TERMS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT

This Terms of Service Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into by and between Patricia Mulder, a[n] CA based company (“Owner”) and any user or visitor (“You” or “Your”) of the Website (defined below) (You and Owner collectively “Parties” and each a “Party”).

Last Updated: 10-23-2023.

• This Terms of Service Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into by and between Patricia Mulder, a[n] CA based company (“Owner”) and any user or visitor (“You” or “Your”) of the Website (defined below) (You and Owner collectively “Parties” and each a “Party”).ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
  

• Website. Owner operates the website located at https://www.patricialittlejoys.com (“Website”). Your access to and use of the Website is conditioned upon Your acceptance of and compliance with this Agreement. This Agreement applies to all visitors, users and others who access or use the Website.
  

• Agreement. This Agreement, together with the privacy policy and disclaimer, constitutes a valid and binding agreement between Owner and You, as a user or visitor of the Website. You hereby agree and acknowledge this Agreement covers all of Your use of the Website, whether it be from this immediate use or from any other time when You access and use the Website. By accessing or using the Website You agree to be bound by This Agreement. If You disagree with any part of this Agreement, then You may not access the Website.
  

• Not Minor. You affirm that You are either 18 years of age or older, or an emancipated minor, or possess the consent of your legal parent or guardian, and are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, and warranties set forth in this Agreement, and to abide by and comply with this Agreement.
  

• United States. The Website is controlled and offered by Owner from its facilities in the United States of America. Owner makes no representations that the Website is appropriate for use in other locations. Those who access or use the Website from other jurisdictions do so at their own volition and are responsible for compliance with their local law.
  

• Agency. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to confer any third-party rights or benefits. You and Owner are independent contractors, and no agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchisor-franchisee relationship is intended or created by this Agreement.
  

• LICENSE. Owner hereby grants you a revocable, non-transferable, and non-exclusive license to access and use the Website subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. Owner will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide you with uninterrupted access to the Website during the Term of this Agreement.
  

• PRIVACY. Owner respects the privacy of its users. Please refer to Owner’s Privacy Policy, which is incorporated herein by this reference and which explains how we collect, use and disclose information that pertains to Your privacy. When You access or use the Website, You signify Your agreement to this Privacy Policy.
  

• Disclaimer. Please refer to Owner’s Disclaimer, which is incorporated herein by this reference. When You access or use the Website, You signify Your agreement to this Disclaimer.
  

• FEES & REFUNDS.
  

• Fees. In consideration of the license granted to You herein, You agree to pay Owner the fees (“Fees”), if any, in the amount and manner as set forth on the Website, incorporated herein by this reference.
  

• Refunds. The Fees are non-refundable, except as follows: You may request (“Refund Request”) a refund of the Fees within fourteen (14) calendar days from the Effective Date (“Refund Period”). Your request must be in writing and delivered to Owner at message@patriciamulder.com. Failure to deliver the Refund Request during the Refund Period will result in Your waiver of rights to a refund of Your Fees.
  

• Notice Regarding Electronic Payment Vendors. Users should be aware some payments may be processed through Stripe or other electronic payment vendors. Owner may also provide applications and other services to merchants related to payment processing. Payments may not be processed for certain activities, such as for illegal or other prohibited activities. If You have a question as to whether a payment will be accepted, then Owner encourages You to check the policies of the applicable vendor. Your relationship with the electronic payment vendors is separate from Your relationship with Owner and is governed by the terms and conditions contained in such vendor’s agreement. Such terms and conditions are available at the respective vendor’s website. Owner is not responsible for the actions or omissions of any third-party payment processor.
  

• YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE.
  

• Content. The content on the Website, except all User Submissions, including without limitation, the text, software, scripts, graphics, files, documents, images, photos, sounds, music, pictures, messages, interactive features, the design of and “look and feel,” and the like (collectively, “Content”) and the trademarks, service marks and logos contained therein (“Marks”), are owned by or licensed to Owner, subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights under the law. Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for Your information and personal use only and may not be downloaded, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any other purposes whatsoever without the prior written consent of Owner. Owner reserves all rights not expressly granted in and to the Website and the Content.
  

• User Submissions.
  

• Defined. The Website may allow You to post, link, store, share, and otherwise make available certain information, text, graphics, videos or other material (collectively, “User Submissions”).
  

