1. Use of the Services and Your Account
1.1 Who can use the Services
You must be at least 18 years old to use the Services.
You must be at least 18 to use the Services (unless otherwise specified in the International Terms section applicable to specific jurisdictions). No individual under the age of 18 may use the Services, provide any Personal Data (as that term is defined in the Privacy Policy) to us, or otherwise submit Personal Data through the Services (e.g., a name, address, telephone number, or email address).
1.2 Your Account
You may need to create a Melissa WTFitness account to access the Services, and it’s important that you keep your account accurate and up-to-date (particularly your email address – if you ever forget your password, a working email address is often the only way for us to verify your identity and help you log back in).
You may need to register for a Melissa WTFitness account to access or use certain Services. Your account may also automatically provide you access and means to use any new Services.
When you create an account for any of our Services, you must provide us with accurate and complete information as prompted by the account creation and registration process, and keep that information up to date. Otherwise, some of our Services may not operate correctly, and we may not be able to contact you with important notices.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any and all actions that take place while using your account, and must notify our Support Team right away of any actual or suspected loss, theft, or unauthorized use of your account or account password. We are not responsible for any loss that results from unauthorized use of your username and password.
If you are a resident of the European Union: You have the right to delete your account with us by contacting our Support Team. If you choose to permanently delete your account, the non-public Personal Data that we have associated with your account will also be deleted.
1.3 Service Updates, Changes and Limitations
Our Services are constantly evolving. With the launch of new products, services, and features, we need the flexibility to make changes, impose limits, and occasionally suspend or terminate certain Services. We may also update our Services, which might not work properly if you don’t install the updates.
The Services change frequently, and their form and functionality may change without prior notice to you.
We may provide updates (including automatic updates) for certain Services as and when we see fit. This may include upgrades, modifications, bug fixes, patches and other error corrections and/or new features (collectively, “Updates”). Certain portions of our Services may not properly operate if you do not install all Updates. You acknowledge and agree that the Services may not work properly if you do not allow such Updates and you expressly consent to automatic Updates. Further, you agree that the Terms (and any additional modifications of the same) will apply to any and all Updates to the Services. We may change, suspend, or discontinue any or all of the Services at any time, including the availability of any product, feature, database, or Content. In addition, we have no obligation to provide any Updates or to continue to provide or enable any particular features or functionality of any Service. We may also impose limits on certain Services or restrict your access to part or all of the Services without notice or liability.
1.4 Service Monitoring and Suspension
We reserve the right to refuse to provide the Services to anyone, and can monitor, terminate or suspend your account or access to the Services at any time.
We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to monitor any accounts and/or activities conducted through or in any way related to the Services (including inviting a fellow user into a community or group), as well as any user’s use of or access to Personal Data, and profiles of other users.
We may also deactivate, terminate or suspend your account or access to certain Services at any time: (1) if we, in our sole discretion, determine you are or have been in violation of these Terms or the spirit thereof (as highlighted in our Community Guidelines), (2) if we, in our sole discretion, determine you have created risk or possible legal exposure for Melissa WTFitness, the general public, any third party, or any user of our Services, (3) in response to requests by law enforcement or other government agencies, (4) upon discontinuation or material modification of any Services, or (5) due to unexpected technical issues or problems. We will endeavor to notify you by email or the next time you attempt to access your account after any such deactivation, termination or suspension.
1.5 Security
Please let us know right away if you believe your account has been hacked or compromised.
We care about the security of our users. While we work hard to protect the security of your Personal Data, User-Generated Content, and account, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security measures. Please notify our Support Team immediately of any actual or suspected breach or unauthorized access or use of your account.
2. Ownership and Use of Content
2.1 Definitions
Content is what shows up in-app or on the website when you use our Services. User-Generated Content is any Content that is created by you or other users, and Melissa WTFitness Content is all other Content.
For purposes of these Terms, (i) “Content” means any form of information, data or creative expression and includes, without limitation, video, audio, photographs, images, illustrations, animations, tools, text, ideas, communications, replies, “likes,” comments, software, scripts, executable files, graphics, geo-data, workouts and workout data, biometric data and data elements derived therefrom, meal, or fitness training plans, annotations, nutrition information, recipes, interactive features, designs, copyrights, trademarks, service marks, branding, logos, and other similar assets, patents, sounds, applications and any intellectual property therein, any of which may be generated, provided, or otherwise made accessible on or through the Services; (ii) “User-Generated Content” means any Content that a user submits, transfers, or otherwise provides to or through the use of the Services; and (iii) “Melissa WTFitness Content” means all Content that is not User-Generated Content.
2.2 Ownership
You own the Content that you create, and we own the Content that we create.
