Acceptance of Terms
For the purpose of these conditions we refer to vowned.com and its database collectively known as “the website” or “we”.
Vowned provides its service to you, subject to the following conditions which may be updated from time to time without notice. You are advised to check back regularly, as our terms and conditions of service may change.
By using the website either as a registered guest, owner or viewer, you demonstrate that you accept these terms of use. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use or log on to the website.
We process information about you in line with our Privacy Policy. By using the website, you agree to the way in which we process your personal information.
Access to our Website
We reserve the right to withdraw or amend the service we provide on our website without notice (see below). We will not be liable if for any reason our site is unavailable at any time or for any period. You agree that we shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the service.
Using the Website
You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our site. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access this website through your internet connection are aware of these terms, and that they comply with them.
This website may only be used for lawful purposes. You cannot use the website:
- for any unlawful purpose;
- To promote any illegal activity, violence and sexually explicit material;
- To promote any form of discrimination;
- to harm, threaten, defame abuse or harass another person;
- in a way that invades someone’s privacy or is (in our reasonable opinion) offensive or unacceptable;
- to create, check, confirm, update or amend someone else’s databases, records, directories, customer lists, mailing or prospecting lists;
- to provide any kind of customer lists or commercial information service;
- as a source of material or contact data for any kind of marketing activity;
- to tamper with, update or change any part of the website;
- in a way that affects how it is run;
- in a way that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large burden on the website’s technical systems as determined by us; or
- using any automated means to monitor or copy the website or its content, or to interfere with or attempt to interfere with how the website works.
If you provide any material to the website, you agree to grant us permission, free of charge, to use your material in any way we want (including altering and adapting it for operational or editorial reasons) in any media worldwide. In certain circumstances, we may share your material with other trusted organizations. You acknowledge that we do not have a duty to publish any material you have provided.
After posting or emailing your material to the website, you continue to own that material, and you continue to have the right to use your material in any way you choose.
Please choose carefully any information you post on the website, as it will be available for public viewing. By providing any material to the website, and for us to be able to use it, you confirm that:
- your material is your own original work or you are authorized to provide it to the website;
- your material is not defamatory (that is, it does not damage someone’s good reputation), does not take away or affect any other person’s privacy rights, copyright, contract rights or any other rights, and does not otherwise break any laws of the United States of America; and
- that you have the right to give us permission to use it for the purposes specified above.
We have the right to:
- reject or refuse to post any material you have provided;
- remove any material from the website, whether or not the material goes against any of these conditions; or
- restrict, suspend or stop your access to all or any part of the website at any time.
We will usually display your name with your material on the website, unless you ask us not to (as long as it is possible to do this). We may need to contact you for administrative purposes or to make checks on your material. For full details of when and how we may contact you, please see our Privacy Policy.
If you do not want to grant us the permission set out above on these terms, please do not provide any material to the website.
Listing on Vowned
All free listings added under the Early Adopter package shall remain active for the life of the website, unless the listing is deleted by the owner or violates these terms of use. We reserve the right to implement paid packages for listings with added features at a later date, however we will always make a free listing package available to the vegan community. The prices and the terms of payment for a paid package will be displayed on the website if and when implemented.
Vowned is a directory for vegan-owned businesses, vegan professionals and freelancers, and vegan products and services. Accordingly, only vegans can register as owners and create listings.
Data Retention
You have the right to delete your listing at any time. All data from the listing will remain in our database for 30 days, enabling your account to be reactivated will all the original data, at your request. After 30 days all the data will be permanently deleted from our database with no information remaining.
Emails & Telephone
You agree to be contacted only in relation to the service we have provided you via the email or telephone number provided at submission of your listing.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold Vowned, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other partners, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable legal fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of (i) listing(s) you submit to, and/or products and services you make available through, the website, (ii) your violation of these Terms of Use, and/or (iii) your violation of any rights of another.
Disclaimer of Warranties
You expressly understand and agree that:
- Your use of the service is at your sole risk. We expressly disclaim all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.
- we make no warranty that (i) the service will meet your requirements, (ii) the service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free. (iii) the results that may be obtained from the use of the service will be accurate or reliable, and (iv) the quality of any products, services, information, or other material purchased or obtained by you through the service will meet your expectations.
- no information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from the website or through the service shall create any warranty not expressly stated in these Terms of Use.
Limitation of Liability
You expressly understand and agree that we shall not be liable for any damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses resulting from (i) the use of or the inability to use the service; (ii) the cost of procurement of substitute goods and services resulting from any goods, data, information or services purchased or obtained or messages received or transactions entered into through or from the service; (iii) statements or conduct of any third party on the service; or (iv) any other matter relating to the service.
Your dealings with individuals, companies or any other entities found through the website and service are solely between you and such entities. You agree that we will not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of such dealings or as the result of the presence of a listing on this website.
Trademark Information & Intellectual Property Rights
The “Vowned” name and logo are our trademarks, and you agree not to display or use these trademarks in any manner without our prior written consent.
Copyrights
Vowned respects the intellectual property of others, and we expect our users to do the same. If you believe that your work has been infringed or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide us with the following information via our Contact Form:
- an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright;
- a description of the infringed copyrighted work;
- a description of where the infringing material is located on the site;
- your address, email address, and telephone number;
- a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
- a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.
The Whole Agreement
These conditions make up the whole agreement between you and us in how you use the website. If a court decides that a condition is not valid, the rest of the conditions will still apply.
The Law
The laws of the State of Nevada (USA) apply to your use of the website and these conditions. We control the website from within the United States of America, however you can get access to the website from other places around the world. Although these places may have different laws from the laws of the State of Nevada, by using the website you agree that the laws of the State of Nevada will apply to everything relating to your use of the website, and you agree to comply with these laws.
