briddgy.com is a social network, developed to arrange a communication between people who travel to other cities and those who need to send or bring something from different cities. When we mention Briddgy, we mean briddgy.com, together with affiliated applications and websites. These terms and conditions have the purpose of governing access to and the terms of use of the social network. Please read them attentively! You should understand and recognize that Briddgy is not party to any agreement or contractual relations of any nature between its users. By clicking “Accept”, you recognize having read and accepted all these general conditions of use. If you do not agree to the Terms, you may not access or use the platform. These Terms of conditions contain important information about Your legal rights, remedies and obligations.
Briddgy is constantly changing and improving. In our sole discretion, we reserve the right to modify it, add or remove features or functionalities with or without notice to you. If we tend to make changes to those Terms, or the other document incorporated by reference here, we'll post the changes to the Terms of Use pages of our website.
You may use Briddgy, including its features, or become a member of the platform only if you are 18 years old or older (if the age of majority in the country in which you reside is greater than 18). You warrant that you have the authority, capacity and right to enter into and be bound by the Terms and that by using Briddgy you will not be violating any law or regulation of the country in which you reside. You are responsible for your compliance with all applicable local regulations and laws.
For the purposes of transparency, improving trust, or prevention of inappropriate accidents, Briddgy is suggesting its members to go through several verification procedures including email, and phone verification. By clicking “Accept” button and becoming a Member, you agree that the we may send you text (SMS) messages. Briddgy does not charge you for such messages. We are also keeping the right to check or recheck the information provided by the user. In spite of these precautionary measures, Briddgy still cannot guarantee the 100% truthfulness, reliability or validity of the information subject of the verification procedure. In case when Briddgy detects and confirms an inaccuracy in the information provided by the user, the account belonging to that person will be blocked. The person will not be able to use the platform again. Our team will continuously work on improving platform security and come up with the new and better ways of person identification for the better user experience.
For sign up only email, name and surname are required. To activate the account a member should upload a profile photo. The photo has to belong to the owner of profile. An image processing system will check the picture. In case the photo is not real, the account will not be activated and will not be seen by other members. To place an order or post your trip date phone verification is also mandatory.
After successful sign up, activation and verification all the members have equal rights to utilize Briddgy services. You are free to post your future trip information on the “Add trip” page. Our automatic system will suggest you members who placed an order related to your destination city. Orders could be placed on the “make order” page. The system will suggest you travelers who are planning a trip to the corresponding city at the date indicated in the order. All the members of the Briddgy community can make use of our integrated chat to agree on the details of the order and trip.
You recognize being totally liable for respecting all legal guidelines, regulations and duties applicable to your use of the platform. Furthermore, when using Briddgy you undertake: a. not to post on Briddgy any false, misleading, malicious or fraudulent information; b. not to post any content on the platform of an injurious, defamatory, vulgar, offensive, pornographic, aggressive, obscene, uncalled-for, threatening, violent, harassing, xenophobic or racist nature, or with sexual connotations, inciting violence, hatred or discrimination, the use of illegal substances or encouraging activities; c. not to register more than one profile and not to open an account in the name of a third party; d. not to try to bypass security and verification systems of the platform e. not to contact another member via our website and apps, for purposes other than placing shipment orders and carrying those orders.
Our platform utilizes a rating system. Members have the right to rate other members with whom they had a deal. The rating consists of a point ranging from 1 to 5 (higher is better). They also can leave comments after each deal. It is expected that members with the higher ratings will earn trust and have more deal offers. Moreover, in order to enhance trust among our members we included one more personality verification layer. In order to get a “verified” status the user will have to upload his picture in a way described further. The face of a user should be clearly visible and fingers placed according to the instruction. This picture is only needed for the verification purposes and will not be used or saved anywhere in our platform. We highly recommend all our users to verify their accounts.
Briddgy is a social network, mediator and escrow service. It is not held responsible on the transfer of goods between its members. Users are free to set prices and rewards where Briddgy will mediate the transactions. Briddgy will try as much as possible to maintain the website and apps accessible 7 days a week and 24 hours a day. However, access to the social network may be temporarily suspended, without notice, due to technical maintenance.
These T&Cs are written in English and subject to English law. You can also, if necessary, present your complaints relative to our Platform or our Services on the dispute resolution platform placed online by the European Commission. The European Commission will send your complaint to the competent national ombudsman. In compliance with the rules applicable to mediation, you are bound, before any request for mediation, to have notified Briddgy in writing of any dispute in order to obtain an amicable solution.
