Welcome to Crowd Cow and our Terms of Service (these "Terms"). These Terms are important and affect your legal rights, so please read them carefully. Note that Section 20 of these Terms contains a mandatory arbitration provision that requires the use of arbitration on an individual basis and limits the remedies available to you in the event of certain disputes. BY ACCEPTING THESE TERMS, YOU AND CROWD COW ARE EACH WAIVING THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY OR TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY CLASS ACTION OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.
By clicking “I Accept,” or by accessing or using the websites, mobile applications or blogs and the services made available through the each of them (collectively, the "Sites") provided by Crowd Cow or our subsidiaries or other affiliates (collectively, "Crowd Cow," "we," "us," or "our") that link to these Terms, you agree to be bound by these Terms and all of the terms incorporated herein by reference. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not access or use the Sites or order, receive or use the food items, ingredients or other products made available through the Sites (collectively, the "Products").
If you are using the Sites on behalf of an entity, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to accept these Terms on such entity’s behalf and that such entity agrees to be responsible to us if you or such entity violates these Terms.
Crowd Cow reserves the right to change or modify these Terms at any time and in our sole discretion. If we make changes to these Terms, we will provide notice of such changes, such as by sending an email notification, providing notice through the Sites or updating the "Last Updated" date at the beginning of these Terms. By continuing to access or use the Sites following notice of a change, you confirm your acceptance of the revised Terms and all of the terms incorporated therein by reference. We encourage you to review the Terms frequently to ensure that you understand the terms and conditions that apply when you access or use the Sites or order, receive or use the Products.
1. Privacy Policy
Please refer to our Privacy Policy for information about how we collect, use and disclose information about you. The Crowd Cow Privacy Policy is incorporated by reference into, and made a part of, these Terms.
2. Eligibility
The Sites are not targeted toward or intended for use by anyone under the age of 18 or outside of the United States. By using the Sites, you represent and warrant that you (a) are 18 years of age or older, (b) are a legal resident of the United States, (c) have not been previously suspended or removed from the Sites, or engaged in any activity that could result in suspension or removal from the Sites, (d) do not have more than one Crowd Cow Account, and (e) have full power and authority to enter into these Terms and in so doing will not violate any other agreement to which you are a party.
3. Registration; Account; Communication Preferences
In order to access and use certain areas or features of the Sites, you will need to register for a Crowd Cow account (“Account”). By creating an Account, you agree to (a) provide accurate, current and complete Account information, including without limitation, payment and delivery information, (b) maintain and promptly update from time to time as necessary your Account information, and (c) maintain the security of your password.
By creating a Crowd Cow Account, you also consent to receive electronic communications from us. You may unsubscribe from receiving such notifications at any time by clicking the unsubscribe option in the text or email, notifying us at moo@crowdcow.com, or by modifying the preferences and settings available from your Crowd Cow Account page. These communications may include notices about your Account (e.g., payment authorizations, password changes and other transactional information) and are part of your relationship with us. You agree that any notices, agreements, disclosures or other communications that we send to you electronically will satisfy any legal communication requirements, including, but not limited to, that such communications be in writing. You should maintain copies of electronic communications from us by printing a paper copy or saving an electronic copy. We may also send you promotional communications via email, including, but not limited to, newsletters, special offers, surveys and other news and information we think will be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving these promotional emails at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions provided therein.
By providing your phone number (including mobile), to us through the Sites or in connection with your order, receipt or use of our Products, you consent to receive calls or text messages at that phone number sent by or on behalf of us, including autodialed calls and/or text messages related to your Account, your orders and our services. You may opt out of such calls or messages by following the unsubscribe instructions provided to you. It is your responsibility to keep your Account information, including your phone number, up to date. Standard message and data rates applied by your mobile phone carrier may apply to the text messages we send you. Contact your mobile carrier for details.
4. Subscription; Deliveries; Cancellations
4.1. Membership
When you set up an Account with us to receive delivery of our Products, you may choose a one-time delivery of our Product, or a recurring delivery under our subscription program. You can find more information about our subscription program at https://www.crowdcow.com/how-it-works.
