CONASYS Terms of Service
1. Your relationship with CONASYS
1.1 Your use of CONASYS’s
products, software, services and web sites (referred to collectively as the
“Services” in this document and excluding any services provided to you by CONASYS
under a separate written agreement) is subject to the terms of a legal
agreement between you and CONASYS. “CONASYS” means CONASYS Inc., whose
principal place of business is at 103 – 788 Harbourside Drive, North Vancouver,
BC V7P 3R7, Canada. This document explains how the agreement is made up, and
sets out some of the terms of that agreement.
1.2 Unless otherwise agreed in writing with CONASYS, your agreement with CONASYS will always
include, at a minimum, the terms and conditions set out in this document. These
are referred to below as the “Universal Terms”.
1.3 Your agreement with CONASYS
will also include the terms of any Legal Notices applicable to the Services, in
addition to the Universal Terms. All of these are referred to below as the
“Additional Terms”. Where Additional Terms apply to a Service, these will be
accessible for you to read either within, or through your use of, that Service.
1.4 The Universal Terms,
together with the Additional Terms, form a legally binding agreement between
you and CONASYS in relation to your use of the Services. It is important that
you take the time to read them carefully. Collectively, this legal agreement is
referred to below as the “Terms”.
1.5 If there is any
contradiction between what the Additional Terms say and what the Universal
Terms say, then the Additional Terms shall take precedence in relation to that
Service.
2. Accepting the Terms
2.1 In order to use the
Services, you must first agree to the Terms. You may not use the Services if
you do not accept the Terms.
2.2 You can accept the
Terms by:
(A) clicking
to accept or agree to the Terms, where this option is made available to you by CONASYS
in the user interface for any Service; or
(B) by
actually using the Services. In this case, you understand and agree that CONASYS
will treat your use of the Services as acceptance of the Terms from that point
onwards.
2.3 You may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms if (a) you are not of legal age to form a
binding contract with CONASYS, or (b) you are a person barred from receiving
the Services under the laws of the United States or other countries including the country in which you are resident or from which
you use the Services.
2.4 Before you continue, you should print off or save a local copy of the Universal Terms for your
records.
3. Language of the Terms
3.1 Where CONASYS has provided you with a translation of the English language version of the Terms,
then you agree that the translation is provided for your convenience only and
that the English language versions of the Terms will govern your relationship
with CONASYS.
3.2 If there is any
contradiction between what the English language version of the Terms says and
what a translation says, then the English language version shall take
precedence.
4. Provision of the Services by CONASYS
4.1 CONASYS is constantly innovating in order to provide the best possible experience for its
users. You acknowledge and agree that the form and nature of the Services which
CONASYS provides may change from time to time without prior notice to you.
4.2 As part of this
continuing innovation, you acknowledge and agree that CONASYS may stop
(permanently or temporarily) providing the Services (or any features within the
Services) to you or to users generally at CONASYS’s sole discretion, without
prior notice to you. You may stop using the Services at any time. You do not
need to specifically inform CONASYS when you stop using the Services.
4.3 You acknowledge and
agree that if CONASYS disables access to your account, you may be prevented
from accessing the Services, your account details or any files or other content
which is contained in your account.
4.4 You acknowledge and
agree that while CONASYS may not currently have set a fixed upper limit on the
number of transmissions you may send or receive through the Services or on the
amount of storage space used for the provision of any Service,
such fixed upper limits may be set by CONASYS at any time, at CONASYS’s
discretion.
5. Use of the Services by you
5.1 In order to access
certain Services, you may be required to provide information about yourself
(such as identification or contact details) as part of the registration process
for the Service, or as part of your continued use of the Services. You agree that
any registration information you give to CONASYS will always be accurate,
correct and up to date.
5.2 You agree to use the
Services only for purposes that are permitted by (a) the Terms and (b) any
applicable law, regulation or generally accepted practices or guidelines in the
relevant jurisdictions (including any laws regarding the export of data or
software to and from the United States or other relevant countries).
