1. INTRODUCTION:
Please
read this Agreement carefully The
following are the terms and
conditions for use of the
KeyWord Max service (“Service”),
provided to you by Direct
Response Technologies, Inc. (“DRT”)
through the web site www.keywordmax.com and/or www.directresponse.com By
enrolling as a “Subscriber," clicking
the “I Accept” button,
and completing the registration
process, you agree to be
bound by these terms and
conditions, including all
payment terms, policies,
practices, rules, standards
and guidelines (“Policies”)
related to the Site and/or
the Services posted on the
Site, in effect from time
to time (collectively, the "Agreement"). In
this Agreement, "you",
and "your" refers
to the Subscriber. You agree
that any of your agents,
representatives, employees,
or any person or entity acting
on your behalf with respect
to the use of the Service,
shall be bound by, and shall
abide by, these Terms and
Conditions. You further agree
that you are bound by these
Terms and Conditions whether
you are acting on your own
behalf or on behalf of a
third party.
2. NON-EXCLUSIVE
LICENSE DRT hereby
grants you a non-exclusive
license to use the Service
in accordance with this Agreement.
You may not: (1) modify,
translate, or create derivative
works based on the Service,
or permit other individuals
to so; (2) rent, lease, transfer
or otherwise transfer rights
to the Service; (3) use a
single account for multiple
business entities; (4) provide
third parties with access
to your account, except for
third parties specifically
authorized by DRT; and/or
(5) reverse
engineer or disassemble the
Service.
3. Term: The term
of this Agreement shall begin
upon your acceptance of this
Agreement and shall continue
in accordance with the period
of time selected by You during
the order process, 1 month,
3 months, 6 months, or 1 year
(“Term Period”). This
Agreement shall automatically
renew thereafter for additional
Term Periods, unless terminated
in accordance with this Agreement.
4. SERVICE: DRT’s
exclusive obligation is to
make the Service available
to you through the DRT Site. Subscriber
understands and agrees that
DRT may change, modify, alter,
suspend, remove, disable access
to, terminate or discontinue
all or any portion of the Site
and/or the Services at any
time for any reason, without
notice, cost or liability.
5. YOUR
GOODS AND SERVICES: DRT
is not responsible for anything
regarding your web site(s),
your advertisements, your
search listings, and/or your
keywords, including, but
not limited to, placement
of your advertisements or
search listings, click traffic,
your thank you or landing
pages, payments, maintenance
of your web site(s), order
entry, customer service,
payment processing, shipping,
cancellations or returns
(collectively “Your
Goods and Services”).
6. AVAILABILITY
OF SERVICE: Subscriber
understands and agrees that
from time to time the Site
and/or the Services may be
inaccessible, unavailable
or inoperable for any reason. While
DRT will attempt to provide
the Site and the Services
on a continuous basis, Subscriber
acknowledges and agrees that
DRT has no control of the
availability of the Site
or the Services. Subscriber
also understands and agrees
that DRT is not responsible
for the functionality, interface,
availability, or operability
of any Third Party Provider. While
DRT will use reasonable efforts
to provide the Services to
Subscriber, DRT cannot guarantee
that a Third Party Provider
will make the changes submitted
by DRT to the Third Party
Provider on behalf of Subscriber
in a timely manner or at
all. Subscriber, at
its sole cost and expense,
shall be solely responsible
for providing, maintaining
and ensuring that all hardware,
software, electrical and
other physical requirements
for Subscriber’s use
of the Site and the Services,
including, without limitation,
telecommunications and internet
access connections and links,
web browsers, bandwidth or
other equipment, programs
and services required to
access and use the Site and
the Services, are compatible
with the Site and the Services.
7. ACCESS: You are
authorized to access the Site
and/or the Services solely
to manage your account(s).
You agree that you will not
use the Site or any content
therein for any other purpose
and that you will not disseminate
or distribute any of this information.
