Terms of Use

Updated: September 2019

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Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc.TM provides various features and tools that allow members to access tributes, develop stories, and share remembrances of friends and loved ones who were victims of America’s Opioid Epidemic. Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc.TM offers these features and tools at www.sostsl.org (collectively, the “Services”). Please read the following Terms of Use before using the Services.

1.       Applicability and Acceptance of these Terms of Use

By viewing, using, accessing, browsing, or submitting any content or material on or to the Services, you agree to these Terms of Use as a binding legal agreement between you and Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM, without limitation or qualification. The term “you” or “You” shall refer to any person or entity who views, uses, accesses, browses or submits any content or material to the Services that Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM provides. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, then you may not use the Services. You agree that each time you access the Services, you shall be subject to the then-current Terms of Use, and continued use of the Services now or following modifications in these Terms of Use confirms that you have read, accepted, and agreed to be bound by such modifications.

2.      User License

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Subject to the Terms of this Agreement, Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM grants you permission (which may be revoked at any time for any reason or no reason) to view the Services and to download, integrate via authorized social media application, email, or print individual pages of the Services in accordance with these Terms of Use and solely for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided you do not remove any trademark, copyright or other notice contained on such pages. No other use is permitted. You may not, for example, incorporate the information, content, or other material from the Services in any database, compilation, archive or cache. You may not modify, copy, distribute, re-publish, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, reuse, resell, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, content, material, software, products or services obtained through the Services, except as specifically noted above. Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material (“SOSTSL Materials”) may be accessed through the Services and shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. Neither the SOSTSL Materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and non-commercial use. Users may not download or reproduce a substantial portion of the SOSTSL Material found on this website. Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing. Except as specifically authorized by Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM, you may not deep-link to the Services for any purpose or access the Services with any robot, spider, web crawler, extraction software, or any other automated process or device to scrape, copy, or monitor any portion of the Services or any information, content, or material from the Services. Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM reserves all of its statutory and common law rights against any person or entity who violates this paragraph. You may not link or frame to any pages of the Services, or any content contained therein, whether in whole or in part, except as provided herein. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

  1. User

You agree that your use of the Services is subject to all applicable local, state, national, and international laws and regulations. You also agree: to comply with US law and local laws or rules regarding online conduct and acceptable Material, and regarding the transmission of technical data exported through the Services from the US or the country in which you reside; not to host, submit content to or use the Services without the consent of a parent, legal guardian or educational supervisor if you are under the age of 13 (a

“Minor”); not to use the Services for illegal purposes; not to commit any acts of infringement on the Services or with respect to the Services content; not to use the Services to engage in commercial activities; not copy any content, including death notices, for republication in any other publication, whether in print or on-line; not to create or maintain content in connection with the Services for or with any commercial or other purpose or intent that does not in good faith comport with the purpose or spirit of the Services, including but not limited to acquiring, designating, or choosing a website name or title, or website address or URL for resale or rental, depriving any family member or friend of a deceased person from establishing or using the Services in that person’s name, and linking to any commercial or other website from the Services; not to attempt to gain unauthorized access to other computer systems from or through the Services; not to interfere with another person’s use and enjoyment of the Services or another entity’s use and enjoyment of the Services; not to use the Services for chain letters, junk mail, spamming, or use of distribution lists; not to upload or transmit viruses or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files; not to disrupt, interfere with, or otherwise harm or violate the security of the Services, system resources, accounts, passwords, servers or networks connected to or accessible through the Services or affiliated or linked sites,

  1. Harm from Commercial

You agree that the consequences of commercial use or re-publication may be so serious and incalculable that monetary compensation may not be a enough or appropriate remedy.