All Melissa WTFitness Content and all copyright, trademarks, design rights, patents and other intellectual property rights (registered and unregistered) in and on the Services belong to Melissa WTFitness and/or its partners or applicable third parties. Each user retains ownership, responsibility for, and/or other applicable rights in the User-Generated Content that he/she creates, but grants a license of that User Generated Content to Melissa WTFitness as explained in Section 2.5 below. Melissa WTFitness and/or its partners or third parties retain ownership, responsibility for and/or other applicable rights in all Melissa WTFitness Content. Except as expressly provided in the Terms, nothing grants you a right or license to use any Melissa WTFitness Content, including any content owned or controlled by any of our partners or other third parties. You agree not to duplicate, publish, display, distribute, modify, or create derivative works from the material presented through the Services unless specifically authorized in writing by us.
2.3 Our License to You
You are welcome to access and use the Melissa WTFitness Content and Services. We work hard to provide a great experience for our users, so please respect our intellectual property rights and only use the Melissa WTFitness Content and Services as intended. This includes not using any Melissa WTFitness Content or Services for commercial purposes without our permission. We do have APIs and other tools you can use to help create your own apps and products. Contact us to find out more.
Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, revocable, personal, non-transferable, and non-exclusive right and license to access and use the Services and Melissa WTFitness Content for your own personal, noncommercial purposes, provided that you do not (and do not allow any third party to) copy, modify, create a derivative work from, reverse engineer, sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security interest in, transfer or otherwise commercially exploit any right in the Melissa WTFitness Content or Services.
2.4 Acceptable Usage Guidelines
- 2.4.1 Melissa WTFitness Content. Except as expressly permitted by applicable law or authorized by Melissa WTFitness, you agree not to modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute, or create derivative works based on the Services, the Services’ software, or any Melissa WTFitness Content offered as part of the Services (other than User-Generated Content), in whole or in part. You shall not download, copy, or save Melissa WTFitness Content, except (i) as expressly permitted by the functionality of certain Services as provided for in the specific guidelines and/or additional terms applicable to those Services, or (ii) solely for personal use or your records.
- 2.4.2 Commercial Usage of the Services. The Services, with the exception of certain products and services provided though Melissa WTFitness branded websites we make available as tools for website owners (collectively, the “Commercial Tools”), are intended only for your personal, non-commercial use. You shall not use the Services (other than certain Commercial Tools) to sell a product or service, increase traffic to your own website or a third-party website for commercial reasons (such as advertising sales), or otherwise undertake any endeavor aimed at deriving revenue. For example, you shall not take the results from a search of the Services and reformat and display them, or mirror our home pages or results pages on your website. Moreover, you shall not “meta-search” our Services. If you seek to make commercial use of the Services other than through the Commercial Tools, you must enter into an agreement with us to do so in advance. To learn more about the Commercial Tools, please contact us our Support Team. By using any of the Commercial Tools, you acknowledge and agree to the Terms and any additional terms and conditions applicable to those select Services.
- 2.4.3 Linking to the Services. If you would like to link to our Services on your website or App, please follow these rules: (i) any link to the Services must be a text only link clearly marked “Melissa WTFitness” (without the use of any other trademark, logo copyright or any other intellectual property asset owned or controlled by Melissa WTFitness) or in some other format directed by us, (ii) the appearance, position and other aspects of the link may not damage or dilute the goodwill associated with our marks, (iii) the link must “point” to the root domain name of the Services and not to other pages within the Services, (iv) the appearance, position and other attributes of the link may not create the false appearance that your organization or entity is sponsored by, affiliated with, or associated with Melissa WTFitness, (v) when selected, the link must display the Service on full-screen and not within a “frame” on the linking website or service, and (vi) we reserve the right to revoke its consent to the link at any time and in its sole discretion, and upon our notification to you of such revocation of consent, you agree to promptly remove the relevant link.
2.5 Your License to Us
When you post Content in connection with the Services, it belongs to you – however, you’re giving us permission to use that Content in connection with our Services and make the Content available to others. We can edit or remove your Content from our Services at any time for any reason. Don’t post any Content that is not yours or that you do not have permission to post.
When you provide User-Generated Content to Melissa WTFitness through the Services, you grant us and our users a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, freely transferable, sublicensable, worldwide right and license to use, host, store, cache, reproduce, publish, display (publicly or otherwise), perform (publicly or otherwise), distribute, transmit, modify, adapt (including, without limitation, in order to conform to the requirements of any networks, devices, services, or media through which the Services are available), commercialize, create derivative works of, and otherwise exploit such User-Generated Content in connection with any and all Services. You acknowledge and agree that: (a) we have the right to arrange the posting of User-Generated Content in any way we desire; (b) we have no obligation to provide you with any credit when using your User-Generated Content, but if we choose to provide you with credit, the size and placement of the credit is at our sole discretion; and (c) you are not entitled to any compensation or other payment from us in connection with the use of your User-Generated Content.
