To get the most out of your Tecca experience, create an account through the Sign Up link located the top right corner of the site. With just a few basic bits of information, you’ll have your own Tecca account - empowering you to write reviews, sound off on articles, track products you own and want, shop from a selection of thousands of retailers, with a whole lot more to come.

There’s plenty to do on Tecca – from checking out guides to adding tips and reviews about your favorite gadgets – here are a few ideas on where you can get started!

Take a look around: Chances are you’ve already clicked around a bit on Tecca. But if you haven’t, we have thousands upon thousands of products available for you to research and compare prices in our Products area. Not looking for products and just want to learn about gadgets? Check out the boatloads of new guides, features, and helpful tips that you can check out every day throughout the site or our What’s New page.

Say something: Every day, we’ll be sharing new guides and features to help you get smart about a variety of products, technology, and the latest happenings in electronics. Excited about something we’re talking about? Or have an opinion about the latest and greatest? Let your perspective be heard by leaving a comment for the Tecca community on any of our article pages.

Share a review or tip: If you’re reading this right now, it’s pretty likely that you own at least one gadget (unless you’re looking over a friend’s shoulder and if you are, hi friend!). For products you’ve spent some quality time with, help others by sharing your personal experience with the product.

Whether you want to give your take through a well-crafted review or just want to add a quick tip about what’s great (or perhaps not so great!) about a product, your opinion will be invaluable to anyone looking to make a similar decision to the one you came to many moons ago. We know you have a ton of knowledge up there and we’d love for you to share it.

Keep track of products you own and want: On every product page, there are a couple large buttons that let you declare “I Own It!” or give you the power to “Add to Wish List.” By clicking these buttons, you can keep track of the gadgets that you’re lucky enough to own, along with the ones you want to keep an eye on to track the latest prices and reviews. Once you’ve signed into your account, you can check out all your lists through the My Stuff link at the top right of the screen.

Scan and find products with our iPhone and Android apps: Have an iPhone or Android-based phone? If you’re one of the many app loving smartphone users out there, search for Tecca in the iTunes App Store and Android Market to gain the ability to scan bar codes right from the box to get detailed product information from the comfort of your phone. With our apps, you can take Tecca with you to the store and wherever else your day takes you to access the best of what we have to offer in a convenient, manageable mobile size.

Through our unique guides, tips, news, and columns, we’re constantly doing our best to bring you what you need to make confident technology decisions. Whether it’s letting you know the difference between high definition television cables or just cutting to the chase about the latest “big thing” everyone is talking about, we put it in one place in our What’s New section.

You’ll find a lot of what is contained within What’s New throughout our site, but if you find yourself coming back to read and learn from what we have to offer, it’s a good place to find out, well, What’s New!

Columns are a series of articles all pertaining to one big, important topic. So whether we’re writing about cell phones, televisions, the latest mobile applications, shopping on a budget or anything in between, you can expect to continue to learn more about what you're looking for through our columns.

If there’s a topic you’re really interested in or want to learn more about, this is a great way to follow a particular topic to learn more on a regular basis. Before you know it, you’ll go from newbie to expert and be well equipped to impress all your friends.

With all the happenings going on in the technology world, we know it can get a little overwhelming. Through the minds and adept fingers of our expert editorial staff, we filter through the biggest technology news to bring you the most relevant content that brings you up to speed on the most interesting stories happening in technology in our News section.

If you want to know what’s going on in the technology world without having to scour through story after story online, it’s a great place to safely get your feet wet so that you can dive into the world of technology news.

Technology is constantly changing and getting more advanced and sometimes all of us just need a minute to get back to the basics so we can really understand what we need. Whether it’s understanding the memory you need for your new digital camera or the types of cables you’ll need for your home theater setup, instead of having you navigate through multiple sites just to figure out the essentials of what you need to know, we simplify things to teach you exactly what you need to know about your most essential technology needs.

If you have a ton of questions, you’re new to doing things yourself, just want to try, or seem to find yourself getting lost without knowing what you’ll need or how to get something set up, Basics are the best way to start.

First, great! We’d love for you to share your experience with any of the products listed on Tecca. There are countless people out there trying to make the same decision you made (or didn’t make!) for the products you’ve used and your unique perspective is invaluable for their experience. 

For each individual product, there is a Rate & Review button on the top of the page that activates an area for you to write a review. Choose a star rating, add a title, review, and let people know who you think the product would or wouldn’t be good for. And just like that, you’ve shared your unique perspective on a product that will help others like you make a decision for themselves or a friend.

There are thousands upon thousands of products on Tecca available for you to shop for and learn more about in our Products area. For every gadget we have available in our treasure chest of gadgets, we go out in search of find reviews, information, and prices from top rated sellers and tie them up in one convenient place.

If you don’t know exactly what product you’re looking for, but you know the type of product you’re looking for, like Audio and Music Players or Computers, we make it easy for you to learn more about what you’re looking for, find popular products and accessories you might be interested in, and check out the latest news and guides. If you think you have an idea of what you might be looking for, we also have a nifty product finder on those pages to help you sort through the thousands of products to find the product of your dreams.

We've arrived at a magical age where cool new gadgets can fly right from your phone or laptop to your doorstep! (well, almost) It's true -- you can compare prices and buy products from a plethora of retailers using our app and website. Tag-teaming with a number of vendors, we're doing our best to bring you the web's best prices on the products in our library. We're constantly updating our lists to bring you the best prices so that you can find the best deals on whatever gizmo, gadget, or doodad you're looking for.

This sounds good, how do I actually do it?

To find prices for the electronic object of your desire, on our app, you can hit the "Buy" button at the top of a product page or the "More Prices" button on the web. We'll go out and fetch prices from a number of different vendors -- it might take a little bit, but we want to do our best to find you some options to get you to you one step closer to your cuddly new gadget. See a price you like? We'll take you to the site of the retailer of your choice. From that point on, it's just like any online shopping experience, except that you can order products directly from the web or your phone!

