Terms of Service
Last revised June 1, 2024
These terms and conditions of use (“Terms”) govern your use
of our online interfaces and properties (e.g., websites and mobile
applications) owned and controlled by Kavua, Inc. (“Company,” “we,” “us” or
“our” ), including the www.givekavua.org website (collectively, the
“Site”). Your compliance with these Terms is a condition of your use of the
Site. If you do not agree to be bound by these Terms, promptly exit the Site.
Agreement to Binding Arbitration. By accessing
the Site, you irrevocably agree that all disputes between you and the Company
that in any way relate to these Terms or your use of the Site will be resolved
by BINDING ARBITRATION. ACCORDINGLY, YOU EXPRESSLY WAIVE ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO
GO TO COURT (INCLUDING IN A CLASS ACTION PROCEEDING) to assert or defend your
rights under these Terms (except for matters that may be taken to small claims
court). Your rights will be determined by a NEUTRAL ARBITRATOR and NOT a judge
or jury, and your claims cannot be brought as a class action. Please review the
Section below entitled Dispute Resolution; Arbitration Agreement for the
details regarding your agreement to arbitrate any disputes with Company. All
claims must be brought within one year.
1. The Site.
The Site provides (a) an online platform for appropriately
qualified charities, individuals and other entities (“Fundraisers”) to raise
funds through the sale of goods or services or to solicit donations to support
their organization and/or mission and (b) related services (collectively, the
“Services”). Site visitors (“Users”) wishing to make purchases from or to make
donations to a registered Fundraiser (“Supporters”) interact directly with the
Fundraiser. The Services including such transactions are governed by these
Terms.
In the course of your use of the Site, you may be asked to
provide certain information to us. You acknowledge and agree that you are
solely responsible for the accuracy and content of such information. Our use of
any information you provide via the Site shall be governed by our Privacy
Policy available at https://givekavua.org/privacy-policy (our “Privacy
Policy”). We urge you to read our Privacy Policy.
2. Access to the Site; Eligibility; License.
Company provides Users with access to and use of the Site
and Services subject to their compliance with these Terms and our Privacy
Policy. Your use of the Site constitutes your express agreement to these Terms
and our Privacy Policy; if you do not agree, you may not access or use the
Site.
Eligibility. Users of the Site must be 18 years of age (or
the age of majority in your jurisdiction) or older to use the Site. The Site is
not directed at children under the age of 13 and does not knowingly collect
information from minor children. By accessing the Site and using the Services,
you represent that you are over the age of majority in your jurisdiction.
License from Company. The Site, including
all of its contents, such as text, images, and the HTML used to generate the
pages (“Materials”), is our property or that of our suppliers or licensors and
is protected by patent, trademark and/or copyright under United States and/or
foreign laws. Except as otherwise provided herein, you may not use, download,
upload, copy, print, display, perform, reproduce, publish, modify, delete, add
to, license, post, transmit, or distribute any Materials from the Site, in
whole or in part, for any public or commercial purpose without our specific
written permission. We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable
license to access the Site and to use the information and services contained
there.
License from Users. Each User of the Site
grants us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully
sub-licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate,
create derivative works from, distribute, and display any content that they
post on the Site throughout the world in any media.
3. The Role of the Company.
The Services are provided as a platform only. The Site is
offered only to provide technology to allow Fundraisers and Supporters or other
Users to connect. The company’s role is expressly limited to making the Site
available and maintaining the Site and Services for Fundraisers, Supporters and
Users. We are a platform and not an agent, consultant, professional fundraiser,
broker, financial institution, charity or fiduciary for any Fundraiser,
Supporter or User for any purpose. We are not responsible for the sale of items
offered by Fundraisers and do not control the information provided by
Fundraisers. We are not responsible for any content posted by any Fundraiser,
Supporter or other User, including the accuracy of any description or the
timeliness or reliability of any information or content provided by
Fundraisers, Supporters or other Users.
The company is not a payment processor, money services
business or other financial institution. Payments made to a Fundraiser are
processed using a third-party payment processor (“Payment Processor”). All
Users acknowledge and agree that the use of Payment Processors is essential to
the Services and that we exchange information with Payment Processors to
facilitate the Services provided.
The company does not engage in any solicitation activities
on behalf of any individual, entity, organization, or charity.
The company does not intend to and does not post
information to provide financial, legal, tax or other professional advice.
Before making any payment to any Fundraiser through the Services, you should
consult your own financial, legal, tax or other professional advisor as you
deem appropriate. Users acknowledge that all information and content they
access is at their own risk.
The company has no control over the conduct of or any
information provided by any Fundraiser, Supporter or other User and expressly
disclaims all liability to the fullest extent permitted by law, as more
specifically described below. We are not responsible for and do not endorse any
Fundraiser, Supporter or other User and do not guarantee or warrant, expressly
or impliedly, that any information provided through the Services is accurate or
how the funds raised by any Fundraiser will be used.
The company may but is not obligated to provide
intermediary services to assist Fundraisers and Supporters in resolving
disputes between them with the agreement of all parties. In the event Company
elects, in its sole discretion, to provide such services, then our decision is
final and binding on all parties and cannot be appealed, challenged or
reversed.
