Terms of Service

Revised: August 11, 2017
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING OUR WEBSITE

Acceptance of Terms

This service is owned and operated by Jovio, LLC or its affiliates, including Jovio Brokerage Texas, LLC (“Jovio”). Jovio permits access to and use of its home selling platform, including the website at https://jovio.com/ and any related Mobile Apps (as defined below) (collectively, the “Service”), subject to the terms and conditions in this Terms of Service (“TOS”). Jovio may, at its discretion, update the TOS at any time. You can access and review the most current version of the TOS at the URL for this page or by clicking on the “Terms of Service” link within the Service or as otherwise made available by Jovio.

PLEASE REVIEW THE TOS CAREFULLY. BY REGISTERING FOR AN ACCOUNT OR OTHERWISE ACCESSING OR USING THE SERVICE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TOS, INCLUDING ANY UPDATES OR REVISIONS POSTED HERE OR OTHERWISE COMMUNICATED TO YOU. IF YOU ARE ENTERING INTO THE TOS ON BEHALF OF A COMPANY OR OTHER LEGAL ENTITY, YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU ARE AUTHORIZED AND LAWFULLY ABLE TO BIND SUCH ENTITY TO THE TOS, IN WHICH CASE THE TERM “YOU” SHALL REFER TO SUCH ENTITY. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE SUCH AUTHORITY, OR IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE TOS, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICE.THE TOS REQUIRES FINAL AND BINDING ARBITRATION TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THE TOS OR YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SERVICE, INCLUDING THE VALIDITY, APPLICABILITY OR INTERPRETATION OF THE TOS (EACH, A “CLAIM”), AND YOU AGREE THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM SHALL BE RESOLVED ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT IN A CLASS, CONSOLIDATED OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION, ARBITRATION OR OTHER SIMILAR PROCESS. PLEASE REVIEW SECTION 20 CAREFULLY TO UNDERSTAND YOUR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE RESOLUTION OF ANY CLAIM.

You represent and warrant that you are: (i) over eighteen (18) years of age or the age of majority in your jurisdiction, whichever is greater; (ii) of legal age to form a binding contract; and (iii) not a person barred from using the Service under the laws of your country of residence or any other applicable jurisdiction.

Privacy Policy

In addition to the TOS, the Jovio Privacy Policy governs your access to and use of the Service.

Grant of Rights

(a) Jovio grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to access and view pages within the Service.

(b) To the extent that the Service provides access to any online software, applications or other similar components, Jovio grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to access and use such components only in the form within the online platform provided by Jovio.

(c) Jovio may make available mobile apps for access to and use of certain components of the Service (collectively, “Mobile Apps”). Your access to and use of Mobile Apps is subject to the applicable end user license agreement for each app.

(d) All rights granted to you under this TOS are subject to your compliance with the TOS in all material respects and may only be exercised by you for your personal, non-commercial use or internal business purposes; provided, however, that you may further exercise such rights to engage in your own transactions. Your access to and use of the Service must further comply in all material respects with any usage guidelines posted by Jovio.

Registration

(a) You may browse the Service without registering, but some features may not be accessible unless you register. In registering for the Service, you agree to: (i) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the Service’s registration form (the “Registration Data”); and (ii) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or Jovio reasonably suspects that you have done so, Jovio may suspend or terminate your account.

(b) You may not share your account or password with anyone. You are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your account. You agree to notify Jovio immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or password or any other similar breach of security.

(c) If your account remains inactive for three months or longer, Jovio reserves the right to suspend or terminate your account, with or without notice to you, and delete your Content (as defined in Section 7(a)), all without liability to you.

Role of Jovio

(a) Except as otherwise expressly set forth in a separate written agreement between you and Jovio, Jovio does not: (i) act as a real estate agent for you or any other party; (ii) sell, buy or negotiate the purchase, sale, or exchange of real property; or (iii) lease or rent, offer to lease or rent, or negotiate the lease of real property or otherwise aid or assist in the lease of real property.

(b) Certain portions of the service may allow you to enter into separate agreements with Jovio for specific services, such as Jovio acting as a real estate broker for you. Any such services are subject to the applicable agreements between you and Jovio for such services.

Paid Services

Certain portions of the Service require a payment of fees for access and use (“Paid Services”). Paid Services also require you to enter into a separate agreement with Jovio that sets forth additional terms governing your access to and use of the Paid Services, including applicable fees, duration of access, and description of the services (“Paid Services Agreement”). Your access to and use of Paid Services is subject to the Paid Services Agreement and the TOS.

