Effective Date May 24, 2024
NC City Watch website and our affiliated websites, or online tools and services (collective, our "websites"), is owned by NC City Watch ("we", "us" and "ours")
By Using our Websites you are accepting the practices described in these terms and conditions ("Terms") and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these terms, you may not use these websites. We reserve the right to modify or amend these terms from time to time without notice. Your continued use or our websites or any affiliate websites following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.
Additional terms and conditions may apply to our services, events, materials we create/produce and to certain NC City Watch websites, such as social media sites. By using these websites or attending events and such you agree to such terms and conditions, as applicable, and to the extent that these additional terms and conditions differ from those detailed in these Terms, the additional terms and conditions will govern.
- Use of Contact information: Any and all contact information that is displayed on our websites & linked social media pages, is provided for informational purposes only and is not to be used for marketing, telemarketing or solicitation in a commercial, non-commercial, charitable or political nature. This information may not be copied or redistributed and is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind.
- Links: You may establish a hyperlink to these websites, including display or the websites RSS feeds, so long as the link doe not state or imply any sponsorship of or affiliation with you or your site by us. However you may not, without our prior permission, frame any of the content of the websites or incorporate into another website or other service material, content or intellectual property belonging to us or any of our licensors.
- Third Party Websites: From time to time our websites may contain links to third-party websites that are not owned, operated or controlled by us or our affiliates. All such links are provided solely as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you will leave these Websites. Neither we nor any of our respective affiliates are responsible for any content, materials, or other information located on or accessible from any other websites. Neither we nor any of our respective affiliates endorse, guarantee, or may any representations or warranties regarding any other websites, or any content, materials, or other information located or accessible from any other websites, or the results that you may obtain from using any other websites. If you decide to access any other websites linked to or from this website, you do so entirely at your own risk.
- User Content: Our websites may include interactive features, such as discussion groups, blogs, forums, and other community publishing areas that allow members and other users to post content and materials for display on the websites ("User Content"). User Content remains intellectual property or the individual user, and you will be solely responsible for any and all content and materials of whatever nature that you post on, transmit to, or link to from the websites. You agree to indemnify and hold NC City Watch and its affiliates, agents, representatives, directors, officers, employees, and licensors, harmless from any liability of any nature arising out of or related to any content or materials submitted to or displayed on the websites by you or by others using your account. By posting content on our Websites, you expressly grant NC City Watch a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully paid-up worldwide, fully sub-licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, transmit, perform, and display such content and your name, voice, and likeness as contained in your User Content, in whole or in part, and in any form throughout the world in any media or technology, whether now known or hereafter discovered, including all promotion, advertising, marketing, merchandising, publicity, and any other ancillary uses thereof, and including the unfettered right to sublicense such rights, in perpetuity throughout the universe. All User Content is deemed non-confidential and NC City Watch shall be under no obligation to maintain the confidentiality of any information, in whatever form, contained in any User Content. User Content does not represent the views of NC City Watch or any associate affiliated with NC City Watch, we do not control the User Content. In no event shall you represent or suggest, directly or indirectly, NC City Watch's endorsement of User Content. We do not vouch for the accuracy or credibility of any User Content on our websites and do not take any responsibility or assume any liability for any actions you may take as a result of ready User Content on our website. Through you use of the websites, you may be exposed to content you may find offensive, objectionable, harmful, inaccurate, or deceptive. There may also be risk of dealing with persons or people acting under false pretense. By using our Websites, you assume all associate risks.
- Inappropriate Submissions and Use of the Websites: You agree that you have not and will not engage in any of the foregoing activities in connection with producing your submission. Without limiting the foregoing, you agree that in conjunction with your submission, you will not inflict emotional distress on other people, will not humiliate other people (publicly or otherwise), will not assault or threaten other people, will not enter onto private property without permission, and will not otherwise engage in any activity that may result in injury, death, property damage, or liability of any kind. We have the right (but not the obligation), in our sole discretion, to screen content submitted by users and to edit, move, delete, and/or refuse to accept any content that in our judgment violates these Terms or is otherwise unacceptable or inappropriate, whether for legal or other reasons. You acknowledge and agree that we may preserve content and materials submitted by you, and may also disclose such content and materials if required to do so by law or if, in our business judgment, such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce these Terms; (c) respond to claims that any content or materials submitted by you violate the rights of third parties; or (d) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of our Site, our officers, directors, affiliates, staff, representatives, or members or other users, and/or the public.
