Terms of Use

  1. By using, requesting to use, or registering to use the Site or the Services, you agree that you have read, understand, and will be bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree or are unable to agree to be bound by these Terms of Use, do not use the Site or the Services.
  2. You understand and agree that we may revise, modify, and/or supplement these Terms of Use (the “Revised Terms of Use”) from time to time. If you do not agree to the terms of any Revised Terms of Use, you must stop using the Site and the Services. By continuing to use the Site or Services after the revised terms have been posted, you expressly agree to be bound by the Revised Terms of Use and acknowledge that your continued use of and access to the Site and/or Services is valid consideration for the Revised Terms of Use.
  3. What SNO Ads Is: We are an advertisement placement service that is part of a network of companies providing web hosting, web design, web marketing, and other web support to scholastic news and media organizations.
  4. What We Do: We provide an automated portal for advertisers to register an account, select geographic advertising targets, and upload advertisements to be served to Host Sites (as defined below) within those target areas. We serve only advertisements that comply with the standards and requirements of the organization operating the Host Sites. The Services may change from time to time, and we reserve the right to modify, suspend, or terminate the Services with or without notice.
  5. Use of the Site: You must be at least 18 years old to register an account through the Site or to use the Services. By using the Site, you agree that you have read and understood our Privacy Policy, which is hereby incorporated into and made a part of these Terms of Use.
  6. Definitions: The following definitions apply:
    • “User Content” is any advertisement, logo, image, media file, link, text, code, script, or other information you upload or otherwise submit through the Site.
    • “Users” are persons or entities who either register an account through the Site, use the Services, or both.
    • “Host Sites” are websites that have registered to host advertisements through the Services.
  7. Conditions of the Services: In addition to other terms and conditions stated in these Terms of Use, the following shall apply to the provision of Services:
    • When providing the Services, we require one ongoing point of contact for each User. That contact must have the authority to make design, content, and marketing decisions.
    • We reserve the right to refuse any advertisement or other User-uploaded content which may be deemed offensive, abusive, defamatory, or in any breach of copyright law. It is your duty to establish the rights to any material supplied for inclusion in the project. We cannot be held liable for any breaches in copyright or privacy as a result of images or content you supply.
    • We may restrict which Host Sites a given advertisement may appear on or be served to in accordance with Host Site advertising restrictions or our reasonable interpretation of a given Host Site’s advertising restrictions. We may cease serving an inmainidual advertisement to a given Host Site if the Host Site notifies us of an objection to the form or content of the advertisement.
    • Service of advertisements on a given Host Site may be terminated without prior notice in the event that a Host Site ceases to operate or ceases to participate in the Services as a Host Site.
    • Unless you have hired us to create it, you must provide all text, copy, logos, artwork, and images for the advertisements you submit to us.
    • Unless you have hired us to create or edit it, we will assume that any advertisement submitted by you is final and we will not be liable for any dissatisfaction with such advertisements.
  8. User Accounts: Users must register an account through the Site and purchase a plan in order to use the Services.
    • Registering an Account:
      • You must be at least 18 years of age to register an account or use the Services. By registering, you certify that you are 18 years of age or older.
      • During the registration process, you will be asked to create a username and password. Your username and password are for your use alone and may not be shared with anyone. If you believe that someone other than you has accessed your account, contact us immediately. To the extent permitted by law, you will be responsible for all activities that occur under your account and SNO Ads will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from such activities.
      • SNO Ads reserves the right to suspend or terminate any account that is inactive for a period of more than three months.
    • Lawful Use
      • It is your responsibility to identify and obey all applicable law regarding use of any Services available through the Site. By purchasing any Services through the Site, you represent that the Services will be used only in a lawful manner.
    • Payment
      • We accept payments via credit or debit card paymentonly.
      • All electronic payments are processed by Stripe (https://stripe.com). SNO Ads does not store payment information. Stripe may store payment information in accordance with its Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Stripe does not share any credit or debit card information with SNO Ads.
      • It is your responsibility to ensure that your payment information is up to date, and that all amounts due are paid on time. You agree to pay for the Services in advance of the time period during which such Services are provided. Failure to make such payment may result in suspension or termination of the Services. Subject to applicable laws, rules, and regulations, payments received will be first applied to the oldest amount due in your account.
