LA TIENDA TERMS OF USE
These Terms of Use (the "Terms" or the "Agreement") set forth the binding legal agreement between you and Tienda Inc. The Agreement governs your use of www.tienda.com and www.jamon.com and all of the related websites, mobile apps, products and services offered by La Tienda, including our plug-ins and embedded content made available on other sites (collectively, the "La Tienda Platform").
We refer to the e-commerce marketplaces on the La Tienda Platform as "La Tienda Websites." If you visit or make a purchase or sale through the La Tienda websites through www.tienda.com, www.jamon.com or the related mobile app experience, then this Agreement is also between you and Tienda Inc. Tienda Inc. is referred to as "La Tienda," “Jamon.com,” “we,” or "us" in this Agreement.
These Terms provide important information to you, including your agreement to grant rights to your content, our limitation of liability to you, your agreement to resolve any disputes by individual arbitration and to waive the right to participate in a class action (described in Section 8 below) and, if you choose to provide us with your phone number, your agreement to receive calls and text messages from us in accordance with applicable law. By agreeing to these Terms, you agree to resolve all disputes through binding individual arbitration, which means that you waive any right to have those disputes decided by a judge or jury, and that you waive your right to participate in class actions, class arbitrations, or any type of representative actions.
We encourage you to review this Agreement carefully. Any use of the La Tienda Platform, including browsing www.tienda.com or www.jamon.com, shall be governed by the Agreement. If you do not agree to any of the Terms, you should stop using the La Tienda Platform.
1. Using the La Tienda Platform.
a. Who can use it. You must be at least the age of majority in the state where you live to use the La Tienda Platform. Use of the La Tienda Platform by anyone under 13 years of age is strictly prohibited!
b. Registration. Access to certain functionalities of the La Tienda Platform will require you to register with us and to create a profile on our Platform. If you register with La Tienda, you agree to provide us accurate information and update it as needed for accuracy. We will treat personally identifiable information you provide as part of registration in accordance with our Privacy Policy. You also may have the option to register for an account by linking your Facebook or Google account.
c. Privacy Policy. Our privacy practices are set forth in our Privacy Policy. By using the La Tienda Platform in any way, you agree to the terms of the Privacy Policy, regardless of whether you are a registered user.
d. Acceptable Use Policy. When using the La Tienda Platform, you agree to abide by common standards of etiquette and act in accordance with the law.
e. Termination. You may close your account at any time by emailing EUprivacy@tienda.com if you are an EU citizen or privacy@tienda.com if you are a non EU citizen. We may permanently or temporarily suspend your use of the site or the service at any time for any reason, without any notice or liability to you. We may terminate your account at any time for any or no reason, including if you violate any La Tienda policy, including the Acceptable Use Policy. Upon termination of your use of the service, certain provisions will survive termination, as detailed in Section 10(k).
f. Feedback. We welcome your feedback and suggestions about how to improve the La Tienda Platform. Feel free to submit feedback at support@tienda.com. By submitting feedback in this or in any other manner to us, you agree to grant us the right, at our discretion, to use, disclose and otherwise exploit the feedback, in whole or part, without any restriction or compensation to you.
2. Your Content.
a. Definition of Your Content. The La Tienda Platform enables you to post materials, including messages, photos and reviews. All materials that you post on the La Tienda Platform will be referred to collectively as "Your Content." You acknowledge and agree that, as part of using the La Tienda Platform, Your Content may be viewed by the general public and will not be treated as private or confidential.
b. License and Permission to Use Your Content. You hereby grant to us and our affiliates, licensees and sublicensees, without compensation to you or others, a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully paid-up, worldwide license (including the right to sublicense through multiple tiers) to use, reproduce, process, adapt, publicly perform, publicly display, modify, prepare derivative works, publish, transmit and distribute Your Content, or any portion thereof, throughout the world in any format, media or distribution method (whether now known or hereafter created) for the duration of any copyright or other rights in Your Content. Such permission will be perpetual and may not be revoked for any reason, to the maximum extent permitted by law. Further, to the extent permitted under applicable law, you waive and release and covenant not to assert any moral rights that you may have in Your Content. If you identify yourself by name or provide a picture or audio or video recording of yourself, you further authorize us and our affiliates, licensees and sublicensees, without compensation to you or others, to reproduce, print, publish and disseminate in any format or media (whether now known or hereafter created) your name, voice and likeness throughout the world, and such permission will be perpetual and cannot be revoked for any reason, except as required by the applicable law. You further agree that we may use Your Content in any manner that we deem appropriate or necessary.
