Terms of Service

01.Eligibility and Account

1.1 The Service is offered only to individuals who are at least 18 years of age. By creating an account, you represent and warrant that you are 18 or older. We rely on this self-attestation; we do not collect date of birth.

1.2 You may hold one account per person. Creating multiple accounts, sharing an account, or misrepresenting your identity is grounds for suspension or termination.

1.3 You are responsible for the security of your account credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account. Notify us promptly at fromnothingtoallthings@gmail.com if you suspect unauthorized access.

02.User Contributions and License Grant

2.1 “User Contributions” means any content you submit through the Service, including check-ins, ratings, photos, written tips and notes, dispute reports, dog profile data (such as breed, size, temperament fields), journal entries, and any other content you choose to provide.

2.2 You retain ownership of your User Contributions. This Section is a license, not an assignment.

2.3 You grant Water Bowl Social LLC a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sublicensable, worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, aggregate, anonymize, translate, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, and create derivative works from your User Contributions, in any media now known or later developed.

2.4 The license in Section 2.3 expressly includes the right to license aggregate, anonymized, or derivative datasets derived from User Contributions to third parties for commercial purposes, including research, analytics, and product partnerships.

2.5 The license in Section 2.3 does not include the right to resell individual raw user-uploaded photos as standalone assets to third parties.

2.6 You represent and warrant that you have all rights necessary to grant the license in this Section, and that your User Contributions do not infringe any third party’s rights.

03.Account Deletion and Data Retention

3.1 You may request account deletion at any time by emailing fromnothingtoallthings@gmail.com or, when available, using the in-app deletion control.

3.2 Upon deletion, identifying records associated with your account will be deleted. This includes your name, email address, profile photo, and dog photos that depict you or are tied to your identity.

3.3 User Contributions that function as data points (including check-ins, ratings, dispute reports, and structured dog profile fields) will be anonymized and retained as part of our aggregate dataset. This pattern is consistent with industry practice for venue review and activity-tracking services.

3.4 You acknowledge that anonymized and aggregated contributions cannot be re-associated with you and therefore cannot be retrieved or removed after the deletion process completes.

04.Acceptable Use and Prohibited Conduct

4.1 You agree not to:

• (a) submit fake check-ins, fabricated ratings, or spam reports;
• (b) abuse community signals, including coordinated voting, brigading, or astroturfing;
• (c) post content that is unlawful, defamatory, threatening, harassing, hateful, or that violates the rights of any third party, including intellectual property and privacy rights;
• (d) scrape, crawl, or use automated means to access the Service, except through APIs we expressly document and authorize;
• (e) reverse engineer, decompile, or otherwise attempt to derive source code from the Service except where such restriction is prohibited by law;
• (f) interfere with the operation of the Service, the integrity of our data, or the experience of other users;
• (g) use the Service to collect personal information about other users for any purpose outside the Service.

4.2 We may investigate, remove, or restrict access to content that we believe in good faith violates these Terms or applicable law.

05.Service Description and Disclaimers

5.1 The Service provides predictive recommendations about dog-friendly venues. These recommendations combine public data, structured signals, and contributions from our community.

5.2 We do not warrant the safety, suitability, accuracy, or current dog-friendliness of any specific venue. Venue policies, staff, and conditions change without notice.

5.3 Recommendations are predictions, not guarantees. You are responsible for evaluating any venue, situation, or interaction before exposing yourself or your dog to it.

5.4 You assume the risk of your own venue visits and your dog’s interactions with people, other animals, and the environment. Water Bowl Social does not provide veterinary, behavioral, or safety advice.

5.5 THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

06.Venue Disputes and Takedowns

6.1 Venue owners and authorized representatives may claim a listing or contest a dispute through the process described at /venue-claim (or a successor URL).

6.2 We reserve the right to investigate, edit, annotate, or remove venue-related content based on owner input, factual evidence, or our editorial judgment.

6.3 We do not commit to remove content on demand absent a legal obligation or sufficient factual basis. Submitting false claims is grounds for action under Section 4.

07.Termination

7.1 You may stop using the Service at any time and request account deletion under Section 3.

7.2 We may suspend or terminate your access at any time, with or without cause, including for violation of these Terms.

7.3 The following Sections survive termination: Section 2 (license grant in User Contributions), Section 3 (anonymized retention), Section 5 (disclaimers), Section 8 (limitation of liability), Section 9 (indemnification), Section 10 (dispute resolution), and any other provision that by its nature should survive.

08.Limitation of Liability

8.1 TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WATER BOWL SOCIAL’S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100) OR (B) THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID US FOR THE SERVICE IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY.

8.2 IN NO EVENT WILL WE BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST PROFITS, REVENUE, GOODWILL, OR DATA.

8.3 We are not liable for venue conditions, the actions or inactions of venue staff, the conduct of other users, or the behavior of any dog or animal you encounter.

8.4 Nothing in this Section limits liability for gross negligence, willful misconduct, or any other liability that cannot be limited under Georgia law.

09.Indemnification

9.1 You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Water Bowl Social LLC and its officers, members, employees, and agents from and against any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or related to (a) your User Contributions, (b) your use of the Service, (c) your violation of these Terms, or (d) your violation of any law or third-party right.

10.Dispute Resolution

10.1 These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Georgia, without regard to conflict of laws principles.

10.2 Before filing any formal proceeding, the parties will attempt in good faith to resolve any dispute through informal negotiation. The complaining party will send a written description of the dispute to the other party at the contact address in Section 12. The parties have thirty (30) days from receipt to attempt resolution.

10.3 If the dispute is not resolved within the 30-day window, any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to the Service or these Terms will be resolved by binding individual arbitration administered by a recognized arbitral body, except that either party may bring an individual action in small claims court.

10.4 You and Water Bowl Social agree that each may bring claims against the other only on an individual basis and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, collective, or representative proceeding.

10.5 If the arbitration agreement or the class waiver is held unenforceable in your jurisdiction, the parties consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Atlanta, Georgia, and waive any objection based on inconvenient forum.

10.6 Some U.S. states and other jurisdictions limit the enforceability of arbitration clauses and class waivers. To the extent any portion of this Section is unenforceable, the remainder will continue in effect.

11.Changes to These Terms

11.1 We may modify these Terms from time to time. We will provide notice of material changes by email to the address associated with your account or through an in-app notice.

11.2 Material changes take effect thirty (30) days after notice. Non-material changes take effect upon posting.

11.3 Your continued use of the Service after the effective date of a change constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms. If you do not agree, stop using the Service and request account deletion under Section 3.

12.Contact

All notices to Water Bowl Social must be sent to the address or email above. We will send notices to you at the email address associated with your account or through the Service.