4. Verified Accounts.
Fundraisers have the opportunity to provide us with
enhanced information about their IRS status and their organization to earn a
Verified Account status once we have verified their information. We use our
best efforts in this process, but we do not guarantee or warrant a Fundraiser’s
legitimacy or its status when it is given a Verified Account status.
5. Communication Features.
Company may from time to time offer Fundraisers the ability
to send communications through the Site using Company facilitated email or text
message features. These features are offered free of charge but may have
limitations on the number of communications that may be sent during any
specific period. Fundraisers using such features acknowledge and agree that
they, and not Company, are solely responsible for complying with all applicable
laws, including without limitation the Consumer Telephone Protection Act and
CAN-SPAM and for obtaining the consents required by law before sending
communications. Company does not participate in the communications; it does not
determine when a communication is sent, to whom it is sent, the content of the
communication, and does not participate in any way in the Fundraiser’s
initiation or sending of the communication other than to provide a channel
through which the communication may be transmitted.
6. Fundraiser Responsibility.
Fundraisers represent and warrant that:
- • All information provided in connection with their
use of the Services is accurate, complete and not likely to deceive
reasonable Supporters or other Users.
- • All information posted with respect to items
listed on events, campaigns, or auctions offered for sale by the
Fundraiser on the Site is accurate; the Fundraiser owns or is authorized
to sell the item; the item is genuine and available or subject to limited
availability (in which case the Fundraiser will disclose such limited
availability on the Site); and the Fundraiser, and not Company, is solely
responsible for the delivery or transfer of such items to Supporters;
Fundraisers are responsible for any lost disputes a Supporter files due to
any issue related to items listed by the Fundraiser;
- • They will promptly correct any errors or omissions
in posted information.
- • All payments received through the use of the
Services will be used only as described in the content posted on the Site
or otherwise provided to each Supporter.
- • Supporter information received will be used in
accordance with the Fundraiser’s publicly posted privacy policy.
- • They will not infringe upon the rights of others.
- • They will abide by the Community Guidelines set
forth below.
- • They will comply with all applicable laws and
financial reporting obligations and will provide us and any Supporter with
all information to establish such compliance.
- • Company may use any information provided by the
Fundraiser and share it with any Supporter, any regulator, law enforcement
or others in connection with any investigation of the Fundraiser.
- • If the
Fundraiser provides information claiming any tax-exempt status, the cause
or activity of the Fundraiser is legal under all applicable laws and
regulations and the Fundraiser’s organization is a tax-exempt organization
in good standing with the IRS.
Fundraisers are required to provide accurate and complete
information in order to register on the Site and use the Services and to keep
such information current and accurate. The company can rely on the accuracy of
the information Fundraisers provide, and we have the right, but not the
obligation, to verify or validate such information.
Fundraisers are responsible to determine what, if any,
taxes apply to payments received by Fundraisers; it is Fundraiser’s sole
responsibility to assess, collect, report, and remit the correct tax, if any,
to the appropriate taxing authority.
7. Supporter Responsibility.
All payments made through the Services are at the
Supporter’s own risk. It is the Supporter’s responsibility to investigate the
Fundraiser and to understand how your payment will be used. The company is not
responsible for any offers, promises, or promotions made by any Fundraiser. We
are not responsible for the accuracy of the information that Fundraisers supply
and do not guarantee that payments Supporters make will be used in accordance
with promises made by Fundraisers or applicable law.
If a Supporter believes that a Fundraiser is not raising or
using funds for their stated purpose, please contact us using the information
below.
The company does not make any representation about the tax
deductibility or treatment of payments made by Supporters. We do not make any
representation about the tax status or charitable status of any Fundraiser,
including those with Verified Accounts. Fundraisers, and not Company, are
solely responsible for providing Supporters with receipts acknowledging receipt
of funds from the Supporter.
Information provided by Supporters through the Services is
shared with the Fundraiser to whom a payment is made and may be used by such
Fundraiser in accordance with its own privacy policies. The company is not
responsible for any Fundraiser’s use of a Supporter’s information.
Supporters are responsible to determine what, if any, taxes
or tax exemptions apply to payments made to Fundraisers. If a Supporter
purchases items from a Fundraiser, the Supporter is responsible for payment of
all applicable sales and use taxes.
Supporters who bid on an or item or “buy now” are agreeing
to pay for the item if your bid is accepted as the winning bid. Auction
payments are non-refundable, and the Company does not make any guarantees on
the condition or delivery of items won by Supporters. Company makes no claims
on the tax-deductibility of an item listed by a Fundraiser.
8. Registration and Accounts.
Fundraisers are required to create an account in order to
use the Site. Fundraisers are required to provide certain validation
information and to select a username and password for access to their account.
Account access credentials should be kept safe; any instructions we receive
using account credentials will be considered to be authorized by the
Fundraiser. Fundraisers may log into their account to view and edit their
profile and transaction information. Accounts are subject to these Terms and
may be canceled or suspended by us in our sole discretion if we believe these
Terms have been violated.
Supporters and other Users are not required to create an
account in order to use the Site. Information that is provided by Supporters
and other Users to Fundraisers is collected by the Fundraiser as well as by us.
We use this information in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
9. Ownership of the Site.
All pages within the Site and any Material made available
for download are the property of the Company, or its licensors or suppliers, as
applicable. The Site is protected by U.S. and international copyright and
trademark laws. The contents of the Site, including without limitation, all
data, files, documents, text, photographs, images, audio, and video, and any
materials accessed through or made available for use or download through the
Site (“Content”), may not be copied, distributed, modified, reproduced,
published or used, in whole or in part, except for purposes authorized by these
Terms or otherwise approved in writing by Company. You may not frame or utilize
framing techniques to enclose, or deep link to, any name, trademarks, service
marks, logo, Content or other proprietary information (including images, text,
page layout, or form) of Company without our express written consent.
10. User-Generated Content.
Users are responsible for any User Generated Content posted
to the Site. “User-Generated Content” means any comments, ideas, suggestions,
information, files, videos, images or other materials a User provides to us or
posts on the Site. We are not responsible for the personally identifiable or
other information you choose to submit as User-Generated Content, and we
reserve the right to remove any User-Generated Content generated by any User at
our sole discretion. By posting to the Site, you understand that once you post
User-Generated Content, it becomes public. We are not responsible for keeping
any User-Generated Content confidential, so if you do not want anyone to read
or see your User-Generated Content, do not submit or post it to the Site.
Users may not: (I) provide User-Generated Content that they
do not have the right to submit, unless they have the owner’s permission; this
includes material covered by someone else’s copyright, patent, trade secret, or
privacy, publicity, or other proprietary right; (ii) forge headers or
manipulate other identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any
User-Generated Content they provide; (iii) provide any User-Generated Content
that contains lies, falsehoods or misrepresentations that could damage us or
anyone else; (iv) provide User-Generated Content that is illegal, obscene,
defamatory, libelous, threatening, pornographic, harassing, hateful, or
racially or ethnically offensive, or encourages conduct that would be
considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or violate any law
or is otherwise inappropriate; (v) impersonate anyone else or lie about your
affiliation with another person or entity in your User-Generated Content; (vi)
use meta tags or any other “hidden text” utilizing any of our or our suppliers’
product names or trademarks in their User-Generated Content; or (vii) provide
User-Generated Content that disparages us or our vendors, partners,
representatives or affiliates.
Each User represents and warrants that such User owns or
otherwise controls all of the rights to the content that such User posts; that
such content is accurate; that use of such content does not violate these Terms
or any law or regulation; and such content will not cause injury to any person
or entity. We have the right but not the obligation to monitor and edit or
remove any activity or content from the Site. User-Generated Content comes from
a variety of sources. We do not endorse or support any views, opinions,
recommendations, or advice that may be in User-Generated Content, nor do we
vouch for its accuracy, reliability, usefulness, or safety or the intellectual
property rights of any User-Generated Content. We take no responsibility and
assume no liability for any User-Generated Content posted by any User or any third
party.
All Users agree that they will abide by the Community
Guidelines set forth below.
11. Security and Restrictions.
The Site may be used only for lawful purposes by
individuals using authorized Services of Company. You are responsible for your
own communications, including the upload, transmission and posting of
information, and the consequences of their posting on or through the Site.
Company specifically prohibits any use of the Site, and requires all Users to
agree not to use the Site, for any of the following:
- • Providing to us, posting, or publicly sharing any
information which is incomplete, false, inaccurate or not your own.
- • Impersonating another person.
- • Advocating or encouraging conduct that would
constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise
violate any city, state, national or international law or regulation or
that fails to comply with accepted Internet protocol.
- • Posting material that is copyrighted or otherwise
owned by a third party unless you are the copyright owner or have the
permission of the owner to post it.
- • Posting material that reveals trade secrets unless
you own them or have the permission of the owner.
- • Posting material that infringes on any other
intellectual property, privacy or publicity right of another.
- • Using the Services in or for the benefit of a
country, organization, entity, or person embargoed or blocked by any
government, including those on sanctions lists identified by the U.S.
Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”).
- • Transmitting or transferring (by any means)
information or software derived from the Site to foreign countries or
nations in violation of U.S. export control laws; or
- • Attempting to
interfere in any way with the Site’s or our networks or network security
or attempting to use the Site’s service to gain unauthorized access to any
other computer system.
Violations of system or network security may result in
civil or criminal liability. Company will investigate occurrences and may
involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting the
User or Users who are involved in such violations. You are prohibited from
violating or attempting to violate the security of the Site, including, without
limitation, the following:
- • Accessing data not intended for you or logging into
a server or account that you are not authorized to access.
- • Using any scraper, crawler, spider, robot or other
automated means of any kind to access or copy data on the Site, deep-link
to any feature or content on the Site, bypass our robot exclusion headers
or other measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the Site.
- • Attempting to probe, scan or test the
vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication
measures without proper authorization.
- • Attempting to interfere with service to any User,
host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a
virus to the Site, overloading, “flooding”, “mailbombing” or “crashing”;
or sending unsolicited e-mail, including promotions and/or advertising of
products or services, or
- • Forging any
TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail
or newsgroup posting.
12. Passwords.
In the event access to the Site or a portion thereof is
limited requiring a username and password (“Protected Areas”), you agree to
access Protected Areas using only your own username and password. You agree to
protect the confidentiality of your username and password, and not to share or
disclose your username or password to any third party. You agree that you are
fully responsible for all activity occurring under your username. Your access
to the Site may be revoked by the Company at any time with or without
cause.
