Bear Food LLC
Privacy Policy
Effective as of June 18, 2017
Your privacy is an important priority for us. This Privacy Policy explains the information we collect and how we use it. Let us know if you have questions by emailing us at legal@bearfood.com By using this site and/or any of our Services, as defined below, you agree to this Privacy Policy and to our Terms of Service, which incorporates this Privacy Policy.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Personal Information Collection and Use
- Non-Personal Information Collection and Use
- Sharing and Disclosure of Information
- Your Information Choices and Tools
- International Transfers and Information Security
- Policies Concerning Children
- Changes to Our Privacy Policy
- California Privacy Rights
- Terms of Service
- Contact Us
1. Introduction
This Privacy Policy explains how Bear Food LLC (“Company”, “we” or “us”) manages information collected when you access and use our website(s) (“Sites”), mobile applications (“Apps”), content, official social media pages, and products (collectively, our “Services”).
2. Personal Information Collection and Use
Personal information generally means information that identifies or can be used to contact you, such as your name, address, email or phone number. You provide us your Personal Information when you:
- Purchase our products or download our Apps;
- Initiate a customer service request;
- Sign-up for our emails, newsletters, or marketing surveys;
- Register for contests and special events;
The specific types of Personal Information collected varies with the activity, but may include your name, email address, phone number, mobile phone number, postal address and credit card or payment information. We use your Personal Information as follows:
We use your Personal Information as follows:
- To fulfill (directly or through our authorized partners) your purchase, access or use of our Services;
- To respond to user and customer inquiries, provide technical support and solicit feedback to improve our Services;
- To inform customers and registered visitors about new Services
Personal and Other Information Collected by Others. Our websites and games may contain advertisements and offers from companies other than BF that may link to their own websites. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party websites or services. If you use our Apps over a third party platform such as Apple, your Personal Information will be collected by this third party, and not by us, and subject to that party’s privacy policy, rather than this Privacy Policy.
3. Non-Personal Information Collection and Use
Non-personal information generally means data that, alone, cannot be used to identify or contact you.
Non-Personal Information Categories. When you access our Services, our third party service providers use automated technologies described below to collect certain non-personally identifiable information. The types of non-personal information collected may include demographic information such as gender, age, zip code, information about your computer, software, platform, mobile device, and other particulars, including unique device IDs, incident data, Internet Protocol (IP) address, network Media Access Control (MAC) address and connection. We may also collect other non-personal information such as username, user ID or persona, feature usage, game play statistics, achievements, and time spent playing our games. In certain games, we may create and assign to your device an identifier that is similar to an account number. We may also receive information from third parties in connection with market and demographic studies and/or other data that we use to supplement personal information provided directly by you.
Automated Tracking Technologies and Cookies. When you access our Services, our third party service providers use automated tracking technologies such as cookies, web beacons and pixel tags. These technologies generally help us better understand user behavior, tell us about web visits, facilitate advertisements, and track game preferences. For example, web beacons, allow us to know if a certain page was visited or whether an e-mail was opened. Pixel tags allow us to advertise more efficiently by excluding our current users from certain promotional messages, identifying the source of a new installation or delivering ads to you on other websites. Locally shared objects also known as flash cookies, which help us to prevent fraud, remember your in-game preferences and speed up load times.
Uses of Non-Personal Information. We use your non-personal information for a variety of product, customer, marketing, and general business purposes. These include providing our Services, troubleshooting bugs and providing technical support, and analyzing usage patterns to improve all aspects of our Services. We also use non-personal information to make the advertising you see more personalized, for conducting market research and developing new products and services by identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of marketing campaigns, and gauging customer satisfaction.
5. Your Information Choices and Tools
The privacy of our customers is important to us. In many cases, you can manage information collected about you or your activities and opt-out of certain programs by following the guidelines below. You may prevent the installation of cookies by adjusting your browser settings. Please note that if you disable cookies, it is possible that you may not use all functionalities of BF’s Sites. To learn more about behavioral advertising or to opt-out of this type of advertising for participating ad networks, please visit the Network Advertising Initiative or the Digital Advertising Alliance.
With respect to usage of our Apps, you can turn off push notifications by visiting the “options” or “settings” page within the relevant game. You can turn off local notifications by visiting the “options” or “settings” page within the relevant game. You can also stop use of your geo-location (for example through “check-ins”) by visiting your device's settings for the relevant application or the “settings” page for the relevant game. You can also stop checking in.
You can choose to opt out of receiving additional promotional e-mails from BF by clicking on the "unsubscribe" link in any such e-mail. Please note that once we receive your request, it may take an additional period of time for your opt-out to become effective. Your unsubscribe will be processed promptly, and in no event longer than 10 business days.
With respect to usage of our Apps, you can turn off push notifications by visiting the "options" or "settings" page within the relevant game. You can turn off local notifications by visiting the "options" or "settings" page within the relevant game. You can also stop use of your geo-location (for example through "check-ins") by visiting your device's settings for the relevant application or the "settings" page for the relevant game. You can also stop checking in.
