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PRIVACY POLICY

Please read this statement carefully before proceeding to access the FashNerd.com web site. Your use of the FashNerd.com web site indicates your agreement to abide by the Terms in effect.
 

Information Collection

FashNerd.com may collect information from our users at several different points on our Web site.

Comments

In order to enhance their use of this Web site, users can choose to leave comments on particular articles of interest. To leave a comment, users must submit information including a valid email address. FashNerd.com uses this information to screen out users who leave comments prohibited by our terms and conditions of use, and will not pass this information to any other organization.

Mailing List

FashNerd.com maintains a mailing list. In order to sign up to receive regular emails from this mailing list, users must submit information including a valid email address. This information will be used in aggregate form only in order to assess general user interest in various internal and third party products and services, and your personal and contact information will not be passed to any other organization. Users who choose to sign up for the mailing list will receive regular emails from FashNerd.com including new articles added to the site as well as emails from third party FashNerd.com site sponsors. If you do not wish to receive emails from third party advertisers, do not sign up for the mailing list.

Discussion Group and Cookies

In order to further enhance the FashNerd.com user experience, FashNerd.com may launch a discussion board service where users can discuss common topics of interest. Users will have the option of signing up for this service, and to do so must submit information including a valid email address. FashNerd.com uses this information to screen out users who leave comments prohibited by our terms and conditions of use and to pick out topics of interest to discussion board users. FashNerd.com will not pass this information to any other organization except in aggregate form.

The discussion board service may use cookies. A cookie is a piece of data stored on the users computer tied to information about the user. We may use both session ID cookies and persistent cookies. For the session ID cookie, once users close the browser, the cookie simply terminates. A persistent cookie is a small text file stored on the user’s hard drive for an extended period of time. Persistent cookies can be removed by following Internet browser help file directions.

By setting a cookie on FashNerd.com, users will not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on the FashNerd.com discussion board. We store a cookie on each users machine that contains a username and encrypted password. You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set. If you reject all cookies, you will not be able to use FashNerd.com products or services that require you to sign in and you may not be able to take full advantage of all offerings. However, not all FashNerd.com services require that you accept cookies.

Third Party Cookies

Some of our business partners may use cookies on our site (for example, advertisers). However, FashNerd.com has no access to or control over these cookies, once we have given permission for them to set cookies for advertising. This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by FashNerd.com only and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Third Party Advertising

The ads appearing on this Web site are delivered to users by Google, among other services. Information about users’ visit to this site, such as number of times they have viewed an ad (but not username, date of birth, or any other personal information), is used to serve ads to users on this site. For more information about Google and cookies, please click here.

Log Files

Like most standard Web site servers we use log files. This includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyse trends, administer the site, track users movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable information. We may use a tracking utility that uses log files to analyse user movement.

Legal Disclaimer

Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, FashNerd.com may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Web site.

Business Transitions

In the event FashNerd.com goes through a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of a portion of its assets, users personal information will, in most instances, be part of the assets transferred.

Links

The FashNerd.com web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, FashNerd.com, LLC, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by FashNerd.com.

Notification of Changes

Whenever FashNerd.com, LLC changes our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, and other places we deem appropriate so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.

 

TERMS & CONDITIONS

Effective Date: These Terms of Use were last updated on 13 January, 2020.
 

The FashNerd.com website(s) and service (the “Service”) is operated by FashNerd Inc. a Company incorporated in London, UK with an office in Amsterdam, Netherlands (“Company”). By using the Service you are agreeing to be bound by these Terms of Use.

Please read these Terms of Use carefully before registering or using the Service. If you do not accept these Terms of Use, then you may not use the Service. These Terms of Use are subject to change by Company at any time, effective when posted on the Service. Your continued use after such notice will constitute acceptance by you of such changes.

These Terms of Use also incorporate the terms contained in the following policies:

  • Privacy Policy http://FashNerd.com/privacy
  • Cookie Policy http://FashNerd.com/cookie-policy/

Use of the Service. You may use this Service solely for personal and non-commercial purposes only and subject to these Terms of Use, all applicable laws, rules and regulations and any agreements or terms with third parties to which you are subject. The Service is for entertainment purposes.

  1. You may use the Service without registration, but in order to take advantage of some aspects of the Service, you will need to register for an account. Your account is for your sole, personal use, you may not authorize others to use your account, and you may not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity. You are responsible for the security of your password.  You will be solely liable for any and all use of your account (irrespective of whether such use is authorised by you or not).

