These IHG Social Media Marketing Terms & Conditions (or “Terms”) govern your access to and use of the IHG.com website, any IHG website, app, service, platform, tool, or channel owned, operated, branded or offered by IHG (collectively, “IHG Sites”) and any information, text, links, graphics, photographs, videos, articles, images, audio, sounds, music, audio recordings, files, profiles, communications, feedback, suggestions, ideas, concepts, questions, data or other content, or other materials or arrangements of materials that you share, post, or upload to the IHG Sites (collectively referred to as “User Content”). By using the IHG Sites, submitting User Content to the IHG Sites, and/or responding “yes” to a request from IHG for you to consent to these Terms, you agree to be bound by these Terms.

You hereby agree to the following terms and conditions:

1. Ownership of User Content. IHG does not claim ownership of your User Content that you share, post, or upload to the IHG Sites.
   
   
2. Grant of Rights to User Content. When you share, post, or upload User Content to the IHG Sites, you hereby grant to Six Continents Hotels, Inc. (“SCH”, also known as “IHG” and referred to herein as “IHG”), its agents, employees, legal representatives, and assigns, and those acting under its permission and upon its authority, or those for whom IHG is acting, a worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, perpetual, transferable, sub-licensable irrevocable right and license to host, use, distribute, modify, reproduce, publicly perform or display, translate, and create derivative works of the User Content for art, advertising, trade, or any other lawful purpose whatsoever, in any media throughout the world, in perpetuity. For the avoidance of any and all doubt, IHG is and shall be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in such User Content for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to, developing, manufacturing, and marketing products that incorporate or otherwise rely upon such information. You waive any right you may have to inspect and/or approve the finished use, product, or advertising copy in which User Content is incorporated, and you acknowledge and agree that you will receive no compensation from IHG for its use of any User Content you share, post, or upload to the IHG Sites under these licenses. Finally, the foregoing licenses shall survive termination and/or expiration of these Terms for any reason.
   
   
3. Monitoring and Removal of User Content. IHG shall have no obligation to monitor User Content, use or display User Content, or respond to any User Content. Moreover, IHG retains the right, in its sole discretion and without prior notice, to remove, revise, or refuse to post any User Content for any reason or no reason.


4. Representations and Warranties. For each submission of any User Content, you represent and warrant and certify that:

a. you have all rights necessary to grant these licenses (including without limitation rights in any third-party trademarks and copyrights, including any musical compositions and/or sound recordings embodied or embedded in any User Content) and, to the extent applicable, you have obtained all necessary permission(s) and/or parental consent from any individuals that appear in the User Content to use, and grant others the right to use, their name, image, voice, and/or likeness without the need for payment to you or any other person or entity;



b. such User Content and your submission of such User Content to IHG complies with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations and does not infringe or otherwise violate the copyright, trademark, trade secret, privacy, or other intellectual property or other rights of any third party;



c. you have reached the age of majority and are legally able to enter into this contract and are doing so of your own free will and without coercion from any party, related to or independent from the project;



d. the User Content does not include any images, video, or other likeness of any persons under the age of 18 years old (a “Minor”) except for Minors for which you are the parent or legal guardian, and for such Minor(s), you certify and give your agreement, consent, and approval to these IHG Social Media Marketing Terms and Conditions on behalf of your Child;



e. the User Content does not contain any addresses, email addresses, phone numbers or any contact information or contain computer viruses, worms, or other harmful files; and



f. you further irrevocably waive any and all rights, including “moral rights” or other rights, with respect to attribution of authorship or integrity of materials that you may have under any applicable law under any legal theory.





5. You Have Sole Responsibility for Your User Content. You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for any User Content you share, post, or upload, or submit to IHG Sites, and for any consequences involving your authorization to third parties to use of any such User Content. You understand that your User Content may be accessible to the public and other parties, who may be able to share your User Content with others and to make it available elsewhere, including on other sites and platforms without IHG’s permission.


6. Responsibility for Other User Content. IHG does not guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy or reliability of any User Content or endorse any opinions expressed by you or anyone else in User Content. You acknowledge and agree that IHG has no control over and shall have no liability for any damages resulting from, the use (including, without limitation, re-publication) or misuse by you or any third party of any User Content. IHG may investigate, at its sole discretion, any instances that it becomes aware of in which any User Content does not or may not confirm to these Terms and decide whether to take action in accordance with these Terms; however, IHG acts as a passive conduit for User Content and has no obligation to screen or monitor such User Content. Further, IHG has no liability or responsibility to users for performance or nonperformance of such activities.
   
   
7. IHG Intellectual Property. You acknowledge and agree that, as between you and us, IHG owns all right, title and interest in and to the IHG Sites and all intellectual property rights (including but not limited to the copyrights, trademarks and patents) therein (the “IHG IP”). For clarity, IHG IP does not include User Content. No right, title or interest in or to any IHG IP is transferred to you under these Terms, and IHG reserves all rights not expressly granted.
   


8. Release and Discharge. By submitting or posting the User Content, you hereby fully and unconditionally release, forever discharge and agree to hold harmless IHG, its officers, directors, agents, employees, legal representatives or assigns, and all persons acting under its permission or upon its authority or for whom it is acting, from any and all claims, demands, damages (actual or consequential, direct or indirect) and liability, whether now known or unknown, of every kind and nature relating to, arising out of or in any way connection with: (a) IHG’s use of your User Content, including, without limitation, any and all claims that IHG’s use of your User Content in any form pursuant to these Terms allegedly violates any of your intellectual property rights, copyrights, rights of publicity or privacy, “moral rights,” or rights of attribution and integrity;  and (b) any disputes between you and one or more users or any other person or entity involving the User Content.
   
   IHG HAS THE ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO REMOVE AND/OR DELETE WITHOUT NOTICE ANY USER CONTENT WITHIN ITS CONTROL THAT IT DEEMS OBJECTIONABLE. YOU CONSENT TO SUCH REMOVAL AND/OR DELETION AND WAIVE ANY CLAIM AGAINST IHG AND/OR ITS AFFILIATES FOR SUCH REMOVAL AND/OR DELETION. IHG IS NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR FAILURE TO STORE POSTED CONTENT OR OTHER MATERIALS YOU TRANSMIT THROUGH THE SITE. YOU SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PRESERVE COPIES OF ANY DATA, MATERIAL, CONTENT OR INFORMATION YOU POST ON THE IHG SITES.