You can choose to opt out of receiving additional promotional e-mails from BF by clicking on the "unsubscribe" link in any such e-mail. Please note that once we receive your request, it may take an additional period of time for your opt-out to become effective. Your unsubscribe will be processed promptly, and in no event longer than 10 business days.
If you no longer want BF to make active use of your information, you may send an e-mail to legal@bearfood.com. Place "Delete My Account" in the subject line and include your first name, last name, e-mail address if you have accessed the game from a third party provider (if applicable) in the body of the e-mail. We will respond to your request within thirty (30) days. Please note that certain records will be retained for legal and accounting purposes. If you have sent or posted content on the Service, we may not be able to delete it. Please consult the privacy policies of those third party providers to learn about their removal procedures.
If you have additional questions about this Privacy Policy, contact us at legal@bearfood.com.
6. International Transfers, Information Security and Retention
International Transfers
Your information, including Personal Information, will be transferred to and maintained on computers located in the USA where the data protection laws may differ significantly than those from your jurisdiction. In particular, Personal Information collected within Switzerland and the European Economic Area (“EEA”) will be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside of Switzerland and the EEA, including in the USA. The data we hold will be processed by employees and authorized agents operating outside of Switzerland and the EEA who work for us, our Related Companies, or our Authorized Third Party Providers. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer, storing or processing.
Information Security
BF uses reasonable organizational, technical and administrative measures to protect Personal Information under our control. When you enter payment information (such as a credit card number when purchasing virtual currency), that transmission is encrypted using secure socket layer technology ("SSL"). Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or data storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. You use our Services at your own risk, and you’re responsible for taking reasonable measures to secure your accounts (like a strong password). If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure (for example, if you feel that the security of any account you might have with us has been compromised), please immediately notify us of the problem by contacting us at legal@bearfood.com.
Retention
We will retain your Personal Information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
7. Our Policies Concerning Children
Our websites, games and games are not intended for children under the age of 13. As noted in the Terms of Use, , we do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are under 13, please do not attempt to register for the Services or send any personal information about yourself to us. If we learn that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under age 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 legal@bearfood.com.
8. Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We may make material changes to our Privacy Policy at any time. We will notify you of material changes by posting a notice of a revised policy on www.bearsvsbabies.com prior to the Effective Date, and our posted Privacy Policy will indicate the date it was last updated. We may take additional steps to notify you and other users by sending you a notice to the e-mail address we have on file for you, or by placing notices in our games. You should periodically check www.bearsvsbabies.com and this privacy page for updates. Your continued use of the Services following the Effective Date means that you accept any changes to the Privacy Policy.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy and/or practices, please send us e-mail to legal@bearfood.com. All other inquiries should be directed to BF’s support page. Bear Food, LLC, 100 N. Crescent Drive, Suite 100, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 USA
10. California Privacy Rights/Do Not Track Disclosures
BF does not respond to DNT signals in browsers, which means we may track users across the web to offer them relevant ads on and off the Services. For California residents, your legal rights of access and deletion can be exercised by submitting requests to legal@bearfood.com; however, please be aware that it may not be possible to completely or comprehensively remove content or information posted through our Services.
Terms of Service Agreement
Effective as of June 18, 20171. LICENSE
1.1. Agreement to Terms
This Terms of Service Agreement (“Terms”) is a legally binding contract between you and Bear Food LLC (hereinafter "BF" or "us" or "we"), and governs your use of BF’s website(s) (“Sites”), mobile applications (“Apps”), content, official social media pages, and products (collectively, our “Services”).
BY USING THIS SITE AND ANY OF OUR SERVICES, YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS. YOU ALSO AGREE TO BF’S PRIVACY POLICY WHICH IS AVAILABLE HERE AND INCORPORATED INTO THESE TERMS HERE BY REFERENCE. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES, YOU CONSENT TO LETTING BF TRANSFER, STORE AND PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION (INCLUDING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION) IN THE UNITED STATES. IF YOU DON’T AGREE TO THE TERMS, YOU CAN’T USE ANY OF OUR SERVICES AND ARE PROHIBITED FROM FURTHER ACCESS.
End users of our Apps are also subject to BF’s End User License Agreement or EULA available here. Additional posted guidelines and conditions of use (“Conditions”) may be applicable to products or specific areas of the Services.
Important Notice: These Terms require the use of arbitration (Section 8 below) on an individual basis to resolve disputes, rather than jury trials or class actions, and also limit the remedies available to you in the event of a dispute.
1.2. Updates to our Terms, Policies or Conditions.
We can change these Terms, including our Privacy Policy and any Conditions, at any time. If a change is material, we’ll let you know by posting the amended Terms, Privacy Policy, or any Conditions on or within the Services, such as this page. It is your responsibility to periodically check the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy areas for changes. By using any of the Services on or after the Effective Date, as listed above, you agree to the updated Terms.
