Terms and Conditions
Zoodiker is a community.
It works best when everyone follows the rules so we can all enjoy a safe, inviting, space and the rewards that come from it. Spelled out below are our privacy policies and the terms you agree to when you sign up as a member.
It works best when everyone follows the rules so we can all enjoy a safe, inviting, space and the rewards that come from it. Spelled out below are our privacy policies and the terms you agree to when you sign up as a member.
Website Terms of Use
Last Modified:July 17, 2020
Acceptance of the Terms of Use
These terms of use are entered into by and between you and Zoodiker, Inc. (“Zoodiker,” “we,” “our,” or “us“). The following terms and conditions, together with our Privacy Policy and Copyright Policy (collectively “Terms of Use“) govern your access to and use of zoodiker.com, including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through zoodiker.com and/or a Zoodiker application for a smart device, now existing or in the future (collectively, the “Website“), whether as a guest or a registered user.
Please read the Terms of Use carefully before you start to use the Website. By clicking to accept or agree to the Terms of Use, you agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use. If you do not want to agree to these Terms of Use, you must not access or use the Website.
Your Age
This Website is offered and available to users who are 18 years of age or older. By using this Website, you represent and warrant that you are of legal age to form a binding contract with Zoodiker and meet all of the foregoing eligibility requirements. If you do not meet all of these requirements, you must not access or use the Website.If we learn that you are under the age of 18 or you are acting on behalf of someone under the age of 18, we will terminate your account.
Changes to the Terms of Use
We may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them.
Your continued use of the Website following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page from time to time so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.
Accessing the Website and Account Security
We reserve the right to withdraw or amend this Website, and any service or material we provide on the Website, in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Website, including an Author’s Work, is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Website, or the entire Website, to users, including registered users.
You are responsible for both:
To access the Website or some of the features it offers, you may be asked to provide certain registration details or other information. It is a condition of your use of the Website that all the information you provide on the Website is correct, current, and complete. You agree that all information you provide to register with, access, or use this Website are governed by our Privacy Policy [LINK TO PRIVACY POLICY], and you consent to all actions we take with respect to your information consistent with our Privacy Policy.
If you choose a user name, password, or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your account is personal to you and agree not to provide any other person with access to this Website or portions of it using your user name, password, or other security information. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your user name or password or any other breach of security. You also agree to ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. You should use particular caution when accessing your account from a public or shared computer so that others are not able to view or record your password or other personal information.
We have the right to disable any user name, password, or other identifier at any time in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use.
Prohibited Uses
You may use the Website only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use. You agree not to use the Website:
Additionally, you agree not to:
User Contributions
The Website contains a platform for user submissions, mainly in the form of Works and Feedback.“Works” are original stories, screenplays, poetry, and other narrative writings. “Feedback” are comments, evaluations, critiques, opinions, and suggestions responsive to a particular Work.Content or materials on the Website’s message boards, chat rooms, and other interactive features (collectively, “Interactive Services“) where users post, submit, publish, display, or transmit to other users or other persons (hereinafter, “post“) are also deemed Feedback. Work and Feedback are collectively deemed “User Contributions“.
A user may either be an “Author” or a “Reader”, depending on the context.The “Author” is the creator (or co-creator) of a Work. When a user posts a Feedback, such user is a “Reader”.
An Author can allow access to its Work to all Readers or restrict access to selected Readers.Unless necessitated by extenuating circumstances, Zoodiker does not compel an Author to provide access to its Work.However, all users who have access to an Author’s Work have access to Reader Feedback.The Author cannot selectively restrict access to the Feedback except by restricting readership of its Work.
Zoodiker makes no representation or warranty that a Work or Feedback will be restricted, accessed, or displayed in accordance with the Author’s preference.Authors and Readers post their Work or Feedback at their own risk.
