Privacy Policy

We respect your privacy. We collect limited data to improve your experience. You control your information.

This Privacy Policy discloses the privacy practices of PATHS, Inc. (“PATHS”, “us”, “our”, or “we”) with respect to your information collected, stored, disclosed and used by PATHS, its subsidiaries and corporate affiliates, through our Services, including our Websites and Applications (as defined in the Terms and Conditions of Service or Agreement).

YOUR USE OF OUR SERVICES IS SUBJECT TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND THE APPLICABLE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE. BY USING OUR SERVICES, YOU ARE ACCEPTING THE PRACTICES SET OUT IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND THE APPLICABLE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE. If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes to this page and any other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what personal information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
 

The effective date of this Privacy Policy is noted below. We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you here, or by other means, such as e-mail, at our discretion. Your continued use of any portion of our Services following the posting of the updated Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of the changes.

1. What Personal Information We Collect and How We Collect It

In order to provide our Services, we collect information about you that, alone or in combination with other information, can be used to identify you as an individual (“personal information”). What personal information we collect and process depends on how and why you interact with us

Personal Information You Provide: When you register for an account or subscribe to any of our Services, we collect a variety of information about you, including your contact information such as your name, email address, contact number, mailing address, date of birth, dating preferences, etc. When you sign up for our Services, you may provide us with answers to our proprietary questionnaire (our Compatibility Quiz), which we use to build a personality profile for you and to match you with other compatible singles. You may also choose to provide us with your photo(s), which may contain personal information. By providing us photo(s), you agree that we may make them available to your matches and users of PATHS’s Services. We may also collect your name, contact information (such as your email), and a copy of your correspondences with us, if you contact us. If you are a Premium Member, you will also be able to communicate with your matches via video chat in selected countries. If you use the video chat feature, you acknowledge and agree that the matches with whom you choose to video chat will have access to video of you. Furthermore, PATHS uses a third-party service provider to enable the video chat feature, and you agree that PATHS will transfer your IP address and profile ID to this service provider strictly for the purpose of providing the service. To process purchases, we may require your name, address, phone number, email address and payment information, including but not necessarily limited to credit or debit card information and associated account information. If you would like us to delete such payment information from our systems, you may contact us as described under the “Contacting Us” below.

Sensitive Information: During the registration process and while updating your profile, you may provide us with personal information that is considered “sensitive” in your jurisdiction, including but not limited to, religious beliefs, ethnicity and political views. This information is only used by us to provide the services to you. By providing this information, you agree to PATHS’s storing, processing, and use of such data for the purposes stated above. You may change or update your information by accessing your profile at any time or select the “prefer not to specify” option in response to any questions requesting such information.

Surveys: We may periodically conduct voluntary member surveys. We encourage our members to participate in such surveys because they provide us with important information regarding the improvement of our Services. You may also volunteer for certain surveys that we may offer to our users, and any additional rules regarding the conduct of such surveys will be disclosed to you prior to your participation. We do not link the survey responses to any personal information, and all responses are anonymous.

Personal Information We Automatically Collect: When you access or use our Services, we automatically collect information about how you access and use our Websites and Services. The information we collect includes your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks. If you use a mobile device to access or download any of our Services, we may also collect device information (such as your mobile device ID, model and manufacturer), operating system, and version information. While this information, taken together, could be considered personal information, we do not use this information to personally identify you. We use this information in the aggregate to analyze trends, administer our Services, prevent fraud, understand how users interact with our Services, and gather demographic information to tailor our visitors’ experience on our Services, show them content that we think they might be interested in, and display the content according to their preferences. We do not share this information with third parties.

The technologies we use to automatically collect data from you may include:

  1. Cookies & Web Tracking: We use “cookies” to keep track of some types of information while you are accessing or using our Services. Cookies are very small files placed on your computer, and they allow us to count the number of visitors to our Websites and distinguish repeat visitors from new visitors. They also allow us to save user preferences and track user trends. We rely on cookies for the proper operation of our Websites; therefore if your browser is set to reject all cookies, the website will not function properly. Some cookies are automatically erased after the end of the browser session (these are “session cookies”), whereas other cookies are stored for a predetermined amount time or permanently in your browser, before they erase themselves (these are “temporary” or “permanent” cookies).While a cookie may distinguish your device, it will not name you. Almost every website uses cookie technology.

    You can find more details about the cookies and pixels that we use for the Websites here and for the Applications here. We have listed the name of each cookie and each other web tracking mechanism, as well as the intended purpose of the cookie or other web tracking mechanism and other important information.

What kind of cookies does PATHS use?

Strictly necessary cookies

We use certain cookies to make sure that our Websites and our Services are easy, secure and safe to use. Without these cookies, Services that you have asked for (such as secure Websites and Services), would not be possible. This category of cookies includes:

» Cookies that identify or authenticate our users to ensure that our Service is secure;
» Cookies that temporarily store certain user entries ;
» Cookies that store certain user preferences (such as your language choices).

Analytics cookies

We use analytics cookies to record usage data about our users (e.g. which users have visited which of our subpages, etc.) and to evaluate this information statistically.

Third Party Advertising Cookies / Third Party Pixel / Third Party Tracking

We also allow third parties to collect our users’ data through advertising cookies or pixels placed on our website. These cookies allow us and other third parties to provide you with interest-based advertising that is based on an analysis of your usage behavior (e.g., which banner ads you have clicked on, which subpages you have visited, etc.) on the internet and our Services.

  1. How can you deactivate or erase our cookies?
    You can deactivate cookies on your device via your browser settings; and you can erase any cookies already stored on your device at any time in your browser. Please note, however, that if you choose to deactivate or remove cookies, doing so may prevent certain features on our Websites from working properly and therefore affect your experience on our Websites. In addition, you may not be able to use all the features of our Service if you deactivate or remove cookies.
    For additional information and opt-out instructions for interest-based advertising, please review our Third Party Advertising below.
  2. Web Beacons. “Web beacons” (also known as “clear gifs” and “pixel tags”) are small transparent graphic images that are often used in conjunction with cookies in order to further personalize our website for our users and to collect a limited set of information about our visitors. We may also use web beacons in email communications in order to understand the behavior of our customers.
  3. Web Analytics. We collect and use statistical information about your use of our Services to make it more user-friendly, to understand our market share, to conduct other market research and to make sure that we display relevant advertisements for you. To this end, we work with various authorized service providers; and we use analytics tools in our Services. However, these tools will not use your IP address, or (if they do), they will shorten it immediately after collection (which means that it will be less clearly be linked to your device). These tools will also generate user profiles by using analytic cookies or by evaluating log files; however these user profiles will not be linked to your real world information and will not name you.
  4. Promotional e-mails. Promotional e-mail messages we send you may contain code that enables our database to track your usage of the e-mails, including whether the e-mail was opened and what links (if any) were clicked. If you would rather not receive promotional e-mails from us, please see the section below labeled “Choice/Opt-Out.”

Personal Information We Receive from Others. In addition to information you provide us directly, and that we collect automatically, we also may receive personal information from:

  • Fraud-detection and credit-reference agencies to correct our records and help prevent and detect fraud;
  • Sources that are available to the public, which we might combine with information that we collect from you directly; and
  • A family member or someone else acting on your behalf.

We encourage users to refer a friend to our Singles Service by sending us a friend’s name and email address. We will send that person a one-time e-mail containing your name and inviting them to visit our site. This e-mail will contain a contact-address to send their request if they want to unsubscribe. We will not keep information about your friend in our database after the email has been sent. If you refer a friend, you agree that you will not abuse this feature by entering names and addresses of those who would not be interested in PATHS’s Services. For some of our Services, you may also give gift memberships to your friends, in which case we will use your friends’ e-mail address that you provide in order to deliver the gift.

2. How and Why We Use Your Personal Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information, to:

  • Provide and secure our Services;
  • Establish and manage user accounts, such as your “My Profile”;
  • Display the public fields of your profile to your matches, including recent login date, user name, photos, videos, and other profile content;
  • Provide customer support, troubleshoot issues, manage our Services, and respond to requests, questions, and comments;
  • Process transactions;
  • Communicate with you about our Services, including order confirmation, refund and renewal processing, notifying of matches for our Singles Service, Service announcements and administrative messages;
  • Communicate with you regarding promotions, including newsletters, new product offerings, special discounts, event notifications, special third-party offers;
  • Conduct market and consumer research and trend analyses;
  • Enable posting on our blogs, forums, and other public communications;
  • Perform accounting, auditing, billing, reconciliation, and collection activities;
  • Prevent, detect, identify, investigate, and respond to potential or actual claims, liabilities, prohibited behavior, and criminal activity;
  • Comply with and enforce legal requirements, agreements, and policies;
  • Achieve purposes for which we provide specific notice at the time of collection; and
  • For any other purpose with your consent.

