Bold Ventures, LLC
Privacy Notice
Created June 29th, 2023
Created June 29th, 2023
At Bold Ventures, LLC (“Bold Ventures”, “Company”, “we”, “our” or “us”), we value your trust. We are committed to acting responsibly when we collect, use and protect your non-personal and personal information.
We believe in being clear and open about how we collect data related to you when you visit our website at www.alltogetherbold.com (“Website”), submit an application to partner with us to become part of our online membership community for individuals, families, foundations, and donors committed to eliminating disparities through relationship, repair, and the redistribution of wealth, subscribe to our newsletter, interact with us, participate in online advertisements or marketing emails, or engage with any other websites, pages, features, or content we own, operate and/or provide (collectively with the Website the “Services”).
Federal and state laws say that we must tell you how we collect, share and protect your personal information. This Privacy Notice (“Privacy Notice”) is designed to help you understand how we collect, use, share and safeguard the information you provide to us and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our Services. Please read this Privacy Notice very carefully.
By accessing and using the Services, you consent to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Notice. The use of the Website is subject to the Website Terms and Conditions located at https://alltogetherbold.com/terms/.
We collect “Non-Personal Information” and “Personal Information” and the information we collect from you depends on how you use the Services. “Non-Personal Information” includes information that cannot be used to personally identify you, such as anonymous usage data, general demographic information we may collect, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform types, preferences you submit and preferences that are generated based on the data you submit and number of clicks. “Personal Information” means data that allows someone to identify or contact you, including, for example, your name, address, telephone number, email address, as well as any other non-public information about you that is associated with or linked to any of the foregoing data. This includes:
Website Visitor Information. We collect your first and last name, email address, company name and title (optional) of our users if you contact us.
Membership Application to be part of our online learning community. If you submit a membership application on our Website, we will collect your first and last name, email address, title, name of organization, and any information you’d like to share with us related to your interest in joining our learning community. Please do not include any sensitive Personal Information in your application.
Cookies and Third-Party Tracking. We participate in behavior-based advertising, this means that a third party uses technology (i.e.: a cookie, pixel or ‘LAL’) to collect information about your use of the Service so that they can provide advertising about products and services tailored to your interests.
To learn more about our third-party partners, please read their respective privacy policies.
Google Analytics is an analytics service provided by Google Inc. (US).:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7318509?hl=en
https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245
You may opt-out of Google Analytics for display advertising or customize Google display network ads by managing your privacy controls on Google's website.
MailChimp is an analytics service that we use to send emails.
https://www.intuit.com/privacy/statement/
Email Interconnectivity. If you receive email from us, we use certain tools to capture data related to when you open our message, click on any links or banners it contains and make purchases.
Feedback/Support. We collect Personal Information from you contained in any inquiry you submit to us regarding the Services, such as completing our online forms, or emailing for the purposes of general inquiries, support requests, or to report an issue.
Emailing List. When you sign up for one of our emailing lists, we collect your name and email address.
Mobile Devices. We collect information from your mobile device such as unique identifying information broadcast from your device when using the Services.
Website Interactions. We use technology to monitor how you interact with the Services. This may include: IP addresses, preferences, web pages you visited prior to using the Services, information about your browser, network or device (such as browser type and version, operating system, internet service provider, preference settings, unique device IDs and language and other regional settings), information about how you interact with the Services (such as timestamps, clicks, scrolling, browsing times, searches, transactions, referral pages, load times, and problems you may encounter, such as loading errors).
Logs. We collect information, including your browser type, operating system, Internet Protocol (“IP”) address (a number that is automatically assigned to a computer when the Internet is used), domain name, click-activity, referring website, and/or a date/time stamp for visitors.
Transactional Information. We collect transactional information, including products and services you apply for, purchase or about which you make an inquiry.
Employment. If you apply for a job posting, or become an employee, we collect information necessary to process your application or to retain you as an employee. This may include, among other things, your social security number. Providing this information is required for employment.
Demographic Information. We collect Personal Information, such as your age, gender, location and if you choose to share it with us, your race.
Geolocation Information. When you use our Website and Services we collect your location from the GPS, Wi-Fi, and/or cellular technology in your device to determine your location to better serve you.
Website Visitor Information. We have a legitimate interest in contacting our customers and communicating with them in relation to the Services.
Membership Application to be part of our online learning community. This information is needed for the membership application and our contractual obligations. We also have a legitimate interest in understanding our customers’ interests, contacting them and communicating with them in relation to the Services.
