Terms And Conditions

Acknowledgment and Acceptance of Terms And Conditions

Compassion Bites, a Texas limited liability company (“Compassion Bites”, “we” or “us”) provides certain services (described below) on or through our website, www.compassion-bites.com, (the "Site" or "Platform"). By using our Site, you agree to the following terms and conditions (the "Terms And Conditions"). If you do not understand or agree with these Terms And Conditions, please do not use the Site or the Compassion Bites Service (as defined below) and do not register to be a member of the Site.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding these Terms And Conditions, please let us know by writing to us at

By completing the registration process or using any part of the Compassion Bites Service (see description below), you agree to be bound by all of the terms and conditions herein. You may continue to use CompassionBites.com as long as you adhere to these terms and conditions. Compassion Bites may update these terms of service from time to time. Where possible Compassion Bites will provide notice of substantive changes to these Terms And Conditions and, if appropriate, we may inform users of such changes via email or other appropriate means. Continued use of CompassionBites.com com after the date of any such changes constitutes acceptance of the updated terms and conditions.

Overview

The Site offers a service that generally allows for the creation of a community meal coordination service (known and referred to as a Compassion Bites®) for a recipient. This includes, without limitation, tools to, send email invitations to friends, receive email invitations, coordinate dates for meal delivery, research Compassion Bites planning ideas, share updates and research etiquette tips and tools. In addition, organizers and recipients of a Compassion Bites® may choose to use the platform to organize a fundraising campaign (a "Campaign") to accept monetary donations ("Donations") from those users wishing to contribute funds to the Campaign ("Donors"). The services provided through the Site are herein referred to as the "Service" or "Compassion Bites Service". These Terms of Service govern and apply to your use of the "Service".

Eligibility

Use of the Service is void where prohibited. By using this Site, you represent and warrant that you have the right, authority, and capacity to enter into this agreement and to abide by all the terms and conditions of these Terms And Conditions. You must be an individual of 13 years of age or older to register or use the Site or the Service.

Privacy Policy

It is Compassion Bite’s policy to respect the privacy of its users. Compassion Bite’s policies with regard to personally identifiable information it collects from you, what information third parties affiliated with Compassion Bites collect from you, and how that information is used is governed by the Compassion Bites Privacy Policy, which may be found at https://compassion-bites.netlify.app/privacy_policy/.

License to Use and Access the Compassion Bites® Service

Compassion Bites grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of this Site and the Service. This Site or any portion thereof, may not be reproduced, modified, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purposes without the prior express written consent of Compassion Bites.

Use of the Site at Your Own Risk

Your access to and use of the Site and Services and is at your own risk. Compassion Bites will have no responsibility for any harm to your computer system, loss or corruption of data, or other harm that results from your access to or use of the Site or Services.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Compassion Bites, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents, successors and assigns from any and all claims, liabilities, damages, costs, expenses or demands, including, but not limited to, attorneys' fees, arising from or related to:

  • your use of the Site and/or the Compassion Bites Service;
  • any violation of these Terms of Service by you
  • any infringement by you (or another user of the Meal Train Service using your Profile) of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity; or
  • your violation of any applicable law or regulation.

Dispute Resolution by Binding Arbitration

Most user concerns can be resolved quickly and to the user's satisfaction by emailing CompassionBites.com support at contact@compassionBites.com. In the unlikely event that our user support team is unable to resolve a complaint you may have (or if CompassionBites.com has not been able to resolve a dispute it has with you after attempting to do so informally), we each agree to resolve those disputes through binding arbitration in Austin, Texas in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association. Arbitration, which is often cheaper, faster and less formal than a lawsuit in court, uses a neutral arbitrator instead of a judge or jury. Arbitrators can award the same damages and relief that a court can award. The costs of the arbitrator shall be equally divided provided, however, that the arbitrator may award costs and fees to the prevailing party.

Controlling Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms and Conditions and any action related thereto will be governed by the laws of the State of Texas without regard to its conflict of law provisions. The exclusive jurisdiction and venue of any action with respect to the subject matter of these Terms and Conditions will be the state and federal courts located in Chittenden County, Texas, and each of the parties hereto waives any objection to jurisdiction and venue in such courts.

Termination

You agree that we:

  • in our sole discretion, may terminate your password, profile (or any part thereof) or use of the Service, and remove and discard any Content within the Service, for any reason, including, without limitation, for lack of use, or if we believe that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of these Terms and Conditions;
  • shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to the Compassion Bites Service; and
  • reserve the right, at any time and from time to time, temporarily or permanently, in whole or in part, to modify or discontinue the Compassion Bites Service; or Reserve the right to amend these Terms of Service at our sole discretion and any modifications shall be effective immediately upon posting. We will announce any such change by posting the revised draft of these Terms and Conditions on the Site and your continued usage will demonstrate compliance with the changes.

Force Majeure

Compassion Bites will not be liable for a delay in providing access to the Site to the extent that delay is caused by Internet access outages, insurrection, war, riot, explosion, nuclear incident, fire, flood, earthquake, volcanic activities, general national strikes, embargo, state import or export restrictions, or other event beyond Compassion Bite’s reasonable control.