Terms of Use

Last Updated: June 10, 2021

UniversalCOP.com is an interactive Website of STEALTH KNIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC. When we use the terms “we” “us” or “our”, we refer to both the Site and our company. By “the Site” we mean the features and services we make available, including through: (a) our website at www.universalcop.com and any other Site branded or co-branded websites (including sub-domains, international versions, widgets, and mobile versions); (b) our Platform; and (c) other media, software (such as a toolbar), devices, or networks now existing or later developed.

1. USE OF THE SITE.

Please carefully review the terms of use of this site and the terms of our PRIVACY POLICY before using this site. These terms of use contain important information regarding your legal rights, remedies and obligations and your agreement with us regarding use of the site. They include various limitations and exclusions. By using this Site (including posting, viewing, downloading or accessing any information or Materials, using or accessing any services or products on or through the Site) or becoming a Registered User (defined below), you agree to be bound by, and acknowledge your acceptance of these Terms of Use. From time to time, we may update these Terms of Use. We encourage you to periodically review these terms for any material changes. You agree to be bound by all of the provisions of these Terms of Use that are displayed on the Site on the date you use the Site and/or any part of the Service. Your use of the Site, and/or any part of the Service, indicates your acceptance of all of the provisions of these Terms of Use that are displayed on the Site on the date of such use.

1.1 Express Restrictions on Use of the Site.

(a) Provided that you are eligible for use of the Site, your use of the Site is strictly and exclusively limited to personal, non-commercial use.

2. DESCRIPTION OF SITE AND THE SERVICE.

We provide, through the Site, Services that include without limitation the:

(a) provision of the Site and other online services;

(b) display, performance, posting, provision, and use of: information such as posts, views, community and incident posts and reporting, educational, promotional, product, or other valuable information (“Information”); copyrighted works, including photographs, text, music, video, sound, graphics, messages, and other Materials, including Our Materials and Third Party Materials (“Content”); and Trademarks as defined below);

(c) interactive and social media communication, correspondence and posting through media such as posting, chat, message boards, and other media

(d) interactive posting and sharing of Information, Content, data, and other materials;

(e) links to and interaction with third party social media sites and tools; and

(f) offering of services and other products for license, distribution, sale or use.

We are integrated with Facebook’s login technologies for your convenience and ease of use. You can view parts of the site without registering, but will need to register through Facebook for certain activities. A Registered User is one who is at least 13 years of age and has supplied all required information during registration, and has clicked to agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. You can contact us about our Site through contact information contained on the Site. 

3. OWNERSHIP OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF THIS SITE AND MATERIALS.

3.1 Trademarks, Copyright and Intellectual Property Ownership of Site and Materials.

We use names, marks, brands, design marks, slogans, logos, designs, trade dress and trade names on the Site or with the Service (collectively, “Trademarks”) that include our Trademarks and Third Party Trademarks. The Trademarks, Content, and other information display, post, and/or provide in connection with, the Site and/or the Service is and remains owned or controlled by us (“Stealth Knight Materials”) or the third party owner of the Trademark, or Content (“Third Party Materials”). We refer to Stealth Knight Materials and Third Party Materials collectively as the “Materials”. 

We exclusively own, or have the right to use or license, all intellectual property in the Materials, proprietary information and know-how used with the Site and Services. The Site is our copyrighted work and the web pages of the Site are protected as a collective work under the U.S. copyright laws and other intellectual property laws. Your User Content (as defined below) that you legally post on the Site or information in your personal User Profile is treated as part of the Site with regard to the copyright of the entire site, but the User Content that is legally posted on the Site, posted by you, or other users, is treated in accordance with Section 4 below. 

By using or accessing the Site or services of the Site, you do not acquire any ownership rights or interest or license in any Materials, or any User Content except for the limited use rights expressly granted in these Terms of Use. We reserve all rights not expressly granted in these Terms. Except as allowed under the permission of these Terms of Use, you agree that you are not authorized and shall not display, use (including co-branding your owns goods or services with our Trademarks), remove, or alter any Content, Trademarks, User Content or other Information from the Site without our prior written permission.

We, and Third Party Trademark holders, also retain all ownership and rights to all Trademarks of the Site, including without limit, our marks, UniversalCOP and Stealth Knight Technologies marks and all Third Party Marks. Any use by you, or on your behalf, of any Trademarks, and the goodwill associated therewith, shall inure to our benefit or the respective Third Party Trademark holder’s benefit.

3.2 Copyright Notice.

The Site and the Stealth Knight Materials posted or contained on the Site are copyrighted materials of Stealth Knight Technologies, LLC. Any third party works shall remain the copyrights of that third party. In any authorized uses of Stealth Knight Materials, including any authorized reproduction, transmission, broadcast or adaptations of any of our Materials permitted under these Terms of Use, you shall provide the following Copyright notice: 
Copyright © 2012 Stealth Knight Technologies, LLC. All rights reserved. 

All other copyright notices and Trademark notices should be maintained and displayed, as displayed on the Site or on the relevant Work, or as otherwise instructed by us.

