Terms of Use
THIS TERMS OF USE OF SERVICE ("Agreement") is made between NetWorth Services
Inc, an Arizona Corporation ("Company") and any person or entity ("User") who
completes the registration process to open and maintain an account with the
Company's website application service ("Service") located on its website
www.netbasis.com ("Website"). Company and User are collectively referred to as
the "parties".
BY CLICKING THE ACCEPTANCE BUTTON OR ACCESSING, USING OR INSTALLING ANY PART OF
THE SERVICE, USER EXPRESSLY AGREES TO AND CONSENTS TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE
TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF USER DOES NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS
AGREEMENT, THE BUTTON INDICATING NON-ACCEPTANCE MUST BE SELECTED, COMPANY WILL
PROMPTLY CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION AND USER MAY NOT ACCESS, USE OR INSTALL ANY
PART OF THE SERVICE.
The Company reserves the right, at Company's sole discretion, to change, modify,
add, or delete portions of this Agreement at any time without further notice to
User. If Company does amend this Agreement in any way, the amended Agreement
will be accessible to User on the Website (see link to Terms of Use and
Service) and Company will indicate the date this Agreement was last revised.
User's continued use of the Service after any such amendment shall constitute
User's acceptance of the amended Agreement. Therefore, User should review the
Website's Terms of Use of Service each time User uses the Service so that User
is aware of the most recent terms, conditions and restriction governing use of
the Service. If User elects not to agree to abide by this Agreement as it may
be amended from time to time, User should cease the use the Service. It is
User's responsibility to regularly check the Website's Terms of Use and Service
to determine if there have been changes to this Agreement and to review such
changes
1. Service Terms and Limitations
a. Description. Subject to the timely payment of all Fees (as defined below) and
the terms and limitations set forth in this Agreement, Company agrees to
provide User with a personal, non-transferable and non-exclusive account
enabling User to access and use the Service.
b. Ownership of Service. The Service is proprietary to Company and its
affiliates and is protected by intellectual property laws and international
intellectual property treaties. User's access to the Service is licensed and
not sold. All worldwide ownership rights, title and interest in and to the
Service, including without limitation, all copyrights, patent rights, trademark
rights, trade secret rights, inventions and other proprietary rights therein
and thereto, are and shall remain exclusively in Company and its affiliates.
c. Accessibility. User agrees that, from time to time, the Service may be
inaccessible or inoperable for any reason, including, without limitation: (i)
equipment malfunctions; (ii) periodic maintenance procedures or repairs which
Company may undertake; or (iii) causes beyond the control of Company or which
are not reasonably foreseeable by Company.
d. Equipment. User shall be solely responsible for providing, maintaining and
ensuring compatibility with the Service, all hardware, software, electrical and
other physical requirements for User's use of the Service, including, without
limitation, telecommunications and internet access connections and links, web
browsers or other equipment, programs and services required to access and use
the Service.
2. Limitations
a. Security. User shall be solely responsible for the security, confidentiality
and integrity of all messages and the content that User receives, transmits
through or stores on the Service. User shall be solely responsible for any
authorized or unauthorized access to User's account by any person. User agrees
to bear all responsibility for the confidentiality of User's password and all
use or charges incurred from use of the Service with User's password.
b. Privacy. When reasonably practicable, Company will attempt to respect User's
privacy. Company will not monitor, edit, or disclose any personal information
about User or User's account, including its contents or User's use of the
Service, without User's prior consent unless Company has a good faith belief
that such action is necessary to: (i) comply with legal process or other legal
requirements of any governmental authority; (ii) protect and defend the rights
or property of Company; (iii) enforce this Agreement; (iv) protect the
interests of users of the Service other than User or any other person; or (v)
operate or conduct maintenance and repair of Company's services or equipment,
including the Service as authorized by law. User has no expectation of privacy
with respect to the Internet generally. User's IP address is transmitted and
recorded with each message User sends from the Service. Company does provide
certain information in aggregate form collected from and relating to User to
third persons such as advertisers and sponsors.
c. Non-Transferability. User's account is non-transferable and any rights to
User's account shall automatically terminate upon User's death.
d. Limitations on Service Results. User acknowledges that the results of the
Service shall depend on User accurately inputting the required information and
understanding the limitations on the data available under the Service. The
Website contains information regarding the scope and proper use of the Service.
