Visionary Strategies, LLC
TERMS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
acknowledged by the parties, the parties, intending to be legally bound, agree
as follows:
Disclosures, Acknowledgments,
Representations and Warranties:
Read This Entire Agreement Carefully
Enter Your Initials In Each Box
Indicating You Understand and Agree
_____ SITE USER; ELIGIBILITY
To
become a Site member and to access and use the Services: (a) I must comply
with, the terms and conditions of this Agreement (all of the foregoing is collectively referred to as
the "Registration Process").
SETTING UP MY SITE
_____ Site
Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Visionary Strategies, LLC will
use commercially reasonable efforts to make available to Me an online means
(the �Admin area�) to configure and manage a Site that will be hosted on and
operated from the server(s) of Visionary Strategies, LLC or its designees.
Through the Admin area, I will be able to select site template designs, site
name, reports, etc. For each Product or Service listed in the Admin area,
Visionary Strategies, LLC will display a short description, articles, other
pertinent information and a link to apply for the Product. I understand
that I may not be eligible for or approved to market every product offering.
_____ Content – Description of Products and
Services/Design of Your Web Site
I
know I will not be able to change or modify the design, content, images or
information relating to products or services provided by Visionary Strategies,
LLC which appear on the web site provided to Me.
SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
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I understand and agree that I cannot use any name, trademark, service mark,
domain name or other intellectual property of any third party, or purchase any
search term advertising identical to, or confusingly similar to, the trade name
or service mark of any other party, including the names of any companies I
elect to conduct marketing activities for, in connection with the marketing of
My site.
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Because I will not be responsible for
any aspect of order processing or fulfillment, I agree not to make any statement,
whether on My Web Sites, the Site, or otherwise, representing or implying that
I am responsible for order processing or fulfillment; and because I understand
that federal and state laws seek to protect consumers from misleading
advertising, I agree not to make any statement, whether on My Web Sites, the
Site, or otherwise, that could be interpreted as a representation or warranty
regarding any Product or Service.
_____ Site URL
I
can choose from a list of available URLs provided by Visionary Strategies, LLC,
or, in some cases, a URL that I suggest to be registered by Visionary
Strategies, LLC The URL I select shall be used for the sole and exclusive
purpose of operating a web site featuring the Products and Services of
Visionary Strategies, LLC Visionary Strategies, LLC pays for the
registration of the URL as part of the set-up fees and reserves the domain name
in its name. I understand the URL I will be provided will not be a top
level domain name, but, instead, a sub-domain. My URL
may look similar to the following: myname.domainname.com.
_____ Using Your Site
I
may use the Services and My Site solely in accordance with this Agreement. I
will not permit anyone else to use the Site Admin Page. I understand that
it shall be My responsibility to safeguard any login and password(s) required
to access the Site Admin Page, or the secure areas of My Site, and I shall be
solely liable for any unauthorized or misuse thereof. I may not use or
attempt to use the Services or My site as a service bureau or to set up a
service offering site services to third parties.
_____ SITE OWNERSHIP
I
acknowledge and agree that Visionary Strategies, LLC is and shall remain the
owner of the Network, the Site, and any and all component parts thereof,
including but not limited to any intellectual property rights to the content I
create and publish thereon. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this
Agreement, I agree not to copy, reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile,
modify, or translate all or any part of the Visionary Strategies, LLC Web Site,
the Network, or the Site, provided that I may modify My Site as permitted through
the use of the Admin area and under the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
_____
I represent that I am at least 21 years
old and am authorized to enter into this Agreement.
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I acknowledge and understand that (a) I
have no obligation to enter into this Agreement; (b) that other companies in
direct competition with Visionary Strategies, LLC exist and offer similar
services; and that (c) I do not have to enter into this Agreement today.
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I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY, WARRANTY, GUARANTY, OR REPRESENTATION, EXPRESSED OR
IMPLIED, AS TO THE POTENTIAL VOLUME, PROFITS, OR SUCCESS OF ANY BUSINESS WHICH
MAY ARISE BY VIRTUE OF THIS AGREEMENT. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ALL FINANCIAL
OR EARNINGS CLAIMS WERE RECEIVED DIRECT FROM THIRD PARTIES AND NOT CREATED OR
VERIFIED BY Visionary Strategies, LLC, OR ANY AGENT OF Visionary Strategies,
LLC I UNDERSTAND THAT Visionary Strategies, LLC, DOES NOT IN ANY WAY
WARRANT OR CONFIRM THE ACCURACY OF SUCH INFORMATION. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I
HAVE CONDUCTED AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF THE Visionary Strategies, LLC
SYSTEM, AND RECOGNIZE THAT ANY BUSINESS WHICH MAY ARISE BY VIRTUE OF THIS
AGREEMENT INVOLVES BUSINESS RISKS, AND WILL BE DEPENDENT UPON MY OWN ABILITY
AND EFFORT AS AN INDEPENDENT BUSINESS PERSON.
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I have independently evaluated the
desirability of entering into this Agreement, and I am not relying on any
representation, guarantee, or statement other than as expressly set forth in
this Agreement.
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I represent and warrant that the Site
will not be used in connection with or to achieve any illegal purpose or
activity.
_____ DISCLAIMER
No
warranties or commitments are hereby made that access or use by Me or others
will be uninterrupted, error free or secure. No representations or
warranties are made as to the results to be obtained from My access to or use
of the Services. I acknowledge that Visionary Strategies, LLC shall have
no responsibility for (a) any Products or Services provided by Me to others
under this Agreement, (b) the ability (or inability) of others to apply for any
Products or Services through web sites operated by Me under this Agreement, or
(D) My site Name and URL/sub-domain. I agree that any dispute regarding
any Products or Services shall be directed to the provider or supplier of the
Products or Services, and not to Visionary Strategies, LLC I
understand that this Agreement contains additional disclaimers that limit My
rights. I warrant that I have read and understand them, or have had My
own legal counsel explain them to Me, prior to entering into this Agreement.
_____ LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
The
terms of this Agreement limit Visionary Strategies, LLC�s liability to Me and
others. I warrant that I have read and understand these terms and conditions,
or have had My own legal counsel explain them to Me, prior to entering into
this Agreement.
SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Certain Website
owners ("Merchants') may seek to increase visitor traffic through a
program commonly called an "affiliate program." A Merchant with
an affiliate program invites Website owners or others to join the program and
display or distribute the Merchant's advertising that includes a hyperlink that
leads to the Merchant's Website. Persons who join a Merchant's affiliate
program ("Online Affiliates" of that Merchant) receive compensation
from the Merchant based on tracked sales of products or services, application
completions or other specified activities by Web users who activate the
hyperlink.
1.2 Visionary Strategies,
LLC directly or indirectly operates, over the Web, one or more affiliate
marketing networks that have two types of participants: (1) Merchants who join
in order to operate the affiliate program and (2) others who join in order to
participate as Online Affiliates in the affiliate programs of those Merchants.
1.3 You desire to participate
in one or more such networks as a potential Online Affiliate for Visionary
Strategies, LLC in such network(s), and this Agreement contains the terms and conditions
for that participation.
SECTION 2. DEFINED TERMS
2.1 References to �this
Agreement" include incorporation of the following; (i) this Visionary
Strategies, LLC Agreement, (ii) any additional or different terms specifically
applicable to membership in any Network (as defined in Section 2.3) that
Visionary Strategies, LLC posts on relevant Network Site or otherwise makes
available and requires that You accept in order to join or continue to use such
Network, and (iii) any supplement to this Visionary Strategies, LLC Agreement
signed by both parties as defined in Section 2.3 and created in accordance with
Section 5.
