Terms and Conditions

If you use the LunchBoxPal web site you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions ('Terms of Use').

Brandon Dohman ("LunchBoxPal" or "we") operates www.LunchBoxPal.com, which is a social networking service that allows Members to find and communicate with other people who are seeking a lunch and or meal partner online. The services offered by LunchBoxPal include any LunchBoxPal-branded URL (the "LunchBoxPal Website"), and any other features, content, or applications offered from time to time by LunchBoxPal in connection with LunchBoxPal’s business (collectively, the "LunchBoxPal Services"). The LunchBoxPal Services are hosted in the United States.

This Terms of Use Agreement ("Agreement") sets forth the legally binding terms for your use of the LunchBoxPal Services. By using the LunchBoxPal Services, you agree to be bound by this Agreement, whether you are a "Visitor" (which means that you simply browse the LunchBoxPal Website, including through a mobile device, or otherwise use the LunchBoxPal Services without being registered) or you are a "Member" (which means that you have registered with LunchBoxPal). The term "User" refers to a Visitor or a Member. You are only authorized to use the LunchBoxPal Services (regardless of whether your access or use is intended) if you agree to abide by all applicable laws and the terms of this Agreement. Please read this Agreement and save it. If you do not agree to be bound by this Agreement and to follow all applicable laws, you should leave the LunchBoxPal Website and discontinue use of the LunchBoxPal Services immediately. If you wish to become a Member, communicate with other Members and/or make use of the LunchBoxPal Services, you must read this Agreement and indicate your acceptance during the registration process.

This Agreement includes LunchBoxPal's policy for acceptable use of the LunchBoxPal Services and Content (as defined in Section 5.1 below) posted on or through the LunchBoxPal Services and your rights, obligations and restrictions regarding your use of the LunchBoxPal Services and Content posted on or through the LunchBoxPal Services. In order to participate in certain LunchBoxPal Services, you may be notified that you are required to download software or content and/or agree to additional terms and conditions from LunchBoxPal. Unless otherwise provided by the additional terms and conditions applicable to the LunchBoxPal Services in which you choose to participate, those additional terms are hereby incorporated into this Agreement. You may receive a copy of this Agreement by emailing us at: legal@lunchboxpal.com, Subject: Terms of Use Agreement.

LunchBoxPal may modify this Agreement from time to time and such modification shall be effective upon posting by LunchBoxPal on the LunchBoxPal Website. Your continued use of the LunchBoxPal services after LunchBoxPal posts a revised Agreement signifies your acceptance of the revised Agreement. It is therefore important that you review this Agreement regularly to ensure you are updated as to any changes.
Please choose carefully the information and content you post on or through the LunchBoxPal Website or LunchBoxPal Services and that you provide to other Users. Your LunchBoxPal profile may not include any form of Prohibited Content, as outlined in Section 7 below. Despite this prohibition, information, materials, products or services provided by other LunchBoxPal Members (for instance, in their profile) may, in whole or in part, be unauthorized, impermissible or otherwise violate this Agreement, and LunchBoxPal assumes no responsibility or liability for this material. If you become aware of misuse of the LunchBoxPal Services by any person, please click on the "Contact Us" link at the bottom of the LunchBoxPal webpage, and select "Report Abuse" as the message type.

LunchBoxPal reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to reject, refuse to post or remove any posting (including private messages) by you, or to deny, restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to all or any part of the LunchBoxPal Services at any time, for any or no reason, with or without prior notice or explanation, and without liability. LunchBoxPal expressly reserves the right to remove your profile and/or deny, restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to all or any part of the LunchBoxPal Services if LunchBoxPal determines, in its sole discretion, that you have violated this Agreement or pose a threat to LunchBoxPal and/or its Users.

