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1. LEGAL AGREEMENT
Sendnewsletter.com ("SNL") and its affiliates provide software, products, web
sites, and technology (collectively, the "SNL Services"). These SNL Terms of
Service comprise a legal agreement ("Agreement") between You (the customer
submitting an order form associated with this Agreement or otherwise using SNL
Services) and SNL and govern Your use of SNL Services. BY ORDERING SNL
SERVICES, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF SERVICE, AS MODIFIED FROM
TIME TO TIME. If you do not agree to these Terms of Service, do not order or
use any SNL Service.
"You" means You, Your company, Your employees, and anyone who has access to use
Your SNL account. You must be at least eighteen (18) years of age to subscribe
to and use any SNL Service.
You agree to familiarize Yourself with, and to regularly review, the Terms of
Service, and other terms and guidelines published by SNL and abide by them if
You choose to use the SNL Services to which such terms apply. SNL reserves the
right to change the Terms of Service at anytime without notice. If You continue
to use SNL Services after any such changes, Your continued use will constitute
Your consent to such changes. SNL agrees to identify the date of last revisions
of its Terms of Service.
If You do not have print capability and desire to obtain a hard copy of these
Terms of Service, please send SNL an email requesting a hard copy. You may also
click on the link to "Terms of Service" at the bottom of each page of SNL web
sites for a copy of these Terms of Service, which may be printed and saved
through the printing and saving capability of your browser and printer.
If you have questions about these Terms of Service, please contact SNL at
Info@sendnewsletter.com.
2. YOUR WARRANTIES
By subscribing to or receiving any SNL Service, You make the following
representations and warranties. SNL shall have the right to terminate your SNL
account, without notice at any time, if any representation or warranty made by
You proves to be untrue in any respect.
You represent and warrant that:
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You and all users of the SNL Service
approved by you are at least eighteen (18) years of age;
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You have the legal capacity and
authority to: (a) enter into binding contracts for the sale and purchase of
goods and services, (b) be bound by these Terms of Service, (c) subscribe to
and use the SNL Service, including, where applicable, the buying, selling and
listing of items, in accordance with these Terms of Service, and (d) if you are
acting in a corporate capacity, bind Your company;
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You will not use the SNL Service for
any purpose that is unlawful, or prohibited by these Terms of Service (as may
be modified from time to time);
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All information and content supplied by
You or by others using any SNL Service, including but not limited to all
information submitted as part of the registration and subscription process and
all content included in e-mails delivered by you via any SNL Service
(collectively, "Customer Content"), is true and accurate;
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Any products or services advertised,
sold or otherwise distributed by You on or in connection with any Customer
Content are legal for sale or distribution; that you have all licenses
necessary to sell or advertise the goods or services offered for sale or
distribution and that all sales and advertisements will be in compliance with
applicable law;
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You own or have the right to use all of
the intellectual property, proprietary and similar rights necessary for all
Customer Content, and all products and services sold or otherwise distributed
by You or on Your behalf that are referred to in the Customer Content;
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Your delivery of emails in connection
with any SNL Services is in full compliance with anti spam acts applied.
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You have secured required permission to
use any person's name, voice, likeness or performance as embodied in any
Customer Content, and nothing in the Customer Content will otherwise infringe
on the privacy or publicity right of any individual.
By using the SNL Service, You agree that You will defend and indemnify SNL and
its suppliers from any third party claim related to a breach of any of the
foregoing warranties.
3. E-MAIL CAMPAIGNS:
SNL provides e-mail marketing software for newsletters, surveys, press
releases, and other customer communications.
SNL may only be used in connection with e-mail lists for which recipients have
voluntarily registered. Using SNL to send e-mail to an address You obtain
without the consent of such addressee is a violation of the SNL Terms of
Service. You may not access the mailing lists of third parties on SNL Services,
and You may not access or otherwise use such third party mailing lists in
connection with preparing or distributing unsolicited e-mail to any third
party. You may not import any e-mail addresses to Your list that have not
chosen to receive Your mailings. You may only send e-mail to customers that
have willingly signed up to receive Your mailings. If SNL receives complaints
about Your list, Your list will be reviewed and may be terminated. You may not
send mail under any company or organization name other than Your own and/or
with fraudulent header or source information.
