Version Date: March 18th, 2023
General
TheBridgeTeachers (“TheBridgeTeachers” or “Company” or “we” or “us”) which can be accessed at (www.thebridgeteachers.com/) (“Website”) is a subscription-based educational platform that provides online lessons for the card game “Bridge”. The website offers users (“Users” or “subscribers” or “you”) the opportunity to improve their skills and knowledge of the game through easy-to-understand video lessons, quizzes, cheat sheets, and real-life examples (“Course” or “Services”). The lessons are taught by experienced teachers, Brian and Samantha, who focus on beginning players and welcome people of all experience levels to learn and improve their game.
Purpose
The purpose of the Terms and Conditions (“Agreement”) is to establish a legally binding agreement between TheBridgeTeachers and its users. The Agreement outlines the rules and regulations governing the use of the website and its services. By accessing and using the website, users agree to be bound by the Agreement. The Agreement serves to protect the rights and interests of both TheBridgeTeachers and its users.
Acceptance
Users must accept the Agreement before they can use the website and its services. By accepting the Agreement, users acknowledge that they have read and understood the terms and conditions, and agree to comply with them. If users do not agree with any of the terms and conditions outlined in the Agreement, they should not use the website or its services. TheBridgeTeachers reserves the right to amend the Agreement at any time without prior notice, and it is the responsibility of users to review the Agreement regularly to ensure that they are familiar with any changes.
Eligibility and Age Requirements
Users must be 18 years of age or older to use the website and its services. By accessing and using the website, users affirm that they are at least 18 years old and have the legal capacity to enter into a binding agreement with TheBridgeTeachers.
Registration and Account Creation
To access certain features of the website and its services, users may be required to create an account and provide accurate and complete information. Users are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of their account information and are solely responsible for all activities that occur under their account. TheBridgeTeachers reserves the right to suspend or terminate any account at any time and for any reason.
By using the website, you represent and warrant that:
A. all registration information you submit is truthful and accurate;
B. you will maintain the accuracy of such information;
C. you will keep your password (where applicable) confidential and will be responsible for all use of your password and account;
D. you are not a minor in the jurisdiction in which you reside, or if a minor, you have received parental permission to use our Sites;
E. your use of the website does not violate any applicable law or regulation;
F. you are not barred from using the Services under any applicable law;
G. you will be responsible for all activities that occur under your Account;
H. you agree not to create an Account using a false identity or alias or if you previously have been banned from using any of the Services.
You also agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the website’ registration form and (b) maintain and promptly update registration data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or Company has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Company has the right to suspend or terminate your account, discontinue services, and refuse any and all current or future use of the website (or any portion thereof).
User-Generated Content
Users may submit or upload content to the website, such as comments, feedback, or questions. By submitting content, users grant TheBridgeTeachers a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, and irrevocable license to use, modify, adapt, publish, translate, distribute, and display the content in any media or form. Users represent and warrant that they have the necessary rights and permissions to submit the content and that the content does not violate any applicable laws or regulations.
Disclaimer of Warranties
TheBridgeTeachers makes no warranties or representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of the content or services provided on the website. The website and its services are provided “as is” and without warranty of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.
Prohibited Conduct and Content
Users may not use the website or its services to engage in any unlawful, fraudulent, or harmful conduct, or to upload or transmit any content that is defamatory, obscene, or otherwise objectionable. Users may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website or its services, or to interfere with the operation of the website or its services.