Your right to access your account
with DRT is personal to you
and non-assignable and is subject
to any limits established by
DRT. You agree that you will
not use any automated means,
including, without limitation,
agents, robots, scripts, or
spiders, to access your account
with DRT or to monitor or copy
the Site or the content contained
therein except those automated
means expressly made available
by DRT, if any, or authorized
in advance and in writing by
DRT. You agree that you
will not use any device, software,
reverse engineering, or routine
to interfere or attempt to
interfere with the proper working
of the Site, any of the services
offered through the Site, the
Services, and/or the links,
tracking, or reporting methods
deployed by DRT. Without
limitation to the foregoing,
Subscriber further agrees that
you will not take any action
that imposes an unreasonable
or disproportionately large
load on our infrastructure
(as determined by DRT).
8. SECURITY: The
Subscriber is responsible for
all activities that occur under
the Subscriber’s password
or account, and it is the Subscriber’s
responsibility to keep its
password(s) and/or account
information confidential. Subscriber
shall be solely responsible
for the security, confidentiality
and integrity of all messages
and the content that Subscriber
receives, transmits through
or stores on the Site or Service. Subscriber
shall be solely responsible
for any authorized or unauthorized
access to Subscriber’s
account by any person, including,
without limitation, any charges
to Subscriber’s account
with any Third Party Provider.
If any unauthorized use of
Subscriber’s account
or password occurs, Subscriber
must notify DRT via phone and/or
email immediately, and DRT
will suspend use of the account
and password until a new password
is in place.
9. RIGHTS
RESERVED, RIGHTS GRANTED,
Data Ownership.
a. DRT
reserves the right to approve
or reject any Subscriber for
any reason at any time.
b. DRT
compiles statistics across
all the web sites it services.
These statistics are limited
to certain broad categories. This
information is presented only
in an aggregate form, and in
no event will we present specific
site data without permission. Subscriber
grants DRT the right to use,
distribute, and/or sell aggregate
non-personally identifiable
data resulting from Subscriber’s
use of the Services.
c. Subscriber
grants to DRT the non-exclusive
right to access Subscriber’s
accounts with Third Party Provider(s)
and alter the data within those
accounts using Subscriber’s
account information for the
purpose of providing the Services. Third
Party Provider(s) may include,
but are not limited to web
site publishers, pay-per-click
search engines, advertising
networks, email providers,
and/or any other third party
with which Subscriber maintains
an account and is using the
Services to manage such account.
d.
As
part of your use of the Service,
DRT collects information about
your marketing activities and
visitors' behavior on your
Web site(s) (collectively "Web
Site Data"). DRT
shall not use the Web Site
Data except directly in furtherance
of the purposes of this Agreement. DRT
shall not disclose the Web
Site Data to any third party
unless directed by you, unless
(a) such disclosure is made
by DRT in response to a court
order, and provided that DRT
has given you reasonable notice
of such court order, or (b)
is in aggregate non-personally
identifiable form as described
in Section 9b. DRT agrees
that you will own all Web Site
Data.
10. PAYMENT.
DRT Fees billing
and cancelation policies are available
at http://www.keywordmax.com/terms.html
and are incorporated herein
by reference. You agree
to pay to DRT all applicable
charges to your account in
advance of each term, in United
States dollars, for the Service
you selected as set forth in
DRT Fees Policies in effect
from time-to-time.
a.
Billing Schedule.
If
you are participating in
a trial period, unless you
cancel Services on or before
the trial period ends, billing
will begin immediately once
the trial period has ended. Your
account will be charged
at the beginning of the initial
term and subsequent renewal
terms, or when, and if, you
add items to your service,
in an amount equal to the
total charges for the Term
Period including applicable
subscription fees, set-up
fees, support fees, added
items, and taxes, if any
(“Account Charges”).
b. Method
of Payment.
You agree and represent that
all information you provide
for the purpose of enrolling
as a Subscriber will be accurate,
complete, and current. Subscriber
expressly authorizes DRT
to charge your credit card,
charge card, or debit card
for any and all applicable
Account Charges associated
with your account hereunder. If payment cannot be charged
to your credit/charge/debit
card, for whatever reason,
or if there is a charge-back
for any reason, DRT reserves
the right to either suspend
or terminate your account
with DRT. If you provide
us with a credit card, charge
card, or debit card that
expires during the term of
this Agreement, we reserve
the right to charge any renewal
card issued to you as a replacement.
c. Failure
to Make Payment. In
the event of any failure
by you to make payment, or
if you charge-back, you will
be responsible for all reasonable
expenses (including attorneys'
fees) incurred by DRT in
collecting such amounts plus
interest at the rate of 10%
per annum or the maximum
amount permitted by law,
whichever is greater.
d. Refunds. 100%
of all Account Charges are
NON-REFUNDABLE, unless a money
back guarantee applies in which
case the terms for the money
back guarantee listed on the
Site when you first signed-up
for your account will govern.
e. Rate
Changes. DRT reserves
the right to change the rates
for its Services in its sole
discretion.
