This Wa.ag privacy policy (the "Privacy Policy") is intended to inform you of our policies and practices regarding the collection, use and disclosure of any information you submit to us through Wa.ag. This includes "Personal Information," which is information about you that is personally identifiable such as your name, e-mail address, user ID number, and other non-public information that is associated with the foregoing, as well as "Anonymous Information," which is information that is not associated with or linked to your Personal Information and does not permit the identification of individual persons.
User Consent
By accessing or otherwise using Wa.ag, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into and forms a part of the Wa.agTerms & Conditions (set forth on http://www.wa.ag/terms). You expressly consent to the processing of your Personal Information and Anonymous Information according to this Privacy Policy.
Your Personal Information may be processed and stored in other countries (including the United States) where laws regarding processing of Personal Information may be less stringent than the laws in your country. Your Personal Information will not, however, be used or disclosed for purposes for which you have not given consent or which are not permitted under applicable law.
Under-aged Persons
Persons under the age of 18 are not permitted to use Wa.ag and we do not intentionally collect or maintain Personal Information from those who are under 13 years old. Protecting the privacy of children is very important to us. Thus, if we obtain actual knowledge that a user is under 13, we will take steps to remove that user's Personal Information permanently from our databases. By using Wa.ag, you are representing that you are at least 18 years old.
Collection of Information
In general, we collect Personal Information that you submit to us voluntarily through Wa.ag. We also collect information that you submit in the process of creating or editing your account and user profile on Wa.ag. For example, our registration and login process requires you to provide us with your name, valid email address and password of your choice. When you personalize your profile and use the features of Wa.ag, we will collect any information you voluntarily provide, and we may also request optional information to support your use of Wa.ag, such as your year of birth, gender and other demographic information. We collect information in the form of the content that you submit during your use of Wa.ag, such as photos, reviews, ratings and other information you choose to submit. We may also collect information about you and your friends who use Wa.ag, from any social network you may have connected from, in order to provide you with a more personalized experience. For instance, we may collect your user ID or profile information that you have permitted to be displayed through Wa.ag in order to display you as a friend or in association with your profile and collections. When you purchase a Deal, you will need to submit your credit card or other payment information so that our service providers can process your payment for the Deal. When you sign up for, or win, any contests, sweepstakes, or other activities that we make available on Wa.ag, we will collect the information designated along with such activity, which may include your contact information such as your address and phone number. If you choose to sign up to receive information about products or services that may be of interest to you, we will collect your email address and other related information. Additionally, we collect any information that you voluntarily enter, including Personal Information, into any postings, comments, or forums within the Wa.ag community.
Personal Information from Other Sources
We may receive Personal Information about you from other sources with which you have registered, companies who we have partnered with (collectively, "Partners") or other third parties. We may associate this information with the other Personal Information we have collected about you.
E-mail and E-mail Addresses
If you send an e-mail to us, or fill out our "Feedback" form through Wa.ag, we will collect your e-mail address and the full content of your e-mail, including attached files, and other information you provide. We may use and display your full name and email address when you send an email notification to a friend through Wa.ag or the social network from which you have connected to Wa.ag (such as in an invitation, or when sharing your content). Additionally, we use your email address to contact you on behalf of your friends (such as when someone sends you a personal message) or notifications from a social network or other website with whom you have registered to receive such notifications. We may use this e-mail address to contact you, for things such as notifications of limited edition shop sales and other related information. You may indicate your preference to stop receiving further promotional communications as further detailed below.
Information Collected
As you use Wa.ag, certain information may also be passively collected and stored on our or our service providers' server logs, including your Internet protocol address, browser type, and operating system. We also use Cookies and navigational data like Uniform Resource Locators (URL) to gather information regarding the date and time of your visit and the solutions and information for which you searched and viewed, or on which of the advertisements displayed on Wa.ag you clicked. This type of information is collected to make Wa.ag and solutions more useful to you and to tailor the experience with Wa.ag to meet your special interests and needs.
We engage in remarketing to market our sites across the web. When a user visits our site, a cookie is dropped on the user. Users with this cookie may be targeted across advertising networks to receive relevant advertisements. You may opt out of this ad serving using the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) opt-out page (http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp).
