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Have a Lasting Impact on People’s Lives One dream at a time.

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Have a Lasting Impact on People’s Lives. One dream at a time.

img-description OUR MISSION
How does it work?

Just a little of effort can make a sustainable difference in someone's future - locally or as you travel

Explore dreams

Browse through dreams from people across the world. Follow dreams that are of interest to keep up with updates.

Become a dream maker

If you find a dream that you can help with by investing your time and or money, submit a dream maker request

Share dream

Once you're ready, share your dream with the Optimistic Traverler community. Interested members will react out to you if they can help.

Dreams Realized

Dreams come in many shapes and sizes. Some are very personal, and some have a lasting impact on a community or group. Learn about the dreams that Optimistic Traveler has helped come true.

Explore dreams near .

THERE ARE NO DREAMS

About

Our belief.

Everyone has a dream for themselves or for others. Optimistic Travelers believe:

  • There are good people everywhere in the world. Some of them could use a helping hand

  • Everyone can realize a dream for others in just a day or two – at home or abroad

  • By making someone’s dream come true you receive SO much more in return

Our goal.

Optimistic Traveler’s goal is to match dreamer makers with dreamers. We help you have one-to-one encounters in the community you are visiting. It’s truly possible to realize a dream for others with your skills, experience and creativity, not just with money.

Our approach.

Optimistic Traveler works with local non-profits who know of good people who need a helping hand. There can be life changing power a single act of kindness. It is our mission to educate travelers young and old how they can safely and easily engage with locals

What kind of dreams can you make come true in just a day or two?

  • Help repair a leaky roof for an elderly couple

  • Help a young woman apply for her first job

  • Find a bike for a child who has to walk three miles to school

Faqs

What is an Optimistic Traveler?

someone that has trust in others

someone that want to make a positive contribution to the world (locally and during his travels)

someone with faith in the future

Why become an Optimistic Traveler?

to help people experience deepest feelings of happiness that comes through as a result of helping others

What is the purpose of the Optimistic Traveler movement?

to connect people from different countries, religions and colors and to create sense of community and trust amongst the people

What is a Dreamer?

A member or optimistictravler.org that registers his dream on the platform.

What is a Dreamer?

A member or optimistictravler.org that registers his dream on the platform.

What is a Dream Maker?

A member of optimistictraveler.org that intends to realize adream of a dreamer.

How do I become a Dream Maker?

I search for dreams on the platform. I contact a dreamer for whom like to make his dream come true. I make his dream come true.

What is a Dream?

A dream can be materialistic (eg. To have a bike to ride to school, to have a tool that helps to produce X faster/more efficient, new school materials) or non materialistic. (access to education, more sustainable future, betterment of the community)

Who can create a Dream?

Every member of optimistictraveler.org is eligible to create/register his/her dream.

How do I create a Dream?

A dream can be created by following the

Can Dreams be in any part of the world? Or Do you only work in certain countries?

Optimistictravler.org will launch its operations in the USA, France and Morocco. Expansion to other countries will be added later.

TERMS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. BY ACCESSING OR USING OUR SITES AND OUR SERVICES, YOU HEREBY AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND ALL TERMS INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF YOU, THE USER, CUSTOMER, OR PROSPECTIVE CUSTOMER TO READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE PROCEEDING TO USE THIS SITE. IF YOU DO NOT EXPRESSLY AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, THEN PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS OR USE OUR SITES OR OUR SERVICES. THIS TERMS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT IS EFFECTIVE AS OF 05/02/2018.

ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

The following Terms of Service Agreement (the "TOS") is a legally binding agreement that shall govern the relationship with our users and others which may interact or interface with Optimistic Traveler, Inc, located at 17065 Camino San Bernardo, San Diego, California 92127, in association with the use of the website, which includes www.optimistictraveler.org, (the "Site") and its Service, which shall be defined below.

DESCRIPTION OF WEBSITE SERVICES OFFERED

The Site is a social networking website which has the following description:
The goal and mission of Optimistic Traveler is to create a meaningful, positive impact on individuals' lives by promoting a community of trust, empathy, and tolerance for people of different races, cultures, religions and socioeconomic status.
Any and all visitors to our site, despite whether they are registered or not, shall be deemed as "users" of the herein contained Services provided for the purpose of this TOS. Once an individual register for our Services, through the process of creating an account, the user shall then be considered a "member."
The user and/or member acknowledges and agrees that the Services provided and made available through our website and applications, which includes mobile friendly application and that those applications may be made available on various social media networking sites and numerous other platforms, are the sole property of Optimistic Traveler, Inc. At its discretion, Optimistic Traveler, Inc may offer additional website Services and/or products, or update, modify or revise any current content and Services, and this Agreement shall apply to any and all additional Services and/or products and any and all updated, modified or revised Services unless otherwise stipulated. Optimistic Traveler, Inc does hereby reserve the right to cancel and cease offering any of the aforementioned Services and/or products. You, as the end user and/or member, acknowledge, accept and agree that Optimistic Traveler, Inc shall not be held liable for any such updates, modifications, revisions, suspensions or discontinuance of any of our Services and/or products. Your continued use of the Services provided, after such posting of any updates, changes, and/or modifications shall constitute your acceptance of such updates, changes and/or modifications, and as such, frequent review of this Agreement and any and all applicable terms and policies should be made by you to ensure you are aware of all terms and policies currently in effect. Should you not agree to the updated, revised or modified terms, you must stop using the provided Services forthwith.
Furthermore, the user and/or member understands, acknowledges and agrees that the Services offered shall be provided "AS IS" and as such Optimistic Traveler, Inc shall not assume any responsibility or obligation for the timeliness, missed delivery, deletion and/or any failure to store user content, communication or personalization settings.

