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Terms of Service

Bamboo Terms of Use

These Terms of Use (the “Terms”) for the Bamboo application (“Bamboo”) are a binding contract between you and Nowbase, LLC (“Nowbase,” “us” or “we”) and, together with our Privacy Notice, govern your use of Bamboo and your interactions with Nowbase by any means (collectively, the “Services”). Additional, separate terms and conditions may apply to some aspects of the Services, which shall be included and considered part of these Terms. Any terms we use in these Terms without defining them have the definitions given to them in the Privacy Notice.

THIS AGREEMENT INCLUDES A CLASS ACTION WAIVER AND ARBITRATION PROVISION THAT GOVERNS ANY DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND NOWBASE. 

  1. Acceptance. You accept and agree to be bound by these Terms by using the Services in any manner or clicking to accept or agree to the Terms where this option is made available to you in any agreement, electronic form, or user interface. If you do not agree with any of these Terms, do not use the Services. We may make changes to the Services or to these Terms at any time and you will be bound by such changes if you continue to use the Services. If you have any questions about these Terms or the Services, please contact us at support@nowbase.com
  2. Bamboo. Bamboo is a social media platform that allows registered users (“Users”) to create unique feeds for anything they care about, collaborate with other Users, monetize their User Content (defined in Section 6), and control the audience for fees or User Content by age, location, interests, invite-only, or other criteria. Users may download and use Bamboo for free or may subscribe to or purchase certain enhanced features that we may make available from time to time in exchange for the fees posted on our fee schedule. 
  3. Eligibility. To use the Services, you must be (a) at least 18 years of age or (b) at least 16 years of age and your legal guardian must give us prior express written consent to your use of the Services, as demonstrated by your legal guardian accepting these Terms on your behalf. By using the Services, you represent and warrant that you are of legal age to form a binding contract with us for yourself or your child and that you meet all of the foregoing eligibility requirements. You may not access or use the Services if you are barred from receiving such services under applicable law or have previously been suspended or removed from any of our Services. If you do not meet all of these requirements, you must not use our Services.
  4. Registration. To use Bamboo or our other Services, you must register as a user and create an account on Bamboo. Information you provide and the selections you make during registration, and any changes thereto, are an integral part of and governed by these Terms. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account information and login credentials and for restricting access to your account. You agree to not (a) register on behalf of another person without the legal authority to do so; (b) register under the name of another person; (c) choose a username that is offensive; (d) except for the purposes of parody, choose a username to impersonate another person (real or fictitious) or to pose as a representative of a person or entity when you are not; (e) choose a username for the purposes of deceiving or misleading our users and/or us as to your identity; or (f) choose a username that incorporates a solicitation. You are strictly prohibited from sharing your login credentials with any third party, or otherwise permitting a third party to use the Services via your account. You further agree to accept responsibility and liability for all activities that occur under your account whether lawful or unlawful and whether actually or expressly authorized by you. You must immediately notify us if your account is subject to unauthorized use.
  5. License Grant. As a user of Bamboo (“User”), we hereby grant you a limited revocable, nontransferable, nonexclusive license to access, view the information contained on, and interact with the Services for your own personal use in accordance with these Terms of Use (the “License”). You may only use the Services in accordance with the Community Guidelines and as expressly permitted by these Terms. The permissions described herein will terminate automatically if you breach any of these Terms. We reserve the right to establish and revise our Community Standards in our sole discretion. We also reserve the right to interrupt or restrict your access to Bamboo at any time, without notice to you, if we suspect you have violated our Community Standards or otherwise engaged in fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful activity. You agree to cooperate with us in any fraud investigation and to use any fraud prevention measures we prescribe as set forth at our sole discretion. You also agree that we may report any activity that we suspect is unlawful to appropriate government authorities and to cooperate with any investigation conducted by any government authority. 
  6. User Content. You are responsible for any media, materials, attachments, digital goods or services, or other content (e.g., messages, images, documents, files, or other content) that you post or submit via the Services (your “User Content”). You agree to only post User Content that you own, are legally permitted to post, and that abides by our Community Standards. You understand that any User Content you make available may be viewed by and accessible to us and other Users. To the extent that support is provided for your User Content, you agree that you, and not Nowbase or our affiliates, are responsible for providing such support. We are not responsible for any of your User Content, including its use by another User. 