    • Account Cancellation
      • You may cancel your account or any Service at any time by emailing us at support@snoads.com with “Cancellation Request” in the subject line. You must send the email from the email account used to register your account.
      • After cancelation or termination of a Service or account, and subject to our rights to remove any advertisements or other materials you have submitted according to these Terms and Conditions, we will retain your affected User Content for a period of not less than seven days to allow you to export or otherwise collect such content.
      • We do not issue refunds for cancellation of Services, failure to use the Services, or dissatisfaction with the Site or the Services.
  9. User Content
    • You, not SNO Ads, are solely responsible for anything you submit, share, or transmit on or through the Site, including but not limited to any User Content.
    • By uploading User Content to the Site or transmitting User Content through the Site, you represent and warrant that you are the owner or licensee or otherwise have the right to post or submit such User Content. You grant to SNO Ads a perpetual, non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide license to use, display, and distribute such User Content in connection with our operation of the Site, our provision of the Services, and our advertising, marketing, and promotion of the Site or the Services. See our Privacy Policy for more details about how we use your information.
    • You represent and warrant that your User Content shall not:
      • be inaccurate, fraudulent, or misleading;
      • be defamatory, libelous, threatening, harassing, abusive, or inflammatory;
      • be violent, contain pornography, or be harmful to minors; or
      • contain any viruses, bots, corrupted files, or any other similar software, malware, or materials that may damage, interfere with, disrupt, impair, disable, or overburden the operation of any device, computer system or network.
    • SNO Ads may, but is not obligated to, review or delete any User Content that, in SNO Ads’ sole discretion, violates these Terms of Use.
    • o the extent permitted by law, SNO Ads expressly disclaims, and you hereby expressly release SNO Ads from, any and all liability whatsoever for any claims, suits, losses, or damages, arising from or in any way relating to any User Content, including without limitation to any acts of or reliance upon by other Users with respect to such User Content or any comments made by Users about others. SNO Ads reserves the right, but has not obligation, to review any User Content at any time and remove any such content that we deem to be in violation of these Terms of Use.
    • You acknowledge that, although SNO Ads strives maintain the functionality of the Site, User Content may be lost, deleted, corrupted, erased, removed, or otherwise destroyed at any time. Users should maintain adequate local backups of all User Content.
  10. Prohibited Actions
    • You are prohibited from using the Site or the Services in any way that violates these Terms of Use, including but not limited to:
      • Violating the law or infringing on the rights of others. This includes, but is not limited to, use of the Site or Services for any purpose that is not permitted under the laws of the jurisdiction where you use the Site or the Services;
      • Impersonating anyone or invading anyone’s privacy;
      • Using the Site or the Services any way that is misleading, inaccurate, or fraudulent;
      • Harassing, threatening, defaming, or otherwise abusing or victimizing anyone;
      • Interfering with the operation or availability of the Site or the Services;
      • Sharing, distributing, or otherwise making your password or login information available to any third parties.
    • Any violation of these Terms of Use may result in suspension of your account and any applicable penalties.
  11. Limitation of Liability
    IN NO EVENT WILL SNO ADS, ITS DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PERSON FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR LOST DATA ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES, OR ANY USER CONTENT UPLOADED TO ACCESSED, THROUGH, OR DOWNLOADED FROM THE SITE, EVEN IF SNO ADS IS AWARE OR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
    NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, SNO ADS' LIABILITY TO YOU, OR ANY PARTY CLAIMING THROUGH YOU, FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER, AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION, IS LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU TO SNO ADS FOR THE SERVICES IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRIOR TO THE INITIAL ACTION GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY. THIS IS AN AGGREGATE LIMIT. THE EXISTENCE OF MORE THAN ONE CLAIM HEREUNDER WILL NOT INCREASE THIS LIMIT.
  12. Indemnification
    To the extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify and hold SNO Ads and its governors, members, managers, and agents harmless from against any and all losses, damages, liabilities, deficiencies, claims, actions, judgments, settlements, interest, awards, penalties, fines, costs, or expenses of whatever kind, including attorneys' fees, that are incurred by SNO Ads and arise out of or relate to your use of the Site or the Services, any breach or violation of this agreement by you, or any of your User Content.
