Terms

TERMS OF USE FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS AGENCY WEBSITE:

The Communications Agency, Inc. Terms of Service – Our general terms and conditions
The Communications Agency, Inc. Privacy Policy – How we maintain and protect your personal information in The Communications Agency, Inc.
The Communications Agency, Inc. Program Policies – Guidelines for using The Communications Agency, Inc.
Although we may attempt to notify you via the www.tcapr.org and / or www.tcapr.net  web address when major changes are made, you should visit this page periodically to review the terms. The Communications Agency, Inc. may, in its sole discretion, modify or revise these terms and conditions and policies at any time, without notice, and you agree to be bound by such modifications or revisions. If you do not accept and abide by this Agreement, you may not use The Communications Agency, Inc. service. In the event of an inconsistency between The Communications Agency, Inc. Terms of Use and either The Communications Agency, Inc.’s general Terms of Service (available at http://www.tcapublicrelations.com/terms.php) or The Communications Agency, Inc. Privacy Policy (available at http://www.tcapublicrelations.com/privacy-policy.php) The Communications Agency, Inc. Terms of Use shall control. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to confer any third party rights or benefits.

1.     Description of Service. The Communications Agency, Inc. is a privately owned Communications, Marketing and Public Relations firm with free promotional and marketing virtual applications, event management products and services, online printing products and services and other professional services from The Communications Agency, Inc. (the “Service”) and, in some cases, third parties. You understand and agree that the Service may include content-targeted ads or other related information, as further described below and in The Communications Agency, Inc. Privacy Policy. In addition, you understand and agree that the some of the Service is provided on an AS IS and AS AVAILABLE basis. ALL SERVICES ARE NONREFUNDABLE (including, but not limited to Graphic Design, Marketing, Consulting, Logo branded advertising specialty products, printing, and all other services). The Communications Agency, Inc. disclaims all responsibility and liability for the availability, timeliness, security or reliability of the Service. The Communications Agency, Inc. also reserves the right to modify, suspend or discontinue the Service with or without notice at any time and without any liability to you.

TCA Products (www.tcapr.net) Graphic Design, Artwork Setup and Print Files Guidelines.

• Acceptable File Formats: .JPG, .EPS, .PNG, .TIF, .TIFF, .AI, .PSD, .PDF, .DOC, .ZIP, .PPT, .RAR, .GZ, .TAR, .7Z, .GIF, .BMP, .GZIP
• Max. File Upload Size: 75MB (megabytes) per file
•  To reduce file size, please upload in .jpg format. For all other file formats, ensure all layers are flattened.

2.     Personal Use. The Service is made available to you for your personal use only. Due to the nature of mature content, you must be at least thirteen (18) years of age to use this Service. You must provide current, accurate identification, contact, and other information that may be required as part of the registration process and/or continued use of the Service. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Service password and account, and are responsible for all activities that occur thereunder. The Communications Agency, Inc. reserves the right to refuse service to anyone at any time without notice for any reason.

3.     Proper Use. You agree that you are responsible for your own communications and for any consequences thereof. Your use of the Service is subject to your acceptance of and compliance with the Agreement, including The Communications Agency, Inc. Program Policies (“Program Policies”), located at www.tcapublicrelations.com or such other URL as The Communications Agency, Inc. may provide from time to time. You agree that you will use the Service in compliance with all applicable local, state, national, and international laws, rules and regulations, including any laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from your country of residence. You shall not, shall not agree to, and shall not authorize or encourage any third party to: (i) use the Service to upload, transmit or otherwise distribute any content that is unlawful, defamatory, harassing, abusive, fraudulent, obscene, contains viruses, or is otherwise objectionable as reasonably determined by The Communications Agency, Inc.; (ii) upload, transmit or otherwise distribute content that infringes upon another party’s intellectual property rights or other proprietary, contractual or fiduciary rights or obligations; (iii) prevent others from using the Service; (iv) use the Service for any fraudulent or inappropriate purpose; or (v) act in any way that violates the Program Policies, as may be revised from time to time. Violation of any of the foregoing may result in immediate termination of this Agreement, and may subject you to state and federal penalties and other legal consequences. The Communications Agency, Inc. reserves the right, but shall have no obligation, to investigate your use of the Service in order to determine whether a violation of the Agreement has occurred or to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request.

