One Blue Brick, Inc. ("One Blue Brick", "we", or "us") maintains the website located at www.edopter.com (the "Site") and allows use of and access to the Site subject to the terms and conditions below (the "Terms"). The terms "you" and "your", as used in these Terms, refer to all individuals and/or entities accessing this Site for any reason. These Terms affect your rights and you should read them carefully.
1. Acceptance of the Terms. By accessing or using the Site, you acknowledge and represent that you have read, understood, agree to be bound by, and accept, these Terms. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, YOU MUST NOT USE THE SITE. Although you may "bookmark" a particular portion of this Site and thereby bypass these Terms, your use of this Site still binds you to these Terms. If you have any question about your obligations under these Terms, please email One Blue Brick at legal@edopter.com.
2. Changes and Updates to These Terms. One Blue Brick may change these Terms without prior notice. All changes to these Terms are effective immediately upon publication to the Site. We will post a notice on the Sites homepage for 30 days whenever we make a material change to these Terms. However, it is your responsibility to check these Terms periodically for changes. By continuing to use the Site after the posting of any changes, you agree to be bound by the Terms as modified. Your access and use of the Site is subject to the most current version of these Terms.
3. Right to Enter the Site. As long as you comply with these Terms, One Blue Brick grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited permission to enter and use the Site. Any unauthorized use of the Site terminates the permission granted by One Blue Brick to enter and use the Site. No person under the age of 13 may use the site, and no person under the age of 18 may use the Site without the consent of their parent or legal guardian. We strongly encourage all parents and guardians to monitor the Internet use of their children.
4. Ownership and Use of Materials. All information, data, text, communications, graphics, user interfaces, visual interfaces, photographs, trademarks, logos, sounds, music, artwork and computer code contained on the Site (collectively, "Materials") are owned, controlled or licensed by or to One Blue Brick, and are protected by trade dress, copyright, patent and trademark laws, and various other intellectual property rights. You may download, print, and view Materials from the Site under these Terms as long as you use the Materials only for non-commercial, personal use and as long as you do not modify or alter the Materials. You may not copy, republish, distribute, prepare derivative works, modify, or otherwise use the Materials other than as expressly permitted by these Terms. One Blue Brick reserves the right to revoke at any time the authorization to view, download and print the Materials available via this Site, and you must discontinue such use immediately upon notice from One Blue Brick.
The rights specified above to view, download and print the Materials available on this Site are not applicable to the design, layout or look and feel of this Site. Such elements of the Site are protected by law, including trade dress, trademark, and other laws, and may not be copied or imitated. No trademark, service mark, graphic, sound or image from the Site may be copied or retransmitted unless expressly permitted by One Blue Brick in writing.
5. Access Limits. Without One Blue Bricks express written consent, you may not (a) use any automated means to access the Site or collect any information from the Site (including, without limitation, robots, spiders, scripts, or other automatic devices or programs), or (b) frame the Site, utilize framing techniques to enclose any service mark, logo, or other proprietary information, place pop-up windows over its pages, or otherwise affect the display of its pages. This means, among other activities, that you agree not to engage in the practices of "screen scraping," "database scraping," or any other activity with the purpose of obtaining Materials, lists of users, or other information.
You may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing One Blue Bricks name, trademarks, or service marks without the express written permission of One Blue Brick. You may not use any One Blue Brick logo or other proprietary graphic, trademark, or service mark as part of a link without express written permission from One Blue Brick. When you use the Site and its Materials for an authorized purpose, you must include all proprietary notices without changing or hiding them. You agree that you will not use the Site in any manner that is inconsistent with, or in violation of, applicable law or that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Site or interfere with any other partys use and enjoyment of the Site.
6. Registration Information; Security. To obtain access to certain portions of the Site you will be required to register. When you register you will select a username and password. You agree that the information you supply during the registration process is true, accurate, current, and complete information about yourself. If the information becomes inaccurate it is your responsibility to update your registration. If One Blue Brick has reasonable grounds to believe that your registration information is untrue, inaccurate, incomplete, or outdated, One Blue Brick may suspend or terminate your use of the Site. One Blue Brick may disallow the use of any username that One Blue Brick deems offensive or inappropriate. You are responsible for preserving the confidentiality of your password and for the actions of persons accessing the Site through usernames and passwords selected by you. You agree to immediately notify One Blue Brick of any unauthorized use of your username or password.
7. Electronic Communications. If you register on the Site, you hereby authorize One Blue Brick to send electronic mail to you for the purpose of advising you of changes or additions to this Site, or about any of One Blue Bricks products or services. If you do not want to receive these emails from One Blue Brick, you may contact One Blue Brick at update@edopter.com to remove your email address from the mailing list.
