Terms of
Agreement
(Application Service Provider,
Hosting and Web Services)
The following Agreement
represents the terms and conditions by which you (The Customer)
and
Dotfront, LLC, a Florida based company having its business address in 2620 W
79th Street, Miami FL 33014 (Dotfront) agree shall be bound if and
only if the following conditions are met:
(1) You read and agree to all
terms and condition of this Agreement and indicate your acceptance to these
terms by choosing “I Agree” at the order form.
(2) You have provided all
information requested of you in the order form, and your warranty the
correctness and truthfulness of this information.
(3) You submit proper
payment in accordance to what is stated in the agreement.
This
Agreement shall be effective on the date that your payment is received and
accepted by Dotfront and you first use the service(s). This date shall be known as the
“Effective Date”.
IF YOU DO NOT
AGREE TO ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT DO NOT
PURCHASE OR USE ANY OF THE APPLICATION HOSTING SERVICES DOTFRONT
PROVIDES.
1.
APPLICATION HOSTING SERVICES
The Dotfront’s
application hosting services include a wide variety of resources including web
sites, web pages, email, domain address and other services operated by Dotfront
and its affiliates and various other products and services which are provided
directly by Dotfront, its affiliates or third party service providers. These
products and services will be collectively referred to in these Terms of
Services Agreement as the "Services."
You, the Customer must be at least eighteen (18) years of age to
subscribe to and use any of the SERVICES.
Subject to these terms and
conditions and in exchange for a periodic fee as specified, Dotfront will
provide to Customer application hosting services for the application the
customer shall contract (Application).
All this services will be limited and in compliance with the following
specifications:
During the term of this
Agreement, Customer will have a limited, revocable, non-transferable and
non-exclusive access to use the Dotfront Services and related documentation
solely for Customer's business purposes consistent with the terms and conditions
of this Agreement. Customer will have continuous access to Application via
Internet connectivity to compatible Web browsers, subject to the disclaimer
provisions stated in this Agreement.
Dotfront will issue, to
whom Customer shall authorize, a user and password login as the Customer
Dotfront system Administrator. Customer acknowledges and agrees that
only this Administrator shall be authorized to bind Customer in connection with
any service provided to Customer under this Agreement. The Administrator will be
responsible of assigning logins and passwords to each remaining Authorized User,
and manage the business rules that control each such Authorized User's access to
the Application.
The Application will be
served from Dotfront's servers co-located at a secure Internet Service Provider
(ISP) facility. As part of the service package, Dotfront will provide required
initial account setup and administration, and will provide free technical
support for the term of this agreement.
Dotfront shall use all
commercial efforts to ensure the access to the services is available at all
times. Since both parties recognize
that the Internet is not owned or controlled by anyone, there may be performance
losses or downtimes. Therefore,
Dotfront makes no guarantees that any user may access the services at any given
time, specially if such access failures are due to: (1) factors outside of
Dotfront’s reasonable control; (2) any actions or inactions of Customer or any
third parties not affiliated with Dotfront; (3) Customer’s equipment and/or
third party equipment; (4) third parties software related issues; or (5)
scheduled halts for purposes of maintaining or updating the Web Site or the
Software.
2.
SERVICE FEES AND PAYMENTS AND LIMITATIONS
Customer will
pay to Dotfront all fees (application, monthly, setup or other) due according to
the prices and fee schedule applicable at the time. Customer recognizes and
accepts that all sales made by Dotfront are final, and there are no partial or
full refunds unless for what is explicitly stated in this
agreement.
Dotfront may
change its fee rates on sixty (60) days notice by postal mail, electronic mail,
or by posting the same on Dotfront’s own Web Site. Upon such notice, Customer
shall have thirty (30) calendar days prior to the effective date of the fee
variation to notify Dotfront by certified postal mail should it not agree to
such rate increase and that Customer wishes to terminate this Agreement.
Dotfront will
invoice and charge Customer with the agreed payment method at the beginning of
the service period (month, semester or year). All payments are due within five (5)
days after Dotfront submits its invoice. If a payment is returned or rejected by
Dotfront’s bank, or incurs in any additional, the Customer shall pay a service
fee of $50 and reimburse all such fees and costs incurred by Dotfront, and
Customer shall be immediately deemed to be in default of this Agreement.
