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Terms of Use

Effective: February 21, 2020

 

Overview

 

This service is owned or operated by Fabric Global PBC (“Fabric PBC”, "Fabric", “us,” “our,” or “we”). These Terms of Use ("Terms") set forth the terms and conditions under which you are authorized to use our “Service” which includes our website at sparkfabric.com (including any subdomains or mobile versions the “Site(s)”) and the Fabric mobile application (the “App”). Through your use of our Service, you agree to these Terms.

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Your Access to the Service

 

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, Fabric grants you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable, non-exclusive license to use our App and any software provided to you as part of the Service. As a condition of your right to access and use our Service, you represent that you are of legal age to enter into a binding contract and that you are not a person barred from accessing the Service under the laws of your jurisdiction. Fabric reserves the right to terminate your access in the event you violate these Terms or any Service Agreement. If you are accepting these Terms and using the Service on behalf of a company, organization, government, or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to do so and have the authority to bind such entity to these Terms, in which case the words “you” and “your” as used in these Terms shall refer to such entity.

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YOU ARE ENTIRELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THE SERVICE ON YOUR DEVICE(S) OR UNDER YOUR ACCOUNT.

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Additional Agreements & Third Parties

To the extent additional rules or guidelines of Fabric affect your use of our Service, those rules and guidelines, including our Privacy Policy and Community Guidelines are part of these Terms. Capitalized terms not defined in these Terms will have the definition set forth in the Privacy Policy or Community Guidelines. In the event of a conflict between these Terms and our Privacy Policy, the Privacy Policy shall control to the extent of such conflict. These terms shall control to the extent in conflict with the Community Guidelines.

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We may use third party service providers in order to provide portions of the Service to you, or you may visit third parties through links or other interactions with our Service. Except in connection with their use of our Service, these third parties are not governed by these Terms. You acknowledge that any reliance on representations and warranties provided by any party other than Fabric will be at your own risk. Your use of any third-party-operated websites/services may be subject to additional terms of use and privacy policies.

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Content on our Service

We may make available, and users may post certain content through our Service, including text, images, links, audio, video, or other material (“Content”). As a Public platform, any Content make available through the Service may be made available to other users and the public.

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The Content is owned by Fabric, or its respective partners, customers, or users, with all rights reserved, and may be licensed to Fabric by the Client, user, or other third parties. All Content which qualifies for protection under U.S. Federal Copyright Law is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal Court System, whether registered or unregistered. All trademarks displayed on our Service are the trademarks of their respective owners, and constitute neither an endorsement nor a recommendation of such parties. In addition, such use of trademarks or links to the websites of third parties is not intended to imply, directly or indirectly, that those third parties endorse or have any affiliation with Fabric.

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Any Content uploaded, posted, submitted, or otherwise made available by individual users of the Service or any third parties, including without limitation all files, documents and any other Content which does not originate with Fabric ("User Content"), is the sole responsibility of such user or third party. Under no circumstances will Fabric be liable in any way for any User Content. Fabric does not endorse or support any User Content, nor guarantee the truthfulness, integrity, accuracy, suitability, or quality of any User Content.

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You also agree and understand that by accessing the Service, you may encounter User Content that you may consider to be objectionable. Fabric reserves the right (but has no obligation unless required by law) in its sole discretion to pre-screen, edit, refuse, move or remove any User Content that is posted on the Service, including User Content that may violation our Community Guidelines. You agree that the exercise by Fabric of such discretion shall not convert or transform User Content to content owned or provided by Fabric, and the user who made such User Content available on the Service will retain ownership thereof as described below.

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Our License to User Content

You retain ownership of any User Content that you submit, post, embed, or make available through the Service. Fabric does not claim ownership of original works created and posted by users of the Service. However, by submitting, posting or embedding, or making User Content available through the Service, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display, create derivative works, and distribute such User Content in any and all media or distribution channels now known or later developed.

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This license authorizes us to make User Content available to anyone, and to let others that access that User Content do the same, and we may make User Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals for syndication, broadcast, distribution, promotion or publication through any and all media, services, or distribution channels now known or later developed.

