Terms of Service

These Terms of Service (these “Terms of Service” or “Terms“) apply to the services and information (collectively, the “Services“) that Saisei Foundation (the “Foundation” “we,” “our,” or “us“) provides to you: (i) through our website at SaiseiFoundation.org (each, our “Website” or “Site“); (ii) while using the services and information available via the Website; and (iii) in other instances in which we notify you that these Terms apply (collectively, the “Services“) (the Services, together with the Website and Website Content, the “Platform“). These Terms govern your use of the Platform and your provision of information while using the Platform. Please read these Terms carefully because they impose legal obligations on you and on the Foundation and establish our legal relationship.

To assist you in using the Platform and to ensure a clear understanding of the relationship arising from your use of the Platform, we have created these Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Our Privacy Policy explains how we treat information that we have about you, and our Terms govern your use of our Platform. Our Terms apply to anyone that uses our Platform (collectively, “you” and “your“).

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING OUR PLATFORM. BY USING OUR PLATFORM, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS, THEN PLEASE DO NOT USE OUR PLATFORM.

1 – Your Agreement

These Terms govern your use of the Platform. Please read these Terms carefully as they impose legal obligations on you and us. By accessing and using our Platform, you acknowledge and agree to be legally bound by these Terms. In addition, for certain Services, we may further confirm your consent by asking you to click an “I accept” or similar button. If you do not agree with these Terms, please refrain from using our Platform.

2 – Grant of Rights to Users

Based on your agreement to comply with these Terms, we grant you the right to access and use all publicly available areas of our Website, Website Content (as defined below), and Services in order to: (i) learn more about the Foundation and our services; (ii) provide information to us through our Website; (iii) download and print pages on our Website; and (iv) access Services available through the Website (collectively, the “General Permitted Purposes“). We strictly prohibit use of the Website, Website Content, and Services for any purpose other than the General Permitted Purposes.

3 – Foundation Ownership; Reservation of Rights

All information, articles, resources, software, artwork, trademarks, text, video, audio, pictures, logos, and other content on the Platform, including all associated intellectual property rights (collectively, the “Website Content“), are the property of the Foundation and its licensors, are protected by U.S. and international copyright and other intellectual property laws, or are used under principles of fair use. The Foundation and its licensors retain all rights with respect to the Platform except those expressly granted to you in these Terms. You agree not to duplicate, publish, display, distribute, modify, or create derivative works from the Website Content or other components of the Platform unless specifically authorized in writing to do so by the Foundation. The term “Website Content” expressly excludes Submitted Content.

4 – Submitted Content

The term “Submitted Content” means information that you submit to our Website or otherwise make available to us, including, but not limited to: (i) feedback, comments, and suggestions you provide to us; (ii) questions or comments that you provide to us; (iii) images and audiovisual files that you provide to us; and (iv) any other information or materials you provide to us or post directly or indirectly on our Website.

4.1 – Grant of Rights in Submitted Content

By providing Submitted Content, and subject to your rights in Personal Information set out in our Privacy Policy, you authorize us to copy, modify, display, distribute, perform, use, and otherwise exercise applicable rights in the Submitted Content without compensation to you and for so long as we deem warranted (collectively, the “Use Rights“). In addition, you authorize us to permit third parties to exercise these Use Rights as necessary. By way of example, the Use Rights include the right for us to publish Submitted Content on our Website in whole or in part, and whether cropped, adopted, altered, or otherwise manipulated, for as long as we choose.

4.2 – Requisite Permission for Providing Submitted Content

By providing Submitted Content, you represent and warrant that you own such Submitted Content (including any copyright and other intellectual property rights therein), or that you have obtained sufficient authority and right in and to the Submitted Content in order to provide the Use Rights.

4.3 – Submitted Content Containing Personal Information

If you provide Submitted Content that includes Personal Information (as such term is defined in our Privacy Policy), we will treat such Submitted Content in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

4.4 – Right to Decline Submitted Content

We expressly reserve the right to refuse to use (or to disable or remove) Submitted Content for any reason, including, but not limited to, if we conclude, in our sole discretion, that the Submitted Content violates these Terms or our Privacy Policy, or is incompatible with the purposes of our Website or operations.

5 – Code of Conduct; Revocation or Suspension of Use Privileges

By using our Website, you agree to comply with these Terms, and to follow our code of conduct (the “Code of Conduct“), which is set out below. Under this Code of Conduct, you shall not:

Use the Platform for purposes that are unlawful, obscene, harmful, hateful, invasive of the privacy of others, objectionable, or otherwise prohibited by these Terms.
Use the Platform in a manner that could disable, overburden, or impair Platform or interfere with another party’s use and enjoyment of the Platform, such as through sending “spam.”
Seek to obtain access to any Services, Website Content, materials, accounts, or information through hacking, data harvesting, data mining, or through other means we have not intentionally made available to you through the Platform.
Infringe the Foundation’s or any third party’s copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy.

We reserve the right at any time to terminate or suspend your use of some or all of the Website if you engage in activities that we conclude, in our sole discretion, breach our Code of Conduct or otherwise violate these Terms or our Privacy Policy.

6 – Links to Third Party Websites

Our Website may contain links or references to other websites. We have no control over these other sites or their content and do not assume responsibility or liability for any content, opinions, or material available on them. We do not endorse the content of any third party site, nor do we warrant that a third party site will be free of computer viruses or other harmful code that can impact your computer or other web-access device. If you link to any third party site through the Platform, please be aware that you are doing so at your own risk. We encourage you to review any third party website’s terms of service and privacy policy, as those, and not our Terms and Privacy Policy, are applicable to your use of their site and any information that they collect.