If Customer fails to pay
any fees in full by the tenth day after the invoice has been submitted, Dotfront
will have the right to: (a) assess late charges in an amount equal to the
greater of five percent (5%) per month or the maximum allowable under applicable
law; (b) suspend access to any or all Services provided by Dotfront; and/or
terminate this Agreement. Any such suspension or termination will not relieve
Customer from paying any outstanding fees plus interest and late charges.
Customer will be responsible for any costs associated with collecting such fees
including, without limitation, legal costs, attorneys' fees, court costs and
collection agency fees.
All fees
charged by Dotfront for the Application Services are exclusive of all taxes and
similar fees now in force or enacted in the future imposed on the transaction
and/or the delivery of such services. If Dotfront is required to pay directly
any such taxes, duties,
whether international, national, state or local imposed by reason of the
performance by Dotfront under this Agreement, Customer will pay or reimburse
Dotfront for all such payments, excluding, however, income taxes or gross
receipts taxes which may be levied against Dotfront.
3.
ACCEPTABLE USE
Dotfront provides Services
to assist Customer with the operation of its business. These Services are
limited to the customer and its employees that are authorized users. Customer may
not sublicense or resell any of Dotfront’s Services to any third parties without
the prior written permission of Dotfront. Any attempts to do so would be
considered a material breach and grounds for termination of this Agreement.
The following constitutes Acceptable Use of the Application Services
provided by Dotfront.
Customer shall use its
reasonable efforts to see that each of its Authorized Users will be responsible
for the security and/or use of his or her user login, and they will not disclose
their user ID and password to any person and shall not allow any other person or
entity to use his or her logon identifier.
Customer should use the
services consistent with the assigned business rules, and use the Dotfront’s
applications in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Customer will be responsible for advising each Authorized User of his or her
obligations under this Agreement and of the license and proprietary restrictions
set forth in this Agreement.
Customer
acknowledges that Dotfront reserves the right to deny, suspend,
revoke or terminate access in whole or part to the
Services provided under this Agreement if Dotfront believes Customer
and/or its Authorized Users are in breach of this Agreement or are otherwise
using or accessing the Dotfront Services inconsistent with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement.
Dotfront reserves the
right, but is not obligated, to monitor or to review materials posted to Web
Sites operated as a part of Services provided to Customer and to monitor
Customer’s compliance with these Terms of Service Agreement. Dotfront reserves
the right in its sole discretion to edit, refuse to post or remove any
information or materials which violate these Terms of Service or the Additional
Terms in whole or in part, without notice at any time.
Customer
acknowledges and agrees that unless expressly stated elsewhere, Dotfront has no
proprietary, financial, or other interest in Customer’s Content, and, therefore,
Dotfront does not edit, distribute, market, sublicense, publish, or otherwise
provide Customer’s Content to end users. Customer is solely responsible for the
information, data, graphics, text, quality, performance, and all other aspects
of its Content. Customer warrants that it owns or has the right to use and offer
the Content in the manner in which such Content is offered and will be offered
by Customer during the term of this Agreement.
Customer
acknowledges and agrees that Customer is solely responsible for ensuring the
integrity of its Content. Although Dotfront provides data backup services,
Customer
is advised that Dotfront in no way is responsible for any damages resulting from
the loss of Customer’s Content, regardless of the reason for such loss. Customer
is solely responsible for backing-up/archiving its own Content.
4.
PROHIBITED PRACTICES
Dotfront may,
in its sole discretion at any time, without notice to Customer, and without
liability to Customer, remove from public view, disconnect, or interrupt the
Service provided if Dotfront deems in its sole discretion that the Customer’s
Content or any Content under the Customer responsibility to be offensive or
illegal. Also it is considered
sufficient cause for termination or interruption of the Service if Customer is
believed to be incurring in one or more of the following prohibited
practices:
1. Customer may not
modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish,
license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information,
software, products, services or benefits obtained from the Services provided by
Dotfront under this Agreement, except as expressly provided herein.
2. Customer may not use a name in
connection with operating Dotfront’s Services that is confusing or misleading,
or otherwise impersonate or deceive anyone with respect to the Customer’s
identity.
3. Customer may not interfere with or
disrupt or help in any way to interfere o disrupt the Dotfront’s Services or
servers or any network connected to such Services.
