Acceptance of the Terms of Use
Welcome to the Black Opal website, offered by Biocosmetic Research Labs, a division of Mana Products, Inc. (“we”, “us” or “our”). The following terms and conditions (these “Terms of Use”), govern your access to and use of the website located at www.blackopalbeauty.com (the “Site” or the “Black Opal Website”) and any of the content, functionality and services offered on or through the Site.
Please read the Terms of Use carefully before you start to use the Site. By using the Site you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy, found at www.blackopalbeauty.com, incorporated herein by reference. If you do not want to agree to these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Site.
Important Notice Regarding Claims and Agreement to Arbitrate
PLEASE NOTE: these Terms of Use contain certain Disclaimers and Limitations on our Liability, and a binding Arbitration Clause and Class Action Waiver, which waives your right to sue in court or seek a jury trial for disputes relating to your use of the Site. These are found in the Disclaimer of Warranties, Limitation of Liability and Indemnification and Arbitration Sections below. Please read these terms carefully and make sure that you understand them before continuing with your use of the Site. If you do not agree to such terms, please do not use the Site.
Changes to the Terms of Use.
We may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time in our sole discretion without prior notice. For this reason, we encourage you to review these Terms and Conditions whenever you use the Site. All changes are effective immediately when we post them, and apply to all access to and use of the Site thereafter. However, any changes to the dispute resolution provisions set forth in the Arbitration and Governing Law and Jurisdiction sections below will not apply to any disputes for which the parties have actual notice on or prior to the date the change is posted on the Site.
Your continued use of the Site 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.
Accessing the Site and Account Security
We reserve the right to withdraw or amend the Site, and any service or material we provide on the Site, in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Site is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Site, or the entire Site, to users, including registered users.
You are responsible for:
To access certain services or features offered via the Site, you may be asked to create an account (“Account”) and/or to provide certain registration details or other information. It is a condition of your use of the Site that all the information you provide is true, accurate, current and complete. You agree that all information you provide to register with the Site or otherwise, including but not limited to through the use of any interactive features on the Site, is governed by our Privacy Policy, and you consent to all actions we take with respect to your information consistent with our Privacy Policy.
In using the Site, you shall not impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent your identity, including using another person’s username, password or other account information. The Site is offered and made available to users who are 18 years of age or older. By using the Site, you represent and warrant that you are of legal age to form a binding contract with us and meet all of the foregoing eligibility requirements. If you do not meet all of these requirements, you must not access or use the Site.
If you choose, or are provided with, a user name, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your account is personal to you and agree not to provide any other person with access to the Site or portions of it using your user name, password or other security information. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your user name or password or any other breach of security. You also agree to ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. You should use particular caution when accessing your account from a public or shared computer so that others are not able to view or record your password or other personal information.
We have the right to disable any user name, password or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by us, 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.
Intellectual Property Rights
The Site and its entire contents, features and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video and audio, and the design, selection and arrangement thereof), are owned by us, our licensors or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.
These Terms of Use permit you to use the Site for your personal, non-commercial use only. You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store or transmit any of the material on our Site, except as follows:
You must not:
You must not access or use for any commercial purposes any part of the Site or any services or materials available through the Site.
If you print, copy, modify, download or otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of the Site in breach of the Terms of Use, your right to use the Site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. No right, title or interest in or to the Site or any content on the Site is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by us. Any use of the Site not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark and other laws.
Trademarks
The Black Opal name, the Black Opal logo and, except as otherwise noted, all other trademarks, logos, service marks, product and service names, designs, slogans and trade names displayed on this site are registered and unregistered trademarks and trade names (“Trademarks”) that are owned or licensed by us or our affiliated companies. You must not use such Trademarks without prior written permission from us. Where specifically indicated, the other names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans on the Site are the trademarks of their respective owners.
Use Restrictions
You may use the Site only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use. You agree not to use the Site:
Additionally, you agree not to:
User Contributions
The Site may contain message boards, chat rooms, personal web pages or profiles, forums, bulletin boards, mechanisms that permit you to submit pictures and other content you have created (e.g., the photo sharing tool powered by Olapic) and other interactive features (collectively, “Interactive Services”) that allow users to post, submit, publish, display or transmit to other users or other persons (hereinafter, “post”) content or materials (collectively, “User Contributions”) on or through the Website.
