
Updated: November 2, 2018
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your Information (as defined below) and how we will treat it.
This Privacy Policy explains how your Information is collected, used, and disclosed by Bandazzle, LLC. entities as listed in the controllers & contact section ("we" or "us"). It also tells you how you can access and update your Information and make certain choices about how your Information is used.
This Privacy Policy covers both our online and offline data collection activities, including information that we collect through our various channels such as websites, apps, third party social networks, customer care centers, points of sales and events. Please note that we can combine information that we collect via one method (e.g. a Bandazzle, LLC website) with information that we collect via another method (e.g. a Bandazzle, LLC mobile gaming app). As part of this, we can combine information that was originally collected by different Bandazzle, LLC entities.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
• THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
• HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION
• INFORMATION SHARING AND DISCLOSURE
• YOUR CHOICES
• COOKIES AND OTHER TECHNICAL INFORMATION
• DATA RETENTION
• HOW YOU CAN ACCESS OR CORRECT INFORMATION
• INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER
• NOTIFICATION REGARDING UPDATES
• JOINT CONTROLLERS & HOW TO CONTACT US
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We collect and combine different types of information together, and collectively refer to all of this information in this Privacy Policy as “Information”. Such Information includes:
Registration, account, and sign-up information. We collect Information in the course of your use of, or registration with, us. For example, when you create an account, register for, or download an application, or sign-up for a product or service, you provide us with certain personal information. This type of personal information can include: name, postal address, telephone number or email address. We can also receive Information about your interest in and use of various products, programs, services, and content available.
Product/service purchase. Where you make a purchase on one of our sites, we will also collect certain payment information (e.g. credit/debit card, billing information and delivery address).
Information about others/inviting friends. In certain situations, we collect Information you submit about other people. For example, you can submit Information to invite a friend to participate in an offering, make recommendations, share content, or you have multiple players sharing the same mobile game session. By processing these requests, we can receive the other person’s Information, including details such as his/her name, postal address, email address, telephone number, or information about the recipient’s interest in and use of various products, programs, services, and content. In certain situations, we also allow you to invite your friends to participate in activities by providing their contact details or importing contacts from your address book or from Social Media Sites (as defined below).
Information from other sources. We, on occasion, combine Information we receive online with other information, including usage information from our other sites and our online advertising and media. We also supplement or combine Information with information from a variety of other sources or outside records, such as demographic, transaction history, or personal information, and we use that combined information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Social media. You can engage with some of our content and offerings, such as web based games, mobile games, applications, and other offerings on or through third party communities, forums, and social media sites, services, plug-ins, and applications (“Social Media Sites”). When you link to or interact with us or content through Social Media Sites, you allow us to receive certain Information from your social media account (e.g., name, user ID, email address, profile photo, photos and videos, gender, birthday, your list of friends and their contact details, people you follow and/or who follow you, the posts or the 'likes' you make). We also receive Information from your interaction with our content (e.g., content viewed, game performance, high scores, and information about advertisements you have been shown or have clicked on). Where permitted by law, by providing this Information or otherwise interacting with our Sites through Social Media Sites, you consent to our use of Information from the Social Media Site in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Public forums. If you post or share Information or content, such as photos, letters, videos, or comments, while participating in online forums we operate, or when you interact with us through Social Media Sites, depending on your privacy settings this Information and your username can become public on the Internet or within a community of users. We cannot prevent further use of this Information once it is made public. For information about how you can customize your privacy settings on Social Media Sites, and how those Social Media Sites handle your personal information and content, please refer to their privacy help guides, privacy policies, and terms of use.
Location information. We have access to certain Information about your location, such as your country or address, when you provide it or via device information (such as an IP address). With your consent (where required by law), we can also collect Information about your device’s precise location (e.g. geolocation via mobile devices).
Technical and usage information. We also collect certain technical and usage information such as the type of device, browser, and operating system you are using, your Internet service provider or mobile carrier, unique device identifier, IDFA or IDFV, MAC address, IP address, device and browser settings, the webpages and apps you use, advertisements you see and interact with, and certain site usage information. See our Cookies and Other Technical Information section for more information on how we may use these technologies to collect this Information.
Customer enquiries. Where you contact us through one of our customer helpdesks or customer call centers, we can have access to the application, or product/service that you have purchased, your purchase history, your previous correspondence with us or your contact details. Calls to customer call centers may be recorded.
HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION
We use Information for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or disclosed at the time of collection.
Providing and marketing products and services. We use the Information we collect about you, to fulfill your purchase, or to fulfill your requests for, and otherwise provide or analyze your use of our products, application, services, mobile games and content, to facilitate sharing and other interactions with Social Media Sites, and to provide, develop, maintain, personalize, protect, and improve your experience and our offerings. For example, we use Information collected on our sites to enable you to do things like (i) watch trailers and video clips, (ii) get entertainment news and updates, (iii) get information about our products, services, and content, (iv) locate and access personalized information, ads or functionality based on your interests and location.(v) buy digital content, products/services, (vi) play games, (vii) engage with interactive features, activities, and Social Media Sites, (viii) read and post comments, content, and reviews, or (ix) enter promotions, contests, and sweepstakes. We also use Information for your payment of any products/services you purchase, to prevent fraud or to offer, market, and advertise products, programs, and services from us and our affiliates, trusted partners, and select third parties that we believe can be of interest to you.
