The following Terms of Service govern all products and
services provided by CollisionSite.com, LLC, hereby referred to
as (“Company”) to its customers, hereby referred to
as (“Customer”).
1. Order, Acceptance and Service.
(a) Unless otherwise stated by an agreement signed in writing by
Customer and Company, these Terms of Service shall apply to all
products and services provided by Company to Customer.
(b) Company will provide, and Customer will purchase and pay for,
the Services specified in the Order for the service fees specified
in the Order and the applicable Service Description (the “Service
Fees”).
(c) In connection with any Hosting Services, Customer will not use
any product or service in excess of the applicable limits established
for the Services in the Service Descriptions. If Customer uses storage
space in excess of such applicable limits, Company may, without
limiting its other rights or remedies, assess Customer with additional
fees or suspend or terminate the Services.
2. Fees, Taxes and Payment.
Customer will pay to Company the Service Fees in the manner set
forth in the Order. Company may increase the Service Fees (i) at
its discretion at any time. All fees are fully earned when due and
non-refundable when paid. Unless otherwise specified, invoices for
the Service Fees and related charges shall be due and payable within
15 days after the date of the invoice. If any invoice is not paid
within 30 days after the date of the invoice, Company may charge
Customer a late fee of $30 for such invoice. Delinquent accounts
may be suspended at Company’s sole discretion. In the event
of a suspension of the Services, upon a reactivation request by
Customer, Customer shall pay Company a reactivation fee of $99 in
addition to full payment of the outstanding balance due. Reactivation
of services will only be performed during Company’s normal
business hours (Monday through Friday, 9:00 am – 6:00 p.m.,
Eastern Time, excluding holidays.) If Company collects any payment
due at law or through an attorney at law or under advice there from
or through a collection agency, or if Company prevails in any action
to which the Customer and Company are parties, Customer will pay
all costs of collection, arbitration and litigation, including,
without limitation, all court costs and Company’s reasonable
attorneys’ fees. If any Customer payment is returned for insufficient
funds Company will impose a processing charge of $50. If two or
more Customer payments are returned for insufficient funds in any
6 month period, Company in its sole discretion may require alternative
payment methods for all future Customer payments including, without
limitation, credit card, money order, or cashier’s check.
3. Term and Termination.
(a) Hosting Services will commence on the Effective Date indicated
in the Order. Thereafter, the Order will automatically renew for
successive one month periods unless the Order is earlier terminated
in accordance.
(b) Company may terminate this Agreement (i) if the Services are
prohibited by applicable law, or become impractical or unfeasible
for any technical, legal or regulatory reason, by giving Customer
as much prior notice as reasonably practicable or (ii) immediately
by giving written notice to Customer, if Company determines in good
faith that Customer’s use of the Customer website or the Customer
Content violates these Terms Of Service.
(d) Upon termination of this Agreement for any cause or reason
whatsoever, neither party shall have any further rights or obligations
under this Agreement, except as expressly set forth herein. The
parties shall each remain liable to the other for any indebtedness
or other liability theretofore arising under this Agreement. Termination
of this Agreement and retention of pre-paid fees and charges shall
be in addition to, and not be in lieu of, any other legal or equitable
rights or remedies to which Company may be entitled.
4. Customer’s Representations and Warranties.
Customer hereby represents and warrants to Company, and agrees that
during the Term Customer will ensure that: (a) Customer is the owner
or valid licensee of the Customer Content and each element thereof,
and Customer has secured all necessary licenses, consents, permissions,
waivers and releases for the use of the Customer Content and each
element thereof, including without limitation, all trademarks, logos,
names and likenesses contained therein, without any obligation by
Company to pay any fees, residuals, guild payments or other compensation
of any kind to any Person; (b) Customer’s use, publication
and display of the Customer Content will not infringe any copyright,
patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary or intellectual
property right of any Person, or constitute a defamation, invasion
of privacy or violation of any right of publicity or any other right
of any Person, including, without limitation, any contractual, statutory
or common law right or any “moral right” or similar
right however denominated; (c) Customer will comply with all applicable
laws, rules and regulations regarding the Customer Content and the
Customer website and will use the Customer website only for lawful
purposes; (d) Customer has used its best efforts to ensure that
the Customer Content is and will at all times remain free of all
computer viruses, worms, trojan horses and other malicious code;
and (e) Customer will use the Services only for business purposes
and not for any family, household or personal use.
