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Site Terms
| Service Terms
This agreement sets
out the legally binding terms of your use of the web
site located at www.benchmarktracking.com (hereinafter
referred to as the “Site”) or any other
web sites owned by benchmarktracking.com (hereinafter referred
to as “BMT”), and may be modified by BMT
from time to time, such modifications to be effective
upon posting of the modified agreement. By accessing
or using the Site, you agree that you have read and
understand this agreement and all of its contents (hereinafter
referred to as this “Agreement“), intend
this Agreement to be the legal equivalent of a signed,
written contract and equally binding, and that you will
be subject to all of the terms and conditions set forth
herein. You agree to review the Agreement periodically
to be aware of any such modifications, additions, deletions
or other changes, and your continued access and/or use
of the Site shall be deemed your acceptance of the modified
agreement.
1.
Intellectual Property.
BMT solely and exclusively owns all intellectual
property and other rights, title and interest in and
to the BMT service and the Site, including, but not
limited to, the BMT name, logo(s), trademarks, Site
content, and the look and feel of the Site and all marketing
and other business materials, except as expressly provided
for in this Agreement
2.
Copyright.
All content located on the Site is the sole
and exclusive property of BMT and is protected by United
States federal copyright laws. Use of the Site and the
BMT service is intended for your personal non-commercial
use only. Unauthorized use of the content may violate
copyright, trademark, patent, and/or other federal or
foreign laws.
3.
License.
BMT grants you a limited revocable license to
access and use the Site and the BMT service for its
intended purposes, subject to your compliance with this
Agreement. This license does not include the right to
collect or use information contained on the Site for
purposes prohibited by BMT, to compete with BMT, create
derivative works based on the content of the Site, or
download or copy the Site (other than page caching).
In addition, you may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit,
display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, transfer
any content, information, documents, graphics, software,
products and/or services found on the Site. If you use
the Site or BMT service in a manner that exceeds the
scope of this license or breaches this Agreement, BMT
may revoke the license granted to you.
4.
Use of Site.
By accessing and utilizing the Site, you agree
that all text, graphics, codes, interactive features
and/or other information and technology located on the
Site will be used solely for informational and educational
purposes only. Commercial or unauthorized use of any
text, graphic, code, interactive feature and/or all
other information and technology located on the Site
is strictly prohibited. Any act or engagement of conduct
prohibited by law or any action that violated federal,
state and/or local laws is strictly prohibited, nor
may any text, graphics, codes, interactive features
and/or other information and technology located on the
Site be used to perform any action that will injure
or harm others, promote any unlawful activities or violate
Internet standards. You hereby agree: a) to obey all
applicable local, state, national and international
laws and regulations in your use of the Site; b) to
be solely responsible for the contents of your transmissions
through the Site; c) to abide by all requirements, procedures,
policies and regulations posted on the Site by BMT;
d) not to broadcast through the Site any unlawful, harassing,
defamatory, libelous, bigoted, hateful, racially offensive,
privacy invading, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar
or otherwise objectionable material of any kind; and
e) not to mine the Site’s data for any purpose
whatsoever. Actual or attempted unauthorized use of
the Site may result in criminal and/or civil prosecution.
BMT will also comply with all court orders involving
requests to release user information in any event of
actual or attempted unauthorized use.
5. Use
of Internet.
Use of the Internet is solely at your own
risk and is subject to all applicable local, state,
national and international laws and regulations. Please
be advised that the confidentiality of any communication
or material transmitted to and from a web site over
the Internet cannot be guaranteed. Accordingly, BMT
is not responsible for the security of any information
transmitted via the Internet, the accuracy of the
information contained on the Site or the consequences
of any reliance on such information. You assume sole
and complete risk for using the Site and must make
your own determination as to these matters. In addition,
BMT recommends 128-bit SSL encryption in order to
maintain the highest encryption standards throughout
the Site to best protect the security of the information
you transmit on the Site. If your browser does not
support 128-bit encryption, you may do so by upgrading
your system.
6.
User Information.
BMT observes and collects information about
the users of the Site, including, but not limited to,
names, email addresses, zip codes, IP addresses, cookies
and any other personally identifiable information. Collection
and use of personal information is outlined and governed
by the BMT Privacy Policy. For more information regarding
the collection of user information and the privacy of
same, please visit http://www.benchmarktracking.com/privacy.asp.
