Last
updated
May 06, 2024
AGREEMENT TO OUR LEGAL
TERMS
We are Pliancy Inc.
, doing business as Pliancy
(
“Company,” “we,” “us,”
“our“ )
, a company registered in
California , United States
at 548 Market St, PMB 23626
, PMB 23626
, San Francisco
, CA
94104
.
We operate the
websites https://www.pliancy.com and https://www.packit.io (the “Sites“ )
, as well as any other related products and services
that refer or link to these legal terms (the
“Legal Terms“ )
(collectively, the “Services“ ).
You can contact us by
email at compliance@pliancy.com
or by mail to 548
Market St, PMB 23626
, PMB 23626
, San
Francisco
, CA
94104
,
United States
.
These Legal Terms constitute a legally binding
agreement made between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity ( “you“ ), and Pliancy
Inc. , concerning your access to and use of the Services. You agree that by
accessing the Services, you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by all of
these Legal Terms. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THESE LEGAL TERMS, THEN YOU ARE
EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED FROM USING THE SERVICES AND YOU MUST DISCONTINUE USE IMMEDIATELY.
Supplemental terms and conditions or documents that
may be posted on the Services from time to time are hereby expressly incorporated herein
by reference. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to make changes or
modifications to these Legal Terms at any time and
for any reason . We will alert you about
any changes by updating the “Last updated” date of these Legal Terms, and you
waive any right to receive specific notice of each such change. It is your
responsibility to periodically review these Legal Terms to stay informed of updates. You
will be subject to, and will be deemed to have been made aware of and to have accepted,
the changes in any revised Legal Terms by your continued use of the Services after the
date such revised Legal Terms are posted.
We recommend that you
print a copy of these Legal Terms for your records.
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
1. OUR SERVICES
The information provided when using the Services is not
intended for distribution to or use by any person or entity in any jurisdiction or
country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation or which
would subject us to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction or country.
Accordingly, those persons who choose to access the Services from other locations do so
on their own initiative and are solely responsible for compliance with local laws, if
and to the extent local laws are applicable.
The Services are not tailored to comply with industry-specific
regulations (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Federal
Information Security Management Act (FISMA), etc.), so if your interactions would be
subjected to such laws, you may not use the Services. You may not use the Services in a
way that would violate the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA).
2. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
Our intellectual
property
We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual
property rights in our Services, including all source code, databases, functionality,
software, website designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics in the Services
(collectively, the “Content” ), as well as the trademarks, service
marks, and logos contained therein (the “Marks” ).
Our Content and Marks are protected by copyright and
trademark laws (and various
other intellectual property rights and unfair competition laws) and treaties in the
United
States and around the world.
The Content and Marks are provided in or through the
Services “AS IS” for your
personal, non-commercial use or internal business purpose only.
Your use of our
Services
Subject to your compliance with these Legal Terms, including
the “
PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
“
section below, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license
to:
- access the Services; and
- download or print a copy of any portion of the Content to which you have properly gained access.
solely for your
personal, non-commercial use or internal business purpose .
Except as set out in this section or elsewhere in our
Legal Terms, no part of the Services and no Content or Marks may be copied, reproduced,
aggregated, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded,
translated, transmitted, distributed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited
for any commercial purpose whatsoever, without our express prior written
permission.
If you wish to make any use of the Services, Content,
or Marks other than as set out in this section or elsewhere in our Legal Terms, please
address your request to: compliance@pliancy.com . If we ever
grant you the permission to post, reproduce, or publicly display any part of our
Services or Content, you must identify us as the owners or licensors of the Services,
Content, or Marks and ensure that any copyright or proprietary notice appears or is
visible on posting, reproducing, or displaying our Content.
We reserve all rights not expressly granted to you in
and to the Services, Content, and Marks.
Any breach of these Intellectual Property Rights will
constitute a material breach of our Legal Terms and your right to use our Services will
terminate immediately.
Your submissions
Please review this section and the “ PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
“
section carefully prior to using our Services to understand the (a) rights you give us
and (b) obligations you have when you post or upload any content through the Services.
