DIVINITY GROUP INC. TERMS OF USE
Last Updated: October 14, 2024
1. GENERAL
Divinity Group Inc. Contractor Club USA provides services through its websites, programs and computer servers, including but not limited to classified advertising, forums, and email forwarding. (All such services are referred to collectively herein as “Divinity Group Inc.”) By accessing or using Divinity Group Inc., you are a “user” and you accept and agree to the terms below (the “Terms of Use” or “TOU”) as a legal contract between you and Contractor Club USA. The TOU includes and incorporates additional terms (“guidelines”) applicable to particular categories or services available on Divinity Group Inc. as set forth to users upon access to such categories or services. Contractor Club USA may post changes to the TOU at any time, and any such changes will be applicable to all subsequent access to or use of Divinity Group Inc.
If you do not accept and agree to all provisions of the TOU, now or in the future, you may reject the TOU by immediately terminating all access and use of Divinity Group Inc., in which case any continuing access or use of Divinity Group Inc. is unauthorized.
You are also required to comply with, and to ensure compliance with, all laws, ordinances and regulations applicable to your activities on Divinity Group Inc.
Divinity Group Inc. is intended and designed for users 18 years of age and older, and access or use by anyone younger is not authorized.
The TOU grants you a limited, revocable, nonexclusive license to access Divinity Group Inc. and use Divinity Group Inc., in whole or in part, including but not limited to Contractor Club USA intellectual property therein, solely in compliance with the TOU.
Contractor Club USA are trademarks of (DG) and are protected by United States and international laws. The TOU do not authorize you to use “Contractor Club USA” (DG) or any similar or related marks (including, for example and without limitation, “Contractor Club,” “Club Contractor,” and “Combination”) for any use pertaining to Classified advertising, Internet advertising, social networks, online forums, online communication services or any similar or related use, or any other use that is likely to cause confusion on the part of, to cause mistake by or to deceive the public as to any affiliation, connection, association, origin, sponsorship, approval or endorsement by or with Contractor Club USA.
2. MODERATION
Contractor Club USA has the right, but not the obligation, to regulate content (which includes but is not limited to postings, text, code, images, video, binary files, ads, accounts, account information, flags, emails, messages and any other user communications (“content”)) posted to, stored on or transmitted via Divinity Group Inc. by any user (or any other third party in any manner); to regulate conduct (including but not limited to any authorized or unauthorized access to or use of Divinity Group Inc.) by any user (or any other third party in any manner); and to enforce the TOU, for any reason and in any manner or by any means that Contractor Club USA, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or appropriate (including but not limited to automated and manual screening, blocking, filtering, exclusion from index pages, exclusion from search results, requiring the use of an application programming interface (API), requiring the use of a bulk posting interface, authorization, verification, and the deletion and/or termination of content, accounts and/or all or any use or access). Contractor Club USA may, in its sole discretion and without notice, start, stop or modify any regulation or enforcement measures at any time. Contractor Club USA action or inaction to regulate content or conduct or to enforce against any potential violation of the TOU by any user (or any other third party) does not waive Contractor Club USA’s right to implement or not implement regulation or enforcement measures with respect to any subsequent or similar content, conduct or potential TOU violation.
You also understand and agree that any action or inaction by Contractor Club USA or any of its directors, officers, stockholders, employees, consultants, agents or representatives (collectively, “Contractor Club USA Representatives”) to prevent, restrict, redress or regulate content, or to implement other enforcement measures against any content, conduct or potential TOU violation is undertaken voluntarily and in good faith, and you expressly agree that neither Contractor Club USA nor any Contractor Club USA Representative shall be liable to you or anyone else for any action or inaction to prevent, restrict, redress, or regulate content, or to implement other enforcement measures against any content, conduct or potential violation of the TOU.