    We require licenses from you for that User Content to operate the Services. By posting User Content on the Services, you grant us a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, sublicensable, worldwide license to use, reproduce, distribute, perform, publicly display or prepare derivative works of your User Content. You agree that we may use your User Content for marketing and promotion of the Services provided we do not use your trademarks without your prior approval. We reserve the right to remove any posts to the Services for any reason, but we have no obligation to police User activity. We further reserve the right to remove your User Content for any reason and to interrupt or restrict the Services at any time, without notice to you or any other Users, if we suspect activity that is unlawful, abusive, or otherwise in breach of these Terms. You represent that you are the owner of your User Content and/or have the necessary rights, licenses, and authorization to distribute it. 
  1. Paid Content. You may use monetization features available on the Services such as posting your User Content for other Users to download or purchase access to in exchange for a fee, gain access to your User Content that you place behind a paywall, receive a license your User Content in exchange for a licensing fee (your "Paid Content") or send you tips. If you post Paid Content to the Services, you will receive the full amount of fees paid by the purchasing User in the form of currency or account credit, less the processing fees charged by our third-party payment processors. We do not collect a commission or other payment from your sale of your Paid Content. Fees and payments are governed by Section 11 herein.
  2. User Content Licenses. If you make your User Content available to other Users, whether for free or as Paid Content, you grant other Users a revocable, nontransferable, nonexclusive license to access, view information contained on, and interact with such User Content for the other User's personal, non-commercial use. If you access, purchase, or subscribe to another User's Paid Content: (i) you may not use such Paid Content for any commercial purpose or for any unlawful or wrongful purpose; (ii) you agree not to rent, retransmit, disclose, publish, sell, assign, lease, sublicense, market or transfer the Paid Content or any portion of it or use it in any unauthorized manner; and (iii) you agree to not copy, translate, port, modify or make derivative works of any portion of the Paid Content without the User's express permission.
  3. Responsibility for User Content. You agree that Bamboo is only a passive conduit for online distribution and publication of User Content. We are not responsible for policing the Services or any User Content. We do not and will not have any obligation to review User Content, and therefore we do not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, or quality thereof and we cannot assure you that harmful, inaccurate, deceptive, offensive, threatening, defamatory, unlawful, or otherwise objectionable User Content will not appear on the Services. You understand and agree that any loss or damage of any kind that occurs as a result of the use of your User Content is solely your responsibility. Without limiting the foregoing, we reserve the right to collect and store any User Content, as well as any files, documents, or data related thereto, uploaded or generated via the Services on our information systems indefinitely in order to track and analyze work performed using the Services, or for any other lawful purpose. To the extent permitted by law, we reserve the right to review and remove any or all User Content in our sole discretion, in whole or in part. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL WE BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR ANY USER CONTENT POSTED ON OR MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICES BY YOU OR ANY OTHER USER.
  4. Community Forums. You are solely responsible for your posts, use, and any outcomes of your participation in discussion forums, listings, or comments sections on the Services ("Community Forums"). Any posts or other content you submit to a Community Forum is your User Content. You are also responsible for all use of and activity in the Community Forums through your username and password, whether by yourself or someone else. Please be aware that disclosure in the Community Forums of your full name, street address, or other personal information raises safety concerns and may result in solicitations from third parties or unwanted communications. We disclaim any responsibility or liability arising from your disclosure of such personal information, or any other information, in the Community Forums.
  5. Fees and Payments. You agree to pay the costs and fees for all Paid Content as well as for any paid products or services we may offer from time to time that you purchase via the Services and other purchases you make on the Services, plus any applicable sales, use, excise, or other taxes (collectively, the "Fees"). Fee amounts are subject to change from time to time. Users are responsible for payment of any applicable use or sales taxes that may apply to a purchase via the Services. If you do not pay on time or if we cannot charge the payment method you have on file for any reason, we reserve the right to either suspend or terminate your access to paid features on the Services. All Fees are in U.S. Dollars. PAID FEES ARE NONREFUNDABLE. 

