Terms of Service

Terms and Conditions of Use

February 8, 2019

These Terms and Conditions of Use (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of our Services. Please read the Terms carefully before using our Services, as they are a legally binding contract between you and Skill Set Connect.

Your access and use of the Services (regardless of whether you create an account with us), constitutes your agreement to these Terms. Stated alternatively, if you disagree with any part of the Terms, then you are not permitted to use our Services.

Please feel free to contact us through email should you have any questions or suggestions.

1. Use of the Services and Your Account

(a) Who can use Skill Set Connect

You must be at least eighteen (18) years of age to use Skill Set Connect. No individual under these age limits may use the Services, provide any Personal Data to Skill Set Connect, or otherwise submit Personal Data through the Services (e.g., a name, address, telephone number, or email address).

(b) Your Account

You may need to register for a Skill Set Connect account in order to access or use certain Services. Your account may automatically provide you access and means to use new Services that we create.

When you create an account for any of our Services, you must provide us with accurate and complete information as prompted by the account creation and registration process, and keep that information up to date. Otherwise, some of our Services may not operate correctly, and we may not be able to contact you with important notices.

If you create an account, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any and all actions that take place while using your account, and you must notify us by email right away of any actual or suspected loss, theft, or unauthorized use of your account or account password. We are not responsible for any loss that results from unauthorized use of your username and password, with or without your knowledge.

(c) Service Updates, Changes and Limitations

The Services change frequently, and their form and functionality may change without prior notice to you. We may also impose limits on certain Services or restrict your access to part or all of the Services without notice or liability.

We may also from time to time, as we see fit, develop and provide updates for certain Services. This may include upgrades, modifications, bug fixes, patches and other error corrections and/or new features (collectively, “Updates”). Certain portions of our Services may not properly operate if you do not install all Updates. These Updates may include updated versions of our applications, which may automatically electronically upgrade the versions used on your device, as well as updates to wearables and other connected products. You expressly consent to such automatic Updates. Further, you agree that the Terms (and any additional modifications of the same) will apply to any and all Updates to the Services. We have no obligation to provide any Updates or to continue to provide or enable any particular features or functionality of any Service.

(d) Service Monitoring and Suspension

We may change, suspend, or discontinue any or all of the Services at any time, including the availability of any product, feature, database, or Content. We may also deactivate, terminate or suspend your account at any time: (1) if we, in our sole discretion, determine that you are or have been in violation of these Terms or the spirit thereof (as highlighted in our Community Guidelines), (2) if we, in our sole discretion, determine that you have created risk or possible legal exposure for Skill Set Connect, (3) in response to requests by law enforcement or other government agencies, (4) upon discontinuance or material modification of any Services, (5) due to unexpected technical issues or problems or (6) you have been found to have been cheating. We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to monitor any accounts and/or activities conducted through or in any way related to the Services (including inviting another individual into a network of associates), as well as any individuals use of or access to Location Data.

(e) Security

We care about the security of our members. While we work hard to protect the security of your Personal Data, User-Generated Content, and account, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security measures. Please email us immediately if any actual or suspected breach or unauthorized access or use of your account.

(f) Consent to Receive Communications

After signing up for an account, you may receive periodic email communications regarding the operations of our Services. You cannot opt out of receiving these communications while you continue to use our Services.

You may also receive periodic promotions and other offers or materials that we believe might be of interest to you. You can opt out of receiving these promotional messages at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions contained in the message footer, or changing the email preferences in your account.

By finding and connecting with people in our community, you may receive electronic communications, including messages from them (depending on your preferences, you may receive notification of these messages via email, in the website/application, and/or as a push notification). You can manage the messages you receive from other members in our Services by changing the preferences in your account.

2. Privacy

(a) Your Privacy

We take the collection, use and security of the Personal Data that our members provide to us very seriously. By using the Services you consent to the collection, use, and sharing of such Personal Data (as set forth in the, including the transfer of this Personal Data to the United States and/or other countries for storage, processing, and use by Skill Set Connect.