13. Copyright Complaints.
We respect the intellectual property rights of others and
prohibit Users from uploading and posting materials that infringe another
party’s intellectual property rights. If you believe that your material has
been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide
our copyright agent the following written information: (I) an electronic or
physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of
the copyright interest; (ii) a description of the copyrighted work that you
claim has been infringed upon; (iii) a description of where the material that
you claim is infringing is located on the Site; (iv) your address, telephone
number, and e-mail address; (v) 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 (vi) a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury,
that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the
copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.
It is often difficult to determine if your intellectual
property rights have been violated or if the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
(DMCA) requirements have been met. We may request additional information before
we remove any infringing material. If a dispute develops as to the correct
owner of the rights in question, we reserve the right to remove or disable
access to the allegedly infringing material pending resolution of the matter.
We will terminate the accounts of Users that we determine are repeat
infringers.
Please note that, under Section 512(f) of the Copyright Act
any person who makes false claims that material or an activity is infringing
may be subject to liability for damages.
14. Our Right to Refuse, Terminate or Suspend Use.
The company expressly reserves the right to terminate the
use of, or to refuse to permit the use of, the Site or the Services by any
person or entity, at the sole discretion of the Company, for any reason or no
reason at all, and without prior notice. In the event of termination, any
rights or obligations regarding pending or completed purchases, or your
indemnity obligations related to use of the Site or the Services, shall survive
such termination.
We reserve the right, but accept no obligation, to monitor
any activity and content on the Site. We may investigate any reported
violations of law, rule or regulation applicable to Fundraisers, Supporters or
other Users, or transactions on the Site or using the Services, and take action
that we deem appropriate, including, but not limited to, issuing warnings,
suspending or terminating service, or denying access to or removing any content
from the Site. We may also investigate the use of a credit card by a User and
take such action as we deem appropriate, including, but not limited to,
canceling any transaction by such User.
15. Accuracy and Integrity of Information; Errors.
Although Company attempts to ensure the integrity and
accuracy of the Site, it makes no representations, warranties or guarantees
whatsoever as to the correctness, accuracy, or accessibility of the Site and
Content thereon. It is possible that the Site could include typographical
errors, inaccuracies or other errors and that unauthorized additions, deletions
and alterations could be made to the Site by third parties.
All information and content regarding Fundraisers are
provided solely by the Fundraiser, who is expressly responsible for the
accuracy of the content it provides and posts to the Site. Company shall have
no responsibility or liability for information or content posted to the Site
from any non-Company affiliated third party. In the event a product or service
is listed at an incorrect price due to typographical error or error in pricing
information provided by a Fundraiser, the Fundraiser shall have the right to
refuse or cancel any orders placed for such product / service listed at the
incorrect price.
In the event that an inaccuracy arises, please inform us so
that it can be corrected. We reserve the right to unilaterally correct any
inaccuracies on the Site without notice. Information contained on the Site may
be changed or updated without notice.
16. Refunds.
All transactions and payments made on the Site are between
the Fundraiser and Supporter and not between a Supporter and Company.
Fundraisers are solely responsible for determining when and whether to issue
refunds at their sole discretion. The company is not responsible for donations
and/or any other form of payment made on the Site.
17. Payments to Fundraisers.
Payment Processor provides all financial services for
payments made to Fundraisers through the Site. Payment Processor accepts credit
and debit cards issued by U.S. banks and ACH payments. If a credit card account
is being used for a transaction, Payment Processor may obtain preapproval for
an amount up to the amount of the payment. If you enroll to make recurring
payments automatically, all charges and fees will be billed to the credit card
you designated during the setup process. If you want to designate a different
credit card or if there is a change in your credit card, you must change your
information online. This may temporarily delay your ability to make payments to
Fundraisers through the Site while we verify your new payment information.
Payment Processor will use information received in connection with payments to
Fundraisers made through the Site in accordance with its privacy policy
available at https://stripe.com/privacy.
You represent and warrant that if you are making payments
to Fundraisers through the Site (I) any credit card, debit card, or bank
account information you supply is true, correct and complete, (ii) charges
incurred by you will be honored by your credit/debit card company or bank,
(iii) you will pay the charges incurred by you in the amounts posted, including
any applicable taxes, and (iv) you are the person in whose name the card was
issued and you are authorized to make a purchase or other transaction with the
relevant card and card information.
In connection with payments to Fundraisers made through the
Site, you shall:
- • Review and clearly accept the agreement to be
entered into with Payment Processor (the “Payment Processor Agreement”),
including without limitation all updated versions of the Payment Processor
Agreement, which agreement makes clear that Payment Processor shall make
such payments in accordance with such agreement.
- • Not use the Services in violation of the Payment
Processor Agreement or for any activity expressly prohibited by Payment Processor.
- • Comply with the Payment Processor Agreement and
all guidelines and requirements established by Payment Processor or its
affiliates or banks.
- • Shall not take or fail to take any action that may
cause Payment Processor or its affiliates or banks to violate any
applicable law.
- • Shall not access, use or disclose any information
except to the extent necessary for you to access and use the services
provided by Payment Processor.
- • Only make electronic payments and funds transfers
to and from a prepaid account maintained with Payment Processor and
represented by a virtual bank account number (if applicable) for business purposes.
