Website Terms of Use
LYNCH2.COM
TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT
Effective Date: November, 2019
The Lynch2.Com website and its associated services and content (collectively “Website”) is owned and operated by Lynch, Incorporated d/b/a L2 Interactive (“L2 Interactive”, “our”, “us”, “we”), an Illinois corporation. L2 Interactive has adopted this Terms of Use Agreement (“Agreement”) to inform you (“User(s)”) of your rights and duties when using the Website. If you do not agree with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, you are expressly prohibited from using the Website and must discontinue your use immediately.
PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE ACCESSING OR USING THE WEBSITE AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES. BY ACCESSING OR USING THE WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT.
L2 INTERACTIVE MAY, FROM TIME TO TIME, AND RESERVES THE RIGHT, IN ITS SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION, TO MODIFY, LIMIT, CHANGE, DISCONTINUE, OR REPLACE THE WEBSITE OR THIS AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT L2 INTERACTIVE MODIFIES, LIMITS, CHANGES, OR REPLACES THE WEBSITE OR THIS AGREEMENT, YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE AFTER SAID MODIFICATION, LIMITATION, CHANGE, OR REPLACEMENT CONSTITUTES YOUR MANIFESTATION OF ASSENT TO THE MODIFICATION, LIMITATION, CHANGE, OR REPLACEMENT.
About The Website
L2 Interactive is a web development company that specializes in custom website design, website hosting, and marketing automation, including custom integrated software and services such as Integrate2 and Prospect2.
Warranties and Representations
You warrant and agree that you have the right and legal capacity to enter into this Agreement and to adhere to its terms and conditions. You warrant that you are a human individual that is eighteen (18) years of age or older. If you are under eighteen (18) years of age but at least thirteen (13) years of age, you must present this Agreement to your parent or legal guardian for their review. You warrant that you are not prohibited from assenting to this Agreement by any preexisting Agreement.
You warrant and represent that any and all information that you provide to L2 Interactive and the Website is accurate and valid. You agree to comply in good faith with the terms of this Agreement.
You will not use the Website in any way that violates the rights of third parties, and you agree to comply with any and all applicable local, national, state, provincial, and international laws, treaties, and regulations. Given the global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply with all laws and rules where you reside or where you use the Website. The Website is operated in the United States and L2 Interactive makes no representation that its Website or services or products are appropriate, lawful, or available for use in other locations.
Ownership of Website and License
You acknowledge and agree that L2 Interactive is the owner of, or has rights in and to, the Website and its associated content, including but not limited to all intellectual property rights inherent therein. The Website is protected by all applicable laws, intellectual property or otherwise, and you are expressly prohibited from using the Website for any purposes not explicitly stated in this Agreement. Specifically, and except where otherwise allowed under this Agreement, you are prohibited from framing, scraping, aggregating, hacking, reverse engineering, crawling, reproducing, preparing derivative works of, distributing, performing publicly, or displaying publicly the Website, whether in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of L2 Interactive.
L2 Interactive hereby grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, royalty free, non-assignable, and revocable license to use the Website for its customary and intended purposes. Violation of the terms of this Agreement or use of the Website for a use outside of its customary and intended purposes, such as, but not limited to downloading (other than page caching) or modifying the Website or any portion of it will result in the termination of this license. Absent prior written permission from L2 Interactive, you are not permitted to reproduce, prepare derivative works, distribute copies, perform, display, or use for commercial purposes the Website or its content. This license is revocable at any time, and any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved to L2 Interactive.
Intellectual Property
All trademarks (common law or registered) and copyrights (common law or registered) displayed on this Website are the property of their respective owners. Specifically, all photographs featured on the Website are copyrighted and owned by L2 Interactive, unless otherwise stated. All L2 Interactive marks are the property of L2 Interactive, including, but not limited to LYNCH INCORPORATED, L2 INTERACTIVE, INTEGRATE2, PROSPECT2 and all L2 Interactive logos. The Website, including its look and feel, color selections, layout, and arrangement, is the trade dress of L2 Interactive. You are prohibited from using L2 Interactive’s trademarks, service marks, and trade dress, or any colorable imitation thereof, to indicate the source of, sponsorship of, approval of, affiliation with, connection with, or association with your goods or services without the prior written consent of L2 Interactive.
Website Use
Use of the Website is free. When contacting L2 Interactive through the Website, you are agreeing to receive email notifications from L2 Interactive and potentially other third-parties. The email notifications from L2 Interactive contain an unsubscribe feature that allows you to “opt out” from future notifications. Please see the Website’s Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into this Agreement by reference, regarding the collection and use of this and other information about you. User information will be used consistent with the Privacy Policy. L2 Interactive does not endorse you or discriminate based upon any information provided by you or made available through the Website.
You have a duty to ensure that the information provided through the Website is truthful, current, complete, and accurate. You understand and agree that you have an ongoing duty to update and keep current the information provided through the Website if and when that information changes. You are expressly prohibited from providing information that in a way impersonates another person, contains offensive or obscene language, or otherwise violates the rights of a third party. You expressly agree that you will not interfere with or disrupt a third party’s enjoyment and use of the Website. L2 Interactive reserves the right to restrict access to, monitor, suspend, disable, or delete Users and/or Users’ information at any time, in its sole discretion, and without prior warning. You agree to hold harmless and indemnify L2 Interactive for any damages that arise out of or in relation to the use of the Website.