3.3 Further Restrictions.

Except as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use, you further agree that:

(a) You shall not reproduce, edit, modify, rent, license, sell, distribute, mirror, republish, download, transmit, or create derivative works from any Materials, Content, User Content or information displayed on, or made available through the Site, or in connection with the Service, in whole or in part, by any means now known or later developed;

(b) You shall not modify, decompile, or reverse engineer any part of the Software;

(c) Except for your own User Content (as defined below), you shall not copy, post or transmit any Materials that you receive from, access, or retrieve from, the Site or through the Service, to any server, or network of computers; and

(d) You shall not remove or modify any copyright or trademark notice, or other notice of ownership, displayed on, or affixed to, any Materials, including any copies of the Licensed Materials that you download and/or distribute.

4. User Posted content and restrictions on use of the content.

4.1 User Posted Content.

You are solely responsible for the photos, video, profiles (including your name and/or username), messages, notes, text, information, listings, and other content or information that you post, upload, publish or display (hereinafter “post”) on or through the Site, or transmit to or share with others (collectively the “User Content”). You shall not post, transmit, or share User Content on the Site that you did not create, own or control, or that you do not have the legal right or permission (such as embedding permissions) to post, or use. 

You understand and agree that we cannot, and do not, take any responsibility for meetings you may set up to recover or deliver any lost or found pets, or lost and found property. Any meeting is at the user’s discretion, and proper safety precautions are solely your responsibility.

You understand and agree that the Site has the discretion, but is not obligated, to review postings and may delete or remove (without notice) any Site Content or User Content in its sole discretion, for any reason or no reason, including User Content that in our sole judgment violates the Terms of Use, or our policies or standards, or which might be inaccurate, offensive, illegal, slanderous, libelous, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of others. 

You are solely responsible at your sole cost and expense for creating backup copies and replacing any user content you post or store on the site. We are not responsible or liable for any loss, costs or expense you may encounter for the removal or any user content. By posting any user content, you specifically consent to our removal of such content. 

We do not claim the ownership rights in the copyright of the texts, files, video, images, works of authorship, or any other materials that you or any other users post to your User Profile (collectively “User Content”), except to the extent that we claim the copyright ownership in the web pages of the over Site (which include User Content). After posting your User Content to your User Profile, you continue to retain all ownership rights in such User Content, subject to the license and permission you grant to Site and other users and you continue to have the right to use your User Content on the Site in accordance to these Terms of Use. 

By posting any User Content on or through the Site, you hereby consent and grant to the Site a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license and permission to use, modify, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce, and distribute such User Content on and through the Site and related Services and products, for all purposes necessary for operation of the Site, for compliance with legal requests to the Site, and for advertising and promotion of the Site, including excerpts of the User Content. This license is royalty-free and sub-licensable. This license will terminate within a reasonable time after you remove your User Content. For termination of this license, see Section 16.

 By uploading or communicating any materials, ideas or submissions to any of our Site, including any Forum, or submitting any materials to us in any other manner, you automatically grant (or warrant that the owner of such materials expressly granted) to us a perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable, nonexclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and display, create derivative works from and distribute such materials, or to incorporate such materials into any form, medium, or technology now known or later developed. In addition, you waive and warrant that all so-called “moral rights” in those materials have been waived. You agree that we own any derivative works, improvements or other materials, works, ideas, intellectual property, and/or products created from, based on, or related to, our access to, or use of, any materials you provide. If on a particular Site we have included an upload license, those terms should be noted as also applying, with any conflicts governed by these Terms of Use. 

Marker placement is the sole responsibility of the person posting. The user shall confirm the placement of the marker, and specifically indicate in the post if it is pertaining to the general area, rather than at a specific location. Time sensitive posts, such as warrants, missing persons, etc., shall be monitored by the person posting in order to properly update and/or remove the post when it is no longer accurate. 

If you do not agree to this license and permission, do not post User Content. Posting of such content shall be taken as agreement to this license and permission.

Adherence to Federal and State public record laws, as well as any other laws, are the responsibility of the individual user.

Criminal investigations should be conducted only by the proper law enforcement authority. This website is not monitored regularly by any law enforcement authority and should not be a substitute for direct contact with the proper authority. In case of an emergency, call 911.

5. BLOGS, CHAT AND INTERACTIVE PARTICIPATION AND USER POSTED INFORMATION AND CONTENT.

5.1 Truthful Participation and Assumption of Risk in Interactive Communications.

Through our Site, you are allowed to participate in a number of interactive communication activities including posting information and reports, chat, conversations, message boards, blogs, email, and other means of interactive communication with other participants (“Interactive Communications”). We cannot be, and we are not, responsible for the content, opinions or accuracy of any information provided or posted in any Interactive Communication. You participate at your own risk when engaging in any activity relating to the Site and/or the Service (including any Interactive Communication). You expressly assume all risk and take full and sole responsibility for: (a) all postings made by you or using, or made under by you or, your Passwords or Your Accounts; (b) and any of your use of any Information, Content or Materials or User Content you provided or provided or displayed on, or contained in, the Site (including in any Forum); and (c) any communication or interaction with other users through the Site. When participating in an Interactive Communication, you are wise to never assume that people are who they say they are, know what they say they know, or are affiliated with who they say they are.