(b) Spreading the Word

We hope you enjoy using our Services and encourage you to share your enthusiasm for them with your friends, associates and colleagues. If you elect to use the features in our Services to tell a friend about the Services, we will ask you to provide your friend’s email address or social media profile, which we may then use to contact your friend about the Services. We may store the information you provide for a period of time, but we will not post this information publicly. You represent that you are authorized to provide any third-party contact information that you provide to us for referrals.

3. Ownership and Use of Content

(a) Definitions

For purposes of these Terms, (i) the term “Content” means any creative expression and includes, without limitation, video, audio, photographs, images, illustrations, animations, logos, tools, text, ideas, communications, replies, “likes,” comments, information, data, software, scripts, executable files, graphics, maps, routes, geo-data, profile data, skills lists, app activity, annotations, interactive features, designs, copyrights, trademarks, patents, sounds, applications and any intellectual property therein, any of which may be generated, provided, or otherwise made accessible on or through the Services; (ii) the term “User-Generated Content” means any Content that an member (that includes you!) submits, transfers, or otherwise provides to or through the use of the Services. Content includes, without limitation, all User-Generated Content; and all Content that is not User-Generated Content.

(b) Ownership

All copyright, trademarks, design rights, patents and other intellectual property rights (registered and unregistered) in and on the Services and content belong to Skill Set Connect and/or its partners or applicable third parties. Each member retains ownership, responsibility for, and/or other applicable rights in the User-Generated Content that they create, and Skill Set Connect and/or its partners or third parties retain ownership, responsibility for and/or other applicable rights in all content. Except as expressly provided in the Terms, nothing in the Terms grants you a right or license to use any Skill Set Connect content, including any content owned or controlled by any of our partners or other third parties. You agree that you will respect the intellectual property rights of others, and represent and warrant that you have all of the necessary rights to grant Skill Set Connect a license (described further in part (d) below) for all User-Generated Content you submit in connection with the Services.

(c) Our License to You

You acknowledge and agree that the Services, any necessary software used in connection with the Services (if any), and the Skill Set Connect content contain proprietary and confidential information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws. We grant you a limited, revocable, personal, non-transferable, and non-exclusive right and license to access and use the Services and Skill Set Connect content, provided that you do not (and do not allow any third party to) copy, modify, create a derivative work from, reverse engineer, sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security interest in, or otherwise transfer any right in the Skill Set Connect content or Services to anyone else. This license is subject to the Terms, including our Community Guidelines and the following:

Skill Set Connect content. Except as expressly permitted by applicable law or authorized by Skill Set Connect, you agree not to modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute, or create derivative works based on the Services, the Services’ software, or any Skill Set Connect content offered as part of the Services (other than User-Generated Content), in whole or in part. Please do not download, copy, or save Skill Set Connect content, except (i) as expressly permitted by the functionality of certain Services (e.g., printed maps) as provided for in the specific guidelines and/or additional terms applicable to those Services, or (ii) solely for personal use or your records.
Commercial Usage of the Services. The Services, with the exception of certain products and services provided though the Skill Set Connect-branded websites and certain widgets that we make available as tools for website owners (collectively, the “Commercial Tools”), are intended only for your personal, non-commercial use. You may not use the Services (other than certain Commercial Tools) to sell a product or service, increase traffic to your own website or a third-party website for commercial reasons, such as advertising sales, or otherwise undertake any endeavor aimed at deriving revenue. For example, you may not take the results from a search of the Services and reformat and display them, or mirror our home pages or results pages on your website. Moreover, you may not “meta-search” our Services. If you seek to make commercial use of the Services other than through the Commercial Tools, you must enter into an agreement with us to do so in advance. By using any of the Commercial Tools, you acknowledge and agree to the Terms and any additional terms and conditions applicable to those select Services.
Confusion or Impersonation. Do not impersonate any person or entity, and/or falsely claim an affiliation with any person or entity.
Disruptions, Exploits, or Resource Abuse. Do not interfere with or damage operation of the Services, including through unauthorized use, disruption, automated attacks, exploitation, or abuse of our resources.
Automated Querying. Do not send automated queries of any sort to the systems and networks we use to provide the Services without our express written permission. “Sending automated queries” includes but is not limited to:

using any software that sends automated queries to the systems and networks we use to provide the Services that seek bulk data, or determine how many saved routes or members we have for various queries;
“meta-searching” the Services and the systems and networks we use to provide the Services; and
performing “offline” searches relative to the Services.