Cookies and Third-Party Tracking. For individuals that expressly consent, we may engage in behavior-based advertising, capturing Website analytics and engaging third parties to assist with providing Services that are tailored to your interests.
Any Cookies that are placed on your browsing device by a third party can be managed through your browser setting. To do this, follow the instructions provided by your browser, usually located within the “Help”, “Tools” or “Edit” settings of your browser or by checking the third party’s website for more information about cookie management and how to “opt-out” of receiving cookies from them. You can learn more at the following third-party websites:
AllAboutCookies: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/
Network Advertising Initiative: http://www.networkadvertising.org/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie
Email Interconnectivity. We have a legitimate interest in understanding how you interact with our communications to you.
Feedback/Support. We have a legitimate interest in receiving, and acting upon, your feedback, issues, or inquiries.
Emailing List. We share information about our products and services with individuals that consent to receive such information. We also have a legitimate interest in sharing information about our products and Services.
Mobile Devices. We have a legitimate interest in identifying unique visitors, and in understanding how users interact with us on their mobile devices.
Website Interactions. We have a legitimate interest in understanding how you interact with the Services to better improve the Services, and to understand your preferences and interests and to select offerings that you might find most useful. We also have a legitimate interest in detecting and preventing fraud.
Logs. We have a legitimate interest in monitoring networks and the visitors to our Website and access and use of the Services to provide the Services and enhance the Services.
Transactional Information. We have a legitimate interest in our customers' transactional information to fulfil contractual obligations related to Services.
We also have a legitimate interest in understanding your preferences and interests so we could select offerings that you might find most useful.
Employment. We use information about current employees to perform our contract of employment, or the anticipation of a contract of employment. In some contexts, we are also required by law to collect information about our employees. We also have a legitimate interest in using your information to have efficient staffing and work force operations, and provide the Website to our customers.
Demographic Information. We have a legitimate interest in understanding our users and providing tailored Services.
Geolocation Information. We have a legitimate interest in understanding our users and providing tailored Services. In some contexts, our use is also based upon your consent to provide us with geo- location information.
Our Services are not designed for children under 13, and we do not intentionally or knowingly collect Personal Information from users who are under the age of 13 or from other websites or services directed at children. If we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with Personal Information, we will delete such information.
• We collect Personal Information from you described in Section 1 above when you contact us or apply to become part of our online learning community.
• If you provide us feedback or contact us via email, we may collect your first and last name, company name and title, if stated, email address, as well as any other content included in the email, in order to send you a reply.
• We will maintain the information you send via email in accordance with applicable federal law.
• In compliance with the CAN-SPAM Act, all emails sent from our organization will clearly state who the email is from and provide clear information on how to contact the sender. In addition, all email messages will also contain concise information on how to remove yourself from our mailing list so that you receive no further e-mail communication from us.
• In an effort to improve the quality of the Services, we reserve the right to track information provided to us by your browser or by our software application when you view or use the Services, such as the website you came from (known as the “referring URL”), the type of browser you use, the device from which you connected to the Services, the time and date of access, and other information that does not personally identify you. We track this information using Cookies. Cookies are sent to a user’s browser from our servers and are stored on the user’s computer hard drive or mobile device. Sending a Cookie to a user’s browser enables us to collect Non-Personal information about that user and keep a record of the user’s preferences when utilizing our Services, both on an individual and aggregate basis.
“Cookies” are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites function, to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
• We use third-party Cookies on our Services. We use third party analytics services including but not limited to Google Analytics, AirTable and MailChimp to collect information about how you use and interact with our Services. Such third-party analytics services may use Cookies to gather information such as the pages you visited, your IP address, a date/time stamp for your visit and which website referred you to the Website.
Third-party Cookies are set by parties other than Bold Ventures and enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through the Services (for example advertising, interactive content, interaction with social media sites, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party Cookies can recognize your computer or mobile device both when you visit the Services, and also when you visit certain other websites. Bold Ventures does not control how third-party Cookies are used, and we encourage you to check the websites of any third-party Cookie providers for more information about how they use cookie information.
Information collected by Cookies and other tracking technologies may constitute Personal Information as defined by applicable privacy laws (such as ‘IP’ addresses or similar identifiers), and we will treat it as Personal Information in accordance with the Privacy Notice.
Our retention periods for Cookie information depend on whether the Cookie is a “persistent” or “session” Cookie.
