TERMS OF USE

Updated on April 22, 2011

Welcome to the Blu Dot Web site (the "Site"). By using the Site, you agree to be bound by its Terms of Use (detailed below), Legal Notices, Privacy Policy and all disclaimers and terms and conditions that appear elsewhere on the Site.

This Site is owned and controlled by Blu Dot Design & Manufacturing, Inc. and is operated with the assistance of certain third parties. 

Blu Dot reserves the right to make changes to the Site and its Terms of Use and Legal Notices at any time.   If you are dissatisfied with the Site, its content or Terms of Use and Legal Notices, you agree that your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Site.

Disclaimer of Warranty and Liability
THIS WEBSITE, ITS CONTENTS AND SITE RELATED SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITH ALL FAULTS. BLU DOT DISCLAIMS, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTIABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, QUALITY OF INFORMATION AND TITLE/NON-INFRINGEMENT. YOU ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ALL NECESSARY SERVICING OR REPAIRS OF ANY EQUIPMENT YOU USE IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF OUR SITE. NEITHER BLU DOT NOR ANY PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DELIVERING THIS SITE OR ANY ASPECT THEREOF SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE OR OTHER DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THOSE RESULTING FROM LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION), ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR ACCESS, USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS SITE, OR ERRORS OR OMISSION IN THE CONTENT THEREOF, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. YOU AGREE THAT ACCESS TO AND USE OF THIS SITE AND THE CONTENT THEREOF IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THIS SITE, OR RELATED SOFTWARE, DATA, EMAILS, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES ARE FREE FROM DEFECTS, VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Blu Dot harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising from or related to your use of the Site and/or your breach of these Terms of Use.

Copyright Notice
Unless otherwise noted, all Contents are copyrights, trademarks, trade dress and/or other intellectual property owned, controlled or licensed by Blu Dot, its suppliers or affiliates, or by third parties who have licensed their materials to Blu Dot and are protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. The compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement, and assembly) of all Contents on this Site is the exclusive property of Blu Dot and is also protected by U.S. and international copyright laws.

Blu Dot and its suppliers and licensors expressly reserve all intellectual property rights in all text, programs, products, processes, technology, content and other materials which appear on this Site. All product environmental photography is copyrighted by Dan Monick who has licensed use to Blu Dot. Access to this Site does not confer and shall not be considered as conferring upon anyone any license under any of Blu Dot’s or any third party's intellectual property rights.

The Blu Dot names and logos and all related product and service names, design marks and slogans are the trademarks or service marks of Blu Dot Design & Manufacturing, Inc. All other marks are the property of their respective companies. No trademark or service mark license is granted in connection with the materials contained on this Site. Access to this Site does not authorize anyone to use any name, logo or mark in any manner.

Infringing Material/DMCA
If you believe any content appearing on the Site, whether posted by us or by another visitor, violates the copyright or other proprietary rights of a third party, please notify us immediately, specifically identifying the content in question and the web page on which it appears, as well as the true copyright owner and any supporting information, and we will take appropriate action.

Changes to the Site
You agree and understand that the Site, including any and all features available via the Site and any User Content (as defined below), may be modified by us, in our sole discretion, at any time without prior notice. Unless expressly stated otherwise, any new features, new services, enhancements or modifications to the Site implemented after your initial access to the Site shall be subject to these Terms of Service.

Your Account and Computer Data Safety
When and if you use the Site, it shall be your sole responsibility to restrict access to your computer and to maintain the confidentiality of your email address, password and any other account identifiers related to any personal account you created on the Site (the "Account"). You also agree to accept sole responsibility for any and all activity that occurs under your Account. You should take reasonable steps to protect your computer systems and data from viruses, hackers, identity thieves and other similar problems.

Site Rules; User Comments
Any comments, suggestions, ideas, materials and other submissions that you send to us through the Site or by email, mail, telephone, at our stores or otherwise, or in any social media accessible in the future through us or our Site or related to or associated with us ("User Comments") are provided on a non-confidential basis. By submitting User Comments, you are granting us an irrevocable and unrestricted license to the User Comments for any purpose whatsoever, including use, reproduction, publication, broadcast, posting, modification, transmission, display, distribution or creating derivative works.

You agree that no User Comments will violate any right of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy or other personal or proprietary rights. You further agree that no part of any User Comment will be libelous, unlawful, abusive, offensive or obscene. You are and shall remain solely responsible for any of your User Comments. Blu Dot reserves the right to monitor, modify or delete any User Comment, in our sole discretion.

By accessing this Site, each user also agrees not to use the Site to post or transmit any offensive, harmful, unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, abusive, hateful, inflammatory, pornographic or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or would otherwise violate the law.

Site Access
We may discontinue all or part of this Site at any time. We may block or limit your access to this Site for any reason, including if: (a) you violate these Terms of Use; (b) you violate any applicable law or regulation relating to your use of this Site; (c) you engage in any conduct which we, in our sole discretion, believe is offensive, harmful, defamatory or otherwise harmful to us or others; (d) you breach any other agreement with us.

Product Pricing, Availability and Accuracy
Prices and availability of products and services are subject to change without notice. Errors will be corrected where discovered, and Blu Dot reserves the right to revoke any stated offer and to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions including after an order has been submitted and whether or not the order has been confirmed and your credit card charged.

Product Display/Colors
The Site attempts to display product images shown on the site as accurately as possible. However, we cannot guarantee that the color you see matches the product color, as the display of the color depends, in part, upon the monitor you are using.