4.     Content of the Service. The Communications Agency, Inc. takes no responsibility for third party content (including, without limitation, any viruses or other disabling features), nor does The Communications Agency, Inc. have any obligation to monitor such third party content. The Communications Agency, Inc. reserves the right at all times to remove or refuse to distribute any content on the Service, such as content which violates the terms of this Agreement. The Communications Agency, Inc. also reserves the right to access, read, preserve, and disclose any information as it reasonably believes is necessary to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, (b) enforce this Agreement, including investigation of potential violations hereof, (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues (including, without limitation, the filtering of spam), (d) respond to user support requests, or (e) protect the rights, property or safety of The Communications Agency, Inc., its users and the public. The Communications Agency, Inc. will not be responsible or liable for the exercise or non- exercise of its rights under this Agreement.

5.     Intellectual Property Rights. The Communications Agency, Inc.’s Intellectual Property Rights. You acknowledge that The Communications Agency, Inc. owns all right, title and interest in and to the Service, including without limitation all intellectual property rights (the “The Communications Agency, Inc. Rights”), and such The Communications Agency, Inc. Rights are protected by U.S. and international intellectual property laws. Accordingly, you agree that you will not copy, reproduce, alter, modify, or create derivative works from the Service. You also agree that you will not use any robot, spider, other automated device, or manual process to monitor or copy any content from the Service. The Communications Agency, Inc. Rights include rights to (i) the Service developed and provided by The Communications Agency, Inc.; and (ii) all software associated with the Service. The Communications Agency, Inc. Rights do not include third-party content used as part of Service, including the content of communications appearing on the Service.

Your Intellectual Property Rights. The Communications Agency, Inc. does not claim any ownership in any of the content, including any text, data, information, images, photographs, music, sound, video, or other material, that you upload, transmit or store in your Communications Agency, Inc. account. We will not use any of your content for any purpose except to provide you with the Service.

6.     Representations and Warranties. You represent and warrant that (a) all of the information provided by you to The Communications Agency, Inc. to participate in the Services is correct and current; and (b) you have all necessary right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform the acts required of you hereunder.

7.     Privacy. As a condition to using the Service, you agree to the terms of The Communications Agency, Inc. Privacy Policy as it may be updated from time to time. The Communications Agency, Inc. understands that privacy is important to you. You do, however, agree that The Communications Agency, Inc. may monitor, edit or disclose your personal information, including the content of your emails, if required to do so in order to comply with any valid legal process or governmental request (such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute, or court order), or as otherwise provided in these Terms of Use and the The Communications Agency, Inc. Privacy Policy. Personal information collected by The Communications Agency, Inc. may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which The Communications Agency, Inc. Inc. or its agents maintain facilities. By using The Communications Agency, Inc., you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country. The Communications Agency does not rent or sell personal information, but transfer the use of information to its subsidiaries, partners and/or affiliates (Couture By Design, etc) without notice for use in marketing and promotional initiatives.

8.     Advertisements. As consideration for using the Service, you agree and understand that The Communications Agency, Inc. will display ads and other information adjacent to and related to the content of your email. The Communications Agency, Inc. serves relevant ads using a completely automated process that enables The Communications Agency, Inc. to effectively target dynamically changing content, such as email. No human will read the content of your email in order to target such advertisements or other information without your consent, and no email content or other personally identifiable information will be provided to advertisers as part of the Service.

9.     Account Inactivity. After a period of inactivity, The Communications Agency, Inc. reserves the right to disable or terminate a user’s account. If an account has been deactivated for inactivity, For more information on how The Communications Agency, Inc. deals with account inactivity, please consult the Program Policies.

10.   Publicity. Any use of The Communications Agency, Inc.’s trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features (“Brand Features”) must be in compliance with this Agreement and in compliance with The Communications Agency, Inc.’s then current Brand Feature use guidelines, and any content contained or reference therein, which may be found at the following URL: http://www.tcapublicrelations.com (or such other URL The Communications Agency, Inc. may provide from time to time). All logos on this website are trademarks of the respective owners.