Submissions: By directly sending us any
question, comment, suggestion, idea, feedback, or other information about the Services (
“Submissions”
), you agree to assign to us all intellectual property rights in such Submission.
You agree that we shall own this Submission and be entitled to its unrestricted use and
dissemination for any lawful purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or
compensation to you.
You are responsible for what you post or
upload: By sending us Submissions
through any part of the Services you:
- confirm that you have read and agree with our
“ “ that is illegal, harassing, hateful, harmful, defamatory, obscene, bullying, abusive, discriminatory, threatening to any person or group, sexually explicit, false, inaccurate, deceitful, or misleading; - to the extent permissible by applicable law, waive any
and all moral rights to any such Submission
; - warrant that any such Submission
are original to you or that you have the necessary rights and licenses to submit such Submissions and that you have full authority to grant us the above-mentioned rights in relation to your Submissions ; and - warrant and represent that your Submissions
do not constitute confidential information.
You are solely
responsible for your Submissions and you expressly agree to
reimburse us for any and all losses that we may suffer because of your breach of (a) this
section, (b) any third party’s intellectual property rights, or (c) applicable law.
By using the Services, you represent and warrant
that:
(1) you have the legal capacity
and you agree to comply with these Legal Terms;
(2) you are not a
minor in the jurisdiction in which you reside
; ( 3) you will not access
the Services through automated or non-human means, whether through a
bot, script or
otherwise; (4) you will not use the
Services for any illegal or
unauthorized purpose; and
(5) your use of the
Services will not violate any applicable law or regulation.
If
you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or
incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your account and
refuse any and all current or future use of the Services (or any portion
thereof).
4. PROHIBITED
ACTIVITIES
You
may not access or use the Services for any purpose other than that for
which we make the Services available. The Services may not be used in
connection with any commercial
endeavors except those
that are specifically endorsed or approved by us.
As
a user of the Services, you agree not to:
- Systematically retrieve data or other content from the Services to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without written permission from us.
- Trick, defraud, or mislead us and other users, especially in any attempt to learn sensitive account information such as user passwords.
- Circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Services, including features that prevent or restrict the use or copying of any Content or enforce limitations on the use of the Services and/or the Content contained therein.
- Disparage, tarnish, or otherwise harm, in our opinion, us and/or the Services.
- Use any information obtained from the Services in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person.
- Make improper use of our support services or submit false reports of abuse or misconduct.
- Use the Services in a manner inconsistent with any applicable laws or regulations.
- Engage
in
- Upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) viruses, Trojan horses, or other material, including excessive use of capital letters and spamming (continuous posting of repetitive text), that interferes with any party’s uninterrupted use and enjoyment of the Services or modifies, impairs, disrupts, alters, or interferes with the use, features, functions, operation, or maintenance of the Services.
- Engage in any automated use of the system, such as using scripts to send comments or messages, or using any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools.
- Delete the copyright or other proprietary rights notice from any Content.
- Attempt to impersonate another user or person or use the username of another user.
- Upload
or transmit (or
attempt to
upload or to
transmit) any
material that
acts as a
passive or
active
information
collection or
transmission
mechanism,
including
without
limitation,
clear graphics
interchange
formats (
- Interfere with, disrupt, or create an undue burden on the Services or the networks or services connected to the Services.
- Harass, annoy, intimidate, or threaten any of our employees or agents engaged in providing any portion of the Services to you.
- Attempt to bypass any measures of the Services designed to prevent or restrict access to the Services, or any portion of the Services.
- Copy or adapt the Services’ software, including but not limited to Flash, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, or other code.
- Except as permitted by applicable law, decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Services.
- Except
as may be the
result of
standard search
engine or
Internet browser
usage, use,
launch, develop,
or distribute
any automated
system,
including
without
limitation, any
spider, robot,
cheat utility,
scraper, or
offline reader
that accesses
the Services, or
use or launch
any
- Use a buying agent or purchasing agent to make purchases on the Services.
