Terms of Service

Terms of Service

Create Your Legacy Lasting Many Generations

1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

HeirloomST (HST) welcomes you. HeirloomST provides the HeirloomST Services (defined below) to you subject to the following Terms of Service (‘TOS’), which may be updated by us from time to time without notice to you.

By accessing and using the HeirloomST Services, you accept and agree to be bound by the terms and provision of the TOS. In addition, when using particular HeirloomST owned or operated services, you and HeirloomST shall be subject to any posted guidelines or rules applicable to such services, which may be posted and modified from time to time. All such guidelines or rules are hereby incorporated by reference into the TOS. HeirloomST may also offer other services that are governed by different Terms of Service.

2. RIGHT OF MODIFICATION

We reserve the right to change or modify the Terms of Service at our sole discretion at any time. Any change or modification to the Terms of Service will be effective immediately upon posting by us. For any material changes to the Terms, we will take reasonable steps to notify you of such changes. In all cases, your continued use of the Sites after publication of such modifications, with or without notification, constitutes binding acceptance of these modified Terms of Service.

3. DESCRIPTION OF HEIRLOOMST SERVICES

HeirloomST provides users with access to a rich collection of resources (Cloud Network, Secure Media Storage, 3 Dimensional Family Tree System, tools, content, forums, and Dashboard) related to A Cloud Network of Media On Demand and Family Trees and the digital storage of Media (the ‘HeirloomST Services’ or ‘Service’).

You understand and agree that the HeirloomST Services may include certain communications from HeirloomST , such as service announcements, administrative messages and the HeirloomST Blog, and that these communications are considered part of HeirloomST membership. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that augment or enhance the current HeirloomST Services shall be subject to the TOS.

You understand and agree that the HeirloomST Services is provided ‘AS-IS’ and that HeirloomST assumes no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any user communications or personalization settings.

You are responsible for obtaining access to the HeirloomST Services, and that access may involve third-party fees (such as Internet service provider or airtime charges). You are responsible for those fees, including those fees associated with the display or delivery of advertisements. In addition, you must provide and are responsible for all equipment necessary to access the HeirloomST Services.

You understand that the technical processing and transmission of the HeirloomST Services, including your Content, may involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.

4. SERVICE IMPLEMENTATION AND PAYMENT TERMS

5. HEIRLOOMST PRIVACY POLICY

Registration Data and certain other information about you are subject to our applicable privacy policy. For more information, see the full HeirloomST Privacy Policy at : https://heirloomst.com/privacy-policy.

You understand that through your use of the HeirloomST Services you consent to the collection and use (as set forth in the applicable privacy policy) of this information, including the transfer of this information to other countries for storage, processing and use by HeirloomST and its affiliates.

6. MEMBER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD AND SECURITY

You will receive a password and account designation upon completing the HeirloomST Service’s registration process. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account.

You agree to (a) immediately notify HeirloomST of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security, and (b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. HeirloomST cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this Section 5.

7. MEMBER CONDUCT

You understand that all information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, tags, or other materials (‘Content’), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from whom such Content originated.

This means that you, and not HeirloomST, are entirely responsible for all Content that you upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available via the HeirloomST Services. HeirloomST does not control the Content posted via the HeirloomST Services and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content.

You understand that by using the HeirloomST Services, you may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will HeirloomST be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any Content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via the HeirloomST Services.

You agree to not use the HeirloomST Services to:

8. ONLINE COURSE AND CERTIFICATIONS

The Sites will, from time to time, offer online courses in a specific area of study or on a particular topic (an ‘Online Course’). HeirloomST and the instructors of the Online Courses reserve the right to cancel, interrupt or reschedule any Online Course or modify its content as well as the point value or weight of any assignment, exam or other evaluation of progress. Online Courses offered are subject to the Disclaimer of Warranties / Limitation of Liabilities section below.

For some courses, subject to your satisfactory performance in the Online Course as determined in the sole discretion of HeirloomST, the instructors and the participating Institutions, you may be awarded a statement acknowledging your completion of the class (‘Statement of Accomplishment’).

This Statement of Accomplishment, if provided to you, would be from HeirloomST and/or from the instructors. You acknowledge that the Statement of Accomplishment, if provided to you, may not be affiliated with HeirloomST. Further, HeirloomST offers the right to offer or not offer any such Statement of Accomplishment for a class. You acknowledge that the Statement of Accomplishment, and HeirloomST Online Courses, will not stand in the place of a course taken at an accredited institution, and do not convey academic credit.

You acknowledge that neither the instructors of any Online Course nor the associated Participating Institutions will be involved in any attempts to get the course recognized by any educational or accredited institution, unless explicitly stated otherwise by HeirloomST. The format of the Statement of Accomplishment will be determined at the discretion of HeirloomST and the instructors, and may vary by class in terms of formatting, e.g., whether or not it reports your detailed scores or grades in the class, and in other ways.