3.      Services Content

    1. Nature of User

Some features of the Services allow you and others to post, upload, transmit, display, publish, distribute, or otherwise submit material (collectively, “Submit”), including, but not limited to, images, information, articles, illustrations, lyrics, photos, audio files, poems, videos, or text (collectively, “Material”). You agree not to Submit any Material that: contains vulgar, profane, abusive, hateful, or sexually explicit language, epithets or slurs, text or illustrations in poor taste, inflammatory attacks of a personal, sexual, racial or religious nature, or expressions of bigotry, racism, discrimination or hate; is defamatory, threatening, disparaging, inflammatory, false, misleading, deceptive, fraudulent, inaccurate, or unfair, contains gross exaggeration or unsubstantiated claims, violates the privacy rights or right of publicity of any third party, is unreasonably harmful or offensive to any individual or community, contains any actionable statement, or tends to mislead or reflect unfairly on any other person, business or entity; unfairly interferes with any third party’s uninterrupted use and enjoyment of the Services; advertises, promotes or offers to trade any goods or services, except in areas specifically designated for such purpose; is intended primarily to promote a cause or movement, other than promoting Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc.’s  mission  of  protecting children and families from the dangers of prescription opioids, including the concurrent conditions of opioid use   disorder and dopamine deficiency, whether political, religious or other; contains copyrighted content (copyrighted articles, illustrations, images, lyrics, photos, audio, video, poems, text, or other content)without the express permission of the owner of the copyrights in the content; constitutes, promotes or encourages illegal acts, the violation of any right of any individual or entity, the violation of any local, state, national or international law, rule, guideline or regulation, or otherwise creates liability; discloses any personal identifying information relating to or images of a Minor without consent of a parent, legal guardian or educational supervisor; infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other intellectual property right; contains viruses or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files; harms or is inappropriate for minors to view; links to any commercial or other website; is not otherwise in compliance with these Terms of Use.

  1. User Representations and Warranties.

Each time you Submit Material to the Services, you represent and warrant that you have the right to Submit the Material, which means: you are the author of the Material, or the Material is not protected by copyright law, or you have express permission from the copyright owner to post the Material to the

Services; and you have the right to grant Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM the license set out in these Terms of Use; and the Material you Submit does not violate these Terms of Use.

  1. User License Grant to Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM

You grant Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM, its affiliates and related entities a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, copy, modify, display, archive, store, publish, transmit, perform, distribute, reproduce and create derivative works from all Material you provide to Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM in any form, media, software or technology of any kind now existing or developed in the future. Without limiting the generality of the previous sentence, you authorize Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM to include the Material you provide in a searchable format that may be accessed by users of the Services and other websites. You also grant Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM and related entities the right to use your name and any other information about you that you provide in connection with the use, reproduction or distribution of such Material. You also grant Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM the right to use the Material and any facts, ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques (“Information”) contained in any Material or communication you send to us for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to, developing, manufacturing, promoting and/or marketing products and services. You grant all rights described in this paragraph in consideration of your use of the Services without the need for additional compensation of any sort to you. Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM does not claim ownership of Material you Submit to the Services.

  1. Disclaimer of Responsibility for

You acknowledge and agree that Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM does not control user- generated content, or Material Submitted to the Services and disclaims any responsibility for such Material. Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM specifically disclaims any duty, obligation, or responsibility, to review, screen, refuse to post, remove, or edit any such content, or other Material. In addition, Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM, does not represent or warrant that any other content or information accessible via the Services is accurate, complete, or current. The price and availability of information is subject to change without notice. Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions in the content of the Services.

  1. Review & Removal of
    1. Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM reserves the right (but disclaims any duty, obligation, or responsibility) to review, screen, refuse to post, remove in their entirety, or edit (at any time and without prior notice) any content or any Material available through the Services that Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM believes, in its absolute and sole discretion, may violate Sections 2(b), 3(a), or 3(b) above. Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc.TM also reserves the right (but disclaims any duty, obligation, or responsibility) to refuse to post, remove in their entirety, or edit (at any time and without prior notice) any content or Material available through or Submitted to the Services for any reason or no reason whatsoever, in its absolute and sole
    2. 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 US copyright law. If you believe in good faith that content or Material hosted by the Services infringes your copyright, you (or your agent) may send Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM a notice requesting that the content or 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 an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
      • identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (or if multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single notification, are presentative list of such works);
  • identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or the subject of infringing activity, and information reasonably sufficient to allow Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM to locate the content or Material within the Services;
  • the name, address, telephone number and email address (if available) of the complaining party;
  • a statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the content or 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; see http://www.loc.gov/copyright for details. Notices and counter-notices with respect to the Service should be sent by email at admin@sostsl.org or by postal mail to Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc.TM 176 N Alessandro St #548, Banning, CA

Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM suggests that you consult your legal advisor before filing a notice or counter-notice. Also, be aware that there can be penalties for false claims under the DMCA. We reserve the right to terminate the account of any user who is a copyright infringement.

