Welcome to the Kinlia mobile dating app (the "Kinlia App"), owned and operated by Kindra Connect, Inc. ("us", "we").
We summarize here some of the guidelines contained in the Terms of Use (provided in full below) that we ask you to follow in creating your profiles on the Kindra App and communicating with other users of the Kindra App using the "Conversations" feature of the Kindra App. If there is any conflict between this summary and the Terms of Use below, the Terms of Use below control. We ask that you read closely the Terms of Use provided below and these guidelines in connection with your use of the Kinlia App.
Kinlia’s goal is to foster a culture that embodies respect, authenticity, kindness and inclusion of all genders, races, ethnicities, religions and types of relationships. We require and expect that you abide by these values. Therefore, you are not permitted to include in your profile or your communications with other users using the "Conversations" feature of the Kinlia App any of the following:
We value and respect your and other people's privacy and safety. We require and expect that you value and respect the privacy and safety of other people. Therefore, you are not permitted to include in your profile any personal contact information about yourself, including (among other information) email addresses, website addresses, Facebook® page addresses, instant messaging details, phone numbers or street addresses. In addition, you are not permitted to include in your profile or in your communications with other users using the "Conversations" feature of the Kinlia App any of the following:
Please be cautious in communicating with other users your personal contact information or any personal, private or confidential information about yourself, whether through the "Conversations" feature of the Kinlia App, email or otherwise.
We require and expect that you respect the intellectual property and other rights of other people, businesses, organization and entities when using the Kinlia App. Therefore, you are not permitted to include in your profile or in your communications with other users using the "Conversations" feature of the Kinlia App any words, images or materials that violate or infringe the rights of any person, business, organization or entity, such as rights of publicity, privacy, copyrights, trademarks or other intellectual property or contract rights.
Finally, we require and expect that you respect our rights when using the Kinlia App. Therefore, without our prior consent, you are not permitted to use the Kinlia App to promote or solicit any commercial, political, social, charitable or other activities, such as (i) the purchase or sale of goods or services not offered by Kindra Connect, (ii) rental of property, (iii) contributions of money or fundraising for any purpose, (iv) attendance at parties or social or networking functions not sponsored or promoted by Kindra Connect or not contained on the Kinlia App's calendar feature, (v) use of a third party website or (vi) contests or sweepstakes not sponsored or promoted by Kindra Connect or barter, advertising or pyramid schemes.
Please report to us any profiles or communications that the Terms of Use or these guidelines using the "Report and Block" feature on the Kinlia App or by contacting us at the "Support Center" on the Kinlia App or by email at info@Kindra Connect.life.
As indicated in the Terms of Use, if you do not comply with the Terms of Use, we may (among other actions) remove, edit or block access to your profile or terminate or suspend your account with us (and block your access to the Kinlia App).
Effective Date: January 5, 2019
PURPOSE OF THE TERMS OF USE
Welcome to the Kindra Connect mobile app (the "Kinlia App"), owned and operated by Kindra Connect Connect, Inc. ("us", "we").
Before you use the Kinlia App, we want to review with you the terms of use for the Kinlia App (the "Terms of Use"). The Terms of Use describe your and Kindra Connect's respective rights and obligations and some other matters relating to the Kinlia App. The Terms of Use are a legal agreement between you and us (as amended from time to time, the "Agreement") that you must accept to access, view or use the Kinlia App. The Terms of Use are also subject to our Privacy Policy, all of which is hereby incorporated by reference and considered an integral part of the Agreement. Please read carefully the Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. You can find our Privacy Policy here.
By accessing, viewing or using the Kinlia App in any manner, you explicitly accept and agree to become legally bound by all of the terms, conditions and notices contained in the Agreement. Without the limitations contained in the Agreement, such as your grants and waivers of certain rights, the limitations on our liability, your indemnity of us and the arbitration of certain disputes, we would not make the Kinlia App available to you.
