Terms of Use

* Effective as of April 2024

IMPORTANT! READ THIS ENTIRE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY.

In addition to reviewing these Terms of Use (these “Terms of Use”), please read our Privacy Policy. Your use of www.spring-green.com or www.spring-greenfranchise.com or any other websites (collectively, the “Sites”) owned or managed by Spring-Green Lawn Care Corp. (“Spring-Green”), its parent, affiliates and designees constitutes your agreement to its terms and conditions. Certain of our affiliates may have their own websites, and in that case, the terms of use of that website shall govern such other website and will supersede these Terms of Use.

Spring-Green requires that all persons or entities visiting the Sites on the World Wide Web agree to the following terms and conditions. By accessing a Site, you confirm your agreement to and acceptance of these terms.

In these Terms of Use, Spring-Green and its parent, affiliates and designees are referred to collectively as “we,” “us” or “our.” These Terms of Use, which include the terms and conditions of the Privacy Policy (discussed above) and any Additional Terms (defined below in Section 1), set forth the terms and conditions governing your use of the Sites and your access to and use of the webpage, sub-pages, URLs, links, the Marks (defined below in Section 4(i)), copyrights, information, other content and services offered on or through the Sites (collectively, the “Services”). The Privacy Policy and any Additional Terms are incorporated into these Terms of Use by this reference. Except as otherwise indicated, any reference herein to these “Terms of Use” shall include the Privacy Policy and any Additional Terms.

Please carefully review these Terms of Use before accessing or using the Sites. By accessing or using the Sites, you accept and agree to be legally bound by these Terms of Use, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time by us (as further described below). Further, certain areas of the Sites, including, without limitation, access to Spring-Green franchisee only areas, or product or service ordering services, may require registration and/or be subject to additional terms and conditions of use; and we will provide you with notice of such additional terms and conditions on your registration.

IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO ACCESS OR USE THE SITES.

1. We Reserve the Right to Revise these Terms of Use. We have the right to make changes and updates to any information contained within the Sites without prior notice. We reserve the right, at any time and from time to time, to update, revise, supplement and to otherwise modify these Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy and to impose new or additional rules, policies, terms or conditions on your use of the Sites without prior notice. Such updates, revisions, supplements, modifications and additional rules, policies, terms and conditions (collectively referred to in these Terms of Use as “Additional Terms”) will be effective immediately and incorporated into these Terms of Use upon our publishing them on the Sites, and we will update the effective date of these Terms of Use. Access to particular areas on the Sites may be subject to additional or different terms and conditions, as we may specify from time to time. You are responsible for reviewing these Terms of Use each time you use or access the Sites. Your continued use of any of the Sites following such notice will be deemed to conclusively indicate your acceptance of any and all such Additional Terms. If these Terms of Use are terminated for any reason, Sections 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 of these Terms of Use shall survive any such termination.

IN THE EVENT OF ANY INCONSISTENCY OR CONFLICT BETWEEN THESE TERMS OF USE AND THE PRIVACY POLICY AND/OR ANY ADDITIONAL TERMS, THE FOLLOWING ORDER OF PRECEDENCE SHALL CONTROL: (A) THESE TERMS OF USE; (B) THE PRIVACY POLICY; AND (C) ANY ADDITIONAL TERMS.

In addition, offers or coupons made available on the Sites might be subject to additional terms and conditions provided in conjunction with the offer or coupon. We will provide these terms and conditions to you or post them on the offers or coupons to which they apply.

2. We May Discontinue the Sites at Any Time. We reserve the right, at any time and from time to time, to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Sites, with or without notice to you. This includes the right to modify, discontinue or remove any content, postings, links, pages, services, or other materials at any time and for any reason. You agree that we will not be liable to you for any modification, general suspension, or discontinuance of any Sites. We may refuse or restrict anyone from access to any or all of the Sites at any time.