- Accuracy of Information. We attempt to ensure that information on these Websites is complete, accurate, and current. Despite our efforts, the information on these Websites may occasionally be inaccurate, incomplete, or out of date. We make no representation as to the completeness, accuracy or currency of any information on these Websites.
- Access and Interference. You agree that you will not use any robot, spider, scraper, or other automated means to access the Websites for any purpose without our express written permission. Additionally, you agree that you will not: (i) take any action that imposes, or may impose, as determined in our sole discretion, an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure; (ii) interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Websites or any activities conducted on the Websites; or (iii) bypass any measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the Websites.
- Force Majeure. NC City Watch is not responsible for damages, delays, or failures in performance resulting from acts or occurrences beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation: fire, lightning, explosion, power surge or failure, water, pandemics, acts of God, war, revolution, civil commotion, or acts of civil or military authorities or public enemies: any law, order, regulation, ordinance, or requirement of any government or legal body or any representative of any such government or legal body; or labor unrest, including without limitation, strikes, slowdowns, picketing, or boycotts; inability to secure raw materials, transportation facilities, fuel or energy shortages, or acts or omissions of other common carriers.
- Representations and Warranties. You affirm, represent and warrant the following: (i) you are old enough in your location to enter into a binding contract with NC City Watch and have the right and authority to enter into this agreement, and are fully able and competent to satisfy the terms, conditions and obligations herein; (ii) you have obtained all consents, and possess all copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret and any other proprietary rights, or the necessary licenses thereto, for any content you’ve provided to the Websites; (iii) if necessary you have the written consent of each and every identifiable natural person to use such person’s name or likeness in the manner contemplated by the Websites and these Terms, and each such person has released you from any liability that may arise in relation to such use; (iv) you have read, understood, agree with, and will abide by the terms and conditions of this agreement; (v) you are not, and have not been an agent of NC City Watch and were not and are not acting on behalf of, or as a representative of, NC City Watch or any other party; (vi) NC City Watch use of any information you have submitted as contemplated by the Terms and the Websites will not infringe any rights of any third party, including but not limited to any intellectual property rights, privacy rights and rights of publicity (vii) you have not and will not engage in any of the activities or behaviors listed in the Inappropriate User Submissions section in the production of, your appearance in, or contribution(s) to your User Content; (viii) the User Content does not contain: (a) material falsehoods or misrepresentations that could harm NC City Watch or any third party; (b) content that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, libelous, threatening, pornographic, harassing or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or violate any law; (c) advertisements or solicitations of business; or (d) impersonations of third parties, other than those which are readily apparent.
- Indemnity. You agree to indemnify and hold NC City Watch and its affiliates, agents, representatives, directors, officers, employees and licensors, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees related to such claim or demand, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Site, your violation of our Terms, or your violation of any rights of another.
- Release. In the event that you have a dispute with another user or other party related to the Websites, you release NC City Watch (and our officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures and employees) from all claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes.
- DISCLAIMERS. YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITES IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE INFORMATION, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PROVIDED ON, THROUGH, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE WEBSITES OR OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY US ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, SECURITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, FREEDOM FROM COMPUTER VIRUS, OR WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE WEBSITES AND OUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. WE DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITES OR ANY INFORMATION OR PRODUCTS OR SERVICES WE PROVIDE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE WEBSITES IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. WE DO NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE COMPLETENESS, CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, ADEQUACY, USEFULNESS, TIMELINESS OR RELIABILITY OF THE WEBSITES OR ANY INFORMATION OR PRODUCTS OR SERVICES WE PROVIDE, OR ANY OTHER WARRANTY, THE INFORMATION, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE WEBSITES MAY BE OUT OF DATE, AND NEITHER ONA NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES MAKES ANY COMMITMENT OR ASSUMES ANY DUTY TO UPDATE SUCH INFORMATION, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES. THE FOREGOING EXCLUSIONS OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES DO NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED FROM NC CITY WATCH OR THROUGH NC CITY WATCH'S WEBSITES, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN.