Product Reviews and Ratings Terms of Use
Site Terms of Use
The Website is an Internet property of Bio Trust Nutrition (“Bio Trust,” “we” or “us”). You agree to the following Website Terms of Use (“Terms of Use”) in their entirety, when you: (1) access or use the Website; (2) interact with Bio Trust online; and/or (3) purchase products or services offered on our Website (“Online Products”). The Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) and any and all other applicable Bio Trust Nutrition operating rules, policies, price schedules and other supplemental terms and conditions or documents that may be published from time to time, are expressly incorporated herein by reference (collectively, the “Agreement”). Please review the Agreement carefully. If you do not agree to the terms and conditions contained within the Agreement in its entirety, you are not authorized to use the Website in any manner or form whatsoever.
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Definitions
The “Bio Trust Sites” shall mean all areas and services offered or available on the interactive online service operated by Bio Trust Nutrition and/or its affiliates on the World Wide Web. The Bio Trust sites consist of information, services and content provided by Bio Trust Nutrition and/or its affiliates and/or third parties.
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General
Bio Trust shall have the right at any time to change or discontinue any aspect or feature of the Bio Trust Sites including, but not limited to, the content, hours of availability, and equipment needed for access or use. Such changes, modifications, additions, or deletions shall be effective immediately without further notice thereof. Amendments to these Terms of Use may be given in a variety of means including, but not limited to, posting on the Bio Trust Sites a revised version of this Agreement or notification by electronic mail. Any use of the Bio Trust Sites after such notice shall conclusively be deemed to be acceptance of such changes, modifications, additions, or deletions. You agree to review these Terms of Use periodically to be aware of such revisions.
- Use of the Bio Trust Sites.
- A. The Bio Trust Sites contain copyrighted material; trademarks and other proprietary information including text, software, photos, video, graphics, music and sound, and the entire contents of the Bio Trust Sites are copyrighted as a collective work under the United States copyright laws. Bio Trust is the owner of the copyright in the entire Bio Trust Sites. Bio Trust owns a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of such content, as well as in the content original to it. Each third party content provider owns the copyright in content original to that provider. You may not modify, publish, transmit, display, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit the content of the Bio Trust Sites or any portion of it. Except as otherwise expressly permitted under copyright law, you may not copy, redistribute, publish, display or commercially exploit any material from the Bio Trust Sites without the express permission of Bio Trust and, if applicable, the copyright owner. In the event of any permitted copying, redistribution, or publication of material from the Bio Trust Sites, no changes in or deletion of author attribution, trademark, legend or copyright notice shall be made. You acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by downloading or copying copyrighted material.
- B. The Bio Trust Sites may allow you to submit, or Bio Trust may solicit certain materials or information from You including reviews, comments, feedback, e-mails, videos, photographs, and other data or information (“Your Content”). You represent and warrant that (1) you are solely responsible for Your Content; (2) that you are the owner of Your Content and have all rights necessary for BioTrust to use Your Content as permitted in these Terms of Use; and (3) You hereby grant to Bio Trust and its respective affiliates worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, store, cache, distribute, perform and display Your Content or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media or technology now known or later developed. You agree that your reviews submitted to Bio Trust may be used in any form by Bio Trust for marketing purposes. You also grant Bio Trust the right to sublicense these rights in Your Content to others, which may result in “viral” content. You agree that Bio Trust may use third party technology and service providers in connection with these rights.
- C. All information you provide to Bio Trust shall be accurate, complete, and updated.
- D. The Bio Trust Sites contain links to other Web sites, resources, and advertisers. Bio Trust is not responsible for the availability of these external sites nor does it endorse or is it responsible for the contents, advertising, products, or other materials made available on or through such external sites. Under no circumstances shall Bio Trust be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage caused or alleged to have been caused to a user in connection with the use of or reliance on any content, goods, or services available on such external site. You should direct any concerns to such external site’s administrator.
- E. You agree not to take any action to interfere with the function or accessibility of the Bio Trust Site or to take any action to restrict the access of others thereto.
- F. The provisions of this Section 3 are for the benefit of Bio Trust, its affiliates, third party content providers and licensors, and each shall have the right to assert and enforce such provisions directly on its own behalf or jointly with others.
- G. Bio Trust has carefully designed the Bio Trust Sites with the purpose of delivering certain content to users in a particular format and with a particular appearance. No third party shall have the right to utilize the content of the Bio Trust Site in any way that interferes with that purpose. In particular, Bio Trust prohibits any party from displaying the content on the Bio Trust Sites in any format where third party advertising or other materials that Bio Trust did not authorize in writing is viewed or viewable together with Bio Trust’s proprietary content.
- H. Bio Trust is the only authorized seller of BioTrust products. You agree that products purchased on the site are for personal use only and not purchased for resale. If a customer violates these Terms of Use, the customer may no longer be permitted to place orders with BioTrust. Affiliates may lose their affiliate status for violating these Terms of Use, pursuant to BioTrust's affiliate partner Terms and Conditions.
- Disclaimer of Warranty; Limitation of Liability
- A. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THE BIO TRUST SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. NEITHER BIO TRUST, ITS AFFILIATES NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS, OR LICENSORS WARRANT THAT THE BIO TRUST SITES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO THEY MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE BIO TRUST SITES OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION, SERVICE OR PRODUCTS PROVIDED THROUGH THE BIO TRUST SITES.