Our reasons
• Fulfilling contractual obligations
• Legal obligations
• With your consent (where required)
• Our legitimate interests:
- Improving and developing new products and services
- Being more efficient
- Fighting fraud
- Retaining your shopping history and use details of the products you have previously purchased to make suggestions to you for other products which we believe you will also be interested in
Communicating with you and others. We use Information about you to communicate with you, such as (i) to notify you when you win one of our contests, giveaways or sweepstakes, or when we make changes to our policies or user agreements, (ii) to respond to your inquiries, (iii) to communicate with you about your purchases or transactions, (iv) to contact you about your account, or (v) to send you information about promotions, offerings, and our features. You can also choose to receive push notifications from us on your mobile device. If you choose to submit content for publication online or in other forums, we can publish your screen name and other Information you have provided to us, the Internet, or elsewhere. If you choose to contact one of our call centers we can record such calls. We use Information that you provide about others to enable us to send them invitations, promotions, or other content on your behalf or through our sites. From time to time, where permitted by law, we also use this Information to offer, market, or advertise products, programs, or services to them from us and our affiliates, business partners, and select third parties.
Our reasons
• Fulfilling contractual obligations
• Legal obligations
• With your consent (where required)
• Our legitimate interests
- Communicating important information
- Improving and developing new products and services
- Being more efficient
- Compiling statistics
Third party social networks. We use your Information when you interact with third party social networking features to serve you with advertisements and engage with you on third party social networks. You can learn more about how these features work, the profile data that we obtain about you, and find out how to opt out by reviewing the privacy notices of the relevant third party social networks.
Our reasons
• With your consent (where required)
• Our legitimate interests:
- Retaining and evaluating information on your recent visits to our mobile apps, and video games, and how you move around for analytics purposes in order to understand how people use our mobile apps so that we can make them more intuitive
- Defining types of customers for new products or services
- Developing a profile of you and your interactions with us so that we can provide tailored offers, opportunities and services that may be of interest to you
Use of technical and usage information. We use technical and usage information to improve our design, functionality and content and to enable us to personalize your experience with our content and offerings. We use this Information (i) to provide, develop, maintain, personalize, protect, and improve our products, applications, services and mobile games, and to operate our business, (ii) to perform analytics, including to analyze and report on usage and performance, (iii) to protect against, identify, and prevent fraud and other unlawful activity, (iv) to create aggregate data about groups or categories of our users, and (iv) for us and our affiliates, business partners, and select third parties to target, offer, market, or advertise products, programs, or services.
Compliance. We use Information we collect to detect, investigate, and prevent activities that violate our terms of use, could be fraudulent, violate copyright, or other rules or that can be otherwise illegal, to comply with legal requirements, and to protect our rights and the rights and safety of our users and others.
Our reasons
• Legal obligations
• Our legitimate interests:
- Protecting our business interests and rights, privacy, safety and property, or that of the public
- Sharing your Information with third parties in order to permit us to pursue available remedies or limit damage that we may sustain
INFORMATION SHARING AND DISCLOSURE
We share and disclose Information in the following ways or for any other purpose disclosed at the time of collection:
.Bandazzle, LLC. controls your Information. See the end of this policy for further details.
Law enforcement bodies and courts. We disclose Information in response to legal process, for example in response to a court order or a subpoena, or in response to a law enforcement body's request. We also disclose such Information to third parties: (i) in connection with fraud prevention activities, (ii) where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, (iii) in situations that can involve violations of our terms of use or other rules, (iv) to protect our rights and the rights and safety of others, and (v) as otherwise required by law.
Change of control. We transfer Information in the event of a business transaction, such as if we or one of our business units or our relevant assets are acquired by, sold to, or merged with another company or as part of a bankruptcy proceeding or a business re-organization.
Service providers. Our agents and contractors have access to Information to help carry out the services they are performing for us, such as, but not limited to, fulfilment, creation, maintenance, hosting, and delivery of products and services, conduct marketing, handle payments, email and order fulfillment, administer contests, conduct research and analytics, or customer service.
Linked sites. Some of our sites contain links to other sites, including Social Media Sites, whose information practices can be different from ours. You should consult the other sites' privacy disclosures and terms before submitting any Information, as we have no control over Information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties.
Sponsors and co-promotions. We sometimes offer content or programs (e.g., contests, sweepstakes, promotions, games, applications or Social Media Site integrations) that are sponsored by or co-branded with identified third parties. By virtue of these relationships, the third parties collect or obtain Information from you when participating in the activity. We have no control over these third parties' use of this Information. We encourage you to look at the privacy disclosure of any such third party to learn about their data practices.
Advertising networks. We share certain Information with third parties to provide advertising to you based on your interests. For more information, please see our (i) Cookies and Other Technical Information and (ii) Ad Choices sections below.