We use “persistent Cookies” to save information about you for longer periods of time, while “session” Cookies are deleted when you close your browser or after a short period of time. Persistent Cookies are stored for varied lengths of time depending on the purpose of the Cookie collection and tool used. You can delete Cookie data as described herein.
• We reserve the right to use technological equivalents of Cookies, including social media pixels. These pixels allow social media sites to track visitors to outside websites so as to tailor advertising messages users see while visiting that social media website. We reserve the right to use these pixels in compliance with the policies of the various social media sites.
• Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Services are served by third parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use Cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our Services. The information they collect may be associated with your Personal Information or they may collect information, including Personal Information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content. We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used and we are not liable for any third party providers, acts or omissions. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the third-party provider directly.
• To opt-out of website interest-based advertising provided by each organization’s respective participating companies, visit the DAA’s opt-out portal available at http://optout.aboutads.info/, the DAA of Canada’s opt-out portal available at https://youradchoices.ca/en/tools, or visit the NAI’s opt-out portal available at http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1.
In general, Personal Information you submit to us is used either to respond to requests that you make, or to aid us in serving you better. We use your Personal Information in the following ways:
• to provide you Services as you requested;
• to identify you as a user in our system;
• to process your application to become part of our online learning community;
• to provide improved administration of the Services;
• to improve the quality of experience when you interact with the Services;
• to send you administrative email notifications, such as security or support and maintenance advisories;
• to respond to your inquiries related to employment opportunities or other requests;
• to periodically send newsletters, offers, and other promotional materials related to our Services and for other marketing purposes including those of third parties;
• to perform marketing or data analysis;
• to comply with legal obligations, as part of our general business operations, and for other business administration purposes; and
• in very limited circumstances where we believe necessary to investigate, prevent or act regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person or violations of this Privacy Notice.
In general, we use Non-Personal Information to help us improve the Services and customize the user experience. We also aggregate Non-Personal Information in order to track trends and analyze use patterns on the Services. This Privacy Notice does not limit in any way our use or disclosure of Non-Personal Information and we reserve the right to use and disclose such Non-Personal Information to our partners, advertisers and other third parties at our discretion.
As a general rule, we do not sell, rent, lease or otherwise transfer any information collected either automatically or through your voluntary action. We may disclose your Personal Information as described below and as described elsewhere in this Privacy Notice.
Third Party Service Providers.
We may share your Personal Information with third party service providers to provide you with the Services that we offer you; for hosting of our Website; to conduct quality assurance testing; to perform marketing; to run data analysis; to provide technical support; and/or to provide future services to you. The third-party service providers we are engaged with and/or third-party products and/or services we use to provide the Services include without limitation:
• Google Analytics is a website analytics service. You can learn more about Google’s privacy practices at: Privacy Policy – Privacy & Terms – Google.
• MailChimp is an email analytics service. You can learn more about MailChimp’s privacy practices at: Global Privacy Statement | Intuit.
• AirTable is an analytics service. You can learn more about AirTable’s privacy practices at: Privacy Policy | Airtable.
• Mighty Networks is platform we use for our online membership community. You can learn more about Mighty Networks’ privacy practices here: Privacy Policy | Mighty Networks.
Business Transfers.
If (i) Bold Ventures is acquired by, merges with, or receives investment from another company or (ii) if any of the Bold Ventures’ assets are or may be transferred to another company, whether as part of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding or otherwise, we may transfer the information we have collected from you to the other company. As part of the business transfer process, we may share certain of your Personal Information with lenders, auditors, attorneys and consultants.
Other Disclosures.
Regardless of any choices you make regarding your Personal Information (as described below), we may disclose Personal Information if it believes in good faith that such disclosure is necessary (a) in connection with any legal investigation; (b) to comply with relevant laws or to respond to subpoenas or warrants served on us; (c) to protect or defend our rights or property, or the rights or property of users of the Services; (d) to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and/or (e) to investigate or assist in preventing any violation or potential violation of the law, this Privacy Notice, or any agreements you may have with us, as applicable.
Bold Venture’s name, the Bold Venture’s logo, and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans are trademarks of Bold Ventures. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of Bold Ventures. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans on the Website are the trademarks of their respective owners.
The information presented on or through the Website is made available solely for general information purposes. Bold Ventures does not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of this information. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. Bold Ventures disclaims all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you or any other visitor to the Website, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents. We are not responsible, or liable to you or any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third parties.
