The Terms are labelled "Last Revised: September 2024". The saved copy gives no separate effective date.
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Last Revised: September 2024
Not stated here
The page does not state an effective date apart from the revision label.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Using the website means accepting the Terms
Accessing or using the website counts as accepting these Terms, including any later revisions Starbucks makes. The Terms are a binding agreement between you and Starbucks Corporation (doing business as Starbucks Coffee Company). If you do not agree, the Terms say you should not access or use the website. They also contain disclaimers and limits on Starbucks' liability to you.
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ACCESSING OR USING THIS WEBSITE CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS OF USE
AS SUCH MAY BE REVISED BY STARBUCKS FROM TIME TO TIME
IF USER DOES NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, USER SHOULD NOT ACCESS OR USE THIS WEBSITE
THESE TERMS CONTAIN DISCLAIMERS AND OTHER PROVISIONS THAT LIMIT OUR LIABILITY TO USER
Qualifications & exceptions
The opening paragraph speaks of "this website"; the next paragraph defines the broader "Sites".
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
Which Starbucks services the Terms cover
The Terms apply to your access to and use of all or part of any website, web application or mobile application of Starbucks Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates. The named sites include starbucks.com, starbucksreserve.com, starbuckscoffeegear.com, stories.starbucks.com and www.shop.starbucks.com, and any other site, app or online service where these Terms are posted. The Terms do not change any other agreement you may have with Starbucks for products, services or otherwise.
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These Terms apply to your access to, and use of, all or part of any website, web application, or mobile application of Starbucks Corporation or its subsidiaries and affiliated companies
any other site, mobile application, web application, or online service where these Terms are posted
These Terms do not alter in any way the terms or conditions of any other agreement you may have with Starbucks for products, services or otherwise.
Not stated here
Whether a given Starbucks service not named in the list shows these Terms depends on where they are posted.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
These Terms win over other terms on the Sites; third-party sites differ
If these Terms conflict with any other terms of use that appear on the Sites, these Terms govern. If you navigate away from the Sites to a third-party site, that site may have its own terms, and those govern your use of that site.
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In the event there is any conflict or inconsistency between these Terms and any other terms of use that appear on the Sites, these Terms will govern.
if you navigate away from the Sites to a third-party site, you may be subject to alternative terms and conditions of use
Qualifications & exceptions
The Starbucks Cards and Rewards section sends the user to separate terms for those programs; this precedence sentence does not say how those separate terms interact with these Terms.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Site information may be out of date or incomplete
Starbucks says it makes reasonable efforts to give accurate and timely information about Starbucks Corporation on the Sites, but you should not assume it is always current or complete. For an investment decision about Starbucks, the Terms tell you to consult several sources, including Starbucks filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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we make reasonable efforts to provide accurate and timely information about Starbucks Corporation on the Sites
you should not assume that the information is always up to date or that the Sites contain all the relevant information available about Starbucks
if you are making an investment decision regarding Starbucks, please consult a number of different sources
Qualifications & exceptions
Speaks of information about Starbucks Corporation; it does not mention product or order information.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
Summary: arbitration, jury waiver and class limits
Near the top the Terms flag that they include an arbitration agreement covering disputes between you and Starbucks. In arbitration there is less discovery and appellate review than in court. The Terms say the arbitration agreement and other provisions eliminate your right to a jury trial to the extent allowable under applicable law, and substantially affect your rights, including preventing you from bringing, joining or participating in class or consolidated proceedings in arbitration and litigation. The operative rules are in the Dispute Resolution section.
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These Terms include an arbitration agreement that governs any disputes between you and us.
In arbitration, there is less discovery and appellate review than in court.
Eliminate your right to a trial by jury to the extent allowable under applicable law
preventing you from bringing, joining or participating in class or consolidated proceedings in arbitration and litigation
Qualifications & exceptions
This is a summary notice; scope, exceptions and procedures are stated in the Dispute Resolution section.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Permission or license
Notices and changes may be delivered electronically
You agree that Starbucks may provide notices, disclosures and amendments to the Terms by electronic means, including by changing the Terms through posted revisions on the Sites.
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You agree that we may provide notices, disclosures and amendments to these Terms by electronic means, including by changing these Terms by posting revisions on the Sites.
Not stated here
This paragraph does not say whether users are individually notified of revisions.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Minimum age 13; teens need a parent or guardian
The Sites are not aimed at anyone under 13, and a user must be at least 13 to access and use them. A user between 13 and 18 may use the Sites only under the supervision of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to be bound by the Terms.
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The Sites are not targeted towards, nor intended for use by, anyone under the age of 13.
A USER MUST BE AT LEAST AGE 13 TO ACCESS AND USE THE SITES.
If the User is between the ages of 13 and 18, he or she may only use the Sites under the supervision of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to be bound by these Terms.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
You represent you are not in an embargoed country or on a restricted-party list
You represent and warrant that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. government embargo or designated by the U.S. government as a "terrorist supporting" country, and that you are not on any U.S. government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
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User represents and warrants that (a) he/she is not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. government embargo
(b) he/she is not listed on any U.S. government list of prohibited or restricted parties
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Account duties and responsibility for account activity
To use some areas or functions of the Sites you may need to register for an account. You agree to create only one account, give accurate, truthful, current and complete information, keep it updated, keep your password and computer access secure, promptly tell Starbucks if you suspect a security breach, and take responsibility for all activity under your account while accepting all risks of unauthorized access.
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In order to participate in certain areas or use certain functions of our Sites, you may need to register for an account.
(a) create only one account
(d) maintain the security of your account by not sharing your password with others and restricting access to your account and your computer
(e) promptly notify Starbucks if you discover or otherwise suspect any security breaches relating to the Sites
(f) take responsibility for all activities that occur under your account and accept all risks of unauthorized access
Qualifications & exceptions
Accepting "all risks of unauthorized access" is stated without a carve-out in this paragraph.
Data Access & Collection · Permission or license
Using the Sites is consent to actions consistent with the Privacy Policy
The Terms tell you to read the Privacy Policy to understand how Starbucks collects, uses and discloses personally identifiable information. By accessing or using the Sites you consent to all actions Starbucks takes with respect to your data that are consistent with that Privacy Policy.
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how Starbucks collects, uses and discloses personally identifiable information from its users
you consent to all actions that we take with respect to your data consistent with our Privacy Policy
Qualifications & exceptions
The consent is tied to the Privacy Policy; actions inconsistent with it are not covered by this sentence.
Not stated here
The Privacy Policy text is not part of this saved agreement, so what it permits is not stated here.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Context
Starbucks Cards and Rewards have their own terms
Starbucks may let you buy Starbucks stored value cards or register for the Starbucks Rewards program through the Sites. The Terms point to the Starbucks Card Terms & Conditions for purchase and use of Starbucks Cards, and to the Starbucks Rewards Terms of Use for registration and use of the Rewards Program. A "See also" line links the Rewards Terms, Card Terms and Shop Terms.
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Starbucks may allow you to purchase Starbucks stored value cards
Please refer to the Starbucks Card Terms & Conditions for more information about the terms, conditions and policies that apply to your purchase and use of Starbucks Cards
to the Starbucks Rewards Terms of Use for more information about the terms, conditions and policies that apply to your registration and use of the Rewards Program
See also:
Not stated here
The Card, Rewards and Shop terms are separate documents and are not part of this saved agreement.
Account & Service Control · Context
Mobile Features are optional and market-dependent
Some users may be able to opt in to certain functionality on certain Sites that lets them, in certain markets or locations, pay for, order, or access a platform to order delivery of Starbucks products. The Terms call these Mobile Features and list Mobile Payment, Mobile Order and Pay, and In-App Delivery.
