Terms & Conditions
Your Privacy Rights / Legal Disclaimer
Bubble Belly, Inc. and Affiliated Companies
IMPORTANT LEGAL NOTICES TO OUR VISITORS
Date revised and posted: 3/3/09
Our Web Site is designed to familiarize you with Bubble BellyTM and the maternity and baby products we offer. If you have any questions regarding the information described on our Web Site, please contact Bubble BellyTM by sending us an e-mail from the Contact Us form posted on our Web Site.
Please read the following important legal disclaimers and notices carefully before using this Web Site:
PRIVACY POLICY NOTICE
The purpose of this Notice is to inform you of how Bubble BellyTM protects and uses your nonpublic personal information during the course of your shopping experience with our company. This informs you of the types of information that we collect from you and the persons or entities to whom your personal information may be disclosed.
Our goal is to provide you with a broad and unique selection of maternity and baby clothing and accessories. We want you to trust and feel confident in your shopping experience while perusing our site.
In the course of your consumer experience with Bubble BellyTM, you may share nonpublic personal information about yourself with us in a number of ways. You may provide personal information to us on the order form, on applications or other forms when communicating or transacting with us in writing, electronically, or by phone, and through requests for product information or literature in connection with your purchases with Bubble BellyTM.
We treat this information as confidential and recognize the importance of protecting access to it. We may share information within Bubble BellyTM to best meet your needs, but we do not disclose nonpublic personal information about you with third parties unless necessary to complete your purchase or as otherwise permitted by law.
Bubble BellyTM will never sell, rent or disclose information about you to third parties.
We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information. Within Bubble BellyTM , access to such information is limited to those who need it to perform their jobs, such as completing transactions for your purchases or informing you of new products or services. Finally, we restrict the use of customer information by all employees and require that all customer information be held in strict confidence.
If you are simply perusing our site, we collect no personally identifiable information from you. We do, however, utilize cookies on our web site. “Cookies” are small data files stored on your own computer’s hard drive. They are generated by web sites to provide users with a personalized and enhanced online experience. By assigning and storing a random user name cookie on your hard drive, we are able to offer you personalized collection, filtering, and delivery of information that we feel will be of the greatest interest and value to you. This includes not only our web sites’ original content, but also advertisements especially targeted to you in accordance with your content preferences and traffic patterns, as revealed by the cookie. Overall, aggregated usage information helps us improve our offerings by showing us how different areas of the web sites are being used.
No personally identifiable information is transmitted via these cookies. Cookies, by themselves, cannot be used to reveal or discover the identity of the individual user; your acceptance of our cookie will not compromise your anonymity while using our web site. If you choose to reject the cookie, you may still use our web site although certain functions and applications may be disallowed as a result, and you will not benefit from the personalized and enhanced services discussed throughout this policy.
In order to purchase an item from Bubble BellyTM, or enter into the Bubble Belly of the Month contest (BBOTM), you will be required to enter or send us certain personal information (e.g. name, address, email address, photos, etc.). In addition, you will be asked to enter certain demographic information (e.g. age, pregnancy related information, etc), however, disclosure of this information is not required to complete a purchase. We encourage you to volunteer such optional information so we may provide a more personalized experience on our web sites and thus deliver greater value to you, our guest. Demographic information is specifically used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use of and satisfaction with the Web Site. Personal information disclosed during a purchase will be utilized to complete your purchase transaction and ship the purchased items to you, and information collected in connection with a sweepstakes and contests will be utilized to contact you in the event you win one of the offered prizes.
All photos, letters, and/or emails submitted to Bubble BellyTM for the Bubble Belly of the Month (BBOTM) contest are the property of Bubble BellyTM. Mailed photos will not be returned. By sending us your photo, you are consenting to and giving us the right to post your photo submission(s), name, and city/state of residence online on our website if chosen as a winner. All photos and submissions will be the sole property of Bubble BellyTM and can be used for (but not limited to) company web and print marketing purposes. Please be assured that we will never post your full street address, phone number, or email address unless it is included in the body of your letter and/or email or if it is included somehow in your photo by you. We will do our best to remove any of these identifiers from your photo & letters prior to posting but are not responsible if any are missed and overlooked prior to posting.
We will never sell or release your photos and images to any third party. You as the contestant shall not hold Bubble BellyTM liable for any damages that may result from the release/use of your photo(s). Furthermore, your photos will not be altered or modified (e.g. "Photoshopped") in any way other than resizing or cropping for posting.
By submitting your photos and letters for the BBOTM contest, you are agreeing to all our Terms & Conditions and Rules & Regulations.
