Terms of Use

StyleDemocracy.com Inc

Last updated: Nov 30, 2024

THESE TERMS OF USE, TOGETHER WITH ANY AND ALL OTHER AGREEMENTS, TERMS, CONDITIONS, AND POLICIES REFERENCED HEREIN, CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR OBLIGATIONS AND LIMITATIONS ON YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND REMEDIES AND OUR LIABILITY. BEFORE YOU CONTINUE ACCESSING AND USING THE STYLEDEMOCRACY.COM WEBSITE OR ANY STYLEDEMOCRACY.COM SERVICES (OR ANY PORTION THEREOF), PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE.

This website, including any related applications, features, widgets, plug-ins, tools, or online services (this “Website”) is owned and operated by StyleDemocracy.com Inc. (“StyleDemocracy”, “us”, “we”, “our”, or words of like meaning). This Website and the Content are made available to you (“you”, “your”, “yourself”, and words of like meaning) subject to your compliance with these terms and conditions of use (these “Terms of Use”) and your agreement with our Privacy Policy.

THESE TERMS OF USE CONSTITUTE A BINDING LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND STYLEDEMOCRACY. BY ACCESSING OR USING THIS WEBSITE (IN WHOLE OR IN PART), YOU COVENANT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY, AND COMPLY WITH, THESE TERMS OF USE AND YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THESE TERMS OF USE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY, AND COMPLY WITH, THESE TERMS OF USE, YOU ARE NOT PERMITTED TO ACCESS OR USE THIS WEBSITE (IN WHOLE OR IN PART) AND YOU SHOULD LEAVE THIS WEBSITE IMMEDIATELY.

StyleDemocracy reserves the right (in its sole discretion) to modify, change, amend, restate, replace, or supplement these Terms of Use at any time and from time to time. You should review these Terms of Use regularly. By accessing or using this Website (in whole or in part) after any such modifications, you agree to be bound by, and comply with, these Terms of Use, as so modified. If any such modification is not acceptable to you, you must immediately cease accessing and using this Website, any Content, or any Services.

  1. For information about how StyleDemocracy collects, uses, handles, or shares your personal information, please review our Privacy Policy.
  2. This Website is only meant for access and use by users over the age of 14. Minors are forbidden to access and use this Website.
  3. This Website is intended only for users who are at least 14 years of age and who are capable of entering binding contracts. No one under the age of 14 or who is incapable of entering into binding contracts may access or use this Website. When accessing or using this Website you represent and warrant that you are over the age of 14 and are capable of entering binding contracts. If you are under the age of 14 or incapable of entering into binding contracts, do not access or use this Website or the Services.
  4. This Website contains content provided by StyleDemocracy and third parties, including the following (the “Content”):
    • editorial content, postings, articles, publications, written materials, text, data and information, messages, texts, files, documents, events, and literary works;
    • information related to various services provided by StyleDemocracy (the “Services”) and the products of third parties (“Third-Party Products”);
    • logos, designs, graphics, images, photographs, pictures, artwork, artistic works, sounds, videos, performances, and audio-visual works; and
    • selections, arrangements, compilations, modifications, and enhancements of any of the foregoing.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THIS WEBSITE AND THE CONTENT, INCLUDING DESCRIPTIONS OR DEPICTIONS OF THIRD-PARTY PRODUCTS, IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY, AND THAT NEITHER THIS WEBSITE NOR ANY OF THE CONTENT, INCLUDING DESCRIPTIONS OR DEPICTIONS OF THIRD-PARTY PRODUCTS, SHOULD BE RELIED UPON AS ACCURATE, RELIABLE, COMPLETE, CURRENT, TIMELY, OR FIT FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY OF THE CONTENT, INCLUDING DESCRIPTIONS OR DEPICTIONS OF THIRD-PARTY PRODUCTS, IS CURRENT AS OF THE DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION, IT MAY NO LONGER BE ACCURATE AS A RESULT OF THE PASSAGE OF TIME. NO ONE SHOULD ACT, OR NOT ACT, ON THE SOLE BASIS OF THIS WEBSITE OR THE CONTENT.