8. Privacy Policy. Your privacy is important to One Blue Brick. Please review One Blue Brick's Privacy Policy, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference. The One Blue Brick Privacy Policy can be found at http://www.edopter.com/privacy/
9. Edopter Points. Registered users of the Site may gain points (the "Points") by engaging in various functions of the site such as "Getting In" on trends that become more popular, posting content, responding to surveys, and participating in other point-earning opportunities on the Site. The points gained on the site (the "Points") have no monetary value. Although the Site may offer you opportunities from time to time to exchange the Points for prizes from the Showcase portion of the Site (as described below), it may cease doing so at any time and it is under no obligation to offer any rewards, prizes or compensation for the Points. You may not transfer Points or obtain any cash or money for Points. Points are not your personal property, and are the sole and exclusive property of One Blue Brick. You may not use any bot, macro, cheat code or other automated way to obtain Points. One Blue Brick may terminate the points prgram at any time. One Blue Brick may repossess or delete your points without liability if (a) you violates these terms of use, or (b) One Blue Brick terminates the points program for any reason.
10. Showcase. Registered users of the Site may be provided access to a portion of the Site called the Showcase. Through the Showcase users may be able to exchange Points for prizes. Prizes may be obtainable in exchange for a set number of points or they may be offered via a point auction in which the highest bidder of points wins will be able to exchange those points for the prize. Your participation and ability to obtain prizes through such auctions are also subject to the auction rules, which will be available on the individual auction pages. One Blue Brick reserves the right to remove Points or withhold prizes from any user One Blue Brick suspects may have violated these Terms or applicable law. One Blue Brick may disable or remove the Showcase portion of the site at any time and for any reason.
11. Prizes. Prizes offered through the Showcase will be offered for a limited time and may be removed at any time. Prizes will not available to all users. Certain prizes will only be available to users with particular demographical characteristics such as age, gender, or geographical location. You must be a legal resident of the 50 United States and District of Columbia to be eligible to exchange any points for prizes on the Site. One Blue Brick may, in its discretion, limit the number of prizes a household may obtain. Prizes obtained through the Site will be delivered approximately six to twelve weeks from the date the order is processed, unless the Site states a different schedule. Prizes will be mailed to the U.S. physical address you provided when you registered or when you ordered the Prize. No prizes will be mailed to post office boxes. You are responsible for all federal, state and local taxes and any other costs or expenses of accepting and using prizes.
12. Partner Prizes. Most prizes available in the Showcase are offered and provided by third-party partners of One Blue Brick (the "Partner Prizes"). Partner Prizes may be subject to additional terms provided by the third-party partner offering the prize. All transactions regarding Partner Prizes are solely between you and the third-party partner offering the prize. One Blue Brick will not become involved or settle any disputes arising between you and such a third-party partner. To the extent that One Blue Brick collects any money for shipping and handling for the Partner Prizes it is doing so solely as an agent for the partner offering the prize. By ordering a Partner Prize you are authorizing One Blue Brick to provide that partner with your mailing address for the purpose of sending you the requested Partner Prize. PLEASE CAREFULLY REVIEW THE DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITIES IN SECTIONS 19, 20 AND 21 BELOW AS ONE BLUE BRICK WILL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR PARTNER PRIZES. ALL PARTNER PRIZES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND MAY NOT BE RETURNED OR EXCHANGED.
13. OBB Prizes. Some prizes available in the Showcase will be offered and provided by One Blue Brick such as One Blue Brick branded clothing or other materials (the "OBB Prizes"). PLEASE CAREFULLY REVIEW THE DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITIES IN SECTIONS 19 AND 20 BELOW. ALL OBB PRIZES ARE PROVIDED AS IS AND MAY NOT BE RETURNED OR EXCHANGED.
14. User Obligations. You agree NOT to do any of the following while using the Site:
- Violate any applicable law, regulation, or the Terms;
- Access, tamper with, or use non-public or non-authorized areas of the Site;
- Tamper with postings of other users;
- Solicit or gather any user's information available from the Site, such as other users' names and email addresses, or to transmit any unsolicited advertising, "junk mail," "spam" or "chain letters";
- Impersonate or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity or create a false identity for purposes of misleading others;
- Post false or misleading information;
- Post or transmit any content that infringes a third party's Intellectual Property Rights (as that term is defined below) or rights of publicity or privacy or that is unlawful, untrue, fraudulent, harassing, libelous, defamatory, abusive, threatening, pornographic, racist, harmful (including viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs), disparaging of One Blue Brick or other users, or otherwise objectionable;
- Violate any other policies stated on the Site;
- Repeat any action after you receive a warning or request from One Blue Brick to stop, whether or not that action is explicitly prohibited in policies. This includes continuing to use the Site under the same account, a different account, or reregistering under a new account after your account has been temporarily suspended, indefinitely suspended, or terminated;
- Market any goods or services for any business or commercial purpose (including advertising) other as expressly approved by One Blue Brick; or
- Fail to respond to an email from One Blue Brick regarding a violation, dispute or complaint.