1.3. No Children.
Our Services are directed to teenagers and adults and is not directed to children under the age of 13. You must be 13 years of age or older to use the Services. By using our Services, you affirm and represent that you are over 13. By using the Services, you represent and warrant that all information you submit is truthful and accurate. BF does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13. If we learn that someone under 13 is using our Services, we’ll terminate their account. If you are between the ages of 13 and 17, you represent that your legal guardian has reviewed and agreed to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy.
1.4. Limited License to Use the Services.
Subject to these Terms, BF grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable limited license subject to the limitations described in detail in these Terms to use the Services solely for your own non-commercial entertainment purposes. You agree not to use the Services for any other purpose.
1.5. Limited License to Use Virtual Items on the Services
You understand that while at times you may “earn” "buy" or "purchase" (a) virtual currency, including but not limited to virtual coins, cash, tokens, or points, for use in the Service; or (b) virtual in-game items (together with virtual currency, "Virtual Items"), you hold a limited license to use the Virtual Items in connection with your use of the Services only )“Limited License”). The amounts of any Virtual Item do not refer to any credit balance of real currency or any equivalent. The purchase and sale of the Limited License to use Virtual Items referred to in these Terms is a completed transaction upon receipt of your payment, redemption, or use of a third party virtual currency. Any "virtual currency" balance shown in your Account does not constitute a real-world balance or reflect any stored value. Prices and availability of Virtual Items are subject to change at any time without notice, and BF reserves the right to modify or eliminate any or all Virtual Items at any time with or without notice.
1.6. Third Party Services
If you use our Apps or Services on or through a third party service, you will be required to agree to and comply with their separate terms and conditions. You are responsible for full compliance and for fees that you incur when accessing the Services through third party services.
1.6. Accounts, UserNames, and Your Security Responsibilities
You may be asked provide BF with certain personal information to establish an Account, which may include your name, e-mail address, and, in some cases, payment information. This information will be held and used in accordance with BF's Privacy Policy. You agree that you will supply accurate and complete information to BF, and that you will update that information promptly after it changes. By using the Service, you represent and warrant that all registration information you submit is truthful and accurate and you agree to the accuracy of such information.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU SHALL HAVE NO OWNERSHIP OR OTHER PROPERTY INTEREST IN AN ACCOUNT, AND YOU FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT ALL RIGHTS IN AND TO AN ACCOUNT ARE AND SHALL FOREVER BE OWNED BY AND INURE TO THE BENEFIT OF BF. GENERALLY, GAME OR OTHER ACCOUNTS CREATED WITH BF WILL BE CONSIDERED ACTIVE UNTIL WE RECEIVE A USER REQUEST TO DEACTIVATE OR DELETE THEM; HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO TERMINATE ANY ACCOUNT THAT HAS BEEN INACTIVE FOR 180 DAYS.
As part of the registration process you may be BF required to select a username and password. You agree that your username and password is personal to you and should not be used to provide access to the Services to any other person or entity. You will be responsible for all activities occurring under your username and for keeping your password secure. In the event you become aware of or reasonably suspect any breach of security, including without limitation any loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure of your password, you must immediately notify BF and modify your password Information.
We may refuse to grant you a username that impersonates someone else, is or may be protected by trademark or proprietary rights law, or is vulgar, offensive, or otherwise inappropriate, as determined by us in our sole discretion. BF reserves the right to remove or reclaim any usernames at any time and for any reason, including but not limited to claims by a third party that a username violates such third party’s rights or is deemed by us to be offensive.
1.7. Access Rules and Restrictions
To ensure that everyone can enjoy the Services, we list a number of rules and restrictions that apply to your use of the Services and are a condition of your Limited License grant, including the following:
- You must be 13 or over to use the Services.
- You must restrict access to any account by children under the age of 13. You accept responsibility for any unauthorized use of the Services by minors in connection with your Account and are fully responsible for any use of your credit card or other payment instrument (e.g. Apple App Store, PayPal and Facebook Credits) by minors;
- You shall not create an account using a false identity or information, or on behalf of someone other than yourself;
- You shall not use the Services if you have previously been removed by BF or previously been banned from playing any BF game;
- You shall use the Services only for non-commercial purposes;
- You shall not use the Services or your Account to advertise, solicit, or transmit any commercial advertisements, including chain letters, junk e-mail or repetitive messages (spim and spam) to anyone;
- You shall not use the Services or your Account to engage in any illegal conduct;
Any use of the Service in violation of these License Limitations is strictly prohibited, can result in the immediate revocation of your limited license granted, and may subject you to liability for violations of law.
ANY ATTEMPT BY YOU TO DISRUPT OR INTERFERE WITH THE SERVICES INCLUDING UNDERMINING OR MANIPULATING THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF ANY BF GAME IS A VIOLATION OF BF POLICY AND MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS.