• Obligations & Restrictions. You understand that when using the Website, You will be exposed to User Submissions from a variety of sources, and that Owner is not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety, or intellectual property rights of or relating to such User Submissions. You further understand and acknowledge that You may be exposed to User Submissions that are inaccurate, offensive, indecent or objectionable, and You agree to waive, and hereby do waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies You have or may have against Owner with respect thereto, and agree to indemnify and hold Owner, its owners, operators, affiliates, and/or licensors, harmless to the fullest extent allowed by law regarding all matters related to Your use of the Website. You are responsible for User Submissions that You post, upload, link or otherwise make available via the Website. Owner, however, reserves the right to remove any User Submissions from the Website at its discretion. By transmitting and submitting any User Submissions, You agree as follows: (i) You are solely responsible for Your account and the activity that occurs while Your account is in use; (ii) You will not post information that is malicious, false or inaccurate; (iii) You will not submit User Submissions that are copyrighted or subject to third-party proprietary rights, including privacy, publicity, trade secret, etc., unless You are the owner of such rights or have permission from the rightful owner to specifically submit such User Submissions; and (iv) You hereby affirm that Owner has the right to determine whether any of Your User Submissions are appropriate and comply with this Agreement.
  

• Ownership. All User Submissions will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary and will become the sole property of Owner without any compensation or credit to You whatsoever. Owner and its affiliates shall have no obligations with respect to such User Submissions and may use the ideas contained in such User Submissions or posts for any purposes in any medium in perpetuity, including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing, and marketing products and services using such ideas.
  

• Restrictions. You will not, and will not permit any third-party to: (i) distribute or copy in any medium any part of the Website, including but not limited to Content, without Owner’s prior written authorization; (ii) alter or modify any part of the Website, including but not limited to, Owner’s technologies; (iii) access Content through any technology or means other than any as authorized by this Agreement or otherwise in writing by Owner; (iv) use the Website for any commercial use without the prior written authorization of Owner. Prohibited commercial uses include, but are not limited to, any of the following actions: (a) sale of access to the Website, Content or services via another website or medium (such as a mobile application); (b) use of the Website, Content or services for the purpose of gaining advertising or subscription revenue; (c) sale of advertising on the Website or any third-party website, targeted to the Content; and (d) any use of the Website, Content or services that Owner finds, in its sole discretion, has the effect of competing with or displacing the market for the Website or Content; (v) use or launch any automated system, including without limitation, “robots,” “spiders,” or “offline readers,” that accesses the Website in a manner that sends more request messages to Owner’s servers in a given period of time than a human can reasonably produce in the same period by using a conventional on-line web browser. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Owner grants the operators of public search engines permission to use spiders to copy materials from the Website for the sole purpose of and solely to the extent necessary for creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or archives of such materials. Owner reserves the right to revoke these exceptions either generally or in specific cases; (vi) collect or harvest any personally identifiable information from the Website, nor to use the communication systems provided by the Website for any commercial solicitation purposes; (vii) solicit, for commercial purposes, any users of the Website with respect to their User Submissions; (viii) impersonate any person or organization related to this Agreement; (ix) harass any other user of the Website; (x) circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Website or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any Content or enforce limitations on use of the Website or the Content therein; and (xi) violate any laws.
  

• Third-Party Sites. The Website may contain links to third-party websites that are not owned or controlled by Owner. Owner has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party websites. In addition, Owner will not and cannot censor or edit the content of any third-party site. BY USING THE WEBSITE, YOU EXPRESSLY RELIEVE OWNER FROM ANY AND ALL LIABILITY ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF ANY THIRD-PARTY WEBSITE.
  

• INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
  

• Acknowledgements. You acknowledge that: (i) Owner’s business is conducted throughout the United States; (ii) the covenants contained herein are essential elements of this Agreement and that, but for such covenants, Owner would not have entered into this Agreement with You; (iii) the Website will give You access to Owner’s Confidential Information; (iv) Owner has developed a long-standing relationship with its clientele and that the breach of any of the restrictions and covenants set forth herein would cause substantial loss to the goodwill of Owner and cause Owner irreparable harm; (v) the restrictions imposed on You herein and the purposes for such restrictions are reasonable in time, scope and duration and are designed to protect the goodwill, Confidential Information, the continued success of Owner, and Owner’s relationships with its clients; and (vi) the restrictions imposed on You herein in no way are harmful to the public.
  

• Confidential Information.
  

