Terms and Conditions

By creating an account, accessing, or using Bookshelf Life (“the Service”), operated by Bookshelf Life, LLC (“Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”), you (“User,” “you,” or “your”) agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions (“Terms”). If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not use the Service.

These Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and the Company. By clicking “I agree” or by using the Service, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms, as well as our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated herein by reference.

You must be at least eighteen (18) years of age and have the legal capacity to enter into a binding agreement to use the Service. By using the Service, you represent and warrant that you meet these requirements. If you are using the Service on behalf of an organization, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that organization to these Terms.

To access certain features of the Service, you must register for an account. You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information during the registration process and to update such information as necessary to keep it accurate, current, and complete.

You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials, including your password, and for any and all activities that occur under your account. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your account. The Company shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to protect your account credentials.

Professional users who create sub-professional accounts are responsible for ensuring that their sub-professionals comply with these Terms. The primary professional account holder is responsible for all activity conducted by their sub-professionals within the Service.

Bookshelf Life is a legal document management platform that enables professionals to organize, manage, and share legal documents with their personal users through a digital binder system. The Service includes features such as customizable binders, document upload and organization, glossary term management with automatic highlighting, and secure document sharing.

The Service is provided as a tool for document organization and sharing. The Service does not provide legal advice, and nothing within the Service should be construed as legal advice. Users are solely responsible for the content of their documents and the accuracy of any glossary definitions they create or modify.

The Service is offered under multiple subscription tiers, each with varying limits on the number of personal users, sub-professionals, document storage, and features. Current pricing and plan details are available on our pricing page.

Paid subscriptions are billed on a recurring monthly basis. By subscribing to a paid plan, you authorize the Company to charge your designated payment method on a recurring basis until you cancel your subscription. All fees are quoted in United States Dollars (USD) and are non-refundable except as expressly stated in these Terms or as required by applicable law.

The Company reserves the right to modify subscription pricing at any time upon thirty (30) days' prior written notice. Any price changes will take effect at the start of your next billing cycle following the notice period.

If a payment fails, the Company will attempt to collect payment and may restrict access to certain features of the Service. If payment is not successfully collected within thirty (30) days of the initial failure, your account may be downgraded to the Free tier and data exceeding the Free tier limits may be deleted in accordance with Section 10 of these Terms.

You agree that you will not upload, transmit, store, or otherwise make available through the Service any content or materials that:

• •Are illegal, unlawful, or in violation of any applicable federal, state, or local law or regulation;
• •Are harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, slanderous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable;
• •Infringe upon or violate the intellectual property rights, privacy rights, publicity rights, or other proprietary rights of any third party;
• •Contain viruses, malware, ransomware, spyware, or any other malicious code or software designed to disrupt, damage, or limit the functionality of any computer hardware, software, or network;
• •Contain child sexual abuse material (CSAM) or any content depicting the sexual exploitation of minors;
• •Promote or facilitate terrorism, violent extremism, or human trafficking;
• •Constitute fraud, phishing, or any scheme designed to deceive or defraud others;
• •Violate the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), or any other applicable data protection regulation, unless you have taken appropriate measures to ensure compliance; or
• •Otherwise violate these Terms or any applicable law.

You are solely responsible for all content that you upload, transmit, or store through the Service. The Company reserves the right to remove any content that violates these Terms and to suspend or terminate your account in its sole discretion.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you expressly acknowledge and agree that you shall not upload, transmit, or otherwise introduce to the Service any file, document, image, or other content that contains or is designed to introduce any of the following:

• •Computer viruses, including but not limited to file infectors, boot sector viruses, macro viruses, polymorphic viruses, metamorphic viruses, and multipartite viruses;
• •Malware of any kind, including but not limited to ransomware, spyware, adware, scareware, cryptojackers, and fileless malware;
• •Trojan horses, including but not limited to backdoor trojans, remote access trojans (RATs), banking trojans, downloader trojans, and dropper trojans;
• •Worms, including but not limited to network worms, email worms, and internet worms;
• •Rootkits, bootkits, or any software designed to provide unauthorized root-level or administrative access to a computer system;
• •Keyloggers, screen scrapers, or any software designed to covertly record, capture, or transmit user input, screen content, or other data;
• •Logic bombs, time bombs, or any code designed to execute a malicious function upon the occurrence of a specified event, date, or condition;
• •Botnets, command-and-control (C2) software, or any code designed to conscript a computer or device into a network of compromised machines;
• •Exploit kits, zero-day exploits, or any code designed to exploit known or unknown vulnerabilities in software, hardware, or network infrastructure;
• •Steganographic payloads, polyglot files, or any content that conceals executable code or malicious data within ostensibly benign file formats, including but not limited to images, documents, and media files;
• •Cryptographic ransomware or any code designed to encrypt, lock, exfiltrate, or otherwise render inaccessible the data or systems of the Company, its users, or any third party;
• •Denial-of-service (DoS) or distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) tools, or any code designed to impair the availability or performance of the Service or any connected system; or
• •Any other malicious, destructive, or unauthorized code, script, program, or content, regardless of whether it is currently known or yet to be discovered.