YOUR CHOICES
Marketing communications and sharing with third parties. We provide you with an opportunity to express your preferences with respect to receiving certain marketing communications from us, and our sharing of Information with trusted partners for their direct marketing purposes. If you ever decide in the future that you would like to update these preferences, you can send us an email at privacy@bandazzle.com If you previously chose to receive push notifications on your mobile device from us, but no longer wish to receive them, you can manage your preferences through your device or app settings, depending on the type of device.
Ad Choices. We work with reputable third parties to present advertisements, and engage in data collection, reporting, ad delivery and response measurement, and site analytics on our sites and on third party websites across the Internet and applications over time. These third parties use cookies, web beacons, pixels, or similar technologies to perform this activity. They also obtain information about applications you use, websites you visit, and other information from across your devices and browsers in order to help serve advertising that will be more relevant to your interests on and off our sites and across your devices and browsers. This type of advertising is known as interest-based advertising. They also use this information to associate various browsers and devices together for the purpose of interest-based advertising and other purposes like analytics.
For more information about interest-based advertising on your desktop or mobile browser, and your ability to opt out of this type of advertising by third parties that participate in self-regulatory programs, please visit Your Online Choice and/or the EDAA Self-Regulatory Initiative for Online Behavioral Advertising. Please note that any opt-out choice you exercise through these programs will apply to interest-based advertising by the third parties you select, but will still allow the collection of data for other purposes, including research, analytics, and internal operations. You can continue to receive advertising, but that advertising will be less relevant to your interests.
You can have more options depending on your mobile device and operating system. For example, most device operating systems (e.g., iOS for Apple phones, Android for Android devices, and Windows for Microsoft devices) provide their own instructions on how to limit or prevent the delivery of tailored in-application advertisements. You can review the support materials and/or the privacy settings for the respective operating systems to learn more about these features and how they apply to tailored in-app advertisements.
Precise location information. To disable the collection of precise location information from your mobile device through our mobile apps, you can access your mobile device settings and choose to limit that collection.
See also Cookies and Other Technical Information for more choices about managing other technical and usage information.
COOKIES AND OTHER TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Cookies and other technologies. We, and our affiliates, third party service providers, and trusted partners send "cookies" to your device or use similar technologies to understand and enhance your online experience with us and through our advertising and media across the Internet including Social Media Sites and mobile apps.
Cookies are small text files placed in your browser. We also use pixels or "web beacons" that monitor your use of our sites. Web beacons are small strings of code that provide a method for delivering a graphic image on a webpage for the purpose of transferring data, such as the IP address of the device that downloaded the page on which the web beacon appears, the URL of the page on which the web beacon appears, the time the page containing the web beacon was viewed, the type of browser that fetched the web beacon, and the identification number of any cookie on the device previously placed by that server. We also integrate “Software Development Kits” (“SDKs”), java scripts or portions of code into our applications/ games to perform similar functions as cookies and web beacons. For example, SDKs collect technical and usage information such as mobile device identifiers and your interactions with our app. Some of our sites use locally stored objects (“LSOs”) to provide certain content, such as video on demand, video clips, or animation, and a better user experience.
We can use cookies and other technologies to help recognize your browser or device, maintain your preferences, provide certain features, and collect Information about your online interactions with us, our content, and our communications. For example, when corresponding with you via HTML capable email, web beacons and other technologies let us know about your activity, including whether you received and opened our email, clicked through a link, or otherwise interacted with our content, and this information can be associated with Information previously collected.
We also use cookies and other technologies (i) to provide, develop, maintain, personalize, protect, and improve our sites, products, apps, services and games, and to operate our business, (ii) to perform analytics, including to analyze and report on usage and performance of our content and marketing materials, (iii) to protect against, identify, and prevent fraud and other unlawful activity, (iv) to create aggregate data about groups or categories of our users, (v) to synchronize users across devices, affiliates, and trusted partners, and (vi) for us and our affiliates, and trusted partners to target, offer, market, or advertise products, apps, services or video games. Cookies and other technologies also facilitate, manage, and measure the performance of advertisements displayed on or delivered by or through us.
Managing cookies and other technologies.
Websites and mobile applications
Details
Strictly necessary cookies or similar technologies: They are essential in order to enable you to move around our sites or apps and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. Without them, services like enabling appropriate content based on your type of device cannot be provided.
Performance cookies or similar technologies: They collect information about how you use our sites or apps, so that we can analyze traffic and understand users' interactions. We may use third party service providers such as Google Analytics for this purpose who may use their own cookies or similar technologies. The information is used to improve our site or app.
Functionality cookies or similar technologies: They allow our sites or apps to remember choices you make (such as your user name, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. They can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customize. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog.
Social media cookies or similar technologies: They are used when you share information using a social media sharing button or “like” button on our sites or apps, or when you link your account or engage with our content on or through a social media site such as Facebook, Twitter or Google+. The social network will record that you have done this. This information may be linked to targeting/advertising activities.
Advertising cookies or similar technologies: Some of our sites or apps may use a third party advertising network to deliver targeted advertising. They may also have the capability to track your browsing across sites, apps and Social Media Sites.
We do not currently take actions to respond to Do Not Track signals because a uniform technological standard has not yet been developed. We continue to review new technologies and may adopt a standard once one is created.
See the Your Choices section to learn how to control data collection for certain purposes.
