JAMBOOL, INC. TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Revised: November 7, 2006
Welcome to Jambool, Inc. (ÒJamboolÓ). Jambool provides services (the
ÒServicesÓ) available at our Web site (the ÒSiteÓ) http://www.jambool.com to you (ÒyouÓ or
ÒUserÓ).
The following terms and conditions, along with any other
policies or guidelines posted on this Site, shall govern your use of this
Site. By using this Site, the
Services, and any service, application, plug-in, component, functionality, or
program created by Jambool, you are agreeing to the following terms and
conditions. Please read them
carefully before using this Site.
By visiting this Site and/or by completing the
registration process for the Services, you represent and warrant that you have
read, understand, have the legal capacity to, and hereby agree to be legally
bound by these terms and conditions.
Jambool is available ONLY TO USERS 13 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. REGISTRANTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 13 AND
18 MUST HAVE A PARENT ASSIST IN THE COMPLETION OF REGISTRATION.
A. MODIFICATIONS
TO THIS AGREEMENT
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change,
modify or otherwise alter these terms and conditions at any time. You can find the most recent version of
these terms and conditions at http://www.jambool.com/tos.html,
with the date of last modification noted above. Such modifications shall become effective immediately upon
the posting thereof. Therefore, we
encourage you to check the date of our terms and conditions whenever you visit
this Site to check if they have been updated. You must review this agreement on a regular basis to keep
yourself apprised of any changes.
If you do not agree to the revised terms and conditions, your sole
recourse is to immediately stop all use of the Services. Your continued use of the Services
following the posting of modifications will constitute your acceptance of the
revised terms and conditions.
Should you have any questions regarding the use of our Site, please
contact us at: info@jambool.com.
B. YOUR
REGISTRATION OBLIGATIONS.
We provide the Services for your personal use. You may not use the Services to conduct
business without a separate written contract with Jambool.
To obtain and use the Services, you will be required to
register with Jambool by completing a registration form and designating a user
ID and password. When registering
with Jambool you agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete
information about yourself as prompted by the ServiceÕs registration form (such
information being the ÒRegistration DataÓ) and (b) maintain and promptly update
the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is
untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or we have grounds to suspect
that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, we may
suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use
of the Services (or any portion thereof).
You may not authorize any third party to access or use the
Services on your behalf. You are
responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the user ID and password,
and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your user ID or
password. You agree to immediately
notify Jambool of any unauthorized use of your user ID or password or any other
breach of security. Jambool cannot and will not be liable for any loss or
damage arising from any unauthorized use of your account.
C. CONSENT
TO ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS AND SOLICITATION.
By registering with Jambool, you understand that we may
send you communications or data from Jambool regarding the Services, including
but not limited to (i) notices about your use of the Services, including any
notices concerning violations of use, (ii) updates, and (iii) promotional
information and materials regarding JamboolÕs products and services, via
electronic mail. We give you the
opportunity to opt-out of receiving electronic mail from us by following the
opt-out instructions provided in the message.
D. USER
CONDUCT/ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY.
You may not use the Services in any way that violates
applicable federal, state, or international law, or for any unlawful purpose. You may not use the Services to send,
receive, or download messages or materials that are inappropriate or violate
the intellectual property rights of Jambool or others.
To the extent that the Services provide Users an
opportunity to post, store and exchange information, materials, data, files,
programs, ideas and opinions (ÒUser ContentÓ), you hereby represent and warrant
that you have all necessary rights in and to all User Content you provide and
all information contained therein.
Jambool has the right in its sole discretion to edit, refuse to post or
remove any User Content or other material sent via, submitted to, uploaded to,
or posted on or through the Services.
Without limiting the foregoing, Jambool has the right, but not the
obligation, to edit or remove any content or other material that it, in its
sole discretion, finds to be in violation of the provisions of these terms and
conditions, or for any other reason.
You acknowledge and agree that Jambool shall not assume or have any
liability for any action or inaction by Jambool with respect to any User
Content. Users shall remain solely
responsible for User Content.
