Terms of Use.

Last updated: 04/30/2024

Welcome to hdln

Thanks for using our products and services (“Services”). The Services are provided by hdln, Inc., (“hdln”), located at 41 Bedford St., NY 10014, United States. By using our Services, you are agreeing to these terms. Please read them carefully.

Our Privacy Policy also governs your use of our Services and explains how we collect, safeguard and disclose information that results from your use of our Services. Please read it here https://www.getheadline.io/privacy-policy.

Your agreement with us includes these Terms and our Privacy Policy (“Agreements”). You acknowledge that you have read and understood Agreements and agree to be bound by them.

If you do not agree with (or cannot comply with) Agreements, then you may not use the Services. These Terms apply to all visitors, users and others who wish to access or use our Services.

Eligibility

Our Services are intended only for access and use by individuals at least eighteen (18) years old. By accessing or using any of the Service, you warrant and represent that you are at least eighteen (18) years of age and with the full authority, right, and capacity to enter into this agreement and abide by all of the terms and conditions. If you are not at least eighteen (18) years old, you are prohibited from both the access and usage of the Services.

Your hdln Account

To use the hdln Services you must create, and we must approve your hdln account (an “Account”). When you register to use the Services, you will provide us with your email address. You must ensure that the email address that you provide is, and remains, valid. Your email address and any other information you choose to provide about yourself will be treated in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

You promise to provide us with accurate, complete, and updated registration information about yourself. Failure to do so shall constitute a breach of these Terms, which may result in immediate termination of your account. You’re responsible for all the activity on your account.

We have the right to refuse or limit your access to the Services.

By registering with hdln, you grant hdln the right to access, analyze and cache analytics.

You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of your hdln account, and you will remain responsible for all use of your username and password, and all activity emanating forthwith.

Privacy

Hdln’s privacy policies explain how we treat your personal data and protect your privacy when you use our Service. By using our Service, you agree to the terms set forth in that policy.

Your Content & Grant of License

Any and all text, data or information that you upload, store, transmit, submit, or make available via the Service (hereinafter "Your Content") is generated, owned and controlled solely by you, and not by hdln. When you upload, store, transmit, send or receive content to or through our Service, you give hdln (and those we work with) a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as adaptations or other changes we make so that your content works better with our Service), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content. The rights you grant in this license are for the limited purpose of operating, promoting, and improving our Service, and to develop new ones.

Hdln Inc. has the right but not the obligation to monitor and edit all Content provided by users.

Service Generated Data; Consent to Use

You agree that hdln compiles and may compile Service Generated Data based on Customer Content and use of the Services and Software. You consent to hdln’s access, use, collection, creation, modification, distribution, processing, sharing, maintenance, and storage of Service Generated Data for any purpose, to the extent and in the manner permitted under applicable Law, including for the purpose of product and service development, marketing, analytics, quality assurance, machine learning or artificial intelligence (including for the purposes of training and tuning of algorithms and models), training, testing, improvement of the Services, Software, or hdln’s other products, services, and software, or any combination thereof, and as otherwise provided in this Agreement.

Anonymized and Aggregated Data

You agree that hdln may obtain and aggregate technical and other data about your and your end users use of the Services and Software on a de-identified or anonymized basis (“Aggregated Anonymous Data”), and hdln may use the Aggregated Anonymous Data in accordance with applicable Law, including to analyze, develop, improve, support, and operate the Services and Software provided to you or other unrelated customers, during and after the term of this Agreement, including to generate industry benchmarks or best practices guidance, recommendations, or similar reports.

Copyright

We respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement and terminate accounts of repeat infringers according to the process set out in the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

If you are a copyright owner, or authorized on behalf of one, and you believe that copyrighted work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please submit your claim via email to hello@hdln.io with the subject line: “Copyright Infringement” and include in your claim a detailed description of the alleged infringement as detailed below, under “DMCA Notice and Procedure for Copyright Infringement Claims”.

You may be held accountable for damages (including costs and attorneys' fees) for misrepresentation or bad faith claims on the infringement of any Content found on and/or through the Services on your copyright.

DMCA Notice and Procedure for Copyright Infringement Claims

If you believe that your work has been made available through our Service in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide us with the following information:

  • an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;

  • a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;

  • a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located in our Service;

  • your address, telephone number, and email address;

  • a written statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and

  • a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

You can contact our Copyright Agent via email at hello@hdln.io.

