These Terms of Service (also referred to herein as these “Terms”) are an agreement between Sgrouples, Inc. (dba “MeWe”), a company based in Los Angeles, California, which is the owner and operator of https://mewe.com (the “Site”), the MeWe software, and the MeWe mobile apps (collectively “MeWe”, the “MeWe Service”, or the “Service”), and you (“you” or “You”), a user of the Service. BY USING THE SERVICE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE TO THESE TERMS, AND TO MEWE'S PRIVACY POLICY, WHICH CAN BE FOUND AT https://mewe.com/cms/privacy, AND WHICH IS INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE. PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF SERVICE CAREFULLY. BY AGREEING TO THESE TERMS OF SERVICE, YOU ALSO CONSENT TO OUR COLLECTION, USE AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE US IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU CHOOSE TO NOT AGREE TO ANY OF THESE TERMS, YOU MAY NOT USE THE SERVICE.
ALL CLAIMS AND DISPUTES ARISING UNDER THESE TERMS MUST BE ARBITRATED OR LITIGATED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT ON A CLASS BASIS. CLAIMS OF MORE THAN ONE USER CANNOT BE ARBITRATED OR LITIGATED JOINTLY OR CONSOLIDATED WITH THOSE OF ANY OTHER USER.
Allowable Content and Acceptable Use
At MeWe our focus is creating a positive and helpful experience for our users. We want MeWe to be convenient, safe, and fun for you and your communities. This means there are a few rules for use of MeWe Services, including but not limited to your use of the following features: Pages, which are pages where businesses, brands, organizations, artists, and public figures are represented on MeWe that may be followed by users (“Pages”); Groups, which are communities where MeWe members can gather to communicate and share about a given topic (“Groups”); and Events, which are events that may be scheduled through MeWe, including with other users (“Events”). As a condition of your use of the Site, you represent and warrant to us that you will not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms. Whether on behalf of yourself or on behalf of a third party, you may NOT:
Violate any law or regulation.
Collect e-mail addresses or other contact information of other users by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited or unauthorized advertising or commercial communications, such as spam.
Engage in spidering or harvesting, or participate in the use of software, including spyware, designed to collect data from the Site or Services, including about other MeWe users.
Use automated methods to use the Site or Services, or otherwise use the methods that interfere with, disable, disrupt, impair or create an undue burden on the networks or services that support this Site.
Stalk, harass, bully, intimidate, or harm another user.
Post unlawful, harmful, obscene, or pornographic content.
Impersonate someone.
Post content that is hateful, threatening, harmful, incites violence, or contains graphic or gratuitous violence.
Use MeWe to do anything unlawful, misleading, malicious, or discriminatory, or otherwise promote any criminal or illegal activity, or provide instructional information about illegal activity.
Post content you do not have the right to transmit.
Post content that infringes on trademarks or copyrights.
Post viruses or malicious scripts.
Post spam or link bait.
Attempt to circumvent any technological measure implemented by MeWe or any of MeWe's providers or any other third party (including another user) to protect the Site or Services.
Attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software used to provide the Site or Services.
Access (or attempt to access) areas or features of this Site for which you do not have the proper authorization.
Use the Site or Services in a way that we determine, in our sole discretion, restricts or inhibits any other user from using or enjoying this Site.
Advocate, encourage, or assist any third party in doing any of the foregoing.
Selling usernames, Page names, Group names: You may not buy or sell MeWe usernames, Page names or Group names.
Username, Page name, Group name squatting: You may not engage in username, Page name, or Group name squatting, as determined in MeWe’s sole discretion. Some of the factors we may take into consideration when determining whether conduct is username, Page name, or Group name squatting include:
the number of accounts created;
the creation of accounts for the purpose of preventing others from using those account names;
the creation of accounts for the purpose of selling those accounts; and
the use of third-party content feeds to update and maintain accounts under the names of those third parties.