Without limitation, Jambool reserves the right to
terminate your access to and use of the Services if, in our view, your conduct
fails to meet any of the following guidelines for User conduct:
1. You
may not attempt to harm, disrupt, or otherwise engage in activity that
diminishes, the Jambool Site, computer systems and network, or the Services.
2. You
may not attempt to interfere with any other personÕs use of the Services.
3. You
may not misrepresent your identity or impersonate any person.
4. You
may not attempt to gain access to any account, computers or networks related to
the Services without authorization.
5. You
may not attempt to obtain any data through any means from the Services, except
if we intend to provide or make it available to you.
6. You
may not attempt to charge others to use the Services either directly or
indirectly.
7. You
may not use the Services to participate in pyramid schemes or chain letters.
8. You
may not use the Services to send, either directly or indirectly, any
unsolicited bulk e-mail or communications or unsolicited commercial e-mail or
communications.
9. You
may not use the Services for defaming, abusing, harassing, stalking,
threatening or otherwise violating the legal rights of others.
10. You may not use the Services to send or
otherwise make available, any material protected by intellectual property laws
unless you own or control the rights to such material or have received all
necessary consents.
11. You may not use the Services to send or
otherwise making available any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses,
worms, corrupted files, or any other similar software that may damage the
operation of anotherÕs computer or property.
12. You may not use the Services to download any
material sent by another User of the Services that you know, or reasonably
should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.
13. You may not use the Services to violate any
code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable to the Services or
the Site.
14. You may not use the Services to harvest or
otherwise collecting information about others, including e-mail addresses.
15. You may not attempt to modify, translate,
adapt, edit, copy, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any software
used or provided by Jambool in connection with the Jambool Site or Services.
All judgments concerning the applicability of these
guidelines shall be at the sole and exclusive discretion of Jambool.
E. INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS AND NOTICES.
All contents of the JamboolÕs Site and Services including
but not limited to design, text, software, technical drawings, configurations,
graphics, other files, and their selection and arrangement (ÒContentÓ) are:
Copyright © 2006 Jambool, Inc., and/or the proprietary property of its
suppliers, affiliates, or licensors.
Content may not be reproduced, modified, derivative works created from,
displayed, performed, published, distributed, disseminated, broadcasted or
circulated to any third party (including, without limitation, the display and
distribution of the material via a third party Web sites or other networked
computer environment) without the express prior written consent of Jambool
and/or it suppliers, affiliates, or licensors. All rights reserved.
Jambool, Jambool.com, and the Jambool logo are including
without limitation, either trademarks, service marks or registered trademarks
of Jambool, and may not be copied, imitated, or used, in whole or in part,
without JamboolÕs prior written permission or that of our suppliers or
licensors. Other product and
company names may be trade or service marks of their respective owners.
Jambool may have patents, patent applications, trademarks,
copyrights, or other intellectual property rights covering subject matter in
its Site that are part of the Services.
Unless we have granted you licenses to our intellectual property in these
terms and conditions, our providing you with such Web pages does not give you
any license to our intellectual property.
Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
F. NOTICES AND PROCEDURE FOR
MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT.
Jambool respects copyright law and expects Users to do the
same.
If you believe that your work has been copied in a way
that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide Jambool's Agent for
Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement
("Agent") the written information specified below: (1) An electronic
or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of
the copyright interest; (2) A description of the copyrighted work that you
claim has been infringed upon; (3) A description of where the material that you
claim is infringing is located on the Site; (4) Your address, telephone number,
and e-mail address; (5) A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief
that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or
the law; (6) A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above
information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or
authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
Jambool's Agent can be reached at: copyright@jambool.com.
G. THIRD
PARTY CONTENT, SITES AND SERVICES.
The Services contain features and functionalities that may
link you or provide you with certain functionality and access to third party
content, including Web sites, directories, servers, networks, systems,
information and databases, applications, software, programs, products or
services, and the Internet as a whole.
We may also provide some content to you as part of the Services. We are not responsible for any third
party content you access with the Services, and you irrevocably waive any claim
against us with respect to such sites and third-party content. You should make whatever investigation
you feel necessary or appropriate before proceeding with any online or offline
transaction with any of these third parties. You are solely responsible for your dealings with any third
party related to the Services, including the delivery of and payment for goods
and services.