    You must maintain a valid payment method on file with us, which is securely stored and processed via a PCI-DSS payment processor. If your payment method is a credit card, we may seek pre-authorization of your account to verify that the credit card is valid and has the necessary funds or credit available to cover your Fees. You represent and warrant that the payment information you provide to us is accurate and you are using a form of payment that you are legally authorized to use. You agree that you are solely liable for any payment or credit card fraud, abuse, or unauthorized use by you or others. You agree that we may charge your payment method on file with us for the Fees or other amounts due for any purchases you make via Bamboo, as well as any sales and use taxes and any late fees or interest that we may assert according to policies posted to the Services. If you select a subscription with automatically recurring payments, you authorize Bamboo to periodically charge your payment method on a going-forward basis for all accrued sums and until cancellation of either the recurring payments or your account.
  1. Privacy Notice. You acknowledge that you have read and understand our Privacy Notice, which is incorporated into these Terms by this reference. By using the Services, you represent and warrant that (a) any information you submit to us is truthful and accurate, (b) you will maintain the accuracy of that information, and (c) your use of our Services does not violate any applicable law, rule, or regulation. Any information that you provide to us will also be subject to our Privacy Notice. 
  2. Services Ownership. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, the information contained on the Services and any updates or improvements thereto are owned, controlled, or licensed by us or our affiliates or licensors, including, but not limited to (a) all platforms, software, and proprietary technology; (b) products, services, and related documentation available on the Services; (c) all features, functionality, ideas, images, illustrations, designs, photographs, video clips, text, graphics, icons, designs, software code, and other materials; and (d) all names, logos, taglines, trade dress, copyrights, patents, trademarks, or other intellectual property (collectively, the “Materials”). Materials not owned or controlled by us are the property of their respective owners. The Materials are protected by U.S. and foreign copyright, trademark, trade dress, or other proprietary right laws and international conventions. No license to or regarding any of the Materials is granted in connection with your use of the Services, except as specifically set forth in these Terms or the applicable license terms pertaining to certain of our Services. All rights that are not granted to you are reserved by us. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all content of the Services or Services provided by third parties is the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by us. Only a duly authorized officer of Nowbase may grant permission or a license to use any of our Materials; any attempted grant or similar promise by anyone other than our duly authorized officer is invalid.
  3. Copyright. You do not have permission to copy, reproduce, make derivative works from, distribute, republish, download, display, perform, post electronically or mechanically, transmit, record, or mirror any of the Materials without our prior written permission. You may only display, download, and print in hard copy format the Materials for the purposes of using the Services as an internal or personal business resource.  
  4. Trademarks. Our registered and unregistered trademarks and trade dress, including names, logos, taglines, trade dress, and other trademarks, may not be copied, imitated, or used, whether in whole, partial or modified form, without our prior written permission. You may not use any meta tags or any other hidden text utilizing a name, trademark, or product name of Nowbase or Bamboo without our prior written permission. Third-party trademarks and service marks used on our Services are the property of their respective owners, and we use them with their consent.  We and the other licensors of the marks on our Services reserve all rights with respect to all Materials and all intellectual property.
  5. Feedback. You may from time to time provide us with communications, suggestions, comments, materials, improvements, ideas, or other feedback related to the Services (“Feedback”). You hereby grant us all rights, titles, and interests in and to any Feedback you provide to us. In the event this grant is not sufficient for us to fully realize and use the Feedback, you additionally grant us a royalty-free, worldwide, transferable, sub-licensable, irrevocable, perpetual license to use and incorporate into the Services or our website any of the Feedback. By providing Feedback, you represent that the Feedback is not subject to any intellectual property claim by a third party or any license terms which would require products or services derived from that Feedback to be licensed to or from, or shared with any third party.
  6. Use Restrictions. You agree not to rent, retransmit, disclose, publish, sell, assign, lease, sublicense, market, or transfer the Services or any portion thereof (including our Materials) or use it in any manner not expressly authorized by these Terms. You may not commercialize the Services or use the Services in any manner that violates our Community Standards or for any unlawful or wrongful purpose. You further agree not to copy, translate, port, modify, or make derivative works of any portion of the Services. We reserve the right to cancel your account, suspend or terminate your access to or use of the Services, or take legal action if you violate these Terms in any manner.
  7. Security Features. You are strictly prohibited from violating or trying to violate the security features of the Services, such as by (a) accessing data not intended for you or logging onto a server or an account that you are not authorized to access; (b) attempting to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of a system or network, or to breach security or authentication measures unless we expressly authorize that you do so in writing; (c) attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network, such as by means of submitting a virus to the Services, overloading, “flooding,” “spamming,” “mail bombing,” or “crashing” or (d) sending unsolicited email, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or newsgroup posting. You agree not to use any device, software, or routine to interfere or try to interfere with the proper working of the Services or any activity being conducted on the Services. You further agree not to use or try to use any engine, software, tool, agent, or other device or mechanism (including browsers, spiders, robots, avatars, or intelligent agents) to navigate or search the Services other than the search engine and search agents that we make available on this Services and other than the generally available third-party web browsers. If you violate our system or network security, you may face civil or criminal liability. We will investigate occurrences that may involve such violations. We may involve or cooperate with law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations.
  8. Support. We may provide technical support, upgrades, or modifications of the Services in our sole discretion. We may cease providing technical support, upgrades, or modifications of the Services at any time and for any reason without notice or liability to you. We may release new versions of the Services and require you to use the new version of the Services. Your use of new releases or versions of the Services will be acceptance of all modifications of the Services. We may, in our sole discretion, make specific instances or versions of the Services available to you for use in connection with the Services. We may terminate such access to the Services, in whole or as to certain features, functions, or services thereof, for convenience, at any time.
  9. Third Party Rights. We take the rights of others very seriously. If you have any concerns that your User Content or other content made available by third parties via the Services is improper or infringing, please contact us at support@nowbase.com. If you would like the reported content removed, please provide (a) a detailed description of the content, including where it is located; (b) a statement that you have a good faith belief that the third party does not have permission to use the content; (c) a statement that you are the owner, or exclusive agent of the owner, of the content; (d) your contact information, including telephone number and physical address; and (e) a signed and sworn statement, under penalty of perjury, that your statements above are true.
  10. Links to Other Platforms. Links to third-party platforms from the Services are provided solely for your convenience. We are not responsible for the content of any other platforms, nor do we make any representations about the content or accuracy of material on any other platforms. The inclusion of any linked platform on our Services does not imply our approval or endorsement thereof. If you click through to other platforms, you do so at your own risk, and you will be subject to that website’s privacy practices and not ours. Any concerns regarding any such website, or a hyperlink thereto, should be directed to the website’s owner or operator.
  11. Disclaimer of Warranties. YOU USE THE SERVICES AT YOUR OWN RISK. YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN AS-IS-AND-AS-AVAILABLE BASIS WITH ALL FAULTS AND DEFECTS. WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND AND, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE FURTHER DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY OR UNDERTAKING AND MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OF ANY KIND THAT THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, ACHIEVE ANY INTENDED RESULTS, BE COMPATIBLE, OR WORK WITH ANY OTHER SOFTWARE, APPLICATIONS, SYSTEMS, DEVICES OR SERVICES, OPERATE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, MEET ANY PERFORMANCE OR RELIABILITY STANDARDS, OR BE ERROR-FREE, OR THAT ANY ERRORS OR DEFECTS CAN OR WILL BE CORRECTED. THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL SURVIVE THE TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER WRITTEN OR ORAL, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM US, OUR OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, OR REPRESENTATIVES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS. Some jurisdictions do not allow the disclaimer of implied warranties. In such jurisdictions, the foregoing disclaimers may not apply to You insofar as they relate to implied warranties. If you rely on the representations or warranties of any third persons with respect to the Services (including without limitation by dealers or resellers of the Services) beyond those made by us, your sole remedy for such reliance is against the third person making such representation or warranty.
  12. Indemnity. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless, as well as our subsidiaries and our affiliates, and their respective members, directors, shareholders, officers, agents, partners, and employees, from any and all loss, liability, cost, expense, claim, damages, or demand (collectively, “Claims”), due or relating to or arising out of your (a) use of the Services; (b) provision of data to us; (c) breach of these Terms, or (d) breach of representations and warranties set forth in these Terms. We have no obligation to indemnify or defend you against claims related to infringement of intellectual property rights.
  13. Limited Liability. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL WE OR OUR AFFILIATES, ANY OF OUR OR THEIR RESPECTIVE LICENSORS OR SERVICE PROVIDERS, OR ANY OF OUR OR THEIR EMPLOYEES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS OR THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON RELATED TO OR ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY; BUSINESS INTERFERENCE; BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY; LOSS OF USE; LOSS OR COMPROMISE OF DATA, PROFITS OR GOODWILL; BUSINESS INTERRUPTION; COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION; PROPERTY DAMAGE; OR OTHER DAMAGE ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE, INABILITY TO USE, COPYING, OR DISPLAY OF THE CONTENT OF THE SERVICES BY YOU OR ANY OTHER PARTY. THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS WILL APPLY WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES ARISE OUT OF BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF WARRANTY, DEFAMATION, STRICT LIABILITY, MISREPRESENTATION, PRODUCTS LIABILITY, VIOLATIONS OF LAW (INCLUDING REGULATIONS), NEGLIGENCE, AND OTHER TORTS, AS WELL AS THIRD-PARTY CLAIMS, AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES WERE FORESEEABLE, WE WERE ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR SUCH DAMAGES WERE OTHERWISE FORESEEABLE, AND REGARDLESS OF THE FAILURE OF ANY AGREED OR OTHER REMEDY OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. YOU HEREBY AGREE TO WAIVE ALL LAWS THAT MAY LIMIT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE FOREGOING RELEASES. THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW AND SHALL SURVIVE THE TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OR THE PROVISIONS OF OUR PRIVACY NOTICE IN ANY WAY, THE LIMIT ON TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY OWED BY US TO YOU OR ANY PERSON FOR ANY CLAIMS ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THE SERVICES SHALL BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID US FOR THE SERVICES OR ACCESS TO OUR SERVICES IN THE THREE (3) MONTHS PRECEDING THE DATE OF THE CLAIM GIVING RISE TO SUCH LIABILITY OR $100, WHICHEVER IS LESS. 
  14. Dispute Resolution. THIS SECTION CONTAINS A CLASS ACTION WAIVER, REQUIRES YOU TO ARBITRATE CERTAIN DISPUTES AND CLAIMS, AND LIMITS THE MANNER IN WHICH YOU CAN SEEK RELIEF FROM US. You agree that any dispute, controversy, or claim between you and us arising out of or relating to: (1) these Terms, or the breach thereof; (2) our provision of the Services to you; (3) your access to or use of the Services; or (4) any alleged violation of applicable laws (each such dispute, controversy or claim, a “Dispute”) will be governed by the arbitration procedure outlined below.