- • Provide all information necessary to enable
Payment Processor to determine your eligibility to receive services and
make services available to you and ensure that such information will at
all times be complete and accurate; and
- • Authorize us to
receive on your behalf any notices or forms provided by Payment Processor.
18. Export Policy and Restrictions.
You acknowledge that the products and Content that are sold
or licensed on the Site, which may include technology and software, are subject
to U.S. customs and export control laws and regulations and may also be subject
to the customs and export laws and regulations of the country where the
products are manufactured and/or received. By purchasing, downloading or using
technology or software from the Site, you agree to abide by the applicable
laws, rules and regulations - including, but not limited to, the Export
Administration Act and the Arms Export Control Act - and you represent and
warrant that you will not transfer, by electronic transmission or otherwise,
the software or technology to a foreign national or a foreign destination in
violation of the law. You agree that you will not use or provide products to
any person who is forbidden from receiving the product under the Export
Administration Regulations or any economic sanctions maintained by the U.S.
Department of Treasury, U.S. antiboycott regulations, or U.S. economic
sanctions, including the export and antiboycott restrictions found in the
Export Administration Regulations or the sanctions regulations administered by
OFAC. You shall indemnify and hold harmless Company from all claims, demands,
damages, costs, fines, penalties, attorneys’ fees and other expenses arising
from your failure to comply with this provision and/or applicable export
control, antiboycott, or economic sanctions laws and regulations.
19. Links to and from Other Sites.
You may be able to link to third-party websites (“Linked
Sites”) from the Site. Linked Sites are not, however, reviewed, controlled or
examined by Company in any way, and we are not responsible for the content,
availability, advertising, products, information or use of user information or
other materials of any such Linked Sites, or any additional links contained
therein. These links do not imply our endorsement of our association with the
Linked Sites. It is your sole responsibility to comply with the appropriate terms
of service of the Linked Sites as well as with any other obligation under
copyright, secrecy, defamation, decency, privacy, security and export laws
related to the use of such Linked Sites and any content contained thereon. In
no event shall we be liable, directly or indirectly, to anyone for any loss or
damage arising from or occasioned by the creation or use of the Linked Sites or
the information or material accessed through any Linked Sites. You should
direct any concerns to the applicable Linked Site’s administrator or Webmaster.
We reserve the exclusive right, at our sole discretion, to add, change, decline
or remove, without notice, any feature or link to any of the Linked Sites from
the Site and/or introduce different features or links to different Users.
Permission must be granted by us for any type of link to
the Site. To seek our permission, you may create and maintain a registered
account in good standing or write to us using the information below. We reserve
the right, however, to deny any request or rescind any permission granted by us
to link through such other type of link and to require termination of any such
link to the Site, at our discretion at any time.
20. Indemnity.
Each User agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless
Company, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates harmless
from any and all claims, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses, including
reasonable attorneys’ fees, in any way arising from, related to or in
connection with (a) your use of or access to the Site or the Services,
including any act or omission related to services provided by Payment
Processor, (b) your violation of these Terms, the Payment Processor Agreement,
or applicable law; (c) the posting or transmission of any materials, content or
User-Generated Content on the Site or through the Services by you or allowed by
you, including, but not limited to, any third-party claim that any information
or materials you provide infringes any third-party proprietary right; (d)
access to the Site by anyone using your user name and password; or (e) your
providing inaccurate or incomplete information to us or Payment Processor.
21. Disclaimer of Warranties.
YOU ASSUME TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR YOUR USE OF
THE SITE, SITE-RELATED SERVICES, AND LINKED WEBSITES. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE
THAT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW:
THE SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL CONTENT,
FUNCTION, MATERIALS AND SERVICES, IS PROVIDED “AS IS,” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY
FOR INFORMATION, DATA, DATA PROCESSING SERVICES OR UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS, ANY
WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, USEFULNESS, OR
CONTENT OF INFORMATION, AND ANY WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT,
MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT
THAT THE SITE OR THE FUNCTION, CONTENT OR SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE THEREBY WILL
BE TIMELY, SECURE, UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE OR THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED.
COMPANY MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SITE WILL MEET USERS’ EXPECTATIONS OR
REQUIREMENTS. NO ADVICE, RESULTS, INFORMATION, OR MATERIALS WHETHER ORAL OR
WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT
EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SITE, YOUR SOLE REMEDY
IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE.
ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE
USE OF THE SITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY
RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
COMPANY DOES NOT ENDORSE, WARRANT OR GUARANTEE ANY PRODUCTS
OR SERVICES OFFERED OR PROVIDED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THIRD PARTIES ON OR THROUGH
THE SITE. THE COMPANY IS NOT A PARTY TO AND DOES NOT MONITOR ANY TRANSACTION
BETWEEN USERS AND THIRD PARTIES WITHOUT THE DIRECT INVOLVEMENT OF THE COMPANY.
22. Limitation of Liability Regarding Use of Site.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, NEITHER
COMPANY, ITS AFFILIATES OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS,
EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR CONTENT OR SERVICE PROVIDERS SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY
INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES
ARISING FROM OR DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATED TO THE USE/MISUSE OF, OR THE
INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE OR THE CONTENT, MATERIALS AND FUNCTION RELATED
THERETO, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF REVENUE, OR ANTICIPATED
PROFITS, LOST BUSINESS, DATA OR SALES, OR COST OF SUBSTITUTE SERVICES, EVEN IF
COMPANY OR ITS REPRESENTATIVE OR SUCH INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR
EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF COMPANY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES,
AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING FROM THESE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF THE SITE
EXCEED, IN THE AGGREGATE, $100.00.