There are "need to haves," and there are "want to haves." Sometimes, the "want to haves" are easy to remember and sometimes, we need some help. Our Wish Lists are here to help you keep track of products you want, and maybe even products you'd like others to know you want.

Every time you're viewing an individual product, you'll have the ability to add it to your wish list by tapping or clicking on the "Wish" button. By adding it, we'll keep track of all the products you want, whether you found it via search, browse, scanning on our mobile app, or any other means. 

Beep! Beeboop! Oh scanning gun, how we've all longingly gazed at you with admiration for your knowledgeable and efficient, yet occasionally menacing, magical red eyeball. With our Scan feature available on our iPhone and Android apps, we're bringing the scanning gun's magic to your hand. We're bringing all of the personal electronics products in our database to your fingertips in just the few seconds it takes to process a scan.

What can I scan?

While we are giving you the power to scan to your heart's delight, with great power comes great responsibility... and some reasonable expectations. So no, you can't scan codes from absolutely everything: fruit, cereal boxes, that fabulous Badgley Mischka, or that giant stuffed Elmo you've been coveting won't fly. But you can scan the barcodes (those vertical black lines with numbers that you see at your local store) for electronic gadgets and other items you might have found or purchased at your local electronics store. Better yet -- use our app to scan products straight from the box or shelf while you're actually in the store.

How do I scan?

After you hit the Scan button, you'll be whisked into our scan screen that will give you some guideposts on scanning. Make sure that you have plenty of light, the code is completely in view, and that you're looking at the code straight on and not at an angle. Putting the code in your camera's view, hold your phone flat and as still as possible as your camera focuses on the image and follow the on-screen directions to capture the code (Take that, scanning gun.).

Every phone's camera has a different "sweet spot" to focus, so be patient with your little device if it's not scanning right away, and try moving it closer or farther away from the code you're trying to capture.

I've scanned, now what?

After a little processing magic, we'll do our best to present you with the product(s) you've scanned. If successful, you'll be able to go directly to the product page, where you can read reviews, claim a product as one that you own, add it to your wish list, or even buy it. If unsuccessful, we might not have your product in our library (yet... it's growing every day!), or it might be a product type we don't yet support (see: Elmo). Give us time -- we're working to make our library as big as the electronic universe you live in every day.

My phone is having trouble scanning. Help!

If you're an Android user, make sure that your code is sitting on a flat surface with plenty of light and that you've experimented with a few different distances from the code to help your camera focus. Every phone model is different, so if you're really having trouble, there's a small chance that your camera might not be able to focus on the codes well enough to capture the image correctly.

If you're an iPhone user, make sure that your phone is either an iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4. Unfortunately, the original iPhone and iPhone 3G's cameras weren't set up to handle the level of detail that we need for an accurate scan. We know, it's a bummer, but if you're using the original iPhone or iPhone 3G, you still have a sweet phone that can find products through our search and find tools on our app!

Q. What is the new social sharing box that I'm seeing across the site?

A. By using your Facebook account, you can now automatically share what you're reading and watching on Tecca without any separate clicks, likes, or updates to get your friends plugged in on the hottest happenings in the world of technology and beyond. By sharing your regular activities on Tecca, we can all do a little bit to make the world a more tech-savvy place!

Q. What if I don't want to share everything I'm doing?

A. Using the sidebar unit, you can control what you're sharing on the site - turn sharing on, turn it off, or even hide the option altogether - whatever you want! If you're signed into your Facebook account and you've enabled social sharing, we'll turn sharing on for you when you visit the site.

TECCA PRIVACY POLICY
EFFECTIVE DATE: [August 12, 2010]

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. PURPOSE OF POLICY. Tecca ("us," "we," or the "Company"), which provides and operates the website located at www.tecca.com and any and all other websites at which this Privacy Policy is posted (collectively, the "Site"), the Tecca mobile products ("Tecca Mobile"), and a range of related products and services, is committed to respecting the privacy rights of users of Tecca Mobile and of visitors to and users of the Site. We created this Tecca Privacy Policy (this "Policy") to give you confidence as you use Tecca Mobile and/or visit and use the Site, and as you use the software, product data, editorial content and reviews, user-provided materials, support information, comparison and research tools, sharing features, commerce features and other content and services available from us or from the Site (Tecca Mobile and such other software, content and services and sites being referred to herein collectively as the "Services"), and to demonstrate our commitment to fair information practices and the protection of privacy. This Policy is only applicable to the Site and the Services.  This Policy does not apply to any other websites that you may be able to access from the Site, each of which may have data collection and use practices and policies that differ materially from this Policy, nor does it apply to any services that may be offered by the Company’s business partners, where your personally identifiable information is collected by anyone other than the Company.  If you have any questions concerning the Site, the Services, this Policy, or anything related to any of the foregoing, we can be reached at the following email and postal addresses or via the contact information available available below:

Email: info@tecca.com

Postal mail: Tecca

204 Santa Monica Blvd.

Suite A

Santa Monica, CA 90401

1.2.    NOTICE CONCERNING CHILDREN

PLEASE NOTE: We are a general audience site, and do not direct any of our content specifically at children under 13 years of age. We understand and are committed to respecting the sensitive nature of children’s privacy online. If we learn or have reason to suspect that a user of the Site or the Services is under age 13, we will promptly delete any personal information that might be stored in that user’s account.

1.3.    NOTICE REGARDING INTERNATIONAL USERS

The Site and our Services are hosted in, and are intended for users from, the United States. If you are using the Site or the Services from regions (such as, by way of example only, the European Union) with data collection and use laws that may differ from US. law, then be advised that your personal information will be transferred to the United States, and by providing us with your personal information you are consenting to that transfer.