    a) Informal Dispute Resolution. We want to address your concerns without the necessity of a formal legal case. Before filing a claim against us, you agree to try to resolve the Dispute informally by contacting support@nowbase.com. We will contact you by email as part of a good-faith effort to resolve the Dispute informally. If a Dispute is not resolved within 30 days after submission, you or we may bring a formal proceeding.

    b) Arbitration Agreement. The parties hereto agree to resolve any Disputes through final and binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association according to its Commercial Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures. Arbitration will be held in Wilmington, Delaware, or any other location to which Nowbase agrees. The Arbitration Service of Portland rules will govern the payment of all arbitration fees. Either Party may bring a lawsuit solely for injunctive relief to stop unauthorized use or abuse of the Services or infringement of intellectual property rights (for example, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or patent rights) without first engaging in arbitration or the informal dispute resolution process described above.

    c) Class Action Waiver. You may only resolve Disputes with us on an individual basis and may not bring a claim as a plaintiff or a class member in a class, consolidated, or representative action. Class arbitrations, class actions, private attorney general actions, and consolidation with other arbitrations are not allowed under these Terms.

    d) Governing Law. Except as otherwise required by Applicable Law, these Terms, the relationship of the Parties, and Disputes (as described above) will be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to conflicts of law principles). The Parties agree that these Terms affect interstate commerce and that the interpretation and enforceability of the Disputes section above shall be both substantively and procedurally governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

    e) Limitation on Claims. Regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to your use of the Services must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose, or else that claim or cause of action will be barred forever.
  1. General Terms

    a) Geographic Restrictions. Bamboo and our other Services are owned and operated in the United States. Access to the Services may not be legal by certain persons or in certain jurisdictions. If you access the Services from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

    b) Relationship of Parties. The parties hereto are independent contractors. No joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and us as a result of these Terms or your use of the Services. 

