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TERMS & CONDITIONS

Terms and Conditions of Website Use (Published 12/10/2017 03:53 PM)

What are the terms and conditions?

 

1. Introduction

Our website, TaketheLeadDanceStudio.com is owned and operated by The TTL Group. LLC d/b/a Take the Lead Dance Studio.  Our website and corresponding features subject you to the following Terms and Conditions of Website Use (these "Terms of Use").  If you visit or shop at our Website, you accept these conditions. Please read them carefully.


Studio reserves the right to change these Terms of Use, and all other policies governing our Website, privacy, and usage, at any time. We will alert you to these changes by noting the date that these Terms of Use, and all other policies governing our Website, privacy, and usage, were last updated.  Your continued use of our Website following the posting of changes means that you accept such changes. It is your responsibility to check these Terms of Use, and all other policies governing our Website, privacy, and usage, each time you use our Website, so that you can take note of any changes we may make.  Any changes apply only from the date on which they are reflected in these Terms of Use or other policies governing our Website, privacy, and usage.

2. Accounts

Our Website allows you to schedule lessons quickly and easily by setting up a password protected account. If you create an account, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account, username, and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account, username, or password. Your use of the registration process on our Website is personal to you and is not transferable. You agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current, and complete registration information about yourself on all forms you complete; and (b) maintain and update this information to keep it true, accurate, current, and complete; and (c) immediately notify Studio of any suspected unauthorized use of your account, username, or password.

 

 

3. Ordering

When you schedule a lesson on our Website, Studio will not charge you for your lesson until we receive authorization for your payment method. Studio reserves the right, at any time after receipt of your order, to accept, decline, or cancel your order, or any portion thereof, even after your receipt of an order confirmation. We also reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to limit the quantity of lessons scheduled, refuse service to any customer, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, and/or prohibit sales to dealers. Some situations where we may cancel your lesson include inaccuracies or errors in times of availability or pricing information, limited quantities, or problems with the chosen payment mechanism. In certain circumstances, we may require additional information or need to verify information before accepting your order.  The receipt of an e-mail order confirmation does not constitute the acceptance of an order or a confirmation of an offer to sell.

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4. Pricing

 All prices, features, content, and specifications listed on our Website for product or services are subject to change at any time without notice. Studio strives to provide the most accurate pricing and product information possible. In spite of such efforts, however, pricing and product information errors on our Website may occur. You agree that Studio shall not be responsible for any such pricing or product information errors. Studio cannot confirm the accuracy of the price of an item until after Studio has processed and completed your lesson. In the event that an item is listed at an incorrect price, Studio shall have the right to refuse or cancel any orders placed for that item.  In no case will Studio charge you more than the listed price for an item without your consent.  Please note that sometimes a price of an item online may not match the price in our retail stores, and Studio reserves the right to maintain different prices for items offered for sale through different channels.

5. Payment

 Studio reserves the right to change accepted payment methods at any time without notice.

 

 

6. Risk of Loss

Should any physical items such as shoes, clothing etc  purchased from our Website are made pursuant to a shipping contract, which means that the risk of loss and title for such purchases pass to you upon our delivery to the carrier designated for shipment.

 

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7. Returns

 Studio is committed to customer satisfaction and keeping our prices low every day, and our return policy reflects this commitment.  We do not oversell lessons or ask students to commit to long term contracts.  Any lesson purchased by one student can be easily transferred to any other students’ account without any charge or loss of value.  Only under extreme circumstances do we give refunds for lessons that were pre-paid.

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8. Website Access

 Studio grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of our Website, but not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, without the express written consent of Studio. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of our Website or their contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, photos, or prices; any derivative use of our Website or their contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another merchant; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. Our Website or any portion thereof may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without the express written consent of Studio. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of Studio, or use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" using Studio's name or trademarks, without the express written consent of Studio. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by Studio. You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of our Website, so long as the link does not portray Studio, or its products or services, in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter. You may not use any Studio logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link without the express written consent of Studio.


By using our Website, you certify that you are at least 18 years of age. If you are under the age of 18, you may use our Website only with the permission of your parent or guardian who agrees to be bound by these Terms of Use and is responsible for your actions. If you are a parent or guardian, you are responsible for the use of our Website by your child, including all purchases made by such child. Studio does not knowingly collect personal information about children under the age of 13 without prior parental consent of such collection of personal information.