7.
Submissions.
Any submission, communication or content posted
to the Site by any user shall be deemed non-confidential
in nature, unless expressly stated on any particular
page(s) on the Site that such page(s) will permit a
submission or communication to be treated as confidential
by BMT. By posting a submission, communication or content
on the Site, you permit BMT a royalty-free, perpetual,
irrevocable, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce,
modify, publish, edit, transfer, distribute, perform
and display the submission, communication or content,
in whole or in part, in any form or media outlet or
to sublicense such rights. You are hereby liable and
responsible for all submissions, communications and
content that you post on the Site. The following types
of submissions, communications and content are prohibited
from posting to the Site: a) copyrighted content, unless
you are the copyright owner or have the permission of
the copyright owner to post such content; b) content
which reveals trade secrets, unless you are the owner
of such trade secrets or have the permission of the
owner; c) content that infringes upon any intellectual
property rights of others; d) content that exhibits
obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive,
hateful or embarrassing behavior; e) sexually explicit
images; advertisements or solicitations of business
products and/or services; f) chain letters or pyramid
schemes; or g) impersonating others.
8.
Third-Party Content.
BMT may: a) use third parties to provide certain
services accessible through the Site, b) publish content
on the Site that is provided by other users, content
suppliers or any other third party other than BMT, or
c) post advertisements and/or links to any third party
web site on the Site or in any electronic mail communications.
BMT does not control any such third parties or their
services, and you agree that BMT will not be liable
to you in any way for your use of such services or accessing
of any third party site, nor does BMT make any representation,
guarantee, recommendation, warranty or endorsement relative
to the accuracy, quality, reliability and/or completeness
of any such third-party content. When accessing such
third-party web sites, you agree to do so solely at
your own risk. These third parties may have their own
terms of use, terms of service, membership agreements,
and/or privacy policies. You must comply with such terms
and policies as well as this Agreement when you use
these services. If any such terms or policies conflict
with this Agreement or any BMT policy, you must comply
with this Agreement and BMT policies, as applicable.
9.
Software Downloads.
Any software that is made available to download
from the Site is the proprietary and copyrighted work
of BMT and/or its third-party suppliers, and is protected
by United States federal copyright laws. Use of the
software is governed by the End User License Agreement(s),
which accompanies or is included with the available
software. By accessing, downloading or otherwise using
such software, you agree to be legally bound by the
terms and conditions set forth in the End User License
Agreement(s). BMT may cease offering the software for
download on the Site at any time without notice. BMT
assumes no obligation with respect to supporting the
Site or software, except as expressly set forth in the
End User License Agreement(s).
10.
Disclaimer of Warranties.
You expressly agree that use of the Site is
at your sole risk. The Site is provided by BMT on an
“as is” and “as available” basis.
BMT 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. BMT makes
no warranties that the Site will meet your requirements
and/or be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free,
nor does BMT make any warranty as to the accuracy or
reliability of any information obtained and/or downloaded
through the use of the Site or that defects in the system
and software will be corrected. BMT makes no warranty
regarding any goods or services purchased or downloaded
through the use of the Site or any third-party links
or any information obtained or transactions entered
into through the use of the Site. No advice or information,
whether oral or written, obtained by you from BMT shall
create a warranty not expressly stated herein. Furthermore,
BMT makes no warranties concerning the suitability of
the content contained on the Site for any purpose.
11.
Disclaimer of Liability.
BMT shall not be liable for any damages whatsoever,
whether direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special
or consequential, arising out of or in any way connected
to the use of the Site or with the delay or inability
to use the Site, or for any information, products and
services obtained through the Site, or otherwise arising
out of the utilization of the Site, whether based in
contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise, even
if BMT has been advised of the possibility of said damages.
Furthermore, BMT shall not be liable for any damages
arising from the interruption, suspension or termination
of the Site, including, but not limited to, direct,
indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary
damages, whether or not such interruption, suspension
or termination was justified, negligent or intentional.
12.
Modifications.
