Introduction
Please read these Terms of Service ("Terms") carefully
as they contain the legal terms and conditions that you agree to
when you use the digital photography services provided to you by
PictoBooks, including PictoBooksĄŻ online photography service, provided
through www.PictoBooks.com.
By using our Service you agree to be bound by Part A of these Terms
which contains provisions applicable to all users of our Service,
including casual visitors. If you choose to register as a member
of, or make a purchase through, our Service, you will be asked to
check a box to indicate that you have also read and agree to be
bound by the additional wording set out in Part B of these Terms.
Part A: Provisions applicable to all Users
of the Service (Whether Registered or Not)
1. Operator
This Service is operated by PictoBooks, a company incorporated under
the laws of the State of Maryland whose principal business address
is 11882 Coakley Cir., Rockville, MD 20852.
PictoBooks is also referred to in these Terms as "we"
and "us".
2. Purpose of the Service
PictoBooks offers digital photography services that provide the
ability to view, share, design and print digital albums.
3. Availability
PictoBooks uses reasonable endeavors to ensure that the Service
is available 24 hours a day 7 days a week. However, there will be
occasions when the Service will be interrupted for maintenance,
upgrades and emergency repairs or due to failure of telecommunications
links and equipment that are beyond the control of PictoBooks. Every
reasonable step will be taken by us to minimize such disruption
where it is within the reasonable control of PictoBooks to do so. You agree
that PictoBooks shall not be liable to you for any modification,
suspension or discontinuance of the Service. You are responsible
for creating backups of any content you post to the Service.
4. Privacy
We have a firm commitment to safeguarding your privacy. Please review
PictoBooksĄŻ Privacy Policy. The terms of our privacy policy are
incorporated into, and considered part of, these Terms.
5. Trademarks
All brand, product and service names used in this Service which
identify PictoBooks or its parent company PictoLab and their products
and services are proprietary marks of PictoBooks or PictoLab. Nothing
in this Service shall be deemed to confer on any person any license
or right on the part of PictoBooks or PictoLab with respect to any
such image, logo or name.
6. External Links
From time to time PictoBooks may provide links that will take you
to other third party websites. These links are provided for your
convenience. If you decide to access linked websites you do so at
your own risk. We do not endorse or take responsibility for the
content on other websites or the availability of other websites
and you agree that PictoBooks is not liable for any loss or damage
that you may suffer by using other websites.
7. Amendment of the Terms
We reserve the right to amend these Terms from time to time. If
you have registered as a member, we shall notify you of any material
changes to these Terms by email sent to the address you have provided
to PictoBooks for your account. If you continue to use the Service
once you have been notified of the changes to these Terms, you will
be deemed to have accepted those changes.
8. Applicable Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Maryland. Any disputes arising under or
in connection with these Terms shall be subject to the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of the state and federal courts of the State of Maryland.
9. Disclaimer of Warranty and Limitation
of Liability
THE SERVICE, PICTOBOOKSĄŻ SITES AND ALL RELATED PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
ARE PROVIDED BY US "AS IS" WITH NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER.
ALL EXPRESS, IMPLIED, AND STATUTORY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, PICTOBOOKS DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES
FOR THE SECURITY, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND PERFORMANCE OF THIS
SERVICE.
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE SUBMISSION OF ANY DIGITAL CONTENT
OR FILM IMAGE TO PICTOBOOKS, AND THE DOWNLOAD OR UPLOAD OF ANY MATERIAL
THROUGH THE SERVICE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND
THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE TO YOUR
CONTENT OR IMAGE OR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF
DATA THAT MAY RESULT IN THE DOWNLOAD OR UPLOAD OF ANY MATERIAL.
YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING BACK-UPS OF YOUR DIGITAL
CONTENT. IN THE EVENT OF ANY MISTAKE BY PICTOBOOKS, SUCH AS THE
SHIPMENT OF A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT, WE WILL BE LIABLE ONLY TO THE EXTENT
OF OUR RETURN POLICY.
EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES
RESULTING FROM THE USE OR PROVISION OF THE SERVICE, PICTOBOOKSĄŻ
SITE AND ALL RELATED PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, EVEN IF PICTOBOOKS HAS
BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMERS,
WAIVERS AND LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE
OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY.