L2 Interactive is under no obligation to preserve your data for any length of time and will not be responsible for any loss of data. L2 Interactive is under no obligation to provide you with the data associated with your Website use, except as otherwise provided in the Privacy Policy. L2 Interactive recommends that you maintain your own backup of information submitted to the Website.
Prohibited Uses
You expressly agree that you will not use the Website to violate any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or treaty, to violate the rights of third parties, or for a use outside of the customary and intended purposes of the Website.
Specifically, you are prohibited from:
- Posting or transmitting content that:
- Infringes upon the intellectual property rights of others;
- Threatens or encourages bodily harm and/or destruction of property or that is offensive, defamatory, derogatory, pornographic or obscene;
- Promotes hate, violence, harassment, stalking, discrimination, terrorism, or intolerance of any kind based upon race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or disability;
- Incites any illegal activity or unlawful sexual solicitation;
- Relates to weaponry, controlled substances, gambling, or debt collection;
- Raises support or defense of anyone alleged to be involved in criminal activity;
- Impersonates another or is fraudulent, inaccurate, or misleading;
- Constitutes an unwanted commercial solicitation, a phishing scam, a pyramid scheme, or a chain letter;
- Intends to collect personal or personally identifiable information from others;
- Violates any term or condition of this Agreement;
- Using a robot, spider, scraper, or other automated technology to access the Website;
- Imposing a disproportionate load on the Website or its server infrastructure or otherwise attempting to interfere with the operation of the Website;
- Attempting to gain access to the private data or personal information of a Website user or third party;
- Circumventing L2 Interactive’s technological and physical security measures;
- Suggesting an affiliation with or endorsement by L2 Interactive.
If you encounter content or witness behavior that you believe is inappropriate and violates this Agreement, you may report it to L2 Interactive by sending an email to info@lynch2.com.
Mobile Devices
The Website is fully accessible via a mobile device. To the extent you access the Website through a mobile device, your wireless carrier’s standard charges, rates, and fees may apply. L2 Interactive is not responsible for any fees or errors that occur while accessing the Website via mobile device.
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act
You acknowledge and agree that L2 Interactive is an interactive computer service provider under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Though L2 Interactive may edit, remove, or control the content displayed through the Website, you agree that L2 Interactive will not be considered an information content provider and will not be held liable for the republication of defamatory or tortious content created by third parties, whether through the Website or otherwise.
Third Party & Affiliate Links
You understand that the Website may contain links to third party websites, applications, or services that L2 Interactive does not own or control. You agree that L2 Interactive will not be held responsible or liable for the content of third party websites, applications, or services and that L2 Interactive’s inclusion of those websites, applications, or services within its Website does not constitute L2 Interactive’s endorsement of, recommendation of, or affiliation with any of those websites, applications, or services.
No Endorsement
From time to time, L2 Interactive will refer to commercial products, processes, services, experts, and/or websites. Any reference is not intended to be an endorsement or statement that the information provided by the other party is accurate. L2 Interactive does not endorse any commercial product, process, service, expert, or website. The views and opinions of affiliates, contributors, and others expressed on this Website do not necessarily state or reflect those of L2 Interactive and are not intended to be used for product endorsement purposes.
Term and Termination
This Agreement will remain in full force and effect so long as the Website is in operation. L2 Interactive may terminate this Agreement without liability at any time, without notice, and for any reason, including but not limited to for your violation of a term or condition of this Agreement.
Disclaimer of Warranties
L2 INTERACTIVE DISCLAIMS ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY HARM OR LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE. L2 INTERACTIVE PROVIDES THE WEBSITE AND THE SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH THE WEBSITE ON AN AS-IS BASIS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR QUALITY. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW FOR AN EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES. IF YOU ARE LOCATED IN SUCH A JURISDICTION, THIS EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY.
L2 INTERACTIVE WILL NOT BE HELD LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CONTENT POSTED ON THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY ADVICE OR MARKETING PROVIDED BY ANY THIRD PARTY, ANY THIRD-PARTY LINKS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE, OR ANY CONTENT TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE WEBSITE. L2 INTERACTIVE IS A SERVICE PROVIDER AND DOES NOT ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, ALTERATION, AND/OR DESTRUCTION OF IDENTITY. L2 INTERACTIVE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DISCONTINUE THE WEBSITE AT ANY TIME.
L2 INTERACTIVE WILL NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR NETWORK, INTERNET, COMPUTER, HARDWARE, OR SOFTWARE PROGRAM MALFUNCTIONS, FAILURE, DELAYS, OR DIFFICULTIES WITH THE WEBSITE AT ANY TIME.