- B. THE BIO TRUST SITES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS”, “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OTHER THAN THOSE WARRANTIES WHICH ARE IMPLIED BY AND INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION, RESTRICTION, OR MODIFICATION UNDER THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO THIS AGREEMENT.
- C. THE DISCLAIMERS OF LIABILITY CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION APPLY TO ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, BY ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF RECORD, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTUOUS BEHAVIOR, NEGLIGENCE, OR UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION. YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BIO TRUST IS NOT LIABLE FOR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF OTHER USERS OR THIRD PARTIES AND THAT THE RISK OF INJURY FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU.
- D. IN NO EVENT WILL BIO TRUST OR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, OR DISTRIBUTING THE BIO TRUST SITES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE BIO TRUST OR OUT OF THE BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY. YOU HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 4 SHALL APPLY TO ALL CONTENT ON THE BIO TRUST SITES. BIO TRUST’S LIABILITY TO YOU, IF ANY, SHALL IN NO EVENT EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT YOU PAID TO BIO TRUST.
- E. BIO TRUST NEITHER ENDORSES NOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE, OR STATEMENT ON THE BIO TRUST SITES, NOR FOR ANY OFFENSIVE, DEFAMATORY OR OBSCENE POSTING MADE BY USERS. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL BIO TRUST BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY YOUR RELIANCE ON INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE CONTENT ON THE BIO TRUST SITES. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EVALUATE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION, OPINION, ADVICE, OR OTHER CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH THE BIO TRUST SITES. PLEASE SEEK THE ADVICE OF PROFESSIONALS, AS APPROPRIATE, REGARDING THE EVALUATION OF ANY SPECIFIC INFORMATION, OPINION, ADVICE, OR OTHER CONTENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FINANCIAL, HEALTH, OR LIFESTYLE INFORMATION, OPINION, ADVICE, OR OTHER CONTENT.
- F. BIO TRUST DOES NOT ENDORSE, WARRANT, OR GUARANTEE ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OFFERED THROUGH THE BIO TRUST SITES (WITH THE SOLE EXCEPTION BEING WRITTEN WARRANTIES PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH BIO TRUST PRODUCTS) AND WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY MONITOR ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN USERS AND THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES. AS WITH THE PURCHASE OF A PRODUCT OR SERVICE THROUGH ANY MEDIUM OR IN ANY ENVIRONMENT, YOU SHOULD USE YOUR BEST JUDGMENT AND EXERCISE CAUTION WHERE APPROPRIATE. BIO TRUST MAKES PRODUCTS OR SERVICES AVAILABLE ON THE BIO TRUST SITES WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OTHER THAN THOSE WARRANTIES WHICH ARE IMPLIED BY AND INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION, RESTRICTION OR MODIFICATION UNDER THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO THIS AGREEMENT.
- G. NOTICE TO NEW JERSEY RESIDENTS: Your rights are protected under the Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act and New Jersey law generally. Nothing in these Terms & Conditions limits, varies, diminishes, affects, or otherwise voids or alters your rights under New Jersey law as they relate to limitations of liability or exculpation (including, but not limited to, limitations on indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, consequential or similar damages), dispute resolution, indemnification, venue or jurisdiction, statutes of limitation or repose periods for bringing claims, plain language requirements, representations and warranties of any type or nature (including, but not limited to conditions of merchantability, of satisfactory quality, of fitness for a particular purpose, of accuracy, of quite enjoyment, and non-infringement), contract remedies, personal injury, tort and negligence claims, conditions of sale, fee-shifting provisions, waiver of attorney fees and/or costs, and copyright. Your rights regarding these specific provisions will be governed by New Jersey law. In the event of any conflict between these Terms and Conditions and New Jersey law, New Jersey law shall govern.
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Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Bio Trust, its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of the use by you of the Bio Trust Sites, including claims by other users of your equipment, access or membership.
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Termination
Bio Trust shall have the right to immediately terminate this Agreement with respect to any user which Bio Trust, in its sole discretion, considers to be unacceptable, or in the event of any breach by you of this Agreement. The provisions of Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and “Miscellaneous” shall survive termination of this Agreement.
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Trademarks
All trademarks appearing on the Bio Trust Sites are the property of their respective owners, including, in some instances, Bio Trust, and/or affiliated companies.
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Delivery, Title & Risk of Loss
All Online Products purchased from Bio Trust are made pursuant to a shipment contract with our carriers. That means that (1) delivery of the Online Products to you is made upon our delivery to the carrier, which occurs in the United States of America (FCA Denver, CO, Incoterms 2010), and (2) risk of loss and title for the Online Products purchased pass to you upon our delivery to the carrier.
Miscellaneous
This Agreement and any operating rules for the Bio Trust Sites established by Bio Trust constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all previous written or oral agreements between the parties with respect to such subject matter. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas without regard to its conflict of laws rules. Any dispute arising under or relating to this Agreement or any Bio Trust Site shall be brought in state or federal courts in Austin, Texas, and you hereby irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of such courts. No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. You also give full permission to Bio Trust to charge other accounts provided on items purchased and not paid for. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not be given any legal import.