DineForChange Program Agreement
This DineForChange Program Agreement ("Agreement") governs the terms and conditions on which an individual ("you" or "your") may participate in the Marketing Program ("DineForChange") offered by DineForChange. and its affiliates ("we", "us" or "our"). PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY! IT CONTAINS VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS, AS WELL AS LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS THAT MAY APPLY TO YOU. THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS AN ARBITRATION PROVISION.
General
1. To become a member of and participate in our Program, you must be an United States resident and of legal age to enter contract and otherwise be able to enter into a legally binding contract, complete our enrollment process, and agree to the terms of this Agreement.
2. We provide you information about the Program, and you agree to receive, by accessing such information on our website at www.DineForChange.com ("our Website"). We may provide information or notices to you by other means, including e-mail, but we are not required to do so. You agree to visit our Website regularly to view any changes to this Agreement or other important information about your participation in the Program. DineForChange restaurant partners participation in our program may change, DineForChange's website will reflect any changes.
3. 15-20% of your gift certificate purchase ("Rewards") will directly benefit the Non Profit Organization you input as your Referral ID during sign up.
4. You can not use other coupons or discount cards when participating in our program.
5. Your name, email address, and amount fundraised will be disclosed to the respective organization in which you signed up for using the organization's referral ID.
Mandatory Arbitration
6. You agree that:
(a) Any claim, dispute, or controversy between you and us, our subsidiaries, our affiliates, and/or any holder of this Agreement, or the employees, agents or assigns of any of them (collectively, "DineForChange"), arising from or relating to the Program, this Agreement (or any prior agreement between you and us), or the relationships that result from this Agreement ("Claim"), including but not limited to any tort or statutory Claim, and any Claim seeking monetary, equitable, or other relief will be, upon the election of any party to the dispute, resolved by neutral binding arbitration.
(b) You and DineForChange will each be responsible for paying their own fees, costs and expenses and the arbitration fees as designated by the Code. DineForChange will not elect to arbitrate an individual Claim brought in a small claims (or equivalent) court, unless that Claim is transferred, removed, or appealed to a different court. The arbitrator will apply all applicable substantive law.
(c) The decision of the arbitrator will be a final and binding resolution of the Claim. This arbitration agreement is made pursuant to a transaction involving interstate commerce and will be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. Sections 1-16. Judgment upon the award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. THE PARTIES UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WOULD HAVE HAD A RIGHT OR OPPORTUNITY TO LITIGATE DISPUTES THROUGH A COURT, TO HAVE A JUDGE OR JURY DECIDE THEIR CASE, AND TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION OR OTHER PROCEEDING INVOLVING MULTIPLE CLAIMANTS, BUT THEY CHOOSE TO HAVE ANY DISPUTES DECIDED THROUGH INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION.
(d) You can reject the arbitration provisions in Section 11(a), (b), and (c) ("Arbitration Provisions") by providing us written notice, signed by you, within thirty (30) days of enrolling in the Program for the first time. Please send the written notice to DineForChange.
Limit on Liability and Indemnity
7. You agree that:
(a) The Program is provided "as is" and, to the maximum extent permitted by law, we disclaim any express or implied warranties with respect to the Program, including any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
(b) DineForChange will not be liable for any damage that you may suffer in connection with your participation in the program, and unless the damage results directly from our failure to perform our express obligations under this Agreement. In no event will DineForChange be liable for any damage caused by any act or omission of a Participating Merchant, Third Party Provider or an Other Program Operator.
(c) DineForChange will not be liable to you or any other person for any indirect, special, incidental, contingent, consequential, reliance or special damages (including lost profits) in connection with this Agreement or the Program, whether or not DineForChange has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
8. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold us and our subsidiaries, affiliates, successors and assigns, and our and their respective shareholders, directors, officers, employees and agents, harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising from or relating to your alleged violation of this Agreement, or your improper participation in our Program.
Changed Terms and Cancellation
9. This Agreement is binding upon you at the time you enroll. Modifying or deleting any term or condition ("Changed Term"). A Changed Term will be effective upon posting to our Website.
10. You may cancel this Agreement at any time by providing notice to us. We may cancel this Agreement at any time, with or without cause, by providing you notice. We also may cancel this Agreement, or suspend your participation in the Program, immediately and without notice if (i) you do not perform your obligations under this Agreement, (ii) you provide us any false or misleading information, (iii) you engage in any illegal or improper transaction, (iv) you engage in behavior we deem to be abusive to us, our employees, or to the Program, (v) a Third Party Provider requests us to terminate your participation in the Program or our relationship with a Third Party Provider terminates, or (vi) we terminate the Program.
Additional Terms
11. All comments, feedback, and other information disclosed, submitted, or conveyed by you to us (collectively, the "Comments") shall be and remain our property and may be reprinted by us or others without your permission. Your provision of Comments to us constitutes an assignment to us of all worldwide rights, titles, and interests in all intellectual properties of the Comments. You warrant that: (i) any use of Comments by us will not violate any right of any third party; and (ii) any Comments are not libelous, unlawful, or obscene.