5. License to Company.
Customer hereby grants to Company a non-exclusive, worldwide right
and license during the Term to do the following to the extent necessary
in the performance of Services under the Order: (a) digitize, convert,
install, upload, select, order, arrange, compile, combine, synchronize,
use, reproduce, store, process, retrieve, transmit, distribute,
publish, publicly display, publicly perform and hyperlink the Customer
Content; and (b) make archival or back-up copies of the Customer
Content and the Customer website. Except for the rights expressly
granted above, Company is not acquiring any right, title or interest
in or to the Customer Content, all of which shall remain solely
with Customer.
6. Customer’s Responsibilities.
(a) Customer is solely responsible for the quality, performance
and all other aspects of the Customer Content and the goods or services
provided through the Customer website.
(b) Customer will cooperate fully with Company in connection with
Company’s performance of the Services. Customer must provide
any equipment or software that may be necessary for Customer to
use the Services. Delays in Customer’s performance of its
obligations under this Agreement will extend the time for Company’s
performance of its obligations that depend on Customer’s performance
on a day for day basis. Customer will notify Company of any change
in Customer’s mailing address, telephone, e-mail or other
contact information.
(c) Customer assumes full responsibility for providing End Users
with any required disclosure or explanation of the various features
of the Customer website and any goods or services described therein,
as well as any rules, terms or conditions of use.
(d) Customer will provide Company with a registered domain name
for the Customer website, or, upon Customer’s request and
subject to the Domain Name Registration Terms and Conditions of
the Domain providing company, Company will register an Internet
domain name on behalf of Customer.
(e) Because the Hosting Services permit Customer to electronically
transmit or upload content directly to the Customer website, Customer
shall be fully responsible for uploading all content to the Customer
website and supplementing, modifying and updating the Customer website.
Customer is also responsible for ensuring that the Customer Content
and all aspects of the Customer website are compatible with the
hardware and software used by Company to provide the Hosting Services,
as the same may be changed by Company from time to time. Specifications
for the hardware and software used by Company to provide the Hosting
Services will be available on Company’s website. Customer
shall periodically access Company’s website to determine if
Company has made any changes thereto. Company shall not be responsible
for any damages to the Customer Content, the Customer website or
other damages or any malfunctions or service interruptions caused
by any failure of the Customer Content or any aspect of the Customer
website to be compatible with the hardware and software used by
Company to provide the Hosting Services.
(f) Unless the applicable Service Description provides otherwise,
Customer agrees on making back-up copies of the Customer Website
Content.
7. Company Intellectual Property.
(a) Company hereby grants to Customer a non-exclusive, non-transferable,
license, exercisable solely during the term of this Agreement, to
use applicable Company Technology solely for the purpose of accessing
and using the Services. Customer may not use the Company Technology
for any purpose other than accessing and using the Services. Except
for the rights expressly granted above, this Agreement does not
transfer from Company to Customer. Company Technology, and all rights,
titles and interests in and to the Company Technology shall remain
solely with Company. Customer shall not, directly or indirectly,
reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to
derive source code or other trade secrets from any of the Company
Technology.
(b) Company’s trademarks, tradenames, service marks, logos,
other names and marks, and related product and service names, design
marks and slogans are the sole and exclusive property of Company.
Customer may not use any of the foregoing in any advertising, publicity
or in any other commercial manner without the prior written consent
of Company. Company shall maintain and control ownership of all
Internet protocol numbers and addresses that may be assigned by
Company to Customer. Company may, in its sole discretion, change
or remove any and all such Internet protocol numbers and addresses.
