Introduction
THE USE OF ANY FOLLOWMEE SERVICE WILL SIGNIFY YOUR AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY
THESE TERMS OF SERVICE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, DO
NOT PROCEED. This document is an agreement between You and FollowMee.com
("FollowMee") that describes the terms of service ("TOS") for which You may use the
services offered on the websites and web pages owned and operated by FollowMee.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT BY BROWSING OR USING THE SOFTWARE OR SERVICES
OFFERED BY FOLLOWMEE, YOU HAVE AGREED TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF SERVICE AND ANY
ADDITIONAL TERMS THAT APPLY.
Please note that FollowMee reserves the right to revise these site TOS at any time
by posting an update to this page. Your continued use of the FollowMee Sites or
Services following the posting of changes to these TOS will mean You accept
those changes. You will be provided notice of any such modification by
electronic mail or by publishing the changes on the website
https://www.followmee.com.
Your continued use of the Service after notice of any change to the Terms of
Service will be deemed to be your agreement to the amended Terms of Service.
FollowMee reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to determine if You have
violated these site TOS, and to take any action it deems appropriate.
You acknowledge that FollowMee shall have the right to terminate Your access to the
FollowMee Sites or Services for violations of any of these rules, including repeat
infringement of copyrights.
Your Use and Conduct
Personal and Commercial Use
The FollowMee Site is made
available for your personal and commercial use. Except as provided by
specific terms governing a specific service, product, or information, You may
not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish,
license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any of the information,
software, products, or services obtained from the FollowMee Site.
No Unlawful or Prohibited Use
You agree that You will not use the FollowMee Site or the information, products, or
services available from them for, or to further, any unlawful purpose.
Additionally, You will NOT:
- Upload, post, email, transmit, or otherwise make available any content that:
- Is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, libelous,
invasive of another's privacy, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene,
or otherwise objectionable, contains viruses, defamatory, vulgar, obscene,
libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically, or
otherwise objectionable or harmful to another party;
- FollowMee reserves the right to terminate the services if FollowMee believes that you have used the services for any illegal or
unauthorized activities.
- You do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or
fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and
confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment
relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);
- Infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other intellectual
property right of another party;
- Is unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail,"
"spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," website links, or any other form of
content for the purpose of solicitation;
- Contains software viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs
designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer
software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
- Consists of forged or manipulated information that disguises the true origin of
any content You provide; or
- Impersonates another person or entity, including, but not limited to, a FollowMee
employee, forum leader, guide or host, or falsely states or otherwise
misrepresents Your affiliation with a person or entity.
- Collect or store personal data about other users in connection with any
prohibited conduct and activities;
- Use the FollowMee Sites in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or
impair any FollowMee server, or network(s) connections; disobey any requirements,
procedures, policies, or regulations of networks connected to the FollowMee sites;
or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the FollowMee site;
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any FollowMee Site content, other accounts,
computer systems, or networks connected to any FollowMee server through hacking,
password mining, scraping, or by any other means to obtain any materials or
information not intentionally made available on the FollowMee site;
- Intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national,
or international law; or
- Provide material support or resources (or conceal or disguise the nature,
location, source, or ownership of material support or resources) to any
organization(s) designated by the United States government as a foreign
terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act.
User Submissions
FollowMee enables users to submit content or other information that will be made
available to other users of the FollowMee site (e.g., a forum or blog site). You
understand and agree that FollowMee: (a) is NOT responsible for the content of user
submissions, (b) has no obligation to remove any user-submitted content, and (c)
has sole discretion to determine whether any user-submitted content violates the
FollowMee site TOS and to take action or inaction based on that determination.
If You submit content or information to a Site or Service that makes Your
content available to other users, You represent and agree that:
- Your content is not prohibited by these TOS;
- You are solely responsible for the form, content, and accuracy of any material
You submit to a FollowMee site;
- You are granting FollowMee a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive
license (including a waiver of any moral rights) under Your intellectual
property rights to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, publish, display,
and redistribute Your content (in whole or in part) worldwide, and to
incorporate Your content in other works in any form, media, or technology now
known or later developed, for the full term of any rights that may exist in such
content; and
- FollowMee is not obligated to exercise the rights You granted above.