    c) User Disputes. You understand and agree that we are not a party to any dispute between Users. If you have a dispute with another User, you hereby release us from any and all 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. In entering into this release, you expressly waive any protections (whether statutory or otherwise, for example, California Civil Code § 1542) that would otherwise limit the coverage of this release to include only those claims which you may know or suspect to exist in your favor at the time of agreeing to this release.

    d) No Assignment. You may not assign, delegate, or transfer these Terms or your rights or obligations hereunder in any way (by operation of law or otherwise) without prior written consent from us. We may transfer, assign, or delegate these Terms and our rights and obligations without your consent. 

    e) Waiver. Any failure by us to enforce any provision of these Terms will not be deemed a waiver of that provision or any other provision of these Terms. 

    f) Force Majeure. We shall be excused from any delay or failure in performance hereunder caused by reason of occurrence or contingency beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation, acts of God, earthquake, fire, flooding, riots, war, pandemic, or government requirements.

    g) Enforcement. We reserve the right (but is not required) to remove or disable your access to the Services, disable your login credentials, or remove your data from our systems at any time and without notice, and at our sole discretion if we determine that your use of the Services is in any way objectionable or in violation of these Terms. Certain violations of these Terms, as determined by us, may result in immediate termination of your access to the Services without prior notice to you. We have the right to investigate violations of these Terms and any conduct that affects the Services, and in response may take any action we may deem appropriate.

    h) Notices. We may send notices pursuant to these Terms to you via the e-mail address listed on your account, and such notices will be deemed received the same day they are sent. You may send notices pursuant to these Terms to support@nowbase.com, and such notices will be deemed received three days after they are sent.

    i) Severability. These Terms will be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. If for any reason any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable to any extent, then (i) the provision will be interpreted, construed, or reformed to the extent reasonably required to render the provision valid, enforceable, and consistent with the original intent underlying such provision; (ii) the provision will remain in effect to the extent that it is not invalid or unenforceable; and (iii) the invalidity or unenforceability of the provision will not affect any other portion of these Terms.

    j) Entire Agreement. These Terms and any additional or separate terms and conditions presented to you related to your use of The Services constitute the entire agreement between the Parties with regard to the subject matter herein. We may amend these Terms by updating this page and changing the “Last Updated” date. After you accept these Terms, the then-current version shall apply each time you access or use the Services. Your failure to comply with these Terms in any manner may result in the termination of your access to the Services. We reserve the right to terminate these Terms or all or part of the Services at any time, without prior notice to you.
  2. Term. These Terms are effective on the first date that you access the Services in any manner and continue until you terminate these Terms by canceling your Bamboo account and deleting Bamboo from your device or the date we terminate these Terms, whichever occurs first. In addition to and without limiting the foregoing, we reserve the right to deactivate, ban, disallow, cancel, or discontinue a User’s use of the Services if we determine, in our sole discretion, that the Services have been misused, or for the purpose of enforcing the terms of these Terms or our Privacy Notice, or for any other reason which we, in our sole discretion, deem necessary to preserve our intellectual property and/or commercial rights or to prevent any further or potential damages to us or our representatives. Sections 9 through 11, 13 through 17, and 22  through 28 shall survive termination of these Terms.
  3. Consent to Do Business Electronically. By accessing our Services, creating a Bamboo account, typing your name into any of our electronic forms and indicating your acceptance, or submitting information by clicking a box, you consent to (a) us communicating with you electronically; (b) receiving all applications, notices, disclosures, and authorizations (collectively, “Records”) from us electronically; and (c) entering into agreements and transactions using electronic Records and signatures. Federal law treats electronic signatures as having the same legal force and effect as if they were signed on paper by hand, and online contracts have the same legal force as signing an equivalent paper contract in ink. You must have a web-enabled device, internet connection, active email account, and the ability to receive and read electronic files to conduct business with us electronically. You are responsible for keeping your own Records. If you require assistance with your Records, wish to receive Records in paper format, or wish to withdraw your consent to receiving electronic Records from us, please contact us at support@nowbase.com. Agreements and transactions executed prior to this request will remain valid and enforceable.

Bamboo Privacy Notice

Welcome to Bamboo, where you create unique feeds for anything you care about. This Privacy Notice explains how the Bamboo application (“Bamboo”) provided by Nowbase, LLC (“Nowbase,” “us” or “we”), treats your information and your options to exercise your privacy rights. If you have questions about our privacy practices or would like to make a complaint, please contact us at privacy@nowbase.com

This Privacy Notice is governed by and part of our Terms of Use. Note that this Privacy Notice does not apply to any third-party platforms or services, or any third-party services linked or accessible from our Services. 

