Terms of Service
1. General Rules of Usage
QuoteBlend provides this Terms of Service as well as a Privacy Policy for this site and all such documents are incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein. You must also abide by any posted guidelines, rules, policies which are also hereby incorporated into this document by reference as if fully set forth herein.
The QuoteBlend.com site is owned and operated by Quinn Ventures, Inc. All references herein to "QuoteBlend.com", "QuoteBlend", "Us/We", include and mean the corporate identity of Quinn Ventures, Inc.
Any user of our site may be referred to as "user" or "you" within the body of this document.
Any use of any tool or service that this site provides is the user's express indication to us that he/she agrees to be bound by each and every term and condition of this document.
We may modify or alter these Terms and Conditions at anytime without any prior notice to you being given. In the event that you disagree with any modification to these Terms and Conditions your sole recourse is to refrain from using this site and the tools and services that we provide. You further use of any of our tools or services, or this site, subsequent to any modification or alteration of these Terms and Services is your express indication to us that you expressly agree to be bound by each and every term and condition of the modified Terms and Conditions document as posted on our site in its modified or altered form.
Only parties that can lawfully enter into and form legal contracts may use the Site and our services. If you use our services, you expressly represent to us that you are at least over the age of eighteen (18) and may lawfully enter into and form binding contracts, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations and warranties.
You understand and agree that QuoteBlend is not responsible for the content provided by third parties. QuoteBlend does not investigate any content provided by third parties and makes no warranty or guarantee character of any such content, phrases, images, text and trademarks or individual or collective portions of any such content. You agree to hold QuoteBlend and it's owners, officers, principles, associates, advertisers, employees, affiliates, and contractors harmless from any liability and to indemnify the same from any losses, damages, judgments, fees and costs of any nature regarding your reliance upon any content provided to this Site by any third party.
All content on this Site is provided "As is" and "Where is." You assume the sole responsibility of conducting reasonable due diligence regarding verifying accuracy the content provided on this website.
The content presented on this site that is owned exclusively by QuoteBlend is protected by various provincial, state and federal copyright laws and other legal restrictions. Other content, not owned by us, is protected by similar laws in various jurisdictions.
While QuoteBlend does not have an obligation to screen, edit or review third party content, QuoteBlend does have the right, but not the obligation, in it's sole discretion, to refuse, change, remove or move any content as it deems appropriate to do so.
QuoteBlend also reserves the right to engage in a community moderation system whereby users may flag inappropriate content for review and removal by QuoteBlend. All users agree that we may use this system as an informal way of allowing our community to become involved with the policing of our site's rules, guidelines and policies. In general, such removals will be conducted without commentary.
If you have a dispute with another user, you release us (and our officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures and employees) from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, arising out of or in any way connected with such dispute. You hereby waive California Civil Code §1542 (and any analogous law in any other applicable jurisdiction), 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." You further acknowledge that this waiver is an essential and material term of this agreement, and that without such waiver, we would not have entered into this Agreement.
You will not hold us liable to you or any other member for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages pursuant to this agreement, including but not limited to, loss of profits, loss of business opportunities or loss of goodwill or reputation, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
2. Contractual Rules
All parties who use this site must be at least 18 years of age and legally able to enter into a binding contractual relationship.
We offer a venue where users are able to:
(a) View, submit, save, share, and categorize quotations. (b) Have the option to be emailed their saved quotations on a regular basis. (c) Generate images that are shareable on social media. (d) Comment and participate in discussions.
We retain the right, but do not have an obligation, in our sole and absolute discretion, to prevent or restrict access to the Site or to our services, or take any other action in case of technical problems, objectionable material, inaccurate content, inappropriately categorized content, unlawful content, procedures or actions otherwise prohibited by our policies and rules, or for any other reason.
We do not endorse any user submitted content to the Site, or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed by users. We expressly disclaim any and all liability in connection with content submitted by users.
3. General Content Rules
A. Your content and or actions on our website:
Must not violate the law of any jurisdiction. Must not be misleading or violate consumer interest laws Must not be harmful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, intolerant, be tortuous, or be, in our sole discretion, objectionable or improper. You may not violate any written agreement that prohibits you from posting content to this Site. You may not use another's account without permission. You may not impersonate another user or participate in projects under a false name. You may not violate any intellectual property law by posting content to this Site, duplicating content, or offering to sell such content. You may not post or transmit any content that is harmful to computer software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment. You may not register under an invalid or unauthorized email.