  1. Eligibility. Use of the LunchBoxPal Services and registration to be a Member for the LunchBoxPal Services ("Membership") is void where prohibited. By using the LunchBoxPal Services, you represent and warrant that (a) all registration information you submit is truthful and accurate; (b) you will maintain the accuracy of such information; (c) you are 18 years of age or older; and (d) your use of the LunchBoxPal Services does not violate any applicable law or regulation. Your profile may be deleted and your Membership may be terminated without warning, if we believe that you are under 18 years of age, if we believe that you are under 18 age and represent yourself as 18 or older, or if we believe you are over 18 and represent yourself as under 18.
  2. Term. This Agreement, and any posted revision to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect while you use the LunchBoxPal Services or are a Member. You may terminate your Membership at any time, for any reason, by following the instructions on the "My Account" page. LunchBoxPal may terminate your Membership at any time, . Even after Membership is terminated, this Agreement will remain in effect, including Sections 4-16.
  3. Password. When you sign up to become a Member, you will also be asked to choose a password. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password. You agree not to use the account, username, or password of another Member at any time or to disclose your password to any third party. You agree to notify LunchBoxPal immediately if you suspect any unauthorized use of your account or access to your password. You are solely responsible for any and all use of your account.
  4. Use by Members. The LunchBoxPal Services are for the personal use of Members and may be used for promotional purposes as well, but direct commercial endeavors may only be used if they are specifically endorsed or authorized by LunchBoxPal. LunchBoxPal reserves the right to remove commercial content in its sole discretion. Illegal and/or unauthorized use of the LunchBoxPal Services, including collecting usernames, user id numbers, and/or email addresses of Members by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email or unauthorized framing of or linking to the LunchBoxPal Website, or employing third party promotional sites or software to promote profiles for money, is prohibited. Commercial advertisements, affiliate links, and other forms of unauthorized solicitation may be removed from Member profiles without notice or explanation and may result in termination of Membership privileges. LunchBoxPal reserves the right to take appropriate legal action for any illegal or unauthorized use of the LunchBoxPal Services.
  5. Proprietary Rights in Content on LunchBoxPal.
    1. 5.1 LunchBoxPal does not claim any ownership rights in the text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, musical works, works of authorship, applications, or any other materials (collectively, "Content") that Members post on or through the LunchBoxPal Services. After posting your Content to the LunchBoxPal Services, Members continue to retain any such rights that you may have in your Content, subject to the limited license herein. By displaying or publishing ("posting") any Content on or through the LunchBoxPal Services, you hereby grant to LunchBoxPal a limited license to use, modify, delete from, add to, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce, and distribute such Content solely on or through the LunchBoxPal Services, including without limitation distributing part or all of the LunchBoxPal Website in any media formats and through any media channels, except for Content marked "private", which will not be distributed outside the LunchBoxPal Website. This limited license does not grant LunchBoxPal the right to sell or otherwise distribute your Content outside of the LunchBoxPal Services. Once a Member has removed their Content from the LunchBoxPal Website, we will cease distribution as soon as practicable, and at such time when distribution ceases, the limited license granted herein will terminate. If, after we have distributed your Content outside the LunchBoxPal Website, you change the Content’s privacy setting to "private," we will cease distribution of such "private" Content outside the LunchBoxPal Website as soon as practicable after we become aware of such change..
    2. 5.2 The license you grant to LunchBoxPal is non-exclusive (meaning you are free to license your Content to anyone else in addition to LunchBoxPal), fully-paid and royalty-free (meaning that LunchBoxPal is not required to pay you for the use on the LunchBoxPal Services of the Content that you post), sublicensable (so that LunchBoxPal is able to use its affiliates, subcontractors and other partners such as Internet content delivery networks and wireless carriers to provide the LunchBoxPal Services), and worldwide (because the Internet and the LunchBoxPal Services are global in reach).
    3. 5.3 You represent and warrant that: (i) you own the Content posted by you on or through the LunchBoxPal Services or otherwise have the right to grant the license set forth in this Section 5, and (ii) the posting of your Content on or through the LunchBoxPal Services does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights or any other rights of any person or entity. You agree to pay for all royalties, fees, and any other monies owing any person or entity by reason of any Content posted by you on or through the LunchBoxPal Services.
