Terms & Conditions

Eligibility

You represent and warrant either that you are eighteen (18) years of age or older, or if you are under the age of eighteen (18) that you are at least thirteen (13) and are accessing the Site with the knowledge and consent of your parent or legal guardian, who will also be deemed to have agreed to this Agreement. Certain parts of the Site may be subject in whole or in part to heightened age and/or other eligibility requirements.

Except as otherwise expressly noted, all images, illustrations, designs (including product designs), graphics, icons, photographs, text, audio clips, video clips, and other materials that appear as part of the Site as well as the selection, arrangement and organization of the foregoing and the Site as a whole (collectively, "Content") are subject to copyright, trademark, service mark, trade dress, and/or other intellectual property rights or licenses, and rights of publicity and privacy, all worldwide rights, titles and interests in and to which are owned by or licensed to the us or our suppliers. Certain trademarks, service marks and trade names on the Site are our registered or unregistered trademarks, service marks and trade names and may not be used without our express permission. Other trademarks, service marks and trade names and products contained herein are the registered or unregistered property of their respective owners. All software used on this Site is the property of us or our suppliers and is protected by U.S. and international copyright and other intellectual property laws.

You may not reproduce (except as expressly noted below), create derivative works from, distribute in any way, display or publicly perform any Content or software without our prior written permission. The Content of the Site, and the Site as a whole, and the software is intended solely for personal non-commercial use by you and other users of the Site. You may download one copy of any materials, other than music, found in the Content on a single computer for your personal, non-commercial use only. This is not a transfer of title to any Content and your use is subject to the following restrictions. You may not (a) modify or create any derivative work based on the Content or use the Content, in whole or in part, for any commercial purpose or for any public display, performance, sale, rental, outsourcing or other commercial exploitation; (b) remove or alter any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices from the Content; (c) transfer the Content to another person; or (d) reproduce the Content, the Site or the software, in whole or in part, except as necessary and incidental to the downloading of the one copy of the materials, other than music, as expressly provided herein. You agree to prevent any unauthorized copying of the Content or software. We reserve all rights not expressly granted herein.

References on this Site to the trademarks, service marks, trade names, products, company names or services of third parties are provided for your convenience and do not in any way constitute or imply an endorsement or recommendation of that third party or its products or services by us.

Submissions

Other than personal information which is subject to the Privacy Notice, all comments, feedback, suggestions, ideas, original materials such as stories, artwork, computer code, or product or marketing ideas and any other submissions disclosed, submitted or offered to us on or through the Site or otherwise disclosed, submitted or offered by you to us (collectively, "Submissions") shall be and remain our property. Such disclosure, submission or offer of any Submissions and your agreement to these Terms of Use shall constitute an assignment to us of all worldwide rights, titles and interests in all copyrights and other intellectual properties in the Submissions. As such, we will own exclusively all such rights, titles and interests and shall have the right to use, reproduce, create derivative works based upon, disclose, publish, distribute, display and publicly perform, any Submissions and not be limited in any way in its use, commercial or otherwise, of any Submissions. Further, we shall be under no obligation to maintain any Submissions in confidence, pay to users any compensation or royalties for any Submissions, or provide attribution to any users for any Submissions. We shall have no obligation to use, return, or review any Submissions. For this reason, we ask that you not send us any Submissions that you do not wish to assign to us.

You agree that no Submissions by you to the Site will violate any right of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity or other personal or proprietary right(s). You also agree that no Submissions by you to the Site will be or contain libelous or otherwise unlawful, abusive, immoral or obscene material or that will constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered criminal or encourage conduct that is criminal. You are and shall remain solely responsible for the content of any Submissions you make. We reserve the right to take any action they reasonably deem necessary to cure or prevent a violation of the Terms of Use, including without limitation, removal from this Site of any materials submitted by any user.

Disclaimer/Limitation of Liability

THE SITE, ITS CONTENT, ANY INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SITE AND THE SOFTWARE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" AND WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAWS. IN ADDITION, WE DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE, OR THE OPERATION OR FUNCTION OF THE SITE, ANY COMPONENT THEREOF, OR ANY SERVICES OFFERED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; THAT DEFECTS THEREWITH WILL BE CORRECTED; OR THAT THE SITE OR ITS SERVER ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL ELEMENTS. IN ADDITION, CERTAIN INFORMATION MAY BE UPDATED FROM A SOURCE OTHER THAN US AND WE DO NOT ASSUME ANY LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OF SUCH INFORMATION. WE DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THE TRUTHFULNESS, ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION OR CONTENT SUBMITTED OR POSTED BY USERS, NOR DO WE ENDORSE ANY OPINIONS EXPRESSED BY OR AFFILIATED WITH ANY USER WHO HAS SUBMITTED CONTENT ON THE SITE. WE AND OUR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, VENDORS, AND/OR SUPPLIERS ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING SPECIAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY NATURE, RESULTING FROM ANY USE OF OR RELIANCE ON, THE CONTENT, THE SITE, MATERIALS OR INFORMATION PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SITE, THE SOFTWARE, OR ANY PRODUCTS PURCHASED THROUGH THE SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF GOODWILL, OR LOSS OF DATA, EVEN IF AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF US HAS BEEN ADVISED OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. IN NO EVENT WILL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF THE FEES PAID BY YOU IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SITE DURING THE TWELVE MONTH PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE ON WHICH THE CLAIM AROSE.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE, BY YOUR USE OF THE SITE, THAT YOUR USE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK, THAT YOU ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIRS OR REPLACEMENT OF ANY EQUIPMENT, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE OR DATA YOU USE IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND THAT WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND RELATED TO YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE.

WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT THE SITE, CONTENT, SOFTWARE OR ANY PRODUCT OFFERED OR PURCHASED THROUGH THE SITE IS APPLICABLE OR APPROPRIATE FOR USE OR ACCESS IN LOCATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold us harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising from or related to your use of the Site.

Disclaimer

None of the reviews shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Whitestones Rhinestones and Whitestones Rhinestones shall not be liable for any use or disclosure of any review.

Jurisdiction

These Terms of Use are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of Washington, without regard to any conflict of law provisions. Any action or proceeding arising out of or related to the Terms of Use, our Privacy Notice, or your use of the Site must be brought in the state or federal courts of The Commonweath of Washington and you consent to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of such court.