c. Ownership. We acknowledge and agree that you, or your licensors, as applicable, retain ownership of any and all copyrights in Your Content, subject to the non-exclusive rights granted to us in the paragraph above, and that no ownership of such copyrights is transferred to us under this agreement. Further, with respect to Your Content in the form of photos, and subject to La Tienda product and user experience considerations: (a) we will use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the attribution of such photos as submitted by you, and (b) we will not license or sublicense to third parties individual photos or collections of photos, except in each case for La Tienda Business Purposes. "La Tienda Business Purposes" means any use in connection with a La Tienda-branded or co-branded website, application, publication or service, or any use which advertises, markets or promotes the La Tienda Platform, the services or the information it contains, La Tienda, or its affiliates.
d. Your Responsibilities for Your Content. By posting Your Content on the La Tienda Platform, you represent and warrant to us that you have the ownership rights, or you have obtained all needed licenses or permissions from any necessary parties, to use Your Content in this manner. This includes obtaining the right to grant us the rights to the use of Your Content in accordance with this agreement. You are in the best position to judge whether Your Content is in violation of intellectual property or personal rights of any third-party. You accept full responsibility for avoiding infringement of the intellectual property or personal rights of others in connection with Your Content. You are responsible for ensuring that your content does not violate La Tienda's Acceptable Use Policy or any applicable law or regulation. You agree to pay all royalties, fees and any other monies owed to any person by reason of Your Content.
e. Limits. We reserve the right to edit, abridge, or remove Your Content, in whole or part, for any reason, which may include a reported violation of our Acceptable Use Policy. We reserve the right to edit, refuse to post or remove Your Content submitted by you for any reason without notice. We do not guarantee that we will publish all of Your Content. If you seek to publish a Review, the requirements will be governed by our Review Policy.
3. Our Content and Materials.
a. Definition of Our Content and Materials. All intellectual property in or related to the La Tienda Platform (specifically including, but not limited to, our software, the La Tienda marks, the La Tienda logo, and La Tienda buttons, badges, and widgets, but excluding Your Content), is the property of La Tienda Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliates or its licensors ("Our Content and Materials").
b. Our License to You. Subject to these terms of use, including the restrictions below, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive license to use and access Our Content and Materials in connection with your use of the La Tienda Platform. Except as expressly agreed to otherwise by us (such as your entering into a vendor, seller, advertiser or other agreement with us), your use of the La Tienda Platform must be limited to personal, non-commercial use. We may terminate this license at any time for any reason. Except for the rights and license granted in these terms, we reserve all other rights and grant no other rights or licenses, implied or otherwise.
c. No Endorsement or Verification. Please note that the La Tienda Platform enables access to third-party content, products and services, and it offers interactions with third-parties over which we have no control. We assume no responsibility for, nor do we endorse or verify the content, offerings or conduct of third-parties (including but not limited to the products or services offered by third-parties or the descriptions of the products or services offered by third-parties). For example, La Tienda does not conduct background checks or otherwise vet the professionals listed on the La Tienda Platform. Participation or availability on the La Tienda Platform does not amount to endorsement or verification by us. We make no warranties or representations with respect to the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of any content posted on the La Tienda Platform by anyone.
d. Restrictions. Except as expressly provided in these Terms, you agree not to use, modify, reproduce, distribute, sell, license, reverse engineer, decompile, or otherwise exploit Our Content and Materials without our express written permission. La Tienda's permission to you for your use of the La Tienda Platform expressly excludes commercial use by you of any information concerning product descriptions or professional listings for the benefit of another merchant. You expressly are prohibited from any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools in your use of the La Tienda Platform. You may view and print a reasonable number of copies of web pages located on the La Tienda Platform for your own personal use, provided that you retain all proprietary notices contained in the original materials, including attribution to La Tienda.
e. Ownership. You acknowledge and agree that the La Tienda Platform and La Tienda marks will remain the property of La Tienda. The content, information and services made available on the La Tienda Platform are protected by U.S. and international copyright, trademark, and other laws, and you acknowledge that these rights are valid and enforceable. You acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by using the La Tienda Platform.