    4. 5.4 The LunchBoxPal Services contain Content of LunchBoxPal ("LunchBoxPal Content"). LunchBoxPal Content is protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other laws, and LunchBoxPal owns and retains all rights in the LunchBoxPal Content and the LunchBoxPal Services. LunchBoxPal hereby grants you a limited, revocable, nonsublicensable license to reproduce and display the LunchBoxPal Content (excluding any software code) solely for your personal use in connection with viewing the LunchBoxPal Website and using the LunchBoxPal Services.
    5. 5.5 The LunchBoxPal Services contain Content of Users and other LunchBoxPal licensors. Except as provided within this Agreement, you may not copy, modify, translate, publish, broadcast, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any Content appearing on or through the LunchBoxPal Services.
    6. 5.6 LunchBoxPal performs technical functions necessary to offer the LunchBoxPal Services, including but not limited to transcoding and/or reformatting Content to allow its use throughout the LunchBoxPal Services.
  6. Posted Content.
    1. 6.1 LunchBoxPal may reject, refuse to post or delete any Content for any or no reason, including Content that in the sole judgment of LunchBoxPal violates this Agreement or which may be offensive, illegal or violate the rights of any person or entity, or harm or threaten the safety of any person or entity. LunchBoxPal assumes no responsibility for monitoring the LunchBoxPal Services for inappropriate Content or conduct. If at any time LunchBoxPal chooses, in its sole discretion, to monitor the LunchBoxPal Services, LunchBoxPal nonetheless assumes no responsibility for the Content, no obligation to modify or remove any inappropriate Content, and no responsibility for the conduct of the User submitting any such Content.
    2. 6.2 You are solely responsible for the Content that you post on or through any of the LunchBoxPal Services, and any material or information that you transmit to other Members and for your interactions with other Users.
  7. Content/Activity Prohibited.
    1. 7.1 The following are examples of the kind of Content ("Prohibited Content") that is illegal or prohibited to post on or through the LunchBoxPal Website or LunchBoxPal Services. LunchBoxPal reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate actions against anyone who, in LunchBoxPal's sole discretion, violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending Content from the LunchBoxPal Website, terminating the Membership of such violators, and pursuing legal action, as appropriate. Prohibited Content includes, but is not limited to, Content that, in the sole discretion of LunchBoxPal:
      • is patently offensive and promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
      • harasses or advocates harassment of another person;
      • exploits people in a sexual or violent manner;
      • contains nudity, excessive violence, or offensive subject matter or contains a link to an adult website;
      • solicits personal information from anyone under 18;
      • publicly posts information that poses or creates a privacy or security risk to any person;
      • constitutes or promotes information that is false or misleading or promotes illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous;
      • constitutes or promotes an illegal or unauthorized copy of another person's copyrighted work, such as providing pirated computer programs or links to them, providing information to circumvent manufacturer-installed copy-protect devices, or providing pirated music or links to pirated music files;
      • involves the transmission of "junk mail," "chain letters," or unsolicited mass mailing, instant messaging, "spimming," or "spamming";
      • contains restricted or password only access pages or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or from another accessible page);
      • furthers or promotes any criminal activity or enterprise or provides instructional information about illegal activities including, but not limited to making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone's privacy, or providing or creating computer viruses;
      • solicits passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other Users;
      • involves commercial activities and/or sales without prior written consent from LunchBoxPal such as contests, sweepstakes, barter, advertising, or pyramid schemes;
      • includes a photograph or video of another person that you have posted without that person's consent;
      • violates the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, trademark rights, contract rights or any other rights of any person.
    2. 7.2 The following are examples of the kind of activity that is illegal or prohibited on the LunchBoxPal Website and through your use of the LunchBoxPal Services. LunchBoxPal reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in LunchBoxPal's sole discretion, violates this provision, including without limitation, reporting you to law enforcement authorities. Prohibited activity includes, but is not limited to:
      • criminal or tortious activity, including child pornography, fraud, trafficking in obscene material, drug dealing, gambling, harassment, stalking, spamming, sending of viruses or other harmful files, copyright infringement, patent infringement, or theft of trade secrets;