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Some Users may be able to elect to participate in certain functionality on certain of the Sites
in certain markets or locations
Not stated here
The page does not say which markets or locations offer each feature.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Context
Mobile Payment: paying through the Sites
Mobile Payment lets users buy Starbucks products directly through the Sites with a digital Starbucks Card, credit card, debit card or mobile wallet. The Terms send you to the Starbucks Rewards Terms of Use for details on benefits tied to different mobile payment methods, and warn that some payment vehicles may charge a nominal fee if they link directly to your account.
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Mobile Payment, which allows Users to purchase Starbucks products directly via the Sites using a digital Starbucks Card, credit card, debit card or mobile wallet
some payment vehicles may charge a nominal fee if they link directly to your account
Not stated here
Which payment vehicles charge a fee, and how much, is not stated here; the Rewards Terms are not part of this saved agreement.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Context
Mobile Order and Pay lets you order and pay before arrival
Mobile Order and Pay lets users use the Sites to order and pay for certain Starbucks products before they arrive at the store.
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Mobile Order and Pay (MOP), which allows Users to use the Sites to order and pay for certain Starbucks products prior to arrival at the store
Charges & Financial Obligations · Context
In-App Delivery runs on a third-party platform with its own terms and payments
In-App Delivery gives users access, through the Sites, to a platform for ordering delivery to their location. It runs on online third-party platforms that connect users with Starbucks stores and the platform's third-party delivery contractors. All deliveries are made by those contractors; neither Starbucks nor its employees deliver. You may be subject to third-party terms, such as the DoorDash Consumer Terms and Conditions, and the Terms separately require you to comply with applicable third-party terms when using the Sites. The third-party platform handles all fees and payments for delivery orders, and prices through In-App Delivery may differ from prices in stores or through Mobile Order and Pay.
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This feature is enabled via online third-party platform(s) which connect Users with Starbucks stores and the platform’s third-party delivery contractors.
All deliveries will be made by such contractors, and neither Starbucks nor its employees will provide delivery themselves.
Users may be subject to third party terms, including the
The third-party platform shall handle all fees and payments with respect to any delivery order
prices for Starbucks products ordered through In-App Delivery may differ from prices charged at stores or via MOP
You must comply with any applicable third-party terms when using the Sites.
Not stated here
The third-party platform terms are not part of this saved agreement.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Starbucks disclaims responsibility for delivery platforms and contractors
Starbucks says it has no liability or responsibility for the acts or omissions of any third-party platform or delivery contractor, including food and product handling. The separate No Liability section also lists participation in Mobile Features among the uses of the Sites for which Starbucks disclaims liability, subject to applicable law.
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Starbucks has no liability or responsibility for the acts or omissions of any third-party platform or delivery contractor, including with respect to food and product handling.
SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO LIABILITY FOR PERSONAL INJURY OR NON-WAIVABLE STATUTORY RIGHTS UNDER NEW JERSEY LAW
PARTICIPATION IN MOBILE FEATURES
Qualifications & exceptions
The No Liability section states its own carve-outs (personal injury, New Jersey statutory rights); this card only notes that it also names Mobile Features.
Starbucks may limit or change Mobile Features at any time
For all Mobile Features, Starbucks reserves the right at any time to limit ordering options or product availability (including a limit of twelve or fewer of each beverage modifier, such as espresso shots or syrup pumps, per Mobile Order and Pay item), to discontinue any or all of the features, to change which markets or stores accept them, and to change the ordering options and limits for items available through them. Displayed delivery, pickup or preparation times are estimates, not a commitment or guarantee.
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Starbucks reserves the right at any time to (a) limit ordering options or the availability of certain products
a limit of twelve (12) or fewer of each potential beverage modifier
(b) discontinue any or all of these Mobile Features
(c) change the location of markets or stores accepting these features
Any delivery, pickup, or preparation times displayed via the Sites or the third-party platform are estimates and do not represent a commitment or guarantee.
Qualifications & exceptions
The sentence gives no notice period before limits or discontinuation.
Use & Processing · User right or choice
New accounts are opted in to promotional email by default
If you sign up for a Starbucks account on the Sites, you are by default opted in to promotional email from Starbucks. You may opt out at sign-up, and afterwards you can opt out by changing your profile settings in your Starbucks account on www.starbucks.com.
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the User is, by default, opted in to receive promotional email communications from Starbucks
The User may, at the time of sign up, opt out of receiving Email Communications from Starbucks.
Thereafter, the User may opt out of receiving Email Communications by adjusting the User’s profile settings
Qualifications & exceptions
The opt-out route described is the account profile settings on www.starbucks.com.
Use & Processing · Restriction or exception
In-app promotional messages: stop using the Site to avoid them
By using the Sites, including the web application, in-app messages, including promotional communications and offers, may automatically be displayed to you in display tiles. The Terms say that if you do not want to see or receive such messages, you must cease use of the Site; no other opt-out is described.
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in-app messages may automatically be displayed to the User via the display tiles, including promotional communications and offers
If the User does not wish to see or receive such messages, the User must cease use of the Site.
Not stated here
The paragraph describes no setting to turn in-app messages off.
Cross-references
contrast (model-proposed): New accounts are opted in to promotional email by default — contrast: Promotional email can be opted out of at sign-up or in profile settings; in-app promotional messages are described as avoidable only by ceasing use of the Site. Both are promotional communications, with different stated controls.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Site materials and marks belong to Starbucks, its licensors or users
Unless otherwise indicated, the Sites and their content and materials (including the Starbucks logo, designs, text, graphics, pictures, information, data, software and sound files) are the property of Starbucks, its licensors or users, and are protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. Starbucks marks and third-party marks may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from Starbucks or the trademark holder. All rights not expressly granted are reserved. The separate User Content section says Starbucks claims no ownership or control over User Content, except as otherwise provided in the Terms, on the Sites or in a separate agreement, while also granting Starbucks a broad license to it.
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are the property of Starbucks or its licensors or users and are protected by U.S. and international copyright laws
may not be copied, imitated, or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of Starbucks or the applicable trademark holder
All rights not expressly granted are reserved.
Starbucks claims no ownership or control over any User Content, except as otherwise provided herein, on the Sites or in a separate agreement.
Qualifications & exceptions
"Unless otherwise indicated" qualifies the ownership statement.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Limited personal-use license to the Sites
Starbucks grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited and revocable license to use the Sites for personal use only, in accordance with the Terms. Any other use, including resale, transfer, modification or distribution of the Sites or their content (text, pictures, music, barcodes, video, data, hyperlinks, displays and other associated content), is prohibited. Nothing in the Terms transfers title, ownership or exclusive use rights in any intellectual property, unless explicitly stated. The Terms and license also cover updates, supplements and replacements of the Sites unless separate terms come with them, in which case the separate terms apply.
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Starbucks grants the User a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited, and revocable license to use the Sites for personal use only
Any use of the Sites in any other manner, including, without limitation, resale, transfer, modification or distribution of the Sites
Unless explicitly stated herein, nothing in these Terms shall be construed as conferring in any manner
unless separate terms accompany such updates, supplements, or replacements, in which case the separate terms will apply
Qualifications & exceptions
The license is expressly subject to the Terms and can be revoked.
Content & IP Rights · Procedure
How to report copyright infringement to Starbucks
If you believe material on the Sites infringes a copyright you own or control, you may file a notification with Starbucks' Designated Agent, whose postal address, phone number and email are listed in the Terms (Starbucks Corporation Law & Corporate Affairs, Seattle, dmca@starbucks.com). The Terms point to 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3) for the requirements of a proper notice and warn that if you knowingly misrepresent that material is infringing, you will be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees, incurred by Starbucks or the alleged infringer from relying on the misrepresentation.
