Welcome to theSkinnyScoop! This is a website for moms and other women interested in related topics, offering a positive and engaging environment and a “sanity check” on parenting, products or more personal topics.

The SkinnyScoop LLC (the “Company”) offers theSkinnyScoop (the “Service”) through our site, www.theskinnyscoop.com according to the terms and conditions set forth below. This agreement governs your use of theSkinnyScoop and all services offered through our website. Please read it carefully.

ACCEPTANCE AND ELIGIBILITY

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) apply to all users of theSkinnyScoop website (the “Site”). By using this Site (including any content posted on the Site), you signify your acceptance of these Terms and theSkinnyScoop Privacy Policy, which are incorporated by reference into these Terms and made a part hereof. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must discontinue using the Site and terminate your membership in theSkinnyScoop.

References to “we”, “us”, and “our” herein refer to the Company.

References to “content” herein refer to all aspects of the Site, including but not limited to all products, software, and services offered via the Site, as well as all text, images, photos, video, audio, source code, articles, design, and all other forms of data or communication created, posted, displayed, or transmitted by the Site.

We may, in our sole discretion, modify or revise these Terms and policies at any time by posting the amended terms on this site at www.theskinnyscoop.com/tos. We additionally will notify you via the email address you have provided to us, so you must ensure that our email is not filtered from your Inbox by your ISP or email software. You agree that your use of the Site (including your use of the Service via any other websites, applications, platforms, software or downloadable clients) after the date on which the Terms changed will be an indication of your acceptance of the updated Terms, and that you agree to be bound by such modifications or revisions.

In an effort to keep content accurate and timely, the Company may, in its sole discretion, modify or revise any content, at any time, on the Site.

The Service is not intended for anyone under 18 years old. By using the Service, you represent that you are at least 18 years old.

REGISTRATION

You do not have to be a member of theSkinnyScoop to use this Site. However, only members can access some of the content and functionality. Registration is free. If you are not registered with us, please click on the Join Now link to register and become eligible for all of theSkinnyScoop’s features.

When you register with theSkinnyScoop, you will be asked to provide us with: your name; zip or postal code; gender and birthdates of your children; and an email address, all of which will become part of your profile (“Profile Data”), and which you can add to or change from time to time. You may also decide how much of your Profile Data you wish to share with other users and members by making the appropriate changes to your privacy settings.

The Company reserves the right to suspend or terminate your membership and refuse any and all current or future use of the Site and the Services (or any portion thereof) if we have reasonable grounds to suspect any of your Profile Data provided is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or if you otherwise violate any of these Terms of Service.

Members must immediately notify theSkinnyScoop of any known or suspected unauthorized use of a member's account, or any known or suspected breach of security, including loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure of a member's password.

Members should be cautious about sharing their account information with third parties. Each Member is responsible for the confidentiality of her screen name and password and all usage or activity on her account, including use of the account by any third party, whether or not such use is authorized by the member.

COMMUNICATIONS FROM THESKINNYSCOOP

By registering for theSkinnyScoop, you will receive online communications from theSkinnyScoop. To change your communications settings, simply click on “Settings” and go to the “Notifications” tab.

USE OF THE SITE

Subject to the restrictions in these Terms, the Company hereby grants you permission to use the Site and access its Services solely for your individual and personal use and as intended through the normal functionality of theSkinnyScoop Site and Service.

Except for allowing you to use the Site for your personal use as set forth in the paragraph above, when you use the Site, you are NOT receiving a license or any other rights from us, including intellectual property or other proprietary rights of theSkinnyScoop or any of our users. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS TO THE SERVICES OR ANY OTHER THESKINNYSCOOP PROPERTY EXCEPT AS WE INDICATE IN THESE TERMS. The Company reserves all rights not expressly granted, in and to the Site, its content and Service.

The Service is not suitable for all audiences, and specifically is not intended for children. Its content is frequently presented in a direct manner that some may find offensive and/or inappropriate for children. If you are not over 18 years old, or otherwise do not consider yourself an appropriate user or are offended, please do not use the Service.

