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VaultServices Inc. Software and Website Terms of Use and Notices
Last Updated: February 2007
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE INTERACTING WITH THE VAULTSERVICES WEB SITE OR SOFTWARE
1. This is an agreement between you and VaultServices, Inc
This is an agreement ("Agreement") between you and VaultServices, Inc (or, if
applicable based on where you live, one of its affiliates) ("the Company").
This Agreement governs your use of the Internet site located at
https://vault.readynas.com (the "Site") and any software, service,
web site, or web page operated by the Company (collectively with the Site, "the
Services"). Use of the Services is available only to individuals or businesses
that can form legally binding contracts under applicable law. You represent
that you are at least 18 years of age and have attained the age of majority in
the province, state or country in which you reside, and any information that
you submit is correct. The Company offers use of the Services to you
conditioned in your acceptance of the Agreement. Your use of the Services
constitutes your acceptance of the Agreement. The Agreement contains
disclaimers of warranties and liability and an exclusive remedy (see Section
6). These provisions form an essential basis of our bargain.
2. How the Company may modify the Agreement
The Company reserves the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices
under which it offers the Services, including any charges associated with the
use of the Services. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these terms,
conditions and notices, and any additional terms posted on the Company's web
site. Your continued use of the Services after the effective date of such
changes constitutes your acceptance of and agreement to such changes.
3. Privacy policy
The Company respects your privacy and permits you to control the treatment of
your personal information. A complete statement of the Company's current
privacy policy can be found at:
https://vault.readynas.com/company/privacy_policy.aspx
The Company's privacy policy is expressly incorporated into the Agreement by
this reference.
4. Use of software
The Company may make certain software available to you via the Services. If you
download software from the Services, the software, including all files and
images contained in or generated by the software, and accompanying data
(collectively, "Software") are deemed to be licensed to you by Company, for
your personal, noncommercial, home use only. Company does not transfer either
the title or the intellectual property rights to the Software, and Company
retains full and complete title to the Software as well as all intellectual
property rights therein. You may not sell, redistribute, or reproduce the
Software, nor may you decompile, reverse-engineer, disassemble, or otherwise
convert the Software to a human-perceivable form. All trademarks and logos are
owned by Company or its licensors and you may not copy or use them in any
manner.
5. No commercial, unlawful, or harmful use of the Services; System integrity
The Services are only for your personal use. You will not use the Services for
commercial purposes, unless you are an Authorized Reseller. You will not use the Services in any way that is unlawful,
or harms the Company, its affiliates, resellers, distributors, service
providers and/or suppliers (each, an "VaultServices Party" and collectively,
the "VaultServices Parties") or any customer of an VaultServices Party, as
determined in the Company's sole discretion. The Company may tell you about
certain specific harmful uses in a code of conduct or other notices available
through its web site, but has no obligation to do so. Without limiting the
generality of this section, you may not use the Services in any manner that
could damage, disable, overburden, or impair any element of the Services (or
the network(s) connected to the Services) or interfere with any other party's
use and enjoyment of the Services. You may not use any device, software or
routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the
Services. You may not take any action which imposes an unreasonable or
disproportionately large load on the Company's infrastructure. You may not
disclose or share your password or account information with any third parties
or use your password or account information for any unauthorized purpose.
6. Submissions
The materials, data, and other information used and displayed in the Services
are the property of the Company or its licensors and are protected by
copyright, trademark and other laws. In addition to the Company's and its
licensors' and suppliers' rights in individual elements of the content within
the Services, the Company owns a copyright in the selection, coordination,
arrangement and enhancement of such content. Unless the Company has entered
into a separate written agreement with you that explicitly states to the
contrary, you agree that any information, feedback, questions, comments or the
like that you provide to the Company in connection with the Services
("Submissions") will be deemed to be provided to the Company on a
non-confidential and non-proprietary basis and will become and remain the
property of the Company. The Company shall have no obligations of any kind with
respect to any Submissions and shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose and/or
distribute any Submissions for any purpose whatsoever, without limitation. You
also agree that the Company shall be free to use any ideas, concepts or
techniques embodied in the Submissions for any purpose whatsoever, including,
but not limited to, developing, manufacturing, and marketing products or
services incorporating such ideas, concepts, or techniques.