Fake Accounts: You may not register or create fake and misleading, deceptive or fraudulent accounts, as determined in MeWe’s sole discretion. While you may use MeWe pseudonymously or as a parody, commentary, or fan account, you may not impersonate or falsely represent a brand, entity, or public figure, or use misleading account information in order to engage in spamming, abusive, or disruptive behavior, including attempts to manipulate conversations on MeWe. Some of the factors that we may take into account when determining whether an account is fake include:
Use of stock or stolen avatar photos;
Use of stolen or copied profile bios; and
Use of intentionally misleading profile information.
Where a Page, Group, or Event is being used to express support for or interest in a brand, entity, or public figure, it must make clear in the name or description that it is not an official representation.
More on Spam: You may not use MeWe’s services for the purpose of spamming anyone, as determined in MeWe’s sole discretion. Spam is generally defined on MeWe as bulk or aggressive activity that attempts to manipulate or disrupt MeWe or the experience of users on MeWe to drive traffic or attention to unrelated accounts, products, services, or initiatives. Some of the factors that we take into account when determining what conduct is considered to be spamming include:
if you have made a large number of group or user contact requests, or followed and/or unfollowed a large number of user accounts or Pages, in a short time period;
if your posts or comments consist mainly of links and/or are shared without commentary;
if a large number of people have blocked you in response to high volumes of untargeted, unsolicited, or duplicative content or engagements from your account;
if a large number of spam complaints have been filed against you;
if you post duplicative or substantially similar content, replies, comments to multiple Pages, Groups, or users; or create duplicate or substantially similar accounts;
if you post multiple updates to a Page, Group, user or topic with an intent to subvert or manipulate the topic to drive traffic or attention to unrelated accounts, products, services, or initiatives;
if you send large numbers of unsolicited posts, comments, replies or mentions;
if you add users to lists in a bulk or aggressive manner;
if you are randomly or aggressively engaging with Pages, Groups, or users to drive traffic or attention to unrelated accounts, products, services, or initiatives;
if you repeatedly post other people’s account information as your own (e.g., bio, posts, comments, profile, user URL, etc.);
if you post misleading, deceptive, or malicious links (e.g., affiliate links, links to malware/clickjacking pages, etc.); and
Accounts created to replace or mimic suspended accounts may be permanently suspended.
We may also remove accounts which MeWe at its discretion attributes to entities known to violate the MeWe Terms of Service.
Additional Policies for Pages, Groups, and Events
Gambling Pages, Groups, and Events must not facilitate or promote online gambling, online real money, games of skill, or online lotteries without our prior written permission.
Inaccurately Tagged Content Pages, Groups, and Events must not inaccurately tag content or encourage users to inaccurately tag content.
Incentivization Pages, Groups, and Events must not incentivize people to misuse MeWe features or functionality.
Rights Reserved
At its discretion, MeWe may permanently cancel accounts of users who violate the Terms . MeWe reserves the right to view Private Groups for the purposes of fixing issues, to respond to complaints about Terms violations, or when required to do so by law. MeWe reserves the ongoing right to view Pages, Selective Groups, Open Groups, and any groups in the MeWe Open Group Directory to assess compliance with this Terms of Service. MeWe reserves the right to remove objectionable content without notice. MeWe can remove any content or information you post at MeWe if we believe that it violates our Terms.
We may suspend or terminate your account or cease providing you with all or part of the Services at any time for any or no reason, including, but not limited to, if we reasonably believe you have violated these Terms.
MeWe reserves the right to ban Pages, Groups and users that do not comply with these Terms as assessed in MeWe’s sole discretion and interpretation of its Terms of Service; and Users, Pages and Groups under investigation or which have been detected as sharing content in violation of these terms may have their visibility limited in various parts of MeWe, including search. Pages, Groups, and users may not be notified when any of this occurs. Banned Pages, Groups, and users may contact MeWe Customer Support to request more information. We reserve the right to respond or not respond to such requests. You are required to comply with the rules in these Terms.