You agree that you will not do any of the following in connection with your use of our Website: (a) fail to follow these Terms of Use; (b) abuse your Website privileges; (c) misrepresent personal information that is provided to Studio by you or anyone else acting on your behalf; (d) act in a manner inconsistent with or in violation of any applicable local, state, federal or other applicable U.S. or foreign law, statute, regulation, directive or ordinance; (e) do anything detrimental to the interests of Studio; (f) use, or attempt to use, any part of our Website for purposes such as, by way of example and not limitation, tampering, hacking, spoofing, using robots or scripts, or otherwise corrupting the administration, security, or proper function of any part of our Website; (g) reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise alter our Website or otherwise attempt to discover the source code or structural framework thereto; (h) access or attempt to access any part of our Website for which you do not have authorization; (i) do anything which would create or impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large burden or load on Studio; (j) frame or link to our Website except as permitted in writing by Studio; or (k) interfere with or disrupt our Website or servers or networks connected to our Website, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of our Website.


Studio reserves the right at any time and from time to time to add, change, discontinue, remove or suspend any other content displayed on our Website, including features and specifications of products and services described or depicted on our Website, temporarily or permanently, at any time, with or without notice. You agree that Studio shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuance of our Website.  

 

SEE SECTION 21 BELOW FOR IMPORTANT LIMITATIONS ON THE TERMS OF THIS SECTION 8.

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9. Third-Party Links and References

 Our Website may contain links or references to names, marks, products or services of third parties, or links to other website on the Internet that are owned and operated by third parties. Such references and/or links are provided solely as a convenience to you and do not in any way constitute or imply Studio's endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation of the third party or its information, products or services. If you use these references or links, you may leave our Website and you do so entirely at your own risk. Studio is not responsible for, and does not make any representations regarding any third party's products, services, practices, policies, or website content.


 

SEE SECTION 21 BELOW FOR IMPORTANT LIMITATIONS ON THE TERMS OF THIS SECTION 9.

 

 

10. Information Ownership and Accuracy

Any information communicated to Studio through the use of our Website, including but not limited to notes on message boards, suggestions, ideas, e-mails, or other similar content (collectively "User Generated Content") become the property of Studio. Other than personal or financial information submitted by a user, Studio is entitled to use any User Generated Content without restriction or compensation to the person submitting the information.


Studio is not responsible for monitoring any message boards, chat rooms, customized gift messages, or on-line forums that appear on our Website, and Studio reserves the right to remove or edit, in whole or in part, any material we deem objectionable, offensive or inappropriate at any time. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, defamatory, obscene, inflammatory, discriminatory, harassing, pornographic, profane, racially-derogatory, ethnically-derogatory or otherwise objectionable material of any kind or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any applicable law. Studio assumes no responsibility or liability arising from User Generated Content, including any claims of defamation, error, omission, inaccuracy, obscenity, pornography, profanity or danger.

SEE SECTION 21 BELOW FOR IMPORTANT LIMITATIONS ON THE TERMS OF THIS SECTION 10.

Information on our Website includes products, services and content that is available in or applicable to the United States and is in compliance with U.S. laws only. If our Website are accessed from outside the United States, the user is responsible for compliance with all applicable local laws.

 

 

11.     Privacy

Our Privacy Policy governs your visit to and use of our Website and all interactions with Studio involving personal information, and it is located at the Studio. 

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12.     Security

Studio takes reasonable precautions to protect sensitive and personal information submitted by users of our Website. For example, in order to protect your sensitive financial information, we encrypt your financial card information using the industry standard Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology, thereby securing the transmission of such information over the Internet between your computer and the servers we use to process your order. Studio also has satisfied its requirements under the Payment Card Industry ("PCI") security standards, which protects your credit card information by ensuring that it is processed, stored, and transmitted in a secure manner. We use your personal information to fulfill your lessons and requests, and we do not retain your credit card information. We currently use a third-party processor for credit card information, so you provide you information directly to that processor, not to us.  You can find more information on security in Studio's Privacy Policy located at the studio's website.

13.     Product Descriptions

Studio attempts to be as accurate as possible in describing its lessons and services. In so doing, however, Studio does not warrant that the descriptions or other content of our Website are accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free. If a product or service offered by Studio is not as described, your sole remedy is to return it pursuant to the Return Policy.


