CULCH TERMS OF SERVICE

Last Modified: [10/16/2020]

1: Introduction

Welcome to the Designing Your Culture d/b/a Culch (“Culch,” “us,” “we,” “our”) website located at www.Culch.co (the “Culch Website”). These Website Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) are a binding, contractual agreement between you and Culch and govern your use of our online services, including the Culch Website, the Materials (as defined below), and any other websites or services provided by Culch that link to or expressly reference these Terms (collectively, the “Services”). Some parts of the Services may have other terms, guidelines, or rules, and if you use or access those parts, those additional terms will also apply and are incorporated herein by reference.

Please read these Terms, the Privacy Policy, and any other policies and notices on the Culch Website carefully. Collectively, these materials contain terms, rules, and other guidelines related to your use of the Services.

By accessing, browsing, linking to, or otherwise using the Culch Website or by using the Services, you are irrevocably agreeing to all of the terms and conditions of these Terms. By accepting these Terms, you (a) acknowledge that you have read, understand, and agree to be bound by all of these Terms; and (b) represent that you are of legal age to form a binding contract and you are legally competent to agree to and comply with these Terms.
If you do not agree with any of the terms and conditions of these Terms, you may not use the Services or access the Culch Website.

Culch reserves the right to change, update, add, or remove provisions of these Terms at any time by posting the updated Terms on the Culch Website, along with a notice of the updated Terms. By using the Culch Website after Culch has updated the Terms, you are agreeing to the updated Terms. If you do not agree with any of the updated Terms, your only recourse will be to stop using the Culch Website.

2: How to Contact Culch

If you have any questions, comments, concerns, or wish to report a violation concerning these Terms, our Privacy Policy, or any other terms, guidelines, or rules, please contact Culch at the following:

    • Mail: 
      Designing Your Culture d/b/a Culch
      Attn: Legal (Privacy) 
      588 3 Mile Road NW
      Suite 101
      Grand Rapids, MI 49544
    • Email:
      support@culch.co
      Subject: Legal (Privacy Policy)

You may not use the contact information provided for unauthorized purposes, including solicitations and marketing.

3: Privacy Statement and Communication

3.1 Policy

We care about your privacy. The information you provide to us through the Services is subject to our Privacy Policy, as it may be updated from time to time. Please review our Privacy Policy to learn more about how we collect, disclose, and use your personal information.


3.2 Communication Means

We may communicate with you through one or more of the following means: mail, landline phone, cellular phone, email, and text message. By providing us with your mailing address, landline phone number, cellular phone number, or your email address, you consent to us using such means to contact you.


3.3 Communicating Electronically

When you use the Culch Website or send communications to us through the Culch Website, to our email, or a similar electronic method, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive electronically any communications related to your use of the Culch Website and our other Services. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that are provided to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. All notices from us intended for receipt by you will be deemed delivered and effective when sent to the email address you provide to us.

3.4 Authorization to Send Text Message and Make Automated Phone Calls

(a) You understand that in order to contact you more efficiently, we may at times contact you using autodialed or prerecorded message calls or text messages at the telephone number(s) (including a wireless number or ported landline phone number) you provided to us. We may place such calls or texts to (i) provide you with the Services you requested; (ii) discuss any past, current, or future Services provided by us; (iii) discuss the accounting, billing, or financial information for past, current, or future Services provided by us; or (iv) address collection of any past due amounts. You agree that we and our service providers, may contact you using autodialed or prerecorded message calls and text messages to carry out the purposes we identified in these Terms, our Privacy Policy, and any other applicable terms, guidelines, or rules. We may share your contact information, including your wireless number, with service providers with whom we contract to assist us in pursuing these interests.

(b) You understand that your telephone company may charge you for telephone minutes and to send and receive text messages.

(c) You do not have to consent to receive autodialed or prerecorded message calls or texts to receive Services from us. Where we are required to obtain your consent for such communications, you may choose to revoke your consent by unenrolling from the relevant Service using the means provided (for example, you may unenroll from automated texts by following the appropriate text messaging prompts). If you have any questions, please contact us using one of the means identified in Section 2 (How to Contact Culch).

3.5 Use by Children

The Culch Website and the Services are intended to be used by individuals who have reached the age of majority in their home jurisdiction (generally 18 years of age and older). If you are under the age of majority in your home jurisdiction, please do not use or access the Culch Website or use the other Services. The Services are not intended for use by minors.