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You represent and warrant that you have, or have obtained, all rights, licenses, consents, permissions, title, or authority necessary to grant us the foregoing license in and to the User Content that you submit, post, display or otherwise make available through the Service. You agree that such User Content will not contain material subject to any third-party copyright or other proprietary rights, unless you have obtained the right, title, license, consent, permission, title, or authority necessary to grant us the license described above.

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Your Use of the Content

 

Any use of Content on the Service, including without limitation reproduction for purposes other than those noted herein, modification, distribution, replication, any form of data extraction or data mining, or other commercial exploitation of any kind, without prior written permission of an authorized officer of Fabric or as part of an agreement with Fabric, is strictly prohibited. With the exception of search engines, you agree that you will not use any robot, spider, or other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy our web pages or the Content contained therein without prior written permission of Fabric.

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Content Complaints

 

If you believe that any Content on our Service violates these Terms or is otherwise inappropriate, please report the Content by contacting us at: support@sparkfabric.com

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Notification of Claimed Copyright Infringement

 

In the event that you find content posted on our Service which you believe to be an infringement of the copyright of any third party, please immediately contact Fabric’s Copyright Agent as described below. To report any alleged infringement, please contact us in writing by providing a signed statement containing the following information pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"):

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Your name, address, telephone number, and email address, and if you are acting on behalf of the owner of the intellectual property, the name of the owner;

  • a statement, made under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner of the copyright or are authorized to act on behalf of the owner;

  • a detailed description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;

  • if your claim is based on a registered work, the registration number, and the date of issuance of the registration;

  • a description of the infringing material and the URL where such material is located on the Service, or a description of where on our Service you found such material;

  • your written statement that you believe, in good faith, that the use of the work on our Service has not been authorized by the true owner of the work, its agent, or as a matter of law; and

  • a statement that all of the information you have provided is true.

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Please send your notice of alleged infringement to us:

Fabric Global, PBC

D/B/A Fabric PBC

177 E. Colorado Blvd., Floor 2

Pasadena, CA 91105

E-mail: support@sparkfabric.com, subject line “DMCA Notice”

In accordance with the DMCA, it is the policy of Fabric to terminate use of our Service by repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances.

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Restricted Activities

 

You may not engage in any of the following with regard to the Service (including without limitation posting or transmitting content through the Service):

  • violate or encourage the violation of any local, state, national, or international law or regulation;

  • collect or store personal data about other users of our Service or solicit personal information from any individual except as required or permitted by law, or with the required consent of the individual;

  • send or promote any message that is unlawful, libelous, defamatory, abusive, threatening, or that violates our Community Guidelines, as determined by Fabric in its sole discretion;

  • infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity or privacy, or other right of any party, or distribute any content you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships;

  • promote or distribute any unlawful or deceptive advertising, promotional materials, or other material which can be characterized as fraudulent, or otherwise unlawful or in violation of our Community Guidelines;

  • disrupt or interfere with the security or use of the Service or any websites or content linked to them;

  • interfere with or damage the integrity of the Service, including, without limitation, through the use of viruses, Trojan horses, harmful code, denial of service attacks, packet or IP spoofing, forged routing or email address information or similar methods or technology or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies, or regulations of networks connected to our Service;

  • use the Service to store or transmit code, files, scripts, agents or programs intended to do harm, including, for example, viruses, worms, time bombs or Trojan horses;

  • attempt to use another user, person or entity, misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity, including (without limitation) Fabric or create or use a false identity;

  • attempt to obtain unauthorized access to the Service or portions thereof that are restricted from general access;

  • use any meta tags or any other “hidden text” utilizing Fabric name, trademarks, or product names;

  • attempt to reverse engineer or otherwise derive or obtain the code in any form for any software used in the Service;

  • engage in any activity that interferes with any third party’s ability to use or enjoy the Service; or

  • assist any third party in engaging in any activity prohibited by these Terms.

 

Further, without our written consent, you may not:

  • reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, create derivative works, or exploit for any commercial purpose any Fabric content or any use of or access to the Service;

  • use any high volume, automated, or electronic means (including, without limitation, robots, spiders, scripts, or other automated devices) to access the Service or monitor or copy our web pages or the content contained thereon;

  • deep link to the Service for any purpose; or frame the Service, place pop-up windows over any content, or otherwise affect the display of the Service;

  • access the Service in order to build a competitive service or to benchmark with another service; or

  • reverse engineer the Service (to the extent such restriction is permitted by law).