(c) Any feedback, data, answers, questions, comments, suggestions,
ideas or the like which Customer sends to Company relating to the
Services will be treated as being non-confidential and non-proprietary.
Company may use, disclose or publish any ideas, concepts, know-how
or techniques contained in such information for any purpose whatsoever.
8. Limited Warranty.
(a) Company represents and warrants to Customer that the Services
will be performed (i) in a manner consistent with industry standards
reasonably applicable to the performance thereof; (ii) at least
at the same level of service as provided by Company generally to
its other customers for the same services; and (iii) in compliance
in all material respects with the applicable Service Descriptions.
Customer will be deemed to have accepted such Services unless Customer
notifies Company within 30 days after performance of any Services
of any breach of the foregoing warranties. Customer’s sole
and exclusive remedy, and Company’s sole obligation, for breach
of the foregoing warranties shall be for Company, at its option,
to re-perform the defective Services at no cost to Customer, or,
in the event of interruptions to the Services caused by a breach
of the foregoing warranties, issue Customer a credit in an amount
equal to the current monthly Service Fees pro rated by the number
of hours in which the Services have been interrupted. Company may
provision the Services from any of its data centers and may from
time to time re-provision the Services from different data centers.
(b) The foregoing warranties shall not apply to performance issues
or defects in the Services (i) caused by factors outside of Company’s
reasonable control; (ii) that resulted from any actions or inactions
of Customer or any third parties; or (iii) that resulted from Customer’s
equipment or any third-party equipment not within the sole control
of Company.
(c) EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION 8, COMPANY MAKES
NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES OR ANY SOFTWARE PROVIDED UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD-PARTY
RIGHTS, AND COMPANY HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS THE SAME. WITHOUT
LIMITING THE FOREGOING, ANY THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE PROVIDED TO CUSTOMER
HEREUNDER IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT ANY CONDITION
OR WARRANTY WHATSOEVER. COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES
WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE OR COMPLETELY SECURE.
9. Limitation of Liability.
(a) THE SERVICES PROVIDE THE PUBLIC WITH ACCESS TO THE WEBSITES
OF ITS CUSTOMERS AS STORED IN ELECTRONIC FORM. BECAUSE SUCH ELECTRONIC
DATA CAN BE CORRUPTED OR LOST REGARDLESS OF WHAT PROTECTIONS ARE
PROVIDED, AND BECAUSE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE WEBSITES ARE SUBJECT TO
POTENTIAL INFILTRATION OR HACKING BY THIRD PARTIES, COMPANY CANNOT
BE HELD LIABLE FOR LOST DATA OR ANY LOST PROFITS OR OTHER DAMAGES
RELATED THERETO. CUSTOMER IS THEREFORE EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN INDEPENDENT
BACKUP COPIES OF ANY CUSTOMER ACCESSIBLE DATA STORED ON A SERVER
WITH COMPANY. AS A RESULT, THE FOLLOWING LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
APPLY REGARDLESS OF THE LEGAL BASIS FOR ANY CLAIM AGAINST COMPANY,
AND WILL APPLY TO ANY LOSSES CAUSE BY THE ACTIONS, OMISSIONS, OR
NEGLIGENCE OF COMPANY OR ITS AGENTS OR EMPLOYEES.
(b) IN NO EVENT WILL COMPANY’S LIABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH
THE SERVICES, ANY SOFTWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER OR ANY ORDER, WHETHER
CAUSED BY FAILURE TO DELIVER, NON-PERFORMANCE, DEFECTS, BREACH OF
WARRANTY OR OTHERWISE, EXCEED THE AGGREGATE SERVICE FEES PAID TO
COMPANY BY CUSTOMER DURING THE 1-MONTH PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING
THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO SUCH LIABILITY.