All User Contributions must comply with the Content Standards set out in these Terms of Use.
Any User Contribution you post to the Site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. By providing any User Contribution on or through the Site, you grant us and our affiliates and service providers, 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.
By submitting a User Contribution, you represent and warrant that:
Monitoring and Enforcement; Termination
We have the right to:
Without limiting the foregoing, we have the right to fully cooperate 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 Website.
However, we do not undertake a duty to conduct a detailed review of all material before it is posted on the Website, 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.
Content Standards
These Content Standards apply to any and all User Contributions and use of Interactive Services. User Contributions must in their entirety comply with all applicable federal, state, local and international laws and regulations. Without limiting the foregoing, User Contributions must not:
Shipping and Handling Fees
During selected periods, we reserve the right to charge the following delivery fees.
The order total used for shipping fees is calculated exclusive of VAT.
ORDER TOTAL | STANDARD |
R0 – R500.00 (ex-vat) | R50 |
R500.01+ | FREE |
Copyright Infringement
If you believe that any User Contributions violate your copyright, please contact us at customerservice@blackopalbeauty.com and provide us with the following information:
Please note that under federal law, if you knowingly misrepresent that online material is infringing, you may be subject to civil penalties. These include monetary damages, court costs, and attorneys’ fees incurred by us, by any copyright owner, or by any copyright owner’s licensee that is injured as a result of our relying upon your misrepresentation. You may also be subject to criminal prosecution for perjury.
It is our policy to terminate the user accounts of repeat infringers.
Reliance on Information Posted
The information presented on or through the Site is made available solely for general information purposes. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of this information. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. There may be information on the Site that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies or omissions that may relate to product descriptions, pricing and availability. We reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions and to change or update information at any time without prior notice (including after you have submitted your order).
The Site may include content and features provided by third parties, including materials provided by third-party licensors, syndicators, aggregators and/or reporting services. All statements and/or opinions expressed in these materials, and all articles and responses to questions and other content, other than the content provided by us, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials. These materials do not necessarily reflect our opinions. We are not responsible, or liable to you or any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third parties.
Changes to the Site
We may update the content on the Site from time to time, but its content is not necessarily complete or up-to-date. Any of the material on the Site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.
Information About You and Your Visits to the Site
All information we collect on the 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 the Privacy Policy.
Additional Terms and Conditions
Additional terms and conditions may apply to purchases of goods or services and to specific portions or features offered by us on the Site. Such additional terms and conditions are made a part of these Terms of Use by this reference. You agree to abide by such other terms and conditions. If there is a conflict between these Terms of Use and the terms posted for or applicable to a specific portion of the Site or for any good or service offered on or through the Site, the latter terms shall control with respect to your use of that portion or the specific good or service.
Services provided by third parties through links on the site may be subject to additional terms and conditions of such third parties.
Idea Submission
We do not accept unsolicited suggestions and/or ideas for products or services. Please do not submit any unsolicited ideas or proposals in any form to us or to any of our employees. In the interest of avoiding any misunderstanding should a product or service offered by us appear to be similar to an idea that may nonetheless have been submitted, we adhere to the following policy. If you submit an idea to us, regardless of what your communication may state, we will deem your submission to be non-confidential, and will have no obligation to treat your submission as confidential. We will be free to use, distribute, and disclose your submission for any purpose and in any way, without any compensation or other obligation to you or to any third party. We will have no obligation to review, retain, acknowledge, or return any submission that you may provide.
Linking to the Site and Social Media Features
The Site may provide certain social media features that enable you to:
You may use these features solely as they are provided by us, and solely with respect to the content they are displayed with and otherwise in accordance with any additional terms and conditions we provide with respect to such features. Subject to the foregoing, you must not:
You agree to cooperate with us in causing any unauthorized framing or linking immediately to cease. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. We may disable all or any social media features and any links at any time without notice in our discretion.
Links from the Site
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 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 the Site, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites.
Geographic Restrictions
The owner of the Site is based in the state of New York in the United States. We provide the Site for use only by persons located in the United States. We make no claims that the Site or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. 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, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.
Disclaimer of Warranties, Limitation of Liability and Indemnification
Disclaimer of Warranties. We take reasonable steps to provide secure, timely, accurate and complete information on the Site. However, it is possible that information contained or made available on the Site may be incorrect or not current. Further, the Internet has inherent risks and we cannot guarantee that your access to and use of the Site will be uninterrupted or error free or that the Site, or sites to which it may link, will be free from loss, corruption, attack, interference, hacking or other security intrusion. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our Site for any reconstruction of any lost data.
If you notice any errors or omissions in the information contained on the Site or other concerns, please report them to us for investigation.
Your use of the site and the content provided on the site is at your own risk. The site and the content provided on the site is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to the site or the content provided on the site, or any hyperlinks on the site to other internet resources.
Limitation of Liability. Black opal, biocosmetic research labs, mana products, inc. And their parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, successors and assigns (the “black opal parties”) shall not be liable for damages or losses of any kind arising out of or in connection with your use of the site or any content provided on the site, including but not limited to, damages caused by your reliance on the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of information provided on the site or your provision of user information or user contributions to the site, except that the foregoing shall not preclude recovery of damages for personal injury, loss or damage to personal property, or unauthorized use or disclosure of personally identifiable information caused by the black opal parties’ negligence, gross negligence, recklessness, fraud or other wilful, unconscionable or intentional misconduct. Nothing herein shall be construed to limit the clearly established legal right of a consumer to recover attorneys’ fees or other remedies afforded by statute or other law.
Indemnification. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Black Opal Parties from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Use or your use of the Site content other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use, your violation of the rights of a third party, or any negligent acts, omissions or intentional wrongdoing by you. Any such indemnification shall be conditioned on the indemnified party: (a) notifying you in writing of any such claim, demand, action, cost, liability, loss or threat thereof; (b) cooperating with you in the defense or settlement thereof; and (c) allowing you to control such defense or settlement. The indemnified party shall be entitled to participate in such defense at its own cost and expense.
The foregoing Disclaimer of Warranties, Limitation of Liability and Indemnification provisions shall apply to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Arbitration
THE FOLLOWING TERMS TO WHICH YOU ARE CONSENTING CONSIST OF A BINDING ARBITRATION PROVISION AND A CLASS-ACTION AND JURY TRIAL WAIVER.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, by using the Site, you agree that if a dispute arises between you and the Black Opal Parties relating in any way to the Site or your use thereof, including common law or statutory claims, both you and the black opal parties shall submit to binding arbitration before the american arbitration association. Any arbitration commenced between you and the black opal parties must be arbitrated in new york. Arbitration must be on an individual basis. This means neither you nor the black opal parties may join claims in arbitration with or against other users, or litigate in court or arbitrate any claims as a representative or member of a class. You understand that by agreeing to arbitration you are waiving certain legal rights, including the right to sue in court, the right to have the dispute decided by a judge or jury, and the right to bring, or be part of, a class action case. The foregoing shall not apply to suits to enjoin infringement or other misuse of intellectual property rights, and you or the Black Opal Parties may bring suit in court to enjoin infringement or other misuse of intellectual property rights.
Rules for the american arbitration association are available at: https://www.adr.org.
Governing Law; Miscellaneous.
This Site (excluding linked sites) is controlled by us from our offices in the State of New York, United States of America. Both parties agree that these Terms of Use shall be deemed executed and performed by both parties in Queens County, New York. These Terms of Use shall be interpreted and enforced according to the substantive laws of the State of New York, without application of its conflicts or choice of law rules.
Should any part of these Terms of Use be held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed consistent with applicable law and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. To the extent that anything in or associated with the Site is in conflict or inconsistent with these Terms of Use, these Terms of Use shall take precedence. Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms of Use shall not be deemed a waiver of such provision nor of the right to enforce such provision.
We may assign or transfer any or all of our rights or obligations under these Terms of Use to a successor at any time without further notice to you.
The section titles in these Terms of Use are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.
Limitation on Time to File Claims
To the fullest extent permitted by law, any cause of action or claim you may have arising out of or relating to these terms of use or the site must be commenced within one (1) year after the cause of action accrues, otherwise, such cause of action or claim is permanently barred.
Entire Agreement
The Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and us with respect to the Site and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to the Site.
Your Comments and Concerns
The Site is operated by Biocosmetic Research Labs, a division of Mana Products, Inc., 32-02 Queens Boulevard, Long Island City, NY 11101.
All other feedback, comments, requests for technical support and other communications relating to the Site should be directed to: customerservice@blackopalbeauty.com
Thank you for visiting the Black Opal Website.