An "Internet protocol address" or "IP Address" is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. In some cases your IP Address stays the same from browser session to browser session; but if you use a consumer internet access provider, your IP Address probably varies from session to session. For example, we, or our service providers, may track your IP Address when you access Wa.ag to assist with ad targeting.
"Cookies" are small pieces of information that a website sends to your computer's hard drive while you are viewing a website. We may use both session Cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent Cookies (which stay on your computer until you delete them) to provide you with a more personal and interactive experience with Wa.ag. Persistent Cookies can be removed by following your Internet browser help file directions. In order to use our services offered through Wa.ag, your web browser must accept Cookies. If you choose to disable Cookies, some aspects of Wa.ag may not work properly, and you may not be able to receive our services.
We may also enable advertisers and ad servers to promote third-party products and/or services by placing advertisements on Wa.ag. These advertisers and ad servers may use Cookies and/or "Web Beacons" (which are usually small, transparent graphic images) in order to monitor information related to served advertisements. Clicking on such advertisements will direct you to the website of a third-party and the advertiser. This Privacy Policy does not cover the privacy practices of any advertisers or ad servers.
Use and Disclosure of Information
Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not sell, trade, rent, or otherwise share for marketing purposes the Personal Information that we collect with third parties, unless you ask or authorize us to do so.
In general, Personal Information you submit to us is used by us to provide you access to Wa.ag, to improve Wa.ag, to better tailor the features, performance, and support of Wa.ag and to offer you additional information, opportunities, promotions and functionality from us, our partners or our advertisers at your request. Additionally, we do share your content preferences and other information with the social network with which you have connected to Wa.ag, along with those companies and persons you have asked us to share your information with.
We may provide your Personal Information to third-party service providers who work on behalf of or with us to provide some of the services and features of Wa.ag and to help us communicate with you. Examples of such services include sending email, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, processing payments (including credit card payments), and providing customer service. We require our third-party service providers to promise not to use such information except as necessary to provide the relevant services to us. We may share some or all of your Personal Information (other than credit card information) with Merchants whose Deals you have purchased for their commercial purposes and to provision the Deal. If you do not want us to use or disclose Personal Information collected about you in the manner identified in this Privacy Policy, you may not use Wa.ag.
Additionally, we may create Anonymous Information records from Personal Information by excluding information (such as your name) that would otherwise make the Anonymous Information personally identifiable to you. Generally, we aggregate this information and use it in statistical analysis to help us analyze patterns in the use of Wa.ag. This Privacy Policy does not limit our use or disclosure of any Anonymous Information in any way, and we reserve the right to use and disclose Anonymous Information to our partners, advertisers and other third parties in our discretion.
We may share some or all of your Personal Information with Wa.ag affiliated and group companies that are under a common control, so that they may send daily deal e-mails to you, in which case we will require them to honor this Privacy Policy. Some of those companies may be located in countries that do not require an equivalent or greater level of protection of Personal Information.
In the event we go through a business transition such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your Personal Information may be among the assets transferred. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and are permitted by this Privacy Policy, and that any acquirer of ours or that acquirer's assets may continue to process your Personal Information as set forth in this Privacy Policy.
We may disclose your Personal Information if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to (a) comply with relevant laws or to respond to subpoenas or warrants served on us; or (b) to protect and defend our rights or property, you, or third parties. You hereby consent to us sharing your Personal Information under the circumstances described herein.
The Ability of Others to View Your Information
Helping you to protect your information is a vital part of our mission. It is up to you to make sure you are comfortable with the information you choose to provide us and the information you choose to publish. You understand that when you use Wa.ag, certain information you post or provide through Wa.ag, such as your name, profile, comments, collections and reviews, may be shared with other users and posted on publicly available portions of Wa.ag, including without limitation, social media applications and other public forums in which you choose to participate. Please keep in mind that if you choose to disclose Personal Information when posting comments or other information or content through Wa.ag, this information may become publicly available and may be collected and used by others, including people outside the Wa.ag community. We will not have any obligations with respect to any information that you post to parts of Wa.ag available to others, and recommend that you use caution when giving out personal information to others through social media networks or otherwise.
Third Party Sites and Advertising
Wa.ag may contain links to other websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such other websites. We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of each and every website they visit. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by us through Wa.ag and does not apply to these third-party websites. The ability to access information of third-parties from Wa.ag, or links to other websites or locations, is for your convenience and does not signify our endorsement of such third-parties, their products, their services, other websites, locations or their content.
