Effective Date: October 1, 2008

PARENTise Privacy Policy

PARENTise, LLC respects and values your privacy. 

This Privacy Policy details how PARENTise treats the information that is gathered about you when you join the PARENTise website, www.parentise.com (hereinafter referred to as the “Site”) or use the services offered by PARENTise on the Site.  By registering for an account or using the services on the Site, you expressly consent to the collection, use, disclosure and storage of such information as set forth in this Privacy Policy and in PARENTise’s Terms and Conditions.

Collection of Information:     

Non Personally Identifiable Information (Cookies):
PARENTise uses cookies solely for internal recordkeeping and aggregating data about the traffic on the Site.  Third parties may, however, be placing and reading cookies on your users' browser, or using web beacons to collect information, in the course of ads being shown on your screen.  If you choose not to accept cookies from the Site or from third parties, you may disable that option through your web browser.   

Personally Identifiable Information:
When you sign up for an account, PARENTise requires that you provide certain personally identifiable information which may include:

PARENTise also requests other personally identifiable information, which you may choose whether or not to provide which is treated in the same manner as all other personally identifiable information under this privacy policy. 

PARENTise does not allow children under the age of 13 on the Site, nor does PARENTise knowingly collect any information from any person under the age of 13.  If PARENTISE is informed that a profile or user account is being made by a person under the age of 13, PARENTise will immediately remove the posting and any personally identifiable information that may have been inadvertently collected by PARENTise.

Use of Personally Identifiable Information:
PARENTise will use the personally identifiable information that it collects about you to contact you in response to consumer-initiated inquiries, to provide the services to you that you request, to alert you to changes in services or features, and to provide you with requested information regarding PARENTise or our services.  We may, from time to time, contact you about offers that we, or third parties with which we may partner, have that we believe, in our sole discretion, may interest you.

PARENTise reserves the right to release current or past user information: (a) in the event that we believe that the Site is being or has been used in violation of PARENTise’s Terms and Conditions or to commit unlawful acts; (b) upon receipt of a properly authorized and authenticated governmental request for information; (c) in response to a subpoena or a court order, (d) to comply with relevant laws; (e) in response to an investigation of fraud regarding a specific consumer; (f) in an effort to safeguard the person or property of a PARENTise employee or a third party; or (g) if PARENTise is sold or acquired.

Moreover, you hereby consent to disclosure of any record or communication to any third party when PARENTise, in its sole discretion, determines the disclosure to be appropriate including, without limitation, sharing your e-mail address with other third parties for suppression purposes in compliance with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, as amended from time to time.

If you no longer wish to receive emails from us which you have not specifically initiated, you may opt-out of receiving these communications by following the instructions contained in the applicable e-mail.  PARENTise processes all unsubscribe requests in a prompt fashion.

International Users:
By using the Site and providing PARENTise with data, you understand and agree that due to the international dimension of the Internet, PARENTise may use the data collected in the course of our relationship as set forth in this Privacy Policy or in other communications with you, including the transmission of information outside your resident jurisdiction. In addition, you acknowledge that your personally identifiable information and other data may be stored on servers located in the United States or in other international locations. By providing us with your information, you consent to the transfer and storage of such information.

SPAM:
PARENTise does not tolerate Unsolicited Commercial Emails (also known as “SPAM”) or other unsolicited emails to our users.  Your use of the services on the Site does not authorize you in any way to add other users of the Site to your physical or email mailing list without their express consent.  If it is brought to our attention that you are sending unsolicited emails to our users, we will immediately terminate your account and will cooperate with all legal authorities to aid in your prosecution for violations of state and federal SPAM laws.

Third Party Sites:
Users listing products for sale or third party advertisers on the Site may direct you to a third party website.  Those websites are not affiliated with PARENTise and their privacy policies may differ from PARENTise’s privacy policy.  PARENTise is in no way responsible for the privacy policies or treatment of information from third party websites and strongly encourages you to review the privacy policies of every website you visit to determine what information they collect and how such information is handled by that website.

Storage of Information:
Although PARENTISE does not release your personally identifiable information to the public and PARENTISE makes a reasonable good faith effort to store your personally identifiable information in a secure operating environment, we cannot guarantee 100% security of such information due to factors beyond our control.

Access or Questions:
If you have any questions about our privacy policy or wish to review, or revise the personally identifiable information that PARENTise has collected about you, you may send a written request to:

PARENTise, LLC
1 Long Lane
Berwyn, Pennsylvania 19312

PARENTise may take reasonable steps to confirm your identity prior to supplying any personally identifiable information to you in order to prevent identity theft. 

Acceptance of and Changes to this Privacy Policy:
By using the Site through any means, you hereby agree to this Privacy Policy in its entirety. PARENTise reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change, modify, add and/or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time.

