Welcome to LoudCrowd

Thanks for using the LoudCrowd website (the “Website”). The Website is provided by LoudCrowd Inc. (“LoudCrowd”, “we,” “our,” or “us”), located at 2400 Webberville Rd, Building C, Suite, 200, Austin, TX 78702, U.S.A. For clarity, the “Website” covered by these Terms includes only LoudCrowd’s website (www.loudcrowd.com), and not our web-based application services, which are governed by your [SaaS agreement] with LoudCrowd (the “Master Services Agreement”).

By using our Website, you are agreeing to these Terms of Service (“Terms”). Please read them carefully. Our Website is very diverse, so sometimes additional terms or product requirements (including age requirements) may apply. If additional terms or conditions are available with or applicable to relevant portions of the Website, then those additional terms become part of your agreement with us if you use those portions of the Website. By accessing or using the Website, you intend and agree to be legally bound by these Terms. You may wish to print or save a local copy of the Terms for your records.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THESE TERMS OF SERVICE LIMIT OUR LIABILITY AND THAT YOU ARE RELEASING US FROM VARIOUS CLAIMS IN SECTION 5 BELOW. THESE TERMS ALSO CONTAIN A BINDING ARBITRATION PROVISION IN SECTION 10 THAT AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THESE TERMS WITH RESPECT TO THE WEBSITE.

Using our Website

You must follow any policies made available to you within the Website, including our Privacy Policy, available at Privacy Policy.

Don’t misuse our Website. For example, don’t interfere with our Website, try to access it using a method other than the interface and the instructions that we provide, or extensively or automatically copy any content from the Website (in other words, no scraping). You may use our Website only for your internal business purposes, and as permitted by law. We may suspend or stop providing our Website to you if you do not comply with our terms or policies, if we are investigating suspected misconduct, or for any other reason in our sole discretion.

Using our Website does not give you ownership of any intellectual property rights in our Website or the content you access through it (“Content”). You may not use Content, except as permitted in these Terms, as permitted by its owner (if not LoudCrowd), or as otherwise permitted by law. These Terms do not grant you the right to use any branding or logos used in our Website, including the LoudCrowd name and logo. Don’t remove, obscure, or alter any legal notices displayed in or along with our Website.

In connection with your use of the Website, we may send you service announcements, administrative messages, and other information. You may opt out of our marketing emails by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link in marketing e-mails. Please be aware that there may be a brief period before we are able to process your opt-out.

Your LoudCrowd Registration

You may need to register a social account in order to use the Website. If you register your own account, you agree that all registration information you give us will be accurate and current. If your account has been assigned to you by an administrator, such as your employer or educational institution, different or additional terms may apply and your administrator may be able to access or disable your account. You will timely notify us of any changes to any of the foregoing information. Accordingly, you agree that you will be solely responsible for all activities that occur under your Website accounts, including the activities of any individual with whom you share your Website account or an Activated Device.

Privacy and Feedback

Our privacy policy explains how we treat your personal information and protect your privacy when you use our Website and LoudCrowd. By using our Website, you agree that we can collect, use, and share data from you as described in our privacy policy. We are not responsible for any information or Content that you share with others via your use of the Website. You assume all privacy, security, and other risks associated with providing any information, including personally identifiable information, to other users of the Service.

If you submit feedback or suggestions about our Website, you agree that we may use your feedback or suggestions without obligation to you.

Modifying and Terminating our Website

We are constantly changing and improving our Website. We may add or remove functionalities or features, and we may suspend or stop providing the Website altogether, at any time, without any notice or liability.

You can stop using our Website at any time, although we’ll be sorry to see you go. We may also stop providing the Website to you, or add or create new limits to our Website, at any time.

Sections 5 – 10 of these Terms will survive termination or expiration of these Terms indefinitely, as well as any other sections that, by their nature, are intended to survive termination.

Our Warranties and Disclaimers

OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY SET OUT IN THESE TERMS, NEITHER LOUDCROWD NOR ITS LICENSORS, SUPPLIERS, ADVERTISERS, OR DISTRIBUTORS MAKE ANY SPECIFIC PROMISES ABOUT THE WEBSITE. FOR EXAMPLE, WE DON’T MAKE ANY COMMITMENTS ABOUT THE CONTENT WITHIN THE WEBSITE, THE SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS OF THE WEBSITE, OR THEIR RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, OR ABILITY TO MEET YOUR NEEDS. WE ALSO DO NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTIES OR COMMITMENT RELATING TO NON-INFRINGEMENT, FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL CODE, OR ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED OPERATIONS. WE PROVIDE THE WEBSITE “AS-IS.”

SOME JURISDICTIONS PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN WARRANTIES, LIKE THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES.