If you choose to submit any questions, comments, ideas, suggestions, inventions, or other information (“Feedback”) to Bold Ventures, such Feedback is non-confidential and will become the sole property of Bold Ventures. We will be able to use any Feedback for any purpose including the developing, creating and/or marketing of products or services and you acknowledge Bold Ventures will give no credit or compensation to you and you have no rights to the same. Bold Ventures has no obligations to review any Feedback and may use and redistribute Feedback for any purpose without restriction in its sole and absolute discretion.
Third Party Content. Bold Ventures may provide access to content provided by third parties, including, without limitation, information, dialogue, opinions, stories, advice, statistical data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, and other materials, whether publicly or privately posted to or emailed or otherwise transmitted through the Website (“Third-Party Content”). The third party from whom or which any such Third-Party Content originates is solely responsible for it and Bold Ventures assumes no responsibility to verify, has no control or influence over, makes no representations regarding, and does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of any Third-Party Content. Accordingly, Bold Ventures does not control or endorse such Third-Party Content and has no liability of any kind to you or any third party for any Third-Party Content. Statements of opinion and commentary in Third-Party Content are those of the third party and, not necessarily those of Bold Ventures.
Linked Sites. As stipulated in this Terms, Bold Ventures does not exert any control over any merchants, retailers, commercial ventures or other third parties, and as such is not liable or responsible for any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any such third party. Bold Ventures may, from time to time, include hyperlinks (“Link(s)”) to other websites operated and maintained by third parties. Such Links are provided for reference and convenience only. Bold Ventures does not control and is not responsible for the contents, availability, or policies of any website or application accessed via a Link. Bold Ventures has made no attempt to verify any information contained in any such Links. Furthermore, Bold Ventures is not a party to or responsible for any access, use or transactions you may engage in with third parties, even if you learn of such parties from Bold Ventures. If you click on Links, you do so at your own risk and you acknowledge and agree that Bold Ventures is not liable for any claims and/or damages related thereto. We encourage you to be aware when leaving the Website and to read the terms and conditions and privacy notice of each Link that is visited. Bold Ventures reserves the right to terminate any Link at any time in its sole and absolute discretion. Bold Ventures disclaims all warranties, express and implied, as to the accuracy, validity, and legality and/or otherwise of any materials and/or information contained on such Links.
Third Party Products. There may be third-party products, services, software, and/or social networks (collectively “Third-Party Products”) integrated into the Website. Please be aware that Bold Ventures is not affiliated with any Third-Party Products or the companies or providers that own or control such Third-Party Products. You agree to release Bold Ventures and such third-party providers from any liability related to your use of any Third-Party Products or any costs or charges related to such Third-Party Products. In order to use any Third-Party Products, you may be required to agree to that company’s terms and conditions and/or privacy notice. You agree to comply with the foregoing when using the Website. Where you decide to use such Third-Party Products, Bold Ventures is not a party to any contracts created between you and the provider of such Third-Party Product. Bold Ventures is not responsible or liable, indirectly or directly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with any Third-Party Products.
Bold Ventures reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to block you from the Website or any portion thereof at any time, without notice, without liability and for any reason including without limitation if Bold Venture suspects, in its sole and absolute discretion, that you (by information, investigation, conviction, settlement or otherwise) have violated any of the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Privacy Notice, any other policies provided by Bold Ventures, or if you engage (or we suspect you have engaged) in an improper or fraudulent manner in connection with your access to and/or use of the Website. In the event you misuse the Website by any means actionable under a federal, state, and/or local statute, code, regulation, law, and/or civil action, Bold Ventures may block you from the Website, without liability. In such event, Bold Ventures retains the right to seek civil and/or criminal redress, the entire cost of which shall be borne solely by you.
If we block you from our Website, you may not access and/or use our Website unless formally invited by Bold Ventures. If you commit fraud and/or falsify information in connection with your use of the Website, you shall be liable for any and all damages that we suffer, and we may pursue legal action through relevant local and national law enforcement authorities and may notify your ‘Internet Service Provider’ of any fraudulent activity we associate with you and/or your access to and/or use of the Website.
If you violate this Terms, we may block you from our Website and you are prohibited from using the Website. Upon termination, the provisions of this Terms are by their nature intended to survive termination (including without limitation any disclaimers, limitations of liability and indemnities) shall survive such termination.
Occasionally there may be information on the Website that contain typographical errors, inaccuracies, and/or omissions. We reserve the right to: (i) revoke any stated offer; (ii) correct any errors, inaccuracies, and/or omissions; and/or (iii) make changes to prices, content, promotion offers, service and/or product descriptions, specifications, and/or other information without obligation to issue any notice of such changes.
