TERMS OF USE
Last updated
May 16, 2024
AGREEMENT TO OUR LEGAL
TERMS
We are Pebble Technologies
("Company,"
"we," "us," "our")
, a company registered in
Minnesota, United States
at 4199 Kirkwood Ln N
, Lake Elmo
, MN
55042
.
We operate
the mobile application Pebble (the "App")
, as well as any other related products and services that
refer or link to these legal terms (the "Legal
Terms") (collectively, the "Services"
).
You can contact us by
email
at pebbledates@gmail.com
or by mail to 2063 Marshal Ave
, St Paul
, MN
55104
,
United States
.
These Legal Terms constitute a legally binding
agreement
made between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity (
"you"), and Pebble
Technologies , concerning your access to and use of the Services. You agree that by accessing
the Services, you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by all of these Legal Terms. IF YOU DO
NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THESE LEGAL TERMS, THEN YOU ARE EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED FROM USING THE SERVICES AND
YOU MUST DISCONTINUE USE IMMEDIATELY.
Supplemental terms and conditions or documents that
may
be posted on the Services from time to time are hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference. We
reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to make changes or modifications to these Legal Terms at any time and for any reason
. We will alert you about any changes by updating the "Last
updated" date of these Legal Terms, and you waive any
right to receive specific notice of each such change. It is your responsibility to periodically review
these Legal Terms to stay informed of updates. You will be subject to, and will be deemed to have been
made aware of and to have accepted, the changes in any revised Legal Terms by your continued use of the
Services after the date such revised Legal Terms are posted.
The
Services are intended for users who are at least 18 years old. Persons under the age
of 18 are not permitted to use or register for the Services.
We recommend that you print a
copy of these Legal Terms for your records.
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
1. OUR SERVICES
The information provided when using the Services is not intended for
distribution to or use by any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or
use would be contrary to law or regulation or which would subject us to any registration requirement
within such jurisdiction or country. Accordingly, those persons who choose to access the Services from
other locations do so on their own initiative and are solely responsible for compliance with local laws,
if and to the extent local laws are applicable.
The Services are not tailored to comply with industry-specific regulations
(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Federal Information Security Management
Act (FISMA), etc.), so if your interactions would be subjected to such laws, you may not use the
Services. You may not use the Services in a way that would violate the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA).
2. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
Our intellectual
property
We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual
property rights in our Services, including all source code, databases, functionality, software, website
designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics in the Services (collectively, the "Content"), as well as
the trademarks, service marks, and logos contained therein (the
"Marks").
Our Content and Marks are protected by copyright and
trademark laws (and various
other intellectual property rights and unfair competition laws) and treaties in the United
States and around the world.
The Content and Marks are provided in or through the
Services "AS IS" for
your personal, non-commercial use
only.
Your use of our
Services
Subject to your compliance with these Legal Terms, including the "PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
" section below, we
grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to:
- access the Services; and
- download or print a copy of any portion of the Content to which you have
properly gained access.
solely for your
personal, non-commercial use.
Except as set out in this section or elsewhere in
our
Legal Terms, no part of the Services and no Content or Marks may be copied, reproduced,
aggregated, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded,
translated, transmitted, distributed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited
for any commercial purpose whatsoever, without our express prior written
permission.
If you wish to make any use of the Services,
Content, or
Marks other than as set out in this section or elsewhere in our Legal Terms, please address your request
to: pebbledates@gmail.com. If we ever grant you the permission to post,
reproduce, or publicly display any part of our Services or Content, you must identify us as the owners
or licensors of the Services, Content, or Marks and ensure that any copyright or proprietary notice
appears or is visible on posting, reproducing, or displaying our Content.
We reserve all rights not expressly granted to you
in
and to the Services, Content, and Marks.
Any breach of these Intellectual Property Rights
will
constitute a material breach of our Legal Terms and your right to use our Services will terminate
immediately.
Your submissions
and contributions
Please review this section and the "PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
" section carefully
prior to using our Services to understand the (a) rights you give us and (b) obligations you have when
you post or upload any content through the Services.
Submissions: By directly sending us any question, comment,
suggestion, idea, feedback, or other information about the Services (
"Submissions"), you agree to assign to us all intellectual
property rights in such Submission. You agree that we shall own this Submission and be entitled to its
unrestricted use and dissemination for any lawful purpose, commercial or otherwise, without
acknowledgment or compensation to you.
Contributions: The Services may invite you to chat, contribute
to, or participate in blogs, message boards, online forums, and other functionality during which you may
create, submit, post, display, transmit, publish, distribute, or broadcast content and materials to us
or through the Services, including but not limited to text, writings, video, audio, photographs, music,
graphics, comments, reviews, rating suggestions, personal information, or other material ("Contributions"). Any
Submission that is publicly posted shall also be treated as a Contribution.
You understand that Contributions may be viewable by other users of the
Services.
When you post Contributions, you grant us a license (including
use of your name, trademarks, and logos): By posting any Contributions, you grant us an
unrestricted, unlimited, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, fully-paid,
worldwide right, and license
to: use, copy, reproduce, distribute, sell, resell, publish, broadcast, retitle, store, publicly
perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, excerpt (in whole or in part), and exploit your
Contributions (including, without limitation, your image, name, and voice) for any purpose, commercial,
advertising, or otherwise, to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, your
Contributions, and to sublicense the licenses granted in this section. Our use and distribution may
occur in any media formats and through any media channels.
This license includes our use of your name, company name, and franchise
name, as applicable, and any of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, and personal and
commercial images you provide.
You are responsible for what you post or upload: By sending us
Submissions and/or posting Contributions through any part of the Services or making Contributions accessible through the Services by linking
your account through the Services to any of your social networking accounts, you:
- confirm that you have read and agree with our
"PROHIBITED
ACTIVITIES
" and will not
post, send, publish, upload, or transmit through the Services any Submission nor post any Contribution
that is illegal, harassing, hateful, harmful, defamatory, obscene, bullying, abusive,
discriminatory, threatening to any person or group, sexually explicit, false, inaccurate, deceitful,
or misleading;
- to the extent permissible by applicable law, waive any and all moral rights
to any such Submission and/or Contribution;
- warrant that any such Submission and/or
Contributions are original to you or that you have the
necessary rights and licenses to submit such Submissions and/or Contributions
and that you have full authority to grant us the above-mentioned rights in relation to your
Submissions and/or Contributions; and
- warrant and represent that your Submissions
and/or Contributions do not constitute
confidential information.
You are solely responsible for
your Submissions and/or Contributions and you expressly agree to reimburse us for any and all losses
that we may suffer because of your breach of (a) this section, (b) any third party’s intellectual property
rights, or (c) applicable law.
We may remove or edit
your Content: Although we have no obligation to monitor any Contributions, we shall have the
right to remove or edit any Contributions at any time without notice if in our reasonable opinion we
consider such Contributions harmful or in breach of these Legal Terms. If we remove or edit any such
Contributions, we may also suspend or disable your account and report you to the authorities.
Copyright
infringement
We respect the intellectual
property rights of others. If you believe that any material available on or through the Services infringes
upon any copyright you own or control, please immediately refer to the
"
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENTS
"
section below.
By using the Services, you represent and warrant
that:
(1) all registration information you submit
will be true, accurate, current, and complete; (2) you will maintain the accuracy of such
information and promptly update such registration information as necessary;
(3) you have the legal capacity and you agree to comply
with these Legal Terms;
(4) you are not a
minor in the jurisdiction in which you reside
; (5) you will not access the Services through
automated or non-human means, whether through a bot, script or
otherwise; (6) you will not use the Services for any illegal or
unauthorized
purpose; and (
7) your use of the Services will not violate any
applicable law or regulation.
If you provide any
information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, we have the right to suspend
or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Services (or any
portion thereof).
You may be
required to register to use the Services. You agree to keep your password confidential
and will be responsible for all use of your account and password. We reserve the right
to remove, reclaim, or change a username you select if we determine, in our sole
discretion, that such username is inappropriate, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.
We accept the following forms of payment:
- Visa
- Mastercard
- American Express
- Discover
- PayPal
You agree to provide current, complete, and accurate
purchase and account information for all purchases made via the Services. You further agree to promptly
update account and payment information, including email address, payment method, and payment card
expiration date, so that we can complete your transactions and contact you as needed. Sales tax will be
added to the price of purchases as deemed required by us. We may change prices at any time. All payments
shall be in US dollars.
You agree to pay all charges at the prices then in
effect for your purchases and any applicable shipping fees, and you
authorize us to charge your chosen payment provider for
any such amounts upon placing your order. We reserve the right to correct any errors or mistakes in
pricing, even if we have already requested or received payment.
We reserve the right to refuse any order placed
through
the Services. We may, in our sole discretion, limit or cancel quantities purchased per person, per
household, or per order. These restrictions may include orders placed by or under the same customer
account, the same payment method, and/or orders that use the same billing or shipping address. We
reserve the right to limit or prohibit orders that, in our sole
judgment, appear to be placed by dealers, resellers, or
distributors.
6. SUBSCRIPTIONS
Billing and Renewal
Your subscription will continue and automatically renew unless canceled. You consent to
our charging your payment method on a recurring basis without requiring your prior approval for each
recurring charge, until such time as you cancel the applicable order.
The length of your billing cycle will depend on the type of
subscription plan you choose when you subscribed to the Services.
Free Trial
We
offer a 7-day free trial to new users who register with the Services.
The account will not be charged and the subscription will be suspended until
upgraded to a paid version at the end of the free trial.
Cancellation
You can cancel your subscription at any time by logging into your
account. Your cancellation will take effect at the end of the current
paid term. If you have any questions or are unsatisfied with our Services, please email us at pebbledates@gmail.com.
Fee Changes
We may, from time to time, make changes to the
subscription fee and will communicate any price changes to you in accordance with applicable
law.
7. POLICY
All sales are final and no refund will be issued.
You may not access or use
the Services for any purpose other than that for which we make the Services available. The Services
may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors except those that are specifically endorsed or
approved by us.
As a user of
the Services, you agree not to:
-
Systematically
retrieve data or other content from the Services to create or compile, directly or
indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without written
permission from us.
-
Trick,
defraud, or mislead us and other users, especially in any attempt to
learn sensitive account information such as user
passwords.
-
Circumvent,
disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the
Services, including features that prevent or restrict the use or copying
of any Content or enforce limitations on the use of the Services and/or
the Content contained therein.
-
Disparage,
tarnish, or otherwise harm, in our opinion, us and/or the
Services.
-
Use
any information obtained from the Services in order to harass, abuse, or
harm another person.
-
Make
improper use of our support services or submit false reports of abuse or
misconduct.
-
Use
the Services in a manner inconsistent with any applicable laws or
regulations.
-
Engage
in unauthorized framing of or linking to
the Services.
-
Upload
or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) viruses, Trojan
horses, or other material, including excessive use of capital letters
and spamming (continuous posting of repetitive text), that interferes
with any party’s uninterrupted use and enjoyment of the Services or
modifies, impairs, disrupts, alters, or interferes with the use,
features, functions, operation, or maintenance of the
Services.
-
Engage
in any automated use of the system, such as using scripts to send
comments or messages, or using any data mining, robots, or similar data
gathering and extraction tools.
-
Delete
the copyright or other proprietary rights notice from any
Content.
-
Attempt
to impersonate another user or person or use the username of another
user.
-
Upload
or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) any material that acts
as a passive or active information collection or transmission mechanism,
including without limitation, clear graphics interchange formats ("gifs"), 1×1 pixels, web bugs,
cookies, or other similar devices (sometimes referred to as "spyware" or "passive collection
mechanisms" or "pcms"
).
-
Interfere
with, disrupt, or create an undue burden on the Services or the networks
or services connected to the
Services.
-
Harass,
annoy, intimidate, or threaten any of our employees or agents engaged in
providing any portion of the Services to
you.
-
Attempt
to bypass any measures of the Services designed to prevent or restrict
access to the Services, or any portion of the
Services.
-
Copy
or adapt the Services' software, including but not limited to Flash,
PHP, HTML, JavaScript, or other code.
-
Except
as permitted by applicable law, decipher, decompile, disassemble, or
reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up
a part of the Services.
-
Except
as may be the result of standard search engine or Internet browser
usage, use, launch, develop, or distribute any automated system,
including without limitation, any spider, robot, cheat utility, scraper,
or offline reader that accesses the Services, or use or launch any unauthorized script or other
software.
-
Use
a buying agent or purchasing agent to make purchases on the
Services.
-
Make
any unauthorized use of the Services,
including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of users by
electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email,
or creating user accounts by automated means or under false pretenses
.
-
Use
the Services as part of any effort to compete with us or otherwise use
the Services and/or the Content for any revenue-generating endeavor or commercial
enterprise.
-
Use the Services to advertise or offer to sell goods and services.
-
Sell or otherwise transfer your profile.
9. USER
GENERATED CONTRIBUTIONS
The Services may invite you to chat, contribute to, or participate in
blogs, message boards, online forums, and other functionality, and may provide
you with the opportunity to create, submit, post, display, transmit, perform,
publish, distribute, or broadcast content and materials to us or on the
Services, including but not limited to text, writings, video, audio,
photographs, graphics, comments, suggestions, or personal information or other
material (collectively, "Contributions"). Contributions may be viewable by
other users of the Services and through third-party websites. As such, any
Contributions you transmit may be treated as non-confidential and
non-proprietary. When you create or make available any Contributions, you
thereby represent and warrant that:
- The creation, distribution, transmission, public
display, or performance, and the accessing, downloading, or copying of your
Contributions do not and will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not
limited to the copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or moral rights of any
third party.
- You are the creator and owner of or have the necessary
licenses
, rights, consents, releases, and permissions to use and to authorize
us, the Services, and other users of the Services to use your Contributions
in any manner contemplated by the Services and these Legal
Terms.
- You have the written consent, release, and/or
permission of each and every identifiable individual person in your Contributions to
use the name or likeness of each and every such identifiable individual person to
enable inclusion and use of your Contributions in any manner contemplated by the
Services and these Legal Terms.
- Your Contributions are not false, inaccurate, or
misleading.
- Your Contributions are not unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials,
pyramid schemes, chain letters, spam, mass mailings, or other forms of
solicitation.
- Your Contributions are not obscene, lewd, lascivious,
filthy, violent, harassing, libelous, slanderous, or otherwise
objectionable (as determined by us).
- Your Contributions do not ridicule, mock, disparage,
intimidate, or abuse anyone.
- Your Contributions are not used to harass or threaten
(in the legal sense of those terms) any other person and to promote violence against
a specific person or class of people.
- Your Contributions do not violate any applicable law,
regulation, or rule.
- Your Contributions do not violate the privacy or
publicity rights of any third party.
- Your Contributions do not violate any applicable law
concerning child pornography, or otherwise intended to protect the health or
well-being of minors.
- Your Contributions do not include any offensive
comments that are connected to race, national origin, gender, sexual preference, or
physical handicap.
- Your Contributions do not otherwise violate, or link
to material that violates, any provision of these Legal Terms, or any applicable law
or regulation.
Any use of the
Services in violation of the foregoing violates these Legal Terms and may result in,
among other things, termination or suspension of your rights to use the Services.
By posting your
Contributions to any part of the Services
, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the
right to grant, to us an unrestricted, unlimited, irrevocable, perpetual,
non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, fully-paid, worldwide right, and license
to host, use, copy, reproduce, disclose, sell, resell, publish, broadcast,
retitle, archive, store, cache, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat,
translate, transmit, excerpt (in whole or in part), and distribute such
Contributions (including, without limitation, your image and voice) for any purpose,
commercial, advertising, or otherwise, and to prepare derivative works of, or
incorporate into other works, such Contributions, and grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing. The use and
distribution may occur in any media formats and through any media channels.
This license
will apply to any form, media, or technology now known or hereafter developed, and
includes our use of your name, company name, and franchise name, as applicable, and any
of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, and personal and commercial images
you provide. You waive all moral rights in your Contributions, and you warrant that
moral rights have not otherwise been asserted in your Contributions.
We do not
assert any ownership over your Contributions. You retain full ownership of all of your
Contributions and any intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights
associated with your Contributions. We are not liable for any statements or
representations in your Contributions provided by you in any area on the Services. You
are solely responsible for your Contributions to the Services and you expressly agree to
exonerate us from any and all responsibility and to refrain from any legal action
against us regarding your Contributions.
We have the
right, in our sole and absolute discretion, (1) to edit, redact, or otherwise change any
Contributions; (2) to re-categorize any Contributions to place them in more
appropriate locations on the Services; and (3) to pre-screen or delete any Contributions
at any time and for any reason, without notice. We have no obligation to monitor your
Contributions.
11. MOBILE
APPLICATION LICENSE
Use License
If you access the Services via
the App, then we grant you a revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to install and
use the App on wireless electronic devices owned or controlled by you, and to access and use the App on
such devices strictly in accordance with the terms and conditions of this mobile application license contained in
these Legal Terms. You shall not: (1) except as permitted by applicable law, decompile, reverse
engineer, disassemble, attempt to derive the source code of, or decrypt the App; (2) make any
modification, adaptation, improvement, enhancement, translation, or derivative work from the App; (3)
violate any applicable laws, rules, or regulations in connection with your access or use of the App; (4)
remove, alter, or obscure any proprietary notice (including any notice of copyright or trademark) posted
by us or the licensors of the App; (5) use the App for any revenue-generating endeavor, commercial
enterprise, or other purpose for which it is not designed or intended; (6) make the App available over a
network or other environment permitting access or use by multiple devices or users at the same time; (7)
use the App for creating a product, service, or software that is, directly or indirectly, competitive
with or in any way a substitute for the App; (8) use the App to send automated queries to any website or
to send any unsolicited commercial email; or (9) use any proprietary information or any of our
interfaces or our other intellectual property in the design, development, manufacture, licensing, or
distribution of any applications, accessories, or devices for use with the App.
Apple and Android
Devices
The following terms apply when
you use the App obtained from either the Apple Store or Google Play (each an "App Distributor") to
access the Services: (1) the license granted to you for our App is limited to a
non-transferable license
to use the application on a device that utilizes the Apple iOS or Android operating systems, as applicable,
and in accordance with the usage rules set forth in the applicable App Distributor’s terms of service;
(2) we are responsible for providing any maintenance and support services with respect to the App as
specified in the terms and conditions of this mobile application
license contained in these Legal Terms or as otherwise
required under applicable law, and you acknowledge that each App Distributor has no obligation
whatsoever to furnish any maintenance and support services with respect to the App; (3) in the event of
any failure of the App to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify the applicable App
Distributor, and the App Distributor, in accordance with its terms and policies, may refund the purchase
price, if any, paid for the App, and to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the App
Distributor will have no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the App; (4) you represent
and warrant that (i) you are not located in a country that is subject to a US government embargo, or
that has been designated by the US government as a "terrorist
supporting" country and (ii) you are not listed on any US
government list of prohibited or restricted parties; (5) you must comply with applicable third-party
terms of agreement when using the App, e.g., if you have a VoIP application, then you must not be in
violation of their wireless data service agreement when using the App; and (6) you acknowledge and agree
that the App Distributors are third-party beneficiaries of the terms and conditions in this mobile
application license
contained in these Legal Terms, and that each App Distributor will have the right (and will be deemed to
have accepted the right) to enforce the terms and conditions in this mobile application license contained in
these Legal Terms against you as a third-party beneficiary thereof.
12. SERVICES
MANAGEMENT
We reserve the right, but not the
obligation, to: (1) monitor the Services for violations of these Legal Terms; (2) take appropriate legal action
against anyone who, in our sole discretion, violates the law or these Legal Terms, including without limitation,
reporting such user to law enforcement authorities; (3) in our sole discretion and without limitation, refuse,
restrict access to, limit the availability of, or disable (to the extent technologically feasible) any of your
Contributions or any portion thereof; (4) in our sole discretion and without limitation, notice, or liability,
to remove from the Services or otherwise disable all files and content that are excessive in size or are in any
way burdensome to our systems; and (5) otherwise manage the Services in a manner designed to protect our rights
and property and to facilitate the proper functioning of the Services.
13. PRIVACY
POLICY
We care about data privacy and
security. By using the Services, you agree to be bound by our Privacy Policy posted on the Services, which
is incorporated into these Legal Terms. Please be advised the Services are hosted in
the United States
. If you access the Services from any other region of the world with laws
or other requirements governing personal data collection, use, or disclosure that differ from applicable
laws in
the United States
, then through your continued use of the Services, you are transferring
your data to
the United States
, and you expressly consent to have your data transferred to and
processed in
the United States
.
14. COPYRIGHT
INFRINGEMENTS
We respect the intellectual
property rights of others. If you believe that any material available on or through the Services infringes
upon any copyright you own or control, please immediately notify us using the contact information provided
below (a "Notification"). A
copy of your Notification will be sent to the person who posted or stored the material addressed in the
Notification. Please be advised that pursuant to applicable law you may be held liable for damages if you
make material misrepresentations in a Notification. Thus, if you are not sure that material located on or
linked to by the Services infringes your copyright, you should consider first contacting an attorney.
15. TERM
AND TERMINATION
These Legal Terms shall remain in
full force and effect while you use the Services. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THESE LEGAL TERMS,
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION AND WITHOUT NOTICE OR LIABILITY, DENY ACCESS TO AND USE OF
THE SERVICES (INCLUDING BLOCKING CERTAIN IP ADDRESSES), TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY REASON OR FOR NO REASON,
INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION FOR BREACH OF ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, OR COVENANT CONTAINED IN THESE
LEGAL TERMS OR OF ANY APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION. WE MAY TERMINATE YOUR USE OR PARTICIPATION IN THE
SERVICES OR DELETE
YOUR ACCOUNT AND
ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION THAT YOU POSTED AT ANY TIME, WITHOUT WARNING, IN OUR SOLE
DISCRETION.
If we terminate or suspend your
account for any reason, you are prohibited from registering and creating a new account under your name, a
fake or borrowed name, or the name of any third party, even if you may be acting on behalf of the third
party. In addition to terminating or suspending your account, we reserve the right to take appropriate legal
action, including without limitation pursuing civil, criminal, and injunctive redress.
16. MODIFICATIONS
AND INTERRUPTIONS
We reserve the right to change,
modify, or remove the contents of the Services at any time or for any reason at our sole discretion without
notice. However, we have no obligation to update any information on our Services. We will not be liable to you or any third party for any modification,
price change, suspension, or discontinuance of the Services.
We cannot guarantee the Services
will be available at all times. We may experience hardware, software, or other problems or need to perform
maintenance related to the Services, resulting in interruptions, delays, or errors. We reserve the right to
change, revise, update, suspend, discontinue, or otherwise modify the Services at any time or for any reason
without notice to you. You agree that we have no liability whatsoever for any loss, damage, or inconvenience
caused by your inability to access or use the Services during any downtime or discontinuance of the
Services. Nothing in these Legal Terms will be construed to obligate us to maintain and support the Services
or to supply any corrections, updates, or releases in connection therewith.
17. GOVERNING
LAW
These Legal Terms and your use of
the Services are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of __________
applicable to agreements made and to be entirely performed within
the State of __________
, without regard to its conflict of law
principles.
18. DISPUTE
RESOLUTION
Informal
Negotiations
To expedite resolution and control the cost of any dispute, controversy, or claim
related to these Legal Terms (each a "Dispute" and collectively, the
"Disputes") brought by either you or us (individually, a "Party" and collectively, the "Parties"), the Parties agree to first attempt to negotiate any Dispute
(except those Disputes expressly provided below) informally for at least __________
days before initiating arbitration. Such informal negotiations commence upon written notice from one
Party to the other Party.
Binding
Arbitration
If the
Parties are unable to resolve a Dispute through informal negotiations, the Dispute (except those Disputes
expressly excluded below) will be finally and exclusively resolved by binding arbitration. YOU UNDERSTAND
THAT WITHOUT THIS PROVISION, YOU WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO SUE IN COURT AND HAVE A JURY TRIAL. The arbitration shall be commenced and conducted under the Commercial
Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") and, where appropriate, the AAA’s Supplementary Procedures
for Consumer Related Disputes ("AAA Consumer Rules"), both of which are available at the American Arbitration Association
(AAA) website. Your arbitration fees and your share of arbitrator compensation shall be
governed by the AAA Consumer Rules and, where appropriate, limited by the AAA Consumer Rules. The arbitration may be conducted in person, through the submission of
documents, by phone, or online. The arbitrator will make a decision in writing, but need not provide a
statement of reasons unless requested by either Party. The arbitrator must follow applicable law, and any
award may be challenged if the arbitrator fails to do so. Except where otherwise required by the applicable
AAA rules or applicable law, the
arbitration will take place in
United States,
Minnesota
. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Parties may
litigate in court to compel arbitration, stay proceedings pending arbitration, or to confirm, modify,
vacate, or enter judgment
on the award entered by the arbitrator.
If for any reason, a Dispute proceeds in court rather than arbitration, the Dispute
shall be commenced or prosecuted in the
state and federal
courts
located
in
United States,
Minnesota
, and the
Parties hereby consent to, and waive all defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction, and forum non conveniens
with respect to venue and jurisdiction in such state and federal courts
. Application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts
for the International Sale of Goods and the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act (UCITA) are
excluded from these Legal Terms.
If this provision is found to be illegal or unenforceable, then neither
Party will elect to arbitrate any Dispute falling within that portion of this provision found to be illegal
or unenforceable and such Dispute shall be decided by a court of competent jurisdiction within the courts
listed for jurisdiction above, and the Parties agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of that court.
Restrictions
The Parties agree
that any arbitration shall be limited to the Dispute between the Parties individually. To the full extent
permitted by law, (a) no arbitration shall be joined with any other proceeding; (b) there is no right or
authority for any Dispute to be arbitrated on a class-action basis or to
utilize class action procedures; and (c) there is no right or
authority for any Dispute to be brought in a purported representative capacity on behalf of the general public
or any other persons.
Exceptions to Informal Negotiations and Arbitration
The Parties agree that the following Disputes are not subject to the above
provisions concerning informal negotiations binding arbitration: (a) any Disputes seeking to enforce or protect,
or concerning the validity of, any of the intellectual property rights of a Party; (b) any Dispute related to,
or arising from, allegations of theft, piracy, invasion of privacy, or
unauthorized use; and (c) any claim for injunctive relief. If this
provision is found to be illegal or unenforceable, then neither Party will elect to arbitrate any Dispute
falling within that portion of this provision found to be illegal or unenforceable and such Dispute shall be
decided by a court of competent jurisdiction within the courts listed for jurisdiction above, and the Parties
agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of that court.
19. CORRECTIONS
There may be
information on the Services that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies, or omissions, including
descriptions, pricing, availability, and various other information. We reserve the right to correct any errors,
inaccuracies, or omissions and to change or update the information on the Services at any time, without prior
notice.
20.
DISCLAIMER
THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN AS-IS AND
AS-AVAILABLE
BASIS. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES AND YOUR USE THEREOF,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE
SERVICES' CONTENT OR THE CONTENT OF ANY WEBSITES OR MOBILE APPLICATIONS LINKED TO THE SERVICES AND WE WILL
ASSUME NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY (1) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT AND
MATERIALS, (2) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO
AND USE OF THE SERVICES, (3) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL
PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (4) ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF
TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM THE SERVICES, (5) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE WHICH MAY BE
TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH THE SERVICES BY ANY THIRD PARTY, AND/OR (6) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT
AND MATERIALS OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED,
TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA THE SERVICES. WE DO NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME
RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE ADVERTISED OR OFFERED BY A THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE SERVICES, ANY
HYPERLINKED WEBSITE, OR ANY WEBSITE OR MOBILE APPLICATION FEATURED IN ANY BANNER OR OTHER ADVERTISING, AND
WE WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY
THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES. AS WITH THE PURCHASE OF A PRODUCT OR SERVICE THROUGH ANY
MEDIUM OR IN ANY ENVIRONMENT, YOU SHOULD USE YOUR BEST JUDGMENT AND EXERCISE CAUTION WHERE APPROPRIATE.
21. LIMITATIONS
OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT WILL
WE
OR OUR DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFIT, LOST REVENUE,
LOSS OF DATA, OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF
THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, OUR LIABILITY
TO YOU FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION, WILL AT ALL TIMES
BE LIMITED TO
THE
AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU TO US
DURING
THE six (6) mONTH PERIOD PRIOR TO ANY
CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING
.
CERTAIN US STATE LAWS AND INTERNATIONAL LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS
ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR
ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.
22. INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to
defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless, including our subsidiaries,
affiliates, and all of our respective officers, agents, partners, and
employees, from and against any loss, damage, liability, claim, or demand, including
reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, made by any third party due to or
arising out of:
(1) your Contributions;
(2) use of the Services; (3) breach of these Legal Terms; (4) any breach of your representations and warranties set forth in
these Legal Terms; (5) your violation of the rights of a third
party, including but not limited to intellectual property rights; or (6) any overt harmful act toward any other user of the Services with
whom you connected via the Services. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we reserve the right, at your expense,
to assume the exclusive defense
and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to cooperate, at
your expense, with our defense
of such claims. We will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action, or proceeding
which is subject to this indemnification upon becoming aware of it.
23. USER
DATA
We will maintain
certain data that you transmit to the Services for the purpose of managing the
performance of the Services, as well as data relating to your use of the Services. Although we perform
regular routine backups
of data, you are solely responsible for all data that you transmit or that
relates to any activity you have undertaken using the Services. You agree
that we shall have no liability to you for any loss or corruption of any such
data, and you hereby waive any right of action against us arising from any such
loss or corruption of such data.
24. ELECTRONIC
COMMUNICATIONS, TRANSACTIONS, AND SIGNATURES
Visiting the Services, sending us emails, and
completing
online forms constitute electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic communications, and you
agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications we provide to you electronically,
via email and on the Services, satisfy any legal requirement that such communication be in writing. YOU
HEREBY AGREE TO THE USE OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES, CONTRACTS, ORDERS, AND OTHER RECORDS, AND TO ELECTRONIC
DELIVERY OF NOTICES, POLICIES, AND RECORDS OF TRANSACTIONS INITIATED OR COMPLETED BY US OR VIA THE SERVICES.
You hereby waive any rights or requirements under any statutes, regulations, rules, ordinances, or other
laws in any jurisdiction which require an original signature or delivery or retention of non-electronic
records, or to payments or the granting of credits by any means other than electronic means.
25. SMS TEXT MESSAGING
Opting Out
If at any time you wish to stop receiving
SMS messages from us, simply reply to the text with "STOP.” You may receive an SMS message confirming
your opt out.
Message and Data Rates
Please be aware that message and data rates may apply to any SMS messages sent or
received. The rates are determined by your carrier and the specifics of your mobile plan.
Support
If you have any questions or need assistance regarding our SMS communications,
please email us at pebbledates@gmail.com
.
26. CALIFORNIA
USERS AND RESIDENTS
If any complaint
with us is not satisfactorily resolved, you can contact the Complaint
Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California
Department of Consumer Affairs in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N
112, Sacramento, California 95834 or by telephone at (800) 952-5210 or (916)
445-1254.
27. MISCELLANEOUS
These Legal Terms and any policies or operating
rules
posted by us on the Services or in respect to the Services constitute the entire agreement and understanding
between you and us. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Legal Terms shall not
operate as a waiver of such right or provision. These Legal Terms operate to the fullest extent permissible
by law. We may assign any or all of our rights and obligations to others at any time. We shall not be
responsible or liable for any loss, damage, delay, or failure to act caused by any cause beyond our
reasonable control. If any provision or part of a provision of these Legal Terms is determined to be
unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision or part of the provision is deemed severable from these
Legal Terms and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. There is no
joint venture, partnership, employment or agency relationship created between you and us as a result of
these Legal Terms or use of the Services. You agree that these Legal Terms will not be construed against us
by virtue of having drafted them. You hereby waive any and all defenses
you may have based on the electronic form of these Legal
Terms and the lack of signing by the parties hereto to execute these Legal Terms.
28. CONTACT
US
In order to resolve a complaint regarding the
Services
or to receive further information regarding use of the Services, please contact us at:
Pebble Technologies
2063 Marshal Ave
St Paul
, MN
55104
United States
pebbledates@gmail.com