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PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND
CONDITIONS RELATING TO YOUR USE OF OUR WEBSITE CAREFULLY. By using our
Website, you agree to these Terms and Conditions of Use ("Terms &
Conditions"). We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to change,
modify, add or remove portions of these Terms & Conditions at any time.
You should check these Terms & Conditions periodically for changes. By
using this Website after we post any changes to these Terms &
Conditions, you agree to accept those changes, whether or not you have
reviewed them. If you do not agree to these Terms & Conditions, you
should not use our Website.
- Scope of Terms & Conditions
Unless we indicate otherwise, these Terms & Conditions apply to your
use of the websites which are owned or operated by TOPS Club, Inc.
("TOPS Club") and our affiliates (collectively, "we," "us," or
"our"), including, without limitation, this website and any other
website that we may own or operate currently or in the future
(collectively, our "Website"). For purposes of these Terms &
Conditions, "affiliates" shall mean any entity or person, directly
or indirectly, associated with TOPS Club, including, without
limitation, TOPS Club, Inc., TOPS Club Chapters, officers,
directors, employees and independent contractors. These Terms &
Conditions apply to the purchase of any product or service via our
Website.
- Terms & Conditions - In General
By using this Website, you agree to be legally bound and to abide by
these Terms & Conditions, just as if you had signed this agreement.
If you do not comply with these Terms & Conditions at any time, we
reserve the right, if applicable, to terminate your password, user
account, and/or access to this Website (or any part thereof). In our
sole discretion and without prior notice or liability, we may
discontinue, modify or alter any aspect of the Website, including,
but not limited to, (i) restricting the time the Website is
available, (ii) restricting the amount of use permitted, and (iii)
restricting or terminating any user's right to use the Website. You
agree that any termination or cancellation of your access to, or use
of, the Website may be effected without prior notice. If you do not
abide by the provisions of these Terms & Conditions, except as we
may otherwise provide from time to time, you agree that we may
immediately deactivate or delete your user account and all related
information and files in your user account and/or bar any further
access to such information and/or files, or our Website. Further,
you agree that we shall not be liable to you or any third-party for
any termination or cancellation of your access to, or use of, our
Website. From time to time, we may supplement these Terms &
Conditions with additional terms and conditions pertaining to
specific content, activities or events ("Additional Terms"). Such
Additional Terms may be placed on the Website to be viewed in
connection with the specific content, activities, features or events
and shall be identified as such. You understand and agree that such
Additional Terms are hereby incorporated by reference into these
Terms & Conditions.
- Restrictions on Use of
Materials
Unless otherwise specified, we grant you a non-exclusive,
non-transferable, limited right to access, use and display this
Website and the material provided hereon for your personal,
noncommercial use, provided that you comply fully with the
provisions of these Terms & Conditions. You acknowledge that this
Website contains information, software, photos, books, video, text,
graphics, music, sounds, questions, creative suggestions, messages,
comments, feedback, ideas, recipes, notes, drawings, articles and
other materials (collectively, "Content") that are protected by
copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets and/or other
proprietary rights, and that these rights are valid and protected in
all forms, media and technologies existing now or hereafter
developed. All Content is copyrighted under the United States
copyright laws (and, if applicable, similar foreign laws), and we
own a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement and
enhancement of such Content. All trademarks appearing on this
Website are trademarks of their respective owners. TOPS Club is the
trade name and the registered trademark and service mark of TOPS
Club, Inc. Our commercial partners, suppliers, advertisers,
sponsors, licensors, contractors and other third parties may also
have additional proprietary rights in the Content which they make
available on this Website. You may not modify, publish, transmit,
distribute, perform, participate in the transfer or sale, create
derivative works of, or in any way exploit, any of the Content, in
whole or in part. When Content is downloaded to your computer, you
do not obtain any ownership interest in such Content. Modification
of the Content or use of the Content for any other purpose,
including, but not limited to, use of any Content in printed form or
on any other website or networked computer environment is strictly
prohibited unless you receive our prior written consent.
- Community Standards and Conduct Guidelines
You acknowledge that all Content and all information, software,
photos, video, text, graphics, music, sounds, questions, creative
suggestions, messages, comments, feedback, ideas, recipes, notes,
drawings, articles and other materials posted, emailed, or otherwise
transmitted to or on this Website, whether posted at our request or
voluntarily, and whether publicly posted or privately transmitted
(collectively, the "Postings"), are the sole responsibility of the
person who made such Postings. This means that you are entirely
responsible for all Postings that you post, email or otherwise
transmit to this Website. We do not control the Postings posted,
emailed or otherwise transmitted on our Website by others and, as
such, we do not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such
Postings. You understand that by using this Website, you may be
exposed to Postings that are offensive or objectionable. Under no
circumstances will we be liable in any way for any Postings,
including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any
Postings, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result
of the use of any Postings posted, emailed or otherwise transmitted
to or through this Website.
