By submitting, uploading, posting, or otherwise making available any content on or through the Code to Chic website, communities, or affiliated platforms - including but not limited to comments, reviews, images, videos, or other creative works (collectively, “User-Generated Content”) - you agree to the following terms:
A. Legal Ownership & Permission
By submitting User-Generated Content, you represent and warrant that:
- You are at least 13 years of age;
- You own or have the necessary rights, licenses, and permissions to use the content and to authorize Code to Chic to use it;
- Your content does not infringe, misappropriate, or violate the rights of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, or publicity rights;
- Your content does not contain any false, misleading, defamatory, obscene, abusive, illegal, or otherwise objectionable material.
B. License to Use
You grant Code to Chic and its affiliates a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable, non-exclusive, and fully sublicensable license to use, reproduce, adapt, edit, modify, publish, translate, create derivative works from, display, and distribute your content in any media now known or developed in the future. This includes any lawful business use for marketing, promotional, commercial, or educational purposes.
C. Responsibility & Liability
Code to Chic assumes no responsibility or liability for User-Generated Content submitted to or posted on our platforms. You are solely responsible for your submissions.
You understand and accept that you assume all risks associated with your submitted content and agree to indemnify and hold Code to Chic harmless from any third-party claims or legal actions arising from, related to, or resulting from your content.
Code to Chic does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, or quality of User-Generated Content and assumes no liability for any loss or damage arising from its use.
We reserve the right (but not the obligation) to monitor, review, remove, or refuse any User-Generated Content at our sole discretion and without notice.
The above license includes the right to exploit any proprietary rights in such postings or submissions, including but not limited to rights under copyright, trademark, service mark, or patent laws in any relevant jurisdiction.
In connection with exercising these rights, you also grant us, and anyone authorized by us, the right to identify you as the author of your content by name, email address, or screen name, as we deem appropriate.
D. Jurisdictional Disclaimers
- Australia (ACL & Privacy Act 1988): You have the right to access and request correction of personal information, but you consent to its use under the licensing terms described here.
- UK and EU (GDPR): You acknowledge and accept that submissions may be stored and used for Code to Chic’s legitimate interests, in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
- United States (Section 230, Communications Decency Act): You remain solely responsible for your submissions; Code to Chic is not liable for third-party content.
- Canada (PIPEDA): You consent to the collection, use, and publication of submitted content in accordance with Canadian data protection laws.
E. Indemnification
You expressly waive any right to inspect or approve the use of your content or to receive compensation for such use. You release Code to Chic from all liability, claims, or demands arising from or related to our use of your content.
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Code to Chic, its affiliates, officers, and employees from any claims, damages, losses, or expenses (including legal fees) arising from your content or your violation of these terms.
If you do not have the rights to grant this license, or if you do not agree to these terms, you must not post or submit any content to Code to Chic or its platforms.