4.2. Subscription Program
If you sign up for our subscription program, delivery of our Product occurs monthly, and you have control over the contents of your box based upon your preferences. Once we build your box, we will send you notifications via email and/or text to let you know when your box is ready for your review. You can cancel, skip, or change your delivery up until the time we begin packing your box. If you do not take any action, we will ship a box to you every month based upon your preferences and purchase history as well as our current inventory. You must cancel or change your order before the deadline to avoid being charged for your box. See our Frequently Asked Questions page at https://www.crowdcow.com/faq#subscriptions for more information.
4.3. Subscription Cancellation Policy
You may cancel your Account at any time from your Account settings page. You may also contact us at moo@crowdcow.com for assistance in cancelling your delivery or your Account. Please note if you do not cancel your delivery within a specified window of time after being notified by us, you will receive your Order and be charged accordingly.
4.4. Payment and Billing
By providing a credit card or other payment method that we accept, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to use the designated payment method and that you authorize us (or our third party payment processor) to charge your payment method for the total amount of your recurring membership or other purchase (including any applicable taxes and other charges) (collectively, as applicable, an "Order"). If you pay with a credit card, Crowd Cow may seek pre-authorization of your credit card prior to your purchase to verify that the credit card is valid and has the necessary funds or credit available to cover your purchase. If the payment method cannot be verified, is invalid or is otherwise not acceptable, your Order may be suspended or cancelled. You must resolve any problem we encounter in order to proceed with your Order. In the event you want to change or update payment information associated with your Crowd Cow Account, you can do so at any time by logging into your Account and editing your payment information.
You acknowledge that the amount billed may vary due to promotional offers, changes to our service or changes in applicable taxes or other charges, and you authorize us (or our third party payment processor) to charge your payment method for the corresponding amount.
4.5. Pricing and Availability
All prices are shown in U.S. dollars and applicable taxes and other charges, if any, are additional. Crowd Cow, at its sole discretion, may make promotional offers with different pricing to any of Crowd Cow’s users. These promotional offers, unless made to you, will not apply to your offer or these Terms.
All of our Products are subject to availability, and we reserve the right to impose quantity limits on any Order, to reject all or part of an Order, to discontinue offering certain Products and to substitute Products (including, but not limited to, specific cuts or types of protein) without prior notice. We strive to provide you with high-quality Products, and given the perishable nature of certain Products and market conditions beyond our control, we may be required to make substitutions from time to time. If you are not satisfied with a substitution, please contact us at moo@crowdcow.com.
4.6. Taxes
We will collect applicable sales tax on Products shipped to the states for which we determine we have a duty to collect sales tax. If an item is subject to sales tax, you agree that the amount of taxes shown at checkout may be adjusted.
4.7. Shipping and Handling
You agree to pay any shipping and handling charges shown at the time you make a purchase. We reserve the right to increase, decrease, add or eliminate shipping and handling charges from time to time, but we will provide notice of the charges applicable to you before you make your purchase. Generally, shipping is handled by a third-party courier. When you purchase a Product the shipping times shown on the Sites are estimates only. Actual delivery dates may vary. All Products purchased from us are made pursuant to a shipment contract. This means that title to and the risk of loss of such Products passes to you upon our delivery of the Product to the third-party courier.
4.8. Deliveries
You are responsible for inspecting all Products you receive from us for any damage or other issues upon delivery. In addition, you are solely responsible for determining the freshness of the Products you receive. You should always inspect your delivery to confirm that the meal ingredients arrive in a cool, refrigerated condition. We recommend that you use a thermometer to ensure that the temperature zone within the container in which any meat, poultry or seafood Product is located is 40° F or below. In the unlikely event that such temperature zone is above 40° F, or you have any other reason to believe that any other Product in your delivery is not suitable for consumption, contact us at moo@crowdcow.com and discard the item. To maintain the quality and integrity of the Products, we recommend that you immediately refrigerate all perishable Products upon delivery and follow the USDA's instructions on refrigeration and food safety. From the time of delivery, the condition and consumption of the Products are solely at your risk, and you are solely responsible for the proper and safe washing, handling, preparation, storage, cooking, use and consumption of the Products following delivery. We recommend that you follow the USDA's instructions on safe food handling. We also recommend that all cooking instructions be followed and that you use a food thermometer to ensure that all meat, poultry, seafood and other applicable items are cooked to the USDA's recommended internal temperatures. Failure to follow safe food handling practices and temperature recommendations may increase the risk of foodborne illness. In addition, pregnant women, young children, the elderly and individuals with compromised immune systems should follow the USDA's recommendations on food consumption for at-risk groups.
