Terms of service
These terms contain a mandatory arbitration of disputes provision that requires the use of arbitration on an individual basis to resolve disputes, rather than jury trials or class actions, and also limits the remedies available to you in the event of a dispute. See the Section "Dispute Resolution" for full details.
Acceptance of Terms (also referred to as "Agreement")
Free Fido (“Company” or “us” or “we”) provides products, information, communications, features and services through these websites, web pages, emails, audio/visual and textual resources and any other medium or device now known or hereafter developed (which, along with the websites, are referred to as the “Service”). These Terms of Service also exclusively govern our interactions unless and until separately agreed in a signed writing executed by an officer of Company.
By using or accessing any part of the Service, including without limitation submitting your email address on web pages, you are agreeing to these Terms of Service, our Privacy Policy and all other policies or notices posted by us on our websites.
If you don’t agree to these Terms of Service, don’t use the Service. We can change these Terms of Service at any time without any notice to you. It is your responsibility to review these Terms of Service from time to time for any changes as it creates binding legal agreement between you and Company. If you use the Service after we’ve changed any of the Terms of Service, you are agreeing to all of the changes. Again, if you do not agree, don’t use the Service.
Permission to Use the Service
You have our permission to use the Service, but only if:
you are over 13 years old;
you are using the Service for your own personal use and not for commercial purposes;
you do not copy the Service or any part of the Service;
you do not modify the Service or any part of the Service;
you follow all the rules and restrictions we’ve spelled out in these Terms of Service.
Accounts; Passwords; Security
You may need to set up an account in order to use some of the features of the Service. You may not use someone else’s account without permission. When you are setting up your account, you must give us accurate and complete information. This means that you cannot set up an account using someone else’s name or contact information, or a phony name or phony contact information. You have complete responsibility for your account and everything that happens on your account. This means you need to be careful with your password. If you find out that someone is using your account without your permission, you must let us know immediately. You may not transfer your account to someone else. We are not liable for any damages or losses caused by someone using your account without your permission. However, if we (or anyone else) suffer any damage due to the unauthorized use of your account, you may be liable.
Personal Use Only
We are making the Service available to you for your information and personal use only. You may not (and you agree not to) use, copy, distribute, transmit, broadcast, sell, or do anything else with the Service for any other purpose.
User Content
You are solely responsible for any User Content you post to the Service, and the consequences of posting or publishing it. By “User Content”, we mean any Content you post to the Service. “Content” means information, data, text, software, music, sound, photos, graphics, videos, messages, tags, interactive features, or any other materials. When we say “post”, we include posting, uploading, sharing, submitting or otherwise providing User Content in any manner in connection with the Service.
Restrictions on User Content and Your Conduct
You may not:
(i) use our Service for any illegal purpose;
(ii) submit User Content that you don’t have the right to submit, unless you have the owner’s permission; this includes material covered by someone else’s copyright, patent, trade secret, privacy, publicity, or any other proprietary right;
(iii) forge headers or manipulate other identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any User Content you submit;
(iv) submit any User Content that contains lies, falsehoods or misrepresentations that could damage us or anyone else;
(v) submit User Content that is illegal, obscene, defamatory, libelous, threatening, pornographic, harassing, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, violate any law, or is otherwise inappropriate;
(vi) transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any other form of solicitation;
(vii) impersonate anyone else or lie about your affiliation with another person or entity;
(viii) use meta tags or any other “hidden text” utilizing any of our or our suppliers’ product names or trademarks;
(ix) upload, launch, post, email or transmit any material (including any bot, worm, scripting exploit or computer virus) that is likely to harm or corrupt our Service, or harm or corrupt our or anyone else’s computer systems, or data;
(x) use our Service to harm minors in any way, including posting User Content that violates child pornography laws, child sexual exploitation laws, or any other laws protecting children;
(xi) collect or gather other people’s personal information (including account information) from our Service;
(xii) submit User Content which disparages us or our partners, vendor or affiliates; or
(xiii) solicit, for commercial purposes, any users of our Service.
We have the sole right, but not necessarily the obligation, to delete at any time any User Content that violates these rules or that we believe to be inappropriate for any reason.
Intellectual Property Rights in User Content
If you post User Content or send communications to us, you are making a guarantee to us that you either own all the Content you are posting, or you have the right to post the Content. Furthermore, you are guaranteeing that you have the right to allow us to make your User Content available for others to view and use as part of the Service without requiring that any such use be subject to additional obligations or terms. If you do not have these rights, do not post the Content. By posting your User Content, you do not lose any ownership rights you may have to it. However, you do grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully-paid, sublicenseable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform your User Content in connection with the Service and our business, in any media formats or in tangible form and through any media channels now known or hereinafter developed. You also grant each user of the Service a non-exclusive royalty-free, fully-paid, sublicenseable and transferable license to access your User Content through the Service, and to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display and perform your User Content as permitted through the functionality of the Service and under these Terms of Service.