If you do not accept and agree to be legally bound by all of the terms, conditions and notices contained in the Agreement, please terminate Your Account by contacting us at the "Support Center" on the Kinlia App or by email at info@Kindra Connect.life and do not access, view or use the Kinlia App.
The Terms of Use was last updated, and is effective as of, the date indicated above under "Effective Date". The version of the Terms of Use posted on the Kinlia App is the version that applies. As the Kinlia App evolves, we expect to update and revise the Terms of Use from time to time. We will notify you by email or notifications on the Kinlia App if we have made material changes to the Terms of Use. If you continue to access, view or use the Kinlia App after the Terms of Use or our Privacy Policy, or any changes to either of them, become effective then (i) you explicitly accept and agree to become legally bound by all of the terms, conditions and notices contained in the Agreement (as revised, if applicable) and (ii) you explicitly agree that the Agreement (as revised, if applicable) will supersede any prior agreements (including all prior versions of the Agreement) and will govern your entire relationship with Kindra Connect relating to the Kinlia App, including but not limited to events, activities and conduct preceding your acceptance of the Agreement.
In addition, please note that we reserve the right to modify the Kinlia App, including by adding new features or functionalities and/or by eliminating some of the same, either temporarily or permanently. We may not notify you of these changes if they don't materially affect your rights and obligations. Further, we reserve the right to terminate completely the Kinlia App, either temporarily or permanently -- in that event, we will notify you in advance unless we are reasonably unable to do so by reason of the relevant circumstances.
We have provided a summary of some parts of the Terms of Use here. If there is any conflict between the summary and the Terms of Use, the Terms of Use control.
If you have any questions, concerns or comments about the Terms of Use, please contact us at the "Support Center" on the Kinlia App or by email at info@Kindra Connect.life.
1. ELIGIBILITY
To use, access or view the Kinlia App, you will need to create an account ("Your Account") by signing up on the Kinlia App. You can sign up on the Kinlia App either by using your email address and a password or by connecting to the Kinlia App through your Facebook® login. To create Your Account, you must meet the following eligibility requirements:
By creating Your Account and each time you use, access or view the Kinlia App, you represent and warrant to us that you meet the foregoing eligibility requirements. In this regard, we reserve the right to, and you explicitly understand, acknowledge and agree that we may, in our sole discretion at any time using available public records, conduct any criminal background checks or any other types of screenings or checks to confirm your compliance with our eligibility requirements. However, please note that we do not currently, and are not required to, conduct any criminal background checks or any other types of screenings or checks to confirm your compliance, or the compliance of any other users of the Kinlia App ("Other Users"), with our eligibility requirements.
Also, by connecting to the Kinlia App through your Facebook login, you authorize us to access, collect and store information about you from your Facebook account consisting of your first and last name and your email address.
2. YOUR ACCOUNT
By creating Your Account, you explicitly understand, acknowledge and agree that:
You may terminate Your Account at any time for any reason by contacting us at the "Support Center" on the Kinlia App or by email at info@Kindra Connect.life.
In our sole discretion, we may terminate or suspend Your Account, and thereafter decline to reinstate Your Account, for no reason or any reason (including your being reported through the "Report and Block" feature of the Kinlia App or our receipt of complaints about Your Content (as defined below) or your conduct or if we believe you have violated any of your representations, agreements or the terms or conditions contained in the Agreement), and/or we may use any operational, technological, legal or other measures to enforce the terms and conditions of the Agreement (including, but not limited to, blocking your access to the Kinlia App), in all cases, at any time, and without any liability to you and without notifying you or disclosing any reason for the termination or suspension of Your Account or measures we have used.
If we terminate Your Account other than at your request, we will not be obligated to preserve in our records your public profile or any information about you for any period of time. If Your Account is terminated at your request, we will take reasonable measures to remove your public profile from the Kinlia App within 30 days of your request. We will take reasonable measures to delete from our records your public profile and all other information about you following the six-month anniversary of your request. This will enable you to reinstate Your Account and have your public profile reinstated on the Kinlia App during this six-month period if you change your mind about terminating Your Account. You should not expect that we will be able to reinstate your Account or your public profile after this six-month period.
