Terms & Conditions

All the details about our terms and conditions.

Agreement between user and respectthereef.com

Welcome to respectthereef.com. The respectthereef.com website (the “Site”) is comprised of various web pages operated by Respect the Reef (“Respect the Reef”). Respectthereef.com is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices  contained herein (the “Terms”). Your use of respectthereef.com constitutes your agreement to all such Terms. Please read these terms carefully, and keep a copy of them for your reference.

respectthereef.com is an E-commerce Site

Privacy

Your use of respectthereef.com is subject to Respect the Reef’ Privacy Policy. Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs the Site and informs users of our data collection practices.

Electronic Communications

Visiting respectthereef.com or sending emails to Respect the Reef constitutes electronic  communications. You consent to receive electronic communications and you agree that all  agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Site, satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

Your account

If you use this site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and  password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for  all activities that occur under your account or password. You may not assign or otherwise transfer  your account to any other person or entity. You acknowledge that Respect the Reef is not responsible  for third party access to your account that results from theft or misappropriation of your account.

Respect the Reef and its associates reserve the right to refuse or cancel service, terminate accounts, or remove or edit content in our sole discretion.

Respect the Reef does not knowingly collect, either online or offline, personal information from persons under the age of thirteen. If you are under 18, you may use respectthereef.com only with permission of a parent or guardian.

Cancellation/Refund Policy

You may return products within a 30 day period and get a full refund on the product or you may  exchange it for a product of equal price. When returning items, please include the packing slip and  reason for the return. (We just want to know how to make our products better!)

Links to third party sites/Third party services

Respectthereef.com may contain links to other websites (“Linked Sites”). The Linked Sites are not  under the control of Respect the Reef and Respect the Reef is not responsible for the contents of any  Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or  updates to a Linked Site.

Respect the Reef is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Respect The Reef of the site or any association  with its operators.

Certain services made available via respectthereef.com are delivered by third party sites and  organizations. By using any product, service or functionality originating from the respectthereef.com  domain, you hereby acknowledge and consent that Respect the Reef may share such information and  data with any third party with whom Respect the Reef has a contractual relationship to provide the  requested product, service or functionality on behalf of respectthereef.com users and customers.

No unlawful or prohibited use/Intellectual Property

You are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use  respectthereef.com strictly in accordance with these terms of use. As a condition of your use of the  Site, you warrant to Respect the Reef that you will not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or  prohibited by these Terms. You may not use the Site in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Site or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Site.  You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not  intentionally made available or provided for through the Site.
All content included as part of the Service, such as text, graphics, logos, images, as well as the  compilation thereof, and any software used on the Site, is the property of Respect the Reef or its  suppliers and protected by copyright and other laws that protect intellectual property and  proprietary rights. You agree to observe and abide by all copyright and other proprietary notices,  legends or other restrictions contained in any such content and will not make any changes thereto.  You will not modify, publish, transmit, reverse engineer, participate in the transfer or sale, create  derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the content, in whole or in part, found on the Site.  Respect the Reef content is not for resale. Your use of the Site does not entitle you to make any  unauthorized use of any protected content, and in particular you will not delete or alter any  proprietary rights or attribution notices in any content. You will use protected content solely for  your personal use, and will make no other use of the content without the express written  permission of Respect the Reef and the copyright owner. You agree that you do not acquire any  ownership rights in any protected content. We do not grant you any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property of Respect the Reef or our licensors except as expressly authorized by these Terms.

Use of communication services

The Site may contain bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities,  personal web pages, calendars, and/or other message or communication facilities designed to  enable you to communicate with the public at large or with a group (collectively, “Communication  Services”), you agree to use the Communication Services only to post, send and receive messages  and material that are proper and related to the particular Communication Service.  By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a Communication Service,  you will not: defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as  rights of privacy and publicity) of others; publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material  or information; upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual  property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or  have received all necessary consents; upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other  similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another’s computer; advertise or  offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such Communication  Service specifically allows such messages; conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes  or chain letters; download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that you  know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner; falsify or delete  any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the  origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded, restrict or inhibit  any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services; violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular Communication Service; harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses, without their consent;  violate any applicable laws or regulations.

Respect the Reef has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services. However, Respect the Reef  reserves the right to review materials posted to a Communication Service and to remove any materials in its sole discretion. Respect the Reef reserves the right to terminate your access to any or  all of the Communication Services at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever.

Respect the Reef reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any  applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to  remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in Respect the Reef’s sole discretion.  Always use caution when giving out any personally identifying information about yourself or your  children in any Communication Service. Respect the Reef does not control or endorse the content,  messages or information found in any Communication Service and, therefore, Respect the Reef  specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the Communication Services and any actions  resulting from your participation in any Communication Service. Managers and hosts are not  authorized Respect The Reef spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of  Respect the Reef.

Materials uploaded to a Communication Service may be subject to posted limitations on usage,  reproduction and/or dissemination. You are responsible for adhering to such limitations if you  upload the materials.

The Respect the Reef web page

Respect The Reef does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to respectthereef.com  (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any Respect the Reef Site or  our associated services (collectively “Submissions”). However, by posting, uploading, inputting,  providing or submitting your Submission you are granting Respect the Reef, our affiliated companies  and necessary sublicensees permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses including, without limitation, the rights to: copy, distribute, transmit,  publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission; and to  publish your name in connection with your Submission. No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein.  Respect the Reef is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and may  remove any Submission at any time in Respect the Reef’s sole discretion.

By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you warrant and  represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission as described in this  section including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the Submissions.

International Users

The Service is controlled, operated and administered by Respect the Reef from our offices within the  USA. If you access the Service from a location outside the USA, you are responsible for  compliance with all local laws. You agree that you will not use the Respect the Reef Content accessed  through respectthereef.com in any country or in any manner prohibited by any applicable laws,  restrictions or regulations.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Respect the Reef, its officers, directors, employees, agents and third parties, for any losses, costs, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable  attorneys’ fees) relating to or arising out of your use of or inability to use the Site or services, any  user postings made by you, your violation of any terms of this Agreement or your violation of any  rights of a third party, or your violation of any applicable laws, rules or regulations. Respect the Reef  reserves the right, at its own cost, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will fully cooperate with  Respect the Reef in asserting any available defenses.

Liability disclaimer

THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR  TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE  INFORMATION HEREIN. RESPECT THE REEF AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE  IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE SITE AT ANY TIME.  RESPECT THE REEF AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT  THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY  OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED  GRAPHICS CONTAINED ON THE SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM  EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SUCH INFORMATION,  SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED “AS  IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. RESPECT THE REEF  AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS  WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS  OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND  NON-INFRINGEMENT.  TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE  LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL RESPECT THE REEF AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR  ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES  FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY  CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE, WITH THE DELAY  OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE OR RELATED SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR  FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE,  PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE,  OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE SITE, WHETHER BASED ON  CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF  RESPECT THE REEF OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE  POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT  ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL  OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.  IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE SITE, OR WITH ANY OF  THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO  DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE.

Termination/access restriction

Respect the Reef reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Site and the  related services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice. To the maximum extent  permitted by law, this agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Colorado and you hereby  consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in Colorado in all disputes arising out of or  relating to the use of the Site. Use of the Site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give  effect to all provisions of these Terms, including, without limitation, this section. You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between  you and Respect the Reef as a result of this agreement or use of the Site. Respect the Reef’s performance  of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this  agreement is in derogation of Respect the Reef’s right to comply with governmental, court and law  enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Site or information provided to or  gathered by Respect the Reef with respect to such use. If any part of this agreement is determined to  be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty  disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will  be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the  original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect.  Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and Respect The Reef with respect to the Site and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous  communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and  Respect the Reef with respect to the Site. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given  in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business  documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. It is the express wish  to the parties that this agreement and all related documents be written in English.

Changes to Terms

Respect the Reef reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change the Terms under which  respectthereef.com is offered. The most current version of the Terms will supersede all previous  versions. Respect the Reef encourages you to periodically review the Terms to stay informed of our updates.

Contact Us

Respect The Reef welcomes your questions or comments regarding the Terms and Conditions:

Respect The Reef
2400 Central Ave Suite I
Boulder, Colorado 80301
Email Address:
ric@respectthereef.com
Telephone number:
303-443-1780
Effective as of August 23, 2013