User Acknowledgement
You represent and warrant that:
You understand and acknowledge that:
Warning for User Contributions: May Contain Objectionable Content
User Contributions may include sensitive topics or language that may trigger a negative reaction or offend certain users (“Sensitive Content”) Sensitive Content may include:
Users may opt to tag their own User Contributions for Sensitive Topics.Zoodiker does not moderate or vet for Sensitive Content.We cannot warrant that content without a tag is free of any Sensitive Content or that a tag is accurate or complete.
Zoodiker disclaims any and all liability for any damage (including but not limited to any physical, emotional, and/or pecuniary damage) resulting from exposure to Sensitive Content.
Content Standards for User Contributions
These content standards apply to any and all User Contributions and use of Interactive Services. User Contributions must in their entirety comply with all applicable federal, state, local, and international laws and regulations.
WORKS MUST BE ORIGINAL SUBMISSIONS BY THE AUTHOR (or CO-AUTHORS). ZOODIKER DOES NOT TOLERATE ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT.
User Contributions in the form Feedback must be kind, respectful, and civil.We will not tolerate any communication that is hateful, abusive, threatening, harassing, obscene, or indecent.
Zoodiker has zero tolerance for any action that puts users at personal risk.Users are absolutely prohibited from revealing personal information or personally identifying information about another person, such as but not limited to a person’s name, address, email address, or image.Zoodiker assumes no liability for any person posting his/her own personal information or a third party’s personal information.
Zoodiker encourages Authors to appropriately tag their Work for Sensitive Comment.While there is no obligation to do so, appropriate tagging may allow the desired audience to reach your Work.
Zoodiker does not allow for any User Contribution that advertises products or services unrelated to, or not authorized by us.If any User Contribution is reasonably believed to be spam, Zoodiker may remove such content free from any liability.
Reporting Violations of Content Standards
If you believe a user has violated these Terms of Use, contact us at admin@zoodiker.com to submit a report.
Intellectual Property Rights
Our Rights
The Website and its entire contents, features, and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video, and audio, User Analytics, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof) excluding Author Contributions are owned by the Zoodiker and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.
Your Rights
You own all the rights to the Works that you create and post on the Website. However if the Work you post is not yours, then posting it on the Website does not make it yours or confer to you any rights in the content.
(1) Transfer of Rights to Author
You, as a Reader, hereby convey, transfer, and assign all worldwide rights, title, credit, and authorship in your Feedback to the Author of the Work.
(2) Transfer of Rights to Zoodiker
By posting your content on the Website, you give us a worldwide, nonexclusive, royalty-free, and transferable license to publish your User Contribution on our Website , and any reasonably related actions (such as, but not limited to, storing, displaying, reformatting, and distributing your Work, Feedback, content, and materials).
To the extent any User Analytics is owned by you, you hereby assign, transfer, and convey all rights, title, claims, and interest in your User Analytics to Zoodiker.
(3) Your Responsibility for Your Content
You are responsible for the content and material you post. This means you assume all risks related to its publication and display, including someone else’s reliance on its accuracy and any claims relating to intellectual property or other legal rights.
Restrictions Based on Intellectual Property Rights
You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, use, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the materials on our Website, whether our material or another user’s material, such as, but not limited to text, illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences, and graphics, except as follows:
You must not delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices from any material from this site.
If you violate our or a third party’s intellectual property rights, your right to use the Website will stop immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. No right, title, or interest in or to the Website or any content on the Website is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by Zoodiker. Any use of the Website not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws.
Trademark Notices
The Zoodiker Inc. name, the term Zoodiker, the Zoodiker logo, and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans are trademarks of Zoodiker Inc. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of the Zoodiker. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans on this Website are the trademarks of their respective owners.
Our Rights and Responses to Enforce our Terms of Use
Where there may be a violation of our Terms of Use, we may take action.
We have the right to:
Without limiting the foregoing, and without restriction, we will cooperate fully with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or other information of anyone posting any materials on or through the Website. YOU WAIVE AND HOLD HARMLESS ZOODIKER AND ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS FROM ANY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION TAKEN BY ZOODIKER AND ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS DURING, OR TAKEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF, INVESTIGATIONS BY EITHER ZOODIKER OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.