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you may file a notification of such infringement with our Designated Agent as set forth below
dmca@starbucks.com
Please see 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3) for the requirements of a proper notification.
if you knowingly misrepresent in your notification that the material or activity is infringing, you will be liable for any damages, including costs and attorneys' fees
Qualifications & exceptions
The Terms cite 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3) by name only; the statute text is not supplied.
Content & IP Rights · User right or choice
Counter-notification if your posted material is taken down
If a copyright infringement notice has been filed against material you posted on the Sites, you may file a counter-notification with the Designated Agent, provided it meets the requirements of 17 U.S.C. §512(g)(3). If Starbucks receives a valid counter-notification, it may reinstate the removed or disabled material in accordance with the DMCA.
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you may make a counter-notification with our Designated Agent listed above, provided that such counter-notification complies with the requirements of 17 U.S.C. §512(g)(3)
If Starbucks receives a valid counter-notification, it may reinstate the removed or disabled material in accordance with the DMCA.
Qualifications & exceptions
"May reinstate" is permissive; no commitment to reinstate is stated.
Account & Service Control · Company practice
Starbucks may terminate repeat infringers and limit access
In line with the DMCA and other applicable law, Starbucks has adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances and at its sole discretion, users it deems repeat infringers. Starbucks may also, in its sole discretion, limit access to the Sites or terminate the accounts of any users who infringe others' intellectual property rights, whether or not there is any repeat infringement.
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has also adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances and in our sole discretion, users who are deemed to be repeat infringers
limit access to the Sites and/or terminate the accounts of any users who infringe any intellectual property rights of others, whether or not there is any repeat infringement
Data Access & Collection · Context
"User Information" covers many kinds of personal data and is limited to the Sites' functionality
The Terms define "User Information" as the user's use of the Sites, any Content, and information the user provides, including user names and passwords, addresses, email addresses, phone number, financial information (such as credit card numbers), information related to a Starbucks Card, employer name, or GPS location. The Terms say User Information transmitted in connection with the Sites is limited to the contemplated functionality of the Sites. The sentence does not say who the limit binds or what Starbucks does with this information.
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User’s use of the Sites, any Content, and any information provided by the User including user names and passwords, addresses, e-mail addresses, phone number, financial information (such as credit card numbers), information related to a Starbucks Card, employer name, or GPS location (“User Information”)
is limited to the contemplated functionality of the Sites
Qualifications & exceptions
The list is introduced by "including", so it is not stated as exhaustive.
Not stated here
The sentence does not say whether the limit binds the user, Starbucks, or both, and it does not describe Starbucks' own collection or sharing; the Privacy Policy is not part of this saved agreement.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Prohibited conduct: harming others, unlawful or deceptive use, spam, impersonation
In no event may the Sites be used to harass, abuse, stalk, threaten or defame others or violate their rights; for unlawful, fraudulent or deceptive purposes; to provide sensitive personal information unless Starbucks specifically requests it; to send spam or unsolicited advertising; to encourage conduct that would be a criminal offense or give rise to civil liability; or to impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent your identity or affiliation. The Terms also bar violating these Terms and failing to comply with applicable third-party terms.
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(a) harasses, abuses, stalks, threatens, defames, or otherwise infringes or violates the rights of any other party
(b) is unlawful, fraudulent, or deceptive
(c) provides sensitive personal information unless specifically requested by Starbucks
(d) includes spam or any unsolicited advertising
(i) encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense or that gives rise to civil liability
(l) impersonates any person or entity or otherwise misrepresents your identity or affiliation with another person or entity
(j) violates these Terms
(m) fails to comply with applicable third party terms
Qualifications & exceptions
"Sensitive personal information" is not defined in this paragraph.
In no event may the Sites be used with technology or other means to access Starbucks or Content that Starbucks has not authorized, with automated systems such as robots, spiders or offline readers, to introduce viruses or other code that interrupts, destroys or limits the functionality of software, hardware or telecommunications equipment, to attempt unauthorized access to Starbucks' computer network or user accounts, or to damage, disable, overburden or impair Starbucks' servers or networks.
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(e) uses technology or other means to access Starbucks or Content that is not authorized by Starbucks
(f) uses or launches any automated system, including without limitation, “robots,” “spiders,” or “offline readers,”
(g) attempts to introduce viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs that interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment
(h) attempts to gain unauthorized access to Starbucks’ computer network or user accounts
(k) attempts to damage, disable, overburden, or impair Starbucks’ servers or networks
Account & Service Control · Permission or license
Starbucks may terminate access, remove content or take legal action
Starbucks reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate any User License, end a user's participation in the Sites (including Mobile Features), remove Content, or take legal action regarding Content or use of the Sites that it reasonably believes is or might be in violation of the Terms or Starbucks policies, including the Starbucks Card Terms and Conditions. Failure or delay in acting is not a waiver of its rights. Starbucks also requests that users not use the Sites, including not placing orders through Mobile Features, while driving.
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Starbucks reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate any User License, terminate any User’s participation in the Sites (including the Mobile Features), remove Content, or assert legal action
that Starbucks reasonably believes is or might be in violation of these Terms, or Starbucks policies including the Starbucks Card Terms and Conditions
Starbucks’ failure or delay in taking such actions does not constitute a waiver of its rights to enforce these Terms.
Starbucks requests that Users not use the Sites, including that they not place orders through Mobile Features, while driving.
Qualifications & exceptions
The trigger includes use Starbucks believes "might be" in violation.
The driving sentence is a request, not stated as a rule or penalty.
Cross-references
related (model-proposed): Starbucks may end your license and block access without notice — references: Acceptable use enforcement lets Starbucks terminate the User License; the Termination section separately reserves a right to terminate the license without notice and in its sole discretion.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Starbucks takes no responsibility for User Content; interactive areas are public
Starbucks says it does not control, take responsibility for or assume liability for any User Content posted, stored or uploaded by you or any third party, or for loss or damage to it, and is not liable for user conduct or for things you may encounter such as mistakes, defamation, falsehoods, obscenity or profanity. The Terms describe interactive areas as generally open and public community areas, and tell you that certain information and content you choose to post may be displayed publicly. You are solely responsible for your use of the Sites and agree to use the interactive areas at your own risk.
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Starbucks does not control, take responsibility for or assume liability for any User Content posted, stored or uploaded by you or any third party
The interactive areas are generally designed as open and public community areas for connecting and sharing with other people.
certain information and content you choose to post may be displayed publicly
You are solely responsible for your use of the Sites and agree to use the interactive areas at your own risk.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Starbucks may remove or edit User Content at any time; you keep your own backups
You can report User Content you believe violates the Terms with the "Report Abuse" or "Flag" links below each item; copyright infringement is handled through the separate DMCA notice process. Enforcement is solely in Starbucks' discretion, and not enforcing in one instance does not waive enforcement in others. The Terms create no private right of action for third parties and no expectation that the Sites will not contain prohibited content. Starbucks has no obligation to screen, edit or monitor User Content, but reserves the right, with absolute discretion, to remove, screen or edit any User Content at any time, for any reason, without notice. You are solely responsible, at your own cost, for creating backup copies and replacing any User Content you post or store on the Sites.
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you may report it by clicking on the "Report Abuse" or "Flag" links located just below each piece of User Content
you may file a notification of such infringement with our Designated Agent as set forth below
Enforcement of these Terms however, is solely in our discretion and absence of enforcement in some instances does not constitute a waiver
these Terms do not create any private right of action on the part of any third party
Starbucks has no obligation to screen, edit or monitor any of the User Content posted on the Sites
Starbucks reserves the right, and has absolute discretion, to remove, screen or edit any User Content on the Sites at any time and for any reason without notice
You are solely responsible for creating backup copies and replacing any User Content you post or store on the Sites at your sole cost and expense.