If You use SNL to create a mailing list (a "Mailing List"), You may remove any
e-mail address contained therein from such Mailing List at Your discretion. You
agree to honor the request of the owner of any e-mail address to remove that
address from a Mailing List within ten (10) business days after receipt of such
request. You may establish additional terms and conditions that may be applied
to persons subscribed to Your Mailing Lists.
If You register with a Mailing List, You acknowledge that the owner of the
mailing list may remove Your e-mail address from such Mailing List, in its
discretion and at any time, and that Your participation in such Mailing List
may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may be changed from time
to time.
SNL may include in every e-mail sent by any SNL Service a statement similar to
the following: "Powered by SNL".
4. LIMITATIONS ON YOUR USE OF SNL SERVICES
SNL Services are provided to assist You with the operation of Your business.
Your right to use the SNL Service is limited to You, Your company and its
employees. You are solely responsible for Customer Content and all use of Your
SNL account. SNL reserves the right, but is not obligated, to monitor or to
review Customer Content and to monitor your compliance with these Terms of
Service. SNL reserves the right in its sole discretion to: (a) refuse to
provide SNL Services if You violate these Terms of Service, and/or (b) edit,
refuse to post, or remove any Customer Content that violates the Terms of
Service, without notice at any time.
You may not: (a) restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying
such user's rights in SNL Services, or (b) interfere with or disrupt our SNL
Servers or servers or any network connected to SNL Services.
In addition, You may not use the SNL Services to:
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send unsolicited bulk email, for
commercial or non-commercial purposes. Unsolicited bulk email is defined as
email sent to more than 10 individuals without their permission;
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rent, lease, license, grant a security
interest in, or otherwise transfer or sublicense Your rights hereunder to any
third party;
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defame, libel, slander, impersonate,
abuse, harass, threaten, invade the privacy of or otherwise violate or infringe
the legal rights (including the rights of privacy and publicity) of any other
person;
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conduct, promote or forward illegal
contests, pyramid schemes, chain letters, unsolicited or unauthorized
advertising, promotional materials, or multi-level or illegal marketing
campaigns;
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harm minors in any way;
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publish, post, distribute, disseminate,
advertise or link to any: (i) content, site, topic, name, material or
information which is inappropriate, profane, defamatory, libelous, slanderous,
infringing, obscene, indecent, or which contains nudity or adult content; (ii)
software, content or other material protected by intellectual property laws,
copyright licenses, rights of privacy or publicity, or other proprietary
rights, unless You own or control such rights or have received all necessary
consents for Your publication, distribution, or linking of such software and
other materials; (iii) software, content or other material that contains
viruses, worms, corrupted files, cracks or that may or are intended to damage
the operation of or render inoperable another's computer, hardware, software,
security measures or system or other programs written to defeat the security
measures of any computer, system or programs; (iv) software, content, other
material or Web site that constitutes "hate speech", whether directed at an
individual or a group, and whether based upon the race, sex, creed, national
origin, religious affiliation, sexual orientation or language of such
individual or group;
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sell, offer to sell, distribute,
promote, facilitate, disseminate or link to any sites for marketing, sales,
promotion, facilitation or distribution of: firearms; explosives; ammunition;
liquor; tobacco products; illegal gambling (including gambling in connection
with sporting events); food that is not packaged or does not comply with all
applicable laws for sale to consumers by commercial merchants; illicit drugs,
pharmaceuticals and controlled substances; counterfeit, pirated or stolen
goods; any goods or services that infringe or otherwise violate a third party's
rights including copyright, patent, trademark, or rights of publicity or
privacy; goods that are considered indecent, obscene or pornographic; Nazi
memorabilia; registered or unregistered securities; goods or services that You
cannot legally sell; goods which are misrepresented or which do not in fact
exist; fraudulent goods; or any other illegal activity;
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harvest or otherwise collect
information about third parties, including e-mail addresses, without the
express consent of such third parties;
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violate any applicable government laws
or regulations.
5. USE AND OWNERSHIP OF SOFTWARE
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, SNL grants You, and You
accept, a nontransferable and nonexclusive license to use in object code form
only any software used in connection with SNL services or made available to
download on SNL sites (the "Software") solely for Your purposes using Your
data, and not for the benefit of any third party (unless otherwise agreed in
writing by SNL). You may use and access the Software made available over the
Web only through authorized SNL web sites. You agree to use reasonable security
measures to minimize the risk of unauthorized access to and use of the
Software.
The Software may be used and accessed only by You using the Software for its
intended purpose while doing Your work.
