereof. 

6.11 Mandatory Arbitration.  Unless you opt-out you agree that all disputes between you and ChoiceSocial (whether or not such dispute involves a third party) with regard to your relationship with ChoiceSocial, including without limitation disputes related to these Terms of Use, your use of the ChoiceSocial Services, and/or rights of privacy and/or publicity, will be resolved by binding, individual arbitration under the American Arbitration Association’s rules for arbitration of consumer-related disputes and you and ChoiceSocial hereby expressly waive trial by jury. As an alternative, you may bring your claim in your local “small claims” court, if permitted by that small claims court’s rules. You may bring claims only on your own behalf. Neither you nor ChoiceSocial will participate in a class action or class-wide arbitration for any claims covered by this Agreement. You also agree not to participate in claims brought in a private attorney general or representative capacity, or consolidated claims involving another person’s account, if ChoiceSocial is a party to the proceeding. This dispute resolution provision will be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act. Judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator shall be issued to both parties in a writing setting forth in reasonable detail the reasoning for the decision and award and such award may be entered in any court having competent jurisdiction. Any provision of applicable law notwithstanding, the arbitrator will not have authority to award damages, remedies or awards that conflict with these Terms of Use.

You may opt out of this agreement to arbitrate. If you do so, neither you nor ChoiceSocial can require the other to participate in an arbitration proceeding. To opt out, you must notify ChoiceSocial in writing within 30 days of the date that you first became subject to this arbitration provision. You must use this address to opt out:

ChoiceSocial, Inc. 2430 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Naples, FL 34109

You must include your name and residence address, the email address you use for your ChoiceSocial account, and a clear and specific statement that you want to unconditionally opt out of this arbitration agreement.

If the prohibition against class actions and other claims brought on behalf of third parties contained above is found to be unenforceable, then all of the preceding language in this Arbitration section will be null and void. This arbitration agreement will survive the termination of your relationship with ChoiceSocial.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth above, this Arbitration section shall not apply to disputes relating to: (1) your or ChoiceSocial’s intellectual property (such as trademarks, trade dress, domain names, trade secrets, copyrights and patents); (2) violations of the API Terms; (3) violations of the Acceptable Use Statement; (4) your use of Premium Store Items; or (5) any dispute in which ChoiceSocial is seeking injunctive or equitable relief to prevent further breaches of these Terms of Use by a User.