While we have the right to monitor activity and content associated with MeWe, we are not obligated to do so. We do not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of any content submitted by users. Because community standards vary and individuals sometimes choose not to comply with our policies and practices, you understand that in the process of using MeWe, you may be exposed to content that you find offensive or objectionable in your communities. We do not endorse, support, represent or guarantee the completeness, truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any Content or communications posted at MeWe or endorse any opinions expressed at MeWe. We may investigate the complaints and violations of our policies that come to our attention and may take any action that we believe is appropriate, including, but not limited to issuing warnings, removing the content or terminating accounts and/or subscriptions. We also, however, reserve the right not to take any action. Under no circumstances will we be liable in any way for any content, including, but not limited to any errors or omissions in any content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of, access to, or denial of access to any content on the Website.
Due to storage limitations and expenses, MeWe reserves the right to close and delete any user account that has not been logged in for a period of 6 months or more. MeWe will notify any such users whose accounts it intends to delete, by email or SMS, if they have been inactive for greater than 5 months and provide those users with a minimum of 30 days’ notice and options on how to keep their content and account at MeWe or how to download their content onto their personal computers. MeWe will give one final notice at least 48 hours prior to deleting an account.
MeWe reserves the right to transfer ownership and administration of or terminate an Open Group or Page that has been abandoned by the Page or Group owner and its appointed Page or Group administrators. A Page or Open Group is considered abandoned if the Page or Group owner and Page or Group administrators do not log into MeWe for at least 6 months or do not post to the Page or Group for at least 6 months. Once the transfer of a Page or Group ownership and administration is effected by MeWe, it may be transferred subsequently at any time by MeWe.
Purchases
There are no fees for use of many of the features on MeWe. However, premium features and subscriptions (“Premium Services”) are available for purchase by MeWe members for additional services MeWe may offer. MeWe may change the fees and/or benefits associated with premium features from time to time or may immediately suspend or terminate premium features for any or no reason and without advance notice or liability. If you break any of MeWe’s Terms in the use of your MeWe account and/or in the use of its premium features and subscriptions that you have purchased, in addition to other actions we may take, we may cancel any or all of your premium features and subscriptions immediately and no refund will be granted for any payments you have made.
Purchase Information: If you wish to purchase Premium Services (a “Purchase”), you may be asked to supply certain information relevant to your Purchase, including information about your method of payment (such as your payment card number and expiration date) and your billing address (collectively, “Purchase Information”). You represent and warrant that you have the legal right to use any Purchase Information utilized in connection with any Purchase. By submitting Purchase Information to us, you grant to us the right to provide such information to third parties for the purposes of facilitating the completion of Purchases initiated by you or on your behalf. Verification of Purchase Information may be required prior to the acknowledgment or completion of any Purchase.
Premium Services: All descriptions, images, references, features, content, specifications, Premium Services and prices of Premium Services are subject to change at any time without notice. The inclusion of any Premium Services on the Site does not imply or warrant that these Premium Services will be available. It is your responsibility to ascertain and obey all applicable local, state, federal, and international laws in regard to the receipt, possession, use, and sale of any Service. By entering into a Purchase, you represent and warrant that the Premium Service that you buy will be used only for the intended purpose and in a lawful manner. We reserve the right, with or without prior notice, to do any one or more of the following: (a) limit the availability of or discontinue any Premium Service; (b) impose conditions on the honoring of any discount, promotional code, or other similar promotion; (c) bar you from making or completing any or all Purchase(s); and (d) refuse to provide you with any Premium Service.
Payment: When you purchase a Premium Service that is paid for by you through recurring payments, you agree that you are authorizing recurring payments, and that such payments and thereby subscription will be made by the method and at the recurring intervals you have agreed to, until the subscription is terminated by you or by MeWe. You may cancel a subscription at any time before the end of the current billing period and the cancellation will take effect on the next billing period.
Security: MeWe uses the services of established third party vendors for all payments and payment information. MeWe stores no payment information on its servers and is not liable for any breach of payment information or loss that occurs with the payment vendor.
Who Our Services Are For
The use of MeWe is for all persons age 16 and over who agree to these Terms. MeWe Terms and Privacy Policy are in force and applicable for all times when users access MeWe Sites and Services.
