The Spice & Tea Exchange® welcomes comments, feedback, reviews, notes, suggestions, thoughts, ideas, proposals, pictures, photographs, information, text, graphics, images, logos, illustrations, descriptions, data, designs, icons, video clips, audio clips, sounds, files, specifications, catalogs, literature, advertisements, titles, names and any other materials, but which shall expressly exclude any personally identifiable information (which use shall be governed by our Privacy Policy) (collectively, the “User-Generated Content”) from you on the Services, including but not limited to on its blog, product detail webpages and elsewhere. You agree that any User Generated Content that you post, upload, input, submit, send, contribute or otherwise transmit (collectively, “Submit” or “Submission”, as appropriate) to the Services (whether directly or through a third party) shall be true, accurate and complete and you shall not impersonate or falsely represent your affiliation with any person or entity. You are entirely responsible for all User Generated Content that you Submit or otherwise make available via the Services.
By Submitting User Generated Content to the Website, you grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to The Spice & Tea Exchange®, its affiliates, agents and licensees, an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide license to use, copy, perform, display, reproduce, publish, distribute, sublicense, and otherwise disclose, prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, the User Generated Content, for any purpose without restriction and without providing any attribution or compensation to you. Such User Generated Content will not be treated as confidential information. In addition, by posting or allowing The Spice & Tea Exchange® or a third party to post User Generated Content to any public area of the Services, you grant The Spice & Tea Exchange® all rights necessary to prohibit any subsequent aggregation, display, copying, duplication, reproduction, or exploitation of the User Generated Content by any party for any purpose.
You agree that you shall not use the Services to Submit any User Generated Content that (i) is not related to appropriate subject matters, (ii) is misleading to others, (iii) is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, pornographic, indecent, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, offensive, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable, (iv) you do not have a right to Submit under any contractual relationships, (v) is infringing of any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any third party, (vi) contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of the Services, including but not limited to a virus, Trojan horse, worm, or time bomb, or (vii) intentionally or unintentionally violates any applicable local, state, national or international law, or any rules or regulations having the force of law.
TO KNOWINGLY INPUT FALSE INFORMATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NAME, PHONE NUMBER, ADDRESS OR E-MAIL ADDRESS IS A SERIOUS MATTER THAT COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT COSTS AND DAMAGES INCLUDING INVASION OF PRIVACY RIGHTS, TO THE SPICE & TEA EXCHANGE® AND ITS FRANCHISEES, AND TO CONSUMERS, AS WELL AS THE LOSS OF TIME, EFFORT AND EXPENSE RESPONDING TO AND PURSUING SUCH FALSE INFORMATION AND REQUEST, AND FURTHER, COULD RESULT IN REGULATORY FINES AND PENALTIES. ACCORDINGLY, IF YOU KNOWINGLY INPUT FALSE INFORMATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SOMEONE ELSE’S NAME, E-MAIL ADDRESS, PHYSICAL ADDRESS OR PHONE NUMBER OR A RANDOM OR MADE UP NAME, ADDRESS, E-MAIL OR PHONE NUMBER, YOU AGREE TO FULLY INDEMNIFY AND BE LIABLE TO THE SPICE & TEA EXCHANGE® AND EACH THE SPICE & TEA EXCHANGE® FRANCHISEE WHO ACCEPTS SUCH INFORMATION, FOR THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMISSABLE BY LAW FOR EACH OF THE ACTUAL PERSON(S) AFFECTED BY ANY OF THE IMPROPER, INCORRECT OR FRAUDULENT INFORMATION YOU ENTER PER IMPROPER SUBMISSION, PLUS ANY ATTORNEYS FEES COSTS AND EXPENSE RELATING THERETO, IF APPLICABLE, IN ADDITION TO THE ACTUAL DAMAGES, DIRECT, PUNITIVE AND CONSEQUENTIAL, AND ANY REGULATORY OR JUDICIAL FINES OR PENALTIES THAT MAY ARISE FROM SUCH INTENTIONAL, MISLEADING, HARMFUL AND FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY, PLUS REASONABLE LEGAL FEES, COST AND EXPENSES RELATING TO OBTAINING SUCH REMEDIES.
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In the event that you do not wish for The Spice & Tea Exchange® to use your User Generated Content, please do not Submit such User Generated Content. Please note that any User Generated Content does not represent the advice, views, opinions or beliefs of The Spice & Tea Exchange®, and The Spice & Tea Exchange® makes no claim of accuracy of any such User Generated Content. You understand and agree that you are solely responsible for any User Generated Content that you Submit and you may be held legally liable for such User Generated Content. The Spice & Tea Exchange® reserves the right to remove any User Generated Content from the Services at any time and for any reason.