YOU AND YOUR HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, AND ASSIGNS HEREBY FOREVER IRREVOCABLY RELEASE, DISCHARGE, AND HOLD HARMLESS US, OUR AFFILIATES, AND OUR AND THEIR SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, AND ITS AND THEIR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS (COLLECTIVELY, “RELEASED PARTIES”) FROM, AND AGREE NOT TO SUE ANY RELEASED PARTY FOR, ANY LIABILITIES, CLAIMS, OBLIGATIONS, SUITS, ACTIONS, DEMANDS, EXPENSES, AND DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (COLLECTIVELY, “LIABILITIES”) THAT YOU MAY HAVE AGAINST ANY RELEASED PARTY WHETHER EXISTING NOW OR IN THE FUTURE, WHETHER KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR OR A THIRD PARTY’S CONDUCT RELATED TO USE OF THE WEBSITE. YOU UNDERSTAND AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE FOREGOING SENTENCE RELEASES AND DISCHARGES ALL LIABILITIES, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE CURRENTLY KNOWN TO YOU, AND YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHTS UNDER CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 1542. YOU UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 1542, WHICH READS AS FOLLOWS: “A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.” BY AGREEING TO THESE TERMS AND THIS WAIVER, YOU ASSUME ALL RISK ARISING FROM YET UNKNOWN CLAIMS.

Liability for our Website

TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY LAW, LOUDCROWD (AND ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS) AND OUR LICENSORS, SUPPLIERS, ADVERTISERS, AND DISTRIBUTORS, WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST PROFITS, REVENUES, OR DATA, FINANCIAL LOSSES OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES.

TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY LAW, THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF LOUDCROWD (AND ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS) AND OUR LICENSORS, SUPPLIERS, ADVERTISERS, AND DISTRIBUTORS, FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS UNDER THESE TERMS OR RELATING TO YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING FOR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES, IS LIMITED TO $50 (OR, IF WE CHOOSE, CORRECT ANY REPORTED DEFECTS IN THE WEBSITE).

IN ALL CASES RELATING TO PROVIDING YOU THE WEBSITE, LOUDCROWD (AND ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS) AND ITS LICENSORS, SUPPLIERS, ADVERTISERS, AND DISTRIBUTORS, WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE THAT IS NOT REASONABLY FORESEEABLE OR THAT IS DUE TO EVENTS OUTSIDE OF OUR REASONABLE CONTROL, SUCH AS WARS, CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES, STORMS, NATURAL DISASTERS, ACTS OF GOVERNMENT, SUPPLY INTERRUPTIONS, OR TELECOMMUNICATION OR INTERNET FAILURES.

Business/Employer Uses of our Website

If you are using our Website on behalf of a business or employer, you are accepting these Terms on their behalf, and that business or employer agrees to be bound by these Terms.

Indemnification

You hereby agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless LoudCrowd, its affiliated companies, and its and their predecessors, successors, and assigns, and its and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, partners, and contractors from and against all claims, losses, expenses, damages and costs (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees), resulting from or arising out of your actual or alleged breach of these Terms, any content you provide through the Website, or your use or misuse of the Website. However, you will not be responsible for claims, damages, and costs which are found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have arisen solely from our violation of applicable law.

About these Terms

We may modify these Terms or any additional terms that apply to a Service for any reason, for example, to reflect changes to the law or changes to our Website. You should look at the Terms regularly and the “Last Updated” date at the beginning of these Terms. We’ll use reasonable efforts to give you notice of these modifications, such as posting notice of modifications to these Terms on this web page, through the Website, or via email. By continuing to use the Website after we make these modifications, you agree that you will be subject to the modified Terms. If you do not agree to the modified terms for the Website, you should discontinue your use of the Website.

These Terms govern only your use of the Website. Your LoudCrowd Services Agreement otherwise controls the relationship between LoudCrowd and you. These Terms do not create any third-party beneficiary rights (except in the limited case of Section 10). If you do not comply with these Terms, and we don’t take action right away, this doesn’t mean that we are giving up any rights that we may have (such as taking action in the future). If it turns out that a particular term is not enforceable, this will not affect any other terms. If there is a conflict between these Terms and any additional terms for any other service, content, or applications on or linked to by the Website, the additional terms will control for such service, content, or applications to the extent of the conflict.

The laws of the United States and the Commonwealth of Texas, excluding Texas’s conflict of laws rules, will apply to any disputes arising out of or relating to these terms or the Website.

You may not assign or delegate your rights or obligations relating to these terms or your account for the Website without our prior written consent. We may assign these terms or assign or delegate any of our rights or obligations at any time.

For information about how to contact LoudCrowd, please visit our contact page.

Binding Arbitration

Without limiting your waiver and release in Section 5, you agree to the following:

1. Purpose. Any and all Disputes (as defined below) involving you and LoudCrowd will be resolved through individual arbitration. In arbitration, there is no judge or jury and there is less discovery and appellate review than in court. This Section 10 (the “Arbitration Provision”) shall be broadly interpreted. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Terms, this Section 10 does not apply to an action by either party to enjoin the infringement or misuse of its intellectual property rights, including copyright, trademark, patent or trade secret rights.
2. Definitions. The term “Dispute” means any claim or controversy related to the Website, including but not limited to any and all: (1) claims for relief and theories of liability, whether based in contract, tort, fraud, negligence, statute, regulation, ordinance, or otherwise; (2) claims that arose before these Terms or any prior agreement; (3) claims that arise after the expiration or termination of these Terms; and (4) claims that are currently the subject of purported class action litigation in which you are not a member of a certified class. As used in this Arbitration Provision, “LoudCrowd” means LoudCrowd and any of its predecessors, successors, assigns, parents, subsidiaries and affiliated companies and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, and “you” means you and any users or beneficiaries of your access to the Website.
3. Initiation of Arbitration Proceeding/Selection of Arbitrator. The party initiating the arbitration proceeding may open a case with JAMS, formerly Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Website, Inc., (“JAMS”) by visiting its website (www.jamsadr.com) or calling its toll-free number (1-800-352-5267). You may deliver any required or desired notice to LoudCrowd by mail to 2400 Webberville Rd, Building C, Suite, 200, Austin, TX 78702, U.S.A
4. Right to Sue in Small Claims Court. Notwithstanding anything in this Arbitration Provision to the contrary, either you or LoudCrowd may bring an individual action in a small claims court in the area where you access the Website if the claim is not aggregated with the claim of any other person and if the amount in controversy is properly within the jurisdiction of the small claims court.
5. Arbitration Procedures. This Arbitration Provision shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act. Arbitrations shall be administered by JAMS pursuant to its Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures (the “JAMS Rules”) as modified by the version of this Arbitration Provision that is in effect when you notify LoudCrowd about your Dispute. You can obtain the JAMS Rules from the JAMS by visiting its website (www.jamsadr.com) or calling its toll-free number (1-800-352-5267). If there is a conflict between this Arbitration Provision and the rest of these Terms, this Arbitration Provision shall govern. If there is a conflict between this Arbitration Provision and the JAMS rules, this Arbitration Provision shall govern. If JAMS will not administer a proceeding under this Arbitration Provision as written, the parties shall agree on a substitute arbitration organization. If the parties cannot agree, the parties shall mutually petition a court of appropriate jurisdiction to appoint an arbitration organization that will administer a proceeding under this Arbitration Provision as written applying the JAMS Rules. A single arbitrator will resolve the Dispute. Unless you and LoudCrowd agree otherwise, any arbitration hearing will take place in Philadelphia, PA. The arbitrator will honor claims of privilege recognized by law and will take reasonable steps to protect customer account information and other confidential or proprietary information. The arbitrator shall issue a reasoned written decision that explains the arbitrator’s essential findings and conclusions. The arbitrator’s award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction over the parties only if necessary for purposes of enforcing the arbitrator’s award. An arbitrator’s award that has been fully satisfied shall not be entered in any court.
6. Waiver of Class Actions and Collective Relief. THERE SHALL BE NO RIGHT OR AUTHORITY FOR ANY CLAIMS TO BE ARBITRATED OR LITIGATED ON A CLASS ACTION, JOINT OR CONSOLIDATED BASIS OR ON BASES INVOLVING CLAIMS BROUGHT IN A PURPORTED REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY ON BEHALF OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC (SUCH AS A PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL), OTHER SUBSCRIBERS, OR OTHER PERSONS. THE ARBITRATOR MAY AWARD RELIEF ONLY IN FAVOR OF THE INDIVIDUAL PARTY SEEKING RELIEF AND ONLY TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO PROVIDE RELIEF WARRANTED BY THAT INDIVIDUAL PARTY’S CLAIM. THE ARBITRATOR MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE MORE THAN ONE PERSON’S CLAIMS, AND MAY NOT OTHERWISE PRESIDE OVER ANY FORM OF A REPRESENTATIVE OR CLASS PROCEEDING.
7. Arbitration Fees and Costs. If your claim seeks more than $75,000 in the aggregate, the payment of the JAMS’s fees and costs will be governed by the JAMS Rules. If your claims seek less than $75,000 in the aggregate, the payment of the JAMS’s fees and costs will be LoudCrowd’s responsibility. However, if the arbitrator finds that your Dispute was frivolous or brought for an improper purpose (as measured by the standards set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(b)), the payment of the JAMS’s fees and costs shall be governed by the JAMS Rules and you shall reimburse LoudCrowd for all fees and costs that were your obligation to pay under the JAMS Rules. You may hire an attorney to represent you in arbitration. You are responsible for your attorneys’ fees and additional costs and may only recover your attorneys’ fees and costs in the arbitration to the extent that you could in court if the arbitration is decided in your favor. Notwithstanding anything in this Arbitration Provision to the contrary, LoudCrowd will pay all fees and costs that it is required by law to pay.
8. Severability and Waiver of Jury Trial. If any part of subsection (f) of this Arbitration Provision is found to be illegal or unenforceable, the entire Arbitration provision will be unenforceable and the Dispute will be decided by a court in Philadelphia, PA. WHETHER IN COURT OR IN ARBITRATION, YOU AND LoudCrowd AGREE TO WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW. If any other clause in this Arbitration Provision is found to be illegal or unenforceable, that clause will be severed from this Arbitration Provision and the remainder of this Arbitration Provision will be given full force and effect.
9. Continuation. This Arbitration Provision will survive the termination or expiration of these Terms.