  1. Personal Data. In this Privacy Notice, “Personal Data,” means any information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household. Personal Data falls within certain categories, for example:

    a) Identifiers (e.g., name, email, telephone number, address, username);

    b) Sensitive Personal Data (e.g., government identification number; precise geolocation; racial or ethnic origin; religious beliefs; health information; contents of messages when we are not the recipient; in some cases, information about a known child);

    c) Legally protected information (e.g., race, citizenship, marital status, sex);

    d) Employment-related information (e.g., current or past employment);

    e) Non-public educational information, including information protected under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. § 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99);

    f) Biometrics (e.g., DNA, face/voice prints, health data) and audio, electronic, visual, thermal, or olfactory information;

    g) Commercial information (e.g., products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies); 

    h) Internet or other similar activity (e.g., browsing history; content interactions); and

    i) Inferences drawn from Personal Data to create a profile about preferences, characteristics, trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, and aptitudes. 

    Not all information about you qualifies as Personal Data. Depending on where you live, publicly available information, aggregated information (meaning data summaries or reports with Personal Data removed), employment-related information, or anonymized information (that cannot be linked back to you as an individual) may not legally qualify as Personal Data.
  1. Bamboo is for users 16 and older. Bamboo is designed for users 16 years and older. Children under age 16 should not download, register, or use Bamboo in any manner, or provide any Personal Data to us. If we learn we have collected or received Personal Data from a child under 16, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us at privacy@nowbase.com.
  2. Personal Data on Bamboo.  Bamboo only collects Personal Data with your consent, for our legitimate interest of ensuring Bamboo functions as intended, or as required or permitted by law. We process Personal Data as adequate and relevant to the specific, express purposes stated for collection or as reasonably necessary and proportionate to provide you with the Services. To be more specific, Bamboo collects Personal Data:a) Directly from you when you register or provide it with your consent. When you download Bamboo and register as a user, you will be prompted to provide identifiers including your email, phone number, a handle or username, and password. We collect this information with your consent, and we use it to provide you with access to the application and to facilitate your use of your Bamboo account. 

    b) When you opt-in to tracking. Bamboo may offer certain features that serve you with content or opportunities based on your profile, stated interests, or how you use the application. These features function by tracking your activities on Bamboo with your consent. If you wish to enjoy these features, simply opt-in when prompted. If you prefer to not be tracked, remain opted out. Bamboo does not engage in cross-platform user tracking, and we never sell or rent tracking data to third parties. c) In the form of technical data through cookies on our website. The Bamboo website may use cookies and related technologies to understand visitor interactions with the website and application, provide certain features, or improve functionality. Most of the data collected in this manner is technical only and does not qualify as Personal Data. Read more about this data in the Cookie Disclaimer posted to our website. 

    We will not collect additional categories of Personal Data or use already collected Personal Data for purposes that are materially different, unrelated, or not reasonably necessary or compatible with the original purpose without notice and consent to you as required by law.