The personal information collected by the Company upon your registration for the Service is handled in accordance with Company’s Privacy Policy.

Your License to Company. The Service may provide you with an opportunity to share and upload, or submit to public forums, contests, sweepstakes, programs or other aspects of the Service, your photos, videos, text and other information (collectively any submission or derivative thereof is referred to as “User Content”). You hereby grant Company and its users a non-exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual and worldwide license to use, adapt, republish, copy, store, sell, distribute, communicate to the public, perform and distribute your User Content and screen name, including any intellectual property contained therein, in any medium now known or hereinafter developed, without payment or compensation to you and without seeking any further approval from you, as part of the Service or in support of the Service through advertising and marketing.

You represent and warrant that nothing contained within the User Content would require Company to seek permission of a third party in order to use the User Content as described in these Terms of Use. You also agree to waive any moral rights, or right to any residual payment associated with User Content if such User Content is published, sold, distributed, or otherwise commercially exploited. You also consent to the doing of (or omitting to do) any acts in respect of the User Content which may otherwise constitute an infringement of your moral rights.  Any User Content uploaded to the site will be deemed non-confidential.

Acceptable Use Policy. Company requires all of its users to be respectful of other people. If you notice any violation of these Terms of Use (including this Acceptable Use Policy) or other unacceptable behavior by any user, you should report such activity to Company at editor@FashNerd.com.

You are solely responsible for the User Content that you post on the Service or transmit to other users and agree that you will not hold Company responsible or liable for any content you access from other users of the Service.

The categories of prohibited User Content below are merely examples and are not intended to be exhaustive. Company will make the sole determination as to whether or not User Content is acceptable for the Service and any User Content that, in Company’s sole discretion, is found in breach of these Terms of Use (including this Acceptable Use Policy) or is otherwise unacceptable may be removed from the Service.

Without limitation, you will not post or transmit to other users any User Content that:

  • is defamatory, abusive, obscene, profane or offensive;
  • infringes or violates another party’s intellectual property rights (such as music, videos, photos or other materials for which you do not have written authority from the owner of such materials to post on the Service);
  • violates any party’s right of publicity or right of privacy;
  • is threatening, harassing or that promotes racism, bigotry, hatred, physical harm or discrimination of any kind against any group or individual;
  • promotes or encourages violence or contains sexually explicit material;
  • is inaccurate, false or misleading in any way;
  • is illegal or promotes any illegal activities;
  • contains personal information of any party such as phone numbers, addresses, car registration numbers etc;
  • 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; or
  • contains any advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or any other form of solicitation.

Company is under no obligation to screen or monitor User Content (unless so required by law), but it may review User Content from time to time, at its sole discretion, to review compliance with these Terms of Use. The Company may include, edit or remove any User Content at any time without notice.

You understand that when using the Service, you will be exposed to content from a variety of sources, and that Company is not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety, or intellectual property rights of or relating to such content. You further understand and acknowledge that you may be exposed to User Content that is inaccurate, offensive, indecent, or objectionable. If you do so object, you should not use the Service.

You may not use spiders, robots, data mining techniques or other automated devices or programs to catalogue, download or otherwise reproduce, store or distribute content available on the Service. Further, you may not use any such automated means to manipulate the Service or attempt to exceed the limited authorization and access granted to you under these Terms of Use. You may not resell use of, or access to, the Service to any third party.

  1. From time to time certain aspects of the Service may involve voting through a variety of mechanisms potentially including web-based and/or mobile voting. Company reserves the right to adjust the outcome of any voting associated with the Service if it believes, in its sole discretion, that any mechanism of fraud, abuse, or automated voting has influenced the result. Furthermore, Company will consider the outcome of voting in association with the Service, but may use other factors in addition to voting to determine various aspects of the Service associated with voting.

Termination of Access. In addition to any right or remedy that may be available to Company under these Terms of Use or applicable law, Company may suspend, limit or terminate your account, or all or a portion of your access to the Service, at any time with or without notice and with or without cause. In addition, Company may refer any information on illegal activities, including your personal information, to the proper authorities.

