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terms & conditions

THE Western Union® FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

terms of use

When submitting a Yes! Story, you confirm that you intend for the content to be viewed by the public.

Your name will be listed in our Yes! Story display page. This page will be viewable by visitors to www.wuyeseffect.com.

Western Union® may, in its sole discretion, refuse to upload or remove any material that we have reason to believe infringes or violates any third party's rights, including without limitation, copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, privacy, publicity or moral rights.

This site is operated by:

Profero Ltd.
Centro 3
19 Mandela St
London UK
NW1 0DU

Registered In England and Wales No. 353 4827
GB VAT No. 718.6215.32

our responsibility to you

While we endeavor to ensure that the Site is normally available 24 hours a day, we will not be liable if for any reason if the Site is not available at any time or for any period. Access to the Site may be suspended temporarily from time to time and without notice in the case of system failure, maintenance or repair or for any other reason beyond our control or if we deem it necessary. For the avoidance of doubt, we will not be liable for any loss or liability which may be suffered or incurred by you as a result of any suspension of, or interruption to, the operation of the Site.

This Site, including all content on or available through the Site, is provided on an ‘as is’ basis and we do not make any representation or give any warranty in respect of the Site or any of its content. In particular, but without limitation, we do not give any warranty as to the accuracy, suitability, reliability, completeness, performance, fitness, freedom from viruses or timeliness of the content or services contained on the Site. The content of the Site is not intended as advice and should not be relied upon.

prohibited activity

You may not access or use the Western Union website (a) in violation of any law (including those relating to export control), (b) in a manner that infringes any intellectual property rights, proprietary rights, or rights of publicity or privacy, (c) to transmit offensive, harassing or threatening materials, (d) to transmit fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading materials, (e) to advance any type of fraud or financial scam, (f) to transmit viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, or other materials harmful to Western Union's website, to a website user or to any other third party, (g) to initiate, relay or retransmit commercial e-mail messages, (h) to resell Western Union’s services, (i) to attempt to violate the security of Western Union's website, or (j) with any robot, spider, scraper or other automated device.

communications with western union

Any material, question, comment, suggestion or other information (collectively, "Information") that you communicate to Western Union will be deemed to be property of Western Union. We will use such Information in accordance with Western Union's Online Privacy Statement and applicable laws. We shall have no other obligations with respect to Information that you communicate and shall be free to (a) reproduce, use, disclose, exhibit, display, transform, create derivative works from and distribute such Information without limitation, and (b) use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in such Information for any purpose.

The Site is run for Western Union Financial Services, Inc of 12500 E. Belford Avenue, Englewood, Colorado, USA, a Colorado corporation registered company with number 22 299 3574 (Western Union) and references to “we”, “us”, “our” are references to Western Union.

liability

We and our group companies and our and their officers, directors, employees, shareholders or agents, exclude all liability and responsibility for any amount or kind of loss or damage that may result to you or a third party (including without limitation, any direct, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damages, or any loss of income, profits, goodwill, data, contracts, use of money, or loss or damages arising from or connected in any way to business interruption, and whether in tort (including without limitation negligence), contract or otherwise) in any way or in connection with:

(a) the Site;

(b) the use, inability to use or the results of use of the Site;

(c) any websites linked to the Site or the material on such websites;

(d) your downloading of any material from the Site or any websites linked to the Site; or

(e) viruses that may infect your computer equipment, software, data or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing the Site.

You shall indemnify us (and you shall keep us indemnified) and hold us and our directors, employees, agents and representatives harmless against any claim, loss, expense, liability or damages suffered by us resulting from the use of the content or data which you have submitted to the Site or your breach of these Terms and Conditions.

Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall exclude any party’s liability for: (a) death or personal injury arising through negligence; (b) fraudulent misrepresentation; and/or (c) anything else that cannot be excluded or limited by us under New York law.

intellectual property

The Site, the content including but not limited to designs, graphics, pictures, videos, information, applications, software, music, sound an other files and their selection and arrangement, and all intellectual property relating to them and contained in them (including but not limited to copyrights, patents, database rights, trademarks and service marks) are owned by us, our affiliates, or third parties. All right, title and interest in and to the Site shall remain our property and/or the property of such other third parties.

governing law

Our agreement with you is governed by the laws of the State of New York, USA and any dispute arising in connection with this agreement shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New York.

Western Union submission policy

I understand and agree that all content that I submit to Western Union Financial Services, Inc., shall be subject to and shall comply with the following:

1. The content I am submitting is Appropriate Content in accordance with the following standards:
   • Does not infringe or violate any other person's copyrights, privacy rights, trademarks, trade secrets, or rights in other confidential information.
   • Is not harassing, libelous, slanderous, defamatory, discriminatory, offensive, obscene, profane, or otherwise objectionable.
   • Is not intended to threaten the safety of others and does not have the effect of causing a reasonable person to perceive a threat to his or her safety.
   • Contains no "viruses," "worms," "Trojan horse" or any other contaminating or destructive features, or features designed to interfere with or disrupt the normal flow or use of this website.
   • Is not fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading or otherwise used to advance any type of fraud or financial scam.
   • Does not attempt to violate the security of any Western Union website.
2. I am at least 18 years old.
3. I will not engage in or otherwise support, any denial of service attack and will not use any robot, spider, scraper, or other automated device on this website.
4. Western Union does not have to give me credit for this content when it is used in any way by Western Union; however, Western Union shall, at its option, have the right to use my name in connection with any content that I submit.
5. Neither I nor any other person who submits an entry, or any portion thereof, will receive any compensation for any use or uses of this content by Western Union, its affiliates, or assignees.
6. No one else has any rights in the entry submitted, or if someone else has rights in the message, she or he has given me permission to submit the entry in accordance with this Submission Policy.
7. Western Union, at its option, may choose not to use or display any submitted content and may remove any content from this website after display on this website.
8. Under no circumstances shall Western Union be required to return any of the content that I submit.
9. I agree that by submitting this entry, I am granting Western Union, its affiliates and assignees a perpetual, unconditional, irrevocable, royalty-free license to display, reproduce, distribute, and perform the content that I submit.
10. I agree to indemnify, defend, and hold Western Union, its affiliates and assignees harmless against any third party claims, losses, liabilities, costs, expenses, or damages, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred by reason of (a) any breach by me of any representation, warranty, or covenant in this Submission Policy; or (b) my negligent and/or willful acts or omissions.

I acknowledge that I have read, understand, and accept the above Submission Policy and the terms of Western Union’s Privacy Policy.