2.2 The term 'Web" means
the World Wide Web or any replacement or similar network or resource which
permits the sharing of electronic files, graphics or information, regardless of
the technology used or how it is accessed by users. The term
�Website" means a site on the Web and, where the context requires, a
person owning or operating a site on the Web.
2.3 The following terms have
the meanings indicated:
a. Content includes: Information, communications, software,
photos, text, video, graphics, music, sounds, images and other materials.
b. Link includes: Any software, software code, programming
or other technology or method (or any combination of the foregoing) that (i)
creates a hyperlink between two Websites, or (ii) otherwise causes a Web access
device to display to its user a "banner", 'button", text
mention, word, phrase, logo or other textual or graphical material that, when
"clicked on" or otherwise activated by a person, results in a Website
featured in the link being served to such person (i.e., the screen of the
visitor's Web access device displays Content on the linked Website) or results
in such person being able to electronically access or receive information,
files, graphics or other items from the linked Website.
c. Visionary Strategies, LLC Network includes: Any affiliate
marketing network now or hereafter operated by Visionary Strategies, LLC or by
a corporate affiliate of Visionary Strategies, LLC, including the affiliate
marketing networks that Visionary Strategies, LLC currently operates under any
service names of Visionary Strategies, LLC Network.
d. Network includes: As of any time, any Visionary
Strategies, LLC Network, which You have joined in accordance with Visionary
Strategies, LLC's requirements and of which You are a member as of such time.
e. Network Affiliate includes: A person which is a member of
any Visionary Strategies, LLC Network at any time as a potential Online Affiliate
for Network Merchants under an effective online or written agreement with
Visionary Strategies, LLC
f. Network Merchant includes: A person which is or was a
member of any Visionary Strategies, LLC Network under an effective Merchant
Agreement with Visionary Strategies, LLC for purposes of conducting one or more
affiliate programs.
g. Network Site includes: For any Network, the Webpage(s) or
other area of the Website having a URL or sub-domain designated from time to
time by Visionary Strategies, LLC for use by members of that Network for the
purposes of facilitating formation of Qualifying Links, accessing reports and
otherwise participating in such Network.
h. Program includes: An affiliate program or other
performance-based marketing arrangement that any Network Merchant conducts
through any Network.
i. Program Site includes: For any program, a Website that a
Network Merchant is authorized to use in the relevant Network.
j. Promotion includes: A banner, text-mentioned,
advertisement or other material by which a Network Merchant offers its products
or services to Web users or otherwise seeks to attract Web users to its
Website.
k. Qualifying Link includes: With respect to any Network and
any Program in which You participate a Link that (i) when activated by a viewer
results in the viewer being redirected to or served, through or on the Network
Site, a Webpage or duplicate of a Webpage of a Program Site, (ii) You post on
Your Site authorized to be used in such Network or, subject to any prohibitions
or limitations imposed by such Network Merchant, You include in an e-mail
message, incorporate into browser or browser extension software, make available
for a "kiosk" or otherwise make available to Web users, (iii) is of a
kind of format for which Visionary Strategies, LLC provides its tracking
services for Network Merchants and (iv) is established through the interface of
such Network Site or otherwise as instructed by Visionary Strategies, LLC and
includes any tracking or other code required by Visionary Strategies, LLC, in
each case in accordance with Visionary Strategies, LLC's technical guidelines.
I. Your Site includes: For any Network, a Website, URL or
sub-domain that You operate and have properly registered for use in such
Network.
2.4 Whenever the context
requires, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and
neuter forms. Section or other headings or captions shall not affect in anyway
the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Unless otherwise stated,
references in this Agreement to a Section or subsection are to a Section or
subsection of this Agreement. All definitions apply equally to both the
singular and plural forms of the terms defined.
2.5 Unless defined in this
Agreement or unless the context otherwise requires, terms used in this
Agreement that have commonly accepted meanings within the Web-based e-commerce
industry are intended to have such meanings.
2.6 The words
"include", "includes" and "including" shall be
deemed to be followed by the phrase �without limitation." The word
"or" means "and/or." If, in any provision of this
Agreement, any example is given (through the use of the words "such
as," "for example," "e.g.," or otherwise) of the
meaning, intent or operation of such provision, such example is intended to be
illustrative only and not exclusive or limiting. The term
"person" is to be broadly construed and includes any natural person
or any corporation, trust, association, Limited Liability Company, partnership,
joint venture or other entity. A "corporate affiliate" of any
person is any other person that directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such
first person, with "control" meaning the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of a person. A �business day" is a day that Visionary
Strategies, LLC does not observe as a holiday. The word �Your" is a possessive
pronoun that refers to You and the word "Our" is a possessive pronoun
that refers to Visionary Strategies, LLC
2.7 This Agreement shall be
construed according to its fair meaning and not strictly for or against either
party.
SECTION 3. NETWORK MEMBERSHIP
3.1 By clicking on an
"Accept" or similar button on a Network Site or another Website of
Visionary Strategies, LLC, or by using any Network, You acknowledge that You
have carefully read, accepted and agreed to be bound by the terms of this
Agreement (including the Network Policies) with the same force and effect as if
this Agreement were set forth in a written document that had been duly signed
and physically delivered by You and Visionary Strategies, LLC and this
Agreement becomes effective when You do so. In the event of any conflict
between the respective express provisions of this Visionary Strategies, LLC
Agreement, any applicable Network Policies, any applicable Additional Terms or
any Supplement, the conflict shall be resolved in accordance with the following
order of precedence: (i) Supplement, (ii) Additional Terms, (iii) Network
Policies and (iv) this Agreement.
3.2 To use any Visionary
Strategies, LLC Network as a Network Affiliate, You must register on the page
of the relevant Network site provided by Visionary Strategies, LLC for such
purpose. You agree to promptly provide Visionary Strategies, LLC with accurate
and complete updated registration information if and as such information
changes. As part of the registration process for any Network, You shall be
assigned a unique alphanumeric password and user name for that Network (Your
"Credentials'). Visionary Strategies, LLC may deny access to and the
use of any of Visionary Strategies, LLC Network unless or until any preconditions
established by Visionary Strategies, LLC and published on the registration area
of the relevant Network Site are satisfied.
3.3 You represent and warrant
to and agree with Visionary Strategies, LLC as follows: The information You
provide as part of the registration process or otherwise shall be, at the time
provided, accurate and complete. You agree that you have carefully read this
Agreement (including the applicable Network Policies, Additional Terms and
Supplements, if any) and consulted Your own legal counsel to the extent You
deem necessary (or shall have consciously decided not to consult a lawyer). You
fully understand that this Agreement creates legally binding obligations on
Your part. This Agreement has been duly and validly accepted, executed and
delivered by You and constitutes Your legal, valid, and binding obligation,
enforceable against You in accordance with its terms. The execution and
delivery or acceptance of deemed acceptance and performance by You if this
Agreement and the participation by You in any Network and any Program does not
and shall not conflict with or violate (i) any law, rule, regulation, order,
judgment, decree, agreement or instrument applicable to You or binding upon
Your assets or if You are an entity, any provision of Your certificate of
incorporation or other organizational documents. You shall independently
evaluate the desirability of participating in any Network or Program You apply
to or join. You agree that in deciding to participate in any Network or any Program,
You shall not rely on any representation, warranty, guaranty or statement by
Visionary Strategies, LLC other than any representation expressly set forth in
this Agreement and expressly stated to be a representation.
3.4 You agree not to resell,
assign, sublicense or otherwise proved to any third person any of Your rights
or benefits, or transfer or delegate any of Your obligations under this
Agreement or as a Network Affiliate without the prior written consent of Visionary
Strategies, LLC except to the extent authorized by the Network Policies.
