WTA CREDENTIAL ELIGIBILITY SYSTEM TERMS OF USE

Introduction

These Terms of Use (“Terms”) apply to the use of the WTA Credential Eligibility System at www.wtacredentials.com (the "Site"). Please read these Terms carefully before accessing and using the Site. By accessing or using the Site, you agree to be bound by these Terms, in their entirety and without modification. If you do not agree to these Terms, you may not use the Site. If you continue to access and use the Site, you will be deemed to have accepted these Terms. These Terms must be read in conjunction with any other applicable terms governing the use of the Site, including our Privacy Notice.

We reserve the right to amend these Terms at any time by making changes to this page or, where appropriate, by e-mail. If you continue to use the Site after changes are made or after receiving written notice, you will be deemed to have accepted the amended Terms.

  1. About the Site and WTA

    • The Site is owned and operated by WTA Tour, Inc. (“WTA,” “we,” “us,” “our”), a New York not-for-profit corporation whose principal office is located at 100 2nd Avenue South, Suite 300-N, St. Petersburg, Florida 33701 USA.
    • All individuals who are requesting access to secure player areas or other restricted access areas on-site at a WTA tournament or event are required to submit a credential status request through the Site. Such individuals shall be referred to as “Users,” “you,” or “your” in these Terms.
    • The Site is an online tool used to collect information from Users in order to conduct background checks and eligibility investigations to determine if their credential status requests can be approved.

  2. Site Access

    • Subject to your ongoing compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, personal, non-transferable, revocable, and non-exclusive license to access and use the Site for the purpose stated above in Section 1.3.
    • Your use of the Site is subject to the most current version of these Terms posted on the Site at the time of use.
    • We may, for technical, legal, or operational reasons make procedural or technical alternations and/or improvements to the Site and may suspend, restrict, or withdraw access to the Site for any reason, temporarily or permanently in whole or in part, with or without notice. We shall not be liable to you for any such alteration, suspension, restriction, or withdrawal of the Site.
    • If we suspend or terminate your access to or use of the Site, you will continue to be bound by the Terms that were in effect as of the date of your suspension or termination.
    • We are not responsible for providing the technical means by which you can gain access to the Site. You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary in order to procure access to the Site, including without limitation, any equipment and software necessary to access the Site.

  3. Site Use

    • You may only use the Site for lawful purposes and must not use the Site in any way that breaches any applicable local, provincial, national, or international law, rule, or regulation or in any way that is unlawful or fraudulent or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect.
    • When creating an Account and using the Site, you shall not:
      • attempt to create more than one Account or impersonate others;
      • share, sell, or transfer any aspect of your Account (including your Login Details) or in any other way provide access to the Account to another person or entity;
      • do anything unlawful, misleading, or fraudulent or for an illegal or unauthorized purpose;
      • attempt to create Accounts or access or collect information in unauthorized ways, or obtain, or attempt to obtain, access to areas of the Site that are not intended for access by you;
      • license, sublicense, sell, resell, transfer, assign, distribute or otherwise commercially exploit the Site or any information thereon, or make the Site available to any third party in any way;
      • interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site or disrupt the Site or any server or network connected to the Site;
      • take any action which imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Site’s infrastructure;
      • gain or attempt to gain unauthorized access to any computer system or network connected to the Site;
      • reverse compile, disassemble, or engineer the Site or its technology; and
      • use or access the Site to build a product or service which is the same as or similar to the Site.
    • You warrant and undertake with us that you shall not upload to the Site any information that:
      • contains any content that is libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, or sexually explicit, abusive, or otherwise violates any law;
      • infringes any patent, trademark, database right, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary right of any party in any jurisdiction;
      • you do not have the right to transmit under any law or contractual relationship (such as confidential information);
      • contains viruses or any other codes, files, or programs designed to damage, interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment.

  1. Your Account

    • To access the Site, you must create a registered account (“Account”) by providing your name, email address and creating a password.
    • Upon accessing the Site, you must first complete your Account profile and then submit a credential status request. Each time you access the Site, you will be required to log in using your email address and password (“Login Details”). You agree to provide true, accurate, current, and complete information about yourself when creating an Account and when using the Site, and you are responsible for keeping such information up-to-date.
    • You are solely responsible for all activity that occurs on your Account, whether or not authorized by you. Therefore, be sure to protect the confidentiality of your Account credentials, including your Login Details.
    • If you have any reason to suspect that your Login Details have been disclosed or shared, or that your Account is being misused, you must notify WTA immediately and take all necessary steps to prevent further unauthorized access, including changing your Login Details and taking other security measures as directed by WTA. WTA shall not be liable for any loss or damage that you may incur as a result of someone else using your Account, either with or without your knowledge.
    • We reserve the right to terminate your Account, and to delete any information you have submitted on the Site at any time and for any reason, including if you breach these Terms.

  2. General Obligations

    • You agree to comply with the WTA Official Rulebook (including, among other things, the Code of Conduct), the WTA By-Laws, and all decisions of the WTA Board of Directors and WTA management, as such rules, By-Laws and decisions may be amended or made from time to time.

  3. Revocation

    • You understand that you may voluntarily elect not to submit any or all of your personal information, and you may revoke the approvals and authorizations contained within the Site by providing signed written notice to the WTA of your intention to do so, but you understand and acknowledge that such revocation shall only be effective upon receipt by the WTA and may lead to your inability to obtain a credential at WTA tournaments.

  4. Security

    • You shall use all reasonable endeavors to prevent any unauthorized access to the Site and are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Login Details.
    • We may amend or withdraw your Login Details at any time, in our absolute discretion, without notice and without incurring any liability whatsoever to you.
    • You must take your own precautions to ensure that the process which you use for accessing the Site does not expose you to the risk of viruses, malicious computer code, or other forms of interference which may damage your own computer system. For the avoidance of doubt, we do not accept responsibility for any interference or damage to your own computer system which arises in connection with your use of the Site.
    • While we endeavor to protect the security and integrity of the content collected via the Site, we cannot guarantee that any information, during transmission through the Internet or while stored on our system or otherwise in our care, will be absolutely safe from intrusion by others, such as hackers or unauthorized users.
    • If at any time during or after our relationship we believe that the security of the Site may have been compromised, we will seek to notify you of that development if appropriate, as promptly as possible under the circumstances. We may notify you by e-mail to the most recent e-mail address you have provided us in your Account. To receive these notices, you must check your e-mail account.

  5. Your Privacy and Personal Data

    • WTA will collect and process personal data that you provide while using the Site. Please see our Privacy Notice for further details.

  6. Ownership, Use, and Intellectual Property Rights

    • All proprietary rights, including without limitation, copyright, trademarks, database rights, and other intellectual property rights in and to the Site and any content made available on the Site (the “Rights”) shall be and remain vested in us or our licensors or partners.
    • You may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, translate, sell, create derivative works of, exploit, or distribute in any manner or medium (including by e-mail or other electronic means) any content or information from the Site unless explicitly authorized in these Terms.
    • Except for the rights specifically granted under these Terms, nothing in these Terms shall be construed as transferring any Rights to you, and all Rights not specifically granted in these Terms are reserved by us.
    • If you give us any feedback, suggestions, or ideas in relation to the Site, we reserve the right to use that feedback, suggestions, or ideas in the development of the Site.
    • If you submit, upload, or post any materials, information, or content to the Site, you grant us and our partners and affiliates a royalty free, perpetual, irrevocable, transferrable, assignable, sub-licensable, worldwide license to use such materials and content, including alterations thereof, for our business purposes, in any form, in any media, and via any technology we choose, whether it exists now or is created in the future. You represent that any materials and content posted or otherwise submitted by you to the Site is original and that you have the right to grant us these rights.
    • You authorize WTA and each of its designees to broadcast, take, use, reproduce, and publish your name and any and all photographs and audio or video recordings that may be taken of you immediately before, during, or immediately after any WTA event, whether such photographs or recordings are flattering or unflattering, for any purpose whatsoever, without compensation to you. You also acknowledge and agree that WTA will own any and all rights in such photographs and audio or video recordings (collectively, “Materials”) in perpetuity and you waive as to WTA, and its successors, assigns, and licensees all moral and personal rights and objections to any use made of the Materials, including but not limited to your name, likeness, biographical material, voice, accounts, and descriptions in advertising and promotions throughout the world, including but not limited to radio, print, television, film, video, internet, and any other medium now known and unknown. You understand and agree that as the owner of the Materials, WTA’s use of the Materials may extend (without limitation) to use by any of its sponsors, advertisers, owners, partners, affiliates, directors, officers, officials, members, and agents.

  7. Confidentiality

    • You acknowledge that the Site may contain confidential, proprietary, or sensitive information that is not publicly or generally known, which could be used to the detriment of WTA (“Confidential Information”).
    • Except where required by law, you agree not to disclose, directly or indirectly, any such Confidential Information to any person, firm, corporation, association, or other national or international entity for any reason or purpose whatsoever, unless specifically authorized to do so in writing by WTA. You shall immediately notify WTA of any unauthorized disclosure or use of any Confidential Information of which you become aware.
    • You acknowledge that breach of this Section 12 may result in disciplinary action, including termination of your association with WTA, and may also subject you to personal liability as well as sanctions for violation of the law.

  8. Disclaimer

    • We cannot guarantee the availability of the Site and you acknowledge that the Site is offered on an “as is” and “as available” basis. To the extent permitted by law, we disclaim any and all representations, conditions, and warranties, whether express or implied, by statute or common law or otherwise that the Site is or will be of satisfactory quality, fit for a particular purpose, provided with reasonable care and skill, or non-infringing. This means that we make no promises that:
      • the Site will be available to you at any particular time;
      • the Site will meet any particular requirements or provide any particular results;
      • the information on the Site will be accurate or up-to-date;
      • information and materials that you store in your Account or on the Site will remain retrievable and uncorrupted; and
      • the Site will be uninterrupted or error-free or will be free of viruses or other harmful components, or that defects will be corrected.
    • We shall not be liable for any loss or damage that you may incur if the Site is unavailable for any period of time.
    • You agree that the use of the Site is at your own risk. Although we will endeavor to ensure that the information posted on the Site is accurate and up-to-date, we reserve the right, but without obligation, to monitor, edit, or remove any information on the Site at any time. We cannot guarantee that the information contained on the Site is reliable, accurate, or complete and we do not accept responsibility to you for any inaccuracy or omission concerning any of the information on the Site.
    • We are not responsible for any content or materials posted to the Site by Users, nor for disputes between Users, or between Users and third parties.
    • These disclaimers apply to us and our members and affiliates and related companies, as well as third parties that are involved in the creation, production, or distribution of the Site, and any of their employees, contractors, and agents.

  9. Limitations of Liability

    • Neither we nor any of our members or affiliates, or any of our or their directors, officers, employees, agents, contractors, or service providers, shall be liable to you or any other person (whether for negligence, breach of contract, tort, misrepresentation, restitution, or otherwise) for any loss or damage, howsoever caused (including, without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages and damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data, business opportunity, anticipated savings, or other intangible losses) resulting from or in connection with: (i) the Site (or the content, materials, services, and functions provided as part of the Site), (ii) your use or inability to use the Site, or (iii) your travel to, presence and/or attendance at,  participation in, or provision of services related to WTA tournaments.
    • Notwithstanding and without limiting the foregoing, you agree that our liability and the liability of our members or affiliates, and of any of our or their directors, officers, employees, agents, contractors, or service providers, if any, arising out of any kind of legal claim in any way relating to the use of the Site (or the content, materials, services, and functions provided as part of the Site), or your travel to, presence and/or attendance at,  participation in, or provision of services related to WTA tournaments, will not exceed US $100.00. Because some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain categories of damages, the above limitations may not apply to you. In such jurisdictions, our liability and the liability of our members or affiliates, and our and their directors, officers, employees, agents, contractors, or service providers, is limited to the fullest extent permitted by such law.
    • We will not be liable to you or responsible for any failure or delay in the performance of any of our obligations under these Terms that is caused by events outside our reasonable control (including, but not limited to, the decision of any court or other judicial body of competent jurisdiction, the unavailability of equipment, power, or other commodity, the failure or non-availability of Internet or telecommunications facilities, acts of government or other prevailing authorities, or defaults of third parties).
    • Any of our employees, agents, representatives, and/or independent contractors shall be entitled to the benefit of the exclusions and limitations of liability set out in these Terms in our favor.
    • You agree that the limitations and exclusions set out in these Terms are reasonable because we have made the Site available free of charge.

  10. Indemnity

    • You shall defend, indemnify, and hold us and our affiliates and members (including our respective directors, officers, employees, and agents) harmless from and against claims, actions, proceedings, losses, damages, expenses, and costs (including without limitation court costs and reasonable legal fees) arising out of or in connection with or in relation to: (a) your use of or inability to use the Site; (b) the use of the Site by any person using your Account; or (c) your breach of these Terms.
    • This Section 15 shall survive these Terms and the termination of your use of the Site.

  11. General

    • No failure or delay by a party to exercise any right or remedy provided under these Terms or by law shall constitute a waiver of that or any other right or remedy, nor shall it preclude or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy.
    • If any provision of these Terms (or part of a provision) is found by any court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unenforceable, or illegal, such provision is deemed severable and will not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions.
    • These Terms are not intended to and do not give any person who is not a party to them any right to enforce any of the provisions.

  12. Third Party Links

    • The Site may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for, and do not endorse, the content of any such websites. When you visit a linked website, you should read the terms of use and privacy policy that govern that particular linked website.

  13. Governing Law

    • These Terms, and the relationship between you and us, will be governed by the laws of the United States and the State of Florida, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. You (a) submit to the jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the City of Tampa, State of Florida, USA for the purposes of all legal proceedings arising out of or relating to these Terms or your use of the Site; and (b) irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that you now or hereafter have to the venue of any such proceeding brought in such court.

  14. Contact Us

    • If you have any questions or comments about the Site or these Terms, please contact our legal department using the contact details below:

WTA Tour, Inc.

c/o Legal Department
100 Second Avenue South, Suite 300-N
St. Petersburg, FL 33701 USA
P: +1.727.895.5000
Legal@wtatennis.com



Effective as of January 26, 2023