Although Contractor Club USA Representatives may moderate content, conduct and TOU compliance on Divinity Group Inc. at Contractor Club USA’s discretion, Contractor Club USA Representatives have no authority to make binding commitments, promises or representations to anyone that they or anyone else on behalf of Contractor Club USA will “take care” of any alleged problem or complaint, or that they or anyone else on behalf of Contractor Club USA will otherwise stop, cure or prevent any problem, content, conduct or purported TOU violation from occurring or recurring. Accordingly, you further agree that any representation (written or verbal) by any Contractor Club USA Representative (or by anyone else acting on behalf of Contractor Club USA or by anyone purportedly acting on behalf of Contractor Club USA) that Contractor Club USA (including but not limited to any Contractor Club USA Representative, anyone else acting on behalf of Contractor Club USA, or anyone purportedly acting on behalf of Contractor Club USA) would or would not prevent, restrict, redress or regulate content (including, without limitation, screen, block, moderate, review, remove, terminate, delete, edit or otherwise stop, cure or exclude any content), or to implement other enforcement measures against any content, conduct or potential or purported TOU violation is superseded by this provision and is nonbinding and unenforceable. Specifically, you agree that Contractor Club USA, Contractor Club USA Representatives and anyone else authorized to act on behalf of Contractor Club USA shall in no circumstance be liable as a result of any representation that Contractor Club USA, a Contractor Club USA Representative or anyone else on behalf of Contractor Club USA would or would not restrict or redress any content, conduct or potential or purported TOU violation. This paragraph may not be modified, waived or released except by a written agreement, dated and signed by Contractor Club USA’s Chief Executive Officer and dated and signed by the individual or entity to whom the modification, waiver or release is granted.
Contractor Club USA also has the right in its sole discretion to limit, modify, interrupt, suspend or discontinue all or any portions of Divinity Group Inc. at any time without notice. Contractor Club USA and Contractor Club USA Representatives shall not be liable for any such limitations, modifications, interruptions, suspensions or discontinuance, or any purported losses, harm or damages arising from or related thereto.
3. CONTENT AND CONDUCT
a. Content
Contractor Club USA does not control, is not responsible for and makes no representations or warranties with respect to any user content. You are solely responsible for your access to, use of and/or reliance on any user content. You must conduct any necessary, appropriate, prudent or judicious investigation, inquiry, research and due diligence with respect to any user content.
You are also responsible for any content that you post or transmit and, if you create an account, you are responsible for all content posted or transmitted through or by use of your account.
Content prohibited from Divinity Group Inc. includes but is not limited to: (1) illegal content; (2) content in facilitation of the creation, advertising, distribution, provision or receipt of illegal goods or services; (3) offensive content (including, without limitation, defamatory, threatening, hateful or pornographic content); (4) content that discloses another’s personal, confidential or proprietary information; (5) false or fraudulent content (including but not limited to false, fraudulent or misleading responses to user ads transmitted via Divinity Group Inc.); (6) malicious content (including, without limitation, malware or spyware); (7) content that offers, promotes, advertises, or provides links to posting or auto-posting products or services, account creation or auto-creation products or services, flagging or auto-flagging products or services, bulk telephone numbers, or any other product or service that if utilized with respect to Divinity Group Inc. would violate these TOU or Contractor Club USA’s other legal rights; and (8) content that offers, promotes, advertises or provides links to unsolicited products or services. Other content prohibitions are set forth in guidelines for particular categories or services on Divinity Group Inc. and all such prohibitions are expressly incorporated into these TOU as stated in section 1 above.
You automatically grant and assign to Contractor Club USA, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant and assign to Contractor Club USA, a perpetual, irrevocable, unlimited, fully paid, fully sub-licensable (through multiple tiers), worldwide license to copy, perform, display, distribute, prepare derivative works from (including, without limitation, incorporating into other works) and otherwise use any content that you post. You also expressly grant and assign to Contractor Club USA all rights and causes of action to prohibit and enforce against any unauthorized copying, performance, display, distribution, use or exploitation of, or creation of derivative works from, any content that you post (including but not limited to any unauthorized downloading, extraction, harvesting, collection or aggregation of content that you post).