If you are not at home when your delivery arrives, the courier will generally leave the package for you at your door. Our meal ingredients are packaged with dry ice and will typically remain cold and fresh for several hours but depending on the season and temperature in your geographic area at the time of delivery, advance planning by you should be made for proper storage of your meal ingredients prior to consumption. In certain areas, you may be able to provide additional delivery instructions when setting up your Crowd Cow Account, such as requesting that your delivery be left with a doorman or neighbor. Any individual at the delivery address who accepts a delivery from us is presumed to be authorized to receive such delivery. In cases in which you have designated an alternative receiver, such person shall accept the delivery under all of the same terms and conditions that would apply had you accepted the delivery yourself.
In the case of inclement weather or other events beyond our control that interfere with our ability to deliver your Order, we will attempt to deliver your Order as soon as reasonably possible. In some cases, delivery may occur prior to the scheduled delivery date. In the event that timely delivery is not feasible, we will cancel your delivery and issue you a credit or refund of the purchase price for that delivery.
4.9. No Resale
You are not permitted to resell or otherwise use the Products for commercial purposes.
4.10. Returns and Refunds
If you are dissatisfied with your delivery for any reason, please contact us at moo@crowdcow.com as soon as possible. We may provide you a full or partial credit or refund of the purchase price for that item. Due to the perishable nature of the product, we do not offer exchanges. We may require the return or photographic documentation of any item with which you are dissatisfied before we provide you a credit or refund. If you are dissatisfied with any non-food Product you purchased, you may return the Product within thirty (30) days of the date you received the Product by contacting moo@crowdcow.com and following the shipping instructions we supply. All returned Products must be unused and in their original packaging. After we receive your returned Product, we will issue you a refund for the price you paid for the Product (less any applicable shipping and handling charges). If you do not comply with the terms of this section, you will be ineligible to receive a refund.
5. Gift Cards
You may purchase and receive Crowd Cow gift cards (“Gift Cards”) through the Site. You must create or have an existing and valid Account with Crowd Cow in order to redeem a Gift Card. Gift Cards may be used only for the purchase of eligible goods on the Sites. Redemption of Gift Cards will result in the application of a credit to your Account in the amount of the Gift Card balance. Any Gift Card balance will be applied toward your purchase of Crowd Cow Products until the Gift Card is depleted. Gift Cards are not redeemable for cash or credit, and Crowd Cow is not responsible for lost or stolen Gift Cards. Sales of Gift Cards are final and nonrefundable. Except as required by law, Gift Cards cannot be transferred for value. To redeem or view a Gift Card balance, visit “Your Account” on the Sites. Crowd Cow is not responsible if a Gift Card is lost, stolen, destroyed or used without permission. Gift Cards do not expire and there are no service fees.
6. Referral Program
From time to time, Crowd Cow may offer incentives for referring new customers to Crowd Cow (“Referral Program”). For more information about our Referral Program, please visit our FAQ page (https://www.crowdcow.com/faq). Crowd Cow reserves the right to revoke referral rewards or ban participation in the Referral Program if Crowd Cow reasonably suspects that you (or any person you refer) has used or attempted to use the Referral Program in a fraudulent or abusive manner or in violation of these Terms, any Referral Program policies, or applicable law. Crowd Cow reserves the right to modify or terminate the Referral Program at any time, with or without notice, in our sole discretion. If we terminate the Referral Program, all unused referral rewards will be revoked and forfeited at that time.
7. License to Access and Use Our Sites and Content
Unless otherwise indicated in writing by us, the Sites and all content and other materials contained therein, including, without limitation, the Crowd Cow logo and all designs, text, graphics, pictures, information, data, software, sound files, User Content (as defined in Section 13), other files and the selection and arrangement thereof (collectively, "Content") are the proprietary property of Crowd Cow or our licensors or users, as applicable, and are protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. Crowd Cow reserves all rights to the Sites and Content not granted expressly in these Terms.