Choices Regarding Your Personal Information
We offer you choices regarding the collection, use, and sharing of your Personal Information. You have a right at any time to stop us from contacting you for marketing purposes. When you receive promotional communications from us, you may indicate a preference to stop receiving further promotional communications from us and you will have the opportunity to "opt-out" by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in the promotional e-mail you receive or by contacting us directly at help@wa.ag.
Despite your indicated email marketing preferences, we may send you administrative emails regarding Wa.ag, including, for example, administrative and transactional confirmations, and notices of updates to our Privacy Policy if we choose to provide such notices to you in this manner.
You have the right to request a copy of the Personal Information that we hold about you. If you would like a copy of some or all of your Personal Information, please contact us at help@wa.ag. We may charge a reasonable fee for this service. We want to make sure that your information is accurate and up-to-date. You may ask us to correct or remove information which you think is inaccurate. You may change any of your profile information by editing it in the profile settings page.
Feedback
If you provide feedback to us, we may use and disclose such feedback for any purpose, provided we do not associate such feedback with your Personal Information. We will collect any information contained in such feedback and will treat the Personal Information in it in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You agree that any such comments and any email we receive becomes our property. We may use feedback for marketing purposes or to add to or modify our services without paying any royalties or other compensation to you.
Security
We are committed to protecting the security of your Personal Information. We use a variety of industry-standard security technologies and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Even though we have taken significant steps to protect your Personal Information, no company, including us, can fully eliminate security risks associated with Personal Information.
Contact and Revisions
If you have questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at: help@wa.ag.
This Privacy Policy is subject to occasional revision at our discretion, and if we make any substantial changes in the way we use your Personal Information, we will post an alert on this page or may otherwise post an alert on the Wa.ag blog. If you object to any such changes, you must cease using Wa.ag. Continued use of Wa.ag following notice of any such changes shall indicate your acknowledgement of such changes and agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of such changes.
Last updated: August 4, 2011
Short for "work as a group," Wa.ag is a platform for facilitating "flash networking" events in local bars/clubs/restaurants during off-peak hours. TheWa.ag website connects professionals and businesses in a way that can benefit everyone. Users of the free site receive a daily email in their inbox with information about the networking event of the day, including the location and time along with every else who is attending. Most events are hosted by local bars, restaurants and clubs. If the user chooses to attend it, they simply RSVP and show up at the event. Once there, they check in with their phone or computer and submit a short post about what they're currently working on. Just checking in earns rewards such as free drinks or gift cards, and users can browse the posts of the others in attendance as well, along with their profiles on LinkedIn and other third party sites. Then, armed with a little advance knowledge, users can seek out the startups, entrepreneurs, investors and businesspeople they'd particularly like to meet; with any luck, the resulting conversations can bolster their local networks and maybe even lead to profitable business deals. Users access Wa.ag services (the "Services") through our website located at http://wa.ag and other online areas owned or operated by us, such as our Facebook and mobile phone applications (the "Site"). The Services also include the opportunity for you to purchase special Deals (as described below) for the products and services of third party merchants. The Services and Site are collectively referred to here as "Wa.ag."
Welcome. In order to use our Site, you must agree to our Terms & Conditions. They are important and contain many legal disclosures that you should read carefully - including the terms of sale that apply when you buy something through the Site and other terms that specify permissible uses of the Site. If you have any questions about these Terms and Conditions, please email us at support@wa.ag.
Acceptance of Terms
"Work as a Group LLC"or "Wa.ag" or "us" or "our" operates this website, http://www.wa.ag, the mobile and touch versions, and any individual sites or merchant-specific, city-specific, or other area-specific sites we have now or in the future. The website and links contained within or otherwise available through external hyperlinks within our Site (the "Microsites") will be collectively referred to as the "Site" in these Terms & Conditions. By using our Site and Wa.ag's services through the Site, you ("you" or, "End User") agree to these Terms & Conditions, our Privacy Policy, and any additional terms applicable to certain programs in which you may elect to participate or with respect to any Microsite, as any of the same may exist from time to time (collectively, the "Terms & Conditions" or "Terms of Use" or "Agreement").
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS TERMS & CONDITIONS, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY STOP ACCESSING THE SITE AND MAY NOT USE ANY WA.AG SERVICE OFFERED.
