SurveyAlert.com Online Standard Terms and Conditions
PLEASE READ VERY
CAREFULLY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND THE FAQ BEFORE
REGISTERING FOR THE SURVEYALERT.COM NEWSLETTER.
PARTICIPATION IN THE SURVEYALERT.COM NEWSLETTER
INDICATES THAT YOU ACCEPT THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. IF
YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, PLEASE DO
NOT REGISTER FOR THE SURVEYALERT.COM NEWSLETTER.
1.
ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
Welcome
to SurveyAlert.com. SurveyAlert.com. provides its
service to you, subject to the following Terms of
Service ("TOS"), which may be updated by us from time to
time without notice to you. You can review the most
current version of the TOS at any time at: http://SurveyAlert.com/terms.htm.
In addition, when using particular SurveyAlert.com
services, you and SurveyAlert.com shall be subject to
any posted guidelines or rules applicable to such
services which may be posted from time to time. All such
guidelines or rules are hereby incorporated by reference
into the TOS. SurveyAlert.com also may offer other
services from time to that are governed by different
Terms of Services.
2.
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
SurveyAlert.com currently provides users with access to
a rich collection of resources, including, various
communications tools, forums, shopping services,
personalized content and branded programming through its
network of properties (the "Service"). You also
understand and agree that the Service may include
advertisements and that these advertisements are
necessary for SurveyAlert.com to provide the Service.
Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features
that augment or enhance the current Service, including
the release of new SurveyAlert.com properties, shall be
subject to the TOS. You understand and agree that the
Service is provided "AS-IS" and that SurveyAlert.com
assumes no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion,
mis-delivery or failure to store any user communications
or personalization settings.
You are
responsible for obtaining access to the Service and that
access may involve third party fees (such as Internet
service provider or airtime charges). You are
responsible for those fees, including those fees
associated with the display or delivery of
advertisements. In addition, you must provide and are
responsible for all equipment necessary to access the
Service.
3. YOUR
REGISTRATION OBLIGATIONS
In
consideration of your use of the Service, you agree to:
(a) provide true, accurate, current and complete
information about yourself as prompted by the Service's
registration form (such information being the
"Registration Data") and (b) maintain and promptly
update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate,
current and complete. If you provide any information
that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete,
or SurveyAlert.com has reasonable grounds to suspect
that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current
or incomplete, SurveyAlert.com has the right to suspend
or terminate your account and refuse any and all current
or future use of the Service (or any portion thereof).
4. MEMBER
ACCOUNT, PASSWORD AND SECURITY
You will
receive a password and account designation upon
completing the Service's registration process. You are
responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the
password and account, and are fully responsible for all
activities that occur under your password or account.
You agree to (a) immediately notify SurveyAlert.com of
any unauthorized use of your password or account or any
other breach of security, and (b) ensure that you exit
from your account at the end of each session.
SurveyAlert.com cannot and will not be liable for any
loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with
this Section 4.
5. MEMBER
CONDUCT
You
understand that all information, data, text,
messages or other materials ("Content"), whether
publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole
responsibility of the person from which such Content
originated. This means that you, and not SurveyAlert.com,
are entirely responsible for all Content that you
upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make
available via the Service. SurveyAlert.com does not
control the Content posted via the Service and, as such,
does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of
such Content. Under no circumstances will
SurveyAlert.com be liable in any way for any Content,
including, but not limited to, for any errors or
omissions in any Content, or for any loss or damage of
any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content
posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available
via the Service.
