Terms of Service
Effective Date: April 28, 2025
1. Introduction & Acceptance of Terms
Welcome to ignitethemic.com. These Terms of Service govern your access to and use of our Service. Please read them carefully. These Terms apply to everyone who visits or uses the Service.
By accessing or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you disagree with any part of these Terms, you do not have permission to access or use the Service.
2. User Accounts
- Account Creation: To access certain features of the Service, you may need to create an account. When doing so, you must provide information that is accurate, complete, and current. Providing inaccurate or incomplete information is a breach of these Terms and may result in the immediate termination of your account.
- Password Security: You are responsible for protecting the password you use for the Service. You are also responsible for any activities or actions that occur under your account, whether authorized by you or not. This applies whether your password is with our Service or a third-party service linked to your account.
- Password Disclosure: You agree not to share your password with any third party.
- Security Breaches: You must notify IGNITE THE MIC immediately if you become aware of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account.
3. Links to Third-Party Websites & Services
Our Service may contain links to websites or services operated by third parties that are not owned or controlled by IGNITE THE MIC. IGNITE THE MIC has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services. You acknowledge and agree that IGNITE THE MIC is not liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or potentially caused by or in connection with your use of or reliance on any content, goods, or services available through such third-party sites or services.
4. Termination
- Termination by IGNITE THE MIC: We may terminate or suspend your access to the Service and/or your account immediately, without prior notice or liability, for any reason, including, but not limited to, if you breach these Terms.
- Effect of Termination: Upon termination, your right to use the Service will cease immediately.
- Termination by User: If you wish to terminate your account, you may do so by discontinuing your use of the Service.
- Survival: Certain provisions of these Terms are intended to survive termination. These include, but are not limited to, provisions regarding ownership, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability. These provisions shall remain in effect even after termination.
5. Governing Law
These Terms shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, United States, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.
6. General Provisions
- Waiver: Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of those rights.
- Severability: If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable by a court, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.
- Entire Agreement: These Terms constitute the entire agreement between IGNITE THE MIC and you regarding the Service, and they supersede and replace any prior agreements we might have had between us regarding the Service.
7. Changes to These Terms
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. If a revision is considered material (as determined solely by us), we will try to provide at least 30 days’ notice prior to any new terms taking effect (e.g., by posting on the Service or via email if you’ve provided one). By continuing to access or use our Service after those revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised terms. If you do not agree to the new terms, you must stop using the Service.
8. Community Conduct and Discussions
When participating in discussions or using interactive features of the Service, you agree to the following rules:
- Respectful Interaction: Personal attacks, harassment, and threatening behavior are strictly prohibited.
- No Offensive Content: Do not post content that is sexist, racist, misogynistic, homophobic, or makes broad, offensive generalizations about groups of people.
- No Provocation: Comments or posts written intentionally to provoke others (“trolling”) are not allowed and will be removed.
- Intellectual Property: Do not post copyrighted material unless you own the rights or have properly cited the source in accordance with fair use principles. Plagiarism is prohibited.
- Profanity: Comments containing profanity may be automatically filtered or removed. Using profanity specifically to insult, antagonize, or inflame others is prohibited and will lead to content removal and potential account action.
We reserve the right to remove content and take action against users who violate these community conduct rules, up to and including termination of access or accounts.