Updated: June 2022

 

1.         Overview

 

            The following terms and conditions constitute a legally binding agreement (together with any terms and conditions incorporated herein by reference, this “Agreement” or the “Terms”) between you (referred to herein as “you”, “your”, or “user”) and, BB Lifestyle Enterprises, LLC, a New York limited liability company (“Buddy’s Bodega”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). By entering into this Agreement or using our Service (as such term is defined below), you expressly acknowledge that you understand this Agreement and accept all of its terms. If you do not agree to the terms set forth in this Agreement, you must not use our Site or use our Services. If you are entering into this Agreement on behalf of an entity, such as your employer, you represent that you have the legal authority to bind that entity.

            BY ACCESSING OR USING ANY PART OF THE SITE OR USING THE SERVICE, YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS, WHICH CONTAIN AN ARBITRATION AGREEMENT, A WAIVER OF CLASS-ACTION RIGHTS, AND LIABILITY LIMITATIONS.

 

PLEASE READ SECTION 12 OF THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY, AS IT CONTAINS AN ARBITRATION AGREEMENT WHICH WILL, WITH LIMITED EXCEPTIONS, REQUIRE DISPUTES BETWEEN US TO BE SUBMITTED TO BINDING AND FINAL ARBITRATION UNLESS YOU OPT OUT OF THE ARBITRATION AGREEMENT. YOU WILL ONLY BE PERMITTED TO PURSUE CLAIMS AND SEEK RELIEF AGAINST US ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION OR PROCEEDING; AND YOU ARE AGREEING TO MANDATORY INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION FOR THE RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES AND WAIVING YOUR RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL ON YOUR CLAIMS. 

 

            If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us by email at buddysbodega@gmail.com. 

 

 

2.         Services.

 

(a)               Right to use. We grant you the right to access and use the Services in accordance with this Agreement.

 

(b)        Manner of use. You may not:

 

i.          reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or work around technical limitations in the Services, except to the extent that applicable law permits it despite these limitations;

 

ii.         disable, tamper with or otherwise attempt to circumvent any mechanism that limits your use of the Services;

 

iii.        rent, lease, lend, resell, transfer, or sublicense any Services or portion thereof to or for third parties, except as explicitly permitted herein or in license terms that accompany any Services component; or

 

iv.        use the Services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by this Agreement.

 

3.         Content.

            (a)        Intellectual Property Rights. By using our Site and Services, you expressly acknowledge and agree that all content, photographs, computer code, smart contract code, sound or videos, media, images, formulas, graphics, webinars, training materials, products, services and/or other information and materials, and selection and arrangements associated with the Services and/or located on our Site is copyrighted work under the United States and other copyright laws, and is the property of or licensed by BB Lifestyle Enterprises, LLC, made available on our Site or any information, materials, and content transferred via a downloadable file or link by us or other third parties (the “Content”). All trademarks, service marks, and trade names (collectively, the “Marks”) are trademarks or registered trademarks of and are proprietary to BB Lifestyle Enterprises, LLC or other respective owners that have granted BB Lifestyle Enterprises, LLC the right to use such Marks. We reserve all rights that are not specifically granted to users.   

 

(b)        Feedback. You may choose to submit comments, bug reports, ideas or other feedback about the Site or Services, including, without limitation, about how to improve the Site (collectively, “Feedback”). By submitting any Feedback, you agree that we are free to use such Feedback in any way we choose without additional compensation to you and you hereby grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, nonexclusive, worldwide license to incorporate and use the Feedback for any purpose. You shall not, under any circumstances or for any reason, modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce, create derivative works of, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, or in any way exploit any of the materials or Content in whole or in part, without our express prior written consent, which consent may be granted, withheld, conditioned and/or delayed in our sole and absolute discretion.  Modification of the Content or use of the Content for any other purpose is a violation of the copyright and other proprietary rights of Buddy’s Bodega, as well as other authors who created the materials, and may be subject to monetary damages and penalties.