One of the methods we use to communicate with you in connection with PATHS’s Services may be by telephone or text message (including to any wireless number you may provide to us). For example, you may sign up for a text messaging service (“SMS Verification”) which enables PATHS to verify your phone number via a confirmed text message and display such verification in your public account (as a security measure for your matches’ benefit). If you would rather not receive telephone calls or text messages from us, you may change or delete your number from your account preferences page(s), or ask to be removed from our contact list if you receive a call or text message from us. If you want to opt-out of the SMS Verification service, please send us an e-mail at any time. Please note that we or one of our service providers may contact you by telephone in connection with an outstanding and past due balance on your account. Opting out of receiving telephone calls will not opt you out of receiving calls related to an outstanding balance.

In addition to the uses outlined above, by accessing or using our Services, you agree to allow us to anonymously use the information from you and your experiences to continue our research into successful relationships. This research, conducted by psychologists and behavior research scientists, may be published in academic journals. However, all of your responses will be kept anonymous, and no personal information will be published.

3. Mobile Push Notifications

We will send you push notifications if you choose to receive them for purposes of receiving notice of matches for our Singles Service, letting you know when someone has sent you a message, or for other Service-related matters. If you wish to opt-out from receiving these types of communications you may turn them off at the device level.

4. If Information is Not Provided

If you do not provide us with the personal information we request, this may limit our ability to fulfil the applicable purpose for collection and the Services we are able to provide you. For example, we may not be able to consider or process your payment, match you with other users or provide a particular service you have requested.

5. Disclosure of Your Personal Information

In general. We may share personal information we collect:

  • With current and future organizations that are part of our network of organizations for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including with your consent;
  • With affiliated and unaffiliated service providers who help us perform and deliver our Services, subject to confidentiality agreements, including: customer care agents; technology assistants; service fulfillment; form processing; website management and hosting; information technology and security; email and newsletter delivery; advertisement partners and corporate sponsors; auditing; collection agencies; and credit card processing;
  • With the appropriate authorities if we believe disclosure is necessary and appropriate to prevent physical, financial, or other harm, injury, or loss, including to protect against fraud or credit risk;
  • With legal, governmental, or judicial authorities as instructed or required by those authorities and applicable laws, or in relation to a legal activity, such as in response to a subpoena or investigation of suspected illicit or illegal activities, or where we believe in good faith that users may be engaged in illicit or illegal activities, or where we are bound by contract or law to enable a network partner to comply with applicable laws;
  • With necessary third parties in connection with, or during negotiations for, an acquisition, merger, asset sale, or other similar business transfer that involves all or substantially all of our assets or functions where personal information is transferred or shared as part of the business assets;
  • With your consent or at your direction, such as when you choose to share information or publicly post content and reviews (for example, social media posts); and
  • With persons of your choosing and at your discretion, should the Services you are subscribed to allow that functionality.
In addition, PATHS may disclose personal information as follows.
  • To Your Matches. As an integral part of providing the PATHS Service, we will disclose your profile information (including, but not limited to, last login date, whether you are currently online, your compatibility score) to your matches. Photos and other profile information posted by you will be available to subscribers that are matched with you. We never share your contact information with your matches.
  • To Comply with Valid Legal Requests. You acknowledge and agree that we may disclose information you provide if required to do so by law, or if we, in our sole discretion, believe that disclosure is reasonable to (1) comply with the law, requests or orders from law enforcement, or any legal process (whether or not such disclosure is required by applicable law); (2) protect or defend PATHS’s, or a third party’s, rights or property; or (3) protect someone’s health or safety, such as when harm or violence against any person (including you) is threatened.
  • To Protect Abuse Victims. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Privacy Policy or our Terms and Conditions of Service, we reserve the right, but have no obligation, to disclose any information that you submit to the Services, if in our sole opinion, we suspect or have reason to suspect, that the information involves a party who may be the victim of abuse in any form. Abuse may include, without limitation, elder abuse, child abuse, spousal abuse, neglect, or domestic violence. Information may be disclosed to authorities that we, in our sole discretion, deem appropriate to handle such disclosure. Appropriate authorities may include, without limitation, law enforcement agencies, child protection agencies, or court officials. You hereby acknowledge and agree that we are permitted to make such disclosure.
  • To Trusted Third Parties By Us. We may share your information with third parties, but not in a manner that would reveal your identity. We may share your personal information, sometimes in conjunction with non-identifying information, with service providers that may be associated with us to perform functions on our behalf. For example, outsourced customer care agents or technology assistants may need access to your information to perform services for you. Your information will be treated as private and confidential by such service providers and not used for any other purpose than we authorize.
  • To Transfer As a Result of Sale of Business. As we develop our business, we may buy or sell assets and, depending on the transaction, your personal information may be one of the transferred assets. In the event that we are acquired by another company, your personal information may be part of the assets transferred to the acquiring party. If this occurs, you will be notified if there are any material changes to the way your personal information is collected or used.
  • To other Locales. We process all information, including your personal information, via our servers and networks located in the United States and Germany. Additionally, some of our service providers may be located in other jurisdictions. By using our services and expressly assenting to this privacy policy, you have consented to the transfer of your personal information solely for the purpose of providing you the Services for which you have registered or to which you have subscribed. We take all reasonable steps to ensure that all overseas recipients will not hold, use or disclose your personal information inconsistently with applicable law.

6. Third-Party Advertising

We may use third-party advertising agencies or other service providers to serve ads on our website on behalf of PATHS. These companies may employ cookies or pixels to measure advertising effectiveness.

We will only share your information with third parties in the ways defined in this Privacy Policy.

7. Age Restrictions

We only accept registrations to our Services from users who are 18 years or older (or the age of majority in applicable jurisdictions), and any information we may receive from users we believe to be under the age of 18 will be purged from our database. If you believe that we may have collected any such personal information through our Services, please notify us as specified below.

8. Custom Audience

We may also use services provided by third-party platforms (such as social networking and other websites) to serve targeted advertisements on such platforms to you or others, and we may provide a hashed version of your email address or other information to the platform provider for such purposes. To opt-out of the use of your information for such purposes, please email us at support@pathsnow.com.

9. Security

We store information in a combination of electronic storage facilities, paper-based files and other records. While we cannot guarantee your personal information is completely secure at all times, we have administrative, organizational, technical, and physical security measures in place to help protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information collected and processed. These measures include the use of firewalls, digital certificates, Security Socket Layer (SSL) and encryption technology during credit card transactions and administrative access to site data, as well as other proprietary security measures which are applied to all repositories and transfers of user information.

10. “Do Not Track” Signals

We do not process or respond to web browsers “do not track” signals or other similar transmissions that indicate a request to disable online tracking of users who use or visit our Websites. You may, however, disable certain tracking as discussed above (e.g., by disabling cookies).

11. Links to or Access from Other Sites

You may be able to access your account or content of your account from third party websites, such as social networking sites (e.g., Facebook), by way of various applications. These services will authenticate your identity and provide you with the option to share certain personal information with us such as your name and email address to pre-populate our registration form. The privacy policies and practices of such sites in connection with information you disclose on such sites may differ from the practices of PATHS as set forth in this Privacy Policy. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices or the content of any other websites that may provide access to, or be linked to or from, our Services, including that of any social networking sites. Please be aware that, should you choose to use the Facebook or Apple login feature for your PATHS account, you should not permit other persons to use your Facebook or Apple accounts or give other persons your login information for those websites. (See also Terms & Conditions)

12. Updating / Deleting Your Personal Information

PATHS provides users the following options to access, change, correct, update or delete information previously submitted to us.

  1. Certain information (such as match settings, billing account/ payment method, and email address updates) may be updated by logging in to your account and updating directly.
  2. PATHS requires that some personal information updates (such as date of birth changes) be processed by our customer care group for verification purposes and to protect other members. In order to make such personal information updates, please contact customer support at: support@pathsnow.com for further assistance.
  3. To request deletion of your personal account information, please

access our FAQ’s and follow the process under the relevant account deletion FAQ. Requests for personal information deletion will be processed promptly.

13. Retention and Storage of Your Personal Information

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose(s) for which it was collected and to comply with applicable laws, and your consent to such purpose(s) remains valid after termination of your relationship with us. Except for information required for accounting or record-keeping purposes, we will automatically delete your personal information after 24 months of inactivity in a Basic unless we have a valid reason to retain such information.

Your personal information may be processed and stored outside of the jurisdiction or country in which you reside by us, an affiliate or an unaffiliated service provider for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy and, under the laws of these other jurisdictions, in certain circumstances foreign courts, law enforcement agencies or regulatory agencies may be entitled to access your personal information.

14. Contacting Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, you can contact us by email at: support@pathsnow.com

15. Dispute Resolution

If you have an unresolved privacy or data use concern that we have not addressed satisfactorily, please contact us at email: support@pathsnow.com

Verification Process

To protect your privacy, we must first verify your identity before we can respond to and process your request for access to specific data or to delete data. To do that and if you are a Basic or Premium member, please login and send us your request through one of the contact links above that we can easily identify you. If you maintain your PATHS account with a unique PATHS email/password combination (rather than Facebook or Apple login), you may be asked to re-input your login credentials as an additional verification step. If you maintain your PATHS account through Facebook or Apple login, then you may be asked to verify your identity by providing certain information, including but not necessarily limited to: your profile ID or email address associated with your account, and your service password (that is not your personal password), date of birth, or zip/postal code associated with your account.

