Terms of Service

Please read these Terms of Service ("Terms", "Terms of Service") carefully before using the website virtualtails.com or associated websites ("Service") operated by Gizio, LLC ("us", "we", or "our").

Your access to and use of the Service is conditioned on your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms. These Terms apply to all visitors, users and others who access or use the Service.

By accessing or using the Service you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you disagree with any part of the terms then you may not access the Service.

Use of the Services

Your Registration Obligations. When you register to use the Services, you agree to provide accurate and complete information about yourself. If you are under 13 years old OR if you are an EU citizen or resident under 16 years old, do not sign up for the Services – you are not authorized to use them.

Member Account, Password and Security. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account, and for all activities that occur under your password or account. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security, and to ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session when accessing the Services. We will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this paragraph.

General Practices Regarding Use and Storage. You acknowledge that we may establish general practices and limits concerning use of the Services. These may include, without limitation, the maximum period of time that data or other content will be retained by the Services and the maximum storage space that will be allotted on our servers on your behalf. You agree that we have no responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure to store any data or other content maintained or uploaded to the Services. You acknowledge that we reserve the right to terminate accounts that are inactive for an extended period of time. You further acknowledge that we reserve the right to change these general practices and limits at any time, in its sole discretion, with or without notice.

Email Notifications. You consent to receive notifications from us electronically to the e-mail address you provide to us. These notifications may be about your account, changes to our service, or other updates or marketing relating to our platform.

Conditions Of Use

User Conduct. In addition to agreeing to comply with our Community Guidelines, which are incorporated herein, you agree to comply with the following conditions in using the Services.

You are solely responsible for all Content you submit to the Services. (When we say “Content you submit” and similar terms, we mean anything you seek to post, transmit, or share, including but not limited to text, images, sounds, video, graphics, information, or other data.) Your use of the Services may be subject to license and use restrictions set forth in the CreativeML Open RAIL-M License. You agree not to submit any Content that:

(i) infringes any intellectual property or other proprietary rights of any party; (ii) you do not have a right to submit; (iii) contains software viruses or any computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; (iv) poses a privacy or security risk to any person; (v) constitutes unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, commercial activities and/or sales, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” “contests,” “sweepstakes,” or any other form of solicitation; (vi) is threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, bullying, or excessively violent; (vii) is defamatory, libelous, or verifiably false with the purpose of harming others; (viii) constitutes hate speech that demeans or promotes discrimination or violence on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, age, or other social, physical or mental characteristics; (ix) is obscene or pornographic; (x) constitutes sexual harassment; (xi) constitutes sexual exploitation or abuse of a minor, including sharing child sexual exploitation or abuse imagery or content, grooming, or sexual extortion; (xii) glorifies self-harm, including self-injury, suicide, or eating disorders; (xiii) promotes terrorism or violent extremism; (xiv) furthers or promotes criminal activity; (xv) seeks to buy or sell illegal drugs; (xvi) facilitates fully automated decision making that adversely impacts a person’s legal rights or creates a binding, enforceable obligation; (xvii) seeks to provide medical, legal, financial or tax advice; (xviii) interferes with or disrupts the Services or servers or networks connected to the Services, (xix) interferes with or appropriates any person’s right of publicity by using their name, likeness or persona (a) without permission and (b) outside a permissible context such as non-commercial parody or public commentary; or (xx) in our sole judgment, is objectionable or that restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the Services, or which may expose us or its users to any harm or liability. You likewise agree not to do any of the following in connection with your use of the Services:

(i) disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Services; (ii) violate any applicable law or regulation; (iii) impersonate any person or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; (iv) solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 18; (v) harvest or collect email addresses or other contact information of other users from the Services by electronic or other means for the purposes of sending unsolicited emails or other unsolicited communications; (vi) obtain or attempt to obtain any information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Services; (vii) lease, lend, sell or sublicense any part of the Services; (viii) try to evade any technological measure designed to protect the Services or any technology associated with the Services; or (ix) reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile, decode, adapt, or otherwise attempt to derive or gain access to any Services source code, in whole or in part (unless a portion of code within the Services is released as open source and the open source license governing such code expressly permits reverse engineering, copying or other modification).

