Terms And Conditions
Please read the following Terms of Use carefully before using Graceful Goodbyes
1. APPLICABILITY & ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS OF USE
By downloading, viewing, using, accessing, browsing, or submitting any content or material on or to the
Services, you agree to these Terms of Use as a binding legal agreement between you and Graceful Goodbyes,
without limitation or qualification. The term "you" or "You" shall refer to any person or entity who
downloads, views, uses, accesses, browses, or submits any content or material to the Services.
If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, you may not use the Services. Graceful Goodbyes reserves the
right to modify these Terms of Use at any time without prior notice. You agree that each time you access the
Services, you shall be subject to the then-current Terms of Use, and continued use of the Services now or
following modifications in these Terms of Use confirms that you have read, accepted, and agreed to be bound
by such modifications.
2. USER LICENSE
Scope: Graceful Goodbyes grants you permission to view the Services and to download,
integrate via authorized social media application, email, or print individual pages of the Services in
accordance with these Terms of Use and solely for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided you do not
remove any trademark, copyright, or other notice contained on such pages. No other use is permitted. You may
not, for example, incorporate the information, content, or other material in any database or cache. You may
not re-publish, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, resell, license, create derivative works from,
transfer, or sell any information, content, material, software, products or services obtained through the
Service, except as specifically noted above or granted by Graceful Goodbyes.
Except as specifically authorized by Graceful Goodbyes, you may not access the Services with any robot,
spider, web crawler, extraction software, or any other automated process or device to scrape, copy, or
monitor any portion of the Services or any information, content, or material from the Services. Graceful
Goodbyes reserves all of its statutory and common law rights against any person or entity who violates this
paragraph. You may not link or frame to any pages of the Services or any content contained therein, whether
in whole or in part, except as provided herein.
Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
2. USER CONDUCT
You agree that your use of the Services is subject to all applicable local, state, national, and
international laws and regulations. You also agree:
- to comply with Kenyan Law or rules regarding online conduct and acceptable Material, and regarding the transmission of technical data exported through the Services from Kenya or the country in which you reside;
- not to host, submit content to or use the Services without the consent of a parent, guardian or educational supervisor if you are under the age of 13 (a "Minor");
- not to use the Services for illegal purposes;
- not to commit any acts of infringement on the Services or with respect to Services content;
- not to use the Services to engage in commercial activities without prior consent from Graceful Goodbyes;
- not to create or maintain an Online Memorial for or with any commercial or other purpose or intent that does not in good faith comport with the purpose or spirit of the Services, including but not limited to acquiring, designating, or choosing a memoir name or title, or website address or URL for resale or rental, depriving any family member or friend of a deceased person from establishing or using a service in that person's name, and linking to any commercial or other website from an Online Memorial;
- not to interfere with another person's use and enjoyment of the Services or another entity's use and enjoyment of the Services;
- not to use the Services for chain letters, junk mail, spamming, or use of distribution lists;
- not to upload or transmit viruses or other harmful, disruptive, or destructive files;
- not to disrupt, interfere with, or otherwise harm or violate the security of the Services, system resources, accounts, passwords, servers, or networks connected to or accessible through the Services or affiliated or linked sites.
Harm from Commercial Use: You agree that the consequences of commercial use or re-publication may be so serious and incalculable that monetary compensation may not be a sufficient or appropriate remedy.
3. SERVICES CONTENT
Nature of User Material: Some of the Services allow you and others to post, upload, transmit, display, publish, distribute, or otherwise submit material (collectively, "Submit"), including, but not limited to, images, information, articles, illustrations, lyrics, photos, audio files, poems, videos, or text (collectively, "Material") to any portion of the Memoir, or other purposes. You agree not to Submit any Material that:
- contains vulgar, profane, abusive, hateful, or sexually explicit language, epithets or slurs, text or illustrations in poor taste, inflammatory attacks of a personal, sexual, racial or religious nature, or expressions of bigotry, racism, discrimination, or hate;
- is defamatory, threatening, disparaging, inflammatory, false, misleading, deceptive, fraudulent, inaccurate, or unfair, contains gross exaggeration or unsubstantiated claims, violates the privacy rights or right of publicity of any third party, is unreasonably harmful or offensive to any individual or community, contains any actionable statement, or tends to mislead or reflect unfairly on any other person, business, or entity;
- unfairly interferes with any third party's uninterrupted use and enjoyment of the Services;
- advertises, promotes or offers to trade any goods or services, except in areas specifically designated for such purpose;
- is intended primarily to promote a cause or movement, whether political, religious, or other;
- contains copyrighted content (copyrighted articles, illustrations, images, lyrics, photos, audio, video, poems, text, or other content) without the express permission of the content's copyright owner.