If you request your data through the customer care form, we will request certain account information to verify your identity that may include the following: the email address associated with your profile, your profile ID and your service password (that is not your personal password), your date of birth, and/or your zip/postal code. Your profile ID and service password are assigned to you when you register to our Service in your profile settings. If you cannot provide us with such information, we will ask you to provide other account information to verify your identity.

Requests to opt out of selling of personal information, if applicable, do not need to be verified and will be honored in accordance with applicable laws.

We will make good faith efforts to provide you with access to your data when you request it, but there may be circumstances in which we may not provide access or delete data as allowed by law. For example, we are not required to delete personal information needed to provide a service you’ve asked us to provide, to detect fraudulent or illegal activity, required for bookkeeping or tax purposes (e.g., transaction data), or required for legal purposes. Also, we are not required to provide access to information that contains legal privilege, where your identity could not be verified, or where the information would compromise others’ privacy or other legitimate rights, like intellectual property rights. If we determine that your request for access or deletion should be denied or restricted in any particular instance, we will provide you with an explanation of why that determination has been made and a contact point for any further inquiries.

Data Retention

For Basic members: You can choose to remove the data in your profile at any time. You can also erase your profile data yourself by logging in to the PATHS website and starting the deletion process. Otherwise, PATHS automatically erases personal profile data of Basic Members who are inactive for 24 months.

For Premium members: Your personal data will be stored for the duration of your Premium membership. However, we will erase your data at your request, provided that there is no statutory storage obligation that applies to that information. If your data is subject to a mandatory storage period, we will ensure that this information is isolated and stored until the expiration of the mandatory retention period. Once your Premium Membership is over, your Premium Membership will be converted into a Basic Membership. In this case, the description above relating to the retention period of Basic member data will apply.

PATHS will also store any personal data which is required to demonstrate that PATHS has lawfully complied with valid requests under the CCPA for the required period.

16. Effective Date

This privacy statement was last revised on July 26, 2022.

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Terms and Conditions

PATHS TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT  

PATHS TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT

 

THIS IS A BETA TEST VERSION OF PATHS

YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER USERS. PATHS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH OTHERS. SEX OFFENDER SCREENINGS AND OTHER TOOLS DO NOT GUARANTEE YOUR SAFETY AND ARE NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR FOLLOWING THE SAFETY TIPS AND OTHER SENSIBLE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. ALWAYS USE YOUR BEST JUDGMENT AND TAKE APPROPRIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WHEN COMMUNICATING WITH OR MEETING NEW PEOPLE. COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED THROUGH THE SERVICE, INCLUDING AUTOMATIC NOTIFICATIONS SENT BY PATHS, MAY RESULT FROM USERS ENGAGING WITH THE SERVICE FOR IMPROPER PURPOSES, INCLUDING FRAUD, ABUSE, HARASSMENT, OR OTHER SUCH IMPROPER BEHAVIOR.

1.   INTRODUCTION

By accessing or using PATHS’s Services, you agree to be bound by this Terms of Use Agreement (the “Terms” or “Agreement”), including our Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, and Safety Tips, so it is important that you read this Agreement and these policies and procedures carefully before you create an account.

PLEASE CAREFULLY REVIEW THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROVISIONS IN SECTION 15 BELOW. THESE GOVERN THE MANNER IN WHICH DISPUTES WILL BE ADDRESSED BETWEEN YOU AND PATHS. THESE PROVISIONS INCLUDE A MANDATORY PRE-ARBITRATION INFORMAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESS (EXCEPT FOR INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT OR SEXUAL HARASSMENT OCCURRING IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES), AN ARBITRATION AGREEMENT, SMALL CLAIMS COURT ELECTION, CLASS ACTION WAIVER, ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES FOR MASS ARBITRATION FILINGS, AND JURY TRIAL WAIVER THAT AFFECT YOUR

RIGHTS. IN ARBITRATION, THERE IS TYPICALLY LESS DISCOVERY AND APPELLATE REVIEW THAN IN COURT.

We may update these Terms from time to time, so check this page regularly for updates.

Welcome to PATHS, operated by Versed Technologies As used in this Agreement, the terms “PATHS,” “us,” “we,” the “Company”, and “our” shall refer to PATHs and/or Versed Technologies, as appropriate. Together you and PATHS may be referred to as the “Parties” or separately as “Party.”

By accessing or using our Services on mypathlink.com (the “Website”), the PATHS mobile application (the “App”), or any other platforms or services PATHS may offer (collectively, the “Service” or our “Services”), you agree to, and are bound by this Agreement. This Agreement applies to anyone who accesses or uses our Services, regardless of registration or subscription status.

Your access and use of our Services is also subject to the Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Community Guidelines, and Safety Tips, and any terms disclosed and agreed to by you when you purchase additional features, products, or services from PATHS (“Additional Terms Upon Purchase”), which are incorporated into this Agreement by reference. If you do not wish to be bound by this Agreement, do not access or use our Services.

Subject to applicable law, we reserve the right to modify, amend, or change the Terms at any time. Notice of any material change will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. In certain circumstances, we may notify you of a change to the Terms via email or other means; however, you are responsible for regularly checking this page for any changes. Your continued access or use of our Services constitutes your ongoing consent to any changes, and as a result, you will be legally bound by the updated Terms. If you do not accept a change to the Terms, you must stop accessing or using our Services immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any material changes to the Limitation of Liability in Section 14 and the Dispute Resolution provisions in Section 15 below will require your affirmative acceptance. Further, we reserve the right to change the availability of features in our subscription plans in any manner and at any time as we may determine in our sole and absolute discretion.

2.   ACCOUNT ELIGIBILITY; YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

Before you create an account on PATHS, make sure you are eligible to use our Services. This Section also details what you can and can’t do when using the Services, as well as the rights you grant PATHS.

You are not authorized to create an account or use the Services unless all of the following are true, and by using our Services, you represent and warrant that:

  1. You are an individual (i.e., not any body corporate, partnership or other business entity) at least 18 years old;
  2. You are legally qualified to enter a binding contract with PATHS;
  3. You are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a “terrorist supporting” country;
  4. You are not on any list of individuals prohibited from conducting business with the United States (for example, the U.S. Treasury Department’s list of Specially Designated Nationals or any similar government agency list) nor do you face any other similar prohibition);
  5. You are not prohibited by law from using our Services;
  6. You have not committed, been convicted of, or pled no contest to a felony or indictable offense (or crime of similar severity), a sex crime, or any crime involving violence or a threat of violence, unless you have received clemency for a non-violent crime and we have determined that you are not likely to pose a threat to other users of our Services;
  7. You are not required to register as a sex offender with any state, federal or local sex offender registry;
  8. You do not have more than one account on our Services; and
  9. You have not previously been removed from our Services or our affiliates’ services by us or our affiliates, unless you have our express written permission to create a new

If at any time you cease to meet these requirements, all authorization to access our Services or systems is automatically revoked, and you must immediately delete your account, and we retain the right to remove your access to our Services without warning.

You agree to:

  1. Comply with these Terms, and check this page from time to time to ensure you are aware of any changes;
  2. Comply with all applicable laws, including without limitation, privacy laws, intellectual property laws, anti-spam laws, and regulatory requirements;
  3. Use the latest version of the Website and/or App;
  4. Treat other users in a courteous and respectful manner, both on and off our Services;
  5. Be respectful when communicating with any of our customer care representatives or other employees;
  6. Review the Safety Tips;
  7. Review and comply with the Community Guidelines, as updated from time to time; and
  8. Maintain a strong password and take reasonable measures to protect the security of your login information.