  1. The privacy of your personally identifiable information is very important to us. For more information on what information we collect and how we use such information, please read our privacy policy FashNerd.com/privacy/
  2. This Service may contain links to other web sites not maintained by Company. These links may include listings that can provide you with further information, or links that have been included in materials uploaded to the Service by a party other than Company. Company encourages you to be aware that when you leave the Service, whether via a link on the Service or otherwise, and enter a third party website, you do so subject to that website’s terms and conditions and privacy policy. Company strongly advises you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of these third party websites. Company is not responsible for the practices or the content of such other websites or services and excludes all liability for any loss or damage suffered by you as a result of your use of the links and/or third party websites to the maximum extent permissible by law. Despite any links that might exist on the Service, Company does not endorse and is not affiliated with such third parties.

Our Proprietary Rights. Company or its licensors are the owners or licensees of all software, graphics, designs and all copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property or proprietary rights contained on or used in connection with the Service. Except as set forth herein, you agree not to use, copy, distribute, modify or make derivative works of any materials without the prior written consent of the owner of such materials. All rights not granted under these Terms of Use are reserved by Company.

 

  1. Subject to the limitations in connection with the Non-Excludable Guarantees (as set forth below), the Service, including all content made available on or accessed through the Service, is provided “as is” and Company makes no representations or warranties of any kind whatsoever in connection with the Service or the content on the Service.

For users located in Australia: Nothing in these terms and conditions limits, excludes or modifies or purports to limit, exclude or modify any statutory consumer guarantees or any implied condition or warranty the exclusion of which from these terms and conditions would contravene any statute or cause any part of these terms and conditions to be void (“Non-Excludable Guarantees”). Subject to the Non-Excludable Guarantees, Company excludes any representations, warranties, undertakings or conditions implied by statute, general law or custom. Company does not warrant that the functions contained in the Service or any materials or content contained therein will be completely secure, readily available, uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that the service or the server that makes it available is free of viruses or other harmful components.

For all other users: Company excludes any express or implied representations, warranties, undertakings or conditions, including, without limitation, non-infringement, title, fitness for a particular purpose, or satisfactory quality to the fullest extent permissible by law. Company does not warrant that the functions contained in the Service or any materials or content contained therein will be completely secure, readily available, uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that the service or the server that makes it available is free of viruses or other harmful components.

Company’s maximum aggregate liability under or in connection with these Terms of Use, whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, shall in no circumstances exceed $100.00 U.S. Dollars (or its monetary equivalent for users outside of the United States).

Nothing in these Terms of Use shall exclude or in any way limit Company’s liability for fraud, death or personal injury caused by its negligence or any other liability to the extent the same may not be excluded or limited as a matter of law.

Subject to the above (including the Non-Excludable Guarantees for users located in Australia), in no event will Company be liable under or in connection with these Terms of Use for loss of actual or anticipated income or profits, loss of goodwill or reputation, loss of anticipated savings, loss of data or for any indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind howsoever arising and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, whether or not such loss or damage is foreseeable, foreseen or known.

  1. You agree to indemnify Company, its officers, directors, employees, business partners and agents, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to legal fees) arising from: (i) any breach by you of any of these Terms of Use, (ii) User Content, (iii) your use of materials or features available on the Service (except to the extent a claim is based upon infringement of a third party right by materials created by Company) or (iv) a violation by you of applicable law or any agreement or terms with a third party to which you are subject.

 Infringement Notice. Materials may be made available via the Service by third parties not within our control. Company is under no obligation to, and does not, scan content used in connection with the Service for the inclusion of illegal or impermissible content. However, Company respects the intellectual property rights of others. It is Company’s policy not to permit materials known by it to infringe another party’s intellectual property rights to remain on the Service.

If you believe any materials on the Service infringe third party intellectual property rights, you should provide Company with written notice that at a minimum contains:

  • A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
  • Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
  • Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material;
  • Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted;
  • A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
  • A statement that the information in the notification is accurate and that the complaining party is authorised to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

All take down notices should be sent to Editor@FashNerd.com

It is Company’s policy to terminate relationships regarding content with third parties who repeatedly infringe the intellectual property rights of others.

  1. If any part of these Terms of Use shall be held or declared to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be ineffective but shall not affect any other part of these Terms of Use.
  2. The failure by Company to partially or fully exercise any rights or the waiver of any breach of these Terms of Use by you, shall not prevent a subsequent exercise of such right by us or be deemed a waiver by us of any subsequent breach by you of the same or any other term of these Terms of Use.
  3. Company’s rights and remedies under these Terms of Use shall be cumulative, and the exercise of any such right or remedy shall not limit Company’s right to exercise any other right or remedy.

Contact Information. Should you have any questions please contact Editor@FashNerd.com.

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