Unlawful Uses. You may only use the Skill Set Connect content and Services for legally permitted purposes. You may not use the Services or any Skill Set Connect content or other information displayed on or made available by the Services to stalk, harass, abuse, defame, threaten, or defraud others.

(d) Your License to Us

When you provide User-Generated Content to Skill Set Connect through the Services, you grant Skill Set Connect and our members a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, freely transferable, sublicensable, worldwide right and license to use, host, store, cache, reproduce, publish, display (publicly or otherwise), perform (publicly or otherwise), distribute, transmit, modify, adapt (including, without limitation, in order to conform it to the requirements of any networks, devices, services, or media through which the Services are available), commercialize, create derivative works of, and otherwise exploit such User-Generated Content in connection with any and all Services. You acknowledge and agree that: (a) we have the right to arrange the posting of User-Generated Content in any way we desire; (b) Skill Set Connect has no obligation to provide you with any credit when using your User-Generated Content, but if Skill Set Connect chooses to provide you with credit, the size and placement of the credit is at our sole discretion; and (c) you are not entitled to any compensation or other payment from us in connection with the use of your User-Generated Content.

The rights you grant in this license are for the limited purposes of allowing Skill Set Connect to operate the Services in accordance with their functionality, improve the Services, develop new Services, and to allow other community members to use the Services in accordance with their intended function. Notwithstanding the above, we will not make use of any of your User-Generated Content in a manner that is inconsistent with the privacy settings you establish within our Services. We reserve the right to monitor, remove or modify User-Generated Content for any reason and at any time, including User-Generated Content that we believe violates these Terms, the Community Guidelines, and/or our policies.

(e) Content Retention

Following termination of your account, or if you remove any User-Generated Content from the Services, we may retain your User-Generated Content for a commercially reasonable period of time for backup, archival, or audit purposes, or as otherwise required or permitted by law. Furthermore, Skill Set Connect and its members may retain and continue to use, store, display, reproduce, share, modify, create derivative works, perform, and distribute any of your User-Generated Content that otherwise has been stored or shared through Skill Set Connect. Accordingly, note that the above license to your User-Generated Content continues even if you stop using the Services. When you post something publicly, others may choose to comment on it, making your Content part of a social conversation.

(f) Your Feedback

We value hearing from our members, and are always interested in learning about ways we can continue to make Skill Set Connect awesome. If you choose to submit comments, ideas or feedback, you should submit the idea through our email, and you agree that we are free to use the ideas you submit without any restriction or compensation to you. By accepting your submission, Skill Set Connect does not waive any rights to use similar or related feedback previously known to Skill Set Connect, developed by our employees, or obtained from sources other than you. You certify and represent that the information or feedback you submit to us through the Services is not confidential or proprietary information.

(g) Trademarks

Skill Set Connect owns or licenses all Skill Set Connect trademarks, service marks, branding, logos, and other similar assets. Do not copy, imitate, modify, display or otherwise use the Skill Set Connect Trademarks (in whole or in part) for purposes other than personal use or in connection with any web or mobile product or service that is not authorized by Skill Set Connect, without our prior written approval.

(h) Accuracy and Reliance on Content

We make no representations or warranties as to the accuracy, reliability, completeness or timeliness of any Content available through the Services, and we make no commitment to update such Content.

In addition, User-Generated Content, including advice, statements, or other information, including, without limitation, food, nutrition and exercise database entries, are not produced by Skill Set Connect, and should not necessarily be relied on. User-Generated Content available in connection with the Services, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, is the sole responsibility of the member from whom such User-Generated Content originated. We do not endorse any opinions or recommendations contained in User-Generated Content. All information is provided “as is” without any representation, warranty or condition as to its accuracy or reliability.

