Terms & Conditions - Oribe Hair Care

Please read these Terms of Use, which together with our Privacy Policy, and any other documents they expressly incorporate by reference, (collectively, the “Terms of Use”) govern your access to Oribe.com (the “Site”) and the services, features, content, applications, and products offered by Oribe through our website (together with the Site, the “Services”), whether as a guest or registered user.

We may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them or as specified in our communication to you about the update and apply to all access to and use of the Services thereafter. However, any changes to the dispute resolution provisions set out in Governing Law and Disputes will not apply to any disputes for which the parties have actual notice on or before the date the change is posted on the Site. 

Your continued use of the Services following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page from time to time so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

You must be 18 years old or the age of majority in your jurisdiction in order to make a purchase on our Site. If you are under 18 years old or the age of majority in your jurisdiction, then you may not make a purchase on our Site. If you are under 13 years old, you may browse our Site. However, you may not provide personal information to us, make a purchase on the Site nor register on the Site. This Site is not directed to children under 13 years old. By accessing or using the Site, you are acknowledging that you have read, understand, and agree, without limitation or qualification, to be bound by these Terms of Use. We may, in our sole discretion, refuse to offer the Services to any person or entity and change its eligibility criteria at any time. You are solely responsible for ensuring that these Terms of Use are in compliance with all laws, rules and regulations applicable to you and the right to access the Services is revoked where these Terms of Use or use of the Services is prohibited or to the extent offering, sale or provision of the Services conflicts with any applicable law, rule or regulation. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF SERVICE, YOU MAY NOT USE OUR SITE.

All information we collect on this Site is subject to our Privacy Policy. By using the Site, you consent to all actions taken by us with respect to your information in compliance with this Privacy Policy.

The products displayed on the Site can be ordered and delivered only within the U.S. and Canada. In addition to ordering on the Site, Oribe products displayed on the Site may be available in select retail stores around the U.S., Canada and certain foreign markets. All prices displayed on Oribe.com are quoted in U.S. Dollars or Canadian Dollars and are valid and effective only in the U.S or Canada, as applicable. 

All material and information presented on the Site or by Oribe is intended to be used for personal, education or information purposes only. The statements made about any of our products by the manufacturers have not been evaluated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or any other government agency and the results reported, if any, may not necessarily occur in all individuals. All products should be used strictly in accordance with their instructions, precautions and guidelines. The statements and products sold through Oribe are not intended to cure, treat, diagnose, or prevent any condition or disease, or to serve as a substitute for professional medical advice. If you are in need of medical attention please consult a physician immediately.

The products and services available on the Site, and any samples thereof Oribe may provide to you, are for personal use only. You may not sell or resell any of the products or services, or samples thereof, you purchase or otherwise receive from us. We reserve the right, with or without notice, to cancel or reduce the quantity of any order to be filled or products or services to be provided to you that we believe, in our sole discretion, may result in the violation of our Terms of Use. Except where prohibited by law, Oribe may limit the number of products available for purchase, at our sole discretion.

To view policies and procedures related to orders placed through this Site (such as order processing, shipping and handling, returns and exchanges), visit our FAQs, which are incorporated by this reference into these Terms of Use.

You may purchase products as a guest or provide us information to register for an account on Oribe.com (an “Account”). If you create an Account, you must provide accurate and complete information and keep your Account information updated. You shall not select or use as a username a name of another person with the intent to impersonate that person or use any false or inaccurate information when registering for an Oribe Account. You are solely responsible for the activity that occurs on your Account, and for keeping your password secure. You may never use another person’s user account or registration information for the Services without permission.

You must notify Oribe immediately of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your Account. You should never publish, distribute, or post login information to your Account. For any issues relating to your Account please contact info@Oribe.com. We have the right to disable any username, password, or other identifier, at any time in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use.

We attempt to be as accurate as possible when describing our products on the Site; however, we do not warrant that the product descriptions, colors, information or other content available on the Site are accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free. This Site may contain typographical errors or inaccuracies and may not be complete or current. Oribe therefore reserves the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions (including after an order has been submitted) and to change or update information at any time without prior notice. Please note that such errors, inaccuracies or omissions may relate to pricing and availability, and we reserve the right to cancel or refuse to accept any order placed based on incorrect pricing or availability information. We apologize for any inconvenience.

For the purposes of these Terms of Use, the term “Content” includes, without limitation, information, data, text, video, written posts, comments, graphics, software and any other features made available or accessible on or through use of the Site. You acknowledge all Content accessed by you using the Site is at your own risk and you will be solely responsible for any damage or loss to you or any other party resulting therefrom.

Oribe does not guarantee that any Content will be made available on the Site. Oribe reserves the right to, but does not have any obligation to, (i) remove, edit or modify any Content in our sole discretion, at any time, without notice to you and for any reason (including, but not limited to, upon receipt of claims or allegations from third parties or authorities relating to such Content or if we are concerned that you may have violated these Terms of Use), or for no reason at all, (ii) remove or block any Content from the Services, and (iii) restrict access to some parts of or the entire Site.

The Services including the Site and its Content are owned by Oribe, its licensors, or other providers of such material and are protected by United States, Canadian and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.

We grant you a limited, revocable, non-transferable and non-exclusive license to access and make personal, non-commercial use of the Site. This limited license does not include the right to: (a) reproduce, republish, distribute, transmit, sell, license, store or download the Site or any and/or all Content (except caching or as necessary to view the Site); (b) make any use of the Site or any and/or all Content other than personal use; (c) modify, reverse engineer or create any derivative works based upon either the Site or any and/or all Content; (d) collect account information for the benefit of yourself or another party; (e) use software robots, spiders, crawlers, or similar data gathering and extraction tools, or (f) take any other action that may impose an unreasonable burden or load on our infrastructure.

Any use of the Services not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. Except as expressly set forth in these Terms of Use, no license is granted to you and no rights are conveyed by virtue of accessing or using the Site. All rights not granted under these Terms of Use are reserved by Oribe.

Oribe reserves the right, at any time, without notice and in its sole discretion, to terminate your license and right to use the Services or Site and to block or prevent your future access to and use of the Services and Site. 

We may, with or without prior notice, terminate any of the rights granted by these Terms of Use. You shall comply immediately with any termination or other notice, including, as applicable, by ceasing all use of the Site.

Oribe may access, preserve and disclose your account information and Content if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access, preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to (i) comply with legal process; (ii) enforce these Terms of Use, (iii) respond to any claims that any User Contribution (as defined below) violates the rights of third parties, (iv) respond to your requests for customer services, or (v) protect the rights, property or personal safety of Oribe (and its employees), its users and the public

In your access or use of the Site, you shall comply with these Terms of Use and the special warnings or instructions for access or use posted on the Site. You may not make any change or alteration to the Site or any Content or services that may appear on this Site and may not impair in any way the integrity or operation of the Site. You agree not to:

• Use the Services in any way that violates any applicable federal, state, provincial, local, or international law or regulation (including, without limitation, any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the US or other countries).
• Engage in any conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of the Services, or which, as determined by us, may harm Oribe or users of the Services, or expose them to liability.
• Use the Services in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the Services or interfere with any other party's use of the Services, including their ability to engage in real time activities through the Services.
• Use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the material on the Services, or for any other purpose not expressly authorized in these Terms of Use, without our prior written consent.
• Introduce any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage, or disrupt the Services, the server on which the Services are stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to the Services. 
• Attack the Services via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.
• Otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Services.

Without limiting the generality of any other provision of these Terms of Use, if you default negligently or willfully in any of the obligations set forth in these Terms of Use, you shall be liable for all the losses and damages that this may cause Oribe, our parent company, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners or licensors.

If the Site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your convenience only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources and accept no responsibility or liability for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access any of the third-party websites linked to this Site, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites. 

The Site may offer certain special features and functionality or events (such as contests, sweepstakes or other offerings) which may (a) be subject to terms of use, rules and/or policies in addition to or in lieu of these Terms of Use; and (b) be offered by us or by third parties. If so, we will notify you of this and if you choose to take advantage of these offerings, you agree that your use of those offerings will be subject to such additional or separate terms of use, rules and/or policies.

As part of our Services, we may allow users to post, submit, publish, display, or transmit to other users or other persons (hereinafter, "post") content or materials to be displayed on or through the Site (collectively, "User Contributions").

All User Contributions must comply with the Content Standards (below) in these Terms of Use.

Any User Contributions you post to the site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. By providing any User Contributions on the Site, you grant us and our affiliates and each of their and our respective licensees, successors, and assigns the right to use, reproduce, modify, perform, display, distribute, and otherwise disclose to third parties any such material for any purpose. 

You represent and warrant that: 

• You own or control all rights in and to the User Contributions and have the right to grant the license granted above to us and our affiliates, and each of their and our respective licensees, successors, and assigns.
• All of your User Contributions does and will comply with these Terms of Use. 

You understand and acknowledge that you are responsible for any User Contributions you submit or contribute, and you, not Oribe, have full responsibility for such content, including its legality, reliability, accuracy, and appropriateness.

We are not responsible or liable to you or any third party for any User Contributions posted by you or any other user of the Site, including, without limitation, for any errors or omissions in any User Contributions, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred by you as a result of the use of any User Contributions.

We have the right to:

• Remove or refuse to post any User Contributions for any or no reason in our sole discretion.
• Take any action with respect to any User Contributions that we deem necessary or appropriate in our sole discretion, including if we believe that such User Contributions violate the Terms of Use, including the Content Standards, infringes any intellectual property right or other right of any person or entity, threatens the personal safety of users of the Site or the public, or could create liability for Oribe.
• Disclose your identity or other information about you to any third party who claims that material posted by you violates their rights, including their intellectual property rights or their right to privacy.
• Take appropriate legal action, including without limitation, referral to law enforcement, for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Site. 
• Terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Site for any or no reason, including without limitation, any violation of these Terms of Use.
  
  

Without limiting the foregoing, we have the right to cooperate fully with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or other information of anyone posting any materials on or through the Site. YOU WAIVE AND HOLD HARMLESS ORIBE AND ITS AFFILIATES FROM ANY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION TAKEN BY ANY OF THE FOREGOING PARTIES DURING, OR TAKEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF, INVESTIGATIONS BY EITHER SUCH PARTIES OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.

However, we do not undertake to review all material before it is posted on the Site and cannot ensure prompt removal of objectionable material after it has been posted. Accordingly, we assume no liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications, or content provided by any user or third party. We have no liability or responsibility to anyone for performance or nonperformance of the activities described in this section.

These content standards apply to any and all User Contributions and use of the Services. User Contributions must in their entirety comply with all applicable federal, state, provincial, local, and international laws and regulations. Without limiting the foregoing, User Contributions must not:

• Contain any material that is defamatory, obscene, indecent, abusive, offensive, harassing, violent, hateful, inflammatory, or otherwise objectionable.
• Infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other intellectual property or other rights of any other person.
• Violate the legal rights (including the rights of publicity and privacy) of others or contain any material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under applicable laws or regulations or that otherwise may be in conflict with these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy.
• Be likely to deceive any person.
• Promote any illegal activity, or advocate, promote, or assist any unlawful act.
• Cause annoyance, inconvenience, or needless anxiety or be likely to upset, embarrass, alarm, or annoy any other person.
• Impersonate any person or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person or organization. 
• Give the impression that they emanate from or are endorsed by us or any other person or entity, if this is not the case.

We take claims of copyright infringement seriously. We will respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with applicable law. If you believe any materials accessible on or from our Site infringes your copyright, you may request removal of those materials (or access to them) from the Site by submitting written notification to our Copyright Agent that is designated below. It is the policy of Oribe to terminate the accounts of repeat infringers. 

In accordance with the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512) (“DMCA”), the written notice (the “DMCA Notice”) must include substantially the following:

• Your physical or electronic signature.
• Identification of the copyrighted work you believe to have been infringed or, if the claim involves multiple works on the Site, a representative list of such works.
• Identification of the material you believe to be infringing in a sufficiently precise manner to allow us to locate that material.
• Adequate information by which we can contact you (including your name, postal address, telephone number, and, if available, email address).
• A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
• A statement that the information in the written notice is accurate.
• A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
  
  

If you fail to comply with all of the requirements of Section 512(c)(3) of the DMCA, your DMCA Notice may not be effective. Please be aware that if you knowingly materially misrepresent that material or activity on the Site is infringing your copyright, you may be held liable for damages (including costs and attorneys’ fees) under Section 512(f) of the DMCA.

DMCA Notices must be delivered to our designated Copyright Agent:  

Kao USA Inc.

Attention: Kao Americas Legal

2535 Spring Grove Avenue

Cincinnati, OH 45214

americas.legal@kao.com

Other than those we have specifically requested (and to which specific additional terms apply), our policy is to not accept or consider ideas or suggestions submitted by our users. We have adopted this policy in order to avoid confusion and misunderstandings in case that your ideas, suggestions, or other materials are like ones that have been developed (or may be developed) independently. Therefore, we are not responsible for any ideas, suggestions, or materials submitted to us. If you still choose to send us ideas, suggestions, or other materials, you agree that we are free to use these ideas, suggestions, or other materials in any way that we may deem fit without any liability or payment of any kind to you.

Oribe Hair Care and the Oribe logo and all related names, logos, products and service names, designs and slogans are trademarks of Oribe Hair Care, LLC. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of Oribe. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans on this Site are the trademarks of their respective owners.

We provide this Site for use only by persons located in the United States and Canada. We make no claims that the Site or any of its Content or Services is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States or Canada. Access to the Site may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Site from outside the United States or Canada, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.