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INTERTEK DESIGN HOSTING ACCEPTABLE USE AND SERVICE GUIDELINES
These
Intertek Design Hosting Acceptable Use Guidelines ("Usage Guidelines")
describe the proper kinds of conduct and prohibited uses of Intertek
Design's hosting services (the "Services"), as described
and subscribed to pursuant to the Hosting Agreement posted at www.intertekdesign.com/policies.htm
(the "Hosting Agreement").
These Usage Guidelines are not exhaustive and Intertek Design reserves
the right to modify these Usage Guidelines at any time, effective
upon posting of the modified Usage Guidelines to www.intertekdesign.com/policies.htm.
By registering for and using the Services, and thereby accepting the
terms and conditions of the Hosting Agreement, you agree to abide
by these Usage Guidelines as modified from time to time. Any violation
of these Usage Guidelines may result in the suspension or termination
of your account or such other action as Intertek Design deems appropriate
which is described further in the Hosting Agreement.
1. YOUR
GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES
The
Services enable you to develop and display a Web site through which you
can interact with users of the Internet and retrieve and send vast
amounts of information. Generally, Intertek Design will not actively
monitor, censor, or directly control any content that is or will be
displayed on your Web site(s) or information that you collect or use
through your Web site(s). Intertek Design, however, provides the
Services with the goals of (a) ensuring security, reliability and
privacy of the Services and the users of the Services, (b) maintaining
an image and reputation of Intertek Design as a responsible provider of
the Services, (c) preserving the value of Internet resources as a
conduit for free expression, (d) encouraging the responsible use of
Internet resources and discouraging degrading, libelous or illegal uses
of such resources. Consequently, Intertek Design expects you, and all
other users of the Services, to take responsibility in using the
Internet with courtesy and responsibility, and be familiar with and to
practice good Internet etiquette, in furtherance of the above stated
goals.
VIOLATION
OF ANY OF THESE GUIDELINES IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED AND MAY RESULT IN THE
IMMEDIATE TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF THE SERVICES YOU RECEIVE FROM
INTERTEK DESIGN ACCORDING TO THE HOSTING AGREEMENT. YOU SHALL REMAIN
SOLELY LIABLE AND RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES AND ANY AND
ALL CONTENT THAT YOU DISPLAY, UPLOAD, DOWNLOAD OR TRANSMIT THROUGH THE
USE OF THE SERVICES. "CONTENT" INCLUDES, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
YOUR E-MAIL, WEB PAGES, PERSONAL HOME PAGES, AND DOMAIN NAMES. IT IS
INTERTEK DESIGN'S POLICY TO TERMINATE REPEAT INFRINGERS.
2.
ILLEGAL OR HARMFUL USE
You may
use the Services only for lawful purposes. Transmission, distribution,
sale, or storage of any material in violation of any applicable law,
regulation, or these Usage Guidelines is prohibited. The following
non-exhaustive list details the kinds of illegal or harmful conduct are
prohibited. Intertek Design reserves the rights to restrict or prohibit
any and all uses of the Services or content on your Web site(s) and to
remove such materials from its servers, that Intertek Design determines
in its sole discretion is harmful to its servers, systems, network,
reputation, good will, other Intertek Design customers, or any third
party.
Infringement.
Infringement of intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights
including, without limitation, material protected by copyright,
trademark, patent, trade secret, or other intellectual property right
used without proper authorization. Infringement may result from, among
other activities, the unauthorized copying and posting of pictures,
logos, software, articles, musical works, and videos.
Offensive
Materials. Transmission, disseminating, sale, storage or hosting
material that is unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic,
indecent, lewd, harassing, threatening, harmful, invasive of privacy or
publicity rights, abusive, inflammatory or otherwise objectionable.
Export
Violations. Posting or sending of software or technical information in
violation of U.S. export laws, including, without limitation, the Export
Administration Act and the Export Administration Regulations maintained
by the Department of Commerce.
Harmful
Content. Disseminating or hosting harmful content including, without
limitation, viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or any
other computer programming routines that may damage, interfere with,
surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, program, data or
personal information.
Fraudulent
Conduct. Offering or disseminating fraudulent goods, services, schemes,
or promotions (i.e., make money fast schemes, chain letters, pyramid
schemes), or furnishing false data on any signup form, contract or
online application or registration, or the fraudulent use of any
information obtained through the use of the Services, including without
limitation use of credit card numbers.
3.
SYSTEM AND NETWORK SECURITY AND INTEGRITY
Violations
of Intertek Design's or any third party's server, system or network
security through the use of the Services are prohibited, and may result
in criminal and civil liability. Intertek Design may investigate
incidents involving such violations. Intertek Design may involve and
cooperate with law enforcement if a criminal violation is suspected.
Examples of server, system or network security violations include,
without limitation, the following:
Hacking.