4. Customer may no use
the Services or the Customer’s Content hosted as part of the services to harass
(including billing practices), defame, libel, slander, impersonate,
abuse, threaten, invade the privacy of or otherwise violate or infringe the
legal rights (including rights of privacy and publicity) of any third
parties.
5. Customer may not use the
Dotfront’s Services or the products or services provided through or in
connection with these Services to conduct, promote or forward illegal contests,
pyramid schemes, chain letters, unsolicited or unauthorized advertising,
promotional materials, unsolicited e-mail ( including "spamming") or multi-level
or illegal marketing campaigns. Nor
may Customer use Dotfront’s Services to distribute or show Content that
allegedly violates the laws of the state where the server resides, is
adjudicated to be illegal or sexually explicit, violates the law, rules or
regulations of any country or subdivision thereof or Content that is harmful to
minors in any way.
6. Customer may not, through the use
of the Services provided by Dotfront publish, post, distribute, disseminate,
advertise or link to any software, content or other material protected by
intellectual property laws, copyright licenses, rights of privacy or publicity,
or other proprietary rights, unless Customer owns, or controls such rights or
has received all necessary consents that allow publication, distribution, or
linking of such software and other materials; or software, content or other
material that contains viruses, worms, corrupted files, cracks or that may or
are intended to damage the operation of or render inoperable another's computer,
hardware, software, security measures or system or other programs written to
defeat the security measures of any computer, system or
programs.
7. Customer may not use the
Dotfront’s Services or any related services to sell, offer to sell, distribute,
promote, facilitate, disseminate or link to any sites or marketing, sales,
promotion, facilitation or distribution of: firearms; explosives; ammunition;
liquor; tobacco products; illegal gambling (including gambling in connection
with sporting events); food that is not packaged or does not comply with all
applicable laws for sale to consumers by commercial merchants; illicit drugs,
pharmaceuticals and controlled substances; counterfeit, pirated or stolen goods;
any goods or services that infringe or otherwise violate a third party's rights
including copyright, patent, trademark, or rights of publicity or privacy; goods
that are considered indecent, obscene or pornographic; Nazi memorabilia;
registered or unregistered securities; goods or services that cannot be legally
sold; goods which are misrepresented or which do not in fact exist; fraudulent
goods; goods, services or activities that if sold via any of the Dotfront
Services or Customer’s web site would cause Dotfront to violate any law, statute or
regulation; or any other illegal activity.
8. Customer may not use the Services
provided by Dotfront or any services rendered under this Agreement to harvest,
use or otherwise collect information about any third parties, including but not
limited to e-mail addresses, without the express consent of such third
parties.
5.
TERM AND TERMINATION
The Term of the Dotfront Services Agreement
shall begin on the Effective Date, and shall continue for an initial term or
period of one month, six months or one year as specified in the order form
filled by the customer and in the invoice Dotfront sends the Customer. After the initial term or period has
expired this Agreement will be renewed automatically on a month to month basis,
unless either Party gives the non-terminating Party Thirty (30) days notice of
its election to terminate this Agreement.
Customer is responsible for
all Dotfront Service charges up to and including the day client cancels such
Services. To cancel a Dotfront Service the customer must send Dotfront a written
notice at least 30 days prior to the desired date of cancellation. Dotfront may
contact Customer to confirm such request and a cancellation number will be
assign. This number will serve as
proof that the site and service has been cancelled. For security purposes,
e-mail notice will be disregarded. The customer is responsible for all
outstanding charges up to the time the cancellation number is
issued.
Cancellation of e-commerce
software, logistics software or other software applications does not release
client from any long term contracts that client might have signed with Dotfront.
If client has pre-paid for six months or a year of service, cancellation does
not result in a refund.
Neither party will be
liable to the other for any termination or expiration of this Agreement in
accordance with its terms.
Termination
for Breach.- Each Party shall have
the right to terminate this Agreement upon thirty (30) days prior written notice
if the other Party is in material breach of any term of this Agreement,
provided such breach is
not cured by the breaching Party within thirty (30) calendar days following the
Termination for Breach notification.
