NINADESIGNS.COM CONDITIONS-OF-USE
Welcome to
ninadesigns.com. To use the services offered at Nina Designs®
or by any of its affiliates, you must agree to the following
conditions. If you visit or shop at ninadesigns.com, you accept
these conditions.
Please
read them carefully. In addition, when you use any current or future
ninadesigns.com service or visit or purchase from any business
affiliated with Nina Designs Ltd, whether or not included in the
ninadesigns.com Web Site, you will be subject to both this
Conditions of Use agreement and the guidelines and conditions
applicable to such service or business. ninadesigns.com reserves the right, from time to time, with or without notice to you, to make changes to this agreement in ninadesigns.com's sole discretion. Continued use of any part of this web site constitutes your acceptance of such changes. The most current version of this agreement, which supersedes all previous versions, can be reviewed by clicking on the Òterms of useÓ hyperlink located at the bottom of every page on the ninadesigns.com website.
PRIVACY
Privacy
Policy. Please review our Privacy Notice, which also governs
your visit to ninadesigns.com, to fully understand our
practices.
ELECTRONIC
COMMUNICATIONS
Legal
Satisfaction. When you visit ninadesigns.com or send
e-mails to us, you are communicating with us electronically.
Consent.
By communicating with us, you consent to receive communications
from us electronically. We will communicate with you by e-mail or
by posting notices on this site. You agree that all agreements,
notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to
you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such
communications be in writing.
Complaints.
ninadesigns.com and its affiliates respect the intellectual property of others. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please contact Nina Designs with the written information specified below.
- An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
- A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed upon;
- A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site, including the auction ID number, if applicable;
- Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
- A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright
Protection - the Site. All content included on this site, such
as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips,
digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property
of ninadesigns.com or its content suppliers and protected by
United States and international copyright laws. The compilation of
all content on this site is the exclusive property ofninadesigns.com and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws.
All software used on this site is the property of ninadesigns.com
or its software suppliers and protected by United States and
international copyright laws.
Copyright
Protection - the Merchandise. All ornaments and jewelry
featured or sold on this site, except as attributed to other
designers, is the property of ninadesigns.com. or its
subsidiaries, and protected by United States and international
copyright laws.
TRADEMARKS
Protected
Marks. Nina Designs®, ninadesigns.com and other marks
indicated on our site are trademarks of Nina Designs, Inc. or
its subsidiaries.
Protected
Graphics. All ninadesigns.com graphics, logos, page
headers, button icons, scripts, and service names are trademarks or
trade dress of Nina Designs, Inc. or its subsidiaries. Nina Designs, Inc. trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with
any product or service that is not Nina Designs, Inc's, in any
manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any
manner that disparages or discredits ninadesigns.com. All other trademarks not owned by Nina Designs, Inc. or
its subsidiaries that appear on this site are the property of their
respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected
to, or sponsored by ninadesigns.com or its subsidiaries.
LICENSE AND
SITE ACCESS
General.
ninadesigns.com grants you a limited license to access and make
personal use of this site and not to download (other than page
caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express
written consent of ninadesigns.com, or as provided below.
Conditions of Access. To access this site or some of the resources it offers, you may be asked to provide certain registration details or other information. It is a condition of your use of this site that all the information you provide on this site will be correct, current, and complete. If ninadesigns.com believes the information you provide is not correct, current, or complete, ninadesigns.com has the right to refuse you access to this site or any of its resources, and to terminate or suspend your access at any time.
License of
Design Ideas for Commercial Sale. The Design Ideas portion of
this site provides inspiration for uses of Nina Designs Ltd
merchandise. Users are licensed to create these or derivative
designs and to use them for resale or commercial use of any kind
whatsoever.
No
Reproduction. This site or any portion of this site may not be
reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise
exploited for any commercial purpose without express written
consent of ninadesigns.com, or as provided in section 5(B), above.
No Framing.
You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any
trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including
images, text, page layout, or form) of ninadesigns.com and our
affiliates without express written consent.
"Metatags."
You may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text"
utilizing Nina Designs, Inc.'s name or trademarks without the express
written consent of ninadesigns.com. Any unauthorized use
terminates the permission or license granted by ninadesigns.com.
Linking.
You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to
create a hyperlink to any page of ninadesigns.com so long as
the link does not portray ninadesigns.com, its affiliates, or
their products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or
otherwise offensive matter. You may not use any Nina Designs Ltd
logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link
without express written permission.
YOUR ACCOUNT
Protection of
Your Account. As discussed further in the site privacy policy,
by using this site, you agree that you are responsible for
maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and
for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept
responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or
password.
