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This
User Agreement ("Agreement") is
an agreement between Compass Call, and the
party set forth in the related order form
incorporated herein by reference (together
with any subsequent order forms submitted
by Customer, the "Order Form"),
and applies to the purchase of all services
(collectively, the "Services") ordered
by Customer on the Order Form. Such party
is referred to in this Agreement as "Customer"
or "you". PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT
CAREFULLY. BY CLICKING ON THE BUTTON ON THE
ORDER FORM, YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY
THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND ALL TERMS
AND CONDITIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN
THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING Compass Call's USAGE
POLICY. YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES CONSTITUTES
ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. Compass Call
reserves the right to reject this Agreement
for any reason or no reason, prior to acceptance
thereof by Compass Call. Activation of the
Services shall indicate Compass Call's acceptance
of this Agreement. Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, Compass Call
will provide to Customer the Services selected
by Customer set forth on the Order Form.
1.
Usage Policy.
Under this Agreement,
Customer shall comply with Compass Call's
then current "Usage Policy", as
amended, modified or updated from time to
time by Compass Call, which currently can
be viewed at http://www.Compass Call.com/company/legal/legal_usage.html,
and which is incorporated in this Agreement
by reference. Customer hereby acknowledges
that it has reviewed the Usage Policy and
that the terms of the Usage Policy are incorporated
herein by reference. In the event of any
inconsistencies between this Agreement and
the Usage Policy, the terms of the Usage
Policy shall govern. Compass Call does not
intend to systematically monitor the content
which is submitted to, stored on or distributed
or disseminated by Customer via the Service
(the "Customer Content"). Customer
Content includes content of Customer's customers
and/or users of Customer's website. Accordingly,
under this Agreement, you will be responsible
for your customers content and activities
on your website. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained in this Agreement,
Compass Call may immediately take corrective
action, including removal of all or a portion
of the Customer Content, disconnection or
discontinuance of any and all Services,
or termination of this Agreement in the
event of notice of possible violation by
Customer of the Usage Policy. In the event
Compass Call takes corrective action due
to a violation of the Usage Policy, Compass
Call shall not refund to Customer any fees
paid in advance of such corrective action.
Customer hereby agrees that Compass Call
shall have no liability to Customer or any
of Customer's customers due to any corrective
action that Compass Call may take (including,
without limitation, disconnection of Services).
You
may not in the use of the service break
any state local or federal laws. You agree
that Compass Call may remove any information
that it finds or is reported to be unlawful.
You also understand that Compass Call may
terminate your account if it feels that
your information is unlawful. You may not
in anyway send unsolicited bulk e-mail,
post to news groups in way that do not conform
with the rules of that group that can be
traced back to our network, your website
or you. By doing so you
automatically terminate
your service with Compass Call. You may
not display content from your website promoting
SPAM, bulk email or illegal websites or
illegal activities.
2. Amendment.
Compass Call may amend,
modify or update this Agreement or the Usage
Policy at any time in its sole discretion,
and Customer shall be bound by any such amendment,
modification or update. Compass Call may,
but is under no obligation to, provide notice
of any amendment, modification or update of
this Agreement or the Usage Policy. Any modification
is effective on the earlier of two days after
posting on Compass Call's website or two days
after the sending of a notice by Compass Call
to Customer by e-mail or conventional mail.
If any material modification to this Agreement
or the Usage Policy is unacceptable to you,
you may terminate your subscription as provided
in Section 3. However, if you do not terminate
the Agreement, or if you continue to use the
Services following effectiveness of the modification,
your continued use will mean that you have
accepted that modification. Compass Call reserves
the right to amend its service offerings and
add, delete, suspend or modify the terms and
conditions of the Services, at any time and
from time to time, and to determine whether
and when any such changes apply to both existing
and future customers.
3. Term; Termination;
Cancellation Policy.
The initial term of this
Agreement shall be as set forth in the Order
Form (the "Initial Term"). The Initial
Term shall begin upon commencement of the
Services to Customer. After the Initial Term,
this Agreement shall automatically renew for
successive terms of equal length as the Initial
Term, unless terminated or cancelled by either
party as provided in this section. The Initial
Term and all successive renewal periods shall
be referred to, collectively, as the "Term".
This Agreement may be terminated
(i) by either party by giving the other party
30 days prior written notice (subject to an
early cancellation fee as provided below),
(ii) by Compass Call in the event of nonpayment
by Customer, (iii) by Compass Call, at any
time, without notice, if, in Compass Call's
judgment, Customer is in violation of any
term or condition of the Usage Policy or Customer's
use of the Service disrupts or, in Compass
Call's judgment, could disrupt, Compass Call's
business operations and (iv) by Compass Call
in accordance with Sections 1, 10, and 11
of this Agreement.
If you cancel this Agreement
prior to the end of the Term, (i) you shall
be obligated to pay all fees and charges accrued
prior to the effectiveness of such cancellation,
(ii) Compass Call shall refund to you all
pre-paid fees for basic hosting services (shared,
dedicated and/or managed) for the full months
remaining after effectiveness of cancellation
(i.e., no partial month fees shall be refunded),
less any setup fees and any discount applied
for prepayment, (iii) you shall be obligated
to pay 100% of all charges for all Services
for each month remaining in the Term (other
than basic hosting fees as provided in (ii)
above) and (iii) Compass Call shall have the
right to charge you an early cancellation
fee of $25.00. Any cancellation request shall
be effective 30 days after receipt by Compass
Call, unless a later date is specified in
such request.
If Compass Call cancels
this Agreement prior to the end of the Term,
Compass Call shall not refund to you any fees
paid in advance of such cancellation and (i)
you shall be obligated to pay all fees and
charges accrued prior to the effectiveness
of such cancellation, (ii) you shall be obligated
to pay 100% of all charges for all Services
for each month remaining in the Term and (iii)
Compass Call shall have the right to charge
you an early cancellation fee of $25.00.
4. Billing and Payment.
All fees for the Services
shall be in accordance with Compass Call's
fee schedule then in effect, the terms of
which are incorporated herein by reference,
and shall be due at the times provided therein.
A $15.00 late fee will apply to accounts past
due more than ten (10) calendar days from
the due date. Compass Call may, with 30 days
notice to Customer, amend the Services and/or
the rates and fees it charges for the Services.
Fees for renewal periods after the Initial
Term shall be due and owing immediately upon
the first day of such renewal period. Compass
Call may impose a debt service charge equal
to one and one-half percent (1.5%) of the
overdue balance (or such lesser amount as
may be required by law) for each month or
fraction thereof the overdue amount remains
unpaid. In addition, in the event that any
amount due Compass Call remains unpaid twenty
(20) days after such payment is due, Compass
Call, in its sole discretion, may immediately
terminate this Agreement, and/or withhold
or suspend Services. There will be a $50.00
charge to reinstate accounts that have been
suspended or terminated. All taxes, fees and
governmental charges relating to the Services
provided hereunder (other than income taxes
of Compass Call) shall be paid by Customer.
Customer agrees that Compass
Call may pre-charge Customer's fees for the
Services to the credit card supplied by Customer
during registration.
Returned checks will be
assessed a $30.00 charge. Wire transfers will
be assessed a $30.00 charge.
5. Compass Call as Reseller
or Licensor.
Compass Call is acting
only as a reseller or licensor of the hardware,
software and equipment used in connection
with the products and/or Services that were
or are manufactured or provided by a third
party ("Non-Compass Call Product").
Compass Call shall not be responsible for
any changes in the Services that cause the
Non-Compass Call Product to become obsolete,
require modification or alteration, or otherwise
affect the performance of the Services. Any
malfunction or manufacturer's defects of Non-Compass
Call Product either sold, licensed or provided
by Compass Call to Customer or purchased directly
by Customer used in connection with the Services
will not be deemed a breach of Compass Call's
obligations under this Agreement. Any rights
or remedies Customer may have regarding the
ownership, licensing, performance or compliance
of Non-Compass Call Product are limited to
those rights extended to Customer by the manufacturer
of such Non-Compass Call Product. Customer
is entitled to use any Non-Compass Call Product
supplied by Compass Call only in connection
with Customer's permitted use of the Services.
Customer shall use its best efforts to protect
and keep confidential all intellectual property
provided by Compass Call to Customer through
any Non-Compass Call Product and shall make
no attempt to copy, alter, reverse engineer,
or tamper with such intellectual property
or to use it other than in connection with
the Services. Customer shall not resell, transfer,
export or re-export any Non-Compass Call Product,
or any technical data derived therefrom, in
violation of any applicable United States
or foreign law.
6. IP Address Ownership.
If Compass Call assigns
Customer an Internet Protocol address for
Customer's use, the right to use that Internet
Protocol address shall belong only to Compass
Call, and Customer shall have no right to
use that Internet Protocol address except
as permitted by Compass Call in its sole discretion
in connection with the Services, during the
term of this Agreement. Compass Call shall
maintain and control ownership of all Internet
Protocol numbers and addresses that may be
assigned to Customer by Compass Call, and
Compass Call reserves the right to change
or remove any and all such Internet Protocol
numbers and addresses, in its sole and absolute
discretion.
7. Caching.
Customer expressly (i)
grants to Compass Call a license to cache
the entirety of the Customer Content and Customer's
web site, including content supplied by third
parties, hosted by Compass Call under this
Agreement and (ii) agrees that such caching
is not an infringement of any of Customer's
intellectual property rights or any third
party's intellectual property rights.
8. CPU Usage.
Customer agrees that Customer
shall not use excessive amounts of CPU processing
on any of Compass Call's servers. Any violation
of this policy may result in corrective action
by Compass Call, including assessment of additional
charges, disconnection or discontinuance of
any and all Services, or termination of this
Agreement, which actions may be taken in Compass
Call's sole and absolute discretion. If Compass
Call takes any corrective action under this
section, Customer shall not be entitled to
a refund of any fees paid in advance prior
to such action.
9. Bandwidth and Disk
Usage.
Customer agrees that bandwidth
and disk usage shall not exceed the number
of megabytes per month for the Services ordered
by Customer on the Order Form (the "Agreed
Usage"). Compass Call will monitor Customer's
bandwidth and disk usage. Compass Call shall
have the right to take corrective action if
Customer's bandwidth or disk usage exceeds
the Agreed Usage. Such corrective action may
include the assessment of additional charges,
disconnection or discontinuance of any and
all Services, or termination of this Agreement,
which actions may be taken in Compass Call's
sole and absolute discretion. If Compass Call
takes any corrective action under this section,
Customer shall not be entitled to a refund
of any fees paid in advance prior to such
action.
10. Property Rights.
Compass Call owns all right,
title and interest in and to the Services
and Compass Call's trade names, trademarks,
service marks, inventions, copyrights, trade
secrets, patents, know-how and other intellectual
property rights relating to the design, function,
marketing, promotion, sale and provision of
the Services and the related hardware, software
and systems ("Marks"). Noting in
this Agreement constitutes a license to Customer
to use or resell the Marks.
11. Customer Web Site;
E-Commerce; Customer Warranties.
Customer shall be solely
responsible for the development, operation
and maintenance of Customer's web site, online
store and e-commerce activities, for all products
and services offered by Customer or appearing
online and for all contents and materials
appearing online or on Customer's products,
including, without limitation (i) the accuracy
and appropriateness of the Customer Content
and content and material appearing in its
store or on its products, (ii) ensuring that
the Customer Content and content and materials
appearing in its store or on its products
do not violate or infringe upon the rights
of any person, and (iii) ensuring that the
Customer Content and the content and materials
appearing in its store or on its products
are not defamatory or otherwise illegal. Customer
shall be solely responsible for accepting,
processing and filling customer orders and
for handling customer inquiries or complaints.
Customer shall be solely responsible for the
payment or satisfaction of any and all taxes
associated with its web site and online store.
Customer shall be responsible
for the security and confidentiality of any
customer information (including, without limitation,
customer credit card numbers) that Customer
may receive as a result of its web site or
online store.
Customer represents and
warrants to Compass Call that Customer owns
or has the right to use the Customer Content
and material contained therein, including
all text, graphics, sound, music, video, programming,
scripts and applets, and the use, reproduction,
distribution and transmission of the Customer
Content and any information and materials
contained therein does not, and will not,
(i) infringe or misappropriate any copyright,
patent, trademark, trade secret or any other
proprietary right of a third party, (ii) violate
any criminal laws or (iii) constitute false
advertising, unfair competition, defamation,
an invasion of privacy, violate a right of
publicity or violate any other law or regulation.
Customer grants Compass Call the right to
reproduce, copy, use and distribute all and
any portion of the Customer Content to the
extent needed to provide and operate the Services.
12. Disclaimer of Warranty.
Customer agrees to use
all Services and any information obtained
through or from Compass Call, at Customer's
own risk. Customer acknowledges and agrees
that Compass Call exercises no control over,
and accepts no responsibility for, the content
of the information passing through Compass
Call's host computers, network hubs and points
of presence or the Internet. THE SERVICES
PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT ARE PROVIDED
ON AN AS IS, AS AVAILABLE BASIS. NONE OF Compass
Call, ITS PARENT, SUBSIDIARY OR AFFILIATED
CORPORATIONS, OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES,
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, AFFILIATES,
AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, THIRD-PARTY INFORMATION
PROVIDERS, MERCHANTS, LICENSORS OR THE LIKE
(EACH, AN "Compass Call PERSON")
MAKE ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, FOR THE SERVICES
OR ANY EQUIPMENT Compass Call PROVIDES. NO
Compass Call PERSON MAKES ANY WARRANTIES THAT
THE SERVICES WILL NOT BE INTERRUPTED OR ERROR
FREE; NOR DO ANY OF THEM MAKE ANY WARRANTIES
AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM
THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR AS TO THE ACCURACY,
RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION,
SERVICES OR MERCHANDISE CONTAINED IN OR PROVIDED
THROUGH THE SERVICES. Compass Call IS NOT
LIABLE, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY,
FOR THE CONTENT OF ANY DATA TRANSFERRED EITHER
TO OR FROM CUSTOMER OR STORED BY CUSTOMER
OR ANY OF CUSTOMER'S CUSTOMERS VIA THE SERVICES
PROVIDED BY Compass Call. NO ORAL ADVICE OR
WRITTEN INFORMATION GIVEN BY ANY Compass Call
PERSON, WILL CREATE A WARRANTY; NOR MAY YOU
RELY ON ANY SUCH INFORMATION OR ADVICE. The
terms of this section shall survive any termination
of this Agreement.
13. Indemnification.
Customer agrees to indemnify,
defend and hold harmless Compass Call and
its parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies,
and each of their respective officers, directors,
employees, shareholders and agents (each an
"indemnified party" and, collectively,
"indemnified parties") from and
against any and all claims, damages, losses,
liabilities, suits, actions, demands, proceedings
(whether legal or administrative), and expenses
(including, but not limited to, reasonable
attorney's fees) threatened, asserted, or
filed by a third party against any of the
indemnified parties arising out of or relating
to (i) Customer's use of the Services, (ii)
any violation by Customer of the Usage Policy,
(iii) any breach of any representation, warranty
or covenant of Customer contained in this
Agreement or (iv) any acts or omissions of
Customer. The terms of this section shall
survive any termination of this Agreement.
14. Limitation of Liability.
Customer agrees that no
Compass Call Person, under any circumstances,
shall be held responsible or liable for situations
where the Services are accessed by third parties
through illegal or illicit means, including
situations where such data is accessed through
the exploitation of security gaps, weaknesses
or flaws (whether known or unknown to Compass
Call at the time) which may exist in the Services
or Compass Call's equipment used to provide
the Services.
Under no circumstances,
including negligence, shall any Compass Call
Person be liable for any indirect, incidental,
special, consequential or punitive damages,
or loss of profits, revenue, data or use by
Customer, any of its customers, or any other
third party, whether in an action in contract
or tort or strict liability or other legal
theory, even if Compass Call has been advised
of the possibility of such damages. No Compass
Call Person shall be liable to Customer, any
of its customers, any Reseller Customer or
any other third party, for any loss or damages
that result or are alleged to have resulted
from the use of or inability to use the Services,
or that results from mistakes, omissions,
interruptions, deletion of files, loss of
data, errors, viruses, defects, delays in
operations, or transmission or any failure
of performance, whether or not limited to
acts of God, communications failure, theft,
destruction or unauthorized access to Compass
Call's records, programs, equipment or services.
Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in this Agreement, Compass
Call's maximum liability under this Agreement
for all damages, losses, costs and causes
of actions from any and all claims (whether
in contract, tort, including negligence, quasi-contract,
statutory or otherwise) shall not exceed the
actual dollar amount paid by Customer for
the Services which gave rise to such damages,
losses and causes of actions during the 12-month
period prior to the date the damage or loss
occurred or the cause of action arose.
Customer understands, acknowledges
and agrees that if Compass Call takes any
corrective action under this Agreement because
of an action of Customer or one if its customer
or a Reseller Customer, that corrective action
may adversely affect other customers of Customer
or other Reseller Customers, and Customer
agrees that Compass Call shall have no liability
to Customer, any of its customers or any Reseller
Customer due to such corrective action by
Compass Call.
This limitation of liability
reflects an informed, voluntary allocation
between the parties of the risks (known and
unknown) that may exist in connection with
this Agreement. The terms of this section
shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
15. Force Majeure.
Compass Call shall not
be liable for failure or delay in performing
it obligations hereunder if such failure or
delay is due to circumstances beyond its reasonable
control, including, without limitation, acts
of any governmental body, war, insurrection,
sabotage, embargo, fire, flood, strike or
other labor disturbance, interruption of or
delay in transportation, unavailability of,
interruption or delay in telecommunications
or third party services (including DNS propagation),
failure of third party software or hardware
or inability to obtain raw materials, supplies
or power used in or equipment needed for provision
of the Services.
16. Assignment.
Customer shall not have
the right to assign this Agreement without
the prior written consent of Compass Call.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of Customer and Compass Call
and their successors and permitted assigns.
17. Entire Agreement;
Severability.
This Agreement, together
with the Order Form and any other documents
or agreements specifically identified in this
Agreement, represents the entire agreement
between the parties, and supercedes all previous
representations, understandings or agreements.
If any provision of this Agreement shall be
held by a court of competent jurisdiction
to be invalid, unenforceable, or void, the
remainder of this Agreement shall remain in
full force and effect.
Customer hereby represents
that he, she or it is either, an individual
entering this Agreement for his or her personal
use and is over 18 years of age, or a corporation,
limited partnership or other legal entity,
duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the state of its
organization and the person acting on behalf
of Customer is duly authorized to accept,
execute and deliver this Agreement on behalf
of Customer.
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