You agree
to not use the Service to:
a.
upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make
available any Content that is unlawful, harmful,
threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory,
vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's
privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise
objectionable;
b. harm
minors in any way;
c.
impersonate any person or entity, including, but not
limited to, a SurveyAlert.com official, forum leader,
guide or host, or falsely state or otherwise
misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
d. forge
headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to
disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through
the Service;
e.
upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make
available any Content that you do not have a right to
make available under any law or under contractual or
fiduciary relationships (such as inside information,
proprietary and confidential information learned or
disclosed as part of employment relationships or under
nondisclosure agreements);
f.
upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make
available any Content that infringes any patent,
trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary
rights ("Rights") of any party;
g.
upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make
available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising,
promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain
letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of
solicitation, except in those areas (such as shopping
rooms) that are designated for such purpose;
h.
upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make
available any material that contains software viruses or
any other computer code, files or programs designed to
interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any
computer software or hardware or telecommunications
equipment;
i.
disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to
"scroll" faster than other users of the Service are able
to type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively
affects other users' ability to engage in real time
exchanges;
j.
interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or
networks connected to the Service, or disobey any
requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of
networks connected to the Service;
k.
intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable
local, state, national or international law, including,
but not limited to, regulations promulgated by the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, any rules of any
national or other securities exchange, including,
without limitation, the New York Stock Exchange, the
American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ, and any
regulations having the force of law;
l.
"stalk" or otherwise harass another; or
m.
collect or store personal data about other users.
You
acknowledge that SurveyAlert.com does not pre-screen
Content, but that SurveyAlert.com and its designees
shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their
sole discretion to refuse or move any Content that is
available via the Service. Without limiting the
foregoing, SurveyAlert.com and its designees shall have
the right to remove any Content that violates the TOS or
is otherwise objectionable. You agree that you must
evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of
any Content, including any reliance on the accuracy,
completeness, or usefulness of such Content. In this
regard, you acknowledge that you may not rely on any
Content created by SurveyAlert.com or submitted to
SurveyAlert.com, including without limitation
information in SurveyAlert.com Forums, Chat Rooms and in
all other parts of the Service.
You
acknowledge and agree that SurveyAlert.com may preserve
Content and may also disclose Content if required to do
so by law or in the good faith belief that such
preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to:
(a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce the TOS; (c)
respond to claims that any Content violates the rights
of third-parties; or (d) protect the rights, property,
or personal safety of SurveyAlert.com, its users and the
public.
You
understand that the technical processing and
transmission of the Service, including your Content, may
involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b)
changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements
of connecting networks or devices.
6.
SPECIAL ADMONITIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL USE
Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, you agree
to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct
and acceptable Content. Specifically, you agree to
comply with all applicable laws regarding the
transmission of technical data exported from the United
States or the country in which you reside.
7.
CONTENT SUBMITTED OR MADE AVAILABLE FOR INCLUSION ON THE
SERVICE
SurveyAlert.com does not claim ownership of Content you
submit or make available for inclusion on the Service.
However, with respect to Content you submit or make
available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of
the Service, you grant SurveyAlert.com the following
world-wide, royalty free and non-exclusive license(s),
as applicable:
With
respect to Content you submit or make available for
inclusion on publicly accessible areas of
SurveyAlert.com Forums, the license to use, distribute,
reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and publicly
display such Content on the Service solely for the
purposes of providing and promoting the specific
SurveyAlert.com Forum to which such Content was
submitted or made available. This license exists only
for as long as you elect to continue to include such
Content on the Service and will terminate at the time
you remove or SurveyAlert.com removes such Content from
the Service.
With
respect to photos, graphics, audio or video you submit
or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible
area of the Service license to use, distribute,
reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and publicly
display such Content on the Service solely for the
purpose for which such Content was submitted or made
available. This license exists only for as long as you
elect to continue to include such Content on the Service
and will terminate at the time you remove or
SurveyAlert.com removes such Content from the Service.
With
respect to Content other than photos, graphics, audio or
video you submit or make available for inclusion on
publicly accessible areas of the Service other than
SurveyAlert.com Forums, the perpetual, irrevocable and
fully sublicensable license to use, distribute,
reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly
perform and publicly display such Content (in whole or
in part) and to incorporate such Content into other
works in any format or medium now known or later
developed. "Publicly accessible" areas of the Service
are those areas of the SurveyAlert.com network of
properties that are intended by SurveyAlert.com to be
available to the general public.
8.
