Terms of Use

Terms of Use

Introduction

MintMind (levelcrowd ou) is a platform for researchers to fundraise seed grants for new scientific ideas and for users to discover and directly support these research projects.

MintMind provides a place for project creators, users, and interested parties to interact, share information, and support content creation.

In addition, MintMind enables You to donate to research projects You like, follow projects You like, tell others about what You like, discover new things You never knew, and find out what Your friends enjoy, all in one place, through our Site.

Your understanding of our Terms of Use is important to us, so we tried to draft these terms to be readable to people like us. It is unfortunate that the realities of the legal world made this task very difficult. If You have questions about the Terms of Use please do not hesitate to contact us at hello@MntMnd.com. We want to help You simply understand how we do things here at MintMind.

Acceptance of Terms

Please review the following terms carefully. These Terms of Use (these “Terms”) form a binding agreement between You and us, and govern Your access to and use of our web site located at www.MntMnd.com (collectively, the “Site”) provided by us, including, without limitation, any content, information, products or services offered therein or that You post or submit thereto.

The Site is designed for use by people who are at least 13 years old. If you are not yet 13, then you can’t use the Site. If you are 13 or older, you promise to us that you have never been suspended from the Site, and promise that your use of the Site won’t break any laws or regulations. If you are using the Site on behalf of a company, organization, or other kind of entity, you represent to us that you have authority to bind the organization to these Terms on its behalf.

By using the Site, You are agreeing to be bound by all of the terms and conditions described herein, and these Terms will govern Your use of the Site. If You do not agree with these Terms, You must stop using the Site. The terms “MintMind” or “us” or “we” or “our” refer to Levelcrowd ou the owner and operator of the Site. The term “You” or “Your” refer to the person accessing or using the Site, or the company or organization on behalf of which that person accesses the Site. These Terms apply to You whether You are a registered user of the Site or a non-registered user of the Site.

Modification of Terms

We reserve the right to change or modify these Terms or any policy or guideline of the Site at any time or from time to time on a going-forward basis, and any such changes or modifications shall become effective immediately upon being posted to the Site. It is Your sole responsibility to check the Site from time to time to view any such changes or modifications to these Terms. If You do not agree to all of the changes or modifications, if and when such changes may be made to these Terms, You must cease use of the Site. Your use of the Site after any changes or modifications to the Agreement indicates that You agree to such modified Agreement.

Rules and Conduct

By accessing the Site, You hereby represent, warrant, acknowledge and agree that You:

Are able to form a binding contract in Your jurisdiction;
Will comply in all respects with these Terms;
Will not copy or distribute any part of any part of the Site in any medium without MintMind’s prior written authorization, which may be withheld in our sole discretion;
Shall not change any part of the Site other than in ways that may be reasonably necessary for You to use the Site for its intended purposes;
Shall provide accurate and complete information when creating an account;
Are solely responsible for the activity that occurs while signed in to or while using the Site;
Shall not collect any personally identifiable information, including full names, physical addresses or e-mail addresses, except as permitted by these Terms (including, without limitation, for commercial purposes);
Are solely responsibility for Your content submissions, including discussion posts, profile information and links, pictures, and other such content;
Own or have the necessary licenses, rights, permissions and consent to use and authorize MintMind to use all patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights in and to any and all submissions to enable inclusion and use of the submissions across the Site;
Grant each MintMind user, whether using MintMind or an application developed by us or via a third-party developer, a non-exclusive license to access Your submissions through MintMind and to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display and perform such submissions as permitted through MintMind’s functionality or under these Terms;
Will not submit material that is copyrighted or subject to third party proprietary rights, including, without limitation, privacy, publicity, trade secret, patent, trademark, copyright or any other intellectual or proprietary rights, unless You are the owner of such material or have the appropriate permission from the rightful owner of such material to specifically submit such materials to MintMind.
Shall not post, upload, transmit, distribute, store, create or otherwise publish through the Site any content that is unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, harassing, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, deceptive, fraudulent or otherwise objectionable (as determined in our reasonable discretion); and
Affirm we have the right, but not the obligation, to determine whether any of Your submissions are appropriate and complies with these Terms, remove any and/or all of Your submissions, and terminate Your account with or without prior notice.

