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THESE TERMS OF USE CONSTITUTE A BINDING LEGAL AGREEMENT AND GOVERN THE USE OF THE MILITARYSHOPPERS.COM WEBSITE. PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY! I. Introduction A. Mission Statement MilitaryShoppersNews.com's Mission Statement is to continually seek resources and information from patriotic organizations willing to show their appreciation for the sacrifices made by those who serve our nation. MilitaryShoppersNews.com highlights product and service discounts and extends special offers, weekly shopping sprees, military charities, community forums, sponsored content, contests, sweepstakes, and giveaways exclusively for military families. B. The Military Shoppers News Website The MilitaryShoppersNews.com Website, including all information, text, visual images, software, products and services used or available via the Website and the interactive user area referred to as My Account that is part of the Website (collectively, the "Website"), is owned and operated by Military Media, Inc. ("MilitaryShoppersNews.com," "we," "our," or "us"). Our Website is for the use of our members ("Members," "you" or "your") only. Our Website presents our Members with, and highlights, product and service discounts and extends special offers, weekly shopping sprees, military charities, a community forum, sponsored content, contests, sweepstakes and giveaways exclusively for military families offered by MilitaryShoppers.com and other businesses ("Sponsors"). We agree to provide you with access to our Website subject to these Terms of Use. In consideration for your use of our Website, you agree to use it in accordance with these Terms of Use, without reservation. If you register for, or access, our Website in any manner, your registration or access constitutes use of the Website. BY REGISTERING FOR OR ACCESSING OUR WEBSITE IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER, YOU INDICATE YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS OF USE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE, DO NOT REGISTER FOR, ACCESS OR USE OUR WEBSITE. IF YOU WISH TO ACCESS AND USE OUR WEBSITE, YOU MUST SELECT THE "I ACCEPT" OPTION AT THE BOTTOM OF THE REGISTRATION FORM. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO ACCESS OR USE OUR WEBSITE, YOU MUST SELECT THE "I DO NOT ACCEPT" OPTION AT THE BOTTOM OF THE REGISTRATION FORM. Any and all rights not expressly granted in these Terms of Use are reserved by MilitaryShoppersNews.com. C. Modifications to our Website and to the Terms of Use From time to time we will change, or make improvements to, our Website. Such changes and/or improvements shall be made without prior notice to you. We may provide you notice of such change on our Website or in e-mails we send to our Members. From time to time, we also will change these Terms of Use or impose new conditions on the use of the Website, in which case we will post the revised Terms of Use on this Website. The revised Terms of Use will be effective immediately upon their posting on the Website. You are responsible for reviewing the most current version of these Terms of Use before using the Website to ensure that you agree to any revisions to these Terms of Use. If at any time you do not agree to the revisions we make to these Terms of Use, you should immediately stop accessing or using the Website in any manner whatsoever. By continuing to use the Website after we post any such changes, you accept the Terms of Use, as modified. You further agree that these methods of providing notice and acceptance of changes or revisions to these Terms of Use are reasonable. II. Your Rights and Obligations A. Service Eligibility To be eligible to use the Website, you represent and warrant that you: (1) are fourteen (14) years of age or older; (2) are not currently restricted from the Website, or not otherwise prohibited from having an account with us, (3) are not a competitor of ours and are not using the Website for reasons that are in competition with us; (4) will only maintain one account with us at any given time (although you can delete an account and subsequently register for a new one, as long as you have only one active account at a time); (5) have full power and authority to enter into this agreement with us and to be bound by these Terms of Use and doing so will not violate any other agreement to which you are a party; (6) will not violate any rights of the Website, including intellectual property rights such as copyright or trademark rights; and (7) agree to provide at your cost all equipment, software, and internet access necessary to access and use the Website. B. Registration If you choose to create a profile on our Website, you must complete an online registration form. You agree (1) to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the Website's registration form, and (2) to maintain and promptly update the information you provide to us in order to keep your profile true, accurate, current and complete. If we have reasonable grounds to suspect that the information in your profile is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of our Website (or any portion thereof) by you. Our use of any personally identifying information you provide to us as part of the registration process is governed by the terms of our Privacy Policy. C. User Name/E-Mail Address and Password To log onto our Website, you will need a user name and password which you will supply when you register to use our Website. You are responsible for maintaining the security and confidentiality of your user name and password, and all activities (whether by you or by others) with respect to the Website that occur under your user name or password. You are also liable for all charges, damages and losses incurred or suffered by you and/or by us as a result of your failure to maintain the confidentiality of your user name and password. We are not liable for any harm or loss caused by or related to the theft or disclosure of your user name and password, or your authorization to allow another person to access and use the Website with your user name and password. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your user name and password, the need to deactivate your user name and password due to security concerns, or any other breach of security. You must ensure that you log out of your account at the end of each session. D. Your License to Us By submitting (e.g., uploading) any message, information, data, text, software, images, or other materials ("Content") to the Website, you automatically grant MilitaryShoppersNews.com a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully paid up, transferable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, distribute, translate, communicate to the public, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such Content (in whole or part) worldwide, or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed (for the full term of any rights that may exist in such Content), without restriction or compensation, and to grant and authorize sublicenses thereof. In addition, you warrant that you have waived all so-called "moral rights" in the Content. MilitaryShoppersNews.com and its designees shall have the right, but not the obligation, in their sole discretion to edit, refuse to post, or remove any Content posted on the Website that violates these Terms of Use or is otherwise objectionable. By providing Content to the Website, you represent and warrant that (1) you own the Content, (2) you are entitled to submit it to us and (3) the Content is accurate, truthful, not confidential, and not in violation of any contractual restrictions or other third party rights. E. Your Responsibilities Our Website is intended to be used only for lawful purposes by individuals seeking employment and posting job opportunities. You may not use (or plan, encourage or help others to use) our Website for any purpose or in any manner that is prohibited by these Terms of Use or by applicable law (including but not limited to any applicable export controls). It is your responsibility to ensure that your use of our Website complies with these Terms of Use and to seek prior written permission from us for any uses not permitted or not expressly specified herein. If you do any of the items listed as numbers 6 through 33, below, we may, at our sole option, terminate your access to our Website. In connection with using our Website, you agree that you will: 1. Comply with all applicable laws, including, without limitation, privacy laws, intellectual property laws, export control laws, tax laws, and regulatory requirements; 2. Provide accurate information to us and update it as necessary; 3. Review and comply with our Privacy Policy; 4. Review and comply with notices sent by us concerning the Website and our operation thereof; and 5. Use the Website in an honest, respectful and professional manner. In connection with using our Website, you agree that you will not: 6. Act dishonestly or unprofessionally by engaging in unprofessional behavior or by posting inappropriate, inaccurate, or objectionable content to our Website; 7. Duplicate, license, sublicense, publish, broadcast, transmit, distribute, perform, display, sell, rebrand, or otherwise transfer information found on our Website (excluding Content posted by you) except as permitted in these Terms of Use or as expressly authorized by us; 8. Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, decipher or otherwise attempt to derive the source code for any underlying intellectual property used in connection with the Website, or any part thereof; 9. Include information in your profile or elsewhere, except in designated fields, that is confidential in nature or that reveals your identity or sensitive personal information such as an email address, phone number or address; 10. Create a user profile for anyone other than a natural person; 11. Utilize information, content or any data you view on and/or obtain from our Website to provide any service that is competitive, in our sole discretion, with our Website or our business; 12. Imply or state, directly or indirectly, that you are affiliated with or endorsed by MilitaryShoppersNews.com, unless you have entered into a written agreement with us to that effect; 13. Adapt, modify or create derivative works based on our Website or the technology underlying our Website, or other Members' content, in whole or part; 14. Rent, lease, loan, trade or sell/re-sell access to our Website or any information therein, or the equivalent, in whole or part; 15. Deep-link to our Website for any purpose, (i.e. including a link to one of our web pages other than our Website's home page) unless expressly authorized in writing by us or for the purpose of promoting your profile on our Website; 16. Use manual or automated software, devices, scripts, robots, or other means or processes to access, "scrape," "crawl" or "spider" our Website; 17. Use bots or other automated methods to add or download contacts, send or redirect messages or perform other permitted activities; 18. Access, via automated or manual means or processes, our Website for purposes of monitoring its availability, performance or functionality or for any competitive purpose; 19. Engage in "framing," "mirroring," or otherwise simulating the appearance or function of our Website; 20. Attempt to or actually access our Website by any means other than through the interfaces provided by us; 21. Attempt to or actually override any security component included in or underlying our Website; 22. Engage in any action that directly or indirectly interferes with the proper working of or places an unreasonable load on our infrastructure, including but not limited to unsolicited communications to other Members or our personnel, attempts to gain unauthorized access, or transmission or activation of computer viruses; 23. Remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices contained in or on our Website, including ours or any Sponsor's; 24. Remove, cover or otherwise obscure any form of advertisement included on our Website; 25. Harass, abuse or harm another person, including sending unwelcome communications to others using our Website; 26. Collect, use or transfer any information, including but not limited to, personally identifiable information obtained from our Website except as expressly permitted in these Terms of Use or as the owner of such information may expressly permit; 27. Share information of non-Members without their express consent; 28. Interfere with or disrupt our Website, including but not limited to any servers or networks connected to our Website; 29. Invite people you do not know to use your account; 30. Use or attempt to use another's account without our authorization, or create a false identity on our Website; 31. Infringe or use our brand, logos and/or trademarks, including, without limitation, using the words " MilitaryShoppersNews.com," or words likely to be confused with those words, in any business name, email, or URL, except as expressly permitted by us in writing; 32. Upload, post information, email, transmit or otherwise make available or initiate any content that: a. Falsely states, impersonates or otherwise misrepresents your identity, including but not limited to the use of a pseudonym, or misrepresenting your current or previous positions and qualifications, or your affiliations with a person or entity, past or present; b. Is unlawful, libelous, abusive, obscene, discriminatory or otherwise objectionable; c. Adds to a content field content that is not intended for such field (i.e. submitting a telephone number in the "title" or any other field, or including telephone numbers, email addresses, street addresses or any personally identifiable information for which there is not a field provided by us); d. Includes information that you do not have the right to disclose or make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as insider information, or proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements); e. Infringes upon patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights or other proprietary rights; f. Includes any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation. This prohibition includes but is not limited to (i) using our Website to send messages to people who don't know you or who are unlikely to recognize you as a known contact; (ii) using our Website to connect to people who don't know you and then sending unsolicited promotional messages to those connections without their permission; and (iii) sending messages to distribution lists, newsgroup aliases or group aliases; g. Contains software viruses, worms, or any other computer code, files or programs that interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment of ours or any Member; and/or h. Forges headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any communication transmitted through our Website. 33. Participate, directly or indirectly, in the setting up or development of a network that seeks to create a pyramid scheme or other similar practice. F. Website Security Rules You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the our Website, including, without limitation, (1) accessing data not intended for you or logging into a server or account that you are not authorized to access, (2) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of our Website or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization, or (3) attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, by means of overloading, "flooding", "mailbombing" or "crashing." Violations of Website or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. We may investigate occurrences which involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting Members who are involved in such violations. G. Indemnification You agree to defend, indemnify and hold us, our officers, directors, employees, members, agents, and affiliates harmless from and against all claims, charges, investigations, actions or demands, liabilities and settlements, including without limitation our losses, costs, damages and reasonable legal and accounting fees (collectively, the "Indemnified Claims"), resulting from, or alleged to result from: (1) your breach of these Terms of Use; (2) any Content or other material you provide to our Website, (3) your use of our Website's content, (4) your violation of any applicable law, regulation, rule or order pertaining to your use of our Website; (5) your unauthorized or unlawful use of our Website; (6) any activity in which you engage in or through our Website; or (7) the unauthorized or unlawful use of our Website by any other person using your user name and password. We will use reasonable efforts to provide you with prompt notice of any such Indemnified Claims, and may assist you, at our expense and option, in defending any such Indemnified Claims. H. Notifications and