- Make
any
- Use
the Services as
part of any
effort to
compete with us
or otherwise use
the Services
and/or the
Content for any
revenue-generating
-
Sell or otherwise transfer your profile. -
Use the Services to advertise or offer to sell goods and services.
5. USER
GENERATED
CONTRIBUTIONS
- The creation, distribution, transmission, public display, or performance, and the accessing, downloading, or copying of your Contributions do not and will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or moral rights of any third party.
- You are the creator and
owner of or have the necessary
licenses , rights, consents, releases, and permissions to use and to authorize us, the Services, and other users of the Services to use your Contributions in any manner contemplated by the Services and these Legal Terms. - You have the written consent, release, and/or permission of each and every identifiable individual person in your Contributions to use the name or likeness of each and every such identifiable individual person to enable inclusion and use of your Contributions in any manner contemplated by the Services and these Legal Terms.
- Your Contributions are not false, inaccurate, or misleading.
- Your Contributions are not
unsolicited or
unauthorized - Your Contributions are not
obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, violent, harassing,
libelous , slanderous, or otherwise objectionable (as determined by us). - Your Contributions do not ridicule, mock, disparage, intimidate, or abuse anyone.
- Your Contributions are not used to harass or threaten (in the legal sense of those terms) any other person and to promote violence against a specific person or class of people.
- Your Contributions do not violate any applicable law, regulation, or rule.
- Your Contributions do not violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party.
- Your Contributions do not violate any applicable law concerning child pornography, or otherwise intended to protect the health or well-being of minors.
- Your Contributions do not include any offensive comments that are connected to race, national origin, gender, sexual preference, or physical handicap.
- Your Contributions do not otherwise violate, or link to material that violates, any provision of these Legal Terms, or any applicable law or regulation.
Any
use of the Services in violation of the
foregoing violates these Legal Terms and may
result in, among other things, termination or
suspension of your rights to use the
Services.
6. CONTRIBUTION
LICENSE
You
and Services agree that we may access, store, process, and use any
information and personal data that you provide following the terms of the
Privacy Policy and your
choices (including settings).
By
submitting suggestions or other feedback regarding the Services, you agree that
we can use and share such feedback for any purpose without compensation to you.
We do
not assert any ownership over your Contributions. You retain full ownership of
all of your Contributions and any intellectual property rights or other
proprietary rights associated with your Contributions. We are not liable for any
statements or representations in your Contributions provided by you in any area
on the Services. You are solely responsible for your Contributions to the
Services and you expressly agree to exonerate us from any and all responsibility
and to refrain from any legal action against us regarding your Contributions.
7. SERVICES
MANAGEMENT
We reserve the right, but
not the obligation, to: (1) monitor the Services for violations of these Legal Terms; (2) take
appropriate legal action against anyone who, in our sole discretion, violates the law or these
Legal Terms, including without limitation, reporting such user to law enforcement authorities;
(3) in our sole discretion and without limitation, refuse, restrict access to, limit the
availability of, or disable (to the extent technologically feasible) any of your Contributions
or any portion thereof; (4) in our sole discretion and without limitation, notice, or liability,
to remove from the Services or otherwise disable all files and content that are excessive in
size or are in any way burdensome to our systems; and (5) otherwise manage the Services in a
manner designed to protect our rights and property and to facilitate the proper functioning of
the Services.
8. PRIVACY
POLICY
We care about
data privacy and security. Please review our Privacy Policy: https://pliancy.com/legal/privacy-policy
. By using the Services, you agree to be bound by our Privacy
Policy, which is incorporated into these Legal Terms. Please be advised the Services are
hosted in the United States
. If you access the Services from any other region of
the world with laws or other requirements governing personal data collection, use, or
disclosure that differ from applicable laws in
the United States
, then through your continued use of the Services,
you are transferring your data to
the United States
, and you expressly consent to have your data
transferred to and processed in
the United States
.
