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Welcome to Serendipity.app, the website and online service of Serendipity, Inc. (“Company,” “we,” or “us”). This page explains the terms by which you may use our online and/or mobile services, web site, and software provided on or in connection with the service (collectively the “Service”). By accessing or using the Service, you signify that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by this Terms of Use Agreement (“Agreement”) and to the collection and use of your information as set forth in the Serendipity Privacy Policy, whether or not you are a registered user of our Service. This Agreement applies to all visitors, users, and others who access or use the Service (“Users”).
PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY TO ENSURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND EACH PROVISION. THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS A MANDATORY ARBITRATION OF DISPUTES PROVISION THAT REQUIRES THE USE OF ARBITRATION ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS TO RESOLVE DISPUTES, RATHER THAN JURY TRIALS OR CLASS ACTIONS. BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SERVICE, YOU INDICATE YOUR CONSENT TO THIS AGREEMENT.
1. Use of the Service
A. Eligibility
You may use the Service only if you can form a binding contract with Company, and only in compliance with this Agreement and all applicable local, state, national, and international laws, rules and regulations. Anyone under 13 is strictly prohibited from creating an account for the Service. The Service is not available to any Users previously removed from the Service by us.
B. Service Rules
You agree not to engage in any of the following prohibited activities: (i) copying, distributing, or disclosing any part of the Service in any medium, including without limitation by any automated or non-automated “scraping”; (ii) using any automated system, including without limitation “robots,” “spiders,” “offline readers,” etc., to access the Service in a manner that sends more request messages to the Company servers than a human can reasonably produce in the same period of time by using a conventional on-line web browser; (iii) transmitting spam, chain letters, or other unsolicited email; (iv) attempting to interfere with, compromise the system integrity or security or decipher any transmissions to or from the servers running the Service; (v) taking any action that imposes, or may impose at our sole discretion an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure; (vi) uploading invalid data, viruses, worms, or other software agents through the Service; (vii) collecting or harvesting any personally identifiable information, including account names, from the Service; (viii) using the Service for any commercial solicitation purposes; (ix) impersonating another person or otherwise misrepresenting your affiliation with a person or entity, conducting fraud, hiding or attempting to hide your identity; (x) interfering with the proper working of the Service; (xi) accessing any content on the Service through any technology or means other than those provided or authorized by the Service; or (xii) bypassing the measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the Service, including without limitation features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any content or enforce limitations on use of the Service or the content therein.
C. License to Use the Service
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, you are hereby granted a non-exclusive, limited, non-transferable, freely revocable license to use the Service for your personal, noncommercial use only and as permitted by the features of the Service. Company reserves all rights not expressly granted herein in the Service and the Company Content (as defined below). Company may terminate this license at any time for any reason or no reason.
D. Accounts
Accounts that you are able to establish with the Service give you access to the services and functionality that we may establish and maintain from time to time and in our sole discretion. You may never use another User’s account without permission. When creating your account, you must provide accurate and complete information. You are solely responsible for the activity that occurs on your account, and you must keep your account password secure. We encourage you to use “strong” passwords (passwords that use a combination of upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols) with your account. You must notify us immediately of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account. Company will not be liable for any losses caused by any unauthorized use of your account. You may control your User profile and how you interact with the Service by changing settings that are made available to you.
2. Service Availability and Our Right to Terminate
We may, without prior notice, change the Service; stop providing the Service or features of the Service, to you or to Users generally; or create usage limits for the Service. We may permanently or temporarily terminate or suspend your access to the Service without notice and liability for any reason, including if in our sole determination you violate any provision of this Agreement, or for no reason. Upon termination for any reason or no reason, you continue to be bound by this Agreement. You are responsible for all the mobile data usage resulting from the use of Service. Consult your mobile operator concerning your plan, data rate charges and limits. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other Users. We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other Users. Company shall have no liability for your interactions with other Users, or for any User’s action or inaction.