Portions of Our Site allow users to post User Content and their own materials. The User Content, posts and materials posted by users do not necessarily reflect our views and we are not liable for any user information posted or displayed on, or uploaded onto any of the Site, including any Forum. 

5.2 Posting Materials to Site.

 By posting materials to or communicating with other participants on the Site or in an Interactive Communication, you represent and warrant to us that: (a) you have all necessary rights to such materials or information, and that the posting of such materials will not infringe on any personal or proprietary rights of any third party, including its intellectual property rights; and (b) such information and materials are true, factually accurate, and not harmful, defamatory, unlawful, threatening, obscene, lewd, lascivious, and/or harassing. 

6. GENERAL USE RULES.

To facilitate everyone’s enjoyment of the Site, we have set out our General Use Rules for you here, which you agree to follow in using the Site. Generally speaking, these rules simply require respect and good manners. Use common sense and you will feel right at home. If for some reason, you cannot follow these rules, please do not use the Site. Any use will also be an agreement to follow these General Use Rules. 

No Obscenity. We do not allow obscene, racist, vulgar, discourteous, indecent or sexually explicit language or images. You shall not post, upload, e-mail, transmit, distribute, or otherwise make available, any such content or materials onto any of the Site, including any Interactive Communication or Blog. 

No promotion of false information or illegal activities or conduct. You shall not promote information that you know is false or misleading or promote illegal activity or conduct that is unlawful, malicious, discriminatory, abusive, threatening, defamatory, libelous or criminal. 

No predatory or stalking conduct. You shall not use our Site to engage in any predatory or stalking conduct. 

No false or misleading impersonations. You shall not impersonate any person or entity or otherwise misrepresent yourself, your age or your affiliation with any person or entity. 

No Posting or Communication of Infringing Material or Harassing Communications or Advertisements. You also shall not post, communicate, upload, e-mail, transmit, distribute, or otherwise make available:

  • any material or content that infringes and/or violates and/or attempts to violate any right of a third party (including its intellectual property and proprietary rights, privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, trademark rights, contract rights or any other rights of any person or entity), or any law;
  • any material or content that constitutes or promotes an illegal or unauthorized copy of another person’s copyrighted work, such as providing pirated computer programs or links to them, providing information to circumvent manufacturer-installed copy-protect devices, or providing pirated music or pirated movies or links to pirated music or movie files;
  • any harassing, intimidating, bullying, slanderous, libelous or derogatory information or content;
  • any information or content that condones or advocates the harassment, intimidation, bullying, slandering, libeling, or derogation of others;
  • content that is hateful, threatening, or pornographic, incites racism, bigotry, hatred, physical harm, or violence of any kind against any group or individual, or contains nudity or graphic gratuitous violence or contains links to an adult website;
  • furthers or promotes any criminal activity or enterprise or provides instructional information about illegal activities including, but not limited to, making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone’s privacy, or providing or creating computer viruses;
  • any contest, giveaway, or sweepstakes without our prior written consent;
  • a third-party application containing alcohol-related or other mature content (including advertisements); or
  • any advertisements for products or services, “junk mail”, spam, chain mail, multi-level marketing, such as pyramid schemes, or other form of commercial or illegal solicitation.

No Commercial Uses. You shall not use the Site, including any of its services, features, materials, or content for commercial purposes of any kind. 

No Harm to Minors. You shall not harm, or attempt to harm, lure or deceive minors in any way. 

Do Not Collect or Store Personal Data. You shall not collect or store personal data about other users using automated means (such as harvesting bots, robots, spiders, or scrapers). 
No Solicitation of Information. You will not solicit login information or access an account belonging to someone else. 

No Virus or Disabling Software. You shall not post or distribute any software or other materials that contain a virus, worm, Trojan horse or other harmful, malicious or disabling code or component. 

No Interference with the Site or Service. You shall not interfere with, disrupt, disable, overburden, or impair the operation of the Site and/or the Service, or with servers or networks connected to, or used in connection with the operation of the Site. 

Obey Requirements. You shall not disobey and shall not facilitate nor encourage any others to disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations established by the owners or operators of any networks, hardware, or software connected to, or used in connection with the operation of the Site, or any requirement that we post on the Site. 

Respect Privacy and Security of Others. You must respect the privacy and security of others. You shall not post or disclose phone numbers, addresses, Social Security numbers, identification documents, sensitive financial information, sexual or nude subject matter, or any other private or secure information, relating to any other person. You shall not solicit passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other users. 

No restricted or password only access pages or images. You shall not post Content that contains restricted or password only access pages or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or from another accessible page). 

No unauthorized usage. You shall not use information or content you obtained on our Site or service in any manner not authorized by the Terms of Use. 

