Terms of Service
Terms and Conditions
Agreement between User and MelaninHQ.com
Welcome to MelaninHQ.com. The MelaninHQ.com website (the "Site") is comprised of various web pages operated by MelaninHQ ("MelaninHQ"). MelaninHQ.com is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein (the "Terms"). Your use of MelaninHQ.com constitutes your agreement to all such Terms. Please read these terms carefully, and keep a copy of them for your reference.
MelaninHQ.com is a News, Information, Social Networking, Blog, and E-commerce.
MelaninHQ, the website and mobile application, represent the height of using digital technology to connect an otherwise loosely connected community that has no physical location to call it's own. MelaninHQ was created for the sharing of News and Information related to our favorite footware; to provide a common space for users to sell goods, promote businesses and services; also to connect 'Sneakerheads' in a social manner; as well as creating a little friendly competition by hosting battles for sneaker supremacy.
Privacy
Your use of MelaninHQ.com is subject to MelaninHQ's Privacy Policy. Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs the Site and informs users of our data collection practices.
Electronic Communications
Visiting MelaninHQ.com or sending emails to MelaninHQ constitutes electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic communications and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Site, satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.
Your Account
If you use this site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. You may not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity. You acknowledge that MelaninHQ is not responsible for third party access to your account that results from theft or misappropriation of your account. MelaninHQ and its associates reserve the right to refuse or cancel service, terminate accounts, or remove or edit content in our sole discretion.
Children Under Thirteen
MelaninHQ does not knowingly collect, either online or offline, personal information from persons under the age of thirteen. If you are under 18, you may use MelaninHQ.com only with permission of a parent or guardian.
Links to Third Party Sites/Third Party Services
MelaninHQ.com may contain links to other websites ("Linked Sites"). The Linked Sites are not under the control of MelaninHQ and MelaninHQ is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. MelaninHQ is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by MelaninHQ of the site or any association with its operators.
Certain services made available via MelaninHQ.com are delivered by third party sites and organizations. By using any product, service or functionality originating from the MelaninHQ.com domain, you hereby acknowledge and consent that MelaninHQ may share such information and data with any third party with whom MelaninHQ has a contractual relationship to provide the requested product, service or functionality on behalf of MelaninHQ.com users and customers.
No Unlawful or Prohibited Use/Intellectual Property
You are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use MelaninHQ.com strictly in accordance with these terms of use. As a condition of your use of the Site, you warrant to MelaninHQ that you will not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms. You may not use the Site in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Site or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Site. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Site.
All content included as part of the Service, such as text, graphics, logos, images, as well as the compilation thereof, and any software used on the Site, is the property of MelaninHQ or its suppliers and protected by copyright and other laws that protect intellectual property and proprietary rights. You agree to observe and abide by all copyright and other proprietary notices, legends or other restrictions contained in any such content and will not make any changes thereto.
You will not modify, publish, transmit, reverse engineer, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the content, in whole or in part, found on the Site. MelaninHQ content is not for resale. Your use of the Site does not entitle you to make any unauthorized use of any protected content, and in particular you will not delete or alter any proprietary rights or attribution notices in any content. You will use protected content solely for your personal use, and will make no other use of the content without the express written permission of MelaninHQ and the copyright owner. You agree that you do not acquire any ownership rights in any protected content. We do not grant you any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property of MelaninHQ or our licensors except as expressly authorized by these Terms.
Use of Communication Services
The Site may contain bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars, and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with the public at large or with a group (collectively, "Communication Services"). You agree to use the Communication Services only to post, send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular Communication Service.
By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a Communication Service, you will not: defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others; publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information; upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents; upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer; advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such Communication Service specifically allows such messages; conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters; download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner; falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded; restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services; violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular Communication Service; harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses, without their consent; violate any applicable laws or regulations.
MelaninHQ has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services. However, MelaninHQ reserves the right to review materials posted to a Communication Service and to remove any materials in its sole discretion. MelaninHQ reserves the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever.
MelaninHQ reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in MelaninHQ's sole discretion.
Always use caution when giving out any personally identifying information about yourself or your children in any Communication Service. MelaninHQ does not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in any Communication Service and, therefore, MelaninHQ specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting from your participation in any Communication Service. Managers and hosts are not authorized MelaninHQ spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of MelaninHQ.
Materials uploaded to a Communication Service may be subject to posted limitations on usage, reproduction and/or dissemination. You are responsible for adhering to such limitations if you upload the materials.
Materials Provided to MelaninHQ.com or Posted on Any MelaninHQ Web Page
MelaninHQ does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to MelaninHQ.com (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any MelaninHQ Site or our associated services (collectively "Submissions"). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you are granting MelaninHQ, our affiliated companies and necessary sublicensees permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses including, without limitation, the rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission; and to publish your name in connection with your Submission.
No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein. MelaninHQ is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and may remove any Submission at any time in MelaninHQ's sole discretion.
By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission as described in this section including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the Submissions.