  1. Proprietary

You acknowledge and agree that the Services contain proprietary information and content that is protected by intellectual property and other laws, and may not be used except as provided in these Terms of Use without advance, written permission of Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc.TM All designs, text, graphics, interfaces, and images (and the selection and arrangements thereof), and software, hypertext markup language (“HTML”), scripts, active server pages, and other content and software used in the Services are ©2019 Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc.TM, all rights reserved.

4.       Termination and Modifications to the Services

Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc.TM reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to modify, suspend, or discontinue at any time, with or without notice, the Services (or any part thereof), including but not limited to the Services’ features, functions, look and feel.

5.       Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc.TM, it’s agents, officers, directors, or other employees harmless from any claim, demand, or damage (whether direct, indirect, or consequential, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by anyone in connection with your use of the Services, with Material or Information you Submit on or through the Services, with any alleged infringement of intellectual property or other right of any person or entity relating to the Services, your violation of these Terms of Use, and any other acts or omissions relating to the Services.

6.      DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, PRODUCTS, SERVICES, AND MATERIALS PROVIDED BY THE SERVICES (WHETHER PROVIDED BY SHARING OUR STORIES TO SAVE LIVES, INC. TM, YOU, OTHER USERS, AND OTHER AFFILIATES OR THIRD-PARTIES), INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, MATERIAL, TEXT, PHOTOS, GRAPHICS, AUDIO FILES, VIDEO, AND LINKS, ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, SHARING OUR STORIES TO SAVE LIVES, INC. TM DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES,EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NONINFRINGEMENT,

FREEDOM FROM COMPUTER VIRUS, AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE.

  1. Limitation of Liability
    1. IN NO EVENT SHALL SHARING OUR STORIES TO SAVE LIVES, INC.TM BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (EVEN IF SHARING OUR STORIES TO SAVE LIVES, INC. TM HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), WHETHER IN AN ACTION UNDER CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, OR ANY OTHER THEORY, IN ANY MANNER ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE, INABILITY TO USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SERVICES. SHARING OUR STORIES TO SAVE LIVES, INC.TM ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES TO, OR VIRUSES THAT MAY INFECT, YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR OTHER PROPERTY ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, BROWSING OF, OR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL FROM THE SHARING OUR STORIES TO SAVE LIVES, INC.TM ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY IN ANY MANNER ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT, PRODUCTS, OR MATERIAL AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICES, AS WELL AS ANY THIRD-PARTY WEBSITE PAGES OR ADDITIONAL WEBSITES LINKED TO THE SERVICES, FOR ANY ERROR, DEFAMATION, LIBEL, SLANDER, OMISSION, FALSEHOOD, OBSCENITY, PORNOGRAPHY, PROFANITY, DANGER, OR INACCURACY CONTAINED THEREIN. THESE LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT SHALL SHARING OUR STORIES TO SAVE LIVES, INC.’S 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 (A) THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO SHARING OUR STORIES TO SAVE LIVES, INC.TM, IF ANY, OR (B) $100 (WHICHEVER IS LESS).
    2. YOU AND SHARING OUR STORIES TO SAVE LIVES, INC.TM AGREE THAT THE WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY IN THESE TERMS OF USE ARE MATERIAL, BARGAINED-FOR BASES OF THIS AGREEMENT, AND THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN DETERMINING THE CONSIDERATION TO BE GIVEN BY EACH PARTY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND IN THE DECISION BY EACH PARTY TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT. YOU AND SHARING OUR STORIES TO SAVE LIVES, INC.TM AGREE THAT THE WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY IN THESE TERMS OF USE ARE FAIR AND
    3. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SERVICES OR DO NOT AGREE TO ANY PROVISIONS OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SERVICES, EXCEPT AS MAY BE PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION7(a)