1.4.    DISCLAIMER REGARDING SITE CONTENTS

REMEMBER: We have created this Site and the Services for the purpose of providing software, product data, editorial content and reviews, user-provided materials, support information, comparison and research tools, sharing features, commerce features and other content and features that we believe our users will use and enjoy, and while we are always doing our best to monitor the information on this Site and to update the Site and our Services regularly, we cannot guarantee the accuracy, currency, reliability or completeness of any information or material included here, or on any site accessible from here.  We expect that you will use your own skill and care in using the Site and the Services and in communicating with other users and in relying on any information or participating in any events or other networking opportunities that may be available from the Site or the Services. In order to use the Site and the Services, you must review and agree to our Terms of Use, which include this Policy and which also include important terms regarding the materials that we and our business partners and users may make available on the Site and through the Services.

WE DO NOT PRE-SCREEN OR APPROVE USERS, AND WE CANNOT GUARANTEE USER IDENTITIES OR ANY INFORMATION THAT USERS PROVIDE. WE HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ACTIONS YOU MAY TAKE ON OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE OR THE SERVICES.  YOU SHOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION TO ANY OTHER USER UNLESS YOU KNOW WHO THAT USER IS AND KNOW WHAT HE OR SHE INTENDS TO DO WITH YOUR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION. SIMILARLY, YOU SHOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION TO OUR VENDORS OR BUSINESS PARTNERS WITHOUT CONFIRMING THE IDENTITIES OF THOSE VENDORS OR BUSINESS PARTNERS AND REVIEWING THE PRIVACY POLICIES THAT THEY HAVE IN EFFECT.  FINALLY, YOU SHOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE TO US UNLESS YOU HAVE READ AND ARE COMFORTABLE WITH ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS POLICY AND OUT TERMS OF USE AND HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO THE WAYS IN WHICH WE PROPOSE TO USE YOUR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION.

2. INFORMATION COLLECTION PRACTICES

2.1. WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

(a) BASIC PERSONAL INFORMATION.  In operating the Site and providing the Services, we may collect a variety of user-submitted information such as names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, user photos/images/likenesses, and other contact or identifying information, in order to establish and authenticate user accounts, to facilitate certain features we offer, to identify users while on the Site or using the Services, to enable interactions between users, and to send information and notices to our users regarding the Site and the services we offer. In addition, we may provide registration forms, discussion forums, comment forms, online surveys, and other online forms that ask users to provide their names, e-mail addresses, mobile phone numbers and other contact information, as well as information related to the subject matter of the activities requiring registration, the surveys or of the other online forms.  Also, if you communicate with us by e-mail, post messages to any of our chat groups, bulletin boards, message areas, or forums, submit any review forms, tips or tricks, or otherwise complete online forms, surveys, or contest entries, any information provided in such communication may be collected as personal information.

(b) LOCATION-BASED INFORMATION.  The Services may include so-called “location-based services” that, for example, ask you to “check in” at a location or post or otherwise broadcast your location to other users of the Site and the Services.  If you choose to enable these location-based services and check in or otherwise identify your location to the Site or through the Services, then the location you provide will be part of the information about you that we collect.

(c) TRANSACTION-RELATED INFORMATION.  In addition to the foregoing, because we may from time to time offer certain services that require payment by credit card or with an online payment processor, if you elect to purchase any of these services, we will collect a credit card number or other payment information and your address and other billing information in order to validate and process the transaction.

2.2.    WHAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

(a) AUTOMATIC COLLECTION. Our servers automatically recognize visitors’ domain names and IP addresses and may also identify your computer and connection information, as well as information about your browser type and browser settings and (where possible) your geographic location. No personal information about you is revealed in this process. The Site may also use clear gifs (also known as web beacons) and other methods to gather anonymous “traffic data” that does not personally identify you, but that may be helpful for marketing purposes or for improving the services we offer.  We may also use clear gifs in email messages that we send to our users so that we can track which recipients have opened those messages.

(b) COOKIES. From time to time, we may use the standard “cookies” feature of major browser applications that allows us to store a small piece of data on your computer about your visit to the Site. We do not set any personally identifiable information in cookies, nor do we employ any data capture mechanisms on the Site other than cookies. Cookies help us learn which areas of the Site are useful and which areas need improvement. You can choose whether to accept cookies by changing the settings on your browser. However, if you choose to disable this function, your experience at the Site may be diminished and some features may not work as they were intended.

3. USE AND SHARING OF INFORMATION

3.1.    WHAT DO WE DO WITH PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT?

You always have the option not to provide us with any personal information.  Your decision not to do so, however, may limit your ability to access areas of the Site or features of the Service that require you to be logged in (either through our login process, or through third-party services such as Facebook and Twitter).  If you do elect to provide any personal information to us, then we will use that personal information to provide you with access to the Site and the Services offered by us or to comply with the law, and we may share that information as follows:

(1) We share demographic data (such as zip codes, user ages and income information) with advertisers and other third parties only on an aggregate (i.e., non-personally-identifiable) basis.

(2) When you post to the Site or through the Services, we will identify you by your user name and with the profile picture or other image (if any) that you have selected as your identifier. If you have enabled location-based services and are posting content that includes location information, your location will be part of the information about you that is publicized to other users who review that content.

(3) Because we expect be working with affiliated businesses that we do not control, in some cases, you may be entering into transactions (that include the disclosure of your personal information) with one of these affiliated business.  You will be notified any time a transaction involves a third party, and we will share your information with that third party as necessary to complete your transaction.

