Last updated: September 6, 2022
This Terms of Service describes the terms and conditions that govern your use of the products and services we offer, including www.youcompare.website and any additional applications offered by Ascendia Group, LLC (“we,” “us,” and “our”).
For information on how we collect, use, and share any personal information, please review our Privacy Policy.
PLEASE REVIEW THESE TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING OUR PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.
GENERAL TERMS
You agree to abide by all of the terms and conditions of these Terms of Service by using any of our products or services that display or are governed by these Terms of Service, including youcompare.website (the “Site”) and our mobile sites and applications and any features of the Site, including and APIs or software and other downloads (collectively the “Services”).
We may add, change, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Services at any time, including the availability of any feature, content, or function. We may also limit features and services or restrict access to all or part of the Services without notice or liability to you.
We may revise, update, modify, or remove portions of the Terms of Service at any time by notifying you of the change in writing by email or by updating the date above after “Last Updated:”). The change will be effective when it is posted. You agree to review these Terms of Service each time before you use the Site or Services.
If the Terms and Conditions or any changes to the Site or Services are unacceptable to you, you may cancel any account you have with us and discontinue your use of the Site or Services. Your continued use of the Site or Services demonstrates your acceptance of the Terms of Service and any changes or modifications.
ACCOUNTS AND SECURITY.
You may create an account at the Site or through the Services by registering, providing an email address, creating login credentials by selecting a password. We may request that you provide additional accurate and updated registration information to maintain your account. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password. Each account must be for a single user. You may not share your registration login credentials with anyone or we may cancel or suspend your access to the Services. You agree to be responsible for any use or activity on your account, including any third party authorized by you to use your login credentials. Please notify info@ascendiaventures.com if you believe your account has been subject to unauthorized use or if you believe your password has been disclosed.
SERVICES
Any content published or made available on the Site or through the Services including, but not limited to text, images, photographs, designs, illustrations, video clips, audio clips, data, metadata, compilations, and “look and feel” (collectively the “Content”) are protected by copyright and owned by, controlled by, or under license to us or the party credited as the provider of the Content. We also own copyright in the selection, compilation, and enhancement of the Content. You agree to comply with all copyright notices and restrictions contained in any Content you access through the Site or Services.
You may copy or download the Content and other downloadable items offered through the Services for your personal use only, as long as you display all copyright and other notices contained herein. Copying or storing any Content for other than your personal use is prohibited without our prior written permission, or the copyright holder displayed in the copyright notice in the Content.
The Content and Services are protected by copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, database rights, sui generis rights, and other intellectual or proprietary rights pursuant to US and international laws. You may not modify, transmit, publish, transfer, sell, reproduce, create new works from, distribute, perform, display (including inline linking and framing or scraping), communicate to the public or in any way exploit any of the Content or its arrangement or the Services in whole or in part.
If we host third-party Content on the Site and Services, we will not be responsible for any inaccuracies, errors, delays, or omissions contained therein, or in the delivery or transmission of all or any part thereof, or for any damages arising therefrom.
You may not use or access the Services to cause harm to us or any third party. You may not use the Services in violation of our (or any third party’s) intellectual property rights, legal rights, or in violation or applicable laws.
You agree that you will not i) make any unauthorized use of the Services or ii) attempt (or participate in any attempt) to circumvent, decrypt, reverse engineer, or otherwise alter or interfere with the Services or any Content. You further agree that you will not:
Use robots, spiders, scripts, service, software or any manual or automated device, process, or tool to data mine or scrape the Content, data, or information from the Services;
Access any part of the Services, Content, information, or data you do not have authorization to access or for which your access has been revoked;
Use the Services in a way that imposes a disproportionately large load on our network;
Take any actions that could disable, change the function of, or damage the appearance of function of the Services, including display of advertising;
Cache or archive Content; and
Use any means to circumvent any controls or restrictions on access to the Site or Services.