Please note, however, that regardless of the reason for termination of Your Account, we will preserve in our records any information (including your public profile) that we reasonably determine needs to be preserved under any of the circumstances described in our Privacy Policy or for legitimate business purposes (such as for analytical and recording keeping purposes), subject to applicable legal requirements.
The Agreement will remain in full force and effect during the period of time that you access, view or use the Kinlia App and, after Your Account is terminated or suspended for any reason, all the provisions in the Agreement will survive such termination or suspension and will continue in full force and effect, except for those provisions that by their nature expire or are fully satisfied.
3. CONTACT WITH OTHER USERS
By creating Your Account, you explicitly understand, acknowledge and agree that:
Please see the discussion below under paragraphs "10. DISCLAIMERS" and "11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY".
4. YOUR CONTENT
"Your Content" collectively consists of:
By creating Your Account and posting or providing any of Your Content, you explicitly acknowledge, understand and agree that:
5. PROHIBITED CONTENT AND ACTIVITIES
By creating Your Account and posting or providing any of Your Content, you explicitly acknowledge, understand and agree that Your Content will not:
All of the foregoing are "Prohibited Content".
In addition, by creating Your Account and posting or providing any of Your Content, you explicitly understand, acknowledge and agree that you will not use the Kinlia App for any purpose that is harmful, nefarious, illegal or prohibited by this Agreement, applicable laws or regulations or in order to damage Kindra Connect Connect. You explicitly acknowledge, understand and agree that, if Your Content contains any Prohibited Content or if you have violated this Agreement or misused the Kinlia App, in our sole discretion, we may at any time (but, except as required by applicable law, are not required to) use any operational, technological, legal or other means to enforce the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including but not limited to, by removing, editing or blocking access to Your Content, terminating or suspending Your Account (and blocking your access to the Kinlia App) or taking any available legal action, in any case, without any liability to you and without notifying you.
6. RIGHTS YOU GRANT Kindra Connect
By creating Your Account and posting or providing any of Your Content, you explicitly and automatically grant to Kindra Connect a worldwide, transferable, sub-licensable (through multiple levels), royalty-free, right and license to host, store, use, exploit, copy, display, record, reproduce, adapt, modify, edit, disclose, distribute, transmit, publish to the general public and make derivative works of all or any part of Your Content (and any derivative works thereof), in all formats, on or through any means or media now known or developed in the future, using any technology or devices now known or developed in the future. Our right and license to Your Content is subject to our Privacy Policy and your rights under applicable law (for example, laws regarding personal data protection to the extent Your Content contains personal information as defined by those laws) and, except as described below or in our Privacy Policy, is for the limited purposes of performing, operating, developing, providing and/or improving the services, functionalities and features we provide on the Kinlia App, assisting Other Users (e.g., highlighting your profile on the Kinlia App as an example of an expressive or informative profile) and obtaining financing for and managing Kindra Connect and its business. Our right and license to Your Content is non-exclusive and revocable, except provided in the next sentence. Our right and license to Your Content is exclusive, perpetual and irrevocable with respect to derivative works created through use of the Kinlia App (e.g., screen shots from the Kinlia App that include Your Content) and any information, comments, opinions, suggestions or feedback (and any ideas, concepts, know-how, techniques, designs or inventions contained in them) that you communicate to us about the Kinlia App or any other matters. In this regard, by communicating information, comments, opinions, suggestions or feedback to us regarding the Kinlia App or any other matters, you explicitly understand, acknowledge and agree that we may use and share such information, comments, opinions, suggestions or feedback (and any ideas, concepts, know-how, techniques, designs or inventions contained in them) to deliver, perform, operate, develop and improve the services, design, functionalities and features we provide on the Kinlia App or for any other purpose whatsoever in our sole discretion, including developing, producing and/or marketing any other products or services, without compensating you in any way whatsoever.
