Terms of use

Last updated December 2024.

TSL does not sell any of your data nor use it for advertising.

 

ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS

The following terms of use, (these “ Terms”) are entered into by and between you and Personal Best, Inc. d/b/a TSL (“TSL,” “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”). These Terms govern your access to and use of the mobile application (the “App”), our website, https://www.thesapphiclibrary.com(the “Site”) along with any other products or services offered by us, whether through the Site or otherwise (collectively and together with the App and Site, the “Services”).

 

Please read these Terms carefully.

By accessing, browsing or otherwise using the Services or by clicking to accept or agree to the Terms when this option is made available to you, you

  1. acknowledge that you have read and understood these terms,
  2. represent and warrant that you meet all of our eligibility requirements for using the Services as described in these terms,
  3. accept and agree to be bound by these terms, including any other terms applicable to the Services that are incorporated herein by reference. If you are using the services on behalf of an entity, you are agreeing to these terms for that entity and are representing to us that you have the authority to bind that entity to these terms (in which case “you” will refer to that entity). If you do not accept these Terms or do not satisfy the eligibility requirements set forth below, you may not access or use the services.

 


PRIVACY POLICY

Your use of, and participation in, the Services offered by the Company is subject to the terms outlined in our privacy policy (the “ Privacy Policy”). Our Privacy Policy details how we collect and use your information.

 


CHANGES TO THE TERMS OF USE

We reserve the right to update and revise these Terms at any time. We’ll make sure to also change the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page so you can tell if these Terms have changed since your last visit. Any such changes are effective immediately when we post them and apply to all access to and use of the Services thereafter. Please review these Terms regularly because once we post any changes, your continued use of the Services constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms.

 

Access to Services; Account Registration

By accessing the Services, you warrant that:

  1.    You are legally capable of entering into binding contracts;
  2.    All registration information you submit is truthful and accurate;
  3.    You will maintain the accuracy of such information;
  4.    Your use of the services does not violate any applicable law or regulation;
  5.    You have not been convicted of or pled no contest to a felony or indictable offence (or crime of similar severity), a sex crime, or any crime involving violence;
  6.    You are not required to register as a sex offender with any state, federal or local sex offender registry;
  7.    You do not have more than one account on our services; and
  8. )  You have not previously been removed from our services by us unless you have our express written permission to create a new account.

To access our services, you are required to register with the App and create a user account (“Account”). If you create an Account, you are solely responsible for any activity that occurs through your Account. For us to provide you with the best possible service, you agree to provide us with complete, accurate, and updated information for your Account at all times. You agree that all information that you submit upon creation of your Account is accurate and truthful and you have the right to post the content on the Service and grant a license to TSL. If any information is incorrect or outdated, it can lead to errors or delays, for which we will not be responsible.

You should not share your Account information. You should not use another person’s Account or registration information for the services without permission. Similarly, no one else should be able to use your Account without permission. You are solely responsible for keeping your Account and Account password secure and for any consequence resulting from your failure to do so. You should never publish, distribute, or post login information for your Account.

We have the right to disable any user name, password or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by us, at any time in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms. You can always delete your Account through the App or by emailing us at admin@thesapphiclibrary.com

 



Cancellations by TSL

We may suspend or terminate your use of the Services as a result of your fraud or breach of any obligation under these Terms. Such termination or suspension may be immediate and without notice. A breach of these Terms includes, without limitation, the unauthorized copying or download of content from the Services.

 


ELIGIBILITY; USER RESTRICTIONS

We only permit individuals who are 18 years old, or the age of majority in your province, territory or country, and who can form legally binding contracts with us to use the services. If you are under the age of 18, or the applicable age of majority (a “Minor”), please do not attempt to access or use the Services. If you believe that a Minor may be using the Services, please contact us at admin@thesapphiclibrary.com

You can only use or receive the Services to the extent the laws of your jurisdiction or the United States do not bar you from doing so. Please make sure these Terms comply with all laws, rules and regulations that apply to you. You are solely responsible for ensuring compliance with the laws of your specific jurisdiction.


USE OF THE SERVICES; RESTRICTIONS ON USE

We may from time to time in our sole discretion develop and provide updates to the services, change the services, restrict access to the services (including to registered users) or withdraw or terminate the App and Services entirely, and we reserve the right to do so in our sole discretion without notice. Any such updates or changes will be deemed part of the Services and subject to all terms and conditions of these Terms. We will not be liable to you or any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Services. In the event of modification or termination, you will still be bound by your obligations under these Terms, including the warranties made by you, and by the disclaimers and limitations of liability.