            (c)        Third-Party Content. Our Site contains Content that we create and may also include Content provided by third parties. We do not monitor, we do not endorse, and we are not liable for any third-party content. There may be some inadvertent accuracies or errors in the Content and we do not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, completeness or quality of the Content on our Site or located at third party URLs that may be posted on our Site. Buddy’s Bodega is not responsible or the content on any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. We do not endorse or accept responsibility for the content of such third-party sites.

            (d)       Third-Party Services. Third parties may offer their services directly to you through the Site. In such case, you may be required to agree to the third party’s terms of service and/or privacy policy to use the service. Buddy’s Bodega will not be liable in any way for the acts or omissions of such third party, the terms of service or privacy policy or its failure to adhere to its terms of services or privacy policy, or any loss, damages, liability or expenses (including attorneys’ fees) that you may incur arising from or related to such third party’s services or products

 

            (e)        You agree not to circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Site that prevent or restrict use or copying of any Content or enforce limitations on use of the Content.  By accessing our Site, you agree not to use any data mining, robots, scraping or similar data gathering or extraction methods.

 

4.         Representations and Warranties.  By using our Site and Services, you expressly represent, warrant and acknowledge the following:

 

            (a)        You are not a citizen or resident of a state, country, territory or other jurisdiction that is embargoed by the United States or where your use of the Site would be illegal or otherwise violate any applicable law. Specifically, you represent that you are not located in, organized in, or a resident of Cuba, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Russia, the Crimea region, Venezuela, or any other jurisdiction where Applicable Law prohibits you from accessing or using the Site; and you represent that you are not, and have never been, named on the Office of Foreign Asset Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Specially Designated and Blocked Persons List. 

 

            (b)        BY ACCESSING THE SITE, YOU EXPRESSLY REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU (i) HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THIS AGREEMENT, (ii) ARE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE AND OF LEGAL AGE TO ENTER INTO A BINDING AGREEMENT, AND (iii) THAT YOU ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE THAT YOU ARE LEGALLY BOUND BY ITS TERMS.

 

5.         Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability.

 

            (a)        YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SITE AND SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK, AND THAT THE SITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, WE MAKE NO EXPRESS WARRANTIES AND HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES REGARDING THE SITE AND/OR THE SERVICES AS A WHOLE, AND ANY PART OF EACH (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE SITE OR ANY EXTERNAL WEBSITES), INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, OR RELIABILITY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, WE, OUR SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, AND LICENSORS DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT TO YOU THAT: (i) YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SITE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (ii) YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR FREE FROM ERROR, (iii) USAGE DATA PROVIDED THROUGH THE SITE WILL BE ACCURATE, (iv) THE SITE OR ANY CONTENT OR FEATURES MADE AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SITE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR (IV) THAT ANY DATA THAT YOU DISCLOSE WHEN YOU USE THE SITE WILL BE SECURE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES IN CONTRACTS WITH CONSUMERS, SO SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

 

            (b)        YOU ACCEPT THE INHERENT SECURITY RISKS OF PROVIDING INFORMATION AND DEALING ONLINE OVER THE INTERNET AND AGREE THAT WE HAVE NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY BREACH OF SECURITY UNLESS IT IS DUE TO OUR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT.

 

            (c)        YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES WHICH YOU MAY INCUR, HOWSOEVER CAUSED AND UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOSS OF PROFITS (WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY), LOSS OF GOODWILL OR BUSINESS REPUTATION, LOSS OF DATA, COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, OR ANY OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSS, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

 

            (d)       YOU AGREE THAT OUR TOTAL, AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF (OR YOUR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE) ANY PORTION OF THE SITE, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, IS LIMITED TO $1,000.

 

            (e)        YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT WE HAVE MADE THE SITE AVAILABLE TO YOU AND ENTERED INTO THIS AGREEMENT IN RELIANCE UPON YOUR REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, THE WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SET FORTH HEREIN. WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SITE TO YOU WITHOUT THESE LIMITATIONS.