• Defined. Owner’s Confidential Information includes any proprietary, confidential, or secret knowledge, data or matters, whether transmitted in writing, orally, visually or otherwise, used in, associated with, or related to Owner, the current or anticipated business of Owner, the research, development, design, and marketing activities of Owner, and those of any party granting rights to Owner or that has been identified to You, either orally or in writing, together with analyses or documents that contain or otherwise reflect such matters, including know-how, technology, financial information, trade secrets, client lists, client names or identities, details of vendor, licensor, client or consultant contracts, pricing policies, operational methods, marketing plans or strategies, product development techniques or plans, business acquisition plans, new personnel acquisition plans, methods of manufacture, drawings, specifications, personnel data, processes, formulas, designs and design projects, computer programs, inventions and research projects of Owner or any other entity that may hereafter become an affiliate thereof, unless otherwise in the public domain other than as a result of disclosure by You (collectively, “Confidential Information”).
  

• Covenant Not to Use or Disclose Confidential Information. You agree not to use or disclose to any third-party, directly or indirectly, for any reason or in any way, other than at the express written direction of Owner or as required by law, any Confidential Information.
  

• Non-Solicitation.
  

• Clients. During the Term hereof, and for two (2) years after the termination of this Agreement (“Restricted Period”), You shall not solicit or cause another to solicit for the others benefit, or for the benefit of any other person or entity, any client or potential client of Owner without first obtaining the written consent of Owner. The term “Client” shall refer to any individual, business or other entity who was doing business with Owner prior to the date You entered into this Agreement, or who was introduced to Owner by You after the date you entered into this Agreement; and the term “Potential Client” shall refer to any individual, business or other entity who or which was not, at the relevant time, an actual client of Owner but who or which, at such time, had disclosed Confidential Information to Owner regarding his/her/its programs or needs, or to whom or which a proposal for service had been made by Owner.
  

• Employees. During the Term hereof and Restricted Period, You shall not solicit or cause another to solicit for the other’s benefit, or for the benefit of any other person or entity, any employee or independent contractor of Owner without first obtaining the written consent of Owner.
  

• Copyright Infringement.
  

• Notice. If You are a copyright owner or an agent thereof and believe that any User Submission or other Content infringes upon Your copyrights, You may submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) by providing Owner’s Copyright Agent, with the following information in writing (see 17 U.S.C 512(c)(3) for further detail): (i) a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; (ii) 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; (iii) 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 the service provider to locate the material; (iv) information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact You, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail; (v) a statement that You have 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 (vi) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that You are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. Owner’s designated Copyright Agent to receive notifications of claimed infringement can be contacted at: message@patriciamulder.com. You acknowledge that if You fail to comply with all of the requirements of this Section, Your DMCA notice may not be valid.
  

• Counter-Notice. If You believe that Your User Submission that was removed (or to which access was disabled) is not infringing, or that You have the authorization from the copyright owner, the copyright owner’s agent or pursuant to the law, to post and use the Content in your User Submission, You may send a counter-notice containing the following information to the Copyright Agent: (i) your physical or electronic signature; (ii) identification of the Content that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the Content appeared before it was removed or disabled; (iii) a statement that You have a good faith belief that the Content was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or a misidentification of the Content; and (iv) your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address, a statement that You consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court in Campbell, CA and a statement that You will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of the alleged infringement. If a counter-notice is received by the Copyright Agent, Owner may send a copy of the counter-notice to the original complaining party informing that person that it may replace the removed Content or cease disabling it in ten (10) business days. Unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order against the content provider, member or user, the removed Content may be replaced, or access to it restored, within fourteen (14) business days or more after receipt of the counter-notice, at Owner’s sole discretion.
  

• Repeat Infringers. Owner will terminate the access privileges of any User whom it deems, in its sole authority, has repeatedly infringed the copyright rights of others.
  

• TERM & TERMINATION.
  

• Term. The Term of this Agreement shall commence on the date you enter into this Agreement (“Effective Date”) and shall end upon termination as described below.
  

• Termination. You may terminate Your use of the Website at any time. Owner may terminate this Agreement, or suspend or terminate Your access to the Website, at any time, for any reason. If Owner suspects that You have violated any provision of this Agreement, Owner may also seek any other available legal remedy. Your rights under this Agreement will terminate automatically if You breach any part of this Agreement or if You terminate Your use of the Website. You remain solely liable for all obligations related to use of the Website, even after You have stopped using the Website.