Pipl Website Terms of Service

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The following terms and conditions apply to all users of Pipl's Website (defined below).

Last updated on May 12, 2022

1. Pipl Terms of Service
Welcome to Pipl. When you visit, view, use, or access our Website, pipl.com, and any applicable subdomains thereof, or any applications, mobile applications, functionalities, content, materials, or other online services provided by Pipl (collectively, the “Website”), whether as a guest or a registered user, you are agreeing to the following terms and conditions (“Terms of Service”), so please take a few minutes to read the Terms of Service below.

You agree and understand that certain services offered by or through Pipl are subject to additional or different terms for Pipl's Search and Pipl's Trust products. These terms are specified in the section of the Website dedicated to each service and by using that service you agree to its respective terms in addition to the general Terms of Service outlined here. In the event of any conflict, contradiction, or inconsistency between the terms of a specific service and the general Terms of Service, the terms of the specific service will prevail.

2. Changes to Website Terms of Service
Pipl may change the Website Terms of Service at any time and at its sole discretion. The modified Terms of Service will be effective immediately upon posting on or through the Pipl Website (pipl.com). By continuing your use of the Website, you agree to the new posted Terms of Service. Pipl will provide at least 30-days' notice before any material changes take effect. If you do not agree with the new/modified Terms of Service, your sole remedy is to discontinue using the Website.

3. Eligibility
You agree that you are permitted to use the Website under applicable law. If you are using the Website on behalf of a company, business, or other entity, you represent that you have the legal authority to accept these Website Terms of Service on behalf of that entity, in which case that entity accepts these Terms of Service, and "you" means that entity. You accept that you are at least of legal age and of legal competence to enter into this agreement.

4. Limitation of Use
You may use the Website for personal, lawful purposes only. You may not use the Pipl Website in any manner that (1) violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others, (2) is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, or otherwise objectionable, (3) encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal or other offense, (4) gives rise to civil liability, or (5) otherwise violates any applicable local, state, federal or international law or ordinance including any regulatory requirements, procedures or policies in force from time to time, or any right of any third party, including without limitation, any right of privacy or publicity. You also may not undertake any conduct that, in Pipl's judgment, restricts or inhibits any other user from using or enjoying the Website.

5. Acceptable Use

You must not:

  • Use the Website in any way that causes, could be reasonably expected to cause, or is intended to cause damage to the Website or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the Website; or in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent, or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent, or harmful purpose or activity.
  • Use the Website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish, or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit, or other malicious computer software.
  • Conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities (including without limitation scraping, data mining, data extraction, and data harvesting) on or in relation to our Website without our express written consent.
  • Republish material from the Website (including republication on another website).
  • Sell, rent, or sub-license material from the Website.
  • Reproduce, duplicate, copy, or otherwise exploit material on our Website for a commercial purpose.
  • Develop, support, or use software, devices, scripts, robots, or any other means or processes (including crawlers, browser plugins and add-ons or any other technology) to scrape the Website or otherwise copy profiles and other data from the Website.
  • Remove or modify any copyright, trademark, legal notices, or other proprietary notations from the Proprietary Materials or any other content available on the Website.
  • Violate or attempt to violate the Website’s security mechanisms, attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website or assist others to do so, or otherwise breach the security of the Website or corrupt the Website in any way. You agree that you will not access the Website through unauthorized means, such as unlicensed software clients. 

We reserve the right to monitor use of the Website and to suspend, revoke, deny, disable, or terminate your access if you violate any provisions of these Website Terms of Service or if your behavior exceeds reasonable limits, as determined in our sole discretion.

6. User Responsibility
You are responsible for obtaining and maintaining the equipment and connectivity services (e.g., telephone, cable, etc.) necessary to access and use the Website and for any charges, telephone or other, associated with connecting to the Internet to use the Website. Such charges may vary upon your location, access number and may include long distance telephone charges.

7. Proprietary Materials
The Website may contain a variety of copyright materials, such as text, graphics, algorithm(s), interfaces, photographs, audio, video, sounds, images, artwork, feedbacks, computer code (including html code and source code), databases, programs, software, products, information, and documentation as well as the design, structure, selection, coordination, expression, “look and feel,” and arrangement of any content contained on or available through the Website (collectively, “Proprietary Materials”).

Pipl’s Proprietary Materials are protected by all applicable U.S. and non-U.S. laws, including without limitation, copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets, and other intellectual property rights thereto.

You agree not to modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, create derivative works of, or in any way exploit, in whole or in part, any Proprietary Materials. Proprietary Materials may only be accessed through the Website, and not by or from any other site or means. The right of access to the Website does not grant to you any right to download or store any Proprietary Materials in any medium.