Third Party Sites
Persons age 16 and over may connect to 3rd party sites in which they have accounts through MeWe’s convenient “Social Networks” services. When connected to and engaged in 3rd party sites through MeWe, you agree and understand that while you are posting, commenting, sharing, etc., content with 3rd party sites, you and your content are in those moments under the legal authority of that 3rd party site and the privacy policies and other terms of that 3rd party site. This also applies if you click on an advertisement or coupon. MeWe is not responsible or liable for any damage or loss related to your use of any third-party website or online service. You should always read the terms and conditions and privacy policy of a third-party website or online service before using it, whether directly or in connection with your use of the Site or Services. If you connect to YouTube with your use of the Site or Services, you are agreeing to be bound by the YouTube Terms of Service. YOUR USE OF THIRD-PARTY SITES OR SERVICES IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Privacy and Passwords
Your personal privacy and data privacy are very important to us. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your MeWe account information, including your username and password. You are responsible for all activities that occur under your MeWe account and you agree to notify MeWe immediately of any unauthorized access or use of your MeWe account. MeWe is not responsible or liable for any damage or loss related to any unauthorized access or use of your MeWe account. For more information on the importance and protection of your privacy at MeWe, please see our Privacy Policy.
You are responsible for safeguarding the password that you use to access MeWe and for any activities or actions made through your account with MeWe. We encourage you to use “strong” passwords (passwords that use a combination of upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols) with your account. MeWe cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with the above.
Availability, Errors and Inaccuracies
We make a conscientious effort to describe and display Services accurately on the Site. Despite these efforts, a small number of Services may be described inaccurately, or unavailable, and we may experience delays in updating Service information. As a result, we cannot and do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any such information, including prices, specifications, and availability. We reserve the right to change or update Service information and to correct errors, inaccuracies, or omissions at any time without prior notice. If we determine that there were inaccuracies in Service information, we will cancel your Purchase and notify you of such cancellation based on contact information you provide to us for the Purchase.
User Content Ownership
You are our customer to delight, not data to sell or allow others to target. You own your content. We don’t. We don’t share your content with marketers. Third parties cannot pay MeWe to target you. At MeWe you have full control over your newsfeed and the order of how posts appear.
For that reason, materials, including but not limited to text, data, images, graphics, photos, audio, audiovisual, videos, and content of any nature provided by users of MeWe (“User Content”) are owned by the party contributing such content. As a user of MeWe, you are solely responsible for your own submissions. By transmitting your submissions or otherwise through or using MeWe you represent that you have all rights and authorizations necessary to post, submit, display, produce, or otherwise transmit, such content. You agree that you will not submit material that is or contains the intellectual property of a third party that you do not have permission to use. You promise that your User Content does not infringe the intellectual property rights, privacy rights, publicity rights, or other legal rights of any third party.
MeWe is not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety, or intellectual property rights of or relating to such User Content, which may be inaccurate, infringing, offensive, indecent, or objectionable. You understand that all information posted or transmitted through MeWe is the sole responsibility of the person from which such content originated and that we are not and will not be liable for any errors or omissions in any content. You understand that we cannot guarantee the identity of users or the accuracy of any data that users may provide any other users with whom you interact in the course of using MeWe.
By submitting, posting or displaying User Content through the Site and Services, you grant MeWe a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display, distribute, or otherwise use User Content, including for the purpose of providing and improving the Site and the Services.
Notice and Takedown Policy
MeWe honors copyright laws, including the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), and takes reasonable steps to promptly remove from our Services and Site any infringing material that we become aware of. If MeWe becomes aware that a user has infringed copyrights, we will take reasonable steps within our power to remove the infringing content, including, but not limited to, terminating the user’s account. If you believe that anything on the Services infringes a copyright that you own or control, please contact copyright@mewe.com with 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 on the applicable MeWe Services are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works on the applicable MeWe Services;
Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of the infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit MeWe to locate the material;
Information reasonably sufficient to permit MeWe to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted;
A statement that the complaining party has 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.