You agree that you will not:

  1. Misrepresent your identity, age, current or previous positions, qualifications, or affiliations with a person or entity;
  2. Use the Services in a way that damages the Services or prevents their use by other users;
  3. Use our Services in a way to interfere with, disrupt or negatively affect the platform, the servers, or our Services’ networks;
  4. Use our Services for any harmful, illegal, or nefarious purpose, including, but not limited to, using any Virtual Items for purposes of money laundering or other financial crimes;
  5. Harass, bully, stalk, intimidate, assault, defame, harm or otherwise mistreat any person;
  6. Post or share Prohibited Content (see below);
  7. Solicit passwords for any purpose, or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other users or disseminate another person’s personal information without his or her permission;
  8. Solicit money or other items of value from another user, whether as a gift, loan, or form of compensation;
  9. Use another user’s account;
  10. Use our Services in relation to fraud, a pyramid scheme, or other similar practice;
  11. Use our Services in relation to any political campaign financing or for the purpose of influencing any election, other than sharing your own personal political opinions.
  12. Violate the terms of the license granted to you by PATHS (see Section 6 below).
  13. Disclose private or proprietary information that you do not have the right to disclose;
  14. Copy, modify, transmit, distribute, or create any derivative works from, any Member Content or Our Content, or any copyrighted material, images, trademarks, trade names, service marks, or other intellectual property, content or proprietary information accessible through our Services without PATHS’s prior written consent;
  15. Express or imply that any statements you make are endorsed by PATHS;
  16. Use any robot, crawler, site search/retrieval application, proxy or other manual or automatic device, method or process to access, retrieve, index, “data mine,” or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of our Services or its contents;
  17. Upload viruses or other malicious code or otherwise compromise the security of our Services;
  18. Forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers to disguise the origin of any information transmitted to or through our Services;
  19. “Frame” or “mirror” any part of our Services without PATHS’s prior written authorization;
  20. Use meta tags or code or other devices containing any reference to PATHS or the platform (or any trademark, trade name, service mark, logo or slogan of PATHS) to direct any person to any other website for any purpose;
  21. Modify, adapt, sublicense, translate, sell, reverse engineer, decipher, decompile or otherwise disassemble any portion of our Services, or cause others to do so;
  22. Use or develop any third-party applications or services that directly interact with our Services or Member Content or information without our written consent, including but not limited to artificial intelligence or machine learning systems;
  23. Use, access, or publish the PATHS application programming interface without our written consent;
  1. Probe, scan or test the vulnerability of our Services or any system or network;
  2. Encourage, promote, or agree to engage in any activity that violates these Terms; or
  3. Create a new account after we suspend or terminate your account, unless you receive our express permission.

The license granted to you under these Terms and any authorization to access the Services is automatically revoked in the event that you do any of the above.

Prohibited Content – PATHS prohibits uploading or sharing content that:

 Could reasonably be deemed to be offensive or to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person;

  1. Is obscene, pornographic, violent or otherwise may offend human dignity, or contains nudity;
  2. Is abusive, insulting or threatening, discriminatory or that promotes or encourages racism, sexism, hatred or bigotry;
  3. Encourages or facilitates any illegal activity including, without limitation, terrorism, inciting racial hatred or the submission of which in itself constitutes committing a criminal offense;
  4. Encourages or facilitates any activity that may result in harm to the user or another person, including, but not limited to, promotion of self-harm, eating disorders, dangerous challenges, violent extremism,
  5. Is defamatory, libelous, or untrue;
  6. Relates to commercial activities (including, without limitation, sales, competitions, promotions, and advertising, solicitation for services, “sugar daddy” or “sugar baby” relationships, links to other websites or premium line telephone numbers);
  7. Involves the transmission of “junk” mail or “spam”;
  8. Contains any spyware, adware, viruses, corrupt files, worm programs or other malicious code designed to interrupt, damage or limit the functionality of or disrupt any software, hardware, telecommunications, networks, servers or

other equipment, Trojan horse or any other material designed to damage, interfere with, wrongly intercept or expropriate any data or personal information whether from PATHS or otherwise;

  1. Infringes upon any third party’s rights (including, without limitation, intellectual property rights and privacy rights);
  2. Was not written by you or was automatically generated, unless expressly authorized by PATHS;
  3. Includes the image or likeness of another person without that person’s consent (or in the case of a minor, the minor’s parent or guardian), or is an image or likeness of a minor unaccompanied by the minor’s parent or guardian—for the avoidance of doubt, PATHS does not allow any minors in photos or live video, and any photo including a minor will be removed and any live video will be terminated;
  4. Is inconsistent with the intended use of the Services; or
  1. May harm the reputation of PATHS or its affiliates, meaning the uploading or sharing of content on the PATHS platform that is defamatory to PATHS or its affiliates or advocates misuse of the Service or any service provided by PATHS’s affiliates.

          15. The uploading or sharing of content that violates these Terms (“Prohibited                  Content”) may result in the immediate suspension or termination of your account.

3.   CONTENT

It is important that you understand your rights and responsibilities with regard to the content on our Services, including any content you provide or post. You are expressly prohibited from posting inappropriate content.

While using our Services, you will have access to: (i) content that you upload or provide while using our Services, even if suggested by our Services (“Your Content”); (ii) content that other users upload or provide while using our Services (“Member Content”); and (iii) content that PATHS provides on and through our Services (“Our Content”). In this agreement, “content” includes, without limitation, all text, images, video, audio, or other material on our Services, including information on users’ profiles and in direct messages between users.

For additional information on how we moderate content, please see our FAQ here. For additional information on how recommended profiles are ordered, please see our FAQ here.

3a. YOUR CONTENT

You are responsible for Your Content. Don’t share anything that you wouldn’t want others to see, that would violate this Agreement, or that may expose you or us to legal liability.

You are solely responsible and liable for Your Content, and, therefore, you agree to indemnify, defend, release, and hold us harmless from any claims made in connection with Your Content.

You represent and warrant to us that the information you provide to us or any other user is accurate, including any information submitted through Facebook or other third-party sources (if applicable), and that you will update your account information as necessary to ensure its accuracy.

The content included on your individual profile should be relevant to the intended use of our Services. You may not upload any Prohibited Content, and your content must further comply with the Community Guidelines. You may not display any personal contact, banking information, or peer-to-peer payment information, whether in relation to you or any other person (for example, names, home addresses or postcodes, telephone numbers, email addresses, URLs, credit/debit card, peer-to-peer payment user name, or other banking details). If you choose to reveal any personal information about yourself to other users, you do so at your own risk. We strongly encourage you to use caution in disclosing any personal information online.

Your individual profile will be visible to other people around the world, so be sure that you are comfortable sharing Your Content before you post. You acknowledge and agree that Your Content may be viewed by other users, and, notwithstanding these Terms, other users may share Your Content with third parties. By uploading Your Content, you represent and warrant to us that you have all necessary rights and licenses to do so and automatically grant us a license to use Your Content as provided under Section 7 below.

We may provide tools and features to enhance individual expression through Your Content and Member Content (described in Section 3b), and we’re constantly developing new technologies to improve our Services. Certain tools or features may allow you to generate or enhance content based on Your Content. This is still Your Content, and you are responsible for it and its accuracy, as well as your use of it on our Services and any and all decisions made, actions taken, and failures to take action based on Your Content. Be careful in choosing and sharing Your Content.

You understand and agree that we may monitor or review Your Content, and we have the right to remove, delete, edit, limit, or block or prevent access to any of Your Content at any time at our sole discretion. Furthermore, you understand and agree that we have no obligation to display or review Your Content.

3b. MEMBER CONTENT

While you will have access to Member Content, it is not yours and you may not copy or use Member Content for any purpose except as contemplated by these Terms.

Other users will also share content on our Services. Member Content belongs to the user who posted the content and is stored on our servers and displayed at the direction of that user.

You should always carefully review and independently verify Member Content for accuracy. Other users may use tools to generate or enhance content based on the Member Content they provide. Member Content may include biased, incorrect, harmful, offensive, or misleading information. Other users are responsible for their Member Content, as well as any and all decisions made, actions taken, and failures to take action based on their use of Member Content.

You do not have any rights in relation to Member Content, and, unless expressly authorized by PATHS, you may only use Member Content to the extent that your use is consistent with our Services’ purpose of allowing us to communicate with and meet one another. You may not copy the Member Content or use Member Content for commercial purposes, to spam, to harass, or to make unlawful threats. We reserve the right to terminate your account if you misuse Member Content.

3c. OUR CONTENT

PATHS owns all other content on our Services.

Any other text, content, graphics, user interfaces, trademarks, logos, sounds, artwork, images, and other intellectual property appearing on our Services is owned, controlled or licensed by us and protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property law rights. All rights, title, and interest in and to Our Content remains with us at all times.

We grant you a limited license to access and use Our Content as provided under Section 6 below, and we reserve all other rights.

4.   INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT AND MISCONDUCT; REPORTING

PATHS does not tolerate inappropriate content or behavior on our Services.

We are committed to maintaining a positive and respectful PATHS community, and we do not tolerate any inappropriate content or misconduct, whether on or off of the Services (including, but not limited to, on services operated by our affiliates). We encourage you to report any inappropriate Member Content or misconduct by other users. You can report a user directly through the “Report User” link on a user’s profile or in the messaging experience. You may also email PATHS Customer Service at support@mypathlink.com.

As set forth in our Privacy Policy, we may share data between our affiliates for the safety and security of our users and may take necessary actions if we believe you have violated these Terms, including banning you from our Services and/or our affiliates’ services and/or preventing you from creating new accounts. You understand and agree that we may not share information with you regarding your account if doing so would potentially impair the safety or privacy of our other users.

5.   PRIVACY

Privacy is important to us. We have a separate policy about it that you should read.

For information about how PATHS and its affiliates collect, use, and share your personal data, please read our Privacy Policy. By using our Services, you agree that we may use your personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

6.   RIGHTS YOU ARE GRANTED BY PATHS

PATHS grants you the right to use and enjoy our Services, subject to these Terms.