Unauthorized access to or use of data, systems, server or networks,
including any attempt to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a
system, server or network or to breach security or authentication
measures without express authorization of the owner of the system,
server or network.
Interception.
Unauthorized monitoring of data or traffic on any network, server, or
system without express authorization of the owner of the system, server,
or network.
Intentional
Interference. Interference with service to any user, host or network
including, without limitation, mail bombing, news bombing, other
flooding techniques, deliberate attempts to overload a system, broadcast
attacks and any activity resulting in the crash of a host. Intentional
interference also means the use of any kind of program/script/command,
or send messages of any kind, designed to interfere with a user's
terminal session, via any means, locally or by the Internet.
Falsification
of Origin. Forging of any TCP-IP packet header, e-mail header or any
part of a message header. This prohibition does not include the use of
aliases or anonymous remailers.
Avoiding
System Restrictions. Using manual or electronic means to avoid any use
limitations placed on the Services such as timing out.
Failure
to Safeguard Accounts. Failing to prevent unauthorized access to
accounts, including any account passwords.
4.
E-MAIL
You may
not distribute, publish, or send any of the following types of e-mail:
Unsolicited
promotions, advertising or solicitations (commonly referred to as
"spam"), including, without limitation, commercial advertising
and informational announcements, except to those who have explicitly
requested such e-mails.
Commercial
promotions, advertising, solicitations, or informational announcements
that contain false or misleading information in any form.
Harassing
e-mail, whether through language, frequency, or size of messages.
Chain
letters.
Malicious
e-mail, including without limitation "mailbombing" (flooding a
user or Web site with very large or numerous pieces of mail) or
"trolling" (posting outrageous messages to generate numerous
responses).
E-mails
containing forged or falsified information in the header (including
sender name and routing information), or any other forged or falsified
information.
In
addition, you may not use Intertek Design's mail server or another Web
site's mail server to relay mail without the express permission of the
account holder or the Web site. Posting the same or similar message to
one or more newsgroups (excessive cross-posting or multiple-posting)
also is explicitly prohibited.
INDIRECT
OR ATTEMPTED VIOLATIONS OF THE USAGE GUIDELINES, AND ACTUAL OR ATTEMPTED
VIOLATIONS BY A THIRD PARTY ON YOUR BEHALF, SHALL BE CONSIDERED
VIOLATIONS OF THE USAGE GUIDELINES BY YOU.
If you
want to report any violations of these Usage Guidelines, please contact info@intertekdesign.com.
HOSTING
AGREEMENT
Welcome
to Intertek Design's Web site hosting services! This Hosting Agreement
governs your purchase and use, in any manner, of all Web site hosting
services, including Shared Hosting Services, (collectively, the
"Services") as described in the Order Form, ordered by you and
accepted by Intertek Design and describes the terms and conditions that
apply to such purchase and use of the Services. If you have registered
for Co-Location Services, then the term "Services" shall also
include such Co-Location Services so that this Agreement will govern
your purchase and use of all such Services (including Co-Location
Services); provided, however, that your purchase and use of the
Co-Location Services shall also be governed by the terms and conditions
set forth in the Addendum A to this Agreement. If you did not register
for Co-Location Services, however, then Addendum A is inapplicable to
your purchase and use of the Services. For purposes of this Agreement,
the Shared Hosting Services include the E-Commerce Services. You must
register and accept the terms of this Agreement in order to use the
Services. BY CLICKING ON THE "CREATE" BUTTON, AND REGISTERING
FOR AND USING THE SERVICES, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS
AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED
HEREIN AS WELL AS ALL POLICIES AND GUIDELINES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE.
Intertek Design reserves the right to change or modify any of the terms
and conditions contained in this Agreement, the Addendum and any policy
or guideline incorporated by reference at any time and from time to time
in its sole discretion, and to determine whether and when any such
changes apply to both existing or future customers. Any changes or
modification will be effective upon posting of the revisions on the
Intertek Design Web site (the "Site"). Intertek Design will
post a notice of such changes or modifications to this Agreement or the
Addendum on the Site for thirty (30) days. Intertek Design may post
changes or modifications to referenced policies and guidelines without
notice to you. Your continued use of the Services following Intertek
Design's posting of any changes or modifications will constitute your
acceptance of such changes or modifications. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE
TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT (OR THE ADDENDUM IF THEY APPLY TO YOU), DO NOT
CLICK THE "I ACCEPT" BUTTON. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS
OF ANY MODIFICATION, DO NOT CONTINUE TO USE THE SERVICES AND IMMEDIATELY
NOTIFY INTERTEK DESIGN OF YOUR TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT IN THE
MANNER DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1.2 BELOW.