Responsibility for Content

(a) You acknowledge and agree that all information, data, data records, databases, text, software, music, sounds, photographs, images, graphics, videos, messages, scripts, tags and other materials accessible through the Service, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted (“Content”), are the sole responsibility of the person from whom such Content originated. This means that you, and not Jovio, are entirely responsible for all Content that you upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available through the Service (“Your Content”), and other users of the Service, and not Jovio, are similarly responsible for all Content they upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available through the Service (“User Content”).

(b) You acknowledge and agree that Jovio has no obligation to pre-screen Content (including Your Content and User Content), although Jovio reserves the right in its sole discretion to pre-screen, refuse or remove any Content. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, Jovio shall have the right to remove any Content that violates the TOS or that it deems objectionable.

(c) To the extent that you submit any Content, you represent and warrant that: (i) you have all necessary right and authority to grant the rights set forth in the TOS with respect to Your Content; (ii) Your Content does not violate any duty of confidentiality owed to another party, or the copyright, trademark, right of privacy, right of publicity or any other right of any other party; and (iii) if Your Content consists of any information you present as factual, such information is true, accurate, current and complete to the best of your knowledge and belief.

Rights to Content

(a) Jovio does not claim ownership of Your Content. However, you grant Jovio and its service providers a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, fully-paid-up, non-exclusive, sublicensable, transferable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, create derivative works from, publicly perform, publicly display, distribute, make and have made Your Content (in any form and any medium, whether now known or later developed) as necessary to provide the Service or as otherwise permitted by law. You acknowledge and agree that the technical processing and transmission of data associated with the Service, including Your Content, may require: (i) transmissions over various networks; and (ii) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.

(b) Except with respect to Your Content, you acknowledge and agree that, as between you and Jovio, Jovio owns all rights, title and interest (including all intellectual property rights) in the Service and all Content and other materials within the Service. The Service is protected by U.S. and international copyright and other intellectual property laws and treaties. Jovio reserves all rights not expressly granted to you.

(c) Except with respect to Your Content, you may not: (i) use, reproduce, modify, adapt, create derivative works from, publicly perform, publicly display, distribute, make, have made, assign, pledge, transfer or otherwise grant rights to the Service, except as expressly permitted under the TOS; (ii) reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile or translate, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code, architectural framework or data records of any software within or associated with the Service; (iii) frame or utilize any framing technique to enclose any Content; (iv) access the Service for the purpose of developing, marketing, selling or distributing any product or service that competes with or includes features substantially similar to the Service or any products or services offered by Jovio; (v) rent, lease, lend, sell or sublicense the Service or otherwise provide access to the Service as part of a service bureau or similar fee-for-service purpose; or (vi) remove or obscure any proprietary notice that appears within the Service.

User Content

In connection with your access to or use of the Service, you shall not:

(a) upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that: (i) is illegal, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful or otherwise objectionable; (ii) may not be made available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as confidential or proprietary information learned as part of an employment relationship or under a non-disclosure agreement); (iii) infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary right of any party; (iv) consists of unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, commercial electronic messages or any other form of solicitation; (v) contains software viruses or any other code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any software or hardware; or (vi) consists of information that you know or have reason to know is false or inaccurate.

(b) impersonate any person or entity, including Jovio personnel, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity;

(c) forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Service;

(d) act in a manner that negatively affects the ability of other users to access or use the Service;

(e) take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately heavy load on the Service or its infrastructure;

(f) interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected to the Service, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Service;

(g) use spiders, crawlers, robots, scrapers, automated tools or any other similar means to access the Service; substantially download, reproduce or archive any portion of the Service;

(h) sell, share, transfer, trade, loan or exploit for any commercial purpose any portion of the Service, including your user account and password; or

(i) violate any applicable local, state, provincial, federal or international law or regulation.

Informational Use Only

All data, records and other information presented by Jovio through the Service are for informational use only. In the event that the Service provides any estimate of value relating to your property or other similar information, such information does not constitute an appraisal, nor does it necessarily represent an accurate assessment of the market value of your property.

Suggestions

If you elect to provide or make available to Jovio any suggestions, comments, ideas, improvements or other feedback relating to the Service (“Suggestions”), Jovio shall be free to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, create derivative works from, publicly perform, publicly display, distribute, make, have made, assign, pledge, transfer or otherwise grant rights in your Suggestions in any form and any medium (whether now known or later developed), without credit or compensation to you.