H. PRIVACY.
Jambool has established a Privacy Policy to explain to
Users how their information is collected and used, which you can read at http://www.jambool.com/privacy.html. Your use of the Services signifies
acknowledgment of and agreement to the Jambool Privacy Policy. You further acknowledge and agree that
Jambool may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or
in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably
necessary to comply with legal process, to enforce these terms and conditions,
or, in its sole discretion, to protect the rights, property, or personal safety
of Jambool, its employees, users and third parties, and the public, or as
otherwise described in the Privacy Policy.
I. JAMBOOL
MAKES NO WARRANTIES.
Jambool intends for the information contained on its Site
and Services to be accurate and reliable; however, errors sometimes may
occur. In addition, Jambool may
make changes and improvements to the information provided herein at any time.
JAMBOOL PROVIDES ITS SITE AND SERVICES ÒAS IS,Ó ÒWITH ALL
FAULTSÓ AND ÒAS AVAILABLE,Ó AND THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO SATISFACTORY QUALITY,
PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY, AND EFFORT IS WITH YOU. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED
BY APPLICABLE LAW, JAMBOOL, ITS AFFILIATES, RESELLERS, DISTRIBUTORS, SERVICE
PROVIDERS AND/OR SUPPLIERS (EACH, A ÒJAMBOOL PARTY,Ó AND COLLECTIVELY, THE
ÒJAMBOOL PARTIESÓ) MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS, EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED. THE JAMBOOL PARTIES
DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS, EXPRESS, STATUTORY AND IMPLIED,
INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION (1) WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WORKMANLIKE EFFORT, ACCURACY, TITLE, QUIET
ENJOYMENT, NO ENCUMBRANCES, NO LIENS AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, (2) WARRANTIES OR
CONDITIONS ARISING THROUGH COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE, AND (3)
WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS THAT ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE WEB SITES WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. SOME
JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR
CONDITIONS, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES THAT EXTEND
BEYOND THE FACE OF THIS CONTRACT.
J. LIMITATIONS
OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT WILL ANY JAMBOOL PARTY BE LIABLE FOR ANY
DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL,
INCIDENTAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF, BASED ON, OR RESULTING FROM
THIS CONTRACT OR YOUR USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR SERVICE, EVEN IF SUCH JAMBOOL
PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES UNDER SECTION
K IS INDEPENDENT OF YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY AND SURVIVES IN THE EVENT SUCH REMEDY
FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OR IS OTHERWISE DEEMED UNENFORCEABLE. THESE LIMITATIONS
AND EXCLUSIONS APPLY WITHOUT REGARD TO WHETHER THE DAMAGES ARISE FROM (1)
BREACH OF CONTRACT, (2) BREACH OF WARRANTY, (3) NEGLIGENCE, OR (4) ANY OTHER
CAUSE OF ACTION, TO THE EXTENT SUCH EXCLUSION AND LIMITATIONS ARE NOT
PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW. SOME
JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR
CONDITIONS, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE
SERVICE, YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY PART OF THIS CONTRACT, OR YOU HAVE ANY OTHER
DISPUTE OR CLAIM WITH OR AGAINST ANY JAMBOOL PARTY WITH RESPECT TO THIS
CONTRACT OR THE SERVICE, THEN YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE
USING THE SERVICE.
K. CHANGES
TO THE SERVICE; ADDITIONAL LIABILITY LIMITATION.
WE MAY CHANGE THE SOFTWARE AND SERVICE OR DELETE FEATURES
AT ANY TIME AND FOR ANY REASON.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERAL NATURE OF SECTIONS I AND J, THE JAMBOOL
PARTIES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR (1) ANY CONTENT, INCLUDING WITHOUT
LIMITATION, ANY INFRINGING, INACCURATE, OBSCENE, INDECENT, THREATENING, OFFENSIVE,
DEFAMATORY, TORTIOUS, OR ILLEGAL CONTENT, OR (2) ANY THIRD PARTY CONDUCT,
TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA. IN ADDITION, WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF SECTIONS
J AND K, JAMBOOL IS NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR (1) ANY VIRUSES OR OTHER
DISABLING FEATURES THAT AFFECT YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SOFTWARE AND
SERVICES, (2) ANY INCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN THE SOFTWARE AND SERVICES AND OTHER
WEB SITES, SERVICES, SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE, (3) ANY DELAYS OR FAILURES YOU MAY
EXPERIENCE IN INITIATING, CONDUCTING OR COMPLETING ANY TRANSMISSIONS OR
TRANSACTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE AND SERVICES IN AN ACCURATE OR
TIMELY MANNER, OR (4) ANY DAMAGES OR COSTS OF ANY TYPE ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY
WAY CONNECTED WITH YOUR USE OF ANY SOFTWARE AND SERVICES AVAILABLE FROM THIRD
PARTIES THROUGH LINKS. SOME
JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE
LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
L. INDEMNIFICATION.
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless, Jambool,
its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents,
licensors, representatives, and third party providers, to and from and against
all losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneysÕ fees,
resulting from any violation of this agreement by you. Jambool reserves the
right to assume, at its sole expense, the exclusive defense and control of any
matter subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will fully
cooperate with Jambool in asserting any available defenses.
In addition, you agree that Jambool is not responsible in
any way for the accuracy or suitability of any payment of taxes to any entity
on your behalf. You shall
indemnify and hold Jambool and (if applicable) any parents, subsidiaries,
affiliates, officers, directors, agents and employees harmless against all
liabilities, costs, interest and expenses (including reasonable attorneysÕ
fees) incurred by Jambool that arise out of any third party or governmental
claim that involves, relates to or concerns (i) any federal, state or county
tax obligation or amounts due or owing under any tax regulation, law, order or
decree or (ii) any dispute concerning the tax status of Jambool.
M. TERMINATION
OF SERVICE.
We may terminate or suspend your access to the Services at
any time, in our sole discretion, without cause and/or without notice. Upon termination, your right to use the
Services stops immediately. ONCE THE SERVICES ARE CANCELLED OR SUSPENDED, ANY
DATA YOU HAVE STORED ON JAMBOOLÕS SYSTEMS MAY NOT BE RETRIEVED LATER.
N. CHOICE
OF LAW AND LOCATION FOR RESOLVING DISPUTES.
These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of California, excluding its
conflicts-of-law principles. Please note that your use of the Services may be
subject to other local, state, national, and international laws. You expressly
agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any claim or dispute with Jambool or
relating in any way to your use of the Services resides in the courts of
California and you further agree and expressly consent to the exercise of
personal jurisdiction in the courts of California in connection with any such
dispute including any claim involving Jambool or its affiliates, subsidiaries,
employees, contractors, officers, directors, telecommunication providers and
content providers.
O. EUROPEAN
USERS.
By using the Jambool Services, Users in the European Union
understand and consent to the processing of personal information in the United
States.
P. NOTICES
TO JAMBOOL.
You may notify us by e-mail at notice@jambool.com.
Q. OTHER
TERMS.
If any part of these terms and conditions are determined
to be invalid 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 these
terms and conditions and of any notice given in electronic form shall be
admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to
these terms and conditions to the same extent and subject to the same
conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and
maintained in printed form. All
rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
R. MISCELLANEOUS.
Jambool may assign this contract, in whole or in part, at
any time with or without notice to you. You may not assign this contract, or
any part of it, to any other party. Any attempt by you to do so is void. ANY CLAIM RELATED TO THIS CONTRACT OR
THE SOFTWARE AND SERVICE MUST BE BROUGHT WITHIN ONE YEAR. THE ONE-YEAR PERIOD BEGINS ON THE DATE
WHEN THE CLAIM FIRST COULD BE FILED. IF IT IS NOT, THEN THAT CLAIM IS
PERMANENTLY BARRED. THIS APPLIES TO YOU AND YOUR SUCCESSORS. IT ALSO APPLIES TO US AND OUR SUCCESSORS
AND ASSIGNS. The failure of
Jambool to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the terms and
conditions shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. The
section titles in these terms and conditions are for convenience only and have
no legal or contractual effect.