11. NO
ASSIGNMENT OR RESALE. Except
as otherwise indicated herein,
you may not resell, assign,
or transfer any of your rights
under this Agreement, and
if you attempt to resell,
assign, or transfer your
rights, we may immediately
terminate this Agreement
with out liability to us.
12. REPORTING: Counting
and tracking for the Services
shall be based on DRT’s
internal reporting counting
and/or tracking procedures
only.
13. LIMITATION
OF LIABILITY AND DISCLAIMER
OF WARRANTIES.
a. Limitation
of Liability. The
information and services
included in or available
through the Service may include
inaccuracies or typographical
errors. Changes are periodically
added to the information
herein. DRT and/or
its respective suppliers
may make improvements and/or
changes in the Service at
any time. DRT does
not represent or warrant
that the Service will be
uninterrupted or error-free,
that defects will be corrected,
or that the Service or the
server that makes it available,
are free of viruses or other
harmful components. DRT does
not warrant or represent
that the use or the results
of the use of the Service
or the materials made available
as part of the Service will
be correct, accurate, timely,
or otherwise reliable. Except
for the data protection provisions
set forth in Section 9.d,
DRT is not responsible for
Your data residing on DRT
servers. DRT is not
responsible for your account
and/or data with Third Party
Providers. Furthermore,
DRT does not represent or
warrant that the Site, Services,
and/or payment plans will
meet your objectives or needs. You
specifically agree that DRT
shall not be responsible
for unauthorized access to
or alteration of your data. Further,
DRT reserves the right to
make changes to any and all
parts of its Service at any
time, without obligation
to notify any person or entity
of such changes.
b. EXCLUSIVE
REMEDY. DRT's
cumulative liability to you
or any other party for any
loss or damages, regardless
of the form of action, shall
not exceed an
amount equal to all amounts
actually realized and received
by DRT from Client during
the twelve (12) month period
immediately preceding any
such liability.
c. DISCLAIMER
OF WARRANTIES . YOU
EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR
USE OF THE SITE AND/OR SERVICES
IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE
SITE AND/OR SERVICES ARE
AVAILABLE ON AN "AS
IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTY
OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE OR ACCURACY, OR IMPLIED
WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE
OF PERFORMANCE OR COURSE
OF CONDUCT AND WE DISCLAIM
ANY WARRANTY REGARDING THE
AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY OR
CONTENT OF THE SITE, SERVICES,
AND/ OR INFORMATION, PRODUCTS
OR SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH
THE SITE AND/OR SERVICES,
OR ANY ECONOMIC BENEFIT YOU
MAY GAIN FROM USE OF THE
SITE AND/OR SERVICES. SOME
STATES DO NOT ALLOW EXCLUSION
OF AN IMPLIED WARRANTY, SO
THIS DISCLAIMER MAY NOT APPLY
TO YOU.
d. EXCLUSION
OF CONSEQUENTIAL AND OTHER
DAMAGES. DRT will not
be liable to Subscriber or
any third-party claimant
for any direct, indirect,
special, punitive, consequential,
or incidental damages (including,
without limitation, damages
for loss of business profits,
business interruption, loss
of business information,
or any other pecuniary loss) arising
out of this Agreement and/or
the use of or inability to
use the Service and/or Site,
regardless of the form of
action whether in contract,
tort, warranty, negligence,
strict liability, breach
of any statutory duty, indemnity
or contribution, or otherwise,
even if DRT has been advised
of the possibility of such
damages. The exclusion contained
in this paragraph shall apply
regardless of the failure
of the exclusive remedy provided
in the foregoing paragraph.
e. The
foregoing exclusions and disclaimers
are an essential part of this
agreement and formed the basis
for determining the price charged
for the products.