For as long as you comply with these Terms, PATHS grants you a personal, worldwide, royalty- free, non-assignable, non-exclusive, revocable, and non-sublicensable license to access and use our Services for purposes as intended by PATHS and permitted by these Terms and applicable laws. This license and any authorization to access the Service are automatically revoked in the event that you fail to comply with these Terms.

7.   RIGHTS YOU GRANT PATHS

You own all of the content you provide to PATHS, but you also grant us the right to use Your Content as provided in this Agreement.

By creating an account, you grant to PATHS a worldwide, perpetual, transferable, sub- licensable, royalty-free right and license to host, store, use, copy, display, reproduce, adapt, edit, publish, translate, modify, reformat, incorporate into other works, advertise, distribute and otherwise make available to the general public Your Content, including any information you authorize us to access from Facebook or other third- party sources (if applicable), in whole or in part, and in any way and in any format or medium currently known or developed in the future. PATHS’s license to Your Content shall be non-exclusive, except that PATHS’s license shall be exclusive with respect to derivative works created through use of our Services. For example, PATHS would have an exclusive license to screenshots of our Services that include Your Content.

In addition, so that PATHS can prevent the use of Your Content outside of our Services, you authorize PATHS to act on your behalf with respect to infringing uses of Your Content taken from our Services by other users or third parties. This expressly includes the authority, but not the obligation, to send notices pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) (i.e., DMCA Takedown Notices) on your behalf if Your Content is taken and used by third parties outside of our Services. PATHS is not obligated to take any action with regard to use of Your Content by other users or third parties.

PATHS’s license to Your Content is subject to your rights under applicable law (for example, laws regarding personal data protection to the extent the content contains personal information as defined by those laws).

In consideration for PATHS allowing you to use our Services, you agree that we, our affiliates, and our third-party partners may place advertising on our Services. By submitting suggestions or feedback to PATHS regarding our Services, you agree that PATHS may use and share such feedback for any purpose without compensating you.

You agree that PATHS may access, preserve, and disclose your account information, including Your Content, if required to do so by law or upon a good faith belief that such access, preservation, or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (i) comply with legal process; (ii) enforce these Terms;

(iii) respond to claims that any content violates the rights of third parties; (iv) respond to your requests for customer service; (v) protect the rights, property or personal safety of the Company or any other person, or (vi) to investigate, prevent, or take other action regarding illegal activity, suspected fraud or other wrongdoing.

8.   PURCHASES AND AUTOMATICALLY RENEWING SUBSCRIPTIONS

You will have the opportunity to purchase products and services from PATHS. If you purchase a subscription, it will automatically renew – and you will be charged – until you cancel.

PATHS may offer products and services for purchase through iTunes, Google Play, or other external services authorized by PATHS (each, an “External Service,” and any purchases made thereon, an “External Service Purchase”). PATHS may also offer products and services for purchase via credit card or other payment processors on the Website or inside the App (“Internal Purchases”). If you purchase a subscription, it will automatically renew until you cancel, in accordance with the terms disclosed to you at the time of purchase, as further described below. If you cancel your subscription, you will continue to have access to your subscription benefits until the end of your subscription period, at which point it will expire.

Because our Services may be utilized without a subscription, canceling your subscription does not remove your profile from our Services. If you wish to fully terminate your membership, you must terminate your membership as set forth in Section 9.

PATHS operates a global business, and our pricing varies based on a number of factors. We frequently offer promotional rates – which can vary based on region, length of subscription, bundle size, past purchases, account activity, and more. We also regularly test new features and payment options. In the event of a price change for a renewing subscription, we will attempt to notify you in advance of the change by sending an email and/or other communication message to the contact information you have registered for your account. If you do not wish to accept a price change, you may cancel your subscription in accordance with the instructions included in that communication and below. If you do not timely cancel your subscription, your subscription will be renewed at the price in effect at the time of the renewal, without any additional action by you, and you authorize us to charge your payment method for these amounts. To the extent permissible by law, we reserve the right, including without prior notice, to limit the available quantity of or discontinue making available any product, feature, service or other offering; to impose conditions on the honoring of any coupon, discount, offer or other promotion; to bar any user from making any transaction; and to refuse to provide any user with any product, service or other offering.

8a. EXTERNAL SERVICE PURCHASES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

External Service Purchases, including subscriptions, may be processed through the External Service, in which case those purchases must be managed through your External Service Account. Subscriptions automatically renew until you cancel.

When making a purchase on the Service, you may have the option to pay through an External Service, such as with your Apple ID or Google Play account (“your External Service Account”), and your External Service Account will be charged for the purchase in accordance with the terms disclosed to you at the time of purchase and the general terms applicable to your External Service Account. Some External Services may charge you sales tax, depending on where you live, which may change from time to time.

If your External Service Purchase includes an automatically renewing subscription, your External Service Account will continue to be periodically charged for the subscription until you cancel. After your initial subscription commitment period, and again after any subsequent subscription period, the subscription will automatically continue for the price and time period you agreed to when subscribing. If you received a discounted promotional offer, your price may go up per the terms of that offer following the initial subscription period for any subsequent renewal period.

To cancel a subscription: If you do not want your subscription to renew automatically, or if you want to change or terminate your subscription, you must log in to your External Service Account and follow instructions to manage or cancel your subscription, even if you have otherwise deleted your account with us or if you have deleted the App from your device. For example, if you subscribed using your Apple ID, cancellation is handled by Apple, not PATHS. To cancel a purchase made with your Apple ID, go to Settings > iTunes & App Stores > [click on your Apple ID] > View Apple ID > Subscriptions, then find your PATHS subscription and follow the instructions to cancel. You can also request assistance at https://getsupport.apple.com.

Similarly, if you subscribed on Google Play, cancellation is handled by Google. To cancel a purchase made through Google Play, launch the Google Play app on your mobile device and go to Menu > My Apps > Subscriptions, then find your PATHS subscription and follow the instructions to cancel. You can also request assistance at https://play.google.com. If you cancel a subscription, you may continue to use the cancelled service until the end of your then-current subscription term. The subscription will not be renewed when your then-current term expires.

If you initiate a chargeback or otherwise reverse a payment made with your External Service Account, PATHS may terminate your account immediately in its sole discretion, on the basis that you have determined that you do not want a PATHS subscription. In the event that your chargeback or other payment reversal is overturned, please contact Customer Care. PATHS will retain all funds charged to your External Service Account until you cancel your subscription through your External Service Account. Certain users may be entitled to request a refund. See Section 8d below for more information.

8b. INTERNAL PURCHASES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

Internal Purchases, including subscriptions, are processed using the Payment Method you provide on the Website or App. Subscriptions automatically renew until you cancel.

If you make an Internal Purchase, you agree to pay the prices displayed to you for the Services you’ve selected as well as any sales or similar taxes that may be imposed on your payments (and as may change from time to time), and you authorize PATHS to charge the payment method you provide (your “Payment Method”). PATHS may correct any billing errors or mistakes even if we have already requested or received payment. If you initiate a chargeback or otherwise reverse a payment made with your Payment Method, PATHS may terminate your account immediately in its sole discretion, on the basis that you have determined that you do not want a PATHS subscription. In the event that your chargeback or other payment reversal is overturned, please contact Customer Care.

If your Internal Purchase includes an automatically renewing subscription, your Payment Method will continue to be periodically charged for the subscription until you cancel. After your initial subscription commitment period, and again after any subsequent subscription period, your subscription will automatically continue for the price and time period you agreed to when subscribing, until you cancel.

To cancel a subscription, log in to the Website or App and go to the Account section. If you cancel a subscription, you may continue to use the canceled service until the end of your then- current subscription term. The subscription will not be renewed when your then-current term expires.

You may edit your Payment Method information by using the Settings tool and following the link to let your upgrade expire. If a payment is not successfully processed, due to

expiration, insufficient funds, or otherwise, you remain responsible for any uncollected amounts and authorize us to continue billing the Payment Method, as it may be updated. This may result in a change to your payment billing dates.

In addition, you authorize us to obtain updated or replacement expiration dates and card numbers for your credit or debit card as provided by your credit or debit card issuer. The terms of your payment will be based on your Payment Method and may be determined by agreements between you and the financial institution, credit card issuer, or other provider of your chosen Payment Method. If you reside outside of the Americas, you agree that your payment to PATHS may be through Versed Technologies, LLC, and if you reside in the United States, that your payment to PATHS may be through Versed Technologies, LLC. Certain users may be entitled to request a refund. See Section 8d below for more information.

8c. VIRTUAL ITEMS

Virtual items are non-refundable and subject to certain conditions.

From time to time, you may have the opportunity to purchase a limited, personal, non- transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to use or access special limited-use features including but not limited to credits redeemable on virtual items, such as Super Like, Boost, Live Credits, or Gifts (“Virtual Item(s)”) from PATHS. You may only purchase Virtual Items from us or our authorized partners through our Services.

Virtual Items represent a limited license right governed by this Agreement, and, except as otherwise prohibited by applicable law, no title or ownership in or to Virtual Items is being transferred or assigned to you. This Agreement should not be construed as a sale of any rights in Virtual Items.