We provide that service by operating a social network site offering users the opportunity to connect to our global community of users. By joining Briddgy, you enter a legal agreement with us and we process your data in order to provide your service under the terms of that agreement. You can only become a member of Briddgy or use its features if you’re aged 18 or over or the age of majority in the country in which you reside if that happens to be greater than 18.
To join the Briddgy network you will have to complete our online registration form, where we may ask you to provide us with information about you such as your name, your email address, your gender, picture or your date of birth, your location details. You also have the opportunity to provide other details about yourself, but these are optional. Because you control your user profile, these details are available to you at any time by accessing your “Profile” page, which gives you the chance to correct or update (other than your email address and gender) your information at any time by just logging in to Briddgy.
For safety and security and to ensure you have the best possible user experience, we require users to verify their accounts and might ask for your phone number or image. We want to make sure you are not a robot! And we also want to avoid fake Briddgy accounts being created which can be used for malicious activities and cyber crime – they threaten the Briddgy network and spoil things for everyone. We use a third party provider for account verification who will keep your phone number for up to 90 days for fraud identification purposes. We collect and use your phone number on the basis of our legitimate interests identified above and for the prevention of fraud.
To prevent abuse of the app/site, Briddgy uses automated decisions to block accounts as part of its anti-spam procedures. In order to do this, our systems check accounts and messages for content that indicates breaches of our Terms and Conditions of Use. If an account or message meets certain criteria that demonstrate that the Terms and Conditions of Use are likely to have been breached, the relevant account will automatically be blocked. All users of accounts that have been blocked will be notified that their account has been blocked and affected users can contact Briddgy to contest the decision.
Please note that if your account is blocked, any account(s) that you have on our other group platforms/applications may also be blocked as part of our anti-spam and anti-fraud procedures.
If you decide to purchase any of our premium services, we will process your payment information and retain this securely for the prevention of fraud and for audit/tax purposes. Under data protection law, it is necessary for us to collect and process this payment data to enable us to perform our contract with you and our ongoing retention of this data is justified by our legitimate interests set out above.
To enable Briddgy to provide a free non-premium service, we process some limited data (demographics and location) to drive targeted advertising in our legitimate interest including sharing such data with advertising networks. We may also receive data indirectly from such advertising networks. You can stop this within Settings but you will still see adverts, though they will be less relevant to you. Through your device’s security settings you also have the option to prevent or limit device identifiers being shared with third party advertisers and what use is made of the device identifiers. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, please visit this page.
Finally, we want to keep in touch with you to make sure you know about the great promotions and offers we have available. If you’ve told us it’s OK, we will use your email address and phone number to send you information on these. You can withdraw this consent at any time via Settings in the app or website.
Briddgy offers you the opportunity to stay in touch with the friends and contacts you’ve made no matter where you are. You can do this by using your mobile phone or by downloading an application to your desktop that allows you to share your location with other users.
When you use your mobile or the desktop application, we will collect information about WiFi access points as well as other location information about your longitude and latitude. That information helps us identify your physical location so that it can be displayed and shared with other members choosing to view “nearby” posts. I
f you have enabled location services, but wish to turn them off, you can do so by the following methods:
1. iPhone app — settings, privacy, location services, Briddgy
2. Android — settings, location, Briddgy, permissions, location
We, or our third-party advertising partners, may also collect and use your device identifier to serve relevant ads to you through the App. You can opt out of targeted advertising by (i) becoming a payer and/ or (ii) opting not to share data with any partner platforms but still to receive advertisements.
If you log in to or access Briddgy through your Facebook profile, we may collect data including your email address, name and profile picture, date of birth, a list of your friends who also use the app, pages you have liked, location and photos in order to create and update your Briddgy profile. You may also appear on your friends’ Facebook apps as a Briddgy user.