- constitutes, promotes or encourages illegal acts, the violation of any right of any individual or entity, the violation of any local, state, national or international law, rule, guideline, or regulation, or otherwise creates liability;
- discloses any personal identifying information relating to or images of a Minor without the consent of a parent, guardian, or educational supervisor;
- infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other intellectual property right;
- contains viruses or other harmful, disruptive, or destructive files;
- harms or is inappropriate for minors to view;
- links to any commercial website;
- is not otherwise in compliance with these Terms of Use.
User Representations and Warranties: Each time you Submit Material to the Services, you represent and warrant that you have the right to Submit the Material, which means:
- you are the author of the Material;
- the Material is not protected by copyright law;
- you have express permission from the copyright owner to post the Material to the Services;
- you have the right to grant Graceful Goodbyes the license set out in these Terms of Use;
- the Material you Submit does not violate these Terms of Use.
User License Grant to Graceful Goodbyes: You grant Graceful Goodbyes, its affiliates, and related entities a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, copy, display, archive, store, publish, transmit, perform, distribute, reproduce, and create derivative works from all Material you provide to Graceful Goodbyes in any form, media, software, or technology of any kind now existing or developed in the future. Without limiting the generality of the previous sentence, you authorize Graceful Goodbyes to include the Material you provide in a searchable format that may be accessed by users of the Services and other websites. You also grant Graceful Goodbyes and its affiliates and related entities the right to use your name and any other information about you that you provide in connection with the use, reproduction, or distribution of such Material. You also grant Graceful Goodbyes the right to use the Material and any facts, ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques ("Information") contained in any Material or communication you send to us for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to, developing, manufacturing, promoting, and/or marketing products and services. You grant all rights described in this paragraph in consideration of your use of the Services without the need for additional compensation of any sort to you. Graceful Goodbyes does not claim ownership of Material you Submit to the Services.
Disclaimer of Responsibility for Material: You acknowledge and agree that Graceful Goodbyes does not control the Material Submitted to an Online Memorial or any other Service permitting user-generated Material or content and disclaims any responsibility for such Material. Graceful Goodbyes specifically disclaims any duty, obligation, or responsibility to review, screen, refuse to post, remove, or edit any Online Memorial. In addition, Graceful Goodbyes does not represent or warrant that any other content or information accessible via the Services is accurate, complete, or current. Price and availability of information are subject to change without notice. Graceful Goodbyes assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions in the content of the Service.
Review & Removal of Material: Graceful Goodbyes reserves the right (but disclaims any duty, obligation, or responsibility) to refuse to post, remove in their entirety, or edit (at any time and without prior notice) any Online Memorial available through the Service for any reason or no reason whatsoever, in its absolute and sole discretion. In cases in which payment has been made for an Online Memorial that has been removed for reasons other than a breach of 2(b), 3(a), or 3(b) above, Graceful Goodbyes will issue a full refund.
If you believe in good faith that content or Material hosted by the Services infringes your copyright, you (or your agent) may send Graceful Goodbyes a notice requesting that the content or Material be removed, or access to it blocked. The notice must include the following information:
- a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
- identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (or if multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works);
- identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or the subject of infringing activity, and information reasonably sufficient to allow Graceful Goodbyes to locate the content or Material within the Services;
- the name, address, telephone number, and email address (if available) of the complaining party;
- a statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the content or Material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
- a statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
If you believe in good faith that a notice of copyright infringement has been wrongly filed against you:
A departed one can have one or more memoirs pages depending on who has opened the page. It could be the immediate family, former colleagues, club members, friends, etc. Graceful Goodbyes is not liable for the number of pages opened and cannot restrict the same or share information regarding any of the pages.
