Thank you for visiting ThePplConnect.com (the “Website”). The following terms and conditions (“Terms”) are a legal agreement between you and People Connect, LLC (“we” or “us”), and they govern your access to and use of the Website. If you do not agree to the Terms, please exit the Website immediately. Otherwise, your access and use of the Website will be deemed acceptance of the Terms.

THE SECTION BELOW TITLED “DISPUTE RESOLUTION” CONTAINS A BINDING ARBITRATION AGREEMENT AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER. THEY AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS. PLEASE READ THE SECTION CAREFULLY.

Children under the age of 13 may not use this Website, and use of this Website is not intended for use by minors older than 13 without parental consent. If you are not legally an adult in the place in which you reside, you must obtain permission of your parent or guardian before accessing and using the Website.

We reserve the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, to deny you access to the Website, or any portion of the Website, without notice and without reason.

The Website is based in the United States. We make no claims concerning whether the content may be downloaded, viewed, or be appropriate for use outside of the United States. If you access the Website from outside of the United States, you do so at your own risk. Whether inside or outside of the United States, you are solely responsible for ensuring compliance with the laws of your specific jurisdiction.

Provided that you accept and comply with these Terms, People Connect grants you a limited license to access and use the Website for your personal use or, as appropriate, authorized business reasons. However, this permission does not include the right to download, reproduce, modify or link to any portion of the Website Content. For purposes of these Terms, “Website Content” means any text, graphics, audio, video, data, interactive features and/or other content published on any page of the Website.

People Connect owns and/or has obtained the right to license all Website Content to you for the uses permitted by these Terms. Website Content is protected by U.S. and foreign law to the fullest extent possible, and any unauthorized use of the Website Content is unlawful under copyright, trademark and other laws.

Any violation of these Terms – including unauthorized use of the Website Content – will immediately terminate your license to access and use the Website and may subject you to legal action. If you would like to use the Website or the Website Content in a way that exceeds the scope of this license, please contact us for permission.

The Website allows third parties (e.g., vendors, suppliers, consultants and/or speakers) to advertise their services on ThePplConnect.com (each a “Promoted Resource”). Promoted Resources are not under our control, and People Connect is not responsible for the goods or services of any Promoted Resources, the content of or any changes or updates to such Promoted Resources’ websites, or any acts or omissions of a Promoted Resource. We are providing these Promoted Resources to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any party on the Website does not imply an affiliation between People Connect and the owner of the Promoted Resource.

We are a curator (and not a provider) of Promoted Resources and have no more control over their goods and services than does a phone book, billboard owner, or Internet search engine. Any goods, services, statements, offers, or other information or product delivered by a Promoted Resource are those of the Promoted Resource and not of People Connect. We do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any good or service, nor its merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. We neither endorse nor are responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any goods or services delivered by a Promoted Resource, and under no circumstances will People Connect be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on goods, services or information obtained through a Promoted Resource. It is your responsibility to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any products, services, information, offers or other content available through any Promoted Resource. Please seek the advice of legal, financial, insurance and other professionals, as appropriate, regarding the evaluation of any specific goods, services, or information.

You may be given the option to create an account to access portions of the Website, to save your Website preferences or activity history, to promote or obtain goods or services, or to submit User Content. In that event, you will use your account for your internal use only. In creating an account, you may not impersonate someone else, create an account for anyone other than yourself, provide an email address other than your own, or create multiple accounts. To the extent that you disclose personal information, our use of that information will be governed by our Privacy Policy PRIVACY POLICY, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference.

By disclosing your email address and/or mobile telephone number to create an account, you agree that we may contact you for the purpose of advising you of changes or additions to the Website, about any of our products or services, or for such other purpose(s) as we deem appropriate. You may opt out of these communications at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in the communication.

You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account information (i.e., user ID, password and/or challenge questions). You are also responsible for all activities that occur in connection with your account, irrespective of whether you personally engage in such activities. You agree to notify us immediately in the event of any known or suspected unauthorized use of your user account, or any known or suspected breach of security, including loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure of your password.

You may elect to purchase a subscription to the Website and its services to promote yourself and/or your business. People Connect makes no guarantee or warranty that advertisement of a Promoted Resource will result in the initiation or consummation of any transaction relating to the Promoted Resource. Subscriptions cancelled within thirty (30) days shall be entitled to a full refund. Otherwise, the offeror of a Promoted Resources shall not be entitled to a refund of any subscription fees, and People Connect shall not be liable to the offeror for any transaction or lack thereof.

All subscription purchase transactions are processed using Stripe Checkout and are subject to Stripe, Inc.’s Terms of Service. You understand that your content (not including credit card information), may be transferred unencrypted and involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices. Credit card information is always encrypted during transfer over networks.

We reserve the right to refuse any order you place with us. We may, in our sole discretion, limit or cancel subscriptions purchased per person, per organization, or per day. You may not use our subscription services for any illegal or unauthorized purpose nor may you, in the use of the Website, violate any laws in your jurisdiction (including but not limited to copyright laws).

