PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR USE OF AND ACCESS TO OUR SERVICES (DEFINED BELOW) ARE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS; IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THE FOLLOWING, YOU MAY NOT USE OR ACCESS THE SERVICES IN ANY MANNER.

Terms of Use

Effective date: January 8th, 2016

Welcome to Dote. Please read on to learn the rules and restrictions that govern your use of our website(s), products, services and applications (the “Services”). If you have any questions, comments, or concerns regarding these terms or the Services, please contact us at hello@doteshopping.com or at 357 Tehama Street Suite 1, San Francisco, California 94103.

These Terms of Use (the “Terms”) are a binding contract between you and Dote, Inc. (“Dote,” “we” and “us”). You must agree to and accept all of the Terms, or you don’t have the right to use the Services. Your using the Services in any way means that you agree to all of these Terms, and these Terms will remain in effect while you use the Services. These Terms include the provisions in this document, as well as those in the Privacy Policy.

Will these Terms ever change?

We are constantly trying to improve our Services, so these Terms may need to change along with the Services. We reserve the right to change the Terms at any time, but if we do, we will bring it to your attention by placing a notice on the www.doteshopping.com website, by sending you an email, and/or by some other means.

If you don’t agree with the new Terms, you are free to reject them; unfortunately, that means you will no longer be able to use the Services. If you use the Services in any way after a change to the Terms is effective, that means you agree to all of the changes.

Except for changes by us as described here, no other amendment or modification of these Terms will be effective unless in writing and signed by both you and us.

What about my privacy?

Dote takes the privacy of its users very seriously. For the current Dote Privacy Policy, please click here.

The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) requires that online service providers obtain parental consent before they knowingly collect personally identifiable information online from children who are under 13. We do not knowingly collect or solicit personally identifiable information from children under 13; if you are a child under 13, please do not attempt to register for the Services or send any personal information about yourself to us. If we learn we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that a child under 13 may have provided us personal information, please contact us at hello@doteshopping.com.

What are the basics of using Dote?

You can browse our website and download our application (“Dote App”) from Apple App Store and browse the contents in the Dote App. But you are required to sign up for an account, and select a user name (“Dote User ID”) in order to shop on our Services. You promise to provide us with accurate, complete, and updated registration information about yourself. You may not select as your Dote User ID a name that you don’t have the right to use, or another person’s name with the intent to impersonate that person. You may not transfer your account to anyone else without our prior written permission.

You represent and warrant that you are an individual of legal age to form a binding contract (or if not, you’ve received your parent’s or guardian’s permission to use the Services and gotten your parent or guardian to agree to these Terms on your behalf).

You will only use the Services for your own internal, personal, non-commercial use, and not on behalf of or for the benefit of any third party, and only in a manner that complies with all laws that apply to you. If your use of the Services is prohibited by applicable laws, then you aren’t authorized to use the Services. We can’t and won’t be responsible for your using the Services in a way that breaks the law.

You will not share your account with anyone, and you must protect the security of your account. You’re responsible for any activity associated with your account.

Your use of the Services is subject to the following additional restrictions:

You represent, warrant, and agree that you will not contribute any Content or User Submission (each of those terms is defined below) or otherwise use the Services or interact with the Services in a manner that:

Infringes or violates the intellectual property rights or any other rights of anyone else (including Dote);
Violates any law or regulation, including any applicable export control laws;
Is harmful, fraudulent, deceptive, threatening, harassing, defamatory, obscene, or otherwise objectionable;
Jeopardizes the security of your Dote account or anyone else’s (such as allowing someone else to log in to the Services as you);
Attempts, in any manner, to obtain the password, account, or other security information from any other user;
Violates the security of any computer network, or cracks any passwords or security encryption codes;
Runs Maillist, Listserv, any form of auto-responder or “spam”, on the Services, or any processes that run or are activated while you are not logged into the Services, or that otherwise interfere with the proper working of the Services (including by placing an unreasonable load on the Services’ infrastructure);
“Crawls,” “scrapes,” or “spiders” any page, data, or portion of or relating to the Services or Content (through use of manual or automated means);
Copies or stores any significant portion of the Content;
Decompiles, reverse engineers, or otherwise attempts to obtain the source code or underlying ideas or information of or relating to the Services;
Accesses, uses, or otherwise exploits the Services in violation of any applicable agreements, guidelines, regulations, or policies that Dote makes available on the Services or otherwise in any manner deemed objectionable by Dote in its sole discretion.

A violation of any of the foregoing is grounds for termination of your right to use or access the Services.