1. Term
and Payment for Services
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1.1 Term. This
Agreement shall be for an "Initial Term" of either (a)
thirty (30) days if you register for Shared Hosting Services, or
(b) as otherwise chosen by you in the Order Form, located on the
Site, at the time you register for the Services. This Agreement
will be automatically renewed (the "Renewal Term") at
the end of the Initial Term for the same period as the Initial
Term unless you provide Intertek Design with notice of termination
either (a) at least seven (7) days prior to the end of the Initial
Term or the Renewal Term, whichever is then applicable, if you
registered for and are receiving Shared Hosting Services or (b) at
least thirty (30) days prior to the end of the Initial Term or
Renewal Term, whichever is then applicable.
You must provide Intertek Design with your notice of
termination by clicking on the "Cancel Service" button
located on the Site. Upon clicking on the "Cancel
Service" button, you will be asked to provide Intertek Design
with sufficient customer identification information so that
Intertek Design may properly identify you and your account. Any
notice of termination will be effective upon Intertek Design's
receipt thereof.
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1.2 Termination
Policy. If you terminate your receipt of the Services prior to the
end of the Initial Term or the Renewal Term, whichever is then
applicable, (a) Intertek Design shall not refund to you any fees
paid in advance of such termination and (b) you shall be required
to pay the lesser of three (3) times the standard monthly charge
or 100% of Intertek Design's standard monthly charge for each
month remaining in the term, unless otherwise expressly provided
herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if you have pre-paid for a
one year period of Shared Hosting Services, you are entitled to
pro-rata refund of the remaining months in the annual period,
calculated at the standard monthly rate for such Shared Hosting
Services, not the discounted annual rate. Your termination request
must be submitted to Intertek Design in the manner described in
Section 1.1. Intertek Design may terminate this Agreement at any
time and for any reason by providing to you thirty (30) days prior
written notice of termination. If Intertek Design terminates this
Agreement, Intertek Design shall refund to you the pro-rata
portion of pre-paid fees attributable to Services not yet rendered
as of the termination date unless otherwise expressly provided
herein.
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1.3 Liability
and Obligations on Termination. Should the Agreement expire or be
terminated for any reason, Intertek Design will not be liable to
you because of such expiration or termination for compensation,
reimbursement or damages on account of the loss of prospective
profits, anticipated sales, goodwill or on account of
expenditures, investments, leases or commitments in connection
with your business, or for any other reason whatsoever flowing
from such termination or expiration. Any termination of this
Agreement shall not relieve you of any obligations to pay fees and
costs accrued prior to the termination date and any other amounts
owed by you to Intertek Design as provided in this Agreement.
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1.4 Charges.
You agree to pay for all charges attributable to your use of the
Services at the then current Intertek Design prices, which shall
be exclusive of any applicable taxes. You shall be responsible for
the payment of all federal, state, and local sales, use, value
added, excise, duty and any other taxes assessed with respect to
the Services, other than taxes based on Intertek Design's net
income.
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1.5 Payment.
All charges for Services must be paid in advance according to the
then current price applicable to the Services. Upon registration
for Dedicated Hosting Services, you must choose to pay for the
Services either by credit card or upon your receipt of an invoice.
If you register for Shared Hosting Services, you must pay for the
Services by credit card. If you choose to pay by credit card upon
registering for Dedicated Hosting Services or if you register for
Shared Hosting Services, you thereby authorize Intertek Design to
charge your credit or debit card to pay for any charges that may
apply to your account. You agree that Intertek Design may
accumulate any supplemental charges, as described in the Order
Form, incurred by you in your use of the Services
("Supplemental Charges") until such charges exceed $20
and then charge your card. You must notify Intertek Design of any
changes to your card account (including, without limitation,
applicable account number or cancellation or expiration of the
account), your billing address, or any information that may
prohibit Intertek Design from charging your account. If you choose
to be invoiced upon registration for Dedicated Hosting Services,
Intertek Design will send an invoice to you for the Services
applicable to the period for which you have registered for the
Services. Intertek Design may also send periodic invoices to you
for any applicable Supplemental Charges associated with your use
of the Services. You agree to pay to Intertek Design the amount
indicated in each invoice by the due date reflected on the
invoice. If you fail to pay any fees and taxes within ten (10)
days from applicable due date for credit card or invoice payments,
late charges of the lesser of one and one-half per cent (1.5%) per
month or the maximum allowable under applicable law shall also
become payable by you to Intertek Design. In addition, your
failure to fully pay any fees and taxes within ten (10) days after
the applicable due date will be deemed a material breach of this
Agreement, justifying Intertek Design's suspension of its
performance of the Services and/or termination of this Agreement.
You are responsible for any fees associated with reinstated of
Services. Any such termination would not relieve you from paying
past due fees plus interest. In the event of collection
enforcement, you will be liable for any costs associated with such
collection, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys'
fees, court costs and collection agency fees.