other Service Communications For purposes of our communicating with you regarding the Website, notice shall consist of an email from us to an email address associated with your account, even if we have other contact information. You also agree that we may communicate with you through your Website account or through other means including email, cellular telephone, telephone, or delivery services including the U.S. Postal Service about your Website account or services associated with us. In addition to the foregoing, we may notify you via postings on www.MilitaryShoppersNews.com. You acknowledge and agree that we shall have no liability associated with or arising from your failure to maintain accurate contact or other information, including, but not limited to, your failure to receive critical information about the Website. You may contact us via email at: info@militarymedia.com Or via U.S. mail or courier at: Military Media, Inc. 3 Neptune Road Suite A18 Poughkeepsie NY 12601 USA Attention: Legal Department Additionally, MilitaryShoppersNews.com accepts service of process at this address. Any notices that you provide without compliance with this section shall have no legal effect. I. Compliance with Applicable Laws You are responsible for ensuring that your use of our Website complies with all laws directly or indirectly applicable to you or us. MilitaryShoppersNews.com IS NOT LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF YOUR ACTS OR OMISSIONS IN USING THE WEBSITE IN WAYS THAT DO NOT COMPLY WITH ANY APPLICABLE LAW. J. You Must be 14 or Older to Use this Website You must be fourteen (14) years of age or older to visit or use our Website in any manner. By accessing our Website and accepting these Terms of Use, you represent and warrant to us that you have reached the age of fourteen (14) years of age or older, and that you have the right, authority and capacity to agree to, and abide by, these Terms of Use. K. Your Right to Use our Website For as long as you comply with these Terms of Use and your obligations thereunder, you have a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-assignable, non-sublicensable and revocable license to access and use our Website through a generally available web browser only for its intended purpose and only as provided in these Terms of Use. Our Website is only for your personal and noncommercial use. You may not access our Website through scraping, spidering, crawling or any other technology or software used to access data without our express written consent. Except as specifically permitted, you may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer or sell any content or information included on our Website. In addition, you may not (1) rent, lend, sublease or transfer this limited license or any data residing on our Website or any of your rights under these Terms of Use to anyone else, (2) develop or derive for commercial sale any data in machine-readable or other form that incorporates or uses any part of our Website, or (3) transfer to or store any data residing or exchanged over our Website in any electronic network for use by more than one Member without obtaining prior written permission from us. If you violate any of these Terms of Use, we may immediately terminate your limited license to use our Website. Any other use of our Website contrary to our mission and purpose (such as seeking to connect to someone you do not know or trust, or to use information gathered from our Website commercially unless expressly authorized by us) is strictly prohibited and a violation of these Terms of Use. We reserve all rights not expressly granted in these Terms of Use, including, without limitation, title, ownership, intellectual property rights, and all other rights and interest in this Website and all related items. L. Complaint Procedure We built our Website to help you find and make use of product and service discounts, special offers, weekly shopping sprees, military charities, community forums, contests, sweepstakes and giveaways exclusively for military families. To achieve this purpose, we encourage you to share truthful and accurate information. We also respect the intellectual property rights of others. Accordingly, these Terms of Use require that information posted by you be accurate and not in violation of the intellectual property rights or other rights of third parties. To promote these objectives, we provide a process for submission of complaints concerning content posted by you. Our policy and procedures can be found at our Complaint Procedure Regarding Content Posted on the MilitaryShoppersNews.com Website. M. Export Control Your use of our Website, including the software that runs our Website, is subject to export and re-export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations ("EAR") maintained by the United States Department of Commerce and sanctions programs maintained by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control. You shall not - directly or indirectly - sell, export, re-export, transfer, divert, or otherwise dispose of any software or service to any end-user without obtaining the required authorizations from the appropriate government authorities. You also warrant that you are not prohibited from receiving US origin products, including services or software. III. Our Rights and Obligations A. Availability of Website For as long as we operate it, we shall provide and seek to update, improve and expand the Website. As a result, we allow you to access our Website as it may exist and be available on any given day and have no other obligations, except as expressly stated in these Terms of Use. We may