Conditional Use of Wa.ag Site and Services
The Site provides an interactive online service operated by Wa.ag, consisting primarily of promotion and marketing services on behalf of certain merchants ("Merchants") making vouchers for Merchant goods and services ("SWA.AGs") available to its users. SWA.AGs are made available to the Wa.ag account holders and exchanged for goods and services from the issuing Merchants or other parties identified in the terms of the offer and subject to the bullet points set forth below. Your permission to use Wa.ag and its Services is conditioned upon your agreement that you:
• Are 18 years of age or older;
• will comply at all times with these Terms and Conditions;
• You possess the authority to create a binding legal obligation;
• If you elect to create an account, you (1) may create only one account for your personal use; (2) may only make legitimate purchases that comply with the letter and spirit of the terms of the respective offers; (3) may only make purchases on the Site for your own use and enjoyment, or, when offered, as a gift for another; and (4) must safeguard your password and supervise the use of your account, and understand and agree that you are responsible for your own use and the use of your account;
• will not copy or distribute any part of Wa.ag in any medium without Wa.ag's prior written authorization;
• will provide accurate information when creating an account or registering for our Services;
• are solely responsible for your User ID and the activity that occurs while signed in to or while using Wa.ag using your User ID;
• will not use Wa.ag to collect any personally identifiable information, including account names, email addresses, or other such information, for commercial purposes;
• will not use the communication systems provided by or contacts made on Wa.ag for any commercial solicitation purposes;
• are solely responsible for your Content submissions, including discussion posts, profile information and links, pictures, and other such content;
• represent that you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, permissions, and consents to use and authorize Wa.ag to use any and all Content submitted by you to Wa.ag in accordance with the licenses granted in this Agreement;
• hereby grant each Wa.ag user, whether using Wa.ag or an application authorized by Wa.ag but developed via a third-party developer, a non-exclusive license to access the Content you submit through Wa.ag and to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display and perform such Content as permitted through Wa.ag's functionality and under these Terms & Conditions;
• will not submit Content that is copyrighted or subject to third party proprietary rights, including privacy, publicity, trade secret, etc., unless you are the owner of such rights or have the appropriate permission from their rightful owner to specifically submit such Content to Wa.ag; and
• affirmthat we have the right to determine whether any of your Content submissions are appropriate and comply with these Terms and Conditions, remove any and/or all of your submissions, and terminate your account with or without prior notice.
Uptime and Availability
You acknowledge that there may be interruptions in service or events that are beyond our control. While we use reasonable efforts to keep the Site accessible, the Site may be unavailable from time to time for any reason including, without limitation, routine maintenance. You understand and acknowledge that due to circumstances both within and outside of our control Site access may be interrupted, suspended or terminated. Wa.ag retains the right at our sole discretion to deny service, or access to the Site to anyone or an account, at any time and for any reason.
Site Ownership
The content and information on this Site as well as the infrastructure used to provide both, is proprietary to us or our Merchants and other partners. You agree not to modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell or re-sell any information, software, products or services obtained from or through the Site.
Transmission of Information
Because we do not control the security of the Internet or other networks you use to access the Site or communicate with us, we can't be, and are not responsible for, the security of information that you choose to communicate with Wa.ag and the Site while it is being transmitted. In addition, Wa.ag is not responsible for any data lost during transmission.