  13. Third Party Services and Links
    • We use third parties to perform functions such as payment processing. Information is shared with such parties as necessary for them to provide services to us. See our Privacy Policy for more details.
    • This Site may provide links to other websites allowing you to access third-party material or bringing third-party material into this Site via “inverse” hyperlinks and framing technology (a “Linked Site”). SNO Ads has no control over the content on a Linked Site. The fact that SNO Ads has provided a link to a website is not an endorsement, authorization, or affiliation with respect to such site, its owners, or its providers. There are inherent risks in relying upon, using, or retrieving any information found on the internet, and SNO Ads urges you to make sure you understand these risks before relying upon, using, or retrieving any such information on a Linked Site.
  14. Property Rights
    • All materials on the Site other than User Content are either owned by SNO Ads or are the property of SNO Ads’ suppliers or licensors. You may not use these materials except as we give you written permission to do so. You are prohibited from modifying, copying, distributing, displaying, selling, licensing, or creating derivative works of any content available on or through the Site, and from using such content for commercial or public purposes.
    • The trademarks, logos, and service marks (collectively, “Marks”) displayed on the Site are the property of SNO Ads or other parties. You are prohibited from using any Marks for any purpose without the written permission of SNO Ads or such third party which may own the Marks. All information and content located on the Site is protected by copyright.
    • Violation of Copyright or Intellectual Property Laws. We respect the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. We may, in appropriate circumstances and at our sole discretion, remove or disable access to any materials on the Site that we believe may infringe on the rights of others. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement or otherwise infringes on your intellectual property rights, you may take advantage of certain provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) to report alleged infringements. If you believe that your work has been copied and pasted on or made accessible through the Site in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide our designated agent (as set forth below) with the following information:
      1. Identification of the copyrighted work that you believe to be infringed. Please describe the work, and where possible include a copy or the location (e.g., URL) of an authorized version of the work.
      2. Identification of the material that you believe to be infringing and its location. Please describe the material and provide us with its URL or any other pertinent information that will allow us to locate the material.
      3. Your name, address, telephone number and (if available) e-mail address.
      4. A statement that you have a good faith belief that the complained of use of the materials is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
      5. A statement that the information that you have supplied is accurate, and indicating that "under penalty of perjury," you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
      6. A signature or the electronic equivalent from the copyright holder or authorized representative.
      Our agent for copyright issues relating to the Site is as follows:
  15. Disclaimers
    • YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR OWN RISK AND DISCRETION.
    • UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED HEREIN, ALL INFORMATION AND SERVICES ON THE SITE OR OBTAINED FROM A LINKED SITE ARE PROVIDED TO YOU “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, SECURITY, OR ACCURACY.
    • The information published on the Site or a Linked Site may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. SNO Ads does not warrant or represent that the content on the Site is complete or up-to-date. SNO Ads is under no obligation to update the content on the Site. SNO Ads may change the content on the Site at any time without notice.
    • SNO Ads does not warrant that your use of the Site or the Services will be secure, uninterrupted, error-free, available, or accurate, or that any defects in the Site will be corrected. SNO Ads makes no warranties about the continued availability of the Site or Services.
    • You will be responsible for all activities that occur under your account and, to the extent permitted by federal law, SNO Ads will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from such activities.
  16. General Provisions
    • Minnesota law governs these Terms of Use, as well as any claim, cause of action or dispute that might arise between you and SNO Ads, without regard to conflict of law provisions. For any such claim, cause of action, or dispute, you agree and consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts of the State of Minnesota.
    • If any provision of these Terms of Use is held unenforceable, all remaining provisions of these Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect.
    • These Terms of Use contain the entire agreement between you and SNO Ads regarding the use of the Site and the Services and supersede any prior agreement between you and us on such subject matter. The parties acknowledge that no reliance is placed on any representation made but not contained in these Terms of Use.
  17. Contact information: If you have any questions or need further information as to the Site or the Services, or need to notify SNO Ads as to any matters relating to the Site or Services, please contact us promptly using the information below:

  18. SNO Ads
    220 Sibley St, #310
    Hastings, MN 55033
    Email: support@snoads.com
    Telephone: 855-543-9766