Terms of Use
Bridge Co is free to play, has no accounts, and sells nothing; ads pay for it. These terms cover what still needs saying: play fairly, coins aren't money, the online service is offered as-is, and how a disagreement gets settled. The sections on warranties and liability limit what we're responsible for, so please read those two in particular.
Who these terms are with
Bridge Co is published by Nauvis, a sole proprietorship based in California, United States ("Nauvis", "we", "us"). These terms are an agreement between you and Nauvis. By downloading or using the app you agree to them; if you don't, please don't use it.
Your download is also covered by Apple's standard licence terms for App Store apps, which apply alongside these. How we handle information is described in the privacy policy, which is part of these terms.
Who can use Bridge Co
If you're under the age of majority where you live, you may use Bridge Co only with the permission of a parent or guardian, who accepts these terms on your behalf. Don't use the app where the law doesn't allow it. Any charges from your mobile carrier or internet provider for using it are yours.
Fair play
When you play with other people, or use our server at all, don't:
- choose a display name that is abusive, hateful, sexual, impersonates someone else, or is designed to slip past the name filter;
- use modified clients, automation or bugs to gain an advantage, or deliberately manipulate ratings or leaderboards;
- deliberately quit or stall matches to spoil other players' games;
- generate fake ad views or clicks, or otherwise try to obtain coins from video ads without genuinely watching them;
- overload, probe or disrupt the server, get around its limits, or collect information about other players from it.
Names are checked on our server and unsuitable ones are replaced automatically. If you break these rules we may remove the coins, items or rating gained by it, reset your record, or end your access to online play. Solo play against bots is not affected.
Coins
Coins are earned in play — finishing in the top two of a ranked match, finishing the Daily Deal, keeping a Daily Deal streak, completing daily challenges, reaching a new level, the tier you finish a season in — and by choosing to watch a short video ad. They are spent on ranked entry fees and on unlocking cosmetic items. Every reward is a fixed amount for something you did; none is left to chance.
Coins are not money and not a currency. They cannot be purchased, cannot be exchanged for cash or anything of value, cannot be transferred between players, and carry no value outside the game. They are not your property: they are part of a licence to use the game, and they end when that licence does.
If your balance falls below a ranked entry fee, it is topped up to 100 coins, at most once a day, so running out is temporary. We may adjust coin amounts, entry fees, rewards or the top-up as the game is balanced. Coins can be removed or corrected where they were obtained through a bug, by mistake or in breach of these terms. Coins, unlocked items, ratings and progress are lost if you delete your player data or if the online service ends, and no compensation is due for them.
Unlocking a table, room, card back or avatar with coins gives you a licence to use that item in Bridge Co. It is not a purchase of anything with real-world value, and unlocked items can't be transferred or refunded. Items you were already using when they became coin items stay available on that device.
Bridge Co is not gambling: no real money is staked, and nothing of monetary value can be won.
Ads
Bridge Co shows ads served by Google AdMob: a banner during games, a full-screen ad at the end of some matches, and videos you can choose to watch for coins. Ads are the advertisers' content, not ours. We don't endorse what they offer, and anything you buy or agree to with an advertiser is between you and them.
Coins for a video are paid only once Google confirms to our server that it was watched to the end. Videos aren't always available, a video closed early earns nothing, and we can't promise a reward that Google never confirms. If an ad seems inappropriate, email us with a screenshot and we'll look into blocking it.
The online service
Online play depends on our server, which is offered as-is and without a guarantee of availability. It may be unavailable for maintenance, may lose a match in progress, and may be changed, limited or discontinued at any time. Ratings, coin balances, leaderboards and match history may be reset if it is necessary to fix a fault or rebalance a season.
To start matches promptly, ranked tables and the leaderboard include computer-controlled players. They play by the same rules and can earn rating, places and badges like anyone else.
Solo play works entirely on your device and doesn't depend on any of this.
Ending your use
You can stop using Bridge Co at any time, and erase what our server holds about you from Settings → About → Delete my player data. We may suspend or end your access to online features if you break these terms, if the law requires it, or if we stop offering them. The sections on coins, ownership, warranties, liability, indemnity and disputes keep applying afterwards.
Your content
You supply a display name, and anything you write in Send feedback; you're responsible for both. By entering a display name you give us a free, worldwide licence to store it and show it to other players in the app, on its leaderboards and in match histories. Feedback is read only by us, and we may use your suggestions without owing you anything.
Our content
The app, its name, artwork, design and code belong to Nauvis. You get a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the app for your own entertainment; you may not copy, redistribute, reverse-engineer or resell it, except where the law says you may regardless.
No warranties
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THE LAW ALLOWS, BRIDGE CO AND ITS ONLINE SERVICE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR THAT IT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE OR SECURE.
Limits on liability
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THE LAW ALLOWS, NAUVIS IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF DATA, PROGRESS, COINS, ITEMS, RATINGS OR PROFITS, ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF BRIDGE CO OR ITS ONLINE SERVICE. NAUVIS'S TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO BRIDGE CO IS LIMITED TO FIFTY US DOLLARS (US$50).
Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited — such as liability for fraud, or for death or personal injury caused by negligence — or affects your statutory rights as a consumer. If you live somewhere whose law doesn't allow some of these limits, they apply to you only as far as that law permits.
Indemnity
To the extent the law allows, if you break these terms or misuse the online service and that leads to a claim against Nauvis, you agree to cover the reasonable costs of it, including legal fees.
Governing law and disputes
If something goes wrong, please email us first: most problems can be sorted out quickly, and we'll try for at least 30 days to resolve a dispute informally before either of us goes to court.
These terms, and any dispute about Bridge Co, are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. Any court proceedings will be brought only in the state courts located in Alameda County, California, or the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, and you and Nauvis agree to those courts' jurisdiction.
If you're a consumer living outside the United States, you keep the protection of the mandatory consumer laws of your country, and you may bring a claim in the courts where you live if that law gives you the right to.
The App Store
Bridge Co comes from Apple's App Store, so:
- these terms are between you and Nauvis, not Apple, and Nauvis — not Apple — is solely responsible for the app and its content;
- Apple has no obligation to provide any maintenance or support for the app;
- if the app fails to meet any warranty that applies, you may notify Apple, which will refund the price you paid for it, if any (Bridge Co is free); Apple has no other warranty obligation for the app;
- Nauvis, not Apple, is responsible for any claim about the app — including product liability, failure to meet a legal or regulatory requirement, consumer protection or privacy, and any claim that the app infringes someone else's intellectual property;
- you confirm that you are not in a country subject to a US Government embargo or designated by it as "terrorist supporting", and are not on any US Government list of prohibited or restricted parties;
- Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms and may enforce them against you.
Changes
These terms may change as the game does. The date at the top shows when they last did, and a significant change will also be noted in the app's release notes. Continuing to use the app after a change means accepting the updated terms.
General
These terms, with the privacy policy, are the whole agreement between you and Nauvis about Bridge Co. If any part of them can't be enforced, the rest still applies. Not enforcing a term straight away doesn't mean giving it up. We may transfer these terms to whoever takes over Bridge Co; you may not transfer them.
Contact
Questions about these terms go to support@nauvis.app.