The Conversationalist SM Terms of Use Agreement
Please read this The Conversationalist SM Terms of Use Agreement (the “Terms”) and The Conversationalist SM Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”) found here before using “The Conversationalist SM Products”, which are: (i) The Conversationalist SM website (the “Website”), found at www.theconversationalist.com; (ii) The Conversationalist SM sites, social media accounts, podcasts, videos, articles, services, products, instructions, and content provided by Company to its community (singly and collectively, the “Services”); and (iii) The Conversationalist SM intellectual property, including, without limitation, The Conversationalist SM information, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, service marks, data, software, design of and “look and feel”, layout, documents, design and functions, communications, downloads, files, text, images, photographs, graphics, videos, webcasts, podcasts publications, content, tools, resources, software, code, programs, products, and any other material (singly and collectively, the “Materials”). By accessing or using The Conversationalist SM Products, you agree to be bound by the current version of the Terms and Privacy Policy.
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The Terms, along with the Privacy Policy, are a contract between you and The Conversationalist LLC (“Company”, “we”, or “us”). The Terms and Privacy Policy govern your use of The Conversationalist SM Products. We ask that you read and comply with both the Terms and the Privacy Policy. By accessing, using, and/or signing up to receive any The Conversationalist SM Product, you agree to the Terms. If you do not agree to any of the Terms, you cannot access and/or use The Conversationalist SM Products.
We can change the Terms at any time without notice to you; provided, however, Company may post changes to the Terms on the Website and/or send electronic notice of upcoming you. Any revised or amended Terms will be effective immediately upon posting. We keep a historical record of all changes to our Terms. You agree to check the Terms periodically to be aware of any changes. By accessing and/or using The Conversationalist SM Products on or after that effective date of the Terms, you agree to the new Terms.
Company exists to promote intercultural competency, political awareness, and/or inclusivity of viewpoints on difficult subject matter. Company strives to develop and grow its users’ confidence and drive more effective conversations so Company’s users can be seen, heard, and valued. The Conversationalist SM Products assist Company in formulating positive discussion among its users and furthering Company’s agenda and business interests. Company welcomes thoughtful and civil discussion from a broad spectrum of viewpoints. Nevertheless, to maintain a safe and welcoming environment for a wide range of people to engage in meaningful conversations, we do not stand for bullying or harmful behavior. Each participant in our community is responsible for maintaining these standards and complying with the Terms and Privacy Policy.
In complying with the Terms and Privacy Policy, you agree that you shall not:
If you find an article, comment, image, link, post, video, or any other content on The Conversationalist SM Website that violates these Terms, please signal it and notify us at contact@theconversationalist.com to report such conduct.
In deciding whether someone has violated the Terms, we will take into account things like newsworthiness, the context and nature of the posted information (e.g. hate speech), the likelihood and severity of actual or potential harms, and applicable laws. Violations of the Terms may result in consequences such as access and/or use restrictions, limited distribution of your posts and content, and suspension or termination of your use. We may limit the distribution of controversial or extreme content.
We do not allow spam within The Conversationalist SM community. All spam is subject to immediate removal from any and all The Conversationalist SM Products, without notification. Spam includes the following activities: (i) posting comments primarily to drive traffic to, or increase the search rankings of, an external site, product, or service; (ii) scraping and reposting content from other sources for the primary purpose of generating revenue or other personal gains; (iii) posting duplicate content, whether from a single account or across multiple accounts; (iv) posting stories where the content is clipped with the sole purpose of linking to the rest of the article on a different website; (v) performing a disproportionately large number of interactions, particularly by automated means; (vi) repeatedly using responses or other interactions as a method of promotion; (vii) participating in bounty campaigns or brigades to artificially inflate rankings for posts, accounts, businesses, or products; and (viii) use or re-use of content templates with slight modifications across multiple posts and accounts.
Unless otherwise noted, The Conversationalist SM Products are owned by Company and Company’s licensors and contributors. The terms Materials and Services do not include user generated content unless otherwise provided for in a separate agreement between Company and the user.
The Conversationalist SM Products are protected by Company’s and Company’s licensors’ and contributors’ copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents, trade secrets, and all other intellectual property and proprietary rights. Any unauthorized use of The Conversationalist SM Products may violate intellectual property laws and these Terms.
