Terms of Use | Virtual Women's Expo

1. These Terms of Use (the “Agreement”) governs your use of the website operated by Virtual Women’s Expo (“VWE”), and the related services (collectively, the “Service”). VWE’s Privacy Policy, and additional terms of use of use applicable to specific areas of the Service may also be posted in such areas and, together with this agreement, govern your use of those areas. This agreement, together with any such additional terms of use, are referred to as this “Agreement.” Your Registration or use of this Site indicates your acceptance of these terms.

1.2 VWE reserves the right, in its discretion, to change or modify all or any part of this Agreement at any time, effective immediately. Your continued use of the Service constitutes your binding acceptance of these terms of use, including any changes or modifications made by VWE as permitted above. Please be sure to review this Agreement periodically to ensure familiarity with the most current version. If at any time the terms of use of this Agreement are no longer acceptable to you, you should immediately cease all use of the Service.

1.3 The Service is directed to adults. You must be 18 years of age or older to use the Service. By registering for the Service, you represent and warrant that you are 18 years of age or older. Additionally, you must provide true, accurate and complete registration information to become a Registrant of the Service (“Registrant”).

By using the Service, you represent and warrant that all registration information you submit is truthful and accurate and you agree to the accuracy of such information. The profile that you compose upon registering for the Service (the “Registrant Profile”) must describe you, an individual person. Examples of inappropriate profiles include, but are not limited to, profiles that purport to represent an animal, place, inanimate object, fictional character, or real individual who is not you. If you wish to view or change your profile, you can do so via the “My Profile” option on the site.

You agree to pay the Registration Fees and any other charges incurred in connection with your username and password at the rates in effect when the charges were incurred. If you’ve elected to pay by credit card, we will bill all charges to your credit card upon receipt of Registration form.

If you believe someone has accessed the Site or Content using your username and password without your authorization, please contact us at hello@virtual-womens-expo.com.

2. Charges, Payment And Returns

a. Charges: You agree to pay all amounts due arising out of your use of the Website and Services.

b. Currency: All transactions are in U.S. dollars (“USD”) unless otherwise specified at point of purchase.

c. Third Party Payment Processing: VWE uses a third party electronic payment processing provider for payment services (e.g. card acceptance, VWE settlement, and related services) ("Payment Services") for payments related to the Service. By making use of some or all of these Payment Services on the Service, you agree to be bound by the third party’s terms of use as well as their privacy policy. Further, you hereby consent and authorize us to delegate the authorizations and share the information you provide to us with our third party electronic payment processing provider(s) to the extent required to provide the Payment Services to you.

d. Refund Policy: Registration fees are non-refundable.

3. Content and Use of Content

a. We or our Third Party providers own all right, title, and interest in and to: (i) our Site and the “look and feel” of our Site, including all software, ideas, processes, data, text, media, and other content available on our Site (individually, and collectively, “Content”); and (ii) our trademarks, logos, and brand elements (“Marks”). Our Site, Content, and Marks are each protected under U.S. and international laws. You may not duplicate, copy, or reuse any portion of the HTML/CSS, JavaScript, visual design elements, or concepts without our prior express written consent.

b. All Content that is created, produced and provided by our Third Party providers is the property of the Third Party. We do not warrant or guarantee any comments or information provided in any Third Party Content. All information provided or arising out of Content is owned by the specific Third Party.

3.1 The Service provides general information only and does not constitute legal or medical advice. You acknowledge that the Service contains information, software, photographs, audio and video clips, graphics, links and other material made available by VWE (collectively, the “Content”) that are protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights of VWE or third parties. All Content on the Service is copyrighted as a collective work of VWE pursuant to applicable copyright law. You agree to comply with any copyright notices, information, or restrictions contained in any Content available on or accessed through the Service. Users of the Service may use the Content only for their personal, noncommercial use.

It is your responsibility to check the accuracy or relevant facts and opinions given on the Site before entering into any commitment based upon them. Your participation or use of any Content is at your discretion.

3.2 Except as expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement, you may not modify, publish, transmit, reproduce, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, display, sell, transfer or in any way exploit any of the Content or Material, in whole or in part. Content consisting of downloadable software may not be reverse engineered unless specifically authorized by the owner of the software’s patent and/or copyright. You also agree not to circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with any security related features of the Service or the Content, including features that prevent or restrict use or copying or that enforce limitations on use.

3.3 Prizes may be offered on the Service, and are subject to change without notice. Each prize is provided by the Third Party provider shown and is subject to the terms of use of the Third Party providing the prize as noted on or with the prize when received by the winner. VWE is not responsible for the fulfillment of or winner's satisfaction with any prize. For additional information regarding Prizes, please refer to the Official Giveaway Rules.

3.4 Visitor Waiver: You are encouraged to post images and/or comments of your use and participation of VWE on your social media. You do hereby grant to VWE a non-exclusive right to use any online/digital/social media content that you create about use of VWE content, product or service, without payment or other consideration. You also waive any right to inspect or approve the finished product wherein your content appears.

3.5 All Content, links, pages, offers and information provided through the Site, Services and Content is subject to change or termination without notice at the sole and exclusive discretion of VWE.