Prohibited Uses

You may use the Service only for lawful purposes and in accordance with our Terms. You agree not to use the Service:

  • In any way that violates any applicable national or international law or regulation.

  • For the purpose of exploiting, harming, or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way by exposing them to inappropriate content or otherwise.

  • To transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material, including any “junk mail”, “chain letter,” “spam,” or any other similar solicitation.

  • To impersonate or attempt to impersonate a Company, a Company employee, another user, or any other person or entity.

  • In any way that infringes upon the rights of others, or in any way that is illegal, threatening, fraudulent, or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent, or harmful purpose or activity.

  • To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use or enjoyment of the Service, or which, as determined by us, may harm, or offend the Company or users of the Service or expose them to liability.

Additionally, you agree not to:

  • Use the Service in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the Service or interfere with any other party’s use of the Service, including their ability to engage in real time activities through the Service.

  • Use any robot, spider, or other automatic device, process, or means to access the Service for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on the Service.

  • Use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the material on the Service or for any other unauthorized purpose without our prior written consent.

  • Use any device, software, or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Service.

  • Introduce any viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful.

  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage, or disrupt any parts of the Service, the server on which the Service is stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to the Service.

  • Attack the Service via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.

  • Take any action that may damage or falsify the Company rating.

  • Otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Service.

Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers, such as Google Analytics, to monitor and analyze the use of the Service.

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page:

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

We also encourage you to review Google's policy for safeguarding your data:

https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.

Intellectual Property

The Service and its original content (excluding Content provided by users), features and functionality are and will remain the exclusive property of hdln Inc. and its licensors. The Service is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of the United States. Our trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service without the prior written consent of hdln Inc.

Disclaimer Of Warranty

THESE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY COMPANY ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. COMPANY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THEIR SERVICES, OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT OR MATERIALS INCLUDED THEREIN. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THESE SERVICES, THEIR CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED FROM US IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.

NEITHER COMPANY NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH COMPANY MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY, OR AVAILABILITY OF THE SERVICES. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER COMPANY NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH COMPANY REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE SERVICES, THEIR CONTENT, OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE, OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT THE SERVICES OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS OR THAT THE SERVICES OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICES WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS.

COMPANY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

Limitation Of Liability

EXCEPT AS PROHIBITED BY LAW, YOU WILL HOLD US AND OUR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS HARMLESS FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGE, HOWEVER IT ARISES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS' FEES AND ALL RELATED COSTS AND EXPENSES OF LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION, OR AT TRIAL OR ON APPEAL, IF ANY, WHETHER OR NOT LITIGATION OR ARBITRATION IS INSTITUTED), WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, OR ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY CLAIM FOR PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, ARISING FROM THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY VIOLATION BY YOU OF ANY FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LAWS, STATUTES, RULES, OR REGULATIONS, EVEN IF COMPANY HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. EXCEPT AS PROHIBITED BY LAW, IF THERE IS LIABILITY FOUND ON THE PART OF COMPANY, IT WILL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID FOR THE PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES, AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL THERE BE CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE PRIOR LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Termination

We may terminate or suspend your account and bar access to the Services immediately, without prior notice or liability, under our sole discretion, for any reason whatsoever and without limitation, including but not limited to a breach of Terms.

If you wish to terminate your account, you may simply discontinue using the Service.

All provisions of Terms, which by their nature should survive termination, shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability.

Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of those rights. If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court, the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in effect. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between us regarding our Service and supersede and replace any prior agreements we might have had between us regarding the Service.

Changes To Service

We reserve the right to withdraw or amend our Service, and any service or material we provide via the Service, in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Service is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Service, or the entire Service, to users, including registered users.

Amendments To Terms

We may amend Terms at any time by posting the amended terms on this site. It is your responsibility to review these Terms periodically.

Your continued use of the Service following the posting of revised Terms means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page frequently, so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

By continuing to access or use our Services after any revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised terms. If you do not agree to the new terms, you are no longer authorized to use the Service.

Waiver And Severability

No waiver by Company of any term or condition set forth in Terms shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of Company to assert a right or provision under Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

If any provision of Terms is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of Terms will continue in full force and effect.

Acknowledgement

BY USING THE SERVICE OR OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED BY US, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THESE TERMS OF SERVICE AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THEM.

Contact Us

Please send your feedback, comments, requests for technical support:

By email: hello@hdln.io