4. Community Guidelines

(a) Interactive Areas

Skill Set Connect is a community dedicated to helping all members reach their personal and professional goals. Some of our Services may include reviews, discussion forums, conversation pages, blogs or other interactive areas or social features that allow you and other members to post User-Generated Content and interact with one another (“Interactive Areas”). You are solely responsible for your use of the Interactive Areas and for any User-Generated Content that you post, including the transmission, accuracy and completeness of the User-Generated Content. As the Interactive Areas are often public, you understand that your User-Generated Content may be made and remain public.

You are solely responsible for your interactions with other members, whether online or in person, including but not limited to comments, challenges, and friendly competition. We assume no responsibility or liability for any loss or damage resulting from any interaction with other members who employ the Services, individuals you meet through the Services, or individuals who find you because of Content posted on, by or through the Services. You agree to take reasonable precautions in all interactions with any members or individuals you interact with in connection with the Services. You are solely responsible for your involvement with any members or individuals you interact with in connection with the Services. Skill Set Connect is under no obligation to become involved in any disputes between its members, but may do so at its own discretion.

(b) Community Guidelines

Our Services are intended to be a safe and supportive community for all members. To help everyone feel safe and to maintain that positive environment, we require everyone to agree to, and follow, these rules (the “Community Guidelines”) when posting User-Generated Content and using the Services. By using the Services you agree that your User-Generated Content and use of the Interactive Areas will not violate the Community Guidelines. If you violate the Community Guidelines, we reserve the right to terminate your access to the Services.

No Discriminatory or Abusive Content, or Personal Attacks or Insults.

Stay positive – don’t spread hate messages, and don’t post Content that is threatening, hurtful, harassing, embarrassing, or annoying to other members of the community.
No derogatory references to sex, gender, age, weight, body type, disability, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation, or endorsement of violence against any person or group, even if couched in humor, will be permitted. This includes expressing stereotypes about any group or community.
You can respectfully disagree with a message, post or topic, but please do not attack other members by mocking or insulting them. If you are attacked by another member, and you reciprocate, you may also be subject to the same consequences.

No Hijacking, Trolling, or Flame-baiting. If you are participating in our forums, please stay on-topic in an existing thread, and post new threads in the appropriate forum. Taking a thread off-topic is considered hijacking. Please either contribute politely and constructively to a topic, or move on without posting. This includes posts that encourage the drama in a topic to escalate, or posts intended to incite an uproar from the community.
No Explicit Content. Don’t post Content that is defamatory, obscene, pornographic, offensive, hateful, inflammatory, or promoting sexually explicit material.
No Harm to Minors. Don’t use the Services in a way that harms minors (or anyone, really).
No Sending Spam and Junk Mail. Don’t spam people via emails, posts, replies, or messages.
No Illegal Content. Don’t advocate, promote, or assist any fraudulent or illegal act (e.g., violence, impersonation and computer misuse).
No Soliciting Personal Data. Please don’t post or solicit Personal Data regarding or from any third party, including photographs, telephone numbers, street addresses, last names, email addresses and passwords in the Interactive Areas.
No Public Posting of Private Conversations. Don’t publicly post an email or private message from any other member, moderator or administrator.
No Breach of Legal Duty. Don’t post Content that is in breach of any contractual or other legal duty owed to a third party.
No Deceptive or Fraudulent Links. Don't post deceptive or fraudulent links. This includes giving links misleading descriptions, putting the wrong “source” field in a post, setting misleading click-through links on images, or embedding links to interstitial or pop-up ads.
No Intellectual Property Infringement. Respect the intellectual property of others. If you aren’t allowed to use someone else's proprietary work or likeness (either by license or by legal exceptions and limitations such as fair use), please don’t post it. In particular, if you have any reason to believe that User-Generated Content you see on our Services is infringing your copyrights or the copyrights of others, please see the Copyright/DMCA section of our Terms.
No Impersonating Skill Set Connect or Others. Don’t post Content that is likely to deceive any person or be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person, including with Skill Set Connect. Creating an account for the purposes of deceiving other members or to work around a Services suspension is not permitted and will be grounds for a permanent ban from the Services.
Other. Don’t post Content that contains anything that, in Skill Set Connect’s sole determination, is objectionable or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the Services, or that may expose Skill Set Connect or our members to any harm or liability of any kind.