4. Other Offerings on the La Tienda Platform.
a. Purchase of Goods through the La Tienda Platform. Tienda Inc. offers artisan foods, housewares and other products for sale on the La Tienda Platform. If you purchase products on the La Tienda Platform, your purchase is subject to the La Tienda Platform Terms of Sale. All orders are final once they have been placed – orders cannot be changed prior to shipping. All orders must be paid for by credit card or PayPal; we do not accept personal checks or money orders.
b. Third-Party Services. You may be provided the opportunity on the La Tienda Platform to purchase services that are offered by third parties (collectively "Third Party Services"). The availability of any Third Party Services on the La Tienda Platform does not imply our endorsement of the Third Party Services.
c. Third-Party Sites. The La Tienda Platform may contain links to other websites (the "Third-Party Sites") for your convenience. We do not control the linked websites or the content provided through such Third-Party Sites. Your use of Third-Party Sites is subject to the privacy practices and terms of use established by the specific linked Third-Party Site, and we disclaim all liability for such use. The availability of such links does not indicate any approval or endorsement by us.
5. Reporting Violations of Your Intellectual Property Rights, La Tienda Policies, or Applicable Laws
We have a special process for reporting violations of your intellectual property rights or other violations of La Tienda policies or applicable laws.
a. Copyright and Trademark Policy. If you believe content on the La Tienda Platform infringes your intellectual property rights, please contact us at support@tienda.com.
b. Reports of Other Violations. If you believe content on the La Tienda Platform violates applicable law, please contact us at support@tienda.com.
We have no obligation to delete content that you personally may find objectionable or offensive. We endeavor to respond promptly to requests for content removal, consistent with our policies described above and applicable law.
6. Disclaimers and Limitations of Liability.
PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY SINCE IT LIMITS THE LIABILITY OF LA TIENDA PLATFORM ENTITIES TO YOU.
THE “LA TIENDA ENTITIES" MEANS LA TIENDA, TIENDA.COM, JAMON.COM AND ANY SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, RELATED COMPANIES, SUPPLIERS, LICENSORS AND PARTNERS, AND THE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF EACH OF THEM. EACH PROVISION BELOW APPLIES TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW:
a. WE ARE PROVIDING YOU THE LA TIENDA PLATFORM, SERVICES, INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS, AND THIRD-PARTY CONTENT ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE LA TIENDA ENTITIES EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE, ACCURACY AND COMPLETENESS, UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE SERVICE, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING OR TRADE USAGE.
b. THE LA TIENDA ENTITIES MAKE NO PROMISES WITH RESPECT TO, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL LIABILITY, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, FOR: (i) CONTENT POSTED BY ANY THIRD-PARTY ON THE LA TIENDA PLATFORM, (ii) THE PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS OR PRODUCTS, (iii) THIRD-PARTY SITES AND ANY THIRD-PARTY PRODUCT OR SERVICE LISTED ON OR ACCESSIBLE TO YOU THROUGH THE SITE, AND (iv) THE QUALITY OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD-PARTY YOU ENCOUNTER IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SITE.
c. YOU AGREE THAT UNDER THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE LA TIENDA ENTITIES WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, YOU AGREE THAT THE LA TIENDA ENTITIES SPECIFICALLY WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, LOSS OF PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, REPUTATIONAL HARM, OR LOSS OF DATA (EVEN IF THE LA TIENDA ENTITIES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR SUCH DAMAGES ARE FORESEEABLE) ARISING OUT OF AND IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE LA TIENDA PLATFORM OR PRODUCTS. YOUR USE OF THE LA TIENDA PLATFORM, PRODUCTS, INFORMATION, OR SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
7. Indemnification.
You agree to fully indemnify, defend, and hold the La Tienda Entities and their directors, officers, employees, consultants, and other representatives, harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, costs (including reasonable attorneys' fees), and other expenses that arise directly or indirectly out of or from: (a) your breach of any part of this agreement, including but not limited to the Acceptable Use Policy; (b) any allegation that any materials you submit to us or transmit to the La Tienda Platform infringe or otherwise violate the copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or other intellectual property or other rights of any third party; (c) your activities in connection with the La Tienda Platform or other websites to which the La Tienda Platform is linked; and/or (d) your negligent or willful misconduct.