3. User Content
Some areas of the Service allow Users to post content such as profile information, personal interests, whether Users are open to dating and other content or information (any such content a User submits, posts, displays, creates, or affirmatively chooses to make available on the Service is “User Content”). User Content does not include information about your phone or device. We claim no ownership rights over User Content created by you. The User Content you create remains yours; however, by sharing User Content through the Service, you agree to the User Content License Grant below, and to allow others to view, edit, and/or share your User Content in accordance with your settings and this Agreement. Company has the right (but not the obligation) in its sole discretion to remove any User Content that is shared via the Service. You agree not to post or transmit User Content that: (i) may create a risk of harm, loss, physical or mental injury, emotional distress, death, disability, disfigurement, or physical or mental illness to you, to any other person, or to any animal; (ii) may create a risk of any other loss or damage to any person or property; (iii) seeks to harm or exploit children by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable details or otherwise; (iv) may constitute or contribute to a crime or tort; (v) contains any information or content that we deem to be unlawful, harmful, abusive, racially or ethnically offensive, defamatory, infringing, invasive of personal privacy or publicity rights, harassing, humiliating to other people (publicly or otherwise), libelous, threatening, profane, or otherwise objectionable; (vi) contains any information or content that is illegal (including, without limitation, the disclosure of insider information under securities law or of another party’s trade secrets); (vii) contains any information or content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships; (viii) contains any information or content that you know is not correct and current; (ix) violates any school or other applicable policy, including those related to cheating or ethics; (x) interferes with other Users of the Service including, without limitation, disrupting the normal flow of dialogue in an interactive area of the Service and deleting or revising any content posted by another person or entity; (xi) except where expressly permitted, post or transmit charity requests, petitions for signatures, franchise arrangements, distributorship arrangements, sales representative agency arrangements or other business opportunities (including offers of employment or contracting arrangements), club memberships, chain letters or letters relating to pyramid schemes, any advertising or promotional materials or any other solicitation of other users to use goods or services except in those areas (e.g., a classified bulletin board) that are designated for such purpose. You agree that any employment or other relationship you form or attempt to form with an employer, employee, or contractor whom you contact through areas of the Service that may be designated for that purpose is between you and that employer, employee, or contractor alone, and not with us. You may not copy or use personal identifying or business contact information about other Users without their permission. You agree that any User Content that you post does not and will not violate third-party rights of any kind, including without limitation any Intellectual Property Rights (as defined below) or rights of privacy. Company reserves the right, but is not obligated, to reject and/or remove any User Content that Company believes, in its sole discretion, violates these provisions. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Intellectual Property Rights” means all patent rights, copyright rights, mask work rights, moral rights, rights of publicity, trademark, trade dress and service mark rights, goodwill, trade secret rights and other intellectual property rights as may now exist or hereafter come into existence, and all applications therefore and registrations, renewals and extensions thereof, under the laws of any state, country, territory or other jurisdiction. In connection with your User Content, you affirm, represent and warrant the following: A. You have the consent of each and every identifiable natural person in the User Content to use such person’s name or likeness in the manner contemplated by the Service and this Agreement, and each such person has released you from any liability that may arise in relation to such use. B. Your User Content and Company’s use thereof as contemplated by this Agreement and the Service will not violate any law or infringe any rights of any third party, including but not limited to any Intellectual Property Rights and privacy rights. Company takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any User Content that you or any other User or third-party posts or sends over the Service. You shall be solely responsible for your User Content and the consequences of posting or publishing it, and you agree that we are only acting as a passive conduit for your online distribution and publication of your User Content. You understand and agree that you may be exposed to User Content that is inaccurate, objectionable, inappropriate for children, or otherwise unsuited to your purpose, and you agree that Company shall not be liable for any damages you allege to incur as a result of User Content.
4. User Content License Grant
By posting any User Content on the Service, you expressly grant, and you represent and warrant that you have all rights necessary to grant, to Company a royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, list information regarding, edit, translate, distribute, syndicate, publicly perform, publicly display, and make derivative works of all such User Content and your name, voice, and/or likeness as contained in your User Content, in whole or in part, and in any form, media or technology, whether now known or hereafter developed, for use in connection with the Service and for our commercial, marketing, advertising, and other purposes.
