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General ScopeThese Terms of Use are entered into by and between you and Samy’s Camera, Inc., brands, trademarks, and service marks (referred to in these Terms of Use as “Samy’s,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). The following terms and conditions, together with any documents they expressly incorporate by reference, (the “Terms of Use”), govern your access to and use of all our websites, including, but not limited to, www.samys.com, www.samys.com/rental, www.samysphotoschool.com (collectively, the “Site”) including any content, functionality and services offered on or through the Site as well as to your voluntary choice to submit information through the Site. Acceptance of the Terms of UsePlease read the Terms of Use carefully before you start to use the Site. By using the Site, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy, found at www.samys.com incorporated herein by reference. If you do not want to agree to these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Site. Who is Authorized to Access the SiteThis Site is offered and available only to users who are of legal age and status to form a binding contract and reside in the United States or any of its territories. By using this Site, you represent and warrant that you are of legal age to form a binding contract with the Company and meet all of the foregoing eligibility requirements. If you do not meet all of these requirements, you must not access or use the Site. Changes to the Terms of UseWe may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them and apply to all access to and use of the Site by you after the change is posted to the Site. However, any changes to the dispute resolution provisions set forth in the “Arbitration” section below will not apply to any disputes for which the parties have actual notice on or prior to the date the change is posted on the Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page each time you access this Site, so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you. Accessing the Site and Account SecurityWe reserve the right to withdraw or amend this Site, and any service or material we provide on the Site, in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Site is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Site to registered users. You are responsible for:
To access some products and services, including but not limited to career opportunities, photography equipment rentals, purchases, workshop enrollment, and class registrations, you may be asked to provide certain information and/or registration details. It is a condition of your use of the Site that all the information you provide on the Site is correct, current, and complete. You agree that all information you provide on this Site and/or to register with this Site, including but not limited to through the Career Opportunities feature, is governed by our Privacy Policy and you consent to all actions we take with respect to your information consistent with our Privacy Policy. If you choose, or are provided with, a username, password, or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your account is personal to you and agree not to provide any other person with access to this Site or portions of it using your username, password, or other security information. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your username or password or any other breach of security. You also agree to ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. You should use particular caution when accessing your account from a public or shared computer so that others are not able to view or record your password or other personal information. We have the right to disable any username, password, or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by us, at any time in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use. Assumption of Risk for Travel, Nature, and Adventure, and Photo Walks Assumption of Risk
Health, Travel, and Insurance Intellectual Property RightsThe Site and its entire contents, features and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video and audio, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof), are owned by the Company, its licensors or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws. These Terms of Use permit you to use the Site for your personal, non-commercial use only. You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store or transmit any of the material on our Site. You must not:
You must not access or use for any commercial purposes any part of the Site or any services or materials available through the Site. If you print, copy, modify, download, or otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of the Site in breach of the Terms of Use, your right to use the Site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. No right, title, or interest in or to the Site or any content on the Site is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by the Company. Any use of the Site not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. No LicenseWithout the approval of Samy’s or of its relevant licensor in writing, no license or other right to the use of the contents on the Site is granted either explicitly or implicitly or in any other way. Any unauthorized use of the materials is strictly prohibited and will be subject to civil and criminal prosecution by Samy’s. TrademarksSamy’s name, logo and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans are trademarks of Samy’s or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of Samy’s. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans on this Site are the trademarks of their respective owners. Prohibited UsesYou may use the Site only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use. You agree not to use the Site:
Additionally, you agree not to:
SubmissionsAll employment applications, photography equipment rentals, purchases, workshop enrollments, and class registrations, contact information submissions and other contents which you provide to the Company, will be regarded as provided on a non-confidential basis. The Company reserves the right to use this information at its exclusive discretion. The Company is not subject to any obligation (i) to treat the submissions as confidential or (ii) to respond to any submissions. You are responsible for ensuring that none of your submissions infringe the rights of third parties (including copyright, trademark, patent, commercial secrecy, privacy or other personal rights or intellectual property rights) and to that extent indemnify the Company from all claims of third parties, including attorneys’ fees. Reliance on Information PostedThe information presented on or through the Site is made available solely for general information purposes. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of this information. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you or any other visitor to the Site, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents. This Site may contain links to third-party websites, apps, or platforms (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, Youtube) that the Company does not control. The Company is not responsible for the content in any of those third-party Sites. The Company makes no representations about whether it is safe to visit those Sites or the accuracy of the information they contain. If you choose to visit any of these third-party Sites, use or rely on the information they contain, or purchase any products or services through them, you do so at your own risk. The Company does not implicitly endorse third-party sites hyperlinked to or from this Site. Fees And Payment TermsTo the extent any portion of the services, including but not limited to photography rentals, purchases, workshop enrollments, and class registrations, are made available for a fee, you will be required to select a payment plan and provide Samy’s with valid and current payment information, including credit card details or another acceptable payment instrument. You represent and warrant to Samy’s that the payment information you provide is accurate, complete, and that you are authorized to use the designated payment instrument. You agree to promptly update your account information, including but not limited to changes in your billing address, credit card expiration date, or any other relevant details necessary to process payments. You further agree to pay Samy’s the amount specified for your selected purchases in accordance with the payment plan and its terms and these Terms of Use. By providing payment information, you authorize Sam’s to charge your designated credit or debt card in advance and on a reoccurring basis, as applicable, in accordance with the terms of your selected payment plan, until you terminate your account or cancel the applicable service. You acknowledge and agree that your continued use of the services after any pricing change becomes effective constitutes your acceptance of an agreement to pay the updated amount, unless prohibited by law. Samy’s Credit CardSamy’s offers a credit card issued by Synchrony Financial (“Samy’s credit card”). Use of the Samy’s credit card is subject to the terms and conditions set forth by Synchrony Financial, including applicable interest rates, fees, and repayment obligations. By applying for or using the Samy’s credit card, you agree to abide by the terms of your credit card agreement with Synchrony Financial. For inquiries regarding billing, payments, or account terms, please contact Synchrony or visit their website at www.synchrony.com. Linking to the Site and Social Media FeaturesYou may link content on this Site to your social media, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval, or endorsement on our part without our express written consent. This Site may provide certain social media features that enable you to:
You may use these features solely as they are provided by us, and solely with respect to the content they are displayed with and otherwise in accordance with any additional terms and conditions we provide with respect to such features. Subject to the foregoing, you must not:
You agree to cooperate with us in causing any unauthorized framing or linking immediately to cease. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. We may disable all or any social media features and any links at any time without notice in our discretion. Links from the SiteIf the Site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your convenience only. This includes links contained in advertisements, including banner advertisements and sponsored links. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access any of the third-party Sites linked to this Site, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such Sites. Geographic RestrictionsThe owner of the Site is based in the state of California in the United States. We provide this Site for use only by persons located in the United States. The Company does not target, market to, or offer its products or services to customers outside the United States. You agree not to submit your personally identifiable information through the Site if you reside outside the United States. We make no claims that the Site or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. Access to the Site may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Site from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws. Promotions Any and all offers or promotions advertised on the Site or by us are void where prohibited and are subject to the posting of any official rules to such offers or promotions. Disclaimer of WarrantiesYou understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the internet or the Site will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our site for any reconstruction of any lost data. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON IT, OR ON ANY SITE LINKED TO IT. YOUR USE OF THE SITE, ITS CONTENT AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE SITE, ITS CONTENT AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER SAMY’S NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH SAMY’S MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY OR AVAILABILITY OF THE SITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER SAMY’S NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH SAMY’S REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE SITE, ITS CONTENT OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT OUR SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS OR THAT THE SITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS. SAMY’S 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 on LiabilityIN NO EVENT WILL SAMY’S ITS AFFILIATES OR THEIR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, SUPPLIERS, AGENTS, OFFICERS OR DIRECTORS OR SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNEES OF EACH BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT, PRODUCT LIABILITY, STATUTORY VIOLATIONS OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH (A) YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE, ANY SITES LINKED TO IT, ANY CONTENT ON THE SITE OR SUCH OTHER SITES OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE OR SUCH OTHER SITES, (B) ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY ANY RELIANCE ON, OR ANY DELAYS, INACCURACIES, ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN, ANY INFORMATION ACCESSED ON OR THROUGH THE SITE, (C) ANY TRANSACTION ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THE SITE, (D) YOUR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE FOR WHATEVER REASON, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE OR ANY OTHER FAILURE WITH TRANSMISSION OR DELIVERY OF ANY INFORMATION ACCESSED ON OR THOUGH THE SITE, (E) THE DELETION, CORRECTION, DESTRUCTION, DAMAGE, LOSS OR FAILURE TO STORE ANY INFORMATION, (F) THE USE OF ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OBTAINED ON OR THROUGH THE SITE, (G) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO THE SITE AND UNAUTHORIZED ALTERATION TO TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA, (H) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SITE, OR (I) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SITE. THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. IndemnificationYou agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates and their licensors, service providers, shareholders, employees, contractors, suppliers, agents, officers, directors, successors and assignees from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Use or your use of the Site, including, but not limited to, any use of the Site's content, services and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use or your use of any information obtained from the Site. AssignmentIf the Company sells its assets to, or is acquired by another company, or if the Company merges with another company, you, by using this Site, authorize the Company to assign the personally identifiable information you provided to the Company or that the Company collected while you used this Site. Choice of Law and ForumBy using this Site, you agree that the laws of the United States and the laws of the State of California govern these Terms of Use and any claim or dispute you may bring against the Company. You also agree that any arbitration arising from these Terms of Use will be held in accordance with the Federal Arbitration Act. Subject to the Dispute Resolution procedure stated below, any legal suit, arbitration, action or proceeding arising out of, or related to, these Terms of Use or your use of the Site shall be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of the United States or the courts of the State California or before California arbitrators in each case located in the County of Los Angeles. Arbitration and Dispute ResolutionBy accessing and/or using this Site, you agree to try to settle any dispute with Samy’s arising from or related to your use or access of this Site by sending a letter describing the basis for the dispute and allowing the Company at least 30 days to respond after the Company will have received your letter. If you want to send such a letter to the Company, send it to webmaster@samys.com. The Company will respond to you at the address the Company has on file for you. The parties will cooperate and attempt in good faith to resolve any dispute or claim arising out of or relating to this arbitration agreement or the construction, interpretation, performance, breach, termination, enforceability, or validity thereof, or arising out of or relating to your use of or access to the Site. You and Samy’s agree to attempt to resolve the dispute under the terms described in the preceding paragraph before you or Samy’s will commence any litigation or file a claim against the other party. By accessing and/or using this Site, you unconditionally agree that any dispute which cannot otherwise be resolved as provided above after the parties have negotiated the resolution of the dispute for at least fifteen (15) business days will be decided entirely by binding arbitration on an individual basis, which means you and the Company waive the right for a judge or jury to decide such claims and means that you may not proceed in a class, collective, or consolidated capacity. Your rights and Samy’s rights during the arbitration process may be more limited than the rights you or Samy’s would have in civil trial or appellate courts. The Federal Arbitration Act and federal arbitration law apply to this arbitration agreement. At the beginning of any arbitration process under this arbitration agreement, you and the Company will need to select an arbitrator by mutual agreement. The arbitrator shall be a retired federal judge or judge of the state court of general jurisdiction, or another qualified and impartial person that you and the Company decide upon. In the event you and the Company cannot agree on the selection of an arbitrator, the Company will select an alternative