You agree to indemnify and hold Contractor Club USA and Contractor Club USA Representatives harmless from and against any third-party claim, cause of action, demand or damages related to or arising out of: (a) content that you post or transmit (including but not limited to content that a third-party deems defamatory or otherwise harmful or offensive); (b) activity that occurs through or by use of your account (including, without limitation, all content posted or transmitted); (c) your use of or reliance on any user content; and (d) your violation of the TOU. This indemnification obligation includes payment of any attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by Contractor Club USA or (DG) Representatives.
b. Conduct
Contractor Club USA does not control, is not responsible for and makes no representations or warranties with respect to any user or user conduct. You are solely responsible for your interaction with or reliance on any user or user conduct. You must perform any necessary, appropriate, prudent or judicious investigation, inquiry, research and due diligence with respect to any user or user conduct.
You are also responsible for your own conduct and activities on, through or related to Divinity Group Inc., and, if you create an account on Divinity Group Inc., you are responsible for all conduct or activities on, through or by use of your account.
You agree to indemnify and hold Contractor Club USA and (DG) Representatives harmless from and against any third-party claim, cause of action, demand or damages related to or arising out of your own conduct or activities on, through or related to Divinity Group Inc. or Contractor Club USA, and related to or arising out of any conduct or activities on, through or by use of your Divinity Group Inc. account, if any. This indemnification obligation includes payment of any attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by Contractor Club USA or (DG) Representatives.
4. POSTING AND ACCOUNTS
This section 4 applies to all use and users of Divinity Group Inc., unless Contractor Club USA has specifically authorized an exception to a particular term for a particular user in a written agreement. Contractor Club USA has sole and absolute discretion to authorize or deny any exception or exceptions to the terms in this section 4.
a. Postings
Divinity Group Inc. is intended and designed as a local service. A user may post content only to the single specific geographic area offered on Divinity Group Inc. for which that content is most relevant. The same or substantially similar content (for example, an ad for a particular item or service, a particular offer, a particular message or a particular comment) may not be posted to or communicated via more than one such geographic area. Content that is equally relevant to multiple (i.e., more than one) geographic areas should not be posted on Divinity Group Inc.
The same or substantially similar content may not be posted in more than one Divinity Group Inc. category. A user may post content only in the single Divinity Group Inc. category to which it is most relevant and must not post content to inappropriate categories. For example, content advertising classes must be posted under the Advertising category of the “community” section and may not be posted in any other category. Likewise, content advertising auto financing must be posted under the “financial” category of the “services” sections and not under “cars/trucks” category in the “for sale” section. Similarly, services relating to real estate must be posted under real estate” category of the real estate section and may not be posted to any other category. Strict Banning practice will be followed for anyone violating our TOS
A user may post the same or substantially similar content no more than once every 48 hours.
Where a Divinity Group Inc. category provides specific subcategories for posts by particular types of users (e.g., car sales “by-owners” versus “by-dealers,” and real estate for sale “by-owner” versus “by-broker”), a user may post content only in the single user sub-category most accurate for that user. In particular, no user acting as a broker, agent or dealer may post in any category for anyone else.
Users may not circumvent any technological measure implemented by Contractor Club USA to restrict the manner in which content may be posted on Divinity Group Inc. or to regulate the manner in which content (including but not limited to email) may be transmitted to other users. This prohibition includes, without limitation, a ban on the use of multiple email addresses (created via an email address generator or otherwise); the use of multiple IP addresses (via proxy servers, modem toggling, or otherwise); CAPTCHA circumvention, automation or outsourcing; multiple and/or fraudulent Divinity Group Inc. accounts, including phone-verified accounts; URL shortening, obfuscation or redirection; use of multiple phone lines or phone forwarding for verification; and content obfuscation via HTML techniques, printing text on images, inserting random text or content “spinning.”
It is expressly prohibited for any third party to post content to Divinity Group Inc. on behalf of another. Users must post content only on their own behalf, and may not permit, enable, induce or encourage any third party to post content for them.