The website may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by Company. Prohibited activity includes, but is not limited to:
A. attempting to bypass any measures of the website designed to prevent or restrict access to the website, or any portion of the website
B. attempting to impersonate another user or person or using the username of another user
C. criminal or tortious activity
D. deciphering, decompiling, disassembling or reverse engineering any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the website
E. deleting the copyright or other proprietary rights notice from any Sites’ content
F. engaging in any automated use of the system, such as using any data mining, robots or similar data gathering and extraction tools
G. except as may be the result of standard search engine or Internet browser usage, using or launching, developing or distributing any automated system, including, without limitation, any spider, robot (or “bot”), cheat utility, scraper or offline reader that accesses the website, or using or launching any unauthorized script or other software
H. harassing, annoying, intimidating or threatening any Company employees or agents engaged in providing any portion of the Company Services to you
I. interfering with, disrupting, or creating an undue burden on the website or the networks or services connected to the website
J. making any unauthorized use of the Company Services, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of users by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email, or creating user accounts by automated means or under false pretenses
K. selling or otherwise transferring your profile
L. systematic retrieval of data or other content from the website to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database or directory without written permission from Company
M. tricking, defrauding or misleading Company and other users, especially in any attempt to learn sensitive account information such as passwords
N. using any information obtained from the website in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person
O. using the Company Services as part of any effort to compete with Company or to provide services as a service bureau
P. using the website in a manner inconsistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations
Intellectual Property Rights
TheBridgeTeachers owns and has the rights to all content, including video, text, photographs, graphics, files, designs, source code, databases, functionality and software, which are protected under the Law of the United States, foreign laws, and international conventions. This includes the trademarks, service marks, and logos associated with TheBridgeTeachers. No one is allowed to use TheBridgeTeachers‘ trademarks, whether as part of trademarks, domain names or in connection with any product or service, in a way that causes confusion without prior written permission from the Company. Additionally, no one may copy, imitate, or use TheBridgeTeachers‘ content or trademarks in part or in whole without the Company’s prior permission.
Company Content on the website is provided to you “AS IS” for your information and personal use only and may not be used, copied, reproduced, aggregated, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any other purposes whatsoever without the prior written consent of the respective owners. Provided that you are eligible to use the website, you are granted a limited license to access and use the website and Company Content and to download or print a copy of any portion of the Company Content to which you have properly gained access solely for your personal, non-commercial use. Company reserves all rights not expressly granted to you in and to the website and Company Content and Marks.
Third Party and Websites and Content
TheBridgeTeachers contains (or you may be sent through the website) links to other websites (“Third Party Websites”) as well as articles, photographs, text, graphics, pictures, designs, music, sound, video, information, applications, software and other content or items belonging to or originating from third parties (the “Third Party Content”). Such Third Party Websites and Third Party Content are not investigated, monitored or checked for accuracy, appropriateness, or completeness by us, and we are not responsible for any Third Party accessed through the website or any Third Party Content posted on, available through or installed from the website, including the content, accuracy, offensiveness, opinions, reliability, privacy practices or other policies of or contained in the Third Party Websites or the Third Party Content. Inclusion of, linking to or permitting the use or installation of any Third Party Websites or any Third Party Content does not imply approval or endorsement thereof by us. If you decide to leave the website and access the Third Party Websites or to use or install any Third Party Content, you do so at your own risk and you should be aware that our terms and policies no longer govern. You should review the applicable terms and policies, including privacy and data gathering practices, of any websites to which you navigate from the website or relating to any applications you use or install from the website. Any purchases you make through Third Party Websites will be through other websites and from other companies and Company takes no responsibility whatsoever in relation to such purchases which are exclusively between you and the applicable third party.
Site Management
Company reserves the right but does not have the obligation to:
A. monitor the website for violations of this Agreement;
B. take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in Company’s sole discretion, violates this Agreement, including without limitation, reporting such user to law enforcement authorities;
C. in Company’s sole discretion and without limitation, refuse, restrict access to or availability of, or disable (to the extent technologically feasible) any user’s contribution or any portion thereof that may violate this Agreement or any Company policy;
D. in Company’s sole discretion and without limitation, notice or liability to remove from the website or otherwise disable all files and content that are excessive in size or are in any way burdensome to Company’s systems;
E. otherwise manage the website in a manner designed to protect the rights and property of Company and others and to facilitate the proper functioning of the website.