You may only use the services as explicitly authorized and in compliance with any policies made available to you within the Services. You may not use such proprietary information or materials in any way whatsoever except for permitted use of the Services. No portion of the Services may be reproduced in any form or by any means. Without limiting the foregoing, you may not do any of the following while accessing or using the Services:

Use the services for any revenue-generating endeavour, commercial enterprise, or another purpose other than for personal, non-commercial use, without our express written consent;
Misrepresent your identity, age, current or previous positions, qualifications, or affiliations with a person or entity;
Bully, troll, harass, stalk, or intimidate others, or otherwise engage in malicious, harmful, or disrespectful conduct;
Post or share others’ private information, or invite others to use Lex, without their explicit consent;
Express or imply that any statements you make are endorsed by Lex;
Scrape the Services or use other automated or manual means to take our content without our express prior written consent;
Modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or convert into human readable form any of the contents of the Services not intended to be so read;
Take any action that imposes or may impose (as determined by us in our sole discretion) an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our or our third-party providers’ infrastructure;
Interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Services or any activities conducted on the Services;
Bypass, circumvent, or attempt to bypass or circumvent any measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the Services, including without limitation other accounts,  computer systems or networks connected to the Services;
Run any form of auto-responder or “spam” on the Services;
Access or use the Services to post materials that encourage discrimination, racism, sexism, or violence against individuals or groups;
Access or use the Services for any illegal or unauthorized purpose, including to harass, abuse, defame or otherwise infringe or violate the rights of any other party; or
Otherwise, take any action in violation of these Terms.

 

CONTENT

While using our services, you will have access to

  1. content that you upload or provide while using our services (“Your Content”)
  2. content that other users upload or provide while using our Services (“Member Content”)
  3. content that TSL provides on and through our services (“Our Content”). “Content” includes, without limitation, all text, images, video, audio, or other material on our services, including information on users’ profiles and direct messages between users.


 

YOUR CONTENT

You are solely responsible and liable for your content, and, therefore, you agree to indemnify, defend, release, and hold us harmless from any claims made in connection with your content. You represent and warrant to us that the information you provide to us is accurate, including any information submitted through Instagram or other third-party sources (if applicable), and that you will update your account information as necessary to ensure its accuracy.

The content included on your profile should be relevant to the intended use of our services. You may not display any personal contact or banking information, whether about you or any other person (for example, names, home addresses or postcodes, telephone numbers, email addresses, URLs, credit/debit card or other banking details). If you choose to reveal any personal information about yourself to other users, you do so at your own risk. We strongly encourage you to use caution in disclosing any personal information online.

Your profile will be visible to others after your profile gets approval, so be sure that you are comfortable sharing your profile content.  You acknowledge and agree that your content may be viewed by other users, and, notwithstanding these terms. By uploading your content, you represent and warrant to us that you have all necessary rights and licenses to do so and automatically grant us a license to use your content.

You agree that your content uploaded by you will not:

  1. contain any obscene, pornographic, violent, or sexually explicit material;
  2. include any nudity, gore or weapons;
  3. reflect any illegal behaviour;
  4. infringe upon the rights of a third party (including but not limited to any intellectual property rights or privacy rights
  5. include an image of an individual under the age of 18.
  6. you may not upload any images to your profile that are of or owned by another person
  7.  consent and/or you are also in the image.
  8. We reserve the right, without providing notice to You, to remove any of your content that does not comply with these Terms and/or our Privacy Policy.

You understand and agree that we monitor or review your content on a regular basis and we have the right to remove, delete, edit, limit, block or prevent access to any of your content at any time in our sole discretion. Furthermore, you understand and agree that we have no obligation to display or review your content.


 

MEMBER CONTENT

Other users will also share content on our services. member content belongs to the user who posted the content and is stored on our servers and displayed at the direction of that user. You do not have any rights to member content, and you may only use member content to the extent that your use is consistent with our services’ purpose of allowing users to communicate with and meet one another.

You may not copy or download any member content or use any member content for any purposes, including but not limited to commercial purposes, spam, harassing, or making unlawful threats. We reserve the right to terminate your account if you misuse Member Content.


 

OUR CONTENT

Any other text, content, graphics, user interfaces, trademarks, logos, sounds, artwork, images, and other intellectual property appearing on our Services is owned, controlled or licensed by us and protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property law rights. All rights, title, and interest in and to our content remains with us at all times


 

LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES

We may provide links to third-party websites or services for you to access. You acknowledge that any access is at your sole discretion and for your information only. We do not review or endorse any of those websites or services. We are not responsible in any way for(a) the availability of, (b) the privacy practices of, (c) the content, advertising, products, goods or other materials or resources on or available from, or (d) the use to which others make of these other websites and services. We are also not responsible for any damage, loss or offence caused or alleged to be caused by, or in connection with, the use of or reliance on such websites or services. 