You agree that you will not, under any circumstances:
- Engage in any act that BF deems to be in conflict with the spirit or intent of the Services, including but not limited to circumventing or manipulating these Terms, our game rules, game mechanics or policies;
- Make improper use of BF’s support services, including by submitting false abuse reports or using profane and abusive language in your communications with our support personnel; or
- Use the Services, intentionally or unintentionally, in connection with any violation of any applicable law or regulation, or do anything that promotes the violation of any applicable law or regulation;
CHEATING AND HACKING
You agree that you will not, under any circumstances:
- Use cheats, exploits, automation software, bots, hacks, mods or any unauthorized third party software designed to modify or interfere with the Services or any BF game experience;
- Use the Service in order to design or assist in the design of cheats, automation software, bots, hacks, mods or any other unauthorized third party software designed to modify or interfere with the Service or any BF game experience;
- Without BF’s express written consent, modify or cause to be modified any files that are a part of the Services;
- Disrupt, overburden, or aid or assist in the disruption or overburdening of (1) any computer or server used to offer or support the Services or any BF game environment (each a "Server"); or (2) the enjoyment of the Services or any BF game by any other person;
- Institute, assist or become involved in any type of attack, including without limitation distribution of a virus, denial of service attacks upon the Services, or other attempts to disrupt the Services or any other person’s use or enjoyment of the Services; or
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Services, Accounts registered to others or to the computers, Servers, or networks connected to the Services by any means other than the user interface provided by BF, including but not limited to, by circumventing or modifying, attempting to circumvent or modify, or encouraging or assisting any other person to circumvent or modify, any security, technology, device, or software that is part of the Services;
OFFENSIVE OR INFRINGING CONTENT
You agree that you will not, under any circumstances:
- Post any information that is abusive, threatening, bullying, obscene, defamatory, libelous, or racially, sexually, religiously, or otherwise objectionable or offensive, in BF’s sole determination, including but especially directed at minors;
- Post any information that contains nudity, excessive violence, or offensive subject matter or that contains a link to such content;
- Attempt to, or harass, abuse, or harm, or advocate or incite harassment, abuse or harm of another person, group, including BF employees, including BF’s customer service representatives; or
- Make available through the Services any material or information that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, right of privacy, right of publicity, or other right of any person or entity or impersonates any other person, including without limitation a BF employee;
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY
You agree that you will not, under any circumstances:
- Without BF’s express written consent, use the Services or any part thereof for any commercial purpose, including but not limited to (1) communicating or facilitating any commercial advertisement or solicitation, or (2) gathering or transferring Virtual Items for sale;
- Use the Services or any part thereof for performing in-game services, such as leveling-up and item collection services, in exchange for payment outside the Services; or
- Transmit unauthorized communications through the Services, including junk mail, chain letters, spam and any materials that promote malware, spyware and downloadable items.
UNAUTHORIZED USE OR CONNECTION TO THE SERVICE
You agree that you will not, under any circumstances:
- Interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper functioning of the Services or connect to or use the Services in any way not expressly permitted by these Terms;
- Use any unauthorized third party software that accesses, intercepts, "mines", or otherwise collects information from or through the Services or that is in transit from or to the Services. BF may, at its sole and absolute discretion, allow the use of certain third party user interfaces;
- Intercept, examine or otherwise observe any proprietary communications protocol used by a client, a Server, or the Service, whether through the use of a network analyzer, packet sniffer or other device;
- Make any automated use of the system, or take any action that imposes or may impose (in our sole discretion) an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure;
- Bypass any robot exclusion headers or other measures we employ to restrict access to the Services or use any software, technology, or device to send content or messages, scrape, spider, or crawl the Services, or harvest or manipulate data;
- Use, facilitate, create, or maintain any unauthorized connection to the Services, including without limitation (1) any connection to any unauthorized server that emulates, or attempts to emulate any part of the Services; or (2) any connection using programs, tools, or software not expressly approved by BF;
- Except where permitted by law or relevant open source licenses, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, decipher or otherwise attempt to derive the source code for any underlying software or other intellectual property used to provide the Services, or to obtain any information from the Services using any method not expressly permitted by BF; or
- Copy, modify or distribute rights or content from any BF site or game, or BF’s copyrights or trademarks or use any method to copy or distribute the content of the Services except as specifically allowed in these Terms;
PERSONAL INFORMATION
You agree that you will not, under any circumstances:
- Solicit or attempt to solicit personal information from other users of the Services; Collect, harvest or post anyone’s private information, including personally information (whether in text, image or video form), identification documents, or financial information through the Service; or
- Upload or transmit or attempt to upload or transmit, without BF’s express permission, any material that acts as a passive or active information collection or transmission mechanism.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing rules and restrictions, BF reserves the right, but not the obligation, to take any of the following actions in our sole discretion at any time and for any reason without giving you any prior notice:
- Restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to all or any part of our Services;
- Change, suspend, or discontinue all or any part of our Services;
- Refuse, move, edit or remove any material, content or service area for any reason;
- Deactivate or delete your account(s) and all related information and files in your account(s);
- Establish general practices and limits concerning use of our sites and Services.
