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This document sets the rules for using Starbucks's websites and digital platforms. If you submit any content, Starbucks gets a permanent, royalty-free right to use it in almost any way. If you ever have a dispute with Starbucks, you must handle it through individual arbitration—not a court or class action—after first attempting a 60-day informal negotiation.
The Starbucks Terms of Use establishes the conditions under which users may access and interact with Starbucks's Sites, granting users a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license for personal use only while reserving broad intellectual property rights for Starbucks. Users who submit content grant Starbucks a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, alter, and distribute that content. Starbucks disclaims all warranties to the fullest extent permitted by law and excludes liability for itself and its personnel arising from use of the Sites, Content, or materials accessed through them. Dispute resolution is governed by mandatory binding individual arbitration preceded by a 60-day good-faith negotiation period, with class and consolidated proceedings barred in both arbitration and litigation, and jury trial rights waived to the extent permitted by applicable law.
Users receive only a limited, revocable right to use the Sites for personal purposes, with no warranties from Starbucks on the Sites' quality or reliability. Any content a user submits becomes subject to a permanent, irrevocable license that Starbucks retains regardless of whether the user later removes the content or stops using the Sites. Automated tools such as bots, spiders, or offline readers are prohibited. Critically, users cannot bring or join class-action or consolidated proceedings in any forum, and must resolve all disputes through binding individual arbitration after completing a 60-day informal negotiation process. If you have a dispute, the concrete step available to you is to submit a completed notice of dispute and engage in the required 60-day good-faith negotiation before initiating arbitration.
Which mapped governance frameworks each document engages, tied to the specific provisions that engage them.
We withheld clauses we had published from this document. Each withholding is recorded in our correction log:
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