Mobile. We will eventually provide a mobile services for free, but please be aware that your carrier’s normal rates and fees, such as text messaging fees, will still apply. In the event you change or deactivate your mobile telephone number, you will update your account information on the Site within forty-eight (48) hours to ensure that your messages are not sent to the person who acquires your old mobile telephone number. 
The following are examples of the kind of activity that is illegal or prohibited on the Site and through your use of the Services. We reserve the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in our sole discretion, violates this provision, including, without limitation, terminating your account and/or reporting such activity or Content to law enforcement authorities. Prohibited activity includes, but is not limited to:

  • criminal or tortious activity, including, but not limited to, child pornography, fraud, trafficking in obscene material, drug dealing, gambling, harassment, defamation, stalking, spamming, spimming, sending of viruses or other harmful files, copyright infringement, patent infringement, or theft of trade secrets;
  • false posting of incidents or factual information;
  • advertising to, or solicitation of, any user to buy or sell any products or services through the unauthorized or impermissible use of the Services. You may not transmit any chain letters or junk email to other users. In order to protect our users from such advertising or solicitation, we reserve the right to restrict the number of emails which a user may send to other users in any 24-hour period to a number which we deem appropriate in our sole discretion. If you breach this Agreement and send or cause to send (directly or indirectly) unsolicited bulk messages, status updates, bulletins or other unauthorized commercial communications of any kind through the Services, you acknowledge that you will have caused substantial harm to us, but that the amount of such harm would be extremely difficult to ascertain. As a reasonable estimation of such harm, you agree to pay us $50 for each actual or intended recipient of such unsolicited message, status update, bulletin or other unauthorized commercial communication you send through the Services;
  • circumventing or modifying, attempting to circumvent or modify, or encouraging or assisting any other person in circumventing or modifying any security technology or software that is part of the Services;
  • activity that involves the use of viruses, bots, worms, or any other computer code, files or programs that interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware, or otherwise permit the unauthorized use of or access to a computer or a computer network;
  • modifying, copying, distributing, downloading, scraping or transmitting in any form or by any means, in whole or in part, any Content from the Services other than your User Content which you legally post on, through or in connection with the Services;
  • providing or using “tracking” or monitoring functionality in connection with the Services, including, without limitation, to identify other users’ views, actions or other activities on the Services;
  • any automated use of the system, such as, but not limited to, using scripts to add friends or send comments, messages, status or mood updates, blogs or bulletins;
  • interfering with, disrupting, or creating an undue burden on the Services or the networks or services connected to the Services;
  • impersonating or attempting to impersonate the Site or a Site employee, administrator or moderator, another user, or person or entity (including, without limitation, the use of email addresses associated with or of any of the foregoing);
  • using the account, username, or password of another user at any time or disclosing your password to any third party or permitting any third party to access your account;
  • selling or otherwise transferring your profile, your email address or URL;
  • using or distributing any information obtained from the Services in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person or entity, or attempting to do the same;
  • displaying an unauthorized commercial advertisement on your profile, or accepting payment or anything of value from a third person in exchange for your performing any commercial activity through the unauthorized or impermissible use of the Services on behalf of that person, such as placing commercial content on your profile, links to e-commerce sites not authorized by us, blogs or bulletins with a commercial purpose, or sending messages with a commercial purpose;
  • relaying email from a third party’s mail servers without the permission of that third party;
  • using invalid or forged headers to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted to or through our computer systems, or otherwise misrepresenting yourself or the source of any message or Content;
  • using any automated system, including, but not limited to, scripts or bots in order to harvest email addresses or other data from the Site for the purposes of sending unsolicited or unauthorized material;
  • engaging in, either directly or indirectly, or encouraging others to engage in, click-throughs generated through any manner that could be reasonably interpreted as coercive, incentivized, misleading, malicious, or otherwise fraudulent; or
  • using the Services in a manner inconsistent with any and all Applicable Law.

7. DISCLAIMERS OF SERVICE, SITE AND WARRANTIES

7.1 Your use of the site, the service, all content, all products, all information, and all materials are offered on an “as is” basis, “with all faults,” and “as available”, without any warranties whatsoever, with express or implied, to the fullest entent permissible under applicable law. We expressly disclaim all warranties, express or implied, relating to the site, all information, content, materials, the software, and the service, including, without limitation, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a pariticular purpose and non-infringement of third party intellectual property rights. 

7.2 We do not warrant that the functions contained in the site and/or the service will be uninterrupted or error-free; that defects or errors will be corrected promptly or at all; and/or that any of the site, information, content, materials, the service (and/or any software, server, computer, hardware, or network relating to the operation, or hosting of, any of the foregoing) will be free of viruses, errors, or harmful components. Applicable law may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above exclusions may not apply to you. We assume no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any communications, information or materials posted on our site or in any forum. 

7.3 We expressly disclaim any warranties, representations, or responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of any information, content, and materials contained, displayed, or posted on the site or otherwise available through our site, or on sites that link to or from the site. All such information, content and materials are subject to change without notice. We do not warrant, or make any representations with respect to, the use, or the results that may be achieved through such use, of any of the sites, any part of the service, and/or any information, content, and/or materials. 

7.4 While we will make reasonable efforts to provide accurate and timely information, reports on our site, you should not assume that the information provided is always up to date, accurate, complete or that our site contains all of the relevant information available. 

7.5 At any time and without notice, we reserve the right, for any reason whatsoever and without incurring any liability or obligation to you or any other party, to terminate or suspend the display, operation and/or provision of: (A) the-site (or any part thereof, including any content, information, and/or materials); (B) any part of the service; (C) your access to the site or any part of the service; and/or (D) any post, information, content or materials on or through the site.