9. TERM
AND TERMINATION
These Legal
Terms shall remain in full force and effect while you use the Services. WITHOUT LIMITING
ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THESE LEGAL TERMS, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO, IN OUR SOLE
DISCRETION AND WITHOUT NOTICE OR LIABILITY, DENY ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SERVICES
(INCLUDING BLOCKING CERTAIN IP ADDRESSES), TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY REASON OR FOR NO
REASON, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION FOR BREACH OF ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, OR
COVENANT CONTAINED IN THESE LEGAL TERMS OR OF ANY APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION. WE MAY
TERMINATE YOUR USE OR PARTICIPATION IN THE SERVICES OR DELETE
ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION THAT YOU POSTED AT ANY TIME, WITHOUT WARNING,
IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION.
If we terminate
or suspend your account for any reason, you are prohibited from registering and creating
a new account under your name, a fake or borrowed name, or the name of any third party,
even if you may be acting on behalf of the third party. In addition to terminating or
suspending your account, we reserve the right to take appropriate legal action,
including without limitation pursuing civil, criminal, and injunctive redress.
10. MODIFICATIONS
AND INTERRUPTIONS
We reserve the
right to change, modify, or remove the contents of the Services at any time or for any
reason at our sole discretion without notice. However, we have no obligation to update
any information on our Services. We will not be
liable to you or any third party for any modification, price change, suspension, or
discontinuance of the Services.
We cannot
guarantee the Services will be available at all times. We may experience hardware,
software, or other problems or need to perform maintenance related to the Services,
resulting in interruptions, delays, or errors. We reserve the right to change, revise,
update, suspend, discontinue, or otherwise modify the Services at any time or for any
reason without notice to you. You agree that we have no liability whatsoever for any
loss, damage, or inconvenience caused by your inability to access or use the Services
during any downtime or discontinuance of the Services. Nothing in these Legal Terms will
be construed to obligate us to maintain and support the Services or to supply any
corrections, updates, or releases in connection therewith.
11. GOVERNING
LAW
These Legal Terms shall in all events and for all purposes be governed by, and construed in accordance with the law of the State of Delaware, without regard to any choice of law principle that would dictate the application of the law of another jurisdiction. The Company and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the State of California, for any suit or action arising from or related to these Legal Terms, and waive any right each may have to object to the venue of such courts. The Company and you further agree that these courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any such suit or action initiated by one party against the other.
12. DISPUTE
RESOLUTION
Informal Negotiations
To expedite resolution and control the cost of any dispute,
controversy, or claim related to these Legal Terms (each a
“Dispute” and collectively, the “Disputes”
) brought by either you or us (individually, a
“Party” and collectively, the “Parties” ),
the Parties agree to first attempt to negotiate any Dispute (except those Disputes
expressly provided below) informally for at least thirty (30)
days before initiating arbitration. Such informal negotiations commence upon
written notice from one Party to the other Party.
Binding Arbitration
If for any reason, a Dispute proceeds in court rather than
arbitration, the Dispute shall be commenced or prosecuted in the
state and federal courts
located in
Delaware
, and the Parties hereby consent to, and waive all defenses
of lack of personal jurisdiction, and forum non conveniens with respect to venue
and jurisdiction in such state and federal courts . Application of the United Nations
Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and the Uniform Computer
Information Transaction Act (UCITA) are excluded from these Legal Terms.
Restrictions
The
Parties agree that any arbitration shall be limited to the Dispute between the Parties
individually. To the full extent permitted by law, (a) no arbitration shall be joined with any
other proceeding; (b) there is no right or authority for any Dispute to be arbitrated on a
class-action basis or to utilize class action procedures; and (c) there is no
right or authority for any Dispute to be brought in a purported representative capacity on
behalf of the general public or any other persons.
13. CORRECTIONS
There
may be information on the Services that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies, or
omissions, including descriptions, pricing, availability, and various other information. We
reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions and to change or update the
information on the Services at any time, without prior notice.
14.
