Terms of Use

1. Co.tribute Platform and Services

a. Services. End Users (“End Users”) may access and use the Services under this Agreement. Co.tribute grants End User a non-exclusive, non-transferable, worldwide right to use the Service subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Co.tribute Privacy Policy and any Client Specific Terms and Conditions (for End Users). All rights not granted are reserved by Co.tribute. A significant part of the Services is to provide a platform for End Users to contribute to or otherwise support socially valuable projects, causes, products and non-profit organizations (“Projects”), but Co.tribute does not endorse, recommend, suggest, vouch for or guaranty the quality of any particular Project. End Users must use their own discretion, judgment and investigate each Project they may wish to support.

b. Restrictions. End Users shall not (a) license, sub-license, sell, resell, transfer, assign, distribute or otherwise commercially exploit or provide to any third party the Service or any information, documents, products and services contained or provided to End Users in using the Service (“Content”); (b) alter or modify the Platform in any way; (c) make derivative works based upon the Service or the Content; (d) create Internet “links” to the Service or “mirror” any Content on any other server or wireless or Internet-based device; (e) reverse engineer or access the Service or Platform to build a competitive service, or build a product using similar ideas, features, functions or graphics of the Service; or upload, post, transmit, or otherwise make available to the Service any data, information, content, or other material that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, involves minors, hateful, or racially, or ethnically objectionable. Licenses cannot be shared or used other than to authorized End Users.

c. Processing End User Data. Co.tribute will use commercially reasonable security measures to transfer, store, and process data supplied by End Users (“End User Data”). Co.tribute may transfer, store, and process End User Data outside the United States. “End User Data” includes both “Stored Data” – information submitted or posted to the Services by End Users (including text, images, photos, audio, video, location data, and all other forms of data or communication, and the metadata related thereto) and “Account Data” – account and contact information submitted to the Services by End Users.

d. Modifications to the Services. Co.tribute may update the Services from time to time without notice to End Users. If the update materially reduces functionality, Co.tribute will inform End User in advance by email.

2. End User Obligations

a. Compliance. End User is responsible for their use the Services. End Users must use the Services only as reasonably contemplated under this Agreement. End User shall submit any consents or Agreements reasonably necessary to allow Co.tribute and End User to engage in the activities described in this Agreement, which may include a payroll deduction request and authorization to remit those funds to a Charitable Trust. End User acknowledges its agreement to comply with the Co.tribute End User Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. End User is responsible to comply with all laws and regulations applicable to their use of the Services.

b. Employer Designated Administrators. End User understands that their Employer shall designate one or more End Users as “Administrators”. Administrators may access, disclose, restrict or remove Account and End User Data in or from Services accounts. Administrators may also monitor, restrict, or terminate access to Services for End Users. Co.tribute shall have no liability for End User’s Employer’s internal management or administration of the Services.

c. Unauthorized Use & Access. End User will prevent unauthorized use of the Services by other persons. End User will ensure that it allows no person under 13 to use the Services. End User will ensure that it allows no person who is an EU resident to use the Services. End User shall notify Co.tribute of unauthorized access to the Services.

d. Subpoenas and Similar Demands. A request from a third party for records relating to End User’s use of the Services including Content (such as search warrants, court orders, or subpoenas) shall be called a “Third Party Request. Third Party Requests may include valid search warrants, court orders, or subpoenas, or any other request for which there is written consent from End Users permitting a disclosure. End User will seek to obtain information required to respond to Third Party Requests and will contact Co.tribute only if it cannot obtain such information despite diligent efforts. Co.tribute will make commercially reasonable efforts, to the extent allowed by law and by the terms of the Third Party Request, to: (A) promptly notify End User of Co.tribute’s receipt of a Third Party Request; (B) comply with End User’s commercially reasonable requests regarding its efforts to oppose a Third Party Request; and (C) provide End User with information or tools required for End User to respond to the Third Party Request (if End User is otherwise unable to obtain the information). If End User fails to promptly respond to any Third Party Request, then Co.tribute may, but is not required to do so.

e. End User is responsible for any mobile charges that End User incurs for using the Services, including text-messaging and data charges.

3. Right to Stop Services

a. Violation. If an End User (i) violates this Agreement or (ii) uses the Services in a manner that Co.tribute reasonably believes will cause it liability, then Co.tribute may request that End User’s Employer suspend or terminate the applicable End User account. If End User’s Employer fails to promptly suspend or terminate the End User account, then Co.tribute may do so. If End User’s Employer violates this Agreement or becomes delinquent in payment of fees to Co.tribute, then Co.tribute may suspend or terminate End User’s account and terminate right to use the Services.

b. Emergencies. If there is an Emergency, Co.tribute may automatically suspend use of the Services. Co.tribute will make commercially reasonable efforts to narrowly tailor the suspension as needed to prevent or terminate the Emergency. “Emergency” means: (i) use of the Services that do or could disrupt the Services, other End Users’ use of the Services, or the infrastructure used to provide the Services and (ii) unauthorized third-party access to the Services.