3.5 You agree that, during
the applicable Restricted Period (as defined below), You shall not maintain or
create any Link outside of a Network with any Network Merchant on terms that
provide for payment to You for compensation for levels of Web user activities
attributable to such Link, other than a Qualifying Link though the relevant
Network, or otherwise enter into any agreement or arrangement with any Network
Merchant intended to reduce the fees that would otherwise be payable to
Visionary Strategies, LLC by such Network Merchant. The term �Restricted
Period" means, with respect to any Network Merchant, the period beginning
on the effective date of this Agreement and ending on the first to occur of (i)
one year after the date You cease to be a member of the relevant Network in
accordance with this Agreement and (ii) the date such Network Merchant is
entitled, by the express terms of its Merchant Agreement with Visionary Strategies,
LLC to form links with Network Affiliates outside of the relevant Network
without restriction.
3.6 You agree that You are
solely responsible for all tax obligations due to all taxing authorities
arising from or in connection with Your participation in any Network or any
Program, including federal, state, local and foreign withholding taxes, FICA,
FUTA, Social Security, Medicare, SUI and any and all other federal, state,
local and foreign taxes. In addition, You agree that payments to You by a
Network Merchant or Visionary Strategies, LLC on behalf of a Network Merchant
shall be subject to withholding under any applicable tax law, rule or
regulation. You shall promptly provide Visionary Strategies, LLC with any
information it reasonably requests in order to determine if withholding is
required. If Visionary Strategies, LLC acts for any Network Merchant in
disbursing any payment due from it to You, then You authorize Visionary
Strategies, LLC to withhold taxes from payments to You that it believes in good
faith are required. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, You agree
that, as between You and Visionary Strategies, LLC, You are solely responsible
for calculation and payment or collection of, accounting for and issuing or
obtaining invoices relating to any applicable Value Added Taxes.
3.7 You understand and agree
that participation in any Network will involve establishing contractual
arrangements with Visionary Strategies, LLC (including this Agreement) or
Visionary Strategies, LLC Merchants that are stored electronically on servers
and are formed by means of "clicking on" an accept button on the
Visionary Strategies, LLC or a Merchants Website or through other electronic
means. You agree not to assert that any such contract is invalid or
unenforceable solely because of its form rather than taking the form of a
written document formed by the manual signatures of the parties or another form
or method.
SECTION 4. MEMBERSHIP SERVICES
4.1 As a Network Affiliate in
any Network, You shall be potentially eligible to join the Programs and receive
offers to form Qualifying Links made by one or more Network Merchants who are
members of that Network (�Link Offers�). As described in Section 6, the
fact that Network membership makes You potentially eligible to join Programs or
receive Link Offers does not necessarily mean that You shall also meet the
eligibility requirements for participation in the Program or any Link Offer of
any particular Network Merchant. Each Network Merchant is responsible for
its own Programs and its own Link Offers, including providing the software code
for the graphical artwork or other materials to use in Links.
4.2 You shall have, on the
Network Site for any Network of which You are a member in good standing, an
individual account accessible through the Web by use of Your Credentials.
Visionary Strategies, LLC shall periodically post to Your account reports
regarding activities tracked by Visionary Strategies, LLC for the Network
Merchants with which You from time to time have Qualifying Links (Your
"Affiliate Reports�). Subject to Section 5, the contents, format and
frequency of Your Affiliate Reports for any Network shall be substantially the
same as for the comparable reports that Visionary Strategies, LLC provides
without separate charges to Network Affiliates in such Network.
4.3 You shall be responsible
for maintaining the confidentiality and security of Your Credentials and for
all usage of Your account. Absent actual receipt of written notice to the
contrary from You, Visionary Strategies, LLC may asslll1e that any person
accessing any Network Site using Your Credentials is authorized to do so.
4.4 Visionary Strategies, LLC
shall not be liable to You as a result of failure by You or any Network
Merchant to use Qualifying Links, including to the extent that such failure
results in inaccurate reports or reduction of the amounts which would otherwise
be payable to You by any Network Merchant.
4.5 You acknowledge that the
accuracy, completeness and currency (in time) of the data included in Your
Affiliate Reports is a function of accuracy, completeness and currency of the
underlying data that Visionary Strategies, LLC obtains from Network Merchants.
Visionary Strategies, LLC shall not be responsible or liable for any errors in
or omissions from such underlying data or any Network Merchant's failure to
make or delay in making such data available to Visionary Strategies, LLC or for
any intentional or inadvertent deletion or disablement by You or a Network
Merchant of any of Visionary Strategies, LLC's tracking code or technology, or
any consequences of the foregoing. Visionary Strategies, LLC's obligation, if
any, to provide data or Affiliate Reports to You or any Network Merchant is
subject to the provision to Visionary Strategies, LLC on a timely basis, of the
necessary data of the kinds and in the form, format and manner required by
Visionary Strategies, LLC Visionary Strategies, LLC may rely on any data,
notice, instruction or request furnished to Visionary Strategies, LLC by You,
any Network Merchant or any other third party which is believed by Visionary
Strategies, LLC in good faith to be genuine.
4.6 If a Network Merchant
reports a transaction or activity that occurred in a particular month to
Visionary Strategies, LLC after such month ends, then Visionary Strategies, LLC
may, in its discretion, incorporate that event into Your Affiliate Reports for
that month or for some subsequent period.
4.7 You acknowledge and agree
that each Network Merchant whose Program You join shall receive reports from
Visionary Strategies, LLC that identify You and may include data about You and
Your Qualifying Links with that Network Merchant. If Visionary Strategies, LLC
is notified by a Network Merchant that it believes that its reports about its
relationship with You contain an error or emission or otherwise require
adjustment, Visionary Strategies, LLC may elect to revise those reports as requested
by the Network Merchant and make corresponding changes to Your Affiliate
Reports. Since the reports Visionary Strategies, LLC provides You and such
Network Merchant are the bases for calculating the compensation, if any, due to
You from that Network Merchant, any such adjustment may affect the amount of
compensation to which You are entitled.
4.8 If You believe that any
of Your Affiliate Reports for any month contains errors in the data about Your
relationship with any Network Merchant, You must notify Visionary Strategies,
LLC and that Network Merchant within ten days after the end of that month or
any shorter period that may be provided for in Your agreement with that Network
Merchant so that, if possible, the matter may be resolved. If any Affiliate
Reports for any month are corrected or adjusted after the end of the month,
then You must notify Visionary Strategies, LLC of errors in the correction or
adjustment within 10 days after it is posted. Any dispute between You and a
Network Merchant about any error You report must be resolved by You and that
Network Merchant
4.9 You acknowledge that Your
entitlement to any compensation reported with respect to any tracked or
reported activity is solely a function of the terms of Your agreement with the
relevant Network Merchant and that such Network Merchant is solely responsible
for its payment. The fact that a compensation amount is reported for any
tracked activity does not necessarily mean that a payment is due to You from
the relevant Network Merchant, since payment may be subject to conditions
established by that Network Merchant, including policies regarding order
cancellation, returned merchandise, receipt of pending credit card
authorizations and minimums for earned compensation before payment is made. You
agree that all determinations of Qualifying Links and the compensation due to
You shall be final and binding on You with respect to Visionary Strategies,
LLC�s liability to You. You agree that any issues or disagreement which
You may have about any compensation determination shall be between You and the
Network Merchant only, and that Visionary Strategies, LLC, shall have no
liability or responsibility to You regarding same.