(4) The Services may allow you to connect with and create your user account using certain third-party services (such as Twitter, Facebook and other similar services).  If you connect to us and create your Tecca account using a third-party service, then we will obtain your user information from that third-party service, and your Tecca account will contain the information provided by that third-party service.  If you want to connect with us and create your account through a third-party service, please make sure you are familiar with and in agreement with the ways in which that third party service will share your personal information.  Similarly, if you use our Site or Services to provide information to those third-party services (such as by authorizing us to update your Facebook status or send Twitter an update that you have provided or created through the Site or our Services), the information will no longer be under our control, and will instead be subject to the privacy policies and other terms of use of those third party services.  It is up to you to control whether your Site and Services activities are provided to third party services.

(5)  One feature offered on the Site and through the Services is a broadcast of user activity, which will be streamed real-time to other users of the Site and the Services.  When your activity updates are included in this stream, these activity updates will be accompanied by information (which may be your user name, your avatar, your user profile or other information that we determine to include) that identifies you as the source of the updates.  You will not be able to control how you are identified in the activity stream, but you can request exclusion from the activity stream entirely.

(6) From time to time, we may employ other companies and individuals to perform services for us, such as order processing and fulfillment, credit card processing and related financial services, customer service and technical support, data analysis, marketing assistance, and mailing (postal and email) assistance.  These companies and individuals may have access to your personal information so that they can perform their responsibilities, but will not be permitted to use that information for any other purposes.  In addition, we may from time to time elect to share personal information about our users with our trusted business partners.  We will not be selling personal information to our business partners, and any business partner with access to user information will have signed and agreement with us to protect the confidentiality of that information.  You can request that we not share your personal information with our business partners, but if you do so, we may not be able to provide you with the full range of features, services and offers available from the Site and through the Services.

(7) If you choose to use any feature of the Services that allows you to invite friends to the Site and the Services, we will automatically send email invitations to all friends for whom you provide an email address. We store the email information you provide so that we can (a) send the initial email to your friends, (b) register any of your friends who accept your invitation, and (c) monitor the effectiveness of our invitation services. Your friends may contact us at info@tecca.com to request that we remove their email information from our databases.

In addition, we may use your personal information to verify your identity, to check your qualifications, or to follow up with transactions initiated on the Site or through the Services. We may also use your contact information to inform you of any changes to the Site or the Services, or to send you additional information about us. If you give your permission during any account registration process, we may share your contact information with our business partners or other companies so that they may send you promotional materials or otherwise contact you regarding services that they offer that may be relevant to your use of the Site or the Services.

3.2. WHAT DO WE DO WITH ANONYMOUS INFORMATION WE COLLECT?

We use anonymous information to analyze our Site traffic and Services use, but we do not examine this information for individually identifying information. In addition, we may use anonymous IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our server, to administer the Site and the Services, or to display the content according to your preferences, and we may use clear gifs to anonymously track how users are using the Site and to improve our reporting and marketing systems. Traffic and transaction information may also be shared with business partners and advertisers on an aggregate and anonymous basis.

3.3.    HOW DO WE USE COOKIES?

We may use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests, to save your user ID or password so you don’t have to re-enter it each time you visit our site, or for other purposes. Promotions or advertisements displayed on our site may contain cookies. We do not have access to or control over information collected by outside advertisers on our site.

3.4.    IN WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES WILL WE DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION?

In addition to disclosures described above, we may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to (1) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on us or our parent company, subsidiaries or affiliates, (2) protect and defend our rights or property or the rights or property of users of the Site, (3) enforce our Terms of Use or other agreements, or (4)  protect the rights, property or safety of the Company, users of the Site or Services, or others.

3.5.    WHAT HAPPENS IF COMPANY IS ACQUIRED?

In order to accommodate changes in our business, we may sell our company or portions of our company or sell or buy portions of other companies or assets, including the information collected through the Site and the Services. If the Company or substantially all of its assets are acquired, customer information will be one of the assets transferred to the acquirer.

3.6.    HOW CAN YOU ACCESS AND/OR REMOVE YOUR INFORMATION?

You can notify us at any time that you want to terminate our storage of your personal information, and upon receipt of that notice, we will remove all information about you from our database, at which point you will no longer be able to access any of our services that require registration unless you re-register. Unfortunately, we do not maintain any procedures for you to review or request changes to the information that we collect about you; your only option at this time is to request deletion of all personally identifiable information about you in our databases. Also, keep in mind that any information or content that you have posted to public areas of the Site (which may include comments, ratings, reviews, photographs or images) will remain on the Site for the benefit of other users irrespective of the status of your user account.  The deletion of your personal information from our database will not cause the removal of any content you had previously provided to the Site or through the Services.

4. SECURITY

The Company, the Site and the Services have security measures in place to prevent the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information that we obtain from you, both during transmission and while stored by us, but we make no assurances about our ability to prevent any such loss, misuse, or alteration, and we and our owners, partners and affiliates will have no liability to you or to any third party arising out of any such loss, misuse, or alteration.  In addition, your personal account information will be protected by a user name and password that you select, and it is up to you to protect the confidentiality of your login information and prevent unauthorized access to your account.  The Terms of Use contain additional terms that apply to the use and protection of your user name and password.

5. WEBSITE AREAS BEYOND OUR CONTROL

5.1. Public Forums

The Site may include, or the Services may offer you access to, interactive forums such as blogs, message boards, public forums, messaging, comment areas and live chat features and other publicly viewable communication platforms. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in many of these areas becomes public information (available to other users who are also participating in those areas), and we recommend that you exercise caution about disclosing your personal information when using any of these public forums.  We have no control over the use of any personal information disclosed in a public forum, and you are solely responsible for the effects of any such disclosure.

