Terms of Use
These Terms of Use (the "Terms" or the "Agreement") set forth the binding legal agreement between you and International Riding Helmets, Inc. d.b.a. IRH Equestrian. The Agreement governs your use of irhequestrian.com and all of the related websites, products and services offered by IRH Equestrian, are collectively referred to as "IRH Equestrian," "we," or "us" in this Agreement.
These Terms provide important information to you, including your agreement under Section 8 to resolve any disputes by individual arbitration and to waive the right to participate in any kind of class action, unless you choose to opt-out as described in Section 8 below. The Terms also cover your agreement to grant us rights to your content, our limitation of liability to you and, if you choose to provide us with your phone number, your agreement to receive calls and text messages from us in accordance with applicable law. By agreeing to these Terms, you agree to resolve all disputes through binding individual arbitration, which means that you waive any right to have those disputes decided by a judge or jury, and that you waive your right to participate in class actions, class arbitrations, or any type of representative actions.
We encourage you to review this Agreement carefully. By accessing or using IRH Equestrian in any way, including browsing irhequestrian.com, you are agreeing to these Terms in their entirety. If you do not agree to any of the Terms, you may not use the IRH Equestrian platform.
1. Using IRH Equestrian
a. Who can use it. You must be at least the age of majority in the state where you live to use IRH Equestrian. Use of IRH Equestrian by anyone under 16 years of age is strictly prohibited!
b. Registration. Access to certain functionalities of IRH Equestrian will require you to register with us and to create an account on our Platform. If you register with IRH Equestrian, you agree to provide us with accurate information and update it as needed for accuracy. We will treat personal information you provide as part of registration in accordance with our Privacy Policy. You also may have the option to register for an account by linking your Facebook, Google, or Apple account.
c. Privacy Policy. Our privacy practices are set forth in our Privacy Policy. By using IRH Equestrian in any way, you understand and acknowledge that the terms of the Privacy Policy apply to you, regardless of whether you have created an account on IRH Equestrian.
d. Termination. You may close your account at any time by going to account settings and deactivating your account. We may permanently or temporarily suspend your use of IRH Equestrian at any time for any reason, without any notice or liability to you. We may terminate your account at any time for any or no reason. Upon termination of your use of IRH Equestrian, certain provisions will survive termination, as detailed in Section 9 (m).
e. Feedback. We welcome your feedback and suggestions about how to improve IRH Equestrian. Feel free to submit feedback by Contacting Us. By submitting feedback in this or in any other manner to us, you grant us the right, at our discretion, to use, disclose and otherwise exploit the feedback, in whole or part, without any restriction or compensation to you, as further described in Section 2 (b) below.
2. Your Content.
a. Definition of Your Content. IRH Equestrian enables you to post materials, including without limitation messages, comments, reviews of products. All materials that you post on IRH Equestrian will be referred to collectively as "Your Content."
b. License and Permission to Use Your Content. You hereby grant to us and our affiliates, licensees and sublicensees, without compensation to you or others, a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully paid-up, worldwide license (including the right to sublicense through multiple tiers) to use, reproduce, process, adapt, publicly perform, publicly display, modify, prepare derivative works, publish, transmit and distribute Your Content, or any portion thereof, throughout the world in any format, media or distribution method (whether now known or hereafter created) for the duration of any copyright or other rights in Your Content. Such permission will be perpetual and may not be revoked for any reason, to the maximum extent permitted by law. Further, to the extent permitted under applicable law, you waive and release and covenant not to assert any moral rights that you may have in Your Content. If you identify yourself by name or provide a picture or audio or video recording of yourself, you further authorize us and our affiliates, licensees and sublicensees, without compensation to you or others, to reproduce, print, publish and disseminate in any format or media (whether now known or hereafter created) your name, voice and likeness throughout the world, and such permission will be perpetual and cannot be revoked for any reason, except as required by applicable law. You further agree that we may use Your Content in any manner that we deem appropriate or necessary.