SECTION 5. CHANGES IN NETWORK SERVICES AND MEMBERSHIP TERMS
5.1 Visionary Strategies, LLC
reserves the right to take any of the following actions at any time: (a) add
to, remove or otherwise change the terms or provisions of this Agreement or
replace this Agreement in its entirety; and (b) add, remove, suspend or
discontinue any aspect of any Network, limit, restrict, condition or deny
access to or use of all or part of any Visionary Strategies, LLC Network or
otherwise change any Network or Your right to use any Network. Visionary
Strategies, LLC may notify You of such change by posting a notice on the
relevant Network Site or, by any other electronic or manual means. Such
change shall be effective when such notice is posted or otherwise given or any
other time specified in such notice. Your continued use of any Network,
or by clicking an "Accept" or similar button on a Network Site or
another Website of Visionary Strategies, LLC, shall constitute Your acceptance
to any new terms of conditions. In the case of a change that would, in
Visionary Strategies, LLC's good faith and reasonable judgment, materially
adversely affect Your rights or obligations under this Agreement, then such
notice of such change shall be given at least five business days before such
change becomes effective, except that shorter advance notice may be given in a
situation that Visionary Strategies, LLC believes in good faith to be an
emergency or otherwise have an adverse effect on a Network if a longer notice
were given.
5.2 You are responsible for
regularly reviewing each Network Site in order to learn of any changes.
Your continued use of any Network after such notice is posted or otherwise
given shall constitute Your binding and legally enforceable agreement to such
change. If You do not wish to accept any such change, then You must
withdraw from such Network and cease using such Network.
5.3 You acknowledge and agree
that Visionary Strategies, LLC may at any time enroll any person as a Network
Affiliate on terms that differ from those contained in this Agreement, and may
also operate other affiliate marketing networks or programs that are similar to
or compete with any Network in which You are a member.
SECTION 6. PARTICIPATION IN THE AFFILIATE PROGRAMS OF
NETWORK MERCHANTS
6.1 Subject to the terms of
its Merchant Agreement with Visionary Strategies, LLC, each Network Merchant
has complete discretion in limiting the persons to whom it makes Link Offers or
by whom its Link Offers may be accepted, and in establishing the terms and
conditions of its Link Offers and agreements regarding its Qualifying Links and
participation in its Program. In general, to accept any Link Offer by a
Network Merchant, You shall be required to join the Program of such Network
Merchant. Subject to the terms of its Merchant Agreement with Visionary
Strategies, LLC, each Network Merchant has complete discretion in setting
eligibility and other requirements and conditions for membership and
participation in its Program and Link Offers.
6.2 In order to join the
Program or accept a Link Offer of a Network Merchant You must follow the
instructions and satisfy the requirements of that Network Merchant. By
signing this agreement, you acknowledge that you may be required to agree to
different sets of terms for different Network Merchants. In most cases,
this will require that You enter into an online or written agreement (an
"Engagement') with such Network Merchant by which You accept,
electronically or in writing, such Network Merchant's terms and conditions for
participation in it Program or for accepting a Link Offer.
6.3 You agree to comply with
the Engagements and other terms and requirements for participation established
by each Network Merchant whose Program You join.
6.4 Subject only to
compliance with Section 5.1, Visionary Strategies, LLC may institute policies
or procedures that have the effect of modifying the terms of Your Engagements
with a Network Merchant upon consent of such Network Merchant. Upon
effectiveness, such policy or procedure shall apply to You, notwithstanding any
contrary provision of Your Engagements, and Your Engagements shall
automatically be deemed to be modified to reflect such policy or procedure,
without the necessity of any formal amendment of such Engagements or other
action on Your, Visionary Strategies, LLC's, or any Network Merchant's part. No
such modification, however, may have retroactive effect without Your consent.
6.5 You agree that You shall
not:
(i) Place or use any Link of any Network Merchant except
with the intention of delivering valid sales, leads, applications, accounts,
clicks or other specified compensable actions to that Network Merchant;
(ii) Distribute or display, or authorize or use any third
party to distribute or display, any Qualifying Link or any other Link of any
Network Merchant created or obtained through the Network by means of any
browser extension or other software or technology which is downloaded to or
installed on the Web user's personal computer or other Web access device and
which serves advertisements, promotional material or links as an overlay upon,
a substitute for content in, as a "pop-up" keyed by content or key
words on a Webpage requested or viewed by such Web user;
(iii) Inflate the number of applications, accounts, clicks
or other specified compensable actions or any impressions of any Network
Merchant's Webpage, Promotion or other Content by any method or using any
device, program, hidden frames, java pop ups, Web bot, robot, automatic redirecting
of users, autospawning of browsers or any other technique or means of
generating automated click-throughs, requiring visitors to click on a Network
Merchant's Link before entering any area of Your Site(s), by placing or
including Promotions or links on pages of Your Site that automatically reload
or go to another page without interaction from the user (for example, client
pull or server push technology, METATAG reload, or refresh command on page
html) or on any page that is not generally accessible to all Web users (for
example, pop-up windows and hidden frames);
(iv) Resell, assign, sublicense or otherwise provide any
third person any of Your rights or benefits, or otherwise transfer or delegate
any of Your obligations, as a participant in any Program, except to the extent
authorized by the Network Policies if You meet the requirements for acting as a
"superaffiliate" set forth in the Network Policies;
(v) Display, distribute or otherwise make available to Web
users or others any Promotion of or any Link to any Program Site anywhere by
any means or method prohibited by such Network Merchant or that violates any
law, rule or regulation or any intellectual or other rights of such Network
Merchant or any third party; or
(vi) Use any name, trademark, service mark, domain name
or other intellectual property of any third party, or any search term confusing
similar thereto, in connection with Your use of the Network, Your participation
in any Program or any Qualifying Link in any way or for any purpose that
infringes or violates any law or any intellectual property or other rights of
such third party, whether in order to increase the levels of compensable
activities attributable to Your Qualifying Links or for any other purpose.
6.6 By signing this agreement
you, the Affiliate, further agree:
(i) not to promote Visionary Strategies, LLC merchant
products/services in any manner including but not limited to the following
manners: newsgroups, message boards, unsolicited email, banner/pop-up networks,
counters, chat rooms, guest books, automated forms, or any use of spyware;
(ii) not to promote any merchant products or services on any
website that contains offensive content, including but not limited to:
pornography, adult oriented material, gambling, illegal material, cracking,
hacking, warez, violent material, discriminatory material or material endorsing
discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual
orientation, age, or disability, libelous material, defamatory material,
threatening, harassing, or obscene material, or any content that advocates or
assists any illegal activity;
(iii) not to engage in any offline promotions of a specific
merchant offer(s) without written permission from Visionary Strategies, LLC;
(iv) not to run any incentive based promotion(s) to
compensate visitors of their site for filling out forms, applications and/or
purchasing of products from Visionary Strategies, LLC merchants without the
written consent of Visionary Strategies, LLC;
(v) not to use or register any domain name that contains
a Visionary Strategies, LLC merchant trade name or service mark, or is
confusingly similar to the trade name or service mark of any other party.
For example, Bank-of- America-offers.com would not be acceptable, whereas
Credit-Card-Offers.com would be permissible under this provision;
(vi) not to promote offers on any pay per click search
engine or portal if the keyword contains a merchant or third party�s trade name
or service mark, or any search terms confusingly similar thereto, unless
Visionary Strategies, LLC obtains and provides You with written permission to
do so;
(vii) not to engage in opt-in email campaigns unless
permission has been received from Visionary Strategies, LLC;
(viii) to use the approved content as provided by Visionary
Strategies, LLC;
(ix) not to change content as provided by Visionary
Strategies, LLC unless receiving approval from Visionary Strategies, LLC;
(x) to make changes to or remove content related to
Visionary Strategies, LLC Merchants as required by Visionary Strategies, LLC
within 48 hours of notification. Failure to do so may result in withholding of
commission payments and/or suspension or removal of you from the merchant
programs and/or the Visionary Strategies, LLC Affiliate Network.
