Terms of Service

Last updated on March 03, 2020

Introduction; Your Agreement to these Terms of Service.

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF SERVICE CAREFULLY. THIS IS A BINDING CONTRACT. Welcome to the services operated by Virtual Immersive Educational Worlds, Inc., dba FluentWorlds (sometimes referred to hereafter as “Company”), consisting of its website and/or other platforms owed by the Company, and its network of websites, software applications, or any other products or services offered by FluentWorlds (the “FluentWorlds’ Services”). Other services offered by FluentWorlds may be subject to separate terms.

When using the FluentWorlds’ Services, you will be subject to FluentWorlds’ Privacy Policy, FluentWorlds’ Code of Conduct, and you be subject to additional guidelines or rules that are posted on the FluentWorlds’ Services or made available to you, or applicable to specific services and features that are disclosed to you in connection with such services. FluentWorlds may also offer certain paid services, which are subject to any terms or conditions that are disclosed to you in connection with such services. All such terms and guidelines (the “Guidelines”) are incorporated into these Terms of Service by reference.

The Terms of Service apply whether you are a user that registers an account with the FluentWorlds’ Services or an unregistered user. You agree that by clicking “Sign Up” or otherwise registering, downloading, accessing or using the FluentWorlds’ Services, you are entering into a legally binding agreement between you and FluentWorlds regarding your use of the FluentWorlds’ Services. You acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree to these Terms of Service, do not access or otherwise use any of the FluentWorlds’ Services.

When using or opening an account with FluentWorlds on behalf of a company, entity, or organization (collectively, “Subscribing Organization”), you represent and warrant that you: (i) are an authorized representative of that Subscribing Organization with the authority to bind that organization to these Terms of Service and grant the licenses set forth herein; and (ii) agree to these Terms of Service on behalf of such Subscribing Organization.

THE SITE, APPLICATION, AND SERVICES COMPRISE AN ONLINE OR MOBILE VENUE FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING WHERE MEMBERS, BOTH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS HOSTS, MAY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF CONNECTION SERVICES AND PAYMENT SERVICES DIRECTLY WITH EACH OTHER. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT FLUENTWORLDS IS NOT A PARTY TO ANY AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO BETWEEN STUDENTS AND TEACHERS OR BETWEEN MEMBERS, NOR IS FLUENTWORLDS A LANGUAGE SERVICES BROKER OR AGENT. FLUENTWORLDS HAS NO CONTROL OVER THE CONDUCT OF STUDENTS, TEACHERS, MEMBERS AND OTHER USERS OF THE SITE, APPLICATION AND SERVICES OR ANY SERVICES RENDERED BETWEEN THEM, AND DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY IN THIS REGARD TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

IF YOU CHOOSE TO TEACH ON FLUENTWORLDS, YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH FLUENTWORLDS IS LIMITED TO BEING AN INDEPENDENT, THIRD-PARTY CONTRACTOR, AND NOT AN EMPLOYEE, AGENT, JOINT VENTURER OR PARTNER OF FLUENTWORLDS FOR ANY REASON, AND YOU ACT EXCLUSIVELY ON YOUR OWN BEHALF AND FOR YOUR OWN BENEFIT, AND NOT ON BEHALF OF OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF FLUENTWORLDS. FLUENTWORLDS DOES NOT CONTROL, AND HAS NO RIGHT TO CONTROL, YOUR LISTING, YOUR ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR PROFILE OR LISTED SERVICES, OR ANY OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO ANY SERVICES THAT YOU PROVIDE. AS A MEMBER YOU AGREE NOT TO DO ANYTHING TO CREATE A FALSE IMPRESSION THAT YOU ARE ENDORSED BY, PARTNERING WITH, OR ACTING ON BEHALF OF OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF FLUENTWORLDS, INCLUDING BY INAPPROPRIATELY USING ANY FLUENTWORLDS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT, BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SITE, APPLICATION, OR SERVICES OR BY DOWNLOADING OR POSTING ANY CONTENT FROM OR ON THE SITE, VIA THE APPLICATION OR THROUGH THE SERVICES, YOU ARE INDICATING THAT YOU HAVE READ, AND THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND RECEIVE OUR SERVICES WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE REGISTERED WITH THE SITE AND APPLICATION. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, THEN YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO ACCESS OR USE THE SITE, APPLICATION, SERVICES, OR CONTENT.

If you accept or agree to these Terms on behalf of a company or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that company or other legal entity to these Terms and, in such event, “you” and “your” will refer and apply to that company or other legal entity.

Use of FluentWorlds by Minors and Blocked Persons

The FluentWorlds’ Services are not available to persons under the age of 13. If you are between the ages of 13 and 18 (or between 13 and the age of legal majority in your jurisdiction of residence), you may only use the FluentWorlds’ Services under the supervision of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to be bound by these Terms of Service.

The FluentWorlds Services are also not available to any users previously removed from the FluentWorlds Services by FluentWorlds. Finally, the FluentWorlds Services are not available to any persons barred from receiving them under the laws of the United States (such as its export and re-export restrictions and regulations) or applicable laws in any other jurisdiction.

BY DOWNLOADING, INSTALLING, OR OTHERWISE USING THE FLUENTWORLDS SERVICES, YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU ARE AT LEAST 13 YEARS OF AGE, THAT YOUR PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF SERVICE IF YOU ARE BETWEEN 13 AND THE AGE OF LEGAL MAJORITY IN YOUR JURISDICTION OF RESIDENCE, AND THAT YOU HAVE NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY REMOVED FROM OR PROHIBITED FROM RECEIVING THE FLUENTWORLDS SERVICES.

PRIVACY

Your privacy is important to FluentWorlds. Please see our Privacy Policy (below) for how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information.

Third Party Accounts/Your Account

FluentWorlds permits you to register for and log on to the FluentWorlds’ Services via certain third party services. The third party’s collection, use and disclosure of your information will be subject to that third party service’s privacy policy. Further, information about how FluentWorlds collects, uses and discloses your personal information when you link your FluentWorlds’ account and with your account on any third party service can be found in our Privacy Policy.

Use of Devices and Services

Access to the FluentWorlds’ Services may require the use of your personal computer or mobile device, as well as communications with or use of space on such devices. You are responsible for any Internet connection or mobile fees and charges that you incur when accessing the FluentWorlds’ Services.

Modification of these Terms of Service

FluentWorlds may amend any of the terms of these Terms of Service by posting the terms. Your continued use of the FluentWorlds’ Services after the effective date of the revised Terms of Service constitutes your acceptance of the terms.

License

The FluentWorlds’ Services are owned and operated by FluentWorlds. Unless otherwise indicated, all content, information, and other materials on the FluentWorlds’ Services (excluding User Content, set forth below), including, without limitation, FluentWorlds’ trademarks and logos, the visual interfaces, graphics, design, compilation, information, software, computer code (including source code or object code), services, text, pictures, information, data, sound files, other files and the selection and arrangement thereof (collectively, the “Materials”) are protected by relevant intellectual property and proprietary rights and laws. All Materials contained on the FluentWorlds’ Services are the property of FluentWorlds or its subsidiaries or affiliated companies and/or third-party licensors. Unless otherwise expressly stated in writing by FluentWorlds, by agreeing to these Terms of Service you are granted a limited, non-sublicensable license, (a personal and limited right) to access and use the FluentWorlds’ Services for your personal use or internal business use only, and not for commercial use.

FluentWorlds reserves all rights not expressly granted in these Terms of Service. This license is subject to these Terms of Service, and does not permit you to engage in any of the following: (a) resale or commercial use of the FluentWorlds Services or the Materials; (b) distribution, public performance or public display of any Materials; (c) modifying or otherwise making any derivative uses of the FluentWorlds Services or the Materials, or any portion of them; (d) use of any data mining, robots or similar data gathering or extraction methods; (e) downloading (except page caching) of any portion of the FluentWorlds’ Services, the Materials, or any information contained in them, except as expressly permitted on the FluentWorlds’ Services; or (f) any use of the FluentWorlds’ Services or the Materials except for their intended purposes. Any use of the FluentWorlds’ Services or the Materials except as specifically authorized in these Terms of Service, without the prior written permission of FluentWorlds, is strictly prohibited and may violate intellectual property rights or other laws. Unless explicitly stated in these Terms of Service, nothing in them shall be interpreted as conferring any license to intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, implication or other legal principles. FluentWorlds can terminate this limited license at any time, without notice, including where we reasonably consider that: (a) your use of the FluentWorlds’ Services violates these Terms of Service or applicable law; (b) you fraudulently use or misuse the FluentWorlds’ Services; or (c) we are unable to continue providing the FluentWorlds’ Services to you due to technical or legitimate business reasons.

User Content

FluentWorlds allows users to distribute streaming live and pre-recorded audio-visual works, to use services, such as chat, bulletin boards, forum postings, wiki contributions, voice interactive services, and to participate in other activities in which you may create, post, transmit, perform, or store content, messages, text, sound, images, applications, code or other data or materials on the FluentWorlds Services (“User Content”).

a. License Granted to FluentWorlds

Unless otherwise agreed to in a written agreement between you and FluentWorlds, signed by an authorized representative of FluentWorlds, if you submit, transmit, display, perform, post or store User Content using the FluentWorlds Services, you grant FluentWorlds (and its sublicensees if any), to the furthest extent and for the maximum duration permitted by applicable law (including in perpetuity if permitted under applicable law), an unrestricted, worldwide, irrevocable, fully sub-licenseable, nonexclusive, and royalty-free right to: (a) use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such User Content (including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the FluentWorlds’ Services (and derivative works thereof)) in any form, format, media or media channels now known or later developed or discovered; and (b) use the name, identity, likeness, and voice (or other biographical information) that you submit in connection with such User Content. Should such User Content contain the name, identity, likeness, and voice (or other biographical information) of third parties, you represent and warrant that you have obtained the appropriate consents and/or licenses for your use of such features and that FluentWorlds and its sub-licensees are allowed to use them to the extent indicated in these Terms of Service. With respect to streaming live audio-visual works, the rights granted by you hereunder terminate once you close your account, except: (a) to the extent you shared it with others as part of the FluentWorlds’ Services and others copied or stored portions of the User Content, i.e., made a Clip; (b) FluentWorlds used it for promotional purposes; and (c) for the reasonable time it takes to remove from backup and other systems.

b. User Content Representations and Warranties

You are solely responsible for your User Content and the consequences of posting or publishing it. You represent, and warrant that: (1) you are the creator and owner of the User Content or otherwise have sufficient rights and authority to grant the rights granted herein; (2) your User Content does not and will not (a) infringe, violate, or misappropriate any third-party right, including any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, moral right, privacy right, right of publicity, or any other intellectual property or proprietary right or (b) defame any other person; (3) your User Content does not contain any viruses, adware, spyware, worms, or other harmful or malicious code; and (4) unless you have received prior written authorization, your User Content specifically does not contain any pre-release or non-public beta software or game content or any confidential information of FluentWorlds or third parties. FluentWorlds reserves all rights and remedies against any users who breach these representations and warranties.

c. Content is Uploaded at Your Own Risk

FluentWorlds uses reasonable security measures in order to attempt to protect User Content against unauthorized copying and distribution. However, FluentWorlds does not guarantee that any unauthorized copying, use or distribution of User Content by third parties will not take place. To the furthest extent permitted by applicable law, you hereby agree that FluentWorlds shall not be liable for any unauthorized copying, use or distribution of User Content by third parties and release and forever waive any claims you may have against FluentWorlds for any such unauthorized copying or usage of the User Content, under any theory. FLUENTWORLDS USES SECURITY MEASURES TO PROTECT USER CONTENT BUT ALL CONTENT IS USED “AS-IS”, AS ARE THE SECURITIES MEASURES, AND WITH NO WARRANTIES, GUARANTEES, CONDITIONS, ASSURANCES OR OTHER TERMS THAT SUCH SECURITY MEASURES WILL WITHSTAND ATTEMPTS TO EVADE SECURITY MECHANISMS OR THAT THERE WILL BE NO CRACKS, DISABLEMENTS OR OTHER CIRCUMVENTION OF SUCH SECURITY MEASURES.

d. Promotions

Users may promote, administer, or conduct a promotion on, through or utilizing the FluentWorlds’ Services (a “Promotion”). FluentWorlds has the right to remove your Promotion from the FluentWorlds Services if FluentWorlds reasonably believes that your Promotion does not comply with the Terms of Service or applicable law.

If you choose to promote, administer or conduct a Promotion, you must adhere to the following rules: (i) You may carry out Promotions only to the extent permitted by applicable law, and you are solely responsible for ensuring that any Promotions comply with any and all applicable laws, obligations, and restrictions; (ii) You will be classified as the promoter of your Promotion in the applicable jurisdiction(s) and you will be solely responsible for all aspects of and expenses related to your Promotion, including, without limitation, the execution, administration, and operation of the Promotion, drafting and posting any official rules, selecting winners, issuing prizes, and obtaining all necessary third-party permissions and approvals, including, without limitation, filing any and all necessary registrations and bonds; (iii) FluentWorlds is not responsible for and does not endorse or support any such Promotions, and you may not indicate that FluentWorlds is a sponsor or co-sponsor of the Promotion; and (iv) You will display or read out the following when a Promotion is connection with your Promotion: “This is a promotion by [Your Name]. FluentWorlds does not sponsor or endorse [Your Name]’s promotion, nor is FluentWorlds responsible for this promotion”.

e. Endorsements/Testimonials

You agree that your User Content will comply with the United States Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) Guidelines Concerning the Use of Testimonials and Endorsements in Advertising, the FTC’s.com Disclosures Guide, the FTC’s Native Advertising Guidelines, and any other guidelines issued by the FTC from time to time (“FTC Guidelines”), as well as any other advertising guidelines required under applicable law. For example, if you have been paid or provided with free products in exchange for discussing or promoting a product or service through the FluentWorlds’ Services, or if you are an employee of a company and you decide to discuss or promote that company’s products or services through the FluentWorlds’ Services, you agree to comply with the FTC Guidelines’ requirements for disclosing such relationships. You, and not FluentWorlds, are solely responsible for any endorsements or testimonials you make regarding any product or service through the FluentWorlds’ Services.

Prohibited Conduct

YOU AGREE NOT TO violate any law, contract, intellectual property or other third-party right or commit a tort, and that you are solely responsible for your conduct while on the FluentWorlds’ Services.

You agree that you will comply with these Terms of Service and FluentWorlds’ Code of Conduct and will not:

i. create, upload, transmit, distribute, or store any content that is inaccurate, unlawful, infringing, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, harassing, threatening, abusive, inflammatory, or otherwise objectionable;
ii. impersonate any person or entity, falsely claim an affiliation with any person or entity, or access the FluentWorlds Services accounts of others without permission, forge another person’s digital signature, misrepresent the source, identity, or content of information transmitted via the FluentWorlds Services, or perform any other similar fraudulent activity;
iii. make unsolicited offers, advertisements, proposals, or send junk mail or spam to users of the FluentWorlds Services, including, without limitation, unsolicited advertising, promotional materials, or other solicitation material, bulk mailing of commercial advertising, chain mail, informational announcements, charity requests, petitions for signatures, or any of the preceding things related to promotional giveaways (such as raffles and contests), and other similar activities;
iv. harvest or collect the email addresses or other contact information of other users from the FluentWorlds’ Services;
v. defame, harass, abuse, threaten or defraud users of the FluentWorlds’ Services, or collect, or attempt to collect, personal information about users or third parties without their consent;
vi. remove, circumvent, disable, damage or otherwise interfere with security related features of the FluentWorlds’ Services or User Content, features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any content accessible through the FluentWorlds’ Services, features that enforce limitations on the use of the FluentWorlds’ Services or User Content, or delete the copyright or other proprietary rights notices on the FluentWorlds’ Services or User Content;
vii. reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to discover the source code of the FluentWorlds Services or any part thereof, except and only to the extent that this activity is expressly permitted by the law of your jurisdiction of residence;
viii. modify, adapt, translate or create derivative works based upon the FluentWorlds’ Services or any part thereof, except and only to the extent that such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law notwithstanding this limitation;
ix. interfere with or damage operation of the FluentWorlds’ Services or any user’s enjoyment of them, by any means, including uploading or otherwise disseminating viruses, adware, spyware, worms, or other malicious code;
x. relay email from a third party’s mail servers without the permission of that third party;
xi. access any website, server, software application, or other computer resources owned, used and/or licensed by FluentWorlds, including but not limited to the FluentWorlds’ Services, by means of any robot, spider, scraper, crawler or other automated means for any purpose, or bypass any measures FluentWorlds may use to prevent or restrict access to any website, server, software application, or other computer resources owned, used and/or licensed FluentWorlds, including but not limited to the FluentWorlds’ Services;
xii. manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any User Content transmitted through the FluentWorlds Services;
xiii. interfere with or disrupt the FluentWorlds’ Services or servers or networks connected to the FluentWorlds’ Services, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the FluentWorlds’ Services; use the FluentWorlds’ Services in any manner that could interfere with, disrupt, negatively affect or inhibit other users from fully enjoying the FluentWorlds’ Services, or that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the functioning of the FluentWorlds’ Services in any manner;
xiv. use or attempt to use another user’s account without authorization from that user and FluentWorlds;
xv. attempt to circumvent any content filtering techniques we employ, or attempt to access any service or area of the FluentWorlds Services that you are not authorized to access;
xvi. attempt to indicate in any manner that you have a relationship with us or that we have endorsed you or any products or services for any purpose; and
xvii. use the FluentWorlds’ Services for any illegal purpose, or in violation of any local, state, national, or international law or regulation, including, without limitation, laws governing intellectual property and other proprietary rights, data protection and privacy.

FLUENTWORLDS TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY AND ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR ANY USER CONTENT, OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE RESULTING THEREFROM, NOR IS FLUENTWORLDS LIABLE FOR ANY MISTAKES, DEFAMATION, SLANDER, LIBEL, OMISSIONS, FALSEHOODS, OBSCENITY, PORNOGRAPHY OR PROFANITY YOU MAY ENCOUNTER WHEN USING THE FLUENTWORLDS’ SERVICES. YOUR USE OF THE FLUENTWORLDS’ SERVICES IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. In addition, these rules do not create any private right of action on the part of any third party or any reasonable expectation that the FluentWorlds Services will not contain any content that is prohibited by such rules.

FluentWorlds is not liable for any statements or representations included in User Content. FluentWorlds does not endorse any User Content, opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed therein, and FluentWorlds expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with User Content. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, FluentWorlds reserves the right to remove, screen or edit any User Content posted or stored on the FluentWorlds Services at any time and without notice, including where such User Content violates these Terms of Service or applicable law, and you are solely responsible for creating backup copies of and replacing any User Content you post or store on the FluentWorlds’ Services at your sole cost and expense. Any use of the FluentWorlds’ Services in violation of the foregoing violates these Terms of Service and may result in, among other things, termination or suspension of your rights to use the FluentWorlds’ Services.

