Terms of Service

Welcome to RGUE, a mobile application that allows users to post and respond to questions in an unbiased environment without judgment by others. RGUE is controlled and operated by RGUE, LLC. ("We", "Us", or "RGUE"). By using the RGUE application (the "App") you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service (the "Agreement"). In addition, if you wish to become an RGUE Member (a "Member"), and communicate with other Members and make use of the RGUE service (the "Service"), you must read this agreement and follow the instructions in the registration process.

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or delete portions of these Terms of Service at any time without further notice. All such modifications will be effective upon posting on The App, and any use by you of The App or the Service after the posting of any such modification will constitute your agreement to that modification. If you do not agree to abide by these or any future Terms of Service, do not use or access (or continue to use or access) the Service or The App. It is your responsibility to regularly check The App to determine if there have been changes to these Terms of Use and to review such changes.

Eligibility

You must be thirteen (13) years of age or older to register as a Member or to use The App. Use of The App and membership in the Service are void where prohibited. By agreeing to these terms or by using The App, you represent and warrant that you have the right, authority, and capacity to enter into this Agreement and to abide by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

Password

When you sign up to become a Member, you will also be asked to choose a username and a password for your Member profile. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password. You agree not to use the Member profile, username, or password of another Member at any time. You agree to notify us immediately if you suspect any unauthorized use of your Member profile or access to your password. You are solely responsible for any and all use of your Member profile.

Term

This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect while you use The App and/or are a Member. You may terminate your Membership at any time, for any reason, by following the instructions on the Member's Account Settings page. We may terminate your Membership at any time, without warning. Even after Membership is terminated, this Agreement will remain.

Non-Commercial Use by Members

RGUE’s Service is for the personal use of Members only and may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by RGUE. Illegal and/or unauthorized use of the Service, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of Members by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email or unauthorized framing of or linking to The App is prohibited. Commercial advertisements, affiliate links, and other forms of solicitation may be removed from Member profiles without notice and may result in termination of Membership privileges. Appropriate legal action will be taken for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Service.

Proprietary Rights in App Content 1. Rights in Content Posted by RGUE

We own and retain all proprietary rights in The App and the Service. The App contains certain copyrighted material, including links and compilations of individual data, trademarks, and other proprietary information of RGUE. Except for any information which is in the public domain, you may not copy, modify, publish, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any such proprietary materials or information without our express written consent in each case.

2. Rights in Content Posted by You

We do not claim any ownership rights in the text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, musical works, works of authorship, or any other materials (collectively, "Content") that you post to The App. After posting your Content to The App you continue to retain all ownership rights in such Content, and you continue to have the right to use your Content in any way you choose. By displaying or publishing ("posting") any Content on or through The App, you hereby grant us a limited license to use, modify, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce, and distribute such Content solely on and through The App. This license is non-exclusive and it will terminate at the time you remove your Content from The App. The license does not grant RGUE the right to sell your Content, nor does the license grant RGUE the right to distribute your Content outside of The App.

You represent and warrant that: (a) you own the Content posted by you on or through The App or otherwise have the right to grant the license set forth in this section, and (b) the posting of your Content on or through The App does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights or any other rights of any person. You agree to pay for all royalties, fees, and any other monies owing any person by reason of any Content posted by you to or through The App

Except for Content posted by you, you may not copy, modify, translate, publish, broadcast, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any Content appearing on or through The App.

Content Posted on The App

You understand and agree that RGUE may (but is not obligated to) review any Content that is uploaded, published or displayed ("Posted") on The App and delete or refuse to take online any such Content, including, without limitation, any Content that in the sole judgment of RGUE violates this Agreement or which might be offensive, inappropriate, illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of other Members or third parties. You are solely responsible for the Content that you post on the Services, or transmit to other Members or third parties. By posting Content to any area of The App, you represent and warrant that you have the right to post the Content and you will not post any illegal or prohibited Content. The following is a partial list of the kind of Content that is illegal or prohibited on The App ("Prohibited Content"). RGUE reserves the right (but is not obligated) to investigate and to take appropriate legal action in its sole discretion against anyone who violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending Content from The App and terminating the Membership of such violators. Prohibited Content includes, but is not limited to, Content that, in our sole judgment is:

• Patently offensive to the online community, such as Content that promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual.
• Harassing or advocating harassment of another person.
• Involves the transmission of "junk mail," "chain letters," or unsolicited mass mailing or "spamming."
• Promoting information that you know is false, misleading or that promotes illegal activities or conduct that is illegal, abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous.
• Promoting an illegal and/or unauthorized ("Pirated") copy of another person's copyrighted work (whether marked as such, or not), such as, but not limited to, providing Pirated computer programs or links to them, providing information to circumvent copy-protection mechanisms, or providing pirated music, video or other Pirated Content, or links to such pirated music, video files, or files that contain such other Pirated Content.
• Containing restricted or password only access pages, or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or from another accessible page).
• Displaying pornographic or sexually explicit material of any kind and in any form.
• Providing material that exploits people under the age of 18 in a sexual or violent manner, or solicits personal information from anyone under 18.
• Providing instructional information about illegal activities such as, but not limited to, making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone's privacy, or providing or creating computer viruses.
• Soliciting passwords or personal identifying information of any kind for commercial or unlawful purposes from other users; and engages in commercial activities and/or commercial sales without our prior written consent, including, without limitation, contests, sweepstakes, barter, advertising, and pyramid schemes.
• Constituting, promoting, or being used primarily for the purpose of dealing in: counterfeit goods, items subject to US embargo, illegal drugs and paraphernalia, stolen products and items used for theft, unlicensed trade or dealing in stocks or securities, gambling items, professional services regulated by state licensing regimes or non-transferable items.
• Otherwise violating the terms of this Agreement or creating liability for RGUE.