(xi) not to download, transfer or otherwise export or
re-export any Confidential Information (a) into (or to a national or resident
of) any country to which the United States has embargoed the sale of goods or
technology; or (b) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of
Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of
Denial Orders. You represent and warrant that You are not located in, under the
control of, or a national or resident of any such country or on any such list.
6.7 Network Merchants' offers
and Engagements for payment to Network Affiliates of compensation per
click-through or per specified number of click-throughs are subject to any and
all restrictions, limitations and policies that Visionary Strategies, LLC may
institute at any time. Such restrictions, limitations and policies apply to all
such offers and Engagements, even if not so stated in their terms or even if
their terms state something different.
6.8 If You violate any
Network policy or engage in any actual or suspected fraudulent, abusive or
illegal activity as a Network Affiliate or participant in any Network
Merchant's Program, Visionary Strategies, LLC may suspend or terminate Your
membership in, access to and use of any or all Networks and Network Merchant's
programs, and may require that any and all compensation otherwise due to You
from any or all Networks or Network Merchants be forfeited. Such suspension,
termination or forfeiture is in addition to any other rights and remedies that
Visionary Strategies, LLC or any Network Merchant may have in contract, at law
or in equity. In addition, such activity may result in referral to the
appropriate law enforcement agencies for investigation and, where appropriate,
prosecution.
SECTION 7. TERMINATION OF MERCHANTS' PARTICIPATION IN A
NETWORK
Any Network Merchant's participation in any Network may end
or be suspended for a number of reasons, including expiration or early
termination of its merchant agreement with Visionary Strategies, LLC and you
shall not necessarily receive any prior notice that such Merchant's
participation is ending. If a Network Merchant's participation in any Network
ends or is suspended for any reason, its Program conducted through such Network
shall end or be suspended and Visionary Strategies, LLC may, without notice to
you, terminate or suspend all Qualifying Links that You have with that Merchant
immediately or, in Visionary Strategies, LLC's discretion, at any time thereafter.
You agree that Visionary Strategies, LLC shall have no obligation or liability
to You because of any termination or suspension of the participation of any
Network Merchant or any of Your Qualifying Links with such Network Merchant or
any consequence thereof, whether such termination or suspension is by such
Network Merchant or Visionary Strategies, LLC, is with or without cause or
occurs with or without notice.
SECTION 8. Visionary Strategies, LLC IS A HOST ONLY
8.1 Visionary Strategies, LLC
is the host of each Network. Network Merchants and Network Affiliates are
independent parties and Visionary Strategies, LLC does not and shall not have
any responsibility or liability for the acts, omissions, Promotions, Content or
Links of any Network Merchant, Network Affiliate or other third party,
including breaches of Engagements by Network Merchants, or for screening or
policing the Websites or actions of Network Merchants or Network Affiliates.
Without limiting the generality of the above, the obligation to pay any
compensation You earn from Your Qualifying Links is solely the responsibility
of each Network Merchant with which you form those Qualifying Links, and
Visionary Strategies, LLC is not liable or responsible for payment or
collection. That is true even if Visionary Strategies, LLC at any time acts as
a Network Merchant's agent for disbursing checks or payments and sends You a
check or other payment drawn on a Visionary Strategies, LLC account. The
Engagements You enter into with a Network Merchant are solely obligations of
such Merchant, not of Visionary Strategies, LLC If the terms of any such
Engagement purport to create any obligation of Visionary Strategies, LLC on the
part of Visionary Strategies, LLC, those terms shall not bind Visionary
Strategies, LLC
8.2 Visionary Strategies, LLC
services do not investigate or resolve any claim or dispute involving You and
any Network Merchant or other third party. If Visionary Strategies, LLC in its
discretion, elects to investigate or otherwise become involved in any such
claim or dispute, it shall not thereby undertake, assume or have any duty,
obligation or liability to You or any other party to the claim or dispute.
SECTION 9. USE OF NETWORK CONTENT NAMES AND LOGOS
9.1 For each Network of which
you are a member in good standing, Visionary Strategies, LLC grants You a
personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable and limited license and
right, subject to the terms of this Agreement, to:(a) Participate in such
Network as a Network Affiliate; (b)Access the areas of the relevant Network
Site necessary for Your participation in such Network as a Network Affiliate;
(c) Download Your Individual Affiliate Reports for Your use in connection with
Your participation in such Network for purpose of creating and maintaining
Qualifying Links in accordance with this Agreement and your Engagements; (d)
Use any software code or other Content of Visionary Strategies, LLC that is
provided by Visionary Strategies, LLC for the purpose of creating and
maintaining Qualifying Links in accordance with this Agreement and Your
Engagements, but only in the form so provided.
9.2 All other use of any
Network, Network Site, Affiliate Reports and such software code or Content,
including modification, publication, transmission, transfer or sale of,
reproduction, creation of derivative works, distribution, performance, display,
incorporation into another Website or mirroring is prohibited. You agree that
You will not alter or modify or reverse engineer such licensed code or Content
in any way. This Agreement does not grant to You any license or right to use
Visionary Strategies, LLC's name or any of its logos, trade, services names,
marks or any of Visionary Strategies, LLC's other intellectual property except
for the limited licenses and rights expressly granted herein.
9.3 Your rights and licenses
(if any) granted by this Agreement with respect to any network are valid only
while You remain a member of such Network as a Network Affiliate in good
standing and comply with this Agreement Visionary Strategies, LLC reserves all
of its rights in each Network Site and all such software code, reports and
Content and Our other proprietary rights. Visionary Strategies, LLC may revoke
any such license at any time by giving You notice by any means.
9.4 You grant to Us a
non-exclusive license to utilize Your corporate, service and trade names,
domain name and logos to advertise, market promote, and publicize in any manner
our rights hereunder or any Network. This license shall terminate upon the
effective date of the expiration or termination of this Agreement. You also
hereby grant to Visionary Strategies, LLC a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable,
royalty-free sublicensable right to exercise all copyright and publicity
rights, in any media now known or not currently known, with respect to any
content You provide to Visionary Strategies, LLC
9.5 You agree to promptly
provide Visionary Strategies, LLC, upon request, the server log files for Your
Site(s) and any other information or data reasonably requested solely for the
purpose of auditing or confirming activities related to the Network or Your
participation in any Program. Visionary Strategies, LLC shall treat such information
as confidential.
9.6 Visionary Strategies, LLC
makes no representation whatsoever about any other Website which You may access
through any Network. You understand that when You access a non-Visionary
Strategies, LLC Website through any Network, it is independent from Visionary
Strategies, LLC Visionary Strategies, LLC acts as a passive conduit for the
unfiltered online distribution and publication of Content by the members of a
Network and does not attempt to control the Content that You or visitors to
Your Site(s) shall receive or view. By its very nature, other people's Content
may be offensive, harmful or inaccurate, and in some cases, may be mislabeled
or deceptive. Visionary Strategies, LLC, disclaims control over or
responsibility or liability for the Content on any other person's Website or
posted or distributed on or through the Network or its resources or facilities.
9.7 You represent and warrant
to Visionary Strategies, LLC that all Content You upload to any Network Site or
otherwise provide or use in connection with any Network is solely owned by You
or provided or used by You with the express authority of the owners, does not
infringe upon any other individual's or organization's rights (including
intellectual property rights). By submitting Content to or for use on any
Network Site or otherwise by Visionary Strategies, LLC or distributing any
Content through the Network Site or otherwise by Visionary Strategies, LLC or
distributing any Content through the Network or any of Visionary Strategies,
LLC's services or facilities, You automatically grant to Visionary Strategies,
LLC a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to
use, reproduce, sell, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works
from, distribute, perform and display such Content (in whole or part) worldwide
and to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology; and
represent and warrant to Visionary Strategies, LLC that such Content does not
contain any other programming routines that are intended to damage,
detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any
system, data or personal information.