BMT reserves the right to modify and/or discontinue
the Site, whether temporarily or permanently, with or
without notice to the users, and BMT shall not be liable
to you or any third party for any such modification
and/or discontinuance of the Site. BMT further reserves
the right to make revisions, modifications, additions,
deletions or any such changes to this Agreement at its
sole discretion, at any time, with or without notice
to its users.
13.
Indemnification.
You agree to indemnify and hold BMT, subsidiaries,
affiliates, officers, agents, representatives, successors,
members, principals and other partners and employees
harmless from any loss, liability, claim or demand,
including reasonable attorney’s fees, made by
any third party due to or arising out of your use of
the Site or services set forth in this Agreement and/or
arising from a breach of this Agreement and/or any breach
of your representations, obligations and warranties
set forth above. BMT reserves the right to assume the
exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise
subject to indemnification by you, and you shall not,
in any event, settle any matter without the written
consent of BMT.
14.
Severability.
If any term or provision of this Agreement is
determined to be illegal, unenforceable or invalid in
whole or in part for any reason, such illegal, unenforceable
or invalid provision(s) or part thereof shall be stricken
from this Agreement, and such provision(s) shall not
affect the legality, enforceability or validity of the
remainder of this Agreement. If any provision or part
thereof is stricken in accordance with the provisions
of this section, then this stricken provision shall
be replaced, to the extent possible, with a legal, enforceable
and valid provision that is as similar in tenor to the
stricken provision as is legally possible.
15.
Jurisdiction.
If there is any dispute about or involving the
Site provided by BMT, by using the Site, you agree that
the dispute will be governed by the laws of the State
of California without regard to its conflict of law
provisions. You agree to personal jurisdiction by an
arbitrator or mediator and the federal courts of the
State of California. Any controversy or claim arising
out of or relating to this Agreement, or the breach
thereof, shall be settled by arbitration administered
by the American Arbitration Association in accordance
with its Commercial (or other) Arbitration Rules (including
the Emergency Interim Relief Procedures), and judgment
on the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered
in any court having jurisdiction thereof.
16.
Entire Agreement.
This Agreement represents the entire agreement
between you and BMT with respect to your use of the
Site, and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous
communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral
or written, between you and BMT with respect to your
use of the Site.
Service
Terms | Site Terms
This agreement sets
out the legally binding terms of your use of the service
provided by BMT to you (hereinafter referred to as “End
User”, “You” or “Your”),
and may be modified by BMT from time to time, such modifications
to be effective upon posting of the modified agreement.
By accessing, using and/or registering for the service
provided by BMT (hereinafter referred to as the “Service”),
you agree that you have read and understand this End
User Terms of Service and all of its contents (hereinafter
referred to as this “Agreement“), intend
this Agreement to be the legal equivalent of a signed,
written contract and equally binding, and that you will
be subject to all of the terms and conditions set forth
herein. You agree to review the Agreement periodically
to be aware of any such modifications, additions, deletions
or other changes, and your continued access, registration
and/or use of the Service shall be deemed your acceptance
of the modified agreement.
1.
Description of Service.
The Service provided by BMT enables the End
User to send electronic messages containing rich media
content, including, but not limited to, images, videos,
music, sound clips and other audiovisual and/or interactive
features. Any new feature, enhancement, addition, change
or upgrade to the current Service shall be subject to
the terms and conditions set forth in the Agreement
herein.
2.
Intellectual Property.
In consideration of Your use of the BMT PBMT
solely and exclusively owns all intellectual property
and other rights, title and interest in and to the BMT
service and all content and materials provided to you
through the Service, including, but not limited to,
text, software, music, sound, video, photographs, graphics
and animation (hereinafter referred to as the “Content”).
All such content provided by BMT and its licensors through
the Service is the sole and exclusive property of BMT,
and any unauthorized use of the content may violate
United States federal copyright laws, patent laws, moral
rights laws, trade secret laws, confidential information
laws, trademark laws, unfair competition laws or other
similar rights.
3.
License.