You agree that BF will not be liable to you or any third party for taking any of these actions. You understand and agree that our Services may include communications such as advertisements, service announcements and administrative messages from us or from our partners, and that these are considered part of the Services. The above is not a complete list of restricted prohibited uses of the Service. Our Services are subject to existing laws and legal process. Nothing contained in these Terms shall limit our right to comply with governmental, court, and law-enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Services.
1.8. Suspension and Termination of Account and Service
WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OTHER REMEDIES, BF MAY LIMIT, SUSPEND, TERMINATE, MODIFY, OR DELETE ACCOUNTS OR ACCESS TO THE SERVICES OR PORTIONS THEREOF IF YOU ARE, OR BF SUSPECTS THAT YOU ARE, FAILING TO COMPLY WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OR FOR ANY ACTUAL OR SUSPECTED ILLEGAL OR IMPROPER USE OF THE SERVICES, WITH OR WITHOUT NOTICE TO YOU. YOU CAN LOSE YOUR USER NAME AND PERSONA AS A RESULT OF ACCOUNT TERMINATION OR LIMITATION, AS WELL AS ANY BENEFITS, PRIVILEGES, EARNED ITEMS AND PURCHASED ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE, AND BF IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO COMPENSATE YOU FOR ANY SUCH LOSSES OR RESULTS.
1.9. Ownership
1.9.1. Services and all content contained therein
The Services (including without limitation any Apps, content, games, titles, computer code, themes, objects, characters, character names, stories, dialogue, catch phrases, concepts, artwork, animations, sounds, musical compositions, audiovisual effects, methods of operation, moral rights, documentation, in-game chat transcripts, character profile information, recordings of games played using an App or BF game client, and the BF game clients and server software) are protected by trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights of BF. BF reserves all rights, including without limitation, all intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights, in connection with the Services.
1.9.2. User Content
"User Content" means any communications, images, sounds, and all the material, data, and information that you upload or transmit through a BF game client or the Services, or that other users upload or transmit, including without limitation any chat text. By transmitting or submitting any User Content while using the Services, you affirm, represent and warrant that such transmission or submission is (a) accurate and not confidential; (b) not in violation of any applicable laws, contractual restrictions or other third party rights, and that you have permission from any third party whose personal information or intellectual property is comprised in the User Content; (c) free of viruses, adware, spyware, worms or other malicious code; and (d) you acknowledge and agree that any of your personal information within such content will at all times be processed by BF in accordance with its Privacy Policy.
You own your User Content. You hereby grant BF and its Affiliates a perpetual and irrevocable (other than as provided below), worldwide, fully paid-up and royalty free, non-exclusive, unlimited license, including the right to sublicense and assign to third parties, and right to copy, reproduce, fix, adapt, modify, improve, translate, reformat, create derivative works from, manufacture, introduce into circulation, commercialize, publish, distribute, sell, license, sublicense, transfer, rent, lease, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, or provide access to electronically, broadcast, communicate to the public by telecommunication, display, perform, enter into computer memory, and use and practice, in any way now known or in the future discovered, your User Content as well as all modified and derivative works thereof in connection with our provision of the Services, including marketing and promotions thereof. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, you hereby waive any moral rights you may have in any User Content. The license you grant us to use user posted content (except any content you submit in response to BF promotions and competitions or any other content specifically solicited by BF) ends when you delete your User Content or you close your Account unless your User Content has been shared with others, and they have not deleted it. However, you understand and accept that removed content may persist in back-up copies.
2. USER CONTENT
2.1. Content Screening
You are entirely responsible for all User Content you post or otherwise transmit via the Services. BF assumes no responsibility for the conduct of any user submitting any User Content, and assumes no responsibility for monitoring the Services for inappropriate or illegal content or conduct. We have no obligation to monitor User Content. If we choose at any time, in our sole discretion, to monitor the Services, we have the right, in our sole discretion, to edit, refuse to post, or remove any User Content and we may monitor and/or record your interaction with the Services or communications (including without limitation chat text and voice communications) when you are using the Services. By entering into these Terms, you hereby provide your irrevocable consent to such monitoring and recording.
2.2. Information Use by Other Users of the Service
2.2.1. Public Discourse & Unsolicited Ideas
The Service may include various forums, blogs and chat features where you can post User Content, including your observations and comments on designated topics. BF cannot guarantee that other users will not use the ideas and information that you share. Therefore, if you have an idea or information that you would like to keep confidential and/or don’t want others to use, do not post it on the Service. BF shall have no responsibility to evaluate, use or compensate you for any ideas or information you may choose to submit.
If you submit suggestions, proposals, comments or other materials (collectively “Submissions”) within the Service you understand and agree that BF (1) shall have no obligation to keep your Submissions confidential; (2) shall have no obligation to return your Submissions or respond in any way; and (3) may use your Submissions for any purpose in any way without notice or compensation to you.
BF IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR A MEMBER’S MISUSE OR MISAPPROPRIATION OF ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION YOU POST.
2.2.2. Responsible For Your Own Content
You are solely responsible for the information that you post on, through or in connection with the Services and that you provide to others. Information, materials, products or services provided by other users (for instance, in their profiles) may, in whole or in part, be unauthorized, impermissible or otherwise violate these Terms, and BF assumes no responsibility or liability for this material. If you become aware of misuse of the Services by any person, please contact our customer support department. BF may reject, refuse to post or delete any User Content for any or no reason, including, but not limited to, User Content that in the sole judgment of BF may violate these Terms. BF reserves the right to limit the storage capacity of User Content that you post on, through or in connection with the Services.
2.3. Disclosure
Your information, and the contents of all of your online communications (including without limitation chat text, voice communications, IP addresses and your personal information) may be accessed and monitored as necessary to provide the Services and may be disclosed as we believe to be necessary or appropriate: (a) under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence; (b) to comply with legal process; (c) to respond to requests from public and government authorities including public and government authorities outside your country of residence; (d) to enforce these Terms; (e) to protect our operations or those of any of our affiliates; (f) to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of our affiliates, you or others; and (g) to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain.
2.4. User Interactions
2.4.1 Member Disputes
You are solely responsible for your interactions with other users of the Services and any other parties with whom you interact through the Services and/or BF games. BF reserves the right, but has no obligation, to become involved in any way with these disputes.
2.4.2 Release
If you have a dispute with one or more users, you release Us (and our officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures and employees) from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes, including damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use or data. If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code §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 settlement with the debtor."
3. FEES AND PURCHASE TERMS
3.1. Purchases
PURCHASES OR REDEMPTIONS OF THIRD PARTY VIRTUAL CURRENCY TO ACQUIRE A LICENSE TO USE VIRTUAL ITEMS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.
Your license to Virtual Items for use in BF games is a service provided by BF that commences upon acceptance by BF of your purchase or redemption of third party virtual currency. By ordering a license to use Virtual Items you agree and accept that BF will provide it to you promptly following completion of your purchase. If you reside in the European Union and you purchase a product or service from BF, you may have the right to withdraw from a purchase within seven calendar days, commencing on the day after the date of purchase (the "Cooling Off Period"). However, you lose your right of withdrawal if the performance of the services begins before the end of the Cooling Off Period. Accordingly, please note that if you purchase a license to use Virtual Items from Us, your right of withdrawal is lost as the performance of our services begins promptly once your purchase is completed.
3.2. Payment of Fees
You agree to pay all fees and applicable taxes incurred by you or anyone using an Account registered to you. BF may revise the pricing for the goods and services it licenses to you through the Services at any time. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BF IS NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A REFUND FOR ANY REASON AND THAT YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE MONEY OR OTHER COMPENSATION FOR UNUSED VIRTUAL ITEMS WHEN AN ACCOUNT IS CLOSED, WHETHER SUCH CLOSURE WAS VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY.
4. THIRD PARTY ADVERTISING, LINKS, ENDORSEMENTS, SITES
4.1. Third Party Advertisements
You understand that the Services and BF games may feature advertisements from BF or third parties. BF's disclosure of information for third party advertising is addressed in BF’s Privacy Policy.
4.2. Endorsements and Links to Third Party Sites
BF MAY RECEIVE A COMMISSION, FEE AND/OR OTHER COMPENSATION ON SOME CLICKS OR PURCHASES MADE ON, THROUGH OR LINKED FROM THE SERVICES. THIS MEANS BF MAY RECEIVE SOME FORM OF COMPENSATION THROUGH AN ARRANGEMENT IT HAS WITH A THIRD PARTY IF YOU (i) CLICK ON CERTAIN ADS OR LINKS ON OUR WEBSITES, EMAILS OR NEWSLETTERS, OR (ii) PURCHASE A PRODUCT OR SERVICE AFTER CLICKING A LINK.
BF makes no representation or warranty regarding any content, goods and/or services provided by any third party even if linked to from our Service, and will not be liable for any claim relating to any third party content, goods and/or services. The linked sites are not under the control of BF and may collect data or solicit personal information from you. BF is not responsible for their content, business practices or privacy policies, or for the collection, use or disclosure of any information those sites may collect. Further, the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by BF of these linked sites. Any charges or obligations you incur in your dealings with these third parties are your responsibility.
5. COPYRIGHT NOTICES/COMPLAINTS
You may not post, distribute, perform, display, transmit or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights. It is BF's policy to respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”).