4. License And Usage Rights And Restrictions

4.1 Limited Right to Use the Services

(a) Subject to your full and on-going compliance with these Terms, Culch grants you non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, non-transferable, revocable, limited right and license to enter and use the Culch Website (i) if you are a consumer, for your own personal purposes, or (ii) if you are a business, for your own internal business purposes (with (i) and (ii) collectively as the “Purpose”).

(b) Subject to your full and on-going compliance with these Terms, Culch grants you a non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, non-transferable, revocable, limited right and license to access, copy, download, and print the material, such as, for example, product descriptions, blog posts, and similar materials, purposely made available by Culch for downloading and printing (collectively, the “Materials”), for the Purpose, provided (i) you obtained lawful and authorized access to the Services; (ii) you do not modify, obscure, or delete (including through selectively copying or printing material) any copyright, trademark, trade secret, government restricted rights, or other proprietary or confidentiality notices or legends that appear on the Materials; and (iii) you do not make any additional representations or warranties relating to such Materials.

 

4.2 Ownership of Content

You acknowledge and agree that all tangible and intangible content, data, and information on the Culch Website or otherwise made available through the Services, including, without limitation, algorithms, audio-visual works, charts, compilations, conceptions, copyrights, databases, designs, developments, diagrams, discoveries, formatting, forms, graphics, graphs, images, logos, lists, logic, Materials, methodologies, models, processes, routines, schematics, screen designs, sketches, software and its object and source code, sounds, system designs, techniques, templates, text, tools, trademarks, user interfaces, Culch logos, and visual interfaces, and the coordination, design, expression, ‘look and feel’, selection, structure, and any and all arrangement thereof together with any improvements and modification therein (collectively, the “Content”), is the exclusive property of and owned by Culch or its licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, trade dress, and various other intellectual property rights and unfair competition laws throughout the world. You will not modify, obscure, or delete (including through selectively copying or printing material) any copyright, trademark, trade secret, government restricted rights, or other proprietary or confidentiality notices or legends that are (i) placed or embedded by Culch or its licensors on any of the Licensed Materials, or (ii) displayed when the Culch Website or any software is run. You will not make any additional representations or warranties relating to the Licensed Materials. Nothing on or in the Licensed Materials will be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any logo, service mark, or trademark displayed on the Licensed Materials without the owner’s prior written permission, except as otherwise described in these Terms. Culch will be under no obligation to provide any updates, enhancements, modifications, revisions, or additions to the Licensed Materials. Culch® is a registered trademark of Culch. Other product or company names referred to on the Licensed Materials may be trademarks of their respective owners.

 

4.3 Restrictions

Culch, its suppliers, and its licensors retain all rights, title, and interest in and to the Services, the Content, and any and all intellectual property rights therein. Your rights to the Services, Content, and Materials (collectively, the “Licensed Materials”) are limited to those expressly granted to you in these Terms and all rights not expressly granted to you in these Terms are reserved. Any unauthorized use of the Licensed Materials or any portion thereof automatically and immediately terminates the licenses granted by Culch pursuant to these Terms. Except as expressly permitted in these Terms, you will not: (a) copy or reproduce the Licensed Materials in whole or in part or access or use the Licensed Materials in any way other than as expressly permitted in these Terms; (b) modify, translate, or create derivative works of the Licensed Materials or any portion thereof; (c) decompile, decrypt, disassemble, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to obtain or perceive the source code from which any component of the Culch Website or a software application made available as part of the Services is compiled or interpreted, and you hereby acknowledge that nothing in these Terms will be construed to grant you any right to obtain or use such source code; (d) assign, distribute, grant a security interest in, lease, loan, rent, sell, share, sublicense, timeshare, use for service bureau purposes, or otherwise transfer the Licensed Materials; (e) divert, export, re-export, or transfer the Licensed Materials to any country that is embargoed by the United States or designated by the U.S. Government as a “terrorist supporting” country; (f) access or use the Licensed Materials for purposes of monitoring their availability, performance, or functionality, or for any other benchmarking purpose, including authorizing or undertaking a penetration test, vulnerability scan, social engineering test, or any other similar activity against the Culch Website, any Service component, Culch, or any of Culch’s vendors or licensors; (g) interfere with or attempt to interfere with the proper functioning of the Culch Website, any Service component, Culch, or any of Culch’s vendors or licensors, including subverting or attempting to subvert embedded security controls or licensing restrictions; (h) access or use the Licensed Materials to develop content, data, features, functionality, graphics, or a service similar to or competitive with any component of the Licensed Materials; (i) access or use the Licensed Materials, or any part thereof, for any reason if you are, or are acting on behalf of or in collaboration with, a competitor of Culch, including to develop, design, or market products, content, features, or functionality similar to or competitive with the Services; (j) use the Licensed Materials to incorporate or attempt to incorporate or integrate the Licensed Materials or any portion thereof into any application, service, or offering in any manner (including, without limitation, through frames or framing techniques), whether such use is directly or indirectly competitive to the Services and even if such product or service is not made available commercially; (k) violate these Terms or other terms, guidelines, or rules that are applicable to the relevant Services; or (l) authorize, assist, or cause any third party to do any of the foregoing. You agree and understand that the restrictions in this Section 4.3 apply (i) to any component of the Licensed Materials that is relevant to the restriction; and (ii) to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law. You agree to cooperate with us in causing any unauthorized framing or linking immediately to stop.