9.8 As between you and
Visionary Strategies, LLC, Visionary Strategies, LLC shall own all information
about the identities, postal and e-mail addresses, telephone numbers and names
and contact information for Network Merchants and Network Affiliates (other
than Your own) and the transactions conducted by any such person through any
Network. Such information shall be considered Confidential Information
under this Agreement.
SECTION 10. RISK MANAGEMENT
10.1 "As Is" Clause. Network
support or services from Visionary Strategies, LLC are provided "as
is" and "as available."
10.2 Disclaimer Of Warranties. To
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Visionary Strategies, LLC
disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of
merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, that the operation of any
network, network site, server, emails, sent by Visionary Strategies, LLC, or
reports shall be uninterrupted or error-free or will not contain or introduce
viruses or other harmful elements or components, as to the accuracy,
reliability or security of data, of non-infringement, or arising from course of
dealing or course of performance. Any links used or content or other item
downloaded or otherwise obtained through participation in the network or any
program of any Network Merchant is done at your own discretion and risk and
Visionary Strategies, LLC shall have no liability or any damage to computer
systems or loss of data that may result.
10.3 Release Of Claims. To the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, You (for Yourself and Your Corporate Affiliates) hereby release
Visionary Strategies, LLC and its corporate affiliates, officers, directors,
agents, subcontractors, and employees (the "Released Persons") from
any and all claims, demands, causes of action, debts, obligations, damages,
costs, and expenses of any kind or nature whatsoever, whether known or unknown,
suspected or unsuspected, disclosed or undisclosed, now existing or hereafter
arising that in any way result from, arise out of or relate to this Agreement,
Your participation in any Network or any Merchant's Program, reliance on any
Network or any such program, inability to use any network or participate in any
such program, the interruption, suspension or termination of any network, any
such program or your access to, use of or participation in any network or any
such program, or any act or omission of Visionary Strategies, LLC relative to
the foregoing. You hereby waive the application of all existing and future laws
that may limit the efficacy of such release. Neither We, nor any of Our
affiliates, licensors, or business partners, nor any of Our or their respective
personnel shall in any event have, in the aggregate, any liability whatsoever
in connection with this Agreement in excess of an amount equal to the amounts
payable to you as profits during the calendar year in which occurred the first
claim alleging liability hereunder.
10.4 California Residents. If you are a
California resident, then without limiting the generality of the immediately
preceding paragraph, you waive California Civil Code Section 1542, which says
"A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not
know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release,
which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the
debtor." This Section 10.4 shall survive the unenforceability or other
failure of any provision of this Agreement that purports to exclude or limit
remedies or liability.
10.5 Release. To the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, you agree that in no event shall Visionary
Strategies, LLC or any other released party be liable for any indirect,
incidental, consequential, reliance, special, exemplary or punitive damages or
for any other damages (however denominated) for or based on or measured by harm
to business, lost revenues, lost savings, loss of or on any investment, lost
profits, loss of opportunity, loss of use, loss of data, loss of goodwill,
costs of replacement goods or services or otherwise. This section shall survive
the unenforceability or other failure of any provision of this Agreement that
purports to exclude or limit remedies or liability.
10.6 The obligations of each party are
solely corporate (or other organizational) obligations. No affiliate,
stockholder, director, officer, employee, consultant or agent of either party
shall be subject to any personal liability whatsoever to the other party or any
of its affiliates, stockholders or creditors or any other person or entity, nor
shall any such claim be asserted (directly, derivatively or otherwise) by or on
behalf of either party or any of its successors or assigns.
10.7 To the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, member agrees that regardless of any statute or law to the
contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to
participation in any network, the program of any Merchant or this Agreement
must be filed within one year after such claim or cause of action arose, or be
forever barred.
10.8 Each party acknowledges that each
provision of this section constitutes an essential element of the benefit of
the bargain reflected in this agreement, and but for such provisions, Visionary
Strategies, LLC would not permit you to access and use any network or would
require you to pay fees or other consideration for such access or use that
either have not been required or that would be in excess of any that such
consideration now or hereafter required.
10.9 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,
limitations, releases and disclaimers may not apply to you. In particular,
nothing in this Agreement shall affect the applicable statutory rights of any
consumer that may not by law be waived, released, limited or excluded or
restricted, in any way or to any extent not permitted by applicable law. You
acknowledge and agree, however, that each Visionary Strategies, LLC network is
designed for use in connection with the conduct of a business, that none of the
Visionary Strategies, LLC networks is intended to be used by consumers and that
you shall not use any network or any of Visionary Strategies, LLC's services in
your capacity as a consumer.
SECTION 11. TERMINATION� ABSENCE OF UNEXPRESSED
EXPECTATIONS� YOUR INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS
11.1 Termination. Either You or Visionary
Strategies, LLC, by giving the other party notice, may, at any time and with or
without cause, terminate this Agreement. Upon any termination of this
Agreement: (1)You shall no longer be entitled to use any Network; (2) Licenses
and rights granted to You hereunder shall terminate; (3) You shall immediately
cease use of, and remove from Your Site( s); all links created through any
Network and all Content or items provided by or on behalf of Visionary
Strategies, LLC to You in connection with any Network and You shall immediately
return or destroy all confidential information and trade secrets of Visionary
Strategies, LLC in the possession or control of You or any of Your employees,
representatives, or agents.
11.2 All rights or remedies arising out
of a breach of any terms of this Agreement shall survive any termination of
this Agreement or Your participation in any Network. Your representations and
warranties in this Agreement shall survive execution, delivery, acceptance,
performance, expiration or termination of this Agreement. In addition, the
provisions of this Agreement which, by their nature, should survive expiration
or termination of this Agreement or Your participation in any Agreement shall
survive expiration or any termination of this Agreement.
11.3 You and Visionary Strategies, LLC
desire to avoid the uncertainty and the potential for discord that would exist
if the unstated expectation of either of the parties could be used to gain
advantage through litigation, or expectations stated or expressed outside the
confines of this Agreement could become actionable even though the other party
does not agree with those expectations or has not assented to them. You and
Visionary Strategies, LLC, therefore, agree that (i) it is not agreeable for either
party to have or rely on an expectation that is not reflected in this
Agreement, (ii) either party that has or develops an expectation contrary to or
in addition to the contents of this Agreement has a duty to immediately inform
the other party and promptly seek to have this Agreement amended to reflect the
expectation; and (iii) the failure of a party who has or develops an
expectation contrary to or in addition to the contents of this Agreement to
obtain an amendment shall be evidence that the expectation was not reasonable
and prevents that party from asserting that expectation as a basis for any
claim against the other party. Neither party has a duty to agree to such
proposed amendment.