BMT grants you a limited, nontransferable, nonexclusive,
revocable license to access and use the Service and
send, compose, read, print, save and forward messages
containing the Content as described and limited in this
Agreement. You hereby agree to access and use the Service
for its intended purposes, subject to your compliance
with this Agreement, and are hereby prohibited from
utilizing the Service for any other purpose or to alter
the Content and/or Service in any way, including, but
not limited to, removing or deleting any proprietary
rights notices. This license does not include the right
to collect or use information contained on the Site
or through the Service for purposes prohibited by BMT,
to compete with BMT, create derivative works based on
any and all Content obtained through the Service, or
download or copy any Content obtained through the Service
(other than page caching). In addition, you may not
modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform,
reproduce, publish, license, transfer any content, information,
documents, graphics or other materials or Content obtained
through your use of the Service, in whole or in part,
for commercial or non-commercial purposes. License to
use the Service is limited to personal use by the End
User; therefore, resale or commercial use of the Service
or any other means to seek financial gain from providing
the Service to any third party, without the express
prior written consent of BMT, is strictly prohibited.
By using the Service, you acknowledge and agree that
portions of the Content is provided to you by third-party
licensors, and you hereby agree to adhere to and comply
with any such third-party’s license(s) and to
refrain from violating any such licensor’s intellectual
property rights. If you use the service in a manner
that exceeds the scope of this license or breaches this
Agreement, BMT may revoke the license granted to you.
4.
End User Obligations.
By accessing, using and/or registering for the
Service, you agree to: a) provide true, accurate, complete
and current user information as requested by BMT at
any time; b) promptly and regularly update your user
information to maintain it’s accuracy and completeness;
c) provide for your own access to the Internet and pay
any fees or costs relative to such access that is required
to access the Service; d) provide all necessary equipment
and/or materials necessary for you to make such connection
to the Internet in order to access, use and/or register
for the Service. By providing any user information that
is untrue, inaccurate, incomplete and/or not current,
BMT reserves the right to suspend or terminate your
account and refuse any and all current or future use
of the Service, in whole or in part, by you.
5.
End User Privacy
BMT will not monitor, edit, review or disclose
the contents of any Messages composed and/or sent by
an End User to a third-party recipient without End User’s
prior permission, unless: a) as required by law; b)
in compliance with legal authorities or during any legal
proceeding; c) to enforce this Agreement; d) to respond
to any good faith belief or claim that such Message,
or any of its contents, violates the rights or interests
of any third party or violates this Agreement; and/or
e) to protect the rights and/or property of BMT, its
licensors or any other third party. As an End User composing
and/or sending such Messages, you acknowledge and agree
that technical processing of the Messages is required
in order to send and receive such Message, to conform
to the technical requirements of connecting networks,
to conform to the limitations of the Service and its
equipment, to conform to other similar technical requirements,
or as otherwise noted in the BMT Privacy Policy.
6.
End User Conduct
By accessing and/or using the Service, you hereby
represent and warrant that you will not utilize the
Service for any purpose that is unlawful and/or prohibited
by the terms and conditions in this Agreement. The Service
provided by BMT makes use of the Internet to compose,
send and receive Messages; therefore, each End User’s
conduct is subject to Internet law, regulations, policies
and procedures. By utilizing the Service, you shall
not engage in unlawful or unethical activities through
your use of the Service, including, but not limited
to: a) unsolicited surveys, contests or pyramid schemes;
b) defamation, libel, slander, abuse, harassment, stalking,
embarrassment, threatening acts or otherwise violate
the legal rights of any third party; c) publish and/or
distribute inappropriate, profane, vulgar, defamatory,
infringing, obscene, adult-oriented, pornographic, tortuous,
indecent, unlawful, immoral or otherwise objectionable
material; d) harm minors in any way, form or manner;
e) harvest or collect any information about any third
party, including, but not limited to, e-mail addresses,
without consent of such third party; f) record conversations
or communications between or among any other third parties
without the consent of such third parties; g) create
false identities for the purpose of misleading any third
party as to the identity of the sender of any Message
or to manipulate the origin of any Message or transmission
of same; h) transmit or upload any content or materials
that contain viruses, trojan horses, worms, bots or
any other harmful or destructive programs; i) transmit
or upload any content or materials that contain software
or other content that is protected by Intellectual Property
Rights, including, but not limited to, copyright, trademark
and patent rights, rights of privacy or publicity, or
any other applicable law, unless you are the owner of
such rights thereto or have received all necessary consents
by the respective owners of such rights; j) transmit
or upload any content or material that would encourage
conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, civil
liability or otherwise violate any applicable local,
state, federal or international law, regulation or policy;
k) interfere with, disrupt or manipulate the Service,
its networks or servers, or violate the regulations,
policies and procedures of such networks and servers;
l) successfully gain or attempt to gain unlawful and/or
unauthorized access to the Service and/or accounts,
systems and networks connected to the Service by password
mining or other unauthorized means; m) violate any applicable
laws, policies or regulations, including, but not limited
to, laws relative to the transmission of data or software
exported from the United States of America through the
Service and/or any other applicable local, state, federal
and international law and regulation; n) interfere with
any individual, entity, or any other third party’s
use and enjoyment of the Service; o) use the Service
to advertise and/or promote any illegal activities;
p) use the Service for illegal purposes; q) use the
Service for gambling or betting purposes; r) use the
Service to promote the use of alcohol, firearms or tobacco
products; s) use the Service to send electronic mail
transmissions to any third party that include links
to any web site that violates the terms and conditions
set forth in this Agreement; or t) engage in any other
conduct, activity or behavior that, in BMT’s sole
and exclusive discretion, is considered unauthorized,
illegal, immoral or objectionable.