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Usernames, Passwords and Security

 

Your username and password will be your identity for purposes of interacting with Fabric and other users through the Service. You are responsible for protecting and keeping confidential your username, password, and other account information. Fabric is not liable for your failure to protect your account credentials, or for your use of an insecure password. You are responsible for updating and keeping current any account information, including any phone or email addresses we use to communicate with you.

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DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

 

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, FABRIC, ITS RELATED ENTITIES, ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS, ITS LICENSORS, AND ITS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS (COLLECTIVELY THE “COMPANY PARTIES”) EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, RELATED TO OUR SERVICES. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF OUR SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. OUR SERVICES AND ALL CONTENT, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OFFERED THROUGH THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. THE COMPANY PARTIES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TIMELINESS OF DELIVERY OF CONTENT, ANY FAILURES OF DELIVERY, ERRONEOUS DELETION, OR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND YOU CLAIM WAS INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY SERVICES. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, WILL ANY OF THE COMPANY PARTIES BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY PERSON OR ENTITY CLAIMING THROUGH YOU FOR ANY LOSS, INJURY, LIABILITY OR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, INABILITY TO USE, OR RELIANCE ON ANY OF OUR SERVICES OR ANY CONTENT, PRODUCT OR SERVICE PROVIDED TO YOU THROUGH OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF OUR SERVICES. THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY THAT APPLIES TO ALL LOSSES AND DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, WHETHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT, GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF DATA, GOODWILL, REVENUE OR PROFITS. THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY APPLIES WHETHER THE ALLEGED LIABILITY IS BASED ON CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER BASIS; EVEN IF ANY COMPANY PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES; AND WITHOUT REGARD TO THE SUCCESS OR EFFECTIVENESS OF OTHER REMEDIES. IF ANY PART OF THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IS FOUND TO BE INVALID, ILLEGAL OR UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON, THEN THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY PARTIES UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES TO YOU OR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY CLAIMING THROUGH YOU FOR LIABILITIES THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN LIMITED WILL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS.

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SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

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You acknowledge that you may have or may in the future have claims against us which you do not know or suspect to exist in your favor when you agreed to these Terms and which if known, might materially affect your consent to these Terms. You expressly waive all rights you may have under Section 1542 of the California Civil Code, which states:

A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.

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Indemnification

 

You agree to indemnify and hold the Fabric Parties harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorney's fees and costs, made by any third party due to or arising out of your posting of any content on our Service, or other use of our Service in a manner not permitted by these Terms, including without limitation your actual or alleged violation of these Terms, or infringement of a third party’s intellectual property or other rights by you, or another user of our Service using your computer, device or account.

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Providing Feedback to Fabric

 

We welcome your comments and feedback about our Service. All information and materials submitted to Fabric through the Service or otherwise, such as any comments, feedback, ideas, questions, designs, data or the like regarding or relating to the Service or the business of Fabric (collectively, "Feedback"), will be considered NON-CONFIDENTIAL and NON-PROPRIETARY with regard to you, but Fabric reserves the right to treat any such Feedback as the confidential information of Fabric.

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By submitting Feedback to Fabric, you assign to the Company Parties, free of charge, all worldwide rights, title and interest in all copyrights and other intellectual property rights in such Feedback. The Company Parties will be entitled to use any Feedback you submit, and any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in any such Feedback, for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing products and services using such Feedback without restriction and without compensating you in any way. You are responsible for the information and other content contained in any Feedback you submit to us, including, without limitation, its truthfulness and accuracy.

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Modifications and Interruption to the Service

 

We reserve the right to modify or discontinue all or any portion of our Service with or without notice to you. We will not be liable if we choose to exercise this right. You acknowledge and accept that we do not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted or secure access to our Service, or that our Service will be error free. You understand that usage of our Service may be interfered with or adversely affected by numerous factors or circumstances outside of our control.

