POLICIES & TERMS

These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern your access or use, from within the United States and its territories and possessions, of the applications, websites, content, products, events, and services (the "Services," made available in the United States and its territories and possessions by MINIs Take Vermont, Inc. and its parents, subsidiaries, representatives, affiliates, officers and directors (collectively, "MTVT"). PLEASE READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY, AS THEY CONSTITUTE A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND MTVT. In these Terms, the words "including" and "include" mean "including, but not limited to."

By accessing or using the Services, you confirm your agreement to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, you may not access or use the Services. These Terms expressly supersede prior agreements or arrangements with you. MTVT may update or amend these Terms at any time.

We do not, under any circumstances, accept responsibility for any damages, fines, or injury to yourself, property, or anyone else due to your participation in any event, rally or other activity hosted by or associated with MTVT, use of our services, or the use of this site and any materials located on it.

Membership Agreement

As a 501(c)(7) social club, we are required to charge a membership fee for participation in this social club. Annual membership fees are non-refundable but membership may be cancelled at any time.

Members of MTVT, by virtue of their membership agreement, agree to demonstrate personal responsibility for their (and their guests') words, actions and deeds and not to exhibit behaviors that are harmful to themselves and other members, guests, and hosts, or their personal property. We seek to provide a pleasant atmosphere in which to share our common love of the MINI brand.

We are committed to creating inclusive and safe experiences for all who take part in the services offered by MTVT; despite their sexual orientation, gender identification, race, ethnicity, faith, accessibility, etc. We welcome all people with genuine enthusiasm and open minds. Discrimination, harassment, prejudice, racism, and hatred have no place at our events or in our community. If any MTVT member or event participant is being disrespectful, making others feel uncomfortable, or acting in a discriminatory nature of any kind, we reserve the right to ask them to leave the event without refund.

MTVT will not condone behavior contrary to our objectives nor that which we feel is harmful or injurious to others. By virtue of your membership in MTVT, you have agreed to uphold these ideals and purposes. Any member, member of their family, guest, or other person who in any manner makes use of the organization’s Services shall do so at their own risk. Members further agree to hold the organization, and all its membership, harmless from any consequences, monetary or otherwise, that may result due to violations of this Membership Agreement.

The Board of Directors may suspend, either permanently or for a specified period of time, any member whom a majority of the Board of Directors determines no longer meets the requirements for membership as set forth in the Membership Agreement. This must be done by a majority vote. The vote suspends such member’s membership in MTVT and all rights and privileges associated therewith. Refunds of membership dues will not be permitted.

Cancelation & Refund Policy

If for any reason, any of the ticketed (paid) events are canceled, we will issue a full refund for all tickets purchased. We reserve the right to modify or cancel any rally events due to weather, road conditions, or leader availability. We will notify you via email as soon as possible with any important updates.

Alcohol Consumption Policy

You must be 21 years of age or older to purchase or consume alcohol. All alcohol must be purchased through a licensed supplier. No outside alcohol is permitted at any of the dinners or rallies. Please drink responsibility. MINIs Take Vermont, Inc. will not be held responsible for any damages, fines, bodily harm, or other consequences of consuming alcohol at this event.

Shipping & Delivery Policy

Delivery

When will I get my merchandise order?
Usually, it takes 3–7 days to fulfill an order, after which it’s shipped out. The shipping time depends on your location, but it's typically 3-4 business days for shipping to the USA.

Where will my order ship from?
We work with an on-demand order fulfillment company with facilities worldwide!

My order should be here by now, but I still don't have it. What should I do?

Check your shipping confirmation email for any mistakes in the delivery address
Ask your local post office if they have your package
Stop by your neighbors in case the courier left the package with them

If the shipping address was correct, and the package wasn't left at the post office or at your neighbor’s, get in touch with us at info@mtvt.club with your order number. If you did find a mistake in your delivery address, we can send you a replacement order, but shipping will be at your own cost.

Orders

How are your products made?
We work with a print-on-demand drop shipper. They have locations worldwide, so depending on where you are, your orders are printed and shipped from the facility that can do it most efficiently!

How do I track my order?
You’ll receive a tracking link via email when your order ships out. If you have any questions about your tracking or shipment, drop us a line at info@mtvt.club.

I received a wrong/damaged product, what should I do?
To help us resolve this for you quickly, please email us at info@mtvt.club within a weeks' time with photos of the damaged product, your order number, and any other details you may have about your order. We’ll get back to you with a resolution as soon as possible!

Returns

What’s your return policy?
We don’t offer returns and exchanges on merchandise, but if there’s something wrong with your order, please let us know by contacting us at info@mtvt.club!