  1. THIRD-PARTY PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IF A THIRD-PARTY PRODUCT THAT YOU PURCHASED FROM STYLEDEMOCRACY IS NOT AS DESCRIBED OR DEPICTED ON THIS WEBSITE IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY AND OUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE LIABILITY WILL BE TO EXCHANGE SUCH THIRD-PARTY PRODUCT FOR A CREDIT OF EQUIVALENT VALUE THAT MAY BE USED EXCLUSIVELY WITH STYLEDEMOCRACY, PROVIDED THAT SUCH THIRD-PARTY PRODUCT HAS NOT BEEN WORN AND ALL TAGS ARE STILL AFFIXED TO IT AND YOU ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE ORIGINAL RECEIPT.
  2. Your Content. This Website allows for you to share, upload, post, or otherwise provide content to this Website or StyleDemocracy (“Your Content”). By sharing, uploading, posting, or otherwise providing any of Your Content to this Website or StyleDemocracy, you represent and warrant that you have all necessary rights and licences to do so. StyleDemocracy reserves the right to remove, edit, limit, or block access to any of Your Content at any time for any reason whatsoever or for no reason, and it will have no obligation to display or review Your Content. You are solely responsible and liable for Your Content.
  3. Your Publicly Shared Content. Your Content, other than your personal information, is referred to herein as “Your Public Content”. You acknowledge and agree that Your Public Content is public. By sharing, uploading, posting, or otherwise providing any of Your Public Content to this Website or StyleDemocracy, you automatically grant StyleDemocracy a non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, sub-licensable, perpetual, worldwide right and licence to use, copy, modify, display, and publish Your Public Content in any way, without notice or compensation to you or your approval, including editing, copying, modifying, adapting, translating, reformatting, creating derivative works from, incorporating into other works, advertising, marketing, promoting, distributing, and otherwise making available to the general public Your Public Content, whether in whole or in part and in any format or medium currently known or developed in the future. You acknowledge and agree that StyleDemocracy may assign, transfer, or sub-license this licence to any person without notice or compensation to you or your approval.
  4. Prohibited Content. You agree to not post, provide, or upload any of Your Content to this Website that:
    • contains language or imagery that could be deemed offensive or is likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm, or annoy any other person;
    • is obscene, pornographic, violent, or that otherwise may offend human dignity;
    • is abusive, insulting, threatening, discriminatory, or that promotes or encourages racism, sexism, hatred, or bigotry;
    • is inaccurate, incomplete, or misleading or includes advice or guidance that is negligent or fraudulent;
    • encourages any illegal activity (including terrorism) or incites racial hatred or the submission of which in itself constitutes committing a criminal offence;
    • is defamatory or libellous;
    • unless and only to the extent otherwise expressly provided in any other agreement between you and StyleDemocracy, relates to commercial activities, including sales, competitions and advertising, or links to other websites or premium line telephone numbers;
    • involves the transmission of “junk” mail or “spam”;
    • contains any spyware, adware, viruses, corrupt files, Trojan horses, worm programs or other malicious code designed to interrupt, damage, limit the functionality of, or disrupt any software, hardware, telecommunications, networks, servers or other equipment; or contains any other material designed to damage, interfere with, wrongly intercept, or expropriate any data or personal information whether from StyleDemocracy or otherwise;
    • itself, or the posting of which, infringes any person’s rights, including intellectual property rights or privacy rights; or
    • shows another person if such Content was created or distributed without that person’s express consent.
  5. We welcome and encourage you to provide feedback, comments, suggestions, ideas, and materials regarding StyleDemocracy, this Website, the Content, the Services, or Third-Party Products (“Feedback”). You may submit Feedback by contacting us via email at privacy@StyleDemocracy.com or via the Contact Us page of this Website or by other means of communication. Any Feedback you submit to us will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary to you. You acknowledge and agree that Your Public Content is public. By submitting any Feedback to this Website or StyleDemocracy, you automatically grant StyleDemocracy a non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, sub-licensable, perpetual, worldwide right and licence to use, copy, modify, display, and publish such Feedback in any way, without notice or compensation to you or your approval, including editing, copying, modifying, adapting, translating, reformatting, creating derivative works from, incorporating into other works, advertising, marketing, promoting, distributing, and otherwise making available to the general public such Feedback, whether in whole or in part and in any format or medium currently known or developed in the future. You acknowledge and agree that StyleDemocracy may assign, transfer, or sub-license this licence to any person without notice or compensation to you or your approval.
  6. COMMUNICATIONS NOT CONFIDENTIAL OR SECURE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT STYLEDEMOCRACY DOES NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THE CONFIDENTIALITY OR SECURITY OF ANY COMMUNICATIONS MADE BY YOU VIA EMAIL OR OTHERWISE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS WEBSITE, AND THAT ANY SUCH COMMUNICATIONS WILL BE ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK AND LIABILITY.
