PLEASE READ
THE USER AGREEMENT (the "AGREEMENT" or the "Agreement")
BELOW. BY USING THESE SERVICES, YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THIS
AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, PLEASE
EXIT THIS SITE.
By using these Services, you are indicating that you are 18 years old or older,
and agree to be bound by all of the terms in this Agreement. You may
print and keep a copy of this Agreement. Fishbowl, Inc.
("Fishbowl") may change the terms in this Agreement at any
time. When the terms are changed, Fishbowl will notify you by placing a
notice at www.fishbowl.com. The changes also will appear in this
document, which you can access at any time by clicking on the "Terms of
Service Agreement" link found on www.fishbowl.com. If you do not
agree to be bound by the changes, you should not use the web site again.
If you use the web site after notification of a change in the Agreement, You
are deemed to have accepted all of the changes and will be bound by all such
changes, in addition to the terms which have not changed.
1.
Services. Fishbowl will provide you with
online email marketing services (“the Services”) and you
agree to use the Services in accordance with the following terms and
conditions:
A.
Database. The Database consists of
customer data which has been obtained by Fishbowl as a result of the
Services. Customer data includes but is not limited to, the
customer’s name, email address, IP address and birth date information.
i.
Ownership. You retain sole ownership of the
Database during the term of this agreement, and grant Fishbowl the right to use
the Database to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
ii.
Database
Management.
Notwithstanding the above, you acknowledge and agree that Fishbowl will wholly manage
the Database during the Term of this Agreement. You further agree not to
send, either directly or through any third party, any emails to the Database,
other than through the Services. You further agree not to disseminate the
Database for use by other individuals or vendors during the term of this
Agreement, to ensure that opt-in and unsubscribe services are maintained
according to industry standards.
B.
Email
Guidelines. All emails,
created by you in connection with the Services (collectively, “Deliverables”)
shall provide a mechanism that allows the recipient to remove the
recipient’s address from the Database. You shall not use the
Services to send emails which would violate the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, 15 USC 7701 et seq., or
its regulations, as they may be amended from time to time. You shall
notify Fishbowl of all complaints regarding email within 48 hours of receipt of
such complaints.
C.
State
Email Restrictions.
You shall not use the Services to send emails which would violate any
state’s anti-SPAM or Child Protection Registry laws or regulations, (e.g.
Utah and Michigan’s Child Protection Registry laws). Fishbowl
will make every attempt to inform you of new state laws and regulations as they
are enacted, but it is your sole responsibility to seek the advice of your own
counsel to ensure that your use of the Services does not violate any such
law. You shall be solely responsible for any fees (e.g. monthly list
cleansing fees) related to compliance with any state’s anti-SPAM or Child
Protection Registry laws and regulations. You shall notify Fishbowl of
all complaints regarding email within 48 hours of receipt of such complaints.
D.
Changes in
Technology. Fishbowl reserves the right to
upgrade, add and modify software, databases and proprietary programming and
code used to provide the Services as Fishbowl deems necessary in its sole
discretion.
2.
Legal. All text, software
(including source and object codes), visual, oral or other digital material,
photographs, information, data, graphics and all other content of any
description available on the Web Site, or included in the Services
(collectively, the "Content"), and all copyrights, trade marks,
service marks, patents, patent registration rights, trade secrets, know-how,
database rights, and all other rights in or relating to the Content
(collectively, the "Intellectual Property") are owned by Fishbowl or
its licensors, and are protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks,
international treaties or other proprietary rights and laws of the United States
of America ("U.S.").
A.
The Services are
also protected as a collective work or compilation under U.S. copyright and other laws and treaties.
B.
You may only use
the Content, Services, or Intellectual Property, or access the Web Site, as
expressly permitted in this Agreement and for no other purposes.
C.
Except as
expressly provided in this Agreement, nothing contained herein shall be
construed as conferring upon you any license or right, by implication, estoppel
or otherwise, under copyright or other intellectual property rights, laws or
treaties.
D.