Registration

You may browse the Site and view content without registering, but as a condition to using certain aspects of the Site, You may be required to register with MintMind and select a password and screen name (a «username»). You shall provide MintMind with accurate, complete, and updated registration information. Failure to do so shall constitute a breach of these Terms, which may result in immediate termination of Your MintMind account. You shall not (i) select or use as a username or domain a name of another person with the intent to impersonate that person; (ii) use as a username or domain a name subject to any rights of a person other than You without appropriate authorization; or (iii) use as a username or domain a name that is otherwise offensive, vulgar or obscene. MintMind reserves the right to refuse registration of, or cancel a username and domain in our sole discretion. You are solely responsible for activity that occurs on Your account and shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your MintMind password. You shall never use another user’s account without such other user’s express permission. You will immediately notify MintMind in writing of any unauthorized use of Your account, or other account related security breach of which You are aware.

Research Project Fundraising

MintMind is a venue for fundraising. MintMind allows certain users (“Researchers”) to list projects (“Projects”) and raise funds from other users (“Donors”, “Supporters”, or “Backers”). All funds are collected through a third party processor, which we may change at any time or from time to time in our sole discretion (the “Processor”). User credit card information never touches MintMind’s servers.

You acknowledge and agree that MintMind shall not be liable for Your interactions with any organizations and/or individuals found on or through the MintMind service, and You hereby release and waive any and all claims, demands and/or damages You may have or assert against MintMind arising from or related to any such interactions. This includes, but is not limited to, delivery of goods and services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with listings on MintMind. MintMind does not oversee the performance or punctuality of projects. MintMind is not responsible for any damage or loss incurred as a result of any such dealings. All dealings are solely between You and such organizations and/or individuals. MintMind is under no obligation to become involved in disputes between Backers and Researchers, or between site members and any third party. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event of a dispute, You hereby release MintMind, its officers, directors, employees, agents and successors in rights from any and all claims, damages and demands of every kind, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, disclosed or undisclosed, arising out of or in any way related to such disputes and our service.

Though MintMind cannot be held liable for the actions of a Researcher, Researchers are nevertheless wholly responsible for fulfilling obligations both implied and stated in any project listing they create. MintMind reserves the right, but has no obligation, to cancel, interrupt or suspend a project listing and refund all associated members’ payments at any time for any reason. MintMind reserves the right, but has no obligation, to remove a project listing from public listings for any reason.

MintMind makes no guarantees regarding the performance or fairness of the Processor. Additionally, because of occasional failures of some credit cards, MintMind cannot guarantee the full receipt of the targeted amount.

Project Creators may initiate refunds at their own discretion. MintMind is not responsible for issuing refunds for funds that have been collected by Project Creators.

If changed circumstances should at some future time cause the continuation of the program supported to be inappropriate or impractical, or any of the restrictions on the use of the fund become obsolete, inappropriate or impracticable as determined by the Board of Regents, then the university may redesignate the purpose of these funds to another fund that adheres as closely as possible to the donor(s)’ original intent.

Fees and Payments

It is free to join MintMind. However, we do charge fees for certain services. When You use a service that has a fee You have an opportunity to review and accept the fees that You will be charged, which we may change from time to time. Such changes shall be effective after we provide You with notice by posting notice of the changes on the Site. We may choose to temporarily change the fees of our services for promotional events (for example, free listing days) or new services, and such changes shall be effective when we post notice of the temporary promotional event or new service on the Site.

You are responsible for paying all fees and applicable taxes associated with Your use of the site. In the event a listing is removed from the Service for violating these Terms, all fees paid will be non-refundable, unless we determine, in our sole and absolute discretion, that a refund is appropriate.

It is solely Your choice to contribute to a Project. You understand that making a contribution to a Project does not give You any rights in or to that Project, including without limitation any ownership, control or distribution rights, and that the Researcher shall be free to solicit other funding for the Project, enter into contracts for the Project, allocate rights in or to the Project, and otherwise direct the Project in its sole discretion. You further understand that nothing in this Agreement or otherwise limits MintMind’s right to enter into agreements or business relationships relating to Projects. MintMind does not guarantee that any Project’s fundraising goal will be met. Any perks offered to You are between You and the Researcher only, and MintMind does not guarantee that perks will be delivered or satisfactory to You. MintMind does not warrant the use of any Project funding or the outcome of any Project.