If you believe that your copyrighted work has been copied, reproduced, displayed, duplicated, performed, distributed, or otherwise infringed without your authorization and is available on the Service or in a BF game in a way that may constitute copyright infringement, you may provide notice of your claim to BF at the address listed below.
- A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
- A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed upon;
- A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located;
- Information reasonably sufficient to permit BF to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an e-mail address at which you may be contacted;
- A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
- A statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Please send all copyright claim notices to: Bear Food, LLC, Attn: DMCA Agent, Bear Food, LLC 100 N. Crescent Drive, Suite 100, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; legal@bearfood.com.
If your user content or other information has been affected by reason of a notification under the DMCA, you may make a counter-notification pursuant to sections 512(g)(2) and (3) of the DMCA. You will be liable for damages (including costs and attorneys' fees) if you materially misrepresent that your User Content or your activity is not infringing the copyrights of others. When we receive a counter-notification, we may reinstate the material in question.
To file a counter-notification with us, you must provide us with a written communication sent to BF at the address indicated above setting forth the following items:
- An identification of the URLs or other unique identifying information or material that BF has removed or to which BF has disabled access;
- Your name, address, telephone number, email address, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located, and use Los Angeles County, California, USA, if your address is outside of the United States), and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification under the DMCA or an agent of such person;
- A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good faith belief that content at issue was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled; and
- Your physical or electronic signature.
BF reserves the right to terminate without notice any user's access to the Services if that user is determined by BF, in its sole discretion, to be a "repeat infringer." In addition, BF accommodates and does not interfere with standard technical measures used by copyright owners to protect their materials.
6. UPDATES TO THE SERVICES
You understand that the Service is an evolving one. BF may require that you accept updates to the Services and to BF’s games you have installed on your computer or mobile device. You acknowledge and agree that BF may update the Services with or without notifying you. You may need to update third party software from time to time in order to receive the Services and play BF’s games.
7. DISCLAIMERS / LIMITATIONS / WAIVERS / INDEMNIFICATION
7.1. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
BF PROVIDES YOU THESE SERVICES TO YOU ON AN AS IS AND AS AVAILABLE BASES. YOU USE THE SERVICES AT YOUR OWN RISK AND DISCRETION.
THE SERVICES DON’T COME WITH ANY WARRANTY - EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING NO IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AVAILABILITY, SECURITY, TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT; PROVIDED THAT, TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW WITH ANY LEGALLY REQUIRED WARRANTY PERIOD TO THE SHORTER OF THIRTY DAYS FROM FIRST USE OR THE MINIMUM PERIOD REQUIRED).
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER BF NOR ITS AFFILIATES OR SUBSIDIARIES, OR ANY OF THEIR DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, ATTORNEYS, THIRD-PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS, DISTRIBUTORS, LICENSEES OR LICENSORS (COLLECTIVELY, "BF PARTIES") WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE.
7.2. WAIVERS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
BF WON'T BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES THAT ARISE FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES. THIS INCLUDES IF THE SERVICES ARE UNAVAILABLE AND ALL TYPES OF DAMAGES (INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR EXEMPLARY). IT ALSO INCLUDES ALL KINDS OF LEGAL CLAIMS, SUCH AS BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF WARRANTY, TORT OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF LOSS.
YOU FURTHER SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE BF PARTIES ARE NOT LIABLE, AND YOU AGREE NOT TO SEBF TO HOLD THE BF PARTIES LIABLE, FOR THE CONDUCT OF THIRD PARTIES, INCLUDING OTHER USERS OF THE SERVICES AND OPERATORS OF EXTERNAL SITES, AND THAT THE RISK OF THE SERVICES AND EXTERNAL SITES AND OF INJURY FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF DAMAGES. THEREFORE, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS IN THE SECTION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN PARTICULAR, NOTHING IN THESE TERMS SHALL AFFECT THE STATUTORY RIGHTS OF ANY CONSUMER OR EXCLUDE OR RESTRICT ANY LIABILITY FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY ARISING FROM ANY NEGLIGENCE OR FRAUD OF BF.
7.3. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, save, and hold BF, its affiliated companies, contractors, employees, agents and its third-party suppliers, licensors, and partners harmless from any claims, losses, damages, liabilities, including legal fees and expenses, arising out of your use or misuse of the Services, any violation by you of these Terms, or any breach of the representations, warranties, and covenants made by you herein. BF reserves the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify BF, and you agree to cooperate with BF’s defense of these claims. BF will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action, or proceeding upon becoming aware of it. You agree that the provisions in this paragraph will survive any termination of your Account(s) or of your use of the Services.
You agree that the provisions in this paragraph will survive any termination of your Account(s) or of your use of the Services.