You are hereby granted a limited, nonexclusive, nontransferable, nonsublicensable license to access and use the Sites and Content. However, such license is subject to these Terms and does not include any right to (a) sell, resell or use commercially the Sites or Content, (b) reproduce, distribute, publicly perform or publicly display any Content, (c) modify or otherwise make any derivative uses of the Sites or Content, or any portion thereof, (d) use any data mining, robots or similar data gathering or extraction methods, (e) download (other than the page caching) any portion of the Sites or Content, except as expressly permitted by us, (f) interfere with or circumvent any feature of the Sites or Content, including any security or access control mechanism, and (g) use the Sites or Content other than for their intended purposes. Any use of the Sites or Content other than as specifically authorized herein, without our prior written permission, is strictly prohibited and will terminate the license granted herein. Such unauthorized use may also violate applicable laws, including, without limitation, copyright and trademark laws and applicable communications regulations and statutes. Unless explicitly stated by us, nothing in these Terms shall be construed as conferring any right or license to any patent, trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights of Crowd Cow or any third party, whether by estoppel, implication or otherwise. This license is revocable at any time.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Terms, the Sites and Content may include software components provided by Crowd Cow or a third party that are subject to separate license terms, in which case those license terms will govern such software components.
8. Repeat Infringer Policy; Copyright Complaints
In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and other applicable laws, we have adopted a policy of limiting access to the Sites by, or terminating the Accounts of, users, in appropriate circumstances and in our sole discretion, who infringe the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that anything on the Sites infringes any copyright that you own or control, you may file a notification of such infringement with our designated agent as set forth below:
Name of Designated Agent: General Counsel
Address: Crowd Cow, 814 2nd Ave, Suite 415, Seattle, WA 98104
Email: moo@crowdcow.com
Any notice alleging that materials hosted by or distributed through the Sites infringe intellectual property rights must include the following information:
i) an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other right being infringed;
ii) a description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;
iii) a description of the material that you claim is infringing and where it is located on the Service;
iv) your address, telephone number, and email address;
v) a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the use of the materials on the Service of which you are complaining is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
vi) a statement by you that the above information in your notice is accurate and that, under penalty of perjury, you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner's behalf.
You should also note that if you knowingly make any material misrepresentation in your notification that the material or activity is infringing, you will be liable for any damages, including, without limitation, costs and attorneys’ fees, incurred by us or the alleged infringer as the result of our relying upon such misrepresentation in removing or disabling access to the material or activity claimed to be infringing.
9. Trademarks
"Crowd Cow," the Crowd Cow logo and other Crowd Cow Product or service names, logos or slogans that may appear on the Sites or Products are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Crowd Cow and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without our prior written permission. You may not use any metatags or other "hidden text" utilizing "Crowd Cow" or any other name, trademark or Product or service name of Crowd Cow without our prior written permission. In addition, the look and feel of the Sites and Products, including, without limitation, all page headers, custom graphics, button icons and scripts, constitute the service mark, trademark or trade dress of Crowd Cow and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without our prior written permission. All other trademarks, registered trademarks, Product names and company names or logos mentioned on the Sites or Products are the property of their respective owners and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without the permission of the applicable trademark holder. Reference to any Products, services, processes or other information by name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation by Crowd Cow.
10. Hyperlinks
You are granted a limited, nonexclusive, nontransferable right to create a text hyperlink to the Sites for noncommercial purposes, provided that such link does not portray Crowd Cow or any of our Products in a false, misleading, derogatory or otherwise defamatory manner, and provided further that the linking site does not contain any adult or illegal material or any material that is offensive, harassing or otherwise objectionable. This limited right may be revoked at any time. You may not use a Crowd Cow logo or other proprietary graphic of Crowd Cow to link to the Sites without our express written permission. Further, you may not use, frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any Crowd Cow trademark, logo or other proprietary information, including the images found on the Sites or Products, the content of any text or the layout or design of any page, or form contained on a page, on the Sites without our express written consent.
Crowd Cow makes no claim or representation regarding, and accepts no responsibility for, the quality, content, nature or reliability of third-party websites accessible by hyperlink from the Sites or of websites linking to the Sites. Such sites are not under our control, and we are not responsible for the contents of any linked site, any link contained in a linked site, or any review, changes or updates to such sites. We provide these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply our affiliation, endorsement or adoption of any site or any information contained therein. When you leave the Sites, you should be aware that our terms and policies no longer govern. You should review the applicable terms and policies, including privacy and data gathering practices, of any site to which you navigate from the Sites.