User shall be responsible for reviewing the Website information and
understanding the scope and correct use of the Service.
3. Fees
a. Payment. User shall pay Company fees for the Service on
a transactional basis as further specified on the Website ("Fees"). Fees shall
be due and payable before the commencement of the Service. Company expressly
reserves the right to change the Fees at any time.
b. Collection and Taxes. All Fees, Taxes (as defined
below) and other charges shall be billed to User's credit card at the current
international currency conversion rate. User shall be responsible for and shall
pay Company all currency conversion charges, sales, use, value-added, personal
property or other tax, duty or levy of any kind, including interest and
penalties thereon ("Taxes"), whether imposed now or hereinafter by any
governmental entity. In the event User fails to pay any amount in advance,
Company may immediately suspend or terminate this Agreement and User's access
to the Service. User shall promptly pay Company in the event of any refusal of
User's credit card issuer to pay any amount to Company for any reason. User
agrees to pay interest at the rate of 1.5% per month on any outstanding
balance, together with costs of collection, including attorney's fees and
costs.
4. User Representations
User represents and warrants to Company that: (a) User is
over the age of eighteen (18) and has the power and authority to enter into and
perform User's obligations under this Agreement; (b) all information provided
by User to Company is truthful, accurate and complete; (c) User is the
authorized signatory of the credit or charge card provided to Company to pay
the Fees; (d) User shall comply with all terms and conditions of this
Agreement, including, without limitation, the provisions set forth in Section
5; and (e) User has provided and will provide accurate and complete
registration information, including, without limitation, User's legal name,
email and mailing addresses and telephone number.
5. Prohibited Uses
User is solely responsible for any and all acts and
omissions that occur under User's account or password, and User agrees not to
engage in unacceptable use of the Service, which includes, without limitation,
use of the Service to: (a) disseminate, store or transmit unsolicited messages,
chain letters or unsolicited commercial email; (b) disseminate or transmit
material that, to a reasonable person may be abusive, obscene, pornographic,
defamatory, harassing, grossly offensive, vulgar, threatening or malicious; (c)
disseminate, store or transmit files, graphics, software or other material that
actually or potentially infringes the copyright, trademark, patent, trade
secret or other intellectual property right of any person; (d) create a false
identity or to otherwise attempt to mislead any person as to the identity or
origin of any communication; (e) export, re-export or permit downloading of any
message or content in violation of any export or import law, regulation or
restriction of the United States and its agencies or authorities, or without
all required approvals, licenses or exemptions; (f) interfere, disrupt or
attempt to gain unauthorized access to other accounts on the Service or any
other computer network; (g) disseminate, store or transmit viruses, Trojan
horses or any other malicious code or program; or (h) engage in any other
activity deemed by the Company to be in conflict with the spirit or intent of
this Agreement.
6. Restrictions of Use
User agrees to use the Service solely for its own
noncommercial use and benefit, and not for resale or other transfer or
disposition to, or use by or for the benefit of, any other person or entity.
User agrees not to use, transfer, distribute or dispose of any information
contained in the Service in any manner that could compete with the business of
Company. User acknowledges that the Service has been developed, compiled,
prepared, revised, selected and arranged by Company through the application of
methods and standards of judgment developed and applied through the expenditure
of substantial time, effort and money and constitutes valuable intellectual
property and trade secrets of Company. User agrees to protect the proprietary
rights of Company and all others having rights in the Service during and after
the term of this Agreement and to comply with all reasonable written requests
made by Company or its suppliers of content ("Suppliers") to protect their and
others' contractual, statutory and common law rights in the Service. User
agrees to notify Company in writing promptly upon becoming aware of any
unauthorized access or use of the Service by any party or of any claim that the
Service infringes upon any copyright, trademark or other contractual, statutory
or common law rights. User may not copy, reproduce, recompile, decompose,
disassemble, reverse engineer, distribute, publish, display, perform, modify,
upload to, create derivative works from, transmit or in any way exploit any
part of the Service, except that User may download material from the Service
and/or make one print copy for its own personal, noncommercial use, provided
that User retains all copyright and other proprietary notices.