If we determine that you are violating the Community Guidelines or otherwise have breached the Terms, we may take actions to address the issue, including, but not limited to, terminating your right to use the Services, removing your User-Generated Content, taking legal action against you (in which case you agree that we may recover reasonable costs and attorneys’ fees) or disclosing information to law enforcement authorities. We reserve the right to enforce, or not enforce, these Community Guidelines in our sole discretion, and they don’t create a duty or contractual obligation for us to act in any particular manner.

(c) Objectionable User-Generated Content

While we require all of our members to comply with the Community Guidelines and reserve the right to monitor for violations, we ultimately cannot guarantee they will comply with the Community Guidelines or these Terms. If you believe any Content submitted to our Services violates the Community Guidelines, or if you know or suspect that someone is misusing your User-Generated Content, please email us. By consenting to the Terms, you understand and acknowledge that when you access or otherwise use the Services:

You may be exposed to User-Generated Content from a variety of sources, and that we are not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety, or intellectual property rights of or relating to such User-Generated Content.
You may be exposed to User-Generated Content shared by other members that is offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable.

We cannot be held responsible for any injury or harm to you resulting from objectionable User-Generated Content or another member’s failure to comply with our Community Guidelines.

5. Copyright/ DMCA

If you believe that User-Generated Content or Skill Set Connect Content infringes copyright under U.S. or other national law, please notify our Copyright Agent immediately using the contact information provided herein. It is our policy to investigate any allegations of copyright infringement brought to our attention. Please provide us with the following information in your notice of a suspected copyright violation:

Identification of the work or material being infringed.
Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing, including its location, with sufficient detail so that we are capable of finding it and verifying its existence.
Contact information for the notifying party (the “Notifying Party”), including name, address, telephone number, and email address.
A statement that the Notifying Party has a good faith belief that the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or law.
A statement made under penalty of perjury that the information provided in the notice is accurate and that the Notifying Party is authorized to make the complaint on behalf of the copyright owner.
A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright that has been allegedly infringed.

You acknowledge that if you fail to comply with all of the requirements of this section, your notice may not be valid. The information provided in a notice of copyright infringement may be forwarded to the member who posted the allegedly infringing content. In the U.S., under Section 512(f) of the DMCA, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing may be subject to liability.

6. Third Party Links and Services

(a) Third-Party Services and Logins

You may enable or log in to the Services via various online third-party services, such as social media and social networking services like Facebook, LinkedIn, Google or Twitter (“Social Networking Services”). Logging in or directly integrating these Social Networking Services into the Services may make your online and mobile experiences richer and more personalized. To take advantage of these features and capabilities, we may ask you to authenticate, register for, or log into Social Networking Services on the websites of their respective providers. As part of this integration, the Social Networking Services will provide us with access to certain information that you have provided to them, and we will use, store, and disclose such information in accordance with our privacy policy. Please remember that the way Social Networking Services use, store, and disclose your information is governed solely by the policies of those third parties that operate those Social Networking Services, and we have no liability or responsibility for the privacy practices or other actions of any third-party website or service that may be enabled within the Services. In addition, we are not responsible for the accuracy, availability, or reliability of any information, content, goods, data, opinions, advice, or statements made available in connection with Social Networking Services. As such, we are not liable for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such Social Networking Services.