DISCLAIMER
THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN AS-IS AND AS-AVAILABLE
BASIS. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION
WITH THE SERVICES AND YOUR USE THEREOF, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE
SERVICES’ CONTENT OR THE CONTENT OF ANY WEBSITES OR MOBILE APPLICATIONS LINKED TO THE
SERVICES AND WE WILL ASSUME NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY (1) ERRORS, MISTAKES,
OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT AND MATERIALS, (2) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY
NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SERVICES, (3) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS
AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (4)
ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM THE SERVICES, (5) ANY BUGS,
VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH THE SERVICES
BY ANY THIRD PARTY, AND/OR (6) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT AND MATERIALS OR
FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY CONTENT
POSTED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA THE SERVICES. WE DO NOT WARRANT,
ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE ADVERTISED OR
OFFERED BY A THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE SERVICES, ANY HYPERLINKED WEBSITE, OR ANY WEBSITE
OR MOBILE APPLICATION FEATURED IN ANY BANNER OR OTHER ADVERTISING, AND WE WILL NOT BE A
PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY
THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES. AS WITH THE PURCHASE OF A PRODUCT OR
SERVICE THROUGH ANY MEDIUM OR IN ANY ENVIRONMENT, YOU SHOULD USE YOUR BEST JUDGMENT
AND EXERCISE CAUTION WHERE APPROPRIATE.
15. LIMITATIONS
OF LIABILITY
EXCEPT AS TO
WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OR GROSS NEGLIGENCE, (A) NEITHER PARTY WILL BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR
ANY LOSS OF USE, BUSINESS, REVENUE, OR PROFIT OR LOSS OF DATA OR DIMINUTION IN VALUE, OR FOR ANY
SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND (B) EXCEPT AS TO ANY CLAIMS BY COMPANY FOR
NON-PAYMENT BY YOU, EACH PARTY’S MAXIMUM AGGREGATE TOTAL LIABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE
SERVICES WILL NOT EXCEED THE AGGREGATE AMOUNTS PAID (OR PAYABLE IF ONE-YEAR HAS NOT ELAPSED) TO
COMPANY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE AGREEMENT UNDER WHICH SUCH PAYMENTS ARE TO BE MADE,
IN THE ONE YEAR PERIOD PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM.
16. INDEMNIFICATION
(a) Indemnification by You. Client shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Company, its affiliates
and their respective successors, permitted assigns, directors, shareholders, officers, agents and employees
(collectively, the “Company Indemnitees”) against any and all claims, demands, proceedings and suits by third
parties for damages, injuries, losses, and/or expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees for defending those
claims and related judgements, to the extent such claims arise out of or relate to (i) the use and
implementation of the Services or deliverables by you or your affiliates; (ii) any of your, or your affiliates,
and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents negligence, willful misconduct, or criminal
misconduct in performing obligations under these Legal Terms; or (iii) your breach or partial breach (direct or
indirect) of these Legal Terms. You shall have no obligations under the immediately preceding sentence to the
extent any claims, demands, suits, proceedings, judgments, losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by Company, are caused by or arise from the gross negligence,
willful misconduct or criminal misconduct of, or material breach by Company.
(b) Indemnification by Company. Company shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless you against certain third-party
claims, including reasonable attorneys’ fees for defending those claims, to the extent such claims arise out of
or relate to (i) a claim that any of the Services or deliverables of your receipt or use thereof infringes any
Intellectual Property Right (as defined below) of a third party arising under the laws of the United States
(except to the extent such claims arise from the following: any material, including but not limited to
instructions, information, designs, or specifications, provided by you in writing to Company; your use of
deliverables or Services in combination or connection with any materials or equipment not supplied to you or
specified by Company, in writing, if the infringement would have been avoided by the use of the Services or
deliverables not so combined; or any modification or changes made to Services or deliverables by or on behalf of
any person or entity other than Company; (ii) gross negligence, willful misconduct or criminal misconduct by
Company in performing obligations under these Legal Terms or Company’s provision of Services or deliverables; or
(iii) Company’s material breach of these Legal Terms. Company shall have no obligations under the immediately
preceding sentence to the extent any claims, demands, suits, proceedings, judgments, losses, liabilities,
damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by you, your affiliates and their
respective successors, permitted assigns, directors, shareholders, officers, agents and employees, are caused by
or arise from the negligence, willful misconduct or criminal misconduct of, or breach (partial, material, direct
or indirect) or default of contract by you, your affiliates and their respective successors, permitted assigns,
directors, shareholders, officers, agents and employees. In this subsection, “Intellectual Property Right” shall
mean: all patents, patent disclosures, and inventions (whether patentable or not); trademarks, service marks,
trade dress, trade names, logos, corporate names, and domain names, together with all of the goodwill associated
therewith; copyrights and copyrightable works (including computer programs), and rights in data and databases;
trade secrets, know-how, and other confidential information; and all other intellectual property rights, in each
case whether registered or unregistered and including all applications for, and renewals or extensions of, such
rights, and all similar or equivalent rights or forms of protection in any part of the world.