All title and intellectual property rights in and to the content of any third-party website, which may be linked to or viewed in connection with the Pipl Website is the property of the respective content owner and may be protected by applicable copyright or other intellectual property laws and treaties. These Website Terms of Service grant you no rights to use such content except as allowed by such third party. Pipl may, in appropriate circumstances and at our sole discretion, remove or disable access to any materials on the Website that we believe (or are notified) may infringe on the rights of others.

The Pipl name, logo, and other Pipl related properties are trademarks of Pipl.

Other trademarks, service marks, and logos used on the Website are the trademarks, service marks, or logos of their respective owners. Pipl is using these third-party trademarks, service marks, or logos with the permission of the trademark owner or for identification purposes only.

8. Unsolicited Materials
Any unsolicited materials submitted or sent to Pipl will be deemed to be not confidential or secret. By submitting or sending information or other material to Pipl you: (a) warrant that you have all rights of any kind to the material and that to the best of your knowledge no other party has any rights to the material; and (b) grant Pipl an unrestricted, perpetual, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, transmit and distribute the material, and you further agree that Pipl is free to use any ideas, know-how, concepts or techniques you send us for any purpose, without any compensation to you or any other person.

9. Changes to Website
Pipl has the right at any time to change, modify, add to, or discontinue or retire any aspect or feature of the Pipl Website including, but not limited to, Website, server availability, hours of availability, equipment needed for access or use, the update frequency, or the availability of the Pipl Website on any particular device or communications service. Pipl may provide different users with different levels of service or service features, availability, or cease to provide service to some or all users. Pipl has no obligation to provide you with prior notice of any such changes.

10. Disclaimer of Warranty
YOUR USE OF THE PIPL WEBSITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE PIPL WEBSITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS," "WITH ALL FAULTS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" FOR YOUR USE, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, UNLESS SUCH WARRANTIES ARE LEGALLY INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION. WITHOUT LIMITATION OF THE FOREGOING, PIPL AND ITS VENDORS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (i) ANY WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY, SECURITY, USEFULNESS, INTEROPERABILITY, OR CONTENT OF THE SERVICES; AND (ii) ANY WARRANTIES OF TITLE, WARRANTY OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. PIPL AND ITS VENDORS DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE WEBSITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT THE OPERATION OF THE WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS IN THE WEBSITE WILL BE CORRECTED. PIPL AND ITS VENDORS DO NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE WEBSITE OR RELATED DOCUMENTATION IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR OTHERWISE. PIPL PROVIDES THE WEBSITE ON A COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE BASIS AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT USERS WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITE AT TIMES OR LOCATIONS OF THEIR CHOOSING, OR THAT PIPL WILL HAVE ADEQUATE CAPACITY FOR THE WEBSITE AS A WHOLE.

THIS DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY APPLIES TO ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY THE SERVICE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION AS A RESULT OF ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF RECORD, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, OR UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION. PIPL DOES NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THAT ALL VERSIONS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH SIMILAR GRADES AND LEVELS OF SERVICE, FEATURES, FUNCTIONALITY AND THE ABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE. PIPL DOES NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE (1) THAT ANY PROGRAM OR PORTION OF THE SERVICE WILL BE FREE OF INFECTION BY VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJAN HORSES OR ANYTHING ELSE MANIFESTING CONTAMINATING OR DESTRUCTIVE PROPERTIES; OR (2) THAT THE FUNCTIONS OR SERVICES PERFORMED BY PIPL WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE OR THAT DEFECTS IN THE SERVICE WILL BE CORRECTED. IT IS YOUR SOLE RESPONSIBILITY TO ISOLATE THE INFORMATION, EXECUTE ANTI-CONTAMINATION SOFTWARE AND OTHERWISE TAKE STEPS TO ENSURE THAT SOFTWARE OR OTHER INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE SERVICE OR OTHER USERS, IF CONTAMINATED OR INFECTED, WILL NOT DAMAGE YOUR INFORMATION OR SYSTEM.

11. No Liability
IN NO EVENT WILL PIPL, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, PARENTS, AFFILIATES, SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS, BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY (i) FOR ANY INDIRECT, DIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF PROGRAMS OR DATA, LOSS OF GOODWILL, OR INFORMATION, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES AND THE LIKE), OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE AVAILABILITY, USE, RELIANCE ON, OR INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITE, EVEN IF PIPL SHALL HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE; OR (ii) FOR ANY CLAIM ATTRIBUTABLE TO ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR OTHER INACCURACIES IN, OR DESTRUCTIVE PROPERTIES OF ANY OTHER SOFTWARE OR OTHER CONTENT INCLUDED AS PART OF THE SERVICE OR BY THE SITE. BECAUSE SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, IN SUCH STATES OR JURISDICTIONS, PIPL'S LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. PIPL'S ENTIRE LIABILITY AND YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY WITH RESPECT TO ANY DISPUTE WITH PIPL (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE) IS TO DISCONTINUE YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE. PIPL DOES NOT ENDORSE, WARRANT OR GUARANTEE ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE OFFERED THROUGH THE WEBSITE PRODUCTS AND WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.

