Effective date: September 7, 2026

Operator: Diane Marz, Petite in Paris

Contact: diane@petiteinparis.com

These Terms cover your use of petiteinparis.com, operated by Diane Marz under the name Petite in Paris ("we," "us," or "our"). They apply to the website and its content. Purchases made from retailers or other third parties are governed by those parties' terms.

Please read the dispute-resolution section below. Where validly accepted and permitted by law, it requires individual binding arbitration, with exceptions and a 30-day opportunity to opt out. Arbitration generally replaces a court trial, including a jury trial.

Using the website

You may read the site for personal use, share links to its pages, and use its calculators for your own planning. Do not interfere with the site's operation, attempt unauthorized access, introduce harmful code, impersonate another person, or use the site to infringe another person's rights.

These Terms do not grant permission to republish, sell, or commercially reproduce our articles, photographs, or other original material. Uses permitted by applicable copyright law remain permitted. You can request permission at diane@petiteinparis.com.

The site contains editorial opinions, personal experiences, and informational tools. It does not provide an individualized professional advisory service. We may correct content, change features, or discontinue parts of the site. These Terms do not alter the dates or historical context of individual articles.

Content and artificial intelligence

The owner of this website does not consent to the content on this website being used or downloaded by any third parties for the purposes of developing, training or operating artificial intelligence or other machine learning systems ("Artificial Intelligence Purposes"), except as authorized by the owner in writing (including written electronic communication).

Absent such consent, users of this website, including any third parties accessing the website through automated systems, are prohibited from using any of the content on the website for Artificial Intelligence Purposes. Users or automated systems that fail to respect these choices will be considered to have breached these Terms of Service. This provision is subject to rights that applicable law does not permit us to restrict.

Raptive provides advertising on the site. Some article links are affiliate links, and we may receive a commission when a reader makes a qualifying purchase. Advertising and affiliate relationships do not make Petite in Paris the seller of the advertised or linked products.

Retailers and other external services are responsible for their own offers, transactions, fulfillment, returns, and customer support. Their content, prices, availability, and terms may change. Links and advertisements do not create a guarantee by Petite in Paris concerning a third party's products or services.

Our Privacy Policy explains the data handled by Petite in Paris and its service providers, including hosting, Google Analytics, advertising, affiliate links, and embedded content.

Where you give consent through an applicable privacy control, you authorize the collection and use described for that choice in the notice and Privacy Policy. We and our providers must respect the scope of that choice and applicable law. Agreeing to these Terms, continuing to browse, or dismissing a notice does not replace any separate consent required for cookies, tracking, or other processing.

You can exercise the privacy choices described in the Privacy Policy, including withdrawing consent or opting out where those rights apply. These Terms do not waive those rights. A service is not automatically subject to an advertising consent control merely because both appear on this site; the Privacy Policy describes the current scope of the controls.

Availability and warranties

To the extent permitted by law, we provide the website, its content, and its tools as available, without a contractual promise of uninterrupted access, error-free operation, or fitness for a particular purpose. We do not promise a particular result from following an article or using a calculator. This paragraph does not remove a warranty or other protection that cannot lawfully be excluded.

Limitation of liability

To the extent permitted by applicable law, Petite in Paris and its operator will not be liable for indirect or consequential losses arising from use of, or inability to use, the site, such as lost business opportunities or lost profits. This limitation applies only where the law allows the particular loss to be excluded.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits responsibility for fraud, intentional misconduct, gross negligence, or any other matter for which liability cannot lawfully be excluded or limited. Nothing removes statutory consumer protections, privacy rights, or remedies that cannot be waived. We do not impose a contractual dollar cap on those rights or shorten a statutory deadline for bringing a claim.

Disputes and binding arbitration

Scope and exceptions

This section applies only where you have validly agreed to it and applicable law permits its enforcement. It does not apply retroactively to a claim that arose before your first acceptance of this provision. Residents retain any mandatory protections available under the laws that apply to them.

Subject to the exceptions below and your right to opt out, you and Petite in Paris agree to resolve disputes between us about the website or these Terms through binding arbitration on an individual basis. Neither party may require class or representative arbitration without the other's written agreement, except where applicable law provides otherwise.

Either party may bring an eligible claim in small-claims court. You may contact or complain to a regulator, exercise privacy rights, and seek any public injunctive relief or other remedy that applicable law requires to remain available in court. These Terms do not require arbitration of a dispute that cannot lawfully be arbitrated.

Informal resolution

Please email a description of the dispute, the outcome you seek, and a way to contact you to diane@petiteinparis.com. We will try to resolve the matter with you. Informal discussions are voluntary and do not prevent either party from filing a claim to preserve a deadline or seeking urgent relief.

Arbitration process and costs

JAMS will administer the arbitration under its Streamlined Arbitration Rules when no disputed claim or counterclaim exceeds $250,000, excluding interest and attorney fees, and its Comprehensive Arbitration Rules otherwise. The Consumer Minimum Standards apply to consumer disputes and control any conflict with these Terms or the selected rules. The Federal Arbitration Act governs this arbitration agreement where applicable, subject to mandatory protections that cannot be waived.

The process must provide a neutral arbitrator, an opportunity to participate in selection, access to counsel, relevant nonprivileged information exchange, an accessible hearing location or permitted remote participation, and a reasoned written decision. Legally available remedies remain available. A consumer's required payment is limited to the filing fee allowed by the standards; Petite in Paris pays the remaining arbitration costs those standards assign to the business. We do not require you to pay our legal costs merely because you lose.

If JAMS cannot administer a dispute, neither party is required to accept a replacement provider without agreement. The dispute may proceed in a court with jurisdiction if no replacement is agreed or if applicable law permits court proceedings.

Opting out within 30 days

You may opt out of this entire arbitration section by emailing diane@petiteinparis.com within 30 days after you first accept this arbitration provision. Use the subject "Arbitration opt-out," include your name and a contact email, and state that you are opting out. No reason or payment is required. Existing readers receive the same opportunity when they first accept this new provision.

An opt-out applies to both you and Petite in Paris and does not affect your ability to read the website or exercise privacy rights. The restriction on class or representative arbitration does not create a separate waiver of class proceedings in court. If that arbitration restriction is unenforceable for a particular claim, the claim may proceed in court unless the parties separately agree otherwise. If no enforceable arbitration agreement exists, ordinary court procedures apply.

Changes and contact

We may revise these Terms and will identify the effective date on the updated page. Material changes will receive appropriate notice and any fresh acceptance required by law. Changes do not retroactively remove accrued rights or require arbitration of an earlier dispute. If part of these Terms is unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue only to the extent permitted by law.

Questions about these Terms, permission requests, dispute notices, and arbitration opt-outs can be emailed to diane@petiteinparis.com.