 

4.4 Prohibited Conduct

You expressly agree to refrain from doing, either personally or by authorizing, assisting, or causing any third party to do, any of the following: (a) use any device or other means to harvest or attempt to harvest information about other users; (b) transmit, install, upload, or otherwise transfer any “viruses,” “time bombs,” “malware,” worms, trojans, malicious software or any code that is designed to deactivate, delete, disable, interfere with, or otherwise harm or disrupt the Services or that in any way affects the use, enjoyment, or service of the Services, the Culch system, or any user’s mobile device, computer, or other medium used to access the Services or the Culch information technology systems; (c) modify the information, including headers, found on the Services; (d) install, transmit, upload or otherwise transfer to the Services any unauthorized advertisement or communication; (e) engage in any action that Culch determines in its sole discretion is detrimental to the use and enjoyment of the Services or the Culch information technology systems; or (f) install, post, transmit, upload, or otherwise transfer any information in violation of the laws of the United States. Further, you may not use any hardware or software intended to damage or interfere with the proper functioning of the Services or the Culch information technology systems or to intercept any system, data, or personal information from the Services or the Culch information technology systems, whether surreptitiously or otherwise without express authorization from Culch.

 

4.5 Feedback

(a) You agree that submission of any Content corrections, documents, error identification, ideas, improvements, modifications, proposals, or suggestions (collectively, the “Feedback”) to Culch through its suggestion form, feedback form, forum, wiki, support email, support calls or conference calls, meetings, or similar means is at your own risk and that we have no obligations (including, without limitation, obligations of confidentiality or use) with respect to such Feedback. You hereby grant to Culch a perpetual, fully paid, royalty-free, irrevocable, sublicensable, transferable, worldwide, and nonexclusive right and license to adapt, copy, disclose, display, distribute, modify, perform, reformat, use, create derivative works of, and otherwise exploit any and all Feedback for any legally permitted purposes, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you. Do not send Feedback to Culch if you expect to be paid or want to continue to own or claim rights in such Feedback.

(b) Further, to the extent any improvements, modifications, or updates to or derivative works of any of the Services are developed by Culch based on the joint effort or collaboration between you and Culch (collectively, the “Joint Works”), you hereby irrevocably assign, convey, and transfer to Culch all of your rights, title, and interest of any nature, in and to any Joint Works together with all copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks (and any goodwill), patents, and all other intellectual property rights in and to any such Joint Works in the United States and all other countries and jurisdictions of the world, including, without limitation, all exclusive rights granted to an author or owner under the copyright laws of the United States, foreign countries and international copyright conventions, all ancillary rights arising therefrom, all other rights of any nature and in any media, whether now known or hereafter devised, throughout the world, and the right to sue and recover for any past infringement of any such rights.

 

4.6  Responsibility for Submissions

(a) To the extent that we allow submissions on or through the Culch Website, you acknowledge that you are responsible for any material you may submit via the Culch Website, including the copyright, legality, reliability, appropriateness, and originality of any such material.

(b) You represent and warrant (and Culch is relying on your representation and warranty) that (i) you own or otherwise control all the rights or have sufficient rights to the Feedback and other information you submit or otherwise provide to us (collectively, the “Submitted Information”) or that such items are known to you to be in the public domain; (ii) the Submitted Information is accurate and is not confidential, proprietary, or infringing of any third-party intellectual property rights; (iii) our or our vendors or licensors use of the Submitted Information does not violate any provision in these Terms, third-party intellectual property rights, or terms you may have agreed to with a third party; (iv) the Submitted Information does not constitute or encourage a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party or otherwise give rise to liability; (v) the Submitted Information is not defamatory, fraudulent, harassing, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, libelous, obscene, pornographic, or threatening; (vi) you do not and the Submitted Information does not violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance, or regulation; and (vii) you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties, including the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or any list of known or suspected terrorists, terrorist organizations or other prohibited persons.