We are only permitted to use your data when we have a lawful basis to do so. The table below provides an overview of the legal bases that Briddgy relies on to use your data. Where the legal basis is consent, you can withdraw consent at any time. Where the legal basis is legitimate interests, you have a right to object to our use of your data. We explain in the relevant sections in this privacy notice how you can withdraw consent or opt-out of certain data uses (where applicable).
| Purpose | Data | Legal Basis |
|---|---|---|
| To provide you with the Briddgy social networking service | Name, email address, date of birth, location | Contractual necessity |
| To verify your identity and prevent fraud and to ensure the safety and security of users | Phone number | Legitimate interests – it is in our legitimate interests to ensure that accounts are not set up fraudulently and to safeguard users of the site |
| To take payment for premium services | Payment card details | Contractual necessity and legitimate interests – we have a legitimate interest in receiving payment for our premium services |
| To serve targeted advertisements to users of the site/app | Demographic and location information | Legitimate interests – it is in our legitimate interests to target advertisements so that users see relevant advertisements and to allow us to generate income from advertising revenue |
| To send you marketing information about our offers and services | Email address and mobile phone number | Legitimate interests – it is in our legitimate interests to promote our products and services |
| To contact you in order to run surveys for research purposes and to obtain feedback | Email address and mobile phone number | Legitimate interests – it is in our legitimate interests to carry out research so that we can further develop the app and improve the service |
| To enable users to create their Briddgy profile and log into the app via Facebook | Data from Facebook, including email address, name and profile picture, date of birth, friends who use the app, pages liked, location and photos | Legitimate interests – it is in our legitimate interests to promote our products and services |
| To show “nearby” location information to you and other users of the site/app | Wifi access points and location data when you use the mobile app | Legitimate interests – it is in our legitimate interests to provide this functionality as part of the services |
| To serve advertisements through the Briddgy mobile app | Device ID | Legitimate interests – it is in our legitimate interests and the interests of third party advertisers to deliver advertisements to you to promote their products |
| To provide the lookalikes function | Photos and faceprint | Legitimate interests – it is in our legitimate interests to provide this functionality |
| To carry out analysis to help us improve the app | Log and usage data, including IP address, browser type, referring domain, pages accessed, mobile carrier and search terms | Legitimate interests – it is in our interests to analyse the way in which users are accessing and using our services so that we can further develop the app and improve the service |
| To respond to correspondence and queries that you submit to us | Email address and IP address | Legitimate interests – it is in our legitimate interests to respond to your queries to ensure that we provide a good service to users and troubleshoot problems |
| To block accounts as part of our anti-spam procedures | Email address, phone number, IP address and IP session information, social network ID, username, faceprint, user agent string | Legitimate interests – it is in our legitimate interests to prevent unauthorised behaviour and to maintain the safety and security of our services |
| To block payment transactions as part of our anti-fraud procedures | Name, IP address, email address, mobile number, cardholder name, payments received, type of payment, user ID, country | Legitimate interests – it is in our legitimate interests to prevent fraudulent transactions and to maintain the security of our services |
We keep your personal information only as long as we need it for legitimate business purposes (as set out above) and as permitted by applicable law.
In practice, we delete or anonymise your information upon deletion of your account (following the safety retention window), unless:
We may share aggregated information with such parties as Foursquare that includes your personal data (but which doesn’t identify you directly), together with other information including log data with third parties for industry analysis and demographic profiling and to deliver targeted advertising about other products and services.
We share your data with the following categories of third-parties:
This agreement (hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement"), on the one hand, established in accordance with the legislation of the United States, "BRIDDGY" LLC (hereinafter referred to as "Mediator"), on the other hand, providing services (hereinafter referred to as "Executor") and recipient of services from the other party (hereinafter - Will be called "Customer"), in a tripartite form between the parties (hereinafter referred to as the "Parties"), subject to the following conditions.
1.1. The Customer has ordered the import (transportation) of personal consumer goods (items) belonging to him (or third parties) from any foreign country for a fee, placing the relevant order announcement on the online specialized service portal created by the Intermediary for this purpose and transportation the Executor (or the Executor's transportation service, the Intermediary's placement of the offer for the said service on its portal, the Customer's own (or third-party) personal consumer goods (goods) from any foreign country (ordering the delivery (transportation) with payment), undertakes the transportation of the ordered item.
1.2. The scope, features, specific information and the amount of the Service Fee shall be determined by agreement in accordance with the relevant clause of this Agreement.
1.3. The service shall be provided for the period agreed by the Parties in paragraph 6 of this Agreement.
2.1. The provision of the service begins with the placement of the relevant advertisement in the specialized online service of the Customer in order to find the Executor (or the Customer on the possibility of paid transportation of personal consumer goods (items) in connection with the paid transportation of the Customer's personal consumer goods (items).