Should you believe anything on the Website infringes on any copyright that you own or the copyright of others, you may notify the copyright agent (“Copyright Agent”) at Bold Ventures, Attn: Copyright Agent, Bold Ventures, Attn: Copyright Agent, 5842 N Wayne Ave, Unit 1 Chicago, IL 60660. We will respond to clear notices of copyright infringement when you provide the following information: (i) signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; (ii) description of the copyrighted work that is claimed to be infringed upon; (iii) description of where the material that is claimed to be infringed upon is located on the Website; (iv) information reasonably sufficient to permit contact (i.e.: an address, telephone number, and an e-mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted); (v) statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (vi) statement by the complaining party, made under penalty of perjury, that complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the intellectual property owner of the right that is allegedly infringed.
The Copyright Agent will not remove content from the Website in response to phone or email notifications regarding allegedly infringing content, since a valid ‘DMCA’ notice must be signed, under penalty of perjury, by the copyright owner or by a person authorized to act on his or her behalf. Please submit such notifications by mail only and as further described by this Section. The Copyright Agent should be contacted only if you believe that your work has been used or copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement and that such infringement is occurring on the Website. All other inquiries directed to the Copyright Agent will not be responded to.
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Bold Ventures and its affiliates, partners, officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents, harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, proceedings, actions, costs, liabilities, losses, awards, fees, damages of any kind, expenses (including without limitation attorney’s fees) arising out of and/or in relation to: (i) your use, misuse and/or abuse of the Website; (ii) any use of the Website in breach of this Terms and/or Privacy Notice; (iii) your violation of any law and/or the rights of a third party; and/or (iv) fraud you commit and/or your intentional misconduct and/or negligence.
You expressly understand and agree that, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law: the website and information given by bold ventures to you are provided on an ‘as is’, ‘as available’ basis, except as expressly set forth in this terms. Bold ventures, its affiliates and subsidiaries, if any, and its third party providers, suppliers, retailers and vendors hereby expressly disclaim any and all warranties, express and implied, including, without limitation, any warranties of accuracy, and from course of dealing, usage and/or trade practice, completeness or reliability, title, noninfringement, merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose, and/or any other warranty, condition, guarantee and/or representation, whether oral, in writing or in electronic form. Bold ventures, its affiliates and subsidiaries, if any, and its third-party service providers, suppliers, and vendors do not represent and/or warrant that access to the website and/or bold ventures information will be constantly available, uninterrupted, timely, secure and/or error-free, and/or free from loss and/or security breach of transmitted information, and/or that no viruses will be transmitted through access to and/or use of the website and/or bold ventures information. You understand that bold ventures cannot and does not guarantee or warrant that information available from the internet or the website will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output. No advice and/or information, whether oral and/or written, obtained by you from bold ventures or through your access to and/or use of the website shall create any warranty not expressly stated in this terms. To the fullest extent provided by law, bold ventures will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data, or other proprietary material due to your use of the website or information obtained through the website or related to your downloading of any information posted on the website, or on any website linked to it. The foregoing does not affect any warranties that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.
Your access to and/or use of the website is at your own risk. To the fullest extent provided by law, in no event will bold ventures its affiliates and its subsidiaries, if any, and its third-party service providers, partners, suppliers, retailers, and vendors be liable to you or any third parties for damages of any kind including without limitation any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential and/or punitive damages arising out of and/or related to your access to and/or use of the website, your inability to access the website and/or information and/or links on the website, including without limitation those damages resulting from loss of use, data and/or profits, whether or not foreseeable, regardless of the form of action, whether in contract, tort (including without limitation negligence), warranty, strict liability, and/or any other legal and/or equitable theory, even if bold ventures has been advised of the possibility of such damages in advance.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the exclusions or limitations herein may not apply to you in such limited circumstance. In such states, bold venture’s liability is limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.
You hereby agree to release bold ventures, its affiliates and subsidiaries, if any, and third-party service providers, partners, suppliers, retailers, and vendors and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents from any and all claims, demands and damages of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with your use of the website or bold ventures information.
If you are a California resident, you hereby waive California Civil Code Section 1542, which states, “A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which, if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor.” If you are a resident of another jurisdiction in which any other statute or common law principles of similar effect applies, you waive the application of such statute or common law with respect to the claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) released under this Section.