Material Breach by
Service Provider. -
In the event that Dotfront is in default of this Agreement, Customer may
terminate this Agreement by giving Dotfront thirty (30) days prior written
notice thereof; provided, however, that this Agreement shall not terminate at
the end of said thirty (30) days notice period if Dotfront has cured the breach
of which it has been notified prior to the expiration of the thirty (30) days.
If Agreement is terminated by cause of material breach by Dotfront, any setup or
customization fees paid in advance by the Customer are to be refunded with the
amount prorated to the date of default.
Material Breach by
Customer.- In the event Customer is in default of
this Agreement Dotfront shall have the right to terminate this Agreement by
giving Customer thirty (30) days prior written notice thereof; provided however,
that this Agreement shall not terminate at the end the thirty (30) days notice
period if Customer has cured the breach of which it has been notified prior to
the expiration of said thirty (30) days.
In the event Customer is in
default of the Customer Obligations or the Warranties by Customer, Dotfront may
immediately terminate the Services under this Agreement and any one-time fees
for setup or customization become non-refundable. Additionally, Dotfront shall have the
right, upon written notice to Customer, to terminate this Agreement if Customer
fails to timely pay Dotfront any amount due to Dotfront under this Agreement or
Customer terminates or suspends its business activities; becomes insolvent,
makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or becomes subject to any
bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding under federal or state
statutes.
Following Services
activation, in the event of a termination by either party, Customer shall be
obligated for any fees and charges incurred prior to termination. In the event
of a termination during the Initial Term, Customer shall be obligated to pay in
addition to the fees mentioned above an amount equal to the monthly recurring
service charge multiplied by the number of months remaining on the Initial Term.
Termination charges are billed in one lump sum and shall be payable immediately
on termination.
Upon the expiration date
and non-renewal notice from Customer to Dotfront or termination of this
Agreement: (a) Dotfront will immediately cease providing to the Customer the
Application hosting Service or any services provided under this Agreement; (b)
any and all payment obligations of Customer made under this Agreement will
become due immediately; (c) after such expiration or termination, if requested
by the Customer, Dotfront will back up the Customer's database and ship it to
the Customer's address of record via common parcel service; (d) Customer will
return to Dotfront any and all equipment, software, documentation or other
deliverables provided to Customer by Dotfront including any copies thereof held
by Customer; (e) each party shall return any and all Confidential Information in
its possession to the party that disclosed such Confidential Information and
provide written verification of same.
Any provisions of this
Agreement that by their nature should survive termination of this Agreement will
survive termination of this Agreement.
6.
WARRANTIES
Each party
warrants and represents to the other party that it has the complete right to
enter into and perform its responsibilities under this Agreement.
Customer
Warranties.- By subscribing to any service offered by
Dotfront, the Customer makes the following representations and warranties.
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Customer
has the authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement, perform its
obligations under this Agreement and have its authorized user comply with
obligations and responsibilities stated in this Agreement
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Customer
warrants that it is not located in a country where export or re-export of the
contents of information received via the Internet is prohibited.
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Should
Customer receive notice of any claim regarding the Dotfront Services, Customer
will promptly provide Dotfront with a written notice of such
claim.
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Customer
represents and warrants that Customer's data and information used by Customer in
connection with this agreement does not as of the Effective Date, and will not
during the term of this Agreement, operate in any manner that would violate any
applicable law or regulation.
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Customer
and all Customer’s authorized users of the Services under this Agreement are at
least eighteen (18) years of age.
In the event of any breach,
or reasonably anticipated breach, of any of the foregoing warranties, in
addition to any other remedies available at law or in equity, Dotfront shall
have the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate any or all Services
provided to Customer, without notice at any time.
Dotfront
warranties.- Dotfront makes the following
representation and warranties:
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Dotfront
has the authority to enter into this Agreement, perform its obligations under
this Agreement and have all its employees comply with all provisions in this
Agreement.
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Dotfront
will perform the services required under this Agreement in a professional and
workmanlike manner.
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Dotfront
will make any reasonable effort to provide the Services contracted with Customer
continuously and as possible without interruptions.