  7. Permitted Use. You may only access and use this Website, the Content, and the Services in accordance with these Terms of Use and applicable law. You may access and use this Website and the Content only to display on your own computer or mobile device for your own personal non-commercial purposes, provided that the Content is not modified or altered in any way whatsoever (“Permitted Use”). All rights not expressly granted by StyleDemocracy are expressly reserved by StyleDemocracy. By accessing or using this Website or any Content or any Services or by displaying, saving, downloading, or printing a copy of any Content, you do not acquire any right or licence to this Website or any Content or any other StyleDemocracy Property (as defined below).
  8. Links to Social Media. This Website may, for convenience, provide links to StyleDemocracy’s social media accounts (“StyleDemocracy Social Media”). You acknowledge and agree that, to the extent that you access or use any StyleDemocracy Social Media:
    • any and all references in these Terms of Use to this Website will refer to and include StyleDemocracy Social Media;
    • your access to and use of any StyleDemocracy Social Media is governed by these Terms of Use and the terms and conditions of the applicable third-party provider thereof;
    • StyleDemocracy Social Media may contain content of third parties that may not be subject to the control of StyleDemocracy; and
    • IF YOU CHOOSE TO ACCESS ANY STYLEDEMOCRACY SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU DO SO ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK AND LIABILITY.
  9. Third-Party Content and Third-Party Sites. This Website may, for convenience, contain Content of third parties, including regarding Third-Party Products, and it may provide links to websites owned and operated for or on behalf of third parties (each, a “Third-Party Site”). You acknowledge and agree that:
    • any and all Content of third parties, including regarding Third-Party Products, and any and all Third-Party Sites is not provided by nor is any of it under the control of StyleDemocracy;
    • StyleDemocracy does not endorse or republish any Content of third parties or any Third-Party Site or provide any representation, warranty, or guarantee regarding the quality, accuracy, reliability, completeness, currency, timeliness, non-infringement, or fitness for any purpose of any such third-party Content or Third-Party Site or any content thereon;
    • where you provide a link to this Website from another website, StyleDemocracy reserves the right to require you to disable such link; and
    • if you choose to rely on any third-party Content or access or use a Third-Party Site, you do so entirely at your own risk and liability.
  10. Any and all trademarks, corporate names, business names, and other trade names of StyleDemocracy, including STYLEDEMOCRACY™, STYLEDEMOCRACY.COM™, and any and all logo, word script, and design versions thereof, in each case whether registrable or not, owned, or used by StyleDemocracy are trademarks of StyleDemocracy or its affiliates (the “StyleDemocracy Marks”). Other trademarks, service marks, graphics, and logos used in connection with StyleDemocracy Property may be the trademarks of their respective owners. You are not granted any right or licence with respect to any such trademarks or any StyleDemocracy Marks
  11. StyleDemocracy Property.
    • In these Terms of Use, “StyleDemocracy Property” means; (i) this Website; (ii) the Content and the StyleDemocracy Marks; (iii) the look and feel, architecture, interface, templates, layout, and web pages of this Website; (iv) any and all software or code (including source code and object code) that supports this Website or any portion of it, including scripts and program code that may execute on this Website’s servers or that may be embedded or downloadable from individual web pages on this Website; (v) any and all other information or data related to StyleDemocracy or this Website or the Content or the Services; (vi) any and all Feedback; (vii) any and all information or data or derivative works generated by or from any of the forgoing; (viii) any and all changes, customizations, patches, bug fixes, releases, modifications, developments, new features, functions, or enhancements in respect of any of the forgoing; and (ix) any and all intellectual property rights in any of the foregoing.
    • You acknowledge and agree that all StyleDemocracy Property is protected by copyright and owned by, or licensed to, StyleDemocracy and contains proprietary information and material owned by StyleDemocracy or its affiliates or their respective licensors and is protected by applicable law, including copyright law. Any and all copyrights in and to any StyleDemocracy Property, including the compilation of content, postings, links to other internet resources, and the descriptions of those resources and related software, are owned by StyleDemocracy and its affiliates and/or their respective licensors, who in each case reserve all their rights in law and equity. The use of any StyleDemocracy Property, except as expressly permitted pursuant to these Terms of Use, is strictly prohibited and infringes on the intellectual property rights of StyleDemocracy and others and may subject you to civil and criminal penalties, including monetary damages, for copyright infringement.
    • Notwithstanding any other provision of these Terms of Use, StyleDemocracy and its licensors reserve the right to change, suspend, remove, or disable access to any StyleDemocracy Property at any time without notice to you. StyleDemocracy may also impose restrictions on the use of or access to certain features or portions of StyleDemocracy Property, in any case and without notice or liability. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT, IN NO EVENT WILL STYLEDEMOCRACY BE LIABLE FOR MAKING ANY SUCH CHANGES OR RESTRICTIONS.
    • To seek permission in respect of any activity involving StyleDemocracy Property that is not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use, please contact us via email at help@StyleDemocracy.com or via the Contact Us page of this Website.
  12. Prohibited Activities. You may not access this Website, the Services, or any other StyleDemocracy Property in any way or for any purpose that is unlawful or that contravenes these Terms of Use. Unless and only to the extent otherwise expressly permitted in any other agreement between you and StyleDemocracy, you will not access or use any StyleDemocracy Property for any purpose that is outside the scope of the Permitted Use or that violates the rights of StyleDemocracy, any StyleDemocracy personnel, or any other person. Without limiting the foregoing, unless and only to the extent otherwise expressly permitted in any other agreement between you and StyleDemocracy, you will not, directly or indirectly, on your own or with any other person, in any manner whatsoever:
    • exploit any StyleDemocracy Property (in whole or in part), including by trespass or burdening network capacity;
    • reproduce any StyleDemocracy Property (in whole or in part) in any form or by any means;
    • make available, distribute, display, post, disseminate, publish, republish, transmit, re-transmit, communicate to the public, or broadcast any StyleDemocracy Property (in whole or in part);
    • create derivative works of, modify, translate, select, arrange, merge, compile, or otherwise combine with other data or other content or frame from or on another website any StyleDemocracy Property (in whole or in part);
    • scrape, whether by way of screen scraping or database scraping, any StyleDemocracy Property (in whole or in part) or engage in any other activity intended to collect, store, reorganize, summarize, or manipulate any StyleDemocracy Property (in whole or in part), whether by an automatic program or a manual process;
    • sell, licence, sublicence, transfer, rent, lease, loan, or engage in any other commercial transaction relating to any StyleDemocracy Property (in whole or in part) or any reproduction of all or any portion thereof in any medium;
    • decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, or otherwise exploit any StyleDemocracy Property (in whole or in part), its architecture or the underlying software or code;
    • dilute, tarnish, or otherwise harm the StyleDemocracy brand or reputation in any way, including through unauthorized use of any StyleDemocracy Property, registering or using StyleDemocracy or derivative terms in domain names, trade names, trademarks, or other source identifiers, or registering or using domain names, trade names, trademarks, or other source identifiers that closely imitate or are confusingly similar to StyleDemocracy’s domains, trademarks, taglines, promotional campaigns, or any other StyleDemocracy Property;
    • access or use this Website, the Services, or any other StyleDemocracy Property (in whole or in part) in any way or for any purpose that violates applicable law, any of the terms and conditions of these Terms of Use, or the rights of StyleDemocracy or any other Person;
    • access or use this Website, the Services, or other StyleDemocracy Property (in whole or in part) that is not expressly authorized for use by you;
    • access or use this Website, the Services, or any StyleDemocracy Property (in whole or in part) for any purpose or in any manner that falsely implies the endorsement of StyleDemocracy, a partnership with StyleDemocracy, or otherwise misleads others as to your affiliation or relationship with StyleDemocracy;
    • copy, store, or otherwise access or use any information, including personal information of any other person, contained on or accessible by way of this Website in any way that is inconsistent with applicable law or our Privacy Policy or that otherwise violates the privacy rights of any person;
    • discriminate against or harass anyone on the basis of race, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, age, or sexual orientation or otherwise engage in any violent, harmful, abusive or disruptive behavior;
    • avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, impair, descramble, or otherwise attempt to circumvent any technological measure implemented by StyleDemocracy or any person for or on behalf of StyleDemocracy to protect this Website or the Services or the Content or any Third-Party Product;
    • take any action that damages or adversely affects or could damage or adversely affect the performance or proper functioning of this Website or any associated software; or
    • violate or infringe any person’s rights (including intellectual property rights) or otherwise cause harm, injury, illness, or death to any person or any losses or damages to any tangible or intangible property.
  13. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT: (A) THIS WEBSITE AND THE CONTENT AND THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS”, “AS AVAILABLE”, AND “WITH ALL FAULTS” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, AND YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THIS WEBSITE OR ANY CONTENT OR ANY SERVICES OR ANY THIRD-PARTY PRODUCTS IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK AND LIABILITY; (B) TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, STYLEDEMOCRACY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER (WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR COLLATERAL) AND ANY AND ALL LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THIS WEBSITE, THE CONTENT, THE SERVICES, ANY THIRD-PARTY PRODUCTS, AND/OR ANY THIRD-PARTY SITES INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND RELATED RIGHTS, OR THAT THIS WEBSITE OR THE CONTENT OR ANY SERVICE OR ANY THIRD-PARTY PRODUCT WILL MEET ANY PERSON’S NEEDS OR WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR USE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME OR WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; (C) STYLEDEMOCRACY DOES NOT REPRESENT, WARRANT, OR GUARANTEE THAT THIS WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES WILL BE COMPATIBLE WITH ANY COMPUTER SYSTEMS, ERROR-FREE, OR FREE OF VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJAN HORSES, DISABLING DEVICES, OR OTHER CODE THAT MANIFESTS CONTAMINATING OR DESTRUCTIVE PROPERTIES OR HAS HARMFUL EFFECTS; AND (D) STYLEDEMOCRACY WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR, AND YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE AND LIABLE FOR, IMPLEMENTING APPROPRIATE SAFEGUARDS TO PROTECT THE SECURITY AND INTEGRITY OF YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND THE ENTIRE COST OF ANY SERVICE, REPAIRS, OR CONNECTIONS OF AND TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEMS THAT MAY BE NECESSARY AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE OR ANY CONTENT OR SERVICES.