Dealings With Advertisers and Other Third Parties

Your dealings with advertisers and other third parties who market, sell, buy or offer to sell or buy any goods or services on the Service, including payment for and delivery of such goods or services and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and the advertiser or other third-party. You agree that Jovio shall not be liable for any damage or loss of any kind incurred as a result of any such dealings.

Links and External Materials

(a) The Service or users of the Service may provide links or other connections to other websites or resources. You acknowledge and agree that Jovio does not endorse and is not responsible for any content, advertising, products, services or other materials on or available through such sites or resources (“External Materials”). External Materials are subject to different terms of use and privacy policies. You are responsible for reviewing and complying with such terms of use and privacy policies. You further acknowledge and agree that Jovio shall not be liable for any damage or loss resulting from or arising out of use of or reliance on any External Materials.

(b) The Service may access or use services from the following third-party service providers. Your access to and use of such services are subject to the terms of use and privacy policies governing such services. Links below are provided for convenience only. You are solely responsible for assessing and reviewing the applicable terms of use and privacy policies.

Stripe
https://stripe.com/us/legal
https://stripe.com/us/privacy
PayPal
https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/legalhub-full
https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
DocuSign
https://www.docusign.com/company/terms-and-conditions/web
https://www.docusign.com/company/privacy-policy

Modifications to the Service

Jovio reserves the right at any time to modify or discontinue the Service (or any portion thereof) with or without notice, and Jovio shall not be liable to you or any third party for any such modification or discontinuance; provided, however, that in the event of discontinuance, you shall be entitled to receive a pro-rated refund for the unused portion of any Paid Services.

Indemnification

You shall indemnify, defend and hold Jovio and its affiliates, and each of their officers, directors, employees, agents, partners and licensors (collectively, “Jovio Parties”) harmless from and against any claim, demand, loss, damage, cost, liability and expense, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from or arising out of your: (a) violation of the TOU or any law or regulation; or (b) violation of any rights of another party.

Disclaimer of Warranties

(a) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITH ALL FAULTS. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, JOVIO PARTIES EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED OR ARISING FROM STATUTE, COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE OF TRADE OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, BUT, NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

(b) JOVIO PARTIES MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT: (i) THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (ii) ACCESS TO THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE; OR (iii) THE INFORMATION AND ANY RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, CURRENT OR COMPLETE.

(c) ALL CONTENT MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICE IS MADE AVAILABLE FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR CONFIRMING THE ACCURACY OF ALL INFORMATION BEFORE TAKING OR OMITTING ANY ACTION.

Limitation of Liability

(a) YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT JOVIO PARTIES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR COST OF COVER, OR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY TYPE OR MANNER OF COMMERCIAL, BUSINESS OR FINANCIAL LOSS, EVEN IF JOVIO PARTIES HAD ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES WERE FORESEEABLE. IN NO EVENT SHALL JOVIO PARTIES’ TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THE TOS OR YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF (OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE) THE SERVICE EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO JOVIO FOR ACCESS TO THE PORTION OF THE SERVICE AT ISSUE WITHIN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE ON WHICH THE APPLICABLE CLAIM AROSE.

(b) CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

Suspensions and Termination

(a) If you violate the TOS, Jovio may immediately suspend your access to the Service, and such suspension shall remain in effect until you have remedied all violations. You shall not be entitled to any refund with respect to any period of suspension.

(b) Except with respect to Paid Services, if you violate the TOS, all rights granted to you under the TOS shall terminate immediately, with or without notice to you.

(c) Paid Services may be terminated in accordance with the terms of the applicable Paid Services Agreement.

(d) Upon termination of the TOS or any Paid Services for any reason: (i) Jovio, in its sole discretion, may remove and discard Your Content; and (ii) any provision that, by its terms, is intended to survive the expiration or termination of this TOS or any Paid Services shall survive such expiration or termination.

Governing Law

The TOS shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the United States Federal Arbitration Act, other applicable federal laws and the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to conflict of laws principles. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is specifically excluded from application to the TOS.

Binding Arbitration and Class Action Waiver

(a) ALL CLAIMS (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1) SHALL BE RESOLVED BY FINAL AND BINDING ARBITRATION RATHER THAN IN COURT, EXCEPT THAT YOU MAY ASSERT CLAIMS IN SMALL CLAIMS COURT (DEFINED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE TOS AS A COURT OF LIMITED JURISDICTION THAT MAY ONLY HEAR CLAIMS NOT EXCEEDING $5,000) IF YOUR CLAIMS ARE WITHIN THE COURT’S JURISDICTION. THERE IS NO JUDGE OR JURY IN ARBITRATION, AND COURT REVIEW OF AN ARBITRATION AWARD IS LIMITED.