USER GENERATED CONTENT
You grant us a nonexclusive, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, sublicensable license to anything you submit to us which includes without limitation the right for us or any third party we designate to use, transmit, excerpt, copy, distribute, publish, publicly perform, publicly display, communicate to the public, create derivative works of, host, cache, index, tag, modify, encode, and adapt (including without limitation the right to adapt to downloading, streaming, broadcast, mobile, digital, thumbnail, scanning or other technologies) in any form of media now known or subsequently developed.
If you post, submit, or upload any Content on the Services, you represent and warrant that you have all legal rights to do so and that you are not violating the intellectual property rights of any person or company. You agree not to upload or distribute any libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, or otherwise illegal material. You agree not to impersonate anyone else or misrepresent your identity. You agree not to provide material and misleading information knowingly with the intent to defraud. You agree not to upload to, distribute, or otherwise publish on the Services and viruses, spyware, malware, or other malicious software or files to the Service. You agree not to use any automated means to upload, distribute, or publish any Content onto the Services. You may not threaten or abuse others, use defamatory language, disrupt discussions with repetitive or meaningless messages or spam. All communications you submit using the Service may not abuse or discriminate on the basis of race, religion, nation origin, gender, age, religion, disability, or sex.
We may edit, remove, modify, publish, transmit or display any submissions you make to the Services or any Content you generate including, but not limited to, comments, forum messages, reviews, text, audio, video, photographs, computer code and applications. You hereby waive any rights you may have with respect to our changing any of your submissions in a manner not acceptable to you. We may include your submissions in our RSS fees and APIS for republishing through other formats.
You are responsible for the content of your submissions to us. Although we do not review every submission or message to the Services and are not responsible for their content, we reserve the right to delete, move, or edit submissions we, in our sole discretion, deem defamatory, abusive, obscene, or in violation of copyright or trademark laws, in violation of these Terms of Service, or otherwise unacceptable to us.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
You represent and warrant (a) that you are at least thirteen (13) years old if you are in the USA and the UK and sixteen years old elsewhere; (b) that if you are under eighteen (18) years old, your parent or legal guardian has read these Terms of Services and agreed to them and your use of the Services; and (c) nothing you submit through the Services will infringe upon the rights of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, or other personal or proprietary rights.
THIRD-PARTY CONTENT AND WEBSITES.
The Services contain links to third-party resources, websites, and advertisers (“Third-Party Content”). We do not control, endorse, sponsor, recommend or otherwise accept responsibility for Third-Party Content. If you have questions or concerns about these outside resources, or their contents or privacy practices, you should contact the provider of the Third-Party Content directly.
SPECIAL TERMS: SOFTWARE PILOT TESTING.
We may invite you to review and evaluate software, applications, downloads, or other features prior to their public or commercial release (hereafter “Software Pilot Testing”). If you choose to participate in Software Pilot Testing, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service and to provide us with certain feedback and suggestions regarding your experiences while reviewing and evaluating the Test Services.
SOFTWARE LICENSES.
If you obtain software through our Services you will obtain no rights to the software and related documentation, or any enhancements or modifications thereto, and the software shall be subject to the license agreement provided by the developer. Your use of software, whether under a license provided by the developer or provider of the services if delivered as Software-as-a-Service shall be governed by their respective license or services agreement.
INDEMNIFICATION.
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Ascendia Group, LLC and all officers, owners, directors, agents, affiliates, information providers, licensors and licensees from and against any and all claims, liabilities, and costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees) incurred in connection with i) any claim arising out of any breach by you or any use of your account of these Terms and Conditions, ii) your gross negligence or willful misconduct, and (iii) any breach by you or any user of your account of these Terms of Service or your representations or warranties to us. We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you at our expense.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
We do not endorse or represent the accuracy or reliability of any advice, statement, opinion, description, or other information distributed, uploaded, or displayed through the Services by any user, information provider, vendor, consultant, or any other person or entity. We will not be liable to you or any other person as a result of your interaction with the Service or with other users. Any reliance by you upon any advice, opinion, statement, report, analysis, description, or other information shall be at your sole risk.