REGISTRATION

To register and become a "member" of the Site, you must be at least 18 years of age to enter into and form a legally binding contract. In addition, you must be in good standing and not an individual that has been previously barred from receiving's Services under the laws and statutes of the United States or other applicable jurisdiction.
you register, we may collect information such as your name, profile picture, e-mail address, age, gender, phone number, location, and browser type. You can edit your account information at any time. Once you register with and sign in to our Services, you are no longer anonymous to us.
Furthermore, the registering party hereby acknowledges, understands and agrees to:

  1. furnish factual, correct, current and complete information with regards to yourself as may be requested by the data registration process, and

  2. maintain and promptly update your registration and profile information in an effort to maintain accuracy and completeness at all times.

If anyone knowingly provides any information of a false, untrue, inaccurate or incomplete nature, Optimistic Traveler, Inc will have sufficient grounds and rights to suspend or terminate the member in violation of this aspect of the Agreement, and as such refuse any and all current or future use of Optimistic Traveler, Inc Services, or any portion thereof.
It is Optimistic Traveler, Inc's priority to ensure the safety and privacy of all its visitors, users and members, especially that of children. Therefore, it is for this reason that the parents of any child under the age of 13 that permit their child or children access to the website platform Services must create a "family" account, which will certify that the individual creating the "family" account is of 18 years of age and as such, the parent or legal guardian of any child or children registered under the "family" account. As the creator of the "family" account, s/he is thereby granting permission for his/her child or children to access the various Services provided, including, but not limited to, email, updates on a posting to the site. It is the parent's and/or legal guardian's responsibility to determine whether any of the Services and/or content provided are age-appropriate for his/her child.

PRIVACY POLICY

Every member's registration data and various other personal information are strictly protected by the Optimistic Traveler, Inc Online Privacy Policy (see the full Privacy Policy at optimistictraveler.org/privacy. As a member, you herein consent to the collection and use of the information provided, including the transfer of information within the United States and/or other countries for storage, processing or use by Optimistic Traveler, Inc and/or our subsidiaries and affiliates.

MEMBER ACCOUNT, USERNAME, PASSWORD AND SECURITY

When you set up an account, you are the sole authorized user of your account. You shall be responsible for maintaining the secrecy and confidentiality of your password and for all activities that transpire on or within your account. It is your responsibility for any act or omission of any user(s) that access your account information that, if undertaken by you, would be deemed a violation of the TOS. It shall be your responsibility to notify Optimistic Traveler, Inc immediately if you notice any unauthorized access or use of your account or password or any other breach of security. Optimistic Traveler, Inc shall not be held liable for any loss and/or damage arising from any failure to comply with this term and/or condition of the TOS.

CONDUCT

As a user or member of the Site, you herein acknowledge, understand and agree that all information, text, software, data, photographs, music, video, messages, tags or any other content, whether it is publicly or privately posted and/or transmitted, is the expressed sole responsibility of the individual from whom the content originated. In short, this means that you are solely responsible for any and all content posted, uploaded, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available by way of the Services, and as such, we do not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such content. It is expressly understood that by use of our Services, you may be exposed to content including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any content posted, and/or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available by users on the site.
Furthermore, you herein agree not to make use of Optimistic Traveler, Inc's Services for the purpose of:

  1. uploading, posting, emailing, transmitting, or otherwise making available any content that shall be deemed unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, or invasive of another's privacy or which is hateful, and/or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable;

  2. causing harm to minors in any manner whatsoever;

  3. impersonating any individual or entity, including, but not limited to, any officials, forum leaders, guides or hosts or falsely stating or otherwise misrepresenting any affiliation with an individual or entity;

  4. forging captions, headings or titles or otherwise offering any content that you personally have no right to pursuant to any law nor having any contractual or fiduciary relationship with;

  5. uploading, posting, emailing, transmitting or otherwise offering any such content that may infringe upon any patent, copyright, trademark, or any other proprietary or intellectual rights of any other party;

  6. uploading, posting, emailing, transmitting or otherwise offering any content that you do not personally have any right to offer pursuant to any law or in accordance with any contractual or fiduciary relationship;

  7. uploading, posting, emailing, transmitting, or otherwise offering any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional flyers, "junk mail," "spam," or any other form of solicitation, except in any such areas that may have been designated for such purpose;

  8. uploading, posting, emailing, transmitting, or otherwise offering any source that may contain a software virus or other computer code, any files and/or programs which have been designed to interfere, destroy and/or limit the operation of any computer software, hardware, or telecommunication equipment;

  9. disrupting the normal flow of communication, or otherwise acting in any manner that would negatively affect other users' ability to participate in any real time interactions;

  10. interfering with or disrupting any Optimistic Traveler, Inc Services, servers and/or networks that may be connected or related to our website, including, but not limited to, the use of any device software and/or routine to bypass the robot exclusion headers;

  11. intentionally or unintentionally violating any local, state, federal, national or international law, including, but not limited to, rules, guidelines, and/or regulations decreed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in addition to any rules of any nation or other securities exchange, that would include without limitation, the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, or the NASDAQ, and any regulations having the force of law;

  12. providing informational support or resources, concealing and/or disguising the character, location, and or source to any organization delegated by the United States government as a "foreign terrorist organization" in accordance to Section 219 of the Immigration Nationality Act;

  13. "stalking" or with the intent to otherwise harass another individual; and/or

  14. collecting or storing of any personal data relating to any other member or user in connection with the prohibited conduct and/or activities which have been set forth in the aforementioned paragraphs.