Use by
Children. As discussed further in the site Privacy Policy, ninadesigns.com does sell products for children, but it sells them to
adults, who can purchase with a credit card. If you are under 18,
you may use ninadesigns.com only with involvement of a
parent or guardian. ninadesigns.com and its affiliates reserve the
right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit
content, or cancel orders in their sole discretion.
REVIEWS,
COMMENTS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND OTHER CONTENT
Nature of
Content. Visitors to ninadesigns.com may post reviews,
comments, and other content; send e-cards and other communications;
and submit suggestions, ideas, comments, questions, or other
information, so long as the content does not violate the ninadesigns.com content rules, below.
ninadesigns.com's websites may contain blogs, forums, message boards, calendars, and/or other message or communication facilities which allow you to communicate with the Internet community by posting feedback or comments to other's entries or by posting your own blog or message entry (collectively, ÒUser Content ServicesÓ). You agree to use the User Content Services only to post, messages and content that are proper and related to the particular User Content Service.
Among other actions, when using a User Content Service, you agree that you will not post, send, submit, publish, or transmit in connection with this site any material that:
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you do not have the right to post, including proprietary material of any third party, such as files containing software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy or publicity);
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advocates illegal activity or discusses an intent to commit an illegal act;
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is vulgar, obscene, pornographic, or indecent;
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does not pertain directly to this site;
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threatens or abuses others, libels, defames, invades privacy, stalks, is obscene, pornographic, racist, abusive, harassing, threatening or offensive;
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seeks to exploit or harm children by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable details or otherwise;
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harvests or otherwise collects information about others, including e-mail addresses, without their consent;
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violates any law or may be considered to violate any law;
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impersonates or misrepresents your connection to any other entity or person or otherwise manipulates headers or identifiers to disguise the origin of the content;
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falsifies or deletes any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is permissible uploaded;
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advertises any commercial endeavor (e.g., offering for sale products or services) or otherwise engages in any commercial activity (e.g., conducting raffles or contests, displaying sponsorship banners, and/or soliciting goods or services) except as may be specifically authorized on this site;
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solicits funds, advertisers or sponsors;
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includes programs that contain viruses, worms and/or Trojan horses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications;
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disrupts the normal flow of dialogue, causes a screen to scroll faster than other users are able to type, or otherwise act in a way which affects the ability of other people to engage in real time activities via this site;
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includes MP3 format files;
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amounts to a ÒpyramidÓ or other like scheme, including contests, chain letters, and surveys;
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disobeys any policy or regulations including any code of conduct or other guidelines, established from time to time regarding use of this site or any networks connected to this site; or
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contains hyper-links to other sites that contain content that falls within the descriptions set forth above.
False
Information. You may not use a false e-mail address,
impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the
origin of a card or other content. ninadesigns.com reserves the
right (but not the obligation) to remove or edit such content, but
does not regularly review posted content.
Rights
Granted. If you do post content or submit material, and unless
we indicate otherwise, you grant ninadesigns.com and its
affiliates a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable,
and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt,
publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and
display such content throughout the world in any media. You grant
ninadesigns.com and its affiliates and sublicensees the right to
use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if
they choose.
Rights Owned.
You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of
the rights to the content that you post; that the content is
accurate; that use of the content you supply does not violate this
policy and will not cause injury to any person or entity; and that
you will indemnify ninadesigns.com or its affiliates for all
claims resulting from content you supply. ninadesigns.com has the
right but not the obligation to monitor and edit or remove any
activity or content. ninadesigns.com takes no responsibility and
assumes no liability for any content posted by you or any third
party.
Monitoring.
ninadesigns.com reserves the right to monitor use of this site to determine compliance with these Terms of Use, as well as the right to remove or refuse any information for any reason. ninadesigns.com reserves the right to terminate your access to any or all of the User Content Services at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever. ninadesigns.com also reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in its sole discretion. Materials uploaded to a User Content Service may be subject to posted limits on use, reproduction and/or dissemination and you are responsible for abiding by such limitations with respect to your submissions, including any downloaded materials.
No liability of Host.
Notwithstanding these rights, you remain solely responsible for the content of your submissions. You acknowledge and agree that neither ninadesigns.com nor any third party that provides Content to ninadesigns.com will assume or have any liability for any action or inaction by ninadesigns.com or such third party with respect to any submission. ninadesigns.com cautions you against giving out any personally identifying information about yourself or your children in any User Content Service. ninadesigns.com does not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in any User Content Service and, consequently, ninadesigns.com specifically disclaims any liability with respect to the User Content Services and any actions resulting from your participation in any User Content Service. Managers and hosts are not authorized ninadesigns.com spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of ninadesigns.com.
