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Terms of Services

Please read the following Terms of service before using www.thegoodtrade.com (the “Site”). By accessing any page on this Site, you (the “User”) agree to be bound by the current version of our Terms of service and Privacy Policy.

Welcome to the website of The Good Trade (“TGT”). Any person accessing or using the website and any associated webpages (collectively, the “Site”) is referred to as “you.”

We ask that you review and abide by these Terms and Conditions, our Privacy Policy [https://www.thegoodtrade.com/privacy-policy/] and any other terms and conditions that may appear on the Site from time to time. Your use of the Site constitutes your agreement to these Terms and Conditions, and we reserve the right to revise these Terms and Conditions at any time without notice to you. When we make revisions, we will post them on the Site and they will be effective immediately upon posting. You agree to check this section periodically to be aware of any changes to the Terms and Conditions. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THE SITE AFTER THE POSTING OF ANY REVISIONS SHALL BE CONSIDERED YOUR AGREEMENT TO THE MODIFIED TERMS AND CONDITIONS. If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions, please do not use this Site.

This Site and its Content are intended solely for personal and non-commercial use by you. Any use of this Site or its Content other than for personal and non-commercial purposes is strictly prohibited.

Unless otherwise noted, the Site, its data and materials, as well as the selection, organization, coordination, compilation, and overall look and feel of the Site (collectively, the “Content”) are the intellectual property of TGT, our licensors, and our contributors. The Content is protected by U.S. copyright, trademark, trade-dress, and any other applicable national or international intellectual property laws. All ownership rights remain with TGT, our licensors, or our contributors, as the case may be. Such Content cannot be used without the prior written permission of TGT.

Unless otherwise noted, the Site, its data and materials, as well as the selection, organization, coordination, compilation, and overall look and feel of the Site (collectively, the “Content”) are the intellectual property of TGT, our licensors, and our contributors. The Content is protected by U.S. copyright, trademark, trade-dress, and any other applicable national or international intellectual property laws. All ownership rights remain with TGT, our licensors, or our contributors, as the case may be. Such Content cannot be used without the prior written permission of TGT.

TGT uses Squarespace’s platform to offer comment functionality. Users must either register an account with Squarespace or use a social media integrated login in order to comment publicly on the Site. TGT’s community rules (below) apply to all comments. TGT periodically moderates comments. We reserve the right to block commenters, remove or amend comments, and to remove user accounts entirely at our discretion, and/or for reasons including, but not limited to, violation of our Terms of Service.

By posting, distributing, sending or displaying User Generated Content (“UGC”) to the Site, you:

a) Hereby grant to TGT a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, transferable, irrevocable, fully paid-up, worldwide, and sub-licensable right to use, copy, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, distribute, publish, create derivative works of, display, perform, and otherwise disclose or incorporate into other works, the UGC for any purpose to the extent permissible by applicable law;

b) Grant TGT and its subsidiaries the right to use your name in connection with such UGC, subject to TGT’s Privacy Policy;

c) Represent and warrant that:

1. You own and control all of the ownership rights to the UGC that you post or otherwise distribute, or you otherwise have the lawful right to post and distribute such UGC on or through this Site;

2. Such UGC is true, accurate, complete, and not misleading and does not infringe or otherwise violate or breach any applicable laws or regulations; and

3. The usage, publication and posting of such UGC does not violate these Terms and Conditions and will not and could not violate any rights of, or cause or could cause injury to, any third person or entity; and

4. Further grant TGT the right to pursue before any appropriate forum any person or entity that violates TGT’s or your rights under any applicable law in the UGC.

Notwithstanding the related provisions in our Privacy Policy, UGC submitted by you is deemed non-confidential and TGT is under no obligation to treat such UGC as proprietary information. Without limiting the foregoing, TGT reserves the right to use the TGT as it deems appropriate, including, without limitation, deleting, rejecting, or refusing to post it.

TGT is under no obligation to offer you any payment for UGC or to attribute authorship of UGC to you, unless such an agreement has been made in writing. If, nonetheless, under any applicable law, it is determined that you retain moral rights in the UGC which you have posted to the Site, you hereby agree that:

a) You won’t require that any personally identifying information be used in connection with the UGC;

b) You won’t oppose the publication, use, modification or deletion of the UGC by TGT; and

c) You waive and will not claim or assert any entitlement to any moral rights in any of the UGC, to the extent permissible under applicable law.

TGT uses Squarespace’s platform to offer comment functionality. Users must either register an account with Squarespace or use a social media integrated login in order to comment publicly on the Site. TGT’s community rules (below) apply to all comments. TGT periodically moderates comments. We reserve the right to block commenters, remove or amend comments, and to remove user accounts entirely at our discretion, and/or for reasons including, but not limited to, violation of our Terms of Service.

By posting, distributing, sending or displaying User Generated Content (“UGC”) to the Site, you:

a) Hereby grant to TGT a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, transferable, irrevocable, fully paid-up, worldwide, and sub-licensable right to use, copy, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, distribute, publish, create derivative works of, display, perform, and otherwise disclose or incorporate into other works, the UGC for any purpose to the extent permissible by applicable law;

b) Grant TGT and its subsidiaries the right to use your name in connection with such UGC, subject to TGT’s Privacy Policy;

c) Represent and warrant that:

1. You own and control all of the ownership rights to the UGC that you post or otherwise distribute, or you otherwise have the lawful right to post and distribute such UGC on or through this Site;

2. Such UGC is true, accurate, complete, and not misleading and does not infringe or otherwise violate or breach any applicable laws or regulations; and

3. The usage, publication and posting of such UGC does not violate these Terms and Conditions and will not and could not violate any rights of, or cause or could cause injury to, any third person or entity; and

4. Further grant TGT the right to pursue before any appropriate forum any person or entity that violates TGT’s or your rights under any applicable law in the UGC.

Notwithstanding the related provisions in our Privacy Policy, UGC submitted by you is deemed non-confidential and TGT is under no obligation to treat such UGC as proprietary information. Without limiting the foregoing, TGT reserves the right to use the TGT as it deems appropriate, including, without limitation, deleting, rejecting, or refusing to post it.

TGT is under no obligation to offer you any payment for UGC or to attribute authorship of UGC to you, unless such an agreement has been made in writing. If, nonetheless, under any applicable law, it is determined that you retain moral rights in the UGC which you have posted to the Site, you hereby agree that:

a) You won’t require that any personally identifying information be used in connection with the UGC;

b) You won’t oppose the publication, use, modification or deletion of the UGC by TGT; and

c) You waive and will not claim or assert any entitlement to any moral rights in any of the UGC, to the extent permissible under applicable law.

a. No nudity, pornography, or depictions of sexual activity

i. This includes images containing the explicit display of sexual organs especially intended to stimulate erotic feelings, full or partial nudity, any depiction of sexual activity, softcore or hardcore pornography.

ii. This includes links posted in comments.

iii. If you aren’t sure, please don’t post it.

b. No hate speech or abusive content.

i. Racism, sexism, slurs, personal attacks, death threats, suicide requests or any form of hate speech is not tolerated.

ii. This includes hate speech or abuse in usernames, as well as images and comments.

c. No Advertising, SPAM, or other links to commercial websites

d. No Location Information / Doxing

i. Do not enter your or another individual’s street address or any information that may lead another user to discover your real address. Users should include no information that makes them publicly identifiable.