Any Virtual Item balance shown in your account does not constitute a real-world balance or reflect any stored value, but instead constitutes a measurement of the extent of your license. Virtual Items do not incur fees for non-use; however, the license granted to you in Virtual Items will terminate in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, on the earlier of when PATHS ceases providing our Services, or your account is otherwise closed or terminated.

PATHS, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to charge fees for the right to access or use Virtual Items and/or may distribute Virtual Items with or without charge. PATHS may manage, regulate, control, modify, or eliminate Virtual Items at any time, including taking actions that may impact the perceived value or purchase price, if applicable, of any Virtual Items. PATHS shall have no liability to you or any third party in the event that PATHS exercises any such rights. The transfer of Virtual Items is prohibited, and you shall not sell, redeem, or otherwise transfer Virtual Items to any person or entity. Virtual Items may only be redeemed through our Services.

ALL PURCHASES AND REDEMPTIONS OF VIRTUAL ITEMS MADE THROUGH OUR SERVICES ARE FINAL AND NON-REFUNDABLE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT PATHS IS NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A REFUND FOR ANY REASON, AND THAT YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE MONEY OR OTHER COMPENSATION FOR UNUSED VIRTUAL ITEMS

WHEN AN ACCOUNT IS CLOSED, WHETHER SUCH CLOSURE WAS VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY.

8d. REFUNDS

For refunds please email support@mypathlink.com.

Your Right to Cancel – You may cancel your subscription, without penalty or obligation, at any time prior to midnight of the third business day following the date you subscribed. In the event that you die before the end of your subscription period, your estate shall be entitled to a refund of that portion of any payment you had made for your subscription which is allocable to the period after your death. In the event that you become disabled (such that you are unable to use our Services) before the end of your subscription period, you shall be entitled to a refund of that portion of any payment you had made for your subscription which is allocable to the period after your disability by providing the Company notice in the same manner as you request a refund as described below.

Purchases of Virtual Items are FINAL AND NON-REFUNDABLE.

If any of the above apply to you and you subscribed using your Apple ID, your refund requests are handled by Apple, not PATHS. To request a refund, please contact your External Service directly; for example, using your Apple device, go to Settings > iTunes & App Stores > [click on your Apple ID] > View Apple ID > Purchase History. Find the transaction and select “Report a Problem.” You can also request a refund at https://getsupport.apple.com. For any other purchase, please contact PATHS Customer Service with your order number (see your confirmation email) by emailing a dated notice which states that you, the buyer, are canceling this Agreement, or words of similar effect. Please also include the email address or telephone number associated with your account along with your order number. This notice shall be sent to: support@mypathlink.com.

9.   ACCOUNT TERMINATION

If you no longer wish to use our Services, or if we terminate your account for any reason, here’s what you need to know.

You can delete your account at any time by logging into the Website or App, going to “Help”, clicking “Delete account”, and following the instructions to complete the deletion process. Or contacting customer at: support@mypathlink.com.

However, you will need to cancel / manage any External Service Purchases through your External Service Account (e.g., iTunes, Google Play) to avoid additional billing.

PATHS reserves the right to investigate and, if appropriate, suspend or terminate your account without a refund if PATHS believes that you have violated these Terms, misused our Services, or behaved in a way that PATHS regards as inappropriate or unlawful, on or off our Services. We reserve the right to make use of any personal, technological, legal, or other means available to enforce the Terms, at any time without liability and without the obligation to give you prior notice, including, but not limited to, preventing you from accessing the Services.

If your account is terminated by you or by PATHS for any reason, these Terms continue and remain enforceable between you and PATHS, and you will not be entitled to any refund for purchases made. Your information will be maintained and deleted in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

10.    NO CRIMINAL BACKGROUND OR IDENTITY VERIFICATION CHECKS

PATHS does not conduct criminal background or identity verification checks on its users. Though PATHS strives to encourage a respectful user experience, it is not responsible for the conduct of any user on or off the Service. Use your best judgment when interacting with others and review our Safety Tips.

YOU UNDERSTAND THAT PATHS DOES NOT CONDUCT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND OR IDENTITY VERIFICATION CHECKS ON ITS USERS OR OTHERWISE INQUIRE INTO THE BACKGROUND OF ITS USERS. PATHS MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE CONDUCT, IDENTITY, HEALTH, PHYSICAL CONDITION, INTENTIONS, LEGITIMACY, OR VERACITY OF USERS. PATHS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CONDUCT – AND YOU AUTHORIZE PATHS TO CONDUCT – ANY CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK OR OTHER SCREENINGS (SUCH AS SEX OFFENDER REGISTER SEARCHES) AT ANY TIME USING AVAILABLE PUBLIC RECORDS, AND YOU AGREE THAT ANY INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF THE COMPANY DECIDES TO CONDUCT ANY SCREENING THROUGH A CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY, YOU HEREBY AUTHORIZE THE COMPANY TO OBTAIN AND USE A CONSUMER REPORT ABOUT YOU TO DETERMINE YOUR ELIGIBILITY UNDER THESE TERMS.

YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER USERS. SEX OFFENDER SCREENINGS AND OTHER TOOLS DO NOT GUARANTEE YOUR SAFETY AND ARE NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR FOLLOWING THE SAFETY TIPS AND OTHER SENSIBLE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. ALWAYS USE YOUR BEST JUDGMENT AND TAKE APPROPRIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WHEN COMMUNICATING WITH OR MEETING NEW PEOPLE. COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED THROUGH THE SERVICE, INCLUDING AUTOMATIC NOTIFICATIONS SENT BY PATHS, MAY RESULT FROM USERS ENGAGING WITH THE SERVICE FOR IMPROPER PURPOSES, INCLUDING FRAUD, ABUSE, HARASSMENT, OR OTHER SUCH IMPROPER BEHAVIOR.

Though PATHS strives to encourage a respectful user experience, it is not responsible for the conduct of any user on or off the Service. You agree to use caution in all interactions with other users, particularly if you decide to communicate off the Service or meet in person.

11.    DISCLAIMER

PATHS’s Services are provided “as is” and we do not make, and cannot make, any representations about the content or features of our Services or Member Content.

PATHS PROVIDES OUR SERVICES ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, GRANTS NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE WITH RESPECT TO OUR SERVICES (INCLUDING ALL CONTENT CONTAINED THEREIN), INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. PATHS DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT (A) OUR SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR ERROR FREE, (B) ANY DEFECTS OR ERRORS IN OUR SERVICES WILL BE DISCOVERED OR CORRECTED, OR (C) THAT ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION YOU OBTAIN ON OR THROUGH OUR SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, CURRENT, OR APPROPRIATE FOR YOUR PURPOSES. FURTHERMORE, PATHS MAKES NO GUARANTEES AS TO THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE USERS AT ANY TIME; USERS’ ABILITY OR DESIRE TO COMMUNICATE WITH OR MEET YOU, OR THE ULTIMATE COMPATIBILITY WITH OR CONDUCT BY USERS YOU MEET THROUGH THE SERVICES.

PATHS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY CONTENT THAT YOU OR ANOTHER USER OR THIRD PARTY POSTS, SENDS, RECEIVES, AND/OR ACTS ON THROUGH OUR SERVICES, NOR DOES PATHS ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE IDENTITY, INTENTIONS, LEGITIMACY, OR VERACITY OF ANY USERS WITH WHOM YOU MAY COMMUNICATE WITH THROUGH PATHS. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF OUR SERVICES IS ACCESSED AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK. PATHS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER HARDWARE, COMPUTER SOFTWARE, OR OTHER EQUIPMENT OR TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGE FROM ANY SECURITY BREACH OR FROM ANY VIRUS, BUGS, TAMPERING, HACKING, FRAUD, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER LINE OR NETWORK FAILURE, OR ANY OTHER TECHNICAL OR OTHER DISRUPTION OR MALFUNCTION.

12.    DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT

We take copyright infringement very seriously. We ask you to help us to ensure we address it promptly and effectively.

PATHS has adopted the following policy towards copyright infringement in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the “DMCA”). If you believe any Member Content or Our Content infringes upon your intellectual property rights, please submit a notification alleging such infringement (“DMCA Takedown Notice”) including the following:

  1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works;
  3. Identification of the material claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access disabled and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material;
  4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic email;
  5. A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
  6. A statement that, under penalty of perjury, the information in the notification is accurate and you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Any DMCA Takedown Notices should be sent to: support@mypathlink.com.

PATHS will terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.

13.    ADS AND THIRD-PARTY CONTENT

Like many subscription-based services, there are ads on our Services.

Our Services may contain advertisements and promotions offered by third parties and links to other websites or resources. In addition, our Services may allow you to watch an advertisement in exchange for Virtual Items; PATHS does not guarantee that you will always be eligible to watch such advertisements, or that any such advertisements will be available. PATHS may also provide non-commercial links or references to third parties within its content. PATHS is not responsible for the availability (or lack of availability) of any external websites or resources or their content.