14. YOUR REPRESENTATIONS. You represent
and warrant (i) that you have
sufficient authority to enter
into this Agreement.; (ii)
that you have the right to
provide DRT with access to
your accounts with Third Party
Providers; (iii) that you are
in compliance with all applicable
laws; (iv) that you shall not
be in violation of any obligation,
contract or agreement by entering
into this Agreement, by performing
your obligations under these
terms or by authorizing and
permitting DRT to perform the
Services hereunder; (v) that
you shall comply with all of
the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, as amended
from time to time; (vi) that
all information provided by
you is truthful, accurate,
and complete, and is not misleading
in any way; (vii) that DRT
is hereby authorized by you
to perform the Services on
your behalf with each Third
Party Provider, including without
limitation changes to your
account with each Third Party
Provider, and that if requested
by DRT, you will provide us
with written authorization;
(viii) that you are legally
bound to each Third Party Provider
for any and all charges to
your account with each such
Third Party Provider as a result
of DRT’s actions on your
behalf hereunder, pursuant
to such terms and conditions
applicable to you from time
to time with each Third Party
Provider; and (ix) that you
shall be solely liable and
responsible for, and DRT shall
have no liability for, and
you shall pay when and as due,
any and all charges to your
account with each applicable
Third Party Provider related
to the Services performed for
you hereunder.
15. INDEMNIFICATION. You agree to indemnify and hold us (and our directors, officers, employees and agents) harmless against any and all expenses and losses of any kind (including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs) incurred by us (and our directors, officers, employees and agents) in connection with any claims of any kind made by a third party arising out of your use of the Site and/or Services, your accounts with and/or use of the services provided by Third Party Providers, Your Goods and Services, and/or a breach of your representations or warranties.
16. NOTICES. We
will provide all notices to
you to the contact person and
at the address, email address,
or fax number identified on
your account. You must send
all notices to us at: office@directresponse.com,
or such other address as provided
on the Site from time to time.
17. NO
AGENCY. The parties
to this Agreement are independent
contractors and this Agreement
does not create and shall
not be construed to create
an agency, partnership, joint
venture or other association
relationship between the
parties.
18. TERMINATION;
CANCELLATION.
a. Your Right To Terminate.
You may terminate this Agreement and your account as described in the KeywordMax billing and
cancellation policy set forth at the URL listed here and incorporated herein by
reference: http://www.keywordmax.com/bcpolicy.html
b. Our Right
To Terminate. Notwithstanding
anything contained in this
Agreement to the contrary,
DRT may, in its sole discretion,
terminate your account, and
discontinue your participation
in the Service. Reasons
for DRT's determination to
so terminate or discontinue
your account or participation
as provided for above include,
but are not limited to, failure
to make payment in accordance
with DRT’s terms, and/or
if DRT believes that you
violated this Agreement or
other policies or guidelines
of DRT or of a Third Party
Provider, or if DRT believes
your conduct may be harmful
to consumers, advertisers,
or subscribers who participate
in the Service. All
decisions made by DRT in
this matter will be final
and neither DRT nor its licensees
(or distributors) shall have
any liability with respect
to such decisions.
c. Effect
of Termination. Upon
termination, you will no
longer be able to access
your account. Regardless
of which party terminates
this Agreement, You will
be responsible for all charges
incurred up to and through
the date of termination including payment
obligations during the remainder
of any unexpired initial
Term or renewal term and
such charges will be due
and payable immediately.
d. Survival. Sections
5, 9.b, 10, 13, 14, 15, 19,
20, 23, and 26 shall survive
any termination of this Agreement.
19. TRADEMARKS: Without
the prior written consent of
DRT, Subscriber shall not display
or use in any manner any DRT
Marks.
20. PROPRIETARY
RIGHTS. Title, ownership rights, and
intellectual property rights
in and to the Site and/or
the Service shall remain
with DRT. The Service and/or
the Site, and the intellectual
property operating it are
protected by international
copyright treaties. Title,
ownership rights, and intellectual
property rights in and to
the content, and code accessed
through the Service and/or
the Site is the property
of DRT and may be protected
by applicable copyright or
other law. This License gives
you no rights to such content
or code.