11. Third Party Content
Crowd Cow may provide tools through the Sites that enable you to export information, including User Content, to third party services, including through features that allow you to link your Account on Crowd Cow with an account on the third party service, such as Twitter or Facebook, or through our implementation of third party buttons (such as “like” or “share” buttons). By using one of these tools, you agree that Crowd Cow may transfer that information to the applicable third-party service. Third-party services are not under Crowd Cow’s control, and Crowd Cow is not responsible for any third-party service’s use of your exported information. Any information you provide or make available to third-party websites and services will be governed by the applicable third party’s privacy policy, not the Crowd Cow privacy policy.
We may display content, advertisements and promotions from third parties through the Sites or in shipments with Products (collectively, "Third-Party Content"). We do not control, endorse or adopt any Third-Party Content, and we make no representations or warranties of any kind regarding such Third-Party Content, including, without limitation, regarding its accuracy or completeness. You acknowledge and agree that your interactions with third parties providing Third Party Content are solely between you and such third parties, and that Crowd Cow is not responsible or liable in any manner for such interactions or Third Party Content.
12. User Conduct
You agree that you will not violate, or encourage others to violate, any law, contract, intellectual property or other third party right, or commit a tort, and that you are solely responsible for your conduct, while accessing or using the Sites. You agree that you will abide by these Terms and will not:
i) Engage in any harassing, threatening, intimidating, predatory or stalking conduct;
ii) Use or attempt to use another user’s Account without authorization from such user and Crowd Cow;
iii) Use the Sites in any manner that could interfere with, disrupt, negatively affect or inhibit other users from fully enjoying the Sites or that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the functioning of the Sites in any manner, including by (a) uploading or otherwise disseminating any virus, adware, spyware, worm, or other malicious code, (b) making any unsolicited offer or advertisement to another user of the Sites, (c) collecting personal information about another user or third party without consent, or (d) interfering with or disrupting any network, equipment, or server connected to or used to provide the Sites;
iv) Reverse engineer any aspect of the Sites or do anything that might discover source code or bypass or circumvent measures employed to prevent or limit access to any Content, area or code of the Sites;
v) Attempt to circumvent any content-filtering techniques we employ or attempt to access any feature or area of the Sites that you are not authorized to access;
vi) Develop any third-party applications that interact with User Content or the Sites without our prior written consent;
vii) Use any robot, spider, crawler, scraper, script, browser extension, offline reader or other automated means or interface not authorized by us to access the Sites, extract data or otherwise interfere with or modify the rendering of Site pages or functionality;
viii) Bypass or ignore instructions contained in the robots.txt file, accessible at www.crowdcow.com/robots.txt, that controls all automated access to the Sites; or
ix) Use the Sites for any illegal or unauthorized purpose, or engage in, encourage or promote any activity that violates these Terms.
13. User Content
The Sites may include interactive features and areas that allow users to create, post, share or store content, including, but not limited to, recipes, reviews, photos, videos, music, sound, text, graphics, code, items or other materials (collectively, "User Content"). In the event you decide to share your User Content with others through the Sites or third party platforms, you understand that this User Content will be viewable by others in accordance with the privacy settings you establish. You agree that you are solely responsible for your User Content and for your use of any interactive features and areas of the Sites.
By using the interactive features and areas of the Sites, you further agree not to create, post, share or store any of the following:
i) User Content that is unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, suggestive, harassing, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, inflammatory, fraudulent or otherwise objectionable;
ii) User Content that would constitute, encourage or provide instructions for a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party or otherwise create liability or violate any local, state, national or international law;
iii) User Content that may infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other intellectual or proprietary right of any party;
iv) User Content that contains or depicts any statements, remarks or claims that do not reflect your honest views and experiences;
v) User Content that impersonates, or misrepresents your affiliation with, any person or entity;
vi) User Content that references or depicts Crowd Cow or our Products but fails to disclose a material connection to us, if you have one (for example, if you are a Crowd Cow employee or paid blogger);
vii) User Content that contains any unsolicited promotions, political campaigning, advertising or solicitations;
viii) User Content that contains any private or personal information of a third party without such third party’s consent;
ix) User Content that contains any viruses, corrupted data or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files or content; or
x) User Content that, in our sole judgment, is objectionable or that restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the Sites or Products, or that may expose Crowd Cow or others to any harm or liability of any type.