8. DISPUTE RESOLUTION
8.1. Arbitration
If a dispute arises between you and BF, our goal is to provide you with a neutral and cost effective means of resolving the dispute quickly. Accordingly, we strongly encourage you to first contact us directly to seBF an informal resolution through our customer support team. If any dispute cannot be settled informally, you and BF agree to resolve any claim or controversy at law or equity relating to this Agreement or the Services (a "Claim") through binding non-appearance-based arbitration. In the event a party elects arbitration, they shall initiate such arbitration through an established alternative dispute resolution ("ADR") provider mutually agreed upon by the parties. The ADR provider and the parties must comply with the following rules: (a) the arbitration shall be conducted by telephone, online and/or be solely based on written submissions, and the specific manner shall be chosen by the party initiating the arbitration; (b) the arbitration shall not involve any personal appearance by the parties or witnesses unless otherwise mutually agreed by the parties; and (c) any judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator shall be final and may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
8.2. Choice of Law and Jurisdiction
California law governs the Terms, without reference to its conflict of laws provisions. You agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of Los Angeles County in connection with any dispute or arbitrator’s judgment.
8.3. Improperly Filed Claims
All claims you bring against BF must be resolved in accordance with this Legal Disputes Section. All claims filed or brought contrary to Sections 8.1 or 8.2 shall be considered improperly filed. Should you file a claim contrary to Sections 8.1 or 8.2, BF shall be entitled to recover attorneys' fees and costs up to $5,000, provided that BF has notified you in writing of the improperly filed claim, and you have failed to promptly withdraw the claim.
9. SEVERABILITY
If a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of these Terms invalid, you agree that the court should try to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision and that other provisions of the Terms will remain in full effect.
10. GENERAL PROVISIONS
In this agreement, "BF" means Bear Food, LLC , located at 100 N. Crescent Drive Suite 100 Beverly Hills, CA 90210. “BF” includes Affiliates, which shall mean subsidiaries, parent companies, joint ventures and other corporate entities under common ownership.
10.1. Assignment
BF may assign or delegate these Terms and/or the BF Privacy Policy, in whole or in part, to any person or entity at any time with or without your consent. You may not assign or delegate any rights or obligations under the Terms or Privacy Policy without BF’s prior written consent, and any unauthorized assignment and delegation by you is void and ineffective.
10.2. Supplemental Terms and Policies
BF may publish additional terms policies related to specific services, such as the EULA governing the applications for mobile devices. Your right to use such services is subject to those specific policies and these Terms.
10.3. Entire Agreement
These Terms (including any documents expressly incorporated by reference into them such as BF’S Privacy Policy), contain the whole agreement between BF and you.
10.4. Language of the Terms of Service
If we provide you with a translation of the English language version of these Terms, the BF Privacy Policy, the EULA or any other policy (collectively "BF Policies"), then you agree that the translation is provided for informational purposes only and does not modify the English language version of the BF Policies.
In the event of a conflict between a translation of the BF Policies and the English version, the English version of the BF Policies will control.
10.5. No Waiver
BF’s failure to exercise a particular right under these Terms doesn’t constitute any waiver. No representations, statements, consents, waivers, or other acts or omissions by BF shall be deemed a modification of these Terms nor be legally binding.
10.6. Notices
We may notify you via postings on www.bearsvsbabies.com, and via e-mail or any other communications means to contact information you provide to us. If you are a user in the United States, all notices given by you or required from you under these Terms or the BF Privacy Policy shall be in writing and addressed to: Bear Food, LLC 100 N. Crescent Drive, Suite 100 Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Any notices that you provide without compliance with this Section on Notices shall have no legal effect.
10.7. Equitable Remedies
Notwithstanding the binding arbitration provisions hereof and any contrary provisions herein, BF has the following equitable rights and remedies.
You acknowledge that the rights granted and obligations made under these Terms to BF are of a unique and irreplaceable nature, the loss of which shall irreparably harm BF and which cannot be replaced by monetary damages alone. Accordingly, BF shall be entitled to injunctive or other equitable relief (without the obligations of posting any bond or surety or proof of damages) in the event of any breach or anticipatory breach by you.
You irrevocably waive all rights to seBF injunctive or other equitable relief, or to enjoin or restrain the operation of the Services or any BF game, exploitation of any advertising or other materials issued in connection therewith, or exploitation of the Service or any content or other material used or displayed through the Services and agree to limit your claims to claims for monetary damages (if any).
10.8. Force Majeure
BF shall not be liable for any delay or failure to perform resulting from causes outside the reasonable control of BF, including without limitation any failure to perform hereunder due to unforeseen circumstances or cause beyond BF’s control such as acts of God, war, terrorism, riots, embargoes, acts of civil or military authorities, fire, floods, accidents, network infrastructure failures, strikes, or shortages of transportation facilities, fuel, energy, labor or materials.
10.9. Contact Info:
Questions? Let us know by sending email to legal@bearfood.com. or correspondence to Bear Food, LLC 100 N. Crescent Drive, Suite 100 Beverly Hills, CA 90210.