No Liability For User Contributions
We do not undertake to review materials before they are posted on the Website, and cannot ensure prompt removal of objectionable materials, whether or not they constitute Sensitive Content, after they have been posted. Accordingly, we assume no liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications, or content provided by any user or third party. We have no liability or responsibility to anyone for performance or nonperformance of enforcement activities.
These terms of use are entered into by and between you and Zoodiker, Inc. (“Zoodiker,” “we,” “our,” or “us“). The following terms and conditions, together with our Privacy Policy and Copyright Policy (collectively “Terms of Use“) govern your access to and use of zoodiker.com, including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through zoodiker.com and/or a Zoodiker application for a smart device, now existing or in the future (collectively, the “Website“), whether as a guest or a registered user.
Please read the Terms of Use carefully before you start to use the Website. By clicking to accept or agree to the Terms of Use, you agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use. If you do not want to agree to these Terms of Use, you must not access or use the Website.
Your Age
This Website is offered and available to users who are 18 years of age or older. By using this Website, you represent and warrant that you are of legal age to form a binding contract with Zoodiker and meet all of the foregoing eligibility requirements. If you do not meet all of these requirements, you must not access or use the Website.If we learn that you are under the age of 18 or you are acting on behalf of someone under the age of 18, we will terminate your account.
Changes to the Terms of Use
We may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them.
Your continued use of the Website following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page from time to time so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.
Accessing the Website and Account Security
We reserve the right to withdraw or amend this Website, and any service or material we provide on the Website, in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Website, including an Author’s Work, is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Website, or the entire Website, to users, including registered users.
You are responsible for both:
- Making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Website.
- Ensuring that all persons who access the Website through your internet connection are aware of these Terms of Use and comply with them.
To access the Website or some of the features it offers, you may be asked to provide certain registration details or other information. It is a condition of your use of the Website that all the information you provide on the Website is correct, current, and complete. You agree that all information you provide to register with, access, or use this Website are governed by our Privacy Policy [LINK TO PRIVACY POLICY], and you consent to all actions we take with respect to your information consistent with our Privacy Policy.
If you choose a user name, password, or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your account is personal to you and agree not to provide any other person with access to this Website or portions of it using your user name, password, or other security information. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your user name or password or any other breach of security. You also agree to ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. You should use particular caution when accessing your account from a public or shared computer so that others are not able to view or record your password or other personal information.
We have the right to disable any user name, password, or other identifier at any time in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use.
Prohibited Uses
You may use the Website only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use. You agree not to use the Website:
- In any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local, or international law or regulation (including, without limitation, any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the US or other countries).
- For the purpose of exploiting, harming, or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable information, or otherwise.
- To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use, or re-use any material that does not comply with the Content Standards set out in these Terms of Use.
- To transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material, including any “junk mail,” “chain letter,” “spam,” or any other similar solicitation.
- To impersonate or attempt to impersonate Zoodiker, a Zoodiker employee, another user, or any other person or entity (including, without limitation, by using email addresses or screen names associated with any of the foregoing.
- To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use or enjoyment of the Website, or which, as determined by us, may harm Zoodiker or users of the Website, or expose them to liability.
- To compete (directly or indirectly) with the Website.
Additionally, you agree not to:
- Steal any content from the Website, whether our content or a third party’s content or claim authorship of any material not created by you.
- Use the Website in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the site or interfere with any other party’s use of the Website, including their ability to engage in real time activities through the Website.
- Use any robot, spider, or other automatic device, process, or means to access the Website for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on the Website.
- Use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the material on the Website, or for any other purpose not expressly authorized in these Terms of Use, without our prior written consent.
- Use any device, software, or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Website.
- Introduce any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, code, films, programs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful.
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage, or disrupt any parts of the Website, the server on which the Website is stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to the Website.
- Attack the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.
- Otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website.