(c) Indemnification Procedures. Each party must notify the other party within ten (10) days after receipt of any
claims made for which the other party might be liable. The indemnifying party will have the sole right to
defend, negotiate, and settle such claims. The indemnified party will be entitled to participate in the defense
of such matter and to employ counsel at its expense to assist in such defense; provided, however, that the
indemnifying party will have final decision-making authority regarding all aspects of the defense of the claim.
The indemnified party will provide the indemnifying party with such information and assistance as the
indemnifying party may reasonably request, at the expense of the indemnifying party. Neither party will be
responsible nor bound by any settlement of any claim or suit made without its prior written consent; provided,
however, that the indemnified party will not unreasonably withhold or delay such consent.
17. USER DATA
We will maintain
certain data that you transmit to the Services for the purpose of managing the
performance of the Services, as well as data relating to your use of the Services.
Although we perform regular routine backups
of data, you are solely responsible for all data that you transmit or that
relates to any activity you have undertaken using the Services. You agree
that we shall have no liability to you for any loss or corruption of any such
data, and you hereby waive any right of action against us arising from any such
loss or corruption of such data.
18. ELECTRONIC
COMMUNICATIONS, TRANSACTIONS, AND SIGNATURES
Visiting the Services, sending us emails, and
completing online forms constitute electronic communications. You consent to receive
electronic communications, and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and
other communications we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Services,
satisfy any legal requirement that such communication be in writing. YOU HEREBY AGREE TO
THE USE OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES, CONTRACTS, ORDERS, AND OTHER RECORDS, AND TO
ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF NOTICES, POLICIES, AND RECORDS OF TRANSACTIONS INITIATED OR
COMPLETED BY US OR VIA THE SERVICES. You hereby waive any rights or requirements under
any statutes, regulations, rules, ordinances, or other laws in any jurisdiction which
require an original signature or delivery or retention of non-electronic records, or to
payments or the granting of credits by any means other than electronic means.
19. CALIFORNIA
USERS AND RESIDENTS
If any complaint
with us is not satisfactorily resolved, you can contact the Complaint
Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California
Department of Consumer Affairs in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N
112, Sacramento, California 95834 or by telephone at (800) 952-5210 or (916)
445-1254.
20. MISCELLANEOUS
These Legal Terms and any policies or operating rules
posted by us on the Services or in respect to the Services constitute the entire
agreement and understanding between you and us. Our failure to exercise or enforce any
right or provision of these Legal Terms shall not operate as a waiver of such right or
provision. These Legal Terms operate to the fullest extent permissible by law. We may
assign any or all of our rights and obligations to others at any time. We shall not be
responsible or liable for any loss, damage, delay, or failure to act caused by any cause
beyond our reasonable control. If any provision or part of a provision of these Legal
Terms is determined to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision or part of
the provision is deemed severable from these Legal Terms and does not affect the
validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. There is no joint venture,
partnership, employment or agency relationship created between you and us as a result of
these Legal Terms or use of the Services. You agree that these Legal Terms will not be
construed against us by virtue of having drafted them. You hereby waive any and all defenses
you may have based on the electronic form of these Legal Terms and the lack of
signing by the parties hereto to execute these Legal Terms.
21. CONTACT
US
In order to resolve a complaint regarding the Services
or to receive further information regarding use of the Services, please contact us
at: