Gigya Terms of Service (TOS)
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Please read the following terms carefully. The terms and
conditions are for use of the Gigya service which includes without limitation
an electronic mail (email) service, and other services which may be offered
from time to time by Gigya for use with the Gigya account name, or for the use
of sending content trough the internet with Gigya features, such as
"Wildfire" (each feature individually and collectively referred to as
the "Service"). This Service is provided to any person of at least 18
years of age or minors at the age of at least 13 years who have parental
permission to open and maintain an account. Please note that minors under 13
years old may not open an account. BY CHECKING THE "TERMS & PRIVACY" BOX ON THE ACCOUNT OPEN PAGE
AND COMPLETING THE REGISTRATION
PROCESS OR BY USING ANY OTHER GIGYA FEATURE, YOU ARE
STATING THAT YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
AN ACCOUNT AND THAT YOU AGREE TO
BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SERVICE ("TOS"). The Service is offered to you
conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions,
and notices contained herein. Gigya reserves the right to change the TOS at any time, after providing notice of such
change by postage of a notice of change on the Gigya website. You understand
that by using the Services after such change becomes effective, you have agreed
to it.
- MEMBER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD, AND SECURITY
First you have to complete the registration process by providing with
current, complete and accurate information. This will follow by choosing a
password and an account name. You are entirely responsible for any and all
activities that occur under your account. Also, you are entirely
responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and
account. It is your obligation to immediately notify Gigya of any
unauthorized use of your account or any other security breach.
- MEMBER CONDUCT GENERAL
You agree to only use the Service in order to send and receive private
messages. Any unauthorized commercial use of the Service, including the
resale of its services, is specifically prohibited by these terms. The
Service is provided to persons and for personal use only. As a condition
for using the Service, you guarantee to Gigya that you will not use the
Service for any purpose that is unlawful or forbidden by these terms,
conditions, and notices. Use that constitutes a forbidden use by these terms,
notices and conditions shall be determined by Gigya in its sole discretion.
- MEMBER CONDUCT BY LAW
You agree to abide by all valid local, state, national and international
laws and regulations. You are solely responsible for all your own
communications and for all acts or omissions that occur under your
account, including the matter of your transmissions via the Service. As an
example, and not as a limitation, you hereby agree not to:
- Promote or offer to sell or buy
any merchandise or services for any non-personal purpose.
- Insult, abuse, bother, stalk,
terrorize or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of
privacy and publicity) of others.
- Issue, distribute or broadcast
any inappropriate, disrespectful, insulting, infringing, obscene,
offensive or illegal data or information.
- Gather or otherwise collect
information about others, including email addresses, without their
consent.
- Interfere with another member's
use and enjoyment of the Service or another individual's or entity's use
and enjoyment of similar services.
- Create a false identity for the
purpose of misleading others as to the identity of the sender or the
origin of a message.
- Transmit, upload or otherwise
make available any material that contains software or other material
protected by intellectual property laws, rights of privacy or publicity
or any other applicable law unless you own or control the rights thereto
or have received all necessary consents.
- Use any material or information,
including images or photographs, which are made available through the
Services in any manner that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent,
trade secret, or other proprietary right of any party.
- Use, download or otherwise copy,
or provide (whether or not for a fee) to a person or entity that is not a
Service member any directory of the Service members or other user or
usage information or any portion thereof other than in the context of
your use of the Service as permitted under the TOS.
- Use the Service in connection
with surveys, contests, pyramid schemes, chain letters, junk email,
spamming or any duplicative or unsolicited messages (commercial or
otherwise).
- Transmit or upload any material
that contains viruses, trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, or
any other harmful or deleterious programs.
- Interfere with or disrupt
networks connected to the Service or violate the regulations, policies or
procedures of such networks.
- Attempt to gain unauthorized
access to the Service, other accounts, computer systems or networks
connected to the Service, through password mining or any other means.
- Transmit or upload any material
that is harassing, defamatory, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar,
obscene, sexually explicit, or otherwise objectionable material of any
kind or nature.
- Engage in any other conduct
which, in Gigya's sole discretion, is considered inappropriate,
unauthorized or objectionable.
Gigya has no obligation to monitor the
Service or any user's use thereof or retain the content of any user session.
However, Gigya reserves the right at all times to monitor, review, retain
and/or disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation,
legal process or governmental request.
- MATERIALS PROVIDED TO GIGYA OR
POSTED AT GIGYA WEB SITE.