8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.

In no event and under no circumstances are we liable for any damages, including without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, punitive, or exemplary damages that result from your use of, or inability to use, any of our site, any information, any content, any materials, and/or the service, or any part thereof, even if we have been expressly advised of the possibility of such damages. Applicable law may not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability or incidental or consequential damages. If so, the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you. 

In no event, will our total liability to you of all damages, losses, and causes of action (whether in contract, tort, including, but not limited to, negligence, or otherwise) exceed the amount paid by you to us, if any, for accessing or using any of the site and/or for using the service or any part thereof. If you are dissatisfied with any aspect of the site and/or service, if you don not agree with any provision of these terms of use, or if you have any other dispute or claim, with or against us with respect to these terms of use of any of the site or any part of the service, then you acknowledge and agree that your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue accessing and/or using the site and/or the service.

9. LIMITED PERMISSION FOR DOWNLOADABLE MATERIALS.

9.1 Downloadable Materials.

(a) We may identify certain materials on our Site as being downloadable (“Downloadable Materials”). You have the right to download one copy of these identified downloadable materials subject to the restrictions of the Terms. We grant to you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, permission and license to view, print, and make one copy of the Downloadable Materials for only informational, educational, non-commercial, personal purposes and without alteration of the materials (the “Download License”). You shall use the Licensed Materials only in the format in which we make them available on the Site for download, and only in authorized distributions.

9.1.2 The permission is subject to the following additional restrictions:

(a) You shall not charge or collect any Distribution Fee for the distribution of any of the Downloadable Materials; (b) You shall retain and provide all copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices that appear on the Downloadable Materials, together with the permission notice, on all copies of the Downloadable Materials that you make or distribute; (c) You shall not use, copy or distribute any graphics comprising part of the Licensed Materials separate from accompanying text; (d) You shall not use the Downloadable Materials in connection with, or relation to, any commercial or fundraising activities or non-personal use; (e) You shall not use the Downloadable Materials in a manner that suggests an association with or endorsement by us, or any of our products, services, or brands; and (f) You shall not download quantities of Downloadable Materials to a database that can be used to avoid future downloads of any of the Downloadable Materials from any of the Sites.

9.1.3 Distribution Fee.

The term “Distribution Fee” means any and all payments of monies, fees, royalties, remuneration, donations, gifts or other consideration, whether in cash or like-kind, received by, paid to, owed to, on or behalf of, a user or a distributor that arise from, or are in any way related to the provision, transmission, distribution, sale, license, lease, rental or other use of the Downloadable Materials, including specifically without limitation, any commercial or fundraising activities.

9.2 Termination of Download License.

We reserve the right to terminate the Download License and any of the rights at any time by providing notice of termination on the Site or directly to you as a user. Further, the License will automatically terminate without notice if you breach any of the terms or conditions of the Download License or these Terms of Use. Upon termination of the Download License, you shall immediately destroy, and cease all use or distribution of, any downloaded, printed or electronically stored copies of the Downloadable Materials.

10. PERSONAL INFORMATION AND PRIVACY OF INFORMATION

10.1 Provision of Your Personal Information.

As a user of the Site, you can visit certain areas of the Site without revealing any information about yourself. In other parts of Our Site, you might be required to provide information for certain purposes, including registering for a service, completing a transaction, sending correspondence, or gaining access to a portion of the Site or a Service. Any information you provide to the Site is referred to as “Registration Data”.

We encourage you not to use, submit or provide any personal or sensitive information beyond what is requested or required for your transactions with us or our affiliates. Despite this warning, we have no responsibility for use, misuse, loss or alteration of any information (including Registration Data) provided by you. This includes any information, content, materials or ideas that you provide without our request.

10.2 Accuracy of Personal Information.

In operating our Site we seek to provide valuable information and we value accurate and honest communication. In using the Site, you shall provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself in Registration Data or other data and materials you provide. You shall not provide any false information on the Site, including any false reports or incident reports, or create an account for anyone other than yourself without permission. It is your responsibility to maintain the security of all passwords, user identification data, and other unique identifiers established in connection with your use of any part of the Site and/or the Service, including any Interactive Communications service or Blog, including but not limited to not sharing your password or secret key, let anyone else access your account, or do anything that might jeopardize the security of your account. As part of your use, you shall maintain and promptly update the Registration Data, and any other information you provide and to keep it true, accurate, current and complete.

If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or we have reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your access to the Site, and to refuse any and all current or future access to, or use of, the Site and the Service.

10.3 Registration and Account Security.

10.3.1 Information About Yourself- When you register (via Facebook login), you provide us with your name and/or username, email, and birth date. In some cases, we may ask for additional information for security reasons or to provide specific services to you. Once you register (via Facebook login), you can provide other information about yourself or make posts.

10.3.2 Content- One of the primary reasons people use the Site is to review, share information and content with others. Examples include sharing crime awareness information, posting a lost/found dog or lost/found item, making a comment, writing a note, or sending someone a message. If you do not want us to store metadata associate with content you share on the Site, please remove the metadata before uploading the content.