7.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
YOUR
access to and use of the SERVICES, and products and services of SERVICES, is at
YOUR own risk. NEITHER
DOTFRONT NOR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES
ABOUT THE CONDITION, SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, COMPLETENESS,
SECURITY, TIMELINESS, OR ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS,
SERVICES AND MATERIALS CONTAINED IN SERVICES FOR ANY PURPOSE. DOTFRONT’S SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN
"AS IS, AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN, DOTFRONT
MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY,
INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
REGARDING OR RELATING TO ANY OF THE SERVICES AND/OR ACCESS TO OR USE OF DOTFRONT
APPLICATION SERVICES PROVIDED TO CUSTOMER UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL DOTFRONT
BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, EVEN
IF DOTFRONT HAS BEEN ADVISED BY CLIENT OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH POTENTIAL LOSS
OR DAMAGE. IF DOTFRONT'S SERVICE TO CLIENT IS DISRUPTED OR MALFUNCTIONS FOR ANY
REASON, DOTFRONT SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LOSSES OF INCOME DUE TO DISRUPTION
OF SERVICE, BEYOND THE FEES PAID BY CLIENT TO PROVIDER FOR SERVICES, DURING THE
PERIOD OF DISRUPTION OR MALFUNCTION.
DOTFRONT NEITHER ASSUMES NOR AUTHORIZES ANY OTHER PERSON TO ASSUME FOR
DOTFRONT ANY OTHER LIABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SOFTWARE, APPLICATION OR
HOSTING SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.
8.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
DOTFRONT ASSUMES NO
RESPONSIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO CUSTOMER’S OR END USER’S USE OF APPLICATION
SERVICES OR ANY SERVICE PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE
FOR CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, AND SPECIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
LOSS OF USE, BUSINESS INTERRUPTIONS, AND LOSS OF PROFITS, OR INCIDENTAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, EVEN IF DOTFRONT IS AWARE OF THE
POSSIBILITY THEREOF. DOTFRONT'S
LIABILITY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT FOR ANY DIRECT DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WILL NOT
EXCEED AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT PAID BY CUSTOMER TO DOTFRONT THROUGH THE
DATE DOTFRONT'S LIABILITY TO CUSTOMER ACCRUES. IN NO EVENT SHALL DOTFRONT BE
LIABLE FOR MORE THAN THE TOTAL FEES ACTUALLY RECEIVED BY IT FROM CUSTOMER FOR
THE SERVICES DURING ANY 12-MONTH PERIOD.
CUSTOMER
RECOGNIZES AND ACCEPTS THAT the information, software, products, services and
other material included in or available through the SERVICES PROVIDED BY
DOTFRONT may not be complete, and may include inaccuracies or errors AND may
also be modified, discontinued or deleted from time to time without notice;
THEREFORE, DOTFRONT WILL NOT BE LIABLE UNDER ANY CIRCUNSTANCES FOR DAMAGES FOR LOSS
OF USE, DATA, ACCOUNTS, REVENUES OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF THE OCURRENCE OF ANY
OF THE FOREGOING CONDITIONS.
BECAUSE SOME
STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR
CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO
CUSTOMER. IF CUSTOMER IS
DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY DOTFRONT, OR WITH ANY OF
THESE TERMS OF SERVICE, CUSTOMER SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE
USING DOTFRONT SERVICES AND OTHER RELATED SERVICES AND
PRODUCTS.
Dotfront is not
involved in any transaction between Customer and Customer’s buyer or seller or
other third parties with whom Customer may have transactions through Customer’s
Web site or between Customer and any user of any products or services offered or
provided by Customer or by a third party through the Dotfront Services. Dotfront
is not acting as Customer’s or any third party's agent in connection with the
operation of the Dotfront Services. Customer is solely responsible for all tasks
and duties related to processing its orders or other transactions included but
not limited to verifying validity, keeping customers informed, providing
customers support and assistance, delivering products to customers, billing
customers, collecting payments and remitting to the appropriate authority all
taxes (if any) arising from or related to such others or transactions.
Consequently, Dotfront cannot and will not be involved in resolving any disputes
relating to any completed or uncompleted transactions or the purchase or sale of
listed goods or otherwise between Customer and Customer’s buyers or suppliers or
any other third party.
9.