Contributions to Projects are nonrefundable. Under certain circumstances MintMind may, but is under no obligation to, seek the refund of Project funding if the Researcher misrepresents the Project or misuses the funds. You acknowledge and agree that any and all contributions You make are between You, the Researcher and the Processor only, and that MintMind is not responsible for contribution transactions, including without limitation any personal or payment information You provide to the Processor.

MintMind makes no representations regarding the deductibility of any contribution for tax purposes. Please consult Your tax advisor for more information.

Payment processing services on MintMind are provided by !!!!!! and are subject to the !!!!!! , which includes the !!!! (collectively, the “!!!!!!”). By agreeing to these terms or continuing to use MintMind, you agree to be bound by the !!!!!, as the same may be modified by !!!!!! from time to time. As a condition of MintMind enabling payment processing services through !!!!!, you agree to provide MintMind accurate and complete information about you and your business, and you authorize MintMind to share it and transaction information related to your use of the payment processing services provided by !!!!!!.

Backers contribute to campaign owners, not to MintMind. However, MintMind is able to refund your contribution before any of the following occur:

The contribution funds were disbursed to the campaign owner;
The campaign ends;

In the event that the campaign has ended and MintMind has disbursed funds to the campaign owner, refund requests must be directed to the campaign owner and handled in accordance with their separate refund/return policy. MintMind is not responsible for refunds outside of our Refund Policy and you should work directly with the campaign owner to resolve the refund request and the method of refund. Visit the following link for information on how to contact the campaign owner.

For In Demand campaigns, backers may request a refund from MintMind up to ten (10) days.Any refund or return requests made after the 10th day must be directed to the campaign owner and will be subject to the campaign’s separate refund/return policy (if any).

MintMind reserves the right to terminate user accounts and remove campaigns for any abuse of this Refund Policy. In the event that MintMind has found a campaign violates the Terms of Use and MintMind still has the campaign’s funds, we may at any time take action we deem appropriate, in our sole discretion, including but not limited to, issuing refunds to backers from the campaign’s funds.

You can request a refund directly from your confirmation email or from your MintMind account. To request a refund, please follow these steps. Refunds will be issued based on the payment method used for the contribution, and may take up to five (5) business days to appear on your statement.

Please note that if you backed a fixed funding campaign that did not meet its goal, you will automatically receive a refund within five (5) business days. You do not need to request a refund.

If you are not eligible for a refund from MintMind under our Refund Policy, you should contact the campaign owner to inquire whether they are able to provide you a refund. MintMind is not responsible for refunds outside of our Refund Policy and you should work directly with the campaign owner to resolve the refund request and method of refund.

Your refund will still be sent back to the issuer of your original credit card and the bank will determine the best method of remitting the balance to you. The issuing bank will determine how to get the funds to you, so please contact them directly.

If you processed a refund through your MintMind account, and have not yet seen the refund as a credit on your credit card statement within five (5) business days, please contact us at MntMnd.com/contact.

If you contributed to a fixed funding campaign that did not meet its goal and you did not receive your refund within five (5) business days, please contact MintMind support at MntMnd.com/contact. There are many reasons that the refund may not have been credited to your account and we will work with you to ensure that you receive a refund.

Third Party Site

The Site may permit You to link to other web sites or resources on the internet, and other web sites or resources may contain links to the Site. When You access third party web sites, You do so at Your own risk. These other web sites are not under MintMind’s control, and You acknowledge and agree that MintMind is not responsible or liable for the content, functions, accuracy, privacy policies, legality, appropriateness or any other aspect of such web sites or resources. We encourage You to read the terms of service and privacy statements of each and every web site You visit. The ability to access information of third parties from MintMind, or links to other web sites or locations, is for Your convenience only and the inclusion of any such link does not imply endorsement by MintMind or any association with the operators of any third party web site. You further acknowledge and agree that MintMind shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for, and You hereby release and waive any and all claims, demands and damages against MintMind arising from or in connection with, any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with Your use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such web site or resource.

Content and License

You agree that the Site contains content specifically provided by MintMind or its partners and that such Content is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents, trade secrets or other proprietary rights and laws. You shall abide by and maintain all copyright notices, information, and restrictions contained in any content accessed through the Site.