 

4.7. Right to Remove Material, Disable Features, and Suspend Access.

Culch reserves the right, without notice and in our sole discretion, to suspend or terminate your license to use the Culch Website, Content, and other components of the Services, to terminate your rights under these Terms, and to block or prevent future access to and use of the Services and Content. Culch further reserves the right to do any of the following, at any time, for any reason, and without notice: (a) to modify, suspend, or terminate operation of or access to the Licensed Materials, or any portion of the Licensed Materials, including, without limitation, disabling all or any social media features and any links; (b) to modify or change the Licensed Materials, or any portion of the Licensed Materials, and, except as otherwise provided in these Terms or our Privacy Policy, modify or change any applicable policies or terms; and (c) to interrupt the operation of the Services, or any portion of the Services, as necessary to perform routine or non-routine maintenance, error correction, or make other changes.

5: Hyperlinks And Third-party Websites

5.1 Hyperlinks

The Licensed Materials may contain hyperlinks to other websites and may include content of third parties (collectively, “Third-Party Content”). The Third-Party Content is provided as a convenience to you and the hyperlinks are provided as an additional avenue of access to the information contained on such websites. Culch does not control, does not adopt, and is not responsible for the information or materials in the Third-Party Content or of any other websites or any products or services that may be offered through those or any other websites and does not endorse such content, goods, or services. Culch can make no guarantee as to the accuracy or completeness of Third-Party Content and undertakes no responsibility to update or review such Third-Party Content. Your use of Third-Party Content is at your own risk.

 

5.2 Websites

Culch has no control over third-party websites and makes no claim or representation regarding such websites. Culch accepts no responsibility for the content, nature, reliability, or quality of any websites accessible by hyperlink from the Licensed Materials. Different terms and conditions may apply to your use of any linked sites. For example, Culch may include a link for you to connect with us on Facebook or to follow us on Twitter; and each of these companies has its own terms and conditions which you may be required to accept and follow. Culch is not responsible for any losses, damages, or other liabilities incurred as a result of your use of any linked websites. You should refer to such websites’ respective privacy policies and terms and conditions. Your use of third-party websites is at your own risk.

6. Intellectual Property Right Infringement

6.1 Notification of Copyright Infringement

Culch respects the intellectual property rights of others and requests that you do the same. If you believe your copyright or the copyright of a person on whose behalf you are authorized to act has been infringed, you may notify Culch through one of the avenues identified in Section 2 (How to Contact Culch) with attention to Copyright Agent. To be effective, your notification must be in writing, include your contact information, be provided to our copyright agent, and include: (a) the signature of a person authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf; (b) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed; (c) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing, including references to the location of the material on the Services; and (d) comply with all other requirements of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), if any. Under the DMCA, we are required to take reasonable steps to notify the entity who posted the allegedly infringing content (“Alleged Infringer”). The Alleged Infringer is allowed under the law to send us a Counter-Notice in accordance with Section 6.2 (Counter-Notice Procedures). On receiving a Counter-Notice, we may restore the allegedly infringing content unless we receive notice from the original notice provider that a legal action has been filed seeking a court order to restrain the Alleged Infringer from engaging in the allegedly infringing activity. Notices and Counter-Notices are legal notices distinct from regular Culch Website activities or communications. Anyone making a false or fraudulent notice or Counter-Notice may be liable for damages under the DMCA, including costs and attorney’s fees. If you are unsure of whether certain material infringes your copyright, contact an attorney.

 

6.2 Counter-Notice Procedures

If you believe that material you posted on the Culch Website was removed or access to it was disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may file a counter-notification (“Counter-Notice”) with us through one of the avenues identified in Section 2 (How to Contact Culch) with attention to Copyright Agent. Pursuant to the DMCA, the Counter-Notice must include substantially the following: (a) your name, address, telephone number, and physical or electronic signature; (b) identification of the material that was taken down; (c) the online location of the material before it was taken down; (d) a statement under penalty of perjury by you that you have a good faith belief that the material identified above was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification; and (e) a statement that you will consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or if you reside outside the United States for any judicial district in which the Culch Website may be found) and that you will accept service from the person (or an agent of that person) who provided the Culch Website with the complaint at issue.

 

6.3 Notification of Other Intellectual Property Infringement

If you believe your non-copyright intellectual property rights were infringed (e.g., trademark rights), please notify us in writing to the email address or mailing address provided in Section 2 (How to Contact Culch) with attention to Legal – Notice of Intellectual Property Infringement.

 

6.4 No Duty to Validate Claim

Culch undertakes no duty to determine the validity of any claim of copyright, patent, or trademark infringement or any other infringement of intellectual property rights. Culch reserves the right to remove any and all content from the Licensed Materials without any notice to you.

7. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold Culch and its parents, subsidiaries, and affiliates and its and their respective directors, officers, shareholders, employees, agents, representatives, service providers, licensors, assigns, and successors-in-interest (collectively, the “Culch Parties”) harmless from and against any claims, damages, demands, liabilities, losses, government investigations, reasonable costs, and reasonable expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, relating to or arising out of: (a) any data or information you submit to or through the Services, including, without limitation, the Submitted Information; (b) your use of, or inability to use, the Services; (c) your violation of these Terms, including any warranty that you provided herein; (d) your violation of any rights of another party, including, without limitation, AN ACTION ALLEGING INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT OR OTHER PROPRIETARY RIGHTS; or (e) your violation of any applicable laws, rules, or regulations in connection with your use of or access to the Licensed Materials. Culch reserves the right, at its own cost, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will fully cooperate with Culch in asserting any available defenses.

8: Disclaimers And Warranties

8.1 General Disclaimers

You expressly understand and agree that to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, your use of the Licensed Materials is at your sole risk and the Licensed Materials are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis, with all faults and without warranty of any kind. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Culch Parties (including any predecessors in interest) expressly disclaim all warranties, representations, and conditions of any kind, whether express or implied, relating to the Services or any other Licensed Materials, whether provided or owned by Culch or by any third party, including, without limitation, the implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, freedom from computer viruses, and warranties implied from a course of performance, course of dealing, or usage in trade. The Culch Parties (including any predecessors in interest) make no warranty, representation, or condition that: (a) the Licensed Materials will be uninterrupted, timely, or error-free or that the results of using the Services will meet your requirements; (b) that the Licensed Materials will be secure; (c) any errors in the Licensed Materials will be corrected; or (d) that your use of the Licensed Materials will not result in the loss of, or damage to, your information, information technology network, devices, or any other equipment you use to access the Licensed Materials. The Culch Website and the delivery of other Licensed Materials may be subject to delays, cancellations, and other disruptions.

 

8.2 No Warranties Created

No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from the Culch Parties or through or from the Licensed Materials will create any warranty of any kind. Each of the Culch Parties disclaims any and all lability for the acts, omissions, and conduct of any third parties in connection with or related to your use of the Licensed Materials.

 

8.3 Impact of Jurisdiction and Relief

In certain jurisdictions, the law may not permit or may limit the disclaimer of warranties, so the disclaimers set forth in this Section 8 (Disclaimer of Warranties) may not apply to you and may be limited in its application. Termination of your access or use of the Licensed Materials will not waive or affect any other right or relief to which Culch may be entitled at law or in equity.

 

8.4 Access Outside of the United States

While we recognize that it is possible for you to obtain access to the Licensed Materials from any jurisdiction in the world, and we have no practical ability to prevent such access, we provide the Licensed Materials for use only by persons physically located within the United States. We make no representation that products, services, or material described in the Licensed Materials are appropriate or available for use in locations outside the United States. Those who choose to access the Licensed Materials from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws. You are responsible for informing yourself of the laws of your jurisdiction and complying with them.

9: Limitation of Liability

9.1  No Special Damages

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in no event will the Culch Parties (including any predecessors in interest) be liable to you, your representatives, or any of your agents for any consequential, exemplary, incidental, indirect, punitive, special, or other damages including, without limitation, any damages resulting from loss of use, data, goodwill, reputation, or savings, or lost profits, or cost of procurement of substitute goods or Services, or failure to provide notice or alert, whether or not the Culch Parties have been advised of the possibility of such damages, or for any damages for personal or bodily injury or emotional distress arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the Services, on any theory of liability (whether such liability is based on contract, tort, negligence, or any other cause of action, including the failure of essential purposes, even if we have been notified of the POSSIBILITY OR likelihood of such damages OCCURRING), resulting or arising from (a) the use or inability to use the Licensed Materials; (b) any other website you access through a link on the Licensed Materials; (c) your access to, use of, or reliance on any of the Licensed Materials or any errors or omission in any of the Licensed Materials; (d) any unauthorized access to or use of the Services or any of the Culch Parties servers and any and all personally identifiable or individually identifiable information stored therein; or (e) any bugs, malware, viruses, or any harmful code that may be transmitted to or through the Licensed Materials or the Culch Parties network by any third party.