Each time you post or provide any of Your Content, you explicitly represent and warrant to us that:
By creating Your Account and posting or providing any of Your Content, you explicitly understand, acknowledge and agree that:
You explicitly understand, acknowledge and agree that we may access, preserve and share your Personally Identifiable Information (as defined in our Privacy Policy), Your Content and your communications with us, without your consent or any notice to you, in the following circumstances:
7. OTHER USERS' CONTENT
"Other Users' Content" collectively consists of:
You have no rights to any Other Users' Content. You are allowed to use Other Users' Content only for the purposes of communicating with and meeting Other Users through use of the Kinlia App as intended by Kindra Connect and permitted by this Agreement. In particular, you agree you will not use any Other Users' Content in any manner that would result in Your Content containing any Prohibited Content or that would violate this Agreement or misuse the Kinlia App.
We may monitor or review Other Users' Content or Other Users' activities on the Kinlia App, but we have no obligation to do so. If Other Users' Content contains any Prohibited Content or Other Users Content or Other Users' activities violate this Agreement or misuse the Kinlia App, in our sole discretion, we may at any time use any operational, technological, legal or other means to enforce the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including but not limited to, removing, editing or blocking access to Other Users' Content, terminating or suspending Other Users' accounts (and blocking their access to the Kinlia App) or taking any available legal action, but we have no obligation to do so. We cannot assure you that Other Users' Content will not contain any Prohibited Content or that Other Users Content or Other Users' activities will not violate this Agreement or misuse the Kinlia App.
Please report to us any Prohibited Content or any Other Users' Content or Other Users' activities on the Kinlia App that violate this Agreement or misuse the Kinlia App using the "Report and Block" feature on the Kinlia App or by contacting us at the "Support Center" on the Kinlia App or by email at info@Kindra Connect.life.
8. OUR CONTENT; RIGHTS Kindra Connect GRANTS TO YOU
"Our Content" consists of all of the content and materials on the Kinlia App from time to time, other than Your Content and Other Users' Content, and all content and materials on our website (at Kindra Connect.life, the "Kindra Connect Website") from time to time and in emails we send to you or current or prospective Other Users. Our Content includes, without limitation, instructions, information, articles, blogs, images, text, artwork, designs, graphics, button icons, layout, photos, audio clips, music, sounds, video, pictures, service marks, logos, interactive features, the "look and feel" of the Kinlia App and the Kindra Connect Website, the compilation, assembly and arrangement of the materials and content on the Kinlia App and the Kindra Connect Website, and any and all copyrightable or patentable content or material or other types of intellectual property contained in or on the Kinlia App, the Kindra Connect Website or our emails. All current, prior and future versions of the Kinlia App, the Kindra Connect Website and Our Content are owned, controlled or licensed by us. All right, title and interest in the Kinlia App, the Kindra Connect Website and Our Content remains with Kindra Connect, our licensors or other third parties, as applicable, and is protected by applicable intellectual property laws to the fullest extent possible.
Subject to your compliance with the Agreement, Kindra Connect grants you a personal, limited, revocable, non-transferable, non-assignable, non-exclusive, and non-sublicensable license to access and use the Kinlia App and the Kindra Connect Website for your personal, non-commercial use only. This license is for the sole purpose of letting you use and enjoy the Kinlia App's benefits as intended by Kindra Connect and permitted by this Agreement and may be immediately suspended or terminated for any reason, in our sole discretion, without any advance notice or liability to you. Therefore, you explicitly understand, acknowledge and agree that you will not:
Kindra Connect may investigate and, in Kindra Connect's sole discretion, may at any time use any operational, technological, legal or other means in response to illegal and/or unauthorized uses of the Kinlia App or the Kindra Connect Website, including but not limited to, removing, editing or blocking access to Your Content, terminating or suspending Your Account (and blocking your access to the Kinlia App) or taking any available legal action, in any case, without any liability to you and without notifying you.
Any software that we provide you may automatically download and install upgrades, updates, or other new features. You may be able to adjust these automatic downloads through your device’s settings.