10.3.3 You will not create more than one personal profile and will not transfer your account to anyone without first getting our written permission. If you select a username for your account, we reserve the right to remove or reclaim it if we believe appropriate or if a Trademark owner objects to use of its trademark in your user name. If we disable your account, you will not create another one without our permission. You will not use your personal profile for your own commercial gain.

10.4 Privacy.

Any Registration Data and certain other information about you that we obtain from you through use of the Site are subject to our Privacy Policy. For more information, see our full Privacy Policy.

10.5 Use by Minors.

We are concerned about the safety and privacy of all of our Site’s users. This Site is not directed or targeted to children. We do not allow children under the age of 13 to use or post to this site without parental permission. We ask that parents supervise their children while visiting the Site as with any Site on the Internet. For this reason, parents who wish to allow their children under the age of 13 to provide personal information to our Site must provide permission through sending an e-mail to the contact information listed on the Site prior to any submission of personal information by such child. A parent of any minor providing information to our Site can:

(a) ask to review any personal information about his/her child that we may have collected at the Site;

(b) request that we delete this information (if we still have the information in our databases); and/or

(c) instruct us not to collect or use his/her child’s information in the future.

If you are a parent and wish to exercise this right, simply contact us at the contact information listed on the site. For more information, please refer to our Privacy Policy. In the absence of parental permission, you certify by using the Site or any part of the Service, that you are at least 13 years of age. If you are ordering or purchasing any product, you agree that you are 18 years of age, or at least the age of majority for purposes of entering into an enforceable contract in the jurisdiction in which you reside.

11. Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement and Reply to Notice of Takedown Due to a Claim of Copyright Infringement.

 We are committed to respecting the intellectual property rights of other parties, and we ask you, and the other users of our Site and the Service, to do the same. Pursuant to Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), Title 17, United States Code, Sections 512(c)(2) and (3), notifications of claimed copyright infringement for materials displayed, or available, on any of the Site should be sent to our Designated Agent. The notification of claimed infringement must include:

(a) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;

(b) your name, address, and telephone number in order for us to contact you;

(c) a statement by you of your good faith belief that the use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner; and

(d) a statement that the notification information is accurate.

Our Designated Agent may be contacted at contact@universalcop.com

In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and other applicable law, we have adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances and at our sole discretion, members who are deemed to be repeat infringers of the Intellectual Property rights of others. We also reserve the right at our sole discretion to limit access to the Site and/or terminate the memberships of any users who infringe any intellectual property rights of others, whether or not there is any repeat infringement. However, if you believe that a termination or removal of your posted content is based on an erroneous or fraudulent copyright infringement notice filed by a third party, you can respond by filing a written counter notification with our Designated Agent. The written counter notification must contain:

(a) your physical or electronic signature;

(b) identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled;

(c) a statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled through mistake or misidentification;

(d) your name, address, and telephone number; and

(e) a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or, if outside the United States, in which our Site may be found) and that you will accept service of process from the owner of the copyrighted work, or their agent, who provided the notice.

Our Designated Agent may be contacted at contact@universalcop.com

11.1 We have the Right to Remove or Block Postings or Interactive Communications.

We reserve the right to remove or block any and all postings or Interactive Communications, including those that we consider to be:

  • Defamatory, libelous, slanderous or disparaging of, or insulting to, any person, group or entity; abusive or hateful; obscene, lewd, or vulgar; false, inaccurate, misleading;
  • Infringing or violating someone else’s rights or otherwise violates the law or these Terms of Use; or
  • Contrary to any of the terms of use, privacy policy, and laws, ordinances or any harassing notes, postings or Interactive Communications that might be construed as stalking, or any postings that might otherwise be illegal, any such harassing content or communications will be deleted and may be made available to the proper law-enforcement officials or otherwise in our discretion untimely or contrary to our Site purposes, policy, operation or goals.

While we reserve the right to remove any posting, we have no obligation to do so.

12. ACTIVITIES WITH THIRD PARTIES ON OR FROM THE SITE.

12.1 Linking to Third Party Sites from Our Site.

From time to time, we provide links on the Site that will allow you to connect with web sites of third-parties that are not under our control. We are providing these links only as a convenience to you. Further, there may be times while in the Site that you could be directed to sites that are beyond our control. This includes links from other organizations, sponsors or volunteers that may use our logo(s) as part of an agreement with us. These other sites may send their own cookies to users, collect data, solicit personal information, or contain information that you may find inappropriate or offensive.

Links to other web sites do not imply an endorsement of the materials, products, content, ideas or Interactive Communications displayed on, or disseminated at or through those web sites, nor does the existence of a link to another of our Sites imply that the organization or person publishing at that Site endorses any of the materials or ideas at our Site. We reserve the right to disable links from third-party sites to any of our Sites at any time without prior notice.

12.2 No Warranties.

You use the site at your own risk as it is provided “as Is”. We make no representations or warranties concerning the content of, or the privacy practices of, or the availability or quality of any products, materials or services that you purchase from a third-party website that links to or from any of our sites even if we provide links to such sites on the site. We accept no responsibility for, and we expressly disclaim any warranties or liability relating to, the accuracy, relevancy, copyright compliance, legality, or decency of materials displayed on, or contained in user posts or, websites linked to, or to which you are directed from, any of the sites. You access and use such websites, and the services provided in connection therewith, at your own risk.