5.2. Third Party Websites

The Site and the Services may contain third-party advertising and links to other websites. If you choose to click on advertisements or visit other websites, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of those advertisers or other websites, and it is your responsibility to review their privacy policies and terms of use to confirm that you understand and agree with their policies.  In addition, in no event will we have any responsibility for the contents of those advertisements or other websites, and you click on advertisements and visit and use third-party websites entirely at your own risk.

6. CONTACT INFORMATION AND POLICY UPDATES

6.1.    Contacting Us

If you have any questions about this Policy, our practices related to this Site or our Services, or if you would like to have us remove your information from our database please feel contact us using the contact information provided in Section 1.1 above.

6.2.    UPDATES AND CHANGES

We reserve the right, at any time, to add to, change, update, or modify this Policy, simply by posting such change, update, or modification on the Site and without any other notice to you. Any such change, update, or modification will be effective immediately upon posting on the Site. It is your responsibility to review this Policy from time to time to ensure that you continue to agree with all of its terms.

TECCA TERMS OF USE

1. BINDING EFFECT. This is a binding agreement between you and Tecca ("we," "us" or the "Company"). By using any of the online or mobile products or services that we offer (whether now existing or hereafter developed, and which include, without limitation, the Internet site located at www.tecca.com and any other Internet sites on which these Terms of Use have been posted (collectively, the "Site"), Tecca mobile applications available for certain mobile devices (the "Application"), as well as any content, software, applications, data feeds, user forums or other services provided in connection with the Site or the Application (collectively, the "Services")), you agree to abide by these Terms of Use, as they may be amended by us from time to time in our sole discretion.  It is your responsibility to review these Terms of Use periodically, and if at any time you find these Terms of Use unacceptable, you must immediately leave the Site, uninstall the Application and cease all use of the Site, the Application and the Services we offer.

BEFORE USING THE SITE, THE APPLICATION OR ANY SERVICES, YOU MUST REVIEW THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND INDICATE YOUR AGREEMENT TO THESE TERMS OF USE.  BY USING THE SITE, THE APPLICATION OR ANY SERVICES, YOU ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE, AS THEY MAY BE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS HEREOF. 

THE SITE, THE APPLICATION AND THE SERVICES ARE BEING MADE AVAILABLE ONLY TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE AT LEAST 13 YEARS OLD.  YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU ARE OF SUFFICIENT LEGAL AGE TO USE THE SITE, THE APPLICATION AND THE SERVICES AND TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT, WHICH CREATES BINDING LEGAL OBLIGATIONS FOR LIABILITY THAT MAY RESULT FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE, THE APPLICATION OR THE SERVICES.  THE COMPANY MAY, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, REFUSE TO OFFER THE SITE, THE APPLICATION AND THE SERVICES TO YOU, AND MAY CHANGE ITS ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SITE, THE APPLICATION AND THE SERVICES AT ANY TIME.

2. ADDITIONAL TERMS. By using the Site, the Application or the Services, you further agree that you will comply with any additional terms that we may provide to govern certain products or services that we offer from time to time ("Additional Terms"); we will present any such Additional Terms in conjunction with the applicable products and services. We may also require your agreement to rules of participation ("Rules") for activities and services such as (by way of example only) award programs, promotions, contests or sweepstakes. Any Additional Terms or Rules that we promulgate are hereby incorporated in these Terms by this reference.  In addition, we reserve the right to modify or terminate any award programs, promotions, contests or sweepstakes at any time in our sole discretion and without notice.

3.CONTACT INFORMATION. If you have any questions concerning us, the Site, the Application, the Services, these Terms of Use, or anything related to any of the foregoing, we can be reached at the following address:

Tecca

204 Santa Monica Blvd.

Suite A

Santa Monica, CA 90401

info@tecca.com

4. PRIVACY POLICY. We respect your privacy and give you the ability to control how we treat your personal information. A complete statement of our current privacy policy can be found by clicking on the Privacy Policy link at the bottom of any page on the Site or from within the Help section of the Application. Our privacy policy is expressly incorporated into these Terms of Use by this reference, and your use of the Site, the Application and the Services indicates your agreement to our privacy policy as part of these Terms of Use.  If there is any conflict between these Terms of Use and the privacy policy on any matters relating to the privacy of your personal information, the terms of the privacy policy will prevail.

5. ACCOUNT SECURITY. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any password and other account information that you create in order to access or use the Site or the Services. You agree to notify us immediately on any unauthorized use of your account, user name, or password. We will not be liable for any loss that you incur as a result of someone else using your password, either with or without your knowledge. You may be held liable for any losses incurred by us, our affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents, and representatives due to someone else’s use of your account or password.

6. USE OF SOFTWARE. Use of some of the features we offer may require you to use the Application or other software provided by or operated from the Site, or downloadable to a mobile device, and on occasion we may make certain software available to you from the Site, or provide you with links in order to download the software from websites or application stores operated by third parties. To the extent you use the Application or such other software or download the Application or such other software from the Site or from links we provide, the Application and any other such software, including all files and images contained in or generated by the Application or such other software, and accompanying data (collectively, "Software") will be deemed to be licensed to you by us, for your personal, noncommercial, home use only. We do not transfer either the title or the intellectual property rights to the Software, and we retain full and complete title to the Software as well as all intellectual property rights therein. You may not sell, redistribute, or reproduce the Software, nor may you decompile, reverse-engineer, disassemble, or otherwise convert the Software to a human-perceivable form. All trademarks and logos are owned by the Company or its licensors or business partners, and you may not copy or use them in any manner.  If you are required to leave the Site in order to download any software from a website or service operated by a third-party, the foregoing terms may be superseded by the license that you are required to execute in connection with your download and/or installation of the third-party software.