3. Franchisees are Independent Contractors. If you are accessing any of the Sites that are particular to a franchised Spring-Green business, which provides lawn and tree care services using our proprietary system and Marks pursuant to a franchise agreement (each a “Franchise Agreement”) with us (“Franchised Businesses”), you understand and agree that: although we may host, develop, maintain or operate the Sites on behalf of the Franchised Businesses, the Franchised Businesses are independent contractors operating as separate legal entities under Franchise Agreements with us. If you are accessing these Terms of Use from one of these Franchised Businesses’ websites, you recognize that we are merely operating as a third-party service provider providing advertising services to the Franchised Business and are not, by operation, hosting, maintaining or developing the Franchised Businesses’ websites, nor are we such Franchised Businesses’ partners, joint venturers, principals, employers, employees or agents. Franchised Businesses are not our agents or employees. Franchised Businesses do not have any right to speak for us or on our behalf, or bind us to any contracts or obligations. We are not responsible for any of the acts or omissions of Franchised Businesses.

4. Acceptable Use of the Sites. In order to use the Sites, you must obtain access to the World Wide Web directly or through devices that access web-based content and pay any and all service fees, if any, associated with such access. In addition, you agree not to: (1) use or access the Sites for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use; (2) use or access the Sites in a manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the server hosting the Sites or the networks connected to any server hosting the Sites; (3) interfere with any third party’s use and enjoyment of the Sites; or (4) attempt to gain unauthorized access to information, accounts, computer systems or networks retained on or connected to any server hosting the Sites through hacking, password mining or any other means.

(a) Individual Use. Unless otherwise specified, copyright and all copyrightable subject matter on any Site is owned by Spring-Green. To the extent that Spring-Green has the right to do so without compensation to third parties, and except for materials or information specifically provided under other terms, Spring-Green grants you permission to make one copy or otherwise download from any Site, information and materials (including related graphics), provided: (1) the materials are for internal, non-commercial use only, except as provided in (b) below; (2) you shall not duplicate, download, publish, modify or otherwise distribute any material on the Sites for any purpose other than for your own individual use unless otherwise specifically authorized by us; (3) you keep intact all legal notices, credits, copyright, and other proprietary notices; (4) you agree not to alter the material in any way; and (5) you do not use the materials in a manner that suggests an association with any of our products, services or brands. If attribution to Spring-Green is included, limited quotations from the content are hereby permitted.

(b) Commercial Use. If you wish to publish, frame, refer to or provide information about the Sites, our Marks or our copyrighted materials on any website, web page, email address or the like operated by you or your affiliates, or any companies, partnerships, limited liability partnerships or any other legal entities which you have an ownership or investment interest in (collectively referred to as “you”), you must first obtain our prior written permission to do so and enter into an agreement with us on terms designated by us. Contact service@spring-green.com if you seek to obtain our written permission to access Sites for commercial purposes. By “commercial purposes,” we mean any activity by you, on your own behalf or on behalf of any customer, for consideration. If you are a Franchised Business, any use of the Sites by you constitutes a commercial purpose and your use of the Sites are governed by your Franchise Agreement with us and these Terms of Use.

(c) Links. Unless otherwise notified by us, you may create, post, display, publish or distribute any link from your website (the “Linking Website”) to a page(s) of a Site (“Linked Page”), provided that you adhere to the following linking policy: (1) any link to a Linked Page must be a text only link; (2) the wording of the link’s anchor text and any other accompanying text must refer to the content of the Linked Page that you are linking to and must not contain any Prohibited Text (defined below); (3) the appearance, position and other aspects of the link may not be such as to damage or dilute the goodwill associated with our Marks; (4) the appearance, position and other attributes of the link may not create the false appearance that the Linking Website or your organization or entity is sponsored by, affiliated with, or associated with us; (5) when selected by a user, the link must display the Linked Page as a full-screen and not within a “frame” on the Linking Website; (6) the Linking Website must not replicate any content contained on the Linked Page (or any other page of a Site); (7) the Linking Website must not present misleading or false information about us, any Site, or the Services; (8) neither the Linking Website nor the link may use the Marks without our prior written permission; (9) the Linking Website must not contain Prohibited Content (defined below); and (10) you agree that we reserve the right to require you to remove the link at any time upon our request. In the event we require you to remove your link, you will promptly remove the link from the Linking Website and cease all linking to the Sites.