You acknowledge that SNL is the sole owner of all intellectual property rights
in and to the Software and all web sites provided by SNL in connection with the
SNL Services (the "Sites"), including but not limited to the structure,
organization, design, algorithms, methods, templates, data models, data
structures, logic flow, and screen displays associated therewith. All
customizations, enhancements, modifications and new code made available to You
pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed "Software" hereunder and shall be
owned by SNL. Except as expressly authorized in this Agreement, You will not
copy, modify, display, rent or unbundle the Software. In addition, You will not
reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the Software, and will not otherwise
attempt to reconstruct or discover the source code for the Software. The
Software and the Sites (collectively, the "Licensed Product") shall be used
only to You for Your sole and exclusive benefit, and shall not be used to
provide time-sharing or other similar services for the benefit of any third
party. SNL reserves all rights in the Licensed Product not expressly granted to
You hereunder.
Your use of Software made available for downloading by SNL may also be governed
by the terms of the end user license agreement, if any, which accompanies or is
included with the Software ("License Agreement"). To the extent that the
License Agreement conflicts with the Terms of Service, the terms of the License
Agreement shall govern Your use of the Software. You may not install or use any
Software that is accompanied by or includes a License Agreement unless You
first agree to the License Agreement. In addition, You shall keep intact all
and may not alter any copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the
Software. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, COPYING OR REPRODUCING THE SOFTWARE
TO ANY OTHER SERVER OR LOCATION FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION OR REDISTRIBUTION IS
EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED. You acknowledge that the Software, and any accompanying
documentation and/or technical information, is subject to applicable laws and
regulations. You agree not to export or re-export the Software, directly or
indirectly, to any countries.
6. FEES
You agree to pay the fees for SNL Services in the amount and frequency as set
forth in the applicable order form. You are solely responsible for all charges,
fees, duties, taxes, and assessments arising out of any use of Your SNL account
by You or anyone else using Your account. SNL reserves the right to modify the
fees charged for SNL Services from time to time, provided that such new fees
shall not take effect earlier than thirty (30) days after SNL provides notice
to You of such modified fees.
In the event You upgrade to a higher or additional service during the term of
this Agreement, You agree to pay on a pro-rata basis the additional fee amount
associated with such service, based on the time between the last payment
associated with Your fee plan and Your next scheduled payment. Except as
expressly set forth in this Agreement, SNL is not required to refund to You any
amounts paid hereunder. It is Your responsibility to notify SNL if Your credit
card has changed or has expired and to make appropriate changes or Your service
may be disconnected or interrupted.
All payments under this Agreement shall be made in United States dollars.
7. LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
Links within the SNL service may let You leave the SNL site. You acknowledge
that the linked sites are not under the control of SNL and that SNL is not
responsible for the contents or operation of such linked sites or any link
contained in such linked site, any changes or updates to such sites, or any
form of transmission received from any linked site. SNL is providing these
links to You only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not
imply endorsement by SNL of the linked site or any association with their
operators.
8. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AND DISCLAIMERS
The information, software, products, services and other material included in or
available through SNL Services may not be complete, and may include
inaccuracies or errors, and may also be modified, discontinued or deleted from
time to time without notice. Advice, information, products, services or other
materials received via SNL Services should not be relied upon for personal,
medical, legal, business, financial or other decisions and is not intended to
replace the advice of appropriate and qualified professionals.
SNL warrants that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide the
ordered SNL Services in accordance with the terms and conditions in the
applicable order form. Otherwise, SNL makes no guarantees of any kind regarding
the dependability, accuracy, security, timeliness or availability of the SNL
Services. EXCEPT FOR THE FOREGOING LIMITED WARRANTY, ALL SNL SERVICES ARE
PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, AND SNL AND ITS RESPECTIVE
SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, WITH REGARD TO THE SNL SERVICES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ALL
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE
AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL SNL OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, EVEN IF SNL OR ANY OF
ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. IN ADDITION,
SNL OR ITS SUPPLIERS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR:
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DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA,
ACCOUNTS, REVENUES OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE
USE OR PERFORMANCE OF SNL SERVICES, OR
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WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE SNL
SERVICES;
IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY
PORTION OF SNL SERVICES, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF SERVICE, YOUR SOLE AND
EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING SNL SERVICES.
