Effective date: October 31st, 2016.
General Terms
These Terms of Use govern your use of our websites, mobile applications, and other related information and services provided by us (collectively the “Services”). Please read these Terms of Use carefully before using any of the Services. By using any of the Services, you signify your assent to these Terms of Use; if you do not agree to these terms, you may not use any of the Services.
In addition to our standart Terms of Use, some Services have additional terms and conditions ("Additional Terms"). Where Additional Terms apply to a Service, we will make them available for you to read prior to your use of that Service. By using such Service, you agree to the applicable Additional Terms. In addition, to the extent you enter or are otherwise eligible for any contest, sweepstakes or other promotion, you may be subject to separate or additional terms and conditions that govern such contest, sweepstakes or other promotion.
Privacy
Please read our Privacy Policy for details about the information we collect from those who use our site, and how we make use of that information.
Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise noted, all materials, including, without limitation, all images, illustrations, designs, icons, photographs, video clips, written and other materials that appear as part of the Services (collectively "Content") are copyrights, trademarks, trade dress and/or other intellectual properties owned by or licensed to Silicon Valley Seeds. Each of the Services as a whole is protected by copyright and trade dress and all worldwide rights, titles and interests in and to such copyright and trade dress are owned by or licensed to Silicon Valley Seeds. All SVS trademarks appearing on or as part of the Services are registered or common law trademarks owned by or licensed to Silicon Valley Seeds. You may download, print and store selected portions of the Content only if you: (1) use these copies only for your own personal, non-commercial use; (2) do not copy or post the Content on any network or website or transmit the Content in any media whatsoever; and (3) do not modify or alter the Content in any way, or delete or change any copyright or trademark notice. No right, title or interest in any downloaded Content is transferred to you as a result of any such downloading. Silicon Valley Seeds or its licensor reserves all right, title, interest and full intellectual property rights in any Content you download from the Services. Except as noted above, you may not copy, download, reproduce, modify, publish, distribute, transmit, transfer, create derivative works from or otherwise use the Content.
Comments
While we welcome all comments, by sending us any comments, feedback, testimonials, notes, messages, ideas, suggestions, know-how, concepts, techniques, criticisms, reports or other communications (collectively "Comments"), whether oral or written, you hereby grant to Silicon Valley Seeds an irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully paid, royalty free, worldwide, sublicensable, transferable, license to reproduce and use such Comments, in any medium now known or hereinafter created, for any purpose whatsoever. You acknowledge and agree that you have no expectation of compensation or confidentiality of any nature, and that Silicon Valley Seeds has no duties to you, with respect to such Comments.
Links
The Services may contain links to third party websites or internet resources that are not owned or controlled by Silicon Valley Seeds. Our provision of a link to any other website or Internet resource is for your convenience only and does not signify our endorsement of such other website or resource or its contents. SILICON VALLEY SEEDS SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY CONTENT, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, MATERIALS OR PRACTICES OF ANY THIRD PARTY WEBSITE OR INTERNET RESOURCE.
Affiliate Commissions
Some of the links contained in our pages are affiliate links. With these links, if you purchase an item you don’t pay any more than you would otherwise but we do receive a small commission for providing a purchaser to the company via the link in question. The “purchase” links which you see are all affiliate links. Money generated by visitors who purchase through these links goes directly into our general fund, to be used for covering expenses such as those for site hosting, the printing of fliers, etc. Note that the top of every page/post containing an affiliate link contains the following distinctive informational graphic:
Disclaimer
THE SERVICES AND ALL CONTENT AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE, BY YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES, THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK, THAT YOU ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ALL NECESSARY SERVICING OR REPAIRS OF ANY EQUIPMENT YOU USE IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES, AND THAT SILICON VALLEY SEEDS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES.
Inaccuracy Disclaimer
Silicon Valley Seeds strives for its Services, Content, and other materials to be accurate. However, from time to time, there may be information available on or through the Services or elsewhere that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies, or omissions. Silicon Valley Seeds reserves the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions and to change or update information at any time without prior notice.
Limitation of Liability
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL SILICON VALLEY SEEDS OR ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, DIRECTORS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE) FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (EVEN IF SUCH PARTIES WERE ADVISED OF, KNEW OF OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM YOUR (OR ANYONE USING YOUR ACCOUNT’S) USE OF THE SERVICES.
Exclusions and Limitations
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages. Accordingly, some of the above limitations and disclaimers may not apply to you. To the extent See’s may not, as a matter of applicable law, disclaim any implied warranty or limit its liabilities, the scope and duration of such warranty and the extent of See’s liability shall be the minimum permitted under such applicable law.
Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Silicon Valley Seeds and its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants and agents from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, expenses, fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) that such parties may incur arising from or relating to your (or anyone using your account’s) use of any of the Services or any violation of these Terms of Use or any applicable Additional Terms.
Miscellaneous
These Terms of Use shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of California without regard to any choice of law or conflict of laws principles, regardless of where you live. These Terms of Use and any Additional Terms, together with any other rules or guidelines posted in connection with our website, constitute the entire and exclusive and final statement of the agreement between you and Silicon Valley Seeds with respect to the subject matter hereof, and govern your use of the Services, superseding any prior agreements or negotiations between you and Silicon Valley Seeds with respect to the subject matter hereof. The failure of Silicon Valley Seeds to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If for any reason any provision of these Terms of Use is found to be unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to effect the intent of that provision, and the remainder of these Terms of Use shall continue in full force and effect.
Terms of Use Changes
Silicon Valley Seeds reserves the right, at our discretion, to change these Terms of Use at any time. Please check this page (always available via a link in the footer of our homepage) periodically for changes. Any changes will go into effect on the Effective Date disclosed on the changed Terms of Use page. The new Terms of Use will apply to all current and past users of the Services and will replace any prior Terms of Use. Any use of Services provided after the Effective Date shown at the top of this page will constitute your agreement to the terms of this policy.