(b) The arbitration shall be conducted by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its then-applicable Commercial Arbitration Rules or, as appropriate, its Consumer Arbitration Rules. The AAA’s rules are available at http://www.adr.org/. Payment of all filing, administration and arbitrator fees shall be governed by the AAA’s rules. The arbitration shall be conducted in the English language by a single independent and neutral arbitrator. For any hearing conducted in person as part of the arbitration, you agree that such hearing shall be conducted in Austin, Texas or, if the Consumer Arbitration Rules apply, another location reasonably convenient to both parties with due consideration of their ability to travel and other pertinent circumstances, as determined by the arbitrator. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding. Judgment on the arbitral award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(c) WE EACH AGREE THAT ALL CLAIMS (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1) SHALL BE RESOLVED ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT IN A CLASS, CONSOLIDATED OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION, ARBITRATION OR OTHER SIMILAR PROCESS. IF FOR ANY REASON A CLAIM PROCEEDS IN COURT RATHER THAN IN ARBITRATION, WE EACH WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL AND AGREE THAT SUCH CLAIM SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. YOU HEREBY SUBMIT TO THE PERSONAL JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF SUCH COURTS AND WAIVE ANY OBJECTION ON THE GROUNDS OF VENUE, FORUM NON-CONVENIENS OR ANY SIMILAR GROUNDS WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH CLAIM.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, you and Jovio may seek injunctive relief and any other equitable remedies from any court of competent jurisdiction to protect our intellectual property rights, whether in aid of, pending or independently of the resolution of any dispute pursuant to the arbitration procedures set forth in this Section 20.

Non-Discrimination

It is against Jovio policy as well as state and federal laws to offer any information on the racial, ethnic or religious make-up of a neighborhood or to restrict the listing, showing or giving of information on the availability of homes for any of those reasons.

Legal Compliance

You represent and warrant that you are not: (a) located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or designated by the U.S. Government as a “terrorist supporting” country; and (b) listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties, including the Specially Designated Nationals List.

U.S. Government Entities

This section applies to access to or use of the Service by a branch or agency of the United States Government. The Service includes “commercial computer software” and “commercial computer software documentation” as such terms are used in 48 C.F.R. 12.212 and qualifies as “commercial items” as defined in 48 C.F.R. 2.101. Such items are provided to the United States Government: (a) for acquisition by or on behalf of civilian agencies, consistent with the policy set forth in 48 C.F.R. 12.212; or (b) for acquisition by or on behalf of units of the Department of Defense, consistent with the policies set forth in 48 C.F.R. 227.7202-1 and 227.7202-3. The United States Government shall acquire only those rights set forth in the TOS with respect to the such items, and any access to or use of the Service by the United States Government constitutes: (i) agreement by the United States Government that that such items are “commercial computer software” and “commercial computer software documentation” as defined in this section; and (ii) acceptance of the rights and obligations herein.

No Third-Party Beneficiaries

You agree that, except as otherwise expressly provided in the TOS, there shall be no third-party beneficiaries to the TOS.

Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement

If you believe that your work has been made available through the Service in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide Jovio’s Agent for Notice of Copyright Claims the following information: (a) a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; (b) a description of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works; (c) a description of the material that you claim is infringing and where that material may be accessed within the Service; (d) your address, telephone number and email address; (e) a statement by you 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 (f) a statement from you that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. Jovio’s Agent for Notice of Copyright Claims can be reached as follows:

Agent for Notice of Copyright Claims
606 E 3rd Street
Austin, TX 78701
Phone: (512) 770-9999
Email: copyright@jovio.com

General Provisions

The TOS constitutes the entire agreement between you and Jovio concerning your access to and use of the Service. It supersedes all prior and contemporaneous oral or written negotiations and agreements between you and Jovio with respect to such subject matter. The TOS may not be amended by you except in a writing executed by you and an authorized representative of Jovio. For the purposes of the TOS, the words “such as,” “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” You may not assign or delegate any right or obligation under the TOS without the prior written consent of Jovio. The failure of Jovio to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the TOS shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of this TOS is held to be invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, then such provision shall be construed, limited, modified or, if necessary, severed to the extent necessary to eliminate its invalidity or unenforceability, without in any way affecting the remaining parts of the TOS. Any prevention of or delay in performance by Jovio hereunder due to labor disputes, acts of god, governmental restrictions, enemy or hostile governmental action, fire or other casualty or other causes beyond its reasonable control shall excuse the performance of its obligations for a period equal to the duration of any such prevention or delay.