Furthermore, you
may not use any of Fishbowl's trademarks, trade names or service marks in any
manner which creates the impression that such names and marks belong to, or are
associated with, you or are used with Fishbowl's consent, and you acknowledge
that you have no ownership rights in and to any of these names and marks.
E.
All present and
future rights in, and title to, the Services (including the right to exploit
the Services and any portions of the Services over any present or future
technology) are reserved to Fishbowl for its exclusive use.
3.
Grant of
License. As a User
of the Services, Fishbowl grants you a personal, nonexclusive, nontransferable,
non-assignable, revocable, limited license to access and use the Services as
specified in this Agreement.
4.
Limitations
on Use. You may not
use the Service or the Content for any illegal purpose or in any manner
inconsistent with this Agreement.
A.
The Content on
this Web Site is for personal, non-commercial use only and not for commercial
exploitation.
B.
No hard copy or
electronic duplication, transmission, redistribution, or publication of any
Content is allowed other than in conjunction with your personal, non-commercial
use, and you may not use or include any Content in any other print or
electronic publication or service.
C.
You may not
decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, rent, lease, loan, sell, sublicense,
or create derivative works from the Web Site or the Content, nor may you use
any network monitoring or discovery software to determine the site
architecture, or extract information about usage or users.
D.
You may not use
any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy
the Web Site or the Content without Company’s prior written permission.
E.
You may not
copy, modify, reproduce, download, republish, distribute, display, or transmit
for commercial, non-profit or public purposes all or any portion of the Web
Site or the Content, except to the extent permitted in this Agreement.
F.
You may not
upload to the Web Site any data, material, code, virus, or any other digital
information that is intended to, or has the effect of, rendering all or parts
of the Web Site or the Content ineffective, unavailable, or unusable, or which
uses, or attempts to use, the Web Site for any purpose not intended by the
Company.
G. You may not use or otherwise export
or re-export the Web Site or any portion thereof, or the Content or any
software available on or through the Web Site, in violation of the export
control laws and regulations of the United States of America or any other country in which you may be using the
Web Site.
H.
You shall not
alter or remove any trademark, copyright or other notice from any copies of the
Content.
I.
You may not sublicense,
assign or transfer this license.
J.
Any unauthorized
use of the Web Site, Service or Content is prohibited.
K.
Your violation
of any of the foregoing provisions may result in civil or criminal
liability.
L.
Requests
regarding use of the Web Site, Service or Content for any purpose other than
personal, non-commercial use should be directed to privacy_ques@fishbowl.com.
5.
User Conduct. You are solely responsible
for your information and warrant that you have all legal rights and licenses
necessary for you to comply with Section 3.
A.
In connection
with the Services and Content, You shall not use the Services to send emails
which:
i.
infringe on the
intellectual property rights or privacy/publicity rights of any third party;
ii.
violate any law
or regulation;
iii.
are defamatory,
harmful to minors, or obscene;
iv.
contain any
viruses or other computer programming routines or code that are intended to
damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or appropriate
any system, data, or personal information; or
v.
are materially
false or misleading.
B.
You shall not
use the Services to send emails, the subject lines of which are misleading in
any way as to their nature, and shall ensure that the subject lines of all emails
sent or proposed to be sent accurately reflect the content of such emails.
C.
You shall notify
Fishbowl of all complaints regarding emails within 48 hours of receipt of such
complaints
6.
Linking. Fishbowl does not control the
content of the web sites of third parties and is not responsible for any
representations, advice or other assistance, or any errors or inaccuracies
contained therein, that is shown on those web pages, or otherwise provided to
Users or obtained from the third parties who own such web sites.
7.
Third Party
Content. Third
party content may appear on this Web Site or may be accessible via links from
this Web Site. Fishbowl is not responsible for, and assumes no liability
for, any mistakes, misstatements of law, defamation, slander, libel, omissions,
falsehood, obscenity, pornography or profanity in the statements, opinions,
representations or any other form of content contained in any third party
content appearing on the Web Site. You understand that the information and opinions
in the third party content is neither endorsed by, nor does it reflect the
belief of, Fishbowl. User hereby irrevocably waives any claim against
Fishbowl in connection with any of the foregoing.
8.