Optimistic Traveler, Inc herein reserves the right to pre-screen, refuse and/or delete any content currently available through our Services. In addition, we reserve the right to remove and/or delete any such content that would violate the TOS, or which would otherwise be considered offensive to other visitors, users and/or members.
Optimistic Traveler, Inc herein reserves the right to access, preserve and/or disclose member account information and/or content if it is requested to do so by law or in good faith belief that any such action is deemed reasonably necessary for:

  1. compliance with any legal process;

  2. enforcement of the TOS;

  3. responding to any claim that therein contained content is in violation of the rights of any third party;

  4. responding to requests for customer service; or

  5. protecting the rights, property or the personal safety of Optimistic Traveler, Inc, its visitors, users and members, including the general public.

Optimistic Traveler, Inc herein reserves the right to include the use of security components that may permit digital information or material to be protected, and that such use of information and/or material is subject to usage guidelines and regulations established by Optimistic Traveler, Inc or any other content providers supplying content services to Optimistic Traveler, Inc. You are hereby prohibited from making any attempt to override or circumvent any of the embedded usage rules in our Services. Furthermore, unauthorized reproduction, publication, distribution, or exhibition of any information or materials supplied by our Services, despite whether done so in whole or in part, is expressly prohibited.

INTERSTATE COMMUNICATION

Upon registration, you hereby acknowledge that by using www.optimistictraveler.org to send electronic communications, which would include, but are not limited to, email, searches, uploading of files, photos and/or videos, you will be causing communications to be sent through our computer network. Therefore, through your use, and thus your agreement with this TOS, you are acknowledging that the use of this Service shall result in interstate transmissions.

CAUTIONS FOR GLOBAL USE AND EXPORT AND IMPORT COMPLIANCE

Due to the global nature of the internet and Optimistic Traveler’s mission, and through the use of our network you hereby agree to comply with all local rules relating to online conduct and that which is considered acceptable Content. Uploading, posting and/or transferring of software, technology and other technical data may be subject to the export and import laws of the United States and possibly other countries. Through the use of our network, you thus agree to comply with all applicable export and import laws, statutes and regulations, including, but not limited to, the Export Administration Regulations ( http://www.access.gpo.gov/bis/ear/ear_data.html), as well as the sanctions control program of the United States ( http://www.treasury.gov/resource- center/sanctions/Programs/Pages/Programs.aspx) Furthermore, you state and pledge that you:

  1. are not on the list of prohibited individuals which may be identified on any government export exclusion report ( http://www.bis.doc.gov/complianceandenforcement/liststocheck.htm) nor a member of any other government which may be part of an export-prohibited country identified in applicable export and import laws and regulations;

  2. agree not to transfer any software, technology or any other technical data through the use of our network Services to any export-prohibited country;

  3. agree not to use our website network Services for any military, nuclear, missile, chemical or biological weaponry end uses that would be a violation of the U.S. export laws; and

  4. agree not to post, transfer nor upload any software, technology or any other technical data which would be in violation of the U.S. or other applicable export and/or import laws.

CONTENT PLACED OR MADE AVAILABLE FOR COMPANY SERVICES

Optimistic Traveler, Inc shall not lay claim to ownership of any content submitted by any visitor, member, or user, nor make such content available for inclusion on our website Services. Therefore, you hereby grant and allow for Optimistic Traveler, Inc the below listed worldwide, royalty-free and non-exclusive licenses, as applicable:

  1. The content submitted or made available for inclusion on the publicly accessible areas of Optimistic Traveler, Inc's sites, the license provided to permit to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and/or publicly display said Content on our network Services is for the sole purpose of providing and promoting the specific area to which this content was placed and/or made available for viewing. This license shall be available so long as you are a member of Optimistic Traveler, Inc's sites, and shall terminate at such time when you elect to delete your membership.

  2. Photos, audio, video and/or graphics submitted or made available for inclusion on the publicly accessible areas of Optimistic Traveler, Inc's sites, the license provided to permit to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and/or publicly display said Content on our network Services are for the sole purpose of providing and promoting the specific area in which this content was placed and/or made available for viewing. This license shall be available so long as you are a member of Optimistic Traveler, Inc's sites and shall terminate at such time when you elect to delete your membership

  3. For any other content submitted or made available for inclusion on the publicly accessible areas of Optimistic Traveler, Inc's sites, the continuous, binding and completely sub-licensable license which is meant to permit to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and/or publicly display said content, whether in whole or in part, and the incorporation of any such Content into other works in any arrangement or medium current used or later developed.