 

            (f)        THE SITE HAS BEEN COMPILED IN GOOD FAITH BY BUDDY’S BODEGA. HOWEVER, NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE COMPLETENESS OR ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION IT CONTAINS. IN PARTICULAR, YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THIS INFORMATION MAY BE INCOMPLETE, MAY CONTAIN ERRORS OR MAY HAVE BECOME OUT OF DATE. THE REPORTS FILED BY BUDDY’S BODEGA AND LISTED ON THIS WEBSITE SPEAK ONLY AS OF THE RESPECTIVE DATES ON WHICH THEY ARE FILED OR USED BY BUDDY’S BODEGA. THE CONTENTS OF THOSE REPORTS CAN BECOME OUT-OF-DATE. BUDDY’S BODEGA MAKES NO COMMITMENT, AND DISCLAIMS ANY DUTY, TO UPDATE ANY OF THOSE REPORTS. 

 

6.         Accessibility.

           

(a)        Buddy’s Bodega is committed to ensuring equal access for people with disabilities. They are important contributors to Buddy’s Bodega’s business success and should not be excluded, but rather welcomed into the Buddy’s Bodega family.

(b)       Content provided by our site by third-party developers is intended to meet ADA, WCAG, Section 508, and EAA/EN 301549 compliance standards.

(c)        If you have any questions, please contact us at buddysbodega@gmail.com.[JD1] 

 

7.         Indemnification and Release.

 

            (a)        You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless BB Lifestyle Enterprises, LLC and its Affiliates, licensors, suppliers and sponsors, and each of their respective directors, officers, members, shareholders, managers, agents, contractors, partners, advisors, employees, licensors, content creators, and suppliers (collectively, the “Buddy’s Bodega Indemnified Parties”) from and against any claim, liability, loss, damage (actual and consequential) of any kind or nature, suit, judgment, litigation cost, and attorneys’ fees (collectively, “Liabilities”) arising out of or in any way related to (i) your breach of this Agreement, (ii) your violation of any intellectual property right or other rights of another party, and/or (iii) your violation of Applicable Laws, rules or regulations in connection with your access to or use of the Site or Services.  This indemnity shall be applicable without regard to the negligence of any party, including any indemnified person, and shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

 

            (b)        To the maximum extent permitted by Applicable Law, you hereby irrevocably and unconditionally release and waive all claims against any Buddy’s Bodega Indemnified Parties from any and all Liabilities of every kind and nature, arising out of or in any way connected with your use of the Site or the Services.  To the extent that you do have any claims against BB Lifestyle Enterprises, LLC, you agree that: (i) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action against BB Lifestyle Enterprises, LLC arising out of or connected with your use of the Site and/or the Services shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and (ii) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual and documented damages and out-of-pocket costs incurred, but shall in no event include attorneys’ fees or litigation costs (e.g., court filing fees and related costs).

 

8.         Termination.  We reserve the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, to refuse, suspend, restrict or terminate your access to the Site, or any portion thereof, without notice to you and for any reason or no reason.  You acknowledge that we have the right, but not the obligation, exercisable in our sole and absolute discretion, to suspend or terminate your access to all or part of the Site or Services: (i) at the request of law enforcement or other government agencies; (ii) if the Site or Services are discontinued or materially modified; (iii) upon the occurrence of any technical or security issues or problems; (iv) if you engage in any conduct that we believe, in our sole and absolute discretion, violates any provision of this Agreement or other incorporated agreements or guidelines or violates the rights of Buddy’s Bodega or third parties; or (v) upon any breach by you of this Agreement.  The exercise of our right to restrict or terminate your access to the Site and/or the Services, whether or not ultimately determined to be justified, will not, under any circumstances, constitute our breach under this Agreement.  Neither the exercise or nor the failure to exercise such right to restrict or terminate your access to the Site and/or our Services will constitute an election of remedies or limit us in any manner in the enforcement of any other remedies available to us. 