Proprietary Rights: You acknowledge and agree that the Services contain proprietary information and content that is protected by intellectual property and other laws and may not be used except as provided in these Terms of Use without advance, written permission of Graceful Goodbyes. All designs, text, graphics, interfaces, and images (and the selection and arrangements thereof), and software, hypertext markup language ("HTML"), scripts, active server pages, and other content and software used in the Services are all rights reserved.
4. TERMINATION AND MODIFICATIONS TO THE SERVICES
Graceful Goodbyes reserves the right (but disclaims any duty, obligation, or responsibility) to refuse to post, remove in their entirety, or edit (at any time and without prior notice) any Online Memorial available through the Service for any reason or no reason whatsoever, in its absolute and sole discretion. In cases in which payment has been made for an Online Memorial that has been removed for reasons other than a breach of 2(b), 3(a) or 3(b) above, Graceful Goodbyes will issue a full refund.
5. INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify and hold Graceful Goodbyes, its parents, subsidiaries, and affiliates, agents, officers, directors, or other employees harmless from any claim, demand, or damage (whether direct, indirect, or consequential, including reasonable attorneys' fees), made by anyone in connection with your use of the Services, with Material or Information you Submit on or through the Services, with any alleged infringement of intellectual property or other right of any person or entity relating to the Services, your violation of these Terms of Use, and any other acts or omissions relating to the Services.
6. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, PRODUCTS, SERVICES, AND MATERIALS PROVIDED BY THE SERVICES (WHETHER PROVIDED BY GRACEFUL GOODBYES, YOU, OTHER USERS, AND OTHER AFFILIATES OR THIRD PARTIES), INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, MATERIAL, TEXT, PHOTOS, GRAPHICS, AUDIO FILES, VIDEO, AND LINKS, ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, GRACEFUL GOODBYES. DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NONINFRINGEMENT, FREEDOM FROM COMPUTER VIRUS, AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE.
7. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT SHALL GRACEFUL GOODBYES. BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (EVEN IF GRACEFUL GOODBYES. HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), WHETHER IN AN ACTION UNDER CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, OR ANY OTHER THEORY, IN ANY MANNER ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE, INABILITY TO USE, OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SERVICES. GRACEFUL GOODBYES ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES TO, OR VIRUSES THAT MAY INFECT, YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR OTHER PROPERTY ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, BROWSING OF, OR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL FROM THE SERVICES. GRACEFUL GOODBYES ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY IN ANY MANNER ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT, PRODUCTS, OR MATERIAL AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICES, AS WELL AS ANY THIRD PARTY WEBSITE PAGES OR ADDITIONAL WEBSITES LINKED TO THE SERVICES, FOR ANY ERROR, DEFAMATION, LIBEL, SLANDER, OMISSION, FALSEHOOD, OBSCENITY, PORNOGRAPHY, PROFANITY, DANGER, OR INACCURACY CONTAINED THEREIN. THESE LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT SHALL GRACEFUL GOODBYES TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES AND CAUSES OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, EXCEED (A) THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO GRACEFUL GOODBYES, IF ANY, OR (B) $100 (WHICHEVER IS LESS). YOU AND GRACEFUL GOODBYES. AGREE THAT THE WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY IN THESE TERMS OF USE ARE MATERIAL, BARGAINED-FOR BASES OF THIS AGREEMENT, AND THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN DETERMINING THE CONSIDERATION TO BE GIVEN BY EACH PARTY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND IN THE DECISION BY EACH PARTY TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT. YOU AND GRACEFUL GOODBYES. AGREE THAT THE WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY IN THESE TERMS OF USE ARE FAIR AND REASONABLE. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SERVICES OR DO NOT AGREE TO ANY PROVISIONS OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SERVICES, EXCEPT AS MAY BE PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION 7(A) ABOVE.
