While we appreciate your suggestions and comments on how to improve our Website, products and services, it is Levi Strauss & Co.’s policy to not accept any creative ideas, suggestions, proposals, plans or materials other than those specifically requested by us (e.g. through a contest or promotional event). Our intent is to avoid any misunderstanding in the event that a creative endeavour we commence bears some resemblance to a creative suggestion made by a customer or visitor to our Website. Thus, apart from personal data collected on or from our Website, which is subject to Levi Strauss & Co.’s Online Privacy Policy (see Section 2 above), any material, information, suggestions, ideas, concepts, know-how, techniques, questions, comments or other communication you transmit or post to the Website (a “User Communication”) is and will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary and you agree to waive your right to be identified as the author of the User Communication.
You agree that we may use any User Communication for any purpose in our sole discretion, including reproduction, transmission, disclosure, publication, broadcast, development, manufacturing and/or marketing in any manner whatsoever for any or all commercial or non-commercial purposes. You agree that Levi Strauss & Co. Group shall be under no obligation (1) to maintain any User Communication in confidence; (2) to pay compensation for any User Communication; or (3) to monitor, use, return, review or respond to any User Communication. We will have no liability related to the content of any User Communication, whether or not arising under the laws of copyright, libel, privacy, obscenity, or otherwise. We retain the right to remove any User Communication that includes any material we deem inappropriate or unacceptable (for example, see Section 7 below). Without prejudice to any other provision of these Terms of Use, you may not use User Communications for purposes of political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings or any form of "spam". You may not use a false email address to post a User Communication or impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise act in a misleading way.
You represent and warrant that any Content you submit in User Communication is original to you, that you own all applicable legal rights in the Content, and that the Content does not and will not infringe upon the rights of any other person or entity. You warrant, certify and represent that any individuals depicted in audio or visual files submitted as part of a User Communication, other than yourself, are of the age of majority in their respective country of residence, subject to the next paragraph; and you grant the right to Levi Strauss & Co. Group, the right to copy, edit, change, revise, display, perform, publish, distribute the likenesses of those individuals and that you have the authority to attest to this release on their behalves. If any of the individuals depicted in any User Communication are minors in their respective countries of residence, you certify, warrant and represent that you are the parent or legal custodian of each such individual and you grant the use of the media containing his/her depiction in accordance with the Terms.
In addition to the User-Generated Content Rules set forth in Section 7, below, you are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, defamatory, libellous, obscene, pornographic or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offence or give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law.