The rights you grant in this license are for the limited purposes of allowing Melissa WTFitness to operate and allow other users to use the Services in accordance with their functionality, improve the Services, and develop new Services. Notwithstanding the above, we will not make use of any of your User-Generated Content in a manner that is inconsistent with our Privacy Policy.
We reserve the right to monitor, remove or modify User-Generated Content for any reason and at any time, including User-Generated Content we believe violates these Terms, the Community Guidelines, and/or our policies.
You agree you will respect the intellectual property rights of others. You represent and warrant you have all the necessary rights to grant Melissa WTFitness the foregoing license for all User-Generated Content you submit in connection with the Services and will indemnify us for any breach of this representation and warranty.
2.6 Spreading the Word
If you share someone else’s Personal Data with us, you must first get their permission.
We hope you enjoy using our Services and encourage you to share your enthusiasm for them with your friends. If you elect to use the features in our Services to tell a friend about the Services, we will ask you to provide your friend’s email address or social media profile, which we may then use to contact your friend about the Services. We may store the information you provide for a period of time, but we will not post this information publicly. You represent and warrant that you are authorized to provide any third-party contact information that you provide to us for referrals and will indemnify us for any breach of this representation and warranty.
2.7 Content Retention
Please keep in mind that when you make something publicly available on the Internet, it becomes practically impossible to take down all copies of it in the future.
Following termination of your account, or if you remove any User-Generated Content from the Services, we may retain your User-Generated Content for a commercially reasonable period of time for backup, archival, or audit purposes, or as otherwise required or permitted by law. Further, Melissa WTFitness and its users may retain and continue to use, store, display, reproduce, share, modify, create derivative works, perform, and distribute any of your User-Generated Content that otherwise has been stored or shared through the Services. The license to your User-Generated Content therefore continues even if you stop using the Services. When you post something publicly, others may choose to comment on it, making your Content part of a social conversation. For more information, please review our Privacy Policy.
3. Community Guidelines
3.1 Interactive Areas
Our Services often contain community features. When you post content through these features that content may become public. We may, but do not always, monitor our community features, and ultimately you are responsible for your interactions with other users. Please use good judgment and play fair.
Some of our Services may include reviews, discussion forums, conversation pages, blogs or other interactive areas or social features that allow you and other users to post User-Generated Content and interact with one another (“Interactive Areas”). You are solely responsible for your use of the Interactive Areas and for any User-Generated Content you post, including the transmission, accuracy and completeness of the User-Generated Content. As the Interactive Areas are often public, you understand your User-Generated Content may be made and remain public. You should, accordingly, never post any Personal Data in an Interactive Area.
We are entitled, but have no obligation, to monitor our community features. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other users, whether online or in person, including but not limited to comments, challenges, and friendly competition. We assume no responsibility or liability for any loss or damage resulting from any interaction with other users who employ the Services, individuals you meet through the Services, or individuals who find you because of Content posted on, by or through the Services. Melissa WTFitness is under no obligation to become involved in and disclaims all liability related to any disputes between its users and you release Melissa WTFitness from all responsibility and liability arising out of or in connection with such dispute.
3.2 Community Guidelines
Our Services are intended to be a safe and supportive environment to help you reach your fitness and wellness goals. You cannot use our services to post inappropriate material, harass people, send spam, violate intellectual property rights, or act inappropriately. Be reasonable and act responsibly.
Our Services are intended to create a safe and supportive community for all users. To maintain a safe and positive environment, we require everyone to agree to and follow certain rules (the “Community Guidelines”) when posting User-Generated Content and using the Services. Our Community Guidelines are based in many instances on principles of applicable law. Violations of our Community Guidelines may expose you to criminal charges and civil liability. By using the Services you agree that your User-Generated Content and use of the Services, including without limitation the Interactive Areas, will not violate the Community Guidelines. If you violate the Community Guidelines, we reserve the right to terminate your access to the Services.
- No Inappropriate Content. Don’t post Content that is stalking, threatening, hurtful, harassing, abusive, or embarrassing to other members of the community. No derogatory references to sex, gender, age, weight, body type, disability, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation, or endorsement of violence against any person or group, even if couched in humor, will be permitted. This includes expressing stereotypes about any group or community. Don’t post Content that is defamatory, obscene, pornographic, offensive, hateful, inflammatory, or that promotes sexually explicit material. You can respectfully disagree with a message, post or topic, but please do not attack other users by mocking or insulting them. If you are attacked by another user, and you reciprocate, you may also be subject to the same consequences.