INDEMNITY
You agree
to indemnify and hold SurveyAlert.com, and its
subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders
or other partners, and employees, harmless from any
claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
made by any third party due to or arising out of Content
you submit, post, transmit or make available through the
Service, your use of the Service, your connection to the
Service, your violation of the TOS, or your violation of
any rights of another.
9. NO
RESALE OF SERVICE
You agree
not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or
exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of the
Service, use of the Service, or access to the Service.
10.
GENERAL PRACTICES REGARDING USE AND STORAGE
You
acknowledge that SurveyAlert.com may establish general
practices and limits concerning use of the Service,
including without limitation the maximum number of days
that email messages, message board postings or other
uploaded Content will be retained by the Service, the
maximum number of email messages that may be sent from
or received by an account on the Service, the maximum
size of any email message that may be sent from or
received by an account on the Service, the maximum disk
space that will be allotted on SurveyAlert.com's servers
on your behalf, and the maximum number of times (and the
maximum duration for which) you may access the Service
in a given period of time. You agree that
SurveyAlert.com has no responsibility or liability for
the deletion or failure to store any messages and other
communications or other Content maintained or
transmitted by the Service. You acknowledge that
SurveyAlert.com reserves the right to log off accounts
that are inactive for an extended period of time. You
further acknowledge that SurveyAlert.com reserves the
right to change these general practices and limits at
any time, in its sole discretion, with or without
notice.
11.
MODIFICATIONS TO SERVICE
SurveyAlert.com reserves the right at any time and from
time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or
permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or
without notice. You agree that SurveyAlert.com shall not
be liable to you or to any third party for any
modification, suspension or discontinuance of the
Service.
12.
TERMINATION
You agree
that SurveyAlert.com, in its sole discretion, may
terminate your password, account (or any part thereof)
or use of the Service, and remove and discard any
Content within the Service, for lack of use or if
SurveyAlert.com believes that you have violated or acted
inconsistently with the letter or spirit of the TOS.
SurveyAlert.com may also in its sole discretion and at
any time discontinue providing the Service, or any part
thereof. You agree that any termination of your access
to the Service under any provision of this TOS may be
effected without prior notice, and acknowledge and agree
that SurveyAlert.com may immediately deactivate or
delete your account and all related information and
files in your account and/or bar any further access to
such files or the Service. Further, you agree that
SurveyAlert.com shall not be liable to you or any
third-party for any termination of your access to the
Service.
13.
DEALINGS WITH ADVERTISERS
Your
correspondence or business dealings with, or
participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or
through the Service, including payment and delivery of
related goods or services, and any other terms,
conditions, warranties or representations associated
with such dealings, are solely between you and such
advertiser. You agree that SurveyAlert.com shall not be
responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort
incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the
result of the presence of such advertisers on the
Service.
14. LINKS
The
Service may provide, or third parties may provide, links
to other World Wide Web sites or resources. Because
SurveyAlert.com has no control over such sites and
resources, you acknowledge and agree that
SurveyAlert.com is not responsible for the availability
of such external sites or resources, and does not
endorse and is not responsible or liable for any
Content, advertising, products, or other materials on or
available from such sites or resources. You further
acknowledge and agree that SurveyAlert.com shall not be
responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any
damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in
connection with use of or reliance on any such Content,
goods or services available on or through any such site
or resource.
15.
SurveyAlert.com'S PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
You
acknowledge and agree that the Service and any necessary
software used in connection with the Service
("Software") contain proprietary and confidential
information that is protected by applicable intellectual
property and other laws. You further acknowledge and
agree that Content contained in sponsor advertisements
or information presented to you through the Service or
advertisers is protected by copyrights, trademarks,
service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and
laws. Except as expressly authorized by SurveyAlert.com
or advertisers, you agree not to modify, rent, lease,
loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based
on the Service or the Software, in whole or in part.
16.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
YOU
EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:
a. YOUR
USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICE IS
PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS.
SurveyAlert.com EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF
ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
b.