All Privacy Policy changes will take effect immediately upon their posting on the Site. Please check this page periodically for any changes. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of any and all changes.

 

 

 

 

 

Effective Date: October 1, 2008

PARENTise Terms and Conditions

We at PARENTise, L.L.C. (“PARENTise”, “we” or “us”) welcome you to the PARENTise.com website (“Website”).  The Website provides a service (collectively referred to herein as “the Service”) which permits users to vote for and comment about a variety of children’s products and services.  In order to use the Services, you must agree to PARENTise’s terms and conditions (“Agreement”) before you may access and / or use the Website. 

Please read the Agreement carefully.  By accessing and using the Website, you represent and warrant that you are more than thirteen (13) years of age and that, if you are under eighteen (18) years of age, your legal guardian has agreed to be bound with you by this Agreement.  Otherwise, you represent and warrant that you are at least eighteen (18) years of age and that you have the right, authority and capacity to agree to this Agreement and to abide by all of its terms and conditions. 

Registration:  Registration with PARENTise is required in order to use the Services.  When you register, you agree to provide accurate, current and complete information about yourself (“Registration Information”).  You also represent that we may rely on your Registration Information as being accurate, current and complete.  All information collected is treated as described in our Privacy Policy, which can be found at: www.PARENTise.com/privacy.html.  PARENTise reserves the right to terminate your account for inaccurate, deceptive and / or incomplete Registration Information. 

Username and Password:  You will be asked during the registration process to choose a username and password.  We reserve the right to refuse to grant you any username, in our sole discretion, if the username that you choose is invalid.  Invalid usernames include, but are not limited to, usernames that are vulgar or offensive; usernames that attempt to impersonate another individual or company; or usernames which violate trademark law, which may cause confusion or which violate any other proprietary rights of any company or individual. 

You agree that you are solely responsible for any and all activities that are conducted using your account.  Please keep your username and password confidential.  You agree that you will not transfer, resell or allow any other third party to use your username and password to access the Website.  If you have reason to believe that your username and / or password have become compromised, you agree to immediately notify PARENTise of such event by emailing PARENTise at security@PARENTise.com.  For security reasons, PARENTise will not release username or password information for any reason, other than to the applicable user, except as may be specifically required by law or court order. 

Limited, Non Exclusive License:  You are granted a non exclusive, non transferable, limited license to access and use the Services and Website in accordance with the Agreement (“License”).  This License may be revoked at any time at the sole discretion of PARENTise.  The License permits you to access and use the Services and Website for your own personal use.  No part of the Website and / or Services may be reproduced in any form or incorporated into any information retrieval system, electronic or mechanical.  The License specifically prohibits you from copying, emulating, renting, leasing, decompiling, transferring, disassembling, cloning, attempting to discover the source code for or reverse engineering the Website, Services or any portion thereof. 

In addition, your license specifically prohibits you from using any software, device or routine to interfere with the normal or proper working order of the Website or Services.  You may not engage in any action which creates an unreasonably large load on PARENTise’s infrastructure.  Unauthorized access to the Website and / or Services breaches this Agreement and is a violation of applicable law.

Proprietary Rights:  All of the content, organization, graphics, design, compilation, magnetic translation, digital conversion, software, services, computer coding and other matters related to the Website and associated Services, are the sole property of PARENTise, except where specifically indicated.  As such, they are protected to the maximum extent permitted by copyright laws, trademark laws, other proprietary laws (including, but not limited to, intellectual property and trade secret laws) and international treaties. 

Any content displayed on the Website is protected by copyright law and international treaties as an original work, a compilation and a collective work.  Any reproduction, modification, creation of derivative works from or distribution of the Website or the collective work and / or copying or in any way reproducing the Website or any portion thereof to any fixed medium for reproduction or redistribution is prohibited without the express written consent of PARENTise.  Without limiting any of the specific rights or prohibitions herein, you agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell or exploit for any commercial purpose the Services or Website or any aspect or portion thereof.

We do not claim to own any of the content posted by users.  Any copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property rights that may exist in those works are the sole and exclusive rights of the author who created such work.  However, by posting such material in any of the public areas of the Website, you automatically represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, and have chosen to grant, a perpetual, irrevocable license to copy, display and distribute such content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate said content into other works. 

Similarly, we do not claim to own any of the intellectual property of any of the goods or services reviewed by our users.  They are the exclusive property of their respective owners, however, they are being used on this site in accordance with the nominative fair use exceptions to the copyright law (codified at 17 U.S.C. § 107) and trademark law (codified at 15 U.S.C. §1125) and relevant case law.