Terms and Termination
This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect while you use the website or are otherwise a user or member of the website, as applicable. You may terminate your use or participation at any time, for any reason, by following the instructions for terminating user accounts in your account settings, if available, or by contacting us using the contact information below.
WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT, COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO, IN COMPANY’S SOLE DISCRETION AND WITHOUT NOTICE OR LIABILITY, DENY ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE WEBSITE AND THE COMPANY SERVICES, TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY REASON OR FOR NO REASON AT ALL, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION FOR BREACH OF ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR COVENANT CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT, OR OF ANY APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION, AND COMPANY MAY TERMINATE YOUR USE OR PARTICIPATION IN THE WEBSITE AND THE COMPANY SERVICES, DELETE YOUR PROFILE AND ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE POSTED AT ANY TIME, WITHOUT WARNING, IN COMPANY’S SOLE DISCRETION.
In order to protect the integrity of the Website and Company’s Services, Company reserves the right at any time in its sole discretion to block certain IP addresses from accessing the website and Company Services.
Any provisions of this Agreement that, in order to fulfill the purposes of such provisions, need to survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement, shall be deemed to survive for as long as necessary to fulfill such purposes.
If Company terminates or suspends your account for any reason, you are prohibited from registering and creating a new account under your name, a fake or borrowed name, or the name of any third party, even if you may be acting on behalf of the third party, you can however contact us at the contact information provided at the end for resolution, in case such a situation arises. In addition to terminating or suspending your account, Company reserves the right to take appropriate legal action, including without limitation pursuing civil, criminal, and injunctive redress.
Modification
To Agreement
Company may modify this Agreement from time to time. Any and all changes to this Agreement will be posted on the website and revisions will be indicated by date. You agree to be bound to any changes to this Agreement when you use the Company Services after any such modification becomes effective. Company may also, in its discretion, choose to alert all users with whom it maintains email information of such modifications by means of an email to their most recently provided email address. It is therefore important that you regularly review this Agreement and keep your contact information current in your account settings to ensure you are informed of changes. You agree that you will periodically check the website for updates to this Agreement and you will read the messages we send you to inform you of any changes. Modifications to this Agreement shall be effective after posting.
To Services
Company reserves the right at any time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Company Services (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that Company shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Company Services.
Disputes
With Company
A. Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement and all aspects of the website and Company Services shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of California, United States without regard to conflict of law provisions. With respect to any disputes or claims not subject to informal dispute resolution or arbitration (as set forth below), you agree not to commence or prosecute any action in connection therewith other than in the state and federal courts located in California, United States, and you hereby consent to, and waive all defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction and forum non conveniens with respect to, venue and jurisdiction in such state and federal courts. Application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is excluded from this Agreement. Additionally, application of the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act (UCITA) is excluded from this Agreement. In no event shall any claim, action or proceeding by you related in any way to the website or Company Services be instituted more than two (2) years after the cause of action arose.
B. Informal Resolution. To expedite resolution and control the cost of any dispute, controversy or claim related to this Agreement (“Dispute”), you and Company agree to first attempt to negotiate any Dispute (except those Disputes expressly provided below) informally for at least thirty (30) days before initiating any arbitration or court proceeding. Such informal negotiations commence upon written notice from one person to the other.
C. Binding Arbitration. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, including any question regarding its existence, validity or termination, shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration administered by one of the following arbitration forums of the United States: American Arbitration Association (AAA), Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS), or International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), in accordance with their respective rules, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this clause. The number of arbitrators shall be one. The seat, or legal place, of arbitration shall be California, United States. The language to be used in the arbitral proceedings shall be English. The governing law of the Agreement shall be the substantive law of California, United States. The award of the arbitrator shall be final and binding on the parties.