We are not responsible or liable for any User Content. Although we have no obligation to screen, edit or monitor User Content, we reserve the right, and have absolute discretion, to remove, screen or edit User Content posted or stored on the Sites at any time and for any reason, and you are solely responsible for creating backup copies of and replacing any User Content you post or store on the Sites at your sole cost and expense. You acknowledge and agree that Crowd Cow reserves the right to, and may from time to time, monitor any and all information transmitted or received through the Service for operational and other purposes. If at any time Crowd Cow chooses to monitor the content, Crowd Cow still assumes no responsibility or liability for content or any loss or damage incurred as a result of the use of content. During monitoring, information may be examined, recorded, copied, and used in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
You understand that when using the Sites you will be exposed to User Content from a variety of sources and acknowledge that User Content may be inaccurate, offensive, indecent, or objectionable. You agree to waive, and do waive, any legal or equitable right or remedy you have or may have against Crowd Cow with respect to User Content. If notified by a user or content owner that User Content allegedly does not conform to these Terms, we may investigate the allegation and determine in our sole discretion whether to remove the User Content, which we reserve the right to do at any time and without notice.
14. Rights in User Content
We do not claim any ownership interest in your User Content. However, by uploading, posting or submitting User Content to the Sites or to our pages or feeds on third party social media platforms (e.g., Crowd Cow’s Facebook page, Instagram page or Twitter feed), you hereby grant Crowd Cow a nonexclusive, royalty-free, fully paid, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable and fully sublicensable right and license to host, store, transfer, use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and publicly display your User Content, in whole or in part, and your name, likeness, voice and persona in any manner or media and for any purpose whatsoever at our sole discretion, including, without limitation, for publicity, promotional, advertising, trade, business, illustration, artistic and other commercial and noncommercial purposes.
By uploading, posting or submitting User Content to Crowd Cow through the Sites or through our pages or feeds on third party social media platforms, you represent and warrant that (a) such User Content is nonconfidential, (b) you own and control all of the rights to the User Content or you otherwise have all necessary rights to post such User Content, (c) you authorize Crowd Cow to use such User Content for the purposes described in these Terms, (d) the User Content is accurate and not misleading or harmful in any manner, and (e) the User Content, and your use and posting thereof, does not and will not violate these Terms or any applicable law, rule, regulation or third party right.
By providing User Content to or via the Sites to other users of the Sites, you grant those users a non-exclusive license to access and use that User Content as permitted by these Terms and the functionality of the Sites.
15. Feedback
Separate and apart from User Content, you can submit questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, original or creative materials or other information about Crowd Cow, the Sites or the Products (collectively, "Feedback"). You hereby grant Crowd Cow an unrestricted, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully-paid, royalty-free right to exploit the Feedback in any manner and for any purpose, including to improve the Sites, Content, and Product and create other products and services.
16. Indemnification
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Crowd Cow, and our respective past, present and future employees, officers, directors, contractors, consultants, equity holders, suppliers, vendors, service providers, parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, representatives, predecessors, successors and assigns (individually and collectively, the "Crowd Cow Parties"), from and against all actual or alleged Crowd Cow Party or third party claims, damages, awards, judgments, losses, liabilities, obligations, penalties, interest, fees, expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses) and costs (including, without limitation, court costs, costs of settlement and costs of pursuing indemnification and insurance), of every kind and nature whatsoever, whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, matured or unmatured, or suspected or unsuspected, in law or equity, whether in tort, contract or otherwise (collectively, "Claims"), including, but not limited to, damages to property or personal injury, that are caused by, arise out of or are related to (a) your use or misuse of the Sites, Content or Products, (b) any User Content you create, post, share or store on or through the Sites or our pages or feeds on third party social media platforms, (c) any Feedback you provide, (d) your violation of these Terms or any applicable law or regulation, (e) your violation of the rights of another, (f) any third party’s use or misuse of the Sites or Products provided to you, and (g) any dispute or issue between you and any third party. You agree to promptly notify Crowd Cow of any third-party Claims and cooperate with the Crowd Cow Parties in defending such Claims. You further agree that the Crowd Cow Parties shall have control of the defense or settlement of any third-party Claims. This indemnity is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other indemnities set forth in a written agreement between you and Crowd Cow.