Effective Date: May 31, 2026 | Version 2.1
By creating an account, accessing, or using Cata (“the Service” or “Platform”), operated by Cata Intelligence Inc. (“Cata”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), you explicitly agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. These terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and Cata. If you disagree with any part of these terms, you are strictly prohibited from accessing or using the Service.
The Platform contains features dedicated to the inventorying, tracking, and discussion of alcoholic beverages. You must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age (or the legal drinking age in your country, state, or jurisdiction) to register an account and utilize these features.
In compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the Service is strictly barred to individuals under thirteen (13) years of age under all circumstances. Cata does not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under legal thresholds.
Cata provides state-of-the-art visual label scanning, cellar management tools, and optimal drinking window estimations, partially driven by generative artificial intelligence (“AI Sommelier”).
You retain all proprietary intellectual property rights over the raw tasting notes, reviews, and physical bottle photos you upload to the Platform (“User Content”).
By uploading User Content, you grant Cata a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully sublicensable license to use, store, cache, reproduce, and process the data to operate and improve the Service.
Cata provides a marketplace platform letting qualified commercial accounts (e.g., “Market”) list inventory.
Cata is NOT an Alcohol Beverage Licensee. We do not purchase, sell, ship, distribute, or take custody of physical alcoholic beverages. All transactions are formed directly between the buyer and the seller. Sellers are solely responsible for obtaining necessary shipping permits, state taxes, age verification upon delivery, and compliance with interstate commerce laws. Cata disclaims all liability for transaction fraud, broken transit, or defective inventory.
PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. IT LIMITS THE LIABILITY OF CATA INTELLIGENCE INC.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL CATA, ITS DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, CELLAR DEGRADATION, PORTFOLIO VALUE LOSS, BODILY HARM, OR DATA LOSS, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THIS SERVICE.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL CATA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE, LOSS, OR INJURY RESULTING FROM HACKING, TAMPERING, OR OTHER UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS OR USE OF THE SERVICE. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100.00) OR THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO CATA IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM.
You and Cata agree that any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms, or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation, or validity thereof, will be settled by **mandatory binding individual arbitration** administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its Commercial Arbitration Rules.
YOU EXPLICITLY WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY OR TO PARTICIPATE AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS ACTION OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.
The arbitration shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act and will take place in San Francisco, California, unless we mutually agree otherwise. The arbitrator's decision shall be final and binding.
These Terms shall be governed, construed, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court, the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in full force and effect.