Online Content:  Advice, articles, opinions, statements, profiles or other information or content made available through the Services on the Website are wholly the responsibility and work of their respective author and not of PARENTise.  Reliance on the statements therein is done at the user’s own risk.  Each respective author is responsible for the content of his or her statements or other information posted on the Website.  PARENTise does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information available on the Website and / or through the Services and neither adopts, endorses nor is responsible for the accuracy, completeness or reliability of any opinion, advice or statement made on the Website.  By using the Services and Website you affirm that you understand this and that you hold PARENTise harmless from any and all loss or damage resulting from anyone’s reliance on information or other content posted on the Website. 

Merchant Rebuttal Process:  If you are a merchant, manufacturer or authorized representative (“Merchant”) of a product, service or business reviewed on the Website and you would like to make a comment, rebuttal or statement about your product or service, you are permitted to do so only provided that you register as such and that identify yourself as such clearly and conspicuously on your posting.  You are, under no circumstances, permitted to register as a regular user of the Service in order to comment favorably on your own product, service or business.  If it comes to our attention that you have violated the requirements set forth in this paragraph, your account will be terminated and your comment removed.  By registering as a Merchant, you specifically acknowledge and agree that you understand the requirements of this paragraph and that you shall abide by the rules set forth in this paragraph in addition to the remainder of this Agreement.

Online Conduct:  As a user of the Services on the Website, you agree that you are solely responsible for the content and / or information that you publish, transmit and / or post on the Website.  You agree to use the Services and Website in a manner that conforms to any and all applicable laws and regulations.

You agree not to:

PARENTise has no obligation to review any of the postings on the Website, but reserves the right to do so in its sole discretion.  However, PARENTise reserves the right, but has no obligation, to reject any memberships, photographs, images, postings or other content that does not comply with these prohibitions. Engaging in any of the aforementioned prohibited practices shall be deemed a breach of this Agreement and may result in the immediate termination of your membership without notice, in the sole discretion of PARENTise, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. PARENTise reserves the right to pursue any and all legal remedies against users who engage in such prohibited conduct.

If you are a California resident, you agree to specifically waive California Civil Code Section 1542, which states that, “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.”

Privacy:  Use of our Website and / or Services is governed by our Privacy Policy, which can be found at: www.PARENTise.com/privacy.html.  Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time and without notice.  PARENTise reserves the right to use your personally identifiable information in any manner consistent with our Privacy Policy.  Use of the Services and / or Website signifies that you agree to subject your personally identifiable information to our Privacy Policy. 

No SPAM Policy:  You acknowledge and agree that sending unsolicited email advertisements to our users, whether or not you are using PARENTise’s computer system to send such email, are expressly prohibited by this Agreement.  Such use may constitute a violation of federal and state law including, but not limited to, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 U.S.C. § 1030 et seq.) and the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003.  Such misuse of the Services and / or Website may subject the sender to civil and criminal penalties.

If we are informed that you are sending such email advertisements, we will terminate your account immediately and, if necessary, will take other steps to keep you from using the Services.

Third-party Websites: The Website and / or Services may provide hyperlinks, banner advertisements, pop-ups and / or other online methods to redirect you to other third party Internet websites and / or resources. Because PARENTise has no control over such websites and / or resources, you hereby acknowledge and agree that PARENTise is not responsible for the availability of such third party websites and / or resources. Furthermore, PARENTise does not endorse, and is not responsible or liable for, any content, advertising, services, products and / or other materials at or available through such third party websites or resources, or for any damages and / or losses incurred through such websites or other resources.

Copyright/Trademark Claims:  PARENTise respects the intellectual property rights of others, and we ask our users to do the same. PARENTise may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, disable and / or terminate the accounts of users who may be infringing the intellectual property rights of others.

If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright/trademark infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide PARENTise's intellectual property agent with the following information:

 

PARENTise's agent for notice of claims of intellectual property right infringement can be reached as follows:

By mail: Intellectual Property Claims c/o PARENTise, L.L.C., 1 Long Lane, Berwyn, Pennsylvania 19312

By email: ipclaims@PARENTise.com

Indemnification: You agree to indemnify, defend and hold PARENTise, its parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, and each of their respective officers, executives, employees, owners, and authorized agents (“Covered Parties”), harmless from any and all loss, liability, claims and / or demands (including reasonable attorneys' fees, costs and settlement amounts) made by any third party due to, or arising out of, your use of the Website, the Services and / or arising from your breach of this Agreement.

