Terms of Use

This website is operated by Bold.org, Inc (“Bold”). Throughout this website (https://bold.org/) (the “Site”), the terms “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Bold. Bold offers this Site and the ability for users who are applicants to explore and apply for scholarships, fellowships and grants (the “Service”), conditioned upon your acceptance of all terms, conditions, policies and notices stated in these Terms of Use (the “Terms”). There are separate terms that apply to donors that register for an account on the Site, which are available here. These Terms govern your use of the Site and Service. The Site and Service are offered to you conditioned on your acceptance, without modification, of the terms, conditions, and notices contained in these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not access the Site nor do you have the right to use our Service. The headings used in this agreement are included for convenience only and will not limit or otherwise affect these Terms.

By visiting our Site and/or purchasing the Service from us, you are engaging in our Service and agree to be bound by the Terms. These Terms apply to all users of the Site, including without limitation users who are browsers, vendors, customers, merchants, and/ or contributors of content.

Personal information that is collected on the Site and through the Service is handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Your use of the Service is also subject to additional terms as set forth in the section below (the "Additional Terms").  In the event that any of these Terms conflict with the Additional Terms or other terms and guidelines contained within any particular section of the Site or with any terms included with any product or service purchased from Bold, then these Terms shall control.

Please note, by using the Service, you acknowledge, confirm, and consent to: (i) Bold’s generation of revenue from its partnerships with scholarship providers, applicable academic institutions, and other third parties who are necessary for Bold to provide its Service to you, and (ii) Bold’s use of your information and data on Bold’s platform in order to do so.

PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION; ARBITRATION; WAIVER OF CLASS ACTION SECTION BELOW REGARDING RESTRICTIONS ON YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS IN ANY DISPUTE INVOLVING BOLD, THESE TERMS, ADDITIONAL TERMS, OR OUR PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SITE OR SERVICE.

YOU MUST BE AT LEAST 14 YEARS OF AGE TO USE OR ACCESS THE SITE AND OUR SERVICE. YOU MAY ONLY ACCESS AND USE THE SITE AND THE SERVICE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE LOCAL, STATE, FEDERAL, AND FOREIGN LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS.

1. GENERAL CONDITIONS

You may use the Site and Service, including the content on it solely for the purposes stated on the Site itself, as described in these Terms and in accordance with any applicable Additional Terms. We reserve the right to refuse the Service to anyone for any reason at any time.

Users are the sole creators of their accounts on the Service and Bold may not independently verify the information provided. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Bold account and password. You shall be responsible for all uses of your account and password, whether or not authorized by you. You agree to immediately notify Bold of any unauthorized use of your account or password.

While as a practice we strive to encrypt data in transmission and at rest, you understand that your content may be transferred unencrypted and involve: (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.

2. SITE CONTENT AND PROPRIETARY RIGHTS

The Site and Service include a broad array of content and functionality. All user interfaces, software, and other information and content, or portion or combination thereof, provided and made available by or for Bold in connection with the Site and Service (“Site Content”) is for use only for individual, non-commercial purposes. We retain all of our right, title and interest in and to Site Content. This includes, but is not limited to all copyrights, trademarks, patents, derivative works, moral rights, trade secrets, and proprietary information in all content that appears on the Site (other than the content of our third-party business partners who have permission to appear on the Site), and in all software that we develop in connection with the Site and our Service. Nothing on the Site shall be construed as granting any license or right to use any image, trademark, service mark or logo. Downloading, copying or printing individual pages and/or parts of the Site is allowed for personal, non-commercial use only, and will not transfer title to any software or material on the Site to you. You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any portion of the Site or the Service without express written permission by us.

3. LIMITED LICENSE

Bold grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and non-sub-licensable right to access and make personal use of the Site and our Service. Explicit attribution to Bold must be made in the event that the material, or any part thereof, is reproduced in any form, written or electronic. Furthermore, any reproduction, re-publication or distribution of this material requires the express consent of Bold.

4. PROHIBITED USES

As a condition of your use of the Site and our Service, you will not use the Site or the Service for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms. You are prohibited from:  

  1. impersonating any person or entity or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity in connection with your use of the Site or the Service;
  2. using the Site or Service to violate any applicable local, state, national, international or foreign law including United States and foreign export regulations and restrictions;
  3. using the Site or Service to harass, abuse, insult, harm, defame, slander, disparage, intimidate, or discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, race, age, national origin, or disability;
  4. reverse engineering, disassembling, decompiling, modifying, or translating any software or other components of the Site or Service;
  5. distributing viruses or other harmful computer code through the Site;
  6. attempting to gain unauthorized access to the Site or Service, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to the Site, through hacking, password mining or any other means;
  7. removing or modifying any proprietary notice, copyright notice, or trademark legend, author attribution, or other notice placed on or contained within any of the Site, Service, or Site Content or attempting to disable, bypass, modify, defeat, or otherwise circumvent any digital rights management or security system used as part of the Site, Service, or Site Content;
  8. uploading to the Sites or Service the personal information of others that you are not authorized to provide or using the Sites or Service to collect or track the personal information of others;
  9. providing any content, data or information to Bold that contains viruses or malicious code or is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy or right of publicity, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
  10. using the Site, Service or Site Content in a way that suggests you are a representative of Bold;
  11. using the Site, Service or Site Content as a platform for external applications, or to develop applications, services, websites, or any other functionalities that leverage the Site, Service or Site Content;
  12. infringing or misappropriating the intellectual property, proprietary or privacy rights of any third party;
  13. interfering with or disrupting the proper functioning of the Site, Service or Site Content, Bold’s or any third party’s systems used to host the Site, or other equipment or networks used to provide the Site, Service or Site Content;
  14. communicating the Site Content to the public, provide or make available any links, hypertext (Universal Resource Locator (URL) address) or otherwise grant access (other than a “bookmark” from a web browser) to the Site, or any part thereof;
  15. circumventing the user authentication or security of the Site or any host, network, or account related thereto;
  16. using any application programming interface to access the Site, Service or Site Content;
  17. failing to use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the unauthorized license, access, sale, transfer, lease, transmission, distribution, or other disclosure of the Site, Service or Site Content;
  18. allowing any individual to use any account log-in credentials (e.g., user identification(s), code(s), password(s), procedure(s) and user keys) issued to, or selected by, Bold for someone other than the individual identified in the account information;
  19. causing damage to Bold’s business, reputation, employees, members, facilities, or to any other person or legal entity; or
  20. otherwise using the Service, Site, or Site Content in any manner that exceeds the scope of use granted above.

Any use which violates these Terms, gives Bold the right (without notice or liability) to revoke the aforementioned license, cancel any order, or to refuse, restrict, terminate or discontinue your access to the Site, Service, or Site Content (or any portions, components, or fea