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1.6 30 Day
Guarantee. Notwithstanding Sections 1.1 through 1.4, if you are
not fully satisfied with the Shared Hosting Services, you may
terminate this Agreement at any time during the first thirty (30)
days from your initial order date and receive a full refund of all
payments made by you to Intertek Design for the Shared Hosting
Services. To receive such refund, you must terminate this
Agreement in the manner described in Section 1.1 and cease using
the Services, and Intertek Design must receive your termination
notice, within the above described thirty (30) day period. You
agree to provide Intertek Design with a description of why you are
not satisfied with the Services and are terminating this
Agreement.
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2. Use
of Services
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2.1 Applicable
Policies and Guidelines. The Intertek Design Acceptable Use And
Service Guidelines (the "Usage Guidelines") govern the
general policies and procedures for use of the Services. Intertek
Design's On-line Privacy Practices governs how Intertek Design
collects, stores, processes and uses information associated with
your use of the Services. The Usage Guidelines and the On-line
Privacy Practices are posted on Intertek Design's Web site at (or
such other location as Intertek Design may specify) and may be
updated from time-to-time. YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY READ THE USAGE
GUIDELINES. BY USING THE SERVICES, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE
TERMS OF THE USAGE GUIDELINES AND ANY MODIFICATIONS THERETO.
INTERTEK DESIGN RESERVES THE RIGHT TO TERMINATE YOUR ACCOUNT FOR
ANY VIOLATION OF THE USAGE GUIDELINES OR THIS AGREEMENT.
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2.2 Material
and Product Requirements. You must ensure that all material and
data placed on Intertek Design's equipment is in a condition that
is "server-ready," which is in a form requiring no
additional manipulation by Intertek Design. Intertek Design will
make no effort to validate any of this information for content,
correctness or usability. In the event that your material is not
"server-ready", Intertek Design has the option at any
time to reject this material. Intertek Design will notify you of
its refusal of the material and afford you the opportunity to
amend or modify the material to satisfy the needs and/or
requirements of Intertek Design. Use of the Services requires a
certain level of knowledge in the use of Internet languages,
protocols and software. This level of knowledge varies depending
on the anticipated use and desired content of your Web site. You
must have the necessary knowledge to create and maintain a Web
site. It is not Intertek Design's responsibility to provide this
knowledge or customer support outside of the Services agreed to by
you and Intertek Design.
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2.3 Bandwidth,
Storage, and E-Mail Usage. You agree that use of the Services
hereunder will not exceed the bandwidth, storage and E-mail usage
limits set out in the Order Form. If you use any bandwidth or
storage space in excess of the agreed upon number of megabytes per
month or if you exceed E-Mail storage and attachment size
limitations, Intertek Design may, in its sole discretion, assess
you with additional charges, suspend the performance of the
Service, or terminate this Agreement. In the event that Intertek
Design elects to take any corrective action, you will not be
entitled to a refund of any unused pre-paid fees.
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2.4 Domain
Names. As part of the Services, you will provide Intertek Design
with a registered domain name or names or Intertek Design will
register such domain name(s) selected by you, provided that such
domain name is available for registration and does not violate any
Network Solutions' or other registration services' policies, or
any law or regulation. You agree to promptly reimburse Intertek
Design for any fees paid by Intertek Design to Network Solutions
or other registration services with respect to the registration
and maintenance of such domain name(s). In the event of any
dispute or cause of action arising out of or related to your
domain name used in connection with the Services, upon your
request Intertek Design will attempt to register with Network
Solutions or other registrar an alternative domain name chosen by
you. You agree to be bound by the terms of Network Solutions' then
current domain name policy and/or the policies of the national DNS
registration authorities to which you become subject upon
registration of your domain name. The inability to use a domain
name shall not entitle you to a refund by Intertek Design of any
fees paid with respect to the registration of such unusable domain
name. In the event you received a "Free Domain Name
Registration" offer when you signed up for the Services, and
you terminate the Services within one year of such domain name
registration, you agree to immediately pay Intertek Design the
full retail price for such domain name registration in effect when
you registered such domain name, in addition to any other fees for
early termination described herein.
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2.5 Co-Location
Services. If you have registered for Co-Location Services,
Intertek Design's provision of such services is subject to, in
addition to the terms of this Agreement, the terms and conditions
set forth in Addendum A to this Agreement. If you did not register
for Co-Location Services, however, Addendum A is inapplicable to
your receipt of the Services.
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3.
Intellectual Property Rights
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3.1 Your
License Grant to Intertek Design. You hereby grant to Intertek
Design a non-exclusive, worldwide, and royalty-free license for
the Initial Term and the Renewal Term, if applicable, to edit,
modify, adapt, translate, exhibit, publish, transmit, participate
in the transfer of, reproduce, create derivative works from,
distribute, perform, display, and otherwise use your content as
necessary for the purposes of rendering and operating the Services
to you under this Agreement. You expressly (a) grant to Intertek
Design a license to cache materials distributed or made available
for distribution via the Services, including content supplied by
third parties, and (b) agree that such caching is not an
infringement of any of your intellectual property rights or any
third party's intellectual property rights.
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3.2 Your
Warranties And Representations to Intertek Design. You warrant,
represent, and covenant to Intertek Design that (a) you are at
least eighteen (18) years of age; (b) you possess the legal right
and ability to enter into this Agreement; (c) you will use the
Services only for lawful purposes and in accordance with this
Agreement and all applicable policies and guidelines; (d) you will
be financially responsible for the use of your account; (e) you
have acquired or will acquire all authorization(s) necessary for
hypertext links to third-party Web sites or other content; (f) you
have verified or will verify the accuracy of materials distributed
or made available for distribution via the Services, including,
without limitation, your content, descriptive claims, warranties,
guarantees, nature of business, and address where business is
conducted, and (g) your content does not and will not infringe or
violate any right of any third party (including any intellectual
property rights) or violate any applicable law, regulation or
ordinance.
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3.3 Intertek
Design Materials And Intellectual Property. All materials,
including but not limited to any computer software (in object code
and source code form), data or information developed or provided
by Intertek Design or its suppliers or agents pursuant to this
Agreement, and any know-how, methodologies, equipment, or
processes used by Intertek Design to provide the Services to you,
including, without limitation, all copyrights, trademarks,
patents, trade secrets, and any other proprietary rights inherent
therein and appurtenant thereto shall remain the sole and
exclusive property of Intertek Design or its suppliers. Intertek
Design shall also maintain and control ownership of all Internet
protocol ("IP") numbers and addresses that may be
assigned to you by Intertek Design. Intertek Design reserves, in
its sole discretion, the right to change or remove any and all
such IP numbers and addresses.
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4.
Enforcement
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4.1
Investigation of Violations. Intertek Design may investigate any
reported violation of this Agreement, the Addendum its policies or
any complaints and take any action that it deems appropriate and
reasonable under the circumstance to protect its systems,
facilities, customers and/or third parties. Intertek Design will
not access or review the contents of any e-mail or similar stored
electronic communications except as required or permitted by
applicable law or legal process.
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4.2 Actions.
Intertek Design reserves the right and has absolute discretion to
restrict or remove from its servers any content that violates this
Agreement, the Addendum or related policies or guidelines, or is
otherwise objectionable or potentially infringing on any third
party's rights or in potentially violation of any laws. In the
event of becoming aware of any possible violation by you of this
Agreement, the Addendum, any related policies or guidelines, third
party rights or laws, Intertek Design may immediately take
corrective action, including, but not limited to, (a) issuing
warnings, (b) suspending or terminating the Service, (c)
restricting or prohibiting any and all uses of content hosted on
Intertek Design's systems, and/or (d) disabling or removing any
hypertext links to third-party Web sites, any of your content
distributed or made available for distribution via the Services,
or other content not supplied by Intertek Design which, in
Intertek Design's sole discretion, may violate or infringe any law
or third-party rights or which otherwise exposes or potentially
exposes Intertek Design to civil or criminal liability or public
ridicule. It is Intertek Design's policy to terminate repeat
infringers. The above stated rights of action, however, do not
obligate Intertek Design to monitor or exert editorial control
over the information made available for distribution via the
Services. In the event Intertek Design takes corrective action due
to such possible violation, Intertek Design shall not be obligated
to refund to you any fees paid in advance of such corrective
action.
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4.3 Disclosure
Rights. To comply with applicable laws and lawful governmental
requests, to protect Intertek Design's systems and customers, or
to ensure the integrity and operation of Intertek Design's
business and systems, Intertek Design may access and disclose any
information it considers necessary or appropriate, including,
without limitation, user profile information (i.e., name, e-mail
address, etc.), IP addressing and traffic information, usage
history, and content residing on Intertek Design's servers and
systems. Intertek Design also reserves the right to report any
activity that it suspects violates any law or regulation to
appropriate law enforcement officials, regulators, or other
appropriate third parties. To the extent any inconsistency exists
between any terms of Intertek Design's On-line Privacy Practices
and Intertek Design's right disclose under this section, Intertek
Design's right to disclose under this section will control.
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5.
Disclaimed Warranties You acknowledge and agree that Intertek Design
exercises no control over, and accepts no responsibility for, the
content of the information passing through Intertek Design's host
computers, network hubs and points of presence, or the Internet. ALL
SERVICES PERFORMED HEREUNDER ARE PERFORMED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT
WARRANTY AGAINST FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
ANY FAILURE DUE TO COMPUTER HARDWARE OR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS. EXCEPT AS
EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT, INTERTEK DESIGN DOES NOT MAKE AND
HEREBY DISCLAIMS, AND YOU HEREBY WAIVE ALL RELIANCE ON, ANY
REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, ARISING BY LAW OR OTHERWISE, REGARDING
THE SERVICES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR
ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR USAGE IN TRADE.