User Content you Share becomes Public
You understand that once you post User Content, your content becomes public. We may also make communications between us public, unless such communications are subject to a written confidentiality agreement. We are not responsible for keeping any User Content confidential. So, if you don’t want the whole world to see it, don’t post it on the Service.
In addition, we may be required to disclose your User Content to third parties if we have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such User Content is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request, (b) enforce these Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations thereof, (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, or (d) protect against imminent harm to the rights, property or safety of Company, its users or the public as required or permitted by law.
We Are Not Responsible for User Content
We generally do not review any of the User Content posted by our users. We do not endorse any User Content or support any views, opinions, recommendations, or advice that may be in user submissions. User Content comes from a variety of sources, and we make no promises about the reliability of any source or the accuracy, usefulness, safety, or intellectual property rights of any user submission. You may be offended by User Content that you see on the Service. You may find some of it to be inaccurate, offensive, indecent, or objectionable. However, you agree not to hold us responsible in any way for your use of our Service, including your exposure to User Content.
Statistical Significance
Portions of the Service, were created using data gathered from various sources, which may include interviews, survey data, publicly available sources, and the like. While we have made efforts to draw accurate conclusions from this data, where we present conclusions or recommendations it is necessarily a generalization and may not be accurate in every case. WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF OUR SERVICE, DATA OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE SERVICE OR THE SUITABILITY OF THIS INFORMATION FOR USE IN ANY WAY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, TO MAKE PERSONAL DECISIONS. IT IS YOUR SOLE RESPONSIBILITY TO DETERMINE THE SUITABILITY OF THE INFORMATION FOR ALL USES.
Proprietary Rights
Company and its suppliers retain all right, title and interest (including all copyright, trade secret, patent and other rights) in and to the Service and Content which is included in the Service (other than User Content). If you give feedback on the Service, for example recommendations for improvements or features, implementation of that feedback is owned by us and may becomes part of the Service without compensation to you. We reserve all rights in and to the Service unless we expressly state otherwise. The Service contains proprietary and confidential information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws.
You may not decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or otherwise reduce the Service to a human-perceivable form, except and only to the extent that such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law, and in that case, only if you notify us in writing in advance. You may not copy, frameset, enclose or otherwise distribute any part of the Service.
All brand, product and service names used in the Service which identify Company or our suppliers and our or their proprietary products and services are the trademarks or service marks of Company or our suppliers. Nothing in this Service shall be deemed to confer on any person any license or right on the part of Company or such supplier with respect to any such image, logo or name.
You agree not to disable, interfere, or try to get around any of the features of the Service related to security, preventing or restricting use or copying of any Content, or enforcing the limits on the use of the Service or the Content on the Service.
Enforcement of Copyrights
We respect the intellectual property rights of others. You may not use our Service to infringe anyone else’s copyright or other intellectual property right. If we find out that you are infringing, we may remove your User Content. We do not have to give you notice that we are removing your User Content. We may also terminate your account if we decide that you are a repeat infringer. We consider a repeat infringer to be a user who has been notified of infringing activity more than twice or who has had User Content removed from our Service more than twice.
How to Communicate with Us; Proposals To Modify Terms
No communications with us shall be deemed an offer or acceptance of an offer by us unless set forth in a written document executed by an officer of the company. This includes, without limitation (a) any invitation to join our program(s), which do not constitute an offer or a guarantee of our consent to your participation; (b) any communication by you proposing payment in exchange for consideration which has not been executed by an officer of our company; and (c) any offer of settlement of any dispute.
You agree that any proposed modification to our relationship shall be delivered solely as follows:
(A) with respect to becoming a member of our programs, via electronic signature; and
(B) with respect to all other proposed modifications, both (i) in physical form sent to Free Fido, 11920 Southern Highlands Parkway, Suite 200, Las Vegas, NV 89141 via Federal Express, and (ii) in electronic form via email to fido@freefido.org . You agree that any proposed modification delivered by only one of those media (by way of example, delivered only by email) or to different addresses shall be deemed rejected without further action on our part.
Only notices about copyright infringement should go to our copyright enforcement department. If you have anything else to communicate with us (like feedback, comments, requests for technical support), send us a letter at Free Fido, 11920 Southern Highlands Parkway, Suite 200, Las Vegas, NV 89141. We do not commit to responding to all inquiries.
Storage and Availability
We are not a content-archiving service. We do not promise to store or make available on our Service any User Content that you submit, or any other Content, for any length of time. You are solely responsible for keeping back-ups of everything you post on our Service.
You acknowledge that temporary interruptions in the availability of the Service may occur from time to time as normal events. Also, we may decide to cease making available the Service or any portion of the Service at any time and for any reason. Under no circumstances will Company or its suppliers be held liable for any damages due to such interruptions or lack of availability.
Third Party Notices
The Service uses certain licensed third party content under various licenses. Certain music content copyright 9 Lies, and is licensed under the CC-SA license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/).
Links to Other Sites
Our Service may contain links to other websites that we don’t own or control. We are not responsible for any of these other websites. You will not hold us responsible for any aspect of these other websites, including their content, privacy policies, or anything else. You may be exposed to things on other websites that you don’t like or that you find offensive. We are not responsible for this, either. You must use your own discretion when you go to other websites. You should also read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of these other websites.
Warranty Disclaimer
USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON A “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS AND PARTNERS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS AND PARTNERS MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE SERVICE OR ANY PRODUCTS PURCHASED THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (ii) THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE; OR (iii) THAT THERE WILL BE NO ERRORS IN THE SERVICE OR THAT COMPANY WILL FIX ANY ERRORS. ANY MATERIALS OBTAINED THROUGH USE OF THE SERVICE ARE OBTAINED AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND COMPANY SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED TO YOUR COMPUTER OR DATA OR FOR ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES OR OTHER DESTRUCTIVE CODE RESULTING FROM USE OF THE SERVICE OR ANY CONTENT OBTAINED FROM THE SERVICE.
SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER LEGAL RIGHTS, WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.
Limitation of Liability
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER LAW, COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS AND PARTNERS HAVE NO OBLIGATION OR LIABILITY (WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE) FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LIABILITIES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY LOSS OF DATA, REVENUE OR PROFIT) ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE, INTERACTIONS WITH US, OR ANY CONTENT PROVIDED BY OR THROUGH THE SERVICE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN ADVANCE. THE FOREGOING LIMITATION APPLIES TO DAMAGES ARISING FROM (i) YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE OUR SERVICE; (ii) COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS OR SERVICES PURCHASED THROUGH OR FROM OUR SERVICE; (iii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR USER CONTENT; (iv) THIRD PARTY CONTENT MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THE SERVICE OR (v) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SERVICE. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER TYPES OF DAMAGES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, COMPANY'S LIABILITY AND THE LIABILITY OF EACH OF ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, INVESTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, ADVERTISERS, LICENSORS, SUPPLIERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND OTHER CONTRACTORS TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTIES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE IS LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF $100.
EXCEPT AS AGREED IN A WRITTEN DOCUMENT EXECUTED BY AN OFFICER OF THE COMPANY, NO ACT OR OMISSION BY US SHALL OPERATE TO CHANGE THIS LIMIT ON OUR LIABILITY.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify, defend (if we so request) and hold harmless Company and its affiliates, suppliers, partners, officers, agents, and employees from and against any claim, demand, losses, damages or expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees) arising from any User Content, your use of the Service, your connection to the Service, your violation of these Terms of Service or your violation of any rights of any third-party. Your indemnification obligation will survive the termination of these Terms of Service and your use of the Service.
Termination and Suspension
We may terminate or suspend your permission to use the Service immediately and without notice upon any violation of these Terms of Service, your failure to pay any fees when due, upon the request of law enforcement or government agencies, for extended periods of inactivity, for unexpected technical issues or problems or for engagement by you in fraudulent or illegal activities. If we terminate your use of the Service for any of these reasons or otherwise for cause, we will not refund any fees you may have paid, whether for access to the Service or for Products (if applicable).
Upon any termination we may delete your account, passwords and User Content and we may bar you from further use of the Service. You understand that we may also continue to make your User Content available on the Service even if your use of the Service is terminated or suspended. You agree that we will have no liability to you or any third party for termination of your account, User Content or access to the Service.
Export Control
You may not use, export or re-export any Content or any copy or adaptation of such Content, or any product or service offered on the Service, in violation of any applicable laws or regulations, including, without limitation, United States export laws and regulations.
Additional Terms
Portions of the Service may be accompanied by additional terms which apply to specific features or areas of the Service. Those additional terms supplement these terms with respect to your use of those features or areas.
Dispute Resolution
(a) Binding Arbitration.
(a)(1) If you and Company cannot resolve a Claim through negotiations, either party may elect to have the Claim finally and exclusively resolved by binding arbitration. Any election to arbitrate by one party shall be final and binding on the other(s).
(a)(2) You hereby acknowledge that without this provision, you would have the right to sue in court with a jury trial or to participate in a class action.
(a)(3) The language in this Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with its fair meaning and not strictly for or against either party.
(a)(4) The Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this agreement to arbitrate. The arbitration shall be commenced and conducted through JAMS (www.jamsadr.com) under the Streamlined Rules, as modified by this agreement to arbitrate. All remedies available to the parties under applicable federal, state or local laws shall remain available in arbitration. The parties shall each participate in the selection of a neutral arbitrator pursuant to the Streamlined Rules. Unless you and the Company agree otherwise in writing, the final arbitration hearing shall take place in person at the JAMS facility located in or nearest to your city of residence. If you initiate arbitration against Company, you will be required to pay an initial fee of $250 (unless you qualify for a waiver), and all other arbitration costs (including any remaining JAMS Case Management Fee and all professional fees for the arbitrator’s services) shall be paid as determined by the arbitrator. If Company initiates arbitration against you, Company shall pay all costs associated with the arbitration. If JAMS is unavailable to arbitrate a dispute or claim, you and Company agree to arbitrate using an alternative arbitral forum. Regardless of the outcome of the arbitration, you and Company will each pay your own attorneys’ fees and costs unless an award of attorneys’ fees is available under applicable statute. The arbitrator’s award will consist of a written statement stating the disposition of each Claim. The award will also provide a concise written statement of the essential findings and conclusions on which the award is based. The arbitrator must follow applicable law, and any award may be challenged if the arbitrator fails to do so. Either party may litigate to compel arbitration in a Court of Competent Jurisdiction, to stay proceedings pending arbitration, or to modify, confirm, vacate, or enter judgment on the award entered by the arbitrator. You acknowledge that without this provision, you would have the right to sue in court with a jury trial.
(b) Restrictions Against Joinder of Claims.
(b)(1) You and Company agree that any arbitration shall be limited to each Claim individually. You and Company hereby agree that each may only bring claims against the other in your or Company’s individual capacity and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class or representative proceeding.
(b)(2) If this specific provision is found to be unenforceable in a Court of Competent Jurisdiction, the Claim will still be finally and exclusively resolved by binding arbitration upon the election of either party, and any election to arbitrate by one party shall be final and binding on the other(s). In addition: (1) no arbitration shall be joined with any other arbitration, and (2) there is no right for any Claim to be arbitrated on a class-action basis or to employ class action procedures, and (3) there is no right of authority for any dispute to be brought in a purported representative capacity on behalf either of the general public or any other individuals.
(c) Remedies in Aid of Arbitration; Equitable Relief. This agreement to arbitrate will not preclude you or Company from seeking provisional remedies in aid of arbitration, including without limitation orders to stay a court action, compel arbitration, or confirm an arbitral award, from a Court of Competent Jurisdiction. Furthermore, this agreement to arbitrate will not preclude you or Company from applying to a Court of Competent Jurisdiction for a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or other interim or conservatory relief, as necessary. "Court of Competent Jurisdiction" means any federal or state court: (1) that has jurisdiction over the subject matter; and (2) that is located in the State of California.
(d) Venue for any Judicial Proceeding.
(d)(1) This Agreement, including without limitation this Agreement's interpretation, shall be treated as though this Agreement were executed and performed in the State of California, and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California without regard to its conflict of law principles. The language in this Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with its fair meaning and not strictly for or against either party.
(d)(2) The proper venue for any judicial action arising out of, relating to, or in connection with this Agreement will be the state and federal courts located in or nearest to San Francisco, California. The parties hereby stipulate to, and agree to waive any objection to, the personal jurisdiction and venue of such courts, and further expressly submit to extraterritorial service of process.
General Terms
No action or communication by us, other than in a written document executed by an officer of the company, shall constitute our acceptance of another jurisdiction or venue. These Terms of Service, together with our Privacy Policy and any other legal notices we have published on the Service, constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding this Service and your interactions with us. If a court having proper authority decides that any portion of these Terms of Service is invalid, only the part that is invalid will not apply. The rest of these Terms of Service will still be in effect. If we waive any of our rights under these Terms of Service in any particular instance, it does not mean that we are waiving our rights generally or in the future. Furthermore, just because we may not enforce all our rights all of the time, it does not mean that we are waiving our rights. We may decide to enforce them at a later date. These Terms of Service, and any rights and licenses granted under these Terms of Service, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by us without restriction. We won’t be liable to you for any delay or failure to perform any obligation we have under these Terms of Service if the delay or failure is due to events which are beyond our reasonable control, including but not limited to any strike, blockade, war, act of terrorism, riot, natural disaster, failure or diminishment of power or of telecommunications or data networks or services, or refusal of approval or a license by a government agency.
YOU AGREE THAT if you want to sue us, you must file your lawsuit within ONE year after the event that gave rise to your lawsuit. OTHERWISE, your lawsuit will be PERMANENTLY BARRED.