DATA RETENTION
In broad terms, we will only retain your personal information for as long as is necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. This means that the retention periods will vary according to the type of personal information and the reason that we have the personal information in the first place. For example, some personal information related to the provision of services to you or by you will be kept for a number of years in order to comply with various finance and tax related legal obligations. Other service related personal information may be kept for a different period because it is in our legitimate interests to do so in order to provide or receive appropriate follow up service.
We have a detailed internal retention policy that sets out varying retention periods for different categories of personal information depending on our legal obligations and whether there is a commercial need. After a retention period has elapsed, the personal information is securely deleted.
HOW YOU CAN ACCESS OR CORRECT INFORMATION
Under conditions, you have the right to ask us for a copy of your Information, to correct it, erase it or restrict its processing, and to obtain the Information you provide in a structured, machine readable format. You also have the right to ask us to transfer some of this Information to other organizations.
You have the right to object to the processing of personal information on the basis of our legitimate interests. Where we have asked for your consent to process Information, you have the right to withdraw this consent at any time.
If you have unresolved concerns, you have the right to complain to an EU data protection authority where you live, work or where you believe a breach may have occurred.
We reserve the right not to allow access to your Information or to limit your rights (e.g. if such disclosure is prohibited by law or if the rights of another individual might be violated). In some instances, this may mean that we are able to retain your Information even if you withdraw your consent.
INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER
We operate internationally, and many of our systems are currently based in the United States, this means Information we collect will be processed by us in the U.S. where data protection and privacy regulations will not offer the same level of protection as in other parts of the world, such as the European Union.
When we transfer your Information to our United States group members outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we make use of standard contractual clauses which have been approved by the European Commission. We also use these clauses when we transfer your Information to third parties outside the EEA or we may adopt other means to ensure that adequate safeguards are applied to your Information (e.g. Privacy Shield, BCR, etc). You may obtain a copy of the documents we use to protect your Information when it is transferred outside the EEA by contacting us via email at privacy@Bandazzle.com
NOTIFICATION REGARDING UPDATES
From time to time, we can update this Privacy Policy. We will notify you about changes to this Privacy Policy by placing a notice on our sites. We encourage you to periodically check back and review this policy so that you always know our current privacy practices.
HOW TO CONTACT US
Bandazzle, LLC. 16815 Royal Crest Drive, Houston, Texas 77058
Bandazzle
Effective date 11/2/2018
Please read these Terms of Use (collectively with the Bandazzle Privacy Policy the Bandazzle Rules and the "Terms of Use") fully and carefully before using the Bandazzle application (the “App”) and the services, features, content or applications offered by Bandazzle, LLC in connection with the App (“Company,” “we”, “us” or “our”) (together with the App, the “Services”). These Terms of Use set forth the legally binding terms and conditions for your use of the App and the Services.
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Acceptance of Terms of Use.
a. By signing up for, installing and/or using the App in any manner, you agree to these Terms of Use and all other operating rules, policies and procedures that may be published from time to time through the App by us, each of which is incorporated by reference and each of which may be updated from time to time without notice to you.
b. Certain of the Services may be subject to additional terms and conditions specified by us from time to time; your use of such Services is subject to those additional terms and conditions, which are incorporated into these Terms of Use by this reference.
c. These Terms of Use apply to all users of the Services, including, without limitation, users who are contributors of content, information, and other materials or services, registered or otherwise.
d. ARBITRATION NOTICE AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER: EXCEPT FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF DISPUTES DESCRIBED IN THE ARBITRATION SECTION BELOW (SECTION 13), YOU AGREE THAT DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND US WILL BE RESOLVED BY BINDING, INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION AND YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OR CLASS-WIDE ARBITRATION.
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Eligibility. We may, in our sole discretion, refuse to offer the Services to any person or entity and change its eligibility criteria at any time. You are solely responsible for ensuring that these Terms of Use are in compliance with all laws, rules and regulations applicable to you and the right to access the Services is revoked where these Terms of Use or use of the Services is prohibited or to the extent offering, sale or provision of the Services conflicts with any applicable law, rule or regulation. Further, the Services are offered only for your use, and not for the use or benefit of any third party. You are not eligible for our Contests if you violate any provision of these Terms of Use as determined in Bandazzle’s sole discretion.
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Registration. To sign up for the Services, we may require you to register for an Account on the Services (an "Account") or log in via Facebook Connect, Twitter or another authentication mechanism (a “Third Party Account”). You must provide accurate and complete information and keep your Account information updated. If you provide any information that is inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or Company has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Company may deny you access to Contests, areas requiring registration, disqualify you from Contests, revoke Prizes, and/or terminate your Account, at its sole discretion.
You shall not: (i) select or use as a username a name of another person with the intent to impersonate that person; (ii) use as a username a name subject to any rights of a person other than you without appropriate authorization; or (iii) use, as a username, a name that is otherwise offensive, vulgar or obscene. You are solely responsible for the activity that occurs on your Account, and for keeping your Account password and login credentials secure. You may never use another person’s user Account or registration information for the Services without permission. You must notify us immediately of any change in your eligibility to use the Services (including any changes to or revocation of any licenses from state authorities), breach of security or unauthorized use of your Account. You should never publish, distribute or post login information for your Account. You shall have the ability to delete your Account, either directly or through a request made to one of our employees or affiliates.
Company reserves the right to suspend or terminate any or all of your accounts and terminate, withhold or revoke the awarding of any Prizes.
Each year all winners over the previous year may be required to provide updated address and social security (or other tax identification number) details to Company. These details will be used to allow Company to comply with tax regulations and may be shared with appropriate tax authorities. You, not Company, are responsible for filing and paying applicable state and federal taxes on any winnings. Company does not provide tax advice, nor should any statements in this Agreement or on the Service be construed as tax advice.
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Content.
a. Definition. For purposes of these Terms of Use, the term "Content" includes, without limitation, information, data, text, photographs, videos, audio clips, written posts and comments, software, scripts, graphics, and interactive features generated, provided, or otherwise made accessible on or through the Services. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Content” also includes all User Content (as defined below).
b. User Content. All Content added, created, uploaded, submitted, distributed, or posted to the Services by users (collectively "User Content"), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, is the sole responsibility of the person who originated such User Content. You represent that all User Content provided by you is accurate, complete, up-to-date, and in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations. You retain ownership of any and all User Content created and/or uploaded by you. You acknowledge that all Content, including User Content, accessed by you using the Services is at your own risk and you will be solely responsible for any damage or loss to you or any other party resulting therefrom. We do not guarantee that any Content you access on or through the Services is or will continue to be accurate.
c. Notices and Restrictions. The Services may contain Content specifically provided by us, our partners or our users and such Content is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents, trade secrets or other proprietary rights and laws. You shall abide by and maintain all copyright notices, information, and restrictions contained in any Content accessed through the Services.
d. License Grant. By submitting User Content through the Services, you hereby do and shall grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, fully paid, sublicensable and transferable license to use, edit, modify, manipulate, truncate, aggregate, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, perform, and otherwise fully exploit the User Content in connection with the App, the Services and our (and our successors’ and assigns’) businesses, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the App or the Services (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels (including, without limitation, third party websites and feeds), and including after your termination of your Account or the Services. For the sake of clarity, to the extent any User Content you submit includes your name, likeness, voice, video, or photograph, you acknowledge and agree that the foregoing license of this Section 4(e) shall apply to the same. You also hereby do and shall grant each user of the App and/or the Services a non-exclusive, perpetual license to access your User Content through the App and/or the Services, and to use, edit, modify, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display and perform such User Content, including after your termination of your Account or the Services. For clarity, the foregoing license granted to us and our users does not affect your other ownership or license rights in your User Content, including the right to grant additional licenses to your User Content, unless otherwise agreed in writing. You represent and warrant that you have all rights to grant such licenses to us without infringement or violation of any third party rights, including without limitation, any privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, trademarks, contract rights, or any other intellectual property or proprietary rights.
e. Availability of Content. We do not guarantee that any Content will be made available on the App or through the Services. We reserve the right to, but do not have any obligation to, (i) remove, edit or modify or otherwise manipulate any Content in our sole discretion, at any time, without notice to you and for any reason (including, but not limited to, upon receipt of claims or allegations from third parties or authorities relating to such Content or if we are concerned that you may have violated these Terms of Use), or for no reason at all and (ii) to remove or block any Content from the Services.
f. Artist Images. It is illegal to download the Artist Images from the game for any use by the end user (gamer).
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Rules of Conduct.
a. As a condition of use, you promise not to use the Services for any purpose that is prohibited by these Terms of Use. You are responsible for all of your activity in connection with the Services. Violation of our rules may result in the termination and cancellation of your Account and forfeiture of your winnings. You acknowledge and agree that we may terminate any Bandazzle Account at any time for any reason (including, but not limited to, our independent assessment or the receipt of claims or allegations from third parties or authorities).
b. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you shall not (and shall not permit any third party to) either (a) take any action or (b) upload, download, post, submit or otherwise distribute or facilitate distribution of any Content on or through the Service, including without limitation any User Content, that:
i. infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity or other right of any other person or entity or violates any law or contractual duty, including but not limited to, facilitating the rebroadcast of the Bandazzle Services (see our DMCA Copyright Policy in Section 14 below);
ii. uses the Services for any unauthorized purpose, or in violation of any applicable law, including intellectual property laws;
iii. uses screen reader technology, algorithms, or any other automated technological means to interpret, analyze, research, or gain information about a question or submit an answer to a question;
iv. you know is false, misleading, untruthful or inaccurate, including, but not limited to, providing inaccurate contact or Account information;
v. logs an Account into multiple devices simultaneously;
vii. enters you into a contest for which you are not eligible, whether by multi-accounting, providing misleading information, masking or altering your IP address, or other means;
vii. results in the sale or transfer of your Account;
viii. is unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, deceptive, fraudulent, invasive of another's privacy, tortious, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, offensive, profane, contains or depicts nudity, contains or depicts sexual activity, otherwise violates any law or right of any third party, or is otherwise inappropriate as determined by us in our sole discretion;
ix. constitutes unauthorized or unsolicited advertising, junk or bulk email ("spamming");
x. contains software viruses or any other computer codes, files, content, or programs that are designed or intended to disrupt, damage, limit or interfere with the proper function of any software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment or to damage or obtain unauthorized access to any system, data, password or other information of ours or of any third party;
xi. is designed or intended to obtain password, Account, or private information from any Bandazzle user;
xii. impersonates any person or entity, including any of our employees, representatives, or users;
xiii. promotes or links to affiliate programs, multi-level marketing schemes, sites repurposing existing stories or off-topic content; or
xiv. includes anyone’s identification documents or sensitive financial information.