5. Mobile Software
A. Mobile Software.
As part of the Service, we make available software and/or applications designed for mobile devices (“Mobile Software”). To use the Mobile Software, you must have a mobile device that is compatible with the Mobile Software. Company does not warrant that the Mobile Software will be compatible with your mobile device. Company hereby grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use a compiled code copy of the Mobile Software for one Company account owned or leased solely by you, for your personal use. You may not: (i) modify, disassemble, decompile or reverse engineer the Mobile Software, except to the extent that such restriction is expressly prohibited by law; (ii) rent, lease, loan, resell, sublicense, distribute or otherwise transfer the Mobile Software to any third party or use the Mobile Software to provide time sharing or similar services for any third party; (iii) make any copies of the Mobile Software; (iv) remove, circumvent, disable, damage or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Mobile Software, features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any content accessible through the Mobile Software, or features that enforce limitations on use of the Mobile Software; or (v) delete the copyright and other proprietary rights notices on the Mobile Software. You acknowledge that Company may from time to time issue upgraded versions of the Mobile Software, and may automatically electronically upgrade the version of the Mobile Software that you are using on your mobile device. You consent to such automatic upgrading on your mobile device, and agree that the terms and conditions of this Agreement will apply to all such upgrades. Any third-party code that may be incorporated in the Mobile Software is covered by the applicable open source or third-party license EULA, if any, authorizing use of such code. The foregoing license grant is not a sale of the Mobile Software or any copy thereof, and Company or its third-party partners or suppliers retain all right, title, and interest in the Mobile Software (and any copy thereof). Any attempt by you to transfer any of the rights, duties or obligations hereunder, except as expressly provided for in this Agreement, is void. Company reserves all rights not expressly granted under this Agreement. If the Mobile Software is being acquired on behalf of the United States Government, then the following provision applies. Use, duplication, or disclosure of the Mobile Software by the U.S. Government is subject to restrictions set forth in this Agreement and as provided in DFARS 227.7202-1(a) and 227.7202-3(a) (1995), DFARS 252.227-7013(c)(1)(ii) (OCT 1988), FAR 12.212(a) (1995), FAR 52.227-19, or FAR 52.227-14 (ALT III), as applicable. The Mobile Software originates in the United States, and is subject to United States export laws and regulations. The Mobile Software may not be exported or re-exported to certain countries or those persons or entities prohibited from receiving exports from the United States. In addition, the Mobile Software may be subject to the import and export laws of other countries. You agree to comply with all United States and foreign laws related to use of the Mobile Software and the Company Service.
B. Mobile Software from iTunes.
The following applies to any Mobile Software you acquire from the iTunes Store (“iTunes-Sourced Software”): You acknowledge and agree that this Agreement is solely between you and Company, not Apple, and that Apple has no responsibility for the iTunes-Sourced Software or content thereof. Your use of the iTunes-Sourced Software must comply with the App Store Terms of Service. You acknowledge that Apple has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance and support services with respect to the iTunes-Sourced Software. In the event of any failure of the iTunes-Sourced Software to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price for the iTunes-Sourced Software to you; to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple will have no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the iTunes-Sourced Software, and any other claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs or expenses attributable to any failure to conform to any warranty will be solely governed by this Agreement and any law applicable to Company as provider of the software. You acknowledge that Apple is not responsible for addressing any claims of you or any third party relating to the iTunes-Sourced Software or your possession and/or use of the iTunes-Sourced Software, including, but not limited to: (i) product liability claims; (ii) any claim that the iTunes-Sourced Software fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement; and (iii) claims arising under consumer protection or similar legislation; and all such claims are governed solely by this Agreement and any law applicable to Company as provider of the software. You acknowledge that, in the event of any third party claim that the iTunes-Sourced Software or your possession and use of that iTunes-Sourced Software infringes that third party’s intellectual property rights, Company, not Apple, will be solely responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement and discharge of any such intellectual property infringement claim to the extent required by this Agreement. You and Company acknowledge and agree that Apple, and Apple’s subsidiaries, are third party beneficiaries of this Agreement as relates to your license of the iTunes-Sourced Software, and that, 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 as relates to your license of the iTunes-Sourced Software against you as a third party beneficiary thereof.
6. Our Communications With You
By providing Company your email address you consent to our using the email address to send you Service-related notices, including any notices required by law, in lieu of communication by postal mail. We may also use your email address to send you other messages, such as changes to features of the Service and special offers. If you do not want to receive promotional email messages, you may opt out by unsubscribing from such email communications from Company. Opting out may prevent you from receiving email messages regarding updates, improvements, or offers.
7. Our Proprietary Rights
Except for your User Content, the Service and all materials and information therein or transferred thereby, including, without limitation, information about your phone or device, or data that is otherwise generated, collected or transmitted through use of the Service or Mobile Software, software, images, text, graphics, illustrations, logos, patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, photographs, audio, videos, music, and User Content belonging to other Users (the “Company Content”), and all Intellectual Property Rights related thereto, are the exclusive property of Company and its licensors (including other Users who post User Content to the Service). Except as explicitly provided herein, nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to create a license in or under any such Intellectual Property Rights, and you agree not to sell, license, rent, modify, distribute, copy, reproduce, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adapt, edit or create derivative works from any Company Content. Use of the Company Content for any purpose not expressly permitted by this Agreement is strictly prohibited. You may choose to or we may invite you to submit comments or ideas about the Service, including without limitation about how to improve the Service or our products (“Ideas”). By submitting any Idea, you agree that your disclosure is gratuitous, unsolicited and without restriction and will not place Company under any fiduciary or other obligation, and that we are free to use the Idea without any additional compensation to you, and/or to disclose the Idea on a non-confidential basis or otherwise to anyone. You further acknowledge that, by acceptance of your submission, Company does not waive any rights to use similar or related ideas previously known to Company, or developed by its employees, or obtained from sources other than you.