Use of the Site and the Services is void where prohibited.

RESTRICTIONS ON USE

The Company reserves the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue the Service for any reason, including but not limited to a violation of any of the restrictions below.

In your use of theSkinnyScoop Site and Service you agree that you will not:

1. Use the Service for any illegal activity or to violate laws in your jurisdiction;

2. Exploit the Service to access unauthorized information;

3. Use the Site for any commercial or promotional activities or sales efforts without prior written consent of the Company;

4. Copy, publish, transmit, distribute, perform, sell, create derivative works of, or in any way exploit, any of the content, in whole or in part, without theSkinnyScoop’s prior consent;

5. Use the Service to attack, threaten violence, stalk, harass, incite, harm, or intimidate any other user, person or organization, or to engage in any other threatening behavior;

6. Transmit any material that is abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, pornographic, obscene, libelous, fraudulent, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable, for example, any materials containing slurs, hate speech or which attack an individual or group on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sexual preferences;

7. Make available any materials that contain an email address, telephone number, street address, last name, or any other content or information that identifies a user;

8. Transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam (sending the same message multiple times or to multiple people will be treated as spam), chain letters, contests, pyramid schemes, surveys, or any other form of solicitation or mass messaging, whether commercial in nature or not;

9. Knowingly transmit any material that contains adware, malware, spyware, software viruses, or any other computer code, files, or programs designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;

10. Use the Site to solicit information from minors or to harm or threaten to harm minors;

11. Engage in or contribute to any wrongdoing that may create any liability for the Company;

12. Use the Site to infringe or violate any third party rights including breach of confidence, copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, moral rights, privacy rights, right of publicity, or any other intellectual property or proprietary right;

13. Impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;

14. Interfere with or disrupt or attempt to disrupt the Site or servers or networks connected to the Site, or cause excessive traffic demands on the Site’s technology infrastructure, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies, or regulations of networks connected to the Company’s Services;

15. Engage in the unauthorized use, copying, or distribution of any of the Site’s content;

16. Circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Site or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any content or enforce limitations on use of the Site or the content therein;

17. Reverse engineer any portion of the Site, except as may be permitted by law;

18. Process, collect or record user information or Site content, or otherwise access the Site without the Company’s permission, using automated means, such as but not limited to robots, spiders, scrapers, or site search/retrieval applications;

19. Contribute content that contains restricted access mechanisms, hidden content of any kinds, or utilize SQL injection or cross site scripting methods;

20. Use the Site or any content to transmit any computer virus, worm, defect, Trojan Horse, or any other item of a destructive nature;

21. Upload any virus or malicious code.

YOUR SUBMISSIONS

By submitting content to the Site, you grant to theSkinnyScoop and its successors in business a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, distribute, modify, edit, display, adapt, create derivative works from and market and promote the content, for any commercial purposes, and in any medium now existing or hereinafter developed, and to use the content without your prior approval or the payment of any compensation. You also grant each user of theSkinnyScoop Site a non-exclusive license to access your content as permitted through the functionality of the Site and under these Terms. theSkinnyScoop will not use or disclose your personally identifiable information, except in accord with our Privacy Policy.

By posting content to the Service, you also hereby represent and warrant that you have the right to post that content and to grant the foregoing rights to the Company (and its affiliates and sublicensees).

You take sole responsibility for all content that you post on the Site and the consequences of posting that content. You are responsible for obtaining all necessary rights to upload, post and distribute all content, including obtaining permission from any person shown in a photo that you upload or identified in any writing that you post.

CONTROLLING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

When you first create an account and profile, theSkinnyScoop default privacy setting will allow only the friends in your network access to your profile. However, you may control who will see your profile, Profile Data, as well as any question, answers or other content you post on the Site by adjusting your privacy settings. You may choose to make your profile information visible only to the friends in your network, to friends in your network and their friends, to any member of theSkinnyScoop, or you may make your information available in the public domain.