You agree not to use this Website (including any Websites) to:
- Upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Postings or
other materials that are unlawful, harmful, threatening,
abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene,
libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially,
ethnically or otherwise objectionable (in our sole discretion);
- Harm minors in any way;
- Impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited
to, a director, officer, employee, independent contractor, agent
or representative of TOPS Club, Inc., our affiliates or any
other person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise
misrepresent your affiliation with TOPS Club, Inc., our
affiliates or any other person or entity;
- Forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order
to disguise the origin of any Postings or other materials
transmitted to or through this Website;
- Upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Postings or
other materials that you do not have a right to upload, post,
email or otherwise transmit under any law or under contractual
or fiduciary relationships (such as insider information,
proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as
part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure
agreements);
- Upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Postings or
other materials that infringe upon any patent, trademark, trade
secret, copyright, right of privacy or publicity or other
proprietary rights of any party;
- Upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any unsolicited or
unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail,"
"spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of
commercial solicitation, except in those areas, if any, that are
specifically designated for such purpose;
- Upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Postings or
other materials that contain software viruses or any other
computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy
or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware
or telecommunications equipment;
- Disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to
"scroll" faster than other users of a Website (or other portion
of this Website) are able to type, or otherwise act in a manner
that negatively affects other users' ability to use any
Website;
- Interfere with or disrupt this Website or servers or
networks connected to this Website, or disobey any requirements,
procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the
Website;
- Intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable
local, state, national or international law, including, but not
limited to, any regulations having the force of law;
- "Stalk" or otherwise harass another user or employee of this
Website; or
- Collect or store personal data or attempt to collect or
store personal data about other users of the Website. Your
privilege to use this Website and contribute to discussions on
the Website depends on your compliance with the community
standards and conduct guidelines set forth above. We may revoke
your privileges to use all or a portion of this Website and/or
take any other appropriate measures to enforce these community
standards and conduct guidelines if violations are brought to
our attention. Further, if you fail to adhere to our community
standards and conduct guidelines, we may terminate, in our sole
discretion, your use of, or participation in, any aspect of this
Website. All communications, including, but not limited to,
chat and message board communications, are public and not
private communications. We reserve the right to monitor some,
all, or no areas of this Website for adherence to the community
standards and conduct guidelines set forth above or for any
other purpose. You acknowledge that by providing you with the
ability to distribute Postings in the Website, we are acting as
a passive conduit for such distribution and we are not
undertaking any obligation or liability relating to any Postings
or activities in any part of this Website. Although we reserve
the right to remove, without notice, any posting to this Website
for any reason, we have no obligation to delete Postings that
you may find objectionable or offensive.
- Submissions
If, at our request or on your own, you send, email, post or
otherwise transmit to us or this Website information, software,
photos, video, text, graphics, music, sounds, questions, creative
suggestions, messages, comments, feedback, ideas, recipes, notes,
drawings, articles, stories about yourself or your weight loss, or
other materials (including, but not limited to, posting, emailing,
or otherwise transmitting Postings on any part of this Website)
(collectively, the "Submissions"), the Submissions shall be deemed,
and shall remain, our property. None of the Submissions shall be
subject to any obligation of confidence on our part, and we shall
not be liable for any use or disclosure of any Submissions. Without
limitation of the foregoing, you grant us and our successors and
assigns a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right
(including any moral rights) and license (as well as consent) to
use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative
works from, distribute, communicate to the public, perform and
display any Submissions (in whole or in part and with or without the
use of your name) worldwide and/or to incorporate the Submissions in
other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later
developed, for the full term of any copyrights, trademarks and other
intellectual and proprietary rights (collectively, the "Rights")
that may exist in such Submissions. You also warrant that any third
party holder of any Rights, including moral rights in such
Submissions, has validly and irrevocably granted to you the right to
grant the license stated above. You further acknowledge that we and
our successors and assigns shall be entitled to unrestricted use of
the Submissions for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise,
without compensation to the provider of the Submissions.
- Parental or Guardian Permission
Some of the Content on this Website may not be appropriate for
children. We strongly recommend that children under the age of 18
ask for their parent's or guardian's permission before viewing our
Website.
- Links
These Terms & Conditions apply only to this Website, and not to the
websites of any other person or entity. We may provide, or third
parties may provide, links to other worldwide websites or resources.
You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the
availability of such external sites or resources, and do not endorse
(and are not responsible or liable for) any content, advertising,
products, or other materials on or available from such websites or
resources. You further acknowledge and agree that, under no
circumstances, will we be held responsible or liable, directly or
indirectly, for any loss or damage that is caused or alleged to have
been caused to you in connection with your use of, or reliance on,
any content, advertisements, products or other resources available
on any other website (regardless of whether we directly or
indirectly link to such content, advertisements, products or other
resources). You should direct any concerns with respect to any other
website to that website's administrator or webmaster.
- Copyright Complaints
We respect the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users
to do the same. We may, in appropriate circumstances and in our
discretion, terminate the rights of any user to use our Website (or
any part thereof) who infringe the intellectual property rights of
others. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that
constitutes copyright infringement or are aware of someone doing so,
please contact our designated agent for notice of claims of
copyright infringement: Victor Reckmeyer, II, 710 North Plankinton
Avenue, Suite 740, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203.