      • advertising to, or solicitation of, any Member to buy or sell any products or services through the unauthorized or impermissible use of the LunchBoxPal Services. Members may not transmit any chain letters or junk email to other Members. In order to protect our Members from such advertising or solicitation, LunchBoxPal reserves the right to restrict the number of emails which a Member may send to other Members in any 24-hour period to a number which LunchBoxPal deems appropriate in its sole discretion. If Members breach this Agreement and send unsolicited bulk email, instant messages or other unauthorized commercial communications of any kind through the LunchBoxPal Services, the Member acknowledges that they will have caused substantial harm to LunchBoxPal, and that the amount of such harm would be extremely difficult to ascertain. Consequently, as a reasonable estimation of such harm, Member agrees to pay LunchBoxPal $50 for each such unsolicited email or other unauthorized commercial communication you send through the LunchBoxPal Services;
      • circumventing or modifying, attempting to circumvent or modify, or encouraging or assisting any other person in circumventing or modifying any security technology or software that is part of the LunchBoxPal Services;
      • activity that involves the use of viruses, bots, worms, or any other computer code, files or programs that interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware, or otherwise permit the unauthorized use of or access to a computer or a computer network;
      • covering or obscuring the banner advertisements on your personal profile page, or any LunchBoxPal page via HTML/CSS or any other means;
      • any automated use of the system, such as, but not limited to, using scripts to add friends or send comments or messages;
      • interfering with, disrupting, or creating an undue burden on the LunchBoxPal Services or the networks or services connected to the LunchBoxPal Services;
      • impersonating or attempting to impersonate another Member, person or entity;
      • sing the account, username, or password of another Member at any time or disclosing your password to any third party or permitting any third party to access your account;
      • selling or otherwise transferring your profile;
      • using any information obtained from the LunchBoxPal Services in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person or entity, or attempting to do the same;
      • displaying an unauthorized commercial advertisement on your profile, or accepting payment or anything of value from a third person in exchange for your performing any commercial activity through the unauthorized or impermissible use of the LunchBoxPal Services on behalf of that person, such as placing commercial content on your profile, posting blogs or bulletins with a commercial purpose, or sending private messages with a commercial purpose; or
      • using the LunchBoxPal Services in a manner inconsistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations.
  8. Protecting Copyrights and Other Intellectual Property. Members may not upload, embed, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any material that infringes any copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights of any person or entity. LunchBoxPal has the right to terminate the Membership of infringers.
    1. 8.1 If you believe your work has been copied and posted on or through the LunchBoxPal Services in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please send LunchBoxPal's Legal Department a notification of claimed infringement with all of the following information: (a) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works; (b) identification of the claimed infringing material and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material on the LunchBoxPal Services (providing the URL(s) of the claimed infringing material satisfies this requirement); (c) information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an email address; (d) a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; (e) a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notification is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or a authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf; and (f) your physical or electronic signature. LunchBoxPal's Legal Department for notification of claimed infringement can be reached as follows: Brandon Dohman, 3735 Summer Sage Court, Champaign, IL 61822. LunchBoxPal's Legal Department for notification of claimed infringement can also be reached electronically by clicking legal@lunchboxpal.com. LunchBoxPal provides certain tools and technologies to help facilitate copyright owners’ control over their copyrighted works.
  9. Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
    1. 9.1 If you are a copyright owner or agent and believe that any Content infringes upon your copyrights, you may submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") by providing our Content Department, Brandon Dohman, Brandon Dohman, 3735 Summer Sage Court, Champaign, IL 61822, with the following information. (Refer to 17 U.S.C. ยง 512 (c)(3) for more details)
      • A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
      • Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
      • Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled and information reasonably sufficient to permit the LunchBoxPal to locate the material;
      • Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an email address;
      • A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and,
      • A statement that the information is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