THE SITE, SERVICE, AND ANY SOFTWARE ARE PROVIDED AND DISTRIBUTED ON AN “AS-IS” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE OR SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. THERE MAY BE DELAYS, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, AND INACCURACIES IN THE SITE OR CONTENT OR SOFTWARE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU. YOU SHOULD NO RELY ON THE CONTENT AS A SUBSTITUE FOR, NOR DOES IT REPLACE, PROFESSIONAL LEGAL, FINANCIAL, BUSINES OR TAX ADVICE. IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE CONTENT ON THE SERVICES, YOU SHOULD CONSULT YOUR OWN ADVISORS INDPENDENTLY. YOU HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THE YOUR USE OF THE SITE, THE SERVICES, AND THE SOFTWARE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
IN NO EVENT SHALL WE, OUR AFFILIATES, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SHAREHOLDERS, MEMBERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, ADVERTISERS, SUPPLIERS, CONTENT PROVIDERS, AND LICENSORS BE LIABLE (JOINTLY OR SEVERALLY) TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON AS A RESULT OF YOUR ACCESS TO THE SITE, THE SERVICES, THE SOFTWARE, SUBMISSIONS, AND CONTENT FOR INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOST PROFITS, LOST SAVINGS, LOST REVENUES, OR LOST GOODWILL. THESE LIMITATIONS APPLY WHETHER THE ALLEGED LIABILITY IS BASED ON NEGLIGENCE, TORT, CONTRACT, OR ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OR COULD HAVE FORESEEN ANY SUCH DAMAGE BEFOREHAND, AND IRRESPECTIVE OF ANY FAILURE OF AN ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF A LIMITED REMEDY. IF ANY PROVISION HEREIN IS HELD OT BE UNENFORCEABLE, THEN OUR LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
TERMINATION;SURVIVAL.
You may terminate your account at any time by emailing info@ascendiaventures.com and requesting termination. We may, in our sole discretion, terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Site or Services for any reason, including, without limitation, breach or assignment of these Terms of Service. The provisions of these Terms of Service shall survive the termination of your account or access tall or part of the Services.
GOVERNING LAW, VENUE.
These Terms of Service shall be governed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the United States of America and the State of Wisconsin without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Services, or these Terms of Services must be filed within one year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred. Any action to enforce these Terms of Service shall be brought in the federal and state courts in Wisconsin.
WAIVER.
A failure on our part to enforce any provision of these Terms of Service or to respond to a breach by you or other parties shall not in any way constitute a waiver of our right to subsequently enforce any terms or conditions of these Terms of Service or to act with respect to similar breaches.
SAVINGS.
If a provision of these Terms of Service is held invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the remaining provision will not be affected and remain in full force and effect.
COPYRGIHT CLAIMS.
If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide us the following information in writing (“Notice”) to our Copyright Agent (see 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) for further detail). Your Notice must include each of the following to be effective:
a physical or electronic signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive copyright that is allegedly infringed;
a description of the copyrighted work that has been allegedly infringed;
a description of the location of the material that you claim is infringing on the Site
your email address, telephone number, and mailing address and any other information reasonably necessary to permit us to contact you;
a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the use is unauthorized;
a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice isaccurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on behalf of the owner of anexclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
If you believe that any content or materials you uploaded, posted, or submitted to the Web Site or the Service, was improperly removed or disabled, please provide the following Counter-Notification to our Copyright Agent (see17 U.S.C. § 512(g) for further detail):
your physical or electronic signature.
a description of any materials that have been removed or disabled, including a detailed location at which it last appeared.
a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled because of a mistake or misidentification of the material.
your name, address and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction ofthe Federal District Court for the judicial district in which the address is located, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of the alleged infringement.
Notices of claimed copyright infringement should be directed to:
- By mail: 311 E. Chicago Street, Suite 230; Milwaukee, WI 53202
- By email: info@ascendiaventures.com