4. Rules of Conduct

If you have purchased a registration, the login credentials are personal to the individual named on the account and cannot be shared with or used by any other individual, or entity. The sharing of passwords, login information, or user identification is forbidden. We reserve the right to monitor Customer’s use of the Service to ensure compliance with this Agreement and prevent fraudulent use. Such monitoring of use may include but will not be limited to determining whether or not the Service is accessed under the account from multiple sources or IP Addresses.

The following is an incomplete list of illegal and prohibited uses of the Service. VWE may investigate any illegal and/or unauthorized use of the Service and appropriate legal action may be taken, including without limitation, termination of your right to access the Service, and civil, criminal, and injunctive redress. While utilizing the Service, you may not: use the Service for any commercial purpose, to distribute any advertising or solicitation of funds or goods and services, or to solicit users to join competitive online services; transmit any viruses, worms, defects, Trojan horses or other items of a contaminating or destructive nature through the Service.

5. No Endorsement

5.1 VWE does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any Content posted on any area and you acknowledge that any reliance upon such Content shall be at your sole risk.

5.2 The Service may contain links to sites on the Internet which are owned and operated by third parties (the “External Site/s”). You acknowledge that VWE is not responsible for the availability of, or the content located on or through, any External Site. You should contact the Site administrator or webmaster for those External Sites if you have any concerns regarding such links or the content located on such External Sites.

5.3 Any and all Third Party Links or External Sites are the property of each Third Party. VWE does not now nor ever endorse, warrant, or guarantee the information or services offered by each Third Party.

6. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold VWE and its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, owners, agents, information providers and licensors (collectively, the “VWE Parties”) harmless from and against any and all claims, liability, losses, damages, costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by any VWE Party in connection with any Material or with use or alleged use of any Content or the Service, including any use under your password by any person, whether or not authorized by you. VWE reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, and in such case, you agree to cooperate with VWE’s defense of such claim.

7. Termination of Service

VWE reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to restrict, suspend or terminate your access to all or any part of the Service, at any time for any reason without prior notice or liability. Conversely, you may terminate your Registration to the Service at any time, for any reason, by emailing VWE at hello@virtual-womens-expo.com. Once your Registration terminates, you will have no right to use the Service. The terms of this Agreement shall survive any termination of your Registration. VWE may change, suspend or discontinue all or any aspect of the Service at any time, including the availability of any feature, database, or Content, without prior notice or liability.

8. Copyright Policy

You may not post, distribute, perform, display, transmit or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights. Without limiting the foregoing, if you believe that your work has been copied and posted on the Service in a way that constitutes copyright or trademark infringement, please email VWE at hello@virtual-womens-expo.com with the following information: (a) an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or trademark interest; (b) a description of the copyrighted work(s) or trademark(s) that you claim has been infringed; (c) a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the website; (d) your address, telephone number, and email address; (e) a written statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright or trademark owner, its agent, or the law; and (f) a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or trademark owner or authorized to act on the copyright or trademark owner’s behalf.

9. Disclaimer of Warranties; Limitation of Liability

9.1 NEITHER VWE NOR ANY PROVIDER OF THIRD PARTY CONTENT OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS WARRANTS THAT THE CONTENT OR THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DOES VWE, ANY THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDER, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE SERVICE OR THE CONTENT. THE SERVICE AND THE CONTENT ARE DISTRIBUTED ON AN “AS IS, AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. NONE OF VWE, THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS MAKES ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICE, ANY CONTENT OR ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES SOLD THROUGH THE SERVICE. NEITHER VWE NOR ANY THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDER WARRANTS THAT ANY FILES AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADING THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR SIMILAR CONTAMINATION OR DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES.

Please note that a small number of people may experience epileptic seizures when exposed to certain light patterns on a computer screen like those displayed when using the Service. Consult your physician prior to using the Service if you have had any epileptic symptoms (such as eye or muscle twitches, dizziness, altered vision, disorientation, loss of awareness, involuntary movements or convulsions) and discontinue use of the Service immediately if you experience any such symptoms.

9.2 NEITHER VWE, ANY THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDER NOR THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE, EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. YOUR SOLE REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE SITE, SITE RELATED SERVICES, AND/OR HYPERLINKED WEBSITES IS TO STOP USING THE SITE AND/OR THOSE SERVICES.

9.3 Some states do not allow exclusion of implied warranties or limitation of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you. In such states, the liability of VWE, third party content providers and their respective agents shall be limited to the greatest extent permitted by law.