User Contributions
The Website contains a platform for user submissions, mainly in the form of Works and Feedback.“Works” are original stories, screenplays, poetry, and other narrative writings. “Feedback” are comments, evaluations, critiques, opinions, and suggestions responsive to a particular Work.Content or materials on the Website’s message boards, chat rooms, and other interactive features (collectively, “Interactive Services“) where users post, submit, publish, display, or transmit to other users or other persons (hereinafter, “post“) are also deemed Feedback. Work and Feedback are collectively deemed “User Contributions“.
A user may either be an “Author” or a “Reader”, depending on the context.The “Author” is the creator (or co-creator) of a Work. When a user posts a Feedback, such user is a “Reader”.
An Author can allow access to its Work to all Readers or restrict access to selected Readers.Unless necessitated by extenuating circumstances, Zoodiker does not compel an Author to provide access to its Work.However, all users who have access to an Author’s Work have access to Reader Feedback.The Author cannot selectively restrict access to the Feedback except by restricting readership of its Work.
Zoodiker makes no representation or warranty that a Work or Feedback will be restricted, accessed, or displayed in accordance with the Author’s preference.Authors and Readers post their Work or Feedback at their own risk.
User Acknowledgement
You represent and warrant that:
- You own or control all rights in and to the User Contributions. If a Work is co-written, you warrant that your partner(s) has consented to the posting.
- All of your User Contributions do and will comply with these Terms of Use.
You understand and acknowledge that:
- You and the User Contributions must comply with the Content Standards set out in these Terms of Use.
- You are responsible for any User Contributions you submit or contribute, and you, not Zoodiker, have full responsibility for such content, including its legality and appropriateness.
- We are not responsible or liable to any third party for the content (and any use thereof) of any User Contributions posted by you or any other user of the Website.
- Zoodiker does not currently provide file backup services of any kind. You will not be able to download a copy of your work, by design of the Website and as part of our keeping your files secure. You are responsible for the proper storage and backup of your data.
- Zoodiker may provide the Author the ability to download Feedback to its Work.
- A Reader’s interactions, reactions, engagement, data, and meta-data related to its behaviors, and any response to inquiries, questions, or surveys by or on behalf of Zoodiker with respect to a Work (“User Analytics”) is the property of Zoodiker.Zoodiker retains all rights, title, claims, and interest in User Analytics.Zoodiker may disclose User Analytics to other users or third parties at its own discretion.
Warning for User Contributions: May Contain Objectionable Content
User Contributions may include sensitive topics or language that may trigger a negative reaction or offend certain users (“Sensitive Content”) Sensitive Content may include:
- Language that is defamatory, obscene, indecent, abusive, offensive, violent, hateful, inflammatory, or otherwise objectionable.
- Language that depicts a sex scene, self –harm (e.g. suicide; eating disorder), and/or abuse (including but not limited to sexual, verbal, emotional, and physical abuse).
- Language that describes, advocates, or promotes illegal activity or an unlawful act.
- Language that causes upset, annoyance, alarm, or anxiety.
Users may opt to tag their own User Contributions for Sensitive Topics.Zoodiker does not moderate or vet for Sensitive Content.We cannot warrant that content without a tag is free of any Sensitive Content or that a tag is accurate or complete.
Zoodiker disclaims any and all liability for any damage (including but not limited to any physical, emotional, and/or pecuniary damage) resulting from exposure to Sensitive Content.
Content Standards for User Contributions
These content standards apply to any and all User Contributions and use of Interactive Services. User Contributions must in their entirety comply with all applicable federal, state, local, and international laws and regulations.
WORKS MUST BE ORIGINAL SUBMISSIONS BY THE AUTHOR (or CO-AUTHORS). ZOODIKER DOES NOT TOLERATE ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT.
User Contributions in the form Feedback must be kind, respectful, and civil.We will not tolerate any communication that is hateful, abusive, threatening, harassing, obscene, or indecent.
Zoodiker has zero tolerance for any action that puts users at personal risk.Users are absolutely prohibited from revealing personal information or personally identifying information about another person, such as but not limited to a person’s name, address, email address, or image.Zoodiker assumes no liability for any person posting his/her own personal information or a third party’s personal information.