Furthermore, PATHS is not responsible for, and does not endorse, any products or services that may be offered by third-party websites or resources. If you choose to interact with the third

parties made available through our Services; such party’s terms will govern their relationship with you. PATHS is not responsible or liable for such third parties’ terms or actions.

14.    LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

PATHS’s liability is limited to the maximum extent allowed by applicable law.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL PATHS, ITS AFFILIATES, EMPLOYEES, LICENSORS, OR SERVICE PROVIDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, FIXED, OR ENHANCED DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF PROFITS, WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, RESULTING FROM: (I) YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES, (II) THE CONDUCT OR CONTENT OF ANY USERS (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CONTENT DEFINED ABOVE AS ‘MEMBER CONTENT’ OR ‘YOUR CONTENT’) OR THIRD PARTIES ON OR THROUGH ANY OF OUR AFFILIATES’ SERVICES OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES; OR (III) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, USE, OR ALTERATION OF YOUR CONTENT, EVEN IF PATHS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL PATHS’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SERVICES EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU TO PATHS FOR THE SERVICES DURING THE

TWENTY-FOUR (24) MONTH PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE THAT YOU FIRST FILE A LAWSUIT, ARBITRATION OR ANY OTHER LEGAL PROCEEDING AGAINST PATHS, WHETHER STATUTORY, IN LAW OR IN EQUITY, IN ANY TRIBUNAL. THE DAMAGES LIMITATION SET FORTH IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SENTENCE APPLIES (i) REGARDLESS OF THE GROUND UPON WHICH LIABILITY IS BASED (WHETHER DEFAULT, CONTRACT, TORT, STATUTE, OR OTHERWISE), (ii) IRRESPECTIVE OF THE TYPE OF BREACH OF RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, OR OBLIGATIONS, AND (iii) WITH RESPECT TO ALL EVENTS, THE SERVICE, AND THIS AGREEMENT.

THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION 14 SHALL APPLY EVEN IF YOUR REMEDIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT FAIL WITH RESPECT TO THEIR ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES, SO SOME OR ALL OF THE LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

15.    DISPUTE RESOLUTION SECTION

In the unlikely event that we have a legal dispute, here is how the Parties agree to proceed, except where prohibited by applicable law.

15a. INFORMAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESS

 If you are dissatisfied with our Services for any reason, please contact PATHS Customer Service first so we can try to resolve your concerns without the need of outside assistance. If you choose to pursue a dispute, claim or controversy against PATHS, these terms will apply. For purposes of this Dispute Resolution Process and Arbitration Procedures set forth in Section 15, “PATHS” shall include our affiliates, employees, licensors, and service providers.

15b. INDIVIDUAL RELIEF: CLASS ACTION AND JURY TRIAL WAIVER

 

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWABLE BY LAW, YOU AND PATHS EACH WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL AND THE RIGHT TO LITIGATE DISPUTES IN COURT IN FAVOR OF INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION (EXCEPT FOR SMALL CLAIMS COURT OR FOR INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT OR SEXUAL HARASSMENT OCCURING IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES, AS PROVIDED HEREIN). YOU AND PATHS EACH WAIVE THE RIGHT TO FILE OR PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION AGAINST THE OTHER OR OTHERWISE TO SEEK RELIEF ON A CLASS BASIS, INCLUDING ANY CURRENTLY PENDING ACTIONS AGAINST PATHS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWABLE BY LAW, THERE SHALL BE NO RIGHT OR AUTHORITY FOR ANY CLAIMS TO BE ARBITRATED OR LITIGATED ON A CLASS, COLLECTIVE, REPRESENTATIVE, CONSOLIDATED, OR PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL BASIS. THE ARBITRATOR CAN AWARD THE SAME RELIEF AVAILABLE IN COURT PROVIDED THAT THE ARBITRATOR MAY ONLY AWARD FINAL RELIEF (INCLUDING INJUNCTIVE OR DECLARATORY RELIEF) IN FAVOR OF THE INDIVIDUAL PARTY SEEKING RELIEF AND ONLY TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO PROVIDE FINAL RELIEF WARRANTED BY THAT INDIVIDUAL PARTY’S CLAIM. THE ARBITRATOR MAY

NOT AWARD FINAL RELIEF FOR, AGAINST, OR ON BEHALF OF ANYONE WHO IS NOT A PARTY TO THE ARBITRATION ON A CLASS, COLLECTIVE, REPRESENTATIVE, OR PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL BASIS. IF A COURT DETERMINES THAT ANY OF THESE PROHIBITIONS IN THIS PARAGRAPH ARE UNENFORCEABLE AS TO A PARTICULAR CLAIM OR REQUEST FOR RELIEF (SUCH AS A REQUEST FOR PUBLIC INJUNCTIVE RELIEF), AND ALL APPEALS OF THAT DECISION ARE AFFIRMED AND SUCH DECISION BECOMES FINAL, THEN YOU AND PATHS AGREE THAT THAT PARTICULAR CLAIM OR REQUEST FOR RELIEF SHALL PROCEED IN COURT BUT SHALL BE STAYED PENDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION OF THE REMAINING CLAIMS FOR RELIEF THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT. IF THIS SPECIFIC PARAGRAPH IS FOUND TO BE UNENFORCEABLE, THEN THE ENTIRETY OF THIS ARBITRATION PROVISION (EXCEPT FOR THE JURY TRIAL WAIVER AND THE INFORMAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESS) SHALL BE NULL AND VOID. THIS PARAGRAPH IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THIS ARBITRATION AGREEMENT.

 

15c. DISPUTE RESOLUTION THROUGH ARBITRATION OR SMALL CLAIMS COURT

 Any Dispute (that is not resolved informally by PATHS Customer Service or as provided under subsection 15a above) shall be exclusively resolved through BINDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION except as specifically provided otherwise in this Dispute Resolution Section. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either you or PATHS may elect to have an individual claim heard in small claims court, and individual claims of sexual assault or sexual harassment occurring in connection with your use of the Services may be brought in accordance with Section 17. If the request to proceed in small claims court is made after an arbitration has been initiated but before an arbitrator has been appointed, such arbitration shall be administratively closed by the arbitration provider. Any controversy over the small claims court’s jurisdiction shall be exclusively determined by such small claims court. No determinations made by a small claims court shall have preclusive effect in any proceeding involving PATHS and anyone other than you. In the event such small claims court specifically determines that it is without jurisdiction to hear the Dispute, you and PATHS shall arbitrate the Dispute under the terms of this Agreement. All other issues (except as otherwise provided herein) are exclusively for the Arbitrator to decide, including but not limited to scope and enforceability of this Dispute Resolution Section and including questions of arbitrability, any request to proceed in small claims court that is made after an arbitrator has been appointed, and any dispute as to whether either Party is in breach or default of the Dispute Resolution Section or has explicitly or implicitly waived the right to arbitrate. If you or PATHS challenges the small claims court election in your Dispute, and a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the small claims court election is unenforceable, then such election shall be severed from this Agreement as to your Dispute. However, such court determination shall not be considered or deemed binding or have preclusive effect with respect to any proceeding involving PATHS and anyone other than you.

Any court proceeding to enforce this Dispute Resolution Section 15, including any proceeding to confirm, modify, or vacate an arbitration award, must be commenced in accordance with Section

  1. In the event Dispute Resolution Section 15 is for any reason held to be unenforceable, any litigation against PATHS (except for small claims court actions) may be commenced only in the federal or state courts located in Dallas County, Texas. You hereby irrevocably consent to those courts’ exercise of personal jurisdiction over you for such purposes and waive any claim that such courts constitute an inconvenient forum.
  1. Dispositive Motions – The Parties agree that the Claim Arbitrator shall have the authority to consider dispositive motions without an oral evidentiary hearing. Dispositive motions may be requested under the following circumstances: (a) within 30 days after the Claim Arbitrator’s appointment, a Party may request to file a dispositive motion based upon the pleadings; and (b) no later than 30 days prior to the evidentiary hearing, a Party may request to file a dispositive motion for summary judgment based upon the Parties’ pleadings and the evidence submitted.
  2. Discovery –Each Party may (a) serve up to five requests for relevant, non-privileged documents from the other Party; and (b) request that the other Party provide verified responses to no more than 5 relevant interrogatories (including subparts). Unless both Parties agree otherwise, no other forms of discovery (including depositions) may be utilized. Any such discovery requests must be served on the other Party within 21 days after the Claim Arbitrator’s The responding Party shall provide the requesting Party with all responsive, non-privileged documents, responses signed by the Party themselves to the requested interrogatories, and/or any objections to the requests within 30 days after receipt of the requests, or, in the event of an objection to any discovery request, 30 days after the Claim Arbitrator resolves the dispute. In the event either Party requests that the Claim Arbitrator consider a dispositive motion on the pleadings, such written discovery response deadlines shall be extended until 30 days following the Claim Arbitrator’s final decision on such dispositive motion. If after meeting and conferring the Parties cannot agree on a dispute about discovery or a request for extension, that matter

shall be submitted promptly to the Claim Arbitrator for resolution. In ruling on any discovery matter, the Claim Arbitrator shall take into consideration the nature, amount, and scope of the underlying arbitration claim, the cost and other effort that would be involved in providing the requested discovery, the case schedule, and the extent to which the requested discovery is truly necessary for the adequate preparation of a claim or defense, and Path’s goal of efficient and economical resolutions. The burden of establishing good cause for any additional discovery is on the moving Party.