You acknowledge that the Company may, at its sole discretion, employ automated security measures including but not limited to file type validation, magic byte verification, image re-processing and re-encoding, and content scanning to detect and prevent the upload of malicious content. The Company’s implementation or non-implementation of any such measures does not diminish or limit your obligations, representations, or liability under these Terms.

Any violation of this Section 6 shall constitute a material breach of these Terms. The Company reserves the right to immediately suspend or terminate your account, remove any and all content associated with your account, report the violation to appropriate law enforcement authorities, and pursue all available legal remedies, including but not limited to civil damages and injunctive relief, without prior notice to you.

Bookshelf Life has implemented policies and technical safeguards designed to prevent the unauthorized sharing, access, or disclosure of professional and personal user documents. The Company recognizes the sensitive and privileged nature of legal documents and is committed to protecting the confidentiality of all materials uploaded to the Service.

The Company agrees that it will not access, view, read, analyze, or otherwise examine any documents uploaded by an professional or personal user without the express written consent of both the professional and the personal user to whom the documents pertain. This commitment extends to all employees, contractors, agents, and affiliates of the Company.

Exceptions to this commitment are limited to the following circumstances:

• •When required by a valid court order, subpoena, or other binding legal process issued by a court of competent jurisdiction;
• •When necessary to comply with applicable federal, state, or local law;
• •When necessary to protect the safety of any individual, including in cases of imminent harm;
• •When required for automated system processes (such as virus scanning or file format validation) where no human review of document content occurs; or
• •When the professional and personal user have both provided express written consent authorizing the Company to access the documents for a specified purpose.

The Company does not claim any ownership interest in any documents or content uploaded to the Service. All documents remain the sole property of the uploading user or their personal users, as applicable.

The use of the Service does not create a professional-personal user relationship between the Company and any user. The Company is a technology provider and does not practice law, provide legal advice, or offer legal opinions. Any professional-personal user relationships that exist between professional users and their personal users are independent of and unrelated to the Service.

The Company is not responsible for, and makes no representations or warranties regarding, the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of any legal documents, glossary definitions, or other content created, uploaded, or shared through the Service. Users should consult with qualified legal professionals regarding their specific legal needs.

The Service, including its original content (excluding user-uploaded content), features, functionality, design, and source code, is and shall remain the exclusive property of Bookshelf Life, LLC and its licensors. The Service is protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret, and other intellectual property laws of the United States and foreign jurisdictions.

You retain all rights to the content you upload to the Service. By uploading content, you grant the Company a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to store, process, and display the content solely as necessary to provide the Service to you. This license terminates upon deletion of the content or termination of your account.

The preloaded glossary definitions provided with certain subscription tiers are the property of the Company and are licensed to you for use within the Service only. You may modify these definitions for your own use but may not reproduce, distribute, or commercially exploit them outside the Service.

You may cancel your subscription at any time through your account settings or by contacting us. Upon cancellation:

• •Your subscription will remain active until the end of your current billing period. You will not be charged for any subsequent billing periods.
• •At the end of your billing period, your account will be downgraded to the Free tier with the corresponding limitations on personal users, sub-professionals, and storage.
• •The Company will retain all of your data — including documents, binders, sections, personal user records, sub-professional accounts, glossary terms, and all associated account data — for a period of thirty (30) calendar days following the effective date of your cancellation (“Retention Period”).
• •If you do not resubscribe to a paid plan within the Retention Period, all data exceeding the Free tier limits will be permanently and irreversibly deleted. This includes, without limitation: sub-professional accounts, personal user records beyond the Free tier limit, binders, sections, uploaded documents, and stored files.
• •If you resubscribe to a paid plan within the Retention Period, your data will be restored and your account will be upgraded to the applicable tier.