11.4 Indemnification. You agree to
indemnify and hold harmless Visionary Strategies, LLC and the other Released
Persons for and against any and all claims, actions, demands, liabilities,
losses, damages, penalties, interest, judgments, settlements, costs and
expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) that directly or indirectly
arise out of or are based on
(i) any misrepresentation or breach of any warranty,
covenant or agreement made by You in this Agreement or any Engagement,
(ii) operation of any of Your Site(s),
(iii) any violation by You of any law, regulation or rule,
(iv) Your use of any Network,
(v) any claim related to any of Your Site(s), Your acts or
omissions, Your participation in any Network or any Program, any Content, goods
or services offered, sold or otherwise made available by You to any person, or
Your acts or omissions in using, displaying or distributing any Links obtained
or formed through any Network,
(vi) any claim that Visionary Strategies, LLC is obligated
to pay tax obligations in connection with compensation paid to You pursuant to
any such pogrom,
(vii) any violation or alleged violation by You of any
rights of another, including Your use of any Content, trademarks, service
marks, trade names, copyrighted or patented material, or other intellectual
property used in connection with Your Site(s) or
(viii) any claim of any violation by Visionary Strategies,
LLC or any other Released Person of any law, rule or regulation that is a
direct or indirect result of Your use of any Network or the provision of
Visionary Strategies, LLC gathering or storage of data or tracking, reporting
or other services, other than any knowing and intentional violation by
Visionary Strategies, LLC or other such Released Person. Visionary Strategies,
LLC reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and
control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by You, but doing so
shall not excuse Your indemnity obligations. Visionary Strategies, LLC shall
have the right to participate in the defense of all claims as to which it does
not assume defense and control, and You shall not settle any such claim without
Visionary Strategies, LLC's prior written content. You also agree to indemnify
Visionary Strategies, LLC for any reasonable legal fees or other costs incurred
by Visionary Strategies, LLC acting reasonably, in investigating or enforcing
its rights under this Agreement.
SECTION 12. SUBMISSION TO BINDING ARBITRATION
You agree that any controversy between you and Visionary
Strategies, LLC directly or indirectly arising out of or relating in any way to
this Agreement or any Network or Program (including the performance, construction
or breach of this Agreement) shall be submitted to and finally settled by
binding arbitration before a single arbitrator reasonably satisfactory to both
parties in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American
Arbitration Association then in effect. The parties further and expressly agree
that no dispute shall be subject to class arbitration. Any such
controversy or claim so submitted to arbitration shall be arbitrated on an
individual basis, and shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any
claim or controversy of any third party, or subject to class arbitration. The
arbitration shall be conducted in Missiouri and judgment on the arbitration
award may be entered into any court having jurisdiction. Either You or Visionary
Strategies, LLC may seek any interim or preliminary injunctive relief from a
court of competent jurisdiction in a jurisdiction and venue as agreed upon by
the parties and as set forth in this Agreement if necessary to protect rights
or property pending the completion of arbitration. If You are not
residing in the United States at the time of any such controversy or claim, You
agree to the following additional provisions:
(i) You waive any objection to the place designated above
for the arbitration.
(ii) You agree to the personal jurisdiction and venue of the
courts sitting in Missouri, U.S.A. to interpret and enforce the arbitration
provisions of this Agreement; and
(iii) All arbitrations shall be held in the English
language. You expressly acknowledge that You understand that if arbitration is
required:
(i)The decision in the arbitration shall be final and
binding on the parties;
(ii)Except as provided above as to injunctive relief, you
are waiving your right to seek remedies in court, including the right to jury
trial; and
(iii)Any party's right to appeal or to seek modification of
rulings by the arbitrator is strictly limited.
SECTION 13. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
13.1 Independent Contractors. The parties
are independent contractors and nothing in this Agreement shall confer upon
either party any authority to obligate or bind the other in any respect.
Neither this Agreement nor any course of dealing between the parties shall
confer upon You any exclusive right with respect to any Network Visionary
Strategies, LLC's software or services.
SECTION 14. FORCE MAJEURE
14.1 Force Majeure. Visionary
Strategies, LLC shall not be liable to You by reason of any failure or delay in
the performance of its obligations hereunder on account of, including but not
limited to, strikes, shortages, riots, insurrection, fires, flood, storm,
explosions, acts of God, war, governmental action, labor conditions,
earthquakes, interruptions in telecommunications services or Internet access,
or any other cause which is beyond the reasonable control of Visionary
Strategies, LLC
SECTION 15. ASSIGNABILITY AND SEVERABILITY
15.1 Assignability. Neither the rights
nor the obligations arising under this Agreement are assignable or transferable
by You, and any such attempted assignment or transfer shall be void and without
effect.
15.2 Visionary Strategies, LLC may assign
this Agreement to any successor, affiliate or assign. If Visionary Strategies,
LLC sells or otherwise transfers ownership of any Network to any corporate
affiliate of Visionary Strategies, LLC, a joint venture in which Visionary
Strategies, LLC has an equity interest, or an entity which licenses Visionary
Strategies, LLC technology or any other third party, then the rights,
obligations and liabilities of Visionary Strategies, LLC under this Agreement
shall transfer to the third party. This Agreement, insofar as it relates to
other Networks shall continue in effect as binding obligations of You and
Visionary Strategies, LLC
15.3 Severability. If any provisions of
this Agreement, or its application to any person or circumstances, is held by a
court with jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions
hereof, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other
than those as to which it has been held invalid or unenforceable, shall remain
in full force and effect. If any provision of this Agreement shall be
judicially unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such provision shall not be
affected with respect to any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 16. CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE
16.1 Discloser and Recipient:
The disclosing party shall be referred to herein as ADiscloser.@
The receiving party shall be referred to herein as ARecipient.@
16.2 Confidential Information of
Visionary Strategies, LLC (�VS�): AConfidential
Information of VS@ means any
proprietary information, technical data, trade secrets or know-how, including,
but not limited to, all inventions, improvements, developments, ideas,
processes, prototypes, plans, drawings, designs, models, formulations,
specifications, methods, techniques, shop-practices, hardware configuration
information, discoveries, innovations, creations, technologies, formulae,
algorithms, data, computer databases, reports, laboratory notebooks, papers,
writings, photographs, source and object codes, software programs, other works
of authorship, know-how, patents, trademarks and copyrights (including all
records pertaining to any of the foregoing), whether or not reduced to writing
and whether or not patented or patentable or registered or registerable under
patent, copyright, trademark or similar statute, that are owned by VS or that
are required to be assigned to VS by any person, including, without limitation,
any employee or consultant of VS, or that are licensed to VS by any
person. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Confidential
Information shall further include, but is not limited to, (i) other business
information disclosed by VS either directly or indirectly in writing, orally or
by drawings or inspection of parts or equipment; (ii) information regarding VS=s plans for research and development or for new products;
(iii) engineering or manufacturing information proprietary to VS or any of its
operations or products; (iv) information regarding regulatory matters
concerning VS; (v) information regarding any acquisition or strategic alliance
effected by VS or any proposed acquisition or strategic alliance being
considered by VS; (vi) information regarding the status or outcome of any
negotiations engaged in by VS; (vii) information regarding the existence or
terms of any contract entered into by VS; (viii) information regarding any
aspect of VS=s intellectual property position; (ix)
information regarding prices or costs of VS; (x) information regarding any
aspect of VS=s business strategy, including, without
limitation, VS=s marketing, selling
and distribution strategies; (xi) information regarding customers or suppliers
of VS; (xii) information regarding the skills, compensation and other terms of
employment or engagement of VS=s
employees and consultants; (xiii) business plans, budgets, unpublished
financial statements and unpublished financial data of VS; (xiv) information
regarding marketing and sales of any actual or proposed products or services of
VS; (xv) any information regarding processes, methods or coding specifications
relating to the production of consumer credit card application solicitations
over the web; (xvi) any information obtained from or created for any
programmer, manufacturer, seller and/or designer of any form of print media,
electronic data, computer software, code, hardware or manufacturing device that
touches upon or relates to consumer credit card application solicitations over
the web; (xvii) any information obtained from or created for any person or
entity not party to this contract; (xviii) samples, specimens or data
(collectively ASamples@) exchanged between VS, Signatory and/or any other party;
and (ixx) any other information that VS may designate as confidential.
16.3 Activity Period: This
Agreement covers Information and Samples supplied or received while this
agreement is in effect.