12. Applicable Law
The Terms of Service and the relationship between you and Pipl shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of New York, excluding any applicable conflict of laws rules, and will be litigated exclusively in the federal or state courts of New York County, New York, USA.

13. International Use
Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct and privacy. Specifically, you agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding privacy and privacy invasion which apply in the country in which you reside. For more information, visit Pipl’s Privacy Center at: https://pipl.com/privacy-center.

14. No Support by Pipl
You understand that your use of the Website is at your own risk and that Pipl does not commit to provide any assistance other than the information posted on the Pipl Website located at pipl.com. Pipl is under no obligation to provide you with any error corrections, updates, upgrades, bug fixes and/or enhancements of the Website.

15. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Pipl, its vendors, and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of your use of the Website. Pipl reserves the right, at its own expense and in its sole discretion, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you. In that event, and only in such event, shall you have no further obligation to provide indemnification for Pipl in that matter.

16. Termination
Pipl has the right to terminate your access to the Website for any reason, including, without limitation, if it, at its sole discretion, considers your use to be unacceptable, or in the event of any breach by you of the Website Terms of Service (either directly or through breach of any other terms and conditions or operating rules applicable to you). Pipl may, but shall be under no obligation to, provide you a warning prior to termination of your use of the Website.

17. Third-Party Sites and Services
Third parties may offer applications or services to access the Website. Your use of such third-party applications will be at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of those third parties. Pipl does not represent and warrant that access and use of the Website through these third-party applications will be compatible, uninterrupted, error free, without defects or that you will be able to access the Website at all times and locations of your choosing. You also agree that Pipl is under no obligation to provide you with any error corrections, updates, upgrades, fixes and/or enhancements to make the Website accessible through these third-party applications.

The Website may provide, or third parties may provide, links to World Wide Web sites or other Internet resources. Any third-party sites to which the Website may link are not under control of Pipl. Pipl does not have any responsibility or liability for any information, data, communications, materials, or other content available on such third-party sites or any changes or updates to such sites. Pipl is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Pipl of the site.

18. Export Control
You agree to comply with all export and import laws and restrictions and regulations of the United States or any foreign agency or authority, and not to export, re-export or import the Website or any direct product thereof in violation of any such restrictions, laws, or regulations, or without all necessary approvals. For example, you may not export or re-export any commodities, software, or technical data received from Pipl, or any direct product of such commodities, software, or technical data, to any proscribed country, party, or entity listed in the applicable laws, regulations, and rules of the U.S. Government unless properly authorized. As applicable, each party shall obtain and bear all expenses and responsibility relating to any necessary licenses and/or exemptions with respect to its own export or re-export of the Software from the U.S.

19. Electronic Delivery Policy
When you sign up for any Pipl services, you consent to receive electronically from Pipl any privacy or other notices, agreements, disclosures, reports, documents, communications, or other records (collectively, "Notices"). You agree that Pipl generally can send you electronic Notices in either or both of the following ways: (1) to the e-mail address that you provided to Pipl during registration or (2) on a welcome screen or top page of the relevant product or service. The delivery of any Notice from Pipl is effective when sent by Pipl, regardless of whether you read the Notice when you receive it or whether you actually receive the delivery. Your only method of withdrawing consent to receive Notices electronically is to terminate any subscriptions, services or other products provided under these Terms of Service.

20. Attribution
Some functionality of the Website and applications utilizes information provided by third parties.

21. Miscellaneous

21.1 Entire Agreement
These Website Terms of Service constitute the entire understanding between Pipl and you with respect to the subject matter hereof. There are no understandings, agreements, conditions, or representations, oral or written, express or implied, with reference to the subject matter hereof that are not merged herein, expressly referenced herein, or superseded hereby.

21.2 No Waiver
The failure or delay of Pipl to exercise or enforce any rights or provision of the Website Terms of Service does not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

21.3 Survival
All provisions which must survive in order to give effect to their meaning, shall survive any expiration or termination of these Website Terms of Service, including without limitation all of your representations, warranties, and indemnification obligations.

21.4 Provisions Unenforceable or Invalid
If any provision of these Website Terms of Service is found to be illegal, void, or unenforceable, then that provision will be deemed severable from these Terms of Service and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions of these Terms of Service.

21.5 Assignment
You shall not transfer, assign, sublicense nor pledge in any manner whatsoever, any of your rights or obligations under this agreement. Pipl may transfer, assign, sublicense, or pledge in any manner whatsoever, any of its rights and obligations under this agreement to a subsidiary, affiliate, successor thereof or to any third party whatsoever, without notifying you or receiving your consent.