To the extent we choose to support voice or audio features, you agree not to do any of the following in connection with your use of the Services:

(i) submit voice recordings of third parties (including but not limited to celebrities) without their consent; (ii) use any voice feature to engage in “deepfakes” or impersonation of any kind, including but not limited to those that create political misinformation, perpetrate frauds or scams, impugn the reputation of third parties, or otherwise amount to harmful conduct. We reserve the right to investigate and take appropriate action against anyone who we conclude, in our sole discretion, has violated the provisions above. That action may include, without limitation, removing Content from the Services, suspending or terminating your account, and reporting you to law enforcement.

Intellectual Property Rights

Content You Submit. When you submit Content to the Services, you represent and warrant that you own all right, title and interest in and to that Content (including, without limitation, all copyrights and rights of publicity), or that you have received all necessary permissions, clearances, and authorizations in order to submit it to the Services for the uses contemplated in these Terms.

When you submit such Content, you retain whatever ownership rights in that Content you had to begin with. You grant us, to the fullest extent permitted under the law, a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid up, transferable, sublicensable, perpetual, irrevocable license to copy, display, upload, perform, distribute, transmit, make available, store, modify, exploit, commercialize and otherwise use the Content for any of our business related purposes in any form, medium or technology now known or later developed, including without limitation to operate, improve and provide the Services. You agree that these rights and licenses include a right for us to make the Content available to, and pass these rights along to, others with whom we have contractual relationships, and to otherwise permit access to or disclose the Content to third parties if we determine such access is or may be necessary or appropriate.

While we’re not required to do so, we may access, review, screen, edit, modify and delete your Content at any time and for any reason, including to provide and develop the Services or if we think the Content violates these Terms or any applicable laws.

Chatbots & Generations. When you create an automated AI chatbot ("Chatbot") using the Services in accordance with these Terms, then as between you and us, you own all rights in that Chatbot. As between you and us, you also own any text, images, audio, or video the Chatbot generates ("Generations") that are elicited by you. You grant us, to the fullest extent permitted under the law, a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid up, transferable, sublicensable, perpetual, irrevocable license to copy, display, upload, perform, distribute, transmit, make available, store, access, modify, exploit, commercialize and otherwise use the Chatbot and all Generations elicited by you for any purpose in any form, medium or technology now known or later developed, including but not limited to (i) facilitating other users’ ability to interact with the Chatbot and elicit Generations, and (ii) promoting the Services on- or off-platform.

When you interact with a Chatbot created by us or created by another user who utilized the Services in accordance with the then-applicable Terms, then you own Generations that are elicited by you from such Chatbot (but not the Chatbot itself or other Generations or other Content, all of which will remain owned by us or the other third-party owner(s) thereof, as applicable). You grant us, to the fullest extent permitted under the law, a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid up, transferable, sublicensable, perpetual, irrevocable license to copy, display, upload, perform, distribute, transmit, make available, store, access, modify, exploit, commercialize and otherwise use the Generations elicited by you for any purpose in any form, medium or technology now known or later developed, including but not limited to (i) facilitating other users’ ability to interact with the Chatbot and elicit Generations, and (ii) promoting the Services on- or off-platform.

Services Content, Software and Trademarks. You acknowledge and agree that the Services may contain content or features protected by copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights and laws. In connection with your use of the Services you will not engage in or use any data mining, robots, scraping or similar automated data gathering or extraction methods. If you are blocked by us from accessing the Services (including by blocking your IP address), you agree not to implement any measures to circumvent such blocking (e.g., by masking your IP address or using a proxy IP address). Any use of the Services or content on the Services other than as specifically authorized herein is strictly prohibited. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by us.

Third Party Material. Under no circumstances will we be liable for any content or materials of any third parties, including anything created by third parties and any resulting Generations. This includes, but is not limited to, infringement of intellectual property rights, errors or omissions in any content, and any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any such content. You acknowledge that we do not pre-screen content and that AI-generated chats, by their nature, are unpredictable and may produce Generations that are inaccurate or offensive. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content or Generations. You should not rely on the accuracy or completeness of statements made in Content or Generations, and if you do so, you acknowledge that it is at your own risk.

You acknowledge that we have the right (but not the obligation) in our sole discretion to refuse or remove any content (including Content, Chatbots and Generations) that is available via the Services. Without limiting the foregoing, we have the right to remove any content that violates these Terms or is deemed otherwise objectionable by us, in our sole discretion.