FOR QUÉBEC RESIDENTS ACCESSING AND USING THIS WEBSITE, THIS SECTION DOES NOT AFFECT THE LEGAL WARRANTY PROVIDED FOR UNDER QUÉBEC LAW.

  1. Violation of the Law. You acknowledge and agree that any attempt by you or on your behalf to deliberately damage this Website or any Content or any Services or any other website or links or to undermine the legitimate operation of this Website or any Content or Services may be a violation of criminal and/or civil laws and should such any such attempt be made, StyleDemocracy reserves the right to seek damages from you to the maximum extent permitted by law.
  2. You agree to indemnify, defend, release, and hold harmless StyleDemocracy and its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, personnel, contractors, subcontractors, agents, and representatives from and against any and all actual, threatened, or potential civil, criminal, administrative, regulatory, arbitral, or investigative claims, demands, allegations, actions, suits, investigations, or proceedings and any and all losses, liabilities, and damages (including taxes and related penalties) and related costs or expenses, including legal fees (on a full indemnity basis), and expenses and costs of litigation, settlement, judgement, appeal, interest and penalties (on a full indemnity basis) that may be suffered or incurred by any of them arising out of or as a result of or relating in any manner whatsoever to:
    • any breach of these Terms of Use by you or any person in respect of whom you are responsible at law;
    • your reliance upon, or any use of or any actions or omissions by you in reliance upon, this Website or any Content or any Services or any Third-Party Product (in whole or in part);
    • Your Content;
    • any loss of, damage to, or destruction of StyleDemocracy Property or the property of any other person to the extent caused by you or any person in respect of whom you are responsible at law;
    • personal injury or illness (including death) in connection with this Website, the Content, the Services, or any Third-Party Product to the extent caused by you or any person in respect of whom you are responsible at law; or
    • your negligence, fraud, or criminal, willful, or intentional misconduct.
  3. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THESE TERMS OF USE, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL STYLEDEMOCRACY OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, PERSONNEL, CONTRACTORS, SUBCONTRACTORS, AGENTS, AND REPRESENTATIVES BE LIABLE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF DATA, PERSONAL INJURY, FINES, FEES, PENALTIES, TANGIBLE OR INTANGIBLE HARM, IRREPARABLE HARM, LEGAL FEES, OR ANY LOSS OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, OR OTHER LIABILITIES, WHETHER OR NOT STYLEDEMOCRACY OR ANY STYLEDEMOCRACY PERSONNEL IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR LOSS, RESULTING FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO MAKE USE OF, THIS WEBSITE OR ANY CONTENT, SERVICES, OR THIRD-PARTY PRODUCTS.