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Fabric shall not be responsible for any delays or interruptions of, or errors or omissions contained in, the Service. Fabric reserves the right, but shall not be required, to correct and delays, interruptions, errors or omissions. Fabric may discontinue or alter any aspect of this Service, including, but not limited to: (i) restricting the time of availability, (ii) restricting the availability and/or scope of the Service for certain users, (iii) restricting the amount of use permitted, and (iv) restricting or terminating any user's right to use this service, at Fabric's sole discretion and without prior notice or liability.

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Governing Laws

 

The interpretation of the rights and obligations of the parties under this Agreement, including, to the extent applicable, any negotiations, arbitrations or other proceedings hereunder, will be governed in all respects exclusively by the laws of the State of Colorado, U.S.A. Each party agrees that it will only bring any action or proceeding arising from or relating to this Agreement in a federal court in the state and federal courts of Denver, Colorado, and you irrevocably submit to the personal jurisdiction and venue of any such court in any such action or proceeding or in any action or proceeding brought in such courts by Fabric.

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Dispute Resolution

 

By agreeing to these Terms, you hereby irrevocably waive any right you may have to join claims with those of others in the form of a class action or similar procedural device. Any claims arising out of, relating to, or connected with these Terms of Use must be asserted individually.

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You acknowledge and agree that, regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action you may have arising out of, relating to, or connected with your use of the Service must be filled within one calendar year after such claim or cause of action arises, or forever be barred. If a claim proceeds in court, we each waive any right to a jury trial.

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Compliance with Laws

 

You assume all knowledge of applicable law and you are responsible for compliance with any such laws. You may not use the Service in any way that violates applicable state, federal, or international laws, regulations or other government requirements.

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Notice for California Residents

 

If you are a California resident, in accordance with Cal. Civ. Code §1789.3, you may report complaints to the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Service of the California Department of Consumer Affairs by contacting them in writing at 400 R Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, or by telephone at (800) 952-5210.

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Consent to Electronic Communications

 

By using the Service, you agree that Fabric may communicate with you electronically regarding your use of the Service and related matters, and that any notices, agreements, disclosures or other communications that Fabric sends to you electronically will satisfy any legal communication requirements, including that the communications be in writing. To withdraw your consent to your receipt of electronic notice, please notify Fabric at: support@sparkfabric.com

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Changes to These Terms

 

We reserve the right, at any time, to modify, alter, or update these Terms without prior notice. You are encouraged to check this page regularly for changes to the Terms. Modifications will become effective immediately upon being posted to our Service, without further notice to you. Your continued use of any of our Service after such modifications are posted constitutes your acknowledgement and acceptance of such modifications, and you may not amend these Terms.

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Other Terms

 

Assignment - These Terms will be binding upon each party hereto and its successors and permitted assigns. These Terms of Use are not assignable or transferable by you without the prior written consent of Fabric. You agree that these Terms of Use and any other agreements referenced herein may be assigned by us, in our sole discretion, to a third party in the event of a merger or acquisition, or otherwise.

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Integration - These Terms (including all of the policies described in these Terms, which are incorporated herein by this reference) contain the entire understanding of the parties regarding its subject matter, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings between the parties regarding its subject matter.

 

Waiver - No failure or delay by a party in exercising any right, power or privilege under these Terms will operate as a waiver thereof, nor will any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other such right, power, or privilege.

 

Severability - If any provision of these Terms is determined by a court of law to be unlawful, void or unenforceable for any reason, the other provisions (and any partially-enforceable provision) shall not be affected thereby and shall remain valid and enforceable to the maximum possible extent, and the invalid provision will be modified as necessary to make it valid and enforceable while as closely as possible reflecting the original intentions of Fabric.

 

Limitation - You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of our Service or relating to these Terms must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.

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No Relationship - No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employee-employer relationship is intended or created by these Terms.

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Force Majeure - Fabric will not be liable for any failure or deficiency in the performance or availability of the Service by reason of the occurrence of any event beyond our reasonable control, including without limitation, a labor disturbance, an Internet outage, interruption of service, communication outage, failure by a service provider to Fabric, fire, terrorism, natural disaster, or war.

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