  1. Confidentiality – Upon either Party’s request, the Arbitrator will issue an order requiring that confidential information of either Party disclosed during the arbitration (whether in documents or orally) may not be used or disclosed except in connection with the arbitration or a proceeding to enforce the arbitration award and that any permitted court filing of confidential information must be done under seal.
  2. Arbitration Hearing – You and PATHS are entitled to a fair evidentiary hearing (i.e. trial) before the Claim Arbitration proceedings are usually simpler, less costly, and more streamlined than trials and other judicial proceedings. The Parties agree to waive all oral hearings and instead submit all disputes to the Claim Arbitrator for an award based on written submissions and other evidence as the Parties may agree, unless a Party requests an oral hearing within 10 days after the Respondent files a response. If an oral evidentiary hearing is requested, both Parties must be personally present at the hearing, regardless of whether either Party has retained counsel. Both Parties must personally attend the hearing. Either Party’s failure to personally attend the hearing, without a continuance ordered by the Claim Arbitrator for good cause, will result in a default judgment taken against that Party.
  3. Arbitration Award – Regardless of the format of the arbitration, the Claim Arbitrator shall provide a reasoned decision, in writing within 30 days after the hearing or, if no hearing is held, within 30 days after any rebuttal or supplemental statements are due. The decision must clearly specify the relief, if any, awarded and contain a brief statement of the reasons for the award. The arbitration award is binding only between you and PATHS and will not have any preclusive effect in another arbitration or proceeding that involves a different Party. The Claim Arbitrator may, however, choose to consider rulings from other arbitrations involving a different Party. The Arbitrator may award fees and costs as provided by the Path Rules or to the extent such fees and costs could be awarded in court. This includes but is not limited to the ability of the Arbitrator to award fees and costs if the Arbitrator determines that a claim or defense is frivolous or was brought for an improper purpose, for the purpose of harassment, or in bad faith.
  4. Offer of Settlement – The Respondent may, but is not obligated to, make a written settlement offer to the opposing Party any time before the evidentiary hearing or, if a dispositive motion is permitted, prior to the dispositive motion being granted. The amount or terms of any settlement offer may not be disclosed to the Claim Arbitrator until after the Claim Arbitrator issues an award on the claim. If the award is issued in the opposing Party’s favor and is less than the Respondent’s settlement offer or if the award is in the Respondent’s favor, the opposing Party must pay the Respondent’s costs incurred after the offer was made, including any attorney’s If any applicable statute or caselaw prohibits the flipping of costs incurred in the arbitration, then the offer in this provision shall serve to cease the accumulation of any costs that claimant may be entitled to for the cause of action under which it is suing.

 

  1. You and PATHS agree that we each value the integrity and efficiency of the arbitration and small claims court process and wish to employ the process for the fair resolution of genuine and sincere disputes between us. You and PATHS acknowledge and agree to act in good faith to ensure the fair resolution of genuine and sincere The Parties further agree that application of these Mass Filings procedures have been reasonably designed to result in an efficient and fair adjudication of such cases.

15e. FUTURE CHANGES AND RETROACTIVE APPLICATION

This Dispute Resolution Section 15 applies to all Disputes between the Parties, including for any claims that accrued against you or PATHS prior to the time of your consent to this Agreement and to any claims that accrue against you or PATHS after your consent to this Agreement. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, you may elect to opt out of the retroactive application of this Dispute Resolution Section 15 as to claims that have accrued against you or against PATHS prior to the time of your consent to this Agreement. You may opt out by sending us written notice, within 30 days of the time you consent to this Agreement, to the following email address: support@mypathlink.com.

You must include information sufficient to identify your account(s), such as the email address or phone number associated with your account(s), and should include a statement that you are opting out of the retroactive application of this Dispute Resolution Section

  1. Please note: if you opt out of the retroactive application of this Dispute Resolution Section 15, you will still be subject to and bound by any Dispute Resolution Sections and Arbitration Procedures you previously agreed to, including any arbitration provisions, class action waivers, and retroactive application sections. Also, regardless of whether you opt out of the retroactive application of these changes, the Parties will resolve any claims that accrue against you or PATHS after your consent to this Agreement in accordance with this Dispute Resolution Section.

16.  INDEMNITY BY YOU

You agree to indemnify PATHS if a claim is made against PATHS due to your actions.

Where permitted by law, you agree, to the extent permitted under applicable law, to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless PATHS, our affiliates, and their and our respective officers, directors, agents, and employees from and against any and all complaints, demands, claims, damages, losses, costs, liabilities, and expenses, including attorney’s fees, due to, arising out of, or relating in any way to your access to or use of our Services, Your Content, your conduct toward other users, or your breach of this Agreement. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW INDEMNIFICATION, SO SOME OR ALL OF THIS SECTION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

17.  ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

By using our Services, you accept the Terms of this Agreement.

By using our Services, whether through a mobile device, mobile application, or computer, you agree to be bound by (i) these Terms, which we may amend from time to time, (ii) our Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, and Safety Tips (iii) any Additional Terms Upon Purchase. If you do not accept and agree to be bound by all of the terms of this Agreement, you are not entitled to use our Services.

All pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural as the identity of the entities or persons referred to any require.

18.  ENTIRE AGREEMENT

This Agreement supersedes any previous agreements or representations.

These Terms, with the Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, and Safety Tips, and any Additional Terms Upon Purchase, contain the entire agreement between you and PATHS regarding the use of our Services. The Terms supersede all previous agreements, representations, and arrangements between us, written or oral. If any provision of these Terms is held invalid, illegal, or otherwise unenforceable, the remainder of the Terms shall continue in full force and effect. The failure of the Company to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. You agree that your PATHS account is non- transferable and all of your rights to your account and its content terminate upon your death, unless otherwise provided by law. Any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by us without restriction. No agency, partnership, joint venture, fiduciary or other special relationship or employment is created as a result of these Terms, and you may not make any representations on behalf of or bind PATHS in any manner.

Your Right to Cancel – You may cancel your subscription, without penalty or obligation, at any time prior to midnight of the third business day following the date you subscribed. In the event that you die before the end of your subscription period, your estate shall be entitled to a refund of that portion of any payment you had made for your subscription which is allocable to the period after your death. In the event that you become disabled (such that you are unable to use our Services) before the end of your subscription period, you shall be entitled to a refund of that portion of any payment you had made for your subscription which is allocable to the period after your disability by providing the Company notice in the same manner as you request a refund as described above in Section 8.

19.  YOUR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS AS A CONTENT CREATOR

  1. In addition to the Prohibited Content set forth in Section 2, the following types of Content (and conduct) are prohibited on live streaming:
    1. Content that contains nudity, is pornographic, is obscene, is intended to cause arousal in the viewers, or is sexually suggestive, which may include simulating sex acts, revealing or otherwise inappropriate clothing, moaning, erotic dances, or chatting to create sexual content;
    2. Content that includes minors (even if they are your children or you have permission to include them in your stream), even if only in the background, and/or content that is designed to appeal primarily to minors;
  • Content that shows or promotes dangerous activities, dangerous challenges or “dares”, or that may cause the streamer or a user to endanger themselves.
  1. Content filmed while driving or in a vehicle, unless the vehicle is clearly stopped or is being operated by another person;
  2. Content that is protected by copyright, including but not limited to audiovisual works being displayed or performed in the background of a live stream–music or video that you have purchased or licensed in a commercial manner generally cannot be replayed by you on your live stream, and instead only music written or recorded by you and/or music for which you have all the rights necessary to share on PATHS should be included in your live stream.
  3. Asking for virtual gifts in exchange for specific goods or

20.  YOUR TAX OBLIGATIONS AS A PARTICIPANT IN THE REWARDS PROGRAM

If you engage in live streaming and want to participate in the Rewards Program, you will have additional tax obligations.

 

In order to receive any payment under the Rewards Program, you must provide all information and documentation we or our vendors request to process payment. If you do not provide the information requested, you will not receive payment until such information and documentation is provided. Throughout your participation in the Rewards Program, you will also provide us with any information, forms, documents, or certifications that may be required for us to satisfy any information reporting or withholding tax obligations with respect to such payments.

For U.S. federal income tax purposes, PATHS intends to treat any consideration paid to you as consideration paid for services. You may receive a 1099-MISC or other tax reporting form. We also may deduct or withhold from the payment any Taxes that we may be legally obligated to deduct or withhold. You are responsible for compliance with tax laws and regulations that apply to your receipt of such payments. We are not responsible for your individual income tax reporting obligations.