For purposes of these Terms of Use, the term “Prohibited Text” includes, but is not limited to, text that is obscene, defamatory, libelous, slanderous, lewd, violent, illegal, offensive, disparaging or includes inappropriate words, abbreviations, language, signs, symbols, references, content or other statements. For purposes of these Terms of Use, the term “Prohibited Content” includes, but is not limited to, content that we, in our sole and absolute discretion, determine violates any applicable law, as well as, that which (i) promotes, suggests or encourages (a) gambling, including, without limitation, any content related to online casinos, sports books, bingo or poker, (b) the use of firearms/weapons/ammunition, any illegal drugs, prostitution, pornography, nudity, profanity, or other adult content, violence, or the use of alcohol or tobacco products, or (c) the taking up of arms against any person, government or entity, or otherwise challenge or seek to overthrow any government, or (ii) otherwise contains (a) content that infringes upon, or otherwise violates, the rights of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity or other personal or proprietary rights, (b) any obscene, defamatory, libelous, slanderous, lewd, violent, illegal, offensive, disparaging or inappropriate words, abbreviations, language, signs, symbols, references, content or statements, (c) content that is deceptive or fraudulent, (d) hate speech, or other discriminatory, disparaging or denigrating content, whether directed at an individual or a group, and whether based upon race, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, political orientation, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, marital status, veteran status or mental or physical disability or condition, (e) content that disparages, denigrates, or uses adversarial or confrontational tactics to impact a product, service, person, industry, or organization including, but not limited to, us, (f) content the primary purpose of which is to advance a religious denomination, expand membership or encourage conversion, or (g) content advancing a particular political party or candidate or supporting lobbying for any particular party or candidate, or expanding or encouraging a membership or a particular political party, candidate or lobbying effort.

(d) Security, Cracking and Hacking. You shall not violate or attempt to violate the security of the Sites. Accordingly, you shall not: (i) access or attempt to access data or materials not intended for you or any areas of the Sites not intended for general public access; (ii) log into a server or account which you are not authorized to access; (iii) attempt to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization; or (iv) attempt to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to the Sites, or overloading, “flooding,” “mailbombing” or “crashing” the Sites. Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. We reserve the right to investigate occurrences which may involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who have participated in such violations. You understand that data and communications, including email  and other electronic communications, may be accessed by unauthorized third parties when communicated over the internet. You agree that it is your responsibility, and not ours, to obtain and use third party software products that support encryption and other security protocols compatible with such protocols (if any) that may be used by us from time to time in connection with the Sites.

(e) Spidering. The use of any tools, programs, robotic algorithms or products to automatically download or “spider” the Sites or any of the pages of the Sites infringes on our copyrights. Do not use any such tools or products on or in connection with the Sites.

By accessing and/or using the Sites, you agree to comply with the following restrictions on use:

•         You will not access or use the Sites to collect any market research for a competing business;

•         You will not cover, obscure, block, or in any way interfere with any advertisements and/or safety features (e.g., report abuse) on the Sites;

•         You will not use any robot, spider, scraper, or other automated means to access the Sites for any purpose without our express written permission; provided, however, we grant the operators of public search engines permission to use spiders to copy materials from the public portions of the Sites 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; and

•         You will not take any action that imposes or may impose (in our sole discretion) an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our technical infrastructure.

(f) Termination. We have the right to terminate or restrict your access to any or all of the Sites, unilaterally and without notice, in the event you violate these Terms of Use. We also reserve any and all remedies at law or equity in connection with the violation of these Terms of Use. We may and will terminate or restrict your access to, and use of, the Site immediately if we believe that your conduct fails to conform with these Terms of Use. Upon termination of your access to, and use of, a Site, all rights granted to you under these Terms of Use will cease immediately, and you agree that you will immediately discontinue use of the Site. Without limiting our rights and your limitations under these Terms of Use, if you use, or attempt to use the Sites, the Marks or our copyrighted materials for any purposes other than its intended purposes (including without limitation by tampering, hacking, modifying or otherwise corrupting the security or functionality of the Sites), you may also be subject to civil and criminal liability.