Those areas which may be deemed "publicly accessible" areas of Optimistic Traveler, Inc's sites are those such areas of our network properties which are meant to be available to the general public and are openly available to both users and members. However, those areas which are not open to the public, and thus available to members only.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMPANY WEBSITE

Optimistic Traveler, Inc provides an area for our users and members to contribute feedback to our website. When you submit ideas, documents, suggestions and/or proposals ("Contributions") to our site, you acknowledge and agree that:

  1. your contributions do not contain any type of confidential or proprietary information;

  2. shall not be liable or under any obligation to ensure or maintain confidentiality, expressed or implied, related to any Contributions;

  3. shall be entitled to make use of and/or disclose any such Contributions in any such manner as they may see fit;

  4. the contributor's Contributions shall automatically become the sole property of; and

  5. is under no obligation to either compensate or provide any form of reimbursement in any manner or nature.

INDEMNITY

All users and/or members herein agree to insure and hold Optimistic Traveler, Inc, our subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, employees, officers, partners and/or licensors blameless or not liable for any claim or demand, which may include, but is not limited to, reasonable attorney fees made by any third party which may arise from any content a member or user of our site may submit, post, modify, transmit or otherwise make available through our Services, the use of Services or your connection with these Services, your violations of the Terms of Service and/or your violation of any such rights of another person.

COMMERCIAL REUSE OF SERVICES

The member or user herein agrees not to replicate, duplicate, copy, trade, sell, resell nor exploit for any commercial reason any part, use of, or access to its sites.

USE AND STORAGE GENERAL PRACTICES

You herein acknowledge that Optimistic Traveler, Inc may set up any such practices and/or limits regarding the use of our Services, without limitation of the maximum number of days that any email, message posting or any other uploaded content shall be retained by Optimistic Traveler, Inc, nor the maximum number of email messages that may be sent and/or received by any member, the maximum volume or size of any email message that may be sent from or may be received by an account on our Service, the maximum disk space allowable that shall be allocated on Optimistic Traveler, Inc's servers on the member's behalf, and/or the maximum number of times and/or duration that any member may access our Services in a given period of time. In addition, you also agree that Optimistic Traveler, Inc has absolutely no responsibility or liability for the removal or failure to maintain storage of any messages and/or other communications or content maintained or transmitted by our Services. You also herein acknowledge that we reserve the right to delete or remove any account that is no longer active for an extended period of time. Furthermore, Optimistic Traveler, Inc shall reserve the right to modify, alter and/or update these general practices and limits at our discretion.
Any messenger service, which may include any web-based versions, shall allow you and the individuals with whom you communicate with the ability to save your conversations in your account located on Optimistic Traveler, Inc's servers. In this manner, you will be able to access and search your message history from any computer with internet access. You also acknowledge that others have the option to use and save conversations with you in their own personal account on www.optimistictraveler.org. It is your agreement to this TOS which establishes your consent to allow Optimistic Traveler, Inc to store any and all communications on its servers.

MODIFICATIONS

Optimistic Traveler, Inc shall reserve the right at any time it may deem fit, to modify, alter and or discontinue, whether temporarily or permanently, our service, or any part thereof, with or without prior notice. In addition, we shall not be held liable to you or to any third party for any such alteration, modification, suspension and/or discontinuance of our Services, or any part thereof.

TERMINATION

As a member of www.optimistictraveler.org, you may cancel or terminate your account, associated email address and/or access to our Services by signing in to your account and deleting your account.
As a member, you agree that Optimistic Traveler, Inc may, without any prior written notice, immediately suspend, terminate, discontinue and/or limit your account, any email associated with your account, and access to any of our Services. The cause for such termination, discontinuance, suspension and/or limitation of access shall include, but is not limited to:

  1. any breach or violation of our TOS or any other incorporated agreement, regulation and/or guideline;

  2. by way of requests from law enforcement or any other governmental agencies;

  3. the discontinuance, alteration and/or material modification to our Services, or any part thereof;

  4. unexpected technical or security issues and/or problems;

  5. any extended periods of inactivity;

Furthermore, you herein agree that any and all terminations, suspensions, discontinuances, and or limitations of access for cause shall be made at our sole discretion and that we shall not be liable to you or any other third party with regards to the termination of your account, associated email address and/or access to any of our Services.
The termination of your account with www.optimistictraveler.org shall include any and/or all of the following:

  1. the removal of any access to all or part of the Services offered within www.optimistictraveler.org;

  2. the deletion of your password and any and all related information, files, and any such content that may be associated with or inside your account, or any part thereof; and

  3. the barring of any further use of all or part of our Services.

LINKS

Either Optimistic Traveler, Inc or any third parties may provide links to other websites and/or resources. Thus, you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the availability of any such external sites or resources, and as such, we do not endorse nor are we responsible or liable for any content, products, advertising or any other materials, on or available from such third-party sites or resources. Furthermore, you acknowledge and agree that Optimistic Traveler, Inc shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any such damage or loss which may be a result of, caused or allegedly to be caused by or in connection with the use of or the reliance on any such content, goods or Services made available on or through any such site or resource.

