Elite Women of Excellence: Terms of Use
Last updated: May 13, 2020
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE (“TERMS OF USE”) CAREFULLY. THESE TERMS OF USE GOVERN YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE WEBSITE AVAILABLE AT EWOE.ORG, INCLUDING ALL INFORMATION, SERVICES AND OTHER CONTENT PROVIDED ON THE WEBSITE (COLLECTIVELY, THE “SITE”). BY ACCEPTING THESE TERMS OF USE OR BY ACCESSING AND USING THE SITE, YOU AGREE THAT: (1) YOU HAVE READ AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE, AND (2) THESE TERMS OF USE CONSTITUTE A BINDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND ELITE WOMEN OF EXCELLENCE, INC., A GEORGIA NONPROFIT CORPORATION (“EWOE”). IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE, YOU ARE NOT PERMITTED TO ACCESS OR USE THE SITE.
ARBITRATION NOTICE: These Terms of Use contain a binding arbitration agreement including a waiver of any right to participate in a class action lawsuit or class-wide arbitration. Please see the “Arbitration Agreement and Class Action Waiver” section below for additional details.
Minimum Age; Acceptance
You represent that you are at least 18 years of age (or the age of majority in the State in which you reside). If you are under the age of 18 (or the age of majority in the State in which you reside), but at least 13 years of age, you may use the Site only under the supervision of your legal guardian who has agreed to be bound by these Terms of Use. This Site is not intended for, and you may not use this Site if you are under 13 years of age.
If you are accepting these Terms of Use on behalf of a company, organization, government, or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to do so on behalf of such entity.
Privacy Policy
Please visit https://www.ewoe.org/privacy to view our Privacy Policy, which applies to personal information collected from or provided by you on the Site.
Modifications
EWOE reserves the right to amend, modify and update these Terms of Use, as well as any aspect of the Site, at any time in its sole discretion. Your continued access to or use of the Site will constitute your acceptance of any amendments, modifications and updates made by EWOE.
Your Account; Electronic Communication
Certain areas of the Site may require you to register, create an account (“Account”), or otherwise ask you to provide information, including personal information, in order to access certain content and services on the Site. The decision to provide any of your information is purely voluntary and optional; however, if you elect not to provide EWOE with certain information, you may not be able to access certain content or participate in certain features of the Site. You are not permitted to share, sell, distribute or otherwise transfer your Account or allow your login credentials to be used by any other individual. You agree to be responsible for (i) maintaining the confidentiality of passwords or other Account credentials you choose and (ii) all activities that occur under such password or Account credentials. You also agree to notify EWOE immediately of (a) any loss of your password or Account credentials, or (b) any unauthorized use of your password or Account credentials. EWOE will not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, in any way for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of, or in connection with, your failure to comply with this section of these Terms of Use, or for any unauthorized use of or access to your Account, password or Account identifiers. EWOE may terminate your Account and suspend your use of the Site for any reason or no reason, without prior notice to you, including but not limited to if EWOE suspects that your Account is being used in an unauthorized manner.
If you provide EWOE with your email address during Account setup, registration or otherwise, you consent to receive communications from EWOE electronically. EWOE may communicate with you by email or by posting notices on the Site. All notices from EWOE intended for receipt by you shall be deemed delivered and effective when sent to the email address provided by you during your completion of the registration process or when posted to and made available to you on the Site. If you change your email address, you must update the email address in your Account profile.
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online – in the optional fields in your profile, through email, or in areas of the Site – that information may be accessible to other users of the Site or may be made public. Please do not post or add personal data to your profile or elsewhere on the Site that you would not want to be publicly available.