7. Compliance with intellectual property laws; Copyright infringement
When using the Services, you agree to obey the law and to respect the
intellectual property rights of others. Your use of the Services is at all
times governed by and subject to laws regarding copyright ownership and use of
intellectual property. You agree not to upload, download, display, perform,
transmit, or otherwise distribute any information or content (collectively,
"Content") in violation of any third party's copyrights, trademarks, or other
intellectual property or proprietary rights. You agree to abide by laws
regarding copyright ownership and use of intellectual property, and you shall
be solely responsible for any violations of any relevant laws and for any
infringements of third party rights caused by any Content you provide or
transmit, or that is provided or transmitted using your User ID. The burden of
proving that any Content does not violate any laws or third party rights rests
solely with you.
Company has in place certain legally mandated procedures regarding allegations
of copyright infringement occurring via the Services. Company has adopted a
policy that provides for the immediate suspension and/or termination of any
user who is found to have infringed on the rights of Company or of a third
party, or otherwise violated any intellectual property laws or regulations.
Company's policy is to investigate any allegations of copyright infringement
brought to its attention. If you have evidence, know, or have a good faith
belief that your rights or the rights of a third party have been violated and
you want Company to delete, edit, or disable the material in question, you must
provide Company with all of the following information: (a) a physical or
electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of
the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; (b) identification of the
copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted
works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such
works; (c) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringed or to
be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to
which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit
Company to locate the material; (d) information reasonably sufficient to permit
Company to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and if available,
an electronic mail address at which you may be contacted; (e) a statement that
you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained
of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (f) a
statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under
penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an
exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. For this notification to be
effective, you must provide it to Company at:
VaultServices Inc.
Copyright Infringement
1100 Glendon Avenue, 17th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90024
copyright@VaultServices.net
8. Inappropriate content
You agree not to upload, download, display, perform, transmit, or otherwise
distribute any Content that (a) is libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic,
abusive, or threatening; (b) advocates or encourages conduct that could
constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise
violate any applicable local, state, national, or foreign law or regulation; or
(c) advertises or otherwise solicits funds or is a solicitation for goods or
services. Company reserves the right to terminate your receipt, transmission,
or other distribution of any such material using the Services, and, if
applicable, to delete any such material from its servers. Company intends to
cooperate fully with any law enforcement officials or agencies in the
investigation of any violation of these Terms of Use or of any applicable laws.
9. No warranty
THE COMPANY PROVIDES THE SERVICES "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OR
CONDITION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE
LAW, THE COMPANY SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE,
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON INFRINGEMENT. The
Company does not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted or secure access to the
Services, and operation of the Services may be interfered with by numerous
factors outside of its control, including but not limited to telecommunications
network disruptions. Nor does the Company guarantee the accuracy, timeliness or
completeness of any information in the Services or the results of your use of
the Services.
10. Limitation of Liability, Your Exclusive Remedy
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COMPANY OR ITS LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR LOST PROFITS OR
ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (HOWEVER
ARISING, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
AGREEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF
INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS SHALL ONLY APPLY
TO THE EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, THE COMPANY'S AGGREGATE LIABILITY, AND THE
AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF ITS LICENSORS, TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTIES IN ANY
CIRCUMSTANCE IS LIMITED TO $100 IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SERVICES, YOU
DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY PART OF THE AGREEMENT, OR YOU HAVE ANY OTHER DISPUTE OR
CLAIM WITH OR AGAINST ANY VAULTSERVICES PARTY WITH RESPECT TO THE AGREEMENT OR
THE SERVICES, THEN YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE
SERVICES.
11. Affiliate sites
The Company has no control over, and no liability for any third party websites
or materials. Company works with a number of partners and affiliates whose
Internet sites may be linked with the Site. Because neither Company nor the
Services has control over the content and performance of these partner and
affiliate sites, Company makes no guarantees about the accuracy, currency,
content, or quality of the information provided by such sites, and Company
assumes no responsibility for unintended, objectionable, inaccurate,
misleading, or unlawful content that may reside on those sites. Similarly, from
time to time in connection with your use of the Services, you may have access
to content items (including, but not limited to, websites) that are owned by
third parties. You acknowledge and agree that Company makes no guarantees
about, and assumes no responsibility for, the accuracy, currency, content, or
quality of this third party content, and that, unless expressly provided
otherwise, this Agreement shall govern your use of any and all third party
content.
12. Prohibited uses
The Company imposes certain restrictions on your permissible use of the
Services. You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate any
security features of the Services, including, without limitation, (a) accessing
content or data not intended for you, or logging onto a server or account that
you are not authorized to access; (b) attempting to probe, scan, or test the
vulnerability of the Services or any associated system or network, or to breach
security or authentication measures without proper authorization; (c)
interfering or attempting to interfere with service to any user, host, or
network, including, without limitation, by means of submitting a virus to the
Services, overloading, "flooding," "spamming," "mail bombing," or "crashing;"
(d) using the Services to send unsolicited e-mail, including, without
limitation, promotions, or advertisements for products or services; (e) forging
any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or
in any posting using the Services; or (f) attempting to modify,
reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise reduce or attempt to
reduce to a human-perceivable form any of the source code used by the Company
in providing the Services. Any violation of system or network security may
subject you to civil and/or criminal liability.
13. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify the Company for certain of your acts and omissions. You
agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates,
officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents, and representatives from
any and all third party claims, losses, liability, damages, and/or costs
(including reasonable attorney fees and costs) arising from your access to or
use of the Services, your violation of this Agreement, or your infringement, or
infringement by any other user of your account, of any intellectual property or
other right of any person or entity. The Company will notify you promptly of
any such claim, loss, liability, or demand, and will provide you with
reasonable assistance, at your expense, in defending any such claim, loss,
liability, damage, or cost.
14. Governing law
The Services are controlled by the Company from its offices within the State of
California, USA. The laws applicable to the interpretation of the Agreement
shall be the laws of the State of California, USA, and applicable federal law,
without regard to any conflict of law provisions. The Company makes no
representation that the services or the content available via the Services are
appropriate for access outside of the United States. Those who choose to access
this Services from outside the United States do so at their own initiative and
are responsible for compliance with local laws. You agree to submission of any
dispute to the state and federal courts of the State of California, city of Los
Angeles, USA.
15. Termination; Access restriction
The Company may terminate the Agreement, or terminate or suspend your access to
the Services at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice. Upon
such termination or suspension, your right to use the Services will immediately
cease. UPON SUCH TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION, ANY INFORMATION YOU HAVE STORED ON
THE COMPANY'S HARDWARE AND/OR USING THE SERVICES MAY NOT BE RETRIEVED LATER, AT
THE COMPANY'S SOLE DISCRETION.
16. Payment, Cancellations and Refunds
By agreeing to this Agreement and purchasing a subscription to the paid version
of the Services, you are agreeing to allow the Company to place your account on
a recurring payment plan. The account will automatically be charged according
to the terms of the account type you select on the same day each month.
Further, you grant permission to the Company to charge your credit card or
payment service for any and all services you request and any renewals thereof.
If the Company is not able to process a payment for your account on the
specified processing date, the Company may suspend your account pending a
successful payment transaction.
You may cancel your account at any time by using the web-based cancellation
form by clicking on the link that reads "Please cancel my account" at
https://vault.readynas.com/account/my_account.aspx. If you are
not able to access this page, you may also send an email to support@vault.readynas.com from the email address associated with your account using the subject line: "Account Cancellation" for assistance. If you cancel your account while it is in good standing, the Company will continue to make your data available to you by request until the end of the current billing cycle. Because the Company charges its subscribers for each unpaid billing cycle in advance, in order to cancel your account and not be charged for an impending billing cycle, you must make your cancellation request at least two business days before the next automatic billing occurrence.
17. Severability; Assignment; Waiver
If any part of the Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable
pursuant to applicable law, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be
deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches
the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the Agreement will
remain unaffected and in full force and effect. The Company may assign the
Agreement, in whole or in part, at any time with or without notice to you. You
may not assign the Agreement, or assign, transfer or sublicense your rights, if
any, as related to the Software. No waiver of any breach of any provision of
these Terms of Use shall constitute a waiver of any prior, concurrent, or
subsequent breach of the same or any other provisions hereof, and no waiver
shall be effective unless made in writing and signed by an authorized
representative of the waiving party.
18. Entire agreement
Except as expressly stated herein, the Agreement constitutes the entire
agreement between you and the Company with respect to the Services and it
supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether
electronic, oral or written, between you and the Company with respect to the
Services.
19. Section titles
The section titles in the Agreement are solely used for the convenience of the
parties and have no legal or contractual significance.
20. Acknowledgement
By using the Services you acknowledge that you have read this Agreement and
agree to be bound by it.