PROPRIETARY RIGHTS

You do hereby acknowledge and agree that Optimistic Traveler, Inc's Services and any essential software that may be used in connection with our Services ("Software") shall contain proprietary and confidential material that is protected by applicable intellectual property rights and other laws. Furthermore, you herein acknowledge and agree that any Content which may be contained in any advertisements or information presented by and through our Services or by advertisers is protected by copyrights, trademarks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws. Therefore, except for that which is expressly permitted by applicable law or as authorized by Optimistic Traveler, Inc or such applicable licensor, you agree not to alter, modify, lease, rent, loan, sell, distribute, transmit, broadcast, publicly perform and/or created any plagiaristic works which are based on Optimistic Traveler, Inc Services (e.g. Content or Software), in whole or part.
Optimistic Traveler, Inc herein has granted you personal, non-transferable and non-exclusive rights and/or license to make use of the object code or our Software on a single computer, as long as you do not, and shall not, allow any third party to duplicate, alter, modify, create or plagiarize work from, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise make an attempt to locate or discern any source code, sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security interest in and/or otherwise transfer any such right in the Software. Furthermore, you do herein agree not to alter or change the Software in any manner, nature or form, and as such, not to use any modified versions of the Software, including and without limitation, for the purpose of obtaining unauthorized access to our Services. Lastly, you also agree not to access or attempt to access our Services through any means other than through the interface which is provided by Optimistic Traveler, Inc for use in accessing our Services.

WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS

YOU HEREIN EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT:

  1. THE USE OF OPTIMISTIC TRAVELER, INC SERVICES AND SOFTWARE ARE AT THE SOLE RISK BY YOU. OUR SERVICES AND SOFTWARE SHALL BE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND/OR "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. OPTIMISTIC TRAVELER, INC AND OUR SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

  2. OPTIMISTIC TRAVELER, INC AND OUR SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES,AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS MAKE NO SUCH WARRANTIES THAT (i) OPTIMISTIC TRAVELER, INC SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (ii) OPTIMISTIC TRAVELER, INC SERVICES OR SOFTWARE SHALL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE; (iii) THAT SUCH RESULTS WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE OPTIMISTIC TRAVELER, INC SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE; (iv) QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, ANY INFORMATION OR OTHER MATERIAL WHICH MAY BE PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH OUR SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS; AND (v) THAT ANY SUCH ERRORS CONTAINED IN THE SOFTWARE SHALL BE CORRECTED.

  3. ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED BY WAY OF OPTIMISTIC TRAVELER, INC SERVICES OR SOFTWARE SHALL BE ACCESSED BY YOUR SOLE DISCRETION AND SOLE RISK, AND AS SUCH YOU SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR AND HEREBY WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION WITH RESPECT TO ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER AND/OR INTERNET ACCESS, DOWNLOADING AND/OR DISPLAYING, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF DATA THAT COULD RESULT FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH INFORMATION OR MATERIAL

  4. NO ADVICE AND/OR INFORMATION, DESPITE WHETHER WRITTEN OR ORAL, THAT MAY BE OBTAINED BY YOU FROM OPTIMISTIC TRAVELER, INC OR BY WAY OF OR FROM OUR SERVICES OR SOFTWARE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TOS.

  5. A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF SOME USERS MAY EXPERIENCE SOME DEGREE OF EPILEPTIC SEIZURE WHEN EXPOSED TO CERTAIN LIGHT PATTERNS OR BACKGROUNDS THAT MAY BE CONTAINED ON A COMPUTER SCREEN OR WHILE USING OUR SERVICES. CERTAIN CONDITIONS MAY INDUCE A PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN CONDITION OR UNDETECTED EPILEPTIC SYMPTOM IN USERS WHO HAVE SHOWN NO HISTORY OF ANY PRIOR SEIZURE OR EPILEPSY. SHOULD YOU, ANYONE YOU KNOW OR ANYONE IN YOUR FAMILY HAVE AN EPILEPTIC CONDITION, PLEASE CONSULT A PHYSICIAN IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS WHILE USING OUR SERVICES: DIZZINESS, ALTERED VISION, EYE OR MUSCLE TWITCHES, LOSS OF AWARENESS, DISORIENTATION, ANY INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT, OR CONVULSIONS.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

YOU EXPLICITLY ACKNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT OPTIMISTIC TRAVELER, INC AND OUR SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE RELATED TO THE LOSS OF ANY PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA AND/OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF SUCH POSSIBILITY THAT SAID DAMAGES MAY OCCUR, AND RESULT FROM:

  1. THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE OUR SERVICE;

  2. UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR THE ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS AND/OR DATA;

  3. STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY SUCH THIRD PARTY ON OUR SERVICE;

  4. AND ANY OTHER MATTER WHICH MAY BE RELATED TO OUR SERVICE.

RELEASE

In the event you have a dispute, you agree to release Optimistic Traveler, Inc (and its officers, directors, employees, agents, parent subsidiaries, affiliates, co-branders, partners and any other third parties) from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected or unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected to such dispute.

EXCLUSION AND LIMITATIONS

THERE ARE SOME JURISDICTIONS WHICH DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OF EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. THEREFORE, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF SECTIONS WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES

You herein acknowledge, understand and agree, unless otherwise expressly provided in this TOS, that there shall be no third-party beneficiaries to this agreement.

NOTICE

Optimistic Traveler, Inc may furnish you with notices, including those with regards to any changes to the TOS, including but not limited to email, regular mail, MMS or SMS, text messaging, postings on our website Services, or other reasonable means currently known or any which may be herein after developed. Any such notices may not be received if you violate any aspects of the TOS by accessing our Services in an unauthorized manner. Your acceptance of this TOS constitutes your agreement that you are deemed to have received any and all notices that would have been delivered had you accessed our Services in an authorized manner.

