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The Experience Project : Terms and Conditions of Use Policy


Welcome to The Experience Project. The Experience Project and its affiliates provide their services to you subject to the following conditions. If you visit Experience Project, you accept these conditions. Please read them carefully. In addition, when you use any current or future Experience Project service, you also will be subject to the guidelines and conditions applicable to such service or business.

Again, PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE.

By using this site, you signify your assent to these Terms and Conditions, and our Community Guidelines. If you do not agree to all of these Terms and Conditions of use, do not use this site!

The Experience Project may revise and update these Terms and Conditions at any time. Your continued usage of The Experience Project website will mean you accept those changes.

PRIVACY

Please review our Privacy Notice, which also governs your visit to The Experience Project, to understand our practices.

THE SITE DOES NOT PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL ADVICE

The contents of the Experience Project Site, such as text, graphics, images, information obtained from The Experience Project's licensors, and other material contained on the Experience Project Site are for entertainment purposes only. The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis and treatment or disposition, including but not limited to medical, legal, and psychological. Always seek the advice of a qualified provider with any questions you may have regarding a serious life condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on the Experience Project Site!

The Experience Project does not recommend or endorse any specific tests, professionals, products, procedures, opinions, or other information that may be mentioned on the Site. Reliance on any information provided by The Experience Project, The Experience Project employees, others appearing on the Site at the invitation of The Experience Project, or other visitors to the Site is solely at your own risk.

The Site may contain health- or medical-related materials that are medically graphic and/or sexually explicit. If you find these materials offensive, you may not want to use our Site.

SUBMISSIONS, ENTRIES, REVIEWS, COMMENTS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND OTHER CONTENT

Visitors may post entries, stories, depictions, recollections, remembrances, thoughts, reviews, comments, and other content; send e-mail and other communications; and submit suggestions, ideas, comments, questions, or other information, so long as the content is not illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, material to the commission or investigation of a crime or other illegal activity, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable and does not consist of or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of "spam." You may not use a false e-mail address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of an entry or other content. The Experience Project reserves the right (but not the obligation) to remove or edit such content, but does not regularly review posted content for these violations.

If you do post content or submit material, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant The Experience Project and its affiliates a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media. You grant The Experience Project and its affiliates and sublicensees the right to use the username that you submit in connection with such content, if they choose, but without personally identifying information. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that you post; that the content is accurate; that use of the content you supply does not violate this policy and will not cause injury to any person or entity; and that you will indemnify The Experience Project or its affiliates for all claims resulting from content you supply. The Experience Project has the right but not the obligation to monitor and edit or remove any activity or content. The Experience Project takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content posted by you or any third party.

The Experience Project maintains the right to edit any entry in order to alter grammar, spelling or presentation.

CHILDREN'S PRIVACY.

We are committed to protecting the privacy of children. You should be aware that this Site is not intended or designed to attract children under the age of 16. We do not collect personally identifiable information from any person we actually know is a child under the age of 16.

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

When you visit The Experience Project or send e-mails to us, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive communications from us electronically. We will communicate with you by e-mail or by posting notices on this site. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

COPYRIGHT

All content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of The Experience Project or its content suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws. The compilation of all content on this site is the exclusive property of The Experience Project and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. All software used on this site is the property of The Experience Project or its software suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws.

TRADEMARKS

The Experience Project, Experience. Shared., Life. Experienced., and other marks indicated on our site are trademarks of The Experience Project, Inc. or its subsidiaries, in the United States and other countries. Other The Experience Project graphics, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts, and service names are trademarks or trade dress of The Experience Project, Inc. or its subsidiaries. The Experience Project's trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not The Experience Project's, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among the public, or in any manner that disparages or discredits The Experience Project. All other trademarks not owned by The Experience Project or its subsidiaries that appear on this site are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by The Experience Project or its subsidiaries.

PATENTS

One or more patents may apply to this Site and to the features and services accessible via the Site, pending approval by the US Patent Office.

LICENSE AND SITE ACCESS

The Experience Project grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of this site and not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of The Experience Project. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of this site or its contents; any collection and use of any listings, topics, categories, or prompts; any derivative use of this site or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another site; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. This site or any portion of this site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of The Experience Project. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of The Experience Project and our affiliates without express written consent. You may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing The Experience Project's name or trademarks without the express written consent of The Experience Project. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by The Experience Project. You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of The Experience Project so long as the link does not portray The Experience Project, its affiliates, or their products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter. You may not use any The Experience Project logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link without express written permission.

YOUR ACCOUNT

If you use this site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. If you are under 18, you may use The Experience Project only with involvement of a parent or guardian. The Experience Project and its affiliates reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel orders in their sole discretion.

COPYRIGHT COMPLAINTS

The Experience Project and its affiliates respect the intellectual property of others. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please immediately follow our reporting procedurealert us.

ACCURACY

The Experience Project does not warrant that the content of this site is accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free.

INDEMNITY

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold The Experience Project, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, and suppliers, harmless from and against any claims, actions or demands, liabilities and settlements including without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, resulting from, or alleged to result from, your violation of these Terms and Conditions.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

THIS SITE IS PROVIDED BY The Experience Project ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY. The Experience Project MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON THIS SITE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.

TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, The Experience Project DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTIES' RIGHTS, AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE. The Experience Project DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THIS SITE, ITS SERVERS, OR E-MAIL SENT FROM The Experience Project ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. The Experience Project WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.

SITE POLICIES, MODIFICATION, AND SEVERABILITY

Please review our other policies, such as our privacy policy, posted on this site. These policies also govern your visit to The Experience Project. We reserve the right to make changes to our site, policies, and these Conditions of Use at any time. If any of these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition.

OUR ADDRESS

http://www.ExperienceProject.com

Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement

If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide The Experience Project's copyright agent the written information specified below. Please note that this procedure is exclusively for notifying The Experience Project and its affiliates that your copyrighted material has been infringed.

  • An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
  • A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed upon;
  • A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site;
  • Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
  • A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
  • A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

The Experience Project's Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement on its site can be reached at copyright@experienceproject.com

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