(b) Third-Party Applications

You may be able to access certain third-party links, applications or content (“Third-Party Applications”) via accounts related to our Services. If you choose to access these Third-Party Applications, you may be requested to log-in and sync your accounts with such applications. You are in no way obligated to use any Third-Party Applications, and your access and use of such applications is entirely at your own risk. If you opt to use Third-Party Applications via your account with us, they may gain access to certain information that you have provided to us, including Personal Data, and they will use, store, and disclose such information in accordance with their individual privacy policies and terms and conditions. We have no liability or responsibility for the privacy and information security practices or other actions of any Third-Party Applications that you choose to access through your accounts with us. In addition, we are not responsible for the accuracy, availability, or reliability of any information, content, goods, data, opinions, advice, or statements made available by any Third-Party Applications. As such, we are not liable for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such Third-Party Applications.

(c) Third-Party Content

Our Services may contain links to third-party websites, content, advertisers, services, promotions, special offers, or other events or activities (“Third-Party Content”) that are not owned or controlled by us. We do not endorse or assume any responsibility for Third-Party Content. If you access or pay for Third-Party Content, you do so at your own risk and you agree that we have no associated liability.

(d) Third Party Products

Our Services may be accessed on third-party devices or other products (“Third Party Products”), and your ability to use certain features of the Services may require you to purchase Third-Party Products (e.g., fitness trackers). While we may recommend, promote, or market the products of certain partners, we have no responsibility for your acquisition or use of any Third-Party Products, and we do not guarantee that Third-Party Products will function with the Services or will be error-free. We hereby disclaim liability for all Third-Party Products, including any Third-Party Products offered by our partners.

(e) Third-Party Services, Activities, and Events

Our Services may include the ability to discover, access or participate in certain services, activities, or events (“Third-Party Activities”). Third-Party Activities are offered and provided by Third Parties, not Skill Set Connect. Your attendance at and participation in Third-Party Activities is solely at your own risk. Skill Set Connect will not be liable for any act, error or omission of any Third Party, including, without limitation, any which arises out of or is any way connected with an member’s attendance, use of or participation in any Third-Party Activities initially discovered, booked or registered for via the Services, or the performance or non-performance of any Third Party in connection with the Services. Skill Set Connect is not an agent of any provider of Third-Party Activities.

7. Mobile Services

(a) Wireless Carrier and Device Considerations

To use or access our applications, you will need a compatible device. We also cannot guarantee that the applications will be compatible with, or available on, your device. We do not charge for use of some basic applications; however, you may need to pay some fees to use certain premium applications or features. Further, your phone company’s normal messaging, data, and other rates and fees will still apply.

(b) Text and Mobile Messaging Express Consents

By downloading or using our applications, you expressly agree that we may communicate with you regarding transactions you have initiated on the Services or respond to your communications to us through the Services by SMS, MMS, text message, or other electronic means directed to your device and that certain information about your usage of the applications may be communicated to us.

(c) Mobile Application License

We hereby grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to use our applications downloaded directly from a legitimate marketplace, solely in object code format and solely for your personal use for lawful purposes. With respect to any open source or third-party code that may be incorporated in the applications, such open source code is covered by the applicable open source or third-party license EULA, if any, authorizing use of such code.

(d) App Stores

If you download our applications from a third-party app store (the “App Provider”), you acknowledge and agree that:

The Terms are an agreement between us, and not with the App Provider. As between Skill Set Connect and the App Provider, Skill Set Connect is solely responsible for the applications;
The App Provider has no obligation to provide any maintenance and support services with respect to the applications;
In the event of any failure of the applications to conform to any applicable warranty, (i) you may notify the App Provider and the App Provider may refund the purchase price for the applications to you (if applicable), (ii) to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the App Provider will have no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the applications, and (iii) any other claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs or expenses attributable to any failure to conform to any warranty will be, as between Skill Set Connect and the App Provider, Skill Set Connect’s responsibility;
The App Provider is not responsible for addressing any claims you have relating to the applications or your possession and use of the applications;
If a third party claims that an application infringes another party’s intellectual property rights, as between the App Provider and Skill Set Connect, Skill Set Connect will be responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement and discharge of any such intellectual property infringement claim to the extent required by these Terms;
The App Provider and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms as it relates to your license to the applications. Upon your acceptance of the terms and conditions of these Terms, the App Provider will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce these Terms as related to your license of the applications against you as a third-party beneficiary thereof; and
You must also comply with all applicable third-party terms of service when using the applications.

13. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, under no circumstances (including, without limitation, negligence) shall Skill Set Connect, its subsidiaries, partners or any wireless carriers be liable to you or any third party for (a) any indirect, incidental, special, reliance, exemplary, punitive, or consequential damages of any kind whatsoever; (b) loss of profits, revenue, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses; (c) damages relating to your access to, use of, or inability to access or use the Services; (d) damages relating to any conduct or content of any third party or member using the Services, including without limitation, defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct or content; and/or (e) damages in any manner relating to any Third-Party Content, Third-party Products or Third-Party Activities accessed via the Services. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, this limitation applies to all claims, whether based on warranty, contract, tort, or any other legal theory, whether or not Skill Set Connect has been informed of the possibility of such damage, and further where a remedy set forth herein is found to have failed its essential purpose. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the total liability of Skill Set Connect, for any claim under these Terms, including for any implied warranties, is limited to the greater of one thousand dollars (us $1,000.00) or the amount you paid us to use the applicable Service(s) in the past twelve months.

In particular, to the extent permitted by applicable law, we are not liable for any claims arising out of (a) your use of the Services (including but not limited to your participation in any activities promoted by or accessed via the Services), (b) the use, disclosure, display, or maintenance of an member’s Personal Data and/or Location Data, (c) any other interactions with us or any other members using the Services, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages, or (d) other Content, information, services or goods received through or advertised on the Services or received through any links provided with the Services.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, you acknowledge and agree that we offer the Services and set the Services’ prices in reliance upon the warranty disclaimers, releases, and limitations of liability set forth in the Terms. To the extent permitted by applicable law, you also acknowledge and agree that these warranty disclaimers, releases, and limitations of liability reflect a reasonable and fair allocation of risk between you and us and that these warranty disclaimers, releases, and limitations of liability form an essential basis of the bargain between you and us. We would not be able to provide the Services to you on an economically reasonable basis without these warranty disclaimers, releases, and limitations of liability.

If you are a resident of California: You waive your rights with respect to California Civil Code Section 1542, which says “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.”

14. Indemnification

If you are a resident of the United States: To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to indemnify and hold Skill Set Connect, its subsidiaries, suppliers and other partners harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable accounting and attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of (a) the User-Generated Content you access or share through the Services; (b) your use of the Services, (c) your activities in connection with the Services (including, but not limited to, activities in connection with any contests, group activities, Third-Party Activities or other events that we may sponsor, organize, participate in, or where the Services are employed), (d) your connection to the Services, (e) your violation of these Terms, (f) your use or misuse of any member’s Personal Data and Location Data, (g) any violation of the rights of any other person or entity by you, or (h) your employment of the Services to meet another member in person or to locate and attend any offline place or event. We reserve the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us under the Terms, and you agree to cooperate with our defense of these claims.

15. Governing Law

If you are a resident of the United States: These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland and controlling U.S. federal law as applicable, without regard to its conflict of law principles.

16. Disputes and Arbitration, Jurisdiction and Venue

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you and Skill Set Connect agree that any dispute resolution proceedings will be conducted only on an individual basis and not in a class, consolidated or representative action. Except where prohibited, you and we agree to submit to the personal and exclusive arbitration of disputes relating to your general use of the Services under the rules of the American Arbitration Association. Arbitration is more informal than a lawsuit in court. Arbitration uses a neutral arbitrator instead of a judge or jury, allows for more limited discovery than in court, and is subject to very limited review by courts. Arbitrators can award the same damages and relief that a court can award. Please visit www.adr.org for more information about arbitration.