Any notice must (a) contain the physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner; (b) identify the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed; (c) identify the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed, or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to let us locate the material; (d) provide your contact information, including your address, telephone number, and an email address; (e) provide a personal statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; (f) provide a statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

5. Termination

a. Term. This Agreement will remain in effect until End User’s subscription to the Services expires, or until the Agreement is terminated for breach as described below.

b. Breach. Co.tribute may terminate this Agreement and suspend the services on five days’ notice for Account’s failure to pay any fees timely. Either Co.tribute or End User may terminate this Agreement if: (i) the other party is in material breach of the Agreement for a non-monetary default and fails to cure that breach within 30 days after receipt of written notice or (ii) the other party ceases its business operations or becomes subject to insolvency proceedings not dismissed within 90 days.

c. Impact of Termination. If this Agreement terminates: (i) the rights granted by Co.tribute to End User will cease immediately; and (ii) after a commercially reasonable period of time, Co.tribute may delete any Stored Data relating to End User’s account. The following sections will survive expiration or termination of this Agreement: 2(d) (Subpoenas and Similar Demands), 4(Intellectual Property Rights), 5(Fees and Renewals), 6(c) (Impact of Termination), 7 (Indemnification), 8 (Disclaimers), 9 (Limitation of Liability), 10 (Disputes), and 11 (Miscellaneous).

6. Indemnification

a. By End User. End User will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Co.tribute against all liabilities, damages, and costs (including settlement costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of any claim by a third party against Co.tribute and its affiliates regarding: (i) End User Data; (ii) End User’s use of the Services in violation of this Agreement; or (iii) End Users’ use of the Services in violation of this Agreement.

b. By Co.tribute. Co.tribute will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless End User against all liabilities, damages, and costs (including settlement costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of any claim by a third party against End User to the extent based on an allegation that Co.tribute’s technology used to provide the Services to the End User infringes or misappropriates any copyright, trade secret, U.S. patent, or trademark right of the third party; provided that: (a) we are promptly notified in writing of such claim or suit, (b) we shall have the sole control of the defense and/or settlement thereof, and (c) you furnish to us, on request, all relevant information available to you and reasonable cooperation for such defense. Co.tribute shall have no obligations or liability under this section arising from: (i) use of any Services in a modified form or in combination with materials not furnished by Co.tribute and (ii) any content, information, or data provided by End Users, or other third parties. The obligations provided in this Section shall be the sole obligation of Co.tribute and the exclusive remedy of you with respect to any infringement claims based on the Service. If we believe that you are, or may become, prohibited from continued use of the Service by reason of an actual or anticipated infringement claim then, at our option, we will use our reasonable efforts to: (1) obtain for you the right to continue to use the Service as permitted hereunder, or (2) replace or modify the Service so that it is no longer subject to such infringement claim, but performs the same functions in an equivalent manner. If the options described in clauses (1) and (2) are not reasonably available to us, we have the right not to provide any portion of the Service that is the subject matter of the infringement claim. We shall have no obligation under this Section 6 if and to the extent that the claim or suit arises from: (A) modification or customization of the Service by anyone other than us; or (B) the combination of Service with any other products or services (including the Third Party Products) not provided by us; or (C) any infringement arising from your Data.

c. General. The party seeking indemnification will promptly notify the other party of the claim and cooperate with the other party in defending the claim. The indemnifying party will have full control and authority over the defense, except that: (i) any settlement requiring the party seeking indemnification to admit liability requires prior written consent, not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed and (ii) the other party may join in the defense with its own counsel at its own expense. THE INDEMNITIES ABOVE ARE CO.TRIBUTE AND END USER’S ONLY REMEDY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT FOR VIOLATION BY THE OTHER PARTY OF A THIRD PARTY’S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.

7. Disclaimers

SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT, NEITHER CO.TRIBUTE NOR ITS AFFILIATES MAKE ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. WHILE CO.TRIBUTE PRESENTS PROJECTS FOR END USERS TO SUPPORT, CO.TRIBUTE DOES NOT ENDORSE, APPROVE OR OTHERWISE VOUCH FOR SUCH PROJECTS AND END USERS MUST INVESTIGATE SUCH ORGANIZATIONS AND PROJECTS ON THEIR OWN. CO.TRIBUTE MAY RECEIVE COMPENSATION FORM SUCH PROJECTS FOR PRESENTING THEM AS PART OF THE SERVICES, AND END USER UNDERSTANDS AND WAIVES THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THAT MIGHT BE CREATED BY DOING SO.

8. Limitation of Liability

a. Limitation on Indirect Liability. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, EXCEPT FOR INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS, NEITHER END USER NOR CO.TRIBUTE AND ITS AFFILIATES, WILL BE LIABLE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT FOR (I) INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR (II) LOSS OF USE, DATA, BUSINESS, REVENUES, CONTRIBUTIONS, OR PROFITS (IN EACH CASE WHETHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT), EVEN IF THE PARTY KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT SUCH DAMAGES WERE POSSIBLE AND EVEN IF A REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

b. Limitation on Amount of Liability. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, CO.TRIBUTE’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT END USER ACTUALLY PAID TO CO.TRIBUTE DURING THE THREE MONTHS PRIOR TO THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY.

9. Mandatory Arbitration

End User and Co.tribute shall resolve any claims relating to this Agreement or the Services through final and binding arbitration, except as set forth below. The Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service (“JAMS”) will administer the arbitration under its Commercial Arbitration Rules. The arbitration will be held in Irvine, California, or any other location both parties agree to in writing. However, either party may sue in the federal or state courts of Orange County, California solely for injunctive relief to stop unauthorized use or abuse of the Services or infringement of Intellectual Property Rights. Both End User and Co.tribute consent to venue and personal jurisdiction there. End User agrees that it may only resolve disputes with Co.tribute individually and will not bring a claim in a class, consolidated, or representative action. Class arbitrations, class actions, private attorney general actions, and consolidation with other arbitrations are not allowed.