SurveyAlert.com MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE SERVICE
WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (ii) THE SERVICE WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (iii) THE
RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE
WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY
PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL
PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL
MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, AND (V) ANY ERRORS IN THE
SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED.
c. ANY
MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE
USE OF THE SERVICE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND
RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT
RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
d. NO
ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED
BY YOU FROM SurveyAlert.com OR THROUGH OR FROM THE
SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED
IN THE TOS.
17.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
YOU
EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT SurveyAlert.com
SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF
PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES
(EVEN IF SurveyAlert.com HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE
USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE; (ii) THE COST
OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES
RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES
PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR
TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE;
(iii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR
TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iv) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY
THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICE; OR (v) ANY OTHER MATTER
RELATING TO THE SERVICE.
18.
EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS
SOME
JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN
WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY
FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY,
SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF SECTIONS 17 AND 18 MAY
NOT APPLY TO YOU.
19.
SPECIAL ADMONITION FOR SERVICES RELATING TO FINANCIAL
MATTERS
If you
intend to create or join any service, receive or request
any news, messages, alerts or other information from the
Service concerning companies, stock quotes, investments
or securities, please read the above Sections 16 and 17
again. They go doubly for you. In addition, for this
type of information particularly, the phrase "Let the
investor beware" is apt. The Service is provided for
informational purposes only, and no Content included in
the Service is intended for trading or investing
purposes. SurveyAlert.com and its licensors shall not be
responsible or liable for the accuracy, usefulness or
availability of any information transmitted or made
available via the Service, and shall not be responsible
or liable for any trading or investment decisions made
based on such information.
20.
NOTICE
Notices
to you may be made via either email or regular mail. The
Service may also provide notices of changes to the TOS
or other matters by displaying notices or links to
notices to you generally on the Service.
21.
TRADEMARK INFORMATION
SurveyAlert.com, the SurveyAlert.com logo, PortalCube™
and product and service names are trademarks of McArthur
Business Systems Inc. (the "SurveyAlert.com Marks").
Without SurveyAlert.com's prior permission, you agree
not to display or use in any manner, the SurveyAlert.com
Marks.
22.
COPYRIGHTS and COPYRIGHT AGENTS
SurveyAlert.com respects the intellectual property of
others, and we ask our users to do the same. If you
believe that your work has been copied in a way that
constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual
property rights have been otherwise violated, please
provide SurveyAlert.com's Copyright Agent the following
information:
an
electronic or physical signature of the person
authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the
copyright or other intellectual property interest;
a
description of the copyrighted work or other
intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;
a
description of where the material that you claim is
infringing is located on the site;
your
address, telephone number, and email address;
a
statement by you that you have a good faith belief that
the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright
owner, its agent, or the law;
a
statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that
the above information in your Notice is accurate and
that you are the copyright or intellectual property
owner or authorized to act on the copyright or
intellectual property owner's behalf.
SurveyAlert.com's Agent for Notice of claims of
copyright or other intellectual property infringement
can be reached as follows:
By mail:
Kenneth
A. McArthur
SurveyAlert.com
c/o McArthur Business Systems Inc.
152 Chestnut Drive
Richboro, PA 18954
By phone: (215) 355-1291
By email: memberservice@SurveyAlert.com
23.
GENERAL INFORMATION
The TOS
constitute the entire agreement between you and
SurveyAlert.com and govern your use of the Service,
superceding any prior agreements between you and
SurveyAlert.com. You also may be subject to additional
terms and conditions that may apply when you use
affiliate services, third-party content or third-party
software. The TOS and the relationship between you and
SurveyAlert.com shall be governed by the laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without regard to its
conflict of law provisions. You and SurveyAlert.com
agree to submit to the personal and exclusive
jurisdiction of the courts located within the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The failure of
SurveyAlert.com to exercise or enforce any right or
provision of the TOS shall not constitute a waiver of
such right or provision. If any provision of the TOS is
found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court
should endeavor to give effect to the parties'
intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other
provisions of the TOS remain in full force and effect.
You agree 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 the TOS must be filed
within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action
arose or be forever barred.
The
section titles in the TOS are for convenience only and
have no legal or contractual effect.
24.
VIOLATIONS
Please
report any violations of the TOS to our Customer Care
group.
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