8. CANCELLATION, TERMINATION, TRANSFER, AND EXPIRATION OF ACCOUNT OR SERVICES
You may cancel or terminate your password, account and/or use of the Services, with or without cause at any time, upon providing written notice to Graceful Goodbyes. If you cancel or terminate your account or any Services or upon expiration of your account or service, your cancellation/termination/expiration will take effect immediately. Upon termination, your right to use your account or subject Services immediately ceases. Your notice to Graceful Goodbyes of cancellation or termination must be sent via email or conventional mail to Graceful Goodbyes' address as set forth in these Terms of Use.
Graceful Goodbyes, in its sole and absolute discretion, and at any time and with or without prior notice to you, may suspend, cancel, transfer, or terminate your password, account, any site within an account, and/or use of any Services for any reason whatsoever (including and without limitation, due to lack of use, commercial use, cybersquatting, Graceful Goodbyes’ resolution of any dispute among multiple persons claiming the right to use the same or similar accounts or services, or Graceful Goodbyes' belief, in its absolute and sole discretion, that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of these Terms of Use). In the event of a dispute or conflict among, or complaint from, users of the Services about another's right to establish, use, or maintain an account or Services, Graceful Goodbyes reserves for itself the sole right to determine whether or how to resolve such dispute, conflict, or complaint, with or without factual or other investigation.
Upon expiration, or cancellation or termination by either party, of your account, your password, and/or use of any Services, you will have no right to any Material or Information you Submitted, and Graceful Goodbyes may temporarily or permanently block access to, remove, deactivate, delete, and discard all such Material or Information contained therein (including but not limited to any Online Memorial). Graceful Goodbyes accepts no liability for removed or deleted Material or Information. In addition, any contracts (verbal, written, or assumed) with respect to your account, Material or Information you Submit, and/or use of any Services, will be terminated at Graceful Goodbyes' discretion. You agree that Graceful Goodbyes shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your access to any Services.
Upon suspension, cancellation, or termination of your account or your use of any Service (for whatever reason), there shall be no refund of money you paid to Graceful Goodbyes.
In connection with Graceful Goodbyes Online Memorials, the following terms shall also apply:
- The creator and manager of a Memoir shall be known as the "Site Administrator".
- The party who pays for the Memoir shall be known as the "Sponsor".
- Both the Site Administrator and Sponsor shall be governed by these Terms of Use.
Graceful Goodbyes does not screen and is not otherwise obligated to screen Material posted to a Memoir. Graceful Goodbyes reserves the right, however, to remove any Material posted to a Memoir if said Material does not otherwise comport with these Terms of Use.
9. PERMANENCE OF MATERIAL
Subject to its suspension, cancellation, and termination rights and rights to remove Material, Graceful Goodbyes represents that each Online Memorial sponsored as "permanent" will remain available through the Services for the duration of Graceful Goodbyes' existence, and that each Online Memorial sponsored as "one year" will remain available through the Services for one year from the date of sponsorship, unless: (a) the Services cease to exist in whole or in part during the relevant period; or (b) acts or events beyond the reasonable control of Graceful Goodbyes cause a deletion, loss of data, failure to store, or other interruption in or termination of the availability of the Services or an Online Memorial that you sponsored, or any other service to which you subscribed. You may at any time ask Graceful Goodbyes to delete without charge an Online Memorial that you sponsored or purchased.
10. MINORS
The consent of a parent, guardian, or educational supervisor shall be required before a Minor can use the Services. Use of the Services is confirmation that the person is an adult or a Minor who has received permission from a parent, guardian, or educational supervisor to use the Services. A parent, guardian, or educational supervisor will be responsible for any activities of a Minor in connection with the Services regardless of whether the Minor has received permission from the parent, guardian, or educational supervisor to use the Services.
11. YOUR ACCOUNT, PASSWORD, AND SECURITY
Some elements of the Services (such as the creation of an Online Memorial) may require you to register and/or create an account with graceful-goodbyes.com. During this process, you must select an account designation and password and provide certain personal information to Graceful Goodbyes, including a valid email address. In consideration of the use of Graceful Goodbyes's Services, you agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current, and complete information about yourself as prompted by the registration form, and (b) maintain and promptly update the personal information you provide to keep it true, accurate, current, and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, or Graceful Goodbyes has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, Graceful Goodbyes has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Services (or any portion thereof).