(g) You Are Responsible for All of Your Activities. You represent and warrant that any information you provide to us by means of the Sites, including, without limitation, as part of any registration or application or to gain access to the Sites, is truthful, accurate, not misleading and offered in good faith. Any information disclosed to you via the Sites including, without limitation, any content in the personalized areas of the Sites, may be used only for its intended purpose. We expect that you will exercise caution, good sense and proper judgment in using the Sites. You agree NOT to use the Sites for or in connection with any of the following activities:

(i) Spoofing or otherwise impersonating any person or entity, including, without limitation, any other users or any of our personnel, or falsely stating or otherwise misrepresenting your identity or affiliation in any way, or forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or other posting;

(ii) Any fraudulent or illegal purpose;

(iii) Emailing, uploading, or otherwise transmitting or using the Sites in furtherance of the use or distribution of any unlawful, harmful, harassing, defamatory, tortious, libelous, abusive, threatening, vulgar, sexually explicit, obscene, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, or any material that is invasive of another’s privacy or exploits children, or transmitting any sexually explicit materials, including images and other content; and

(iv) Transmitting material that contains viruses, trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or other computer programming routines or engines that are intended to damage, destroy, disrupt or otherwise impair a computer’s functionality or the operation of our (or anyone else’s) Sites, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or information, or transmit any materials that otherwise violate our rules or policies.

(h) Account Password and User ID. You agree that you will comply with any security processes and procedures specified by us with respect to access to or use of the Sites. If you are required to become a registered user of the Sites, you must receive or establish one or more passwords and accounts in the manner we designate. Maintaining the confidentiality and security of your passwords and accounts is solely your responsibility. Accordingly, you shall maintain the security and confidentiality of your accounts. Do not divulge your password or account information to any third party. You are entirely responsible for all activities that occur on or through your account(s), and you agree to notify us immediately about any unauthorized use of accounts or any breach of security. You agree that we shall not be responsible for any losses incurred in connection with any misuse of or failure to secure passwords, nor shall they have any responsibility whatsoever for your failure to comply with this Section.

(i) Ownership. Information and materials posted by us on a Site may contain other proprietary notices or describe products, services, processes or technologies owned by us or third parties. Nothing contained herein shall be construed by implication, estoppel or otherwise as granting to the user a license under any copyright, trademark, patent or other Intellectual Property Right (defined below) of us or any third party. We provide the content of this Site for lawful purposes only. The trademarks, trade names, logos, color schemes, service marks, slogans, and similar means of identifying products or services displayed on any of the Sites, including without limitation, any variation of the term or phrase “Spring-Green” (collectively, the “Marks”) and other Intellectual Property Rights are our or our licensors’ registered and/or common law marks or other Intellectual Property Rights and may not be used in any manner without our prior written consent. Other products and service marks are trademarks of their respective owners. All content and materials on the Sites including, without limitation, the Marks, button icons, images, audio clips, and software, copyrights, patents and other Intellectual Property Rights included in the Sites, are our property or our licensors’ property and are protected by United States and international copyright, patent, trademarks, and other proprietary rights and Intellectual Property Rights laws. The compilation of all content on the Sites is our exclusive property and is protected by United States and international copyright laws. All software used on the Sites is our property or our licensors’ property and is protected by United States and international copyright laws. Except to the minimum extent otherwise expressly permitted under copyright law, no copying or exploitation of material on a Site is permitted without the express written permission of us and any other applicable copyright owner. You may not copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, sell, distribute, transfer or modify any of the content, data, information or materials found on the Sites, but you may download, display and print one (1) copy of the content displayed on the Sites on a single computer for your personal, non-commercial use (see Section 4(a) above). You will not use the Marks or other Site content on any site, website, web page, portal, or on any form of advertisement which you operate, authorize or control without our express written permission. You may not use our Marks or copyrighted materials in any search engine descriptions, content, meta-tags, “white lettering”, keywords, or other means of directing or influencing web traffic to any website, web page, portal or email operated, controlled or authorized by you without our express written permission and your doing so constitutes a violation of our rights under United States federal and state law, and other international laws and is a breach of these Terms of Use. You will not adopt or use any names, trademarks, slogans, trade names, trademarks, service marks, email addresses, URLs, meta-tags, key words, search descriptions or the like that are the same or are confusingly similar to the Marks. Without our prior written consent, you will not submit or maintain any information submitted to search engines which incorporates any content from the Sites, the Marks, our copyrighted materials or any marks that are confusingly similar to the Marks. Unless you are a Franchised Business franchisee or licensee in full compliance with your Franchise Agreement and other related agreements with us, you also may not resell the Services (or any part thereof) without our prior written consent. If you wish to do so, contact us at service@spring-green.com to determine if we will grant you permission to resell the Services or use the Marks in such manner. If you wish to access the Sites, copyrighted materials or the Marks for commercial purposes or which affiliate with our Marks in any way, contact service@spring-green.com to discuss establishing a commercial relationship with us and find out if we will grant you written permission to do so. You acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership or license rights by virtue of downloading the Marks or copyrighted material from a Site. All rights not expressly granted under these Terms of Use are expressly reserved to us. If you believe your rights under applicable copyright laws are being infringed, you may notify us in accordance with the instructions set forth in Section 16 hereof. For purposes of these Terms of Use, the term “Intellectual Property Rights” means, collectively, rights under patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret laws, and any other intellectual property or proprietary rights recognized in any country or jurisdiction worldwide, including, without limitation, moral rights and similar rights.