You may also control who may view specific questions and answers you post to the Site. Each time that you ask or forward a question or answer a question from another member, you can decide if you want that information to be completely private or default to your profile setting.

You can change your profile privacy selection at any time by clicking on the “Settings” link in the upper bar and then selecting “Privacy.”

Any information that is made public will be searchable by third party search engines. When content is later removed from this Site, it may still be stored in other users’ computers and removal of the content from this Site will not remove it from those third party computers. You acknowledge that you are solely responsible for any liability caused by information you have elected to be available in the public domain.

Regardless of your default privacy setting, you may show up if another user performs a search via “Find Friends” or if you are ranked highly in our “Rankings” tab. Other users will see your name, picture and location but will not be able to access your profile unless you grant them access.

Your Profile Data and posts are displayed only to the people you have selected in your privacy settings. However, if you believe that your content is being displayed in a manner that you did not authorize, please notify us by using the “Contact Us” link at the bottom of the Site. You agree that your sole remedy against us, in the event you believe your content is displayed to unauthorized persons, is to request us to make changes to your privacy settings. In addition, you may remove posted material from our service at any time.

COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND DMCA NOTICE

theSkinnyScoop respects the intellectual property rights of others. Materials may be made available via the Site and the Services by third parties not within our control. We are under no obligation to, and do not, scan content posted. However, it is our policy upon proper notice to remove materials or information that violate copyright law, suspend access to the Site (or any portion thereof) to any user who uses the Site in violation of copyright law, and terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.

Pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), Title 17 of the U.S. Code, Section 512, theSkinnyScoop has implemented procedures for receiving written notification of claimed copyright infringement and for processing such claims in accordance with such law. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide the following information to the Company’s designated copyright agent:

1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;

2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;

3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material;

4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us 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;

5. 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

6. 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.

All DMCA notices should be sent to our designated agent as follows:

Eden Godsoe, CEO
The SkinnyScoop LLC
1001 Bayhill Drive, Ste 252
San Bruno, CA 94066
support@theskinnyscoop.com

ACCOUNT TERMINATION POLICY, ACCESS RESTRICTIONS, AND OUR CONTENT REMOVAL RIGHTS

We reserve the right, but are not obligated, to monitor, edit or remove any content at any time and without notice, in our sole discretion, including without limitation if we believe that (i) the content violates these Terms, including any of the Community Guidelines, (ii) removal may protect the rights, property or personal safety of theSkinnyScoop, its users and the public, or (iii) if required to do so by law or requested to do so by any governmental or law enforcement authority. We also reserve the right to remove postings if we believe for any reason that doing so will improve our Site and the experience of our Members.

You may discontinue use of theSkinnyScoop services at any time by sending a termination request to us, using the “Contact Us” link on any page of the Site. We, in our sole discretion, reserve the right to suspend or terminate your membership in theSkinnyScoop and your access to the Site or the Services, in whole or in part, at any time, immediately and without notice for any reason. Your right to use theSkinnyScoop Site and Service automatically terminates if you violate any of these Terms. Upon termination, you must destroy all materials obtained from this Site and the Services and all copies thereof.

theSkinnyScoop may terminate any Member's account at its sole discretion if a Member has been inactive for a period of twelve (12) months. A Member will be defined as inactive if she has not logged into the Site with her screen name and password, or contacted theSkinnyScoop in any other manner.

The following sections of these Terms shall survive in the event of suspension or termination: Restrictions on Use; Special Disclaimers; Warranty Disclaimer; Limitations of Liability; Exclusions and Limitations; Indemnity; General Provisions; and this Account Termination Policy.