Member Registration Obligations
In consideration of your use of the Services, you agree to: a) provide true,
accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the
Registration Process; and b) maintain and promptly update your Registration data
to keep it true, accurate, current, and complete. If you provide any information
that is untrue, inaccurate, outdated, or incomplete, or if FollowMee has
reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate,
outdated, or incomplete, FollowMee has the right to terminate your
Membership and refuse current or future use of any or all of the Services.
FollowMee Intellectual Property Rights
All content and services on the FollowMee site, including, but not limited to,
trademarks and logos, designs, text, graphics, sounds, images, software, and
other website materials (the "Materials") are the intellectual property of
FollowMee or other vendors. The Materials are protected by United States and
foreign intellectual property laws. Except as stated herein, none of the
Materials may be copied, reproduced, or distributed in any form without the
prior written permission of FollowMee.
FollowMee Trademarks and Brands
FollowMee, the FollowMee logo, and other marks related to FollowMee products and services
("FollowMee Marks") are the exclusive and valuable property of FollowMee. The FollowMee
Marks can only be reproduced or displayed with specific written permission from
FollowMee.
Third-Party Content and Links
FollowMee may display content provided by third parties, links to third-party web
pages, or both, including advertisements and solicitations to purchase their
products or services. As consideration for Your convenience in making this
third-party content available or accessible to You, You acknowledge that FollowMee
is not responsible for the third-party content. You also agree that FollowMee IS
NOT responsible or liable for any losses or damages You experience with any
third-party content You chose to rely upon or advertisements You respond to, and
that You must contact the third party directly for any remedies that may be
available to You.
FollowMee Sites Disclaimers
FollowMee products are designed to be used ONLY in a lawful manner. These products
are NOT to be used to violate federal and/or state laws. GPS tracking of
individuals without their knowledge may be prohibited in some areas under
certain conditions. FollowMee, its subsidiaries and partners will not
be held responsible for inappropriate use of these or any other products. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO RECOVER A STOLEN DEVICE YOURSELF OR ARRANGE FOR A THIRD PARTY TO
RECOVER A DEVICE OTHER THAN YOUR LOCAL POLICE SERVICE. YOU RISK ENDANGERING
YOURSELF OR OTHERS AROUND YOU AND/OR DAMAGING YOUR PROPERTY. The end user
assumes the entire risk as to the quality of the data. We will use reasonable
efforts to ensure this website is always secure, and all information on this
site is up-to-date and accurate. Despite these efforts, information on this
website may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. Information on this
site is provided "as-is" without warranty of any kind, either express or
implied. Information may be changed or updated without notice. FollowMee reserves
the right to make changes, deletions, corrections and/or improvements to this
website and to products described on this website, at any time without any
notice. FollowMee shall not be liable for any direct, incidental, consequential,
indirect or punitive damages arising out of access to, use of or inability to
use this website or any errors or omissions in the content of this website.
No Warranty
The FollowMee site and the information provided therein are for the convenience of
users of the FollowMee site and for customers and potential customers of FollowMee,
its products, or its services. The information provided on the FollowMee site and
the products and services described on the FollowMee site are subject to change
without notice. FOLLOWMEE DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THE ACCURACY, CONTENT,
COMPLETENESS, LEGALITY, RELIABILITY, OPERABILITY, OR AVAILABILITY OF ANY
INFORMATION OR MATERIAL DISPLAYED OR DOWNLOADED FROM THE FOLLOWMEE SITE. EXCEPT AS
PROVIDED BY THE TERMS OF AN APPLICABLE END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT OR OTHER
WRITTEN AGREEMENT SIGNED BY FOLLOWMEE SERVICES, AND SOFTWARE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS,"
WITH NO WARRANTY, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND
NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS. FOLLOWMEE DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED, EXPRESS,
OR STATUTORY WARRANTIES REGARDING THE SECURITY, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND
PERFORMANCE OF THE FOLLOWMEE SITES AND SOFTWARE DOWNLOADED THEREFROM, INCLUDING
INFORMATION OR ADVICE OBTAINED THROUGH THE FOLLOWMEE SITE, SERVICES, OR SOFTWARE.
FOLLOWMEE DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FOLLOWMEE SITE, SOFTWARE, OR SERVICES WILL OPERATE
ERROR-FREE OR THAT THE FOLLOWMEE SITES ARE FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES OR OTHER
HARMFUL MECHANISMS. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOU DOWNLOAD OR OTHERWISE
OBTAIN MATERIAL OR DATA THROUGH THE USE OF THE WEBSITE, SERVICES, OR SOFTWARE AT
YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
DAMAGES TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD
OF SUCH MATERIAL OR DATA. IF YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR THE MATERIAL RESULTS IN
THE NEED FOR SERVICING OR REPLACEMENT OF EQUIPMENT OR DATA, FOLLOWMEE, ITS
AFFILIATES, AND SUBSIDIARIES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE COSTS. Additionally,
FollowMee makes no claim that any of the content or software available from the
FollowMee Site can be lawfully viewed or downloaded outside of the United States.
Access to portions of the FollowMee Site may not be legal by certain persons or in
certain countries. If You access the Website from outside of the United States,
You do so at Your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of
Your jurisdiction. Some states or other jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion
of implied warranties, so the above exclusions may not apply to You. You may
also have other rights that vary from state to state and from jurisdiction to
jurisdiction.
Limitation of Liability
Except as provided by an applicable End-User License Agreement or other written
agreement executed by FollowMee, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS FOLLOWMEE, ITS
AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, DIRECTORS, SUPPLIERS OR
LICENSORS LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL, RELIANCE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL, OR SPECIAL DAMAGES WHETHER
OR NOT FORSEEN, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR BUSINESS
INTERRUPTION) ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR USE, MISUSE, OR RELIANCE ON THE INFORMATION
SERVICES OR SOFTWARE AVAILABLE ON THE FOLLOWMEE SITES. THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
SHALL APPLY TO PREVENT RECOVERY OF DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL,
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY CLAIM RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF, WHETHER SUCH CLAIM IS BASED ON WARRANTY,
CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY EVEN
IF FOLLOWMEE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES). The above
limitation applies to Your use, misuse, or reliance upon the FollowMee Site,
including, without limitation, damages You may incur because of third-party
services or other services or goods received, such as third-party services or
goods received by, advertised on, or linked to the FollowMee Site. Some states or
other jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for
incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitations and exclusions may
not apply to You.
General Provisions
Communications from FollowMee
The Service may include certain communications via email from FollowMee,
such as service announcements, administrative messages, newsletters, etc. You
understand that these communications shall be considered part of using the
Services. As part of our policy to provide you total privacy, we also provide
you the option of opting out from receiving mails from us. However, this may
prevent us from providing an effective service to you.
Governing Law
These TOS and all claims related to them, their execution, or the performance of
the parties under them, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Texas, without giving effect to its conflict of
laws provisions or Your actual state or country of residence, and shall not be
governed by the provisions of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the
International Sale of Goods, the Brussels or Lugano Conventions, or the Rome or
Rome 1 Conventions. If for any reason, a court of competent jurisdiction finds
any provision or portion of these TOS to be unenforceable, the remainder of the
TOS will continue in full force and effect.
Arbitration
Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms of Service
shall be settled by binding arbitration in accordance with the commercial
arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association. Any such controversy
or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, and shall not be
consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other
party. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and unappealable. The
arbitration shall be conducted in Texas and judgment on the arbitration award
may be entered into any court having jurisdiction thereof. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary, FollowMee may at any time seek injunctions or
other forms of equitable relief from any court of competent jurisdiction.
Force Majeure
Under no circumstances shall FollowMee, its affiliates, subsidiaries, or licensors
be held liable for any delay or failure in performance resulting directly or
indirectly from acts of nature, forces, or causes beyond its reasonable control,
including, without limitation, Internet failures, computer equipment failures,
telecommunication equipment failures, other equipment failures, loss of data,
electrical power failures, strikes, labor disputes, riots, insurrections, civil
disturbances, shortages of labor or materials, fires, floods, storms,
explosions, acts of God, war, governmental actions, orders of domestic or
foreign courts or tribunals, non-performance of third parties, or loss of or
fluctuations in heat, light, or air-conditioning.
Entire Agreement
Except as provided by an End-User License Agreement or other written agreement
signed by FollowMee, these TOS constitute the entire agreement between You and
FollowMee with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and replaces all
prior or contemporaneous understandings or agreements, written or oral,
regarding such subject matter.