16.4 Confidentiality Obligations of
Signatory: Unless VS specifically authorizes in writing, Signatory
agrees:
a)
not to disclose the Confidential Information to any third party except for
those third parties who require such access to achieve the purpose of this
Agreement only (the �Purpose�), and who have agreed to confidentiality
provisions in writing no less restrictive than those contained herein; and
b)
not to use VS=s Information or Samples except for
Purpose; and
c)
to limit access to VS=s Information or
Samples disclosed under this Agreement only to personnel of the Signatory who
have a need to know and who have been made aware of the obligations of
confidence and non‑use
described herein, which apply to such personnel; and
d)
that any Information or Samples exchanged, shall be used only for the Purpose;
and
e)
not to reverse engineer or analyze any of VS=s
Information or Samples for composition, except for Purpose.
16.5 Confidentiality Period:
The obligations of Paragraph 16.4 are binding for a period of five (5) years
after the termination of this Agreement.
16.6 Exclusions: The
obligations of confidence and non‑use do not apply to information already available to the
public at the time of disclosure.
a)
The obligation of confidence does not apply to information required to be
disclosed by law, provided, however that the Recipient notifies the Discloser
promptly at any time it believes it is legally required to disclose the
Discloser=s Information and does not disclose
such Information until the Discloser has the opportunity to oppose such
disclosure or obtain an acceptable protective order.
b)
Detailed information is not excluded from the obligations of Paragraph 16.4
merely because that detailed information is embraced by more general
information excluded under Paragraph 16.6(a). Information concerning
combinations of items is not excluded from the obligations of Paragraph 16.4
unless the combination itself and its principles of operation fall within
Paragraph 16.6(a).
16.7 Disclaimers: VS disclaims
all express and implied warranties for its Information and Samples, including,
but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a
particular purpose, against infringement, and all implied representations and
warranties provided by statute or common law. VS does not warrant or make
representation regarding the use, results of the use, or appropriateness of the
use of its Information or Samples for any purpose. No right or license
whatsoever, either express or implied, is granted to Signatory pursuant to this
Agreement under any patent, patent application, or other proprietary right now
or hereafter owned or controlled by VS.
16.8 Limitation of
Liabilities: VS shall not be liable to Signatory for any loss, claim,
damage, or liability, of whatsoever kind or nature, which may arise from or in
connection with Signatory=s use, handling, or
storage of the Information or Samples. VS shall not be liable to Signatory
for any consequential, punitive, incidental, exemplary, or special damages
arising out of Signatory=s use of VS=s Information or Samples.
16.9 Export Compliance:
Recipient shall comply with all laws and regulations related to the
import/export of technology and products received from Discloser, or the direct
products of that technology or those products.
SECTION 17. GOVERNING LAW
17.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall
be governed by the law of the state of Missouri.
17.2 Consent to Jurisdiction. Each party
consents to the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of Missouri and agrees to
commence any litigation hereunder in such court.
17.3 If any provision of this Agreement
is or shall become inconsistent with or unenforceable under any provision of
applicable law that may be waived or the applicability of which may otherwise
be varied or excluded by You or by You and Visionary Strategies, LLC then You
and You and Visionary Strategies, LLC hereby waive or exclude the applicability
of such provision of law.
17.4 The parties agree that the
provisions of the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act, as it may have
been or hereafter may be in effect in any jurisdiction, shall not apply to this
Agreement or any course of dealing between the parties.
SECTION 18. THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES
18.1 Third Party Beneficiaries. Except as
provided in Section 10 with respect to the Released Parties, there are no third
party beneficiaries of this Agreement.
18.2 Without limiting the generality of
the immediately proceeding paragraph, if this Agreement requires that You
refrain from acting or requires that You take an action that may be considered
to indirectly benefit or harm third parties, that requirement is included in
the conditions upon which You are authorized to use any Network and which
permits Visionary Strategies, LLC to terminate this Agreement or pursue other
remedies for its own benefit if You behave contrary to such requirement.
18.3 You are responsible for any claim
made against Visionary Strategies, LLC by any third party because of any of
Your acts or omissions.
18.4 The preceding paragraph is not
intended to create any right, duty, obligation or liability on the part of
Visionary Strategies, LLC to any third party, including (i) any obligation to
monitor Your compliance with the aforementioned paragraphs are held; or (ii) to
create any duty, obligation or liability upon Visionary Strategies, LLC as to
control over You or (iii) as to create any responsibility for Your acts or
omissions. Any such requirement shall be stricken from this Agreement and this
paragraph shall have no affect on Your indemnification obligations with respect
to any claim arising out of Your acts or omissions that would otherwise violate
such requirement or any of Visionary Strategies, LLC' s rights or remedies
otherwise available.
SECTION 19. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
19.1 Amendments. Any amendments of this
Agreement must be in writing and signed by both parties.
19.2 No failure or delay in exercising
any power, right, or remedy under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver. A
waiver on the part of Visionary Strategies, LLC, to be effective, must be
written and signed by an officer of Visionary Strategies, LLC and physically
delivered to You.
SECTION 20. EFFECT OF TERMINATION
20.1 The exercise of any right to
terminate this Agreement or suspend access or service granted a party in this
Agreement shall not result in a breach of this Agreement by such party, and
neither the exercise of such right nor any consequence thereof shall give rise
to or be the basis for any claim by or liability to the other party, whether in
contract, tort or otherwise, even if the terminating party was informed or
aware of, or otherwise could have anticipated the possibility of, such
consequence.
SECTION 21. MEDIA RELATIONS
21.1 Public statements. Any press release or other public
announcement by You regarding this Agreement, any Visionary Strategies, LLC
Network or that mentions Visionary Strategies, LLC shall require the prior
approval of Visionary Strategies, LLC You agree that You shall not
disparage Visionary Strategies, LLC or any of the Visionary Strategies, LLC
Networks.
SECTION 22. DISCRETION
22.1 Exercise of Discretion. Where
this Agreement states that any consent, approval, agreement or other
discretionary action on the part of Visionary Strategies, LLC is in its
discretion, then such consent, approval, agreement or other action can be
withheld for any reason or no reason or conditioned in any manner desired by
such party, in each case in such party's sole and absolute discretion.
SECTION 23. CITIZENS OR RESIDENTS OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED
STATES
23.1 Information Visionary Strategies,
LLC publishes on the Web may contain references or cross references to
products, programs and services that are not announced or available in
countries outside of the United States. Such references do no imply that
Visionary Strategies, LLC intends to announce or make available such products,
programs or services in such other countries. Visionary Strategies, LLC
makes no representations or warranties that any Visionary Strategies, LLC
Network, the Content on Visionary Strategies, LLC's Website(s), or
products/services offered or referenced thereon are appropriate or available
for use in other countries. Access to or use of such products, services,
contents or network from or in territories where their Contents are illegal or
where access or use would subject Visionary Strategies, LLC to taxes, laws or
regulations that otherwise would not apply or to the jurisdiction of any court
or other governmental authority to which it would not otherwise be subject is
prohibited. You and You alone are responsible for compliance with all laws and
regulations that apply to Your use of any Network or Visionary Strategies, LLC
products or services, including services You offer to citizens or residents
outside the United States.
SECTION 24. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
24.1 This Agreement is the entire
agreement between the parties pertaining to its respective subject matter, and
all written or oral agreements, representations, warranties or covenants, if
any, previously existing between the parties with respect to such subject
matter are canceled. The statements made by Visionary Strategies, LLC on any of
its Websites or otherwise than in an express provision of this Agreement are
not representations or warranties and do not create contractual obligations.
If, prior to the date of this Agreement, the parties have entered into a
separate confidentiality agreement and there is any conflict or inconsistency
between this Agreement and such separate confidentiality agreement, the terms
of this Agreement shall prevail and govern with respect to the information
provided pursuant to this Agreement.