Gigya does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to Gigya
(including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to
any Service for review by the general public, or by the members of any
public or private community, (each a "Submission" and
collectively "Submissions"). By posting, uploading, inputting,
providing or submitting ("Posting") a Submission you warrant and
represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your
Submission as described in these Terms of Service including, without
limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload,
input or submit the Submissions. In addition to the warranty and
representation set forth above, by Posting a Submission that contain
images, photographs, pictures or that are otherwise graphical in whole or
in part ("Images"), you warrant and represent that (a) you are
the copyright owner of such Images, or that the copyright owner of such
Images has granted you permission to use such Images or any content and/or
images contained in such Images consistent with the manner and purpose of
your use and as otherwise permitted by these Terms of Service and the
Services, and (b) that each person depicted in such Images, if any, has
provided consent to the use of the Images, including, by way of example,
and not as a limitation, the distribution, public display and reproduction
of such Images.
- MESSAGE STORAGE, OUTBOUND MESSAGES
AND OTHER LIMITATIONS
Due to outbound message restrictions some email messages may not be
processed . You agree that Gigya is not accountable or liable for the
deletion or failure to accumulate messages or other information.
- DISCLAIMERS/LIMITATION OF
LIABILITY
Information is occasionally added or
changed in the service. Gigya and/or its respective suppliers may make
enhancements and/or changes in the Service at any time. The information
and services included in or available through the Service may include
inaccuracies or typographical errors. Gigya does not warrant or represent
that the use or the outcomes of the use of the Service or the materials
made available as part of the Service will be accurate, timely, perfect,
or otherwise dependable. Gigya does not state or warrant that the Service
will be continuous or error-free, that the Service or the server that
makes it available, are free of viruses or other damaging components, or
that flaws will be fix. You specifically agree that Gigya shall not be
accountable for unauthorized access to or modification of your
transmissions or data, any material or data sent or received or not sent
or received, or any transactions entered into through the Service. You
particularly agree that Gigya is not liable for any content sent using
and/or included in the Service by any third party. You specifically agree
that Gigya is not responsible for any intimidating, defamatory, offensive,
obscene, or illegal content or conduct of any other party or any breach of
another's rights, including intellectual property rights. GIGYA AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS MAKE NO
REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE RELIABILITY, SUITABILITY, ACCESSIBILITY,
TIMELINESS, AND CORRECTNESS
OF THE SERVICE FOR ANY PURPOSE. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS"
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. GIGYA AND/OR
ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL
WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS
WITH REGARD TO THE SERVICE, INCLUDING ALL
IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND
CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL GIGYA AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY
DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE,
DATA OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT
OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SERVICE OR
RELATED WEB SITES, WITH THE
DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE OR RELATED WEB
SITES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY
INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND
RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF
THE USE OF THE SERVICE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE,
STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF GIGYA OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
DAMAGES. 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
YOU. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED
WITH ANY PORTION OF THE SERVICE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR
SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS
TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SERVICE AND
ITS RELATED WEB SITES.
- LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
SOME OF THE LINKS YOU WILL FIND WITHIN THE SERVICE LET YOU LEAVE THE
SERVICE ("LINKED SITES"). THE LINKED SITES ARE NOT UNDER THE CONTROL OF GIGYA AND GIGYA IS NOT ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE CONTENTS
OF ANY LINKED SITE OR ANY LINK CONTAINED IN A LINKED SITE, OR ANY CHANGES OR UPDATES TO SUCH SITES.
GIGYA IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WEBCASTING OR ANY OTHER FORM OF BROADCAST RECEIVED FROM ANY LINKED SITE. GIGYA IS PROVIDING THESE LINKS TO YOU
ONLY AS A EASE OF USE, AND
THE INSERTION OF ANY LINK
DOES NOT IMPLY APPROVAL BY GIGYA OF THE SITE
OR ANY RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR OPERATORS.
- TERMINATION
Gigya may terminate your access to any part or all of the Service and any
related service(s) at any time, with or without notice, effective
instantaneously, with or without cause, for any rationale whatsoever.
Gigya may also close or suspend your account for inactivity, which is defined
as failing to sign-in to the Service for a 30-day period of time, as
determined by Gigya. Your right to use the Service instantly ceases upon
termination of the Service,. If you wish to terminate your account, your
sould discontinue the use of the Service. Gigya is not required to
preserve any material in your account or to forward any unread or unsent
messages to you or any third party.
- INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify and hold Gigya, its parents, subsidiaries,
affiliates, officers and employees, harmless from any claim, demand, or
damage, including reasonable attorneys' fees, asserted by any third party
due to or arising out of your use of or conduct on the Service, the
violation of the TOS by you,
the infringement by you (or other user of the Service using your account)
of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity or
violation of any federal, state or local law or regulation.
- NO SPAM; DAMAGES
You must not use any feature of the Service for chain letters, junk mail,
or "Spamming" nor make any use of distribution lists in a manner
involving any person who has not given specific permission to be included
in such a process. An e-mail advertisement which is (a) addressed to a
recipient with whom you do not have an existing business or personal
relationship and (b) is not sent at the request of or with the express
consent of the recipient to receive such communications from you
("Spam" or "Spamming") is strictly prohibited by Gigya.
Gigya will immediately
terminate any account which it believes, in its sole discretion, is
sending out or is otherwise connected with any spam or other unsolicited
bulk email. Because damages are often difficult to quantify, in addition,
if actual damages cannot be reasonably estimated then you agree to pay
Gigya liquidated damages of $5 for each piece of spam or unsolicited bulk
email transmitted from or otherwise connected with your account, otherwise
you agree to pay Gigya's actual damages, to the extent such actual damages
can be reasonably calculated. If you believe that other users are using
the Service for Spam, please notify Gigya by emailing Gigya at
support@gigya-inc.com.
- PARTICIPATION IN PROMOTIONS OF
ADVERTISERS
Any dealings with Advertisers on the Service or participation in promotions,
including the delivery of and the payment for goods and services, and any
other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with
such dealings or promotions, are exclusively between you and the
Advertiser or other third party. Gigya shall not be responsible or liable
for any part of any such dealings or promotions.
- MODIFICATIONS TO TERMS OF
SERVICE, MEMBER POLICIES
Gigya reserves the right to change the TOS
or policies regarding the use of the Service at any time and to inform you
by posting an updated version of the TOS
on this Web site. You are responsible for frequently reviewing the TOS. Continued use of the Service after any
such changes shall constitute your approval to such modifications.
- NOTICES:
Gigya may give notice to you by
e-mail, a posting on the Gigya web site, or other reasonable means. You must
give notice to Gigya in writing via e-mail or as otherwise expressly provided
by Gigya. Gigya may broadcast, distribute or display notices or messages
through the Service to inform you of changes to the TOS,
the Service, the Privacy Policy or other matters of
importance. Such broadcast, distributions or displays of information shall
constitute notice to you.
- Privacy Policy
It is Gigya's policy to respect the
privacy of its users. Gigya's policies with regard to personally identifiable
information it collects from you, what information third parties affiliated
with Gigya collect from you and how that information is used is governed by the
Gigya Privacy Policy, which you can access here.
- PROPRIETARY RIGHTS TO CONTENT
You acknowledge that content, including but not limited to software,
music, wording, photographs, sound, video, graphics or other material
contained in either sponsor advertisements or electronically circulated,
commercially produced information presented to you by the Service, by
Gigya, or Gigya's Advertisers or other content supplier, is protected by
copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary rights
and laws. You may make a copy of this content for your individual,
non-commercial use only, provided that you keep all copyright and other
proprietary notices undamaged. You may not modify, copy, reproduce,
republish, upload, post, transmit, or distribute in any way content
available through the Service and its associated Web sites, including code
and software.
- VIOLATION OF TERMS BY OTHER
USERS:
Gigya asks that you participate in
ensuring that all Users follow the TOS
by reporting any violation of these terms. To report a violation of these terms
of service, please email us at support@gigya-inc.com.
- GENERAL
This agreement is governed by the laws of the State of New York. Use of the Service is
unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all
provisions of these terms and conditions, including without limitation
this paragraph. If any part of this agreement is revealed to be unfounded
or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to,
the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, 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 shall continue in
effect. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in
electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative
proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent
and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records
originally generated and maintained in printed form. You agree that no
joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists
between you and Gigya as a result of this agreement or use of the Service.
Gigya's performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and
legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of
Gigya's right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement
requests or requirements relating to your use of the Service or
information provided to or collected by Gigya with respect to such use.
Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the complete
agreement between the user and Gigya with respect to the Service
(excluding the use of any software which may be subject to an end-user
license agreement) and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous
communications and offers, whether electronic, verbal or printed, between
the user and Gigya with respect to the Service. You and Gigya agree that
any cause of action arising out of or related to this Service must
commence within one (1) year after the cause of action arose; otherwise,
such cause of action is permanently disqualified. The section titles in
the TOS are exclusively used
for the convenience of the parties and have no legal or contractual significance.
- LANGUAGE
It is the express will of the parties that this agreement and all related
documents have been drawn up in English.
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