D. Restrictions. You and Company agree that any arbitration shall be limited to the Dispute between Company and you individually. To the full extent permitted by law, (1) no arbitration shall be joined with any other; (2) there is no right or authority for any Dispute to be arbitrated on a class-action basis or to utilize class action procedures; and (3) there is no right or authority for any Dispute to be brought in a purported representative capacity on behalf of the general public or any other persons.
E. Exceptions to Informal Negotiations and Arbitration. You and Company agree that the following Disputes are not subject to the above provisions concerning informal negotiations and binding arbitration: (1) any Disputes seeking to enforce or protect, or concerning the validity of any of your or Company’s intellectual property rights; (2) any Dispute related to, or arising from, allegations of theft, piracy, invasion of privacy or unauthorized use; and (3) any claim for injunctive relief. If this Section is found to be illegal or unenforceable then neither you nor Company will elect to arbitrate any Dispute falling within that portion of this Section found to be illegal or unenforceable and such Dispute shall be decided by a court of competent jurisdiction within the courts listed for jurisdiction above, and you and Company agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of that court.
Corrections
Occasionally there may be information on the website that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies or omissions that may relate to service descriptions, pricing, availability, and various other information. Company reserves the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions and to change or update the information at any time, without prior notice.
Limitations of Liability
TheBridgeTeachers and its owners, employees, and agents shall not be liable for any damages arising out of or in connection with the use or inability to use the subscription-based education platform for teaching the Bridge, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, data or other intangible losses. The total liability of the Company, its owners, employees, and agents arising out of or in connection with the subscription-based education platform for teaching the Bridge card game shall not exceed the amount paid by the subscriber to the Company during the six months preceding the claim.
Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold TheBridgeTeachers, its subsidiaries, and affiliates, and their respective officers, agents, partners and employees, harmless from and against, any loss, damage, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, made by any third party due to or arising out of your contributed content, use of the Company Services, and/or arising from a breach of this Agreement and/or any breach of your representations and warranties set forth above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Company reserves the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify Company, and you agree to cooperate, at your expense, with Company’s defense of such claims. Company will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action, or proceeding which is subject to this indemnification upon becoming aware of it.
Notices
Except as explicitly stated otherwise, any notices given to Company shall be given by email to the address listed in the contact information below. Any notices given to you shall be given to the email address you provided during the registration process or such other address as each party may specify. Notice shall be deemed to be given twenty-four (24) hours after the email is sent, unless the sending party is notified that the email address is invalid. We may also choose to send notices by regular mail.
User Data
TheBridgeTeachers will maintain certain data that you transfer to the website for the purpose of the performance of the Company Services, as well as data relating to your use of the Company Services. Although we perform regular routine backups of data, you are primarily responsible for all data that you have transferred or that relates to any activity you have undertaken using the Company Services. You agree that Company shall have no liability to you for any loss or corruption of any such data, and you hereby waive any right of action against Company arising from any such loss or corruption of such data.
Miscellaneous
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Company regarding the use of the Company Services. The failure of Company to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. The section titles in this Agreement are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. This Agreement operates to the fullest extent permissible by law. This Agreement and your account may not be assigned by you without our express written consent. Company may assign any or all of its rights and obligations to others at any time. Company shall not be responsible or liable for any loss, damage, delay or failure to act caused by any cause beyond Company’s reasonable control. If any provision or part of a provision of this Agreement is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that provision or part of the provision is deemed severable from this Agreement and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. There is no joint venture, partnership, employment or agency relationship created between you and Company as a result of this Agreement or use of the website and Company Services. Upon Company’s request, you will furnish Company any documentation, substantiation or releases necessary to verify your compliance with this Agreement. You agree that this Agreement will not be construed against Company by virtue of having drafted them. You hereby waive any and all defenses you may have based on the electronic form of this Agreement and the lack of signing by the parties hereto to execute this Agreement.
Contact Us
The Bridge Teachers
6320 Topanga Canyon Blvd,
Suite 1630-508, Woodland Hills,
CA 91367, United States
Phone: (818) 451-0434
Email: info@thebridgeteachers.com