7. Termination
This Agreement is effective upon User's acceptance as set
forth herein and shall continue in full force until terminated. User may
terminate this Agreement for any reason upon thirty (30) days prior notice to
Company. Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion and without notice,
at any time and for any reason, to: (a) remove or disable access to all or any
portion of the Service; (b) suspend User's access to or use of all or any
portion of the Service; (c) modify all or any portion of the Service, and (d)
terminate this Agreement. If Company terminates this Agreement or otherwise
terminates User's access to the Service or User elects to terminate use of the
Service because User objects to an amendment to this Agreement and User has
prepaid for Services that have not been utilized at the time of the termination
of access, Company shall refund any such prepaid and unused funds to User.
8. Disclaimer of Warranties
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT
WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT USER'S SOLE
RISK. COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR
FREE AND DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO ANY RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED BY
USE OF THE SERVICE. COMPANY MAKES NO OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, IN RELATION TO THE SERVICE OR USE OF THE
COMPANY'S WEBSITE. THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY CONSTITUTES AN ESSENTIAL PART OF
THIS AGREEMENT. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW EXCLUSIONS OF AN IMPLIED WARRANTY, SO
THIS DISCLAIMER MAY NOT APPLY TO USER AND USER MAY HAVE OTHER LEGAL RIGHTS THAT
VARY FROM STATE TO STATE OR BY JURISDICTION.
9. Limitation of Liability
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL COMPANY BE LIABLE TO USER OR
ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR
PUNITIVE DAMAGES FOR ANY MATTER ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE
SERVICE OR THE INTERNET GENERALLY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, USER'S USE OR
INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE, ANY CHANGES TO OR INACCESSIBILITY OF THE SERVICE,
DELAY, FAILURE, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF ANY TRANSMISSION OR
DATA, ANY MATERIAL OR DATA SENT OR RECEIVED OR NOT SENT OR RECEIVED, ANY
TRANSACTION OR AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO THROUGH THE SERVICE, OR ANY DATA OR
MATERIAL FROM A THIRD PERSON ACCESSED ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICE, WHETHER SUCH
LIABILITY IS ASSERTED ON THE BASIS OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE. IN NO EVENT
SHALL COMPANY'S TOTAL LIABILITY FOR DIRECT DAMAGES EXCEED THE TOTAL FEES PAID
BY USER TO COMPANY HEREUNDER. SOME STATES PROHIBIT THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION
OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, THUS THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY MAY
NOT APPLY TO USER. IF USER IS DISSATISFIED WITH THE SERVICE, USER'S SOLE AND
EXCLUSIVE REMEDY SHALL BE FOR USER TO DISCONTINUE USE OF THE SERVICE AND
TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.
USER ACKNOWELDGES THAT THE SERVICE SUPPLIED TO USER IS
SOLELY BEING PROVIDED BY THE COMPANY. COMPANY'S SUPPLIERS, PARTNERS,
AFFILIATES, ALLIANCES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS AND REFERRAL SOURCES
(COLLECTIVELY, "COMPANY ASSOCIATES") SHALL IN NO WAY BE LIABLE TO USER OR ANY
OTHER PERSON FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR
PUNITIVE DAMAGES FOR ANY MATTER ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE
SERVICE OR USE OF THE COMPANY'S WEBSITE. AS USED HEREIN, A "REFERRAL SOURCE" OF
COMPANY SHALL INCLUDE, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY PARTY THAT PROVIDES A LINK TO
COMPANY'S WEBSITE OR THE SERVICE PURSUANT TO AN AGREEMENT WITH COMPANY.
10. Indemnification
User agrees to indemnify, hold harmless and defend
Company, its members, officers, employees, agents and Company Associates from
and against any action, cause, claim, damage, debt, demand or liability,
including reasonable costs and attorney's fees, asserted by any person, arising
out of or relating to: (a) this Agreement; (b) User's use of the Service,
including any data or work transmitted or received by User; and (c) any
unacceptable use of the Service, including, without limitation, any statement,
data or content made, transmitted or republished by User which is prohibited as
unacceptable in Section 5.