21. LINKS: Subscriber
acknowledges that the Site
may contain hyperlinks to third
party web sites. Subscriber
understands and agrees that
the linked sites are not under
the control of DRT, and DRT
is not responsible for, and
makes no representations or
warranties with respect to,
the contents or privacy policies
or practices of any linked
sites or any link contained
therein. The inclusion of a
linked site is for Subscriber’s
convenience only and is not
intended and should not be
construed as an endorsement
or recommendation by DRT of
the linked site or its content.
22. MARKETING. Subscriber
grants to DRT a non-exclusive
license as long as this Agreement
is in effect to use, reproduce,
publicly and digitally display
and perform, transmit and broadcast
Subscriber’s name, logos,
trademarks, trade names, service
marks, URLs and slogans to
advertise, market, promote
and publicize the Service,
including the inclusion of
Subscriber in DRT’s marketing
materials and on DRT’s “partners’ and
testimonial page”.
23. CONFIDENTIALITY: "Confidential
Information" means any
information disclosed to you
by DRT, either directly or
indirectly, in writing, orally
or by inspection of tangible
objects, other than information
that you can establish (i)
was publicly known and made
generally available in the
public domain prior to the
time of disclosure to you by
DRT; (ii) becomes publicly
known and made generally available
after disclosure to you by
DRT other than through your
action or inaction; or (iii)
is in your possession, without
confidentiality restrictions,
at the time of disclosure by
DRT as shown by your files
and records immediately prior
to the time of disclosure.
You shall not at any time (a)
disclose, sell, license, transfer
or otherwise make available
to any person or entity any
Confidential Information, (b)
use any Confidential Information,
or (c) reproduce or otherwise
copy any Confidential Information,
except as necessary in connection
with the purpose for which
such Confidential Information
is disclosed to you or as required
by applicable law. You agree
to take all reasonable measures
to protect the secrecy of and
avoid disclosure and unauthorized
use of the Confidential Information.
All Confidential Information
shall at all times remain DRT's
personal property and all documents,
electronic media and other
tangible items containing or
relating to any Confidential
Information shall be delivered
to DRT immediately upon DRT's
request.
24. CONSTRUCTION. No
conditions other than those
set forth in this Agreement
shall be binding on us unless
we expressly agree in writing
signed by an authorized representative
of DRT. DRT may change
this Agreement , its Policies,
and/or rates at any time upon
notice published on the Site
or by e-mail notification to
you. Any use of the Service
and/or Site after such notice
shall be deemed to be continued
acceptance of this Agreement
including its amendments and
modifications. DRT reserves
the right to discontinue offering
the Service and/or Site at
any time.
25. FORCE
MAJEUR. If
the performance of any part
of these Terms by DRT is
prevented, hindered, delayed
or otherwise made impracticable
by reason of any flood, fire,
judicial or governmental
action, labor dispute, war,
insurrection, technical failure,
act of God or any other causes
beyond the control of DRT,
including, without limitation,
any actions or reactions
by a Third Party Provider,
DRT shall be excused from
such performance to the extent
that it is prevented, hindered
or delayed by such causes.
26. MISCELLANEOUS. This Agreement (i) shall be governed
by and construed in accordance
with the internal substantive
laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, without giving
effect to its principles of
conflicts of law; and (ii)
constitute the complete and
entire expression of the agreement
between the parties, and shall
supersede any and all other
agreements, whether written
or oral, between the parties
concerning the subject matter
hereof. You submit to jurisdiction
and venue in the state and
federal courts located in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Allegheny County and further
agree that any cause of action
you may bring arising under
this Agreement will be brought
by you exclusively in a state
or federal court located in
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Allegheny County. Subscriber
agrees to pay all legal expenses
of DRT, including reasonable
attorney’s fees, should
Subscriber be found in breach
of this Agreement. In
the event that any provision
of this Agreement is held by
a court of competent jurisdiction
to be contrary to the law,
the remaining provisions of
this Agreement will remain
in full force and effect. The
waiver of any breach or default
of this Agreement will not
constitute a waiver of any
subsequent breach or default,
and will not act to amend or
negate the rights of the waiving
party.
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