 

9.2 Cap on Liability

To the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, if, notwithstanding the other provisions of these Terms, Culch is found to be liable to you or any third party for any damage or loss that arises out of or is in any way connected with your use of the Licensed Materials or these Terms, Culch’s liability to you or any such third party will in no event exceed US $50.00.

 

9.3 Basis of the Bargain

The disclaimers, exclusions, and limitations of liability set forth in these Terms form an essential basis of the bargain between Culch and you, and, absent any of such disclaimers, exclusions, or limitations of liability, you understand and agree that the provisions of these Terms, including, without limitation, the economic terms, would be substantially different.

10: General terms

10.1 Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, and any other policies and notices on the Culch Website set forth the complete understanding and agreement of the parties regarding the subject matter thereof and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements or understandings, oral or written, relating to such subject matter.

 

10.2 Survival

Termination or expiration of these Terms for any reason will not release either party hereto from any liabilities or obligations set forth in these Terms that remain to be performed or by their nature would be intended to be applicable following any such termination or expiration. Without limiting the immediately preceding sentence, the following Sections will survive the termination or expiration of these Terms: 3 (Privacy Statement and Communication), 4.2 (Ownership of Content), 4.5 (Feedback), 4.6 (Responsibility for Submissions), 7 (Indemnification), 8 (Disclaimer of Warranties), 9 (Limitation of Liability), and 10 (General Terms).

 

10.3 Admissibility

A printed version of these Terms will be admissible in any arbitration or judicial proceedings based on or relating to use of the Services or these Terms to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.

 

10.4 Assignment

These Terms, and your rights and obligations hereunder, may not be assigned, subcontracted, delegated, or otherwise transferred by you without our prior written consent, which may be withheld at our sole discretion, and any attempted assignment, subcontract, delegation, or transfer in violation of the foregoing will be null and void. Culch may assign, subcontract, delegate, or otherwise transfer or sublicense any rights (including license rights) granted to Culch hereto.

 

10.5 Governing Law

These Terms will be deemed to have been made in the State of Michigan in the County of Kent, and the provisions and conditions of these Terms will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the substantive laws of the State of Michigan, without regard to conflict of law provisions. You and Culch consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts residing in Kent County, Michigan for the resolution of any and all disputes arising under these Terms or in any manner related to the Services.

 

10.6 Force Majeure

Culch will not be liable for any delay or failure to perform resulting from causes outside its reasonable control, including, but not limited to, acts of God, war, terrorism, riots, embargos, acts of civil or military authorities, fire, floods, accidents, pandemics, strikes or shortages of transportation facilities, fuel, energy, labor, materials, changes in regulations, denial of service attacks, or information technology issues.

 

10.7 Relationship

The parties hereto are independent contractors and nothing in these Terms is to imply an agency, joint venture, partnership, or fiduciary relationship between such parties. You acknowledge and agree that it is possible that a third-party contractor, licensor, supplier, or vendor of Culch will be a direct and intended third-party beneficiary of these Terms and may enforce these Terms directly.

 

10.8 Notice

Culch may provide notice to you by email to the most recent email address on file with Culch. Where Culch requires that you provide an email address, you are responsible for providing Culch with your most current email address. In the event that the last email address you provided to Culch is not valid, or for any reason is not capable of delivering to you any notices required or permitted by these Terms, Culch’s dispatch of the email containing such notice will nonetheless constitute effective notice. You may give notice to Culch at the mailing address set forth in Section 2 (How to Contact Culch). Such notice will be deemed given when received by Culch by letter delivered by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service or first-class postage prepaid mail with receipt confirmation.

 

10.9 Waiver

Any waiver or failure to enforce any provision of these Terms on one occasion will not be deemed a waiver of any other provision or of such provision on any other occasion. Further, you agree that the failure by Culch to insist upon strict compliance with any term or provision of these Terms, to exercise any option, to enforce any right, or to seek any remedy upon any default by you will not affect, or constitute a waiver of, any of our rights to insist upon such strict compliance, exercise that option, enforce that right, or seek that remedy with respect to that default or any prior, contemporaneous, or subsequent default.

