Terms of Service

The Mad Platter, Inc. Terms of Use

 

The Mad Platter, Inc. d/b/a Street Smart Bride (collectively, “SSB”, “Company”, “we” or “us” or “our”) is a lifestyle website with a particular, albeit not exclusive, focus on wedding related information for the new modern bride. The services offered by SSB include the SSB Website located at streeetsmartbride.com or any subdomain of streetsmartbride.com and any other feature, content or applications offered from time to time by SSB in connection with the Website whether accessed directly or through our application for mobile devices (collectively, the “SSB Website” or “Website” or “SSB Services” or “Services”). The SSB Website and Services are hosted in the United States.

 

Please read the Terms of Use carefully before you start to use the SSB Website and Services. By accessing and using the Website, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy, found at https://www.streetsmartbride.com/privacy-policy, incorporated herein by reference. If you do not wish to agree to these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the SSB Website or Services.

 

These Terms of Use (this “Agreement”) set forth the legally binding terms for your use of SSB Services. By using the SSB Website, whether as a “Visitor” (meaning you simply browse the SSB Website) or as a “User” (meaning you have registered with and/or submitted content to the SSB Website either as an individual or as a company), you agree to be bound by this Agreement and the SSB Privacy Policy located at https://www.streetsmartbride.com/privacy-policy. This Agreement includes your rights, obligations and restrictions regarding your use of the SSB Website and Services, so please read it carefully.

 

SSB may modify and update this Agreement from time to time in our sole discretion and each modification and/or update will be effective immediately when it is posted on the SSB Website. You agree to be bound to any changes to this Agreement through your continued use of the SSB Services. You will not be notified of any modifications to this Agreement, so it is important that you review this Agreement regularly to ensure you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

 

Additionally, SSB reserves the right to withdraw or amend the Website and any or all Services provided, in our sole discretion at any time without notice. SSB will not be liable if for any reason any or all of the Website or Services are unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time we may restrict access to some parts of the Website, or the entire Website or Visitors or Users.

 

CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES

 

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. No uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy policy.

 

WE URGE YOU TO THINK BEFORE YOU UPLOAD, SUBMIT OR EMBED CONTENT. THIS AGREEMENT PERMITS YOU TO UPLOAD TO, SUBMIT TO OR EMBED ON THE SSB WEBSITE ONLY PHOTOS OR OTHER CONTENT THAT YOU OWN THE COPYRIGHT TO OR OTHERWISE HAVE THE RIGHT TO PUBLISH. BY UPLOADING, SUBMITTING OR EMBEDDING PHOTOS OR OTHER CONTENT THAT YOU DO NOT OWN THE COPYRIGHT TO OR DO NOT OTHERWISE HAVE THE RIGHT TO PUBLISH, YOU MAY SUBJECT YOURSELF TO LEGAL LIABILITY. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE YOU HAVE ADEQUATE RIGHTS TO PUBLISH TO THE SSB WEBSITE ALL PHOTOS AND OTHER CONTENT YOU POST.

 