8. Features of the Service
The Service includes a number of features which may or may not be available to you depending on which features you elect and, where required, pay or subscribe to use. Some of the Service features require Mobile Software to be installed on the devices that the features apply to. This section identifies some of the types of features that are part of the Service, and that may be available for you to use or pay or subscribe to use, along with important information about those features.
A. Phone/Email and Mobile Software Contacts
Upon signing up to our Service, we import all user phone contacts so we can immediatey show you the locations of your phone contacts. We urge you to use the block and delete feature in the Contacts List on the Mobile Software of anyone with whom you do not want to share your location. We are not responsible for any actions resulting from revealing your location data with any contacts from your phone or that you import into our Service via your email accounts or that you add as a contact on our application.
B. Location Tracking
Our Service offers a List, Map and Radar View of people you add as a contact using our Mobile Software as well as people in your phone contact list that are imported into our Service as well as any email contacts imported if you connect our Service to your Gmail, Yahoo and Live/Hotmail accounts. We are not responsible for any actions resulting from revealing your location data with any contacts from your phone or that you import into our Service via your email accounts or that you add as a contact on our application.
C. Location Information Features.
There are features that are designed to collect and share location information, about you and other individuals who use the Service. These features require the corresponding Mobile Software to be installed on the device for which location data will be provided, and the features may not work if the corresponding settings to allow the collection and sharing of information and location information are not enabled. In addition, the features may not work for a variety of reasons, such as if the device that the Mobile Software is installed on is not powered on and connected to the wireless service provider’s network (e.g., it will not work if the phone is not connected to a wi-fi network), if location services are turned off, if the Service is not being used, or Broadcast Location is set to OFF, or is blocked on the device, etc. If you use features designed to collect and share location information, the Service will periodically access and collect information about your device and location (such information will be Company Content under this Agreement). By using the features designed to collect and share information, you represent and warrant that you have consented, to use the service and to allow it to access and collect such information.
D. Six Degrees of Separation and People You May Not Know
We offer features on our Service that allows users to view users with whom they are connected to based on the degrees of separation they have with others using our Service. We also allow users to view the various degrees of separation in which they are connected to others on our Service. This means there are people you may not know who will be able to see your location on the Service. Privacy Settings on the Service allow you to turn off this feature or modify aspects of this feature to protect your privacy. We are not responsible for any actions resulting from revealing your location data to any User within this six degrees of separation between you and any other User of our Service.
E. Tracking Users
Certain User monitoring and tracking features may be offered as part of the Service. These monitoring and tracking features track (where available) details about user’s speed of travel, direction of travel, notifications of arrival and departure of different locations, amongst other things. Please do not use the Tracking of Users in a way that distracts you while driving, or that interferes with your ability to follow traffic laws. For User tracking features to function, the corresponding Mobile Software must be installed on your phone as well as the Users phone who has agreed to let you track them. Your phone must be powered on and properly functioning for the User tracking features to work, and the service may not function if you are outside of your wireless service coverage area for the phone that the Mobile Software for the User tracking features is installed on or if your phone is otherwise not connected to your wireless service provider’s network. The Service will periodically access and collect information about your phone and motion activity that can be detected by the phone, including the speed of your phone and precise routes driven, other motion events and behavior, etc. (such information will be Company Content under this Agreement). The motion event monitoring and tracking features may collect this information for any mode of transport that you are in, even if you are not the driver. If you do not have permission from the driver to collect this information, please be sure to turn off the tracking functionality on the phone. By using this Service, you represent and warrant that you the person you are tracking has consented, or that you have consented to other Users with whom you have given permission on our Service, to track you.
7. Additional Policies and Information About the Service and Service Features
This section contains additional policies and information about the Service and Service features including geographic coverage information.
A. Geographic Coverage.
The Service is designed for residents of the contiguous U.S., Alaska, and Hawaii, though some features of the Service may not work in areas outside the wireless service coverage area for the phone that the Mobile Software is installed on.
D. No Refunds.
You may cancel your account at any time; however, there are no refunds for any unused time on a subscription, any license or subscription fees for any portion of the Service, any content or data associated with your account, or for anything else. Upon cancelling any Subscription Features, your subscription will be valid until your paid period is completed.