12. You agree to the terms of our Privacy Policy, as posted on our Website from time to time. In addition, when you use our Website, you agree to the Terms of Use for the Website, which are posted on our Website, as in effect from time to time. The terms of the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use for the Website are hereby incorporated into this Agreement.
13. Participating Merchants, Third Party Providers and Other Program Operators are not our agents, and have no authority to take any action or make any commitments on our behalf. You and we are the only parties that may enforce this Agreement; there are no third party beneficiaries of this Agreement (except persons expressly included in the scope of Sections 8, 9, and 10 who shall be included to enforce the provisions of those sections).
14. If any part of this Agreement is unenforceable, such part will not make any other part of this Agreement unenforceable, except that if the part of the Arbitration Provisions prohibiting arbitration involving a class action or multiple claimants is unenforceable, the entire Section 14 shall be unenforceable.
15. You may not assign your rights under the Agreement or in the Program without our prior written consent. We may assign this Agreement, or any or all of our rights in the Program, without notice to you.
16. Any waiver by us of our rights under this Agreement must be in writing and signed by us. A waiver of a right by us in one instance will not limit our ability to enforce the right in another instance.
17. This Agreement, and the relationship between you and us, shall be governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to choice of law principles, except that Section 8 shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act and not California Law.
WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE
PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE
This web site (the "Site") is provided by DineForChange and its affiliates ("we", "us" or "our"). By accessing the Site, you agree to the terms and conditions in this agreement ("Agreement"). This Agreement applies exclusively to your access to and use of the Site, and does not alter any other agreement you may have with us.
USE OF THE SITE:
The Site may be used for obtaining information about, and enrolling and participating in, a rewards program we offer for using payment cards at participating merchants ("Program"). In order to access the Site, you must be at least 18 years old and a resident of the United States. We do not knowingly market to, or solicit or collect information from, children under the age of 18.
PASSWORDS:
We may establish an account on the Site for you ("Account") in which you can obtain information, from time to time, about your participation in our Program. Access to your Account at the Site requires you to use a login identification ("Login ID") and password ("Password") that you select. You agree to keep your Login ID and Password confidential and not share them with anyone else. We may treat any person using your Login ID and Password to have authority to access your Account and act on your behalf with respect to the Program.
LIMITED LICENSE:
We grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to access, display and use the Site, and all images, illustrations, designs, icons, photographs, software, video clips, and written and other materials ("Contents") on the Site, for your personal, non-commercial purposes.
We also authorize you to download Content on the Site, subject to your agreement that: (1) you will not obtain any ownership or title to the Content; (2) you may use the Content solely for your personal use in learning about, evaluating, or participating in programs offered by us, and not for any commercial purposes; (3) you may not modify the Content, or sell, assign or transfer the Content to any person; (4) you may not reproduce, disclose, display or distribute the Content in any public or commercial manner; and (5) you will not alter or remove any copyright notice, proprietary legend or other notice contained in any Content.
The Site as a whole, and all Content, is protected by copyright, trademarks, trade dress and/or other intellectual properties owned by or licensed to us, unless otherwise noted. The Site contains our service marks, including, but not limited to DineForChange. All rights in the intellectual property relating to the Site and any Content are reserved, and you agree not to take any action to register or otherwise interfere with or challenge any intellectual property rights relating to the Site or the Content.
USER:
You agree not to:
(1) disrupt or interfere with the security of, or otherwise abuse, the Site, or any services, system resources, accounts, servers or networks connected to or accessible through the Site or affiliated or linked web sites;
(2) disrupt or interfere with any other person s access, use or enjoyment of the Site or affiliated or linked web sites;
(3) upload, post or otherwise transmit through or on the Site any viruses or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files;
(4) use or attempt to use or access another person's account or personal information, or create or use a false identity on the Site;
(5) attempt to obtain unauthorized access to the Site or portions of the Site which are restricted from general access; and
(6) violate any local, state or federal laws or regulations that apply to your access to or use of the Site.
LINKS:
The Site may contain links to third party services and resources. We do not control the availability and content of these third party sites. Any concerns regarding any such service or resource, or any link thereto, should be directed to the particular third party service or resource that provides the content. The existence of a link to a third party site does not constitute our endorsement or recommendation of the third party or the third party's site. WE DISCLAIM ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE CONTENT OR PROVISION OF SERVICES OF ANY THIRD PARTY SERVICE OR RESOURCE.