7. SITE CONTENTS. The contents of the Site and all Software (including, but not limited to, the Application) are intended for the personal, noncommercial use of our users, and all materials published on or available from the Site or from any Software are protected by copyright, trademark and other applicable intellectual property laws.  Copying, storing or using any Site content for any use other than your personal, noncommercial use is expressly prohibited without the Company's prior written consent or the prior written consent of the copyright owner identified on the Site (if someone other than the Company.)  Without limiting any of the other terms set forth in these Terms of Use, you agree not to use the Site, the Services, any Software or any User Materials or Content (as those terms are defined below) in any way that is prohibited by these Terms of Use or by applicable laws.

8. USER MATERIALS.  Many areas of the Site and features of the Services and the Application welcome and even invite comments, product reviews, images, links, information, inquiries and other content from users, and may allow interaction by and among Site, Service and Application users by permitting those users to participate in forums, submit comments, provide posts and other content to forums, product pages, solution areas, web logs (or "blogs"), and other areas provided by Company and by third parties. As a result, you may from time to time have the opportunity to provide the Company with content that you generate in connection with your participation in the aforementioned services, and certain, important terms and conditions apply to any such content that you elect to provide, as follows:

8.1 USER MATERIALS DEFINED. As used in these Terms of Use, "User Materials" refers to any comments, messages (whether text, email, video, multimedia or otherwise), reviews, blog posts, pitches, suggestions, stories, artwork, photographs, drawings, videos, audiovisual works, musical compositions (including lyrics), sound recordings, characterizations, and/or other similar materials that you submit, post, upload, transmit, display, communicate or otherwise distribute on or through the Site or the Application or the Services, as well as any names (whether yours or someone else’s), likenesses, voices, usernames, user profiles and/or other biographical information that may be included in any of the foregoing.  User Materials also include any and all ideas, concepts, inventions, instructions, methods or processes that are underlying or incorporated into any materials that you provide to us via the Site, the Application or the Services.

8.2 LICENSE GRANT. By submitting, posting, uploading, transmitting, displaying, communicating, or otherwise distributing User Materials to or through the Site or any Service (which will include, for avoidance of doubt, any User Materials that you provide to the Site or the Service through the Application or through the use of a third-party service such as, by way of example only, Facebook or Twitter), you are granting us and our licensees, distributors, partner websites, advertisers, agents, representatives and other authorized users a worldwide, perpetual, nonexclusive, irrevocable, fully-paid, royalty-free, sub-licensable and transferable license under all copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, privacy and publicity rights and other proprietary rights that you own or control in the User Materials, as follows:

(a)  We may use, reproduce, transmit, display, publicly perform, distribute, comment on, modify, create derivative works of and otherwise exploit your User Materials, in whole or in part, in all tangible and electronic formats whether now known or hereafter developed, and we may do so on the Site, through the Services, in the Application, on third-party websites, through books, magazines, newspapers, film, television, wireless and mobile platforms, in products that we or others develop (whether now known or hereafter developed), and on physical media. 

(b)  We can use your User Materials both internally and externally and for any and all purposes as we may determine in our sole discretion, including, without limitation, for marketing and promotion, for advertising, for entertainment, for news and information, and for development and improvement of the Site, the Application and the Services, and we can do so without further notice to you, and without obtaining your permission or making any payment to you or to any other person or entity for such use.

(c)  Under no circumstances will we have any obligation to compensate you for any use we may make of your User Materials. if you have provided us with your name or otherwise used your name to identify your User Materials, we may elect to publish or otherwise disclose your name in connection with your User Materials, but we will have no obligation to do so.

(d)  By providing User Materials to the Company or to or through the Site, the Application or any Services, you represent and warrant to us that you own the rights to the User Materials or are otherwise authorized to submit, post, upload, transmit, display, communicate, or otherwise distribute User Materials, and you further represent, warrant and agree that your User Materials and your submission thereof is in compliance with the rules of conduct and other requirements set forth in these Terms of Use.

8.3 PUBLIC FORUMS. The Site, the Application and the Services may contain areas or features that offer users the opportunity to provide User Materials in a way that makes it available for viewing by other users.  These areas or features may include, by way of example only, message boards, chat rooms, instant or mobile messaging services, user blogs, comments, profile areas, and user email accounts.  You understand and agree that any such areas and features are intended for public communications only, and you that have no expectation of privacy with regard to any User Materials that you provide using any such areas or features. Disclosures made using these areas or features are at your own risk, and we make no guarantee regarding the privacy or security of any information you disclose through any of these areas or features.  You are and shall remain solely responsible for the User Materials provided using your account on or through the Site, the Application or any Services, and we will have no duty to monitor any of the areas or features described in this paragraph.

9. USER CONDUCT

9.1 COMPLIANCE WITH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS. When accessing the Site or using the Application or the Services, and when providing any User Materials, you agree to obey the law and to respect the intellectual property rights of others. Your use of the Site, the Application and the Services is at all times governed by and subject to laws regarding copyright ownership and use of intellectual property. You agree not to upload, download, display, perform, transmit, or otherwise distribute any information or content (collectively, "Content") in violation of any third party’s copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets or other intellectual property or proprietary rights. You agree to abide by laws regarding copyright ownership and use of intellectual property, and you will be solely responsible for any violations of any relevant laws and for any infringements of third party rights caused by any Content you provide or transmit, or that is provided or transmitted using your user account. The burden of proving that any Content does not violate any laws or third party rights rests solely with you.

9.2 INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT. You will not submit, post, upload, download, display, perform, transmit, or otherwise distribute any Content that (a) is libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, or threatening; (b) advocates or encourages conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national, or foreign law or regulation; (c) is intentionally designed to mislead, disparage or embarrass others, or that reveals private information about others without their consent; (d) violates any of the prohibitions set forth in Section 9.3 below; or (e) advertises or otherwise solicits funds or is a solicitation for goods or services. We reserve the right to terminate your receipt, transmission, or other distribution of any such material using the Site, the Application or the Services, and, if applicable, to delete any such material from our servers. We intend to cooperate fully with any law enforcement officials or agencies in the investigation of any violation of these Terms of Use or of any applicable laws, or if we have a good faith belief that our assistance may be needed to prevent the death of or serious physical injury to any person.