modify, replace, refuse access to, suspend or discontinue our Website, partially or entirely, in our sole discretion. All of these changes shall be effective upon their posting on our Website or by direct communication to you unless otherwise noted. We further reserve the right to withhold, remove and/or discard any content available as part of your account, with or without notice, if deemed by us to be contrary to these Terms of Use. For avoidance of doubt, we have no obligation to store, maintain or provide you a copy of any content that you or other Members provide when using our Website. B. Privacy Policy Our Privacy Policy is incorporated herein by this reference and made an integral part hereof. You should review our Privacy Policy carefully before agreeing to use our Website because our Privacy Policy governs our treatment of information about you, including personally identifiable information that you submit to use when you create a profile. Please note that certain Content that you may submit to us, or message boards or blogs that you subscribe or contribute Content to might, or are likely to, reveal your gender, ethnic origin, nationality, age, religion and/or sexual orientation, and/or other personal information about you. You acknowledge that your submission of any Content to us is completely voluntary on your part. C. MilitaryShoppersNews.com Intellectual Property All of the design, text, and graphics of our Website, as well as the selection and arrangement thereof, are © 2019 Military Media, Inc., All Rights Reserved. The Website images and text, and all page headers, graphics, HTML based computer programs used to generate pages on the Website, and icons are our trademarks, service marks and/or trade dress, and may not be used without our prior written permission. All uses thereof inure to our benefit. All other trademarks, product names and company names or logos included on the Website are the property of their respective owners. You may download and print a single copy of the Website for your personal use, provided that the content of the Website must not be altered in any way and must contain all copyright, trademark and other proprietary notices. You may not use the Website or any portion thereof to create or re-create a similar or competing service. Any use of the content of this Website not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use, or permitted in writing by us prior to your use, is a breach of these Terms of Use and is strictly prohibited. Please direct any requests for permission to info@militarymedia.com. Our Website contains material that is protected by the copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws of the United States and foreign countries. You may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit or distribute in any way any material, including code and software, from our Website, except as expressly set forth above. ANY UNAUTHORIZED OR UNAPPROVED USE OF ANY OF THE CONTENT OF THE WEBSITE, OR THE TRADEMARKS SET FORTH THEREIN, CONSTITUTES COPYRIGHT AND/OR TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT AND SUBJECTS YOU TO ALL CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES PROVIDED UNDER UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONAL LAWS AND TREATIES. Any unauthorized use by you of our intellectual property may lead us to revoke your access to our Website. D. Collection and Use of Your Content by Us The very nature of the service we provide to you requires that we gather, process, use and distribute information that you provide directly (for example, name, physical address, e-mail address and resume), as well as information regarding the manner in which you use our Website. We cannot guarantee that your information will be prevented from being viewed by any particular person or entity. Our Privacy Policy governs our treatment of information that you provide to us. If you have directly submitted information and would like us to remove it from its database, you should contact us at the email address or phone number listed in the Contact Us section of our Website, and we will use reasonable efforts to delete your information from our then existing files. You acknowledge, consent and agree that we may access, preserve, and disclose your registration information, your profile and any other information you provide to us if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access, preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary in our opinion to: (i) comply with legal process, including but not limited to civil and criminal subpoenas, court orders or other compulsory disclosures; (ii) enforce these Terms of Use; (iii) respond to claims of a violation of the rights of third parties, whether or not the third party is a Member, individual, or government agency; (iv) respond to customer service inquiries; or (5) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of MilitaryShoppersNews.com, our Members or the public. While we appreciate hearing from you and welcome your comments regarding our Website, our policy does not permit us to accept or consider creative ideas, suggestions, inventions or materials other than those we have specifically requested. While we do value your feedback on our Website, please be specific in your comments regarding our Website and do not submit creative ideas, inventions, suggestions or materials. If, despite our foregoing request, you send us creative suggestions, ideas, drawings, concepts, inventions or other information (collectively, a "Submission"), such Submission shall immediate become our property. The Submission shall not be subject to any obligation