    If you believe that your Content that was removed (or to which access was disabled) does not infringe, or that you have authorization to use the Content from the copyright owner, the owner’s agent, or by law, to post and use the Content, you may send a counter-notice containing the following information to the Legal Department:

      • Your physical or electronic signature;
      • Identification of the content that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the content appeared before it was removed or disabled;
      • A statement that you have a good faith belief that the content was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or a misidentification of the content; and,
      • Your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address, a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court in Champaign, Illinois, and a statement that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of the alleged infringement.

    If a counter-notice is received by our Legal Department, LunchBoxPal may send a copy of the counter-notice to the original complaining party informing that person that it may replace the removed content or cease disabling it in 10 business days. Unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order against You, the removed Content may be replaced, or access to it restored, in 10 to 14 business days or more after receipt of the counter-notice, at LunchBoxPal’s sole discretion.

    1. Member Disputes. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other LunchBoxPal Members. LunchBoxPal reserves the right, but has no obligation, to become involved in any way with disputes between you and other Members.
    2. Privacy. Use of the LunchBoxPal Services is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into this Agreement by this reference.
    3. Disclaimers. LunchBoxPal is not responsible for and makes no warranties, express or implied, as to the User Content or the accuracy and reliability of the User Content posted on or through the LunchBoxPal Services, whether caused by Users of the LunchBoxPal Services or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the LunchBoxPal Services and such User Content does not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of LunchBoxPal. Profiles and third party applications created and posted by Members on the LunchBoxPal Website may contain links to other websites. LunchBoxPal is not responsible for the content, accuracy or opinions expressed on such websites, and such websites are not necessarily investigated, monitored or checked for accuracy or completeness by LunchBoxPal. Inclusion of any linked website on the LunchBoxPal Services does not imply approval or endorsement of the linked website by LunchBoxPal. When you access these third party sites, you do so at your own risk. LunchBoxPal takes no responsibility for third party advertisements or third party applications that are posted on or through the LunchBoxPal Services, nor does it take any responsibility for the goods or services provided by its advertisers. LunchBoxPal is not responsible for the conduct, whether online or off line, of any User of the LunchBoxPal Services. LunchBoxPal assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, any User or Member communication. LunchBoxPal is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or players due to technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or on any of the LunchBoxPal Services or combination thereof, including any injury or damage to Users or to any person's computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading materials in connection with the LunchBoxPal Services. Under no circumstances shall LunchBoxPal be responsible for any loss or damage, including personal injury or death, resulting from use of the LunchBoxPal Services, attendance at a LunchBoxPal event, from any User Content posted on or through the LunchBoxPal Services, or from the conduct of any Users of the LunchBoxPal Services, whether online or offline. The LunchBoxPal Services are provided "AS-IS" and as available and LunchBoxPal expressly disclaims any warranty of fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. LunchBoxPal cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results from use of the LunchBoxPal Services.
    4. Limitation on Liability. IN NO EVENT SHALL LUNCHBOXPAL BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFIT DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE LUNCHBOXPAL SERVICES, EVEN IF LUNCHBOXPAL HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, LUNCHBOXPAL's LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION, WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU TO LUNCHBOXPAL FOR THE LUNCHBOXPAL SERVICES DURING THE TERM OF MEMBERSHIP.
    5. Disputes. The Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You and LunchBoxPal agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in Champaign, Illinois, to resolve any dispute arising out of the Agreement or the LunchBoxPal Services. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY CLAIMS, COUNTERCLAIMS, CROSS-CLAIMS, OR THIRD PARTY CLAIMS) ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT. FURTHER, EACH PARTY HERETO CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE OR AGENT OF EITHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH PARTY WOULD NOT IN THE EVENT OF SUCH LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL PROVISION. EACH OF THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS SECTION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE OTHER PARTY ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT.
    6. Indemnity. You agree to indemnify and hold LunchBoxPal, its subsidiaries, and affiliates, and their respective officers, agents, partners and employees, harmless from any loss, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the LunchBoxPal Services in violation of this Agreement and/or arising from a breach of this Agreement and/or any breach of your representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement and/or if any Content that you post on or through the LunchBoxPal Services causes LunchBoxPal to be liable to another.
    7. Other. This Agreement is accepted upon your use of the LunchBoxPal Website or any of the LunchBoxPal Services and is further affirmed by you becoming a Member. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and LunchBoxPal regarding the use of the LunchBoxPal Services. The failure of LunchBoxPal to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. The section titles in this Agreement are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. LunchBoxPal is a trademark of Brandon Dohman. This Agreement operates to the fullest extent permissible by law. If any provision of this Agreement is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that provision is deemed severable from this Agreement and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

     

    Please contact us at: 3735 Summer Sage Ct, Champaign, IL 61822 with any questions regarding this Agreement.