F. Battery Usage
Use of the Service or Service features that require the use of Mobile Software may use a significant amount of power from the battery of any device that the Mobile Software is installed on. You may wish to limit your use of these or other services on your device to the times when they are necessary (e.g., you may want to turn off certain Service features when you are not driving, or you may want to turn off other applications and services when you are driving), or where possible, you might wish to keep your phone plugged into a power source. We offer many battery setting options that can reduce the battery drain on your phone that may also impact the frequency of your location updates.
8. Closing Your Account
You may cancel your account on the app by Deactivating your account on the Mobile Software. In general, your account will be canceled within 5 business days of your Deactivation request.
9. No Professional Advice
If the Service provides professional information (e.g. medical or legal), such information is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as professional advice. No action should be taken based upon any information contained in the Service. You should seek independent professional advice from a person who is licensed and/or qualified in the applicable area.
10. Privacy
We care about the privacy of our Users. You understand that by using the Service you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personally identifiable information and aggregate data as set forth in our Privacy Policy, and to have your personally identifiable information collected, used, transferred to and processed in the United States.
11. Security
Company cares about the integrity and security of your personal information. However, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat our security measures or use your personal information for improper purposes. You acknowledge that you provide your personal information at your own risk.
12. Third-Party Links
The Service may contain links to third-party websites, advertisers, services, special offers, or other events or activities that are not owned or controlled by Company. Company does not endorse or assume any responsibility for any such third-party sites, information, materials, products, or services. If you access a third-party website from the Service, you do so at your own risk, and you understand that this Agreement and Company’s Privacy Policy do not apply to your use of such sites. You expressly relieve Company from any and all liability arising from your use of any third-party website, service, or content. Additionally, your dealings with or participation in promotions of advertisers found on the Service, including payment and delivery of goods, and any other terms (such as warranties) are solely between you and such advertisers. You agree that Company shall not be responsible for any loss or damage of any sort relating to your dealings with such advertisers.
12. Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Company and its subsidiaries, agents, licensors, managers, and other affiliated companies, and their employees, contractors, agents, officers and directors, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney’s fees) arising from: (i) your use of and access to the Service, including any data or content transmitted or received by you; (ii) your violation of any term of this Agreement, including without limitation your breach of any of the representations and warranties herein; (iii) your violation of any third-party right, including without limitation any right of privacy or Intellectual Property Rights; (iv) your violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation; (v) any claim or damages that arise as a result of any of your User Content or any User Content or other information that is submitted via your account; or (vi) any other party’s access and use of the Service with your unique username, password or other appropriate security code.
13. No Warranty
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, PRIVACY, SECURITY, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, QUALITY, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM COMPANY OR THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED HEREIN. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, COMPANY, ITS SUBSIDIARIES, ITS AFFILIATES, AND ITS LICENSORS DO NOT WARRANT THAT: (I) THE SERVICE OR RESULTS THAT ARE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE SERVICE (E.G., DATA, INFORMATION, LOCATION, SPEED OF TRAVEL, ETC.)WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE OR CORRECT; (II) THE SERVICE OR RESULTS THAT ARE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (III) THE SERVICE WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME OR LOCATION, TIMELY, UNINTERRUPTED OR SECURE; (IV) ANY DEFECTS OR ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED; OR (V) THE SERVICE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. ANY CONTENT DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS DOWNLOADED AT YOUR OWN RISK AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR MOBILE DEVICE OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM SUCH DOWNLOAD OR YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE. COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE ADVERTISED OR OFFERED BY A THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE SERVICE OR ANY HYPERLINKED WEBSITE OR SERVICE, AND COMPANY WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY MONITOR ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.
Some states do not allow for the disclaimer of certain warranties, so the disclaimers above may not apply to you.
14. Limitation of Liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL COMPANY, ITS AFFILIATES, AGENTS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, SUPPLIERS OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THIS SERVICE. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL COMPANY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE, LOSS OR INJURY RESULTING FROM HACKING, TAMPERING OR OTHER UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS OR USE OF THE SERVICE OR YOUR ACCOUNT OR THE INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, COMPANY ASSUMES NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY (I) ERRORS, OMISSIONS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES FROM THE SERVICE OR RESULTS THAT ARE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE SERVICE (E.G., DATA, INFORMATION, LOCATION, SPEED OF TRAVEL, ETC.); (II) PERSONAL INJURY, DEATH, OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SERVICE; (III) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN; (IV) ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM THE SERVICE; (V) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE THAT MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH OUR SERVICE BY ANY THIRD PARTY; (VI) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, EMAILED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICE; (VII) USER CONTENT OR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY; AND/OR (VIII) ANY ACTION OR INACTION OF THIRD PARTIES. IN NO EVENT SHALL COMPANY, ITS AFFILIATES, AGENTS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, SUPPLIERS, OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY USER FOR ANY CLAIMS, PROCEEDINGS, LIABILITIES, OBLIGATIONS, DAMAGES, LOSSES OR COSTS IN AN AMOUNT EXCEEDING THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO COMPANY HEREUNDER IN THE SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE LIABILITY, OR $100.00, WHICHEVER IS GREATER. THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SECTION APPLIES WHETHER THE ALLEGED LIABILITY IS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER BASIS, EVEN IF COMPANY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. THE FOREGOING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW IN THE APPLICABLE JURISDICTION. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THIS AGREEMENT GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS, AND YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE. THE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
The Service is controlled and operated from facilities in the United States. Company makes no representations that the Service is appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who access or use the Service from other jurisdictions do so at their own volition and are entirely responsible for compliance with all applicable United States and local laws and regulations, including but not limited to export and import regulations. You may not use the Service if you are a resident of a country embargoed by the United States, or are a foreign person or entity blocked or denied by the United States government. Unless otherwise explicitly stated, all materials found on the Service are solely directed to individuals, companies, or other entities located in the United States.
15. Governing Law and Arbitration
A. Governing Law.
You agree that: (i) the Service shall be deemed solely based in California; and (ii) the Service shall be deemed a passive one that does not give rise to personal jurisdiction over Company, either specific or general, in jurisdictions other than California. This Agreement shall be governed by the internal substantive laws of the State of California, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. The parties acknowledge that this Agreement evidences a transaction involving interstate commerce. Notwithstanding the preceding sentences with respect to the substantive law, any arbitration conducted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16). The application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is expressly excluded. You agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located in Orange County, California for any actions for which we retain the right to seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent the actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation or violation of a our copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents, or other intellectual property or proprietary rights, as set forth in the Arbitration provision below.
B. Arbitration.
READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY BECAUSE IT REQUIRES THE PARTIES TO ARBITRATE THEIR DISPUTES AND LIMITS THE MANNER IN WHICH YOU CAN SEEK RELIEF FROM COMPANY. In the unlikely event that Company has not been able to resolve a dispute it has with you after 60 days, we each agree to resolve any claim, dispute, or controversy (excluding any Company claims for injunctive or other equitable relief) arising out of or in connection with or relating to these Terms of Use, or the breach or alleged breach thereof (collectively, “Claims”), by binding arbitration by the Judicial Mediation and Arbitration Services (“JAMS”) under the Optional Expedited Arbitration Procedures then in effect for JAMS, except as provided herein. The arbitration will be conducted in Orange County, California, unless you and Company agree otherwise. Each party will be responsible for paying any JAMS filing, administrative and arbitrator fees in accordance with JAMS rules. The award rendered by the arbitrator shall include costs of arbitration, reasonable attorneys’ fees and reasonable costs for expert and other witnesses, and any judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Nothing in this Section shall be deemed as preventing Company from seeking injunctive or other equitable relief from the courts as necessary to protect any of Company’s proprietary interests. ALL CLAIMS MUST BE BROUGHT IN THE PARTIES’ INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS ACTION, COLLECTIVE ACTION, PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. THIS WAIVER APPLIES TO CLASS ARBITRATION, AND, UNLESS WE AGREE OTHERWISE, THE ARBITRATOR MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE MORE THAN ONE PERSON’S CLAIMS. YOU AGREE THAT, BY ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT, YOU AND COMPANY ARE EACH WAIVING THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY OR TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION, COLLECTIVE ACTION, PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION, OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND.
16. General
A. Assignment.
This Agreement, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by Company without restriction. Any attempted transfer or assignment in violation hereof shall be null and void.
B. Notification Procedures and Changes to the Agreement.
Company may provide notifications, whether such notifications are required by law or are for marketing or other business-related purposes, to you via email notice, written or hard copy notice, or through posting of such notice on our website or mobile application, as determined by Company in our sole discretion. Company reserves the right to determine the form and means of providing notifications to our Users, provided that you may opt out of certain means of notification as described in this Agreement. Company is not responsible for any automatic filtering you or your network provider may apply to email notifications we send to the email address you provide us. Company may, in its sole discretion, modify or update this Agreement from time to time, and so you should review this page periodically. When we change the Agreement in a material manner, we will update the ‘last modified’ date at the bottom of this page. Your continued use of the Service after any such change constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms of Use. If you do not agree to any of these terms or any future Terms of Use, do not use or access (or continue to access) the Service and be sure to Deactivate your account and then delete the app from your phone.
C. Entire Agreement/Severability.
This Agreement, together with any amendments and any additional agreements you may enter into with Company in connection with the Service, shall constitute the entire agreement between you and Company concerning the Service. If any provision of this Agreement is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.
D. No Waiver.
No waiver of any term of this Agreement shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term, and Company’s failure to assert any right or provision under this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
E. Contact.
Please contact us admin@Serendipity.app with any questions regarding this Agreement.
This Agreement was last modified on May 6, 2019.
ANNEX 1 — PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
| Category of personal information |
How we may use it |
Legal basis for the processing |
Specific parties we may share your information with |
| Contact information such as your phone number and e-mail address. |
We may use this information for account authentication. |
The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract and to take steps_prior to enterinqinto a contract. |
We may share this information with Mixpanel, our email processor, Telesign, our phone number SMS messaging platform and Amazon SNS for our in-app messaging processor. |
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We may use this information to deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to the Service. |
The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, namely administering the Service, and for communicating with you effectively to respond toyour queries or complaints. |
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We may use this information to communicate with you, including sending service-related communications. |
The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract and to take steps prior to entering into a contract. |
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We may use this information to send you unsolicited marketing communications in accordance with your preferences. |
We will only use your personal information in this way to the extent you have given us consent to do so. |
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| Profile information, such as your username, profile picture, date of birth, gender and things about yourself, home city and dating preference. |
We may use this information to operate, maintain and provide to you the features and functionality of the Service. |
The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract and to take steps prior to entering into a contract. |
We may share information about other users you have invited to connect with you on Serendipity as well as your Contact List with Neo4J, Inc, in order to properly display and use features associated with 6 degrees of separation. |
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We may use this information to personalize your profile so that you can Interact with and be recognized by other Serendipity Users |
The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract and to take steps prior to entering into a contract. |
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| Information about your precise location. In order to use certain functionalities of the Service, we will ask you to provide your precise location, altitude, heading’ and speed. |
We may use this information to provide you the functionalities of the Service. |
The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract and to take steps prior to entering into a contract. |
We may share this information with
- Mixpanel, to inform analytics based on your location.
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| Information about your motion activity. When you use certain functionalities of our Service, we may need to collect information related to your motion, such as whether you are cycling, walking, running or driving. We may also collect information about your speed, acceleration and deceleration. |
We may use this information to provide you certain functionalities of the Service, such as determining your mode of transport and showing others that you have allowed to track your location, the speed in which you are traveling. |
The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract and to take steps prior to entering into a contract. |
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| Chat, comments and opinions. When you contact us directly, e.g. by email, phone, or when you participate in a chat on our Service, we will record your comments and opinions. |
We may use this information to operate, maintain and provide to you the features and functionality of the Service. We may use this information to address your questions, issues and concerns. We may use this information to develop new products and features available through our Service or otherwise improve our Service. |
The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract and to take steps prior to entering into a contract. The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, namely communicating with users and responding to queries, complaints and concerns. The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, namely developing and improving our Service. |
We may share this information with:
- Amazon SNS, our in-app. Messaging processor
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| Information about your subscription to our Service, such as your free subscription to our Service, the date and time that you activated youru account, the duration of your subscription and the date you unsubscribe. |
We use this information to operate, maintain and provide to you the features and functionality of the Service. |
The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract and to take steps prior to entering into a contract. |
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We use this information to develop new products and features available through our Service or otherwise improve our Service. |
The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, namely developing and improving our Service or certain features of our Service. |
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We use this information to determine products and services that may be of interest to you. |
The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, namely informing our direct marketing. |
We may share this information with Mixpanel, Inc, our email processor. |
| Information received from third parties, such as social networks. If you interact with our Service through a social network, we may receive information from the social network such as your name, profile information, and any other information you permit the social network to share with third parties. The data we receive is dependent on your privacy settings with the social network. Your preferences, such as preferences set for notifications. |
We may use this information to promote our Service, such as tagging you in comments on our social media pages. |
The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, namely promoting our Service. |
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We may use this information to determine products and services that may be of interest to you. |
The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, namely informing our direct marketing. |
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We use this information to provide notifications, send news, alerts and |
The processing is necessary for our legitimate interest. namely ensuring the |
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| marketing communications, how our Service is displayed and the active functionalities on our Service. |
marketing communications and provide our Services in accordance with your choices. |
user receives the correct marketing and other communications. |
Telesign, Inc. our SMS messaging platform and to ensure that you only receive messages in accordance with your preferences. |
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We use this information to ensure that we comply with our legal obligation to send only those marketing communications to which you have consented or which are informative so you can learn how to best use our Servcies |
The processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject. |
Mixpanel, to ensure you receive all the proper email correspondence and notifications from Serendipity. |
| All personal information set out above. |
We will use all the personal information we collect to operate, maintain and provide to you the features and functionality of the Service, to communicate with you, to monitor and improve our Service and business, and to help us develop new products and services. |
The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, namely to administer and improve the Service. |
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ANNEX 2 — PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED AUTOMATICALLY
| Category of personal information |
How we may use it |
Legal basis for the processing |
Parties we may share your information with |
| Information about how you access and use the Service. For example, the website from which you came and the website to which you are going when you leave our website, how frequently you access the Service, the time you access our Service and how long you use it for, the approximate location that you access the Service from, whether you access the Service from multiple devices, and other actions you take on the Service. |
We may use information about how you use and connect to our Service to present our Service to you on your device. |
The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, namely to tailor our Service to the user. |
We may share this information with:
- Google, Inc & Mixpanel, Inc, our user metrics and analytics services;
- AppsFlyer Limited, to monitor marketing performance and mobile marketing attribution;
- Facebook, Inc, in connection with performing interest based advertising;
- Google Ireland Limited and Google, Inc for the purposes of analysing information related to Service crashes.