You acknowledge and agree that any questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, feedback or other information about the Services provided by you to us are non-confidential, and that we are entitled to use and disseminate them for any purpose, without acknowledgment of or compensation to you.

You acknowledge and agree that we may preserve content and metadata in compliance with applicable law and our Privacy Policy. You acknowledge and agree that we may disclose content and/or metadata if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process, applicable laws or government requests; (b) enforce these Terms; (c) respond to claims that any content violates the rights of third parties; or (d) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of us, its users and the public.

Links To Other Web Sites

Our Service may contain links to third-party web sites or services that are not owned or controlled by Gizio, LLC.

Gizio, LLC has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party web sites or services. You further acknowledge and agree that Gizio, LLC shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such web sites or services.

Indemnity and Release

You agree to release, indemnify and hold us and our affiliates and their officers, employees, directors and agents harmless from any and all losses, damages, and expenses of any kind arising out of or relating to your use of the Services. Without limiting the foregoing, the release and indemnification described above includes reasonable attorneys’ fees, rights, claims, actions of any kind and injury (including death) arising out of or relating to your use of the Services.

If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code Section 1542, which says:

A general release does not extend to claims that the creditor or releasing party does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release and that, if known by him or her, would have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor or released party.

If you are a resident of another jurisdiction, you waive any comparable statute or doctrine.

Disclaimer of Warranty

Your use of the Services is at your sole risk. The site is provided on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis. We expressly disclaim all warranties of any kind, whether express, implied or statutory, including, but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement. We make no warranty that (i) the Services will meet your requirements, (ii) the Services will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free, or (iii) the results that may be obtained from the use of the Services will be accurate or reliable.

Limitation of Liability

You understand and agree that we will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or exemplary damages, or damages for loss of profits including but not limited to damages for loss of goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses (even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages), whether based on contract, tort, negligence, strict liability or otherwise, resulting from: (i) the use or the inability to use the Services; (ii) your access, use, creation of, or interaction with any Content, Chatbot or Generations; (iii) your sharing with any third party of any Content, Chatbot or Generations; (iv) unauthorized access to or alteration of your transmissions or data; (v) statements or conduct of any third party (including users) on the Services; or (vi) any other matter relating to the Services. In no event will our total liability to you for all damages, losses or causes of action exceed the greater of: (i) $100; or (ii) the amount you paid us (if any) in connection with your use of the Services.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages. Accordingly, some of the limitations set forth above may not apply to you. If you are dissatisfied with any portion of the site or with these terms of use, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue use of the Services.

Termination

You agree that we, in our sole discretion, may suspend or terminate your account (or any part thereof) or use of the Services and remove and discard any content within the Services, for any reason, including, without limitation, for lack of use or if we believe that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of these Terms.

We may also in its sole discretion and at any time discontinue providing the Services, or any part thereof, with or without notice. You agree that any termination of your access to the Services under any provision of these Terms may be effected without prior notice, and acknowledge and agree that we may (but have no obligation to) immediately deactivate or delete your account and all related information and files in your account and/or bar any further access to such files or the Services. Termination of your account or access to any component of the Services will not terminate our rights to your Content. Further, you agree that we will not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to the Services.

General

Entire Agreement. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us and govern your use of our Services, superseding any prior agreements between you and us with respect to the Services.

Choice of Law, Jurisdiction, Venue. These Terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without regard to its conflict of law provisions. With respect to any disputes or claims not subject to arbitration, as set forth above, you and us agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Severance. If any provision of these Terms is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties agree that the court should try to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of these Terms remain in full force and effect.

No Waiver. Any failure of ours to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms does not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

Expiration of Claims. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Website or these Terms must be filed within one year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.

Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without the prior written consent from us, but we may assign or transfer these Terms, in whole or in part, without restriction.

Notice. Notices to you may be made via either email or regular mail. The Site may also provide notices to you of changes to these Terms or other matters by displaying notices or links to notices generally on the Services.

Changes to these Terms

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change or modify portions of these Terms at any time. If we do this, we will post the changes on this page and will indicate at the top of this page the date these terms were last revised. Any such changes will become effective no earlier than 14 days after they are posted, except that changes addressing new functions of the Services or changes made for legal reasons will be effective immediately. Your continued use of the Services after the date any such changes become effective constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our Services, or to report any violations of these Terms, please contact us at legal@gizio.co.

Last updated: February 9, 2024.