Need to Know, LLC Terms of Service
This document sets for the terms of service (the “Terms of Service”) for the Need To Know mobile application(s), websites and mobile properties located at www.getneedtoknow.com and applicable country top level domains (including sub-domains associated with them), related software applications (sometimes referred to as “apps”), data, SMS, APIs, email, chat and telephone correspondence, buttons, widgets and ads (collectively, all of these items shall be referred to herein as the “Services;” more generally, the Need To Know websites and mobile properties shall hereinafter be referred to herein as the “Websites”). The Services are offered to you conditioned upon your acceptance of the terms, conditions, and notices set forth below (collectively, this “Agreement”). By accessing or using the Services, you agree to be bound by this Agreement and represent that you have read and understood its terms. Please read this Agreement carefully, as it contains information concerning your legal rights and limitations on these rights, as well as a section regarding applicable law and jurisdiction of disputes. If you do not accept all of these terms and conditions, you are not authorized to use the Services. If you have a Need To Know account and wish to terminate this Agreement, you can do so at any time by closing your account and no longer accessing or using the Services (a description of how to do so can be found here).
Any information, text, links, graphics, photos, audio, videos, data, code or other materials or arrangements of materials that you can view, access or otherwise interact with through the Services shall be referred to as “Content.” The terms “we,” “us,” “Need To Know’s” and “Need To Know” refer to Need To Know, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company located in the United States of America (“Need To Know”). “Services” as defined above refers to those provided by Need To Know or its corporate affiliates (Need To Know and such entities may be collectively referred to as the “Need To Know Companies”). For the avoidance of doubt, the websites are all owned and controlled by Need To Know. However, some specific Services made available via the websites may be owned and controlled by Need To Know’s corporate affiliates.
The term “you” refers to the individual, company, business organization, or other legal entity using the Services and/or contributing Content to them. The Content that you contribute, submit, transmit and/or post to or through the Services may be referred to, variously, as “your Content” and/or “Content you submit.”
The Services are provided for the purpose of providing online, virtual entertainment experiences, and associated e-commerce opportunities and/or offerings.
Need To Know may change or otherwise modify this Agreement in the future in accordance with the terms and conditions herein, and you understand and agree that your continued access or use of the Services after such change signifies your acceptance of the updated or modified Agreement. We will note the date that revisions were last made to this Agreement at the bottom of this Agreement, and any revisions will take effect upon posting. We will notify registered users of Need To Know’s Services (such registered users to be referred to as “Account Holders”) of material changes to these terms and conditions by either sending a notice to the email address associated with the Account Holder’s profile or by placing a notice on Need To Know’s websites. Be sure to return to this page periodically to review the most current version of these Terms of Service.
USE OF THE SERVICES
As a condition of your use of the Services, you warrant that (i) all information supplied by via the Services to the Need To Know Companies is true, accurate, current and complete, (ii) if you are an Account Holder, you will safeguard your account information and will supervise and be completely responsible for any use of your account by anyone other than you, (iii) you are 13 years of age or older (in some jurisdictions, local laws may have an older age requirement) in order to register for an account, and (iv) you possess the legal authority to enter into this Agreement and to use the Services, including Need To Know’s websites in accordance with all terms and conditions herein. We retain the right at Need To Know’s sole discretion to deny anyone access to the Services, at any time and for any reason, including, but not limited to, for violation of this Agreement. By using the Services, including any products or services that facilitate the sharing of Content to or from third-party sites, you understand that you are solely responsible for any information that you share with the Need To Know Companies. You may access the Services solely as intended through the provided functionality of the Services in accordance with and as permitted under these Terms of Service.
Copying, transmission, reproduction, replication, posting or redistribution of (a) Content or any portion thereof and/or (b) the Services more generally is strictly prohibited without the prior written permission of the Need To Know Companies. To request permission, please direct your request to:
Need To Know, LLC
In order to access certain features of the Services, you will need to become an Account Holder by creating an account. When you create an account, you must provide complete and accurate information. You are solely responsible for the activity that occurs on your account, including your interaction and communication with others, and you will be solely responsible for safeguarding your account. Towards this end, if you are an Account Holder, you agree to keep your contact information up to date.