OWNERSHIP

The Site and all material published on the Site, including, but not limited to text, photographs, videos, graphics, music, sounds, messages, comments, ratings, and other content is owned by theSkinnyScoop or its licensors and is protected by copyright, patents, trademarks, trade secrets and/or other proprietary rights, including under the United States copyright laws. theSkinnyScoop owns copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of its content and owns copyright in the Site. theSkinnyScoop is a licensee of all content provided to the Site by users, which is provided by our users without any further permission for other users to copy or otherwise exploit it.

All trademarks appearing on this Site ("Marks") are trademarks of their respective owners, including theSkinnyScoop and its partners. Users are prohibited from using any Marks without the written permission of theSkinnyScoop or such third party that may own the Marks.

SPECIAL DISCLAIMERS

THIS SITE IS PROVIDED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THESKINNYSCOOP IS NOT ENGAGED IN RENDERING LEGAL, MEDICAL, FINANCIAL, COUNSELING, OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OR ADVICE. THESKINNYSCOOP ENCOURAGES YOU TO SEEK APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL ADVICE OR CARE REGARDING ANY SITUATION THAT REQUIRES SUCH ATTENTION.

WARRANTY DISCLAIMER

YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND SERVICES (INCLUDING ANY DOWNLOADS OR ANY LOSS OF DATA OR OTHER DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM YOU EXPERIENCE FROM USING THE SITE AND SERVICES) IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE SITE AND SERVICES AND ALL INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND OTHER CONTENT (INCLUDING THIRD PARTY INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND CONTENT INCLUDED IN OR ACCESSIBLE FROM THE SITE OR SERVICES, ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" "WHERE-IS" AND "WHERE AVAILABLE" BASIS, AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE TO YOU. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THESKINNYSCOOP MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SITE OR SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THESKINNYSCOOP DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, CAN MODIFY THE TERMS OF THE DISCLAIMER SET FORTH IN THIS DOCUMENT.

YOUR USE AND BROWSING OF THE SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY OF THE MATERIALS CONTAINED IN THE SITE OR SERVICES, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE ACCESSING AND USING THE SITE AND SERVICES. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THESKINNYSCOOP DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND (EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS) AS TO THE SITE AND SERVICES AND ALL INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, AND OTHER CONTENT (INCLUDING THIRD PARTY INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, AND CONTENT) INCLUDED IN OR ACCESSIBLE FROM THE SITE AND SERVICES.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

IN NO EVENT WILL THESKINNYSCOOP OR ITS AFFILIATES BE LIABLE TO YOU (OR ANY THIRD PARTY MAKING CLAIMS THROUGH YOU) FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, OR DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, PROFITS, DATA, OR OTHER INTANGIBLES, OR THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO AND TAMPERING WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION OR TRANSMISSIONS, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE USE, INABILITY TO USE, UNAUTHORIZED USE, PERFORMANCE, OR NON-PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE OR THE SERVICES, EVEN IF THESKINNYSCOOP HAS BEEN ADVISED PREVIOUSLY OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES ARISE IN CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, TORT, UNDER STATUTE, IN EQUITY, AT LAW, OR OTHERWISE.

THE COMPANY IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES RESULTING FROM THE SERVICE TRANSMITTING INFORMATION SUCH AS PERSONAL MESSAGES OVER UNENCRYPTED NETWORKS SUCH AS EMAIL OR THE INTERNET.

YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THESKINNYSCOOP SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR USER SUBMISSIONS OR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY AND THAT THE RISK OF HARM OR DAMAGE FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU.

EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS

NOTHING IN THESE TERMS IS INTENDED TO EXCLUDE OR LIMIT ANY CONDITION, WARRANTY, RIGHT OR LIABILITY WHICH MAY NOT BE LAWFULLY EXCLUDED OR LIMITED. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, OR LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY MAY LAST, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU RESIDE IN SUCH A JURISDICTION, THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY TO YOU TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

INDEMNITY

You understand that you are personally responsible for your behavior while on the Site and the content you post. You agree to indemnify and hold theSkinnyScoop, and its affiliates, business partners, and their respective officers, directors, employees, and agents, harmless from and against any loss, damage, liability, cost, or expense of any kind (including attorneys' fees) arising from: your use of the Services or access to the Site; your violation of any of these Terms; your violation of any applicable law or the rights of any third party, including without limitation any copyright, property, or privacy right; or any claim that one of your submissions or any of your content caused damage to a third party. This defense and indemnification obligation will survive these Terms and your use of the Site.