Site Content
The Site, including all information, services, images, logos, trademarks, graphics, software, and other content made available by EWOE on the Site (collectively, the “Site Content”) are the sole property of EWOE, its affiliates or their licensors and are protected by copyright and other laws, both in the United States and in other countries. You may not reproduce, modify, republish, distribute, resell, broadcast, reverse engineer, create derivative works from or otherwise exploit in any manner, in whole or in part, the Site Content, except to the extent expressly permitted by EWOE. You may download and copy Site Content made available to you on the Site for your personal and noncommercial use, provided that you keep intact any copyright or other proprietary notices displayed therein. Except for this limited license, EWOE does not convey any interest in or to the Site Content. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by EWOE, its affiliates and their licensors.
Third-Party Services
The Site may include links to or plug-ins of third-party websites, apps or services that may be operated by companies not affiliated with EWOE (“Linked Sites”). Linked Sites are provided solely as a convenience to you, and EWOE makes no representations or warranties regarding any such Linked Sites. If you choose to click on any link to or plug-in of a Linked Site, you understand that you are connecting directly to the Linked Site and will be subject to any terms of use, policies and privacy practices of such third party.
Acceptable Use Policy
You agree that you will not use the Site in a manner that: (1) is obscene, inappropriate, threatening, harassing, abusive, false, inaccurate, deceptive, libelous, defamatory, vulgar, pornographic, invasive of privacy or is otherwise injurious to third parties; (2) constitutes a criminal offense, gives rise to civil liability, or otherwise violates any local, state, national, or international law; (3) contains computer viruses, malware, bots, worms, Trojan horses or other harmful, disruptive, or destructive materials that limit the functionality of any computer software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment; (4) includes advertisements, promotional materials, spam, junk mail, pyramid schemes or other forms of solicitation; (5) impersonates another person or entity or falsely states or misrepresents your affiliation with a person or entity;; (6) restricts or interferes with any other user’s ability to use or enjoy the Site, as determined by EWOE in its sole discretion; (7) tampers with registration information or profiles, of other users; (8) uses any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means or interface not provided by EWOE to access the Site; (9) extracts data or gathers or uses information available through the Site through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Site; (10) infringes or alleges to be infringing upon a third-party’s intellectual property rights, including any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity, or other proprietary rights of any party, including, without limitation, any content that is the subject of any third-party claim of infringement; (11) violates contractual or fiduciary relationships; or (12) violates these Terms of Use or uses the Site in any manner that is inconsistent with the purposes or objectives of this Site, as determined in good faith by EWOE. EWOE reserves the right to suspend or terminate your access to the Site and seek other legal or equitable remedies, upon becoming aware of any violation of this Acceptable Use Policy or these Terms of Use by you.
Warranty Disclaimer
THE SITE AND ITS CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. EWOE MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND REGARDING: (1) THE SITE CONTENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO (A) THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, AVAILABILITY OR TIMELINESS OF THE SITE CONTENT, OR (B) THE RESULTS OBTAINED OR TO BE OBTAINED FROM THE SITE CONTENT; OR (2) THE ABSENCE OF ANY MALWARE OR OTHER HARMFUL CODE ON THE SITE OR WITHIN ANY SITE CONTENT. EWOE, ITS AFFILIATES AND LICENSORS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES, AND ACCORDINGLY, THE LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE A CONSUMER, ANY STATUTORY RIGHTS THAT CANNOT BE WAIVED BY YOU ARE UNAFFECTED BY THIS SECTION.
Limitation of Liability
IN NO EVENT WILL EWOE, ITS AFFILIATES OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR LOST REVENUES OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, DELICT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY AND WHETHER OR NOT EWOE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW FOR THE EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES, EWOE’S LIABILITY IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless EWOE and its affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, suppliers and representatives, from and against all losses, expenses, damages, fines, penalties and other costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of or related to (1) your use or misuse of the Site, including any Site Content; or (2) your breach of these Terms of Use. EWOE reserves the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter that is subject to indemnification under this section, in which event you agree to cooperate with any reasonable requests assisting our defense of such matter.
Governing Law
All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the domestic laws of the State of Georgia, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law.