  1. Eligibility. Use of the SSB Services is void where prohibited. You represent and warrant that you are legally able to accept these Terms of Use, and affirm that you are of legal age to form a binding contract, or have obtained parental or guardian consent to do so. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, you may not use the Website or Services.  By registering, you (i) represent and warrant that you have the right, authority, and capacity to enter into and to fully abide by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and (ii) agree to comply with all applicable domestic and international laws, statutes, ordinances and regulations regarding your use of SSB Services and all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside.
  1. Term. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect while you use the SSB Services or are a Visitor or User. SSB may terminate your use of the SSB Website or the SSB Services, in its sole discretion, for any reason or no reason whatsoever, at any time, without warning or notice to you.
  1. Noncommercial Use by Members. The SSB Services are for the personal use of Visitors and Users only and may not be used by you in connection with any commercial endeavors except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by SSB. Illegal and/or unauthorized use of the SSB Services, including but not limited to collecting usernames and/or e-mail addresses of Users by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited e-mail or unauthorized framing of or linking to the SSB Website is prohibited. Appropriate legal action will be taken for any illegal or unauthorized use of the SSB Services.
  1. User Content.
  • SSB does not claim any ownership rights in the text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, musical works, works of authorship, or any other materials (collectively, “User Content”) that you upload to, submit to, or embed on the SSB Website. You represent and warrant that you own the User Content posted by you on or through the SSB Website or that you otherwise have sufficient right, title and interest in and to such User Content to grant SSB the licenses and rights set forth below without violating, infringing or misappropriating the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights, intellectual property rights or any other rights of any person. You agree to pay for all royalties, fees, and any other monies owing any person by reason of any User Content posted by you to or through the SSB Website.
  • After posting, uploading or embedding User Content to the SSB Website, you continue to retain such rights in such User Content as you held prior to posting such User Content on the SSB Website and you continue to have the right to use your User Content in any way you choose. However, by displaying or publishing (“posting”) any User Content on or through the SSB Website, you hereby grant to SSB a nonexclusive, royalty free, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide license to use, display, reproduce, adapt, modify (e.g., reformat), rearrange, and distribute your User Content through any manner, mode of delivery, or media now known or developed in the future. Where possible, photographs used on the SSB Website and in any SSB publication will include attribution to the photographer and/or copyright holder. As part of the nonexclusive license you grant to SSB, you agree to allow other Users of the SSB Website and SSB Services to add your User Content to their SSB Inspiration Board(s) and post these Inspiration Board(s) on other websites provided that such use is for noncommercial purposes only.
  • Without this license, SSB would be unable to provide the SSB Services or its publications. For example, the license you grant to SSB is nonexclusive (meaning you are free to license your Content to anyone else in addition to SSB), fully paid and royalty free (meaning that SSB is not required to pay you for the use of the User Content that you post), sub-licensable (so that the User Content you post on the SSB Website is able to be distributed for wide exposure via SSB’s network affiliates; third party content providers; and subcontractors, such as Internet content delivery networks, to provide the SSB Services), and worldwide (because the Internet and the SSB Services are global in reach).
  • This license will terminate at the time you remove your User Content from the SSB Website except as to any User Content that SSB has sub-licensed prior to your removal of your User Content from the SSB Website, which license shall continue in perpetuity. To remove User Content, please send a request to legal@streetsmartbride.com and include a brief description of the item(s) to be removed along with a URL of the item(s) current location on the SSB Website. We will remove the item(s) as quickly as possible and in line with our record retention policies.
  • The SSB Services contain Content owned by SSB (“SSB Content”). SSB Content is protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other laws, and SSB owns and retains all rights in the SSB Content and the SSB Services. SSB hereby grants you a limited, revocable, non sub-licensable license to view the SSB Content (excluding any software code) solely for your personal use in connection with viewing the SSB Website and using the SSB Services. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you agree that you shall not copy, modify, translate, publish, broadcast, transmit, license, sublicense, assign, distribute, perform, display, or sell any SSB Content appearing on or through the SSB Services.
  • The SSB Services contain Content of other Users and other SSB licensors (“ThirdParty Content”) and you are permitted to access the ThirdParty Content solely for your personal use in connection with viewing the SSB Website and using the SSB Services pursuant to the terms contained herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you agree that you shall not copy, modify, translate, publish, broadcast, transmit, license, sublicense, assign, distribute, perform, display, or sell any ThirdParty Content appearing on or through the SSB Website.
  1. Content Uploaded, Submitted, Embedded.
  • Please choose carefully the User Content that you upload to, submit to, or embed on the SSB Website and that you provide to other Users as you are solely responsible for your User Content and for any liability that may result from the User Content you post. You expressly agree that you will not upload to, submit to, or embed on the SSB Website or include in your SSB dashboard(s) any User Content that violates this Agreement or that is contrary to the purposes of the SSB Services, that may be offensive, illegal or violate the rights of, harm, or threaten the safety of any person, or that presents any business or individual in a negative light. You further agree that you will not upload to, submit to or embed on the SSB Website or include in your SSB dashboard(s) any photographs or video containing nudity, or obscene, lewd, violent, harassing, libelous, sexually explicit or otherwise objectionable subject matter or any content owned by third parties for which you do not have the right to post, display or publish.
  • SSB does not endorse or guarantee the accuracy, efficacy, or veracity of the User Content posted by you or other Users. You acknowledge that we have no way to monitor all User Content that is uploaded to or embedded on the SSB Website and that despite our reasonable efforts to ensure that all User Content is consistent with the purposes of the SSB Services, Users may post User Content that contains illegal, inaccurate, libelous, inappropriate, offensive or sexually explicit material, products or services, and SSB assumes no responsibility or liability for this material. SSB makes no warranties, express or implied, as to any aspect of the User Content uploaded or embedded by you or other Users or to the reliability of the User Content or any material or information that you or other Users transmit to other Users or Visitors via SSB Services. If you become aware of any inappropriate User Content on the SSB Website or any misuse of SSB Services by any person, please contact SSB at legal@streetsmartbride.com.
  • SSB reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to reject, refuse to post or remove any User Content you provide, or to restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to all or any part of SSB Services at any time, for any reason or for no reason, with or without prior notice, and without liability to you or any third party.
  1. Prohibited Content. SSB reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to determine whether User Content is appropriate for the SSB Website and to remove any User Content, without notice or liability to you, which it determines to be inappropriate. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following is a partial list of the types of User Content that SSB deems to be inappropriate:
  • Content that criticizes a business or individual beyond that of merely offering an opinion;
  • Content that harasses or advocates harassment of another person;
  • Content that exploits people in a sexual or violent manner;
  • Content that contains nudity, violence, or offensive subject matter or contains a link to an adult website;
  • Content that includes racially, ethically, or otherwise objectionable language;
  • Content that is libelous, defamatory, or otherwise tortious language;
  • Content that solicits personal information from anyone under 18;
  • Content that promotes information that you know is false or misleading or promotes illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous;
  • Content that promotes an illegal or unauthorized copy of another person’s copyrighted work, such as providing pirated computer programs or links to them, providing information to circumvent manufacture installed copy protect devices, or providing pirated music or links to pirated music files;
  • Content that involves the transmission of “junk mail,” “chain letters,” or unsolicited mass mailing, instant messaging, “spimming,” or “spamming”;
  • Content that contains restricted or password only access pages or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or from another accessible page);
  • Content that furthers or promotes any criminal activity or enterprise or provides instructional information about illegal activities including, but not limited to making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone’s privacy, or providing or creating computer viruses;
  • Content that solicits passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other Users;
  • Content that involves commercial activities and/or sales without our prior written consent such as contests, sweepstakes, barter, advertising, or pyramid schemes; and
  • Content that includes a photograph of another person that you have posted without that person’s consent.