 

10.10 Severability

If any provision of these Terms is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unenforceable, the other provisions of these Terms will remain enforceable, and the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed modified, so that it is valid and enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by law.

 

10.11 Export Control

You acknowledge and agree that products, services, or technology provided by Culch may be subject to the export control laws and regulations of the United States. To the extent applicable, you will comply with these laws and regulations and will not, without prior U.S. government authorization, export, re-export, or transfer Culch products, services or technology, either directly or indirectly, to any country in violation of such laws and regulations. In particular, but without limitation, the Licensed Materials may not be exported or re-exported (a) into any United States embargoed countries; or (b) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department’s list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Denied Person’s List or Entity List. You also will not use the Culch Website or the other Licensed Materials for any purpose prohibited by U.S. law, including the development, design, manufacture or production of missiles, nuclear, chemical or biological weapons.

 

10.12 Interpretation

Capitalized terms defined in the singular include the plural and vice versa. The word “any” means “any and all.” The Section headings appearing in these Terms are inserted for convenience only and in no way define, limit, construe, or describe the scope or extent of such Section or in any way affect such Section. The words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder,” and other words of similar import refer to these Terms as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision.

CULCH COMMERCIAL TERMS OF USE

Last Modified: [10/16/2020]

These Commercial Terms of Use (these “Terms” or this “Agreement”) govern your use of Designing Your Culture d/b/a Culch (“Culch”) and constitute a license for your use of Culch. By accessing, viewing, or using Culch, you acknowledge that you have read, understand, and agree with these Terms. If you disagree with these Terms and the Privacy Policy and/or do not wish to be bound by these Terms or the Privacy Policy, do not use Culch. If you are accepting these Commercial Terms of Use on behalf of a business, you represent and warrant that you have sufficient authority to bind the business, and that your acceptance of these Terms shall bind the company on whose behalf you are accepting these Terms.

Your Use of Culch

Upon payment in full for each annual or monthly user subscription accessing Culch through you, Culch, grants you a limited, nonexclusive, revocable license to use Culch and its service subject to the restrictions set forth in these Terms of Use. The license is transferable solely in the event that licensee is acquired by a third party, merges with a third party, or some or all of licensee’s assets, including this license, are acquired by a third party. Culch does not consent to any other transfer of this license.  

 

By registering your business to use Culch, you represent and warrant that you are of legal age to form a binding contract with Designing Your Culture, LLC d/b/a Culch, and meet all of the eligibility requirements for doing so in the state in which you reside. Culch is offered and available to users who are at least 18 years of age or older, and reside in the United States of America or any of its territories or possessions. Use of Culch is intended for your employees, and is under no circumstances intended for any minors unable to legally agree to terms for using it. 

Annual Fee, Access, and Account Security

You agree that you are licensing a number of site subscriptions of Culch for a fee per license (the “License Fee”) for each of your active (non-archived) team members. By committing to a monthly or yearly subscription, you are forfeiting your right to a pro-rata refund of prepaid fees for your subscription covering the remainder of the term. Your use of Culch is contingent upon your paying the License Fee on or before each anniversary of this Agreement.

Yearly subscriptions renew and are billed on the 1st of each year. Mid-year activity (including additions and subtractions to the number of user site subscriptions) will be billed monthly at a prorated yearly subscription cost. 

Monthly subscriptions renew and are billed at the first of the month. Mid-month activity (including additions and subtractions to the number of user site subscriptions) will be trued-up at the end of each day and billed upon the next monthly renewal.  

By registering to use Culch, you agree that you are responsible for: 

  • Making all arrangements necessary for your employees to have access to Culch.

     

  • Ensuring that all persons who access Culch through your company are aware of all applicable terms and policies, agree with them, and comply with them.

     

It is a condition of your use of Culch that all the information you provide to us is correct, current, and complete. You agree that all information you provide to register with Culch, including but not limited to through the use of any interactive features on www.culch.co, is governed by our Privacy Policy.

You must safely guard your username, password or any other piece of information generated as part of Culch’s security procedures, and you must not disclose such information to any other person or entity, other than a colleague in the ordinary course of business. You agree to notify Culch immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your username or password, or any other breach of security. 