Do you offer refunds?
Refunds are only offered to customers that receive the wrong items or damaged items. If any of these apply, please contact us at info@mtvt.club with photos of wrong/damaged items and we’ll sort that out for you.

Can I exchange an item for a different size/color?
At this time, we don't offer exchanges. If you’re unsure which size would fit better, check out the sizing charts at Printful.com—they have one for every item listed on our store, in the product description section. Though rare, it's possible that an item you ordered was mislabelled. If that’s the case, please let us know at info@mtvt.club within a week after receiving your order. Include your order number and photos of the mislabeled item, and we’ll send you a new one, or issue a refund!

Merchandise Return Policy

Please see Printful's return policy for more information.

Limitation of Liability

MTVT shall not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, punitive, or consequential damages, including personal injury, loss/theft of personal property, or property damage, related to or in connection with, or otherwise resulting from any use of the Services. MTVT shall not be liable for any damages, liability, or losses arising out of your use of the Services.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold MTVT and its affiliates and their officers, directors, employees, and agents harmless from any and all claims, demands, losses, liabilities, and expenses (including attorneys' fees), arising out of or in connection with: (i) your use of the Services or services or goods obtained through your use of the Services; (ii) your breach or violation of any of these Terms; or (iii) your violation of the rights of any third party, including Third Party Providers.

MTVT Privacy Policy

Effective Date: August 31, 2023

Hello, and welcome to MTVT's Privacy Policy. Thank you for your interest in MTVT, our website (www.mtvt.club) and all other redirecting domain names (“Website”), software, mobile applications, and other services provided by us and on which a link to this Privacy Policy is displayed.

At MTVT, your privacy is critically important to us. MTVT is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy sets out how MTVT, our Website, (“MTVT,” “us,” “our,” or “we”) collect and use information from members and other individuals who access or use our services that link to this Privacy Policy (the “Services). By using our Services, you understand that we will collect and use your information as described in this Privacy Policy.

Please familiarize yourself with this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions about it or our treatment of the information you provide us, please contact us by by email at: info@mtvt.club. This Privacy Policy is updated on an ongoing basis, as necessary, and a formal review is conducted annually. We will handle information in accordance with the Privacy Policy in effect at the time we handle that information. Updates to this Privacy Policy will be posted publicly on the Website and be effective immediately as of the date at the bottom of this document.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to any third-party websites and apps that you may use, including any that are linked to in our Services. You should review the terms and policies for third-party websites and apps before clicking on any links.

Acceptance of Terms

In order to request and use the Services, users are required to provide names and email addresses to us. Any Personal Information that is submitted or collected during your use of the Services will be subject to this Privacy Policy. Your use of the Services will also be subject to additional terms you and MTVT agree to, as relevant.

By visiting the Website or using the Services in any manner, you acknowledge that you fully accept the practices and policies outlined here, and you consent to our collection, use, and transfer of your information in the following ways. If you do not accept the Privacy Policy as a whole you must immediately stop using the Website and Services.

1. How We Collect Information

To provide and improve our Services, we collect information about visitors to our sites, users of our Services, the devices they use, and sometimes their locations. We may also collect some Navigation Information, in accordance with our Cookies Policy below.

We collect certain information directly from you, such as when you fill out forms with a name or email address or when we store your information for you as part of our service. Such information typically includes your first name, last name, contact details, credit card or payment card information, address, your MTVT browsing history, information about your preferences using our Services, as well as any contact or other information you choose to provide for us to undertake the Services.

We collect other information, usually about devices, browsers, or locations, automatically (you would not be typing this information into a form). We may also collect information about you from other sources, such as if we purchase a list of contact information of people who may be interested in our Services.

You have a choice about whether you visit our sites, install our apps, or provide information to us. However, if you do not provide us with certain information, you may not be able to use some parts, or even any parts, of our Services. For choices you may have, please see Section 5 of this Privacy Policy.

2. What Information We Collect And How We Use it

“Personal Information” refers to any information that you choose to submit to us that identifies you personally. This includes, for example, your name, email address, address, phone number, and other information about you. This can also include information about you that is publicly available, information that is available about you online via sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Google.

Your main choice for this type of information is simply not providing it, such as by not creating a profile or not purchasing merchandise. For other choices you may have, please see Section 5 of this Privacy Policy.

In addition to other uses mentioned in this Privacy Policy, we may also use your Personal Information to:

Improve your browsing experience by personalizing the Website;
Process and complete transactions, and send related information, including transaction confirmations and invoices;
Manage your use of our sites and/or services, respond to inquiries and comments and provide customer service and support;
Analyze your use of our Services and Website for trend monitoring purposes;
Investigate and prevent fraudulent activities, unauthorized access to the services, and other illegal activities;
Send you information we think may be of interest to you by email or other means;
Link the analytics information we store to Personal Information you submit to us; and
For choices you may have, please see Section 5 of this Privacy Policy.