TRADEMARK INFORMATION

You herein acknowledge, understand and agree that all of the Optimistic Traveler, Inc trademarks, copyright, trade name, service marks, and other Optimistic Traveler, Inc logos and any brand features, and/or product and service names are trademarks and as such, are and shall remain the property of Optimistic Traveler, Inc. You herein agree not to display and/or use in any manner the Optimistic Traveler, Inc logo or marks without obtaining Optimistic Traveler, Inc's prior written consent.

COPYRIGHT OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT CLAIMS NOTICE & PROCEDURES

Optimistic Traveler, Inc will always respect the intellectual property of others, and we ask that all of our users do the same. With regards to appropriate circumstances and at its sole discretion, Optimistic Traveler, Inc may disable and/or terminate the accounts of any user who violates our TOS and/or infringes the rights of others. If you feel that your work has been duplicated in such a way that would constitute copyright infringement, or if you believe your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, you should provide to us the following information:

  1. The electronic or the physical signature of the individual that is authorized on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;

  2. A description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you believe has been infringed upon;

  3. A description of the location of the site which you allege has been infringing upon your work;

  4. Your physical address, telephone number, and email address;

  5. A statement, in which you state that the alleged and disputed use of your work is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agents or the law;

  6. And finally, a statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the aforementioned information in your notice is truthful and accurate, and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner, representative or agent authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner's behalf.

The Optimistic Traveler, Inc Agent for notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be contacted as follows:


Mailing Address:
Optimistic Traveler, Inc
Attn: Copyright Agent
17065 Camino San Bernardo
San Diego, California 92127

Telephone: (619) 727-6120
Email: info@optimistictraveler.org

GENERAL INFORMATION

ENTIRE AGREEMENT

This TOS constitutes the entire agreement between you and Optimistic Traveler, Inc and shall govern the use of our Services, superseding any prior version of this TOS between you and us with respect to Optimistic Traveler, Inc Services. You may also be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use or purchase certain other Optimistic Traveler, Inc Services, affiliate Services, third-party content or third-party software.

CHOICE OF LAW AND FORUM

It is at the mutual agreement of both you and Optimistic Traveler, Inc with regard to the TOS that the relationship between the parties shall be governed by the laws of the state of California without regard to its conflict of law provisions and that any and all claims, causes of action and/or disputes, arising out of or relating to the TOS, or the relationship between you and Optimistic Traveler, Inc, shall be filed within the courts having jurisdiction within the County of San Diego, California or the U.S. District Court located in said state. You and Optimistic Traveler, Inc agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts as previously mentioned and agree to waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over the parties by such courts and to venue in such courts

WAIVER AND SEVERABILITY OF TERMS

At any time, should Optimistic Traveler, Inc fail to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the TOS, such failure shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of this TOS is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the TOS remain in full force and effect.

NO RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP NON-TRANSFERABILITY

You acknowledge, understand and agree that your account is non-transferable and any rights to your ID and/or contents within your account shall terminate upon your death. Upon receipt of a copy of a death certificate, your account may be deleted, and all contents therein permanently deleted.

STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS

You acknowledge, understand and agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or action arising out of or related to the use of our Services or the TOS must be filed within 1 year(s) after said claim or cause of action arose or shall be forever barred.

VIOLATIONS

Please report any and all violations of this TOS to Optimistic Traveler, Inc as follows:


Mailing Address:
Optimistic Traveler, Inc
Attn: Copyright Agent
17065 Camino San Bernardo
San Diego, California 92127

Telephone: (619) 727-6120
Email: info@optimistictraveler.org
PRIVACY POLICY

Your privacy is important to us here at Optimistic Traveler. As a result, we have a few fundamental principles about your personal data that we’d like to share:

We will not ask you for personal information that is not needed, such as your income, political affiliation or ethnicity.

We do not sell your personal information to external third parties. Your personal data is shared only as required to comply with legal requirements or for lawful basis of processing a service that you have voluntarily subscribed to through the website’s registration process as a Dreamer, Dream-Maker, and/or to follow the status of a posted Dream.

We do not store personal information on our servers unless required for the on-going operation of one of our services that you have requested such as to receive Optimistic Traveler updates via email.

Within our website and the services offered through it, Optimistic Traveler aims to make it as simple as possible for you to control the personal information that you share, including what’s visible to the public, captured by search engines, and data that is permanently deleted.

It is Optimistic Traveler’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information that we may collect while operating our website. Below is our privacy policy which incorporates the above principles into our website practices and the services that we provide. If you have questions or concerns about your personal data please contact privacy@optimistictraveler.org.

Privacy Policy

This privacy policy sets out what information is collected from you– and how it is used and protected – by Optimistic Traveler when you use this website. We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, it will only be used in accordance with this privacy policy.

Optimistic Traveler may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from May 4th, 2018.

Information that we may collect from you

  • First and Last Name
  • Email Address
  • Profile Picture (linked to your online social media account through a one-time sync either to your Facebook or Google account)
  • Age
  • Gender
  • User’s description of a ‘Dream’ for which they seek support
  • A user’s interest to follow specific Dreams
  • Location Device – Internet Provider (IP) Address information: city, region, country internet service provider
  • Browser type and/or operating system
  • User login/authentication data
  • Functionality settings that recall user preferences

To the extent that you wish to share your location through your web browser for purposes of triangulating dreams by distance to other individuals, you may choose to do so which is in addition to the information that you provide voluntarily that we publish on the website.

