WAL-MART Member Terms & Conditions
You must agree to the following terms and conditions of use before you access or otherwise use or participate in the WAL-MART Online Community. Your use of this web site constitutes your agreement with WAL-MART to be bound by, and to act in accordance with, these Terms and Conditions.
Notification of Changes
We may change or revise these Terms and Conditions from time to time by updating this posting. Please visit the Terms and Conditions area each time you visit the web site to keep up to date with the current terms regarding your use of the web site. Your use of the web site reaffirms your continuing agreement to the then-current Terms and Conditions. Any future changes to these terms and conditions will be posted on the community web site.
Confidentiality
Your invitation to participate in the WAL-MART Online Community is personal and non-transferable. You may not disclose to others any of the information that we disclose to you or any ideas or information that are generated in the community. Your community member name and password are for your use only. You may not disclose your password to any other person.
Privacy Policy
We take your privacy seriously, as described below:
Information Collected
This site collects personal information you provide, including demographics such as age, gender, and marital status. We also collect certain technical information from your computer each time you request a page during a visit to the site. This information may include your Internet Protocol (IP) address, your computer's operating system, browser type and the address of a referring website, if any.
Use & Disclosure
The information mentioned above may be used to conduct surveys, perform market research, gain customer insight, and analyze attitudes and usage among varying demographics. The information you have provided will not be used for marketing purposes without first giving you the opportunity to opt-out. Your home and email address will be used to send you a weekly email and electronic or physical rewards.
Please remember that any information posted in the community can be viewed by other members of the community. You should not post personal information in these areas unless you are comfortable with third parties viewing and using such information.
We do not sell or rent your personal information to any third parties under any circumstances. We will share personal information only with our agents, representatives, service providers and contractors for limited purposes, including but not limited to, communicating to you and preventing fraud. Other limited circumstances include when we believe in good faith that the disclosure is required to prevent harm or injury (such as fraud, claims or other liability), or as required by law.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy statement you can contact us at Privacy@wal-mart.com.
Links to Third Party
Sites and/or Integration with Third Party Services
Our Site and Communities may interface with third party sites and
services, (for example, Facebook® or other third party applications or
services). Our Site and Communities may also contain links to websites operated
and maintained by third parties, over which we have no control.
Privacy policies for these third party site and services may be different
from our privacy policy. You access these third party sites and services at
your own risk. You should always read the privacy policy of a linked site or
integrated service before disclosing any personal information on such site
and/or through such service. C Space is not responsible for information
you submit to third parties.
Currently, to help facilitate login to our communities, we may offer in
some Communities, at the Sponsor's discretion, a sign-on service that allows
you to sign into your Community using login credentials from your Facebook®
account. This allows you to associate your existing Facebook® profile with your
C Space account. By linking these accounts, C Space will have access
to certain profile information contained within your Facebook® profile such as
your full name, e-mail, locale, gender, profile picture, as well as other
publicly available profile information. No Community content will ever be
shared on Facebook® without your express permission. You can disassociate your
Facebook® account from your Community account at any time by clicking
"Unlink" on your Member Profile page.
Assignment
You irrevocably assign to WAL-MART all rights in any ideas or expressions of ideas that you provide to the community. All comments, suggestions, graphics, ideas (including product and advertising ideas), and other information or materials you submit to WAL-MART through this web site will become and remain the exclusive property of WAL-MART, including any future rights associated with such submissions, even if these Terms and Conditions are later modified or terminated. This means that you disclaim any proprietary rights in such submissions, and you acknowledge WAL-MART’s unrestricted right to use them (or materials or ideas similar to them) in any medium, now and in the future, without notice, compensation or other obligation to you or any other person. It also means that with the exception of your personal information, WAL-MART has no obligation to keep your submissions confidential.
You further release and waive all claims against WAL-MART with respect to any intellectual property or other proprietary rights, rights of privacy and publicity, rights of attribution, or any other liability under the governing law of the United States.