7.
Spamming.
By accessing, using and/or registering for the
Service, you shall not use the Service, in whole or
in part, in any way, for the purpose of composing and/or
sending chain letters, junk electronic mail, “spam”,
or any purpose that involves the utilization of distribution
lists to any third party business or individual that
has not given express specific permission to be included
in such a distribution list. Any electronic mail advertisement
that is composed and addressed to a third-party recipient
with whom the sender does not have an existing business,
commercial or personal relationship and which is not
sent at the express request or consent of the recipient
to receive such a Message from you is strictly prohibited
(hereinafter referred to as “Spamming”).
BMT reserves the right to immediately terminate any
End User’s license to access and/or use the Service
if such End User uses the Service, in whole or in part,
for Spamming purposes, and BMT reserves the right to
seek appropriate legal action as necessary for any such
violation. If you reasonably believe that any other
user may be using the Service for Spamming purposes,
you hereby agree that you will promptly notify BMT of
any such violation.
8.
Monitoring
BMT holds no obligation to monitor the Service,
your use of the Service or to store the content of any
end user session. However, BMT reserves the right to
monitor, review, retain, store or disclose any information
or content as necessary, at any time, in conjunction
with any applicable law, regulation, policy, legal process
and/or government or police request, or to enforce this
Agreement herein at the sole discretion of BMT. You
hereby agree that BMT shall be held harmless from any
liability for any such monitoring, lack of monitoring,
review, lack of review, retention, lack of retention
and/or disclosure of content or information as described
herein.
9.
End User Accounts and Security.
As an End User of the Service, you will receive
an end user account and password to access said account.
You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality
and security of your account and password. You are solely
responsible for any and all activity that occurs within
your end user account while using the Service, including,
but not limited to, the content located in all electronic
mail messages sent through the Service from your account.
You may modify or change your password at your sole
discretion, at any time, by following the instructions
located on the BMT web site. You expressly agree to
promptly notify BMT of any unauthorized use of your
account or any other breach of security.
10.
Unsolicited Submissions.
BMT will not accept, review or consider any
suggestions, ideas, notes, drawings, diagrams, concepts
or other information (hereinafter referred to as “Information”)
from any End User or other third party, other than those
it has specifically and expressly solicited, and BMT
therefore requests that any End User or other third
party refrain from sending any such Information to BMT.
If any End User or other third party elects to send
any suggestion, idea, note, drawing, diagram, concept
or other information, any such Information shall be
deemed the property of BMT. End User hereby assigns
and transfers all Intellectual Property Rights in and
to the Information to BMT, and End User further agrees
to reasonably and promptly effectuate the assignment
described herein by executing all applicable instruments
and documents now or hereafter requested by BMT which
are necessary to effectuate the assignment, as well
as perform any other reasonable act deemed necessary
by BMT to fully transfer ownership of the Information
to BMT to the fullest extent possible. During any such
transfer of ownership of Information from End User to
BMT, BMT is not responsible or liable to provide compensation
to End User in any way, form or manner for the transfer
or assignment of Intellectual Property Rights in and
to the Information, nor is BMT subject to any confidentiality
policies on behalf of the End User regarding the Information
and, therefore, shall not be liable or owe any compensation
to End User for any use and/or disclosure of the Information.