What we do with the information that you provide

We require this information to understand your Optimistic Traveler needs and interests in order to provide you with a better user experience and the information and service that you seek, and in particular for the following reasons:

  • To enable you to register with our website and subsequently, to receive an email notification that confirms the user’s Optimistic Traveler website account was successfully established.
  • To enable you to describe and post a ‘Dream’ for which you seek support.
  • To enable you to review and reply to a ‘Dream’ for which you desire to support.
  • To enable you to review and follow the updates of ‘Dreams’ for which you’ve expressed an interest.
  • To enable you to share a ‘Dream’ using your social media account (Facebook or Google).
  • We may use the information to improve our services provided on the website by way of reviewing internally anonymized user interests – or – maintaining anonymized, user interests and preferences.
  • We may periodically send promotional emails about new services or other information that we believe you may find interesting using the email address on file that you have provided.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place the appropriate physical, administrative and technical controls and procedures in place in order to safeguard and secure the information that you provide to Optimistic Traveler online.

How we use cookies

A cookie is a string of information that asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences. Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better user experience when accessing our website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not.

A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system. You can choose to accept or decline the cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer however, please be aware that this may prevent you from taking full advantage of our website.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide while visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Sharing of User Information

We will not sell, distribute nor lease your personal data to third parties unless we have your express consent and permission to do so, or are legally required to disclose such information by law. If we ever were to engage in any onward transfers of your data to third parties for a purpose other than for which it was originally collected or subsequently authorized, we would first provide you with an ‘opt-in’ choice in order to obtain explicit consent as well as to limit the use and disclosure of your personal data.

Optimistic Traveler uses various technologies, tools and information services that enable the establishing and maintenance of our website. These third-party tools include:

  • Google or Facebook
  • Google Firebase
  • Method CRM
  • Google Maps

Google Analytics: Prior to registering for an account with Optimistic Traveler, you are informed of our information sharing practices through your review of our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions. Acceptance of these policies and practices enable our use with one or more Google tools including without limitation, Google Analytics (including Universal Analytics), (hereinafter, collectively, “Google Analytics”), Google Developer Console, and). We connect Google Analytics with Google Developer Console to better understand user behavior in connection with the applications we provide.

You may opt-out of having your activity tracked by Google Analytics (for instance, through the use of our cookies) by following the guidance provided earlier in this policy entitled “How we use cookies”.

Google allows you to install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for your browser. Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on provides visitors with the ability to restrict their data from being collected and used by Google Analytics via the browsers in which it is installed

Service Providers: We may use outside service providers to process or perform other functions including, without limitation, customer service and inquiry responses. Information, including personally identifiable information may be provided to such service providers in order to allow them to provide services and/or other such functions. The requirements or requests that we impose on such service providers vary with factors such as the source, type and sensitivity of the information and can, but do not necessarily, include requirements that these outsourcing providers not retain, share, store, or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes, except for backup and recovery operations. Please see the “Privacy Shield Provisions” section of this policy for details specific to certain disclosures of information we receive under E.U.-U.S. Privacy Shield, and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield.

Specific Services: We may have agreements with other parties to provide you with specific additional services, including, without limitation, third-party hosted collaboration tools and other hosted services. When you use such services, we may share personally identifiable information with such parties. In such cases, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to restrict the information provided to the information necessary for the provision of such services.

User data subject rights

Optimistic Traveler acknowledges that all individuals have the right to access and control the personal information that we maintain about them. An individual who seeks access to, or who seeks to correct, amend, or delete their personal data, can do so directly by accessing their online account via the Optimistic Traveler website where the user established their account. Specifically, you retain control
over the content you may have provided including personal data, or other such materials you upload or otherwise actively provide to us through the sites (the "user content"); provided, however, that you grant us (and our employees and service providers) a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, fully-paid license to use such user content in any manner reasonably necessary for us to operate and provide services in connection with the sites.

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

  • whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes,
  • If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for updates to the service, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at privacy@optimistictraveler.org.

CONTENT PLACED OR MADE AVAILABLE FOR COMPANY SERVICES

Also, a user has the ability to remove all their information by deleting or ‘erasing’ their account. This is not a ‘de-activation’ of the account but rather once the user deletes their Optimistic Traveler account, their record and all associated personal data is erased.

Additionally, should you have questions regarding the above user data subject rights, or believe that we are not abiding by this Policy, you may contact our privacy liaison using the following information:

Privacy Officer
Optimistic Traveler
17065 Camino San Bernardo
Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92127
+1 (619) 727-6120
privacy@optimistictraveler.org

Email Communications

We may send to you one or more welcome emails that may also verify password and user name information after you have established a website account with Optimistic Traveler, and we may send to you updates, administrative messages, or other important information about the website and/or our services. Some of these communications – such as those with service announcements or such -- are tied to the service and contain important information about the service or your use of it. For those types of communications, you can unsubscribe from them by emailing us at privacy@optimistictraveler.org.

Misappropriation of Personal Information

For the purposes of any applicable law regarding notification of persons whose personal information was, or is reasonably believed to have been, acquired by an unauthorized person, our information security policy provides that any required notification may, where permitted by law, be made by the use of email in addition to posting a notice on our website. Where any notice is to be sent to a specific email address, we will use the latest available address in our records. EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY LAW, YOU AGREE TO THIS MEANS OF NOTIFICATION.