23. Dispute Resolution; Arbitration Agreement.
We will try to work in good faith to resolve any issue you
have with the Site, including payments made for products and services offered
through the Site, if you bring that issue to the attention of our customer
service department. However, we realize that there may be rare cases where we
may not be able to resolve an issue to a customer’s satisfaction.
You and Company agree that any dispute, claim or
controversy arising out of or relating in any way to these Terms or your use of
the Site, including payments made for products and services offered through the
Site, shall be determined by binding arbitration instead of in courts of
general jurisdiction. Arbitration is more informal than bringing a lawsuit in
court. Arbitration uses a neutral arbitrator instead of a judge or jury and is
subject to very limited review by courts. Arbitration allows for more limited
discovery than in court; however, you and the Company shall cooperate with each
other to agree to reasonable discovery in light of the issues involved and
amount of the claim. Arbitrators can award the same damages and relief that a
court can award, but in so doing, the arbitrator shall apply substantive law
regarding damages as if the matter had been brought in court, including without
limitation, the law on punitive damages as applied by the U.S. Supreme Court.
You agree that, by agreeing to these Terms, the U.S. Federal Arbitration Act
governs the interpretation and enforcement of this provision and that you and
Company are each waiving the right to a trial by jury or to participate in a
class action. This arbitration provision shall survive termination of these
Terms and any other contractual relationship between you and the Company.
If you desire to assert a claim against the Company and
therefore elect to seek arbitration, you must first send to the Company, by
certified mail, a written notice of the claim (“Notice”). The Notice to Company
should be addressed to: Kavua Inc, 8911 Collins Avenue, Suite 204 Surfside, FL
33154. (“Notice Address”). If Company desires to assert a claim against you and
therefore elects to seek arbitration, it will send, by certified mail, a
written Notice to the most recent address we have on file or otherwise in our
records for you. A Notice, whether sent by you or by the Company, must (a)
describe the nature and basis of the claim or dispute; and (b) set forth the
specific relief sought. If Company and you do not reach an agreement to resolve
the claim within 30 days after the Notice is received, you or Company may
commence an arbitration proceeding or file a claim in small claims court.
During the arbitration, the amount of any settlement offer made by the Company,
or you, shall not be disclosed to the arbitrator. You may download or copy a
form Notice and a form to initiate arbitration from the American Arbitration
Association at www.adr.org. If you are required to pay a filing fee, after the
Company receives notice at the Notice Address that you have commenced
arbitration, it will promptly reimburse you for your payment of the filing fee,
unless your claim is for more than US $10,000. The arbitration will be governed
by the Commercial Arbitration Rules and the Supplementary Procedures for
Consumer Related Disputes (collectively, “AAA Rules”) of the American
Arbitration Association (“AAA”), as modified by these Terms, and will be
administered by the AAA. The AAA Rules and Forms are available online at
www.adr.org, by calling the AAA at 1-800-778-7879, or by requesting them from
us by writing to us at the Notice Address. The arbitrator is bound by the terms
of these Terms. All issues are for the arbitrator to decide, including issues
relating to the scope and enforceability of these Terms, including this
arbitration agreement. Unless Company and you agree otherwise, any arbitration
hearings will take place in the county (or parish) of your billing address. (If
you reside outside of the United States, any arbitration hearings will take
place in your country of residence at a location reasonably convenient to you
but will remain subject to the AAA Rules including the AAA Rules regarding the
selection of an arbitrator). If your claim is for US $10,000 or less, we agree
that you may choose whether the arbitration will be conducted solely on the
basis of documents submitted to the arbitrator, through a telephonic hearing,
or by an in-person hearing as established by the AAA Rules. If your claim
exceeds US $10,000, the right to a hearing will be determined by the AAA Rules.
Regardless of the manner in which the arbitration is conducted, the arbitrator
shall issue a reasoned written decision sufficient to explain the essential
findings and conclusions on which the award is based. If the arbitrator issues
you an award that is greater than the value of Company’s last written
settlement offer made before an arbitrator was selected (or if Company did not
make a settlement offer before an arbitrator was selected), then Company will
pay you the amount of the award or US $1,000, whichever is greater. Except as
expressly set forth herein, the payment of all filing, administration and
arbitrator fees will be governed by the AAA Rules. Each party shall pay for its
own costs and attorneys’ fees, if any. However, if any party prevails on a
statutory claim that affords the prevailing party attorneys’ fees, or if there
is a written agreement providing for payment or recovery of attorneys’ fees,
the arbitrator may award reasonable fees to the prevailing party under the
standards for fee shifting provided by law.
YOU AND THE COMPANY AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS
AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN YOUR OR ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A
PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.
Further, unless both you and Company agree otherwise, the arbitrator may not
consolidate more than one person’s claims with your claims and may not
otherwise preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding. The
arbitrator may award declaratory or injunctive relief only in favor of the
individual party seeking relief and only to the extent necessary to provide
relief warranted by that party’s individual claim.