9. INTERSTATE NATURE OF COMMUNICATIONS ON HEIRLOOMST NETWORK

When you register with HeirloomST, you acknowledge that in using the HeirloomST Services to send electronic communications (including but not limited to email, search queries, and other Internet activities), you will be causing communications to be sent through HeirloomSTs ’ computer networks, As a result, and also as a result of HeirloomSTs ’ network architecture and business practices and the nature of electronic communications, even communications that seem to be intrastate in nature can result in the transmission of interstate communications regardless of where you are physically located at the time of transmission. Accordingly, by agreeing to this TOS, you acknowledge that use of the service results in interstate data transmissions.

10. CONTENT SUBMITTED OR MADE AVAILABLE FOR INCLUSION ON THE HEIRLOOMST SERVICES

HeirloomST does not claim ownership of Content you submit or make available for inclusion on the HeirloomST Services. However, with respect to Content you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the HeirloomST Services, you grant HeirloomST the following worldwide, royalty-free and non-exclusive license(s), as applicable:

‘Publicly accessible’ areas of the HeirloomST Services are those areas of the HeirloomST network of properties that are intended by HeirloomST to be available to the general public. By way of example, publicly accessible areas of the HeirloomST Services would include HeirloomST Message Boards and portions of HeirloomST Groups. However, publicly accessible areas of the HeirloomST Services would not include HeirloomST services intended for private communication such as projects, or areas off of the HeirloomST network of properties such as portions of World Wide Web sites that are accessible via hypertext or other links but are not hosted or served by HeirloomST.

11. CONTRIBUTIONS TO HEIRLOOMST

By submitting ideas, suggestions, documents, and/or proposals (‘Contributions’) to HeirloomST through its suggestion or feedback webpages, you acknowledge and agree that:(a) your Contributions do not contain confidential or proprietary information; (b) HeirloomST is not under any obligation of confidentiality, express or implied, with respect to the Contributions; (c) HeirloomST shall be entitled to use or disclose (or choose not to use or disclose) such Contributions for any purpose, in any way, in any media worldwide; (d) HeirloomST may have something similar to the Contributions already under consideration or in development; (e) your Contributions automatically become the property of HeirloomST without any obligation of HeirloomST to you; and (f) you are not entitled to any compensation or reimbursement of any kind from HeirloomST under any circumstances.

12. INDEMNITY

You agree to indemnify and hold HeirloomST and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, employees, partners and licensors harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of Content you submit, post, transmit, modify or otherwise make available through the HeirloomST Services, your use of the HeirloomST Services, your connection to the HeirloomST Services, your violation of the TOS, or your violation of any rights of another.

13. GENERAL PRACTICES REGARDING USE AND STORAGE

You acknowledge that HeirloomST may establish general practices and limits concerning use of the HeirloomST Services, including without limitation the maximum number of days that models, email messages, message board postings or other uploaded Content will be retained by the HeirloomST Services, the maximum disk space that will be allotted on HeirloomST ’s servers on your behalf, and the maximum number of times (and the maximum duration for which) you may access the HeirloomST Services in a given period of time. You agree that HeirloomST has no responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure to store any messages and other communications or other Content maintained or transmitted by the HeirloomST Services. You acknowledge that HeirloomST reserves the right to sign out accounts that are inactive for an extended period of time.

The access to the online classes and the content of them can be changed depending on technical and other circumstances. HeirloomST tries to grant access to classes for the most common technologies but cannot guarantee the function and access to them for more than 5 years of the according publishing date.

You further acknowledge that HeirloomST reserves the right to modify these general practices and limits from time to time.

14. MODIFICATIONS TO HEIRLOOMST SERVICES

HeirloomST reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the HeirloomST Services (or any part thereof) with notice. You agree that HeirloomST shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the HeirloomST Services (or any part thereof).

15. PAYMENT TERMS

HeirloomST reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the HeirloomST Services (or any part thereof) with notice. You agree that HeirloomST shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the HeirloomST Services (or any part thereof).

General Terms

The current fee for the any product or Service you have selected will automatically and immediately be charged to your payment instrument or account on the date that you complete your ordering process. Fees charged for one Service may not be credited towards other services.

Payment for Membership Subscriptions

Payment occurs on a pre-pay basis and payment will be automatically renewed at the end of the term. The amount you are to pay will depend upon which term of membership subscription you choose. If you do not renew your subscription, your account will automatically revert to a free account and will be subject to the limitations of a free account.

16. TERMINATION

You may terminate your HeirloomST account and access to the HeirloomST Services by submitting such termination request to HeirloomST. If you terminate any HST Service or HeirloomST overall (including nonpayment of fees or payments when due), you are responsible for the pre- termination transfer of any media you have put onto the HST platform including, videos, audio, text documents, pictures and any other digital media.

You agree that HeirloomST may, without prior notice, immediately terminate, limit your access to or suspend your HeirloomST account, any associated email address, and access to the HeirloomST Services. Cause for such termination, limitation of access or suspension shall include, but not be limited to, (a) breaches or violations of the TOS or other incorporated agreements or guidelines, (b)requests by law enforcement or other government agencies, (c) discontinuance or material modification to the HeirloomST Services (or any part thereof), (d) unexpected technical or security issues or problems, (e) extended periods of inactivity, (f) engagement by you in fraudulent or illegal activities, and/or (g) nonpayment of any fees owed by you in connection with the HeirloomST Services. Further, you agree that all terminations, limitations of access and suspensions for cause shall be made in HeirloomST’s sole discretion and that HeirloomST shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your account, any associated email address, or access to the HeirloomST Services.