Code of Conduct
You agree not to upload, post or transmit to or distribute or otherwise publish through the Web Site any materials which (i) restrict or inhibit any other user from using the Web Site, or contain a virus or other harmful component, (ii) violate any laws, rules or regulations or violate or infringe any rights of third parties (including copyright, trademark, rights of privacy or publicity or any other proprietary right), or (iii) are not appropriate or pertinent to the purpose of the Web Site or are libelous, defamatory or offensive. You agree not to challenge Wal-Mart’s ownership of all copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property and proprietary rights of WAL-MART.
You agree to abide by these rules of conduct:
· Only those who are members of the community may access it.
· Unless specifically told otherwise, you must keep confidential all information that WAL-MART, other community members, and you share with the community.
· WAL-MART has the right to use the ideas and information that you put forth in the community.
· You agree not to use behavior that does not support a safe and comfortable environment for all members, or to engage in any proselytizing or commercial activity.
· You agree not to copy or download any copyrighted material.
· You agree to receive emails from the Community regarding Community Activities.
· You understand that no personal information that you post on this site will be sold, traded, shared with other organizations, or used for any purpose other than consumer research
· WAL-MART does not endorse the information posted in the community.
Membership
Your membership in and access to the WAL-MART Online Community is strictly at the discretion of WAL-MART and may be revoked at any time without cause and without notice. You hereby release WAL-MART from any and all liability that may arise in connection with your use of the WAL-MART Online Community or revocation of your membership.
Warranty
WAL-MART does not represent or endorse the correctness, accuracy, reliability or any other aspect of advice, opinion, statement or other information distributed through the WAL-MART Online Community, and reserves the right to remove any content from the community website that it deems inappropriate.
WAL-MART and/or its agencies endeavor to maintain this web site and its operation, but is not, and cannot be, responsible for the results of any defects that may exist in the web site or its operation. As to the operation of the web site, WAL-MART expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to all implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement. WAL-MART makes no warranty that (i) the operation of the web site will meet the user's requirements; (ii) access to the web site will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, free of viruses, worms, trojan horses or other harmful components, or free of defects or errors; (iii) the results that may be obtained from the use of the web site will be accurate or reliable; or (iv) defects will be corrected. You (and not WAL-MART) assume the entire cost of all servicing, repair, or correction that may be necessary for your computer equipment and software as a result of any viruses, errors or any other problems whatsoever you may have as a result of visiting this web site.
Limitation of Liability
Under no circumstances shall WAL-MART and/or its agencies be liable for any damages or injury, including any direct, special, incidental, consequential, punitive or other damages, that may result from the use of, or the inability to use, the web site or any materials in this site, whether in an action of contract, negligence or other tortious action, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of the website or information available in the web site. WAL-MART shall not be liable even if WAL-MART or a WAL-MART authorized representative has been advised of the possibility of such damages. These include but are not limited to damages or injury caused by error, omission, interruption, defect, failure of performance, delay in operation or transmission, line failure or computer virus, worm, trojan horse or other harmful component.
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold WAL-MART and/or its agencies harmless from any claim or demand made by any third party against WAL-MART due or arising out of your participation in the WAL-MART Online Community and/or any breach by you of the provisions of this agreement.
Jurisdiction
These Terms and Conditions and any disputes arising under or related to these Terms and Conditions (whether for breach of contract, tortious conduct or otherwise) will be governed by the laws of the state of Arkansas, without reference to its conflicts of law principles. You agree to submit to jurisdiction in Arkansas and further agree that any cause of action arising under this Agreement may be brought in a court in Arkansas and you hereby accept and submit to the personal jurisdiction of these courts with respect to any legal actions, suits or proceedings arising out of these Terms and Conditions. You also waive to the fullest extent permitted by law any right to a trial by jury in any action, suit or proceeding brought to enforce, defend or interpret any right or remedies under, or arising in connection with or relating to, these Terms and Conditions.