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We may use this information to determine products and services that may be of interest to you for marketing purposes |
The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, namely to inform our direct marketing. |
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We may use this information to monitor and improve our Service and business, resolve issues and to inform the development of new products and services |
The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, namely to monitor and resolve issues with our Service and to improve our Service generally. |
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| Log files and information about your device. We also collect information about the computer, tablet, smartphone or other electronic device you use to connect to our Service. This information can include |
We may use information about how you use and connect to our Service to present our Service to you on your device. |
details about the type of device, unique device identifying numbers, |
The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, namely to tailor our Service to the user. |
| The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, namely to inform our direct marketing. |
We may use this information to determine products and services that |
We may share this information with:
- Google Inc & Mixpanel, Inc, our user metrics and analytics service;
- Google Ireland Limited and Google, Inc, for the purposes of analyzing information related to Service crashes
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| operating systems, browsers and applications connected to our Service through the device, your Internet service provider or mobile network, your IP address, and your device’s telephone number (if it has one) |
may be of interest to you for marketing purposes. |
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- AppsFlyer Limited. to monitor marketing performance and mobile marketing attribution;
- Amazon, Inc, our server log management and analysis tool, to help identify any issues with our Service;
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We may use this information to monitor and improve our Service and business, resolve issues and to inform the development of new products and services. |
The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, namely to monitor and resolve issues with our Service and to improve our Service generally. |
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| Information about your current device state, such as the remaining battery charge on your device and whether it is connected to wifi, speed of travel, and travel type (walking, biking, or vehicle) |
We may use this information to provide you with certain functionalities of the Service. |
The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract or to take steps prior to entering into a contract. |
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| Approximate location information. Other than information you choose to provide to us, we do not collect information about your precise location. Your device’s IP address may help us determine an approximate location. |
We may use an approximate location to inform and plan our marketing strategy. |
The processing is necessary for our legitimate interest, namely informing our direct marketing strategy. |
We may share this information with:
- Google, Inc, in connection with performing interest based advertising (including app-store advertising);
- Apple, Inc in connection with serving app-store advertising.
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| Information about how you react to emails, such as whether you have opened an email from us, or clicked on a link in an email we send to you. |
We may use this information to analyse the effectiveness of our email campaigns. |
The processing is necessary for our legitimate interest, namely informing our direct marketing strategy. |
We may share this information with Mixpanel, Inc, our email processor. |
ANNEX 3 — MINIMUM AGES
| Country |
Minimum Age |
| Austria |
14 |
| Belgium |
13 |
| Bulgaria |
14 |
| Croatia |
16 |
| Cyprus |
14 |
| Czech Republic |
15 |
| Denmark |
13 |
| Estonia |
13 |
| Finland |
13 |
| France |
15 |
| Germany |
16 |
| Country |
Minimum Age |
| Greece |
15 |
| Hungary |
16 |
| Iceland |
13 |
| Ireland |
16 |
| Italy |
14 |
| Latvia |
13 |
| Liechtenstein |
16 |
| Lithuania |
16 |
| Luxembourg |
16 |
| Malta |
16 |
| Country |
Minimum Age |
| Norway |
13 |
| Poland |
13 |
| Portugal |
13 |
| Romania |
16 |
| Slovakia |
16 |
| Slovenia |
15 |
| Spain |
13 |
| Sweden |
13 |
| Switzerland |
16 |
| The Netherlands |
16 |
| United Kingdom |
13 |
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