c. Ownership. We acknowledge and agree that you, or your licensors, as applicable, retain ownership of any and all copyrights in Your Content, subject to the non-exclusive rights granted to us in the paragraph above, and that no ownership of such copyrights is transferred to us under this Agreement. Further, with respect to Your Content in the form of photos, and subject to IRH Equestrian product and user experience considerations: (a) we will use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the attribution of such photos as submitted by you, and (b) we will not license or sublicense to third parties individual photos or collections of photos, except in each case for IRH Equestrian Business Purposes. "IRH Equestrian Business Purposes" means any use in connection with a IRH Equestrian-branded or co-branded website, application, publication or service, or any use which advertises, markets or promotes IRH Equestrian, the services or the information it contains, IRH Equestrian or its affiliates. IRH Equestrian Business Purpose specifically includes the use of Your Content on IRH Equestrian in connection with features and functions offered by IRH Equestrian to our users that enable them to view and interact with Your Content.
d. Your Responsibilities for Your Content. By posting, uploading, or submitting Your Content on IRH Equestrian, you represent and warrant to us that you have the ownership rights, or you have obtained all necessary licenses or permissions from any relevant parties, to use Your Content in this manner. This includes obtaining the right to grant us the rights to use Your Content in accordance with this Agreement. You are in the best position to judge whether Your Content is in violation of intellectual property or personal rights of any third-party. You accept full responsibility for avoiding infringement of the intellectual property or personal rights of others in connection with Your Content. You are responsible for ensuring that Your Content does not violate Copyright, Trademark or any applicable law or regulation. You agree to pay all royalties, fees, and any other monies owed to any person by reason of Your Content.
e. Limits. We reserve the right to remove Your Content, in whole or part, for any reason (which may include a reported violation of Copyright, Trademark or any applicable law or regulation. We reserve the right to remove Your Content, in whole or in part, submitted by you for any reason without notice. We do not guarantee that we will publish all of Your Content.
3. Our Content and Materials.
a. Definition of Our Content and Materials.All intellectual property in or related to IRH Equestrian (specifically including, but not limited to, our software, the IRH Equestrian logo, and IRH Equestrian widgets, but excluding Your Content), is the property of International Riding Helmets, Inc. d.b.a. IRH Equestrian, its subsidiaries and affiliates or its licensors ("Our Content and Materials").
b. Our License to You. Subject to these Terms of Use, including the restrictions below, we grant you a limited non-exclusive license to use and access Our Content and Materials in connection with your use of IRH Equestrian. Except as expressly agreed to otherwise by us (such as your entering into a vendor, advertiser, Site Designer, or other agreement with us), your use of IRH Equestrian must be limited to personal non-commercial use. We may terminate this license at any time for any reason. Except for the rights and license granted in these terms, we reserve all other rights and grant no other rights or licenses, implied or otherwise.
c. No Endorsement or Verification. Please note that IRH Equestrian enables access to third-party content, products, and services, and it offers interactions with third-parties that we do not control. We assume no responsibility for, nor do we endorse or verify the content, offerings or conduct of third-parties (including but not limited to the products or services offered by third-parties or the descriptions of the products or services offered by third-parties). Participation or availability on the IRH Equestrian does not amount to endorsement or verification by us. We make no warranties or representations with respect to the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of any content posted on IRH Equestrian by anyone.
d. Restrictions. Except as expressly provided in these Terms, you agree not to use, modify, reproduce, distribute, sell, license, reverse engineer, decompile, or otherwise exploit Our Content and Materials without our express written permission. IRH Equestrian’s permission to you for your use of the Platform expressly excludes commercial use by you of any information concerning product descriptions or professional listings for the benefit of another merchant. You are expressly prohibited from any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools in your use of IRH Equestrian.
e. Ownership. You acknowledge and agree that IRH Equestrian will remain the property of International Riding Helmets, Inc. d.b.a. IRH Equestrian. The content, information and services made available on IRH Equestrian are protected by U.S. and international copyright, trademark, and other laws, and you acknowledge that these rights are valid and enforceable. You acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by using IRH Equestrian.
4. Reporting Violations of Your Intellectual Property Rights, IRH Equestrian Policies, or Applicable Laws.
If you believe content on IRH Equestrian infringes your intellectual property rights, or otherwise violates applicable law, Contact Us. We have no obligation to delete content that you personally may find objectionable or offensive. We endeavor to respond promptly to requests for content removal, consistent with our policies described above and applicable law.
5. Disclaimers and Limitations of Liability.
PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY SINCE IT LIMITS THE LIABILITY OF IRH EQUESTRIAN ENTITIES TO YOU.