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of your account and password, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account, and for any other actions taken in connection with the account or password. You agree to (a) immediately notify Graceful Goodbyes of any known or suspected unauthorized use(s) of your password or account, or any known or suspected breach of security, including loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure of your password or credit card information; and (b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. Graceful Goodbyes will not be liable for any injury, loss, or damage of any kind arising from or relating to your failure to comply with (a) and (b) or for any acts or omissions by you or someone else using your account and/or password.
12. GOOGLE LIMITED USE DISCLOSURE
Graceful-goodbyes.com use and transfer to any other app of information received from Google APIs will adhere to Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
13. LINKS AND FARMING
As a courtesy to you, the Services may offer links to other websites. Some of these websites are affiliated with Graceful Goodbyes while others are not. Graceful Goodbyes is not responsible for any content of any website pages created and maintained by organizations independent of Graceful Goodbyes. If you visit any such third-party websites, you may do so at your own risk. Graceful Goodbyes has no control of third-party websites, nor can it guarantee the accuracy of information presented on them. Your use of such information is voluntary, and your reliance on such information should be made only after an independent review. References to commercial products or services within any such third-party website do not constitute or imply an endorsement by Graceful Goodbyes. By using the Services, you acknowledge that Graceful Goodbyes is not responsible for the content or services provided by any third-party websites.
14. CONSIDERATION
You acknowledge that these Terms of Use are supported by reasonable and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged. Without limiting the foregoing, you acknowledge that such consideration includes, without limitation, your use of the Services and receipt or use of data, content, products, services, Material, and Information available at or through the Services, the possibility of our review, use, or display of your user-generated content, and the possibility of publicity and promotion from our review, use, or display of your user-generated content.
15. THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE
If you elect to download or access any third-party software that Graceful Goodbyes makes available in connection with the Services, you understand that you may have to agree to that third-party provider's terms of use or license before you use such software. You also agree that the use of any third-party software or content obtained in connection with the Services does not transfer to you any rights, title, or interest in or to such software or content, and you agree that you will not use any such software except as expressly authorized under that third-party provider's terms of use or license agreement. By downloading software made available through the Services, you are deemed to agree to the third-party provider's terms of use or license agreement, the terms of which are incorporated by reference herein for the benefit of such third-party providers. If you do not agree to the third-party's terms of use or license agreement, do not download its software.
16. JURISDICTION, APPLICABLE LAW, AND LIMITATIONS
The Services are created and controlled by Graceful Goodbyes in Kenya. You agree that these Terms of Use will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Kenya without regard to its conflicts of law provisions. Use of the Services is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these Terms of Use. Graceful Goodbyes makes no claims or assurances that the Services are appropriate or may be downloaded outside of Kenya. You agree that all legal proceedings arising out of or in connection with these Terms of Use or the Services must be filed in a court located in Kenya within one year of the time in which the events giving rise to such claim began, or your claim will be forever waived and barred. You expressly submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of said courts and consent to extraterritorial service of process.
18. GENERAL
Enforceability. If any portion of these Terms of Use is found to be void, invalid, or otherwise unenforceable, then that portion shall be deemed to be superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that matches the intent of the original provision as closely as possible. The remainder of these Terms of Use shall continue to be enforceable and valid according to terms contained herein.
Entire Agreement. Except as expressly provided in a particular "Legal Notice" or other notice on particular pages of the Services, these Terms of Use, which hereby incorporate by reference the terms of Graceful Goodbyes' Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Graceful Goodbyes, superseding all prior agreements regarding the Services.
No Waiver. The failure of Graceful Goodbyes to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of said right or provision. Neither party hereto shall be deemed to be in default of any provision of the Terms of Use or for failure in performance resulting from acts or events beyond the reasonable control of such party and arising without its fault or negligence, including, but not limited to, acts of God, civil or military authority, interruption of electric or telecommunication services, civil disturbances, acts of war or terrorists, strikes, fires, floods, or other catastrophes.
Headings & Construction. The section titles in the Terms of Use are for your convenience only and carry no contractual or legal effect whatsoever. The language in these Terms of Use shall be interpreted in accordance with its fair meaning and shall not be strictly interpreted for or against either party.
Contact. For purposes of providing notice of cancellation or termination, contact Graceful Goodbyes.