9. INDEMNITY BY YOU
YOU EXPLICITLY UNDERSTAND, ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, YOU WILL INDEMNIFY, DEFEND, RELEASE AND HOLD HARMLESS Kindra Connect, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AND EACH OF Kindra Connect’S AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, INVESTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, LICENSORS, LICENSEES, LENDERS, REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS FROM ANY AND ALL LOSSES, DAMAGES, LIABILITIES, ACTIONS, SUITS, PROCEEDINGS, COMPLAINTS, CLAIMS, DEMANDS, JUDGMENTS, FINES, PENALTIES, SETTLEMENTS, INTEREST, COSTS AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS’ FEES) DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RESULTING FROM, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO:
YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE (I) TO COOPERATE FULLY WITH US IN THE DEFENSE OF ANY MATTER SUBJECT TO INDEMNIFICATION BY YOU, (II) THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, WE RETAIN THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO SETTLE OR COMPROMISE ANY MATTER SUBJECT TO INDEMNIFICATION BY YOU, (III) THAT WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO ASSUME THE EXCLUSIVE DEFENSE AND CONTROL OF ANY MATTER SUBJECT TO INDEMNIFICATION BY YOU, AND (IV) YOU WILL NOT SETTLE OR COMPROMISE ANY MATTER SUBJECT TO INDEMNIFICATION BY YOU WITHOUT, IN EACH INSTANCE, THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF AN OFFICER OF Kindra Connect.
10. DISCLAIMERS
YOU EXPLICITLY UNDERSTAND, ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT:
IN ADDITION, YOU EXPLICITLY UNDERSTAND, ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT, WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, Kindra Connect SPECIFICALLY DOES NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY:
YOU EXPLICITLY UNDERSTAND, ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRED THROUGH THE USE OF THE Kinlia App OR THE Kindra Connect WEBSITE IS DOWNLOADED, ACQUIRED AND ACCESSED AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR AND HEREBY WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION WITH RESPECT TO ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM, INTERNET ACCESS, DOWNLOAD OR DISPLAY DEVICE, OR LOSS OR CORRUPTION OF DATA, THAT RESULTS OR MAY RESULT FROM THE DOWNLOAD, ACQUISITION OR ACCESS OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
YOU EXPLICITLY ACKNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE AND LIABLE FOR, AND ASSUME ALL RISKS RELATED TO, YOUR CONTENT AND YOUR COMMUNICATIONS, CONTACTS AND MEETINGS ONLINE AND OFFLINE WITH OTHER USERS AND THIRD PARTIES, WHETHER THROUGH THE “CONVERSATIONS” FEATURE OF THE Kinlia App, EMAIL, TELEPHONE, IN PERSON MEETINGS OR DATES, AT EVENTS OR PARTIES SPONSORED OR PROMOTED BY Kindra Connect OR APPEARING ON THE Kinlia App, OR OTHERWISE.
