Terms of Use Agreement for Accumulus Services
Version 1.0.1
January 8, 2010
This Terms of Use Agreement ("Agreement")
is a contract between you ("Customer", "user", "you" or "your") and
Accumulus Corporation ("Accumulus", "us" or "we") and applies to
your Accumulus customer account ("Account") and your use of
Accumulus' programs, web sites and services ("Services").
By using Accumulus Services, you agree to
be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement and
Accumulus' Privacy Policy, as they may be amended from time to time
in the future (see "Modifications" below).You must read, agree with
and accept all of the terms and conditions contained in this
Agreement.
1. License
1.1. Accumulus hereby grants you a
non-exclusive, non-transferable, worldwide right to use the
Services, solely for your own internal business purposes, subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. All rights not
expressly granted to you are reserved by Accumulus and its
licensors.
1.2. You may not access the Services if
you are a direct competitor of Accumulus, except with Accumulus'
prior written consent. In addition, you may not access the Services
for purposes of monitoring its availability, performance or
functionality, or for any other benchmarking or competitive
purposes.
1.3. You shall not (i) license,
sublicense, sell, resell, transfer, assign, distribute or otherwise
commercially exploit or make available to any third party the
Services in any way; (ii) modify or make derivative works based
upon the Services; (iii) create Internet "links" to the Services or
"frame" or "mirror" any content on any other server or wireless or
Internet-based device; or (iv) reverse engineer or access the
Services in order to (a) build a competitive product or service,
(b) build a product using similar ideas, features, functions or
graphics of the Services, or (c) copy any ideas, features,
functions or graphics of the Services.
2. Customer Account
2.1. Password Confidentiality
When registering for a new Account with
us, you enter a confidential password to your Account via a web
interface. Other users under your Account also receive their own
confidential passwords. All users shall maintain the security and
confidentiality of their passwords and shall not share their
password with others.
You agree to notify us immediately if you
have reason to suspect unauthorized use of your Account.
2.2 Identity Authentication
You authorize Accumulus, directly or
through third parties, to make any inquiries we consider necessary
to validate your identity. This may include asking you for further
information, requiring you to take steps to confirm ownership of
your email address or financial instruments, ordering a credit
report and verifying your information against third party databases
or through other sources.
2.3 Credit Report Authorization
When you open an account, you are
providing Accumulus with your written instructions to obtain your
personal and/or business credit report from a credit bureau.
Accumulus may obtain your credit report when you open an Account,
or any time thereafter if Accumulus reasonably believes there may
be an increased level of risk associated with your Account. An
increased level of risk includes, but is not limited to, a high
number of chargebacks or reversals, or suspicious activity
associated with your Account.
2.4 Your Privacy
Protecting your privacy is very important
to Accumulus. Please review the Accumulus Privacy Policy in order
to better understand our commitment to maintaining your privacy, as
well as our use and disclosure of your information.
2.5 Termination
2.5.1 Termination by Us
You agree and acknowledge that we may at
our sole option cancel the Services and terminate this Agreement
for any cause at any time and without notice. Any notice we choose
to give may be provided in written, e-mail, or other electronic
form. Notwithstanding the above, we may terminate this Agreement
immediately for cause. You agree that for purposes of this
Agreement the actions or failure to act of any User in your account
will be attributed to you. Good cause shall include but not be
limited to:
- Your behavior towards our employees or other customers is
offensive, abusive, violent, threatening or disruptive;
- You fail to provide or we are unable to validate correct and
accurate contact information that we require of all customers;
- You fail to cooperate or provide information in connection with
any investigation undertaken by a local, state, or federal
authorities, or equivalent governmental agency;
- We determine that the payment mechanism provided by you is
likely being or will likely be used in a fraudulent manner; or
- You violate any provision of this Agreement or any other terms
and conditions posted by us, or breach any representations or
warranties made hereunder.
2.5.2 Termination by You
You may close your Account at any time by
emailing support@accumulus.com. Upon Account closure,
we cancel any pending transactions. You remain liable for all
obligations related to your Account even after the Account is
closed.
2.6 Refunds
2.6.1 Subscription Fees
Subscription fees are prepaid. When you
terminate your account, unused prepaid subscription period fees are
refunded, pro-rated on a daily basis.
2.6.2 Transaction Fees
Transaction fees are not prepaid and are,
therefore, not refundable at account termination.
3. Assignment
You may not transfer or assign any rights
or obligations you have under this Agreement without Accumulus'
prior written consent. Accumulus reserves the right to transfer or
assign this Agreement or any right or obligation under this
Agreement at any time.
4. Hold Harmless
You agree to protect, defend, indemnify
and hold us harmless from and against any and all claims, causes of
action, liabilities, judgments, penalties, losses, costs, damages
and expenses (including attorneys' fees and all related costs and
expenses of litigation at arbitration, or at trial or on appeal, if
any, whether or not litigation or arbitration is instituted)
suffered or incurred by us, including, without limitation, any
claim for personal injury or property damage, arising from: (i)
this Agreement; (ii) the Services provided to you by us; (iii) your
use of the Services; and (iv) any violation by you of any federal,
state or local laws, statutes, rules or regulations. For purposes
of this Agreement, the indemnified parties shall include Accumulus
Corporation and its owners, affiliates, subsidiaries, parents,
shareholders, members, successors, assigns, representatives,
franchisees, officers, directors, agents, attorneys and
employees.
5. Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of
Liability
YOU AGREE THAT THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED
ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR
IMPLIED. ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF FITNESS,
MERCHANTABILITY, CORRECTNESS, COMPLETENESS, CURRENCY, OR OTHERWISE
ARE DISCLAIMED. ALL SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY
DAMAGES ARISING FROM THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SERVICES ARE HEREBY
EXCLUDED, TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. WE SHALL NOT BE
LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR
PUNITIVE DAMAGES, WHETHER IN AN ACTION FOR OR ARISING OUT OF BREACH
OF CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER CAUSE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. WE DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT
THE SERVICES WILL MEET ANY OF YOUR EXPECTATIONS OR REQUIREMENTS NOR
THAT THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED SECURELY OR WITHOUT ERRORS. THE
SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS AND WE MAKE NO
WARRANTIES THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE TIMELY, AVAILABLE AT ALL
TIMES, OR FOR A PARTICULAR PERIOD OF TIME WITHOUT INTERRUPTIONS.
CUSTOMER USE AND OPERATION OF THE SERVICES OR THE WEBSITE OWNED OR
CONTROLLED BY US IS AT CUSTOMER'S SOLE DISCRETION AND RISK. WE WILL
NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE RESULTING TO CUSTOMER OR ITS
COMPUTER SYSTEMS THAT RESULTS FROM THE USE OF THE WEBSITE. SOME
JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY
FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR
EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
6. Service Revisions and Errata
Accumulus' Services could include
technical, typographical, or photographic errors. Accumulus does
not warrant that its Services are accurate, complete, or current.
Accumulus may make changes its Services at any time without notice.
Accumulus does not, however, make any commitment to update its
Services.
7. Third Party Programs, Services or Web
Sites
Accumulus is not responsible for the
content of any third party web site containing links to Accumulus'
Web Sites. A third party web site's inclusion of a link to an
Accumulus Web Site does not imply endorsement by Accumulus of the
third party web site. Further, Accumulus does not warrant or make
any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or
reliability of third party web sites linked to Accumulus' Web
Sites. Use of any such third party web sites is at the user's own
risk.
Accumulus is not responsible for the
content of any third party program consuming Accumulus' Web
Services. A third party program's use of Accumulus Web Services
does not imply endorsement by Accumulus of the third party program.
Further, Accumulus does not warrant or make any representations
concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of third
party programs consuming Accumulus' Web Services. Use of any such
third party programs is at the user's own risk.
8. Representations and Warranties
Each party represents and warrants that it
has the legal power and authority to enter into this Agreement.
Accumulus represents and warrants that it will provide the Services
in a manner consistent with general industry standards reasonably
applicable to the provision thereof and that the Services will
perform substantially in accordance with the online Accumulus
documentation under normal use and circumstances. You represent and
warrant that you have not falsely identified yourself nor provided
any false information to gain access to the Services and that your
billing information is correct, and that you are not accessing and
have not accessed the Services to commit illegal acts or violate
Sections 1.2 and 1.3 of this agreement. You acknowledge that your
breach of these representations and warranties shall entitle us to
injunctive relief (monetary damages not being sufficient remedy),
as well as available monetary damages and our attorneys' fees and
costs.
9. Modifications
Accumulus may revise this Agreement for
its Services at any time without prior notice by posting a revised
version of the Terms of Use Agreement on our website (). By using Accumulus' Services you are
agreeing to be bound by the then current version of the Terms of
Use Agreement.
10. Governing Law
Any claim relating to Accumulus
Corporation's web site shall be governed by the laws of the State
of Oregon without regard to its conflict of law provisions.
11. Severability
In the event that any provision or
modification of this Agreement shall be deemed to be illegal,
invalid or otherwise unenforceable, such provision shall be
considered deleted from this Agreement, but all other provisions of
this Agreement and the remaining portion of any provision which is
deemed to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in part shall
continue in full force and effect.
12. Non-Waiver
If any party to this Agreement fails to
enforce any provision of this Agreement, or fails to exercise any
right at any time, such failure shall not operate as a waiver
thereof.
13. Assignment
You may not assign this Agreement without
our prior written approval. This Agreement may be assigned by us
without your consent.
14. Entire Agreement
This Agreement and the pages referred to
herein contain the entire agreement relative to the protection of
information to be exchanged hereunder, and supersede all prior or
contemporaneous oral or written understandings or agreements
regarding this issue. This Agreement shall not be modified or
amended, except as expressly provided herein or in a written
instrument executed by the parties.