Restrictions
on Linking and Framing Activities. Fishbowl is concerned about the integrity of the Web Site
when it is accessed in a manner solely determined by third parties or viewed in
a setting solely created by third parties. Specifically, Fishbowl is concerned
with activities such as linking to an internal or subsidiary page of the Web
Site that is located one or several levels down from the Home Page ("deep
linking" or "deep link"), or bringing up or presenting content
of the Web Site within another Web site ("framing" or "frame").
In this regard, without limiting the provisions contained in this Agreement,
You must make a specific request for, and secure permission from, Fishbowl
prior to deep linking to, or framing, this Web site or any of its content, or
engaging in similar activities. If You would like to deep link to, or frame,
this Web site, or any of its Content, You must request permission from Fishbowl
by writing to privacy_ques@fishbowl.com.
9.
Errors and
Corrections.
Fishbowl does not represent or warrant that the Web Site will be error-free,
free of viruses or other harmful components, or that defects will be corrected;
however, it will make reasonable efforts to correct any such problems if
notified by a User. Such notice, with as much detail as possible, should
be sent to privacy_ques@fishbowl.com.
Fishbowl does not warrant or represent that the Content will be correct,
accurate, timely, or otherwise reliable. However, Fishbowl will make reasonable
efforts to correct errors or problems if notified in writing about the error or
problem. Notice of such problems, with as much detail as possible, should
be sent to privacy_ques@fishbowl.com.
Fishbowl may make improvements or changes to its features, functionality or
Content at any time.
10. DISCLAIMER. THE WEB SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS.
FISHBOWL EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, THE WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY OR INTEGRATION AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING OR
COURSE OF PERFORMANCE.
11.
Warranties.
A.
Internet. You acknowledge that Fishbowl
provides the Services through the Internet to the extent commercially
reasonable, and subject to outages and communication and data flow failures,
interruptions and delays inherent in Internet communications. You and your
customers are responsible for acquiring and maintaining access to the
Internet in order to access and use the Services. Fishbowl acknowledges that
problems with the Internet, including equipment, software or network failures,
impairments or congestion, or the configuration of Fishbowl’s or your or
a customer’s system, may prevent, interrupt or delay the Services.
Fishbowl will not be liable for any such delay, interruption, suspension or
unavailability of email and web-based Services.
B.
Emails. You understand and agree
that Fishbowl is not responsible for undelivered emails or for emails that do
not appear in a customer’s email window as previewed. You
understand and agree that once emails are approved for delivery, you may not
rescind or otherwise interrupt delivery of the emails.
C.
Maintenance. You and your customers acknowledge
that unforeseen downtime and unscheduled remedial maintenance of
Fishbowl’s equipment, software and Internet access may interrupt the
Services. Fishbowl will use reasonable efforts to minimize the duration
and impact of any such occurrence on access to or use of the Services.
D.
Disclaimer. THE FOREGOING WARRANTIES ARE MADE IN LIEU OF ALL
OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS AND IMPLIED,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY,
INTEGRATION, PERFORMANCE, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE OF TRADE OR
COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, ALL OF WHICH ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. FISHBOWL DOES NOT
WARRANT THAT THE OPERATION OF, ACCESS TO OR USE OF ALL OR ANY PART OF THE SERVICES OR THE EQUIPMENT WILL BE
CONTINUOUS, UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE,
THAT THE RESULTS ARISING OUT OF THE SERVICES OR THE USE OF THE EQUIPMENT WILL
BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE OR ERROR FREE.
E.
Remedy. IF The results obtained from the SERVICES are
inaccurate, incomplete or erroneous due to the fault of Fishbowl,
Fishbowl’S sole obligation will be to REPERFORM THE SERVICES at no
additional charge.
12. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL
FISHBOWL BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS, INJURY, CLAIM, LIABILITY, OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF THE WEB SITE. FISHBOWL DISCLAIMS ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY LOSS, INJURY, CLAIM,
LIABILITY, OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ATTORNEYS' FEES AND EXPENSES) RESULTING FROM, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY
WAY RELATED TO THE SERVICE, WEB SITE,
CONTENT OR THIRD PARTY MATERIALS THEREIN INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION (A) ANY
ERRORS IN, OR OMISSIONS FROM, THE WEB
SITE AND THE CONTENT INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, TECHNICAL INACCURACIES, TRANSLATIONS, AND TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; (B) ANY THIRD PARTY WEB SITES OR CONTENT THEREIN DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
ACCESSED THROUGH LINKS IN THE WEB SITE
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS THEREFROM; (C) THE
UNAVAILABILITY OF THE WEB SITE OR ANY PORTION THEREOF; (D)
YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE WEB
SITE; (E) YOUR USE OF ANY EQUIPMENT OR SOFTWARE IN CONNECTION WITH THE WEB SITE; OR (F) ANY COMPUTER VIRUSES,
"WORMS," OR "TROJAN HORSES," ANY OTHER TYPE OF DESTRUCTIVE
OR MALICIOUS COMPUTER CODE (BY WHATEVER NAME IT IS CALLED), OR ANY UNAUTHORIZED
COMPUTER CODE WHICH IS ATTACHED TO, OR MADE A PART OF, THE WEB SITE BY ANY PERSON, GROUP, OR ORGANIZATION. TO
THE EXTENT THE FOREGOING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IS PROHIBITED,
FISHBOWL’S SOLE OBLIGATION TO YOU FOR DAMAGES SHALL BE LIMITED TO FIFTY
DOLLARS ($50).
13. Unlawful Activity. Fishbowl reserves the right to
investigate complaints or reported violations of the Agreement and to take any
action Fishbowl deems appropriate including, but not limited to, reporting any
suspected unlawful activity to law enforcement officials, regulators, or other
third parties and disclosing any information necessary or appropriate to such
persons or entities relating to User profiles, email addresses, usage history,
posted materials, IP addresses and traffic information.
14. Authorized Third Parties. Fishbowl reserves the right to
allow third parties to provide any necessary services to Fishbowl and/or to
Users to enable Fishbowl to provide the Service.
15. Remedies for Violations. Fishbowl reserves the right to
seek any and all remedies available at law and in equity for violations of this
Agreement including, but not limited to, the right to block access from a
particular Internet address to the Web Site.
16. Governing Law and Jurisdiction. This Agreement will be
governed by the laws of the Commonwealth
of Virginia, without regard to any provision of
Virginia law that would require or permit
the application of the substantive law of any other jurisdiction. You
agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Fairfax County, Virginia and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of
Virginia, Alexandria Division.
17. Access Outside the United States. Fishbowl does not represent that the Content,
Service or the Web Site are appropriate or available for use in countries
outside the U.S. If You choose to access the Web Site
from outside the U.S., You are responsible for compliance
with foreign and local laws, if applicable.
18. Privacy. Your use of the Web Site is
subject to Fishbowl’s Privacy Policy, available through this link and
from any page on the Web Site.
19. Severability of Provisions. This Agreement incorporates by
reference the Privacy Policy, and together they constitute the entire agreement
with respect to access to, and use of, the Web Site. If any provision of this
Agreement is unlawful, void or unenforceable, then that provision shall be
deemed severable from the remaining provisions and shall not affect their
validity and enforceability.
20. Modifications to this Agreement. Fishbowl reserves the right to
change this Agreement at any time. Updated versions of the Agreement will
appear on the Web Site and are effective immediately. You are responsible for
regularly reviewing the Agreement. Continued use of the Web Site after any such
changes constitutes your consent to such changes.
21. Headings. The section titles in the
Agreement are used solely for the convenience of you and Fishbowl, and they
have no legal or contractual significance.
22. Survival. Notwithstanding any other
provisions of this Agreement, or any general legal principles to the contrary,
any provision of this Agreement that imposes or contemplates continuing
obligations on a party will survive the expiration or termination of this
Agreement.
YOU CONFIRM
YOUR AGREEMENT TO VOLUNTARILY USE THE SERVICE AND ACCESS THE CONTENT SUBJECT TO
THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT BY USING THIS WEB SITE. IF YOU
DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, PLEASE EXIT THIS WEB SITE.