Termination or downgrade of your HeirloomST account or services includes any or all of the following: (a) removal of access to all or part of the offerings within the HeirloomST Services, (b) deletion of your password and all related information, files and content associated with or inside your account (or any part thereof), and (c) barring of further use of all or part of the HeirloomST Services. If HST terminates you or any HST Service or HeirloomST overall for any reason at HST’s sole discretion, you are responsible for the pre- termination transfer of any media you have put onto the HST platform including, videos, audio, text documents, pictures and any other digital media. HST is not required to give you any notice of termination.

Membership Subscription

In case the user wants to cancel his or her service agreement with the HeirloomST he or she must perform this cancellation no later than two weeks after entering into a service agreement with the HeirloomST or no later than two weeks after an automatic service agreement renewal. Cancellations that honor the previous shall be refunded pro rata no later than one month after the HeirloomST receives the cancellation request.

17. DEALINGS WITH ADVISORS

Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advisors found on or through the HeirloomST Services, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such advisor. You agree that HeirloomST shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers on the HeirloomST Services.

18. LINKS

The HeirloomST Services may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites or resources. You acknowledge and agree that HeirloomST is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any Content, advertising, products or other materials on or available from such sites or resources.

You further acknowledge and agree that HeirloomST shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such Content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource.

19. HEIRLOOMST’S PROPRIETARY RIGHTS

You acknowledge and agree that the HeirloomST Services, Content and any necessary software used in connection with the HeirloomST Services (‘Software’) contain proprietary and confidential information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws. You further acknowledge and agree that Content contained in advertisements or information presented to you through the HeirloomST Services or by advertisers is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws.

Except as expressly permitted by applicable law or as authorized by HeirloomST or the applicable licensor (such as an advertiser), you agree not to copy, reproduce, modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute, transmit, broadcast, publicly perform or create derivative works based on the HeirloomST Services, such as Content or the Software, in whole or in part. The burden of determining that your use of any information, software or any other content on the Site is permissible rests with you.

HeirloomST grants you a personal, non-transferable and non-exclusive right and license to use the content and the object code of its Software on a computer through your personal account; provided that you do not (and do not allow any third party to) copy, modify, create a derivative work from, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to discover any source code, sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any right in the Software or content.

You agree not to modify the Software or Content in any manner or form, nor to use modified versions of the Software and Content, including (without limitation) for the purpose of obtaining unauthorized access to the HeirloomST Services. You agree not to access the HeirloomST Services by any means other than through the interface that is provided by HeirloomST for use in accessing the HeirloomST Services. You agree that you will never divulge or share access or access information to your User Account with any third party for any reason.

20. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:

21. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT HEIRLOOMST AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF HEIRLOOMST HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (A) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE HEIRLOOMST SERVICE; (B) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES; (C) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (D) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE HEIRLOOMST SERVICE; OR (E) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE HEIRLOOMST SERVICE.

22. EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF SECTIONS 19 AND 20 MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

23. NOTICE

HeirloomST may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the TOS, including by but not limited to email, regular mail, SMS, MMS, text message, postings on the HeirloomST Services, or other reasonable means now known or hereafter developed. Such notices may not be received if you violate this TOS by accessing the HeirloomST Services in an unauthorized manner. Your agreement to this TOS constitutes your agreement that you are deemed to have received any and all notices that would have been delivered had you accessed the HeirloomST Services in an authorized manner.

24. TRADEMARK INFORMATION

You agree that all of HeirloomST’s trademarks, trade names, service marks and other HeirloomST logos and brand features, and product and service names are trademarks and the property of HeirloomST Inc. (the ‘HeirloomST Marks’). Without HeirloomST’s prior permission, you agree not to display or use in any manner the HeirloomST Marks.

25. GENERAL INFORMATION

Entire Agreement

The TOS constitutes the entire agreement between you and HeirloomST and governs your use of the HeirloomST Services, superseding any prior version of this TOS between you and HeirloomST with respect to the HeirloomST Services. You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use or purchase certain other HeirloomST services, affiliate services, third-party content or third-party software.

Choice of Law and Forum

You and HeirloomST each agree that the TOS and the relationship between the parties shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, USA without regard to its conflict of law provisions and that any and all claims, causes of action or disputes (regardless of theory) arising out of or relating to the TOS, or the relationship between you and HeirloomST, shall be brought exclusively in the courts located in Norfolk Virginia. You and HeirloomST agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts located within the Commonwealth of Virginia, and agree to waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over the parties by such courts and to venue in such courts.

Waiver and Severability of Terms

The failure of HeirloomST to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the TOS shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the TOS is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the TOS remain in full force and effect.

Statute of Limitations

You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the HeirloomST Services or the TOS must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.

The section titles in the TOS are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.

26. VIOLATIONS

Please report any violations of the TOS to HeirloomST Support.