If this specific provision is found to be unenforceable,
then (a) the entirety of this arbitration provision shall be null and void, but
the remaining provisions of these Terms shall remain in full force and effect;
and (b) exclusive jurisdiction and venue for any claims will be in state or
federal courts located in and for Florida.
24. Choice of Law.
These Terms, and any dispute arising therefrom, shall be
governed by and in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida without
regard to conflicts of law.
25. International Use.
We control and operate the Site from our offices in the
U.S., and all information is processed within the U.S. We do not represent that
materials on the Site are appropriate or available for use in other locations.
Persons who choose to access the Site from other locations do so on their own
initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws if and to the
extent local laws are applicable.
You agree to comply with all applicable laws, rules and
regulations in connection with your use of the Site. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, you agree to comply with all applicable laws
regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the U.S. or the
country in which you reside.
26. Notices.
Except for notices relating to arbitration of disputes, any
notices (I) to us shall be given by postal mail addressed to GiveKavua, Inc., 8911
Collins Avenue, Suite 204 Surfside FL 33154 or by email to info@kavua.org or (ii) to you at the e-mail address provided to us
by you. Notices shall be deemed to have been given 24 hours after the e-mail
was sent, unless we are notified that the e-mail address is invalid, in which
event we may give notice by email or, if applicable, any postal mail at the
address provided to us by you upon registration. Notice given by postal mail
shall be deemed to have been given three (3) business days after the date of
mailing.
27. Modification of Terms.
In its sole discretion, the Company may from time-to-time
revise these Terms by updating this posting. You should, therefore,
periodically visit this page to review the current Terms so you are aware of any
such revisions to which you are bound. Your continued use of the Site after
revisions to these Terms shall constitute your agreement to the revised Terms.
28. General.
The company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to
terminate your access to all or part of the Site, with or without cause and
with or without notice.
In the event that any of these Terms are held by a court or
other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable, such provisions
shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent necessary so that these
Terms shall otherwise remain in full force and effect.
These Terms constitute the entire agreement between the
Company and you pertaining to the subject matter hereof. You also may be
subject to additional terms and conditions that are applicable to certain parts
of the Site.
Certain provisions of these Terms may be superseded by
expressly designated legal notices or terms located on particular pages within
the Site.
You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment,
or agency relationship exists between Company and you as a result of these
Terms or your use of the Site or Services.
Any claim or cause of action you may have with respect to the
Company, the Site or the Services must be commenced within one (1) year after
the claim or cause of action arose.
The failure of the Company to exercise or enforce any right
or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or
provision.
You may not assign these Terms or any of your rights or
obligations under these Terms without our express written consent.
These Terms inure to the benefit of Company’s successors,
assigns and licensees. The section titles in these Terms are for convenience
only and have no legal or contractual effect.
27. Contacting Us.
To contact us with any questions or concerns in connection
with these Terms, the Services or the Site, or to provide any notice under
these Terms please write to us at:
Kavua, Inc.
8911 Collins Avenue
Surfside, FL 33154
Phone: (786) 539-5400
Email: info@kavua.org
COMMUNITY GUIDELINES
You are solely responsible for compliance with all
applicable law in relation to your use of the Services. You are further solely
responsible for all User-Generated Content that you upload, post, publish,
display, transmit or otherwise use (hereinafter, “Upload”). If you are not the
beneficiary of the campaign you organize, you agree to deliver funds to the
ultimate beneficiary directly and as soon as possible. You agree to fully
cooperate with any request we make for evidence we deem necessary to verify
your compliance with these Terms.
The following are examples of User-Generated Content and/or
use that is illegal or prohibited by a Company. This list is not exhaustive,
and we reserve the right to remove any campaign and/or investigate any User
who, in our sole discretion, violates any of the terms or spirit of these
Terms. As we investigate your campaign, User, or User-Generated Content, we may
consider all available material, including, but not limited to, social media,
related news, and any other information that we, in our sole discretion, deem
relevant in our review. We further reserve the right, without limitation, to
ban or disable your use of the Services, remove the offending User-Generated
Content, suspend or terminate your account, stop payments to any such campaign,
freeze or place a hold on donations, and report you to law enforcement
authorities or otherwise take appropriate legal action including seeking
restitution on behalf of ourselves and/or our Users.
Without limiting the foregoing, you agree not to use the
Services to raise funds or establish or contribute to any campaign with the
implicit or explicit purpose of or involving:
- • Breaking the law: the violation of any law or regulation.
- • Fraud: information that is fraudulent, misleading,
inaccurate, dishonest, or impossible, particularly if done knowingly with
the intent to deceive.
- • Illegal drugs: narcotics, steroids, controlled
substances, abuse of pharmaceuticals or similar products or therapies that
are either illegal or prohibited.
- • Violence: knives, explosives, ammunition,
firearms, or other weaponry or accessories, as well as the promotion of
violent ideas such as genocide, execution, and other violent acts.
- • Financial schemes: annuities, investments, loans,
equity or lottery contracts, lay-away systems, off-shore banking or
similar transactions, money service businesses (including currency
exchanges, check cashing or the like), pyramid schemes, “get rich quick
schemes” (i.e., investment opportunities or other services that promise high
rewards), network marketing and referral marketing programs, debt
collection or crypto-currencies;
- • Gambling: casino games, sports betting, fantasy
sports, horse or greyhound racing, lottery tickets, and other ventures
that facilitate gambling, games of skill or chance (whether or not it is
legally defined as a lottery), promotions involving monetary rewards,
including gift cards, or sweepstakes.