(c) COMPANY CANNOT GUARANTEE CONTINUOUS SERVICE, SERVICE AT ANY
PARTICULAR TIME, INTEGRITY OF DATA, INFORMATION OR CONTENT STORED
OR TRANSMITTED VIA THE INTERNET. COMPANY WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR
ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, OR ANY CORRUPTION, ERASURE, THEFT, DESTRUCTION,
ALTERATION OR INADVERTENT DISCLOSURE OF, DATA, INFORMATION OR CONTENT
TRANSMITTED, RECEIVED OR STORED ON ITS SYSTEM.
(d) EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED BELOW, NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE
IN ANY WAY TO THE OTHER PARTY OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY LOST PROFITS
OR REVENUES, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF DATA OR COSTS OF PROCUREMENT OF
SUBSTITUTE GOODS, LICENSES OR SERVICES OR SIMILAR ECONOMIC LOSS,
OR FOR ANY PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL
OR SIMILAR DAMAGES OF ANY NATURE, WHETHER FORESEEABLE OR NOT, UNDER
ANY WARRANTY OR OTHER RIGHT HEREUNDER, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
WITH THE PERFORMANCE OR NON-PERFORMANCE OF ANY ORDER, OR (EXCEPT
AS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 11 AND 12) FOR ANY CLAIM AGAINST THE OTHER
PARTY BY A THIRD PARTY, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT HAS BEEN ADVISED
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH CLAIM OR DAMAGES.
(e) The limitations contained in this Section 9 apply to all causes
of action in the aggregate, whether based in contract, tort or any
other legal theory (including strict liability), other than claims
based on fraud or willful misconduct. The limitations contained
in Section 9(c) shall not apply to liability arising on account
of a party’s breach of Section 12 or to Customer’s indemnification
obligations under Section 10.
10. Indemnification of Company.
Customer shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless Company, its
affiliates and their respective present, former and future officers,
directors, employees and agents, and their respective heirs, legal
representatives, successors and assigns (collectively the “Company
Indemnities”), from and against any and all losses, damages,
costs, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation,
amounts paid in settlement and reasonable attorneys’ fees)
which any of the Company Indemnities may suffer, incur or sustain
resulting from or arising out of (i) Customer’s breach of
any representation, warranty, or covenant contained in the Agreement,
(ii) the Customer Content, the Customer website or any End User’s
use of the Customer Content or the Customer website, (iii) violation
by Customer or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents
of the Acceptable Use Policy or any applicable law, (iv) claims
or actions of third parties alleging misappropriation of trade secrets
or infringement of patents, copyrights, trademarks or other intellectual
property rights arising from the use, display or publication of
Customer’s domain names, the Customer website, the Customer
Content, or the use of the Services in combination with hardware,
software or content not provided by Company, (v) claims or actions
by third parties relating to or arising out of Customer’s
use of the Services, and (vi) any failure of the Customer Content
or any aspect of the Customer website to be compatible with the
hardware or software used by Company to provide the Services, including
any damage to Company’s servers or other hardware caused thereby.
11. Confidentiality; Non-Solicitation.
(a) Each party will not, without the prior written consent of the
other party, use or disclose to any Person any Proprietary Information
of the other party disclosed or made available to it, except for
use of such Proprietary Information as required in connection with
the performance of its obligations or use of the Services hereunder.
Subject to Section 11(b), each party will (i) treat the Proprietary
Information of the other party as secret and confidential, (ii)
limit access to the Proprietary Information of the party to those
of its employees who require it in order to effectuate the purposes
of this Agreement, and (iii) not disclose the Proprietary Information
of the other party to any other Person without the prior written
consent of the other party.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 11(a), the following shall not be considered
Proprietary Information: (i) any information that the receiving
party can demonstrate by written documentation was within its legitimate
possession prior to the time of disclosure by the disclosing party;
(ii) any information that was in the public domain prior to disclosure
by the disclosing party as evidenced by documents that were published
prior to such disclosure; (iii) any information that, after disclosure
by the disclosing party, comes into the public domain through no
fault of the receiving party, (iv) any information that is disclosed
to the receiving party without restriction by a third party who
has legitimate possession thereof and the legal right to make such
disclosure; or (v) any information that, two years after expiration
or termination of this Agreement, does not constitute a trade secret
under applicable law.