Non-permitted uses
Our Site is private property. All interactions on this Site must be lawful and must comply with these Terms & Conditions. To the extent your conduct (as judged by us in our sole discretion), restricts or inhibits any other user from using or enjoying any part of this Site, we may limit your privileges on the Site and seek other remedies. You may not engage in any of the following activities as they are prohibited on the Site and constitute express violations of this Agreement:
• Submitting any purposely inaccurate information, committing fraud or falsifying information in connection with your Wa.ag account or in order to create multiple Wa.ag accounts;
• Attempting to, or actually accessing data not intended for you, such as logging into a server or an account which you are not authorized to access;
• Attempting to scan, or test the security or configuration of the Site or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization;
• Tampering or interfering with the proper functioning of any part, page or area of the Site and any and all functions and services provided by Wa.ag;
• Attempting to interfere with service to any user in any manner, including, without limitation, by means of submitting a virus to our Site, or attempts at overloading, "flooding", "spamming", "mail bombing" or "crashing" the Site;
• Using the Site or any of its contents to advertise or solicit, for any other commercial, political or religious purpose, or to compete, directly or indirectly with Wa.ag;
• Reselling or repurposing your access to the Site or any purchases made through the Site;
• Using the Site or any of its resources to solicit Site End Users, Merchants or other business partners of Wa.ag to become users or partners of other online or offline services directly or indirectly competitive or potentially competitive with Wa.ag, including without limitation, aggregating current or previously offered deals;
• Using any End User or Merchant information from the Site for any commercial purpose, including, but not limited to, marketing;
• Exceeding or attempting to exceed quantity limits forSWA.AGs (see below) or otherwise using any Wa.ag account to purchase SWA.AGs for resale, or for speculative, false, fraudulent or any other purpose not expressly permitted by this Agreement and the terms of a specific offer on the Site;
• Accessing, monitoring or copying any content or information from this Site using any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means or any manual process for any purpose without our express written permission;
• Violating the restrictions in any robot exclusion headers on this Site or bypassing or circumventing other measures employed to prevent or limit access to this Site;
• Taking any action that places excessive demand on our services, or imposes, or may impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our servers or other portion of our infrastructure (as determined in our sole discretion);
• Aggregating any live or post-feature content or other information from the Site (whether using links or other technical means or physical records associated with purchases made through this Site) with material from other sites or on a secondary site without our express written permission.
• Deep-linking to any portion of this Site (including, without limitation, the path for any SWA.AG) without our express written permission;
• Acting illegally or maliciously against the business interests or reputation of Wa.ag, our Merchants or our services; or
• Hyperlinking to the Site from any other website without our initial and ongoing consent.
Your Account
If you create an account on our Site, you may only create and hold one account that you are solely responsible for managing. Your account is non-transferrable and may not be sold, combined or otherwise shared with any other person. If you violate any of these limitations we may terminate your account and, without limitation, you may forfeit any pending, current or future promotional account credits and any unredeemed SWA.AGs (see below) in your account. If we terminate your account, you may not re-enroll or join under a new account unless we formally invite you. If you commit fraud or falsify information in connection with your use of the Site or in connection with your Wa.ag account, your account will be terminated immediately and we reserve the right to hold you liable for any and all damages that we suffer, to pursue legal action through relevant local and national law enforcement authorities and to notify your Internet Service Provider of any fraudulent activity we associate with you or your use of the Site.
Use of Merchant Vouchers ("SWA.AGs")
SWA.AGs are special promotional offers that are made available to you from participating Merchants through our serviceand are available to you as a Wa.ag account holder. The SWA.AGs are redeemable for certain goods, services or experiences offered by, or facilitated through, the Merchant identified on the SWA.AG. The Merchant is solely responsible for redeeming the SWA.AG. By accepting a SWA.AG, you make an offer to use the SWA.AG you have selected pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the terms on the SWA.AG itself and any additional, deal specific terms advertising the SWA.AG at the time of purchase (the "Fine Print"). In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Fine Print, the Fine Print will govern.
There are two separate parts to each SWA.AG: (a) the face value and (b) the promotional value. Together the purchase value and the promotional value add up to the full offer value of the SWA.AGwhich appears on the WA.AG voucher. The face value is the nominal amount dollar amount assigned to a specificSWA.AG by us, usually $0.01 U.S.D. The promotional value is the "added" value of the SWA.AG – the amount in excess the face value. The promotional value will expire by the date stated on the face of the SWA.AG unless applicable law prohibits the promotional value from expiring. For example, if you receive aSWA.AG that gets you $50 of goods or services from a Merchant, the full offer value is $50.01, the face value is $0.01 and the promotional value is $50 and it expires on the date stated on the SWA.AG (unless expiration of the promotional value is prohibited by law).
Use or acceptance of a SWA.AG constitutes acceptance of these Terms & Conditions and of any Fine Print stated on the SWA.AG. The following terms apply to all SWA.AGs, unless stated otherwise in a SWA.AG's Fine Print or otherwise required by applicable law:
• Unauthorized use, reproduction, resale, modification, or trade of SWA.AGs is prohibited.
• Taxes and gratuities are not included in the value of the SWA.AG and, if applicable, may be charged to you separately by the Merchant when you redeem the SWA.AG.