THE "IRH EQUESTRIAN ENTITIES" MEANS INTERNATIONAL RIDING HELMETS, INC. D.B.A.. IRH EQUESTRIAN, AND ANY SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, RELATED COMPANIES, SUPPLIERS, LICENSORS AND PARTNERS, AND THE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF EACH OF THEM. EACH PROVISION BELOW APPLIES TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW:
a. WE ARE PROVIDING YOU IRH EQUESTRIAN, SERVICES, INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS, AND THIRD-PARTY CONTENT ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE IRH EQUESTRIAN ENTITIES EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE, ACCURACY AND COMPLETENESS, UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE SERVICE, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING OR TRADE USAGE.
b. THE IRH EQUESTRIAN ENTITIES MAKE NO PROMISES WITH RESPECT TO, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL LIABILITY, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, FOR: (i) CONTENT POSTED BY ANY THIRD-PARTY ON IRH EQUESTRIAN, (ii) THE PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS OR PRODUCTS, (iii) THIRD-PARTY SITES AND ANY THIRD-PARTY PRODUCT OR SERVICE LISTED ON OR ACCESSIBLE TO YOU THROUGH THE SITE, (iv) PLANTS OR SEEDS FROM THE EXCHANGES, AND (v) THE QUALITY OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD-PARTY YOU ENCOUNTER IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SITE.
c. YOU AGREE THAT UNDER THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE IRH EQUESTRIAN ENTITIES WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, YOU AGREE THAT THE IRH EQUESTRIAN ENTITIES SPECIFICALLY WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR (i) ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, LOSS OF PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, REPUTATIONAL HARM, OR LOSS OF DATA (EVEN IF THE IRH EQUESTRIAN ENTITIES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR SUCH DAMAGES ARE FORESEEABLE) ARISING OUT OF AND IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, IRH EQUESTRIAN OR PRODUCTS OR (ii) ANY AMOUNT, IN THE AGGREGATE, IN EXCESS OF THE GREATER OF (A) ONE-HUNDRED DOLLARS (USD$100) OR (B) THE AMOUNTS PAID OR PAYABLE BY YOU TO IRH EQUESTRIAN IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLATFORM IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING THE APPLICABLE CLAIM. YOUR USE OF IRH EQUESTRIAN, PRODUCTS, INFORMATION, OR SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
6. Indemnification.
You agree to fully indemnify, defend, and hold the IRH Equestrian Entities and their directors, officers, employees, consultants, and other representatives, harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, costs (including reasonable attorneys' fees), and other expenses that arise directly or indirectly out of or from: (a) your breach of any part of this Agreement; (b) any allegation that any materials you submit to us or transmit to IRH Equestrian infringe or otherwise violate the copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or other intellectual property or other rights of any third party; (c) your activities in connection with IRH Equestrian or other websites to which IRH Equestrian is linked; and/or (d) your negligent or willful misconduct.
7. Dispute Resolution.
If you have a dispute with IRH Equestrian, you agree to contact us by submitting a form via Contact Us to attempt to resolve the issue informally first. If we are not able to resolve the dispute informally, then this section will govern any legal dispute that relates to IRH Equestrian or involves our services.
a. Binding Arbitration. You and IRH Equestrian agree that any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement or to your use of IRH Equestrian (collectively "Disputes") will be settled by binding arbitration, except that each party retains the right to seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent the actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation, or violation of a party's copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents, or other intellectual property rights. This means that you and IRH Equestrian both agree to waive the right to a trial by jury. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may bring a claim against IRH Equestrian in "small claims" court, instead of by arbitration, but only if the claim is eligible under the rules of the small claims court and is brought in an individual, non-class, and non-representative basis, and only for so long as it remains in the small claims court and in an individual, non-class, and non-representative basis.
b. Class Action Waiver. You and IRH Equestrian agree that any proceedings to resolve Disputes will be conducted on an individual basis and not in a class, consolidated, or representative action. This means that, in connection with any Dispute, you and IRH Equestrian both agree to waive the right to participate as a plaintiff as a class member in any class action proceeding. Further, unless you and IRH Equestrian agree otherwise in writing, the arbitrator in any Dispute may not consolidate more than one person's claims and may not preside over any form of class action proceeding.
c. Arbitration Administration and Rules. The arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") in accordance with the Consumer Arbitration Rules (if you use the IRH Equestrian Platform as a consumer) or Commercial Arbitration Rules (if you are a professional, vendor, or other business), as applicable and then in effect (the "AAA Rules"), except as modified by this "Dispute Resolution” section.