(c) Each party acknowledges that disclosure of any aspect of the
Proprietary Information of the other party shall immediately give
rise to continuing irreparable injury to the other party inadequately
compensable in damages at law, and, without prejudice to any other
remedy available to the other party, shall entitle the other party
to injunctive or other equitable relief. Upon expiration or termination
of this Agreement for any reason, each party shall promptly return
to the other party all Proprietary Information of the other party
(including all copies thereof) in its possession or control.
(d) During the term of this Agreement and for two years following
expiration or termination of this Agreement, Customer will not,
directly or indirectly, solicit or recruit the services of any employee
of Company performing services under this Agreement, while such
employee is employed by Company and for a period of six months after
such employee has left the employment of Company.
12. Optional Services.
In connection with any Optional Services:
(a) Customer must provide Company with any information, login identifications,
passwords or other information or access to facilities that Company
may reasonably require to provide the Optional Services Company
will have no responsibility for any delays or increased costs or
expenses associated with Customer’s failure to provide any
of such information. If Customer does not provide any such information
or access requested by Company within fifteen (15) days of Company’s
request therefore, Company may terminate the Order and retain any
Service Fees paid.
(b) If Customer requested that Company perform the Optional Services
by a particular deadline or that Company achieve some particular
result or outcome, Company will use commercially reasonable best
efforts to perform the Services by any such deadline and achieve
the result requested by Customer; provided, however, that (i) Company’s
ability to perform the Services is subject to Customer’s provision
of information and access as provided above and (ii) Company has
no liability or obligation to complete the Services by any deadline
or achieve any particular outcome or result.
(c) If Customer wishes to convey documents or files to Company,
Customer should deliver to Company a copy or duplicate of such documents
or files and not the original copy. Company will not return to Customer
any documents or files conveyed to Company.
(d) Company will have no liability or responsibility for any damage,
loss of data, loss of use or other loss occurring in connection
with Company’s provision of Optional Services requested by
Customer.
13. Miscellaneous.
(a) Independent Contractor. Company and Customer are independent
contractors and nothing contained in this Agreement places Company
and Customer in the relationship of principal and agent, master
and servant, partners or joint venture’s. Neither party has,
expressly or by implication, or may represent itself as having,
any authority to make contracts or enter into any agreements in
the name of the other party, or to obligate or bind the other party
in any manner whatsoever.
(b) Governing Law; Jurisdiction. Any controversy or claim arising
out of or relating to this Agreement, the formation of this Agreement
or the breach of this Agreement, including any claim based upon
arising from an alleged tort, shall be governed by the substantive
laws of the State of Kentucky, except that all arbitration and related
proceedings conducted pursuant to Section 13(c) below, including
without limitation confirmation proceedings, shall be governed by
the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1, et. seq. .
The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International
Sale of Goods does not apply to this Agreement. ANY SUIT, ACTION
OR PROCEEDING CONCERNING THIS AGREEMENT THAT IS NOT SUBJECT TO MANDATORY
ARBITRATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 (C) BELOW MUST BE BROUGHT IN
A KENTUCKY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT LOCATED IN BULLITT COUNTY KENTUCKY,
AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS (AND OF THE APPROPRIATE APPELLATE COURTS
THEREFROM) IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AND IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION
WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF THE VENUE OF
ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT ANY
SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING WHICH IS BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT
HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.