You are not permitted to use the Materials without the prior written consent of Company. Additionally,
You agree that you will not decompile, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to discover the source code of The Conversationalist SM software. Any copying or redistribution of The Conversationalist SM software is prohibited, including any copying or reproduction of The Conversationalist SM software to any other server or location for further reproduction, redistribution or use on a service bureau basis. Any unauthorized use, copying or distribution of The Conversationalist SM software is expressly prohibited by law, and may result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible.
Unless otherwise agreed to, you own the rights to your text messages, transmissions, posts, photographs, videos, data, music, pictures, graphics, stories, materials, and/or content you create and share with Company (singly and collectively, “Shared Content”). You acknowledge and agree that Company has no liability of any kind should anyone you granted access to the Shared Content modify, destroy, corrupt, copy, or distribute it, or violate the Terms, Privacy Policy, or other limitations that you may impose on the use of the Shared Content.
Unless otherwise agreed to, by submitting Shared Content to Company for publication or transmission, you give us a nonexclusive, royalty free, perpetual license to publish it on and/or transmit it through The Conversationalist SM Products, including anything reasonably related to publishing or transmitting it (like storing, displaying, reformatting, and distributing it). We may also use your Shared Content to promote The Conversationalist SM Products. We will never sell your Shared Content to third parties without your explicit permission.
Company may pre-screen Shared Content prior to publishing or transmitting. Moreover, Company may remove any posted or transmitted Shared Content from The Conversationalist SM Products for any reason without notice and in Company’s sole discretion. Company does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, safety, or quality of your Shared Content. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk.
By submitting your Shared Content to Company, you represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the intellectual property rights and other rights to your Shared Content as described in these Terms, including all the rights necessary for you to submit your Shared Content.
In addition, by submitting Shared Content that contain images, photographs, pictures, videos, webcasts, or that are otherwise graphical in whole or in part (collectively “Images”), you represent and warrant that: (i) you own the copyright in and to such Images, or that you have obtained all necessary license(s) from the copyright owner(s) of such Images to use such Images, or portions thereof, in keeping with your use in connection with The Conversationalist SM Products and as otherwise permitted by the Terms; (ii) you have the rights necessary to grant the licenses and sublicenses described in the Terms; and (iii) you have received consent from any and all persons depicted in such Images to use the Images as set forth in the Terms and Privacy Policy, including the distribution, public display, public performance, and reproduction of such Images.
You are solely and entirely responsible for all of your Shared Content uploaded, posted, transmitted, and/or stored in connection with your use of The Conversationalist SM Products. You shall assume all risks associated with the use of your Shared Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of your Shared Content, or claims related to intellectual property or other legal rights. You are responsible for any content that may be lost or unrecoverable through your use of The Conversationalist SM Products.
Subject to the Terms and Privacy Policy, you are hereby granted a limited, revocable, non-transferable and non-exclusive license to use The Conversationalist SM Products through a user identification reference provided by Company to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to access and use The Conversationalist SM Products in accordance with the Terms and Privacy Policy (the “License”). The License does not permit you, and you agree not to: store, copy, reproduce, republish, modify, upload, post, translate, scrape, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute, transfer, transmit, display, decompile, reverse engineer, reverse assemble, decipher or otherwise attempt to discover any programming code or any source code used in or with The Conversationalist SM Products or otherwise distribute in any way the components of The Conversationalist SM Products other than as specifically permitted in these Terms.
You may not sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security interest in the License or otherwise attempt to transfer any right in The Conversationalist SM Products, create derivative works based on or in any manner commercially exploit The Conversationalist SM Products, in whole or in part, other than as expressly permitted in these Terms. Any use of The Conversationalist SM Products for any purpose other than as specifically permitted herein or without Company’s prior consent or the prior written consent of our licensors or contributors, as applicable, is expressly prohibited. We reserve all rights not expressly granted in the Terms and Privacy Policy.
If you breach any term of the Terms, we may block, restrict, disable, suspend, or terminate your access to and/or use of all or part of any The Conversationalist SM Products at any time, in our sole discretion, without prior notice or liability to you. Any materials downloaded or printed from any The Conversationalist SM Products in violation of the Terms or Privacy Policy must be immediately destroyed.
If you believe your access to and/or use of The Conversationalist SM Products has been suspended and/or terminated in error, you can email us at contact@theconversationalist.com. We will consider all good faith efforts to appeal submitted within sixty (60) days from the date of suspension or termination of your access and/or use.
Moreover, if you access or use any The Conversationalist SM Products in violation of the Terms or Privacy Policy, including, without limitation, any connection with the transmission of spam, unsolicited e-mails, or postings of prohibited content, you acknowledge and agree that Company would be irreparably harmed thereunder and that monetary damages would be difficult to determine; therefore you agree that Company is entitled to obtain immediate injunctive relief or a restraining order against any such transmission, submission, and/or content (in addition to all other remedies available at law or in equity). Company may, without restriction, block, filter, or delete unsolicited e-mail.
Some The Conversationalist SM Products and The Conversationalist SM social media channels may offer public comment functionality. If you intend to use the public comment function, you must abide by the following rules and requirements:
Despite the provisions in these Terms, comments submitted by you are deemed non-confidential and Company is under no obligation to treat such comments as proprietary information. Without limiting the foregoing, Company reserves the right to display the comments as it deems appropriate, including, without limitation, deleting, rejecting, or refusing to post them.
Company may send or display images, audio, and video (“Communications”) from time-to-time. The types of Communications users are authorized to access include Communications commissioned by Company, embedded material, material we believe to be covered by the Fair Use Doctrine, and material supplied to our staff or released into the public domain by public relations and marketing companies for press purposes.
Emails sent to any The Conversationalist SM email address are considered Company’s property. If you wish to remain anonymous, please specify this in the body of the email itself and Company will do its best to respect your wishes.
We do not guarantee that The Conversationalist SM Websites or Services will always be reliable. We are vulnerable to the inherent unreliability of the Internet. Company will not be liable if, for any reason or no reason at all, all or a portion of The Conversationalist SM Website or any Service is unavailable at any time or for any period.
Subject to Privacy Policy, you acknowledge and agree that Company shall not be liable for any failure to store or retrieve your materials or content on any The Conversationalist SM Product or third-party server at any time.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, The Conversationalist SM Products are provided by Company under the Terms “as is where is” and without warranty of any kind, either express, implied, statutory or otherwise, including, without limitation, the implied warranties of title, non-infringement, merchantability, availability, security, availability, or fitness for a particular purpose. Without limiting the foregoing, Company makes no warranty that
While Company strives for accuracy, The Conversationalist SM Products may include technical or other mistakes, inaccuracies, or typographical errors. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Company does not make any warranty as to the correctness or reliability of any The Conversationalist SM content or any text messages we send out to users.
From time-to-time, Company may restrict access to some parts of the Website or Services, to users, including registered users. Company may make changes to any The Conversationalist SM Product, including the prices and descriptions of any subscriptions, services, or products listed, at any time in its sole discretion and without notice. The Conversationalist SM Products may be out of date, and Company makes no commitment to update The Conversationalist SM Products.
No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from Company or via The Conversationalist SM Products shall create any warranty not expressly stated in the Terms.
Some states or jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or limitations on how long an implied warranty may last, so the above limitations may not apply to you. To the extent permissible, any implied warranties are limited to ninety (90) days.
Company specifically disclaims any liability with regard to any third-party’s site, services, materials, and/or any actions resulting from your use of The Conversationalist SM Products. You acknowledge and agree that:
Managers, hosts, and other third parties are not authorized spokespersons for Company, and their views do not necessarily reflect Company’s views. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Company will have no liability related to Shared Content and/or other user materials under intellectual property rights, libel, privacy, publicity, obscenity or other laws. Company also disclaims all liability with respect to the misuse, loss, modification, or unavailability of any Shared Content and/or other user materials.
The Conversationalist SM Products may be accessed and used from other countries around the world. The Conversationalist SM Products are controlled, operated, and administered by Company from within the United States of America. Company makes no representation that The Conversationalist SM Products are appropriate or available for use at other locations outside the United States, and access to the site from territories where The Conversationalist SM Products are illegal is prohibited. If you access the site from a location outside the United States, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws, and, subject to our Privacy Policy, you consent to the transfer of your data for processing in the United States.
The export and re-export of The Conversationalist SM software are controlled by the United States Export Administration Regulations, and such software may not be exported or re-exported in violation of these regulations. In addition, the software may not be distributed to persons on the Table of Denial Orders, the Entity List, or the List of Specially Designated Nationals.
If Company receives a request from a government actor to restrict your access to The Conversationalist SM Products, we will notify you, to the extent your contact information is available to Company, unless we are prohibited by law or believe doing so may endanger others. Where applicable, Company will work to limit legally-ordered content restrictions to jurisdictions where Company has a good faith belief that Company is legally required to restrict your access.
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Company and/or its members, managers, officers, co-branders, employees, contractors, agents, and other affiliated entities and/or individuals from any claim, demand, lawsuit, or proceeding, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expert fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of:
The use of The Conversationalist SM Products, or the downloading or other use of any materials is done at your own discretion and risk and with your agreement that you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system, loss of data, or other harm that results from such activities. Company assumes no liability for any computer virus or other similar software code that is downloaded to your computer from and/or in connection with any The Conversationalist SM Product. You assume complete responsibility for your use of any and all The Conversationalist SM Products.
In no event shall Company, its members, managers, officers, co-branders, employees, contractors, agents, and other affiliated entities and/or individuals be liable to you or any third party for any special, punitive, incidental, indirect, or consequential damages or losses of any kind, or any damages or losses whatsoever, including those resulting from loss of use, data or profits, whether or not foreseeable or if Company has been advised of the possibility of such damages or losses, and on any theory of liability, including breach of contract or warranty, negligence or other tortious action, or any other claim arising out of or in connection with:
Your sole remedy against Company for dissatisfaction with any The Conversationalist SM Product, or any content connected to any The Conversationalist SM Product, is to stop using The Conversationalist SM Products.
You acknowledge and agree that by accessing or using The Conversationalist SM Products, you may be exposed to user materials and content from others that are offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable. Company disclaims all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such information by you or any other visitor to the site, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents or the contents of the Service.
Some jurisdictions may prohibit the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages. Accordingly, the limitations and exclusions set forth above may not apply to you.
The Conversationalist SM Website, Materials, and/or Services (excluding linked sites) are controlled by Company, with its principal place of business within the state of Kansas, United States of America. By accessing any The Conversationalist SM Product, you agree that all matters relating to your access to, or use of, The Conversationalist SM Products shall be governed by the statutes and laws of the State of Kansas, without regard to the conflict of law principles. You also agree and submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of the District Court of Sedgwick County, Kansas or the United States District Court for the District of Kansas with respect to such matters.
The Conversationalist SM Products are designed for people between the ages 16 to 26 years old. By using any The Conversationalist SM Product without adult supervision, you affirm that you are at least 16 years old. If we learn someone under the age of 16 years old is using The Conversationalist SM Products, we may terminate his or her access and/or use.
The Terms, Privacy Policy, and other agreements, rules, guidelines, licenses, and disclaimers communicated to you in connection with The Conversationalist SM Products constitute the entire agreement between Company and you with respect to your access to or use of The Conversationalist SM Products, and supersede any prior agreements between you and Company on such subject matter (including any prior versions of the Terms and/or Privacy Policy). Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any terms set forth in the Terms or Privacy Policy expressly contradict any terms of a written agreement between you and Company regarding the use of specific Services or Materials, such contradictory terms set forth in the written agreement shall govern. You may also be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use other third party content or third party software. You may not assign or otherwise transfer the Terms nor any right granted hereunder without Company’s prior written consent.
If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of the Terms, or portion thereof, to be unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to effect the intent of the parties as reflected by that provision, and the remainder of the Terms shall continue in full force and effect.
Any failure by Company to enforce or exercise any provision of the Terms or Privacy Policy or related right shall not constitute a waiver of that right or provision. The section titles used in the Terms are purely for convenience and carry with them no legal or contractual effect.
We reserve the right to amend the Terms and/or Privacy Policy. We may provide notice to you relating to The Conversationalist SM Products, the Terms, or the Privacy Policy by sending an e-mail to your last known e-mail address, and any such notice shall be deemed given and received on the day it is sent. A printed version of the Terms, Privacy Policy, and of any notices given to you in electronic form or otherwise shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to the Terms and/or Privacy Policy to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree that any cause of action that you may desire to bring arising out of or related to the Terms, Privacy Policy, and The Conversationalist SM Products must commence within one (1) year after the cause of action arises.