8. Dispute Resolution.
If you have a dispute with La Tienda, you agree to contact us through support@tienda.com to attempt to resolve the issue informally first. If we are not able to resolve the dispute informally, then this section will govern any legal dispute that relates to the La Tienda Platform or involves our services.
a. Binding Arbitration. You and La Tienda agree that any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement or to your use of the La Tienda Platform (collectively "Disputes") will be settled by binding arbitration, except that each party retains the right to seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent the actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation, or violation of a party's copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents, or other intellectual property rights. This means that you and La Tienda both agree to waive the right to a trial by jury. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may bring a claim against La Tienda in "small claims" court, instead of by arbitration, but only if the claim is eligible under the rules of the small claims court and is brought in an individual, non-class, and non-representative basis, and only for so long as it remains in the small claims court and in an individual, non-class, and non-representative basis.
b. Class Action Waiver. You and La Tienda agree that any proceedings to resolve Disputes will be conducted on an individual basis and not in a class, consolidated, or representative action. This means that you and La Tienda both agree to waive the right to participate as a plaintiff as a class member in any class action proceeding. Further, unless you and La Tienda agree otherwise in writing, the arbitrator in any Dispute may not consolidate more than one person's claims and may not preside over any form of class action proceeding.
c. Arbitration Administration and Rules. The arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules and the Supplementary Procedures for Consumer Related Disputes (the "AAA Rules") then in effect, except as modified by this "Dispute Resolution' section. (The AAA Rules are available at http://www.adr.org or by calling the AAA at 1-800-778-7879).
d. Arbitration Process. A party who desires to initiate the arbitration must provide the other party with a written Demand for Arbitration as specified in the AAA Rules. The arbitrator will be either a retired judge or an attorney licensed to practice law in the state of Virginia and will be selected by the parties from the AAA's roster of arbitrators with relevant experience. If the parties are unable to agree upon an arbitrator within 7 days of delivery of the Demand for Arbitration, then the AAA will appoint the arbitrator in accordance with AAA Rules.
e. Arbitration Location and Procedure. Unless you and La Tienda agree otherwise, the seat of the arbitration shall be in Williamsburg, VA. If your claim does not exceed USD$10,000, then the arbitration will be conducted solely on the basis of documents you and La Tienda submit to the arbitrator, unless you request a hearing and the arbitrator then determines that a hearing is necessary. If your claim exceeds USD$10,000, your right to a hearing will be determined by AAA Rules. Subject to AAA Rules, the arbitrator will have the discretion to direct a reasonable exchange of information by the parties, consistent with the expedited nature of the arbitration. Hearings may be conducted by telephone or video conference, if requested and agreed to by the parties.
f. Arbitrator's Decision and Governing Law. The arbitrator shall apply Virginia law consistent with the Federal Arbitration Act and applicable statutes of limitations, and shall honor claims of privilege recognized by law. The arbitrator will render an award within the timeframe specified in the AAA Rules. Judgment on the arbitration may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Any award of damages by an arbitrator must be consistent with the "Disclaimers and Limitations of Liability" section above. The arbitrator may award declaratory or injunctive relief in favor of the claimant only to the extent necessary to provide relief warranted by the claimant's individual claim.
g. Fees. Each party's responsibility to pay the arbitration filing, administrative and arbitrator fees will depend on the circumstances of the arbitration and are set forth in the AAA Rules.
