Defined Terms: Throughout this Acceptable Use Policy, the terms ?we,? ?our? and ?us? (and any other forms of those words) mean Starbucks Coffee Company and the terms ?you? and ?your? (and other forms of those words) mean the individual using this Site. Other terms are defined in the glossary of the Site.

User ID/Password Use: To gain access to the Site, your application must be authorized by the Market Business Partner for whom you work and approved by us. Then, we will issue you a user id and password to access the Site. We may at any time and for any reason we deem appropriate suspend or terminate your access to the Site. You acknowledge and agree that the user id and password are personal to you and may only be used by you. We reserve the right to require you to periodically change your password. You agree to exercise reasonable care and control to maintain the security of your user id, password, and account with us (collectively, ?Account Information?). You shall not disclose your Account Information to anyone else, you shall not permit any other party to use your Account Information, and you shall not use anyone else?s Account Information. You agree to notify us immediately about any unauthorized use of your Account Information or any known or suspected breach of security.

Accuracy of Application Data: You agree to: (a) provide certain current, complete, true and accurate information as required to complete any application that may be required in the course of your using the Site; and (b) maintain and update this information as required to keep it current, complete and accurate (collectively the ?Application Data?). You hereby grant us the right to use your Application Data and other data and information for the purposes described in this Acceptable Use Policy and in furtherance of your use of the Site. You represent and warrant that any Application Data and any other information you provide to us by means of the Site or otherwise is complete, truthful and accurate.

Content of the Site: The Site will contain certain information about our system, including for example our confidential operations manuals, store details, and related information. You may also find additional information about our system on the Site, and we will have the right to revise the content or discontinue operating the Site at any time. You may cite or refer to the information on the Site and make and retain copies of the information on the Site solely for the purpose of performing your duties for your Market Business Partner. You also may, and should, retain a copy of this Acceptable Use Policy for your records. Except as expressly authorized in this Policy, you agree not to duplicate, download, publish, disclose, modify, or otherwise distribute or make available to any other party any material on the Site. All information posted or made available on the Site is considered our confidential information and you must keep it confidential. We post legal notices and various credits on pages of the Site, which may not be removed even in your permitted copies.

Hypertext Links: You understand that if we provide hypertext links to other websites, we are not responsible for those sites, do not endorse the proprietors of those sites, and cannot guarantee the quality, accuracy, or timeliness of the information on those sites.

Security, Cracking and Hacking: You shall not violate or attempt to violate the security of the Site. Accordingly, and without limiting the generality of the previous sentence, you shall not: (a) access data or materials not intended for you; (b) log into a server or account which you are not authorized to access; (c) attempt to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization; or (d) attempt to interfere with service to any user, host or network (including without limitation, by means of submitting a virus to the Site, overloading, ?flooding,? ?mailbombing? or ?crashing? the Site).

Submissions; Feedback: Notes, messages, ideas, suggestions, feedback, concepts or other material that you submit on the Site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary to you, and will become our property. We will have no obligation regarding Feedback. We will be entitled to copy, distribute, incorporate, modify and otherwise use the Feedback for any type of commercial or non-commercial use (including in any media whether now known or not yet conceived). You understand that data and communications, including email and other electronic communications, may be accessed by unauthorized third parties when communicated over the Internet. You agree that it is your responsibility, and not ours, to obtain and use third party software products that support encryption and other security protocols compatible with such protocols (if any) that may be used by us from time to time in connection with the Site.

Intellectual Property Rights: All content and materials on the Site and the compilation of all content on the Site (including software) are exclusively our property (or the property of our licensors) and are protected by U.S. and international copyright, trademark, and other proprietary rights and intellectual property laws. You will not acquire any ownership rights by virtue of downloading any material from the Site. All rights not expressly granted to you hereunder are expressly reserved to us.

Disclaimer: You use the Site solely at your own risk. The Site is provided on an ?as is? and ?as available? basis, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including, without limitation, any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement or non-misappropriation of intellectual property rights of a third party, title, custom, trade, quiet enjoyment, accuracy of informational content, or system integration. We do not warrant that the Site, or any part thereof, will be available or operate in an uninterrupted or error-free manner or that errors or defects will be corrected.

Access to the Site: In order to access and use this Site, you must agree to be bound by this Acceptable Use Policy and the Consent to Collection and Use of Identifiable Information that follows. You may not access or use the Site unless you agree to these terms.

Agreement to Acceptable Use Policy: By clicking the ?Accept? button, you agree to be legally bound by this Acceptable Use Policy including all of our operating policies. Because use of the site only occurs electronically, by clicking the ?Decline? button, you will be unable to proceed with any use of the International Performance Metrics Website.

If you have any questions about our Acceptable Use Policy or its application, please contact us. Return to the User Sign In page.

This consent provides information about the processing (collection, use, and transfer) of personally identifiable information by Starbucks Corporation, for itself and its subsidiaries and other affiliates (collectively, ?Starbucks?) and its Market Business Partners. This International Performance Metrics Website is located and managed from the company?s global headquarters in the United States. Therefore, to provide the services offered by this Site, it is necessary to transfer personally identifiable information about users of the site to the United States.

Please read this consent and then either click the ?Accept? or ?Decline? button at the bottom of this page. For reasons of internal control, Starbucks requires the entry of certain personally identifiable information as a condition of access to this Site and use of its services. The type of personally identifiable information collected typically consists of a user?s password, name, work telephone number and email address, and the name of the Market Business Partner who approved issuance of the password (?Identifiable Information?). If you choose not to accept, you will be unable to access this Site or use the services that it offers.

Purposes for Collecting and Processing Identifiable Information: Starbucks will collect, use, and otherwise process my Identifiable Information (both by computer and manually) only to render operational services to Market Business Partners and their employees; respond to inquiries; protect the security of this Site and Starbucks?s property interests and legal rights; and conduct other legitimate business activities such as guarding against potential liability, engaging in debt collection, responding to a court order or subpoena, preventing fraud, complying with law, and complying with a legally permitted inquiry by a government agency or regulator. Starbucks may process my Identifiable Information by itself or through third parties acting on behalf of Starbucks and under its instructions. For more information on Starbucks?s use of Identifiable Information, including information on Starbucks?s use of cookies, please review the Privacy Policy.

Location of Collection and Processing: Starbucks?s IPM Website is located in the United States and Starbucks may process my Identifiable Information in the United States or in other countries that are not members of the European Union (EU). The United States and/or these other countries may not offer a level of privacy protection for Identifiable Information similar to that offered in the EU.

Transfers to Third Parties: If necessary for the purposes mentioned above, Starbucks may transfer my Identifiable Information to third parties. Third parties may include Starbucks?s advisors, companies providing products and services (such as IT systems suppliers) to Starbucks, law enforcement authorities, and to the extent required by law, regulatory authorities (including tax authorities). These third parties may process my Identifiable Information in the United States or in other countries outside of the EU that may not offer a level of privacy protection for Identifiable Information similar to that offered in the EU.

Starbucks is in the process of requiring such third parties to use my Identifiable Information only within the context of their agreement(s) with Starbucks, and only for the purposes mentioned above. At present, however, not all third parties are so bound.

Privacy Policy: A link to the Privacy Policy can be found in the footer of every page on this Site.