• The promotional value of SWA.AGs may not be combined with any other voucher, coupon, or promotion.
• Your SWA.AGs may only be used at the Merchant named on the face of the SWA.AG.
• The promotional value is redeemable only toward the goods or services listed on the SWA.AG.
• Use of a SWA.AG for certain services and goods - such as alcoholic beverages - is subject to applicable state and local laws.
• SWA.AGs are not reloadable.
• SWA.AGs are not redeemable for cash unless required by law.
• SWA.AGs are transferrable.
Payment(s), Attending Networking Events or Meetups
Wa.ag shall not issue any refund or credit for those groups or individuals who have paid Wa.ag a fee to attend an Event but, for whatever reasondid not/could not attend. If however, the Event wascancelled or postponed by the Merchant, we would offer a refund or credit.
Merchant Responsibility
The Merchant is the issuer of the SWA.AG and is fully responsible for all goods and services it provides to you and for any and all injuries, illnesses, damages, claims, liabilities and costs ("Liabilities") it may cause you to suffer, directly or indirectly, in full or in part, whether related to the use or redemption of a WA.AG or not. You waive and release Wa.ag and its subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, officers, directors, employees and agents from any Liabilities arising from or related to any act or omission of a Merchant in connection with your use of a SWA.AG or SWA.AGs and/or the services/goods provided in connection therewith.
To be clear, as issuer of the Voucher, the Merchant shall be fully responsible for any and all injuries, illnesses, damages, claims, liabilities and costs suffered by or in respect of a customer, caused in whole or in part by the Merchant or its products and services, as well as for any unclaimed property liability arising from unredeemed or partially redeemed Vouchers. By using a SWA.AG, a customer acquires the right to use the Voucher according to its terms and the terms of this Agreement and any fine print printed on the SWA.AG. Whether you choose to redeem the Voucher is within your sole control and at your sole discretion.
Reservation of Rights and Release
Wa.ag reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor, or take any action Wa.ag deems appropriate regarding disputes that you may have with other customers of ours or any Merchants. To the extent the law permits, you release us from any claims or liability related to any Content posted on the Site and from any claims related to the conduct of any other customers of ours or any Merchants. You hereby waive California Civil Code Section 1542 (if you are a California resident), and any similar provision in any other jurisdiction (if you are a resident of such jurisdiction), which states: "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which, if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor."
Terms & Conditions Modification(s)
Wa.ag reserves the right at all times to discontinue or modify any part of this Agreement as we deem necessary or desirable. If we make changes that materially affect your use of the Site or our services we will notify you by sending you an e-mail to the e-mail address that is registered with your account and/or by posting notice of the change on the Site. Any changes to these Terms of Use will be effective upon the earlier of our dispatch of an e-mail notice to you or our posting of notice of the changes on our Site, provided that, these changes will not apply to WA.AGs purchased prior to the effective date of such changes. These changes will be effective immediately for new users of our Site and for all SWA.AGs after the effective date of the change. We suggest that you revisit our Terms & Conditions from time to time to ensure that you stay informed of any such notifications of changes to the Site. Your use of the Site after we update these Terms & Conditions will constitute acceptance of the modified Terms & Conditions.
We also reserve the right to change or discontinue any aspect or feature of our services or the Site including, but not limited to requirements for access or use.
Intellectual Property
You acknowledge and agree that we and our licensors retain ownership of all intellectual property rights of any kind related to the Site and Services, including applicable copyrights, trademarks and other proprietary rights. We are not granting any license to you under any of those intellectual property rights by virtue of this Agreement, except for the limited right to use the Site and Services in accordance with this Agreement. "Wa.ag" is our trademark. Other product and company names that are mentioned on the Site or provided as part of the Services may be trademarks of their respective owners. We reserve all rights that are not expressly granted to you in this Agreement.
The Content on Wa.ag, excluding all intellectual property of other sites obtained by way of API and linking and Content posted by our customers, is owned by Wa.ag. This includes, without limitation, the text, software, scripts, graphics, photos, sounds, interactive features and the trademarks, service marks and logos contained therein ("Marks"). The Marks are owned or licensed to Wa.ag, subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights under United States law, the law of the jurisdiction where you reside, and international conventions. Content provided by Wa.ag is provided to you "AS IS" for your information and personal use only and may not be used, copied, reproduced, modified, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any other purposes whatsoever without the prior written consent of the respective owners. We reserve all rights not expressly granted in and to the Site and Services.