YOU EXPLICITLY ACKNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL Kindra Connect OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES OR Kindra Connect'S OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SHAREHOLDERS, INVESTORS, LENDERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, LICENSORS, LICENSEES, CONTRACTORS, REPRESENTATIVES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, DIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR ENHANCED DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DEATH, BODILY INJURY, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, ANY LOSS OF PROFITS OR INCOME, ANY LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, SERVICES, DATA, PROGRAMS, USE, GOODWILL OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES), OR ANY CLAIMS OF THIRD PARTIES, IN ANY CASE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RESULTING FROM, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO: (I) YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE, THE Kinlia App OR THE Kindra Connect WEBSITE; (II) ANY OF YOUR CONTENT, OUR CONTENT, OTHER USERS' CONTENT OR ANY OTHER CONTENT OR ANY SERVICES PROVIDED ON THE Kinlia App OR THE Kindra Connect WEBSITE; (III) ANY CONDUCT, ACTS, OMISSIONS, CONTENT OR COMMUNICATIONS OF YOU, OTHER USERS (INCLUDING UNAUTHORIZED USERS) OR THIRD PARTIES ON, THROUGH OR FOLLOWING USE OF THE Kinlia App OR THE Kindra Connect WEBSITE, AT EVENTS OR PARTIES SPONSORED OR PROMOTED BY Kindra Connect OR APPEARING ON THE Kinlia App, OR OTHERWISE; (III) THE QUALITY, TRUTHFULNESS, BACKGROUND, LEGALITY OR SAFETY OF OTHER USERS (INCLUDING UNAUTHORIZED USERS) THAT YOU COMMUNICATE WITH, CONTACT ONLINE OR OFFLINE OR MEET, WHETHER THROUGH THE Kinlia App, EMAIL, TELEPHONE, IN PERSON MEETINGS OR DATES OR OTHERWISE; OR (IV) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, USE OR ALTERATION OF YOUR CONTENT ON THE Kinlia App, IN THE CASE OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING, HOWEVER CAUSED, WHETHER BASED ON BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PROPRIETARY RIGHTS, INFRINGEMENT, PRODUCT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, AND EVEN IF Kindra Connect OR ITS AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES KNOW OR HAVE BEEN ADVISED AT ANY TIME OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSSES OR DAMAGES. IF YOU BECOME DISSATISFIED IN ANY WAY WITH THE Kinlia App, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO STOP YOUR USE OF THE Kinlia App.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES, SO SOME OR ALL OF THE EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. YOU EXPLICITLY ACKNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT, IF ANY PORTION OF THIS LIMITATION ON LIABILITY IS FOUND TO BE INVALID OR UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON, THEN, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, Kindra Connect’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RESULTING FROM, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THE Kinlia App, THE Kindra Connect WEBSITE, ANY EVENTS OR PARTIES SPONSORED OR PROMOTED BY Kindra Connect OR APPEARING ON THE Kinlia App OR THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT IN ANY EVENT EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU TO Kindra Connect DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE THAT YOU FIRST FILE A LAWSUIT, ARBITRATION OR ANY OTHER LEGAL PROCEEDING AGAINST Kindra Connect, WHETHER IN LAW OR IN EQUITY, IN ANY TRIBUNAL, AND THAT THE DAMAGES LIMITATION SET FORTH IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SENTENCE APPLIES (I) REGARDLESS OF THE GROUND UPON WHICH LIABILITY IS BASED (WHETHER DEFAULT, CONTRACT, TORT, STATUTE, OR OTHERWISE), (II) IRRESPECTIVE OF THE TYPE OF BREACH OF OBLIGATIONS, AND (III) WITH RESPECT TO ALL EVENTS, THE Kinlia App, THE Kindra Connect WEBSITE, EVENTS OR PARTIES SPONSORED OR PROMOTED BY Kindra Connect OR APPEARING ON THE Kinlia App AND THIS AGREEMENT.
THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION 11 WILL APPLY EVEN IF YOUR REMEDIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT FAIL WITH RESPECT TO THEIR ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. MOREOVER, YOU FURTHER EXPLICITLY UNDERSTAND, ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT ALL RIGHTS UNDER SECTION 1542 OF THE CIVIL CODE OF CALIFORNIA (“SECTION 1542”) AND ANY SIMILAR LAW OF ANY STATE OR TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES THAT MAY BE APPLICABLE WITH RESPECT TO THE FOREGOING RELEASE ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND FOREVER WAIVED. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SECTION 1542 PROVIDES THAT: “A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH, IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.” THE RELEASES HEREUNDER ARE INTENDED TO APPLY TO ALL CLAIMS NOT KNOWN OR SUSPECTED TO EXIST WITH THE INTENT OF WAIVING THE EFFECT OF LAWS REQUIRING THE INTENT TO RELEASE FUTURE UNKNOWN CLAIMS.
THE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY HEREIN ARE A FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENT OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN AND REFLECTS A FAIR ALLOCATION OF RISK. THE Kinlia App, THE Kindra Connect WEBSITE AND EVENTS AND PARTIES SPONSORED OR PROMOTED BY Kindra Connect OR APPEARING ON THE Kinlia App WOULD NOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT SUCH LIMITATIONS AND YOU AGREE THAT THE LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS OF LIABILITY, DISCLAIMERS AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES SPECIFIED HEREIN WILL SURVIVE EVEN IF FOUND TO HAVE FAILED IN THEIR ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.
12. RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES AND GOVERNING LAW
(a) Arbitration of any and all disputes (other than certain intellectual property disputes)
This provision will apply to the resolution of any dispute, claim or cause of action resulting from, arising out of or in any way related to the Kinlia App, the Kindra Connect Website, any parties or events sponsored or promoted by Kindra Connect or appearing on the Kinlia App, your relationship with Kindra Connect and the Agreement (including any alleged breach thereof) and the subject matter hereof, including without limitation, any contract, tort, statutory or equity claims between you and Kindra Connect, Kindra Connect's subsidiaries or affiliates or Kindra Connect's or their respective officers, directors, employees or agents (the “Dispute”); provided, however, that any disputes, claims or causes of action specifically described in subparagraph (b) below will not be included in the definition of "Dispute". In the event of any Dispute, the parties are encouraged to attempt to resolve the Dispute by informal means.
You and Kindra Connect expressly understand, acknowledge and agree that:
Arbitration is the referral of a dispute to one or more impartial persons for a final and binding determination. The arbitration of the Dispute will be administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) or, in the event the AAA declines or is unable to administer the arbitration, by an arbitration forum or arbitrator that you and Kindra Connect mutually agree upon. If, after making a reasonable effort, you and Kindra Connect are unable to agree upon an arbitration forum or arbitrator, the AAA or a court having proper jurisdiction will appoint an arbitration forum or arbitrator. The arbitration will be conducted in accordance with the AAA’s Commercial Arbitration Rules (the "Commercial Rules") and, when deemed appropriate by the arbitration forum or arbitrator, the AAA’s Supplementary Procedures for Consumer-Related Disputes (the "Consumer Procedures"), or the appropriate rules of any alternative arbitration forum selected by you and Kindra Connect or appointed by a court, subject to the following modifications:
To begin an arbitration proceeding, you must send a letter requesting arbitration and describing Your claim to: Kindra Connect Connect, Inc., Attention: Gina Levy, 807 Superba Avenue, Venice Beach, CA 90291. The AAA Commercial Rules and Consumer Procedures, the forms you may need to begin the arbitration proceeding, and other information about the AAA, are available from the AAA, which can be contacted by mail at 725 South Figueroa, Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90017, by telephone at (800) 778-7879, or through its website at www.adr.org.
By creating Your Account and accessing, viewing or using the Kinlia App in any manner, you expressly agree to the above arbitration agreement. In doing so, both you and Kindra Connect give up the right to go to court in relation to any Dispute and have your and Kindra Connect's respective rights determined by a judge or jury. You also give up your right to participate in a class action or other class proceeding.
Any proceeding to enforce this arbitration agreement, including any proceeding to confirm, modify, or vacate an arbitration award, may be commenced in any court of competent jurisdiction. In the event that the above arbitration agreement is for any reason held to be unenforceable, any Dispute will be litigated exclusively in the federal or state courts located in Los Angeles County, California. You and Kindra Connect hereby irrevocably agree to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of those courts for such purposes and waive any claim that such courts constitute an inconvenient forum.
(b) This Agreement does not require you or Kindra Connect to submit to arbitration any dispute or claim involving Kindra Connect's intellectual property rights in and to the Kinlia App or the Kindra Connect Website, including, without limitation: (1) claims of infringement or misappropriation of any United States or foreign copyright, patent, trade secret, trademark, service mark or trade dress, (2) claims alleging violations of Title 17 of the United States Code, Sections 1201 and/or 1202, or of any similar foreign law, or (3) in any matter that involves any of the foregoing claims, for resolution or decision of any question of fact or law required to resolve such claim, including, but not limited to, questions required to decide or rule with respect to the infringement, misappropriation, validity, enforceability or ownership of any copyright, patent, trade secret, trademark, service mark or trade dress or with respect to any remedy or relief at law or in equity for any such infringement or misappropriation or for any violation of such Sections 1201 and/or 1202. Any such dispute will be litigated exclusively in the federal or state courts located in Los Angeles County, California. You and Kindra Connect hereby irrevocably agree to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of those courts for such purposes and waive any claim that such courts constitute an inconvenient forum.