The Company will send reminder notifications at fourteen (14) days, seven (7) days, and one (1) day prior to the expiration of the Retention Period. However, failure to receive such notifications does not extend the Retention Period or obligate the Company to retain data beyond the specified period.

For voluntary account deletion (not merely subscription cancellation), please contact us directly. Upon account deletion, all associated data will be permanently deleted within thirty (30) days.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL BOOKSHELF LIFE, LLC, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AFFILIATES, OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH:

• •Your access to or use of, or inability to access or use, the Service;
• •Any conduct or content of any third party using the Service;
• •Any content obtained from the Service;
• •Unauthorized access, use, or alteration of your transmissions or content; or
• •Any other matter relating to the Service.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COMPANY'S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICE EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNTS YOU HAVE PAID TO THE COMPANY IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00).

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY, AND YOU MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY. THE COMPANY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, SECURE, OR FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY CONTENT PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE, INCLUDING PRELOADED GLOSSARY DEFINITIONS.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Bookshelf Life, LLC and its officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliates, and licensors from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs, or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to reasonable professional's fees) arising from:

• •Your use of and access to the Service;
• •Your violation of any provision of these Terms;
• •Your violation of any third-party right, including without limitation any intellectual property, privacy, or proprietary right;
• •Any content that you upload, store, or transmit through the Service; or
• •Any claim that content you uploaded caused damage to a third party.

This indemnification obligation will survive the termination of these Terms and your use of the Service.

Without limiting the foregoing, you specifically agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Company and its officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliates, and licensors from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs, or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to reasonable attorney’s fees, forensic investigation costs, incident response costs, regulatory fines and penalties, data breach notification costs, credit monitoring services, and business interruption losses) arising from or related to:

• •The upload, transmission, or introduction by you of any virus, malware, ransomware, spyware, adware, trojan, worm, rootkit, keylogger, logic bomb, time bomb, exploit, or other malicious code or content to or through the Service;
• •Any damage, destruction, corruption, or unauthorized access to the data, systems, or networks of the Company, its users, or any third party resulting from content you uploaded or transmitted through the Service;
• •Any regulatory investigation, enforcement action, fine, or penalty arising from a security incident caused by or attributable to content you uploaded or transmitted through the Service;
• •Any data breach notification obligations, credit monitoring costs, or identity theft remediation expenses arising from a security incident caused by or attributable to content you uploaded or transmitted through the Service; and
• •Any business interruption, loss of revenue, loss of data, reputational harm, or consequential damages suffered by the Company, its users, or any third party as a result of malicious content you uploaded or transmitted through the Service.

This enhanced indemnification obligation applies regardless of whether you had actual knowledge of the malicious nature of the content and regardless of whether the Company’s automated security measures detected or failed to detect the malicious content. You acknowledge that the Company’s security measures are implemented as a reasonable precaution and do not constitute a warranty, guarantee, or assumption of liability for the safety of uploaded content.

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Wyoming, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

Any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms or the breach, termination, or validity thereof shall first be submitted to good-faith mediation. If mediation is unsuccessful, the dispute shall be resolved by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) in accordance with its Commercial Arbitration Rules. The arbitration shall take place in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The arbitrator's decision shall be final and binding, and judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.

YOU AGREE THAT ANY DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEEDINGS WILL BE CONDUCTED ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT IN A CLASS, CONSOLIDATED, OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION. If for any reason a claim proceeds in court rather than in arbitration, you waive any right to a jury trial.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to prevent the actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation, or violation of intellectual property rights.

The Company reserves the right to suspend or terminate your account and access to the Service, with or without notice, for any reason, including without limitation, if the Company reasonably believes that you have violated these Terms. Upon termination, your right to use the Service will immediately cease.

You may terminate your account at any time by canceling your subscription and contacting us to request account deletion. All provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination shall survive, including without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnification obligations, and limitations of liability.

The Company reserves the right to modify these Terms at any time. If we make material changes to these Terms, we will provide notice through the Service or by other means reasonably calculated to reach you, such as email. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date of any modifications constitutes your acceptance of the modified Terms.

If you do not agree to the modified Terms, your sole remedy is to discontinue using the Service and cancel your account.

If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid, legal, and enforceable, and the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any other agreements expressly incorporated by reference herein, constitute the entire agreement between you and the Company with respect to the Service and supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications, whether oral or written, between you and the Company regarding the Service.

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