Non-Commercial Use
This Site and products sold through this Site are intended solely for the personal, non-commercial use of our customers and our potential customers. Our products are not being offered for re-sale unless previous, written authorization has been provided.

Contact Information
If you have questions or comments about these Terms of Use, please contact us via email at service@bludot.com or phone at 612-782-1844.

Privacy Policy

Updated on April 22, 2011

Thank you for visiting the Privacy Policy for Blu Dot Design & Manufacturing, Inc.  Your privacy is important to us and we will only use your information as permitted by this Privacy Policy.

Our Privacy Policy will let you know what information we collect, how and when we share that information and your options as for sharing your information.

By using our Web sites or giving us personal information you agree to this Privacy Policy.

What information do we collect and how do we use it?

We may collect personally identifiable information (for example, your full name, email address, mailing address, telephone number, or credit card number) from you when you voluntarily submit the information to us when you purchase items from us. We need this information in order to process and fulfill your order and to notify you of your order status, in order to register you as a user of this site or to provide you with services. We may also collect personally identifiable information from you if you choose to subscribe to our email program, catalog mailing list, or participate in sweepstakes, contests, and surveys, or in connection with content or suggestions you post on this site.

We also collect non-personally identifiable information (for example, interests, lifestyle choices, opinions) from you when you choose to provide or post non-personally identifiable information on this web site, or via participation in our email program, sweepstakes, contests, surveys or content or suggestions you post on this site.

Non-personally identifiable information may also be collected from you by means of Cookies and Pixel Tags. Cookies are small bits of information that this web site places on your computer. We and our 3rd party service providers use cookies and Pixel Tags to identify your IP address, browser type, domain name, and specific web pages through which you click. This data is collected automatically and utilized to help us look for trends to improve our web site and your interactive experience. The cookies that are configured by this web site do not contain any personally identifying information, such as your name, or sensitive information, such as your credit card number.

When Blu Dot conducts contests, sweepstakes, promotions and surveys, or joins with other companies to do so, if you choose to participate you may be asked to provide Personal Information. Blu Dot and the other participating companies may use this information for such purposes as notifying winners and fulfilling promotional obligations, and may also cross reference customer databases to identify common customers. Information from these activities may be used to explore future promotional opportunities or fulfill contractual obligations. Even if you have chosen not to receive communications from Blu Dot prior to your participation in a contest, sweepstakes, promotion or survey, you may still receive information from Blu Dot in connection with such activity if you register for or participate in it. You may choose not to participate in contests, sweepstakes, promotions or surveys if you do not wish to receive information from Blu Dot or share your information with Blu Dot and the other companies sponsoring such activities.

We may share your information if required to comply with a law, regulation, court order or legal process, or if we believe it is necessary to share such information with a government entity. We may share information to protect our rights or property or if the rights of any third party are jeopardized.

Choices for Opt-in and Opt-out
We and/or our third party marketing partners may contact you and market to you, including by mail, Internet connection, text, telephone, fax or mail, consistent with this Privacy Policy. However, in each of our email and texting marketing communications, we will allow you to opt out of future mail and texting marketing communications. We will attempt to require third parties with whom we share your information to also allow you to opt out of future email and texting marketing communications. Participation in certain of our programs will require you to accept email communications regarding the program itself. We will also attempt to prohibit our vendors and marketing partners from using your information in a manner inconsistent with this Privacy Policy. You may opt-out of receiving email and texting communications by clicking the "Unsubscribe" link at the bottom of the email or text message received. It may take us up to ten days to complete this process, as permitted by law.

Our Ownership of Information
Our copy of all your information is an asset of ours and belongs to us. In the event of a sale, merger, corporate reorganization or similar transaction involving some or all of our business, we may share with or transfer your information to the buyer or successor entity. We may also retain a copy of that information.

Security
We take every precaution to protect our customers' information. When customers submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and off-line.

When our registration/order form asks customers to enter sensitive information (such as credit card number), that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry - SSL. While on a secure page, such as our order form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when you are just "surfing."

If you have any questions about the security at our website, please contact us using the information below in the Contact Information section.

What about privacy on other sites?
Our Web Site may contain links to other web sites. We provide these links for your convenience, but we do not review, control or monitor the privacy practices of web sites operated by others. We are not responsible for the performance of these sites or for your business dealings with them. Your use of other web sites is subject to the terms and conditions of those web sites, including the privacy policies of those web sites.

If you are visiting our Web site through a link from another web site or search engine, information about your visit to us may be collected by the provider of the other web site or search engine. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these other web sites or search engines.

Privacy Policy Changes
We may change this Privacy Policy at any time. If we change this Privacy Policy, we will post the updated Policy on our Web site. You may wish to check this section of our Web site from time to time, because by visiting our Web Site, you agree to accept any such changes to this Privacy Policy.

Children’s Privacy
The Web Sites are general audience web sites. We do not knowingly collect any Personally Identifiable Information from children younger than the age of thirteen (13) on the Web Sites and we will delete any Personally Identifiable Information later determined to be from a user younger than thirteen (13).

California Privacy Rights
Pursuant to Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code, residents of California have the right to request from a business, with whom the California resident has an established business relationship, certain information with respect to the types of personal information the business shares with third parties for direct marketing purposes by such third party and the identities of the third parties with whom the business has shared such information during the immediately preceding calendar year.

To request a copy of the information disclosure provided by Blu Dot pursuant to Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code, please contact us using the Contact Information below.

Contact Information
If you have questions or comments about these Terms of Use, please contact us via email at service@bludot.com or phone at 612-782-1844.