8.      Cancellation, Termination, Transfer, and Expiration of Account or Services

  1. You may cancel or terminate your password, account and/or use of the Services, with or without cause at any time, upon providing written notice to Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc.TM If you cancel or terminate your account or any Services, or upon expiration of your account or service, your cancellation/termination/expiration will take effect Upon termination, your right to use your account or subject Services immediately ceases. Your notice to Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. of cancellation or termination must be sent via email at admin@sostsl.org or conventional mail to: Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc.TM, 176 N. Alessandro St #548, Banning, CA 92220.
  2. Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc.TM, in its sole and absolute discretion, and at any time and with or without prior notice to you. may suspend, cancel, transfer, or terminate your password, account, any site within an account and/or use of any Services for any reason whatsoever (including and without limitation, due to lack of use, commercial use, cybersquatting, Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, ’s resolution of any dispute among multiple persons claiming the right to use the same or similar accounts or services, or Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc.’s belief, in its absolute and sole discretion, that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of these Terms of Use). In the event of a dispute or conflict among, or complaint from, users of the Services about another’s right to establish, use, or maintain an

account or Services, Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc.TM reserves for itself the sole right to determine whether or how to resolve such dispute, conflict or complaint, with or without factual or other investigation.

  1. Upon expiration, or cancellation or termination by either party, of your account, your password, and/or use of any Services, you will have no right to any Material or Information you Submitted, and Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc.TM may temporarily or permanently block access to, remove, deactivate, delete, and discard all such Material or Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc.TM accepts no liability for removed or deleted Material or information. In addition, any contracts (verbal, written, or assumed) with respect to your account, Material or Information you Submit, and/or use of any Services, will be terminated at Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM’s discretion. You agree that Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your access to any Services.

9.      Permanence of Material

Subject to its suspension, cancellation, and termination rights and rights to remove Material, Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM represents that the Services content sponsored as “permanent” will remain available through the Services for the duration of Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc.’s existence, unless: (a) the Services ceases to exist in whole or in part during the relevant period; or (b) acts or events beyond the reasonable control of Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM cause a deletion, loss of data, failure to store, or other interruption in or termination of the availability of the Services content that you sponsored, or any other service to which you subscribed. You may at any time ask Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM to delete without charge the Services content, or other service that you sponsored.

10.   Minors

The consent of a parent, legal guardian, or educational supervisor shall be required before a Minor can use the Services. Use of the Services is confirmation that the person is an adult or a Minor who has received permission from a parent, legal guardian or educational supervisor to use the Services. A parent, legal guardian or educational supervisor will be responsible for any activities of a Minor in connection with the Services regardless of whether the Minor has received permission from the parent, legal guardian or educational supervisor to use the Services. Pursuant to 47 U.S.C. Section 230 et seq, as amended, Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM hereby notifies You that parental control protections (such as computer hardware, software or filtering services) are commercially available that may assist You in limiting material that is harmful to Minors. Information identifying current providers of such protections is available at the web site America Links Up.

11.   Your Account, Password, and Security

  1. Some features of the Services may require you to register and/or create an account with Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc.TM During this process, you must select an account designation and password and provide certain personal information to Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM, including a valid email address. In consideration of the use of Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, ’s Services, you agree to:
    1. provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the registration form, and
    2. maintain and promptly update the personal information you provide to keep it true, accurate, current, and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Services (or any portion thereof).
  2. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of your account and password, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account, and for any other actions taken in connection with the account or password. You agree to
    1. immediately notify Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM of any known or suspected unauthorized use(s) of your password or account, or any known or suspected breach of

security, including loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure of your password or credit card information; and

  1. ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM will not be liable for any injury, loss or damage of any kind arising from or relating to your failure to comply with (a) and (b) or for any acts or omissions by you or someone else using your account and/or

