Terms Of Use
Last Revision: October 1st, 2011
PLEASE READ THESE GEOTOKO SYSTEMS, INC. TERMS OF USE ("Terms of Use") CAREFULLY. GEOTOKO SYSTEMS, INC. ("Geotoko") OFFERS A GEOTOKO SOFTWARE APPLICATION (the "Service") THAT HELPS THIRD-PARTY PROMOTION SPONSORS (individually and collectively "Sponsors") EXECUTE THEIR PROMOTIONS (NAMELY SWEEPSTAKES PROMOTIONS) (individually and collectively "Promotions") USING LOCATION BASED SERVICES. BY USING THE SERVICE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, THEN DO NOT USE THE SERVICE. YOU FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS ALSO SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS POSTED ON GEOTKO'S WEB SITE(S), AS SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS MAY CHANGE FROM TIME TO TIME IN GEOTKO'S SOLE DISCRETION. YOU AGREE TO COMPLY IN ALL RESPECTS WITH THESE TERMS OF USE AND ANY TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH ON SUCH GEOTOKO WEB SITES.
These Terms of Use include terms applicable to: (1) actual and prospective Entrants; (2) Sponsors; and (3) both actual and prospective Entrants and Sponsors. These Terms of Use include, and incorporate by reference, the agreements, policies and guidelines referenced below.
Geotoko reserves the right to change or revise these Terms of Use at any time by posting any changes or revised Terms of Use on this website, www.geotoko.com (the "Geotoko Site") at any time and in its sole discretion. Notice will be provided by posting such changes on the Geotoko Site and updating the "Date of Last Revision" (listed above), and such changes will apply to any use of the Service made after the changes are posted to the Geotoko Site. You also expressly waive any right you may have to individual notice of such changes to the Terms of Use. Therefore, you should review these Terms of Use prior to each use of the Service so you will understand the current, applicable terms. If you do not agree to the amended terms, you must stop using the Service.
I. TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL USERS OF THE SERVICE
A. Geotoko does not actively monitor the use of the Service or Sponsor Promotions. Similarly, Geotoko does not exercise editorial control or review over the content or nature of any Promotion or of any website, e-mail transmission, newsgroup, or other material created or accessible over or through the Promotions. If at any time Geotoko chooses, in its sole discretion, to monitor a Promotion, Geotoko nonetheless assumes no responsibility for its content, no obligation to modify or remove any inappropriate content or Promotion, and no responsibility for the conduct of any third party entering or conducting a Promotion. Geotoko intends to cooperate fully with any law enforcement officials or agencies in the investigation of any violation of these Terms of Use or other terms, conditions, policies, or guidelines on the Geotoko Site or of any applicable laws, rules, or regulations. By using the Service, you release Geotoko from any and all liability stemming from such cooperation with local, provincial/state, federal and relevant country law enforcement officials. You acknowledge that Geotoko reserves the right to change its terms, conditions, policies, or guidelines at any time, in its sole discretion. (Notice will be provided by posting such changes on the Geotoko Site and updating the "Date of Last Revision" for relevant terms, policies, and/or guidelines, and such changes will apply to any use of the Geotoko Site or Service made after the changes are posted to the Geotoko Site. You also expressly waive any right you may have to individual notice of such changes.) Geotoko may take any one or more of the following actions, or other actions not listed, at Geotoko's sole discretion in response to violations of these Terms of Use or any other terms, conditions, policies, or guidelines on the Geotoko Site or associated with the Service: (i) issue warnings: written or verbal; (ii) suspend or terminate a Promotion and/or your use of the Service, to the extent possible; or (iii) bring legal action to enjoin violations and/or to collect damages, if any, caused by violations.
B. Geotoko may, from time to time, need to interrupt the Service for maintenance and other operational reasons, as determined in its sole discretion, and you shall not receive any compensation or refund for such interruptions, and you hereby release and agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Geotoko and its parent companies, affiliates, and subsidiaries and their respective officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents, representatives, professional advisors, and contractors from and against any and all claims, costs (including without limitation attorneys' fees), injuries, losses, or damages arising in connection with such interruptions.