 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Except as otherwise expressly granted to you in these Terms, we reserve and retain all rights, title and interests in the Services, including without limitation, all technology and processes, enhancements or modifications thereto, trademarks, service marks, site design, text, video, graphics, logos, images and icons, as well as the arrangement thereof. You acknowledge that the Services contain proprietary content, information and material protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws, including but not limited to copyright and trademark laws, and you agree that except with our prior written consent or as explicitly provided in these Terms, using the Services does not

  1. give you any ownership of any intellectual property rights in our Services or
  2. grant you the right to display, modify, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works of, download, store, transmit or otherwise use any of our intellectual property. Any unauthorized use of any content or materials on the Services is strictly prohibited and violates copyright, trademark, and/or other intellectual property laws, and/or the laws of privacy, publicity, and/or communications regulations and statutes

In particular, audio or video content from TSL not explicitly indicated as downloadable may not be downloaded or copied from the Services. You may not otherwise download, display, copy, reproduce, distribute, modify, perform, transfer, create derivative works from, sell or otherwise exploit any content, code, data or materials in the Services. If you make other use of the Services, or the content, code, data or materials thereon, except as otherwise provided, you may violate copyright and other laws of the United States, other countries, as well as applicable state laws and may be subject to liability for such unauthorized use.

You may not access or use for any commercial purposes any part of the Site or any services or materials available through the Site. You acknowledge and agree that you do not acquire any ownership interest in the Services under these Terms, or any other rights thereto other than to use the services by the license granted. Appropriate legal action may be taken for any illegal or unauthorized use of the services.

To inquire about obtaining authorization to use the materials or content other than as permitted in these Terms, please contact us at admin@thesapphiclibrary.com


 

DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (the “DMCA”) provides recourse for copyright owners who believe that material appearing on the Internet infringes their rights under U.S. copyright law. If you believe in good faith that materials posted on the Site infringe your copyright, you (or your agent) may send Study Hall a “Notification of Claimed Infringement” requesting that the material be removed, or access to it blocked.

The notice must include the following information:

  • A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the works that have been allegedly infringed;
  • Identification of the copyrighted work alleged to have been infringed (or if multiple copyrighted works located on the Site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works)
  • Identification of the specific material alleged to be infringing or the subject of infringing activity, and information reasonably sufficient to allow Study Hall to locate the material on the Site;
  • Your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address (if available);
  • A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
  • A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.


If you believe in good faith that a notice of copyright infringement has been wrongly filed against you, the DMCA permits you to send us a counter-notice.

Notices and counter-notices must meet the then-current statutory requirements imposed by the DMCA, which can be found at https://www.copyright.gov/dmca Notices and counter-notices concerning the Site should be sent to admin@thesapphiclibrary.com Please consult your legal advisor and see 17 U.S.C. § 512 before filing a notice or counter-notice as there are penalties for false claims under the DMCA

 

AVAILABILITY OF THE SERVICES

Although we aim to offer you the best service possible, we make no promise that the Services will meet your requirements and we cannot guarantee that the Services will be fault-free. If a fault occurs in our services, please report it to us at admin@thesapphiclibrary.com and we will review your complaint and, where we determine it appropriate to do so, correct the fault. We will not be liable to you if the services are unavailable from time to time.

Your access to the services may be occasionally restricted to allow for repairs, maintenance or the introduction of new facilities or services. We will restore the services as soon as we reasonably can.


 

THIRD-PARTY MATERIALS AND CONTENT

You understand that the services may display, include, or make available content, data, information, applications or materials from third parties or provide links to certain third-party websites (“Third Party Materials”). In consideration of TSL allowing you to use the Services, you agree that we, our affiliates, and third-party partners may place advertising on the services.

You acknowledge and agree that the company is not responsible for examining or evaluating the content, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, validity, copyright compliance, legality, decency, quality or any other aspect of such third-party materials. We expressly disclaim any responsibility for all aspects of the Third Party Materials. You further acknowledge and agree that the Company 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 the use of or reliance on any content, goods or services in connection with any third party materials.

Use of any third-party trademarks or third-party content on or in connection with the Services does not constitute affiliation with or endorsement of these third parties. Nothing in these terms grants you any license to third-party trademarks or content, which shall remain the property of their respective owners.


 

WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE COMPANY DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, RELATING TO THE SERVICES OR ANY CONTENT ON THE SERVICES, WHETHER PROVIDED OR OWNED BY THE COMPANY OR BY ANY THIRD PARTY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, FREEDOM FROM COMPUTER VIRUS, AND ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, OR USAGE IN TRADE, ALL OF WHICH ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. IN ADDITION, YOU ASSUME TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES AND THE COMPANY DOES NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT ANY OF THE SERVICES OR ANY CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH ANY OF THE SERVICES IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE, AVAILABLE, CURRENT, FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS OR DEFECTS, OR THAT THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM THE COMPANY SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN.