FOR QUÉBEC RESIDENTS ACCESSING AND USING THIS WEBSITE, THIS SECTION DOES NOT AFFECT THE LEGAL WARRANTY PROVIDED FOR UNDER QUÉBEC LAW.

  1. Injunctive and Equitable Relief. You acknowledge and agree that:
    • your compliance with your obligations pursuant to these Terms of Use is necessary to protect personal information and/or the intellectual property, confidential information, proprietary information, business, goodwill, and/or proprietary interests of StyleDemocracy and its affiliates and third parties;
    • your breach of any such obligations will give rise to irreparable harm or injury to StyleDemocracy that will not be adequately compensable with monetary damages;
    • StyleDemocracy may, in addition to any other remedy, enforce the performance of these Terms of Use by way of equitable relief, including interim, interlocutory and/or final injunctive relief, specific performance, or such other and further relief as a court may deem just and proper, upon application to a court of competent jurisdiction without proof of actual damages, without a requirement that a finding of irreparable harm or other criteria for the awarding of injunctive relief be made, and without the requirement of posting a bond or other security; and
    • notwithstanding that damages may be readily quantifiable, you will not plead sufficiency of damages as a defence in any such proceeding.
  2. Entire Agreement. These Terms of Use, together with our Privacy Policy and any agreements, documents, and instruments entered into between you and StyleDemocracy, constitute the entire agreement between StyleDemocracy and you pertaining to the subject matter thereof and supersede all prior communications, proposals, agreements, or understandings, whether electronic, oral, or written, between you and StyleDemocracy with respect to this Website or any Content or any Services or any StyleDemocracy Property. Except as and only to the extent otherwise expressly provided in these Terms of Use, there are no representations, warranties, conditions, other agreements, or acknowledgements, whether direct or collateral, express or implied, that form part of or affect these Terms of Use.
  3. The division of these Terms of Use into Sections and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and will not affect the construction or interpretation of these Terms of Use. The terms “these Terms of Use”, “hereof”, “hereunder”, and similar expressions refer to these Terms of Use and not to any particular Article, Section or other portion of these Terms of Use and include any agreement supplemental hereto. Unless something in the subject matter or context is inconsistent therewith, references in these Terms of Use to Articles and Sections are to Articles and Sections of these Terms of Use.
  4. Extended Meanings. In these Terms of Use, unless the context requires otherwise, words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa and words importing gender include all genders and the terms “include” and “including” will also mean “include without limitation” and “including without limitation” respectively.
  5. Neither these Terms of Use nor any of the rights or obligations pursuant hereto may be assigned, transferred, or delegated by you without the prior written consent of StyleDemocracy. StyleDemocracy may without restriction assign, transfer, or delegate these Terms of Use and any rights and obligations hereunder, at its sole discretion, to any person without notice to you.
  6. The waiver by StyleDemocracy of a breach or default of any provision of these Terms of Use by you or any delay or omission on the part of StyleDemocracy to exercise or avail itself of any of its rights, remedies, powers, or privileges will not be effective unless in writing and will not be construed as a waiver of any succeeding breach of the same or any other provision of these Terms of Use.
  7. In the event that any provision (or any portion of a provision) of these Terms of Use will for any reason be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability will not affect any other provision of these Terms of Use and these Terms of Use will be construed as if such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision (or portion of a provision) had never been contained in these Terms of Use in regards to that particular jurisdiction.
  8. Nothing in these Terms of Use or your use of this Website or any Content or any Services will be deemed to constitute either party hereto as an agent, representative, or employee of the other party or both parties as joint venturers or partners for any purpose.
  9. Governing Law. The interpretation, validity, effect, and enforcement of these Terms of Use, and any and all disputes arising out of or in connection with these Terms of Use, or in respect of any legal relationship associated with or derived from these Terms of Use, will be governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. For greater certainty, these laws apply to the access and use of this Website or the Services by you notwithstanding your domicile, residency, or physical location, or the location of any StyleDemocracy office or any StyleDemocracy personnel with whom you may communicate or deal. This Website and the Content and the Services are intended for use only in jurisdictions where they may be lawfully provided for use.

NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, FOR QUÉBEC RESIDENTS ACCESSING AND USING THIS WEBSITE, THE LAWS OF THE PROVINCE OF QUÉBEC AND THE FEDERAL LAWS OF CANADA APPLICABLE THEREIN WILL GOVERN THESE TERMS OF USE.

  1. Forum Selection. Unless and only to the extent otherwise provided in any other contract, agreement, document, or instrument between you and StyleDemocracy, you hereby unconditionally and irrevocably consent and agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Ontario in any action or proceeding involving this Website, the Content, the Services, or any StyleDemocracy Property and waive any objection relating to improper venue or forum non conveniens to the conduct of any proceeding in any such court.

NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, FOR QUÉBEC RESIDENTS ACCESSING AND USING THIS WEBSITE, THE DISPUTE MUST BE RESOLVED BEFORE THE COURTS OF THE PROVINCE OF QUÉBEC.

  1. JURY TRIAL WAIVER. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOU UNCONDITIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES ARISING FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS WEBSITE OR THESE TERMS OF USE.

NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, FOR QUÉBEC RESIDENTS ACCESSING AND USING THIS WEBSITE, THERE IS NO JURY TRIAL WAIVER UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE PROVINCE OF QUÉBEC.

  1. A printed version of these Terms of Use and of any notice given in electronic form will be admissible in judicial or arbitral proceedings based upon or relating to these Terms of Use to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.
  2. Contact Us. If you have any questions regarding these Terms of Use, please contact us via email at help@StyleDemocracy.com or via the Contact Us  page of this Website.