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Terms of Service

By Boot.dev Legal Team on February 6, 2020

Last updated on July 18, 2024

BOOT.DEV TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE đź”—

Ogdolo LLC, dba Boot.dev (“Boot.dev”), whose principal office is located at 3520 N. University Ave., Suite 300, Provo, UT 84604, owns and operates www.boot.dev (the “Site”), providing access to digital information and educational content related to learning backend development (our “Service”).

Access to and use of the Site and the Service is provided by Boot.dev (“we”, “us”, and/or “our”) subject to the following terms and conditions (the “Terms”).

By using the Site and Service, you agree to comply with and be bound by the Terms. If you do not agree with all the Terms, you must exit this Site immediately. We reserve the right to refuse access and service to anyone for any reason at any time.

To contact us, please email [email protected].

1. Data Collection and Privacy Policy. đź”—

We will use any personal data provided by you or collected through your use of the Site in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which is available at https://blog.boot.dev/privacy/.

By using the Site and the Service, you consent to Boot.dev securely sending certain of your personally identifiable information to our Google Analytics account for tracking and analytics purposes, and further consent to such data being used to associate data across your unauthenticated and authenticated sessions on the Site, as more fully described at https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/12150158?hl=en&utm_id=ad.

2. Updates and Changes. đź”—

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

3. Use of Site. đź”—

You represent that you are over the age of 18. We do not permit those under 18 to use the Site.

You acknowledge that Boot.dev is the sole owner (or the licensee) of all content on the Site, including, without limitation, all applicable copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, logos, and other intellectual property rights, as well as all text, images, graphics, logos, audio, video, URLs, metadata and other material appearing on the Site (the “Boot.dev Content”). The Site and the Boot.dev Content are protected by the copyright and intellectual property laws of the United States and are protected globally by similar laws and applicable international copyright treaties.

You agree that your use of the Site and Boot.dev Content is for your own personal and non-commercial use only. Without limitation, you shall not use (and you agree not to assist or allow anyone else to use) the Site and/or any Boot.dev Content for any other purpose without our prior written approval. This includes, without limitation, that you shall not reproduce, distribute, display, modify, adapt, translate, prepare derivative works from, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise attempt to derive source code from the Site or Boot.dev Content for any reason including but not limited to: (a) for any commercial use; (b) for any text and data aggregation, analysis or mining; (c) for any machine learning or artificial intelligence-related purposes (including the training or development of such technologies); or (d) with any machine learning and/or artificial intelligence technologies to generate any data.

You shall not use any service, software, device, tool, method, program, technique, algorithm or process to circumvent any protection or technological measure that controls access to the Site or Boot.dev Content in any way, including circumventing any access controls of the Site.

4. Malicious Use. đź”—

We take reasonable precautions to prevent computer viruses, bugs and any other items that may damage the operation of computers, but do not accept any liability for them if they are present. You should use your own virus protection software.

You agree not to misuse this Site by introducing viruses, trojans, worms or other material that is malicious or harmful. You further agree not to attack this Site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack or doing anything which may affect the functioning of or the ability of any another user to access the Site. We will report any breach of this provision to the relevant legal authorities, and we will cooperate fully with them in their investigation of such incidents. In the event of such a breach, your right to use this Site will cease immediately.

5. Other Prohibited Uses. đź”—

In addition to other prohibitions set forth in the Terms, you are prohibited from using the site or its content: (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 collect or track the personal information of others; (h) to spam, phish, pharm, pretext, spider, crawl, or scrape; (i) for any obscene or immoral purpose; or (j) 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 Site and Service, or any related website, for violating any of the prohibited uses.

6. Indemnification. đź”—

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Boot.dev and our parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, officers, directors, agents, contractors, licensors, service providers, subcontractors, suppliers, interns and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third-party due to or arising out of your breach of any of these or your violation of any law or the rights of a third-party.

7. No Warranties. đź”—

The Service is provided to you “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” and with all faults and defects without warranty of any kind.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, BOOT.DEV EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND WARRANTIES THAT MAY ARISE OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, USAGE OR TRADE PRACTICE. WITHOUT LIMITATION TO THE FOREGOING, BOOT.DEV PROVIDES NO WARRANTY OR UNDERTAKING, AND MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OF ANY KIND THAT THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, ACHIEVE ANY INTENDED RESULTS, BE COMPATIBLE OR WORK WITH ANY OTHER SOFTWARE, APPLICATIONS, SYSTEMS OR SERVICES, OPERATE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, MEET ANY PERFORMANCE OR RELIABILITY STANDARDS OR BE ERROR FREE OR THAT ANY ERRORS OR DEFECTS CAN OR WILL BE CORRECTED.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain types of warranties or limitations on applicable statutory rights of a consumer, so some or all of the above exclusions and limitations may not apply to you. But in such a case the exclusions and limitations set forth in this section shall be applied to the greatest extent enforceable under applicable law.

8. Limit of Liability. đź”—

IN NO CASE SHALL BOOT.DEV, OUR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, CONTRACTORS, INTERNS, SUPPLIERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INJURY, LOSS, CLAIM, OR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA, REPLACEMENT COSTS, OR ANY SIMILAR DAMAGES, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR THE SERVICE, OR FOR ANY OTHER CLAIM RELATED IN ANY WAY TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR THE SERVICE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT, OR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF THE SERVICE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THEIR POSSIBILITY. BECAUSE SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, IN SUCH STATES OR JURISDICTIONS, OUR LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

9. Third Party Sites. đź”—

Our Service may contain links to third-party web sites or services that are not owned or controlled by Boot.dev. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services. You further acknowledge and agree that Boot.dev shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such websites or services.

We strongly advise you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of any third-party websites or services that you visit.

10. Severability. đź”—

In the event that any provision of these Terms is determined to be unlawful, void or unenforceable, such provision shall nonetheless be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the unenforceable portion shall be deemed to be severed from these Terms, and such determination shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any other remaining provisions.

11. No Waiver. đź”—

Our failure to insist upon or enforce any provision of these terms of service shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right of Boot.dev.

12. Governing Law: đź”—

These terms and conditions are governed by the laws of the United States of America and the laws of the State of Utah. You agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any claim or dispute with Boot.dev or relating in any way to your use of the Site will be in the courts of Utah County, State of Utah, and you further agree and expressly consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction in the courts of Utah County, State of Utah, in connection with any such dispute and including any claim involving Boot.dev or its affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, contractors, officers, and directors.

13. Entire Agreement. đź”—

These Terms and any policies or operating rules posted by us on this Site or in respect to the Service constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between you and us and govern your use of the Site and Service, superseding any prior or contemporaneous agreements, communications and proposals, whether oral or written, between you and us (including, but not limited to, any prior versions of the Terms).