Culch has the right to disable any username, password, or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by Culch, at any time in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including, but not limited to, if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use, and/or any local, state, or federal law or regulation.

Data Privacy

Refer to Culch’s Privacy Policy online. You understand and agree that Culch may use anonymized data found during the use of its software and anonymized customer feedback in marketing communications; any such communications will not reveal any Personally Identifiable Information, any user information, or the identity of your entity.

Intellectual Property Rights

Culch and its entire contents, features, and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video and audio, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof), are owned by Designing Your Culture, LLC d/b/a Culch its licensors, or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.

You agree that you shall not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit Culch’s content, except as follows:

  • Your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials.

  • You may store files that are automatically cached by your computer to assist Culch’s operation.


You must not:

  • Modify copies of any materials from Culch.

  • Delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from Culch.

  • Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, reproduce, or create any derivative works from any portion or subset of Culch or any of its source code, object code, images, or other content. 


Violation of the foregoing will result in your license to use Culch being immediately terminated. Culch reserves the right to pursue any or all additional remedies in our sole discretion. 

The “Culch” name and logo, and all related names, logos, product, and service names, designs, and slogans are the intellectual property of Designing Your Culture, LLC, or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of Designing Your Culture, LLC. All other names, logos, product, and service names, designs and slogans on the Website are the intellectual property of their respective owners.

Prohibited Uses

You may use Culch only for lawful purposes, in accordance with this Agreement, and pursuant to Culch’s Terms of Use and End User License Agreement (EULA). You agree not to use Culch in any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local, or international law or regulation. 

Use Culch at Your Own Risk

You agree that your access to and use of Culch and its service is at your own risk. Culch will have no responsibility for any harm, including data loss or data corruption, that results from your access to or use of Culch, its content, or its service.

Disclaimer of Warranties

You understand that Culch cannot and does not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the internet, including those made available by Culch, will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to Culch for any reconstruction of any lost data. DESIGNING YOUR CULTURE, LLC D/B/A CULCH, WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES, OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA, OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF CULCH OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH CULCH.

YOUR USE OF CULCH, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES VIA CULCH IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. CULCH AND ITS SERVICES  ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER CULCH, NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH DESIGNING YOUR CULTURE, MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY, OR AVAILABILITY OF CULCH. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER DESIGNING YOUR CULTURE, LLC, NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH DESIGNING YOUR CULTURE, LLC, REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT CULCH WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE, OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT THE SERVERS THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT CULCH WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS. 

DESIGNING YOUR CULTURE, LLC, HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

Limitation on Liability

IN NO EVENT WILL DESIGNING YOUR CULTURE, LLC, ITS AFFILIATES, OR THEIR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, MEMBERS, MANAGERS, OFFICERS, OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, CULCH, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE. THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, IN WHICH CASE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF DAMAGES YOU MAY RECOVER SHALL NOT EXCEED THE FEES PAID TO DESIGNING YOUR CULTURE, LLC D/B/A CULCH, FOR YOUR ACCESS TO CULCH OVER THE TWELVE MONTHS PRECEDING THE DATE OF YOUR ALLEGED LOSS.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Designing Your Culture, LLC, its affiliates, licensors, and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, members, managers, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of this Agreement or your use of Culch, including, but not limited to, any use of the Culch’s content, services, and products other than as expressly authorized in this Agreement, or your use of any information obtained from Culch, or the violation of this Agreement of Service by a third party to whom you granted your access to Culch.

Miscellaneous

No waiver of any breach of any provision of this Agreement will be deemed a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach or of any other provision of this Agreement. No extension of time for performance of any obligations or acts will be deemed an extension of the time for performance of any other obligations or acts.

In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein shall, for any reason, be held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Agreement, but this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provisions had never been contained herein, unless the deletion of such provision or provisions would result in such a material change so as to cause completion of the transactions contemplated herein to be unreasonable. 

This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Michigan and any disputes arising out of this Agreement shall be litigated in a court of competent jurisdiction sitting in Kent County, Michigan, which shall apply the laws of the State of Michigan without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rules. 

Culch is controlled by facilities in the United States of America. Designing Your Culture, LLC, makes no representations that Culch is appropriate or available for use in other locations. If you access Culch from any location outside the United States of America, you do so at your own risk and you are solely responsible for your compliance with all local laws and regulations. 

These Terms of Use are the entire and exclusive agreement between Culch and you regarding Culch, and these Terms of Use supersede and replace any prior agreements between Culch and you regarding Culch and its Service.