11.
User-Submitted Content.
You, as End User, have the sole and exclusive
responsibility for any content, data, text, software,
music clips, sound, video, photographs, graphics, messages,
files or other material that is transmitted, posted
or otherwise distributed by you through the Service
(hereinafter referred to as “End User Content”),
including, but not limited to, the contents of your
electronic mail communications, photographs posted by
you on the BMT Site or through the Service. As such,
you assume sole liability for all End User Materials
posted by you, whether publicly or privately posted
and/or transmitted. BMT is not responsible and holds
no liability relative to monitoring the End User Content
provided through the Service, and does not warrant,
guarantee or represent, in any way, the accuracy, quality
and/or integrity of the End User Materials. By utilizing
the Service, you acknowledge that you may be exposed
to content or other materials submitted by third parties
or other users that may be offensive, indecent or otherwise
objectionable, and that BMT is held harmless from any
liability resulting or arising out of same. Likewise,
BMT shall not be held liable for any errors or omissions
in any content or for any loss or damage incurred as
a result of the use of any content transmitted through
the Service.
12.
Use of Service and Storage Limitations.
BMT may, at its sole discretion, establish and enforce
general practices, policies and limitations with regard
to your use of the Service, including, but not limited
to: a) the maximum number of day(s) that electronic
mail messages or other uploaded content will be stored
by the Service; b) the maximum number of electronic
mail messages that may be sent or received by your account
through the Service; c) the maximum size of any electronic
mail messages that may be sent or received by your account
through the Service; d) the maximum disk and/or server
space that will be allotted to you on BMT’s servers
for your use of the Service; and/or e) the maximum number
of instances and duration which you may access the Service
in a given period of time. The amount of electronic
mail storage on BMT’s server allotted to you for
your use of the Service is limited; however, additional
storage space for electronic mail messages may be available
to you upon payment of additional fees. BMT shall not
be held liable for the deletion of an electronic mail
message or the failure to compose or send an electronic
mail message through use of the Service, nor is BMT
liable for electronic mail messages that are not processed
or sent due to space limitations or outbound message
limitations. BMT reserves the right to log off the account
of any end user which has been inactive for an extended
period of time, at the sole discretion of BMT. BMT further
reserves the right to modify, add to or otherwise change
these practices, policies and limitations at any time,
with or without notice to you, at its sole discretion.
13.
Termination.
As End User of the Service, if you disagree
and/or are dissatisfied with the Service, in whole or
in part, or with any provision of this Agreement, in
whole or in part, or any subsequent modifications thereto,
it is your sole and exclusive obligation and remedy
to terminate your End User account, for any reason and
at any time. To terminate your account, you must immediately
discontinue your use of the Service, notify BMT of your
intention to terminate your End User account, and destroy
all content and materials obtained through your use
of the Service, all related documentation and any originals
or copies of same. Upon execution of the termination
process, you must cease all use of the Service immediately,
and any license granted to you by BMT to use the Service
will be revoked. Termination of this Agreement and your
End User account to use the Service shall not have any
effect on your obligations to BMT under any other agreement
or policy relating to the BMT Service. Upon termination
of your End User account, BMT shall not be liable, in
any way, to you or any third party for termination of
your use of the Service, and BMT shall not be obligated
to forward any unread, unsent or unprocessed electronic
mail messages to you or any third party. BMT reserves
the right to immediately terminate your End User account
and your access to the Service for any violation of
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement,
with or without prior notice to you, for any reason
in BMT’s sole and exclusive discretion. Upon termination
of your End User account and your access to the Service,
you must destroy all content and materials obtained
through your use of the Service, all related documentation
and any originals or copies of same. Upon termination
of your End User account by BMT, BMT reserves the right
to immediately delete all electronic mail messages in
your End User account and prohibit any and all further
access to those electronic mail messages and/or your
use of the Service.
Cancellation
Policy
We require that you fax us your cancellation request.