Respecting Copyright

FluentWorlds respects the intellectual property of others and follows the requirements set forth in the United States laws, specifically the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) and other applicable laws. If you are a copyright owner or agent thereof and believe that content posted on the FluentWorlds’ Services infringes upon your copyright, please contact us and submit a notice.

Trademarks

FLUENTWORLDS, the FluentWorlds’ logo(s), and any other product or service name, logo, or slogan used by FluentWorlds, and the look and feel of the FluentWorlds’ Services, including all page headers, custom graphics, button icons and scripts, are trademarks and/or trade dress of FluentWorlds, and may not be used in whole or in part in connection with any product or service that is not FluentWorlds’, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits FluentWorlds, without our prior written permission. Any use of these trademarks must be in accordance with any guidelines that FluentWorlds may provide you from time to time.

All other trademarks referenced in the FluentWorlds’ Services are the property of their respective owners. Reference on the FluentWorlds’ Services to any products, services, processes or other information, by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier, or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation thereof by us or any other affiliation.

Third-Party Content

In addition to the User Content, FluentWorlds may provide other third party content on the FluentWorlds’ Services (collectively the “Third-Party Content”). FluentWorlds does not control or endorse any Third-Party Content and makes no representation or warranties of any kind regarding the Third-Party Content, including without limitation regarding its accuracy or completeness. Please be aware that we do not create Third Party Content, update, or monitor it. Therefore we are not responsible for any Third Party Content on the FluentWorlds Services.

You are responsible for deciding if you want to access or use third party websites or applications that link from the FluentWorlds’ Services (“Reference Sites”). FluentWorlds does not control or endorse any such Reference Sites or the information, materials, products, or services contained on or accessible through Reference Sites, and makes no representations or warranties of any kind regarding the Reference Sites. In addition, your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through the FluentWorlds’ Services are solely between you and such advertiser. Access and use of Reference Sites, including the information, materials, products, and services on or available through Reference Sites is solely at your own risk.

Idea Submission

By submitting ideas, suggestions, documents, and/or proposals (“Submissions”) to FluentWorlds or its authorized representatives, you acknowledge and agree that FluentWorlds shall be entitled to use or disclose such Submissions for any purpose in any way without providing compensation or credit to you.

Termination

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, FluentWorlds reserves the right, without notice and in our sole discretion, to terminate your license to use the FluentWorlds’ Services (including to post User Content), and to block or prevent your future access to and use of the FluentWorlds’ Services, including where we reasonably consider that: (a) your use of the FluentWorlds’ Services violates these Terms of Service or applicable law; (b) you fraudulently use or misuse the FluentWorlds’ Services; or (c) we are unable to continue providing the FluentWorlds’ Services to you due to technical or legitimate business reasons. This includes the ability to terminate or to suspend your access to any purchased products or services, including any subscriptions. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, your only remedy with respect to any dissatisfaction with (i) the FluentWorlds’ Services, (ii) any term of these Terms of Service, (iii) any policy or practice of FluentWorlds in operating the FluentWorlds’ Services, or (iv) any content or information transmitted through the FluentWorlds’ Services, is to terminate your account and to discontinue use of any and all parts of the FluentWorlds’ Services.

Disputes; Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold FluentWorlds and its contractors, employees, representatives, and/or agents harmless from any claims, losses, damages, liabilities, including legal fees and expenses, arising out of your use or misuse of the FluentWorlds’ Services, any User Content you post, store or otherwise transmit in or through the FluentWorlds’ Services, your violation of the rights of any third party, any violation by you of these Terms of Service, or any breach of the representations, warranties, and covenants made by you herein. FluentWorlds reserves the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify FluentWorlds, and you agree to cooperate with FluentWorlds’ defense of these claims. FluentWorlds will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action, or proceeding upon becoming aware of it. The foregoing indemnity includes, without limitation, any claims, losses, damages, liabilities, including legal fees and expenses, arising out of your Promotions or User Content.

