Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

All users of Deen Diamonds Web Properties agree that their access to, and use of, any Deen Diamonds Web Property is subject to these UGC Terms, the Deen Diamonds Privacy Policy, and all applicable laws, and that any such access or use is undertaken at the user’s own risk.

The User Content that you submit will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary, and Deen Diamonds has no obligation to maintain the confidentiality of any information, in whatever form, contained in any submission, except pursuant to the Deen Diamonds Privacy Policy. By using Deen Diamonds Web Properties or the DD Services, you consent to the collection of any personal information you provide for use and disclosure in connection with Deen Diamond’s use of your User Content as described in these UGC Terms.

Public Content

When you post or otherwise share User Content on or through our Services, you understand that your User Content and any associated information (such as your username or profile photo) may be visible to others. If you choose to make any of your information publicly available through the Services, you do so at your own risk.

User Content License

Except for the license you grant below, as between you and Deen Diamonds, you retain all rights in and to your User Content, excluding any portion of the Services included in your User Content. You grant to Deen Diamonds and its partners, contractors, subcontractors, consultants, agents, representatives, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Licensed Parties”), an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, telecast, copy, perform, publicly or otherwise perform and display, transmit, reproduce, edit, distribute, copy, edit, change, modify, add to, subtract from and otherwise exploit the User Content, or any portion thereof, in any manner (including without limitation for promotional and advertising purposes) and in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such User Content, and to grant and authorise sub-licenses of the foregoing without any compensation to you or to any third party. You hereby irrevocably waive any “moral rights” or other rights with respect to the attribution of authorship or integrity of materials regarding User Content that you may have under any applicable law or under any legal theory.

You grant the Licensed Parties the right to use your username, real name, image, likeness, descriptions of you, location or other identifying information, including but not limited to your voice, solely in connection with the use of your User Content. You further agree that the Licensed Parties have no obligation to use your User Content, name or other identifying information. You hereby release, discharge and agree to hold the Licensed Parties harmless from any liability related to the Licensed Parties’ use of your User Content.

You acknowledge that your User Content will not be returned and that the Licensed Parties reserve the right to cease use of any User Content at their sole discretion. You grant Deen Diamonds the right to use your User Content, and any ideas, concepts or know-how contained therein, without attribution or payment of any form of consideration and for any purpose including, without limitation, marketing, promotional activities, advertising, or for publicity, trade or commercial purposes.

You may not create, post or share any User Content for which you do not have all the rights necessary to grant us the license described in this User Content License section, and you represent and warrant that your User Content, and our use of such User Content as permitted by these UGC Terms, will not violate any rights of any person or entity, including any third-party rights, or cause injury to any person or entity.

Representations and Warranties

By responding with #DDApproved and/or posting or otherwise providing User Content on or through our Services, which grants us permission to use your User Content, you hereby represent and warrant that:

  • You are at least eighteen (18) years of age and/or of legal age in the jurisdiction in which you reside;
  • You own or otherwise control the rights to the User Content and it is your original creation, has not been copied, recreated, reproduced, previously published, derived from, or otherwise taken in whole or in part from any other work;
  • You have all necessary rights and authority to grant the rights herein, and that Deen Diamond’s use of your User Content in accordance with this release will not violate the intellectual property, privacy or publicity rights, or any other legal or moral rights of any third party;
  • You have obtained permission from any individual(s) appearing in your User Content to grant the rights described in these UGC Terms and you shall promptly provide proof of such permission to Deen Diamonds upon request;
  • The User Content complies with these UGC Terms and does not violate any applicable laws or regulations;
  • You agree to indemnify the Licensed Parties for all claims arising from or in connection with your User Content;
  • You further agree to indemnify and hold harmless Deen Diamonds and its affiliates, and each of their respective equity holders, directors, officers, employees, partners, agents and representatives (collectively, the “Releasees”), from any and all claims by any third party against any of the Releasees (and related damages, expenses, costs (including reasonable attorney’s fees), liabilities, verdicts, judgments and settlements) arising out of use of your User Content or any breach of these representations or warranties; and
  • Upon responding with #DDApproved, you hereby release the Releasees from, and irrevocably waive, any and all claims that the Licensed Party’s use of your User Content in accordance with these UGC Terms infringes or violates any of your rights in any way whatsoever.

DMCA POLICY

Last Updated: November 1, 2024

Deen Diamonds respect the copyrights of others and we require all users to do the same. Our policy is to respond to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) If you believe in good faith that your copyrighted work has been reproduced on the Site without authorisation in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, you may notify our DMCA Agent either by mail to Deen Diamond’s IP LLC, c/o Legal Department, 24 Vestry St. New York, NY 10013 or by email to helpline@dd.com

To be effective, your DMCA notice must

  1. be in writing
  2. be provided to the email address identified above, and
  3. include substantially the following:
  • A physical or electronic signature of a person authorised to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
  • A description of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed:
  • A description of where the allegedly infringing material is located:
  • Your address, telephone number and email address;
  • A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
  • A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that you are authorised to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.