Terms and Conditions

Agreement to Our Legal Terms

We are Howdy Baby LLC (“Company,” “we,” “us,” “our”), a company registered in Rhode Island, United States at 1276 Bald Hill Road / Route 2, Unit 15, #1045, Warwick, RI 02886.

We operate the website www.howdy.baby (the “Site”), as well as any other related products and services that refer or link to these legal terms (the “Legal Terms”) (collectively, the “Services”).

Howdy Baby is a web application that lets expecting parents create a private, shareable webpage to keep family and friends updated during pregnancy and labor. Parents sign up, choose a visual theme, and post status updates and photos as things progress; family and friends view the page via a link, with no account required, and can leave comments. Access to create a page requires a one-time payment; there is no recurring subscription.

You can contact us by email at [email protected], or by mail to 1276 Bald Hill Road / Route 2, Unit 15, #1045, Warwick, RI 02886, United States.

These Legal Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and Howdy Baby LLC concerning your access to and use of the Services. By accessing the Services, you agree to be bound by all of these Legal Terms. If you do not agree, you are expressly prohibited from using the Services and must discontinue use immediately.

We will provide prior notice of any scheduled changes to the Services. Modified Legal Terms become effective upon posting or notifying you by email. By continuing to use the Services after the effective date of any changes, you agree to be bound by the modified terms.

The Services are intended for users who are at least 18 years old.

1. Our Services

The Services are not tailored to comply with industry-specific regulations such as HIPAA or FISMA. If your use of the Services would be subject to such laws, you may not use the Services.

2. Intellectual Property Rights

We are the owner or licensee of all intellectual property rights in our Services, including all source code, databases, functionality, software, designs, text, photographs, and graphics (the “Content”), as well as our trademarks and logos (the “Marks”). Subject to your compliance with these Legal Terms, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access the Services and download or print Content you've properly accessed, solely for personal, non-commercial use.

Your contributions. When you post updates, photos, or comments (“Contributions”) through the Services, you grant us a license to host, store, display, and reproduce those Contributions as necessary to operate the Services (for example, showing your updates to the family and friends you share your page with). You retain ownership of your Contributions. You represent that you have the necessary rights to share anything you post, including the consent of any identifiable person shown in a photo, and that your Contributions do not violate any law or any third party's rights.

We may remove or edit Contributions at any time if, in our reasonable opinion, they are harmful or breach these Legal Terms.

3. User Representations

By using the Services, you represent that: all registration information you submit is true, accurate, and complete; you will keep it up to date; you have the legal capacity to agree to these Legal Terms; you are not a minor in your jurisdiction; and your use of the Services will not violate any applicable law.

4. User Registration

You may be required to register to use the Services. You are responsible for keeping your password confidential and for all activity under your account.

5. Purchases and Payment

All payments are processed securely through Stripe and are made in US dollars. You agree to pay the price in effect at the time of purchase. We may change prices at any time; changes will not affect a purchase already completed. We reserve the right to refuse or cancel any order at our discretion.

6. Prohibited Activities

You agree not to, among other things:

• Systematically retrieve data from the Services to build a collection or database without our permission
• Trick, defraud, or mislead us or other users, including attempts to learn account passwords
• Circumvent, disable, or interfere with security-related features of the Services
• Use the Services to harass, abuse, or harm another person
• Upload or transmit viruses, malware, or other harmful code
• Attempt to reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any part of the Services
• Use any automated system, bot, or scraper to access the Services
• Impersonate another user or person
• Use the Services for any commercial purpose not endorsed by us

7. User Generated Contributions

The Services allow you to post updates, photos, and comments. Contributions may be viewable by other users of the Services. By posting a Contribution, you represent that it does not infringe any third party's rights, is not false or misleading, and does not violate any applicable law or these Legal Terms.

8. Contribution License

By posting Contributions, you grant us the license described in Section 2 above, solely for the purpose of operating and providing the Services to you and the people you share your page with. We do not assert ownership over your Contributions.

9. Guidelines for Reviews

If we ever provide an area for reviews or ratings, any review you post must be based on firsthand experience, must not contain offensive or discriminatory language, and must not be false or misleading. We may accept, reject, or remove reviews at our discretion.

10. Third-Party Websites and Content

The Services may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, or privacy practices of any third-party website, and linking to one does not imply our endorsement.

11. Services Management

We reserve the right to monitor the Services for violations of these Legal Terms, take legal action against anyone who violates them, and remove or restrict access to any Contribution at our discretion.

12. Privacy Policy

We care about data privacy and security. Please review our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Legal Terms. The Services are hosted in the United States; by using them, you consent to your data being transferred to and processed in the United States.

13. Copyright Infringements

If you believe material on the Services infringes a copyright you own, please notify us at [email protected].

14. Term and Termination

These Legal Terms remain in effect while you use the Services. We reserve the right to deny access to and use of the Services, or delete your account and any content you've posted, at any time and for any reason, in our sole discretion.

15. Modifications and Interruptions

We reserve the right to change, suspend, or discontinue the Services at any time. We cannot guarantee the Services will be available at all times.

16. Governing Law

These Legal Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Rhode Island.

17. Dispute Resolution

The parties agree to first attempt to resolve any dispute informally for at least thirty (30) days. If informal resolution fails, disputes will be resolved by binding arbitration under the rules of the American Arbitration Association, conducted in Newport, Rhode Island, except for disputes concerning intellectual property, theft, unauthorized use, or a claim for injunctive relief. Arbitration will proceed only on an individual basis — no class actions.

18. Corrections

We reserve the right to correct any typographical errors, inaccuracies, or omissions on the Services at any time.

19. Disclaimer

The Services are provided on an “as-is” and “as-available” basis. We disclaim all warranties, express or implied, to the fullest extent permitted by law. See our full Disclaimer for more, including regarding medical information.

20. Limitations of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, our liability to you for any cause will be limited to the amount you paid us. We are not liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of the Services.

21. Indemnification

You agree to defend and indemnify us against any claim arising from your Contributions, your use of the Services, or your breach of these Legal Terms.

22. User Data

We maintain the data you transmit to the Services to manage their performance. While we perform routine backups, you are responsible for your own data, and we are not liable for any loss or corruption of it.

23. Electronic Communications, Transactions, and Signatures

Visiting the Services and sending us emails constitute electronic communications. You consent to receive communications from us electronically and agree that electronic signatures and records satisfy any legal requirement that they be in writing.

24. California Users and Residents

If a complaint with us is not satisfactorily resolved, California residents may contact the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs.

25. Miscellaneous

These Legal Terms, together with any policies posted on the Services, constitute the entire agreement between you and us. If any provision is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full effect.

26. Access Controls

Certain features described as privacy or access controls, including PIN Access, are provided on a best-effort basis. Howdy Baby does not guarantee that content will only be viewed by intended recipients, and such features should not be relied upon as an absolute security guarantee.

27. Account and Data Deletion

Self-service deletion. You may delete your account and all associated data at any time by using the Delete My Account feature in your dashboard. Before your account is deleted, you will be asked to confirm this action. Deletion is permanent: once confirmed, your page, status updates, photos, comments, and all other data associated with your account will be permanently removed from our active systems and cannot be recovered.

Automatic deletion for inactivity. If your page reaches its final stage (indicating your baby has arrived) and remains inactive for ninety (90) consecutive days thereafter, your account and all associated data will be automatically and permanently deleted. “Inactive” means no updates, photos, or other changes have been made to your page during that period.

Advance warning. Before any automatic deletion, we will send email notice on three separate occasions — approximately thirty (30), fourteen (14), and three (3) days before the scheduled deletion date — to the email address associated with your account. It is your responsibility to keep your email address current so that you receive these notices.

Keepsake delivery. Prior to automatic deletion, we will generate and email you a PDF copy of your page, including your updates, photos, and messages left by family and friends, so that you retain a record of your page even if you take no further action.

Retained information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we may retain certain information after account deletion — whether initiated by you or occurring automatically — as necessary to prevent fraud, troubleshoot technical problems, assist with investigations, enforce these Legal Terms, or comply with applicable legal obligations, consistent with our Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions about account or data deletion, please contact us at [email protected].

28. Experimental or In-Development Features

Certain features, including SMS Updates Sign-up, may be in development and are not guaranteed to be fully operational. We do not guarantee that enabling such a feature will result in the described functionality until it has been made generally available.

29. Contact Us

Howdy Baby LLC #1045
1276 Bald Hill Road / Route 2, Unit 15
Warwick, RI 02886
United States
Email: [email protected]