top of page

Terms of service

Last Updated: 10/01/2023

​

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. BY ACCESSING OR USING OUR WEBSITE (THE "SITE") OR OUR SERVICES, YOU HEREBY AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND ALL TERMS INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF YOU, THE USER, CUSTOMER, OR PROSPECTIVE CUSTOMER TO READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE PROCEEDING TO USE THIS SITE. IF YOU DO NOT EXPRESSLY AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, THEN PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS OR USE OUR SITE OR OUR SERVICES.

 

The present terms and conditions (this "Agreement" or "Terms") is a legal agreement between you and Via Vita SBC (hereinafter "Via Vita and/or Zoë"), a company duly organized and validly existing, located at 600 Hwy 169 South, Suite 500, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55426. This Agreement annuls and voids all previous agreements.

 

OVERVIEW

The Site (www.exploremypurpose.com) is operated by Via Vita and/or Zoë. Throughout the Site, the terms "we", "us" and "our" refer to Via Vita and/or Zoë. Via Vita and/or Zoë offers this Site, including all information, tools, and services available from this Site to you, the user, conditioned upon your acceptance of all terms, conditions, policies, and notices stated here.

 

By visiting our Site and/or purchasing something from us, you engage in our "Service" and agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions, including those additional terms and conditions and policies referenced herein and/or available by hyperlink. Any new features or tools that are added to the current store shall also be subject to the Terms. These Terms apply to all users of the Site, including without limitation users who are browsers, vendors, customers, merchants, and/or contributors of content. In the event of an inconsistency between this Agreement and any additional terms or policies referenced herein, the provisions of the additional terms or policies shall control.

 

You can review the most current version of the Terms at any time on this page. We reserve the right to update, change or replace any part of these Terms by posting updates and/or changes to our Site. It is your responsibility to check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to the Site following the posting of any changes constitutes acceptance of those changes.

 

SECTION 1 - GENERAL TERMS

By agreeing to these Terms, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or possess legal parental or guardian consent, and are fully able and competent to enter into the Terms, conditions, and obligations to use this Site.

 

You may not use our products or Site for any illegal or unauthorized purpose nor may you, in the use of our products or Site, violate any laws in your jurisdiction (including but not limited to copyright laws).

 

You must not transmit any worms or viruses or any code of a destructive nature.

 

A breach or violation of any of the Terms will result in an immediate termination of your account and right to use our Service.

 

We reserve the right, but are not obligated, to take any of the following actions in our sole discretion at any time and for any reason without giving you any prior notice:

 

  1. Restrict, suspend or terminate your access to all or any part of our Site;

  2. Change, suspend or discontinue all or any part of our products or Site;

  3. Refuse, move, or remove any content that is available on all or any part of our Site;

  4. Deactivate or delete your accounts;

  5. Establish general practices and limits concerning use of our Site.

 

You agree that we will not be liable to you or any third party for taking any of these actions.

 

You understand and agree that our Site may include communications such as service announcements and administrative or legal notices from us. Please note that you cannot opt out of receiving these notices.

 

You understand that your content (not including credit card information), may be transferred unencrypted and involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices. Credit card information is always encrypted during transfer over networks.

 

You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any portion of the Site, use of the Site, or access to the Site, without express written permission by us.

 

You may 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. Via Vita and/or Zoë content is not for resale. Use of the Site does not entitle users 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 Via Vita and/or Zoë 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 Via Vita and/or Zoë or our licensors except as expressly authorized by these Terms.

 

Via Vita SBC herein reserves the right to pre-screen, refuse and/or delete any content currently available through our Services. In addition, we reserve the right to remove and/or delete any such content that would violate the Terms or which would otherwise be considered offensive to other visitors, users and/or members.

 

Via Vita SBC herein reserves the right to access, preserve and/or disclose member account information and/or content if it is requested to do so by law or in good faith belief that any such action is deemed reasonably necessary for:

 

  1. compliance with any legal process;

  2. enforcement of the Terms;

  3. responding to any claim that therein contained content is in violation of the rights of any third party;

  4. responding to requests for customer service; or

  5. protecting the rights, property or the personal safety of Via Vita SBC, its visitors, users and members, including the general public.

 

Via Vita SBC herein reserves the right to include the use of security components that may permit digital information or material to be protected, and that such use of information and/or material is subject to usage guidelines and regulations established by Via Vita SBC or any other content providers supplying content services to Via Vita SBC. You are hereby prohibited from making any attempt to override or circumvent any of the embedded usage rules in our Services. Furthermore, unauthorized reproduction, publication, distribution, or exhibition of any information or materials supplied by our Services, despite whether done so in whole or in part, is expressly prohibited

 

SECTION 2 - CREATING AN ACCOUNT

Once you create an account with us, you are registered on the Via Vita and/or Zoë Site. The terms "member," "membership," and "account" all refer to this registration as a member on Via Vita and/or Zoë's Site. If you are merely surfing or browsing through the Site and have not yet created an account, your use of the Site is still subject to this Agreement; if you do not agree to this Agreement, do not use the Site.