2.2. The Customer provides all information on the specific features, scope and duration of the service to be purchased (to be provided by the Executor) online by posting it on the Customers's specialized website for the relevant service.
2.3. The Mediator places the Customer's transportation service order (Executor's transportation service offer) on its relevant specialized online service page, provides security and monitors the implementation of the service.
2.4. Service is provided in this Agreement upon the accurate information of Customer, Mediator, Executor, persons to whom the item will be picked up and delivered, their contact details and addresses (name, surname, serial number of the company, telephone number, e-mail address, residential address, agreed delivery) address)
2.5. The executor performs the agreed service with quality and within the established time.
3.1. Obligations of the customer:
3.1.1. Information about himself and his means of communication, the person and address (name, surname, serial number of the company, business phone number, e-mail address, residential address, address where the item will be picked up and delivered) to which the item is to be picked up and delivered to provide a complete and accurate information to the operator of the specialized online internet service.
3.1.2. To place complete and accurate information on the subject of the order (name, type, model, volume, weight, physical condition, storage condition, storage conditions, etc.) on the online website of the specialized service of the Mediator.
3.1.3. To place full and accurate information on the addresses (country, province, city, district, index, etc.) where the subject of the order will be picked up and delivered on the online website of the specialized service of the Mediator.
3.1.4. Check and receive the result of the order service;
3.1.5. Pay the order service correctly and on time to the bank account (or card) specified by the Mediator.
3.2. Obligations of the mediator:
3.2.1. To collect information about the Customer's (as well as the Executor's) personal and contact means (name, surname, serial number of the company, telephone number, e-mail address, residential address) in the relevant electronic database for the purposes of the Service.
3.2.2. Provide the secure facility to collect the details of the item that is subject of order(as well as the service provided)(name,type,model,volume,physical condition,storage condition and etc.) and the delivery that is subject of order(also picked-up and delivered)(country,province,city, district,index and etc.)
3.2.3. Not to disclose in full the personal Customer's (as well as the Executor's) personal, contact information, the subject of the order (as well as transportation services) and the addresses where it will be picked up and delivered (as well as picked up and delivered) without the Client's permission.
3.2.4. To monitor the quality and full implementation of the terms of this agreement by its Parties.
3.2.5. Submit the relevant online bank account (or card information) to the Customer to pay the service fee.
3.2.6. To transfer the agreed part of the amount paid as a service fee to the Executor.
3.3. Responsibilities of executor:
3.3.1. To provide complete and accurate information about himself and his means of communication (name, surname, serial number of the company, telephone number, e-mail address, residential address) to the operator of the specialized online service.
3.3.2. To place full and accurate information on the items for which the transportation service can be performed (name, type, model, volume, weight, physical condition, storage condition, storage conditions, etc.) on the online website of the specialized service of the Mediator.
3.3.3. To place full and accurate information on the addresses where the goods can be picked up and delivered (country, province, city, district, index, etc.) on the online website of the specialized service of the Broker in order to carry out the service of transportation of goods.
3.3.4. Not to disclose information about the customer's identity, means of communication, the subject of the order and the persons and addresses where it will be picked up and delivered.
3.3.5. To fulfill the order qualitatively and in time (within the period) agreed by the Parties to this Agreement.
3.3.6. To bear financial responsibility for the damage caused to the Customer's property due to the fault of the Contractor and for failure to perform the transportation in due time.
3.3.7. To pay customs and other expenses related to the transportation of the subject of the order.
4.1. Customer rights:
4.1.1. About the subject of the order (name, type, model, volume, weight, physical condition, storage condition, storage conditions, etc.) and about the addresses where the subject of the order will be picked up and delivered (country, province, city, district, index, etc.) .) to require the placement and technical protection of information on the online website of the specialized service of the Mediator.
4.1.2. Require the Mediator to provide the appropriate online bank account (or card information) to pay the service fee.
4.1.3. Require the Mediator and the Executor not to disclose information about the Customer's identity, means of communication, the subject of the order and the persons and addresses to which it will be picked up and delivered.
4.1.4. Require the Executor to fulfill the order in a quality and timely manner within the period agreed by the Parties to this Agreement.
4.1.5. To demand compensation from the executor for the damage caused to his property due to his fault and for the delay in transportation.