Any arbitration between you and us, to the extent necessary, will be conducted in Orlando, Florida and you waive any right to claim that such location is an inconvenient forum. You agree not to sue us or bring arbitration in any other forum.

The arbitration will be conducted in English. A single independent and impartial arbitrator will be appointed pursuant to the rules of the American Arbitration Association. Both you and we agree to comply with the following rules, which are intended to streamline the dispute resolution process and reduce the costs and burdens for everyone involved:

the arbitration will be conducted by telephone, online and/or be solely based on written submissions, the specific manner to be chosen by the party initiating the arbitration;
the arbitration will not require any personal appearance by the parties or witnesses unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing by the parties; and
any judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court of Skill Set Connect’s jurisdiction.

Barring extraordinary circumstances, the arbitrator will issue his or her decision within 120 days from the date the arbitrator is appointed. The arbitrator may extend this time limit for an additional 30 days in the interests of justice. All arbitration proceedings will be closed to the public and confidential and all records relating thereto will be permanently sealed, except as necessary to obtain court confirmation of the arbitration award. The award of the arbitrator will be in writing and will include a statement describing the reasons for the disposition of any claim.

You also acknowledge and understand that, with respect to any dispute with us arising out of or relating to your use of the Services:

You are giving up your right to have a trial by jury;
You are giving up your right to serve as a representative, as a private attorney general, or in any other representative capacity, or to participate as a member of a class of claimants, in any lawsuit involving any such dispute; and
You must file any claim within one (1) year after such claim arose or it is forever barred.

If this arbitration provision is found to be null and void, then all disputes arising under the Terms between us will be subject to the jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Orlando, Florida, and you and we hereby submit to the personal jurisdiction and venue of these courts.

This agreement to arbitrate will not preclude you or Skill Set Connect from seeking provisional remedies in aid of arbitration, including without limitation orders to stay a court action, compel arbitration or confirm an arbitral award, from a court of Skill Set Connect’s jurisdiction. Furthermore, this agreement to arbitrate will not preclude you or Skill Set Connect from (i) applying to the appropriate court of Skill Set Connect’s jurisdiction for a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or other interim or conservatory relief, as necessary, or (ii) seeking relief in any state or federal court for disputes related to a violation or possible violation of Skill Set Connect’s intellectual property rights.

In the event of any litigation or arbitration arising from or related to these Terms, or the Services provided, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the non-prevailing party all reasonable costs incurred including staff time, court costs, attorneys’ fees, and all other related expenses incurred in such litigation or arbitration.

18. Survival

If our relationship or these Terms terminate, it will not limit any of our other rights or remedies, and any provision of these Terms that must survive in order to give proper effect to the intent and purpose of these Terms will survive termination, including without limitation Sections 3 (Ownership and Use of Content), 12 (No Warranties), 13 (Limitations of Liability) and 14 (Indemnification).

19. Miscellaneous

You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and us as a result of the Terms or your use of the Services. The Terms and any Product-Specific Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us with respect to your use of the Services.

Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms does not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the Terms is found by a court of Skill Set Connect’s jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Terms remain in full force and effect.

You may not assign, delegate, or otherwise transfer your account or your obligations under these Terms without our prior written consent. We have the right, in our sole discretion, to transfer or assign all or any part of our rights under these Terms and will have the right to delegate or use third-party contractors to fulfill our duties and obligations under these Terms and in connection with the Services.

Our notice to you via email, regular mail, or notices or links displayed in connection with the Services constitutes acceptable notice to you under the Terms. We are not responsible for your failure to receive notice if email is quarantined by your email security system (e.g., “junk” or “spam” folder) or if you fail to update your email address. Notice will be considered received forty-eight hours after it is sent if transmitted via email or regular mail. In the event that notice is provided via links displayed in connection with the Services, then it will be considered received twenty-four hours after it is first displayed.

20. Contact Us

If you have any feedback, questions or comments about the Services, please contact our Support Team by email, and include the subject as “Attn: Legal – Terms and Conditions of Use”. Please be sure to include in any email or postal mail your full name, email address, postal address, and any message.