MintMind grants each user of the Site and/or Service a limited, worldwide, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable and non-transferable license to use, modify and reproduce the content, solely for personal, non-commercial use. Use, reproduction, modification, distribution or storage of any Content for other than personal, non-commercial use is expressly prohibited without prior written permission from MintMind, which consent may be withheld in our sole discretion, or from the copyright holder identified in such content’s copyright notice. You shall not sell, license, rent, or otherwise use or exploit any Content for commercial use or in any way that violates any third party right.

Third Party Intellectual Property – Copyright Notifications

At MintMind, we respect the intellectual property of others, and we ask You to do the same. If You believe that Your copyrighted work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement and is accessible via the Service, please notify MintMind’s copyright agent, as set forth in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 («DMCA»). For Your complaint to be valid under the DMCA, You must provide the following information in writing:

An electronic or physical signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner;
Identification of the copyrighted work that You claim has been infringed;
Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and where it is located on the Site;
Information reasonably sufficient to permit MintMind to contact You, such as Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
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 law; and
A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information is accurate, and that You are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on behalf of the owner.

The above information must be submitted to the MintMind’s DMCA Agent at Hello@MntMnd.com.

Intellectual Property Rights – Project Creators

The Site provides You with the ability upload, add, create, upload, submit, distribute, collect, or post («Submitting» or «Submission») Your videos, audio clips, written forum comments, data, text, photographs, software, scripts, graphics, or other information to the Site (collectively, the “User Content”). MintMind will not have any ownership rights in Your User Content, however, MintMind needs the following license to perform the services made available through the Site. You hereby grant to MintMind and each user of the Site the worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, sublicensable and transferable license and right to (and to allow others acting on its behalf to) (i) use, host, display, perform and otherwise fully exploit the User Content including, without limitation, use, host, stream, transmit, playback, transcode, copy, display, feature, market, sell, distribute and otherwise exploit («Host») Your User Content, along with all associated copyrightable works or metadata, including without limitation photographs, graphics, and descriptive text in connection with the services made available through the Site; (ii) use, stream, transmit, playback, download, display, feature, distribute, collect, and otherwise use Your User Content; and (iii) use and publish, and permit others to use and publish, the name(s), trademarks, likenesses, and personal and biographical materials of You and the members of Your group, in connection with the provision of the services made available through the Site, in all cases on Your behalf and/or in connection with the Site and MintMind’s (and our successor’s and assigns’) business including, without limitation, for promoting and redistributing all or part of the Site (and derivative works thereof) and the services made available on the Site in any media formats and through any media channels including, without limitation, third party web sites.

By Submitting any User Content to the Site, You hereby represent, warrant, acknowledge and agree that:

You are publishing that User Content, and that You may be identified publicly by Your username association with any such User Content;
You (i) own or otherwise control all rights to all content in Your User Content, or that the content in such User Content is in the public domain, (ii) have full authority to act on behalf of any and all owners of any right, title or interest in and to any content in Your User Content to use such content as contemplated by these Terms and to grant the license rights set forth above, (iii) have the permission to use the name and likeness of each identifiable individual person and to use such individual’s identifying or personal information as contemplated by these Terms; and (iv) are authorized to grant all of the aforementioned rights to the User Content to MintMind and all users of the Site;
You agree to pay all royalties and other amounts owed to any person or entity due to Your Submission of any User Content to the Site;
The use or other exploitation of such User Content by MintMind and the use or other exploitation by users of the Site as contemplated by this Agreement will not infringe or violate the rights of any third party, including without limitation any privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights, or any other intellectual property or proprietary rights of any kind; and
You understand that MintMind shall have the right, but not the obligation, to delete, edit, modify, reformat, excerpt, or translate any materials, content or information submitted by You; and that all information publicly posted or privately transmitted through the Site is the sole responsibility of the person from which such content originated and that MintMind will not be liable for any errors or omissions in any content; and that MintMind cannot guarantee the identity of any other users with whom You may interact in the course of using the Site.

Without limiting the foregoing, to enable MintMind to Host Your content pursuant to the above provisions, You hereby grant to MintMind the worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable right to use, reproduce, copy, and display Your trademarks, service marks, slogans, logos or similar proprietary rights (collectively, the «Trademarks») solely in connection with the services made available through the Site.