Qualifications & exceptions
The reporting links are described as located below each piece of User Content.
Security & Safeguards · User right or choice
Log off public or shared computers
If you view the Sites on a public or shared computer, the Terms tell you to follow all relevant instructions to disconnect and log off the Sites and the computer system, to prevent unauthorized User Content.
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If you are viewing the Sites on a public computer or are otherwise using a computer to which multiple people have potential access, be sure to follow all relevant instructions to ensure you are sufficiently disconnected and logged off
Qualifications & exceptions
The stated aim is to prevent unauthorized User Content, not unauthorized access to personal data.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
You warrant you have the rights to the User Content you post
You represent and warrant that your User Content is not subject to any confidentiality obligations and that you own and control all rights to it, have the lawful right to distribute and produce it, or otherwise have the right to grant Starbucks the rights described in the Terms.
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You represent and warrant that your User Content is not subject to any confidentiality obligations and that you own and control all of the rights to the User Content
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Broad license to Starbucks over your User Content, name and likeness
By submitting or posting User Content on the Sites, you grant Starbucks and its designees a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully paid-up and royalty-free license to use, sell, reproduce, prepare derivative works, combine with other works, alter, translate, distribute copies, display, perform, publish, license or sub-license the User Content and your name and likeness provided in connection with that use. By posting, you also release Starbucks and its agents and employees from claims that such authorized use violates your rights, and you understand you are not entitled to compensation for any use of your User Content.
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by submitting or posting User Content on the Sites, you grant Starbucks and its designees a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully-paid up and royalty free license
to use, sell, reproduce, prepare derivative works, combine with other works, alter, translate, distribute copies, display, perform, publish, license or sub-license the User Content and your name and likeness provided in connection with such use of your User Content
you hereby release Starbucks and its agents and employees from any claims that such use, as authorized above, violates any of your rights
you will not be entitled to any compensation for any use of your User Content
Qualifications & exceptions
The license is stated as non-exclusive.
The name-and-likeness grant is limited to what is provided in connection with the User Content use.
Cross-references
qualifies (model-proposed): Site materials and marks belong to Starbucks, its licensors or users — qualifies: The ownership card says Starbucks claims no ownership of User Content except as provided; the User Content license is the provided exception that gives Starbucks a broad, perpetual license to it.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Ideas you send are voluntary and non-confidential
Separately from User Content, you may submit questions, comments, feedback, suggestions, ideas, plans, drawings or other materials about Starbucks, the Sites and its products ("Ideas"). The Terms say Ideas are voluntary, non-confidential, gratuitous and non-committal, and ask you not to send Ideas if you expect to be paid or want to keep owning or claiming rights in them. You must also tell Starbucks if you have a pending or registered patent on the Idea. You represent and warrant that the Idea is not subject to confidentiality obligations or third-party intellectual property encumbrances and that you own and control the rights to it and can grant Starbucks the rights described.
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The Ideas you submit are voluntary, non-confidential, gratuitous and non-committal.
Please do not send us Ideas if you expect to be paid or want to continue to own or claim rights in them
You must also inform us if you have a pending or registered patent relative to the Idea.
You represent and warrant that your Idea is not subject to any confidentiality obligations or third party intellectual property encumbrances
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Starbucks gets a broad license to Ideas and owns what it creates from them
By submitting an Idea, you grant Starbucks and its designees a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully paid-up and royalty-free license to use, sell, reproduce, prepare derivative works, combine, alter, translate, distribute, display, perform, publish, license or sub-license the Idea. Starbucks is entitled to unrestricted use and dissemination of Ideas for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation. You release Starbucks and its agents and employees from claims that such use violates your rights. Starbucks owns exclusive rights, including all intellectual property rights, in any work it creates or has created from the Idea or a similar idea of its own.
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By submitting your Idea, you grant Starbucks and its designees a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully-paid up and royalty free license
shall be entitled to the unrestricted use and dissemination of Ideas for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you
you hereby release Starbucks and its agents and employees from any claims that such use violates any of your rights
Starbucks shall own exclusive rights, including all intellectual property rights, to any work it creates or has created from the Idea or a similar idea of its own.
Qualifications & exceptions
The ownership sentence covers works Starbucks creates "from the Idea or a similar idea of its own".
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Limited, revocable right to link to the Sites
You are granted a limited, non-exclusive right to create text hyperlinks to the Sites for noncommercial purposes, provided the links do not portray Starbucks in a false, misleading, derogatory or defamatory way and the linking site has no obscene, pornographic, sexually explicit or illegal material or material that is offensive, harassing or otherwise objectionable. Starbucks can revoke this limited right at any time.
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You are granted a limited, non-exclusive right to create text hyperlinks to the Sites for noncommercial purposes
provided such links do not portray Starbucks in a false, misleading, derogatory or otherwise defamatory manner
the linking site does not contain any obscene, pornographic, sexually explicit or illegal material or any material that is offensive, harassing or otherwise objectionable
This limited right may be revoked at any time.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
No logo links or framing; Starbucks not responsible for linking sites
You may not use the Starbucks logo or other proprietary graphics to link to the Sites, or use framing techniques to enclose any Starbucks trademark, logo or proprietary information (including images, text content or page layout and design), without Starbucks' express written permission or consent. Except as noted, no right or license is conveyed by implication, estoppel or otherwise in any patent, trademark, copyright or proprietary right of Starbucks or any third party. Starbucks makes no representation about, and accepts no responsibility for, the quality, content or reliability of sites that link to the Sites, which it does not control.
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you may not use Starbucks' logo or other proprietary graphics to link to our Sites without our express written permission
you may not use, frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any Starbucks trademark, logo or other proprietary information
Except as noted above, you are not conveyed any right or license by implication, estoppel or otherwise
Starbucks makes no claim or representation regarding, and accepts no responsibility for, the quality, content, nature or reliability of websites linking to the Sites.
Qualifications & exceptions
The permission or consent must be express and written.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
You agree to defend and indemnify Starbucks
The user agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Starbucks, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates, contractors, service providers, consultants and their employees, agents, officers and directors from all claims, suits, damages, costs, fines, penalties, liabilities and expenses (including attorneys' fees) that arise from or relate to the user's use or misuse of the Sites (including Mobile Features), violation of the Terms or a third party's rights, any User Content or Ideas the user provides, or the user's conduct in connection with the Sites. This does not apply to claims caused by a Starbucks indemnitee's sole negligence. Starbucks may assume exclusive defense and control of a matter otherwise subject to indemnification, and the user must cooperate in asserting available defenses.
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The User agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Starbucks
that arise from or relate to the User’s use or misuse of the Sites,(including Mobile Features), violation of these Terms, violation of any rights of a third party, any User Content or Ideas you provide, or your conduct in connection with the Sites
this indemnification provision shall not apply to any Claims caused by a Starbucks Indemnitee’s sole negligence
Starbucks reserves the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by the User
Qualifications & exceptions
The sole-negligence exception covers only claims caused solely by a Starbucks Indemnitee's negligence.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Sites are provided "as is"; warranties disclaimed
Starbucks provides the Sites to you "as is" and you use them at your own risk. To the fullest extent allowable under applicable law, Starbucks disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including that the Sites are merchantable, reliable, available, accurate, fit for a particular purpose, non-infringing, free of defects or viruses, able to operate uninterrupted, or that your use complies with laws applicable to you. It also disclaims that information or orders transmitted through the Sites (including Mobile Features) will be successfully, accurately or securely transmitted or received, that orders will be as placed or ready at the suggested time, or that any particular item ordered will be available. None of these disclaimers apply to warranties related to personal injury.