CUSTOMER’S INDEMNIFICATION
Customer agrees to
indemnify, defend (at Dotfront’s sole option and at Customer's sole expense) and
hold harmless Dotfront, its managers, directors, officers, employees,
independent contractors and agents, and defend any action brought against same
with respect to any and all claims, demands, actions,
causes of action, suits, proceedings, losses, damages, costs, and expenses,
including without limitation claims made by third parties related to any
false advertising claims, liability claims for products or services sold by
Client, claims for patent, copyright or trademark infringement, and including reasonable attorneys fees, to the extent
that such action is based upon a claim arising out of or relating to Customer's
use of and/or access to the Dotfront Services or services provided under this
agreement, including but not limited to any claims arising out of the sale or
offer for sale of any illegal, infringing, counterfeit products or services or
any other misuse of the Dotfront Services by Customer or its users. Customer
specifically acknowledges that Dotfront shall not be liable to Customer for
losses, if any, incurred as a result of fraudulent or unauthorized misuse of
DotFront Services. These obligations will survive termination of Customer’s
relationship with Dotfront or Customer use of Dotfront
Services.
10.
MISCELLANEOUS.-
No Assignment by
Customer.- Customer may not
assign this Agreement without the prior written consent of Dotfront, which
Dotfront may refuse in its sole discretion. Any attempt by Customer to assign
this Agreement without prior written permission shall be deemed null and void.
Dotfront may assign this Agreement, which shall be effective upon written notice
provided to Customer.
Use of Customer’s Name
and Trademarks.- Customer hereby grants Dotfront a
non-exclusive right and license to use Customer’s name and such of Customer’s
trade names, trademarks, and service marks as are listed on Customer’s Content
or otherwise provided to Dotfront in connection with this Agreement on
Dotfront’s own Web Sites, in printed and online advertising, publicity,
directories, newsletters, and updates describing Dotfront’s Services, and in
applications reasonably necessary and ancillary to the foregoing. Customer may use Dotfront’s trade name,
trademarks, and service marks in advertising and publicity in conjunction with
the offering of Customer’s Content via Dotfront, provided that Customer shall
submit copy to Dotfront for its prior written approval.
Audit
Rights.-
Dotfront shall have the right, during the
term of this Agreement and for a period of six (6) months thereafter, upon
reasonable notice and at reasonable times, to access Customer's location and
files to inspect Customer's use of the Dotfront Application Services, as well as
computers and equipment used in connection therewith. Customer shall cooperate
fully with any such audit or inspection. In the event that any audit shows any
misuse, violation or breach of the Dotfront Services or this Agreement, Dotfront
shall be entitled to pursue any remedies available to it under this Agreement or
otherwise at law or in equity.
Notices.- Any written notice required or permitted
to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement will be in writing and will be deemed
delivered: (a) upon delivery if delivered in person; (b) three (3) business days
after deposit in the United States mail, registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested, postage prepaid; (c) upon transmission if sent via telecopier
or fax, with a confirmation copy sent via overnight mail; (d) one (1) business
day after deposit with a national overnight courier, in each case addressed, in
the case of Customer, to the address listed in Dotfront's records, or in the
case of Dotfront, 2620 W 79th Street, Miami FL
33014.
Point of
Contact.- Customer shall
designate a single Point of Contact in the accompanying Order Form. Customer’s
Point of Contact shall have full authority to enter into agreements and make
binding decisions on behalf of Customer. Customer agrees that Dotfront may rely
on representations made by Customer’s Point of Contact. Customer may change its
Point of Contact at any time by giving written notice to Dotfront in accordance
with the notice provisions of this Agreement.
Waiver.- Any waiver or modification of this
Agreement will not be effective unless executed in writing and signed by an
authorized representative of Dotfront and Customer or Customer’s Point of
Contact. Both parties expressly disclaim the right to claim the enforceability
or effectiveness any amendments to this Agreement that are not executed by an
authorized representative of Dotfront and Customer or any oral modifications to
this Agreement. The failure of either party to enforce, or the delay by either
party in enforcing, any of its rights under this Agreement will not be deemed to
be a waiver or modification by such party of any of its rights under this
Agreement.
Severability.-
If any provision of
this Agreement is held to be unenforceable, in whole or in part, such holding
will not affect the validity of the other provisions of this Agreement, unless
Dotfront in good faith deems the unenforceable provision to be essential to the
Agreement, in which case Dotfront will have the right to terminate this
Agreement in accordance what is stated in this Agreement.