10. Conduct
You agree not to use the Service:
a. for any unlawful purposes;
b. to upload, post, order for print, email or otherwise
transmit or communicate any material that is obscene, offensive,
pornographic, unlawful, threatening, menacing, abusive, harmful,
an invasion of privacy or publicity rights, defamatory, libelous,
vulgar, illegal or otherwise objectionable;
c. to upload, post, order for print, email or otherwise
transmit or communicate any material that you do not have a right
to transmit or communicate under any contractual or fiduciary relationship
or which infringes any copyright, trade mark, patent or other intellectual
property right or any moral right of any party including, but not
limited to PictoBooks and PictoLab;
d. to harm minors in any way, including, but not
limited to, content that violates child pornography laws, child
sexual exploitation laws and laws prohibiting the depiction of minors
engaged in sexual conduct;
e. to forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers
in order to disguise the origin of any content transmitted through
the Service;
f. to upload, post, email or otherwise transmit
any material which is likely to cause harm to PictoBooks or anyone
else's computer systems, including but not limited to that which
contains any virus, code, worm, data or other files or programs
designed to damage or allow unauthorized access to the Service which
may cause any defect, error, malfunction or corruption to the Service;
g. to make images hosted by PictoBooks available
for viewing by the general public through a publicly posted link
to the image or otherwise (other than through the public gallery
you create);
h. for any commercial purpose other than to permit
a recipient with whom you have shared your images, or anyone who
accesses the images you have added to the public gallery you create,
to
order photographic prints of those images;
i. to transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized
advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters,
pyramid schemes, or any other form of solicitation;
j. to impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise
to misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; or
k. to collect, intercept or harvest screen names,
to collect, intercept or store personal data about other users of
the Service or to solicit or attempt to discover a user's password,
screen name or other registration information without the user's
express knowledge and consent.
You further agree that you shall not:
l. interfere with or disrupt (or attempt to interfere
with or disrupt) this Service or servers or networks connected to
this Service, or to disobey any requirements, procedures, policies
or regulations of networks connected to this Service; or
m. provide any information to PictoBooks that is
false or misleading, that attempts to hide your identity or that
you do not have the right to disclose; or
n. resell the Service or any portion of the Service.
11. General
These Terms constitute the entire agreement between PictoBooks and
you with respect to your use of the Service. PictoBooksĄŻ failure
to enforce any right or provision in these Terms shall not constitute
a waiver of such right or provision. If a court should find that
one or more rights or provisions contained in these Terms is invalid,
you agree that the remainder of the Terms shall be enforceable.
12. Comments
If you have any comments or questions about the Service please contact
us by email or phone. Contact us at Customer Service or by telephone
at (888) 697-4286. Please note that telephone calls made by you
to PictoBooks may be randomly recorded and monitored for training
and quality assurance.
Part B: Additional Provisions Applicable to Registered
Members and Customers
In addition to the provisions of Part A of these Terms, the following
provisions shall apply to registered members and customers of the
Service.
13. Registration
To purchase from or register as a member of the Service you must
be 18 years or over.
You agree that the information that you provide to us on registration
and at all other times will be true, accurate, current and complete.
You also agree that you will ensure that this information is kept
accurate and up to date at all times. This is especially important
with respect to your email address, since that is the primary way
in which we will communicate with you about your account and your
orders.
14. Password
When you register as a member you will be provided a password. As
you will be responsible for all activities that occur under your
password, you should keep your password confidential. You must notify
PictoBooks immediately of any unauthorized use of your password
or if you believe that your password is no longer confidential.
We reserve the right to require you to alter your password if we
believe that your password is no longer secure.
15. Formation of a Binding Contract
No contract will exist between you and PictoBooks for the supply
of any services or products unless and until PictoBooks accepts
your order by a confirmatory e-mail, SMS/MMS message or other appropriate
means of communication.
16. Pricing and Delivery
All prices are stated in U.S. dollars and are valid until altered
by us. Prices do not include delivery charges or any import duties
that may be added by the order destination country. Postage will
be added to your order during the checkout process. In the event
that you order products and the price published on the Service was
incorrect, PictoBooks will contact you to let you know the correct
price and ask you whether you still wish PictoBooks to fulfill your
order at the correct price. Any dates specified for delivery of
any products are intended to be an estimate only.
17. Image Rights, Sharing and "Favorites"
PictoBooks does not claim ownership rights in any image contained
in your account. In order to enable us to display your images through
the Service (for example, in slideshows and on sample merchandise)
and fulfill any orders for you or others who have access to your
images, you grant to PictoBooks a non-exclusive, royalty-free license
to use, copy, distribute, and display those images.
18. Responsibility for Your Images
You are responsible for all of the images you upload, share or copy
using the Service. You must have the legal right to copy and display
each image that you upload, share or print. Professional images
that are provided to you by professional photographers or made available
through websites, magazines, books or other resources, are protected
by copyright and should not be uploaded, shared or copied using
the Service.
19. Monitoring of Content
PictoBooks does not control the content of members' accounts and
does not have any obligation to monitor such content for any purpose.
You acknowledge that you are solely responsible for all content
and material you provide to the Service.
20. Suspension and Termination of Access
and Membership
You agree that PictoBooks may at any time without notice:
a. refuse to accept your application to become
a member;
b. move, change, or suspend any part of the Service; or
c. refuse to fulfill any order, or any part of any order or terminate
your account and delete any content stored in your account if, in
PictoBooksĄŻ sole discretion, you fail to comply with any of these
Terms or if a competent regulatory authority requires us to do so.
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