    In addition to the purposes described above, we may process your Personal Data to: (i) fulfill any purpose to which you consent; (ii) monitor your compliance with our agreements and policies; (iii) help maintain the safety, security, and integrity of our technology assets; (iv) conduct internal testing, research, analysis, and product development, including to develop and improve our content and offerings; (v) respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations; (vi) identify, contact or bring legal action against persons or entities who may be causing injury to you, to us, or to others as we determine necessary; or (vii) evaluate or conduct a business transition involving some or all of our company assets where Personal Data held by us is among the assets transferred. 
  1. Users are responsible for their own privacy practices. On Bamboo you can leverage a variety of features like feed curation, collaborating with other users, or monetization of your content. You can also control the audience for your content by user age, location, interests, invite-only, or other criteria. No matter your choices or how you use Bamboo, you are solely responsible for any Personal Data you collect related to your use of Bamboo. It is your responsibility, not ours, to ensure that your use of Bamboo complies with applicable laws.  
  2. Your Personal Data is retained while your account is active. Your Personal Data on Bamboo will be retained while your account remains active. If you cancel your account, all Personal Data associated with your account will be deleted within 30 days of the cancellation date. Technical data and any data collected through cookies or related technologies may be retained for as little as a few minutes or as long as 24 months. We regularly identify and purge data that is no longer needed. We reserve the right to retain data for longer periods as required by law or court order or if doing so is critical to our business.
  3. We only disclose your Personal Data as needed to provide you with Bamboo.  We will only disclose Personal Data to third parties as described in this section, with your permission, or as required by law. We never share or sell your Personal Data to any third parties. We may disclose Personal Data for business purposes to the following third parties: a) Our Service Providers. We rely on certain service providers to offer features like SMS, photos, and videos, and for data hosting, content management, development, and other purposes. Our service providers may need access to Personal Data as needed to fulfil their contractual obligations to us. We prohibit our service providers from selling or disclosing the Personal Data we provide, and we require all service providers to maintain confidentiality standards and appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure the security of your Personal Data.b) Other third parties, as permitted by applicable law, for example: if we go through a business transition (e.g., merger, acquisition, or sale of a portion of our assets); to comply with a legal requirement or a court order; when we believe it is appropriate in order to take action regarding illegal activities or prevent fraud or harm to any person; to exercise or defend our legal claims; or for any other reason with your consent.c) Law enforcement, and other governmental agencies, as permitted or required by law.d) Aggregated and Deidentified Information. We reserve the right to share aggregated, anonymized, or de-identified data with nonaffiliated entities without restriction. Your Personal Data is never included in these datasets in an identifiable format.
  4. By signing up or logging in via Google Single Sign-On, you authorize us to receive your name and email address from Google. This information is exclusively used for the purposes of creating your user account on our platform. If the email provided matches an existing account, we generate a new data entity, referred to as ConnectedAccount, within our system's backend. This entity serves to link your existing account with the Google login method you've chosen. The collected information is solely utilized to facilitate the creation or linking of user accounts and is not used for any other purposes.
  5. By signing up or logging in via Facebook / Meta Single Sign-On, you authorize us to receive your name and email address from Facebook / Meta. This information is exclusively used for the purposes of creating your user account on our platform. If the email provided matches an existing account, we generate a new data entity, referred to as ConnectedAccount, within our system's backend. This entity serves to link your existing account with the Facebook / Meta login method you've chosen. The collected information is solely utilized to facilitate the creation or linking of user accounts and is not used for any other purposes.
  1. You can control your Personal Data on the Services. You can control how we collect and use your Personal Data through your Bamboo account or your device:a) Your Bamboo account. You have the option to access, correct or update, or delete certain Personal Data through your Bamboo account settings. b) Emails. We may send you informational or support emails related to your account. Depending on your communication preferences, we may also send you marketing emails. If you do not wish to receive emails from us, you can change your account settings, unsubscribe via the links provided in the emails, or send us a request to privacy@nowbase.com.Note that if you opt out of marketing communications, we may still send you non-promotional communications, such as those about your account or our ongoing business relations.c) Device Settings. You can control the data collected from your device through cookies and related technologies by adjusting your device settings.d) SMS. If you provide your wireless phone number, you consent to receiving non-marketing SMS messages related to your use of Bamboo. However, we will only send you marketing text messages if you opt-in to receive these notifications from us. For all text messages, the number of texts you receive will depend on the Services you use and the information you request from us. You can unsubscribe from our text messages by replying STOP or UNSUBSCRIBE to any of these text messages. Messaging and data charges may apply to any text message you receive or send. Please contact your wireless carrier if you have questions about messaging or data charges.e) Do Not Track. Do Not Track signals are signals sent through a browser informing us that you do not want to be tracked. Currently, our systems do not recognize browser “do-not-track” requests.
  2. You may have rights under consumer privacy laws. This section provides informational notices pursuant to consumer privacy laws that require companies to inform consumers about their privacy rights, such as U.S. consumer privacy laws, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulations and its counterpart in the United Kingdom, and Canada’s Personal Data Protection and Electronic Documents Act. Some of these laws may not apply to you or your use of Bamboo, in which case these notices are offered as a courtesy. Our obligations under these laws are limited to the extent we collect or process your Personal Data and are subject to statutory exceptions and limitations. Please contact privacy@nowbase.com if you have any questions. Depending on where you live, your rights over your Personal Data may include some or all of the following:a) Right to know. You may have the right to know how we collect and process your Personal Data. We have set the required information in this Privacy Notice. We may provide you with additional notices about other ways we process your Personal Data, such as by sending you a notice via Bamboo, email, or other communication.b) Right to reasonable expectations. You expect us to collect, use or disclose Personal Data responsibly and not for any other purpose other than as stated at the time of collection. We set your expectations in this Privacy Notice, and we collect legally required consent at various stages of our interactions with you. If we collect or use your Personal Data based on your consent, we will also notify you of any changes and will request your further consent as required by law. You may withdraw your consent at any time with reasonable notice by contacting privacy@nowbase.com.c) Right to accuracy, and the right to correct your Personal Data. You can correct or update your Personal Data through your Bamboo account. If you require assistance, please contact us at privacy@nowbase.com and we will update our records to reflect your accurate information.d) No selling or sharing Personal Data. Some jurisdictions entitle consumers to opt out of the sale or sharing of their Personal Data or targeted advertising practices. We do not sell your Personal Data or share your Personal Data with third parties for cross-contextual behavioral advertising purposes. If this changes in the future, we will update this Privacy Notice and provide you with a method to opt out. e) Limited use and disclosure of sensitive Personal Data. We do not seek to collect sensitive Personal Data about anyone, and in no case will we use or disclose sensitive Personal Data for the purpose of inferring characteristics about a consumer. If this ever changes in the future, we will update this Privacy Notice and provide you with methods to limit use and disclosure of sensitive Personal Data. f) Right to not be subject to Automated Decision-Making (“ADM”) or the right to opt out of profiling. We do not use automated decision-making or any form of automated processing of Personal Data to evaluate, analyze, or predict your performance, preferences, choices, or behavior. If this changes in the future, we will update this Privacy Notice and provide you with an option to exercise your privacy rights related to Personal Data processed using ADM or profiling.g) Right to access your Personal Data. You can access your Personal Data through your Bamboo account. Additionally, we will provide you with a copy of your Personal Data upon request, along with details about the types of Personal Data we process, why we process it, and any third parties we work with to collect Personal Data on our behalf. We may have one or more legally valid reasons to refuse your request in whole or in part, for example, to protect the rights of other individuals. Certain laws may limit the scope or frequency of requests we must fulfill.   h) Right to deletion or erasure (a.k.a. the “right to be forgotten”). When you cancel your account, the Personal Data associated with your account is automatically scheduled for deletion within 30 days. Additionally, upon your request and when required by law, we will delete your Personal Data from our systems. This right is not absolute, and we may be entitled to retain and process your Personal Data despite your request. If you make this request, we balance certain legal, contractual, and business interests against your right to request the deletion of your Personal Data.i) Right to data portability. In some cases, we are required to provide your Personal Data to another organization at your request and in a structured, commonly used machine-readable format, so that the other organization can read and use it.j) Right to restrict processing of your Personal Data. You may have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your Personal Data if (i) the data is inaccurate, (ii) the processing is unlawful, (iii) we no longer need the Personal Data, or (iv) you exercise your right to object. Your right to restrict may be limited to Personal Data that is sensitive in nature, or that is sold or shared for certain purposes.k) Right to object to certain processing of your Personal Data. You may have the right to request, under certain circumstances and where we are required to do so by law, that we limit our processing of your Personal Data as you request. l) Right to non-discrimination. If you reside in a jurisdiction that extends a right to non-discrimination related to the exercise of privacy rights, we will not (i) deny you goods or services, (ii) charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, (iii) provide you a different level or quality of goods or services, (iv) retaliate against you as an employee, applicant for employment, or independent contractor; or (v) suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services, because you exercised your statutory right unless permitted by law.m) Right to disclosure of certain information. You may have a right to request information about our collection and use of your Personal Data over the past 12 months, such as (i) the categories of Personal Data we have collected about you; (ii) the categories of sources for the Personal Data we have collected about you; (iii) our business purpose for collecting, using, disclosing, or selling that Personal Data, as applicable; and (iv) the categories of third parties with whom we disclose that Personal Data. Vernier does not sell or share your Personal Data, but if we did you could request two separate lists stating: (a) sales, identifying the Personal Data categories that each category of recipient purchased; and (b) sharing for a business purpose, identifying the Personal Data categories that each category of recipient obtained. Certain laws may limit the number or frequency of requests we must fulfill.    n) Health Data Rights. Bamboo does not collect any health data. Some laws entitle consumers to certain details about health data collected about them, including (i) confirmation of whether the entity collects, shares, or sells the consumer’s health data and access that data, including a list of all third parties and affiliates with whom the entity has shared or sold the health data and a method to contact those third parties, (ii) a method to withdraw consent related to use of health data, and (iii) the right to have their health data be deleted. o) Right to disclosure of marketing information. If you are a resident of the State of California, California’s Shine the Light Act (Civil Code sections 1798.83-1798.84) entitles California consumers to request certain disclosures regarding Personal Data sharing with affiliates and/or third parties for marketing purposes.