“Navigation Information” refers to information about your computer, device, visits to the Website, and logins to the Services, including your IP address, geographic location, browser type, product version, referral source, length of visits, pages viewed, and heatmapping. We use Navigational Information to operate and improve the Website and Services. Due to the nature of what is being collected, it is possible that Navigational Information may include Personal Information.

We normally collect or use information from you or others only where we have your consent to do so, where we need the information to perform a contract with you, or where the processing is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. In some cases, we may have a legal obligation to collect or retain personal information or may need the personal information to protect your vital interests or those of another person. For example, when we:

Use information to create and manage an account, we need it in order to provide relevant services.
Use names and email addresses for email purposes, we do so with your consent (which you can revoke at any time).
Gather usage data and analyze it to improve our Services, we do so based on our legitimate interest in safeguarding and improving our Services.

If you have questions about or need further information concerning the lawful basis on which we collect and use your personal information, please contact us using the contact details provided in Section 11 of this Privacy Policy.

3. Sharing Information

We do not rent, sell, or share your information with third parties except as described in this Privacy Policy. We will never sell your Personal Information to a third party. We may share and disclose your personal information to third parties under any of the following circumstances:

To Service Providers. The Website and Services integrate some services provided by third parties. We may share some of your information with these service providers in order for them to provide their services, including the fulfillment of merchandise purchases. As such, the terms and privacy policies of these service providers may apply to you as well. Acceptance of these service provider terms is required to access the Website and Services. Further information is set out below in our Cookies Policy.

MTVT seeks to conclude data processing agreements with each service provider before third party services are implemented into the Website or Services in order to ensure that your Personal Information is used, stored, and transferred securely and in accordance with European Union law. Even so, MTVT does not control or assume any responsibility for the content or practices of these service providers, including their data storage and transfer policies, and this Privacy Policy does not apply to these features, which are governed by their own policies and terms. The Website and Services may contain links to other websites run by third parties. Our provision of these links does not amount to our endorsement of these other websites, nor their content, owners, or practices. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those other websites, which are governed by their own terms and policies. MTVT does not control or assume any responsibility for the content or practices of these other websites.

To Affiliates. We may share your information with other companies under common ownership or control with MTVT. These companies use your information as described in this Privacy Policy.

For Safety, Security, and Compliance with Law. We may share your information to follow applicable law, or to respond to legal process (such as responding to a valid subpoena, warrant, audit, or agency, law enforcement, or national security action, or to prevent fraud) where we believe disclosure is necessary (i) as a matter of applicable law or regulation, (ii) to exercise, establish or defend our legal rights, or (iii) to protect your vital interests or those of any other person.

For Business Transactions. We may share your information during a corporate transaction like a merger, or sale of our assets. If a corporate transaction occurs, we will provide notification of any changes to control of your information, as well as choices you may have.

As may be required to fulfill orders, to conduct billing/credit card processing, to provide services to and for our customers, and for email housing (as a consequence of uses already described in this Privacy Policy).

For Consent. We may share your information in other ways if you have asked us to do so or have given consent.

4. Retention of Personal Information

We keep your personal information for no longer than necessary for the purposes for which it is processed. The length of time for which we retain information depends on the purposes for which we collect and use it and/or as required to comply with applicable laws. Where there are technical limitations that prevent deletion or anonymization, we safeguard personal data and limit active use of it. We will also delete any of your Personal Information from our servers upon your request, as detailed in MTVT's Opt-Out & Anti-Spam Policy below.

See Section 5 for choices about storage of your information.

5. Your Choices

This section describes many of the actions you can take to change or limit the collection or use of your information.

Opt-Out and Anti-Spam Policy

If you provide us with your Personal Information, you have the following rights with respect to that information to:

Review the Personal Information that you have supplied to us;
Request a correction of any errors or change of outdated information or omissions in the Personal Information that you have supplied to us;
Request that your Personal Information not be used to contact you;
Request that your Personal Information be removed from our solicitation list(s);
Request that your Personal Information be deleted from our records; or
Opt out of being solicited by MTVT.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us by email at info@mtvt.club or send mail to 145 Pine Haven Shores Rd., #1000A Shelburne, VT 05482. We will act promptly to amend or delete your Personal Information and will notify you accordingly. Please note that the use, storage, and transfer of some your Personal Information may be necessary for the purposes of our relationship. If we receive a request to delete Personal Information that is categorized as being necessary, we will contact you and work with you to find a reasonable solution.

If you are a registered user of our Services, or have engaged in transactions with us, we may continue to send transactional or relationship messages (e.g. account notifications) after you opt out of other messages.

Our Policy Regarding Cookies and Other Related Technology

A “cookie” is a small text file that a website or online service saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the website or use the service. Cookies enable websites and services to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size, and other display preferences) over a period of time so you do not have to keep re-entering them whenever you return or browse from one page to another.

MTVT uses cookies to ensure that we provide you with the best experience when using the Website and to track visitor statistics. Cookies enable MTVT to improve the functionality and effectiveness of the Website and Services.

The types of cookies you may encounter and how we use them:

Strictly necessary/essential cookies
These cookies are essential in order to enable you to navigate our website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. These cookies do not collect personally identifiable information from visitors. Without these cookies, we would not be able to provide with you the service you have requested.
Performance/analytical cookies
These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, such as which pages are most popular or which pages result in the most error messages. These cookies do not collect personally identifiable information from visitors. The information these cookies gather is aggregated and therefore anonymous. We use this information to maintain, operate, and continually improve our Services.
Functional cookies
These cookies allow the Website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language, and preferences) and provide an enhanced and more personal experience.

How to control cookies:

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit the Website or use the Services and some features or functionalities may not work.

If you continue without changing your settings, we will assume that you are agreeing to receive all cookies from the Website and Services.

We do not recognize or respond to browser-initiated Do Not Track signals.

Device and Usage Information

If you do not want us to see your device location, you can turn off location sharing on your device, change your device privacy settings, or decline to share location on your browse.

Complaints

We are committed to resolving valid complaints about your privacy and our collection or use of your personal data. For questions or complaints regarding our data use practices or Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at info@mtvt.club, or contacting us by post at 145 Pine Haven Shores Rd., #1000A Shelburne, VT 05482.

6. Users From Outside The United States

By using our Services, you:

Acknowledge that your information will be processed as described in this Privacy Policy; Consent to having your information transferred to our affiliates and facilities, in the United States or elsewhere, and to the facilities of those third parties with whom we share it as described in this Privacy Policy.

If you are in Switzerland or the European Economic Area (EEA), you may have additional rights under data protection law.

Other Rights

You can access and review information associated with your account at any time. You also can request the following information:

How we collect and use your information and why;
The categories of recipients of your personal data;
How we received your data; and
How long we use or store your personal data or the manner in which we determine relevant retention periods.

You also have a right to correct your personal data. In certain situations, you can ask that we erase or stop using your information (and object to use of your persona data) or export your data.

Where we rely on your consent to process your personal data, you have the right to decline consent and/or if provided, to withdraw consent at any time. This will not affect the lawfulness of processing prior to the withdrawal of your consent. At any time, you can request that we stop using your information for marketing purposes. For choices you may have, please see Section 5 of this Privacy Policy.

You have a right to provide us with guidance on the use, storage, and deletion of your personal data after your death.

You have a right to raise questions or complaints with your local data protection authority at any time.

If you wish to exercise these rights, please contact us at info@mtvt.club.

7. Children’s Privacy

Our Services are not designed for and are not marketed to people under the age of 18 (“minors”). We do not knowingly collect or ask for information from minors. We do not knowingly allow minors to use our Services. If you are a minor, please do not use our Services or send us your information. We delete information that we learn is collected from a minor without verified parental consent.

8. California Resident’s Privacy

If you are a California resident, you may ask for a list of third parties that have received your information for direct marketing purposes during the previous calendar year. This list also contains the types of information shared. We provide this list at no cost. We do not share your information with third parties for their own marketing purposes.

9. How We Protect Your Information

To keep your information safe, we use physical, electronic, and managerial tools. We apply these tools based on the sensitivity of the information we collect, use, use, and store, and the current state of technology. We use a range of security technologies and processes to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, and disclosure.

Any payment transactions are processed by Wix Payments. Wix privacy policy.

Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our Website or Services, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.

Although we do our best to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee the security of your Personal Information transmitted to our sites; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your Personal Information, we will use robust procedures and security features to prevent unauthorized access.

10. Changes to this Policy

We may amend this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in the law, our companies, our Services, our data collection and use practices, or advances in technology. Our use of the information we collect is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used. Depending on the type of change, we may notify you of the change by posting on this page or by email. Please carefully review any changes made to this Privacy Policy.

11. How to Contact Us

For questions or complaints regarding our use of your information or Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at info@mtvt.club, or contacting us by post at 145 Pine Haven Shores Rd., #1000A Shelburne, VT 05482.

This Privacy Policy was last updated on: August 31, 2023