You further acknowledge and agree that MintMind does not endorse and has no control over any User Content. MintMind cannot guarantee the authenticity of any data which users may provide about themselves. You acknowledge that all content accessed by You through the Site is at Your own risk and You will be solely responsible for any damage or loss to any party resulting therefrom.

Termination

MintMind may terminate Your access to all or any part of the Site at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately, which may result in the forfeiture and destruction of all information associated with Your membership. If You wish to terminate Your account, You may do so by following the instructions on the Site. Any fees paid hereunder are non-refundable. All provisions of these Terms which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.

Warranty Disclaimer

MintMind has no special relationship with or fiduciary duty to You. You acknowledge that MintMind has no control over, and no duty to take any action regarding any of the following: which users gains access to the Site; what content You access via the Site; what effects the content may have on You; how You may interpret or use the content; or what actions You may take as a result of having been exposed to the content. You release MintMind from all liability for You having acquired or not acquired content through the Site. The Site may contain, or direct You to web sites containing, information that some people may find offensive or inappropriate. MintMind makes no representations concerning any content contained in or accessed through the Site, and MintMind will not be responsible or liable for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality or decency of material contained in or accessed through the Site or the services made available through the Site.

THE SITE AND THE SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE ARE PROVIDED «AS IS» AND «AS AVAILABLE» AND ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND ANY WARRANTIES IMPLIED BY ANY COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR USAGE OF TRADE, ALL OF WHICH ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. MINTMIND, AND ITS DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, PARTNERS AND CONTENT PROVIDERS DO NOT WARRANT THAT: (A) THE SITE WILL BE SECURE, UNINTERRUPTED OR AVAILABLE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME OR LOCATION; (B) ANY DEFECTS OR ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED; (C) ANY CONTENT OR SOFTWARE AVAILABLE AT OR THROUGH THE SITE IS OR WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS; OR (D) THE RESULTS OF USING THE SITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS. YOUR USE OF THE SITE IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. MINTMIND FURTHER DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES FOR SERVICES OR GOODS RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED ON THE SITE OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE OR RECEIVED THROUGH ANY LINKS PROVIDED BY THE SITE, AS WELL AS FOR ANY INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE OR ANY LINKS RECEIVED THROUGH THE SITE.

SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND ALL SUBMISSIONS OF USER CONTENT SHALL BE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

MINTMIND MAKES NO GUARANTY OF CONFIDENTIALITY OR PRIVACY OF ANY COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TRANSMITTED ON THE SITE OR ANY WEB SITE LINKED TO THE SITE.

MintMind will not be liable for the privacy of email addresses, registration and identification information, disk space, communications, confidential or trade-secret information, or any other content stored on MintMind’s equipment, transmitted over networks accessed by the Site, or otherwise connected with Your use of the Service.

Indemnification

You shall, at Your sole expense, defend, indemnify, and hold harmless MintMind, its affiliates and each of its, and its affiliates employees, contractors, directors, suppliers and representatives from any and all liabilities, claims, damages, judgments and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, that arise from or relate to Your use or misuse of, or access to, the Site, the services or content made available through the Site, Your Submission of User Content, or otherwise from Your use of the Site, violation of these Terms, or infringement by You, or any third party using Your account, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity. MintMind reserves the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by You, in which event You will assist and cooperate with MintMind in asserting any available defenses.

Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT SHALL MINTMIND, OR ITS DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS, SUPPLIERS, REPRESENTATIVES OR CONTENT PROVIDERS, BE LIABLE UNDER CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, NEGLIGENCE OR ANY OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE OR THE SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM, ANY (I) LOST PROFITS, DATA LOSS, COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, OR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES (HOWEVER ARISING), (II) BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE (REGARDLESS OF THE SOURCE OF ORIGINATION), OR (III) DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF (IN THE AGGREGATE) ONE-HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100.00). SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

International

Accessing the Site is prohibited from territories where such Content is illegal. If You access the Site from other locations, You do so at Your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

Questions and Contact Information

If you have any questions or complaints regarding a project, donation, or content, contact us using our contact form or by email at hello@MntMnd.com.