Prices for our services are subject to change without notice, and we reserve the right at any time to modify or discontinue the services without notice at any time. We shall not be liable to you or to any third-party for any modification, price change, suspension or discontinuance of the Website or the services.

This Website provides an opportunity for you to submit your own content, including but not limited to comments, questions, advertisements, and referrals (“User Content”). All of your communications with us through personal accounts or otherwise, as well as any attachments to those communications or otherwise submitted to us (such as documents, photographs and videos) are User Content.

By submitting User Content to the Website, you grant People Connect a perpetual, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, distribute, display, modify, create derivative works of, and sublicense the User Content in any way, including but not limited to reposting that User Content on the Website. This license extends to your name and your Website username and profile information (if applicable).

We shall be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in your User Content for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to, the development, production, and marketing of products and services that incorporate such information without compensation or attribution to you.

We have the right, but not the obligation, to review, refuse to display, or remove any User Content for any reason, at ours sole discretion.

You may not use this Website to:

• solicit, collect or post personal data or attempt to solicit, collect or post personal data about other users of the Website, including user names or passwords;

• use the Website to collect information or market research for a competing business;

• access or attempt to access another user’s account without his or her consent;

• stalk or otherwise harass another Website user or employee of People Connect;

• impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with People Connect or any other person or entity;

• submit User Content that

◦ is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable (in our sole discretion);

◦ infringes in any manner on the copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights of any person or entity, or that contains any confidential or proprietary information of any person or entity, or that otherwise violates the legal rights of any person or entity; or

◦ constitutes unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or any other form of commercial solicitation;

• interfere with or attempt to interrupt the proper operation of the Website through the use of any software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;

• reverse engineer, decompile, data mine, record, “scrape,” link to, collect information or otherwise manipulate content from any portion of the Website; provided, however, we grant the operators of public search engines permission to use spiders to copy materials from the public portions of the Website for the sole purpose of, and solely to the extent necessary for, creating publicly-available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or archives of such materials;

• take any action that imposes or may impose (in our sole discretion) an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our technical infrastructure; or

• take any other action, submit any User Content, or otherwise interact with the Website or its users in a way that is likely to disrupt the use and enjoyment of the Website by other Users.

We respect the intellectual property of others and expect Website users to do the same. We may, in appropriate circumstances and in its sole discretion, terminate the rights of any Website user who infringes the intellectual property rights of others.

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 that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement or are aware of someone doing so, please contact People Connect and include the following information:

a. a physical or electronic signature of the owner of the copyright or a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner;
b. identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (or if multiple copyrighted works located on this Website are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works);
c. identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or the subject of infringing activity, and information reasonably sufficient to allow us to locate the material on our Website;
d. your name, mailing address, telephone number and email address;
e. a statement by you 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
f. a statement by you that the information in your notification is accurate, and that you attest under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or that you are authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.

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 with respect to this Website should be sent to our designated agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement: email:customersupport@thepplconnect.com, fax to: 1-682-205-8012, or mail to: 300 E SOUTH ST, #861,
ARLINGTON, Texas 76004.

By agreeing to these Terms and using the Website, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless People Connect, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, any related companies, suppliers, licensors and partners, and the officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives of each of them from and against any claim or demand made by any third party, including all costs, liabilities and legal fees, due to or arising out of (i) your access to or use of the Website; (ii) your violation of these Terms; (iii) claims for libel, slander or any property damage, personal injury or death; (iv) the use, failure to use, or inability to use the Website or any products or services available through the Website, caused directly or indirectly by you; (v) the infringement by you, or any third party using your account, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity; and/or (vi) violations of any local, state or federal law.

We shall provide notice to you of any such claim, suit, or proceeding and shall assist you, at your expense, in defending any such claim, suit, or proceeding. We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense and control (at your expense) of any matter that is subject to indemnification under this section. In such case, you agree to cooperate with any reasonable requests assisting our defense of such matter.

THE PRODUCTS, OFFERINGS, CONTENT AND MATERIALS ON THIS WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. PEOPLE CONNECT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, COMPATIBILITY, SECURITY, ACCURACY OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.

NEITHER PEOPLE CONNECT, NOR ANY OF OUR AFFILIATES, NOR ANY OF OUR OR THEIR RESPECTIVE LICENSORS, LICENSEES, SERVICE PROVIDERS OR SUPPLIERS WARRANT THAT THIS WEBSITE OR ANY FUNCTION CONTAINED IN THIS WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS WEBSITE OR THE SERVERS THAT MAKE THIS WEBSITE AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

ANY PRODUCT, OFFERING, CONTENT AND MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE IS DONE AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH PRODUCT, OFFERING, CONTENT OR MATERIAL.

NEITHER PEOPLE CONNECT, NOR ANY OF OUR AFFILIATES, NOR ANY OF OUR OR THEIR RESPECTIVE LICENSORS, LICENSEES, SERVICE PROVIDERS OR SUPPLIERS WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE PRODUCTS, OFFERINGS, CONTENT AND MATERIALS IN THIS WEBSITE IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE.

YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT PEOPLE CONNECT AND OUR AFFILIATES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), ARISING OUT OF, OR RESULTING FROM, (A) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THIS WEBSITE; (B) THE USE OF ANY CONTENT OR OTHER MATERIAL ON THIS WEBSITE OR ANY WEBSITE OR WEBSITES LINKED TO THIS WEBSITE, (C) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THIS WEBSITE; (D) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (E) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON OUR WEBSITE; OR (F) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO OUR WEBSITE. IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION – WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE – EXCEED THE GREATER OF ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100) OR THE AMOUNTS PAID BY YOU TO PEOPLE CONNECT.

IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF OUR WEBSITE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS THE DISCONTINUATION OF YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE. IF ANY PORTION OF THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IS FOUND TO BE INVALID, LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

We may terminate or suspend your account or ability to use the Website, in whole or in part, at our sole discretion, without notice or liability of any kind.

You may terminate these Terms at any time by closing your account and discontinuing your use of any and all parts of the Website. In the event of any termination, whether by you or by us, your obligation to indemnify People Connect as stated in these Terms will continue in full force and effect.

Choice of Law

These Terms and the relationship between you and People Connect shall be governed by the laws of the State of Texas without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

Time for Bringing Claims

Regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Website or these Terms must be filed within one (1) year after such claim of action arose or be forever barred.

Binding Arbitration

In the event of a dispute arising under or relating to these Terms or the Website (each, a “Dispute”), such Dispute will be finally and exclusively resolved by binding arbitration governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”). NEITHER PARTY SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO LITIGATE SUCH CLAIM IN COURT OR TO HAVE A JURY TRIAL. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, EITHER PARTY MAY BRING ITS CLAIM IN ITS LOCAL SMALL CLAIMS COURT, IF PERMITTED BY THAT SMALL CLAIMS COURT RULES AND IF WITHIN SUCH COURT’S JURISDICTION. DISCOVERY AND APPEAL RIGHTS MAY ALSO BE LIMITED IN ARBITRATION. All disputes will be resolved before a neutral arbitrator selected jointly by the parties, whose decision will be final, except for a limited right of appeal under the FAA. The arbitration shall be commenced and conducted by JAMS pursuant to its then-current Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures and in accordance with the Expedited Procedures in those rules, or, where appropriate, pursuant to JAMS’ Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures. All applicable JAMS’ rules and procedures are available at the JAMS website www.jamsadr.com. Each party will be responsible for paying any JAMS filing, administrative and arbitrator fees in accordance with JAMS rules. Judgment on the arbitrator’s award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. This clause shall not preclude parties from seeking provisional remedies in aid of arbitration from a court of appropriate jurisdiction. The arbitration may be conducted in person, through the submission of documents, by phone, or online. If conducted in person, the arbitration shall take place in Dallas, Texas. The parties may litigate in court to compel arbitration, to stay a proceeding pending arbitration, or to confirm, modify, vacate or enter judgment on the award entered by the arbitrator. The parties shall cooperate in good faith in the voluntary and informal exchange of all non-privileged documents and other information (including electronically stored information) relevant to the Dispute immediately after commencement of the arbitration.

Class Action Waiver

You agree that any arbitration or proceeding shall be limited to the Dispute between us and you individually. To the full extent permitted by law, (i) no arbitration or proceeding shall be joined with any other; (ii) there is no right or authority for any Dispute to be arbitrated or resolved on a class action-basis or to utilize class action procedures; and (iii) there is no right or authority for any Dispute to be brought in a purported representative capacity on behalf of the general public or any other persons. YOU AGREE THAT YOU MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST US ONLY IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.

Our Right to Seek Injunctive Relief

Nothing in these Terms will prevent People Connect from seeking injunctive relief in any court of competent jurisdiction as necessary to protect its proprietary interests. By way of example and not limitation, you acknowledge and agree that in the event of a breach or threatened violation of our intellectual property rights and confidential and proprietary information by you, we will suffer irreparable harm and will therefore be entitled to seek any interim, equitable, provisional, or injunctive relief that is necessary to protect our rights and property pending the outcome of the arbitration referenced above. All claims or disputes arising out of or in connection with these Terms shall be heard exclusively by any of the federal or state courts of competent jurisdiction located in the State of Texas.

MISCELLANEOUS

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and People Connect relating to the subject matter herein and supersede any prior agreements between you and us.

If any provision of these terms shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment is created as a result of these Terms, and you do not have any authority of any kind to bind us in any respect whatsoever.

People Connect may assign its rights and obligations under these Terms, and these Terms & Conditions will inure to the benefit of our successors, assigns and licensees.

Our failure to insist upon or enforce the strict performance with respect to any provision of these Terms, or to exercise any right under the Terms, will not be construed as a waiver or relinquishment to any extent of our right to assert or rely upon any such provision or right in that or any other instance; rather, the same will be and remain in full force and effect.

These Terms may be modified by our posting of changes to these Terms on this Website, or by written agreement of both parties. Each time you access this Website, you will be deemed to have accepted any such changes.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 1, 2021