6.
Limitation and Exclusion of Liability
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6.1
Limitations. IN NO EVENT SHALL INTERTEK DESIGN OR ITS SUPPLIERS
HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, OR ALTERATION,
THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OF INFORMATION DISTRIBUTED OR MADE AVAILABLE
FOR DISTRIBUTION VIA THE SERVICES THROUGH ACCIDENT, FRAUDULENT
MEANS OR DEVICES. NEITHER INTERTEK DESIGN NOR ITS SUPPLIERS SHALL
HAVE LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO INTERTEK DESIGN'S OBLIGATIONS UNDER
THIS AGREEMENT, THE ADDENDUM OR OTHERWISE FOR CONSEQUENTIAL,
EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES EVEN IF
INTERTEK DESIGN HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF
LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING
LIMITATION OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN ANY EVENT, THE
LIABILITY OF INTERTEK DESIGN AND ITS SUPPLIERS TO YOU FOR ANY
REASON AND UPON ANY CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT
ACTUALLY PAID TO INTERTEK DESIGN BY YOU UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND
THE ADDENDUM DURING THE THREE (3) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE
DATE ON WHICH SUCH CLAIM ACCRUED. THIS LIMITATION APPLIES TO ALL
CAUSES OF ACTION IN THE AGGREGATE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
TO BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF WARRANTY, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT
LIABILITY, MISREPRESENTATIONS, AND OTHER TORTS. THE FEES FOR THE
SERVICES SET BY INTERTEK DESIGN HEREUNDER HAVE BEEN AND WILL
CONTINUE TO BE BASED UPON THIS ALLOCATION OF RISK. ACCORDINGLY,
YOU HEREBY RELEASE INTERTEK DESIGN AND ITS SUPPLIERS FROM ANY AND
ALL OBLIGATIONS, LIABILITIES, AND CLAIM IN EXCESS OF THE
LIMITATION STATED IN THIS SECTION 6.1.
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6.2
Interruption of Service. You hereby acknowledge and agree that
Intertek Design and its suppliers will not be liable for any
temporary delay, outages or interruptions of the Services.
Further, Intertek Design shall not be liable for any delay or
failure to perform its obligations under this Agreement, where
such delay or failure results from any act of God or other cause
beyond its reasonable control (including, without limitation, any
mechanical, electronic, communications or third-party supplier
failure).
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7.
Indemnification You hereby release and hold harmless, and agree to
indemnify, Intertek Design and its affiliates and suppliers (and their
respective employees, directors and representatives) against any and all
claims, actions, proceedings, suits, liabilities, damages, settlements,
penalties, fines, costs or expenses (including, without limitation,
reasonable attorneys' fees and other litigation expenses) incurred by
Intertek Design or its suppliers, arising out of or relating to (a) your
violation or breach of any term, condition, representation or warranty
of this Agreement, the Addendum or any applicable policy or guideline;
(b) your improper or illegal use the Services; or (c) your violation,
alleged violation, or misappropriation of any intellectual property
right (including, without limitation, trademark, copyright, patent,
trade secrets) or non-proprietary right of a third party (including,
without limitation, defamation, libel, violation of privacy or
publicity).
8.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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8.1 Entire
Agreement. This Agreement, in conjunction with the Addendum and
all policies and guidelines incorporated herein by reference,
constitutes the entire agreement between you and Intertek Design
with respect to the subject matter hereof and there are no
representations, understandings or agreements which are not fully
expressed in this Agreement and the related policies and
guidelines.
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8.2 No
Fiduciary Relationship; No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Intertek
Design is not the agent, fiduciary, trustee or other
representative of you. Except for the rights of Intertek Design's
suppliers under sections 6 and 7 hereof, nothing expressed or
mentioned in or implied from this Agreement or the Addendum is
intended or shall be construed to give to any person other than
the parties hereto any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under or in respect to this Agreement and the Addendum. This
Agreement and the Addendum and all of the representations,
warranties, covenants, conditions and provisions hereof are
intended to be and are for the sole and exclusive benefit of the
parties hereto.
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8.3 Amendments.
Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, no amendment,
change, waiver, or discharge hereof or to the Addendum shall be
valid unless in writing and signed by the parties.
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8.4
Identification. Intertek Design may, free of any obligation to pay
compensation, use your name and identify you as a Intertek Design
client, in advertising, publicity, or similar materials
distributed or displayed to prospective clients.