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STARBUCKS IS PROVIDING THE SITES TO THE USER “AS IS” AND THE USER IS USING THE SITES AT HIS OR HER OWN RISK
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWABLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, STARBUCKS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
THAT USER INFORMATION OR ORDERS TRANSMITTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITES (INCLUDING AS PART OF MOBILE FEATURES) WILL BE SUCCESSFULLY, ACCURATELY, OR SECURELY TRANSMITTED OR RECEIVED
THAT ORDERS WILL BE AS PLACED OR READY AT THE SUGGESTED TIME, OR THAT ANY PARTICULAR ITEM ORDERED WILL BE AVAILABLE
NONE OF THE DISCLAIMERS IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL APPLY TO WARRANTIES RELATED TO PERSONAL INJURY
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Starbucks excludes liability for use of the Sites; your sole remedy is to stop using them
Subject to applicable law, including as to liability for personal injury and non-waivable statutory rights under New Jersey law, Starbucks and its officers, directors, employees, shareholders and agents are not liable to you for use of the Sites or their content (including participation in Mobile Features), for damages from mistakes, errors, interruptions, deletion of files or email, viruses, delays or failures of performance, or for indirect, special, incidental, consequential, punitive or exemplary damages, including lost goodwill or profits, loss, theft or corruption of User Information, personal injury or property damage, or inability to use the Sites. The user's sole remedy is to cease using the Sites or participating in Mobile Features. If you live outside New Jersey, your jurisdiction may not allow limits on liability in consumer contracts, so some or all of these limits may not apply to you.
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SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO LIABILITY FOR PERSONAL INJURY OR NON-WAIVABLE STATUTORY RIGHTS UNDER NEW JERSEY LAW
BE LIABLE TO THE USER WITH RESPECT TO USE OF THE SITES, THE CONTENT OR THE MATERIALS CONTAINED IN OR ACCESSED THROUGH THE SITES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION PARTICIPATION IN MOBILE FEATURES
BE LIABLE TO THE USER FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOST PROFITS, LOSS, THEFT OR CORRUPTION OF USER INFORMATION, PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE
THE USER’S SOLE REMEDY IS TO CEASE USE OF THE SITES OR TO CEASE PARTICIPATION IN MOBILE FEATURES
IF YOU RESIDE IN A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN NEW JERSEY, YOUR JURISDICTION MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IN CONTRACTS WITH CONSUMERS, SO SOME OR ALL OF THESE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU
Qualifications & exceptions
The opening carve-out for personal injury and the later list of excluded damages that includes personal injury are both stated in the same paragraph; the carve-out is introduced as "subject to applicable law".
The final paragraph says the limits may not apply where the user's jurisdiction does not allow them.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Starbucks does not control or stand behind third-party content
Starbucks may provide third-party content on the Sites (including embedded content) or links to third-party pages, content, applications, products and services, including advertisements and promotions, as a service. It says it does not control, endorse or adopt any Third-Party Content, that a link does not imply affiliation or endorsement, and that it cannot guarantee accuracy or completeness. You acknowledge that Starbucks is not responsible or liable in any manner for Third-Party Content or services provided by third parties, and has no responsibility to update or review it. You agree to use it at your own risk.
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We do not control, endorse or adopt any Third-Party Content, including that the inclusion of any link does not imply affiliation, endorsement or adoption by Starbucks
can make no guarantee as to its accuracy or completeness
Starbucks is not responsible or liable in any manner for any Third-Party Content or services provided by such third parties, and undertakes no responsibility to update or review such Third-Party Content
You agree to use such Third-Party Content or services contained therein at your own risk.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
Third-party sites and promotions follow their own terms and privacy practices
When you use or visit other sites through Third-Party Content, or take part in promotions or business dealings with third parties, the Terms say Starbucks' terms and policies no longer govern and the third-party sites' terms and policies apply instead. You should review those terms and policies, including privacy and data-gathering practices, of any site you navigate to from the Sites. You must comply with any applicable third-party terms when using the Sites.
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our terms and policies no longer govern, and that the terms and policies of those third-party sites will now apply
You should review the applicable terms and policies, including privacy and data gathering practices, of any site to which you navigate from our Sites.
You must comply with any applicable third-party terms when using the Sites.
Qualifications & exceptions
The text says Starbucks' terms and policies no longer govern once you leave; it does not say whether Starbucks shares data with those third parties.
Account & Service Control · Permission or license
Starbucks may change or end the Sites without notice
Starbucks reserves the right to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Sites or any features or portions of them without prior notice. You agree Starbucks is not liable for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Sites or any part of them.
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Starbucks reserves the right to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Sites or any features or portions thereof without prior notice.
You agree that Starbucks will not be liable for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Sites or any part thereof.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Site materials may contain forward-looking statements; no duty to update
The Sites, and any Starbucks documents available through them, may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, such as statements about future operations, costs, sales and earnings, trends, plans and projections. These reflect expectations as of the date made, are neither predictions nor guarantees, and actual results may differ materially, including for the risks detailed in Starbucks' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company assumes no obligation to update them.
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may contain statements which constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
are neither predictions nor guarantees of future events or circumstances
The company assumes no obligation to update any of these forward-looking statements.
Qualifications & exceptions
The block cites a U.S. securities statute by name only; its text is not supplied.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Press releases are current only as of posting; financial links are third-party
Information in Starbucks press releases should not be considered accurate or current except as of the date the release was posted, and Starbucks disclaims any duty to update it. Starbucks may link to third-party websites with financial or investment information about Starbucks, does not regularly monitor or control them, does not endorse or adopt them, and makes no representations or warranties about their accuracy or completeness, including analysts' reports and stock quotes. Users visit those sites and use their information at their own risk.
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should not be deemed accurate or current except as of the date the release was posted
Starbucks specifically disclaims any duty to update
Starbucks neither regularly monitors nor has control over the content of third parties' statements or websites
nor make any representations or warranties whatsoever regarding the accuracy or completeness
Users visit these websites and use the information contained therein at their own risk.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Most disputes go to individual arbitration; jury and class rights waived
The Dispute Resolution section says it affects your legal rights. It provides for resolving most disputes through individual arbitration instead of court trials and class actions. Arbitration uses a neutral arbitrator instead of a judge or jury, has more limited discovery, and is final and binding with only very limited court review. The section also contains a jury trial waiver and a waiver of rights to proceed in a class, collective, consolidated, private attorney general or representative action in arbitration or litigation, to the fullest extent allowable by applicable law. The class waiver itself appears later in the section and keeps the parties' right to take part in a class-wide settlement.
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It provides for resolution of most disputes through individual arbitration instead of court trials and class actions.
Arbitration is final and binding and subject to only very limited review by a court.
This section also contains a jury trial waiver and a waiver of any and all rights to proceed in a class, collective, consolidated, private attorney general or representative action in arbitration, or litigation to the fullest extent allowable by applicable law.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties retain the right to participate in a class-wide settlement.
Qualifications & exceptions
The overview says "most disputes"; the scope and exclusions are defined in the Binding Arbitration clause.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
What must be arbitrated and what is excluded
Any dispute or claim arising out of or relating to the Terms, your use of the Sites, or your relationship with Starbucks or any past, present or future subsidiary, parent or affiliate, under any legal theory, is resolved through binding individual arbitration. The clause is meant to be read broadly and covers claims that arose before these or any prior Terms, claims currently the subject of purported class actions in which you are not a member of a certified class, and claims arising after termination. Either party may instead go to small claims court if the case is not removed or appealed to a court of general jurisdiction. Disputes about patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and claims of piracy or unauthorized use of intellectual property are not covered.