d. Arbitration Process. A party who desires to initiate the arbitration must provide the other party with a written Demand for Arbitration as specified in the AAA Rules. The arbitrator will be either a retired judge or an attorney licensed to practice law and will be selected by the parties from the AAA's roster of arbitrators with relevant experience. If the parties are unable to agree upon an arbitrator within 7 days of delivery of the Demand for Arbitration, then the AAA will appoint the arbitrator in accordance with AAA Rules.
e. Arbitration Location and Procedure. The seat of the arbitration shall be in Freehold, NJ, unless you and IRH Equestrian agree otherwise or the AAA Rules or AAA Consumer Due Process Protocol, as applicable, provide otherwise. If your claim does not exceed USD$10,000, then the arbitration will be conducted solely on the basis of documents you and IRH Equestrian submit to the arbitrator, unless you request a hearing and the arbitrator then determines that a hearing is necessary. If your claim exceeds USD$10,000, your right to a hearing will be determined by AAA Rules. Subject to AAA Rules, the arbitrator will have the discretion to direct a reasonable exchange of information by the parties, consistent with the expedited nature of the arbitration. Hearings may be conducted by telephone or video conference, if requested and agreed to by the parties.
f. Arbitrator's Decision and Governing Law. The arbitrator shall apply New Jersey law consistent with the Federal Arbitration Act and applicable statutes of limitations, and shall honor claims of privilege recognized by law. The arbitrator will render an award within the timeframe specified in the AAA Rules. Judgment on the arbitration may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Any award of damages by an arbitrator must be consistent with the "Disclaimers and Limitations of Liability" section above. The arbitrator may award declaratory or injunctive relief in favor of the claimant only to the extent necessary to provide relief warranted by the claimant's individual claim.
g. Fees. Each party's responsibility to pay the arbitration filing, administrative and arbitrator fees will depend on the circumstances of the arbitration and are set forth in the AAA Rules.
h. Opt-Out. You have the right to opt out of the arbitration provisions of Section 8 by sending a written notice of your decision to opt out to the following address: 15 Timer Lane, Marlboro NJ 07746. The notice must be postmarked within 30 days of the later of: (i) the date that you first agreed to the Terms; and (ii) the date that you became subject to this provision under Section 8(h). You must include all of the following in the written notice: (1) your name and mailing address; (2) the email address associated with your account; and (3) a clear statement that you want to opt out of this Agreement’s arbitration agreement.
If you have a dispute with with any third party, you agree that IRH Equestrian is under no obligation to become involved. In the event that you have a dispute with one or more other users, you release IRH Equestrian its directors, officers, employees, agents, and successors from claims, demands, and damages of every kind or nature, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, disclosed or undisclosed, arising out of or in any way related to such disputes and/or IRH Equestrian. As part of this release, you expressly waive any protections (whether statutory or otherwise) that would otherwise limit this release to only include those claims that you may know or suspect to exist in your favor at the time of agreeing to this release.
8. Communications.
You are not required to agree to receive promotional text messages, calls or pre-recorded messages as a condition of using IRH Equestrian. By electing to submit your phone number to us and agreeing to these Terms, you agree to receive communications from the IRH Equestrian Entities, including via text messages, calls, pre-recorded messages, and push notifications, any of which may be generated by automatic telephone dialing systems. These communications include, for example, operational communications concerning your account or use of IRH Equestrian, updates concerning new and existing features on IRH Equestrian, communications concerning promotions run by us or third parties, and news relating to IRH Equestrian and industry developments. Standard text message charges applied by your telephone carrier may apply to text messages we send. If you submit someone else’s phone number or email address to us to receive communications from the IRH Equestrian Entities, you represent and warrant that each person for whom you provide a phone number or email address has consented to receive communications from IRH Equestrian.
If you wish to stop receiving promotional emails or promotional text messages, we provide the following methods for you to opt-out or unsubscribe: (a) follow the instructions we provide in the email or initial text message for that category of promotional emails or text messages or (b) if you have an account on IRH Equestrian, you may opt-out or unsubscribe using your settings.
