TERMS OF USE

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE. By using this Site, you signify your assent to these terms of use and agree to comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including U.S. export and re-export control laws and regulations. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please do not use the Site. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED AND INTERPRETED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF.

YOU WARRANT THAT YOU ARE AT LEAST EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD AND THAT YOU HAVE THE LEGAL CAPACITY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS. IF YOU ARE UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD, YOU MAY ONLY USE THE ASK ELLE PRODUCT(S) IF YOUR PARENT OR GUARDIAN AGREES TO THIS TERMS OF USE ON YOUR BEHALF. IF YOU OR YOUR CHILD ARE UNDER THIRTEEN YEARS OLD, YOU ARE PROHIBITED FROM USE OF THE SITE.

  1. This web site (“Site”) is owned and operated by AskElle, LLC (“Ask Elle”). The Site and its contents may only be accessed for personal use.  No material from Ask Elle or any web site owned, operated, licensed or controlled by Ask Elle may be used for any commercial or resale purposes.  Furthermore, no materials may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way, except that you may download one copy of the materials on any single computer for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. Modification of the materials or use of the materials for any other purpose is a violation of Ask Elle’ copyright and other proprietary rights.

  1. For purposes of this Terms of Use, the use of any such material on any other web site or networked computer environment is prohibited. All trademarks, service marks, and trade names (collectively, the “Marks”) are proprietary to Ask Elle or other respective owners that have granted Ask Elle the right and license to use such Marks.  Any use of content or descriptions; any derivative use of this Site or its contents; and any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools is strictly prohibited.  In no event shall the user frame any portion of the Site or any content contained therein.

  1. While Ask Elle uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information on the Site, Ask Elle makes no warranties or representations as to its accuracy. Ask Elle assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or representations in the content of this Site.

  1. The Site may contain links to other sites on the Internet that are owned and operated by vendors and other third parties (the “External Sites”). You acknowledge that Ask Elle is not responsible for the availability of, or the content located on or through, any External Sites. You should contact the site administrator or webmaster for those External Sites if you have any concerns regarding such links or the content located on such External Sites.

  1. Users of the Site may post comments, reviews, and other content and submit suggestions, ideas, or other information, provided the content does not contain any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, or hateful content or content which is racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable, or content which infringes upon the rights of any third party.  The user agrees not to impersonate any person and/or other entity or communicate under a false name or a name the user is not entitled or authorized to use.  Ask Elle has the right (but not the obligation) to remove, prohibit, edit or discontinue any content on the Site, including content that has been posted by users.

  1. If you post content or submit material you grant Ask Elle and its affiliates a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sublicensable right and license to make, use, sell, sublicense, reproduce, distribute, perform, display, prepare derivative works from and otherwise exploit all such content and material as if it were the full owner thereof.  Furthermore, you grant Ask Elle, its affiliates, and sublicensees the right to use your name and/or user name in connection with the content.  You represent and warrant that all content and materials you provide shall be your original work product and will not be based on, or derived from, the proprietary information or items of a third party.  You will defend and indemnify Ask Elle and its affiliates from any claims resulting from any content or materials you provide hereunder.  In addition, Ask Elle may also sell, repurpose, aggregate, or transfer to third parties any information that you provide to Ask Elle and any additional information that can be obtained or determined from such information for any legally permissible purposes.

  1. The Site may contain areas in which additional terms and conditions apply.  For purposes of the use of such areas, in the event of a conflict between the terms and conditions of such other areas and these Terms of Use, the terms and conditions of the other area shall prevail. Ask Elle may at any time revise these Terms of Use by updating this posting. You are bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to review the current Terms of Use to which you are bound.

  1. You shall not transmit to Ask Elle or upload to this Site any Harmful Code or use or misappropriate the data on this Site for your own commercial gain. “Harmful Code” shall mean any software (sometimes referred to as “viruses,” “worms,” “trojan horses,” “time bombs,” “time locks,” “drop dead devices,” “traps,” “access codes,” “cancelbots” or “trap door devices”) that: (a) is intentionally designed to damage, disrupt, disable, harm, impair, interfere with, intercept, expropriate or otherwise impede in any manner, any data, storage media, program, system, equipment or communication, based on any event, including for example but not limited to (i) exceeding a number of copies, (ii) exceeding a number of users, (iii) passage of a period of time, (iv) advancement to a particular date or other numeral, or (v) use of a certain feature; or (b) would enable an unauthorized person to cause such result; or (c) would enable an unauthorized person to access another person's information without such other person's knowledge and permission.

  1. Password. You may not use your password for any unauthorized purpose.

  1. Rewards. Ask Elle may elect to offer Rewards for referring new users that actively use the Site, to new users that actively use the Site or for other specific actions. Ask Elle reserves the right to withhold, deny, or cancel any Rewards and/or terminate your Account if Ask Elle, in its sole discretion, deems any Reward as fraudulent, abusive, unethical, suspicious, or otherwise conflicting.

  1. Termination. We may terminate your access to our Site for any reason.

  1. U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights. Use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in applicable laws and regulations. Use of the materials by the Government constitutes acknowledgment of Ask Elle’ proprietary rights in them. Ask Elle Site pages may contain other proprietary notices and copyright information that should be observed.

  1. THE MATERIALS ON THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.  ASK ELLE SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY CONTENT OR MATERIALS POSTED ON THE SITE. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE PURSUANT TO THE APPLICABLE LAW, ASK ELLE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR OTHER VIOLATION OF RIGHTS.  

  1. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE, SHALL ASK ELLE OR ITS THIRD PARTY LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF DATA OR PROFIT, ARISING OUT OF THE USE, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE MATERIALS ON THIS SITE, EVEN IF ASK ELLE OR A ASK ELLE AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IF YOUR USE OF MATERIALS FROM THIS SITE RESULTS IN THE NEED FOR SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION OF EQUIPMENT OR DATA, YOU ASSUME ANY COSTS THEREOF. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OR THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES SET FORTH ABOVE IS HELD INAPPLICABLE OR UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON, ASK ELLE’S MAXIMUM AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ANY TYPE OF DAMAGES SHALL BE LIMITED TO $100.

  1. Arbitration.  All disputes, controversies and claims from or relating to these Terms of Use, including any subsequent updates, shall be submitted to arbitration before the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) in accordance with the AAA Commercial Arbitration Rules.  The place of arbitration shall be the jurisdiction of the headquarters of Ask Elle and the proceedings shall be English. The arbitrator may award any form of individual or equitable and injunctive relief. Any award will be final and conclusive to the parties and may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.  The parties may also plead to any court of competent jurisdiction for a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or other interim relief, without breach of this paragraph and without reducing the scope of the powers of the arbitrator.  You agree to the entry of injunctive relief to stop any lawsuit or to remove you as a participant in such a suit. By agreeing to this provision, you waive your right to bring, join, or participate in a class action lawsuit related to these Terms of Use; however, you do not waive your rights or remedies to pursue an individual claim in binding arbitration.  The preceding provision is an independent covenant, which you may opt out of by providing written notice of your decision within thirty (30) days of the date that you first use the Site.