4.1.6. Check and receive the results of the service;
4.2. Mediator's rights:
4.2.1. Requite complete and accurate information to the operator of the specialized online internet service from the Customer (as well as the Executor) himself and means of communication, the person and address (name, surname, serial number of the company, working phone number, e-mail) to which the subject of the order will be picked up and delivered (as well as picked up and delivered) address, residential address, address where the item will be picked up and delivered).
4.2.2. Require the Customer and the Executor to place complete and accurate information on the subject of the order (as well as the offered service) (name, type, model, volume, weight, physical condition, storage condition, storage conditions, etc.) on the online website of the specialized service of the Mediator make.
4.2.3. Complete and accurate posting of information on the addresses (country, province, city, district index, etc.) on the online website of the Mediator's specialized service To demand from the executor.
4.2.4. Require the Customer to pay the order service correctly and on time to the online bank account (or card) provided by the Mediator.
4.2.5. Require the parties to fulfill their obligations under the Agreement in a quality and complete manner.
4.3. Executor's rights:
4.3.1. Demand the placement and technical protection about the item that can be transported (performed service) (name, type, model, volume, weight, physical condition, storage condition, storage conditions, etc.) and about the addresses where the object of service can be picked up and delivered (country, region, city, district, index, etc.) on the online website of the specialized service of the Mediator.
4.3.2. Require the Mediator to pay the service fee correctly and on time to the online bank account (or card) specified by the Executor.
4.3.3. The customer and the means of communication, the person and address (name, surname, serial number of the company, business phone number, e-mail address, residential address, address where the item will be picked up and delivered) and the item to be picked up and delivered; to demand from the Customer to provide him with complete and accurate information about (name, type, model, volume, weight, physical condition, storage condition, storage conditions, etc.).
5.1. The scope of services provided shall be determined by agreement of the Parties and the service fee for the provision of services shall be specified in this Agreement.
5.2. Settlements under this Agreement are made by transfer to an online bank account (or card).
5.3 Settlements are made in correspond currency of the bank account or in USD(United State Dollars)
6.1. This Agreement shall be valid for the period of import (transportation) of goods (items) for personal consumption from any foreign country (on the dates specified herein).
6.2. With the written consent and notifications of the parties, the term of the contract may be reduced or a new contract may be concluded.
7.1. A Party that fails to perform its obligations under this Agreement and fails to do so shall have no obligation or liability if it proves that its failure is due to force majeure, ie unavoidable emergencies occurring within a specified time frame. Unavoidable situations are: natural disasters (earthquakes, floods, volcanic eruptions, landslides, tsunamis, etc.); Wind strength, air temperature and sedimentation rate, excluding normal human activities at the place of performance of contractual obligations; moratoriums of the executive authorities, military operations and other circumstances that the Parties may designate as an emergency for the obligations to be performed.
7.2. A Party affected by force majeure shall notify the other Party thereof at the earliest opportunity. Failure to notify the other party in time does not give the right to rely on force majeure.
8.1. All additions and changes to this Agreement may be made at the written request of the interested party and by mutual consent of the parties.
8.2. Additions and amendments to this Agreement shall be formalized by the Supplementary Agreement, which is an integral part of it.
8.3. This Agreement may be terminated in accordance with the procedure and in the cases provided for in the Civil Code of the United States.
9.1. All disputes arising out of this Agreement shall be settled through negotiations.
9.2 Disputes under this Agreement shall be settled amicably between the parties.
9.3. If the disputes between the parties are not resolved in accordance with Article 9.2, the disputes shall be regulated by the legislation of the United States and State of Delaware and the disputes shall be considered in the relevant courts of the United States and State of Delaware.
10.1. In case of non-fulfillment or improper fulfillment of the obligations provided for in this Agreement, the guilty party shall compensate the injured party for the damage caused as a result of non-fulfillment of obligations in accordance with the civil legislation of the United States and the State of Delaware.
10.2. Only the guilty Party (or the Parties) shall be liable for the shipment (transportation) of illicit goods.
10.1. Provisions not regulated by this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the United States and State of Delaware.
10.2. Amendments and additions to this Agreement shall be made by the signing of the Agreement on Amendments and Additions by the Parties in the form of a single written document. 10.3. This Agreement consists of 5 (five) pages, each of which has the same legal force and is drawn up in triplicate, one copy for each Party.