(j) Use and Access Outside the United States. Spring-Green products and services are current only offered in the United States. Nevertheless, if you visit the Sites from Canada, the European Union, or other foreign jurisdictions, please note that (a) we make no representations or warranties that the information, products or services contained on the Sites are appropriate for use or access or are available in other jurisdictions and (b) these jurisdictions have laws governing data collection and use that may differ from United States law. You should be aware that if you transfer personal information to us through the Sites, you are transferring such information to the United States and the United States may not have the same data protection laws as the European Union and some other regions. By providing personal information to us, you consent to the transfer of it to the United States and the use of it in accordance with the Privacy Policy.

5. We May Provide Third Party Content on the Sites. We may occasionally provide third-party content or link to third-party websites on the Sites. Such websites are not under our control. Accordingly, we make no representations whatsoever concerning the accuracy, reliability, content or availability of the information, products, and/or services found on or through such third-party websites. The fact that we have provided a link to a third-party website is NOT our endorsement, authorization, sponsorship, or affiliation of such third-party website, its owners, or its providers. We are providing these links only as a convenience to you. We have not tested any information, software, or products found on these sites and therefore cannot make any representations whatsoever with respect thereto. There are risks in using any information, software, or products found on the internet; and we caution you to make sure that you completely understand these risks before retrieving, using, relying upon, or purchasing anything via the internet. We do not make any representations or warranties as to the security or use of any information (such as credit card and other sensitive information) you might provide on or through any such websites. You should review the third parties’ terms of use and privacy policies before you use their services.

6. Information Provided by You. Any information provided by you to us, including but not limited to feedback, data, questions, comments, suggestions, information, ideas, concepts, knowledge, techniques, content, or materials (collectively, “Submissions”), shall be deemed to be non-confidential and we assume no obligation to protect Submissions from disclosure. We shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to Submissions, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant us and our agents, representatives, franchisees and licensees (the “Spring-Green Parties”) a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, disclose, distribute, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display the Submissions, for any purpose, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing or marketing products and/or modifying or improving the Sites, throughout the world and in any media now existing or hereinafter developed. You grant the Spring-Green Parties, and any of the Spring-Green Parties’ sublicensees, the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such Submissions, if the Spring-Green Parties choose.

7. Consent to Monitoring. We are under no obligation to monitor the information residing or transmitted to this Site. However, anyone accessing this Site agrees that we may monitor the Site to: (1) comply with any necessary laws, regulations or governmental requests; and (2) in our sole discretion, operate the Site in a manner we deem proper or to protect against conduct we deem inappropriate. We shall have the right but not the obligation, to reject or eliminate any information residing on or transmitted to the Site that we, in our sole discretion, believe is unacceptable or inconsistent with these terms and conditions. The submission of information or materials to us shall in no way prevent the purchase, manufacture or use of similar products, services, plans and ideas by us for any purpose whatever.