This is required due to the sensitive nature of the
information that you keep within your account. We want
to make sure we have your written permission before
we delete your account.
We do require a 30 days notice before cancelling your
account.
Please download this pdf
file, fill it out and fax back to 775-213-5085.
Refunds - If you prepaid for an annual
plan and you wish to cancel, then the refund is only
for 1/2 of the year. The refund request must be made
in the first half of the year. No refunds are allowed
on price guarantee custom plans.
If any customer is deemed to have violated our
antispam policy as determined by Benchmark, then no
refunds apply.
14.
Disclaimer of Warranties.
You expressly agree that use of the Service
is at your sole risk. The Service is provided by BMT
on an “as is” and “as available”
basis. BMT 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.
BMT makes no warranties that the Service will meet your
requirements and/or be uninterrupted, timely, secure
or error-free, nor does BMT make any warranty as to
the accuracy or reliability of any information obtained
and/or downloaded through the use of the Service or
that defects in the system and software will be corrected.
BMT makes no warranty regarding any goods or services
purchased or downloaded through the use of the Service
or any third-party links or any information obtained
or transactions entered into through the use of the
Service. No advice or information, whether oral or written,
obtained by you from BMT shall create a warranty not
expressly stated herein. Furthermore, BMT makes no warranties
concerning the suitability of the content provided through
the Service for any purpose.
15.
Disclaimer of Liability.
BMT shall not be liable for any damages whatsoever,
whether direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special
or consequential, arising out of or in any way connected
to the use of the Service or with the delay or inability
to use the Service, or for any information, products
and services obtained through use of the Service, or
otherwise arising out of the utilization of the Service,
whether based in contract, tort, strict liability or
otherwise, even if BMT has been advised of the possibility
of said damages. Furthermore, BMT shall not be liable
for any damages arising from the interruption, suspension
or termination of the Service, including, but not limited
to, direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential
or exemplary damages, whether or not such interruption,
suspension or termination was justified, negligent or
intentional.
16.
Modifications.
BMT reserves the right to modify and/or discontinue
the Service, whether temporarily or permanently, with
or without notice to the users, and BMT shall not be
liable to you or any third party for any such modification
and/or discontinuance of the Service. BMT further reserves
the right to make revisions, modifications, additions,
deletions or any such changes to this Agreement at its
sole discretion, at any time, with or without notice
to its users.
17.
Indemnification.
You agree to indemnify and hold BMT, subsidiaries,
affiliates, officers, agents, representatives, successors,
members, principals and other partners and employees
harmless from any loss, liability, claim or demand,
including reasonable attorney’s fees, made by
any third party due to or arising out of your use of
the Site or services set forth in this Agreement and/or
arising from a breach of this Agreement and/or any breach
of your representations, obligations and warranties
set forth above. BMT reserves the right to assume the
exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise
subject to indemnification by you, and you shall not,
in any event, settle any matter without the written
consent of BMT.
18.
Jurisdiction.
If there is any dispute about or involving the
Service provided by BMT, by using the Service, you agree
that the dispute will be governed by the laws of the
State of California without regard to its conflict of
law provisions. You agree to personal jurisdiction by
an arbitrator or mediator and the federal courts of
the State of California. Any controversy or claim arising
out of or relating to this Agreement, or the breach
thereof, shall be settled by arbitration administered
by the American Arbitration Association in accordance
with its Commercial (or other) Arbitration Rules (including
the Emergency Interim Relief Procedures), and judgment
on the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered
in any court having jurisdiction thereof.
19.
Severability.
If any term or provision of this Agreement is
determined to be illegal, unenforceable or invalid in
whole or in part for any reason, such illegal, unenforceable
or invalid provision(s) or part thereof shall be stricken
from this Agreement, and such provision(s) shall not
affect the legality, enforceability or validity of the
remainder of this Agreement. If any provision or part
thereof is stricken in accordance with the provisions
of this section, then this stricken provision shall
be replaced, to the extent possible, with a legal, enforceable
and valid provision that is as similar in tenor to the
stricken provision as is legally possible.
20.
Entire Agreement
This Agreement represents the entire agreement
between you and BMT with respect to your use of the
Service, and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous
communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral
or written, between you and BMT with respect to your
use of the Service.
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