(c) Mandatory Arbitration. Notwithstanding Section 13(b) above,
each party agrees that any dispute between the parties arising out
of this Agreement or in any manner relating to the Services must
be submitted by the parties to arbitration The arbitration shall
be administered by an arbitrator or arbitration service agreed upon
by the parties. If the parties are unable to agree upon an arbitrator
or arbitration service, the arbitration will be administered by
the American Arbitration Association. Any such arbitrator must render
a reasoned opinion in writing only where the amount in dispute exceeds
$100,000. Judgment upon the award may be entered in any court having
jurisdiction thereof. Any such arbitration will be held in Atlanta,
Georgia. Any action filed by either party in any court in violation
of this Section should be dismissed pursuant to this Section.
(d) Headings. The headings herein are for convenience only and are
not part of this Agreement.
(e) Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement, including documents
incorporated herein by reference, supersedes all prior discussions,
negotiations and agreements between the parties with respect to
the subject matter hereof, and this Agreement constitutes the sole
and entire agreement between the parties with respect to the matters
covered hereby. In case of a conflict between this Agreement and
any purchase order, service order, work order, confirmation, correspondence
or other communication of Customer or Company, the terms and conditions
of this Agreement shall control. No additional terms or conditions
relating to the subject matter of this Agreement shall be effective
unless approved in writing by any authorized representative of Customer
and Company. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except
by another agreement in writing executed by the parties hereto;
provided, however, that these Terms of Service may be modified from
time to time by Company in its sole discretion, which modifications
will be effective upon posting to Company's web site. Should any
additional or modified provisions of this Agreement be found to
be unenforceable or unconscionable, it is the express intent of
the parties that the Agreement on the date of the Order shall be
binding on both Company and the Customer.
(f) Severability. All rights and restrictions contained in this
Agreement may be exercised and shall be applicable and binding only
to the extent that they do not violate any applicable laws and are
intended to be limited to the extent necessary so that they will
not render this Agreement illegal, invalid or unenforceable. If
any provision or portion of any provision of this Agreement shall
be held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent
jurisdiction, it is the intention of the parties that the remaining
provisions or portions thereof shall constitute their agreement
with respect to the subject matter hereof, and all such remaining
provisions or portions thereof shall remain in full force and effect.
(g) Notices. All notices and demands required or contemplated hereunder
by one party to the other shall be in writing and shall be deemed
to have been duly made and given upon date of delivery if delivered
in person or by an overnight delivery or postal service, upon receipt
if delivered by facsimile the receipt of which is confirmed by the
recipient, or upon the expiration of five days after the date of
posting if mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid, to the addresses
or facsimile numbers set forth below the parties’ signatures.
Either party may change its address or facsimile number for purposes
of this Agreement by notice in writing to the other party as provided
herein. Company may give written notice to Customer via e-mail to
the Customer’s e-mail address as maintained in Company’s
billing records.
(h) Waiver. No failure or delay by any party hereto to exercise
any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof,
nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy
by any party preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right or remedy. No express waiver or assent
by any party hereto to any breach of or default in any term or condition
of this Agreement shall constitute a waiver of or an assent to any
succeeding breach of or default in the same or any other term or
condition hereof.
(i) Assignment; Successors. Customer may not assign or transfer
this Agreement, or any of its rights or obligations hereunder, without
the prior written consent of Company. Any attempted assignment in
violation of the foregoing provision shall be null and void and
of no force or effect whatsoever. Company may assign its rights
and obligations under this Agreement, and may engage subcontractors
or agents in performing its duties and exercising its rights hereunder,
without the consent of Customer. This Agreement shall be binding
upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective successors and permitted assigns.
(j) Limitation of Actions. No action, regardless of form, arising
by reason of or in connection with this Agreement may be brought
by either party more than one year after the cause of action has
arisen.
(k) Counterparts. If this Agreement is signed manually, it may be
executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed
an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the
same instrument. If this Agreement is signed electronically, Company’s
records of such execution shall be presumed accurate unless proven
otherwise.
(l) Force Majeure. Neither party is liable for any default or delay
in the performance of any of its obligations under this Agreement
(other than failure to make payments when due) if such default or
delay is caused, directly or indirectly, by forces beyond such party’s
reasonable control, including, without limitation, fire, flood,
acts of God, labor disputes, accidents, acts of war or terrorism,
interruptions of transportation or communications, supply shortages
or the failure of any third party to perform any commitment relative
to the production or delivery of any equipment or material required
for such party to perform its obligations hereunder.
