1. INTRODUCTION. These terms of use (“Terms”) govern your use of the “Product Reviews” and “Social Q&A” features (the “Service”) on Staples.com. When you submit Content (as defined below), you are subject to these Terms, as well as the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy (in the event of any conflict these Terms will control). The Service is provided by Staples, Inc. (“Staples”). Please read these Terms carefully, because they constitute a legal agreement between you and Staples. If you do not agree to these Terms, please terminate your use of the Service. Staples reserves the right to change these Terms; you should check these Terms periodically. By using the Service after we post changes to these Terms, you agree to accept those changes, whether or not you actually reviewed them. These Terms were last updated on December 13, 2017.
2. THE SERVICE. Subject to these Terms, you may use the Service to submit Reviews and Social Q&A (collectively, the “Content”).
3. PROHIBITED USES. You agree you will not: (i) use, or encourage, promote, facilitate or instruct others to use, the Service for any illegal use; (ii) modify, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble (except to the extent applicable laws specifically prohibit such restriction), make any attempt to discover the source code of the Service and/or or create derivative works thereof; or (iii) use a false e-mail address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of any Content.
4. LICENSE. For any Content, you grant to Staples a royalty-free, irrevocable, transferable, perpetual, nonexclusive, sub-licensable, worldwide right and license to use the Content however Staples desires, including without limitation, to copy, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish all or any portion of the Content, translate, create derivative works from and/or distribute such Content and/or incorporate such Content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world, in all cases without compensation to you.
5. REPRESENTATIONS. You are responsible for your Content. By submitting Content, you represent and warrant that:
6. USE OF CONTENT. Your Content will not be treated as confidential by Staples or its third party service providers and their respective directors, officers and employees. Accordingly, please do not submit anything that you do not want to share with the general public (for example, financial information, social security number, etc.). By submitting your email address in connection with your Content, you agree that Staples may contact you about the status of your Content and other administrative purposes. Any Content you submit may be used, or not used, in Staples’ sole discretion, and Staples may deny, edit for clarity or length, condense or remove Content which Staples deems to violate these Terms, or Content which:
7. INDEMNITY. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless each of Staples and its third party service providers and their respective officers, directors, agents and employees, from all claims, demands, damages, costs and expenses of every kind and nature, known and unknown, including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of a (i) any Content you submit, (ii) your breach of these Terms, or (iii) your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.