You acknowledge that if you fail to provide MeWe with the information listed above, your DMCA notice may not be valid. Please note that under Section 512(f) of the US Copyright Act, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing may be subject to liability.
Our Commitment To Data Security
MeWe uses commercially reasonable physical, managerial, and technical safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of your personal information. We cannot, however, ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to MeWe and you do so at your own risk. Using unsecured Wi-Fi or other unprotected networks to submit messages through the MeWe Service is never recommended. Once we receive your transmission of information, MeWe makes commercially reasonable efforts to secure our systems. However, please note that this is not a guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards or otherwise. If MeWe learns of a security systems breach, then we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps. MeWe may post a notice on the Site or through the MeWe Service if a security breach occurs.
MeWe Content Data
When you use our Services, we process any data you explicitly enter into the site (your “Content Data”), including your full name, email address, profile information, posts, comments, photos, voice recordings, videos, files, emojis, etc. MeWe uses your Content Data for the sole purpose of serving and providing you with the full experience of MeWe. You control how we process your Content Data through Privacy & Sharing settings in your account at MeWe.
MeWe Invitations
You may also choose to use the MeWe Invitation Service. If you choose to use this service, MeWe will access your address book on your behalf. On Desktop you have the choice of uploading your address book to your MeWe account by giving MeWe permission to do this on your behalf. You also have the choice to give the MeWe App permission at your request to access your address book. Additionally, you have the choice to invite individual friends or contacts to connect with you on MeWe using your personalized MeWe link, QR code, and you may send them SMS or e-mail invitations using the MeWe Invitation Service. If you give MeWe permission to upload your address book in order to serve your needs with invitations, MeWe may store a copy of the phone numbers, emails, and names in your address book on MeWe servers. This information is only used to provide you with the MeWe Invitation Service.
Notification of Requests for Account Information
MeWe's policy is to notify users of requests for their account information, which includes a copy of the request, prior to disclosure unless we are prohibited from doing so (e.g., an order under 18 U.S.C. § 2705(b)). Exceptions to prior notice may include exigent or counterproductive circumstances (e.g., emergencies; account compromises, etc.). We may also provide post-notice to affected users when prior notice is prohibited.
Guidelines for Law Enforcement Seeking Customer Data (Worldwide)
Like all service providers, MeWe is legally required to turn over customer data that it hosts when it receives valid legal process from a law enforcement authority with jurisdiction. The following guidelines apply to all customer data hosted by MeWe.
a. Service of Legal Process
Preservation requests, subpoenas, or search warrants from U.S. law enforcement or civil investigative agencies seeking data regarding MeWe's customers may be personally served at, or mailed to the address below. MeWe will only respond to requests from non-U.S. law enforcement agencies that are issued by a U.S. court either by way of a mutual legal assistance treaty or a letter interrogatory. Civil subpoenas require personal service and will not be accepted via fax.
b. Valid Legal Process is Required Before Disclosure
For all MeWe customers disclosure is governed by U.S. law, including the Federal Stored Communications Act (the “SCA”), 18 U.S.C. Sections 2701-2712, as well as by our own Terms and Privacy Policy. In general, we will turn over “basic subscriber” records (i.e., name, email address, phone number, and so on) in response to a valid subpoena that is issued in connection with an official criminal investigation. However, we require a search warrant issued upon a showing of probable cause under relevant state or federal law before we will turn over User Content stored on our servers, such as posts, photos, videos, documents, etc. Requests by law enforcement agencies require a valid search warrant or equivalent from an agency with proper jurisdiction over MeWe.
Indemnity
By accepting these Terms of Service, you agree to indemnify and otherwise hold harmless MeWe, its affiliates and subsidiaries and its and their officers, directors, employees, agents, contractors, assigns, and other partners from any and all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, fees, expenses and costs (including attorneys’ fees) and any and all direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages resulting from i) your access to or use of MeWe; ii) unauthorized access to or alteration of your communications with or through MeWe, iii) your breach of any provision of these Terms; or iv) any other matter relating to MeWe. Any business transactions which may arise between users from their use of MeWe are the sole responsibility of the users involved, and we disclaim any and all responsibility for such transactions. MeWe will provide you with notice of any such claim or allegation, and MeWe will have the right to participate in the defense of any such claim.
Disclaimer
MeWe is not responsible or liable for any viruses or other contamination of your system or for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions arising out of your use of the site or with respect to the material contained on the Services, including without limitation, any material posted to the Site. The Services and all materials contained therein are distributed and transmitted on an “as is” and “as available” basis. MEWE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
Limitation of Liability
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL MEWE, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, LICENSORS OR SERVICE PROVIDERS, OR ANY OF ITS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SHAREHOLDERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS (COLLECTIVELY, THE “RELEASED PARTIES”) BE LIABLE TO YOU, OR ANY THIRD PARTY, FOR ANY LOSSES OR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE, ITS CONTENT, ANY SERVICES OR PRODUCTS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS SITE, OR YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE OR ANY SERVICES, INCLUDING ANY PURCHASES YOU MAKE OR LOSS OR DAMAGE DUE TO VIRUSES THAT MAY AFFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE, DATA OR OTHER PROPERTY ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR USE OF THIS SITE OR YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY CONTENT FROM THIS SITE.
THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY THAT APPLIES TO ALL LOSSES AND DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, GENERAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF INCOME OR LOSS OF PROFITS), WHETHER THE CLAIM IS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, EVEN IF AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF MEWE OR ANOTHER RELEASED PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND WITHOUT REGARD TO THE SUCCESS OR EFFECTIVENESS OF OTHER REMEDIES. YOU AGREE THAT WE WOULD NOT ENTER INTO THESE TERMS OF USE WITHOUT THESE LIMITATIONS ON OUR LIABILITY. THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
Use of Frequency Access Services
MeWe users have the opportunity to opt-in to the use of certain services offered by Frequency Access LLC (“Frequency Services”). The Frequency Services provide users with the ability to authenticate to, set permissions and interact with apps supported by the Frequency Services, including MeWe (“Supported Apps”) and networks supported by the Frequency Services (the “Supported Networks”) including the Frequency blockchain, a layer 1 blockchain integrated into the Polkadot platform (“Frequency Chain”). Through interaction with the Frequency Chain, you will be able to: (a) establish a message source account that allows you to set certain permissions and access functions (the “MSA”); (b) store the digital representation of your online relationships in the form of a social graph (the “Social Graph”); (c) establish a self-selected, human readable identifier used to identify the user’s MSA (“Handle”) and (d) interact with other Supported Apps on the Frequency Chain. If you opt in to use of the Frequency Services, you acknowledge and agree that the some of the information you provide or make available through the Frequency Services, including your Personal Data, may be written to the Supported Networks, including the Frequency Chain, and may be accessible to the public, potentially without the ability to fully delete that information.
When connected to and engaging with the Frequency Services, you agree and understand that you are using a third party service. Like other third party services, the Frequency Services are separate from MeWe. MeWe neither owns nor controls Frequency Access LLC or the Frequency Services. MeWe is not responsible or liable for the Frequency Services or for any damage or loss related to the Frequency Services or any information you make available to the Frequency Services or write to a blockchain through the Frequency Services. Your use of the Frequency Services is governed by the Frequency Access Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. You should read these documents before opting into or using the Frequency Services. YOUR USE OF THE FREQUENCY SERVICES IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Ownership In and To The Site and Services
Other than User Content (which we do not own and claim no ownership of), we own or license all right, title, and interest in and to (a) the Site and Services, including all software, text, media, and other content available on the Site and Services (“MeWe Content”); and (b) MeWe's trademarks, logos, and brand elements (“Marks”). The Site and Services, MeWe Content, and Marks are all protected under U.S. and international laws. MeWe, My Cloud, Check It Out, Practice Safe Sharing, the MeWe logo, and other MeWe logos and names are trademarks of MeWe. You agree not to display or use these trademarks in any manner without our prior written permission.