As between you and us, you retain any intellectual property rights in any copyrighted materials and trademarks that are contained in Content that you post to the Site. You grant us an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid, worldwide license, with rights to sublicense through multiple levels of sub-licensees, to reproduce, make derivative works of, translate, distribute, publicly perform and publicly display in any form or medium, whether now known or later developed, make, use, sell, import, offer for sale, otherwise commercially exploit and exercise any and all such rights, under any and all of your intellectual property rights related to the Content in any manner we choose. If you have any rights to the Content that cannot be licensed to us (such as moral rights in some countries), you unconditionally and irrevocably waive the enforcement of such rights, and all claims and causes of action of any kind against us or related to our customers and partners anywhere in the world, with respect to such rights.
Copyright and Trademarks.
Everything located on or in this Site is the exclusive property of Wa.ag or is being used with permission. Any violation of this requirement may result in a copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right infringement that may subject you to civil and/or criminal penalties.
ANY COPYING, DISTRIBUTING, TRANSMITTING, POSTING, LINKING, DEEP LINKING, OR OTHERWISE MODIFYING OF THIS SITE OR ANY OF THE MICROSITES WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION OF WA.AG IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
This Site and any Microsite contains copyrighted material, trademarks and other proprietary information, including, but not limited to, text, software, photos, video, graphics, music and sound, and the entire contents of the Site are protected by copyright as a collective work under the United States copyright laws. Wa.ag owns a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of such content, as well as in the content original to it. You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the content, in whole or in part. Except as otherwise expressly stated under copyright law, no copying, redistribution, retransmission, publication or commercial exploitation of downloaded material without the express permission of Wa.ag or the copyright owner is permitted. If copying, redistribution or publication of copyrighted material is permitted, you will make independent attribution and/or agree to make no changes in or deletion of any author attribution, trademark legend or copyright notice. You acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by downloading copyrighted material.
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Attn: Copyright Agent
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(516)281-8998
Email: copyright@wa.ag
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You understand and agree that all Statements are public and not private. Any other person (whether or not a user of Wa.ag's services) may read your Statements without your knowledge. Please do not include any Personal Information (as defined in our Privacy Statement) in your Statements. Wa.ag does not control or endorse any Statement found in any part of the Communities, and we specifically disclaim any liability concerning the Statements and the Communities and any actions resulting from your participation in any part of the Communities, including any objectionable content. Any and all Statements you post to our Site are not confidential.
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Termination
We may change or discontinue the Site or any of the Services at any time without prior notice. We reserve the right to terminate this Agreement at our election and for any reason, without prior notice, and this Agreement will automatically terminate in the event that you violate any of the terms and conditions set forth below. In the event of any termination, you will immediately cease access to the Site and Services. Without limiting the foregoing, Wa.ag shall have the right to immediately terminate or suspend any of your passwords or accounts in the event Wa.ag considers, in its sole discretion, any of your conduct to be unacceptable, or in the event you breach this Agreement. Notwithstanding the above, these Terms & Conditions will survive termination of this Agreement.
Choice of Law
Any disputes arising out of or related to these Terms & Conditions and/or any Use by you of Wa.ag's Site or services shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to its choice of law rules and without regard to conflicts of laws principles except that the Arbitration provision at Paragraph 13 shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act.
Additional Disclosures
No waiver by either you or Wa.ag of any breach or default or failure to exercise any right allowed under this Agreement is a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default or a waiver or forfeiture of any similar or future rights under our Agreement. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall be of no legal force or effect. If any provision of our Agreement is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect the enforceability of any other provisions contained in this Agreement, and the remaining portions of our Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.
Wa.ag is located at:
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(516)281-8998
If you are a California resident, you may report complaints to the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs by contacting them in writing at 400 R Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, or by telephone at (800) 952-5210.
The provisions of these Terms & Conditions apply equally to and are for the benefit of Wa.ag, its subsidiaries, affiliates, Merchants and its third-party content providers and licensors, and each shall have the right to assert and enforce such provisions directly or on its own behalf.
Last updated: August 4, 2011
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