Limitation of Liability
L2 INTERACTIVE WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY FOR ANY DAMAGES, CLAIMS, INJURIES, JUDGMENTS, COSTS, OR LIABILITIES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OR MISUSE OF THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF INCOME, SPECIAL DAMAGES, INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT L2 INTERACTIVE CAN BE HELD LIABLE TO YOU UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE IS THE AMOUNT THAT YOU PAID, IF ANY, FOR SERVICES THROUGH THE WEBSITE, AND IN NO CASE WILL THAT AMOUNT EXCEED $100. IF NO AMOUNT IS PAID BY YOU TO L2 INTERACTIVE, YOU AGREE THAT YOU WILL BE LIMITED TO INJUNCTIVE RELIEF ONLY UNLESS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY LAW.
THE WEBSITE MAY CONTAIN TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS OR OMISSIONS. L2 INTERACTIVE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY SUCH TYPOGRAPHICAL, TECHNICAL, OR PRICING ERRORS LISTED ON THE WEBSITE.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF DAMAGES. IF YOUR JURISDICTION DOES NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF DAMAGES, YOU SHOULD SEEK LEGAL COUNSEL TO UNDERSTAND YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS UNDER THE LAW.
Indemnification
You agree to hold harmless, indemnify, and defend L2 Interactive, its officers, employees, agents, successors, and assigns, from and against any and all claims, demands, losses, damages, rights, and actions of any kind, including, but not limited to, property damage, infringement, personal injury, and death, that either directly or indirectly arise out of or are related to your use of the Website, your use or provision of any services made through the Website, your reliance upon advice provided through the Website, your submission of User Generated Content to the Website, your violation of any term or condition of this Agreement, your violation of any applicable law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or treaty, whether local, state, national, or international, or your violation of the rights of a third party.
Your obligation to defend L2 Interactive under the terms of this Agreement will not provide you with the right to control L2 Interactive’s defense, and L2 Interactive reserves the right to control its defense and choose its counsel regardless of your contractual requirement to indemnify L2 Interactive.
No Assignment
You acknowledge and agree that you are prohibited from assigning your rights and obligations under this Agreement. L2 Interactive may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement at any time, including but not limited to in a sale of the Website.
Jurisdiction, Governing Law, and Resolution of Disputes
This Agreement will be interpreted, governed, construed, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the United States of American and the State of Illinois without giving effect to any conflicts of laws principles. The parties submit to and agree to personal jurisdiction in Illinois, with venue proper in Bartlett, Illinois.
YOU AND L2 INTERACTIVE AGREE THAT ARBITRATION WILL BE THE EXCLUSIVE FORUM AND REMEDY AT LAW FOR ANY DISPUTES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, OR THE PURCHASE OF SERVICES FROM L2 INTERACTIVE, INCLUDING ANY DISPUTES CONCERNING THE VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION, VIOLATION, BREACH, OR TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT. ARBITRATION UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE HELD IN BARTLETT, ILLINOIS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MOST RECENTLY EFFECTIVE COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION RULES OF THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION. THE ARBITRATION PROCEEDING WILL BE DECIDED BY A SINGLE ARBITRATOR AND THE ARBITRATOR WILL DECIDE THE ARBITRATION PROCEEDING BY APPLYING THE LAWS AND LEGAL PRINCIPLES OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS AND THE FEDERAL LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. THE LOSING PARTY WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY THE PREVAILING PARTY’S REASONABLE ATTORNEYS’ FEES. YOU AND L2 INTERACTIVE AGREE THAT THE SITUS OF THIS AGREEMENT IS IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. YOU AND L2 INTERACTIVE AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE PERSONAL JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH ARBITRATOR OR ARBITRATION PROCEEDING.
Severability
If any provision of this Agreement is found to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the remaining provisions will remain valid and unimpaired and will continue in full force and effect.
Integration
L2 Interactive hereby incorporates its Privacy Policy into this Agreement. This Agreement and its incorporated Privacy Policy constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the use of the Website. You acknowledge and agree that any additional provisions that may appear in any communication from you will not bind L2 Interactive.
No Waiver
You understand and agree that no term or provision of this Agreement will be deemed to have been waived and no breach will be deemed to have been consented to unless said waiver or consent is in writing and signed by the party to be charged.
Child Online Privacy Protection Act
The Website is not directed to persons under the age of eighteen (18) and L2 Interactive will not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of eighteen (18). If L2 Interactive inadvertently collects such personally identifiable information, L2 Interactive will delete the personally identifiable information in accordance with its security protocols.
Limitation on Actions
L2 INTERACTIVE AND YOU BOTH AGREE THAT ANY CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES PURCHASED THROUGH THE WEBSITE MUST COMMENCE WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES. FAILURE TO ASSERT SAID CAUSE OF ACTION WITHIN ONE YEAR WILL PERMANENTLY BAR ANY AND ALL RELIEF.
YOU WILL ONLY BE PERMITTED TO PURSUE CLAIMS AGAINST L2 INTERACTIVE ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION OR PROCEEDING AND YOU WILL ONLY BE PERMITTED TO SEEK RELIEF (INCLUDING MONETARY, INJUNCTIVE, AND DECLARATORY RELIEF) ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS.
Reservation of Rights
All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved to L2 Interactive.
Notice
Any notice required by this Agreement must be in writing, and must be emailed to: info@lynch2.com.
This Agreement is enforced by the Internet lawyers of Traverse Legal, PLC.