11. Miscellaneous
a. Amendment. Company shall have the right, at any time
and without notice, to add to or modify the terms of this Agreement. The most
recent version of this Agreement and the effective date of such version shall
be posted by Company on the Website (see link to Terms of Use and Service).
User's access to or use of the Service after the effective date such amended
terms shall be deemed to constitute acceptance of such amended terms.
b. Waiver. No waiver of any term, provision or condition
of this Agreement, whether by conduct or otherwise, in any one or more
instances, shall be deemed to be, or shall constitute, a waiver of any other
term, provision or condition hereof, whether or not similar, nor shall such
waiver constitute a continuing waiver of any such term, provision or condition
hereof. No waiver shall be binding unless executed in writing by the party
making the waiver.
c. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is
determined to be illegal or unenforceable, then such provision will be enforced
to the maximum extent possible and the other provisions will remain fully
effective and enforceable.
d. Notice. All notices shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to be delivered when sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, or when
sent by facsimile or e-mail to the other party as provided herein. User hereby
consents to notice by email. All notices shall be directed to Company by email
at its current email address for customers as described in the Service. All
notices shall be directed to User pursuant to the contact information provided
by User in User's registration with the Service.
e. Law. This Agreement is made in and shall be governed by
the laws of the State of Arizona without reference to conflicts of laws, except
as governed by Federal law.
f. Forum. All actions, claims or disputes arising under or
relating to this Agreement shall be brought in the federal or state courts
located within the county of Maricopa, Arizona. The parties irrevocably submit
and consent to the exercise of subject matter jurisdiction and personal
jurisdiction over each of the parties by the federal and/or state courts
located within the county of Maricopa, Arizona. The parties hereby irrevocably
waive any and all objections which any party may now or hereafter have to the
exercise of personal and subject matter jurisdiction by the federal or state
courts located within the county of Maricopa, Arizona and to the laying of
venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such federal or
state court located within the county of Maricopa, Arizona.
g. Process. The parties irrevocably submit and consent,
and irrevocably waive any and all objections which any party may now or
hereafter have, to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding
referred to in the preceding subsection pursuant to the rules of the applicable
court, including, without limitation, service by certified or registered mail,
return receipt requested. No provision of this section shall affect the right
of any party to serve process in any manner permitted by law or limit the right
of any party to bring suits, actions or proceedings to enforce in any lawful
manner a judgment issued by the state or federal courts of the State of
Arizona.
h. Attorney's Fees. If any action in law or in equity is
necessary to enforce the terms of this Agreement, the prevailing party will be
entitled to reasonable fees of attorneys, accountants, and other professionals,
and costs and expenses from the non-prevailing party in addition to any other
relief to which such prevailing party may be entitled.
i. Headings. The captions and headings of this Agreement
are included for ease of reference only and will be disregarded in interpreting
or construing this Agreement.
j. Force Majeure. If the performance of any part of this
Agreement by Company is prevented, hindered, delayed or otherwise made
impracticable by reason of any flood, riot, fire, judicial or governmental
action, labor disputes, act of God or any other causes beyond the control of
Company, Company shall be excused from such to the extent that it is prevented,
hindered or delayed by such causes.
k. Survival. The terms and provisions of Sections 2, 3, 7,
8, 9 and 10 shall survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement.
l. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the
complete and exclusive statement of the agreement between the parties with
respect to the Service and supersedes any and all prior or contemporaneous
communications, representations, statements and understandings, whether oral or
written, between the parties concerning the Service.
m. Statute of Limitations. User acknowledges and agrees
that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of
action arising out of or related to use of the Service or this Agreement must
be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be
forever barred.
n. No Third Party Beneficiaries. Company Associates (as
defined In Paragraph 9 above) shall be third party beneficiaries to this
Agreement. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, there
shall be no third-party beneficiaries to this Agreement other than Company
Associates.
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