9.3 PROHIBITED USES. In addition to the foregoing, we impose certain restrictions on your permissible use of the Site, the Application and the Services. You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate any security features of the Site, the Application or the Services, including, without limitation, (a) accessing content or data not intended for you, or logging onto a server or account that you are not authorized to access; (b) attempting to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Site, the Application or the Services or any associated services, system or network, or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization; (c) using any automated process or service (such as, by way of example only, any spider, robot, or automated searching or "scraping" tool) to monitor, access or copy any content from any area of the Site; (d) interfering or attempting to interfere with service to any user, host, or network, including, without limitation, by means of submitting a virus to the Site, overloading, "flooding," "spamming," "mail bombing," or "crashing;" (e) using the Site, the Application or the Services or the Company's servers to send unsolicited e-mail, including, without limitation, promotions, or advertisements for products or services; (f) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information (or otherwise disguising the source of any message) in any e-mail or in any posting using the Site, the Application or the Services; or (g) attempting to modify, reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise reduce or attempt to reduce to a human-perceivable form any Software or any of the source code used by the Company in providing the Site, the Application or the Services. Any violation of system or network security may subject you to civil and/or criminal liability, and will result in a loss of your ability to access and use the Site.

9.4 ALLEGED VIOLATIONS; TERMINATION OF ACCESS. We reserve the right to terminate your use of the Site, the Application or the Services at any time and for any reason (including for no reason). To ensure that we can provide a high quality experience for you and for other users of the Site, the Application and the Services, you agree that we or our representatives may access your account and records on a case-by-case basis to investigate complaints or allegations of abuse, infringement of third party rights, or other unauthorized uses of the Site, the Application or the Services.  We do not intend to disclose the existence or occurrence of such an investigation unless required by law, but we reserve the right to terminate your account or your access to the Site immediately, with or without notice to you, and without liability to you, if we believe that you have violated any of the Terms of Use, furnished us with false or misleading information, or interfered with use of the Site, the Application or the Services by others.

10. COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK INFORMATION.

10.1 TRADEMARK.  The Tecca name and logo, together with other Company logos and product and service names, are trademarks of Company, and you may not copy, use or display them in any manner without our prior written consent, which we may withhold in our sole discretion. All trademarks, trade names, service marks and logos of third parties that appear on the Site or in the Application are the property of their respective owners.

10.2 COPYRIGHT. All contents of the Site are: Copyright © Tecca and its licensors.  All rights reserved. Certain content and related applications that appear on or are available from the Site come from Amazon Services LLC. This content is provided "as is" and is subject to change or removal at any time. Certain content and related mobile applications that appear on or are available from the Site come from the Best Buy Remix API provided by Best Buy Inc. For more information (including any questions about reusing materials found on the Site), please contact us at the address set forth in Section 2 above.

11. COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. We have in place certain legally mandated procedures regarding allegations of copyright infringement occurring on the Site or with the Application or the Services. We have adopted a policy that provides for the immediate suspension and/or termination of any Site or Application user who is found to have infringed on the rights of the Company or of a third party, or otherwise violated any intellectual property laws or regulations. Our policy is to investigate any allegations of copyright infringement brought to our attention. If you have evidence, know, or have a good faith belief that your rights or the rights of a third party have been violated and you want us to delete, edit, or disable the material in question, you must provide us with all of the following information:

(a) a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;

(b) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works;

(c) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringed or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material;

(d) information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and if available, an electronic mail address at which you may be contacted;

(e) a statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and

(f) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

For this notification to be effective, you must provide it in writing to the Company’s designated agent, who may be reached at the following address:

Tecca

Attn: Copyright Agent

204 Santa Monica Blvd. Suite A. Santa Monica, CA 90401

copyright@tecca.com

Fax: (310) 857-5799

12. DISCLOSURE OF ACCOUNT INFORMATION AND/OR STORED COMMUNICATIONS.  We reserve the right to disclose information about you and your account (including any of your communications that may be stored on our servers or on servers under our control) (a) if necessary to protect our rights or property as owner of the Site and provider of the services we offer, (b) to law enforcement officials or agencies in the investigation of any violation of applicable laws, and (c) upon our good faith belief that disclosure may help to prevent the death of or serious physical injury to any person.

13. NO WARRANTIES. THE COMPANY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES. WE ARE MAKING THE SITE, THE APPLICATION AND THE SERVICES AVAILABLE “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. YOU ASSUME THE RISK OF ANY AND ALL DAMAGE OR LOSS FROM USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE, THE APPLICATION OR THE SERVICES. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE COMPANY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE SITE, THE APPLICATION AND THE SERVICES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NONINFRINGEMENT.  THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE, THE APPLICATION OR ANY SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT THE OPERATION OF THE SITE, THE APPLICATION OR THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE.

14. DISCLAIMERS.

14.1 DISCLAIMER REGARDING THIRD-PARTY CONTENT.  THE SITE, THE APPLICATION AND THE SERVICES MAY PRESENT YOU WITH THE OPINIONS AND VIEWS OF BLOGGERS, JOURNALISTS AND OTHER USERS, ALL OF WHOM ARE BEYOND THE CONTROL OF COMPANY. WE DO NOT AND CAN NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, OR OTHERWISE ENDORSE OR GUARANTEE, THE ACCURACY OR TRUTHFULNESS OF ANY SUCH CONTENT GENERATED BY THIRD PARTIES.

14.2 DISCLAIMER REGARDING USER ACTIONS.  WE DO NOT PRE-SCREEN, INVESTIGATE OR OTHERWISE REVIEW OR APPROVE USERS, AND WE CANNOT GUARANTEE USER IDENTITIES OR ANY INFORMATION THAT USERS PROVIDE. WE HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ACTIONS YOU MAY TAKE ON OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE, THE APPLICATION OR THE SERVICES. YOU SHOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION TO ANY OTHER USER UNLESS YOU KNOW WHO THAT USER IS AND KNOW WHAT HE OR SHE INTENDS TO DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION. MUCH OF THE CONTENT WE PROVIDE IS INFORMATION THAT RESIDES ON OUR SERVERS AT THE DIRECTION OF OUR USERS, AND YOU MUST USE YOUR OWN INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT IN USING THE SITE, THE APPLICATION AND THE SERVICES, IN PARTICIPATING IN ANY EVENTS THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE FROM OR PUBLICIZED ON THE SITE OR THROUGH THE APPLICATION OR THE SERVICES, AND BEFORE MAKING ANY DECISIONS OR TAKING ANY ACTIONS BASED ON INFORMATION YOU MAY OBTAIN FROM THE SITE, THE APPLICATION OR THE SERVICES.

14.3 FURTHER DISCLAIMER.  WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE CREATED THE SITE, THE APPLICATION AND THE SERVICES FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS, EDITORIAL CONTENT, INFORMATION, TOOLS AND SERVICES THAT WE BELIEVE OUR USERS WILL USE AND ENJOY, AND WHILE WE EXERCISE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO MONITOR THE INFORMATION ON THE SITE, THE APPLICATION AND THE SERVICES AND TO UPDATE THE SITE AND THE SERVICES REGULARLY, YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT WE CANNOT AND DO NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY, CURRENCY, RELIABILITY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIAL PROVIDED BY THE SITE, THE APPLICATION OR THE SERVICES, OR BY ANY SITE OR SOFTWARE ACCESSIBLE FROM THE SITE, THE APPLICATION OR THE SERVICES.

15. LIMITED LIABILITY. OUR LIABILITY TO YOU IS LIMITED. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL WE BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, OR LOST DATA, REGARDLESS OF THE FORESEEABILITY OF THOSE DAMAGES) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SITE, THE APPLICATION, THE SERVICES OR ANY OTHER MATERIALS OR SERVICES PROVIDED TO YOU BY THE COMPANY.  This limitation will apply regardless of whether the damages arise out of breach of contract, tort, or any other legal theory or form of action.

16. AFFILIATED SITES. We have no control over, and no liability for any third party websites or materials. We work with a number of partners and affiliates whose Internet sites may be linked with the Site, the Application or the Services. Because the Company has no control over the content and performance of these partner and affiliate sites, we make no guarantees about the accuracy, currency, content, or quality of the information provided by such sites, and we assume no responsibility for unintended, objectionable, inaccurate, misleading, or unlawful content that may reside on those sites. Similarly, from time to time, in connection with your use of the Site, the Application and the Services, you may have access to content items (including, but not limited to, websites) that are owned by third parties. You acknowledge and agree that we make no guarantees about, and assume no responsibility for, the accuracy, currency, content, or quality of this third party content, and that, unless expressly provided otherwise, these Terms of Use shall govern your use of any and all third party content.

17. INDEMNITY. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants, licensors, agents, and representatives from any and all third party claims, losses, liability, damages, and/or costs (including reasonable attorney fees and costs) arising from your access to or use of the Site, the Application or the Services, your violation of these Terms of Use, or your infringement, or infringement by any other user of your account, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity. We will notify you promptly of any such claim, loss, liability, or demand, and in addition to your foregoing obligations, you agree to provide us with reasonable assistance, at your expense, in defending any such claim, loss, liability, damage, or cost.

18. GOVERNING LAW. These Terms of Use will be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the United States and the State of California, without reference to their rules regarding conflicts of law. You hereby irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state or federal courts in Los Angeles, California, USA in all disputes arising out of or related to the use of the Site or any transactions related to these Terms of Use.

19. SEVERABILITY; WAIVER. If, for whatever reason, a court of competent jurisdiction finds any term or condition in these Terms of Use to be unenforceable, all other terms and conditions will remain unaffected and in full force and effect. No waiver of any breach of any provision of these Terms of Use will constitute a waiver of any prior, concurrent, or subsequent breach of the same or any other provisions hereof, and no waiver will be effective unless made in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party.

20. NO LICENSE. Nothing contained on the Site or in the Application should be understood as granting you a license to use any of our trademarks, service marks, or logos, or the trademarks, service marks, or logos owned by any third party.

21. CALIFORNIA USE ONLY. The Site is controlled and operated by the Company from its offices in the State of California. We make no representation that any of the materials or the services to which you have been given access are available or appropriate for use in other locations. Your use of or access to the Site and your use of the Application should not be construed as the Company’s purposefully availing itself of the benefits or privilege of doing business in any state or jurisdiction other than California.

22. MODIFICATIONS. We may, in our sole discretion and without prior notice, (a) revise these Terms of Use; (b) modify the Site, the Application or any of the Services; and (c) discontinue the Site, the Application or the Services at any time. We will post any revision to these Terms of Use to the Site, and the revision will be effective immediately on such posting. You agree to review these Terms of Use and other online policies posted on the Site periodically to be aware of any revisions. You agree that, by continuing to use or access the Site, the Application and/or the Services following our posting of any revision, you are agreeing to and will abide by the revised Terms of Use.

23. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. BY ACCESSING THE SITE OR USING THE APPLICATION OR THE SERVICES, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THESE TERMS OF USE AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THEM.