Agreement Between User and www.tyrula.com

Welcome to www.tyrula.com. The www.tyrula.com website (the “Site”) is comprised of various web pages operated by Tyrula LLC (“Tyrula”). www.tyrula.com is offered to you under the condition that you have accepted without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein (the “Terms”). Please read these terms carefully, and keep a copy of them for your reference. By using www.tyrula.com, you agree to accept and follow these Terms.

www.tyrula.com is a news and information site, whose purpose is to inform users about Tyrula products and services and to provide information from third-party sources.

Privacy

Your use of www.tyrula.com is subject to Tyrula’s Privacy Policy. Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs the Site and informs users of our data collection practices.

Electronic Communications

Visiting www.tyrula.com or sending emails to Tyrula constitutes as electronic communication. You consent to receive electronic communications, and you agree that all communications (agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications) provided to you by Tyrula via email or on the Site satisfy any legal requirements that such communications be in writing.

Tyrula does not knowingly collect, either online or offline, personal information from persons under the age of thirteen. If you are under 18, you may use www.tyrula.com only with permission of a parent or guardian.

Links to Third-Party Sites and Third-Party Services

www.tyrula.com may contain links to other websites (“Linked Sites”). The Linked Sites are not under the control of Tyrula. Tyrula is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including, without limitation, any link contained in or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. Tyrula is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Tyrula of the site or of any association with its operators.

Certain services made available via www.tyrula.com are delivered by third-party sites and organizations. By using any product, service, or functionality originating from the www.tyrula.com domain, you hereby acknowledge and consent that Tyrula may share such information and data with any third party with whom Tyrula has a contractual relationship with to provide in order to provide the requested product, service, or functionality on behalf of www.tyrula.com users and customers.

No Unlawful or Prohibited Use of Intellectual Property

You are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use www.tyrula.com strictly in accordance with these Terms. As a condition of your use of the Site, you warrant to Tyrula that you will not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms. You may not use the Site in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Site or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Site. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means that are not intentionally made available to or provided for users through the Site.

All content included as part of the Site, such as text, graphics, logos, images, as well as the compilation thereof, and any software used on the Site, is the property of Tyrula or its suppliers and is protected by copyright and other laws that protect intellectual property and proprietary rights. You agree to observe and to abide by all copyright and other proprietary notices, legends, or other restrictions contained in any such content and will not make any changes thereto.

You will not modify, publish, transmit, reverse engineer, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the content, in whole or in part, found on the Site. Tyrula content is not for resale. Your use of the Site does not entitle you to make any unauthorized use of any protected content, and in particular you will not delete or alter any proprietary rights or attribution notices in any content. You will use protected content solely for your personal use, and will make no other use of the content without the express written permission of Tyrula and the copyright owner. You agree that you do not acquire any ownership rights in any protected content. We do not grant you any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property of Tyrula or of our licensors, except as expressly authorized by these Terms.

Use of Communication Services

The Site may contain bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars, and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with the public at large or with a group (collectively, “Communication Services”), you agree to use the Communication Services only to post, send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular Communication Service.

By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a Communication Service, you will not: defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten, or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others; publish, post, upload, distribute, or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, or unlawful topic, name, material, or information; upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents; upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another’s computer; advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such Communication Service specifically allows such messages; conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters; download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner; falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded, restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services; violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular Communication Service; harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses, without their consent; violate any applicable laws or regulations.

Tyrula has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services; however, Tyrula reserves the right to review materials posted to a Communication Service and to remove any materials in its sole discretion. Tyrula reserves the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever.

Tyrula reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request or to edit, to refuse to post, or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in Tyrula’s sole discretion.

Always use caution when giving out any personally identifying information about yourself or your children in any Communication Service. Tyrula does not control or endorse the content, messages, or information found in any Communication Service. Therefore, Tyrula specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting from your participation in any Communication Service. Managers and hosts are not authorized Tyrula spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of Tyrula.

Materials uploaded to a Communication Service may be subject to posted limitations on usage, reproduction and/or dissemination. You are responsible for adhering to such limitations if you upload the materials.

Materials Provided to www.tyrula.com or Posted on Any Tyrula Web Page

Tyrula does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to www.tyrula.com (including feedback and suggestions) or of the materials you post, upload, input, or submit to any Tyrula site or our associated services (collectively “Submissions”); however, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing, or submitting your Submission, you are granting Tyrula, our affiliated companies, and necessary sublicensees permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses including, without limitation, the rights to copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate, and reformat your Submission and to publish your name in connection with your Submission.

No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein. Tyrula is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and may remove any Submission at any time in Tyrula’s sole discretion.

By posting, uploading, inputting, providing, or submitting your Submission, you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission as described in this section including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input, or submit the Submissions.

International Users

The Site is controlled, operated, and administered by Tyrula from our offices within the USA. If you access the Site from a location outside the USA, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws. You agree that you will not use Tyrula’s content accessed through www.tyrula.com in any country or in any manner prohibited by any applicable laws, restrictions, or regulations.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Tyrula, its officers, directors, employees, agents, and third parties, for any losses, costs, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) relating to or arising out of your use of or inability to use the Site or services, any user postings made by you, your violation of any terms of this Agreement or your violation of any rights of a third party, or your violation of any applicable laws, rules, or regulations. Tyrula reserves the right, at its own cost, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will fully cooperate with Tyrula in asserting any available defenses.

Liability Disclaimer

THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. TYRULA LLC AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE SITE AT ANY TIME.

TYRULA LLC AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES, AND RELATED GRAPHICS CONTAINED ON THE SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SUCH INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES, AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. TYRULA LLC AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES, AND RELATED GRAPHICS, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL TYRULA LLC AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE OR RELATED SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE SITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF TYRULA LLC OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE SITE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE.

Termination and Access Restriction

Tyrula reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Site and the related services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice. To the maximum extent permitted by law, this agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Virginia, and you hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in Virginia in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the Site. Use of the Site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these Terms, including, without limitation, this section.

You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and Tyrula as a result of this agreement or use of the Site. Tyrula’s performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of Tyrula’s right to comply with governmental, court, and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Site or information provided to or gathered by Tyrula with respect to such use. If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect.

Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and Tyrula with respect to the Site and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and Tyrula with respect to the Site. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. It is the express wish to the parties that this agreement and all related documents be written in English.

Changes to Terms

Tyrula reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change the Terms under which www.tyrula.com is offered. The most current version of the Terms will supersede all previous versions. Tyrula encourages you to periodically review the Terms to stay informed of our updates.

Contact Us

Tyrula welcomes your questions or comments regarding the Terms. Please contact us via the form on our contact page.

Tyrula LLC
1451 Dolley Madison Blvd
McLean, Virginia 22101
(703) 709-5100

Effective as of January 01, 2014
Updated on May 15, 2014