C. Because of situations beyond the control of Geotoko, Geotoko cannot guarantee that the Service will be available to you or that the Service will function properly. Geotoko does not guarantee the safety or integrity of any system connected to its network. This includes, but is not limited to, virus and/or trojan software infestation of said machine(s), hacker activity and exposure of confidential data. By using the Service, you acknowledge that you are solely responsible for the safety of your hardware, software, and data for the duration of your use of the Service. You also accept all liability for any of your actions while using the Service. This includes, but is not limited to, sending of unsolicited email. YOU FURTHER EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND THAT GEOTOKO MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS THAT INDIVIDUALS USING ITS SERVICE ARE WHOM THEY PURPORT TO BE OR THAT SPONSORS' PROMOTIONS WILL BE CONDUCTED IN CONFORMANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES, OR REGULATIONS. GEOTOKO HAS NO CONTROL OVER AND ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PROMOTIONS OR ACTIONS OF ANY THIRD PARTY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY PROMOTION SPONSORS. YOU ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR USE OF THE SERVICE AND THE INTERNET AND ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR EVALUATING THE ACCURACY AND COMPLETENESS OF INFORMATION YOU RECEIVE THROUGH THE SERVICE OR ANY PROMOTION.
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT, EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, GEOTOKO SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICE.
D. The Service may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other web sites or resources, including without limitation to Sponsor web sites or social networking web sites. Because Geotoko has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that Geotoko is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any Promotion, content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that Geotoko and its parent companies, affiliates, and subsidiaries and their respective officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents, representatives, professional advisors, and contractors shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such Promotion, content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource. When you leave the Geotoko Site, you should be aware that our terms and policies no longer govern. Please review the privacy policy of any third-party website that you have linked to from the Geotoko Site before you use such third-party website.
E. You agree to not use the Service to:
intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, provincial/state, national or international law, rule or regulation; upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, pornographic, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, inflammatory, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable; impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a Geotoko employee, contractor, volunteer, official, forum leader, guide or host, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any content that you do not have a lawful, legal right to make available; make available any content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary right of any party; make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional or any other form of solicitation, except in those areas that are expressly designated for such purpose; interfere or attempt to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, by means of submitting a virus to the Service or Geotoko Site, or overloading, "flooding," "spamming," "mail bombing," or "crashing" the Service, the Geotoko Site, or any other host or network; access content or data not intended for you, or log onto a server or account that you are not authorized to access; attempt to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the Service or any associated system or network, breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization, interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected to the Service, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Service; attempt to modify, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise reduce or attempt to reduce to a human perceivable form any of the software provided by Geotoko or used by Geotoko in providing the Service; or use a personal account for high volume or commercial use (e.g., revenue generation, advertising, etc.).
F. We encourage parents to take an active interest in their children's use of the Internet. The Geotoko Site is not designed to collect personal information from those under 13 years of age, and we do not intend to or knowingly collect such information. If you are under 13, you are not permitted to use the Service and should not provide personal information on our Geotoko Site.
G. If there is any dispute about or involving the Geotoko Site or Service, you agree that the dispute shall be governed by the laws of the Province of British Columbia, without regard to conflict of law provisions and you agree to exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue in the federal and provincial courts located in the Province of British Columbia. If, for whatever reason, a court of competent jurisdiction were to find any term or condition in these Terms of Use to be unenforceable, all other terms and conditions would remain unaffected and in full force and effect. No waiver of any breach of any provision of these Terms of Use shall constitute a waiver of any prior, concurrent, or subsequent breach of the same or any other provisions hereof, and no waiver shall be effective unless made in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party. The Service is controlled and operated by Geotoko. These Terms of Use and any and all other online policies and agreements promulgated by Geotoko, including without limitation Geotoko's User Agreement (for Entrants) and User Agreement (for Sponsors) constitute the entire agreement between Geotoko and you with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior oral or written understandings, communications or agreements not specifically incorporated herein. The failure of Geotoko to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Use shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. The section titles in these Terms of Use are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any provision of these Terms of Use is invalid, unlawful, void or unenforceable, that provision shall be modified or severed to the maximum extent permitted by law; however, any and all other provisions shall remain valid and be given full force and effect in a valid and enforceable manner to accomplish the purposes of these Terms of Use.
II. TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO PROSPECTIVE PROMOTION ENTRANTS OF PROMOTIONS USING THE GEOTOKO APPLICATION
A. Requests for Your Personal Information Sponsors using the Service may ask you for certain personal information (name, email address, etc.) when you participate in that Sponsor's Promotion. Providing this information is strictly optional. However, if you choose not to enter the information required by the Sponsor in its Promotion rules, then you may not be eligible to participate in the Promotion. Please see each Sponsor's Promotion rules for entry requirements and other important details.