WARRANTIES/LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT ACCESS AND / OR USE OF THE WEBSITE AND / OR SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE WEBSITE AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF ANY KIND INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE WEBSITE AND / OR SERVICES MAY CONTAIN BUGS, ERRORS, PROBLEMS OR OTHER LIMITATIONS. PARENTISE AND THE COVERED PARTIES HAVE NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE AND / OR SERVICES.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, PARENTISE AND THE COVERED PARTIES ARE NOT LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF PROFITS, LITIGATION, OR THE LIKE), WHETHER BASED ON BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE NEGATION OF DAMAGES SET FORTH ABOVE IS A FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENT OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN PARENTISE AND YOU. THE WEBSITE AND SERVICES WOULD NOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT SUCH LIMITATIONS. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM PARENTISE THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND / OR SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION OR GUARANTEE NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT.

PARENTISE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE TO YOU AND / OR ANY THIRD PARTY, WITHOUT LIMITATION, FOR: 1) ANY ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMMUNICATIONS LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF, USER AND / OR MEMBER COMMUNICATIONS; 2) THE CONDUCT OF ANY USER AND / OR MEMBER, WHETHER ONLINE OR OFFLINE INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY THREATENING, DEFAMATORY, OBSCENE, OFFENSIVE OR OTHER CONDUCT OF ANY OTHER PARTY; 3) ANY POTENTIALLY OFFENSIVE, INCORRECT OR INACCURATE CONTENT POSTED ON THE WEBSITE OR PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES, WHETHER CAUSED BY PARENTISE, USERS OR BY ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT OR PROGRAMMING ASSOCIATED WITH, OR UTILIZED IN, THE SERVICES; 4) ANY COMPUTER VIRUS OR OTHER MALICIOUS, DESTRUCTIVE OR CORRUPTING CODE, AGENT, PROGRAM OR MACROS; OR 5) ANY INFRINGEMENT OF ANOTHER'S RIGHTS, INCLUDING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.

YOU AGREE THAT PARENTISE IS NOT THE PUBLISHER OF THE CONTENT FOUND ON THE WEBSITE AND SERVICES AND, AS SUCH, SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES ARISING THEREFROM INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY AND ALL CRIMINAL AND / OR CIVIL LIABILITY.

THE MAXIMUM LIABILITY OF PARENTISE AND THE COVERED PARTIES TO YOU OR TO ANY THIRD-PARTY, IN THE AGGREGATE, UNDER ANY AND ALL CIRCUMSTANCES WILL BE EQUAL TO ANY FEES THAT YOU HAVE PAID TO PARENTISE FOR THE SERVICES. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, PARENTISE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY SERVICES, GOODS AND / OR INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM THIRD PARTIES, EVEN IF OBTAINED AT OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND / OR SERVICES. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE WEBSITE AND / OR SERVICES OR WITH THIS AGREEMENT, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USE OF THE WEBSITE AND SERVICES.

Dispute Resolution/Governing Law:  This Agreement shall be treated as though it were executed and performed in the State of Pennsylvania and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Pennsylvania (without regard to conflict of law principles). Should a dispute arise concerning the terms and conditions of this Agreement or the breach of same by either party hereto, the parties agree to submit their dispute for resolution by arbitration before the American Arbitration Association in New York City, in accordance with the then current Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. Any award rendered shall be final and conclusive to the parties and a judgment thereon may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Nothing herein shall be construed to preclude any party from seeking injunctive relief in order to protect its rights pending an outcome in arbitration.

Severability:  Should any part of this Agreement be held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed consistent with applicable law and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. To the extent that anything in or associated with, the Website or Services is in conflict or inconsistent with this Agreement, this Agreement shall take precedence. PARENTise's failure to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver of such provision nor of the right to enforce such provision.

Force Majeure:  We are not responsible for any loss, damages, costs, claims or expenses which you may incur as a result of our delay in or failure to perform our obligations where such delay or failure is due to causes beyond our control. Causes beyond our control include, but are not limited to: fire, flood, earthquake, accident, civil disturbances, war, rationing or embargoes, strikes, labor problems, delays in transportation, inability to secure necessary materials, delay or failure of performance of any supplier or subcontractor, acts of God and acts of Government

Legal Warning: Any attempt by any individual, whether a user or otherwise, to damage, destroy, tamper with, vandalize and / or otherwise interfere with the operation of the Website and / or Services, is a violation of criminal and civil law and PARENTise will diligently pursue all remedies in this regard against any offending individual or entity to the fullest extent permissible by law and in equity.

Modifications:  This Agreement is subject to change at any time, with or without notice.  All changes are effective upon their posting on the Website.  You agree that it is your responsibility to bookmark this page and to check it frequently for updates to your Agreement with us.  If you object to any of the terms and conditions in the Agreement, if you become dissatisfied with the Services or any subsequent modifications to the Agreement, your sole recourse is to immediately discontinue the use of the Services. 

 

 

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