of confidentiality on our part and we shall not be liable for any use or disclosure of any Submission. We shall own exclusively all now known or later discovered rights to the Submission and shall be entitled to unrestricted use of the Submission for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without compensation to you or to any other person. E. Monitoring We are under no obligation to monitor the information residing on or transmitted through our Website. However, you agree that we may monitor content on our Website (1) to comply with any applicable laws, regulations or other government requests; (2) to operate our Website properly or to protect us and/or Sponsors or advertisers; and (3) for such other purposes as we deem reasonably necessary or appropriate from time to time. We reserve the right to modify, reject or eliminate any information residing on or transmitted to our Website that we believe is unacceptable or in violation of these Terms of Use. F. No Professional Advice None of the services, materials, content, or information available on or through our Website constitutes employment, career, financial, legal, or other professional advice. You are encouraged to obtain advice tailored to your particular situation from a qualified professional if you have any questions regarding any such matters. G. Links to Other Sites Our Website may contain hyperlinks or other connections to websites operated by persons or entities other than us, including, without limitation, those of subscribing Sponsors or advertisers. We do not control those websites and are not responsible for them, their availability, content or any viruses that may be accessed through them. Our inclusion of hyperlinks or other connections to such websites does not imply any endorsement of the material on them or any association with their owners or operators. You are responsible for evaluating whether you want to access or use a third party website. You should review any applicable terms and/or privacy policies of a third party website before using it or sharing any information with it, because you may give the operator permission to use your information in ways we would not. We are not responsible for and do not endorse any features, content, advertising, products or other materials on or available from a third party website. Accordingly, if you decide to access a third party website, you do so at your own risk and agree that your use of any such website is on an "as is" basis without any warranty, and that these Terms of Use do not apply to your use of any third party website. We have no responsibility whatsoever for the activities of our Members or our Sponsors or advertisers or their respective hiring, recruiting or other practices (or any of the information posted or downloaded by them on or from our Website). Nothing on our Website shall be deemed to be an endorsement, representation or warranty with respect to any Sponsor or advertiser or other third person or entity, whether in regard to its website, products, services or otherwise. H. Limitation of Liability and Disclaimer of Warranties YOU ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR YOUR USE OF OUR WEBSITE AND THE INTERNET GENERALLY. OUR WEBSITE AND THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ON IT ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD-PARTIES' RIGHTS, TITLE, AND/OR WARRANTIES ARISING BY COURSE OF DEALING OR CUSTOM OF TRADE WITH RESPECT TO THE WEBSITE OR OUR INFORMATION PROVIDED THEREIN. WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES REGARDING THE (1) ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CONTEMPORANEOUSNESS OR TIMELINESS OF OUR WEBSITE, (2) THE QUALITY AND SECURITY OF OUR WEBSITE, OR (3) THE INABILITY TO ACCESS OUR WEBSITE OR ITS CONTENT, INCLUDING WHETHER OUR WEBSITE WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES, UNAUTHORIZED CODE OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING ALL PRECAUTIONS YOU BELIEVE NECESSARY OR ADVISABLE TO PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST ANY CLAIM, DAMAGE, LOSS OR HAZARD THAT MAY ARISE BY VIRTUE OF YOUR USE OF OUR WEBSITE. WHEN USING OUR WEBSITE, INFORMATION WILL BE TRANSMITTED OVER THE INTERNET, A MEDIUM THAT IS BEYOND OUR CONTROL AND JURISDICTION. ACCORDINGLY, WE ASSUME NO LIABILITY FOR OR RELATING TO THE DELAY, FAILURE, INTERRUPTION, OR CORRUPTION OF ANY DATA OR OTHER INFORMATION TRANSMITTED IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF OUR WEBSITE, AND YOU (AND NOT US) ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY MAINTENANCE, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. YOU SHALL HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO RECOURSE AGAINST US FOR ANY ALLEGED OR ACTUAL INFRINGEMENT OF ANY PROPRIETARY RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE IN ANYTHING YOU POST ON OUR WEBSITE. ANY MATERIAL DESCRIBED OR USED ON OUR WEBSITE MAY BE SUBJECT TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OWNED BY THIRD PARTIES WHO HAVE LICENSED SUCH MATERIAL TO US. WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER THAT A USER WILL OBTAIN ANY JOB THROUGH OUR WEBSITE, NOR DO WE MAKE ANY WARRANTIES ABOUT (AND TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR) ANY JOB YOU MAY OBTAIN. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY OBLIGATION TO VERIFY THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSONS SUBSCRIBING TO OUR WEBSITE, NOR DO WE HAVE ANY OBLIGATION TO MONITOR THE USE OF OUR WEBSITE BY OTHER USERS. THEREFORE, WE DISCLAIM ALL LIABILITY FOR IDENTITY THEFT OR ANY OTHER MISUSE OF YOUR IDENTITY OR INFORMATION. I. Limitation of Damages and Remedies YOU AGREE THAT WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF ACCESSING, USING, PRINTING, COPYING OR DOWNLOADING ANYTHING FROM OUR WEBSITE. YOU FURTHER AGREE THAT WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR INJURY CAUSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY RELYING UPON, USING, OR INTERPRETING OUR WEBSITE. IN NO EVENT SHALL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF OUR WEBSITE OR WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE IT (OR ANY LINKED SITES), OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OBTAINED THROUGH OUR WEBSITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OUR WEBSITE, THE INTERNET GENERALLY OR ON ANY OTHER BASIS (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE), EVEN IF WE, OUR AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES KNOW OR HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED OR HARMED BY US OR ANYTHING RELATED TO US, YOU MAY CLOSE YOUR ACCOUNT AND TERMINATE THESE TERMS OF USE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION III (O) ("TERMINATION") AND SUCH TERMINATION SHALL BE YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY. OUR CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM ANY CLAIMS, DEMANDS, OR ACTIONS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE WEBSITE OR THESE TERMS OF USE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DISSATISFACTION WITH ANY OF OUR SERVICES, SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00). THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL (1) APPLY REGARDLESS OF WHETHER (a) YOU BASE YOUR CLAIM ON CONTRACT, TORT, STATUTE OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, (b) WE KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR (c) THE LIMITED REMEDIES PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION FAIL OF THEIR ESSENTIAL PURPOSE; AND (2) NOT APPLY TO ANY DAMAGE THAT WE MAY CAUSE YOU INTENTIONALLY OR KNOWINGLY IN VIOLATION OF THESE TERMS OF USE OR APPLICABLE LAW, OR AS OTHERWISE MANDATED BY APPLICABLE LAW THAT CANNOT BE DISCLAIMED IN THESE TERMS OF USE. IN NO EVENT SHALL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY PERSONAL INJURY, INCLUDING DEATH, CAUSED BY YOUR USE OR MISUSE OF OUR WEBSITE OR THE CONTENT. BECAUSE SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. Any claims made by you in connection with your use of our Website, or its content, must be brought within one (1) year of the date on which the event giving rise to such claim occurred. All remedies set forth in these Terms of Use are exclusive and are limited to those expressly provided for in these Terms of Use. J. No Partnership You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment or agency relationship exists between you and us (or any of our Sponsors) as a result of these Terms of Use or your use of our Website. K. 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In addition, and without limiting the foregoing, we will terminate accounts of Members who, in our sole discretion, are deemed to be repeat infringers under the United States Copyright Act. 3. Effect of Termination. Upon the termination of your account with us, you lose access to our Website. In addition, we may block access to our Website from an IP address or range of IP addresses associated with those of terminated Members. 4. Survivability The following provisions of these Terms of Use survive the expiration or termination of these Terms of Use for any reason whatsoever: Website Security Rules; Indemnification; MilitaryShoppers.com Intellectual Property; Collection and Use of Your Content by Us; Limitation of Liability and Disclaimer of Warranties; Limitation of Damages and Remedies; Termination; Jurisdiction and Choice of Law; and Other. O. 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Click to Close NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THESE OFFICIAL RULES BEFORE ENTERING. BY ENTERING THIS SWEEPSTAKES, YOU AGREE TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES, WHICH ARE A CONTRACT AND LIMIT CERTAIN OF YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS. 1. Who Can Enter (Eligibility): The Purina® Pro Plan® Military Channel Call For Incredible Sweepstakes ("Sweepstakes") is open to any individual who is (i) active duty, reservist or retired member of the United States Armed Forces or an or an immediate family member (parent, child, sibling or spouse) of an active-duty, reservist or retired member of the United States Armed Forces and (ii) a legal resident of one of the 50 United States, Washington, D.C. or Puerto Rico and (iii) age of majority in place of residence (age 21 in Mississippi, age 19 in Alabama and Nebraska and age 18 in other states and Washington D.C.) at the time of participation. The Sweepstakes is not open to employees and their immediate family (i.e., spouse, parent, child or sibling and their respective spouses or "step" family) and household members of Nestlé Purina PetCare Company ("Sponsor") and Promotion Fulfillment Center ("Administrator") and their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, service providers and advertising and promotional agencies. 