Copyright Protection Policy

You may not Post, distribute, or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information owned by another party without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights. It is the policy of RGUE to remove or disable access to infringing material, to notify the relevant Member that it has removed or disabled access to the material, and to terminate Membership privileges of any Member who infringes copyright. If you believe that your work has been copied and Posted on The App in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please email the following information to RGUE’s copyright agent at copyrightagent@rgueapp.com:

• An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest that is allegedly infringed;
• Your address, telephone number, and email address;
• A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the claimed infringement is not authorized by the copyright (or intellectual property) owner, its agent, or the law;
• An identification of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property interest that you claim has been infringed (e.g. "My copyrighted work entitled ABC has been infringed");
• An identification of the material you claim is an infringement (e.g. "The text ABCD infringes my work entitled ABC") along with enough detail about its location that we may find the allegedly infringing work on The App or through the Service;
• A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice to RGUE’s copyright agent is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner's behalf.

RGUE's agent for notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached as follows:

By email: copyrightagent@rgueapp.com.

Please note that, due to security concerns, attachments cannot be accepted. Accordingly, any notification of infringement submitted electronically with an attachment will not be received or processed.

Member Disputes

You are solely responsible for your interactions with other Members. You agree that RGUE will not be responsible for any loss or damage incurred as the result of any dispute you may have with another Member. We reserve the right, although we have no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other Members, and to take any action that we feel may be appropriate in our sole discretion, consistent with the terms of this Agreement, including the termination of the membership of one or more Members.

Disclaimers

RGUE is not responsible or liable in any manner for any Member Content or Third Party Content Posted on The App, whether Posted or caused by Members or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in The App. Although we provide rules for Member conduct and Postings, we do not control and are not responsible for what Members post on The App. We are also not responsible for any offensive, inappropriate, obscene, unlawful or otherwise objectionable content you may encounter on The App or in connection with any Member Content or Third Party Content. RGUE is not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any Member of The App.

The App may be temporarily unavailable from time to time for maintenance or other reasons. RGUE assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, Member communications. We are not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of email or players on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website or combination thereof. We are also not responsible for any injury or damage to Members or to any other person's computer or mobile device related to or resulting from participating or downloading materials in connection with the Web and/or in connection with the Service. Under no circumstances will RGUE be responsible for any loss or damage, including any loss or damage to any Member Content or personal injury or death, resulting from anyone's use of The App, any Member Content or Third Party Content Posted on or through The App or transmitted to Members, or any interactions between Members of The App, whether online or offline.

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS, THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND AS AVAILABLE AND RGUE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, ACCURACY, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT AND RGUE DOES NOT GUARANTEE AND DOES NOT PROMISE (A) ANY SPECIFIC RESULTS FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES; (B) THAT THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (C) THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE AVAILABLE ON AN UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE BASIS; OR (D) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE. RGUE DOES NOT ASSUME ANY OBLIGATION TO MONITOR ACTIVITIES ON THE SERVICE.

Limitations on Liability

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, our entire liability to you for any cause whatsoever, and regardless of the form of the action, will at all times be limited to the amount paid, if any, by you to us for the Service during the term of this Agreement. Except in jurisdictions where such provisions are restricted, in no event will we be liable to you or any third person for any indirect, consequential, exemplary, incidental, special or punitive damages, including lost profits arising from your use of The App or the Service.

Governing Law

By visiting and/or becoming a Member of The App, you agree that the laws of the State of Georgia, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Terms of Service and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and RGUE. With respect to any disputes or claims not subject to arbitration, you agree not to commence or prosecute any action in connection therewith other than in the state and federal courts of Georgia, and you hereby consent to, and waive all defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction and forum non conveniens with respect to, venue and jurisdiction in the state and federal courts of Georgia.

Electronic Communications

The communications between you and RGUE use electronic means, whether you visit The App or send us emails, or whether RGUE posts notices on The App or communicates with you via email. For contractual purposes, you (a) consent to receive communications from RGUE in an electronic form; and (b) agree that all terms and conditions, agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that RGUE provides to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications would satisfy if it were be in writing. The foregoing does not affect your rights that cannot be waived.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold RGUE harmless from any loss, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorneys fees, arising out of or relating to: (a) your use of The App or the Service (including the Posting by you of any Content on The App) in violation of this Agreement; (b) any other breach of this Agreement by you; or (c) any breach of your representations and warranties set forth above.

Other

You will be deemed to have accepted the terms of this Agreement upon use of The App or by becoming a Member. This Agreement, together with our Privacy Policy, and any notices regarding The App or the Service sent to you or posted on The App, which are incorporated herein by this reference, contains the entire agreement between you and us regarding the use of The App or the Service. Failure for us to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or unlawful, the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. The section titles in this Agreement are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.

Please email us at info@rgueapp.com with any questions regarding this Terms of Service.