- Health Disclaimer
This Website and the products sold via this Website provide weight
loss management and information applications and content published
and sold over the Internet and is intended only to assist users in
their personal weight loss efforts. TOPS Club, Inc. is not a medical
organization and our staff cannot give you medical advice or
diagnosis. Nothing contained in this Website should be construed as
such advice or diagnosis. The information and reports generated by
us and products sold by us should not be interpreted as a substitute
for physician consultation, evaluation, or treatment.You are urged
and advised to seek the advice of a physician before beginning any
weight loss effort or regimen. Minors, pregnant women, or
individuals with any type of health condition are specifically
warned to seek professional medical advice prior to initiating any
form of weight loss effort or regimen.
- Disclaimers of Warranties
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS OF WARRANTIES:
THE PRODUCTS, OFFERINGS, CONTENT AND MATERIALS ON THIS WEBSITE ARE
PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED. WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, COMPATIBILITY, SECURITY, ACCURACY OR
NON-INFRINGEMENT.
NEITHER TOPS CLUB, INC., ANY OF OUR AFFILIATES, NOR ANY OF OUR OR
THEIR RESPECTIVE LICENSORS, LICENSEES, SERVICE PROVIDERS OR SUPPLIERS
WARRANT THAT THIS WEBSITE OR ANY FUNCTION CONTAINED IN THIS WEBSITE WILL
BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT
THIS WEBSITE OR THE SERVERS THAT MAKE THIS WEBSITE AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF
VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
ANY PRODUCT, OFFERING, CONTENT AND MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE
OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE IS DONE AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND
YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR
LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH PRODUCT,
OFFERING, CONTENT OR MATERIAL.
NEITHER TOPS CLUB, INC., ANY OF OUR AFFILIATES, NOR ANY OF OUR OR
THEIR RESPECTIVE LICENSORS, LICENSEES, SERVICE PROVIDERS OR SUPPLIERS
WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF
THE USE OF THE PRODUCTS, OFFERINGS, CONTENT AND MATERIALS IN THIS
WEBSITE AND PRODUCTS SOLD VIA THIS WEBSITE IN TERMS OF THEIR
CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE.
FURTHER, PLEASE NOTE THAT NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, OBTAINED BY YOU
FROM OUR PERSONNEL, PRODUCTS OR THROUGH THIS WEBSITE SHALL CREATE ANY
WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY PROVIDED FOR IN THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS.
- Limitation of Liability
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT WE AND OUR AFFILIATES SHALL
NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES
WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF
PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF WE
HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), ARISING OUT
OF, OR RESULTING FROM, (A) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE TOPS
CLUB, INC. SITES; (B) THE USE OF ANY CONTENT OR OTHER MATERIAL ON
THE TOPS CLUB, INC. SITES OR ANY WEBSITE OR WEBSITES LINKED TO THE
TOPS CLUB, INC. SITES, (C) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE
GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION OR
SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS
ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THIS WEBSITE; (D) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS
TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (E) STATEMENTS OR
CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON OUR WEBSITE; OR (F) ANY OTHER MATTER
RELATING TO OUR WEBSITE. IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO
YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN
CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE), OR
OTHERWISE) EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING OUR
WEBSITE. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF OUR WEBSITE, OR
WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY
IS THE DISCONTINUATION OF YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE.
- Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, hold harmless and, at our option, defend
TOPS Club, Inc. and our affiliates, and our and their officers,
directors, employees, independent contractors, agents and
representatives from any and all third party claims, liability,
damages and/or costs (including, but not limited to, reasonable
attorneys fees and expenses) arising from your improper use of this
Website or our products or offerings, your violation of these Terms
& Conditions, or your infringement, or the infringement or use by
any other user of your account, of any intellectual property or
other right of any person or entity.
- Governing Law and Choice of Website
These Terms & Conditions shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Wisconsin, without giving
effect to any principles of conflicts of law. You agree that any
action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to your use of
this Website or these Terms & Conditions shall be filed only in the
state or federal courts located in Milwaukee County in the State of
Wisconsin and you hereby consent and submit to the personal
jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating any such
action.
14.Miscellaneous Terms
If any provision of these terms shall be unlawful, void, or for any
reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from
these terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any
remaining provisions. These Terms & Conditions are the entire agreement
between you and us relating to the subject matter herein. These Terms &
Conditions may be modified only by our posting of changes to these Terms
& Conditions on this Website, or by written agreement of both parties.
Each time you access this Website, you will be deemed to have accepted
any such changes. We may assign our rights and obligations under these
Terms & Conditions. These Terms & Conditions will inure to the benefit
of our successors, assigns and licensees. The failure of either paprty
to insist upon or enforce the strict performance of the other party with
respect to any provision of these Terms & Conditions, or to exercise any
right under the Terms & Conditions, will not be construed as a waiver or
relinquishment to any extent of such party's right to assert or rely
upon any such provision or right in that or any other instance; rather,
the same will be and remain in full force and effect.
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