9. Communications.
You are not required to agree to receive promotional text messages, calls or pre-recorded messages as a condition of using the La Tienda Platform. By electing to submit your phone number to us and agreeing to these Terms, you agree to receive communications from the La Tienda Entities, including via text messages, calls, pre-recorded messages, and push notifications, any of which may be generated by automatic telephone dialing systems. These communications include, for example, operational communications concerning your account or use of the La Tienda Platform, updates concerning new and existing features on the La Tienda Platform, communications concerning promotions run by us or third parties, and news relating to the La Tienda Platform and industry developments. Standard text message charges applied by your telephone carrier may apply to text messages we send.
If you wish to stop receiving promotional emails or promotional text messages, we provide the following methods for you to opt-out or unsubscribe: (a) follow the instructions we provide in the email or initial text message for that category of promotional emails or text messages or (b) if you have an account on the La Tienda Platform, you may opt-out or unsubscribe using your settings.
10. Miscellaneous.
a. Supplemental Terms for Certain Services. Certain services offered on the La Tienda Platform may require you to enter into a separate agreement and/or be subject to additional terms. For example: placement of advertisements, participation in brand services, or offering products for sale on La Tienda, each require you to enter into a separate agreement with terms specific to that service. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the terms of that separate agreement, the terms of that separate agreement will control.
b. Application Provider Terms. If you access the La Tienda Platform through a La Tienda application, you acknowledge that this agreement is between you and La Tienda only, and not with another application service or application platform provider (such as Apple, Inc. or Google Inc.), which may provide you the application subject to its own terms.
c. Controlling Law and Jurisdiction. This agreement will be interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Virginia and the United States of America, without regard to their conflict-of-law provisions. You and we agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of a federal or state court located in Richmond, VA, for any actions for which the arbitration provision, as set forth in Section 8, does not apply.
d. Changes. We reserve the right at any time to:
i. change the terms and conditions of this Agreement, consistent with applicable law;
ii. change the La Tienda Platform, including eliminating or discontinuing any information or services or other features in whole or in part; and
iii. deny or terminate your La Tienda account, or use of and access to the La Tienda Platform.
Any changes we make to the Terms will be effective immediately upon our making such changes available on the La Tienda Platform and posting notice of such changes on the La Tienda Platform or in another manner in our reasonable discretion. You agree that your continued use of the La Tienda Platform after such changes constitutes your acceptance of such changes. If you do not agree with any of the updates to this Agreement, you should not use the La Tienda Platform. Be sure to return to this page periodically to ensure your familiarity with the most current version of the Terms of Use.
e. Languages. English is the authoritative text of this Agreement and all communications, notices, arbitrations and other actions and proceedings relating to this Agreement will be made and conducted in English, even if we choose to provide translations of this Agreement into the native languages in certain countries.
f. Assignment. No terms of this Agreement, nor any right, obligation, or remedy hereunder is assignable, transferable, delegable, or sublicensable by you except with La Tienda's prior written consent, and any attempted assignment, transfer, delegation, or sublicense shall be null and void. La Tienda may assign, transfer, or delegate this Agreement or any right or obligation or remedy hereunder in its sole discretion.
g. Waiver. Our failure to assert a right or provision under this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
h. Headings. Any heading, caption, or section title contained is inserted only as a matter of convenience and in no way defines or explains any section or provision hereof.
i. Further Assurances. You agree to execute a hard copy of this Agreement and any other documents, and take any actions at our expense that we may request to confirm and effect the intent of this Agreement and any of your rights or obligations under this Agreement.
j. Entire Agreement/ Severability. This Agreement supersedes all prior terms, agreements, discussions and writings regarding the La Tienda Platform and constitutes the entire agreement between you and us regarding the La Tienda Platform. If any part of this Agreement is found to be unenforceable, then that part will not affect the enforceability of the remaining parts of the Agreement, which will remain in full force and effect.
k. Survival: The following provisions will survive expiration or termination of this Agreement: Section 2 (Your Content), Section 3(d)(Restrictions) and 3(e)(ownership), Section 6 (Disclaimers and Limitations of Liability), Section 7 (Indemnification), Section 8 (Dispute Resolution) and Section 10 (Miscellaneous).
l. Contact. Feel free to contact us at support@tienda.com with any questions about this agreement.
Tienda Inc.
3601 La Grange Parkway
Toano, VA 23168
Last modified as of May 25, 2018