Terms & Conditions

RealRoots helps women make meaningful friendships in their city through shared experiences. We match women who are compatible and organize amazing local experiences for them to enjoy. Dorothy and Tara founded RealRoots because we moved so many times in our own adult lives and struggled to find a group of close girlfriends to share our new city with. We both desperately needed RealRoots many times in our own lives, and we’re so glad you’re here!

These Terms and Conditions (the “Terms”) is a contract between you and RealRoots Inc. that describes your rights, and ours, when you register for our [friendship matching and events services, described above]. When you register with RealRoots, whether on our website or our App, you agree to be legally bound by these Terms, so please take a moment to read them carefully.

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Register an Account

To be matched with friends and participate in our friendship events, you will need to register an account with RealRoots, either on our website or our App. In order to create an Account you must:

  1. be at least 21 years old.

In addition, we cannot allow you to use another person’s Account or to share your Account with any other person without permission.

You can create an Account via manual registration, or by using your social media or email login details. If you create an account using your social media login details, you authorize us to access, display, and use certain information from your social media account. For more information about profile sharing, please check out our Privacy Policy.

We think you’ll love being a part of the RealRoots community, but if you choose, you may delete your Account at any time by going emailing us at [email protected]. Your information will be treated in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

We reserve the right at our sole discretion to restrict, terminate, delete or suspend your Account, or make use of any operational, technological, or legal or other means available to enforce the Terms (including without limitation blocking specific IP addresses), at any time without liability or without prior notice given to you.

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Online and Offline Content and Behavior

There are 3 types of content that you will be able to access when you register with RealRoots:

  1. content that you input and provide, including on our social media accounts (“Your Content”)[;]
  2. content that other RealRoots members provide (“Member Content”); and
  3. content that RealRoots provides (“Our Content”).

And, of course, should you choose to participate in RealRoots in-person experiences (which we highly encourage!) you will be meeting other members face-to-face. That being said, while RealRoots is based on making authentic connections based on individuals’ honest expression of themselves as much as possible, there are certain types of content, and behavior, that are prohibited as strictly against our values and these Terms. Those include, but are not limited to, behaviors and content which:

  1. contain language or imagery which could be deemed offensive or is likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person (including, without limitation, language that could be deemed discriminatory towards an individual’s race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or physical appearance);
  2. is obscene, pornographic, or may otherwise offend human dignity;
  3. is abusive, insulting, or threatening, discriminatory or promotes or encourages racisms, sexism, hatred or bigotry;
  4. encourages any illegal activity;
  5. is defamatory or libelous;
  6. relates to commercial activity (including, without limitation, sales, competitions and advertising, links to other websites).*

*While we want members to be able to get to know each other in order to form authentic (and lasting!) friendships, please remember that the purpose of RealRoots is to connect women with similar individuals where they live for the purpose of socializing, and not commercial gain.

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Background Checks and Release of Claims

We do not control any of the things are members say or do in-person.

YOU UNDERSTAND THAT REALROOTS DOES NOT CURRENTLY CONDUCT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS ON ITS MEMBERS. REALROOTS ALSO DOES NOT INQUIRE INTO THE BACKGROUNDS OF ITS MEMBERS OR ATTEMPT TO VERIFY THE STATEMENTS OR IDENTITY OF ITS MEMBERS. REALROOTS MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE CONDUCT OF ANY OF ITS MEMBERS OR THEIR COMPATIBILITY WITH ANY CURRENT OR FUTURE MEMBERS.

You agree to, and hereby do, release RealRoots and its successors from any claims, demands, losses, damages, rights, and actions of any kind, including personal injuries, emotional distress, death and property damage, that either directly or indirectly arises from your interactions with, or conduct of other members, or participation in RealRoots events. If you are a California Resident, you hereby waive California Civil Code Section 1542, which states, “A general release does not extend to claims that the creditor or releasing party does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release and that, if known by him or her, would have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor or released party.”

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Privacy

For information about how RealRoots collects, uses, and shares your personal data, please visit the privacy policy published on our website (https://www.therealroots.com).


Limitation of Liability

You assume the risk of damages, of any kind, when you: use our services, participate in our in-person meet-ups and events, as well as when you use our App or website.

IN NO EVENT WILL THE REALROOTS INC., ITS AFFILIATES, EMPLOYEES, LICENSORS, OR SERVICE PROVIDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF DATA, INCOME, PROFIT OR GOODWILL, LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND CLAIMS OF THIRD PARTIES ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE APP, SITE, OR PARTICIPATION IN REALROOTS EVENTS, HOWEVER CAUSED, WHETHER BASED ON BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PROPRIETARY RIGHTS INFRINGEMENT, PRODUCT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE.

THE FOREGOING SHALL APPLY EVEN IF WE WERE ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IF YOU BECOME DISSATISFIED IN ANY WAY WITH THE REALROOTS’ SERVICES, INCLUDING YOUR EXPERIENCE AT OUR GUIDED EVENTS, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO STOP YOUR USE OF THE APP AND SITE.

YOU HEREBY WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THE APP OR SITE, AS WELL AS YOUR PARTICIPATION IN OUR EVENTS. BECAUSE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN TYPES OF DAMAGES, THESE PROVISIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF ANY PORTION OF THIS LIMITATION ON LIABILITY IS FOUND TO BE INVALID OR UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON, THEN OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY SHALL NOT EXCEED THE PRICE WE CHARGE YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR EVENTS.

THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY HEREIN IS A FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENT OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN AND REFLECTS A FAIR ALLOCATION OF RISK. THE APP, SITE AND SERVICES WOULD NOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT SUCH LIMITATIONS AND YOU AGREE THAT THE LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS OF LIABILITY, DISCLAIMERS AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES SPECIFIED HEREIN WILL SURVIVE EVEN IF FOUND TO HAVE FAILED IN THEIR ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. THE FOREGOING DOES NOT APPLY TO LIABILITY ARISING FROM ANY FRAUD OR FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATIONS, OR ANY OTHER LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE LIMITED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

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Indemnity

You are responsible for your conduct at our in-person events. Therefore, you agree to indemnify, defend, release, and hold us, and our partners, licensors, affiliates, contractors, officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents, harmless, from and against any third party claims, damages (actual and/or consequential), actions, proceedings, demands, losses, liabilities, costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) suffered or reasonably incurred by us arising as a result of, or in connection with:

  1. any negligent acts, omissions or willful misconduct by you;
  2. your access to and use of the App;
  3. the uploading or submission of Content to the App by you;
  4. any breach of these Terms by you; and/or
  5. your violation of any law or of any rights of any third party.

We retain the exclusive right to settle, compromise and pay any and all claims or causes of action which are brought against us without your prior consent.

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Dispute Resolution

These Terms require you to first informally, and then, if a resolution cannot be reached, formally mediate disputes with the RealRoots Inc. and limits the manner in which you seek relief from us.

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Survival of Terms

All provisions of these Terms, which by their nature should survive, shall survive termination of these Terms (which shall occur when you, or we, in our sole discretion, terminate your Account), including, without limitation, the Dispute Resolution Agreement, warranty disclaimers and limitation of liability.

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Miscellaneous

These Terms are governed by the State of California. These Terms represent the entire agreement between you and the RealRoots Inc. with respect to the use of our services, as described above, but may also include, without limiting the foregoing, any applicable provisions in our Privacy Policy, our End User License Agreement, and our Website Terms of Use Policy.

Lastly, we reserve the right to update these Terms, without notice to you, from time to time.

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