What are my rights in Dote?

The materials displayed or performed or available on or through the Services, including, but not limited to, marks, logos, brand names, text, graphics, data, articles, photos, images, illustrations, User Submissions, and so forth (all of the foregoing, the “Content”) are protected by copyright and/or other intellectual property laws. You promise to abide by all copyright notices, trademark rules, information, and restrictions contained in any Content you access through the Services, and you won’t use, copy, reproduce, modify, translate, publish, broadcast, transmit, distribute, perform, upload, display, license, sell or otherwise exploit for any purpose any Content not owned by you, (i) without the prior consent of the owner of that Content or (ii) in a way that violates someone else’s (including Dote’s) rights.

You understand that Dote owns the Services. You won’t modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce (except as expressly provided in this Section), create derivative works based on, or otherwise exploit any of the Services.

The Services may allow you to copy or download certain Content; please remember that just because this functionality exists, doesn’t mean that all the restrictions above don’t apply – they do!

Do I have to grant any licenses to Dote or to other users?

User Submission means (1) any information, content, data or anything else that you post upload, share, store, or otherwise provide to your Dote account or otherwise on or through the Services, including any such information, content or data that is not viewable by any other user except you; and (2) any feedback, suggestions, improvements, enhancements, and/or feature requests relating to the Services you provide us (in a direct email or otherwise).

For all User Submissions, you hereby grant Dote a license to perform, display, distribute, translate, modify (for technical purposes, for example making sure your content is viewable on an iPhone as well as a computer), create derivative works of, reproduce, act with respect to, use and otherwise fully exploit your User Submissions, to enable us to operate the Services, or otherwise in connection with Dote’s business, provided that our use of any User Submission that constitutes Personal Information shall be treated in accordance with our Privacy Policy. This is a license only – your ownership in User Submissions is not affected. .

You agree that the licenses you grant are royalty-free, perpetual, sublicenseable, irrevocable, and worldwide.

Who is responsible for what I see and do on the Services?

We cannot control and have no duty to take any action regarding how you may interpret and use the Content or what actions you may take as a result of having been exposed to the Content, and you hereby release us from all liability for you having acquired or not acquired Content through the Services. You are responsible for all Content you contribute, in any manner, to the Services, and you represent and warrant you have all rights necessary to do so, in the manner in which you contribute it. You will keep all your registration information accurate and current. You are responsible for all your activity in connection with the Services.

The Services may contain links or connections to third party websites or services that are not owned or controlled by Dote. When you access third party websites or use third party services, you accept that there are risks in doing so, and that Dote is not responsible for such risks. We encourage you to be aware when you leave the Services and to read the terms and conditions and privacy policy of each third party website or service that you visit or utilize.

Dote acts as an intermediary for users to interact with retailers available on the Services to buy and sell items offered by such retailers on the Services, and does not act as the buyer or seller (or agent for buyers or sellers) with respect to any such transactions. Dote has no control over, does not endorse or guarantee, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, accuracy, privacy policies, or practices of or opinions expressed in any third party websites or by any third party that you interact with through the Services. In addition, Dote will not and cannot monitor, verify, censor or edit the content of any third party site or service. By using the Services, you release and hold us harmless from any and all liability arising from your use of any third party website or service.

Your orders placed on the Services will be directly with the retailer offering the products. Your card is authorized when you place the order (before the retailer confirms the order) and is charged when the order is shipped from the retailer. You will see “Dote Shopping” as the merchant on your credit card bills. We’ll assist in the delivery of goods and refund processing, but your other interactions with the retailers, including pricing, or return of goods or services, return or refund policies, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such retailers. You should make whatever investigation you feel necessary or appropriate before proceeding with any online or offline transaction with any of these third parties retailers. You agree that Dote shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings. However, we always endeavor to provide our assistance to you to solve any issues you may encounter in the dealings with the retailers. Please refer to our FAQ webpage for additional information that applies to purchases made through the Services. If there is a dispute between you and a retailer shopped from on this site, or between you and any third party, you agree that Dote is under no obligation to become involved. In the event that you have a dispute with one or more other retailers or third parties, you release Dote, its officers, employees, agents, and successors from claims, demands, and damages of every kind or nature, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, disclosed or undisclosed, arising out of or in any way related to such disputes and/or our Services. If you are a California resident, you shall and hereby do waive California Civil Code Section 1542, which says: "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release, which, if known by him or her must have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor."

What do I need to know about the Dote Credit Program?