 

SSB’s right to remove inappropriate User Content shall not be its sole right with respect to inappropriate User Content and SSB expressly reserves the right to investigate, report and take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in SSB’s sole discretion, violates this provision, including without limitation, reporting you to law enforcement authorities.

 

  1. Prohibited Activity. You expressly agree that you are prohibited from engaging in, and will not engage in, the following prohibited activities in connection with your use of the SSB Services:
  • copying, modifying, translating, publishing, broadcasting, transmitting, licensing, sub-licensing, assigning, distributing, performing, publicly displaying, or selling any Third party Content or SSB Content appearing on or through SSB Services;
  • criminal or tortious activity, including but not limited to child pornography, fraud, trafficking in obscene material, drug dealing, gambling, harassment, stalking, spamming, spimming, sending of viruses or other harmful files, copyright infringement, patent infringement, or theft of trade secrets;
  • covering or obscuring the banner advertisements on your personal profile page, or any SSB page via HTML/CSS or any other means;
  • any automated use of the system, such as using scripts to add friends or send comments or messages;
  • interfering with, disrupting, or creating an undue burden on the SSB Services or the networks or services connected to the SSB Services;
  • attempting to impersonate another User, person, or representative of SSB;
  • creating a false or misleading profile or SSB page;
  • using the account, username, or password of another User at any time or disclosing your password to any third party or permitting any third party to access your account;
  • selling or otherwise transferring your profile, without our permission;
  • using any information obtained from  SSB Services in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person;
  • displaying an advertisement on your profile, or accepting payment or anything of value from a third person in exchange for your performing any commercial activity on or through the SSB Services on behalf of that person, such as placing commercial content on your profile, posting blogs or bulletins with a commercial purpose, using SSB’s name to broker favorable discounts with vendors, or sending private messages with a commercial purpose; or
  • using the SSB Services in a manner inconsistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations.
  1. Copyright Policy. You may not post, modify, distribute, or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information belonging to SSB or others (including without limitation Third party Content or SSB Content) without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information. Without limiting the foregoing, if you believe that your work has been copied and posted on the SSB Website in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please contact legal@streetsmartbride.com for information about how to file a takedown notice. It is the policy of SSB to terminate Users who are deemed to be repeat offenders in the sole discretion of SSB.
  1. User Disputes. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other SSB Users. SSB reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other Users and to immediately terminate the privileges of any User for any reason or for no reason.
  1. Privacy. Use of the SSB Services is also governed by our Privacy Policy, located at https://www.streetsmartbride.com/privacy-policy and incorporated into this Agreement by this reference.
  1. Promotions and Giveaways. From time to time, SSB will offer sweepstakes, promotions or giveaways on behalf of third parties. Each promotion or giveaway will have its own rules that will disclose what information is gathered, how that information is used, and who that information is shared with. SSB encourages you to review such information prior to engaging with each sweepstakes, promotion or giveaway, it may be binding on you
  1. Disclaimer of Warranties. THE SSB SERVICE IS PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND AND SSB EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE WARRANTIES TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM THE WEBSITE OR SSB SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS OF USE. AS WITH THE PURCHASE OR USE OF A PRODUCT OR SERVICE THROUGH ANY MEDIUM OR IN ANY ENVIRONMENT, YOU SHOULD USE YOUR BEST JUDGMENT AND EXERCISE CAUTION WHERE APPROPRIATE.

 

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, SSB is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate Content posted on the SSB Website or in connection with the SSB Services. User Content created and posted on the SSB Website may contain links to other websites. SSB is not responsible for the accuracy or opinions contained in User Content or on third party websites linked from User Content. Such websites are in no way investigated, monitored or checked for accuracy or completeness by SSB. Inclusion of any linked website on the SSB Website does not imply approval or endorsement of the linked website by SSB. When you access these third party sites, you do so at your own risk. SSB takes no responsibility for third party advertisements which are posted on this SSB Website or through the SSB Services, nor does it take any responsibility for the goods or services provided by its advertisers. SSB is not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any User of SSB Services. SSB assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, any User communication or any Content. SSB is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or players due to technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or on any of the SSB Services or combination thereof, including any injury or damage to Users or to any person’s computer including but not limited to viruses or other harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, programs or data related to or resulting from participation or downloading materials in connection with the SSB Services or any website linked to it. Under no circumstances shall SSB be responsible for any loss or damage, including personal injury or death, resulting from use of the SSB Services, attendance at a SSB event, from any Content posted on or through the SSB Website, or from the conduct of any Users of the SSB Services, whether online or offline. SSB cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results from use of the SSB Services.

 

THESE DISCLAIMERS APPLY TO SSB AND ANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS.

 

  1. Limitation of Liability. IN NO EVENT SHALL SSB OR ANY PARENT, SUBSIDIARY, AFFILIATE, DIRECTOR, OFFICER, EMPLOYEE, LICENSOR, DISTRIBUTOR, SUPPLIER, AGENT, RESELLER, OWNER, OR OPERATOR OF SSB BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFIT DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES, EVEN IF SSB HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, SSB’S LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION, WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, PAID BY YOU TO SSB FOR THE SSB SERVICES DURING THE TERM OF YOUR USE. THE FOREGOING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW IN THE APPLICABLE JURISDICTION. YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SSB SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR USER CONTENT OR FOR ANY DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY AND THAT THE RISK OF HARM OR DAMAGE FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU.

 

SOME JURISDICTIONS HAVE CONSUMER PROTECTION AND OTHER LAWS THAT MAY APPLY TO THE SERVICES AND THAT DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN PROVISIONS SUCH AS LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AND EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, AMONG OTHERS. TO THE EXTENT THAT A LIMITATION, EXCLUSION, RESTRICTION OR OTHER PROVISION SET OUT HEREIN IS SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW, SUCH LIMITATION, EXCLUSION, RESTRICTION OR PROVISION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

 

  1. Special Admonitions for International Use. Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable Content.
  1. Disputes; Choice of Law; Venue. If there is any dispute about or involving SSB Services, you agree that the dispute shall be governed by the laws of the State of California, USA, without regard to conflict of law provisions and you agree to exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue in the state and federal courts of the United States located in the State of California, City of Los Angeles. You hereby waive to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, any claim that such courts constitute an inconvenient venue.
  1. Arbitration. At SSB’s sole discretion, it may require you to submit any disputes arising from the use of the Website or Services, including disputes arising from or concerning our interpretation, violation, invalidity, nonperformance, or termination, to final and binding arbitration under the Rules of Arbitration of the American Arbitration Association applying California law.
  1. Indemnity. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless SSB, and any parent, subsidiary, and affiliate, director, officer, employee, licensor, distributor, supplier, agent, reseller, owner and operator, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by you or any third party due to or arising out of your use of SSB Services in violation of this Agreement and/or arising from: (i) your use of and access to the SSB Website; (ii) your violation of any term of these Terms of Use; (iii) your use of SSB Services in violation of any third party right, including without limitation any copyright, property, or privacy right; or (iv) any claim that your User Content caused damage to a third party. This defense and indemnification obligation will survive these Terms of Use and your use of the SSB Website and/or the SSB Services
  1. Other. This Agreement is accepted upon your access and use of the SSB Website or any of the SSB Services and is further affirmed by you becoming a User. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and SSB regarding the use of the SSB Services. The failure of SSB to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. The section titles in this Agreement are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. SSB is a trademark of SSB, Inc. This Agreement operates to the fullest extent permissible by law. If any provision of this Agreement is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that provision is deemed severable from this Agreement and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
  1. Waiver and Severability of Terms. The failure of SSB to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of this Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of this Agreement remain in full force and effect.
  1. Statute of Limitations. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Service or this Agreement must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be permanently barred.
  1. VIOLATIONS. Please report any violations of these Terms of Use to us by e-mailing us at legal@streetsmartbride.com.

 

Please contact us at legal@streetsmartbride.com with any questions regarding this Agreement.

 

Last Updated: April 3, 2020