It is expressly prohibited to post content to Divinity Group Inc. using any automated means. Users must post all content personally and manually through all steps of the posting process. It is also expressly prohibited for any user to develop, offer, market, sell, distribute or provide an automated means to perform any step of the posting process (in whole or in part). Any user who develops, offers, markets, sells, distributes or provides an automated means to perform any step of the posting process (in whole or in part) shall be responsible and liable to Contractor Club USA for each instance of access to Divinity Group Inc. (by any user or other third party) using that automated means.
Affiliate marketing is expressly prohibited on Divinity Group Inc. Users may not post content or communicate with any Divinity Group Inc. user for purposes of affiliate marketing or in connection with any affiliate marketing system, scheme or program in any manner or under any circumstance.
b. Accounts
A user may maintain and use no more than one account, including a telephone or phone-verified account (“PVA”), to post content. A user specifically may not create or use additional accounts for the purpose of circumventing technological restrictions (security measures) in the posting process or otherwise for posting content in violation of the TOU.
A user may create an account, including a PVA, only on his/her own behalf. A user must not permit, enable, induce or encourage others to create accounts or PVAs for him/her. The creation of accounts or PVAs for others is expressly prohibited.
A user must only use his/her own account or PVA, and may not use any account or PVA of another.
The purchase and sale of accounts, including but not limited to PVAs, is expressly prohibited.
A user must create his/her account or PVA personally and manually and may not create accounts or PVAs by any automated means. Without limitation, this includes the obligation that the user personally and manually solves any CAPTCHA challenge in the account creation process. Further, a user must create any PVA using his/her own valid telephone number. The creation of a PVA using a telephone number that is not the user’s own, a telephonic forwarding service or system, or a temporary/disposable telephone number or service is expressly prohibited. The circumvention of any technological restriction or security measure in the account creation or PVA creation process is also expressly prohibited.
c. Flagging
A user shall not “flag” (or otherwise seek removal of) content on Divinity Group Inc. without a personal, good-faith belief that the content violates the TOU. A user may flag content only on his/her own behalf. A user must not permit, enable, induce or encourage others to flag content for them. A user must not flag content for others.
A user may flag a specific item of content only once.
A user flagging content must do so manually and may not employ any automated means, products (including, without limitation, software programs) or services to flag content. A user must not circumvent any technological restrictions (security measures) in the flagging process. Without limitation, this prohibition includes a ban on the use of multiple IP addresses for flagging (by use of proxy servers or any means whatsoever).
5. UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS AND ACTIVITIES
This section 5 applies to all use and users of Divinity Group Inc., unless Contractor Club USA has specifically authorized an exception to a particular term for a particular user in a written agreement. Contractor Club USA has sole and absolute discretion to authorize or deny any exception or exceptions to the terms in this section 5.
To maintain the integrity and functionality of Divinity Group Inc. for its users, access to Divinity Group Inc. and/or activities related to Divinity Group Inc. that are harmful to, inconsistent with or disruptive of Divinity Group Inc. and/or its users’ beneficial use and enjoyment of Divinity Group Inc. are expressly unauthorized and prohibited. For example, without limitation:
The collection of Divinity Group Inc. users’ personal information (including but not limited to email addresses, IP addresses and telephone numbers) is not allowed for any purpose.
Any copying, aggregation, display, distribution, performance or derivative use of Divinity Group Inc. or any content posted on Divinity Group Inc. whether done directly or through intermediaries (including but not limited to by means of spiders, robots, crawlers, scrapers, framing, iframes or RSS feeds) is prohibited. As a limited exception, general purpose Internet search engines and noncommercial public archives will be entitled to access Divinity Group Inc. without individual written agreements executed with Contractor Club USA that specifically authorize an exception to this prohibition if, in all cases and individual instances: (a) they provide a direct hyperlink to the relevant Divinity Group Inc. website, service, forum or content; (b) they access Divinity Group Inc. from a stable IP address using an easily identifiable agent; and (c) they comply with Contractor Club USA’s robots.txt file; provided however, that Contractor Club USA may terminate this limited exception as to any search engine or public archive (or any person or entity relying on this provision to access Divinity Group Inc. without their own written agreement executed with Contractor Club USA), at any time and in its sole discretion, upon written notice, including, without limitation, by email notice.
Any access to or use of Divinity Group Inc. to design, develop, test, update, operate, modify, maintain, support, market, advertise, distribute or otherwise make available any program, application or service (including, without limitation, any device, technology, product, computer program, mobile device application, website, or mechanical or personal service) that enables or provides access to, use of, operation of or interoperation with Divinity Group Inc. (including, without limitation, to access content, post content, cross-post content, re-post content, respond or reply to content, verify content, transmit content, create accounts, verify accounts, use accounts, circumvent and/or automate technological security measures or restrictions, or flag content) is prohibited. This prohibition specifically applies but is not limited to software, programs, applications and services for use or operation on or by any computer and/or any electronic, wireless and/or mobile device, technology or product that exists now or in the future.
If you access Divinity Group Inc. or copy, display, distribute, perform or create derivative works from Divinity Group Inc. Webpages or other Contractor Club USA intellectual property in violation of the TOU or for purposes inconsistent with the TOU, your access, copying, display, distribution, performance or derivative work is unauthorized. Circumvention of any technological restriction or security measure on Divinity Group Inc. or any provision of the TOU that restricts content, conduct, accounts or access is expressly prohibited. For purposes of this paragraph, you agree that cached copies of Divinity Group Inc. WebPages on your computer or computer server constitute “copies” under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 101. For purposes of this paragraph, you further agree that CAPTCHAs and telephone verification are “technological measures” that effectively control access to copyright-protected components and rights of Contractor Club USA pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 1201.
Any effort to decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer all or any part of Divinity Group Inc. in order to identify, acquire, copy or emulate any source code or object code is expressly prohibited.
Any activities (including but not limited to posting voluminous content) that are inconsistent with use of Divinity Group Inc. in compliance with the TOU or that may impair or interfere with the integrity, functionality, performance, usefulness, usability, signal-to-noise ratio or quality of all or any part of Divinity Group Inc. in any manner are expressly prohibited.
Any attempt (whether or not successful) to engage in, or to enable, induce, encourage, cause or assist anyone else to engage in, any of the above unauthorized and prohibited access and activities is also expressly prohibited and is a violation of the TOU.
6. USER COMMUNICATIONS, TRANSACTIONS, INTERACTIONS, DISPUTES AND RELATIONS
Contractor Club USA and (DG) Representatives are not parties to, have no involvement or interest in, make no representations or warranties as to, and have no responsibility or liability with respect to any communications, transactions, interactions, disputes or any relations whatsoever between you and any other user, person or organization (“your interactions with others”). You must conduct any necessary, appropriate, prudent or judicious investigation, inquiry, and research or due diligence with respect to your interactions with others.
You agree to indemnify and hold Contractor Club USA and (DG) Representatives harmless from and against any third-party claim cause of action, demand or damages related to or arising out of your interactions with others. This indemnification obligation includes payment of any attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by Contractor Club USA or (DG) Representatives.
7. FEES
Contractor Club USA may charge a fee to post content or for other features, products, services or licenses. You are responsible to Contractor Club USA for any fees applicable to content that you post or other features, products, services or licenses you purchase or that are purchased through your account. You authorize Contractor Club USA, or its designated payment processor, to charge your specified credit card, debit card or other payment method for such fees.
Unless otherwise specified, all fees are in United States dollars and all charges will be made in United States dollars. Any applicable sales or other taxes are additional to the stated fee. Currency exchange settlements and foreign transaction fees are based on your agreement with your credit card or other payment method provider.
Except as required by law, all fees are nonrefundable, including, without limitation, in situations where paid posts are removed by Contractor Club USA or by community flagging. Payments and purchases may not be canceled by the user, except as required by law. However, Contractor Club USA reserves the right to refuse or terminate any purchase or attempted purchase at any time in its sole discretion. You understand and agree that if you authorize a payment transaction with your credit card, debit card or other payment method, but your charge is rejected for any reason, there may be a hold on your use of that transaction amount for several days.
8. DISSCAIMERS
YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF AND RELIANCE ON DIVINITY GROUP INC. AND CONTENT ACCESSED THROUGH DIVINITY GROUP INC. IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. DIVINITY GROUP INC. (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WEBSITES, PROGRAMS, SERVICES, FORUMS AND CONTENT ACCESSED THROUGH THE WEBSITES, PROGRAMS, SERVICES AND FORUMS) IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” OR “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND.
ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS) ARE EXPRESSLY DISSCAIMED.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, Contractor Club USA ALSO DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES FOR OR WITH RESPECT TO: (a) THE SECURITY, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, ACCURACY AND PERFORMANCE OF DIVINITY GROUP INC. AND CONTENT ACCESSED THROUGH DIVINITY GROUP INC.; (b) COMPUTER WORMS, VIRUSES, SPYWARE, ADWARE AND ANY OTHER MALWARE, MALICIOUS CODE OR HARMFUL CONTENT OR COMPONENTS ACCESSED, RECEIVED OR DISSEMINATED THROUGH, RELATED TO OR AS A RESULT OF DIVINITY GROUP INC. OR CONTENT ACCESSED THROUGH DIVINITY GROUP INC.; (c) ANY TRANSACTIONS OR POTENTIAL TRANSACTIONS, GOODS OR SERVICES PROMISED OR EXCHANGED, INFORMATION OR ADVICE OFFERED OR EXCHANGED, OR OTHER CONTENT, INTERACTIONS, REPRESENTATIONS OR COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH, RELATED TO OR AS A RESULT OF USE OF DIVINITY GROUP INC. OR CONTENT ACCESSED THROUGH DIVINITY GROUP INC. (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ACCESSED THROUGH ANY LINKS ON DIVINITY GROUP INC. OR IN CONTENT).
THESE DISSCAIMERS SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
Some jurisdictions do not allow disclaimer of implied warranties. In such jurisdictions, some of the foregoing disclaimers as to implied warranties may not apply.
9. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
Contractor Club USA AND THE (DG) REPRESENTATIVES SHALL UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES BE LIABLE FOR ANY ACCESS TO, USE OF OR RELIANCE ON DIVINITY GROUP INC. OR CONTENT ACCESSED THROUGH DIVINITY GROUP INC. BY YOU OR ANYONE ELSE, OR FOR ANY TRANSACTIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, INTERACTIONS, DISPUTES OR RELATIONS BETWEEN YOU AND ANY OTHER PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO DIVINITY GROUP INC. OR CONTENT ACCESSED THROUGH DIVINITY GROUP INC., INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LIABILITY FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AS WELL AS FOR ANY HARM, INJURY, LOSS OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND INCURRED BY YOU OR ANYONE ELSE (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, STATUTORY, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, EVEN IF Contractor Club USA OR ANY Contractor Club USA REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES). THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY APPLIES REGARDLESS OF, BUT IS NOT RESTRICTED TO, WHETHER THE ALLEGED LIABILITY, HARM, INJURY, LOSS OR DAMAGES AROSE FROM AUTHORIZED OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF DIVINITY GROUP INC. OR CONTENT ACCESSED THROUGH DIVINITY GROUP INC.; ANY INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE DIVINITY GROUP INC. OR CONTENT ACCESSED THROUGH DIVINITY GROUP INC.; OR ANY REMOVAL, DELETION, LIMITATION, MODIFICATION, INTERRUPTION, SUSPENSION, DISCONTINUANCE OR TERMINATION OF DIVINITY GROUP INC. OR CONTENT ACCESSED THROUGH DIVINITY GROUP INC..
THESE LIMITATIONS SHALL ALSO APPLY WITH RESPECT TO DAMAGES RESULTING FROM ANY TRANSACTIONS OR POTENTIAL TRANSACTIONS, GOODS OR SERVICES PROMISED OR EXCHANGED, INFORMATION OR ADVICE OFFERED OR EXCHANGED, OR OTHER CONTENT, INTERACTIONS, REPRESENTATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS OR RELATIONS THROUGH, RELATED TO OR AS A RESULT OF DIVINITY GROUP INC. OR CONTENT ACCESSED THROUGH DIVINITY GROUP INC. (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LINKS ON DIVINITY GROUP INC. AND LINKS IN CONTENT ACCESSED THROUGH DIVINITY GROUP INC.).
You hereby release Contractor Club USA and each of the (DG) Representatives, and their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, predecessors, assigns, heirs, service providers and suppliers, from all claims, demands and damages of every kind and nature, known and unknown, direct and indirect, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way related to Divinity Group Inc. or content accessed through Divinity Group Inc., or any interactions with others arising out of or related to Divinity Group Inc. or content accessed through Divinity Group Inc., and you expressly waive the provisions of California Civil Code Section 1542 (and any similar laws in other jurisdictions), which provides: “A general release does not extend to Claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which, if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor.”
THESE LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
10. NOTIFICATION OF CLAIMS OF INFRINGEMENT
If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement or that your intellectual property rights (including trademark rights) have been otherwise violated, please follow the directions for written notice at:
11. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
You acknowledge and agree that any violation or breach of the TOU may cause Contractor Club USA immediate and irreparable harm and damages; consequently, notwithstanding any other provision of the TOU or other applicable legal requirements, Contractor Club USA has the right to, and may in its discretion, immediately obtain preliminary injunctive relief (including, without limitation, temporary restraining orders) and seek permanent injunctive relief regarding any violation or breach of the TOU. In addition to any and all other remedies available to Contractor Club USA in law or in equity, Contractor Club USA may seek specific performance of any term in the TOU, including but not limited to by preliminary or permanent injunction.
12. DAMAGES
In addition to any injunctive relief, you agree to pay to Contractor Club USA the total amount of all actual damages (including but not limited to direct, indirect, consequential and incidental damages) caused by any violation of the TOU for which you bear responsibility; EXCEPT you acknowledge that, for certain TOU violations, actual damages would be extremely difficult or impossible to quantify. Consequently, for such TOU violations, you agree to pay liquidated damages to Contractor Club USA any damages caused by the user.
Furthermore, you agree that the amounts of liquidated damages described therein are reasonable estimates of Contractor Club USA’s damages for such violations, and that liquidated damages for violations of the TOU are and will be cumulative.
13. PRIVACY
Contractor Club USA has established a privacy policy covering the collection, use, and disclosure of user information:
https://contractorclubusa.com/privacy policy
14. MISCELLANEOUS
These TOU constitute the entire agreement between you and Contractor Club USA and supersede any prior written or oral agreement. Other than the Contractor Club USA Representatives (who are expressly included as named third-party beneficiaries of the TOU), there are no third-party beneficiaries to the TOU.
Any and all Claims, causes of action or disputes (regardless of theory) between you and Contractor Club USA arising out of or related to the TOU, Divinity Group Inc. or content accessed through Divinity Group Inc. shall be governed by the laws of the State of California without regard to conflict or choice of law principles. You and Contractor Club USA agree that any such Claims, causes of action or disputes shall be brought exclusively in courts located within the county of San Francisco, California, and you and Contractor Club USA agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of such courts. You further agree that, regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, you must file any such Claim or cause of action within one year after such Claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred. If any provision of the TOU is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable, all other provisions of the TOU shall remain in full force and effect.
15. FEEDBACK
Comments on these TOU are welcome in the Contractor Club USA contact page: