These Terms of Use form a binding agreement between you and ChipoPet (“ChipoPet,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). They outline the terms and conditions governing your access to and use of this website, including all content, features, and services provided through it (collectively referred to as the “Site”). Please review these Terms of Use carefully before using the Site. By clicking the “Accept” button below, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to comply with these Terms of Use, as well as our Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, and Refund Policy. If you do not agree to these terms or policies, you must not access or use the Site.
We reserve the right to update these Terms from time to time. Any changes will be reflected in the “Last Updated” date at the top of this document. If significant changes are made, we may, at our discretion, notify users by posting the updated Terms on the Site, sending an email to subscribers with a link to the revised Terms, or providing an alternative form of notice. It is your responsibility to review the Terms for updates before using the Site, services, or purchasing products. By continuing to use the Site, services, or products after updates are posted, you accept the revised Terms.
Eligibility
The Service is intended exclusively for individuals aged thirteen (13) or older. Any registration, use, or access to the Service by anyone under the age of 13 is strictly prohibited, unauthorized, and constitutes a violation of these terms.
The Company reserves the right to terminate your account, delete any content or information you have posted, and/or restrict your access to the Service (or any portion or feature of it) at its sole discretion, with or without notice. This includes but is not limited to, situations where the Company reasonably believes you are under 13 years old.
If you are considered a minor under the laws of your jurisdiction (e.g., under 18 years of age), you may only use the Service if:
(a) You are an emancipated minor, or you have obtained consent from a parent or legal guardian after they review these terms; and
(b) You possess the capacity to fully understand, agree to, and comply with these terms, including all responsibilities and representations outlined in this agreement.
No Warranty
The Service is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. Your use of the Service is at your sole risk. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Service is provided without any warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.
To the maximum extent allowed by law, the Company, its affiliates, and licensors make no warranties regarding the accuracy, reliability, or correctness of the content; that the Service will meet your expectations; that the Service will be available without interruption or security issues; that defects or errors will be resolved; or that the Service is free from viruses or other harmful elements.
Any content downloaded or obtained through the Service is done at your own risk. You bear full responsibility for any damage to your device or loss of data resulting from such actions.
Furthermore, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company does not guarantee, endorse, or assume responsibility for any third-party products or services advertised through the Service, any linked websites, or any banners or advertisements. The Company is not a party to, nor does it monitor, any transactions between you and third-party providers of goods or services.
Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company, along with its affiliates, directors, employees, and licensors, shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential, or exemplary damages. This includes, but is not limited to, damages for lost profits, goodwill, data, or other intangible losses arising from your use of or inability to use the Service. The Company shall not be held responsible for any harm, loss, or damage caused by hacking, tampering, or other unauthorized access to the Service, your account, or the information contained within it.
To the maximum extent allowed by law, the Company disclaims any liability for:
Errors, inaccuracies, or mistakes in the content;
Personal injury or property damage of any kind resulting from your access to or use of the Service;
Unauthorized access to or use of our secure servers and any stored personal information;
Interruptions, delays, or failures in the transmission to or from the Service;
Bugs, viruses, trojan horses, or other harmful elements that may be transmitted through the Service by third parties;
Errors, omissions, or inaccuracies in any content, or any loss or damage resulting from the use of content posted, transmitted, or otherwise made available through the Service; and
User-generated content or the defamatory, offensive, or illegal conduct of any third party.
Under no circumstances shall the Company, its affiliates, directors, employees, or licensors be liable for any claims, obligations, damages, losses, or costs exceeding the total amount you paid to the Company under this agreement.
This limitation of liability applies regardless of the legal theory underlying the claim—whether it’s based on contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, or otherwise—even if the Company has been advised of the possibility of such damages. These limitations apply to the fullest extent permitted by law in your jurisdiction.
The Service is operated from facilities located in the United States. The Company makes no representation that the Service is appropriate or available for use in other regions. If you access the Service from outside the United States, you do so at your own risk and are solely responsible for complying with local laws, including but not limited to export and import regulations.
Use of Our Service
The Company permits you to use the Service as outlined in this Agreement, provided that you:
- Do not copy, distribute, or disclose any part of the Service in any medium.
- Refrain from altering or modifying any part of the Service except as necessary to use it for its intended purpose.
- Comply fully with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
While registration is not required to use the Service, certain features may only be accessible if you register and create a Member account or profile. Your account grants you access to features and functionality that the Company may establish or modify at its sole discretion.
Account Responsibilities
- Account Use: You must not use another Member’s account without their permission.
- Accurate Information: When creating an account, you must provide accurate and complete information.
- Security: You are responsible for all activity under your account and must keep your password secure. Notify the Company immediately if you suspect a security breach or unauthorized account access. While the Company is not liable for losses caused by unauthorized account use, you are responsible for any resulting losses incurred by the Company or others.
- Email Consent: By providing your email address, you consent to its use by the Company’s Privacy Policy.
Prohibited Activities
You agree not to:
- Use or deploy automated systems (e.g., robots, spiders, offline readers) to interact with the Service in ways that exceed the capabilities of standard human use.
- Aggregate, scrape, or collate content from the Service for use elsewhere.
- Collect or harvest personally identifiable information, such as account names.
- Use the Service’s communication tools for commercial solicitation.
Suspension or Termination of Access
The Company may suspend or terminate your access to the Service without notice if you violate this Agreement or engage in prohibited actions, including:
- Attempting to compromise system security or decipher data transmissions.
- Imposing an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Service’s infrastructure.
- Uploading harmful content, such as viruses, worms, or other malicious software.
- Impersonating others misrepresenting affiliations, engaging in fraud, or attempting to conceal your identity.
- Disrupting the Service’s functionality.
- Circumventing security measures designed to restrict access.
User Interactions
You are solely responsible for your interactions with other Users. While the Company reserves the right to monitor disputes, it has no obligation to do so and assumes no liability for the actions or inactions of any User.
User Content
Certain areas of the Service may allow Users to create Member accounts or profiles, post comments, questions, and feedback on message boards, send private messages to other Users, engage in chat room conversations, and share other forms of information (“User Content”).
You are solely responsible for any User Content you upload, publish, display, link to, or otherwise make available (collectively, “post”) on the Service. You acknowledge that the Company acts only as a passive platform for your online distribution and publication of such content.
Prohibited User Content
You agree not to post User Content that:
- Poses Risks: Creates a risk of harm, injury, emotional distress, death, disability, or damage to any person, animal, or property.
- Violates Laws or Rights: Is illegal, contributes to a crime or tort, infringes on third-party rights, or breaches any contractual or fiduciary obligations.
- Is Offensive or Harmful: Includes content that is harmful, abusive, defamatory, racially or ethnically offensive, harassing, invasive of privacy, libelous, threatening, or otherwise objectionable.
- Is Incorrect or Unauthorized: Contains false information or content you do not have the legal right to make available.
- Constitutes Spam: Includes spam, unsolicited advertising, or other commercial communications.
You further agree that any User Content you post will not violate third-party rights, including Intellectual Property Rights (as defined below) or rights of privacy and publicity.
Intellectual Property Rights
For this Agreement, “Intellectual Property Rights” encompass all current and future patent rights, copyrights, trademarks, trade dress, service marks, trade secrets, moral rights, goodwill, and similar intellectual property protections, along with any registrations, renewals, and extensions under applicable laws.
Company’s Rights and Responsibilities
The Company reserves the right but is not obligated, to review, reject, or remove User Content that it deems, at its sole discretion, to violate this Agreement. Posting User Content on the Service does not substitute for registering it with rights organizations such as the U.S. Copyright Office or the Writer’s Guild of America.
The Company assumes no responsibility or liability for User Content posted by you, other Users, or third parties. Any loss or damage resulting from the use of such content is solely your responsibility. The Company is not liable for public display or misuse of your User Content.
Exposure to Objectionable Content
You acknowledge that you may encounter User Content that is inaccurate, offensive, or objectionable. The Company disclaims any liability for damages resulting from your exposure to such content.
Monitoring and Removal
The Company reserves the right to monitor and review online and stored transmissions and to remove or reject material it deems unlawful or objectionable, at its sole discretion, and without prior notice to you.
Opt-Out
If the Site allows, you can deactivate your account or profile by logging in, navigating to the Preferences page, re-entering your password, and clicking the confirmation button. Once deactivated, your account or profile cannot be logged into or viewed, and all associated photos will be deleted. Please note that deactivation is permanent and irreversible.
License Grant
By posting any User Content on the Service, you explicitly grant the Company a royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, list information about, edit, translate, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, and create derivative works from such User Content. This includes your name, voice, and/or likeness as contained in your User Content, in any form, media, or technology, whether known or developed in the future, for use in connection with the Service. You represent and warrant that you have the rights necessary to grant this license.
Our Proprietary Rights
Apart from your User Content, all materials on or transferred through the Service—including software, images, text, graphics, logos, trademarks, copyrights, photographs, videos, music, and other content (collectively, “Company Content”)—and any related Intellectual Property Rights are the exclusive property of the Company and its licensors.