Binding Arbitration and Class Action Waiver
To the fullest extent permitted by law, you and EWOE agree to arbitrate any controversy, claim or dispute arising out of or in any way related to your use of the Site, including but not limited to claims based on contract, tort, negligence, statutory or regulatory provisions. EACH PARTY IS GIVING UP ITS RIGHT TO SUE IN COURT AND TO HAVE ANY CONTROVERSY, CLAIM OR DISPUTE HEARD BY A JUDGE OR JURY.
YOU AND EWOE EXPRESSLY AGREE TO ARBITRATE ANY CONTROVERSY, CLAIM OR DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE. THIS AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE ALSO APPLIES TO THRESHOLD ARBITRABILITY ISSUES, INCLUDING ISSUES RELATED TO WHETHER THIS AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE IS UNCONSCIONABLE OR ILLUSORY AND ANY DEFENSE TO ARBITRATION. YOU ALSO AGREE THAT ANY ARBITRATION MAY ONLY BE BROUGHT IN YOUR AND OUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITIES, NOT AS A CLASS, PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION. THE ARBITRATOR MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE MORE THAN ONE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY’S CLAIMS, AND MAY NOT OTHERWISE PRESIDE OVER ANY FORM OF A REPRESENTATIVE OR CLASS PROCEEDING.
The mutual promise by you and EWOE to arbitrate any and all disputes, and to do so on an individual basis, rather than to litigate before the courts or other bodies, provides the mutual consideration for this agreement to arbitrate.
Either party may exercise the right to arbitrate by providing the other party with written notice of any and all claims forming the basis of such right in sufficient detail to inform the other party of the substance of such claims. In no event shall the request for arbitration be made after the date when institution of legal or equitable proceedings based on such claims would be barred by the applicable statute of limitations.
Unless you and EWOE otherwise agree, the arbitration will be conducted in the county where you reside by a single neutral arbitrator and in accordance with the then current rules for resolution of disputes of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) (available online at www.adr.org). The parties are entitled to representation by an attorney or other representative of their choosing. The parties agree to abide by and perform any award rendered by the arbitrator. The arbitrator shall issue the award in writing and therein state the essential findings and conclusions on which the award is based. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.
Payment of all filing, administration and arbitrator fees will be governed by the AAA’s rules.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE ABOVE, YOU MAY CHOOSE TO PURSUE YOUR CLAIM IN COURT AND NOT BY ARBITRATION IF YOU OPT OUT OF THIS ARBITRATION PROVISION WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE EARLIER OF: (1) THE DATE YOU REGISTER FOR AN ACCOUNT, OR (2) THE DATE YOU FIRST SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH EWOE THAT CONTAINED AN ARBITRATION PROVISION. The opt-out notice must be postmarked no later than the applicable deadline and mailed to:
Elite Women of Excellence, Inc.
P.O. Box 813383
Smyrna, GA 30081
Attn: Executive Director – Arbitration Opt-Out Notice
The opt-out notice must state that you do not agree to this arbitration provision and must include the name, address, phone number and email address associated with your Account. You must sign the opt-out notice in order for it to be effective. This procedure is the only way you can opt out of this arbitration provision; failure to comply strictly with this procedure and the applicable deadline automatically will render the opt-out notice null and void. If you opt out of the arbitration provision, all other parts of these Terms of Use will continue to apply.
General
To the extent any portion of these Terms of Use is determined to be unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such portion will be modified solely to the extent necessary to cause such portion to be enforceable, and these Terms of Use, as modified, will remain in full force and effect. This is the entire agreement between you and EWOE relating to the subject matter herein.
Electronic Communications. These Terms and any other documentation, agreements, notices, or communications between you and Company may be provided to you electronically to the extent permissible by law. Please print or otherwise save a copy of all documentation, agreements, notices, and other communications for your reference.
How To Contact Us
If you have any questions about these Terms of Use, please contact EWOE at info@ewoe.org.