LINKS AND THIRD PARTY CONTENT

Most of the content, namely the questions and corresponding answers, on theSkinnyScoop is submitted by our third party members. You acknowledge that by using the Site, you may be exposed to content that you find objectionable, indecent or offensive or which is inaccurate, misleading or incomplete. We are not responsible for the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any content, nor do we make any endorse claims for the Site’s third party content. We do not verify the identity of people using our Site. You use the Site and the content at your own risk.

The Site, or third party users and members, may provide links to other World Wide Web sites or resources. Because theSkinnyScoop has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that theSkinnyScoop is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products or other materials contained in or available from such sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that theSkinnyScoop shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any third party site or resource.

You may order services, merchandise or other products through our Site from other parties (collectively, the "Third Party Sellers"). All matters concerning the services, merchandise and other products desired from the Third Party Sellers including, but not limited to, purchase terms, payment terms, warranties, guarantees, maintenance and delivery, are solely between you and the Third Party Sellers. We make no warranties or representations whatsoever with regard to any services, merchandise or other products provided by the Third Party Sellers. You will not consider us (and we will not be construed as) a party to such transaction, whether or not we may have received some form of revenue or other remuneration in connection with such transactions, and we will not be liable for any costs or damages arising out of, either directly or indirectly, you or any other person involved or related to the transactions.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

No Agency
No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment is created as a result of these Terms, and you do not have any authority of any kind to bind Company in any respect whatsoever.

Our Employees and Partners
Our employees are dedicated to building the best online surveying tool for moms and other women and providing you with the functionality that you need to have a great online experience. In connection with their work, some of our employees are required to use the Site, including creating a profile. Our advertisers, partners and investors may also use the Site and the Services, including creating a profile, for business and advertising purposes.

Entire Agreement
These Terms are the entire agreement between you and theSkinnyScoop. They supersede any and all prior or contemporaneous agreements between you and theSkinnyScoop relating to your use of the Site or the Services.

No Assignment
These Terms, and any rights granted hereunder, are not assignable, transferable or sublicensable by you except with the Company’s prior written consent. Any assignment attempted to be made in violation of these Terms shall be void. Waiver and Severability of Terms

If any part of these Terms is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, it will not impact any other provision of these Terms, all of which will remain in full force and effect. The failure of theSkinnyScoop to partially or fully exercise any rights under these Terms or the waiver of any of the term of these Terms by theSkinnyScoop shall not prevent a subsequent exercise of such right by theSkinnyScoop or be deemed a further or continuing waiver by theSkinnyScoop of that or any other term.

The rights and remedies of theSkinnyScoop under these Terms and any other applicable agreement between you and theSkinnyScoop shall be cumulative, and the exercise of any such right or remedy shall not limit theSkinnyScoop's right to exercise any other right or remedy.

No Third Party Beneficiaries
Nothing in these Terms shall be deemed to confer any third party rights or benefits.

Choice of Law and Forum
These Terms are governed by, and will be interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of California, without regard to any choice of law provisions. Any claim or dispute between you and theSkinnyScoop that arises in whole or in part from the Site or Service shall be decided exclusively by a court of competent jurisdiction located in San Francisco, California.

Limitation of Actions
You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the theSkinnyScoop Site or Service or the Terms of Service must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.

CONTACT AND VIOLATIONS

Violation of any of these Terms may result in removal of your postings and termination of your user account. Questions about the Terms of Service may be emailed to: support@theskinnyscoop.com.

If you belief that any postings on the Site violate these Terms, please let us know by sending an email to: support@theskinnyscoop.com.