If you are creating a Need To Know account for commercial purposes and are accepting this Agreement on behalf of a company, organization, or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to do so and have the authority to bind such entity to this Agreement, in which case the words “you” and “your” as used in this Agreement shall refer to such entity and the individual acting on behalf of the company shall be referred to as a “Business Representative.”
Through your use of the Services, you may encounter links to third-party sites and apps or be able to interact with third party sites and apps. This may include the ability to share Content from the Services, including your Content, with such third-party sites and apps. Please be aware that third-party sites and apps may publicly display such shared Content. Such third parties may charge a fee for use of certain content or services provided on or by way of their websites. Therefore, you should make whatever investigation you feel is necessary or appropriate before proceeding with any transaction with any third party to determine whether a charge will be incurred. Where the Need To Know Companies provide details of fees or charges for such third-party content or services, such information is provided for convenience and information purposes only. Any interactions with third party sites and apps are at your own risk. You expressly acknowledge and agree that the Need To Know Companies are in no way responsible or liable for any such third-party sites or apps.
Some Content you see or otherwise access on or through the Services is used for commercial purposes. You agree and understand that the Need To Know Companies may place advertising and promotions on the Services alongside, near, adjacent, or otherwise in close proximity to your Content (including, for video or other dynamic content, before, during or after its presentation), as well as the Content of others.
ADDITIONAL PRODUCTS
The Need To Know Companies may, from time to time, decide to change, update or discontinue certain products and features of the Services. You agree and understand that the Need To Know Companies have no obligation to store or maintain your Content or other information you provide, except to the extent required by applicable law.
We also offer other services that may be governed by additional terms or agreements. If you use any other such services, the additional terms will be made available and will become part of this Agreement, except where such additional terms expressly exclude or otherwise supersede this Agreement. For example, if you use or purchase such additional services for commercial or business purposes, you must agree to the applicable additional terms. To the extent any other terms conflict with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the additional terms shall govern to the extent of the conflict with respect to those specific services.
PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
The Content and information available on and through the Services (including, but not limited to, messages, data, information, text, music, sound, photos, graphics, video, maps, icons, software, code or other material), as well as the infrastructure used to provide such Content and information, is proprietary to the Need To Know Companies or licensed to the Need To Know Companies by third parties. For all Content other than your Content, you agree not to otherwise modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell or re-sell any information, software, products, or services obtained from or through the Services. Additionally, you agree not to:
- (i) use the Services or Content for any commercial purpose, outside the scope of those commercial purposes explicitly permitted under this Agreement and related guidelines as made available by the Need To Know Companies;
- (ii) access, monitor, reproduce, distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, sell, license, copy or otherwise exploit any Content of the Services, including but not limited to, user profiles and photos, using any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means or any manual process for any purpose not in accordance with this Agreement or without Need To Know’s express written permission;
- (iii) violate the restrictions in any robot exclusion headers on the Services or bypass or circumvent other measures employed to prevent or limit access to the Services;
- (iv) take any action that imposes, or may impose, in Need To Know’s discretion, an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on Need To Know’s infrastructure;
- (v) deep-link to any portion of the Services for any purpose without Need To Know’s express written permission;
- (vi) “frame,” “mirror” or otherwise incorporate any part of the Services into any other websites or service without Need To Know’s prior written authorization;
- (vii) attempt to modify, translate, adapt, edit, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any software programs used by the Need To Know Companies in connection with the Services;
- (viii) circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Services or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any Content; or
- (ix) download any Content unless it’s expressly made available for download by the Need To Know Companies.
PRIVACY POLICY AND DISCLOSURES
Any personal information you post on or otherwise submit in connection with the Services will be used in accordance with Need To Know’s Privacy Policy. Click here to view Need To Know’s Privacy Policy .