    If you are a resident of the European Economic Area and you believe we are unlawfully processing your Personal Data, you also have the right to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority. If you are a resident of Switzerland, you have the right to complain to the Swiss data protection authorities
  1. Submit a Privacy Request to exercise your privacy rights. If you wish to exercise your rights under your applicable privacy laws beyond the methods described above, or if you want to express concerns, revoke your consent, lodge a complaint, or request information, please submit a request through your Bamboo account or email us at privacy@nowbase.com. We can only assist with or fulfill a privacy request when we have sufficient information to verify that the requester is the person or an authorized representative of the person about whom we have collected Personal Data, and to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to the request. We do not charge a fee to process or respond to a verifiable request unless we have legal grounds to do so. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request. We endeavor to respond to privacy requests in accordance with the requirements of the law applicable to your jurisdiction. If we do not fulfill your request within the legally required timeline, you can appeal our response by contacting us again. 

  2. Bamboo is based in the United States. Bamboo is owned and operated in the United States, and we use technical infrastructure in the United States and other countries to provide you with Bamboo. You are solely responsible for determining whether your use of Bamboo complies with the laws that apply to you where you are located. If you are located outside the United States, any Personal Data processed through Bamboo may be transferred to, processed, stored, and used in the United States or elsewhere. We are committed to engaging in such transfers of Personal Data using a lawful data transfer mechanism. Please note that, when your information is transmitted to another country, the laws and rules governing your Personal Data may be different from those of your home country. By using Bamboo, you consent to the transfer and processing of your Personal Data as described in this section.
  3. Data security on Bamboo. We have implemented and maintain reasonable security measures to secure your Personal Data on Bamboo from accidental loss and unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. Bamboo uses multilayered user authentication to keep the application secure. Data is secured using strong encryption and securely stored with an industry-leading cloud provider. Our security measures are appropriate to the volume, scope, and nature of the Personal Data processed and designed to meet our duty of care with respect to your Personal Data.

    Please bear in mind that submitting data online is never entirely secure. We cannot guarantee the security of the information you submit via Bamboo while it is in transit, and any such submission is at your own risk. You are responsible for keeping your device access and login information confidential. You are also encouraged to use updated anti-virus and anti-malware software on your devices to avoid security risks. 
  1. Links on Bamboo are for your convenience and may take you elsewhere. Bamboo may contain links to websites and platforms that are not controlled by our company. These links are provided for your convenience while you use Bamboo. We have no control over third-party websites, applications, platforms, or systems. Please exercise caution when deciding to disclose your Personal Data.
  2. We may update this Privacy Notice. You can see when this Privacy Notice was last updated by checking the “last updated” date displayed at the top of this Privacy Notice. We will notify you about material changes to this Privacy Notice by email or by other measures that are appropriate to provide you with notice. We will collect your consent to these changes to the extent required by applicable law.