(c) With the exception of the provision above that the enforceability of this paragraph "12. RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES AND GOVERNING LAW" is governed both procedurally and substantively by the FAA to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement will be interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of California applicable to contracts entered into and performed in California to the maximum extent permitted by law (and without giving effect to California’s conflict of law principles).
(d) You and Kindra Connect acknowledge, understand and agree that any violation of this paragraph "12. RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES AND GOVERNING LAW" may cause the parties irreparable harm, and therefore you and Kindra Connect agree that the parties will be entitled to seek extraordinary relief in court, including but not limited to temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and permanent injunctions without the necessity of posting a bond or other security, in addition to and without prejudice to any other rights or remedies that the parties may have for a breach of this paragraph "12. RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES AND GOVERNING LAW".
(e) With the exception of your agreement to waive any right to a jury trial or to participate in a class action, if any other provision in this paragraph "12. RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES AND GOVERNING LAW" is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be fully severable, this paragraph will be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part of this paragraph and the remaining provisions of this paragraph will remain in full force and effect. Furthermore, in lieu of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there will be added automatically as part of this paragraph "12. RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES AND GOVERNING LAW" a legal, valid and enforceable provision as similar as possible to the former provision.
13. LIMITATION OF TIME PERIOD TO COMMENCE ANY DISPUTE
Regardless of any statute of limitations or law to the contrary, and to maximum extent permitted by applicable law, any Dispute must be filed within one year after the date in which the underlying incident, claim or cause of action relating to the Dispute occurred or arose; provided that, if the substantive law applicable to the arbitration prohibits the parties from agreeing to this limitations period, then the limitations period under the applicable substantive law will control. The failure of a party to begin an arbitration proceeding with respect to a Dispute within the applicable limitations period will constitute a waiver by that party of its right to bring, and a complete bar to, the Dispute in any form, and the arbitrator will not have any jurisdiction to make a determination for a party that has not brought its Dispute for determination within the applicable limitations period.
14. MISCELLANEOUS
This Agreement comprises the entire agreement between you and Kindra Connect governing your entire relationship with Kindra Connect and use of the Kinlia App, superseding any prior oral or written agreements or communications between you and us related to the use of the Kinlia App (including, but not limited to, any prior versions of this Agreement). No usage of trade or other regular practice or method of dealing between you and us will be used to modify, interpret, supplement or alter in any manner any express terms of the Agreement. The failure of Kindra Connect to exercise or enforce any right, power, privilege or provision of the Agreement will not constitute a waiver of such right, power, privilege or provision or acceptance of any modification, interpretation or supplement of the Agreement, nor will any single or partial exercise by Kindra Connect of any right, power, privilege or provision preclude any further exercise by Kindra Connect of the right, power, privilege or provision or the exercise by Kindra Connect of any other right, power, privilege or provision. No waiver of any provision of the Agreement or any rights or obligations under the Agreement will be effective, except when done in a writing signed by the party granting the waiver, and any waiver will be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose stated in that writing. If for any reason any provision of the Agreement is held invalid, illegal or otherwise unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, then to the extent that provision is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, it shall be severed and deleted from the Agreement and the remainder of the Agreement will survive, remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable. Kindra Connect may assign the Agreement, including any of its rights or licenses, and may delegate any of its duties or obligations under the Agreement, in any case, in whole or in part, to any person, business, organization or entity, at any time without any restriction or any notice to you or consent by you. You may not assign or otherwise transfer the Agreement, including any of your rights or licenses granted under the Agreement, and you may not delegate any of your duties or obligations under the Agreement.