c. You shall not: (i) take any action that imposes or may impose (as determined by us in our sole discretion) an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our (or our third party providers’) infrastructure; (ii) interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Services or any activities conducted on the Services; (iii) bypass, circumvent or attempt to bypass or circumvent any measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the Services (or other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to the Services); (iv) run any form of auto-responder or "spam" on the Services; (v) use manual or automated software, devices, or other processes to “crawl” or “spider” any page of the App without our express written permission; (vi) harvest or scrape any Content from the Services; or (vii) otherwise take any action in violation of our guidelines and policies.
d. You shall not (directly or indirectly): (i) decipher, decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to derive any source code or underlying ideas or algorithms of any part of the Services (including without limitation any application), except to the limited extent applicable laws specifically prohibit such restriction, (ii) modify, translate, or otherwise create derivative works of any part of the Services, or (iii) copy, rent, lease, distribute, or otherwise transfer any of the rights that you receive hereunder. You shall abide by all applicable local, state, national and international laws and regulations.
e. We also reserve the right to access, read, preserve, and disclose any information as we reasonably believe is necessary to (i) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, (ii) enforce these Terms of Use, including investigation of potential violations hereof, (iii) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, (iv) respond to user support requests, or (v) protect the rights, property or safety of us, our users and the public.
f. If for any reason the Service is not running as originally planned (e.g., if it becomes corrupted or does not allow the proper usage and processing of entries in accordance with the rules, or if infection by a computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, actions by entrants, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes of any kind, in the sole opinion of Company corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Service), Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual implicated in or relating to the cause and/or to cancel, terminate, extend, modify or suspend the Service, and select the winner(s) from all eligible entries. If such cancellation, termination, modification or suspension occurs, notification may be posted on the Site.
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Third-Party Services. The Services may permit you to link to or otherwise access other websites, services or resources on your device and the Internet, and other websites, services or resources may contain links to or be accessed by the Services or the App (including, without limitation, sites and services to synchronize video to music). These other resources are not under our control, and you acknowledge that we are not responsible or liable for the content, functions, accuracy, legality, appropriateness or any other aspect of such websites or resources. The inclusion of any such link or access does not imply our endorsement or any association between us and their operators. You further acknowledge and agree that we shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such website or resource.
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Location-Based Services. We may offer features that are based on the location of users and which may report on the locations of those users as they use the Services (the "Location-Based Services"). You may partake in using these Location-Based Services solely at your own discretion, and may opt out of providing such information by turning off those features. Should you use Location-Based Services, you are consenting to our collection and dissemination of your location information through the Services. Under no circumstances shall we be liable for claims or damages therefrom arising out of your informed decision to disseminate your location information through the Service.
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In-App Purchases. Through the Applications, you may purchase ("In App Purchase") certain goods designed to enhance the performance of the Services (“Goods”). When you purchase Goods, you are doing so through either Apple iTunes service or the Google Play service and you are agreeing to their respective Terms and Conditions. (http://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/us/terms.html; http://play.google.com/intl/en_us/about/play-terms.html). We are not a party to any In App Purchase.
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Termination. We may terminate your access to all or any part of the Services at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately, which may result in the forfeiture and destruction of all information associated with your use of the Services. If you wish to terminate your Account, you may do so by removing the App from your device and following the instructions on the App or through the Services. All provisions of these Terms of Use which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, licenses of User Content, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.
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Warranty Disclaimer.
a. We have no special relationship with or fiduciary duty to you. You acknowledge that we have no duty to take any action regarding:
i. which users gain access to the Services;
ii. what Content you access via the Services; or
iii. how you may interpret or use the Content.
b. You release us from all liability for you having acquired or not acquired Content through the Services. We make no representations concerning any Content contained in or accessed through the Services, and we will not be responsible or liable for the accuracy, copyright compliance, or legality of material or Content contained in or accessed through the Services.
c. The views and opinions of our hosts are their own and not necessarily representative of the views and opinions of the Company or its employees, and the Company assumes no responsibility for the Content, accuracy, or views of or opinions expressed by such hosts.
d. THE SERVICES AND CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS", “AS AVAILABLE” AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND ANY WARRANTIES IMPLIED BY ANY COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR USAGE OF TRADE, ALL OF WHICH ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. WE, AND OUR DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, PARTNERS AND CONTENT PROVIDERS DO NOT WARRANT THAT: (I) THE SERVICES WILL BE SECURE OR AVAILABLE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME OR LOCATION; (II) ANY DEFECTS OR ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED; (III) ANY CONTENT OR SOFTWARE AVAILABLE AT OR THROUGH THE SERVICES IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS; OR (IV) THE RESULTS OF USING THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS. YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.
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Indemnification. You shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless us, our affiliates and each of our and their respective employees, contractors, directors, suppliers and representatives from all liabilities, claims, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, that arise from or relate to your use or misuse of, or access to, the Services, Content, or otherwise from your User Content, violation of these Terms of Use, or infringement by you, or any third party using your Account or identity in the Services, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity. We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will assist and cooperate with us in asserting any available defenses.
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Limitation of Liability. IN NO EVENT SHALL WE, NOR OUR DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS, SUPPLIERS OR CONTENT PROVIDERS, BE LIABLE UNDER CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, NEGLIGENCE OR ANY OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES (I) FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, DATA LOSS, COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, OR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, COMPENSATORY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER (HOWEVER ARISING), (II) FOR ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE (REGARDLESS OF THE SOURCE OF ORIGINATION).
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ARBITRATION CLAUSE & CLASS ACTION WAIVER–IMPORTANT–PLEASE REVIEW AS THIS AFFECTS YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS
13.1. Binding Arbitration
a. Either party may initiate binding arbitration as the sole means to resolve claims, subject to the terms set forth below. Specifically, all claims arising out of or relating to these Terms (including their formation, performance and breach), the parties’ relationship with each other and/or your use of the Service shall be finally settled by binding arbitration administered by the JAMS in accordance with the provisions of its Streamlined Arbitration Rules & Procedures, excluding any rules or procedures governing or permitting class actions.
b. The arbitrator, and not any federal, state or local court or agency, shall have exclusive authority to resolve all disputes arising out of or relating to the interpretation, applicability, enforceability or formation of these Terms, including, but not limited to any claim that all or any part of these Terms are void or voidable, or whether a claim is subject to arbitration. The arbitrator shall be empowered to grant whatever relief would be available in a court under law or in equity. The arbitrator’s award shall be written, and binding on the parties and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction.
c. The Commercial Arbitration Rules governing the arbitration may be accessed at www.jamsadr.com or by calling 1.800.352.5267. To the extent the filing fee for the arbitration exceeds the cost of filing a lawsuit, Company will pay the additional cost. If the arbitrator finds the arbitration to be non-frivolous, Company will pay all of the actual filing and arbitrator fees for the arbitration, provided your claim does not exceed $75,000. The arbitration rules also permit you to recover attorney’s fees in certain cases. The parties understand that, absent this mandatory provision, they would have the right to sue in court and have a jury trial. They further understand that, in some instances, the costs of arbitration could exceed the costs of litigation and the right to discovery may be more limited in arbitration than in court.
13.2 Location
a. If you are a resident of the United States, arbitration will take place at any reasonable location within the United States convenient for you. For residents in Canada, arbitration shall be initiated in Houston, Texas United States of America, and you and Company agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of any federal or state court in Houston, Texas in order to compel arbitration, to stay proceedings pending arbitration, or to confirm, modify, vacate or enter judgment on the award entered by the arbitrator.
13.3 Class Action Waiver
a. The parties further agree that any arbitration shall be conducted in their individual capacities only and not as a class action or other representative action, and the parties expressly waive their right to file a class action or seek relief on a class basis. YOU AND COMPANY AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN YOUR OR ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. If any court or arbitrator determines that the class action waiver set forth in this paragraph is void or unenforceable for any reason or that an arbitration can proceed on a class basis, then the arbitration provision set forth above shall be deemed null and void in its entirety and the parties shall be deemed to have not agreed to arbitrate disputes.
13.4 Exception–Litigation of Intellectual Property and Small Claims Court Claims
a. Notwithstanding the parties' decision to resolve all disputes through arbitration, either party may bring an action in state or federal court to protect its intellectual property rights ("intellectual property rights" means patents, copyrights, moral rights, trademarks, and trade secrets, but not privacy or publicity rights). Either party may also seek relief in a small claims court for disputes or claims within the scope of that court’s jurisdiction.
13.5 30-Day Right to Opt Out
a. You have the right to opt out and not be bound by the arbitration and class action waiver provisions set forth above by sending written notice of your decision to opt out to the following address: Bandazzle 16815 Royalcrest Drive Houston, Texas 77058. The notice must be sent within 30 days of your first use of the Service, otherwise you shall be bound to arbitrate disputes in accordance with the terms of those paragraphs. If you opt out of these arbitration provisions, Company also will not be bound by them.
13.6 Changes to this Section
a. Company will provide 60-days’ notice of any changes to this section. Changes will become effective on the 60th day, and will apply prospectively only to any claims arising after the 60th day.
b. For any dispute not subject to arbitration you and Company agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of and venue in the federal and state courts located in Houston, Texas. You further agree to accept service of process by mail, and hereby waive any and all jurisdictional and venue defenses otherwise available.
c. The Terms and the relationship between you and Company shall be governed by the laws of the State of Teaxas without regard to conflict of law provisions.
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Governing Law and Jurisdiction. These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, including its conflicts of law rules, and the United States of America. You agree that any dispute arising from or relating to the subject matter of these Terms of Use shall be governed by the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and Federal courts of New York County, New York.
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Modification. Except with regarding to Section 13, we reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to modify or replace any of these Terms of Use, or change, suspend, or discontinue the Services (including without limitation, the availability of any feature, database, or content) at any time by posting a notice on the App or by sending you notice through the Services, via email or by another appropriate means of electronic communication. We may also impose limits on certain features and services or restrict your access to parts or all of the Services without notice or liability. While we will timely provide notice of modifications, it is also your responsibility to check these Terms of Use periodically for changes. Your continued use of the Services following notification of any changes to these Terms of Use constitutes acceptance of those changes, which will apply to your continued use of the Services going forward. Your use of the Services is subject to the Terms of Use in effect at the time of such use.
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DMCA Copyright Policy.
a. The Company has adopted the following general policy toward copyright infringement in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The address of the Designated Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement ("Designated Agent") is listed at the end of this policy.
b. Procedure for Reporting Copyright Infringement. If you believe that material or content residing on or accessible through the Services infringes a copyright, please send a notice of copyright infringement containing the following information to the Designated Agent listed below
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A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright that has been allegedly infringed;
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Identification of works or materials being infringed;
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Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing including information regarding the location of the infringing materials that the copyright owner seeks to have removed, with sufficient detail so that Company is capable of finding and verifying its existence;
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Contact information about the notifier including address, telephone number and, if available, email address;
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A statement that the notifier has a good faith belief that the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
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A statement made under penalty of perjury that the information provided is accurate and the notifying party is authorized to make the complaint on behalf of the copyright owner.
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c. Please contact the Designated Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement for the Company at contact@Bandazzle.com
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Apple Device and Application Terms. In the event you are accessing the Services via an application on a device provided by Apple, Inc. ("Apple") or an application obtained through the Apple App Store (in either case, an “Application”), the following shall apply:
a. Both you and the Company acknowledge that these Terms of Use are concluded between you and the Company only, and not with Apple, and that Apple is not responsible for the Application or the Content;
b. The Application is licensed to you on a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable basis, solely to be used in connection with the Services for your private, personal, non-commercial use, subject to all the terms and conditions of these Terms of Use as they are applicable to the Services;
c. You will only use the Application in connection with an Apple device that you own or control;
d. You acknowledge and agree that Apple has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance and support services with respect to the Application;
e. In the event of any failure of the Application to conform to any applicable warranty, including those implied by law, you may notify Apple of such failure; upon notification, Apple’s sole warranty obligation to you will be to refund to you the purchase price, if any, of the Application;
f. You acknowledge and agree that the Company, and not Apple, is responsible for addressing any claims you or any third party may have in relation to the Application;
g. You acknowledge and agree that, in the event of any third party claim that the Application or your possession and use of the Application infringes that third party’s intellectual property rights, the Company, and not Apple, will be responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement and discharge of any such infringement claim;
h. You represent and warrant that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a "terrorist supporting" country, and that you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties;
i. Both you and the Company acknowledge and agree that, in your use of the Application, you will comply with any applicable third party terms of Agreement which may affect or be affected by such use; and
j. Both you and the Company acknowledge and agree that Apple and Apple’s subsidiaries are third party beneficiaries of these terms, and that upon your acceptance of these terms, Apple will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce these terms against you as the third-party beneficiary hereof.
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Miscellaneous.
a. Entire Agreement and Severability. These Terms of Use are the entire Agreement between you and us with respect to the Services, including use of the App, and supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals (whether oral, written or electronic) between you and us with respect to the Services. If any provision of these Terms of Use is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that these Terms of Use will otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable. The failure of either party to exercise in any respect any right provided for herein shall not be deemed a waiver of any further rights hereunder
b. Force Majeure. We shall not be liable for any failure to perform our obligations hereunder where such failure results from any cause beyond our reasonable control, including, without limitation, mechanical, electronic or communications failure or degradation.
c. Assignment. These Terms of Use are personal to you, and are not assignable, transferable or sublicensable by you except with our prior written consent. We may assign, transfer or delegate any of our rights and obligations hereunder without consent.
d. Agency. No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment relationship is created as a result of these Terms of Use and neither party has any authority of any kind to bind the other in any respect.
e. Notices. Unless otherwise specified in these Term of Service, all notices under these Terms of Use will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given when received, if personally delivered or sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested; when receipt is electronically confirmed, if transmitted by facsimile or email; or the day after it is sent, if sent for next day delivery by recognized overnight delivery service. Electronic notices should be sent to legal@hy.pe.
f. No Waiver. Our failure to enforce any part of these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of our right to later enforce that or any other part of these Terms of Use. Waiver of compliance in any particular instance does not mean that we will waive compliance in the future. In order for any waiver of compliance with these Terms of Use to be binding, we must provide you with written notice of such waiver through one of our authorized representatives.
g. Headings. The section and paragraph headings in these Terms of Use are for convenience only and shall not affect their interpretation.
h. Relationships. The App is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Apple or its subsidiaries or affiliates.
Contact. You may contact us at the following address: Bandazzle 16815 Royalcrest Drive, Houston, Texas 77058