Certain services offered by Studio may have special restrictions or conditions of use, and you can find these unique restrictions and/or conditions of use on the website page associated with each specific product or service. Any listed restrictions and/or terms of use represent those provided to Studio by the product manufacturer or distributor, or service provider, at the time Studio posts such products or services for sale. Studio provides these restrictions and conditions of use as a convenience to our customers, but Studio does not warrant that such content is accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free. You agree to abide by any restrictions and terms of use for your purchases, and also any other restrictions and terms of use applicable to your purchases based on your jurisdiction.

 

 

14. Indemnification

You agree, at your own expense, to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Studio and its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents, suppliers and licensors from and against any and all third party claims, liability, damages, losses and/or costs (including but not limited to reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from or relating to: (a) your failure to comply with these Terms of Use, including any restrictions or prohibitions specified above or any other restrictions related to the products you have purchased; (b) your infringement or violation of any intellectual property or other right of a third party; or (c) your violation of any applicable law or regulation, including those applicable to the products or services sold by Studio.


 

SEE SECTION 21 BELOW FOR IMPORTANT LIMITATIONS ON THE TERMS OF THIS SECTION 14.

 

 

15. Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability


OUR WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. STUDIO MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF OUR WEBSITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENTS, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON OUR WEBSITE.


TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, STUDIO DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. STUDIO DOES NOT WARRANT THAT OUR WEBSITE, THEIR SERVERS, OR E-MAIL SENT FROM STUDIO ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. STUDIO ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES TO, OR VIRUSES THAT MAY INFECT, YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR OTHER PROPERTY DUE TO YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, OR BROWSING IN OUR WEBSITE OR YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIALS FROM OUR WEBSITE.


STUDIO SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, OUR WEBSITE, MATERIALS ON OUR WEBSITE, OR THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OFFERED BY STUDIO OR ON OUR WEBSITE. SINCE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT SHALL STUDIO'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 THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING OUR WEBSITE.


FOR WARRANTIES ON PRODUCTS, PLEASE REFER TO PRODUCT(S) PRODUCT PACKAGING, AND PRODUCT-SPECIFIC PAGES ON OUR WEBSITE.  EXCEPT AS STATED HEREIN, STUDIO MAKES NO IMPLIED WARRANTIES.


SEE SECTION 21 BELOW FOR IMPORTANT LIMITATIONS ON THE TERMS OF THIS SECTION 15.

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16.     Copyright

The contents and compilation of our Website are the property of Studio or other respective owners that have granted Studio the right and license to use such material and protected by United States and international copyright laws. All Rights Reserved. All software used on our Website is the property of Studio or its software suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws.


Studio respects the intellectual property rights of others and will investigate notices of alleged copyright infringement related to our Website.  If you believe any material accessible on or from our Website infringe your copyright, you may request removal of that material (or access to it) from our Website by submitting written notification to our copyright agent designated below. We will respond to properly submitted notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512) ("DMCA").  When a proper notice is received, Studio will respond by either removing access to the material or by taking down the allegedly infringing material. Under the DMCA, Studio is required to take reasonable steps to notify the user who posted the allegedly infringing content that Studio has taken down the material and that user is allowed under the law to send a counter-notification.  If Studio receives a proper counter-notification, Studio will restore the relevant material and notify you of such events and provide you a copy of the counter-notification.

Your written notice (the "DMCA Notice") should include the following:

1.     Identify the copyrighted work(s) you believe to have been infringed.

2.     Identify the material(s) the copyright owner believes to be infringing in a manner reasonably sufficient to allow us to locate that material on the Website. If multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single notice, a representative list of such works should be provided.

3.     Adequate information by which we can contact the copyright owner directly: name, street address, telephone number, and email address (if available).

4.     Include the following statement:  "I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or I am authorized to act on behalf of the owner with regard to the alleged infringement."

5.     Include the following statement:   "I have a good faith belief that the use of the material in the notification is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law."

6.     A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the alleged infringed copyright.

If you fail to comply with all of the requirements of Section 512(c)(3) of the DMCA, your DMCA Notice may not be effective.