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8.5 Choice of
Law and Forum. THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING THE ADDENDUM, WILL BE
GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF
ILLINOIS
, WITHOUT
REFERENCE TO RULES GOVERNING CHOICE OF LAWS. ANY ACTION RELATING
TO THIS AGREEMENT MUST BE BROUGHT IN THE FEDERAL OR STATE COURTS
LOCATED IN
SPRINGFIELD
,
ILLINOIS
, AND YOU
IRREVOCABLY CONSENT TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS.
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8.6 Compliance
With Laws. You shall at all times comply with all applicable laws
and regulations and shall indemnify and save Intertek Design
harmless from your failure to so comply. You agree that Intertek
Design shall not have to perform any obligations set forth in this
Agreement if such performance would violate any present or future
law, regulation or policy of any applicable government.
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8.7
Non-Assignment. You may not assign this Agreement or any right or
obligation hereunder or under the Addendum, by operation of law or
otherwise, without Intertek Design's prior written consent.
Intertek Design may assign its rights and obligations under this
Agreement or the Addendum, and may utilize affiliate and/or agents
in performing its duties and exercising its rights hereunder,
without your consent. Subject to that restriction, this Agreement
and the Addendum will be binding on, inure to the benefit of, and
be enforceable against the parties and their respective successors
and assigns.
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8.8 No Waiver.
Intertek Design's failure to enforce the strict performance of any
provision of this Agreement or the Addendum will not constitute a
waiver of Intertek Design's right to subsequently enforce such
provision or any other provisions hereunder or thereunder.
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8.9
Severability. Should any term or provision hereof be deemed
invalid, void or unenforceable either in its entirety or in a
particular application, the remainder of this Agreement and the
Addendum, if applicable, shall nonetheless remain in full force
and effect and, if the subject term or provision is deemed to be
invalid, void or unenforceable only with respect to a particular
application, such term or provision shall remain in full force and
effect with respect to all other applications.
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8.10 Headings.
The section headings used herein are for reference and convenience
only and shall not enter into the interpretation hereof.
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8.11 Survival.
All provisions of this Agreement and the Addendum relating to your
warranties, intellectual property rights, limitation and exclusion
of liability, your indemnification obligations and payment
obligations shall survive the termination or expiration hereof and
thereof..
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WEB
DESIGN SERVICE AGREEMENT
THIS
CUSTOMER SERVICES AGREEMENT ("AGREEMENT") FOR WEBSITE SERVICES
IS ENTERED INTO BETWEEN INTERTEK DESIGN AND THE PERSON OR ENTITY THAT
CLICKS ON THE "CREATE ACCOUNT" BUTTON BELOW
("CUSTOMER"). INTERTEK DESIGN IS WILLING TO ENTER INTO THIS
AGREEMENT ONLY ON THE CONDITION THAT CUSTOMER PAYS THE APPROPRIATE FEES
AND ACCEPTS ALL OF THE TERMS IN THIS AGREEMENT.
PLEASE
READ THE TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE CLICKING ON THE "CREATE
ACCOUNT" BUTTON, AS BY CLICKING ON THE "CREATE ACCOUNT"
BUTTON YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT, UNDERSTAND IT
AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY IT
IF YOU
DO NOT AGREE TO ALL THESE TERMS, INTERTEK DESIGN IS UNWILLING TO ENTER
INTO THIS AGREEMENT, AND YOU SHOULD CLICK ON THE "CANCEL"
BUTTON TO DISCONTINUE THIS PROCESS.
INTERTEK
DESIGN provides website design and development services via the Internet
and other platforms (the "Services") through INTERTEK DESIGN'S
Internet website (the "Website"). Customer agrees to use the
Services in accordance with this Agreement and as requested by INTERTEK
DESIGN. Hosting Services are provided by Intertek Design in accordance
with the Hosting Agreement found at www.IntertekDesign.com. INTERTEK
DESIGN is willing to provide Customer with the Services as set forth
below. In consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants set
forth below, the parties hereby agree as follows:
1.
PROVISION OF SERVICES; LICENSE.
(a) Provided that Customer pays INTERTEK DESIGN the fees set forth in
the order summary, INTERTEK DESIGN will provide Customer with the
Services ordered and the website created by INTERTEK DESIGN
("Deliverable") described in the order summary under the terms
and conditions of thisAgreement.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, INTERTEK
DESIGN hereby grants to Customer a limited, personal, non-exclusive,
non-transferable license to use the Deliverables set forth in the
Customer order summary.
(c) This is a license, not a transfer of title, and is subject to the
following restrictions: Customer may not (1) modify the Deliverables
except with the tools incorporated into the Deliverables (2) use
Deliverables for any third party commercial purpose; (3) decompile,
reverse engineer, or disassemble software Deliverables, (4) remove any
copyright or other proprietary notices from the Deliverables; or (5)
transfer the Deliverables to another person. Customer agrees to prevent
any unauthorized copying of the Deliverables.
(d) With respect to any Intertek Design logos and/or hypertext link
logos provided with the Deliverables, Customer is granted a
non-assignable, non-exclusive, royalty free license solely to use the
logos and/or link logo as a hypertext link icon to allow users to link
from Customer's web page to the Intertek Design web pages, based on the
following terms and conditions:
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1. Customer
acknowledges the validity and Intertek Design's exclusive
ownership of all right, title, and interest in and to the INTERTEK
DESIGN, Powered by Intertek Design and Powered by Intertek Design
logos and link logo marks or other Intertek Design logos and link
logo marks (the Marks) and, during or after the term of this
Agreement, shall not, in any way, contest, or help others to
contest, such ownership or the validity of any registrations or
rights of Intertek Design now owned or obtained relating to the
Marks.
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2. Customer
shall not use any names, marks, terms, graphics, or other
materials on its Web page or site that are likely to cause
confusion with or dilute the distinctiveness of either of the
Marks or to damage the reputation or commercial image of Intertek
Design or any of its products.
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3. Intertek
Design, in its sole discretion, may terminate this license
immediately for any reason. Upon termination of this license,
Customer shall immediately cease all further use of the Marks, or
any other similar mark, name or logo, including, without
limitation, any name or mark comprising the term "Intertek
Design."
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2.
OWNERSHIP
Intertek Design and its suppliers will at all times retain all title to
and ownership of the Deliverables. Deliverables are copyrighted and are
protected by worldwide copyright laws and treaty provisions. Except as
provided herein, the Deliverables may not be copied, reproduced,
modified, published, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in
any way, without Intertek Design's prior written permission. Except as
expressly provided herein, Intertek Design does not grant any express or
implied right to Customer under any patents, copyrights, trademarks, or
trade secret information. Other rights may be granted to Customer by
Intertek Design in writing or incorporated elsewhere in the
Deliverables.
3.
OBLIGATIONS OF INTERTEK DESIGN.
Except for initial edits made prior to final delivery, INTERTEK DESIGN
will have no obligation under this Agreement to correct any bugs,
defects or errors in the Services or Deliverables or to otherwise
support or maintain the Services or Deliverables. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, INTERTEK DESIGN agrees to provide reasonable technical
support to Customer in the form of telephone consulting and
"e-mail" to Customer during INTERTEK DESIGN'S normal business
hours and at INTERTEK DESIGN'S standard pricing.
4.
TERM AND TERMINATION.
(a) This Agreement is effective on the date Customer accepts the terms
of this Agreement and shall continue unless terminated pursuant to
Section 4(b).
(b) Customer may terminate this Agreement without cause upon notice to
Intertek Design. Intertek Design may terminate this Agreement after five
(5) days written notice to Customer if customer materially breaches this
Agreement, including, without limitation, failure to pay and fails to
cure such breach during such five (5) day period.
(c) Upon the termination of this Agreement, Customer will return to
Intertek Design all copies of any Deliverables provided to it by
Intertek Design. Sections 1(c) 2, 5, 4 and 6 will survive termination of
this Agreement.
5.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
(a) THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION,
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
NON-INFRINGEMENT OR TITLE, WHICH ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED.
(b) INTERTEK DESIGN SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR (1) ANY LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF
DATA, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS OR (2) ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, LOST PROFITS) REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OR ACTION WHETHER IN
CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE,
EVEN IF INTERTEK DESIGN HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES. INTERTEK DESIGN'S LIABILITY HEREUNDER SHALL NOT EXCEED THE
AMOUNT PAID BY CUSTOMER TO INTERTEK DESIGN DURING THE THREE (3) MONTH
PERIOD BEFORE THE ACTION AROSE. CUSTOMER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THESE
LIMITATIONS ARE AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT AND ABSENT SUCH
LIMITATIONS INTERTEK DESIGN WOULD NOT ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT.
6. MISCELLANEOUS
This Agreement shall be governed solely by the laws of the State of
Illinois
,
excluding its principles of conflicts of laws. Any action under or
relating to this Agreement shall be brought solely in the state and
federal courts located in Austin, Texas and each party hereby submits to
the personal jurisdiction of such Courts. Each Party agrees that its
performance under this Agreement shall in all respects conform to all
applicable laws, rules and regulations of the
United States
governing the export of technical information. Customer may not assign
this Agreement without the prior, written permission of Intertek Design.
Any purported assignment will be void and without any effect. This
Agreement may not be modified or amended except in writing, signed by
both Parties. Any purported oral modification or amendment of this
Agreement in derogation of the foregoing shall be without any effect.
Neither Party may waive any right hereunder except expressly and in
writing. Any other purported waiver of any such right shall be without
any effect. This Agreement is the entire agreement between the Parties
with respect to this subject matter, and supersedes all prior and
contemporaneous discussions, negotiations, communications and agreements
with respect thereto
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