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Any dispute or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms, your use of the Sites, or your relationship with Starbucks or any past, present, or future subsidiary, parent or affiliate company or companies
will be resolved through binding individual arbitration, except that either of us may take a Dispute to small claims court so long as it isn’t removed or appealed to a court of general jurisdiction
(a) any dispute or claim that arose before the existence of these or any prior Terms
(b) any dispute or claim that is currently the subject of purported class action litigation in which you are not a member of a certified class
(c) any dispute or claim that may arise after termination of these Terms
Dispute, however, does not include disagreements or claims concerning patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets and claims of piracy or unauthorized use of intellectual property.
Qualifications & exceptions
Starbucks and the user may each use small claims court.
The clause says it is intended to be interpreted broadly.
Cross-references
qualifies (model-proposed): Most disputes go to individual arbitration; jury and class rights waived — qualifies: The overview says most disputes go to individual arbitration; the scope clause defines which Disputes are covered and which are excluded (small claims court, intellectual property claims).
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Who decides what; agencies and the Federal Arbitration Act
The arbitrator decides all issues except those reserved for a court in the Terms, issues about the scope, validity and enforceability of the arbitration agreement, class action waiver or the Dispute Resolution section, and issues about the arbitrability of any Dispute. The Terms and arbitration agreement do not stop you from bringing a Dispute to the attention of any government agency. The parties agree the Terms evidence a transaction in interstate commerce and that the arbitration agreement is interpreted and enforced under the Federal Arbitration Act and federal arbitration law.
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The arbitrator shall decide all issues except the following (which are for a court of competent jurisdiction to decide)
(b) issues that relate to the scope, validity, and enforceability of the arbitration agreement, class action waiver, or any of the provisions of this Dispute Resolution section; and (c) issues that relate to the arbitrability of any Dispute
do not prevent you from bringing a Dispute to the attention of any government agency
interpreted and enforced in accordance with the Federal Arbitration Act and federal arbitration law
Qualifications & exceptions
The Federal Arbitration Act is named only; its text is not supplied.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure
Mandatory informal notice and 60-day negotiation before arbitration
Before arbitration, the party starting a Dispute must send a written notice that identifies the transaction and account, gives contact details, and describes the Dispute and the relief sought, including a calculation. The notice must be personally signed by the party (and counsel if represented). You send it to Starbucks Customer Service through the link given; Starbucks sends its notice to your most recent contact information. For 60 days from receipt of a completed notice (extendable by agreement), both sides negotiate in good faith, and the receiving party may request a telephone settlement conference that you and a Starbucks representative personally attend. Completing this process is a condition precedent to starting an arbitration. A court may decide issues about notice sufficiency or compliance at either party's election, stay arbitration, and enjoin arbitrations and fees. Limitations periods are tolled from receipt of a completed notice through the end of the process. Any arbitration demand must also certify compliance with the process.
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The party initiating the Dispute must send the other a written notice of the Dispute that includes all of this information
The notice must be personally signed by the party initiating the Dispute (and their counsel, if represented).
If you have the Dispute with us, you must send this notice to our Customer Service department
For a period of 60 days from receipt of a completed notice (which can be extended by agreement of the parties), you and we agree to negotiate in good faith
Completion of this Mandatory Informal Dispute Resolution Process (“Process”) is a condition precedent to initiating a claim in arbitration.
All applicable limitations periods (including statutes of limitations) will be tolled from the date of receipt of a completed notice through the conclusion of this Process.
An arbitration demand must be accompanied by a certification of compliance with the Process
Qualifications & exceptions
The notice must contain all of the listed information and be personally signed.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure
The American Arbitration Association administers arbitrations
Any Dispute is administered by and conducted under the rules of the American Arbitration Association (AAA), including its Consumer Arbitration Rules as applicable, as modified by the arbitration agreement. The AAA Rules are available at www.adr.org. You and Starbucks agree the AAA's administrative determination that the arbitration agreement comports with the Consumer Due Process Protocols is final and neither a court nor an arbitrator can revisit it. If the AAA is unavailable or unwilling to administer the arbitration consistently with the agreement, the parties agree on another administrator, and if they cannot, they petition a court to appoint one.
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shall be administered by and conducted in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), including the AAA’s Consumer Arbitration Rules (as applicable) (“AAA Rules”), as modified by this arbitration agreement
the AAA’s administrative determination that this arbitration agreement comports with the Consumer Due Process Protocols is final and that neither a court nor an arbitrator has the authority to revisit it
If the AAA is unavailable or unwilling to administer the arbitration consistent with this arbitration agreement, the parties shall agree on an administrator that will do so.
If the parties cannot agree, they shall petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint an administrator that will do so.
Qualifications & exceptions
The AAA Rules apply "as modified by this arbitration agreement".
Not stated here
The AAA Rules and fee schedule are external and not supplied with this saved agreement.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure
Arbitration demands, sanctions and how hearings are held
An arbitration demand must come with a certification of compliance with the informal dispute process and be personally signed by the party starting arbitration (and counsel, if represented). By submitting a demand, the party and counsel represent that they are complying with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(b), and the arbitrator may impose any Rule 11 sanctions on represented parties and counsel. You may choose a phone, video or in-person hearing, or written submissions, except any Dispute seeking $25,000 or more, or injunctive relief, gets an in-person or video hearing unless the parties agree otherwise. Either party may ask the arbitrator for a hearing in any matter. You and a Starbucks representative personally appear at any hearing (with counsel, if represented). An in-person hearing is held in the county or parish where you live or at another mutually agreed location.
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An arbitration demand must be accompanied by a certification of compliance with the Process and be personally signed by the party initiating arbitration (and counsel, if represented).
The arbitrator is authorized to impose any sanctions available under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 on represented parties and their counsel.
You may choose to have the arbitration conducted by a phone, video, or in-person hearing, or through written submissions, except any Dispute seeking $25,000 or more, or injunctive relief, shall have an in-person or video hearing unless the parties agree otherwise.
Any in-person hearing will be held in the county or parish in which you reside or at another mutually agreed location.
Qualifications & exceptions
The hearing-format choice is stated for the user; the $25,000 and injunctive-relief exception changes the options for those Disputes.
Not stated here
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 is cited by name; its text is not supplied.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Relief only for you individually; some claims fall back to court
An arbitrator may award on an individual basis any relief available in a court, including injunctive or declaratory relief, but only in favor of the individual party seeking it and only as needed for that party's individual claim. Each side may bring claims only in its individual capacity and not as a plaintiff or class member in a class, collective, consolidated, private attorney general or representative proceeding, to the fullest extent allowable by applicable law. Unless both agree, the arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person's claims or preside over such proceedings, and must follow and enforce the Terms as a court would. If, after all appeals, those prohibitions on non-individualized injunctive or declaratory relief and on class-type proceedings are held unenforceable for a particular claim or request (for example, public injunctive relief), that claim or request is decided by a court after all other claims are arbitrated. The Governing Law and Jurisdiction section names the courts in King County, Washington for disputes not subject to arbitration or if the arbitration agreement is unenforceable.
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An arbitrator may award on an individual basis any relief that would be available in a court, including injunctive or declaratory relief only in favor of the individual party seeking relief and only to the extent necessary to provide relief warranted by that party’s individual claim.
each may bring claims against the other only in your or our individual capacity and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, collective, consolidated, private attorney general, or representative proceeding
unless both you and we agree otherwise, an arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person’s claims
such a claim or request for relief will be decided by a court of competent jurisdiction, after all other claims and requests for relief are arbitrated
the User irrevocably consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts in King County, Washington, United States of America
Qualifications & exceptions
The fallback to court applies only after exhaustion of all appeals and only for the particular claim or request found unenforceable.
The King County courts clause is in the Governing Law and Jurisdiction section and is conditioned there on the arbitration agreement being unenforceable or the dispute not being subject to arbitration.
The arbitrator issues a reasoned written decision explaining essential findings and conclusions and applies the cost-shifting provisions of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68 after entry of an award. Judgment on an award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction, except an award that has been satisfied may not be entered. An award has no preclusive effect in any other arbitration or proceeding in which you are not a named party.
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The arbitrator shall issue a reasoned written decision sufficient to explain essential findings and conclusions.
The arbitrator shall apply the cost-shifting provisions of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68 after entry of an award.
Judgment on any arbitration award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction, except an award that has been satisfied may not be entered.
An award shall have no preclusive effect in any other arbitration or proceeding in which you are not a named party.
Not stated here
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68 is cited by name; its text is not supplied.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception
Arbitration fees follow AAA rules; parties work to keep costs down
Payment of arbitration fees is governed by the AAA Rules and fee schedule. The parties agree they share an interest in reducing costs and increasing efficiency, so either side may elect to engage with the AAA about fees, and the parties (and counsel) will work together in good faith to keep arbitration cost-effective. The paragraph does not state a dollar amount or say who pays.
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Payment of arbitration fees will be governed by the AAA Rules and fee schedule.
you or we may elect to engage with the AAA regarding arbitration fees
Not stated here
The AAA fee schedule is external and not supplied, so the amount you would pay is not stated here.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure
Mass filings of 25 or more similar claims are handled in stages
If 25 or more similar Disputes (including yours) are asserted against Starbucks by the same or coordinated counsel, or are otherwise coordinated (a "Multiple Case Filing"), resolution of your Dispute might be delayed and ultimately proceed in court. Counsel meet and confer in good faith to resolve the Disputes, streamline procedures, exchange information, modify the number of Disputes to be adjudicated and conserve resources. If at least 100 Disputes are filed, each side selects 50 to proceed as individual arbitrations (Stage One), then global mediation follows; if unresolved, each side selects 100 more (Stage Two), with mediation again. Remaining Disputes after Stage Two mediation are opted out of arbitration and may proceed in court. Limitations periods are tolled for your Dispute from first submission to the AAA until it is selected, settled, withdrawn, resolved or opted out.
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If 25 or more similar Disputes (including yours) are asserted against Starbucks by the same or coordinated counsel or are otherwise coordinated (“Multiple Case Filing”), the resolution of your Dispute might be delayed and ultimately proceed in court.
their counsel shall meet and confer in good faith in an effort to resolve the Disputes
If at least 100 Disputes are submitted as part of the Multiple Case Filing, counsel for the claimants and counsel for Starbucks shall each select 50 Disputes
counsel for the claimants and counsel for Starbucks shall each select 100 Disputes per side
each remaining Dispute (if any) that is not settled or not withdrawn shall be opted out of arbitration and may proceed in a court of competent jurisdiction
any applicable limitations periods (including statutes of limitations) shall be tolled for your Dispute from the time that your Dispute is first submitted to the AAA until your Dispute is selected to proceed as part of a staged process or is settled, withdrawn, otherwise resolved, or opted out of arbitration pursuant to this provision
Qualifications & exceptions
Staging thresholds (at least 100, and fewer than 200) change the numbers selected, as the staging paragraphs state.
Not stated here
The detailed mediator, fee and agreement terms of Stage One and Stage Two are covered in the following section packet.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure
Stage One: 50 claims per side arbitrated, then global mediation
In a Multiple Case Filing of at least 100 Disputes, counsel for the claimants and for Starbucks each select 50 Disputes to be filed and proceed as individual arbitrations, each before a different arbitrator; the number can be raised by agreement, and if there are fewer than 100 Disputes, all proceed in Stage One. If a case is withdrawn before an award, another is selected. The remaining Disputes are not filed or deemed filed in arbitration, and no arbitration fees are assessed or collected for them. After Stage One, counsel take part in a global mediation with a retired federal or state judge jointly selected by counsel, and Starbucks pays the mediator's fee. Limitations periods stay tolled while your Dispute waits.
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If 25 or more similar Disputes (including yours) are asserted against Starbucks by the same or coordinated counsel or are otherwise coordinated (“Multiple Case Filing”)
If at least 100 Disputes are submitted as part of the Multiple Case Filing, counsel for the claimants and counsel for Starbucks shall each select 50 Disputes
The remaining Disputes shall not be filed or deemed filed in arbitration nor shall any arbitration fees be assessed or collected in connection with those claims.
Starbucks shall pay the mediator’s fee
any applicable limitations periods (including statutes of limitations) shall be tolled for your Dispute
Qualifications & exceptions
The number of Disputes selected can be increased by agreement of counsel.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure
Stage Two: 100 claims per side, no more than five per arbitrator
If the remaining Disputes are not resolved after Stage One, each side selects 100 Disputes per side to proceed as individual arbitrations; the number can be raised by agreement, and if there are fewer than 200 Disputes, all proceed in Stage Two. No more than five cases may be assigned to a single arbitrator. A withdrawn case is replaced by another claim. The remaining Disputes are not filed in arbitration and no fees are assessed or collected for them. A second global mediation with a jointly selected retired judge follows, and Starbucks pays the mediator's fee.
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counsel for the claimants and counsel for Starbucks shall each select 100 Disputes per side to be filed and to proceed as cases in individual arbitrations as part of a second staged process
No more than five cases may be assigned to a single arbitrator to proceed individually.
The remaining Disputes shall not be filed or deemed filed in arbitration nor shall any arbitration fees be assessed or collected in connection with those claims.
Starbucks shall pay the mediator’s fee
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
After Stage Two mediation, unresolved claims may go to court
After Stage Two mediation, each remaining Dispute that is not settled or withdrawn is opted out of arbitration and may proceed in court. Counsel may agree in writing to adjudicate some or all remaining Disputes in individual arbitrations (randomly selected, with mediation elective) or through another agreed process. A court may enforce the multiple-filing procedures, including by enjoining arbitrations and fee assessments. The Terms call these procedures essential: if, after all appeals, a court decides they apply to your Dispute and are unenforceable, your Dispute proceeds only in court.
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each remaining Dispute (if any) that is not settled or not withdrawn shall be opted out of arbitration and may proceed in a court of competent jurisdiction
counsel for the parties may mutually agree in writing to proceed with the adjudication of some or all of the remaining Disputes in individual arbitrations
A court of competent jurisdiction shall have the authority to enforce the Additional Procedures for Multiple Case Filings, including the power to enjoin the filing or prosecution of arbitrations and the assessment or collection of arbitration fees.
The Additional Procedures for Multiple Case Filings provision and each of its requirements are essential parts of this arbitration agreement.
then your Dispute shall not proceed in arbitration and shall only proceed in a court of competent jurisdiction consistent with the remainder of the Terms
Qualifications & exceptions
The opt-out to court happens only after completion of the Stage Two mediation.
Cross-references
narrows (model-proposed): What must be arbitrated and what is excluded — exception_to: The arbitration scope sends all Disputes to binding individual arbitration; after Stage Two mediation of a Multiple Case Filing, remaining Disputes are opted out of arbitration and may proceed in court.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice
You can reject future arbitration changes within 30 days, but not opt out of arbitration
If Starbucks makes future changes to the arbitration agreement (other than to its contact information), you may reject a change by sending a personally signed written notice to Starbucks Corporation, Law & Corporate Affairs, 2401 Utah Ave S, MS:S-LA1, Seattle, WA 98134, Attention: Litigation Department, within 30 days of the change. The notice does not opt you out of arbitration altogether: by rejecting a change you agree to arbitrate any Dispute with Starbucks under "this version" of the arbitration agreement, which appears to mean the version in force before the change.