Governing
Law.-
Jurisdiction; Dispute Resolution with Third Party Licensors. This Agreement will be interpreted
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of FLORIDA, without regard
to conflict of law principles. All disputes arising out of this Agreement shall
be brought only in the district and federal courts located in of for the state
of Florida.
EACH PARTY CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE PERSONAL JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF THE
COURTS, STATE AND FEDERAL, LOCATED IN OR FOR DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA.
Security.- Customer acknowledges
accepts that the Internet is not a secure or completely reliable system, and
Dotfront will take those precautions Dotfront deems reasonable in its sole
discretion to secure Customer’s Web Site from attack, but Dotfront makes no
warranty that there will be no outages or interruptions of service, or that
Customer’s Content will be secure against attack of any form by end users or
other third parties.
System
And Network Security.- Violations of system or network security
are prohibited, and may result in criminal and civil liability. Dotfront may
investigate incidents involving such violations and may involve and will
cooperate with law enforcement if a criminal violation is suspected. Examples of
system or network security violations include, without limitation, the
following:
- Unauthorized access to or use of
data, systems or networks, including any attempt to probe, scan or test the
vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication
measures without express authorization of the owner of the system or network.
- Unauthorized monitoring of data or
traffic on any network or system without express authorization of the owner of
the system or network.
- Interference with service to any
user, host or network including, without limitation, mail bombing, flooding,
deliberate attempts to overload a system and broadcast attacks.
- Forging of any TCP-IP packet header
or any part of the header information in an e-mail or a newsgroup posting.
Any violators of the policy are
responsible, without limitations, for the cost of labor to clean up and correct
any damage done to the operation of the network and business operations
supported by the network, and to respond to complaints incurred by Dotfront.
Such labor is categorized as emergency security breach recovery and is currently
charged at $250 USD per hour required.
IP
Addresses.- Dotfront maintains control and ownership
of any and all IP numbers and addresses that may be assigned to Customer for
services provided by Dotfront under this agreement and reserves in its sole
discretion the right to change or remove any and all IP numbers and addresses,
without notice. Dotfront administers the
network on which customer servers reside. The Customer cannot use IP addresses,
which were not assigned to them by Dotfront staff. Any server found using IP
addresses not assigned by Dotfront will be suspended from network access until
such time as the IP addresses overlap can be corrected.
Confidential
Information.- Each party acknowledges that it will have
access to certain confidential information of the other party concerning the
other party's business, plans, customers, technology, and products. Each party
agrees that it will not use in any way, for its own account or the account of
any third party, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, nor disclose
to any third party (except as required by law or to that party's attorneys,
accountants and other advisors as reasonably necessary), any of the other
party's Confidential Information and will take reasonable precautions to protect
the confidentiality of such information. Information will not be deemed
Confidential Information hereunder if such information is known to the receiving
party prior to receipt from the disclosing party directly or if the information
becomes known (independently of disclosure by the disclosing party) to the
receiving party directly or indirectly from a source other than one having an
obligation of confidentiality to the disclosing party or if the information
becomes publicly known or otherwise ceases to be secret or
confidential.
Force Majeure.- Neither party shall be liable in
any amount for failure to perform any obligation under this Agreement if such
failure is caused by the occurrence of any unforeseen contingency beyond the
reasonable control of such party including without limitation loss of electrical
power, acts of war, acts of God, earthquake, flood, fire, embargo, riot,
explosions, sabotage, labor shortage or dispute, governmental act or failure of
the Internet.
Service Contract
Only.- This is an Agreement only to provide
services, for a limited time, and in no way establishes an obligation upon the
Dotfront to sell the Application or any modifications to the Application related
to the service to the Customer or to make the Application available to the
Customer beyond the term of the Agreement. The Application is the property of
Dotfront and Dotfront retains all intellectual property rights to the
Application, or any modifications thereof, or enhancements created as part of
services performed on behalf of the Customer.
Resolution of
Disputes.- Any dispute or controversy arising out
of or from this Agreement shall be resolved by arbitration in the English
language before a single arbitrator in the Miami area, according to the Commercial Rules
of Arbitration of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator shall
apply the internal laws of the State of Florida without regard to that state's
conflicts of law rules or the United Nations Convention on the International
Sale of Goods which is specifically excluded. Any court of competent
jurisdiction may render judgment on, or otherwise enforce, the award so
rendered.