Under these Terms, we hereby grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use this Site and to download and print copies of any MeWe Content on any Services to which you have properly gained access, but only for your own personal, non-commercial use, and only if you do not remove, modify or obscure any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices from such content. The foregoing license does not include use of any data mining, robots or similar data gathering or extraction methods. We may revoke this license at any time and for any reason without notice.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in these Terms, you may not use, copy, reproduce, distribute, republish, download, modify, display, post or transmit content on or through MeWe Content or Marks in any form or by any means without our express prior written permission.
We welcome your comments, feedback, suggestions, and other communications regarding this Site and the information, products, and services we make available through this Site (collectively, “Feedback”). By submitting Feedback, however, please note that you represent and warrant that you have the legal rights to disclose any ideas or information you include in your Feedback. Please also note that the Feedback you provide to us through this Site will be and remain our exclusive property. Your submission of Feedback will constitute an assignment to us of all worldwide rights, title and interests in your Feedback, including all copyrights and other intellectual property rights in your Feedback. This means that we will be entitled to reduce to practice, exploit, make, use, copy, disclose, display or perform publicly, distribute, improve and modify any Feedback you submit for any purpose whatsoever, without restriction and without compensating you in any way. For this reason, we ask that you not send us any Feedback that you do not wish to assign to us.
The presence of any MeWe Content on this Site does not constitute a waiver of any right to such MeWe Content. You do not acquire ownership rights to any such MeWe Content viewed through this Site. Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we will permit you to access and use the Site solely for lawful purposes and only in accordance with these Terms.
Notice For California Users
Under California Civil Code Section 1789.3, California users of our Site are entitled to the following specific consumer rights notice: The Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs may be contacted in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112, Sacramento, CA 95834, or by telephone at (800) 952-5210.
Other Provisions
MeWe is provided to people by Sgrouples, Inc., a company based in Los Angeles County, California.
Under no circumstances will MeWe be held liable for any delay or failure in performance due in whole or in part to any acts of nature or other causes beyond its reasonable control.
If any provision of these Terms is found to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable, then that provision will be deemed severable from these Terms and will not affect the validity or enforceability of any remaining provisions.
The failure of MeWe to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not prevent MeWe from enforcing such right or provision in the future.
MeWe reserves the right, in our sole discretion to modify these Terms, effective upon the date a revised Terms of Service is posted on the Site with notice to you, the User, of such modification. Your continued use of the Service constitutes your binding acceptance of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, as they are amended, revised and posted on the Site periodically. We may assign our rights and obligations under these Terms, including in connection with a merger, acquisition, sale of assets or equity, or by operation of law.
These Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any conflict of laws rules or provisions.
You agree that any action of whatever nature arising from or relating to these Terms, the Site, or Services will be filed only in the state or federal courts located in Los Angeles County, California. You consent and submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of any such action.
Changes to these Terms of Service
We are continually improving and adding to the features and functionality of this Site and the Services we offer through this Site. As a result of these changes (or changes in applicable law), we may need to update or revise these Terms of Service from time to time. Accordingly, we reserve the right to modify these Terms of Service at any time and in our sole discretion, without prior notice, by posting the revised version of these Terms of Service to the link marked “Terms” at the bottom of each page of this Site. Any modifications will be effective 24 hours after posting through the Site or delivery of such other notice. You must cease using the Site or terminate these Terms of Service at any time if you do not agree to any changes. However, your continued use of this Site after we have posted the revised Terms of Service constitutes your agreement to be bound by the revised Terms of Service.
Whenever we do change these Terms of Service, we will also change the “effective date” at the bottom of these Terms of Service. If you have not visited this Site in the last sixty days, be sure to check the effective date to see if these Terms of Service have been revised since your last visit.
Contact Information
Sgrouples, Inc., dba MeWe
Email: legal@mewe.com
Customer Support: support@mewe.com
Effective: May 16, 2023