We encourage you to review the terms of use and privacy policies posted on any third party website, or to contact the operator of the website prior to using, or providing any information on, such third party websites.

12.3 Rules for Linking to Our Site.

We may provide the option for you to post a link to our site from your website or other third party sites. We reserve the right to, at any time and without prior notice, ask you to remove the link should we determine it to have a negative effect on our website, search engine results or other negative impact on our visitors. You shall remove the link immediately upon request.

13. PRODUCT SALES, DONATIONS, SUBSCRIPTIONS AND FEES

13.1 Product Sales and Availability.

We may provide or sell certain services, products or Materials on our Site. All prices for products and materials sold through the Site are quoted in U.S. Dollars, and are valid and effective only in the United States at the time of posting. If we provide services, products or Materials for delivery to certain locations outside the United States, we reserve the right to charge a higher price, or additional fees, for such products. We reserve the right to, at any time, and without prior notice, discontinue or change information, availability and pricing on any service, product or Materials on our Site, without incurring any obligations to you or any other party. You are responsible for any applicable use taxes of your jurisdiction imposed as user or buyer of products or services.

13.2 Third Party Sales.

We make no representations with respect to the availability or quality of any products, materials or services that you purchase from a third-party website that links to or from any of the site, or as a result of third-party content (including advertisements or sponsorships) posted, displayed or included on any of the sites. We do not endorse any of the products, nor have we taken any steps to confirm the accuracy or reliability of any information contained in such third-party sites or content (including advertisements)

You hereby irrevocably and forever release and waive (on behalf of yourself and your heirs, personal representative, and permitted assigns) any claim against us relating to, or arising out of: (A) The operation or display of any third-party web-sites and third-party content, whether or not such web sites and content are accessible through, or displayed on, the site; (B) Your access or use of any third-party web sites or third-party content; and (C) any and all products or materials that you purchase from any third-party web site, even if such product is advertised on the site.

We strongly encourage you to make whatever investigation you feel necessary or appropriate before proceeding with any on-line or off-line transaction with the operator or owner of a third-party web site or the publisher or owner of any third-party content displayed on the site.

13.3 Ownership of Third Party Materials.

Third Party Materials are owned, or licensed by the owner thereof, and, where necessary, we use such Third Party Materials with the permission of the owner. Unless otherwise expressly indicated in these Terms of Use, you have no rights or interest in any Third Party Materials. All rights relating to these materials are reserved to their owner.

13.4 Credit Cards.

We take the issue of your privacy seriously. All credit card information submitted is protected by SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption or similar technology. You provide your credit card number, billing and shipping information to participating merchants from whom you buy goods or services. These merchants are solely responsible for how they use that information and any other information they independently acquire from you or about you. Otherwise, we do not share or use your credit card information, except as described in our Privacy Policy, which we encourage you to read each time you visit any of our Sites.

13.5 Subscriptions, Fees and Billing.

Some services offered on certain parts of Our Sites may require a subscription or other fee to receive Services (“Subscribed Services”). If you open an account for Subscribed Services on any of our Sites, you hereby agree to pay all charges to such account, including applicable taxes, in accordance with billing terms in effect at the time the fee or charge becomes payable and following all rules of the subscriptions. We reserve the right to change the amount of, or basis for determining, any fees or charges for services we provide, and to institute new fees, charges, or terms effective upon notice to you at the e-mail address you provide when establishing your account. We reserve the right to terminate your account(s) at any time for any reason.

13.5.1 Each of our Sites with Subscribed Services will contain rules for payment, use and termination of the Subscribed Services. You agree to adhere to all such rules in using the Subscribed Services.

13.5.2 Renewal: Your subscription for each Subscribed Service will be automatically renewed and your credit card account will be charged on the same time and cost basis as the prior subscription period unless a Site indicates otherwise.

14. INDEMNITY.

You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of all Passwords and all accounts that you establish in conjunction with your use of Ours Sites or the Service (“Your Accounts”). You are solely responsible for all activities that occur under, or relating to, your Passwords and Your Accounts, and for your use of any of our Site and any part of the Service, including any posting of Information or Reports.You shall indemnify, defend, and hold us, and our affiliates, our officers, directors, owners, agents, information providers, affiliates, licensors, and licensees (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”), harmless from and against any and all liabilities and costs (including reasonable attorney’s fees) incurred by the Indemnified Parties in connection with any claim arising out of, or relating to:

(a) any breach by you of these Terms of Use;

(b) any unauthorized use by you of any Information, User Content, Content, Materials, our Site, or any part of the Service;

(c) your use of our Site and/or any part of the Service, including without limitation any post or Report; and

(d) all activities relating to, or conducted under, your Passwords and/or Your Accounts.