9. Miscellaneous.
a. Notice for California Users. Under California Civil Code Section 1789.3, California users of IRH Equestrian are entitled to the following specific consumer rights notice: The services are International Riding Helmets, Inc. d.b.a. IRH Equestrian, 922 State Route 33, Building 8, Suite 803, Freehold, NJ 07728. If you have a question or complaint regarding the Service, please contact IRH Equestrian by writing to our mailing address. California residents may reach the Consumer Assistance Unit of the Consumer Information Division of the California Department of Consumer Affairs, which may be contacted in writing at 1625 N. Market Blvd., Suite N 112, Sacramento, California 95834, or by telephone at (916) 445-1254 or (800) 952-5210 or Hearing Impaired at TDD (800) 326-2297 or TDD (916) 322-1700.
b. Supplemental Terms for Certain Services.Certain services offered on IRH Equestrian may require you to enter into a separate agreement and/or be subject to additional terms. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the terms of that separate agreement, the terms of this Agreement will control.
c. Application Provider Terms. If you access IRH Equestrian through a IRH Equestrian application, you acknowledge that this Agreement is between you and IRH Equestrian only, and not with another application service or application platform provider (such as Apple, Inc. or Google Inc.), which may provide you the application subject to its own terms.
d. Controlling Law and Jurisdiction. This Agreement will be interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey and the United States of America, without regard to their conflict-of-law provisions. You and we agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of a federal or state court located in Monmouth County, New Jersey for any actions for which the arbitration provision, as set forth in Section 8, does not apply.
e. Export. IRH Equestrian is controlled and operated from our United States offices in New Jersey. IRH Equestrian software is further subject to United States export controls. No software for IRH Equestrian may be downloaded or otherwise exported or re-exported in violation of any applicable laws or regulations. You also represent that you are not (1) located in a country that is subject to a U.S. government embargo, and (2) listed on any U.S. government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
f. Changes. We reserve the right to:
i. change the terms of this Agreement, consistent with applicable law;
ii. change IRH Equestrian, including eliminating or discontinuing any information or services or other features in whole or in part; and
iii. deny or terminate your IRH Equestrian account, or use of and access to IRH Equestrian.
If we make material changes to the Terms, we will notify you through IRH Equestrian, by email, or by other means, to offer you an opportunity to review the changes before they become effective. You agree that your continued use of IRH Equestrian after such changes become effective constitutes your acceptance of the changes. If you do not agree with any updates to this Agreement, you may not continue to use IRH Equestrian. Be sure to return to this page periodically to ensure your familiarity with the most current version of the Terms of Use. Any changes to the Terms will be effective on a going forward basis.
g. Languages. The English version of this Agreement will be the binding version and all communications, notices, arbitrations and other actions and proceedings relating to this Agreement will be made and conducted in English, even if we choose to provide translations of this Agreement into the native languages in certain countries. To the extent allowed by law, any inconsistencies among the different translations will be resolved in favor of the English version.
h. Assignment. No terms of this Agreement, nor any right, obligation, or remedy hereunder is assignable, transferable, delegable, or sublicensable by you except with IRH Equestrian’s prior written consent, and any attempted assignment, transfer, delegation, or sublicense shall be null and void. IRH Equestrian may assign, transfer, or delegate this Agreement or any right or obligation or remedy hereunder in its sole discretion.
i. Waiver. Our failure to assert a right or provision under this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
j. Headings. Any heading, caption, or section title contained is inserted only as a matter of convenience and in no way defines or explains any section or provision hereof.
k. Further Assurances. You agree to execute a hard copy of this Agreement and any other documents, and take any actions at our expense that we may request to confirm and effect the intent of this Agreement and any of your rights or obligations under this Agreement.
l. Entire Agreement and Severability. This Agreement supersedes all prior terms, agreements, discussions and writings regarding IRH Equestrian and constitutes the entire agreement between you and us regarding IRH Equestrian. If any part of this Agreement is found to be unenforceable, then that part will not affect the enforceability of the remaining parts of the Agreement, which will remain in full force and effect.
m. Survival. The following provisions will survive expiration or termination of this Agreement: Section 2 (Your Content), Section 3(d)(Restrictions) and 3(e)(Ownership), Section 6 (Disclaimers and Limitations of Liability), Section 7 (Indemnification), Section 7 (Dispute Resolution) and Section 9 (Miscellaneous).
10. Contact. Feel free to contact us by visiting Contact Us with any questions about this Agreement.
IRH Equestrian
922 State Route 33, Building 8, Suite 803, Freehold, NJ 07728
Effective May 15, 2023