 

9.         Modifications.  We reserve the right to make changes to the Terms, at any time and from time to time, at our sole and absolute discretion.  If any changes are made to this Agreement, we will provide you with written notice of such changes by sending you an e-mail, providing a notice on our Site, or updating the date at top of this Agreement.  Any changes made to this Agreement will go into effect on the date they are made, and your continued access to the Site, or use after the Terms have been updated with constitute your binding acceptance of these updates. If you do not agree to the revised Terms, you may not access or use our Site.

 

10.       Severability.  If any term or provision of this Agreement is deemed invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other term or provision of this Agreement or invalidate or render unenforceable such term or provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

11.       Governing Law.  This Agreement and all matters related to it shall be governed by, construed, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, as they are applied to agreements entered and to be performed entirely within New York and without regard to conflict of law principles, except to the extent that law is inconsistent with or preempted by federal law.

 

12.       Dispute Resolution; Arbitration.  Please read the arbitration agreement in this Section (“Arbitration Agreement”) carefully. It contains procedures for MANDATORY BINDING ARBITRATION AND A CLASS ACTION WAIVER.

 

(a)        Applicability of Arbitration Agreement. You agree that any dispute, claim, or request for relief relating in any way to your access or use of the Site, to any products sold or distributed through the Site, or to any aspect of your relationship with Buddy’s Bodega, will be resolved by binding arbitration, rather than in court, except that Buddy’s Bodega may seek equitable relief in court for infringement or other misuse of intellectual property rights (such as trademarks, trade dress, domain names, trade secrets, copyrights, and patents). This Arbitration Agreement shall apply, without limitation, to all disputes or claims and requests for relief that arose or were asserted before the effective date of this Agreement or any prior version of this Agreement.  

 

(b)        Arbitration Rules and Forum. The Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this Arbitration Agreement. To begin an arbitration proceeding, you must send a letter requesting arbitration and describing your dispute or claim or request for relief to us at buddysbodega@gmail.com.The arbitration will be conducted by JAMS, an established alternative dispute resolution provider. Disputes involving claims, counterclaims, or request for relief under $250,000, not inclusive of attorneys’ fees and interest, shall be subject to JAMS’s most current version of the Streamlined Arbitration Rules and procedures available at http://www.jamsadr.com/rules-streamlined-arbitration/; all other disputes shall be subject to JAMS’s most current version of the Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures, available at http://www.jamsadr.com/rules-comprehensive-arbitration/. JAMS’s rules are also available at www.jamsadr.com or by calling JAMS at 800-352-5267. If JAMS is not available to arbitrate, the parties will select an alternative arbitral forum. Any judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. 

 

(c)        Authority of Arbitrator. The arbitrator shall have exclusive authority to (i) determine the scope and enforceability of this Arbitration Agreement and (ii) resolve any dispute related to the interpretation, applicability, enforceability or formation of this Arbitration Agreement including, but not limited to, any assertion that all or any part of this Arbitration Agreement is void or voidable. The arbitrator will decide the rights and liabilities, if any, of you and us. The arbitration proceeding will not be consolidated with any other matters or joined with any other cases or parties. The arbitrator shall have the authority to grant motions dispositive of all or part of any claim. The arbitrator shall have the authority to award monetary damages and to grant any non-monetary remedy or relief available to an individual under applicable law, the arbitral forum’s rules, and this Agreement (including the Arbitration Agreement). The arbitrator shall issue a written award and statement of decision describing the essential findings and conclusions on which the award is based, including the calculation of any damages awarded. The arbitrator has the same authority to award relief on an individual basis that a judge in a court of law would have. The award of the arbitrator is final and binding upon you and us.  

 

(d)       Waiver of Jury Trial. YOU AND BUDDY’S BODEGA HEREBY WAIVE ANY CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY RIGHTS TO SUE IN COURT AND HAVE A TRIAL IN FRONT OF A JUDGE OR A JURY. You and we are instead electing that all disputes, claims, or requests for relief shall be resolved by arbitration under this Arbitration Agreement, except as set forth above. An arbitrator can award on an individual basis the same damages and relief as a court and must follow this Agreement as a court would. However, there is no judge or jury in arbitration, and court review of an arbitration award is subject to very limited review. 