B. You agree to hold QuoteBlend and it's parent company harmless and to indemnify QuoteBlend from any loss, damage, cost, fee and reasonable attorney's fees regarding any actual or threatened litigation arising from your violation or alleged violation of any such law, regulation or statute, including copyright and trademark litigation.
C. You may not post false, inaccurate, misleading, defamatory, or libelous content (including personal information.) You may not transfer your account and User ID to another party without our written consent. You may not distribute or post spam, chain letters, or pyramid schemes. You may not advertise a competing site or service in any form. You may not select a username that contains an email or website address. You may not distribute viruses or any other technologies that may harm us, or the interests or property of our users. You may not copy, modify, or distribute content from the Site and/or our copyrights and trademarks. You may not harvest or otherwise collect information about users, including email addresses, without their written consent.
D. By providing your Content to us, you grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, an irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide license to use, copy, perform, display, and distribute the content.
E. Our Site contains robot exclusion headers. Much of the information on the Site is updated on a real-time basis and is proprietary to us, our users or third parties. You agree that you will not use any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means to access the Site for any purpose without our express written permission. Additionally, you agree that you will not: (a) take any action that imposes or may impose (in our sole discretion) an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our technical infrastructure; (b) copy, reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, distribute, or publicly display any content (other than content you have submitted to us) from the Site without our prior express written permission and the appropriate third party, as applicable; (c) interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site or any activities conducted on the Site; or (d) bypass any measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the Site. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we grant the operators of public search engines permission to use spiders to copy materials from the Site for the sole purpose of and solely to the extent necessary for creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or archives of such materials.
F. We may report fraudulent conduct to law enforcement, and we will cooperate with law enforcement to ensure that violators of the law are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
You cannot and must not sell, reproduce, distribute, modify, display, publicly perform, prepare derivative works based on, repost or otherwise use any content found on our site in any way for any public or commercial purpose without our prior written consent or the consent of the rights holder for the intellectual property published on this site.. Unless you are otherwise lawfully entitled to do so, you cannot and must not use any content found on the Site on any other site, in a networked computer environment, or in any medium, for any purpose except your own internal viewing. You agree that you will not attempt to reverse engineer or attempt to interfere with the operation of any part of the Site unless expressly permitted by law.
The Site or any portion thereof may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose that is not expressly permitted by us, in writing.
4. Limitation of Liability
WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, AND IN PARTICULAR WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, OR DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF REVENUE, OR LOSS OF USE, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS WEB SITE, THE TOOLS AND SERVICES WE PROVIDE, OR THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN IT, WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES ARISE IN CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, TORT, UNDER STATUTE, IN EQUITY, AT LAW, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF WE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW FOR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, THEREFORE SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS IS INAPPLICABLE.
5. Indemnifications
You agree to indemnify and hold us, our parent company, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the tools and services we provide, any violation by you of this Agreement, or any infringement by your or anyone employed or contracted by you of any intellectual property or any other right of any person or entity, such as the rights of publicity and privacy.
You agree to defend, hold harmless and indemnify QuoteBlend, its officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any and all losses, costs, expenses, damages or other liabilities (including reasonable attorneys' fees) incurred by us from and against any cost, liability, loss, damage, cause of action, claim, suit, proceeding, demand or action brought by a third party against us:
(a) in connection with your use of the Services or the use of the Service using your account, or (b) resulting from: (i) your use of the Site; (ii) your decision to submit content; (iii) your breach of any provision of this Agreement; (iv) any negligent or intentional wrongdoing by any user; (v) your obligations to another user. This defense and indemnification will survive this Agreement and your use of the Site.
6. Modifications and Interruption to Service
We reserve the right to modify or discontinue the services, and our website, with or without notice to you. We shall not be liable to you or any third party should we exercise our right to modify or discontinue any or all of the services that we provide. You acknowledge and accept that we do not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted or secure access to our website and operation of our website may be interfered with or adversely affected by numerous factors or circumstances outside of our control.