(m) No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Except as otherwise expressly
provided in this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement is intended,
nor shall anything herein be construed to confer any rights, legal
or equitable, in any Person other than the parties hereto and their
respective successors and permitted assigns. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Customer acknowledges and agrees that Company, and any
supplier of third-party supplier that is identified as a third-party
beneficiary in the Service Description, is an intended third-party
beneficiary of the provisions set forth in this Agreement as they
relate specifically to its products or services and shall have the
right to enforce directly the terms and conditions of this Agreement
with respect to its products or services against Customer as if
it were a party to this Agreement.
(n) Government Regulations. Customer may not export, re-export,
transfer or make available, whether directly or indirectly, any
regulated item or information to anyone outside the United States
in connection with this Agreement without first complying with all
export control laws and regulations which may be imposed by the
United States government and any country or organization of nations
within whose jurisdiction Customer operates or does business.
(o) Marketing. Customer agrees that during the term of this Agreement
Company may publicly refer to Customer, orally and in writing, as
a customer of Company.
14. Definitions.
For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings
specified below:
(a) “Agreement” means each contract created between
Company and Customer for the provision of Services consisting of
an Order, the applicable Service Description and these Terms of
Service.
(b) “Customer Content” means all data, graphics, text,
names, marks, logos, hypertext links to other websites and other
information incorporated in, transmitted through or published or
displayed on the Customer website.
(c) “Customer website” means Customer’s site on
the World Wide Web portion of the Internet that Company hosts under
this Agreement.
(d) “End User” means any Person who accesses or uses
the Customer website via the Internet.
(e) “Company Technology” means Company’s proprietary
technology, including, without limitation, Company services, software
tools, hardware designs, algorithms, software (in source code and
object code forms), user interface designs, architecture, class
libraries, objects and documentation (both printed and electronic),
network designs, know-how, trade secrets and any related intellectual
property rights throughout the world (whether owned by Company or
licensed to Company from a third party), and also including any
derivatives, improvements, enhancements, updates, modifications
or extensions of Company Technology conceived, reduced to practice
or developed during the term of this Agreement by either party.
(f) “Person” means any individual, partnership, joint
venture, corporation, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated
association or organization, or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
(g) “Proprietary Information” means all technical, business
and other information of a party (i) that is not generally known
to the public, (ii) that derives value, economic or otherwise, from
not being generally known to the public or to other Persons who
can obtain value from its disclosure or use, and (iii) which information
is subject to efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances
to maintain the secrecy thereof.
(h) “Order” means the Order submitted by the Customer
to Company for Services, whether such Order is submitted online
through Company’s website, telephone or written order form.
(i) “Terms of Service” means these Terms of Service,
as the same may be modified, altered or amended from time to time
by Company.
(j) “Service” means either Hosting Service or Optional
Service. “Hosting Service” means the Service provided
by Company in response to an Order whereby Company provides the
Customer with specified connectivity, storage space and bandwith
for the hosting of a Customer website as more particularly described
in the applicable Service Description. “Optional Service”
means any additional Service (other than Hosting Service) Company
may provide in response to an Order, as more particularly described
in the applicable Service Description.
(k) “Service Description” means the applicable documents
made available by Company to Customer to describe the applicable
Services at the time the Order is accepted by Company.
(l) “Term” means the duration of any Agreement between
Company and Customer. With respect to Hosting Services, the “Initial
Term” is the initial term specified in the Order and the Term
continues beyond the Initial Term for any renewal period as specified
in Section 3. With respect to Optional Services, the “Term”
begins when Company accepts the Order and ends on the first to occur
of (i) Company’s completion of performance, or (ii) the earlier
termination of the Order in any manner permitted by these Terms
of Service.
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