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If we make any future changes to this arbitration agreement (other than a change to our contact information), you may reject any such change by sending your personally signed, written notice to the following address within 30 days of the change
Starbucks Corporation
Law & Corporate Affairs
2401 Utah Ave S, MS:S-LA1, Seattle, WA 98134
Attention: Litigation Department
Such written notice does not constitute an opt out of arbitration altogether.
By rejecting any future change, you are agreeing that you will arbitrate any Dispute between you and Starbucks in accordance with this version of the arbitration agreement.
will be resolved through binding individual arbitration
Qualifications & exceptions
The page does not describe any way to opt out of arbitration itself.
Not stated here
The text says "this version" without naming it; reading it as the pre-change version is an inference.
The text does not say how Starbucks would announce a future change to the arbitration agreement beyond the general posting right in the Changes section.
Cross-references
narrows (model-proposed): Starbucks can change the Terms by posting; continued use is acceptance — exception_to: The general Changes clause makes continued use acceptance of changes; for future changes to the arbitration agreement, the user may reject the change in writing within 30 days (while still remaining bound by the arbitration agreement).
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
No class, collective or representative actions
You and Starbucks each agree that any proceeding, in arbitration or in court, will be conducted only on an individual basis and not as a class, collective, consolidated, private attorney general or representative action. You each waive any right to bring or take part in such an action in arbitration or in court to the fullest extent allowable by applicable law. The parties keep the right to take part in a class-wide settlement. The arbitration procedures also say each side may bring claims only in its individual capacity and not as a plaintiff or class member in such a proceeding.
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any proceeding, whether in arbitration or in court, will be conducted only on an individual basis and not in a class, collective, consolidated, private attorney general, or representative action
You and we agree to waive any right to bring or to participate in such an action in arbitration or in court to the fullest extent allowable by applicable law.
the parties retain the right to participate in a class-wide settlement
each may bring claims against the other only in your or our individual capacity
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Jury trial waived
To the fullest extent allowable by applicable law, you and Starbucks waive the right to a jury trial.
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To the fullest extent allowable by applicable law, you and we waive the right to a jury trial.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Washington law governs; King County courts if arbitration does not apply
The Terms and use of the Sites are governed by Washington state law, without regard to its conflict of laws rules, and the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply. If the arbitration agreement is ever deemed unenforceable or void, or a dispute is not subject to arbitration, the user irrevocably consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts in King County, Washington for any legal action arising out of or related to use of the Sites or the Terms, and waives objections to personal jurisdiction or venue based on inconvenient forum or any other basis, and any right to seek transfer of venue.
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These Terms and use of the Sites are governed by the laws of the state of Washington, United States of America, without regard to Washington’s conflict of laws rules.
The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods shall have no applicability.
If the arbitration agreement is ever deemed unenforceable or void, or a dispute between the parties is not subject to arbitration
the User irrevocably consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts in King County, Washington, United States of America
waives any objections as to personal jurisdiction or as to the laying of venue in such courts
Qualifications & exceptions
The exclusive King County jurisdiction clause applies only when arbitration does not apply; the Dispute Resolution section stays the first route for most disputes.
This paragraph states the choice of Washington law without a carve-out for the law of the user's home state.
Account & Service Control · Permission or license
Starbucks may end your license and block access without notice
Notwithstanding any of the Terms, Starbucks reserves the right, without notice and in its sole discretion, to terminate your license to use the Sites and to block or prevent your future access to and use of the Sites. Its failure or delay in doing so is not a waiver of its rights to enforce the Terms.
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Starbucks reserves the right, without notice and in its sole discretion, to terminate your license to use the Sites and to block or prevent your future access to and use of the Sites.
Starbucks’ failure or delay in taking such actions does not constitute a waiver of its rights to enforce these Terms.
Not stated here
The paragraph does not describe any refund or account-data handling on termination; stored value and Rewards are covered by separate terms not supplied here.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Permission or license
Starbucks can change the Terms by posting; continued use is acceptance
Starbucks reserves the right to change or modify the Terms, or any other Starbucks policies related to use of the Sites, at any time and at its sole discretion by posting revisions on the Sites. Continued use of the Sites after changes means you accept them. If you do not agree, you should stop using the Sites immediately. The arbitration section separately lets you reject future changes to the arbitration agreement within 30 days by written notice.
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Starbucks reserves the right to change or modify these Terms or any other Starbucks policies related to use of the Sites at any time and at its sole discretion by posting revisions on the Sites.
Continued use of the Sites following such changes or modifications to the Terms or other Starbucks policies will constitute acceptance of such changes or modifications.
If you do not agree to such changes or modifications, you should cease using the Sites immediately.
Qualifications & exceptions
Changes to the arbitration agreement have their own 30-day written rejection right in the Dispute Resolution section.
Not stated here
The paragraph does not promise advance notice or a notice period for changes.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Unenforceable provisions are severed
Except as otherwise provided in the Terms, if any provision is found unlawful, void or unenforceable, it is treated as severable and does not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.
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Except as otherwise provided herein, if any provision of these Terms shall be deemed unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
Qualifications & exceptions
The Dispute Resolution section has its own rules for what happens if certain waivers or procedures are held unenforceable.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
Which sections survive termination
In addition to provisions that by their terms survive termination or expiration, the following sections survive termination of the Terms: Indemnification; Warranties; Disclaimers; No Liability; Dispute Resolution (including the Arbitration Agreement, Class Action Waiver and Jury Trial Waiver); and Governing Law and Jurisdiction.
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the following sections shall survive termination of these Terms: (a) Indemnification; (b) Warranties; Disclaimers; (c) No Liability; (d) Dispute Resolution (including Arbitration Agreement; Class Action Waiver; Jury Trial Waiver); and (e) Governing Law and Jurisdiction
Qualifications & exceptions
The list is introduced as "in addition to" provisions that by their terms survive, so other provisions may also survive.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice
Notice to California residents: provider and complaint contacts
The Terms say that, under California Civil Code Section 1789.3, California residents are entitled to specific consumer rights information. The provider of the Sites is Starbucks Corporation, 2401 Utah Avenue South, Seattle WA 98134. To file a complaint or get more information about use of the Sites, you can send a letter to that address or email Starbucks with "California Resident Request" as the subject line. You may also contact the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the Department of Consumer Affairs in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112, Sacramento CA 95834 or by telephone at 800.952.5210.
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Under California Civil Code Section 1789.3, California residents are entitled to the following specific consumer rights information
the provider of the Sites is Starbucks Corporation, 2401 Utah Avenue South, Seattle WA 98134
To file a complaint regarding the Sites or to receive further information regarding use of the Sites, send a letter to the above address or contact Starbucks via e-mail
You may also contact the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the Department of Consumer Affairs in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112, Sacramento CA 95834 or by telephone at 800.952.5210.
Qualifications & exceptions
The Terms cite California Civil Code Section 1789.3 by name only; the statute text is not supplied and not resolved here.
Not stated here
The notice does not list other state-specific rights.
Account & Service Control · Procedure
Where to send questions, complaints or claims
Except as otherwise provided in the Terms, questions, complaints or claims about the Sites go to Starbucks Coffee Company Customer Care by email at info@starbucks.com, by mail at 2401 Utah Ave. S, Seattle, WA 98134, or by phone at 1-800-STARBUC (782-7282). Disputes covered by the arbitration agreement must first follow the informal dispute notice process.
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Except as otherwise provided in these Terms, any questions, complaints, or claims regarding the Sites should be directed to:
Starbucks Coffee Company Customer Care (info@starbucks.com) 2401 Utah Ave. S Seattle, WA 98134 Phone: 1-800-STARBUC (782-7282)
Qualifications & exceptions
The informal dispute notice process directs Dispute notices to the Customer Service department through a web link, and the DMCA section names a separate Designated Agent.