- • Hate, discrimination, and harassment: content that
we deem, in our sole discretion, to be in support of hate, violence,
harassment, bullying, discrimination, terrorism, or intolerance of any
kind relating to race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliation,
sexual orientation, sex, gender or gender identity, or mental, physical,
or other medical conditions;
- • Legal defense for serious crimes: campaigns that
we deem, in our sole discretion, to be for the legal defense of alleged
crimes associated with hate, violence, harassment, bullying,
discrimination, terrorism, or intolerance of any kind relating to race, ethnicity,
national origin, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, sex, gender or
gender identity, mental, physical, or other medical conditions, or
financial crimes or crimes of deception;
- • International sanctions: activities with, in, or
involving countries, regions, governments, persons, or entities that are
subject to U.S. and other economic sanctions under applicable law, unless
such activities are expressly authorized by the appropriate governmental authority.
- • Exploitation: funding a ransom, human trafficking
or exploitation, vigilantism, bribes or bounty.
- • Pornography: pornographic content or other sexual
content relating to minors or persons appearing to possibly be minors.
- • Graphic: offensive, graphic, perverse or sensitive
content.
- • Pre-sales: the sale of items before the seller has
control or possession of the item.
- • Payment manipulation: collecting payments on
behalf of merchants by payment processors or otherwise; including, but not
limited to, self-payments on campaigns or an attempt to bypass or
otherwise circumvent the designated method of payment as provided by Company.
- • Credit: credit repair or debt settlement services.
- • Misuse of funds: the receipt or grant of cash
advances or lines of credit to yourself or to another person for purposes
other than those purposes clearly stated in the campaign or collecting or
providing funds for any purpose other than as described in a campaign description.
- • Slander and personal attacks: publication or
removal of User-Generated Content (such as mug shots), where the primary
purpose of posting such User-Generated Content is to cause or raise
concerns of reputational harm, as well as personal attacks, slurs, caustic
or combative content submitted with the aim of harming other people in
some way;
- • No-value-added services: sale or resale of a
service without added benefit to the buyer or resale of government
offerings without authorization or added value.
- • Money laundering: aggregation of funds owed to
third parties, factoring, or other activities intended to obfuscate the
origin of funds.
- • Piracy: counterfeit music, movies, software, or
other licensed materials without the appropriate authorization from the
rights holder.
- • Intellectual property violations: products or
services that directly infringe or facilitate infringement upon the
trademark, patent, copyright, trade secrets, or proprietary or privacy
rights of any third party.
- • Unauthorized sale or resale: of brand name or
designer products or services.
- • Trade violations: sale of goods or services that
are illegally imported or exported.
- • Credit card fraud: processing where there is no
bona fide donation accepted; cash advance; card testing; or evasion of
card network chargeback monitoring programs.
- • Financial crimes: any other activity that Company
may deem in its sole discretion to be in support of individuals and/or
entities associated with alleged financial crimes, including, but not
limited to, corruption, bribery, tax evasion, fraud, and activities of a
similar nature; or
- • Generally
unacceptable activity: any other activity that the Company may deem in its
sole discretion to be unacceptable.
TEXT MESSAGE PROGRAM TERMS OF SERVICE
1. We will not be liable for any delays in the receipt of
any SMS messages as delivery is subject to effective transmission from your
mobile service operator. SMS SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS, AND WE
MAKE NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE HEREBY
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED.
2. Data obtained from you in connection with this SMS
service may include your cell phone number, your carrier’s name, and the date,
time and content of your messages, as well as other information that you
provide. We may use this information to contact you and to provide the services
you request from us.
3. By subscribing, you consent to receive text messages,
including informational alerts, promotional messages and updates. Your consent
to receive promotional messages is voluntary; you do not need to consent to
receive promotional messages in order to participate in the Services.
4. By subscribing or otherwise using the SMS service, you
acknowledge and agree that we will have the right to change and/or terminate
the service at any time, with or without cause and/or advance notice.
5. To cancel your SMS service subscription, text STOP to 786-539-5400
in reply to a text message you receive. You may receive a subsequent message
confirming you opt-out request.
8. For additional help, text HELP to 786-539-5400 in reply
to a text message you receive.
9. Message and Data Rates May Apply.
10. T-Mobile® is not liable for delayed or undelivered
messages.
11. United States Participating Carriers include AT&T,
T-Mobile®, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, Boost, U.S. Cellular®, MetroPCS®, InterOp,
Cellcom, C Spire Wireless, Cricket, Virgin Mobile and others.
12. Program Availability: Currently, the Text Message
Program is only available to residents of the U.S. You understand and
acknowledge that you may not sign up for, access, or attempt to access or use
the Text Message Program from countries outside of the U.S. You agree to abide
by U.S. and other applicable export control laws and not to transfer, by
electronic transmission or otherwise, any content or software subject to
restrictions under such laws to a national destination or person prohibited
under such laws.
Questions / Support: You can contact us at info@kavua.org at any time or from your mobile phone, send a text
message with the word “HELP” to (786) 539-5400.