Zoodiker encourages Authors to appropriately tag their Work for Sensitive Comment.While there is no obligation to do so, appropriate tagging may allow the desired audience to reach your Work.
Zoodiker does not allow for any User Contribution that advertises products or services unrelated to, or not authorized by us.If any User Contribution is reasonably believed to be spam, Zoodiker may remove such content free from any liability.
Reporting Violations of Content Standards
If you believe a user has violated these Terms of Use, contact us at admin@zoodiker.com to submit a report.
Intellectual Property Rights
Our Rights
The Website and its entire contents, features, and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video, and audio, User Analytics, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof) excluding Author Contributions are owned by the Zoodiker and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.
Your Rights
You own all the rights to the Works that you create and post on the Website. However if the Work you post is not yours, then posting it on the Website does not make it yours or confer to you any rights in the content.
(1) Transfer of Rights to Author
You, as a Reader, hereby convey, transfer, and assign all worldwide rights, title, credit, and authorship in your Feedback to the Author of the Work.
(2) Transfer of Rights to Zoodiker
By posting your content on the Website, you give us a worldwide, nonexclusive, royalty-free, and transferable license to publish your User Contribution on our Website , and any reasonably related actions (such as, but not limited to, storing, displaying, reformatting, and distributing your Work, Feedback, content, and materials).
To the extent any User Analytics is owned by you, you hereby assign, transfer, and convey all rights, title, claims, and interest in your User Analytics to Zoodiker.
(3) Your Responsibility for Your Content
You are responsible for the content and material you post. This means you assume all risks related to its publication and display, including someone else’s reliance on its accuracy and any claims relating to intellectual property or other legal rights.
Restrictions Based on Intellectual Property Rights
You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, use, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the materials on our Website, whether our material or another user’s material, such as, but not limited to text, illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences, and graphics, except as follows:
- Your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials.
- You may store files that are automatically cached by your Web browser for display enhancement purposes.
- If we provide desktop, mobile, or other smart device applications for download, you may download a single copy to your smart device solely for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided you agree to be bound by our end user license agreement for such applications.
You must not delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices from any material from this site.
If you violate our or a third party’s intellectual property rights, your right to use the Website will stop immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. No right, title, or interest in or to the Website or any content on the Website is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by Zoodiker. Any use of the Website not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws.
Trademark Notices
The Zoodiker Inc. name, the term Zoodiker, the Zoodiker logo, and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans are trademarks of Zoodiker Inc. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of the Zoodiker. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans on this Website are the trademarks of their respective owners.
Our Rights and Responses to Enforce our Terms of Use
Where there may be a violation of our Terms of Use, we may take action.
We have the right to:
- Remove or refuse to post any User Contributions in our sole discretion.
- Take any action with respect to any User Contribution that we deem necessary or appropriate in our sole discretion, including if we believe that such User Contribution violates the Terms of Use, including the Content Standards, infringes any intellectual property right or other right of any person or entity, threatens the personal safety of users of the Website or the public, or could create liability for the Zoodiker.
- Disclose your identity or other information about you to any third party who claims that material posted by you violates their rights, including their intellectual property rights or their right to privacy.
- Take appropriate legal action, including without limitation, referral to law enforcement, for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Website.
- Terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Website for any violation of these Terms of Use or for any or no reason.
Without limiting the foregoing, and without restriction, we will cooperate fully with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or other information of anyone posting any materials on or through the Website. YOU WAIVE AND HOLD HARMLESS ZOODIKER AND ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS FROM ANY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION TAKEN BY ZOODIKER AND ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS DURING, OR TAKEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF, INVESTIGATIONS BY EITHER ZOODIKER OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.
No Liability For User Contributions
We do not undertake to review materials before they are posted on the Website, and cannot ensure prompt removal of objectionable materials, whether or not they constitute Sensitive Content, after they have been posted. Accordingly, we assume no liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications, or content provided by any user or third party. We have no liability or responsibility to anyone for performance or nonperformance of enforcement activities.