8. Compliance with Laws. You may use the Sites only for lawful purposes. The use of the Sites is subject to, and you agree that you will at all times comply with, all applicable local, state, national, and international laws, statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances and the like. This obligation includes your agreement to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and rules relating to the export of technical and other data from the United States (and from your country if you are not located in the United States) and your agreement not to export or re-export any such data or any other content or materials in violation of such laws, rules or regulations without first obtaining all necessary licenses, consents and approvals therefor, as well as authorization from us.

9. Online Purchases of Services. All purchases through the Sites or other transactions for the sale of goods or services formed through the Sites, or resulting from visits to the Sites made by you, are governed by our Terms of Service https://www.spring-green.com/policies/terms-service, which are hereby incorporated into these Terms of Use.

10. We Make No Warranties. You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the internet or the Sites will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for antivirus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to the Sites for any reconstruction of any lost data.

YOUR USE OF THE SITES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SITES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE SITES OR THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE SITES. WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE, OR ANY WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NONINFRINGEMENT, CUSTOM, TRADE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, SYSTEM INTEGRATION AND FREEDOM FROM COMPUTER VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITES WILL BE AVAILABLE OR OPERATE IN AN UNINTERRUPTED, DELAY OR ERROR-FREE MANNER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY ERRORS, DELAY OR INTERRUPTIONS DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH COMMUNICATION LINES OR SYSTEMS, ACTS OF GOD OR FAILURE OF A TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PROVIDER TO PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY), OR THAT ERRORS OR DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE SERVER THAT MAKES THE SITES AVAILABLE ARE FREE FROM ANY HARMFUL COMPONENTS, INCLUDING VIRUSES. IN ADDITION, NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION GIVEN BY US, OUR AFFILIATES OR OUR OR THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SITES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ESTIMATED FEES BASED ON USER-PROVIDED INPUT ON ANY SALES TRANSACTIONS PAGE OR SIMILAR SOFTWARE FUNCTION, ARE APPROPRIATE, ACCURATE, COMPLETE, CORRECT, ADEQUATE, USEFUL, TIMELY, RELIABLE OR AVAILABLE FOR USE IN ANY PARTICULAR JURISDICTION, AND ACCESSING THEM FROM JURISDICTIONS WHERE THEIR CONTENTS ARE ILLEGAL IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO PORTIONS OF THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMER MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS, AND YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER LEGAL RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.

11. Limitation of Liability. YOU ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR THE USE OF THIS SITE AND THE INTERNET GENERALLY. YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT WE AND OUR EMPLOYEES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, SHAREHOLDERS, MEMBERS, PARTNERS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNEES, FRANCHISEES, LICENSEES, AGENTS, VENDORS, CONTRACTORS AND SUPPLIERS (COLLECTIVELY, “INDEMNIFIED PARTIES”) WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY, IN TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE USE, COPYING, OR DISPLAY OF THE CONTENT RESULTING FROM ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SITES, OR THE INTERNET GENERALLY, THESE TERMS OF USE OR THE USE OF ANY ASPECT OF THE SITES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA, WORK STOPPAGE, ACCURACY OF RESULTS, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES). TO THE EXTENT THE FOREGOING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, HELD TO BE INAPPLICABLE OR UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON, THEN THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE INDEMNIFIED PARTIES FOR ANY REASON AND UPON ANY CAUSE OF ACTION (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY AND OTHER ACTIONS IN CONTRACT OR TORT) ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE SITES OR THESE TERMS OF USE SHALL BE LIMITED TO DIRECT DAMAGES ACTUALLY INCURRED UP TO TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($250). THESE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY EVEN IF A LIMITED REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

ALTHOUGH WE BELIEVE THE CONTENT TO BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, AND CURRENT, WE MAKE NO WARRANTY AS TO THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR CURRENCY OF THE CONTENT. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO VERIFY ANY INFORMATION BEFORE RELYING ON IT. THE CONTENT OF THIS SITE MAY INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. FROM TIME TO TIME, CHANGES ARE MADE TO THE CONTENT HEREIN. WE MAY MAKE CHANGES IN THE PRODUCTS AND/OR THE SERVICES DESCRIBED HEREIN AT ANY TIME.

THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY HEREIN APPLIES TO ALL LIABILITIES IN THE AGGREGATE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OR YOUR INABILITY TO USE THE SITES, OR ANY OTHER MATTER ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THE SITES. BECAUSE SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

12. Indemnity. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnified Parties, and, at our request, to defend the Indemnified Parties from and against any claim, demand, cause of action, debt, loss or liability, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, to the extent that such action is based upon, arises out of, or relates to your use (or inability to use) any aspect of the Sites, your breach of these Terms of Use, or any other activities of yours accomplished using the Sites.

13. Dispute Resolution. If a dispute arises out of or relates to these Terms of Use or their breach (with the exception of rights to injunctive or equitable relief with respect to Intellectual Property Rights and obligations with respect to confidentiality), then the dispute shall be resolved in binding arbitration in accordance with the following procedures: (i) the dispute must be resolved by arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Commercial Arbitration Rules, (ii) any judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction, (iii) the location of the arbitration shall be within fifty miles of Plainfield, Illinois, and (iv) any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, and shall not be commenced, conducted or consolidated in with any claim or controversy of any other party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we may seek injunctive or equitable relief with respect to Intellectual Property Rights and obligations with respect to confidentiality with respect to Intellectual Property Rights and obligations with respect to confidentiality, in any court having proper jurisdiction, and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts.

14. Choice of Law and Forum. This Site is created, controlled, and operated by Spring-Green in the State of Illinois, United States of America. Subject to Section 13, by accessing or using the Sites, you and we each agree that the substantive laws of the State of Illinois will govern with respect to all matters relating to or arising from these Terms of Use, or the use (or inability to use) the Sites, and that such laws will apply without regard to principles of conflict of laws. Subject to Section 13, you and we agree and hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the appropriate state and federal courts in the Northern District of Illinois with respect to such matters. Regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to the Sites or the Services must be filed or otherwise commenced within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred. If you access the Sites from outside of the United States of America, then you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction.

15. Miscellaneous Terms. Subject to these Terms of Use and our other operating rules and policies for the Sites, these Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and us with respect to the subject matter addressed herein, and govern your use of the Sites, superseding any prior agreements between you and us relating to such subject matter, but these Terms of Use may be supplemented by any other agreement you enter into with us. Neither the course of conduct between the parties nor trade practices shall act to modify these Terms of Use. We may assign our rights and duties hereunder to any party without any notice to you. You may not assign these Terms of Use without our prior written consent. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of these Terms of Use is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and that the other provisions of these Terms of Use remain in full force and effect. The section headings used in these Terms of Use are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.

Without limiting the foregoing, the Services and the Sites are not intended for use by or availability to minors. IF YOU ARE NOT LEGALLY AN ADULT UNDER THE LAW WHERE YOU LIVE OR IF YOU ARE UNDER EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS THE SITES OR USE THE SERVICES.

16. Copyright Notice and Takedown Policy Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement. Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2), notifications of claimed copyright infringement should be sent to us at the address indicated below in Section 17.

WE CAUTION YOU THAT UNDER FEDERAL LAW, IF YOU KNOWINGLY MISREPRESENT THAT ONLINE MATERIAL IS INFRINGING, YOU MAY BE SUBJECT TO HEAVY CIVIL PENALTIES. THESE INCLUDE MONETARY DAMAGES, COURT COSTS, AND ATTORNEYS’ FEES INCURRED BY US, BY ANY COPYRIGHT OWNER, OR OUR RELYING UPON YOUR MISREPRESENTATION. YOU MAY ALSO BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION FOR PERJURY.

To be effective, pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(3(A), the notification must include the following:

• an electronic or physical signature of the owner or of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
• a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed, and a description of the infringing activity including of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on a Site sufficient to allow us to locate the material;
• identification of the location where the original or an authorized copy of the copyrighted work exists, for example the URL of the website where it is posted or the name of the book in which it has been published;
• your address, telephone number, and email address;
• a statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
• a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.

17. Questions, Comments or Concerns. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns regarding these Terms of Use, including, without limitation, the Privacy Policy, and/or the Sites, or are providing notification of claimed copyright infringement in accordance with Section 16 above, please contact us: Spring-Green Lawn Care Corp., 11909 Spaulding School Drive Plainfield, Illinois 60585 Telephone:) (800) 435-4051 service@spring-green.com