USER CONTENT; LICENSE GRANT
We appreciate hearing from you. Please be aware that by providing your Content to or through the Services, be it via email, posting via any Need To Know synchronization product, via the services and applications of others, or otherwise, including any of your Content that is transmitted to your Need To Know account by virtue of any Need To Know Companies product or service, reviews, questions, photographs or videos, comments, suggestions, ideas or the like contained in any of your Content, you grant the Need To Know Companies a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, transferable, irrevocable and fully sub-licensable right to (a) host, use, reproduce, modify, run, adapt, translate, distribute, publish, create derivative works from and publicly display and perform such Content of yours throughout the world in any media, currently known or hereafter devised; (b) make your Content available to the rest of the world and to let others do the same; (c) to provide, promote, and improve the Services and to make your Content shared on the Services available to other companies, organizations or individuals for the syndication, broadcast, distribution, promotion or publication of such Content of yours on other media and services, subject to Need To Know’s Privacy Policy and this Agreement; and (d) use the name and/or trademark that you submit in connection with such Content of yours. You acknowledge that Need To Know may choose to provide attribution of your Content at Need To Know’s discretion. You further grant the Need To Know Companies the right to pursue at law any person or entity that violates your or the Need To Know Companies’ rights in your Content by a breach of this Agreement. You acknowledge and agree that your Content is non-confidential and non-proprietary. You further acknowledge, agree, and warrant that you own or have the necessary licenses, rights (including copyright and other proprietary rights), consents, and permissions to publish and otherwise use (and for the Need To Know Companies to publish and otherwise use) your Content as authorized under this Agreement.
To the extent that you retain any moral rights (including rights of attribution or integrity) in your Content, you hereby declare that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, (a) you do not require that any personally identifying information be used in connection with the Content, or any derivative works of or upgrades or updates thereto; (b) you have no objection to the publication, use, modification, deletion and exploitation of your Content by the Need To Know Companies or their licensees, successors and assigns; (c) you forever waive and agree not to claim or assert any entitlement to any and all moral rights of an author in any of your Content; and (d) you forever release the Need To Know Companies and their licensees, successors and assigns, from any claims that you could otherwise assert against the Need To Know Companies including but not limited to by virtue of any such moral rights.
Note that any feedback and other suggestions you provide may be used by Need To Know without compensation or attribution at any time and we are under no obligation to keep them confidential.
The Need To Know Companies take no responsibility and assume no liability for any Content posted, stored, transmitted or uploaded to the Services by you (in the case of your Content) or any third party (in the case of any and all Content more generally), or for any loss or damage thereto, nor are the Need To Know Companies liable for any mistakes, defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehoods, obscenity, pornography or profanity you may encounter. As a provider of interactive services, Need To Know is not liable for any statements, representations or any other Content provided by its users (including you as to your Content) in the websites or any other forum. Although Need To Know has no obligation to screen, edit or monitor any of the Content posted to or distributed through any Interactive Area, Need To Know reserves the right, and has absolute discretion, to remove, screen, translate or edit without notice any Content posted or stored on the Services at any time and for any reason, or to have such actions performed by third parties on their behalf, and you are solely responsible for creating backup copies of and replacing any Content you post or otherwise submit to us or store on the Services at your sole cost and expense.
Any use of the Interactive Spaces or other aspects of the Services in violation of the foregoing violates the terms of this Agreement and may result in, among other things, termination or suspension of your rights to use the Interactive Spaces and/or the Services more generally.
LIABILITY DISCLAIMER
PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. THIS SECTION LIMITS THE NEED TO KNOW COMPANIES’ LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ISSUES THAT MAY ARISE IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES. IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE TERMS IN THIS SECTION OR ELSEWHERE IN THIS AGREEMENT, PLEASE CONSULT A LAWYER FOR CLARIFICATION BEFORE ACCESSING OR USING THE SERVICES.
THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES PUBLISHED ON OR OTHERWISE PROVIDED VIA THE SERVICES MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR ERRORS, INCLUDING RESERVATION AVAILABILITY AND PRICING ERRORS. THE NEED TO KNOW COMPANIES DO NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY OF, AND DISCLAIM ALL LIABILITY FOR, ANY ERRORS OR OTHER INACCURACIES RELATING TO THE INFORMATION AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES DISPLAYED, DESCRIBED OR OFFERED ON THE SERVICES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE PRICING, AVAILABILITY, PHOTOGRAPHS, OR, GENERAL PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS, REVIEWS AND RATINGS, ETC.). IN ADDITION, THE NEED TO KNOW COMPANIES EXPRESSLY RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CORRECT ANY AVAILABILITY AND PRICING ERRORS ON THE SERVICES AND/OR PRODUCTS.