IN NO EVENT WHATSOEVER SHALL THE COMPANY, ITS AFFILIATES, OR SUPPLIERS, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, SHAREHOLDERS, AGENTS, OR REPRESENTATIVES, BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF SALES, PROFIT, REVENUE, GOODWILL, OR DOWNTIME, (ARISING UNDER TORT, CONTRACT, OR OTHER LAW) REGARDLESS OF SUCH PARTY’S NEGLIGENCE OR WHETHER SUCH PARTY KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY MATERIALS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES IS DONE AT YOUR DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT MAY RESULT FROM THE DOWNLOAD OR UPLOAD OF ANY MATERIAL. COMPANY NEITHER ASSUMES, NOR DOES IT AUTHORIZE ANY OTHER PERSON TO ASSUME ON ITS BEHALF, ANY OTHER LIABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROVISION OF THE SERVICES. IF, NOTWITHSTANDING THE OTHER PROVISIONS OF THESE TERMS, COMPANY IS FOUND TO BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS WHICH ARISES OUT OF OR IS IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH YOUR USE OF ANY SERVICES, COMPANY’S LIABILITY SHALL IN NO EVENT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (1) THE TOTAL OF ANY FEES PAID BY YOU TO COMPANY IN THE SIX (6) MONTHS BEFORE THE DATE THE CLAIM IS ASSERTED FOR ANY OF THE SERVICES OR FEATURE RELEVANT TO THE CLAIM, OR (2) US$500.00.THESE DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY ARE MADE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

 


INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, licensors and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms or your use of the Services or your use of any information obtained through the Services.


 

GOVERNING LAW

No matter where you’re located, the laws of the state of New York will govern these Terms and the relationship between you and the Company as if you signed these Terms in New York, without regard to New York state’s conflicts of laws rules. If any provisions of these Terms are inconsistent with any applicable law, those provisions will be superseded and/or modified only to the extent such provisions are inconsistent. The parties agree to submit to the federal or state courts in New York for exclusive jurisdiction of any dispute arising out of or related to your use of the Services or your breach of these Terms.


 

ARBITRATION

At our sole discretion, we may require you to submit any disputes arising from these terms, including disputes arising from or concerning their interpretation, violation, invalidity, non-performance, or termination, to final and binding arbitration under the Rules of Arbitration of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitration shall be seated in New York,


 

SEVERABILITY

If it turns out that any part of these terms is invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that term will be deemed severable and limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary. The limitation or elimination of the term will not affect any other terms. Entire Agreement

These terms constitute the entire agreement between you and the Company and supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral, or written concerning these Services. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.


 

FORCE MAJEURE

We take our commitment to customers seriously, and we’ll do what we can for you. However, sometimes things may come up that are outside of our control. We will not be liable for any failure to perform any of our obligations stated in these Terms if the failure results from a cause beyond our reasonable control, including—without limitation—mechanical, electronic or communications failure or degradation, strikes or other labour disputes (whether or not relating to our workforce), restraints or delays affecting carriers, or our inability or delay in obtaining supplies of adequate or suitable materials.


 

ASSIGNMENT

You cannot assign, transfer or sublicense these terms without first obtaining our consent. We may assign, transfer, or delegate any of our rights and obligations without consent. These terms do not create any agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment relationship, and neither party has any authority to bind the other in any respect.


WAIVER

If we do not enforce any part of these terms, it does not mean we give up the right to later enforce that or any other part of these Terms. For any waiver of compliance with these Terms to be binding, we must provide you with written notice of such waiver through one of our authorized representatives.


RELEASE

You release the Company and our successors from all losses, damages, rights, demands and actions of any kind, including personal injuries, death, and property damage, that are directly or indirectly related to or arising from your use of the Services (collectively, “Claims”). If you are a California resident, you hereby waive California Civil Code Section 1542, which states, “A general release does not extend to claims that the creditor or releasing party does not know or suspect to exist in their favour at the time of executing the release, which, if known by him would have materially affected his settlement with the debtor.” This release does not apply to any Claims for unconscionable commercial practice by the Company or fraud, deception, false, promise, misrepresentation or concealment, or suppression or omission of any material fact in connection with the Services.


COMMENTS, CONCERNS AND COMPLAINTS

All feedback, comments, requests for technical support and other communications relating to the Services should be directed to admin@thesapphiclibrary.com

 

 

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