Submissions.
You hereby grant to ninadesigns.com the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, and display all content, remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics, or other information communicated to ninadesigns.com through this site (together, the ÒSubmissionÓ), and to incorporate any Submission in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed. ninadesigns.com will not be required to treat any Submission as confidential, and may use any Submission in its business (including without limitation, for products or advertising) without incurring any liability for royalties or any other consideration of any kind, and will not incur any liability as a result of any similarities that may appear in future ninadesigns.com operations.
ninadesigns.com will treat any personal information that you submit through this site in accordance with its Privacy Policy.
SECURITY
Any passwords used for this site are for individual use only. You will be responsible for the security of your password (if any). ninadesigns.com will be entitled to monitor your password and, at its discretion, require you to change it. If you use a password that ninadesigns.com considers insecure, ninadesigns.com will be entitled to require the password to be changed and/or terminate your account.
You are prohibited from using any services or facilities provided in connection with this site to compromise security or tamper with system resources and/or accounts. The use or distribution of tools designed for compromising security (e.g., password guessing programs, cracking tools or network probing tools) is strictly prohibited. If you become involved in any violation of system security, ninadesigns.com reserves the right to release your details to system administrators at other sites in order to assist them in resolving security incidents. ninadesigns.com reserves the right to investigate suspected violations of these Terms of Use.
ninadesigns.com reserves the right to fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or direction ninadesigns.com to disclose the identity of anyone posting any e-mail messages, or publishing or otherwise making available any materials that are believed to violate these Terms of Use. BY ACCEPTING THIS AGREEMENT YOU WAIVE AND HOLD HARMLESS ninadesigns.com FROM ANY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION TAKEN BY ninadesigns.com DURING OR AS A RESULT OF ITS INVESTIGATIONS AND/OR FROM ANY ACTIONS TAKEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF INVESTIGATIONS BY EITHER ninadesigns.com OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.
RISK OF LOSS
General.
All items purchased from ninadesigns.com are made pursuant
to a shipment contract. This means that the risk of loss and title
for such items pass to you upon our delivery to the end carrier.
PRODUCT
DESCRIPTIONS
General.
ninadesigns.com and its affiliates attempt to be as accurate as
possible. However, ninadesigns.com makes no warranties that the
product descriptions and any other content of this site is
accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free. If a product
offered by ninadesigns.com itself is not as described, your sole
remedy is to return it in unused condition.
DISCLAIMER OF
WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
THIS SITE IS PROVIDED BY Nina Designs Ltd ON AN "AS IS" AND
"AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. Nina Designs Ltd MAKES NO
REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO
THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, OR
PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON THIS SITE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF
THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, Nina Designs Ltd
DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Nina Designs Ltd DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THIS SITE,
ITS SERVERS, OR E-MAIL SENT FROM Nina Designs Ltd ARE FREE OF VIRUSES
OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. Nina Designs Ltd WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR
ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR
THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY
TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR
LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL
RIGHTS.
APPLICABLE LAW
Governing
Law. By visiting ninadesigns.com, you agree that the
laws of the state of California, without regard to principles of
conflict of laws, will govern these Conditions of Use and any
dispute of any sort that might arise between you and Nina Designs
Ltd or its affiliates.
DISPUTES
Arbitration
and Venue. Any dispute relating in any way to your visit to
ninadesigns.com or to products you purchase through
ninadesigns.com shall be submitted to confidential
arbitration in Berkeley, California, except that, to the extent you
have in any manner violated or threatened to violate Nina Designs
Ltd's intellectual property rights, Nina Designs Ltd may seek
injunctive or other appropriate relief in any state or federal
court in the state of California, and you consent to exclusive
jurisdiction and venue in such courts. Arbitration under this
agreement shall be conducted under the rules then prevailing of
JAMS.
Finality of
Arbitration. The arbitrator's award shall be binding and may
be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. To
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration
under this Agreement shall be joined to an arbitration involving
any other party subject to this Agreement, whether through class
arbitration proceedings or otherwise.
SITE POLICIES,
MODIFICATION, AND SEVERABILITY
Other
Policies. Please review our other policies, such as our pricing
policy, posted on our site. These policies also govern your visit
to ninadesigns.com. We reserve the right to make changes to our
site, policies, and these Conditions of Use at any time. If any of
these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason
unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall
not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining
condition.
OUR ADDRESS
Nina Designs Ltd
PO Box 8127
Emeryville, CA 94662
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