10. Disputes

a. Arbitration: You and VWE agree to resolve any disputes between you and VWE through binding and final arbitration instead of through court proceedings. You and VWE each hereby waive any right to a jury trial of any controversy, claim, counterclaim, or other dispute arising between you and VWE relating to these Terms or our Site (each a “Claim,” and collectively, “Claims”). Any Claim will be submitted for binding arbitration in accordance with the Rules of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA Rules”). The arbitration will be heard and determined by a single arbitrator. The arbitrator’s decision will be in writing, will include the arbitrator’s reasons for the decision, will be final and binding upon the parties, and may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction. The parties agree that the arbitration will be kept confidential and that the existence of the proceeding and any element of it (including any pleadings, briefs, or other documents submitted or exchanged, any testimony or other oral submissions, and awards) will not be disclosed beyond the arbitration proceedings, except as may lawfully be required in judicial proceedings relating to the arbitration or by applicable disclosure rules and regulations of securities regulatory authorities or other governmental agencies.

b. Costs and Fees: If you demonstrate that the costs of arbitration will be prohibitive as compared to the costs of litigation, VWE will pay as much of the administrative costs and arbitrator’s fees required for the arbitration as the arbitrator deems necessary to prevent the cost of the arbitration from being prohibitive. In the final award, the arbitrator may apportion the costs of arbitration and the compensation of the arbitrator among the parties in such amounts as the arbitrator deems appropriate.

c. No Preclusions: This arbitration agreement does not preclude you or VWE from seeking action by federal, state, or local government agencies. You and VWE each also have the right to bring any qualifying Claim in small claims court. In addition, you and VWE each retain the right to apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for provisional relief, including pre-arbitral attachments or preliminary injunctions, and any such request will not be deemed to be either incompatible with these Terms or a waiver of the right to have disputes submitted to arbitration as provided in these Terms.

d. No Class Representative or Private Attorney General: You and VWE each agree that with respect to any Claim, neither may: (i) act as a class representative or private attorney general, or (ii) participate as a member of a class of claimants. You agree that no Claim may be arbitrated on a class or representative basis. The arbitrator can decide only individual Claims (whether brought by you or VWE). The arbitrator may not consolidate or join the claims of other persons or parties who may be similarly situated.

e. Severability/No Waiver/Survival: If any provision of this Section 10 is found to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be deemed appropriately modified to give effect to the intent of the provision or, if modification is not possible, will be severed and the remainder of this Section 10 will continue in full force and effect. No waiver of any provision of this Section 10 will be effective or enforceable unless recorded in a writing signed by the party waiving such a right or requirement. Such a waiver will not waive or affect any other provision of these Terms. This Section 10 will survive the termination of your relationship with VWE.

f. 30-Day Opt-Out Right: You have the right to opt out of the provisions of this Arbitration Agreement by sending, within 30 days after first becoming subject to this Arbitration Agreement, written notice of your decision to opt out to hello@virtual-womens-expo.com and an unequivocal statement that you want to opt out of this Arbitration Agreement. You agree that if you opt out of this Arbitration Agreement, all other parts of these Terms will continue to apply to you. Opting out of this Arbitration Agreement has no effect on any other arbitration agreements that you may currently have, or may enter in the future, with us.

g. LIMITATIONS: This Section 10 limits certain rights, including the right to maintain certain court actions, the right to a jury trial, the right to participate in any form of class or representative claim, the right to engage in discovery except as provided in AAA rules, and the right to certain remedies and forms of relief. In addition, other rights that you or VWE would have in court may not be available in arbitration.

11. Special Admonitions for International Use

As a consequence of the global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply with all local rules regarding user conduct on the Internet and acceptable content. Specifically, you agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside.

12. Viruses

While efforts have been taken to ensure that the pages on the Site are free from viruses, VWE gives no warranties that they are indeed free from viruses and users are responsible for ensuring that they have installed adequate virus checking software.

13. Reporting a Vulnerability

If you believe you’ve discovered a security vulnerability in one of our services, please email us immediately at hello@virtual-womens-expo.com. We will respond as quickly as possible, usually within 24 hours. To help us research and resolve the issue faster and in the most secure way, please use these guidelines when sending your report:

Provide full details of any discovered issue.
In the best interest of our users and their data, please do not publicly disclose the issue until it has been addressed and resolution confirmed by us. Publicly disclosing a potential vulnerability could put the wider community at risk.
In order to keep everyone safe, please act in good faith towards our users’ privacy and data during your disclosure.
Of course, never purposely disrupt services for others or attempt to gain access to others’ data.

14. Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to VWE. Please read our Privacy Policy for information regarding how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information and protect your privacy when you use the Service.

15. Miscellaneous; Jurisdiction of Disputes

This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without reference to principles of choice of law. You and VWE each irrevocably consent to the personal jurisdiction of the federal or state courts located in Sacramento County, California (the “Courts”) with respect to any action, suit or proceeding arising out of or related to this Agreement or to the Service (including without limitation any Content) and waive any objection to venue in any of the Courts for such an action, suit or proceeding (whether based on forum non conveniens or otherwise); additionally, you agree that you will not bring any such action, suit or proceeding in any court other than the Courts. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all previous written or oral agreements between the parties with respect to such subject matter. If any inconsistency exists between the terms of this Agreement and any additional terms of use posted on the Service, such terms shall be interpreted as to eliminate any inconsistency, if possible, and otherwise, the additional terms of use shall control. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, (i) such provision shall be interpreted in such a manner as to preserve, to the maximum extent possible, the intent of the parties, (ii) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and (iii) such decision shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of such provision under other circumstances.

Last updated 2.1.21