15. Posting Information on the Site; Submissions. To operate the Site, One Blue Brick needs certain rights. When you post information, text, files, links, attachments, or other materials (collectively "User Content") to publicly visible areas of the Site (such as chat areas, message boards, profile pages, or "blogs"), you are granting, or representing that the owner of such User Content has granted, a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, sublicensable, non-exclusive right under all Intellectual Property Rights to use, reproduce, modify, transmit, distribute, perform, and display such User Content (in whole or in part) and/or to incorporate such User Content in other works in any form, media or technology. Subject only to restrictions in our Privacy Policy, all material, information, or ideas that you upload, publish, distribute, post, or disseminate on or through the Site will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary, and may be used or disseminated by One Blue Brick or its affiliates for any purpose. You also acknowledge and agree that One Blue Brick is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, feedback, or techniques that you provide for any purpose without any compensation to you.
You will use good judgment when posting information, comments, or other User Content regarding other users, One Blue Brick, or any other third party. You agree to use extra care when disclosing any personally identifiable information about yourself or others when you post or otherwise submit any User Content on the Site. You may be held legally responsible for damages suffered by other users, One Blue Brick, or other third parties as a result of legally actionable or defamatory comments, other comments or information, or User Content that you post to the Site. One Blue Brick is not legally responsible for any comments, information, or other User Content posted or made available on the Site by any user or third party, even if such information or User Content is defamatory or otherwise legally actionable. One Blue Brick is not responsible for and does not monitor or censor User Content for accuracy or reliability. One Blue Brick, however, may remove or restrict access to information or User Content posted or made available on the Site by its users or any third party if ordered to do so by a court or if One Blue Brick considers such information or User Content to be in violation of these Terms or posted rules or policies.
16. Links to External Sites. One Blue Brick provides links on the Site to other independent websites on the Internet that are owned and operated by third party vendors or other third parties not under the control of One Blue Brick. These links are not intended as an endorsement by One Blue Brick of the entity or individual operating the website or a warranty of any type regarding the website or the information on the website. By using this Site, you acknowledge that One Blue Brick is not liable or responsible for any damage or loss caused, or alleged to be caused, by or in connection with use of, or reliance on, any such content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource.
17. Accuracy of Information on the Site. One Blue Brick attempts to provide only accurate information, but some inaccuracies may occasionally be present. By using the Site you acknowledge that One Blue Brick will not be liable or responsible for any damage or loss caused by, or in connection with, the use of, or reliance on, any information on the Site. If you find any information on the Site to be inaccurate, please alert One Blue Brick at legal@edopter.com.
18. Termination. One Blue Brick may terminate your use of or access to the Site for any reason or no reason at all, including if we believe that you have violated or acted inconsistently with these Terms. One Blue Brick may also modify or discontinue providing the Site, or any part thereof, with or without notice. One Blue Brick is not liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your access to the Site, any modification or termination of the Site, or any resulting loss in data. Any termination of your account or discontinuation of the Site will result in the loss by you of all of your Points, for which you will not be compensated by One Blue Brick.
19. No Warranty; Disclaimers. THE SITE, THE PARTNER PRIZES AND THE OBB PRIZES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS," AND ONE BLUE BRICK AND ITS SUPPLIERS AND CO-BRANDED PARTNERS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND (EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY), INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, ONE BLUE BRICK DOES NOT PROMISE OR WARRANT TO YOU THAT ANY ASPECT OF THE SITE WILL WORK PROPERLY, OPERATE ERROR-FREE, OR WILL BE AVAILABLE CONTINUOUSLY. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR DEVICE OR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM ONE BLUE BRICK OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SITE CREATES ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS. Some states do not allow the disclaimer of implied warranties, so the foregoing disclaimer may not apply to you. This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other legal rights, which vary from state to state.
20. Limitation of Liability. YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ONE BLUE BRICK AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS, AND LICENSORS (A) ARE NOT LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF ONE BLUE BRICK HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), HOWEVER ARISING (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), AND (B) WILL IN NO EVENT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY CLAIMS ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE, THE PARTNER PRIZES, THE OBB PRIZES OR THESE TERMS IN AN AMOUNT GREATER THAN U.S. $50.00. Some jurisdictions do not allow the foregoing limitations of liability, so they may not apply to you.
21. Dealings with Advertisers or Partners. Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers or partners, including those partners providing the Partner Prizes, found on or through the Site, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties, or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and that advertiser or partner. You agree that One Blue Brick is not responsible or liable for any loss or damage incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers or partners on the Site.
22. Intellectual Property. All Materials are the property of One Blue Brick or the parties specifically indicated, and are protected by copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, and other intellectual property and proprietary rights (collectively, "Intellectual Property Rights"). Except as expressly provided in these Terms, One Blue Brick does not grant any express or implied right to use the Materials. The collection, arrangement and assembly of any Materials are the exclusive property of One Blue Brick or its licensors, and protected by U.S. and international intellectual property laws, including copyright laws. All software used on this Site is the property of One Blue Brick, or its software suppliers, and protected by U.S. and international intellectual property laws, including copyright laws. "One Blue Brick", "Edopter" and associated Edopter design, and any other One Blue Brick graphics, logos and service names are trademarks of One Blue Brick. All other marks contained on this Site are the property of the parties indicated.
23. Indemnity. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold One Blue Brick, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branded partners or other partners, and employees, harmless from any claims, damages, expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees), allegations, losses and liabilities arising from or related to (a) any violation by you of these Terms, (b) your use of the Site, (c) User Content that you submit, post to, or transmit through the Site, (d) your access to or use of linked sites, (e) your acceptance, acquisition, use or transfer of Partner Prizes or OBB Prizes and (f) any dealings between you and any third parties advertising or promoting via the Site.
24. Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement. If you have a claim of copyright infringement, you must send proper written notification under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2) ("DMCA") to the following Designated Agent:
Attn: Designated Copyright Agent
c/o One Blue Brick, Inc.
10 Downing St.
Suite 6D
New York, NY
10014
The Designated Agent should be contacted only if you believe that your work has been used or copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement and such infringement is occurring on the Site. One Blue Brick has no obligation to respond to any notification that does not comply with the DMCA.
25. Void Where Prohibited. The Site is controlled, operated and administered by One Blue Brick from its offices in New York City, NY, U.S.A. Although the Site is accessible worldwide, not all features, products or services offered through or on the Site are available to all persons or in all geographic locations, or appropriate or available for use outside the United States. One Blue Brick reserves the right to limit the provision and quantity of any feature, product or service to any person or geographic area. Any offer for any feature, product or service made on the Site is void where prohibited. If you choose to access the Site from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and you are responsible for complying with applicable local laws.
26. Choice of Law; Dispute Resolution. All matters relating to your access to and use of the Site, including purchases made on the Site, are governed in all respects by the laws of the State of New York as such laws are applied to agreements entered into and to be performed entirely within New York between New York residents. You agree that any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to these Terms or arising out of your use of this Site will be resolved, individually, through binding arbitration in New York City, New York using the then-current rules of the American Arbitration Association, and the resulting decisions may be entered in any court with proper jurisdiction. This means that if you have a grievance with us, you cannot take us to court, and you may not join your action with any other party. You can address such grievances through arbitration only and you are hereby consenting to do it in New York City, New York, using New Yorks laws (without regard to New Yorks rules on conflict of laws). To the fullest extent allowed by law, any such controversy or claim must be arbitrated on an individual basis, and will not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party may seek any interim or preliminary relief from a court of competent jurisdiction in New York City, New York as necessary to protect the partys rights or property pending the completion of arbitration. By using this Site, you consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in New York City, New York.
27. General. If any portion of these Terms is deemed unenforceable, that portion will be enforced to the maximum extent possible so as to effect the intent of the parties as reflected by that provision, and the remaining portions of these Terms will be given full effect. One Blue Bricks failure to act in a particular circumstance, including any failure by One Blue Brick to enforce or exercise any provision of these Terms, does not waive the ability to act with respect to that circumstance or similar circumstances in the future. One Blue Brick will be excused for any failure to perform to the extent that its performance is prevented by any reason outside of its reasonable control. No agency, partnership, joint venture, employment or franchise relationship is intended or created by these Terms. One Blue Brick may assign its rights and obligations under these Terms to an entity that acquires all or substantially all of the assets of One Blue Brick or to any subsidiary or successor in a merger or acquisition involving One Blue Brick. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between One Blue Brick and you with respect to your access to or use of the Site, superseding any prior agreements between you and One Blue Brick with respect to your access to or use of the Site (including any prior versions of these Terms).