Except as expressly permitted in this Agreement, you may not sell, license, rent, modify, distribute, copy, reproduce, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adapt, or create derivative works from any Company Content. Use of Company Content for any purpose outside the terms of this Agreement is strictly prohibited.
You may submit comments or suggestions about the Service, including ideas for improvement (“Ideas”). By submitting Ideas, you agree that your submission is voluntary, unsolicited, and without restriction. The Company may use your Ideas without obligation or compensation and retains the right to use similar ideas previously known, developed independently, or obtained from other sources.
Privacy
We value your privacy. Please review our Privacy Policy for details. By using the Service, you consent to the Company collecting, storing, using, and disclosing your information as described in the Privacy Policy. You also consent to having your data transferred to and processed in the United States.
Security
We employ commercially reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information from accidental loss, unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, or disclosure. However, no security system is foolproof, and we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never circumvent our measures. You acknowledge and accept that you provide your personal information at your own risk.
Additional Representations and Warranties
You are solely responsible for your User Content and any consequences resulting from its posting or publication. In addition to the other representations and warranties outlined in this Agreement, you affirm, represent, and warrant the following regarding your User Content:
Your User Content and the Company’s use of it as outlined in this Agreement and through the Service will not infringe upon any third-party rights, including but not limited to Intellectual Property Rights, privacy rights, or rights of publicity.
The Company can exercise the rights granted to your User Content under this Agreement without being liable for any guild fees, residuals, royalties, or payments required under any collective bargaining agreements or similar arrangements.
Third-Party Websites, Advertisers, or Services
The Service may include links to third-party websites, advertisers, or services not owned or controlled by the Company. The Company has no control over and assumes no responsibility for the content, privacy practices, or policies of these third-party websites or services. By accessing third-party sites through the Company, you do so at your own risk, acknowledging that this Agreement and the Company’s Privacy Policy do not govern your use of such third-party resources.
You expressly release the Company from any liability related to your use of third-party websites, services, or content. Additionally, any dealings or promotions you engage in with advertisers found on the Service—such as payments, delivery of goods, or terms like warranties—are solely between you and the advertiser. The Company will not be held responsible for any loss or damage arising from such interactions.
We encourage you to stay informed when you leave the Service and to carefully review the terms, conditions, and privacy policies of any third-party websites or services you visit.
Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Company, along with its subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, managers, employees, contractors, officers, and directors, from any claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs, or expenses (including attorney’s fees) arising from:
- Your use of and access to the Service, including any data or work transmitted or received by you.
- Your violation of any term of this Agreement, including but not limited to breaches of the representations and warranties outlined herein.
- Your infringement on any third-party rights, including but not limited to privacy rights, rights of publicity, or Intellectual Property Rights.
- Your violation of any applicable law, rule, or regulation, whether in the United States or any other country.
- Any claims or damages resulting from your User Content, including content submitted via your account or profile.
- Any other party’s access to and use of the Service using your unique username, password, or security credentials.
Disclaimer Regarding Content
The Site provides access to a wide range of information, opinions, advice, recommendations, letters, messages, comments, posts, text, graphics, software, music, sound, photographs, videos, data, and other materials (“Content”). Some Content is created by the Company or its suppliers, while other Content is generated by Users, such as opinions and views shared in chat rooms, blogs, bulletin boards, or discussion forums.
Although the Company makes efforts to ensure the accuracy, completeness, and currency of the Content it posts, it cannot guarantee or be held responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of any Content, regardless of whether it is supplied by the Company, its suppliers, or Users of the Site. Any opinions, advice, statements, or other information shared by Users or third parties, including bloggers, represent their views and not those of the Company. Such Content has not been reviewed by professionals such as physicians, psychologists, parenting experts, or the Company’s editorial staff for accuracy, balance, or objectivity. The Company does not endorse or take responsibility for the reliability or accuracy of any opinions, advice, or statements shared on the Site.
The Company is not obligated to prescreen, edit, or remove User-provided Content that is posted or available on the Site. However, the Company reserves the right, at its sole discretion and without obligation, to prescreen, edit, refuse, remove, or move any such Content for any reason.
IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: The Content available on the Site is provided with the understanding that neither the Company, its suppliers, nor its Users are offering medical, counseling, legal, or other professional services or advice.
The Content is intended solely for general educational purposes. It is not medical or healthcare advice, nor is it meant to be used for diagnosis, treatment, or addressing any individual problems. It should not substitute professional advice from a qualified healthcare provider who understands your specific situation. Always consult your physician or another qualified healthcare provider for advice about medical conditions or treatments before undertaking any new healthcare initiative.
Assignment
This Agreement, along with any rights and licenses granted under it, may not be transferred or assigned by you. However, the Company retains the right to assign this Agreement without restriction.