2. When to Enter: The Sweepstakes begins at 12:00:01 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") on May 15, 2017 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. ET on June 15, 2017 ("Sweepstakes Period").3. How to Enter: During the Sweepstakes Period, go to www.militaryshoppers.com/USSMidwayPurina ("Website") and follow the on-screen prompts to provide your first and last name, email address, ZIP code and type of pet ("Entry"). To receive a link to the Website, scan the QR code or text the key word PURINA to short code 555888. (If you send a text message to 555888 with the keyword PURINA, you agree to receive one reply text message. Consent to receive the text message is not a condition of purchase of any goods or services. Text messages are sent by automated system. MESSAGE AND DATA RATES MAY APPLY.) ENTRY LIMIT: one Entry per email address. Each Entry is deemed made by the natural person assigned the email address by the entity that is responsible for assignment of email addresses for the domain associated with such person's email address. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any entrant that is suspected of using more than one email address to circumvent the daily Sweepstakes play limit. If you use your mobile device to enter the Sweepstakes, you represent to Sponsor that you are the owner of (or have permission to use) the device you use to participate and agree that you are solely responsible for all associated data and other fees. (All such charges are billed by and payable to your mobile service provider; please contact your participating mobile service provider for pricing plans, participation status and details.) Personal information submitted in connection with this Sweepstakes is governed by Sponsor's privacy policy located at https://www.purina.com/privacy-policy. 4. Prizes: One (1) Grand Prize: a trip for winner and three (3) guests to San Diego, California, including round trip coach-class air transportation to San Diego, California; round-trip ground transportation to/from hotel and airport; three (3) nights' accommodations (two rooms with double occupancy); tickets for winner and guests to attend the Incredible Dog Challenge on the USS Midway Museum scheduled for Tuesday, November 7, 2017 ("Event"); and $1,000 (awarded in the form of a check payable only to the winner) (collectively, the "Grand Prize"). (Prize Restrictions: Winner and guests must travel beginning November 6, 2017 through November 9, 2017. Airports, accommodations, ground travel and other Grand Prize components are determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to provide ground transportation in place of air transportation if the winner lives within 150 miles of San Diego, California. All expenses not specifically included in the description above (such as taxes, fees, gratuities and insurance) are the responsibility of Grand Prize winner. Grand Prize winner and his or her guests must travel on the itinerary determined by Sponsor. Actual value of the Grand Prize may vary depending on travel and other arrangements. Any difference between the Grand Prize's approximate retail value and actual value will not be awarded. The Grand Prize winner and his or her travel guests are subject to and must comply with all applicable Event venue rules, restrictions and terms; failure to comply may result in forfeiture of any unused portion of the Grand Prize. Sponsor is not responsible for postponement or cancellation of the Event or any issue arising from the operation or management of the Event venue. Any minor travel guest must be accompanied by his or her parent or legal guardian. Sponsor also is not responsible for any cancellation, delay, diversion, substitution or other act or omission of transportation or accommodation providers. If any part of the Grand Prize is canceled or postponed for any reason, Sponsor will award the remainder of Grand Prize and have no further obligation to Grand Prize winner.) Approximate Retail Value of Grand Prize: $10,000. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute any or all of the Grand Prize with a prize or prize component of equal or greater value but no other substitution or transfer of the Grand Prize is permitted or required. All Grand Prize details not specifically described in these Official Rules are determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Sponsor is responsible only for Grand Prize delivery and is not responsible for the Grand Prize's utility to winner. Winner is solely responsible for all taxes, fees and other expenses associated with acceptance and use of the Grand Prize. GRAND PRIZE IS AWARDED "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE FROM SPONSOR. 5. Drawing: Administrator will select the Grand Prize winner from among all eligible Entries received in a random drawing on or about June 20, 2017. Odds of winning the Grand Prize depend on the number of eligible Entries received. 6. Winner Notification: Administrator will notify selected winner by email (using the information provided in the Entry) approximately two (2) business days after the drawing. Administrator will send one email. Winner will be required to complete and return an affidavit of eligibility and release (including, if legally permissible, a publicity release) ("Winner Affidavit") within five (5) business days of attempted notification. Each travel guest must sign a travel release ("Guest Release"). If a winner does not respond to Administrator within the specified time period, if Winner Affidavit or any Guest Release is incomplete, if Administrator determines that the selected winner cannot or does not comply with these Official Rules or if any part of the Grand Prize or winner notification, Winner Affidavit, a Guest Release or any other written or electronic communication is returned as undeliverable, the selected winner forfeits the Grand Prize and Administrator may (if circumstances allows) select an alternate winner in a random drawing from among the remaining eligible Entries received. 7. Entrant agreement and release. By submitting an Entry:
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