Disclaimers; No Warranties

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW: (A) THE FLUENTWORLDS SERVICES AND THE CONTENT AND MATERIALS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED TO THE CONTRARY IN A WRITING BY FLUENTWORLDS; (B) FLUENTWORLDS, AND ITS AFFILIATES, PARTNERS, AND SUPPLIERS (“FLUENTWORLDS PARTIES”) DISCLAIM ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, STATUTORY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT AS TO THE FLUENTWORLDS SERVICES, INCLUDING ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT OR MATERIALS CONTAINED THEREIN; (C) FLUENTWORLDS DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT CONTENT OR MATERIALS ON THE FLUENTWORLDS SERVICES ARE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, CURRENT OR ERROR-FREE; (D) FLUENTWORLDS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS OR OMISSIONS RELATING TO TEXT OR PHOTOGRAPHY; AND (E) WHILE FLUENTWORLDS ATTEMPTS TO MAKE YOUR ACCESS AND USE OF THE FLUENTWORLDS SERVICES SAFE, FLUENTWORLDS CANNOT AND DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE FLUENTWORLDS SERVICES OR OUR SERVER(S) ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, AND THEREFORE, YOU SHOULD USE INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED SOFTWARE TO DETECT AND DISINFECT VIRUSES FROM ANY DOWNLOAD. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM FLUENTWORLDS OR THROUGH THE FLUENTWORLDS SERVICES WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED HEREIN. YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM “FLUENTWORLDS” INCLUDES FLUENTWORLDS’S OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, SHAREHOLDERS, AGENTS, LICENSORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS.

Limitation of Liability and Damages

Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW: (A) IN NO EVENT SHALL FLUENTWORLDS OR THE FLUENTWORLDS PARTIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF PROFITS OR LOSS OF DATA, WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE FLUENTWORLDS SERVICES, THE CONTENT OR THE MATERIALS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY DAMAGES CAUSED BY OR RESULTING FROM RELIANCE BY USER ON ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM FLUENTWORLDS, OR THAT RESULT FROM MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELETION OF FILES OR EMAIL, ERRORS, DEFECTS, VIRUSES, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION OR ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, WHETHER OR NOT RESULTING FROM ACTS OF GOD, COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, THEFT, DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO FLUENTWORLDS’S RECORDS, PROGRAMS OR SERVICES; AND (B) IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF FLUENTWORLDS, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, WHETHER ACTIVE, PASSIVE OR IMPUTED), PRODUCT LIABILITY, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE FLUENTWORLDS SERVICES EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING THE FLUENTWORLDS SERVICES DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE OF THE CLAIM OR ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.

Reference Sites

THESE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY ALSO APPLY WITH RESPECT TO DAMAGES INCURRED BY YOU BY REASON OF ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES SOLD OR PROVIDED ON ANY REFERENCE SITES OR OTHERWISE BY THIRD PARTIES OTHER THAN FLUENTWORLDS AND RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED ON THE FLUENTWORLDS SERVICES OR RECEIVED THROUGH ANY REFERENCE SITES.

Basis of the Bargain

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT FLUENTWORLDS HAS OFFERED THE FLUENTWORLDS SERVICES, USER CONTENT, MATERIALS AND OTHER CONTENT AND INFORMATION, SET ITS PRICES, AND ENTERED INTO THESE TERMS OF SERVICE IN RELIANCE UPON THE WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS AND THE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SET FORTH HEREIN, THAT THE WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS AND THE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SET FORTH HEREIN REFLECT A REASONABLE AND FAIR ALLOCATION OF RISK BETWEEN YOU AND FLUENTWORLDS, AND THAT THE WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS AND THE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SET FORTH HEREIN FORM AN ESSENTIAL BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN YOU AND FLUENTWORLDS. FLUENTWORLDS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE FLUENTWORLDS SERVICES TO YOU ON AN ECONOMICALLY REASONABLE BASIS WITHOUT THESE LIMITATIONS.