11.   Termination; Cancellation. You may cancel your use of the Services and/or terminate this Agreement with or without cause at any time by providing notice to The Communications Agency, Inc. provided, however, that a terminated account may continue to exist for up to two business days before such cancellation takes effect. The Communications Agency, Inc. may at any time and for any reason terminate the Services, terminate this Agreement, or suspend or terminate your account. In the event of termination, your account will be disabled and you may not be granted access to your account or any files or other content contained in your account although residual copies of information may remain in our system. Except as set forth above or unless The Communications Agency, Inc. has previously canceled or terminated your use of the Services (in which case subsequent notice by The Communications Agency, Inc. shall not be required), if you have provided an alternate email address, The Communications Agency, Inc. will notify you via email of any such termination or cancellation, which shall be effective immediately upon The Communications Agency, Inc.’s delivery of such notice. Sections 3, 4, 5, 7, and 11 – 13 of the Agreement, along with applicable provisions of the general Terms of Service (including the section regarding limitation of liability), shall survive expiration or termination.

12.   Indemnification. You agree to hold harmless and indemnify The Communications Agency, Inc., and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, and employees from and against any third party claim arising from or in any way related to your use of the Service, including any liability or expense arising from all claims, losses, damages (actual and consequential), suits, judgments, litigation costs and attorneys’ fees, of every kind and nature. In such a case, The Communications Agency, Inc. will provide you with written notice of such claim, suit or action.

13.   Choice of Law; Jurisdiction. These Terms of Use will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Washington DC, without giving effect to its conflict of laws provisions or your actual state or country of residence. Any claims, legal proceeding or litigation arising in connection with the Service will be brought solely in Washington DC and you consent to the jurisdiction of such courts.

Communications Agency Logo Usage.
The Communications Agency Logo and trademarks are registered and protected by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. This logo may not be used, reproduced or manipulated. Infringement will result in prosecution.

Copywritten Material and Piracy.
All materials are copy written by The Communications agency and may not be reproduced or used in any way without prior written consent from The Communications Agency.

Partners and Affiliates
Partner and affiliate products and services are in no way guaranteed or endorsed by The Communications Agency unless specifically stated and substantiated by a letter or memorandum of record.

Link to The Communications Agency web site
Links from external websites may be linked with the understanding that the Communications Agency logo is clearly displayed with no stated or implied endorsement of external website products or services from the Communications Agency.

Online Event Registration Terms of Use and Conditions for entry:
YOU MUST BE 21 years or older to attend The Communications Agency, (“TCA”) or Couture By Design (CBD) events. Admission to this all events is at the discretion of the TCA, CBD, affiliates, partners or organizers.

TCA is delighted to have you attend our events. Please be considerate of our policies and respect your fellow guests. Appropriate attire is appreciated and strictly enforced and at the discretion of the organizers. PROPER ATTIRE: No torn, excessively baggy or holy Jeans, Athletic Gear, including sweat suits or warm-up suits, sneakers, construction boots, baseball caps, jerseys, or pajamas, etc.

The Communications Agency, its affiliates, sponsors, reserve the right, but not the obligation to photograph, film and capture you and your likeness, voice and any other effects. You further agree that these images may be used in production, exhibition, distribution, promotion, publicity and advertising for this or any future events sponsored by The Communications Agency and its affiliates throughout the world for perpetuity. We welcome your positive attitude and if your behavior becomes troublesome or bothersome to fellow guests we reserve the right to have you hastily removed. If you are removed for any reason, denied entry or otherwise dismissed, your admission is non-refundable.

ACCOUNT REGISTRATION
1.     General Member Account Registration
2.     Media Account Registration
3.     Vendor Account Registration
4.     Client Account Registration

In order to access certain www.tcapublicrelations.com  products and services, you may be required to register and obtain an account with The Communications Agency.

You should:
A. Provide true, accurate, current and complete information (collectively, “Registration Data”) when registering. Any fabricated, misleading or otherwise falsified data may lead to suspension, deletion or modification of your account and possibly criminal prosecution and

B. Update your Registration Data as necessary.
You will receive a password and account designation upon completing the TCA registration process. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and for all activities that occur through your account. You agree to immediately notify The Communications Agency of any and all unauthorized use of your www.tcapublicrelations.com username,  password or account or any other breach of security.

The Communications Agency will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to provide accurate information or to keep your password secure. Please use a unique combination of numbers and letters (upper and lower case) for passwords and be sure to log off from your account at the end of each session.