You shall use your best efforts to cooperate with us in the defense of any such claim. We reserve the right, at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any claim against you or use that is subject to indemnification by you. You agree that that in the event of any unauthorized use of our Site, any Information, Content, Materials, and/or any part of the Service, we are entitled to obtain an injunction proscribing such unauthorized use, without the necessity to post bond, and in addition to any other remedies available at law or in equity.

15. SPECIAL ADMONITIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL USE.

15.1 We are headquartered in Oviedo, Florida, USA. If you access any of our Sites from outside the United States, be advised that the Site may contain references to Information, Content, Materials, services, products and other information and materials that may not be available, or may be prohibited, in your country. We reserve the right to limit the provision of any of our Site, any Content, any Information, any Materials, and any part of the Service to any person, geographic area or jurisdiction we so chose in the exercise of our sole discretion. The Service, or any part thereof, is void where prohibited.

15.2 For all users outside the United States, the following provisions apply:

15.2.1 You consent to having your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States; and

15.2.2 If you are located in a country embargoed by the United States, or are on the U.S. Treasury Department’s list of Specially Designated Nationals you will not engage in commercial activities on the Site (such as advertising or payments) or operate a Platform application or website.

15.2.3 You shall comply with all local rules regarding the use of our Site (including any Forum), any Information, any Content, any Materials, and any part of the Service, including any local rules regarding acceptable online conduct. You also specifically shall comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data or other information exported from the United States or the country in which you reside.

16. TERMINATION.

In the event you want to terminate your use or access to the Site, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue your access and use of all our Sites and the Service, and to destroy all Materials and other items obtained from any and all our Site, whether pursuant to the License, or otherwise, together with all related documentation and all copies and installations thereof, except for purchased products. We reserve the right to terminate your access to any and all our Sites, and/or any part of the Service, at any time in our sole discretion, and we reserve the right at any time to discontinue the operation of any of our Sites, and/or the provision of any part of the Service. We are entitled to immediately terminate your right to access and/or use any of our Site and/or the Service, without notice, if, in our sole discretion, you fail to comply with any provision of these Terms of Use.

If you violate the letter or spirit of these Terms of Use, or otherwise create possible legal exposure for us, we can stop providing all or part of the Site and/or Services to you. We will notify you by email or at the next time you attempt to access your account. 

17. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

17.1 You acknowledge and agree that the unauthorized use of our site, information, other user content, Content, Materials, and/or any part of the Service could cause irreparable harm to us and/or organizations or individuals that may be associated with us worldwide. Accordingly, you agree that in the event of any any unauthorized use of our Site, any Information, Content, Materials, and/or any part of the Service, we are entitled to obtain an injunction proscribing such unauthorized use, without the necessity to post bond, and in addition to any other remedies available at law or in equity.

17.2 We may at times send you information by e-mail that we believe will be of interest to you. If you do not want to receive e-mails from us, please let us know by responding to the unsubscribe action in the message received or by contacting us through information on the website.

17.3 These Terms of Use will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Florida, without giving any effect to any principles of conflicts of law. You agree that any action at law or in equity, and/or any claim arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use, our Site, the Service, and/or your access, and/or use, of any of our Site or the Service, will be filed and litigated only in the state or federal courts located in Orange County, Florida. You hereby consent and submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating any such action or claim. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other Site users. We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other users.

17.4 These Terms of Use, as may be amended by us from time to time, constitute our entire agreement with respect to your use of any of our the Site and the Service. These Terms of Use supersede all prior agreements, understandings and representations between us with respect to your use of the Site and the Service. You cannot amend or alter the terms of these Terms of Use.

17.5 These Terms of Use, including the License, are personal to you, and neither can be assigned by you. You shall not allow any other person to access and/or use any of the Site or the Service unless such other person agrees to be bound all of the provisions of these Terms of Use. You will not transfer any of your rights or obligations under these Terms of Use to anyone else without our consent. You further shall assume all responsibility and liability arising from any third party access to, or use of, any of the Site and/or the Service: (a) using, or under, any of Your Accounts, or any of your Passwords; and (b) that you permit, knowing that such third party has not agreed to be bound by all of the provisions of these Terms of Use.

17.6 All of our rights and obligations under these Terms of Use are freely assignable by us in our discretion, including without limitation, in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, or by operation of law or otherwise.

17.7 We may at times send you information by e-mail that we believe will be of interest to you. If you register at any of the Sites, and you do not want to receive e-mails from us, please let us know by responding “unsubscribe” to the message received.

17.8 If any provision of these Terms of Use is finally found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be void, invalid, unenforceable or otherwise contrary to law or equity, the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use that can be given effect without such void or unenforceable term or provision, will be given full effect and binding on the parties.

17.9 Our failure to enforce strict performance of any provision of these Terms of Use, or to penalize any violation by of these Terms of Use, or to penalize you for any further violations of any provision of these Terms of Use do not constitute a waiver of future violations. Any amendment to or waiver of these Terms of Use must be made in writing and signed by us.

17.10 Nothing in these Terms of Use shall prevent us from complying with the law.

17.11 These Terms of Use do not confer any third party beneficiary rights.

17.12 All of the provisions of these Terms of Use, which by their nature, survive the termination of these Terms of Use, will so survive, including without limitation, the provisions of Paragraphs 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 11.