12.   Links and Farming

As a courtesy to you, the Services may offer links to other websites. Some of these websites may be affiliated with Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM while others are not. Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM is not responsible for the contents of any website pages created and maintained by organizations independent of Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM Visiting any such third-party website pages is at your own risk. Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM has no control of these third- party website pages, nor can it guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of information in third- party website pages. Your use of such information is voluntary, and your reliance on such information should be made only after independent review. References to commercial products or services within any such third-party website pages do not constitute or imply an endorsement by Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM By using the Services, you acknowledge that Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM is responsible neither for the availability of, nor the content located on or through any third-party website pages.

13.   Trademarks

SOSTSLtm and SOSTSL.ORGtm  are common law trademark of Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM Such trademarks and other marks, logos, and names of Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM, used on or in connection with the Services may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not under Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc.’s ownership or control. Furthermore, such trademarks may not be used in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among consumers or in any manner that disparages or discredits Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM All other trademarks not owned by Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM that appear in connection with the Services are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM

14.   Consideration

You acknowledge that these Terms of Use are supported by reasonable and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged. Without limiting the foregoing, you acknowledge that such consideration includes, without limitation, your use of the Services and receipt or use of data, content, products, services, Material and Information available at or through the Services, the possibility of our review, use or display of your user-generated content, and the possibility of publicity and promotion from our review, use or display of your user-generated content.

15.   Third-Party Software

If you elect to download or access any third party software that Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM makes available in connection with the Services, you understand that you may have to agree to that third- party provider’s terms of use or license before you use such software. You also agree that the use of any third-party software or content obtained in connection with the Services does not transfer to you any rights, title or interest in or to such software or content, and you agree that you will not use any such software except as expressly authorized under that third party providers terms of use or license agreement. By downloading software made available through the Services, you are deemed to agree to the third-party provider’s terms of use or license agreement, the terms of which are incorporated by reference herein for the benefit of such third-party providers. If you do not agree to the third party’s terms of use or license agreement, do not download its software.

16.   Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, and Limitations

The Services are created and controlled by Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM in the State of California, U.S.A. You agree that these Terms of Use will be governed by and construed in accordance with

the laws of the United States of America and the State of California, without regard to its conflicts of law provisions. Use of the Services is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these Terms of Use. Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM makes no claims or assurances that the Services are appropriate or may be downloaded outside of the United States. You agree that all legal proceedings arising out of or in connection with these Terms of Use or the Services must be filed in a federal or state court located in Banning, California, within one year of the time in which the events giving rise to such claim began, or your claim will be forever waived and barred. You expressly submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of said courts and consent to extraterritorial service of process.

17.   General Terms of Use

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If any portion of these Terms of Use is found to be void, invalid or otherwise unenforceable, then that portion shall be deemed to be superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that matches the intent of the original provision as closely as possible. The remainder of these Terms of Use shall continue to be enforceable and valid according to terms contained herein.

  1. Entire

Except as expressly provided in a particular “Legal Notice” or other notice on particular pages of the Services, these Terms of Use, which hereby incorporate by reference the terms of Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM constitute the entire agreement between you and Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM, superseding all prior agreements regarding the Services.

  1. No

The failure of Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of said right or provision. Neither party hereto shall be deemed to be in default of any provision of the Terms of Use or for failure in performance resulting from acts or events beyond the reasonable control of such party and arising without its fault or negligence, including, but not be limited to, acts of God, civil or military authority, interruption of electric or telecommunication services, civil disturbances, acts of war or terrorists, strikes, fires, floods or other catastrophes.

  1. Headings &

The section titles in the Terms of Use are for your convenience only and carry no contractual or legal effect whatsoever. The language in these Terms of Use shall be interpreted in accordance with its fair meaning and shall not be strictly interpreted for or against either party.

  1. Contact Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM

For purposes of providing notice of cancellation or termination, contact Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM by email at admin@sostsl.org or by mail at Sharing Our Stories to Save Lives, Inc. TM, 176 N. Alessandro St. #548, Banning, CA 92220