The policies set forth in this notice are effective at the time of publishing, but are subject to change in order to best meet the needs of our customers and to reflect changes in local, state and federal laws. Changes in these policies will be reflected when the Web Site is updated periodically.
USE OF WEBSITE AND IMPORTANT LIABILITY DISCLAIMERS
We maintain this Web Site as a service to internet users. Its use is a privilege to the viewer. The use of this Web Site is subject to all applicable laws regarding copyrighted materials and intellectual property, and is subject to the important legal notices and disclaimers listed below. Despite our efforts to ensure that the constantly changing information on this Web Site is accurate, there may be inadvertent errors or oversights. Therefore neither Bubble BellyTM nor any other party involved in the creation, production, or delivery of this information can accept any responsibility or liability for any actions taken as a result of the use of our Web Site. Your use of this Web Site acknowledges your acceptance of and agreement with the terms and conditions contained in these legal notices. The terms and conditions contained in the legal notices on this Web Site constitute the entire agreement between you and Bubble BellyTM unless and until superseded by a written agreement signed by both you and Bubble BellyTM.
The information, software, products, and services published on this Web Site may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the information herein. Bubble BellyTM may make improvements or changes in this Web Site at any time. In no event shall Bubble BellyTM be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special or consequential damages arising out of or in any way connected with the use of this Web Site, whether based on contract, tort, and strict liability or otherwise, even if Bubble BellyTM has been advised of the possibility of damages.
NOTICE REGARDING LINKS TO AND FROM THIS SITE
Bubble BellyTM does not have responsibility and shall not be liable for the accuracy or availability of information provided by Web Sites which are linked to this Web Site via hypertext or other computer "Links." Links to external Web Sites are provided merely as a convenience to Users and do not constitute an endorsement by Bubble BellyTM of such Web Sites or the content, products, advertising, or other materials presented on such Web Sites, including any changes or updates thereto.
NOTICE REGARDING SPECIFICATIONS, PRICES, TERMS, RENDERINGS AND OTHER INFORMATION
This Website alone and the related links on this Website are intended to be informative only, and does not constitute a representation or warranty with regard to any Bubble BellyTM product or any products or services provided by Bubble BellyTM.
Although every effort has been made to ensure that the prices and terms contained herein are accurate and current, at any time, such prices and terms are subject to change. Photos and/or images of products are provided for reference only.
NOTICE OF ADULT USAGE OF THIS SITE
This site is intended to be used by persons that are at least 18 years of age. If you are younger than 18 years old, you are hereby notified that you may not access the site or order products or services from Bubble BellyTM. If you are a parent or other person charged with the care of persons younger than 18 years old, you agree to restrict access to the site through your computers to persons who are at least 18 years old. If one of your children accesses the site and provides Bubble BellyTM with personally identifiable information, please inform us using our Contact Us form. Bubble BellyTM will use reasonable efforts to delete any and all personally identifiable information regarding your child from our databases.
COPYRIGHT © 2009 Bubble BellyTM, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
The entire content included in this Site, is copyrighted as a collective work under the United States and other copyright laws, and is the property of Bubble BellyTM to be used for personal informational purposes only. Any violation of the foregoing conditions or use will subject the User to the possibility of full prosecution under applicable law. No content from this Site may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted or distributed in any way, except that the User may display and, subject to any expressly stated restrictions or limitations relating to specific content, download or print portions of the content from the different areas of the Site solely for the User's own non-commercial use, or towards making a purchase. The User acknowledges and agrees that all products about which information is provided herein are subject to availability and changes. Any other use, including but not limited to the reproduction, distribution, display or transmission of the content of this Site is strictly prohibited. The User further agrees not to change or delete any proprietary notices from content downloaded from the Site.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Bubble BellyTM is an equal opportunity employer. We consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, disability, or any other legally protected status.
MISCELLANEOUS
The use of the Site shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of California without regard to choice of law provisions. Any cause of action or claim made by a user with respect to the Site (including but not limited to the purchase of goods sold on this site) must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises. Failure of Bubble BellyTM to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of the terms and conditions set forth above shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. Neither the course of conduct between the parties nor trade practice shall act to modify any of these terms and conditions. Bubble BellyTM may assign its rights and duties under these terms and conditions to any party at any time without notice to the User. Files and e-mail can contain "viruses" that can cause damage to a user's computer and the data stored therein. Bubble BellyTM disclaims any and all liability that may result from viruses acquired by users through the use of this website and any websites that are linked to this one.