7. Third-Party Sites
Our website may include links to other sites on the Internet that are owned and operated by online merchants and other third parties. You acknowledge that we are not responsible for the availability of, or the content located on or through, any third-party site. You should contact the site administrator or webmaster for those third-party sites if you have any concerns regarding such links or the content located on such sites. Your use of those third-party sites is subject to the terms of use and privacy policies of each site, and we are not responsible therein. We encourage you to review said privacy policies of third-parties' sites.
8. Disclaimer Regarding Accuracy of Information
All content has been provided or crowdsourced by Users from publicly available sources. We can make no representations or warranties as to the accuracy or reliability of any information provided on this website. We are not responsible for the services or content available on the site. You acknowledge that any reliance on the content provided shall be at your own risk.
9. Governing Jurisdiction of the Courts of British Columbia, Canada
Our website is managed by our officers in the Province of British Columbia. As such, we are subject to the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada, and such laws will govern this Terms of Use, without giving effect to any choice of law rules. We make no representation that our website or other services are appropriate, legal or available for use in other locations. Accordingly, if you choose to access our site you agree to do so subject to the internal laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada. All legal disputes between you and QuoteBlend shall be resolved exclusively by mandatory, binding arbitration between the parties. Should an arbitration service provider not be selected by mutual agreement within thirty days written request of either party, the Courts of British Columbia shall have the ability to appoint a suitable arbitration service provider. Each party shall prepay their related share of the costs and fees of arbitration and the decision of the arbitrator shall be final and enforceable by the Courts of Canada and the jurisdiction in which the parties reside and or are employed.
All causes of action against QuoteBlend or it's parent company must commence within thirty days after the cause arises, or the cause of action is barred.
10. Compliance with Laws
User assumes all knowledge of applicable law, including copyright and trademark law, and is responsible for compliance with any such laws. The user may not use our tools and services in any way that violates applicable provincial, state, federal, or international laws, regulations or other government requirements.
Each user further agrees not to transmit any material that encourages conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law or regulation.
11. Copyright and Trademark Information
All content included or available on this site, including site design, text, graphics, interfaces, and the selection and arrangements thereof is © 2019 QuoteBlend, with all rights reserved, or is the property of QuoteBlend, or other third parties vendors and is protected by intellectual property laws and rights. Any use of materials on the website, including reproduction for purposes other than those noted above, modification, distribution, or replication, any form of data extraction or data mining, or other commercial exploitation of any kind, without prior written permission of an authorized officer of QuoteBlend is strictly prohibited. Users agree that they will not use any robot, spider, or other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy our web pages or the content contained therein without prior written permission of an authorized officer of QuoteBlend.
QuoteBlend owned trademarks may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not provided by us, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits our business or QuoteBlend.
All other trademarks displayed on our website are the trademarks of their respective owners, and constitute neither an endorsement nor a recommendation by us of those particular Vendors.
12. Notification of Claimed Copyright Infringement
Pursuant to Section 512(c) of the United States Copyright Revision Act, as enacted through the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we designate the following individual as its agent for receipt of notifications of claimed copyright infringement for complaining individuals residing or working in the United States of America. (Residents of other nations, including Canada, may send copyright complaints to us for our review and consideration following this format. Our ultimate action if any will depend on the nature of the complaint sent to us.)
By E-mail quoteblend at gmail dot com
13. Other Terms
If any provision of this Terms of Use Agreement shall be unlawful, void or unenforceable for any reason, the other provisions (and any partially-enforceable provision) shall not be affected thereby and shall remain valid and enforceable to the maximum possible extent. You agree that this Terms of Use Agreement and any other agreements referenced herein may be assigned by us, in our sole discretion, to a third party in the event of a merger or acquisition. This Terms of Use Agreement shall apply in addition to, and shall not be superseded by, any other written agreement between us in relation to your participation as a site member or visitor. You agree that by accepting this Terms of Use Agreement your are consenting to the use and disclosure of their personally identifiable information and other practices described in our Privacy Policy Statement.
The Terms of Service and any registration for or subsequent use of this Site will not be construed as creating or implying any relationship of agency, franchise, partnership or joint venture between you and QuoteBlend, except and solely to the extent expressly stated. All users and designers/vendors are independent contractors.