 

When you create an account, you will provide a unique username and email. We will also ask you to create a password. Because any activities that occur under your username or password are your responsibility it is important for you to keep your username and/or password secure. You may not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity. You acknowledge that Via Vita and/or Zoë is not responsible for third-party access to your account that results from theft or misappropriation of your account. Notify us immediately if you believe that someone has used your username, email, or password without your authorization.

 

Furthermore, you hereby acknowledge, understand and agree to:

 

  1. furnish correct, current and complete information with regards to yourself as may be requested by the data registration process, and

  2. maintain and promptly update your account and profile information in an effort to maintain accuracy and completeness at all times.

 

If anyone knowingly provides any information of a false, untrue, inaccurate or incomplete nature, Via Vita SBC will have sufficient grounds and rights to suspend or terminate the member in violation of this aspect of the Agreement, and as such refuse any and all current or future use of Via Vita SBC Services, or any portion thereof.

 

SECTION 3 - CONDUCT

As a user or member of the Site, you herein acknowledge, understand and agree that all information, text, software, data, photographs, music, video, messages, tags or any other content, whether it is publicly or privately posted and/or transmitted, is the expressed sole responsibility of the individual from whom the content originated. In short, this means that you are solely responsible for any and all content posted, uploaded, emailed, transmitted, or otherwise made available by way of the Via Vita and/or Zoë Services, and as such, we do not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such content. It is expressly understood that by use of our Services, you may be exposed to content including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any content posted, and/or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available by Via Vita and/or Zoë.

 

In addition to other prohibitions as set in the Terms of Service, you are prohibited from using the Site or Services: (a) for any unlawful purpose; (b) to solicit others to perform or participate in any unlawful acts; (c) to violate any international, federal, provincial or state regulations, rules, laws, or local ordinances; (d) to infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others; (e) to harass, abuse, insult, harm, defame, slander, disparage, intimidate, or discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, race, age, national origin, or disability; (f) to submit false or misleading information; (g) to upload or transmit viruses or any other type of malicious code that will or may be used in any way that will affect the functionality or operation of the Service or of any related website, other websites, or the Internet; (h) to collect or track the personal information of others; (i) to spam, phish, pharm, pretext, spider, crawl, or scrape; (j) for any obscene or immoral purpose; or (k) to interfere with or circumvent the security features of the Service or any related website, other websites, or the Internet. We reserve the right to terminate your use of the Service or any related website for violating any of the prohibited uses.

 

SECTION 4 - INDEMNITY

All users and/or members agree to insure and hold Via Vita SBC, our subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, employees, officers, partners and/or licensors blameless or not liable for any claim or demand, which may include, but is not limited to, reasonable attorney fees made by any third party which may arise from your breach of these Terms of Service or the documents they incorporate by reference, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third-party..

 

SECTION 5 - MODIFICATIONS

Via Vita SBC reserves the right at any time it may deem fit, to modify, alter and or discontinue, whether temporarily or permanently, our service, or any part thereof, with or without prior notice. In addition, we shall not be held liable to you or to any third party for any such alteration, modification, suspension and/or discontinuance of our Services, or any part thereof.

 

SECTION 6 - TERMINATION

As a member of www.exploremypurpose.com, you may cancel or terminate your account, associated email address and/or access to our Services by submitting a cancellation or termination request to info@exploremypurpose.com.

 

As a member, you agree that Via Vita SBC may, without any prior written notice, immediately suspend, terminate, discontinue and/or limit your account, any email associated with your account, and access to any of our Services. The cause for such termination, discontinuance, suspension and/or limitation of access shall include, but is not limited to: (a) any breach or violation of our Terms or any other incorporated agreement, regulation and/or guideline; (b) by way of requests from law enforcement or any other governmental agencies; (c) the discontinuance, alteration and/or material modification to our Services, or any part thereof; (d) unexpected technical or security issues and/or problems; (e) any extended periods of inactivity; (f) any engagement by you in any fraudulent or illegal activities; and/or (g) the nonpayment of any associated fees that may be owed by you in connection with your www.exploremypurpose.com account Services.

 

Furthermore, you herein agree that any and all terminations, suspensions, discontinuances, and or limitations of access for cause shall be made at our sole discretion and that we shall not be liable to you or any other third party with regards to the termination of your account, associated email address and/or access to any of our Services.

 

The termination of your account with www.exploremypurpose.com shall include any and/or all of the following:

 

  1. the removal of any access to all or part of the Services offered within www.exploremypurpose.com.

  2. the deletion of your password and any and all related information, files, and any such content that may be associated with or inside your account, or any part thereof; and

  3. the barring of any further use of all or part of our Services.

 

SECTION 7 - LINKS

Either Via Vita SBC or any third parties may provide links to other websites and/or resources. Thus, you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the availability of any such external sites or resources, and as such, we do not endorse nor are we responsible or liable for any content, products, advertising or any other materials, on or available from such third-party sites or resources. Furthermore, you acknowledge and agree that Via Vita SBC shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any such damage or loss which may be a result of, caused or allegedly to be caused by or in connection with the use of or the reliance on any such content, goods or Services made available on or through any such site or resource.

 

SECTION 8 - PROPRIETARY RIGHTS

You do hereby acknowledge and agree that Via Vita SBC's Services and any essential software that may be used in connection with our Services ("Software") shall contain proprietary and confidential material that is protected by applicable intellectual property rights and other laws. Furthermore, you herein acknowledge and agree that any Content which may be contained in any advertisements or information presented by and through our Services or by advertisers is protected by copyrights, trademarks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws. Therefore, except for that which is expressly permitted by applicable law or as authorized by Via Vita SBC or such applicable licensor, you agree not to alter, modify, lease, rent, loan, sell, distribute, transmit, broadcast, publicly perform and/or created any plagiaristic works which are based on Via Vita SBC Services (e.g. Content or Software), in whole or part.

 

Via Vita SBC hereby grants you a personal, non-transferable and non-exclusive right and/or license to make use of the object code or our Software on a single computer, as long as you do not, and shall not, allow any third party to duplicate, alter, modify, create or plagiarize work from, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise make an attempt to locate or discern any source code, sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security interest in and/or otherwise transfer any such right in the Software. Furthermore, you do herein agree not to alter or change the Software in any manner, nature or form, and as such, not to use any modified versions of the Software, including and without limitation, for the purpose of obtaining unauthorized access to our Services. Lastly, you also agree not to access or attempt to access our Services through any means other than through the interface which is provided by Via Vita SBC for use in accessing our Services.

 

SECTION 9 - WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS

YOU HEREIN EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT:

 

  1. THE USE OF VIA VITA SBC SERVICES AND SOFTWARE ARE AT THE SOLE RISK BY YOU. OUR SERVICES AND SOFTWARE SHALL BE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND/OR"AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. VIA VITA SBC AND OUR SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIESOF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

  2. b) VIA VITA SBC AND OUR SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS MAKE NO SUCH WARRANTIES THAT (i) VIA  VITA SBC SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (ii) VIA VITA SBC SERVICES OR SOFTWARE SHALL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE; (iii) THAT SUCH RESULTS WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE VIA VITA SBC SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE; (iv) QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, ANY INFORMATION OR OTHER MATERIAL WHICH MAY BE PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH OUR SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS; AND (v) THAT ANY SUCH ERRORS CONTAINED IN THE SOFTWARE SHALL BE CORRECTED.

  3. ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED BY WAY OF VIA VITA SBC SERVICES OR SOFTWARE SHALL BE ACCESSED BY YOUR SOLE DISCRETION AND SOLE RISK, AND AS SUCH YOU SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR AND HEREBY WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION WITH RESPECT TO ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER AND/OR INTERNET ACCESS, DOWNLOADING AND/OR DISPLAYING, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF DATA THAT COULD RESULT FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH INFORMATION OR MATERIAL.

  4. NO ADVICE AND/OR INFORMATION, DESPITE WHETHER WRITTEN OR ORAL, THAT MAY BE OBTAINED BY YOU FROM VIA VITA SBC OR BY WAY OF OR FROM OUR SERVICES OR SOFTWARE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS.

SECTION 10 - LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

YOU EXPLICITLY ACKNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT VIA VITA SBC AND OUR SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE RELATED TO THE LOSS OF ANY PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA AND/OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF SUCH POSSIBILITY THAT SAID DAMAGES MAY OCCUR, AND RESULT FROM:

 

  1. THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE OUR SERVICE;

 

  1. THE COST OF PROCURING SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES;

 

  1. UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR THE ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS AND/OR DATA;

 

  1. STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY SUCH THIRD PARTY ON OUR SERVICE;

 

  1. AND ANY OTHER MATTER WHICH MAY BE RELATED TO OUR SERVICE.

 

SECTION 11 - RELEASE

In the event you have a dispute, you agree to release Via Vita SBC (and its officers, directors, employees, agents, parent subsidiaries, affiliates, co-branders, partners and any other third parties) from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected or unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected to such dispute.

 

SECTION 12 - NOTICE

Via Vita SBC may furnish you with notices, including those with regards to any changes to the Terms, including but not limited to email, regular mail, MMS or SMS, text messaging, postings on our website Services, or other reasonable means currently known or any which may be herein after developed. Any such notices may not be received if you violate any aspects of the Terms by accessing our Services in an unauthorized manner. Your acceptance of this Agreement constitutes your agreement that you are deemed to have received any and all notices that would have been delivered had you accessed our Services in an authorized manner.

 

SECTION 13 - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

You herein acknowledge, understand and agree that all of the Via Vita SBC trademarks, copyright, trade name, service marks, and other Via Vita SBC logos and any brand features, and/or product and service names are trademarks and as such, are and shall remain the property of Via Vita SBC. You herein agree not to display and/or use in any manner the Via Vita SBC logo or marks without obtaining Via Vita SBC's prior written consent.

 

Via Vita SBC will always respect the intellectual property of others, and we ask that all of our users do the same. With regards to appropriate circumstances and at its sole discretion, Via Vita SBC may disable and/or terminate the accounts of any user who violates our Terms and/or infringes the rights of others.

 

SECTION 14 - ENTIRE AGREEMENT

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Via Vita SBC and shall govern the use of our Services, superseding any prior version of this Agreement between you and us with respect to Via Vita SBC Services. You may also be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use or purchase certain other Via Vita SBC Services, affiliate Services, third-party content or third-party software.

 

SECTION 15 - CHOICE OF LAW AND FORUM

It is at the mutual agreement of both you and Via Vita SBC with regard to the Agreement that the relationship between the parties shall be governed by the laws of the state of Minnesota without regard to its conflict of law provisions and that any and all claims, causes of action and/or disputes, arising out of or relating to the Agreement, or the relationship between you and Via Vita SBC, shall be filed within the courts having jurisdiction within the County of Hennepin, Minnesota or the U.S. District Court located in said state. You and Via Vita SBC agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts as previously mentioned and agree to waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over the parties by such courts and to venue in such courts.

 

SECTION 16 - WAIVER AND SEVERABILITY OF TERMS

At any time, should Via Vita SBC fail to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Agreement, such failure shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of this Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Agreement remain in full force and effect.

 

SECTION 17 - NO RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP NON- TRANSFERABILITY

You acknowledge, understand, and agree that your account is non-transferable and any rights to your ID and/or contents within your account shall terminate upon your death. Upon receipt of a copy of a death certificate, your account may be terminated, and all contents therein permanently deleted.

 

SECTION 18 - STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS

You acknowledge, understand, and agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or action arising out of or related to the use of our Services or the Agreement must be filed within seven years after said claim or cause of action arose or shall be forever barred.

 

SECTION 19 - VIOLATIONS

Please report any and all violations of this Agreement to Via Vita SBC as follows:

 

Mailing Address:

Via Vita SBC

600 Hwy 169 South, Suite 500

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55426

 

Telephone: 952.358.7700

Email: info@exploremypurpose.com

 

SECTION 20 - GOVERNMENT REQUESTS

In order to cooperate with governmental requests, subpoenas or court orders, to protect our systems, or to ensure the integrity and operation of our business and systems, we may access and disclose any information we consider necessary or appropriate, including and without limitation, your information, IP address, and usage history. Our right to disclose any such information is governed by the terms of our Privacy Policy.

 

SECTION 21 - FOREIGN ACCESS OF SITE

The Site is controlled, operated and administered by Via Vita and/or Zoë from our offices within the USA. If you access the Site from a location outside the USA, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws. You agree that you will not use Via Vita and/or Zoë's content accessed through the Site in any country or in any manner prohibited by any applicable laws, restrictions or regulations.

 

SECTION 22 - ERRORS, INACCURACIES AND OMISSIONS

Occasionally there may be information on our Site that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies, or omissions that may relate to product descriptions, pricing, promotions, offers, product shipping charges, transit times, and availability. We reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions, and to change or update information or cancel orders if any information on the Site or on any related Site is inaccurate at any time without prior notice (including after you have submitted your order).

 

We undertake no obligation to update, amend, or clarify information on the Site or on any related Site, including without limitation, pricing information, except as required by law. No specified update or refresh date applied on the Site or on any related Site should be taken to indicate that all information on the Site or on any related Site has been modified or updated.

 

SECTION 23 - PRIVACY POLICY

Every member's registration data and various other personal information are strictly protected by the Via Vita SBC Online Privacy Policy (see the full Privacy Policy at www.exploremypurpose.com). As a member, you herein consent to the collection and use of the information provided, including the transfer of information within the United States and/or other countries for storage, processing or use by Via Vita SBC and/or our subsidiaries and affiliates.

bottom of page