INFORMATION PROVIDED BY YOU:
All comments, feedback, and other information disclosed, submitted, or conveyed by you to us (collectively, the "Comments") shall be and remain our property and may be used and disclosed by us or others without your further permission. Your provision of Comments to us constitutes an assignment to us of all worldwide, transferable rights, titles, and interests in all intellectual properties of the Comments. We may use and disclose your Comments in any way we choose. You warrant that: (i) any use of Comments by us or others will not violate any right of any third party; and (ii) any Comments are not libelous, unlawful, or obscene.
LIMITATION OF DAMAGES:
All information provided on the Site (the "Information") is subject to change without notice. While efforts have been made to make the Site helpful and accurate, we do not warrant the accuracy of the Information. We do not provide a warranty regarding virus-free use of the Site or use of any Content downloaded from the Site.
THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY US WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE AND ALL CONTENT ON THE SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND ANY WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICES SUPPLIED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT ARE OF A REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE QUALITY. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT FUNCTIONS CONTAINED ON THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE SITE, CONTENT OR THE SERVER ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE, BY YOUR USE OF THE SITE, THAT SUCH USE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND THAT WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONTINGENT, CONSEQUENTIAL, RELIANCE OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SITE, WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS BY THIRD PARTIES TO YOUR TRANSMISSION FACILITIES OR PREMISE EQUIPMENT OR FOR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION, THEFT, LOSS OR DESTRUCTION OF YOUR NETWORK, SYSTEMS, APPLICATIONS, DATA FILES, PROGRAMS, PROCEDURES, OR INFORMATION THROUGH ACCIDENT, FRAUDULENT MEANS OR DEVICES, OR ANY OTHER METHOD.
THESE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, OR TORT, AND SHALL SURVIVE FAILURE OF AN EXCLUSIVE REMEDY.
INDEMNITY:
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold us and our subsidiaries, affiliates, successors and assigns, and our and their respective shareholders, directors, officers, employees and agents, harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising from or relating to your use of the Site, except to the extent that we fail to perform our express obligations to you under this Agreement.
MANDATORY ARBITRATION:
Any claim, dispute, or controversy between you and us or any holder of this Agreement, or the employees, agents or assigns of any of them, arising from or relating to the Website or this Agreement (or any prior agreement between you and us with respect to the Website), or the relationships which result from this Agreement ("Claim"), including but not limited to any tort or statutory Claim, and any Claim seeking monetary, equitable, or other relief will be, upon the election of any party to the dispute, resolved by neutral binding arbitration at the time the Claim is filed. Claims include past, present, and future Claims. Any arbitration hearing at which the parties appear personally will take place at a location within the United States federal judicial district in which you reside.
You and we will each be responsible for paying our own fees, costs and expenses and the arbitration fees as designated by the Code. The arbitrator's power to any arbitration proceeding under this arbitration agreement will be limited as follows: any arbitration proceeding under this Agreement will not be consolidated or joined with any arbitration proceeding under any other agreement, or involving any other property or premises, and will not proceed as a class action or any other proceeding involving multiple claimants. Only a court, not an arbitrator, may determine the validity of the preceding sentence. We will not elect to arbitrate an individual Claim brought in a small claims (or equivalent) court, unless that Claim is transferred, removed, or appealed to a different court. The arbitrator will apply all applicable substantive law.
The decision of the arbitrator will be a final and binding resolution of the Claim. This arbitration agreement is made pursuant to a transaction involving interstate commerce and will be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. Sections 1-17. Judgment upon the award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. THE PARTIES UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WOULD HAVE HAD A RIGHT OR OPPORTUNITY TO LITIGATE DISPUTES THROUGH A COURT, TO HAVE A JUDGE OR JURY DECIDE THEIR CASE, AND TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION OR OTHER PROCEEDING INVOLVING MULTIPLE CLAIMANTS, BUT THEY CHOOSE TO HAVE ANY DISPUTES DECIDED THROUGH INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION.
If you are enrolled in a Program, and the agreement we have with you for the Program has an arbitration provision, this arbitration provision will not apply to the extent that the arbitration provision in the other agreement applies.
CHANGES:
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify, add or remove ("Change") any portion of this Agreement in whole or in part, at any time. Changes in this Agreement will be effective when posted on the Site. Your continued use of the Site after any Changes to this Agreement are posted will be considered acceptance of those Changes. We may terminate, change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Site, including the availability of any features of the Site, at any time. We also may impose limits on certain features and services or restrict your access to part or all of the Site without notice or liability.
OUR PRIVACY POLICY:
Our Program Privacy Policy and our Merchant Privacy Policy describe the types of information that we may collect when you visit the Site and how we may disclose that information. By using the Site, you agree to the terms of the applicable privacy policy.
ENTIRE AGREEMENT:
Subject to the terms of any other agreement(s) applicable to any products or services accessed or purchased by you from us, these terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us governing your use of this Site. Should any provision in these terms conflict with the terms of any other agreement applicable to any products or services accessed, requested or purchased by you from us, the terms of such other agreement(s) will control with respect to the products and services to which such terms apply.