- No Hijacking, Trolling, or Flame-baiting. If you are participating in our forums, please stay on-topic in an existing thread, and post new threads in the appropriate forum. Taking a thread off-topic is considered hijacking. This includes posts that provoke or are intended to incite uproar.
- No Promotion of Unsafe Weight-Loss Techniques or Eating Disorders. Use of the Services to promote, glamorize, or achieve dangerously low levels of eating is not permitted. Accordingly, please do not contribute the following types of Content, which may be removed without warning:
- Content intended to promote potentially unsafe or controversial weight loss products or procedures, including non-medically prescribed supplements.
- Profiles, groups, messages, posts, or wall comments that encourage anorexia, bulimia, or very low calorie diets. This includes positive references to ana/mia, purging, or self-starving.
- Photos intended to glamorize extreme thinness.
- No Harm to Minors. Don’t use the Services in a way that harms minors (or anyone, really).
- No Disruptions, Exploits, or Resource Abuse. Do not interfere with or damage operation of the Services, including through unauthorized use, disruption, automated attacks, exploitation, or abuse of our resources
- No Sending Spam and Junk Mail. Don’t spam people via posts, replies, or messages.
- No Illegal Content. Don’t advocate, promote, or assist any fraudulent or illegal act (e.g., violence, impersonation and computer misuse).
- No Soliciting Personal Data. Please don’t post or solicit Personal Data regarding or from any third party, including photographs, telephone numbers, street addresses, last names, email addresses and passwords in the Interactive Areas.
- No Public Posting of Private Conversations. Don’t publicly post an email or private message from any other user, moderator or administrator.
- No Breach of Legal Duty. Don’t post Content in breach of any contractual or other legal duty owed to a third party.
- No Deceptive or Fraudulent Links. Don’t post deceptive or fraudulent links. This includes links with misleading descriptions, putting the wrong “source” field in a post, setting misleading click-through links on images, or embedding links to interstitial or pop-up ads.
- No Intellectual Property Infringement. Respect the intellectual property of others. If you aren’t allowed to use someone else’s proprietary work or likeness (either by license or by legal exceptions and limitations such as fair use), please don’t post it. In particular, if you have any reason to believe User-Generated Content you see on our Services is infringing your intellectual property or the intellectual property of others, please see the Intellectual Property/DMCA section of our Terms.
- No Impersonating Melissa WTFitness or Others. Don’t post Content that is likely to deceive any person or be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person, including with Melissa WTFitness. Creating an account for the purposes of deceiving other users or to work around a suspension is not permitted and will be grounds for a permanent ban from the Services.
- No Automated Querying. Do not send automated queries of any sort to the systems and networks we use to provide the Services without our express written permission.
- Other. Don’t post any Content that contains anything that, we in our sole determination, may determine is objectionable or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the Services, or that may expose Melissa WTFitness or our users to any harm or liability of any kind. Don’t post content that may damage or dilute the goodwill associated with Melissa WTFitness or our, logos and marks.
If we determine you are violating the Community Guidelines or otherwise have breached the Terms, we may take actions to address the issue, including, but not limited to, terminating your right to use the Services, removing your User-Generated Content, taking legal action against you (in which case you agree that we may recover reasonable costs and attorneys’ fees) or disclosing information to law enforcement authorities. We reserve the right to enforce, or not enforce, these Community Guidelines in our sole discretion, and they don’t create a duty or contractual obligation for us to act in any particular manner.
3.3 Reporting Objectionable User-Generated Content
People do post inappropriate content on user-generated content sites. We do our best to keep the community safe and secure (users respecting the Community Guidelines helps), but you still might run into bad content before we have a chance to take it down. If you spot anything objectionable, please let us know.
While we require all of our users to comply with the Community Guidelines and reserve the right to monitor for violations, we ultimately cannot guarantee all users will comply with the Community Guidelines or these Terms at all times. If you believe any Content submitted to our Services violates the Community Guidelines, or if you know or suspect someone is misusing your User-Generated Content, please report it to the Support Team. We have the right, but not the obligation, to review and take action or remove any User-Generated Content you report. You understand and acknowledge that when you access or otherwise use the Services, you may be exposed to User-Generated Content from a variety of sources, and we are not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety, legality, appropriateness, or intellectual property rights of or relating to such User-Generated Content.
We are not responsible or liable for any injury or harm to you resulting from objectionable User-Generated Content or another user’s failure to comply with our Community Guidelines.