Without limiting the foregoing, SNL is not responsible for any of Your data
residing on SNL hardware or systems, including such hardware or systems
provided to SNL by third parties. You are responsible for maintaining and
backing-up Your data and information that may reside on SNL hardware or
systems, including such hardware or systems provided to SNL by third parties,
whether or not such information is produced through the use of SNL, including
all Customer Content.
SNL is not liable for Your actions with Your customers or vendors, or the use
of their information, or for any other actions arising from Your use, or the
use of other parties to whom You have given access to Your SNL information,
through the use of SNL Services.
SNL is not involved in any transaction between You and Your buyer or seller or
other third parties with whom you may have transactions through Your web site
or between You and any user of any products or services offered or provided by
You or by a third party through any SNL Service. SNL is not responsible for
screening, censoring or otherwise controlling your Customer Content, or any
listings or transactions offered or conducted via your Customer Content. You
are deemed to have a direct commercial relationship with each third party that
purchases goods or services from or undertakes any other transaction with You.
SNL is not acting as Your or any third party's agent in connection with the
operation of SNL Services. Further, because SNL is not involved in any orders
or other transactions between You and other users of SNL or other marketplace
forums, SNL cannot and will not be involved in resolving any disputes relating
to any completed or uncompleted transactions or the purchase or sale of listed
goods or otherwise.
9. INDEMNITY
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold SNL and its suppliers harmless from and
against any and all claims, losses, liability costs and expenses (including but
not limited to attorneys' fees) arising from Your violation of these Terms of
Service, or any third-party's rights, (including, without limitation,
infringement of any copyright, violation of any proprietary right and invasion
of any privacy rights). These obligations will survive any termination of Your
relationship with SNL or Your use of SNL Services.
10. ACCESS RESTRICTION; ACCOUNT SECURITY AND PASSWORDS
You may not use a name in connection with operating Your SNL account that is
confusing or misleading to participants, or otherwise impersonate or deceive
participants with respect to Your identity.
You are responsible for safeguarding the confidentiality of Your account
information (including password(s) and user name(s) issued to You) and for any
use or misuse of Your account or SNL Services resulting from any third party
using a password or user name issued to You. You agree to notify SNL
immediately of any known or suspected unauthorized access to or use of Your
account, Your password, the password of any individual user to whom You have
issued a login ID or any other breach of security or misuse of the SNL known to
or suspected by You. You may change Your password at any time by following
instructions on the SNL web site.
You hereby authorize SNL to rely on any data, notice, instruction or request
furnished by You to SNL, or that SNL reasonably believes to have been furnished
by You. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of Your
account information and monitoring usage of Your account. SNL is not
responsible for fraud of participants or of other users of your account.
11. PRIVACY; YOUR CUSTOMER DATA
SNL will not use Your customer data or Your customer contact list for any
purposes other than those intended by the SNL Service. Your customer
information will not be shared with any other parties, unless you are also
subscribing to a SNL Service where one of the features of such service is the
sharing of customer information between services.
SNL will not use Your customer information for the purpose of sending
unsolicited commercial e-mail to such customers. For more information about
SNL's privacy and information practices, please see SNL's Privacy Statement.
12. GENERAL
These Terms of Service are governed by the related laws. You hereby irrevocably
consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of related courts. in all
disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the SNL Services.
You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency
relationship exists between You and SNL as a result of these Terms or Service
or use of SNL Services.
SNL's performance of this Agreement is subject to existing laws and legal
process, and nothing contained in these Terms of Service are in derogation of
SNL's right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or
requirements relating to Your use of SNL Services or information provided to or
gathered by SNL with respect to such use.
If any part of these Terms of Service is determined to be invalid or
unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the
warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the
invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid,
enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original
provision and the remainder of these Terms of Service shall continue in effect.
Unless otherwise specified herein, these Terms of Service, the Anti-Spam Policy
and the Privacy Policy constitute the entire Agreement between the user and SNL
with respect to SNL Services and they supersede all prior or contemporaneous
communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the
user and SNL with respect to SNL Services.
SNL reserves the right to disclose any information, content, or materials as
necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or
government request or in accordance with SNL's Privacy Statement.
Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by SNL, including all
legal and equitable remedies available to SNL upon Your violation of any of
these Terms of Service.
13. TRADEMARKS
Sendnewsletter.com and sendnewsletter.com logo are service marks of
sendnewsletter.com, Inc. Date: September 1, 2007
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