Through the Dote Credit Program, Dote endeavors to reward and thank loyal customers for using, supporting, recommending and referring our business. Please refer to the app for more details about the Dote Credit Program.

Dote may, but has no obligation, to grant you any Credit free of charge. “Credit” means any credit, value, or the like granted to you by Dote in connection with Dote Credit Program. Credits may only be valid for a limited period of time, so please take note of any applicable expiration dates, and use your Credits in a timely manner. A Credit is not cash or a cash equivalent and cannot be redeemed for cash or cash equivalents. You may not transfer your Credits to another individual unless otherwise required by applicable laws. All Credits expire 3 months after the date they are granted.

Dote reserves the right to change, modify and/or eliminate the Credits and the terms applicable thereto at any time upon notice to you (which may be provided through the Services or by modifying these Terms). Dote reserves the right to terminate your participation in the Dote Credit Program if Dote determines in its sole discretion that you have violated these terms or that the use of your Dote account is unauthorized, deceptive, fraudulent or otherwise unlawful.

Will Dote ever change the Services?

We’re always trying to improve the Services, so they may change over time. We may suspend or discontinue any part of the Services, or we may introduce new features or impose limits on certain features or restrict access to parts or all of the Services. We’ll try to give you notice when we make a material change to the Services that would adversely affect you, but this isn’t always practical. Similarly, we reserve the right to remove any Content from the Services at any time, for any reason (including, but not limited to, if someone alleges you contributed that Content in violation of these Terms), in our sole discretion, and without notice.

Does Dote cost anything?

Your access and use of the Services are currently free, but if you choose to purchase goods or services through the Services, you will be charged the listed price for such good or service, to the credit card or other payment method you provide in your Dote account (including, e.g. PayPal, Visa, Mastercard). Depending on the availability of the products, Dote may limit or cancel quantities of product purchased, and it reserves the right to refuse or cancel any order in its discretion. In the event Dote needs to make a change to an order, it will attempt to notify you by contacting the email address, billing address, and/or phone number provided in your Dote account or at the time the order was made. The prices displayed on our Services are quoted in U.S. currency. Prices are subject to change at any time. Sales tax will be determined by Dote and automatically be added to the order. If you provide inaccurate or incomplete credit card information, we may not be able to complete your transaction, and your purchase may be cancelled or delayed.

We reserve the right to charge for certain or all Services in the future. We will notify you before any Services you are then using begin carrying a fee, and if you wish to continue using such Services, you must pay all applicable fees for such Services.

Please refer to our FAQ webpage for additional information that applies to purchases made through the Services.

What if I want to stop using my Dote account?

You’re free to cancel your Dote account at any time, by contacting us at hello@doteshopping.com; please refer to our Privacy Policy as well as the licenses above, to understand how we treat information you provide to us after you have stopped using our Services. You understand and agree that you will not be able to access your accumulated Points after you cancel your Dote account. All of the foregoing is subject to the restrictions and limitations set forth herein with respect to the Dote Credit Program.

Dote is also free to terminate (or suspend access to) your use of the Services or your account, for any reason in our discretion, including your breach of these Terms or other acts that deemed objectionable by Dote in its sole discretion. Dote has the sole right to decide whether you are in violation of any of the restrictions set forth in these Terms.

Account termination may result in destruction of any Content associated with your account, including any accumulated Points, and it may not be possible to reinstate your Dote account once it is terminated, so keep that in mind before you decide to terminate your account. If you have deleted your account by mistake, contact us immediately at hello@doteshopping.com – we will try to help, but unfortunately, we can’t promise that we can recover or restore anything.

Provisions that, by their nature, should survive termination of these Terms shall survive termination. By way of example, all of the following will survive termination: any obligation you have to pay us or indemnify us, any limitations on our liability, any terms regarding ownership or intellectual property rights, and terms regarding disputes between us.

I use the Dote App available via the Apple App Store – should I know anything about that?

These Terms apply to your use of all the Services, including the iPhone, iPad Touch, and iPad applications available via the Apple, Inc. (“Apple”) App Store (the “Application”), but the following additional terms also apply to the Application:

Both you and Dote acknowledge that the Terms are concluded between you and Dote only, and not with Apple, and that Apple is not responsible for the Application or the Content;
The Application is licensed to you on a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferrable, non-sublicensable basis, solely to be used in connection with the Services for your private, personal, non-commercial use, subject to all the terms and conditions of these Terms as they are applicable to the Services;
You will only use the Application in connection with an Apple device that you own or control;
You acknowledge and agree that Apple has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance and support services with respect to the Application;
In the event of any failure of the Application to conform to any applicable warranty, including those implied by law, you may notify Apple of such failure; upon notification, Apple’s sole warranty obligation to you will be to refund to you the purchase price, if any, of the Application;
You acknowledge and agree that Dote, and not Apple, is responsible for addressing any claims you or any third party may have in relation to the Application;
You acknowledge and agree that, in the event of any third party claim that the Application or your possession and use of the Application infringes that third party’s intellectual property rights, Dote, and not Apple, will be responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement and discharge of any such infringement claim;
You represent and warrant that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a “terrorist supporting” country, and that you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties;
Both you and Dote acknowledge and agree that, in your use of the Application, you will comply with any applicable third party terms of agreement which may affect or be affected by such use; and
Both you and Dote acknowledge and agree that Apple and Apple’s subsidiaries are third party beneficiaries of these Terms, and that upon your acceptance of these Terms, Apple will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce these Terms against you as the third party beneficiary hereof.

What else do I need to know?

Warranty Disclaimer. Neither Dote nor its licensors or suppliers makes any representations or warranties concerning any content contained in or accessed through the Services, and we will not be responsible or liable for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, or decency of material contained in or accessed through the Services. We (and our licensors and suppliers) make no representations or warranties regarding suggestions or recommendations of services or products offered or purchased through the Services. Products and services purchased or offered (whether or not following such recommendations and suggestions) through the Services are provided “AS IS” and without any warranty of any kind from Dote or others (unless, with respect to such others only, provided expressly and unambiguously in writing by a designated third party for a specific product). THE SERVICES AND CONTENT ARE PROVIDED BY DOTE (AND ITS LICENSORS AND SUPPLIERS) ON AN “AS-IS” BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR THAT USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Limitation of Liability. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, TORT, CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE) SHALL DOTE (OR ITS LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS) BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON FOR (A) ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, ACCURACY OF RESULTS, OR COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR (B) ANY AMOUNT, IN THE AGGREGATE, IN EXCESS OF THE GREATER OF (I) $100 OR (II) THE AMOUNTS PAID BY YOU TO DOTE IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING THIS APPLICABLE CLAIM, OR (C) ANY MATTER BEYOND OUR REASONABLE CONTROL. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION AND EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Indemnity. To the fullest extent allowed by applicable law, you agree to indemnify and hold Dote, its affiliates, officers, agents, employees, and partners harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages (actual and consequential), losses and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) arising from or in any way related to any third party claims relating to (a) your use of the Services (including any actions taken by a third party using your account), and (b) your violation of these Terms.

Assignment. You may not assign, delegate or transfer these Terms or your rights or obligations hereunder, or your Services account, in any way (by operation of law or otherwise) without Dote’s prior written consent. We may transfer, assign, or delegate these Terms and our rights and obligations without consent.

Choice of Law; Arbitration. These Terms are governed by and will be construed under the laws of the State of California, without regard to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof. Any dispute arising from or relating to the subject matter of these Terms shall be finally settled in San Francisco County, California, in English, in accordance with the Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures of Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc. ("JAMS") then in effect, by one commercial arbitrator with substantial experience in resolving intellectual property and commercial contract disputes, who shall be selected from the appropriate list of JAMS arbitrators in accordance with such Rules. Judgment upon the award rendered by such arbitrator may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the foregoing obligation to arbitrate disputes, each party shall have the right to pursue injunctive or other equitable relief at any time, from any court of competent jurisdiction. For all purposes of this Agreement, the parties consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in the state or federal courts located in, respectively, San Francisco County, California, or the Northern District of California.

Miscellaneous. You will be responsible for paying, withholding, filing, and reporting all taxes, duties, and other governmental assessments associated with your activity in connection with the Services, provided that the Dote may, in its sole discretion, do any of the foregoing on your behalf or for itself as it sees fit. The failure of either you or us to exercise, in any way, any right herein shall not be deemed a waiver of any further rights hereunder. If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision will be limited or eliminated, to the minimum extent necessary, so that these Terms shall otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable. You and Dote agree that these Terms are the complete and exclusive statement of the mutual understanding between you and Dote, and that it supersedes and cancels all previous written and oral agreements, communications and other understandings relating to the subject matter of these Terms. You hereby acknowledge and agree that you are not an employee, agent, partner, or joint venture of Dote, and you do not have any authority of any kind to bind Dote in any respect whatsoever. Except as expressly set forth in the section above regarding the Apple Application, you and Dote agree there are no third party beneficiaries intended under these Terms.

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