Response Time

We will use commercially reasonable efforts to timely make any changes you request. Many such changes are accomplished using batch processing (i.e. collecting a number of similar change requests and making all such changes at once), so the changes may not be immediately effective and thereby, could take up to 30 days or longer. If you require a more immediate change to your personally identifiable information and are unable to make such a change using the available site resources, please email us at privacy@optimistictraveler.org

The Children’s Online Privacy and Protection Act (COPPA) to this Privacy Policy

The Children’s Online Privacy and Protection Act (COPPA) regulates the online collection of personal information from persons under the age of 13. It is Optimistic Traveler’s policy that individuals under the age of 18 years of age do not establish an account with the website. We refrain from knowingly collecting or maintaining personally identifiable information relating to any person under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18 and believe you have already provided personally identifiable information through the site, please have your parent or guardian contact us immediately using the contact information at this bottom of this policy titled “General Contact Information” so that we can ensure the account and related information is removed.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Optimistic Traveler may change its Privacy Policy from time to time. Optimistic Traveler will notify registered users by email when there are significant changes that include any changes to the personal data collected, how it is used, and/or shared. If you agree to the changes, you are not required to perform any action. If, however, you do not agree to the changes, you must discontinue use of our website and services. If you continue to use our site and services after the effective date of any change, you are deemed to have accepted these policy changes.

Exceptions

Except as stated below, we will use information in accordance with this Policy as it may be changed from time to time as set forth above. Notwithstanding anything else in this Policy to the contrary, we may collect personally identifiable information and use and disclose such information in ways other than those described above if we are required to do so by any applicable law or if we deem it advisable and lawful in the course of (i) assisting law enforcement activities, or (ii) investigating and resolving disputes between users; and (iii) protecting our site(s) or other property, including, without limitation, investigating, preventing or taking action with respect to illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving the potential safety of any person, violations of Optimistic Traveler’s terms of use, or as otherwise required by law. Without limiting the foregoing, we reserve the right to use and disclose any information that you provide to us if we deem it advisable in the prosecution or defense of any litigation involving your use of our site.

Privacy Shield Certification

Optimistic Traveler complies with, and conducts periodic audits of its practices to ensure compliance with, the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Principles of Notice, Choice, Accountability for Onward Transfer, Access, Security, Data Integrity and Purpose Limitation and Recourse, Enforcement and Liability, for the collection, use, and retention of personal information from participating European countries and Switzerland. Optimistic Traveler is subject to the investigatory and enforcement powers of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and has self-certified compliance with Privacy Shield Principles, effective as of the date its certification is posted at https://www.privacyshield.gov/list

If there is any conflict between the policies in this privacy policy and the Privacy Shield Principles, the Privacy Shield Principles shall govern with respect to personal information Optimistic Traveler receives under the Privacy Shield. When Optimistic Traveler receives information under the Privacy Shield and then transfers it to a third-party service provider acting as an agent on Optimistic Traveler’s behalf, Optimistic Traveler has certain liability under the Privacy Shield if both (i) the agent processes the information in a manner inconsistent with the Privacy Shield, and (ii) Optimistic Traveler is responsible for the event giving rise to the damage.

Participating European countries’ citizens and Swiss citizens should direct any questions, concerns or complaints regarding Optimistic Traveler’s handling of personal information or compliance with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield or Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield to Optimistic Traveler at:

Privacy Officer
Optimistic Traveler
17065 Camino San Bernardo
Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92127
+1 (619) 727-6120
privacy@optimistictraveler.org

Optimistic Traveler will attempt to answer your questions and satisfy your concerns in a timely and complete manner as soon as possible. If, however, after discussing the matter with Optimistic Traveler, your issue or complaint is not resolved, Optimistic Traveler has agreed to participate in the independent dispute resolution mechanisms listed below, free of charge to you. PLEASE CONTACT OPTIMISTIC TRAVELER FIRST.

  • For human resources personal information that Optimistic Traveler receives under the Privacy Shield (i.e., information about past or present employees collected in the context of the employment relationship): cooperation with the EU data protection authorities (DPAs) and the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) where the employee works.
  • Optimistic Traveler has further committed to refer unresolved privacy complaints under the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Principles to an independent dispute resolution mechanism: the JAM Privacy Shield operated by the Council of Better Business Bureaus. If you do not receive timely acknowledgment of your issue or if your complaint is not satisfactorily addressed, or resolved by Optimistic Traveler, you may visit the JAM EU PRIVACY SHIELD web site https://www.jamsadr.com/eu-us-privacy-shield for further information and to file a complaint.

Also, if your complaint still is not resolved through these channels, under limited circumstances, an additional binding arbitration option may be available before a Privacy Shield Panel.

Please note that Optimistic Traveler’s users may transfer personal data to Optimistic Traveler on the basis of other legal mechanisms approved by the European Commission and other relevant authorities for cross-border data transfers.

General Contact Information

If you have questions regarding this Policy, or believe that we are not abiding by this Policy, you may contact our privacy liaison using the following information:

Privacy Officer
Optimistic Traveler
17065 Camino San Bernardo
Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92127
+1 (619) 727-6120
privacy@optimistictraveler.org

Policy updated: May 4, 2018

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