7 – Warranty Disclaimer

SUBJECT TO SECTION 18 (ADDITIONAL TERMS), THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT PROMISE THAT THE PLATFORM WILL BE ERROR-FREE, UNINTERRUPTED, OR WITHOUT INACCURACIES. THE WEBSITE, WEBSITE CONTENT, AND SERVICES ARE DELIVERED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. WHEN YOU ACCESS THE WEBSITE OR WEBSITE CONTENT, OR USE THE SERVICES, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT WARRANT OR REPRESENT THAT MATERIALS YOU DOWNLOAD FROM OR ACCESS VIA THE WEBSITE WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL FEATURES OR INACCURACIES.

SUBJECT TO SECTION 18 (ADDITIONAL TERMS), THE FOUNDATION DISCLAIMS: (i) ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT; (ii) ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR THE ACCURACY, CONTENT, COMPLETENESS, OR LEGALITY OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE THROUGH THE PLATFORM; AND (iii) ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR HARM RESULTING FROM DOWNLOADING OR ACCESSING INFORMATION THROUGH THE PLATFORM, INCLUDING HARM CAUSED BY VIRUSES OR SIMILAR DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THE PLATFORM IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.

8 – Limitation of Liability

SUBJECT TO SECTION 18 (ADDITIONAL TERMS), UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT, OR NEGLIGENCE, WILL THE FOUNDATION BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS) THAT ARISE OUT OF, OR ARE RELATED TO, YOUR USE OF THE PLATFORM. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS, DAMAGE, OR CLAIM RELATED TO OR ARISING OUT OF THE PLATFORM EXCEED THE GREATER OF U.S. $100.00 OR THE AMOUNT OF FEES YOU PAID TO THE FOUNDATION, IF ANY, IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS OR PAID BY YOU IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE PLATFORM DURING THE SIX (6) MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING THE DATE ON WHICH THE CLAIM AROSE .

9 – Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold the Foundation and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents, and employees harmless from any liability to third parties, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising from or related to your breach of these Terms, including, without limitation, a claim that Submitted Content or other material that you provide to us violates rights held by a third party or applicable law.

10 – Contact for Alleged Copyright Infringement

We respect the intellectual property rights of others and require that our users do the same. If you believe that any content available on our Website or any other activity taking place on the Website constitutes infringement of a work protected by copyright law, please contact us using the information set out in Section 17 (Contact Us).

11 – Monitoring Website Use

You agree that we have the right and discretion to monitor any activity and content associated with our Platform. We may investigate any reported violation of these Terms or complaints relating to the Platform and may take any action that we believe is appropriate, including, but not limited to, removing materials and terminating/suspending your access to the Platform.

12 – Modifications to these Terms

If we modify these Terms, then such modifications shall take effect proactively, upon your subsequent access to the Platform. You may print out a copy of these Terms for your records.

13 – Assignment

These Terms shall not be assignable by you, either in whole or in part. We reserve the right to assign the rights and obligations under these Terms for any reason and in our sole discretion.

14 – General

These Terms shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Texas, without giving effect to its conflicts of law provisions. Both parties submit to the personal jurisdiction of and venue in, the state and federal courts sitting in the judicial district that includes Austin, Texas. The parties further agree that any cause of action arising under these Terms shall exclusively be brought in such courts. If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions shall be enforced. Headings are for reference purposes only and in no way define, limit, construe, or describe the scope or extent of such section. Our failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches.

15 – Claims Against Other Users

You agree that in the event that you have any right, claim, or action against visitors or other users of our Platform arising out of that person’s use of the Platform, then you will pursue such right, claim, or action independently of and without recourse to us.

16 – Survival

In addition to any right or obligation that by its nature or intent is intended to survive any termination or expiration of these Terms, the following provisions shall survive the termination or expiration of these Terms and shall apply indefinitely: (i) Section 3 (Foundation Ownership; Reservation of Rights); (ii) Section 4 (Submitted Content); (iii) Section 7 (Warranty Disclaimer); (iv) Section 8 (Limitation of Liability); (v) Section 9 (Indemnity); (vi) Section 14 (General); (vii) Section 16 (Survival); and (viii) Section 19 (Complete Agreement).

17 – Contact Us

We welcome your feedback or suggestions. If you would like to contact us, please send us an email at: legal@tim.blog.

18 – Additional Terms

Certain portions of the Website and Services may be subject to additional or different terms and conditions. We will notify you if those portions of the Website or Services are subject to terms and conditions that differ from these Terms, and you will have the opportunity to decline to participate in those portions of the Website or applicable Services if you do not agree with the differing terms and conditions.

19 – Complete Agreement

Subject to Section 18 (Additional Terms), these Terms of Service must be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy, and the provisions of our Privacy Policy are incorporated herein. To the extent that the Terms of Service conflict with the Privacy Policy, the terms of the Privacy Policy shall control. Please note that, except as expressly stated otherwise, these Terms of Service only apply to your use of our Platform. Subject to Section 18 (Additional Terms), these Terms and the Privacy Policy set forth the entire understanding and agreement between you and us with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede any prior or contemporaneous understanding, whether written or oral.

20 – Effective Date

The effective date of these Terms of Service is Feb. 9, 2022.