 

(e)        Waiver of Class or Other Non-Individualized Relief. ALL DISPUTES, CLAIMS, AND REQUESTS FOR RELIEF WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS ARBITRATION AGREEMENT MUST BE ARBITRATED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT ON A CLASS OR COLLECTIVE BASIS, ONLY INDIVIDUAL RELIEF IS AVAILABLE, AND CLAIMS OF MORE THAN ONE CUSTOMER OR USER CANNOT BE ARBITRATED OR CONSOLIDATED WITH THOSE OF ANY OTHER CUSTOMER OR USER. If a decision is issued stating that applicable law precludes enforcement of any of this section’s limitations as to a given dispute, claim, or request for relief, then such aspect must be severed from the arbitration and brought into the State or Federal Courts located in the State of New York. All other disputes, claims, or requests for relief shall be arbitrated. 

 

(f)        30-Day Right to Opt Out. You have the right to opt out of the provisions of this Arbitration Agreement by sending written notice of your decision to opt out to buddysbodega@gmail.com within thirty (30) days after first becoming subject to this Arbitration Agreement. Your notice must include your name and address, your username (if any), and an unequivocal statement that you want to opt out of this Arbitration Agreement. If you opt out of this Arbitration Agreement, all other parts of this Agreement will continue to apply to you. Opting out of this Arbitration Agreement has no effect on any other arbitration agreements that you may currently have, or may enter in the future, with us.

 

(g)        Severability. Except as provided in above, if any part or parts of this Arbitration Agreement are found under the law to be invalid or unenforceable, then such specific part or parts shall be of no force and effect and shall be severed and the remainder of the Arbitration Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

 

(h)        Survival of Agreement. This Arbitration Agreement will survive the termination of your relationship with us. 

                       

(i)         Modification. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, we agree that if we make any future material change to this Arbitration Agreement, you may reject that change within thirty (30) days of such change becoming effective by writing us at buddysbodega@gmail.com and expressly opting out of this Arbitration Agreement.

 

13.       Limitation on Time to File Claims. ANY CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM YOU MAY HAVE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OF USE OR THE WEBSITE MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES; OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.

 

14.       Geographic Restrictions. The owner of the Site is based in the United States. We provide this Website for use only by persons located in the United States. We make no claims that the Website or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. Access to the Website may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Website from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

 

15.       Definitions.

 

            (a)        “Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person (as defined below), any other Person who, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person, including without limitation any general partner, managing member, officer or director of such Person or any venture capital fund now or hereafter existing that is controlled by one or more general partners or managing members of, or shares the same management company with, such Person.

 

            (b)        “Applicable Law” means any domestic or foreign law, rule, statute, regulation, by-law, order, protocol, code, decree, or other directive, requirement or guideline, published or in force which applies to, or is otherwise intended to govern or regulate, any Person, property, transaction, activity, event or other matter, including any rule, order, judgment, directive or other requirement or guideline issued by any Governmental Authority (as defined below) having jurisdiction over the Buddy’s Bodega, you, or as otherwise duly enacted, enforceable by law, the common law or equity.

 

            (c)        “Governmental Authority” includes any domestic or foreign federal, provincial or state, municipal, local or other governmental, regulatory, judicial or administrative authority.

 

            (d)       “Person” means an individual, a partnership, a joint venture, a limited liability company or partnership, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization or a government or any department or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

            (e)        “Privacy Policy” means our privacy policy located at Privacy Policy

 

            (f)        “Service(s)” refers to, in the aggregate, our Site (as defined below), social media accounts, and any features, functions, services, products, rewards, offers, content, materials or information available on or through our Site or social media accounts.

 

            (g)        “Site” means the website located at https://www.buddysbodega.com/.