NEED TO KNOW MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND REGARDING THE SUITABILITY OF THE SERVICES, INCLUDING THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON ITS WEBSITES OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, FOR ANY PURPOSE, AND THE INCLUSION OR OFFERING OF ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICE OFFERINGS ON ITS WEBSITES OR OTHERWISE THROUGH THE SERVICES DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ANY ENDORSEMENT OR RECOMMENDATION OF SUCH PRODUCTS OR SERVICE OFFERINGS BY NEED TO KNOW. ALL SUCH INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICE OFFERINGS MADE AVAILABLE BY OR THROUGH THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. NEED TO KNOW DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS, OR OTHER TERMS OF ANY KIND THAT THE SERVICES, ITS SERVERS OR ANY DATA (INCLUDING EMAIL) SENT FROM NEED TO KNOW, ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, NEED TO KNOW HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND THE SERVICES, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OR TERMS OF ANY KIND AS TO OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, QUIET POSSESSION AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
THE NEED TO KNOW COMPANIES ALSO EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION, OR OTHER TERM OF ANY KIND AS TO THE ACCURACY OR PROPRIETARY CHARACTER OF THE CONTENT AVAILABLE BY AND THROUGH THE SERVICES.
SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, ANY USE OF THE SERVICES OCCURS AT YOUR OWN RISK AND IN NO EVENT SHALL THE NEED TO KNOW COMPANIES (OR THEIR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND/OR EMPLOYEES) BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSSES OR DAMAGES OR ANY LOSS OF INCOME, PROFITS, GOODWILL, DATA, CONTRACTS, USE OF MONEY, OR LOSS OR DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR CONNECTED IN ANY WAY TO BUSINESS INTERRUPTION OF ANY TYPE ARISING OUT OF, OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH, YOUR ACCESS TO, DISPLAY OF OR USE OF THE SERVICES OR WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO ACCESS, DISPLAY OR USE THE SERVICES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, YOUR RELIANCE UPON REVIEWS AND OPINIONS APPEARING ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICES; ANY VIRUSES, BUGS, TROJAN HORSES, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, LINKED SITES, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICES; PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES’ SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN; ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY CONTENT; OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE ACCESS TO, DISPLAY OF OR USE OF THE SERVICES) WHETHER BASED ON A THEORY OF NEGLIGENCE, CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, AND EVEN IF NEED TO KNOW OR ITS CORPORATE AFFILIATES HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
If the Need To Know Companies are found liable for any loss or damage that arises out of or is in any way connected with your use of the Services, then the Need To Know Companies’ liability will in no event exceed, in the aggregate, the greater of (a) the transaction fees paid to the Need To Know Companies for the transaction(s) on or through the Services giving rise to the claim, or (b) One-Hundred Dollars (US $100.00).
The limitation of liability reflects the allocation of risk between the parties. The limitations specified in this section will survive and apply even if any limited remedy specified in these terms is found to have failed of its essential purpose. The limitations of liability provided in these terms inure to the benefit of the Need To Know Companies.
THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND FOREGOING LIABILITY DISCLAIMER DO NOT AFFECT MANDATORY LEGAL RIGHTS THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, FOR EXAMPLE UNDER CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS IN PLACE IN CERTAIN COUNTRIES.
IF THE LAW OF THE COUNTRY WHERE YOU LIVE DOES NOT ALLOW ANY PARTICULAR LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY PROVIDED FOR IN THIS CLAUSE, THAT LIMITATION WILL NOT APPLY. THE LIABILITY DISCLAIMER WILL OTHERWISE APPLY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT ALLOWED BY YOUR LOCAL LAW.
INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to defend and indemnify the Need To Know Companies and any of their officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any claims, causes of action, demands, recoveries, losses, damages, fines, penalties or other costs or expenses of any kind or nature including but not limited to reasonable legal and accounting fees, brought by third parties as a result of:
(i) your breach of this Agreement or the documents referenced herein;
(ii) your violation of any law or the rights of a third party; or
(iii) your use of the Services, including the Need To Know Companies’ websites.
SOFTWARE AS PART OF SERVICES; ADDITIONAL MOBILE LICENSES
Software from the Services may be subject to United States export controls. No software from the Services may be downloaded or otherwise exported or re-exported (a) into (or to a national or resident of) Cuba, Iraq, Sudan, North Korea, Iran, Syria, or any other country to which the U.S. has embargoed goods, or (b) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Commerce Department’s Table of Deny Orders. By using the Services, you represent and warrant that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any such country or on any such list.
As noted above, the Services include software, which at times may be referred to as “apps.” Any software that is made available to download from the Services (“Software”) is the copyrighted work of Need To Know or other party as identified. Your use of such Software is governed by the terms of the end user license agreement, if any, which accompanies, or is included with, the Software. You may not install or use any Software that is accompanied by or includes a license agreement unless you first agree to the terms of such license agreement. For any Software made available for download by way of the Services and which is not accompanied by a license agreement, Need To Know hereby grant to you, the user, a limited, personal, nontransferable license to use the Software for viewing and otherwise using the Services in accordance with this Agreement’s terms and conditions (including those policies referenced herein) and for no other purpose.
Please note that the Software, including, without limitation, all HTML, XML, Java code and Active X controls contained in the Services, is owned or licensed by Need To Know, and is protected by copyright laws and international treaty provisions. Any reproduction or redistribution of the Software is expressly prohibited and may result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, COPYING OR REPRODUCTION OF THE SOFTWARE TO ANY OTHER SERVER OR LOCATION FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION OR REDISTRIBUTION IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED. THE SOFTWARE IS WARRANTEED, IF AT ALL, ONLY ACCORDING TO THE TERMS OF THE LICENSE AGREEMENT OR THIS AGREEMENT (AS APPLICABLE).
COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK NOTICES
Need To Know, its logo(s), and all other product or service names or slogans displayed on the Services are registered and/or common law trademarks of Need To Know, LLC and/or its suppliers or licensors, and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of Need To Know or the applicable trademark holder. In addition, the look and feel of the Services, including Need To Know’s websites, as well as all page headers, custom graphics, button icons and scripts related to same, is the service mark, trademark and/or trade dress of Need To Know and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of Need To Know. All other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names and company names or logos mentioned on the Services are the property of their respective owners. Except to the extent noted elsewhere in this Agreement, reference to any products, services, processes or other information, by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation thereof by Need To Know.
All rights reserved. Need To Know is not responsible for content on websites operated by parties other than Need To Know.
Notice and Take-Down Policy for Illegal Content
Need To Know operates on a “notice and takedown” basis. If you have any complaints or objections to Content, including user messages posted on the Services, or if you believe that material or content posted on the Services infringes a copyright that you hold, please contact us immediately by following Need To Know’s notice and takedown procedure. Once this procedure has been followed, Need To Know will respond to valid and properly substantiated complaints by making reasonable efforts to remove manifestly illegal content within a reasonable time.
MODIFICATIONS TO THE SERVICES; TERMINATION
Need To Know may change, add or delete these terms and conditions of this Agreement or any portion thereof from time to time in its sole discretion where Need To Knows deems it necessary for legal, general regulatory and technical purposes, or due to changes in the Services provided or nature or layout of Services. Thereafter, you expressly agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, as amended.
The Need To Know Companies may change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Services at any time, including availability of any of the Services’ features, databases or Content. The Need To Know Companies may also impose limits or otherwise restrict your access to all or parts of the Services without notice or liability for technical or security reasons, to prevent against unauthorized access, loss of, or destruction of data or where Need To Know and/or its corporate affiliates consider(s) in its/their sole discretion that you are in breach of any provision of this Agreement or of any law or regulation and where Need To Know and/or its corporate affiliates decide to discontinue providing any aspect of the Services.
YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THE SERVICES NOW OR FOLLOWING THE POSTING OF ANY SUCH NOTICE OF ANY CHANGES, WILL INDICATE ACCEPTANCE BY YOU OF SUCH MODIFICATIONS.
Need To Know may terminate this Agreement with you at any time, without advanced notice, where it believes in good faith that you have breached this Agreement or otherwise believes that termination is reasonably necessary to safeguard the rights of the Need To Know Companies and/or others users of the Services. That means that Need To Know may stop providing you with Services.
JURISDICTION AND GOVERNING LAW
This website is owned and controlled by Need To Know, LLC, a U.S. limited liability company. This Agreement and any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of Georgia, USA. You hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in and/or for Fulton County, Georgia, USA and stipulate to the fairness and convenience of proceedings in such courts for all disputes, both contractual and non-contractual, arising out of or relating to the use of the Services by you or any third party. You agree that all claims you may have against Need To Know, LLC arising from or relating to the Services must be heard and resolved in a court of competent subject matter jurisdiction located in the state of Georgia. Use of the Services is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including, without limitation, this paragraph. Nothing in this clause shall limit the right of Need To Know, LLC to take proceedings against you in any other court, or courts, of competent jurisdiction. The foregoing shall not apply to the extent that applicable law in your country of residence requires application of another law and/or jurisdiction – in particular, if you are using the Services as a consumer – and this cannot be excluded by contract and will not be governed by the United Nations Conventions on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, if otherwise applicable. If you use the Services as a consumer, and not as a business or Business Representative, you may be entitled to bring claims against Need To Know in the Courts of your country of residence. This clause shall otherwise apply to the maximum extent allowed in your country or residence.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Need To Know reserve the right to reclaim any username, account name, nickname, handle or any other user identifier for any reason without liability to you.
You agree that no joint venture, agency, partnership, or employment relationship exists between you and Need To Know and/or its corporate affiliates as a result of this Agreement or use of the Services.
Need To Know’s performance of this Agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this Agreement limits Need To Know’s right to comply with law enforcement or other governmental or legal requests or requirements relating to your use of the Services or information provided to or gathered by us with respect to such use. To the extent allowed by applicable law, you agree that you will bring any claim or cause of action arising from or relating to your access or use of the Services within two (2) years from the date on which such claim or action arose or accrued or such claim or cause of action will be irrevocably waived.
If any part of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remaining provisions in this Agreement shall continue in effect.
This Agreement (and any other terms and conditions referenced herein) constitutes the entire agreement between you and Need To Know with respect to the Services and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral, or written, between you and Need To Know with respect to the Services. A printed version of this Agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this Agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.
The following sections shall survive any termination of this Agreement:
- Additional Products
- Prohibited Activities
- User Content; License Grant
- Liability Disclaimer
- Indemnification
- Software as Part of Services
- Copyright and Trademark Notices
- Notice and Take-Down Policy for Illegal Content
- Modifications to the Services; Termination
- Jurisdictions and Governing Law
- General Provisions
- Service Help
The terms and conditions of this Agreement are available in the language of the Need To Know websites and/or apps on which Services may be accessed.
The websites and/or apps on which Services may be accessed may not always be updated on a periodic or regular basis and consequently are not required to register as editorial product under any relevant law.
Fictitious names of companies, products, people, characters, and/or data mentioned in, on or through the Services are not intended to represent any real individual, company, product, or event.
Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to confer any third-party rights or benefits, save that Need To Know’s corporate affiliates shall be deemed express third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement.
You are prohibited from transferring any of your rights or obligations under this Agreement to anyone else without Need To Know’s consent.
Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
SERVICE HELP
For answers to your questions or ways to contact us, visit Need To Know’s Help Center. Or, you can write to us at:
Need To Know, LLC
4950 Agate Drive
Johns Creek, GA 30022
Please note that Need To Know, LLC does not accept legal notices or service of legal process by any means other than hard copy post delivered to the address immediately above. For the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, Need To Know therefore does not accept notices or legal service deposited upon any of Need To Know’s affiliates or subsidiaries.
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Last updated: October 13, 2020.