You acknowledge and agree that Geotoko may use any information you provide in a Promotion available through and/or using the Service, for the purpose of aggregate analysis of the performance of the Promotions conducted using the Service; to communicate with you (including without limitation by e-mail) about your use, misuse, and/or purchase of its products or services; to assist with legal proceedings if required by any court, law, regulator, and/or law enforcement agency; and, if you "opt-in," to send you e-mails about Geotoko's products or services, including for example, about other Promotions available through the Service; and as otherwise permitted in Geotoko's Terms of Use and online policies. Additionally, if you add one of our social network applications, you will be agreeing to that social network's policy governing communications with application users. In accordance with such policies, we may contact you from time to time via notifications (or other similar communication methods within social networks) to let you know about Geotoko's products or services, including for example, about other Promotions available through the Service.
B. Access to Your Personal Information
If you provide personal information when completing a form for a Promotion being run using the Service, both the Sponsor running the Promotion and Geotoko will be able to view that personal data. (Sponsors may provide your personal information to parties assisting with its Promotion (e.g., providers of prizes); so please review each Sponsor's Promotion rules and privacy policy for details.) However, Geotoko is not responsible for such Sponsor's use of that personal data, nor any claims or damages that may arise from any such Sponsor's distribution of such personal data to others (e.g., prize providers). You acknowledge and agree that Geotoko shall not be liable or responsible for any use of your personal data by any Sponsor running any Promotion or any other third party. Please see each Sponsor's Promotion rules and privacy policy for details on how that Sponsor handles your personal information, including without limitation, information you enter in any Promotion form.
C. Promotion Terms & Conditions
Each Sponsor running a Promotion using the Service is responsible for providing its own Promotion rules, terms, and conditions, and ensuring such Promotion complies with applicable laws, rules, and regulations. A link to the rules and terms and conditions for each Promotion is provided in the Promotion winner's page. You will be required to agree to these rules and terms and conditions before you can claim a prize (if selected as a winner in the Promotion). It is important that you review those rules, terms, and conditions carefully before consenting to them. You acknowledge that Geotoko shall not be responsible or liable for any Sponsor's or other third party's compliance or non-compliance with such rules, terms, and conditions or with applicable laws, rules, or regulations. All such matters are solely between you and the Sponsor offering the applicable Promotion.
III. FOR SPONSORS RUNNING PROMOTIONS USING THE GEOTOKO APPLICATION
A. Entrant's Personal Information
Geotoko acknowledges that you will receive information provided to you by each Entrant, as specified in your Promotion rules. You acknowledge and agree that Geotoko has the option (in its sole discretion) to use such information, royalty-free, for the purpose of conducting aggregated analysis of the performance of the Promotions conducted using the Service; to communicate with Entrants (including without limitation by e-mail) about their use, misuse, and/or purchase of Geotoko's products or services; to assist with legal proceedings if required by any court, law, regulator, and/or law enforcement agency; and as otherwise permitted in Geotoko's Terms of Use and online policies. [In addition, Geotoko may, from time to time, communicate with users of its non-white-label social network applications. Such notifications may include information about Geotoko's products or services, including for example, about other Promotions available through the Service.
B. Compliance with Laws and Regulations You acknowledge and agree that Geotoko's Service merely helps Sponsors publish their Promotions and that the Service provides no safeguards that ensure that you operate your Promotion properly or legally. You hereby represent, warrant, and covenant that you will comply with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations in the creation, operation and completion of your Promotion(s), including without limitation in connection with all advertising and marketing associated with your Promotion(s). You further represent, warrant, and covenant that you will comply with all statements and promises made to Entrants, except to the extent such statements and promises violate applicable laws, rules, or regulations. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Geotoko and its parent companies, affiliates, and subsidiaries and their respective officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents, representatives, professional advisors, and contractors from any and all third-party claims, losses, liability, damages and/or costs (including attorneys' fees and costs) arising from your use of the Service, your violation of these Terms of Use or any other agreement between you and Geotoko, your actual or alleged violation of any law, rule, or regulation associated with your Promotion(s), and/or infringement by any Entrants in your Promotion(s), of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity. Geotoko will notify you promptly of any such claim, loss, liability, or demand, and will provide you with reasonable assistance, at your expense, in defending any such claim, loss, liability, damage or cost. These Terms of Use will inure to the benefit of Geotoko's successors, assigns and licensees.
C. CHARGES
For information about Geotoko's pricing policy, please email us at sales@hootsuite.com
IV. CONTACTING GEOTOKO
You may contact Geotoko by email at sales@hootsuite.com or by mail at Hootsuite Media Inc., 37 Dunlevy Ave, Vancouver, BC, V6A 3A3