If you believe that your material was removed or disabled but is not infringing, or that you have proper authorization from the copyright owner, the copyright owner's agent or pursuant to the law, to post and use the material, you may send a counter-notification to our DMCA Designated Copyright Agent.

Your written counter-notification should include the following:

1.     Identify the content that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location of the content before it was removed or disabled.

2.     Include a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material.

3.     Provide your name, address, telephone number and email address, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which the address is located and that you will accept service of process from the person or an agent of such person or entity who provided the original notification of the alleged infringement.

If you fail to comply with all of the requirements of Section 512(g)(3) of the DMCA, your DMCA Counter-Notification may not be effective.

All notices should be sent to our DMCA Designated Copyright Agent at either of the following addresses:

By Mail:
The TTL Group, LLC d/b/a Take the Lead Dance Studio Sports
Attn: Owner
320 Lantana Dr.
Hockessin, DE  19707
302-234-0909

By Email:
info@TaketheLeadDanceStudio.com

Please be aware that if you knowingly materially misrepresent that material or activity on the Website is infringing your copyright, you may be held liable for damages (including costs and attorneys' fees) under Section 512(f) of the DMCA.  The DMCA also provides substantial penalties for a false counter-notice. Those who make misrepresentations in their counter-notification statement may be liable for any damages (including costs and attorneys' fees) incurred by any copyright owner, copyright owner's authorized licensee or by Studio, if injured by relying upon such misrepresentation.

 

 

17.     Trademarks
All trademarks, logos, service marks, and trade names are the property of Studio or other respective owners that have granted Studio the right and license to use such marks. Use of these marks without the written consent of Studio or the owner of the mark is expressly prohibited.

 

 

18.     Applicable Law

Your use of our Website shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to choice of laws provisions. You agree that jurisdiction over and venue in any legal proceeding directly or indirectly arising out of or relating to the Site shall be in the state or federal courts located in New Castle County, Delaware. Any cause of action you may have with respect to the Site must be commenced within one year after the cause of action arises.


If any provision of these Terms of Use shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. These Terms of Use, as well as any other written policies referenced herein or posted on our Website, represent the entire agreement between Studio and you relating to the subject matter herein. Studio reserves the right to make changes to our Website, policies, and these Terms of Use at any time.


SEE SECTION 21 BELOW FOR IMPORTANT LIMITATIONS ON THE TERMS OF THIS SECTION 18.

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19.      Class Action Waiver

 PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY - IT MAY SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS.


Studio and you agree that Studio and you will resolve any disputes, claims or controversies ("Claims") on an individual basis, and that any Claims brought under these Terms of Use in connection with our Website or any Studio product will be brought in an individual capacity, and not on behalf of, or as part of, any purported class, consolidated, or representative proceeding. Studio and you further agree that Studio and you shall not participate in any consolidated, class, or representative proceeding (existing or future) brought by any third party arising under these Terms of Use or in connection with our Website.


As set forth in SECTION 18 above, Studio and you agree that all Claims must be litigated in the state or federal courts located in New Castle County, Delaware.

The terms of this provision will also apply to any Claim asserted by you against any parent or affiliated company of Studio to the extent that any such Claims arise out of your access to, and/or use of our Website, and/or the provision of content, services, and/or technology on or through our Website.


SEE SECTION 21 BELOW FOR IMPORTANT LIMITATIONS ON THE TERMS OF THIS SECTION 19.

 

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20.     Limited Time to File Claims

You and Studio agree that any Claim arising out of your use of any Studio Website or application or claim regarding any Studio product will be asserted within one (1) year after the Claim arises, or such Claim will be barred.


SEE SECTION 21 BELOW FOR IMPORTANT LIMITATIONS ON THE TERMS OF THIS SECTION 20.

 

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21.     Exclusions and Limitations; Consumer Protection Notice

If you are a consumer, the provisions in these Terms of Use are intended to be only as broad and inclusive as is permitted by the laws of your state of residence.  

If you are a New Jersey resident or otherwise have rights under New Jersey's consumer protection laws, the terms of Sections 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 18, 19, and 20 do not limit or waive your rights under New Jersey law and the provisions in these Terms of Use are intended to be only as broad and inclusive as is permitted by the laws of the State of New Jersey. In any event, Studio reserves all rights, defenses and permissible limitations under the laws of New Jersey and under the laws of your state of residence

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