dispute resolution provider and request from that provider a list of an odd number of potential arbitrators. From that list you and the Company will alternatively strike arbitrators, with the Company going first, until one arbitrator is left. That arbitrator shall be the arbitrator who will hear the case. If you and the Company cannot agree on an alternative dispute resolution provider, an arbitrator will be appointed according to law. Payment of all filing, administration and arbitrator fees will be governed by the selected arbitrator’s or alternative dispute resolution provider’s applicable rules. The arbitrator shall have the same authority as a state or federal court would have to issue subpoenas to third parties for production of documents and for depositions, in addition to subpoenas to appear at any arbitration hearing. In any arbitration proceeding under this arbitration agreement, all rules of pleading under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Federal Rules of Evidence, and all rights to resolution of the dispute by means of motions for summary judgment, judgment on the pleadings shall apply and be observed, unless you and the Company agree otherwise. The arbitrator shall have the immunity of a judicial officer from civil liability when acting in the capacity of an arbitrator, which immunity supplements any other existing immunity. Likewise, all communications during or in connection with the arbitration proceedings shall be privileged. The arbitrator’s award(s) shall include the arbitrator’s written reasoned opinion. Resolution of all disputes shall be based solely upon the law governing the claims and defenses pleaded, and the arbitrator may not invoke any basis (including but not limited to, notions of “just cause”) other than such controlling law. You and the Company each agree to bring any dispute in arbitration on an individual basis only, and not on a class, consolidated, representative or collective action basis. This arbitration agreement shall not be construed to allow or permit the consolidation or joinder of claims of other claimants, or to permit such claims to proceed as a class, representative, or collective action. If for any reason a claim proceeds in court rather than in arbitration, we each waive any right to a jury trial or to participate in a class action against the other. No arbitrator shall have the authority under this arbitration agreement to order any such class or collective action. Any dispute regarding the validity, scope, or enforceability of this arbitration agreement, or concerning the arbitrability of a particular claim, shall be resolved by a court, not by the arbitrator. You agree to waive any substantive or procedural rights that you may have to bring or participate in an action brought on a class or collective basis. The arbitral award will be final and binding. The parties waive any right to appeal the arbitral award, to the extent a right to appeal may be lawfully waived. Each party will bear its own fees, costs and expenses of the arbitration, and its own legal expenses, attorneys’ fees, and costs of all experts and witnesses, provided, however, that the arbitrator may award arbitration costs, including legal, auditing, and other fees to the prevailing party in the arbitration proceeding if the party prevails on a claim based on a statute or contract that provides for award of such attorneys’ fees and costs to the prevailing party. Each party retains the right to seek judicial assistance: (a) to compel arbitration; (b) to obtain interim measures of protection prior to or pending arbitration; (c) to seek injunctive relief in the courts of any jurisdiction as may be necessary and appropriate to protect the unauthorized disclosure of its proprietary or confidential information or to enjoin infringement or other misuse of intellectual property rights; or (d) to enforce any decision of the arbitrator, including the final award. THIS SECTION LIMITS CERTAIN RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO MAINTAIN A COURT ACTION, THE RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL, THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY FORM OF CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE CLAIM, THE RIGHT TO ENGAGE IN DISCOVERY EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR AS PROVIDED IN THE ARBITRATOR’S OR ARBITRATION AGENCY’S APPLICABLE RULES, AND THE RIGHT TO CERTAIN REMEDIES AND FORMS OF RELIEF. OTHER RIGHTS THAT YOU OR SAMY’S WOULD HAVE IN COURT ALSO MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE IN ARBITRATION. Waiver and SeverabilityNo waiver by the Company of any term or condition set forth in these Terms of Use 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 the Company to assert a right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of these Terms of Use 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 the Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect. Violation of these Terms and RemediesBy using this Site, you unconditionally agree that the Company may terminate and/or block your access to the Site at its sole discretion and without prior notice. You also unconditionally agree that any threatened or actual violation by you of these Terms constitutes an unlawful and unfair business practice. You agree that any threatened or actual violation by you will cause unquantifiable and irreparable harm to the Company for which monetary damages would be inadequate and consent to the Company’s obtaining any injunctive or equitable relief that the Company deems necessary or appropriate. These remedies are in addition to any other remedies that the Company may have at law or in equity. Entire AgreementThese Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and the Company with respect to the Site and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations, and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to the Site. Your Comments and ConcernsThis Site is operated by Samy’s Camera **Last modified April 23rd, 2025. |