Disputes. We want to address your concerns without filing a formal legal case. Before filing a claim against Bold Ventures, you agree to try to resolve the dispute informally by contacting us at hello@alltogetherbold.com. We will try to resolve the dispute by contacting you via email, but if we cannot resolve the dispute within thirty (30) days after submission (or within a time period as otherwise agreed to by both parties), you and/or Bold Ventures agree to resolve any claims related to this Terms through mediation. Any and all controversies, disputes, demand, counts, claims, or causes of action (collectively “Actions”) between you and Bold Ventures or Bold Ventures employees, directors, officers, agents, successors, or assigns, shall exclusively be settled through mediation, except as set forth under ‘Exceptions to Agreement to Mediate’ and/or you opt out as described below. In all cases, any Actions must be commenced within one (1) year after the cause of action arises.
Opt-Out. You can opt-out and decline this agreement to mediate by contacting Bold Ventures within thirty (30) days from the date that you first became subject to this mediation provision. You must write us at Bold Ventures, LLC, Attn: Opt Out Mediation, 5842 N Wayne Ave, Unit 1 Chicago, IL 60660. If you opt out, neither you nor Bold Ventures can require the other to participate in a mediation proceeding.
Mediation Procedures. Except in the event the claim meets the requirements set forth in the ‘Exceptions to Agreement to Mediate section below and/or if you opt out of mediation as described herein, all claims shall be settled by mediation in accordance with generally acceptable mediation process such as ‘JAMS’. Any such controversy and/or claim shall be mediated on an individual basis, and shall not be consolidated in any mediation with any claim or controversy of any other party. All information relating to and/or disclosed by any party in connection with the mediation of any disputes shall be treated by the parties, their representatives, and the mediator as proprietary business information and shall not be disclosed without prior written authorization of the disclosing party. The mediation shall be held in Cook County, Illinois or any other location we agree to. Each party shall bear the burden of its own counsel fees incurred in connection with any mediation proceedings.
Exceptions to Agreement to Mediate. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the request by either party for preliminary or permanent injunctive relief, whether prohibitive or mandatory, and other equitable remedies, including specific performance, shall not be subject to mediation, and any claims related to Bold Venture’s intellectual property and/or Confidential Information shall be adjudicated only by the state or federal courts in Cook County, Illinois.
Waiver. There is no judge or jury in mediation and mediation procedures are simpler and more limited than rules applicable in court. You acknowledge, agree and understand that, apart from the narrow exceptions above, bold ventures and you are each waiving its respective rights to sue in court, including rights to receive a trial by jury or to participate as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class action lawsuit, class-wide arbitration, private attorney-general action, or any other representative proceeding.
Bold Ventures headquarters are located in the State of Illinois in the United States. We make no claims that the Website or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. Access to the Website may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Website from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.
Pursuant to California Civil Code Section 1789.3, any questions about pricing, complaints, or inquiries about Bold Ventures must be sent to our agent for notice to hello@alltogetherbold.com. California users are also entitled to the following specific consumer rights notice: The Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs may be contacted in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95834, or by telephone at (916) 445-1254 or (800) 952-5210.
This Terms shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the substantive laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to its conflict of laws principles. The parties further agree that any cause of action arising under this Terms shall take place exclusively in the courts situated in Cook County, Illinois and the parties hereby submit to the venue of the courts situated therein. You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.
You may have other agreements with Bold Ventures. Such agreements are separate and in addition to this Terms, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties in writing. You may not assign your rights and/or obligations under this Terms to any other party without our prior written consent. We may assign our rights and/or obligations under this Terms to any other party at our discretion. If any provision and/or term of this Terms shall become or be declared illegal, invalid or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, such term and/or provision shall be divisible from the other terms and conditions and shall be deemed to be deleted from them. If an applicable law is in conflict with any part of this Terms, this Terms will be deemed modified to conform to the law and the other provisions will not be affected by any such modification. No waiver by either you and/or Bold Ventures of any breach and/or default and/or failure to exercise any right allowed under this Terms is a waiver of any preceding and/or subsequent breach and/or default and/or a waiver and/or forfeiture of any similar and/or future rights under this Terms. This Terms along with the Privacy Notice constitute the complete and exclusive understanding and agreement between the parties regarding the subject matter herein and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements or understandings written or oral, relating to its subject matter.
If you would like to request additional information regarding this Privacy Notice or if you have feedback about our Website, please contact us at hello@alltogetherbold.com.