Applicable Law and Venue

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you and FluentWorlds agree that if you are a Subscribing Organization or a consumer resident of a jurisdiction not covered by the “section (i)” below, the following governing law and arbitration provision applies:

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY BECAUSE IT REQUIRES YOU TO ARBITRATE DISPUTES WITH FLUENTWORLDS AND LIMITS THE MANNER IN WHICH YOU CAN SEEK RELIEF FROM FLUENTWORLDS.

You and FluentWorlds agree to arbitrate any dispute arising from these Terms of Service, or your use of the FluentWorlds’ Services. However, neither you nor FluentWorlds is required to arbitrate any dispute in which the party initiating the action seeks relief for the alleged unlawful use of copyrights, trademarks, trade names, logos, trade secrets, or patents.

ARBITRATION PREVENTS YOU FROM SUING IN COURT OR FROM HAVING A JURY TRIAL. You and FluentWorlds agree that you will notify each other in writing of any dispute within thirty (30) days of when it arises. Notice to FluentWorlds shall be sent to FluentWorlds’ legal department. You and FluentWorlds further agree: to attempt informal resolution prior to any demand for arbitration; that any arbitration will occur in Salt Lake County, Utah; that arbitration will be conducted confidentially by a single arbitrator; and that the state or federal courts in Salt Lake County, Utah have exclusive jurisdiction over any appeals of an arbitration award and over any suit between the parties not subject to arbitration.

Other than class procedures and remedies discussed below, the arbitrator has the authority to grant any remedy that would otherwise be available in court. Any dispute between the parties will be governed by this Agreement and the laws of the State of Utah and applicable United States law, without giving effect to any conflict of laws principles that may provide for the application of the law of another jurisdiction. Whether the dispute is heard in arbitration or in court, you and FluentWorlds will not commence against the other a class action, class arbitration or other representative action or proceeding.

(i) If you are a resident in any jurisdiction in which the provision in the sections above are found to be unenforceable, then the following shall apply: (A) Any disputes, claims or causes of action arising out of or in connection with these Terms of Service will be governed by and construed under the laws of the jurisdiction of your residence; and (B) Any disputes, claims or causes of action arising out of or in connection with these Terms of Service shall be resolved by competent civil courts within your jurisdiction of residence.

Claims; Time Limitations

YOU AND FLUENTWORLDS AGREE THAT ANY DISPUTE OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE FLUENTWORLDS’ SERVICES, TERMS OF SERVICE, AND/OR CODE OF CONDUCT MUST COMMENCE WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE DISPUTE OR CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES. OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.

Waiver

If we fail to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Service, it will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. Any waiver of any provision of these Terms of Service will be effective only if in writing and signed by the relevant party.

Severability

If any provision of these Terms of Service or any Code of Conduct is held to be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision will be limited or eliminated from these Terms of Service to the minimum extent necessary and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

Assignment

These Terms of Service and related Code of Conduct, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by FluentWorlds without restriction. Any assignment attempted to be made in violation of this Terms of Service shall be void.

Survival

Upon termination of these Terms of Service, any provision which, by its nature or express terms should survive, will survive such termination or expiration, including, but not limited to, the sections having to do with: (i) User Content; (ii) intellectual property, including copyright and trademark; (iii) limitations on liability and damages, including assumption of the risk; (iv) disclaimers, including disclaimers of warranties; (v) time limitations on claims; (vi) waiver; (vii) severability; (viii) assignment; (ix) applicable law and venue; (x) arbitration; (xi) survival; (xii) entire agreement.

Entire Agreement

The Terms of Service, together with the Privacy Policy and the Code of Conduct is the entire agreement between you and FluentWorlds relating to the subject matter herein, and will not be modified except by a signed writing agreed to by both parties, or by FluentWorlds’ change to the Terms of Service or Code of Conduct as provided for in the section(s) above.

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