5.3 You agree not to
access (or attempt to access) any of the Services by any means other than
through the interface that is provided by CONASYS, unless you have been
specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement with CONASYS. You
specifically agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services
through any automated means (including use of scripts or web crawlers) and
shall ensure that you comply with the instructions set out in any robots.txt
file present on the Services.
5.4 You agree that you will not engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the Services
(or the servers and networks which are connected to the Services).
5.5 Unless you have been
specifically permitted to do so in a separate agreement with CONASYS, you agree
that you will not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade or resell the
Services for any purpose.
5.6 You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that CONASYS has no responsibility to you or to
any third party for) any breach of your obligations under the Terms and for the
consequences (including any loss or damage which CONASYS may suffer) of any
such breach.
6. Your passwords and account security
6.1 You agree and
understand that you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of
passwords associated with any account you use to access the Services.
6.2 Accordingly, you agree
that you will be solely responsible to CONASYS for all activities that occur
under your account.
6.3 If you become aware
of any unauthorized use of your password or of your account, you agree to
notify CONASYS immediately.
7. Privacy and your personal information
7.1 For information
about CONASYS’s data protection practices, please read CONASYS’s privacy policy
at http://www.conasysinc.com/privacy. This policy explains how CONASYS treats your
personal information, and protects your privacy, when you use the Services.
7.2 You agree to the use
of your data in accordance with CONASYS’s privacy policies.
8. Content in the Services
8.1 You understand that
all information (such as data files, written text, computer software, music,
audio files or other sounds, photographs, videos or other images) which you may
have access to as part of, or through your use of, the Services are the sole
responsibility of the person from which such content originated. All such
information is referred to below as the “Content”.
8.2 You should be aware
that Content presented to you as part of the Services, including but not
limited to advertisements in the Services and sponsored Content within the
Services may be protected by intellectual property rights which are owned by
the sponsors or advertisers who provide that Content to CONASYS (or by other
persons or companies on their behalf). You may not modify, rent, lease, loan,
sell, distribute or create derivative works based on this Content (either in
whole or in part) unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by CONASYS
or by the owners of that Content, in a separate agreement.
8.3 CONASYS reserves the
right (but shall have no obligation) to pre-screen, review, flag, filter,
modify, refuse or remove any or all Content from any Service.
8.4 You understand that
by using the Services you may be exposed to Content that you may find
offensive, indecent or objectionable and that, in this respect, you use the
Services at your own risk.
8.5 You agree that you
are solely responsible for (and that CONASYS has no responsibility to you or to
any third party for) any Content that you create, transmit or display while
using the Services and for the consequences of your actions (including any loss
or damage which CONASYS may suffer) by doing so.
9. Proprietary rights
9.1 You acknowledge and
agree that CONASYS (or CONASYS’s licensors) own all legal right, title and
interest in and to the Services, including any intellectual property rights
which subsist in the Services (whether those rights happen to be registered or
not, and wherever in the world those rights may exist). You further acknowledge
that the Services may contain information which is designated confidential by CONASYS
and that you shall not disclose such information without CONASYS’s prior
written consent.
9.2 Unless you have
agreed otherwise in writing with CONASYS, nothing in the Terms gives you a
right to use any of CONASYS’s trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos,
domain names, and other distinctive brand features.
9.3 If you have been
given an explicit right to use any of these brand features in a separate
written agreement with CONASYS, then you agree that your use of such features
shall be in compliance with that agreement, any applicable provisions of the
Terms, and CONASYS's brand feature use guidelines as updated from time to time.
9.4 Other than the
limited license set forth in Section 11, CONASYS acknowledges and agrees that
it obtains no right, title or interest from you (or your licensors) under these
Terms in or to any Content that you submit, post, transmit or display on, or
through, the Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist
in that Content (whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and
wherever in the world those rights may exist). Unless you have agreed otherwise
in writing with CONASYS, you agree that you are responsible for protecting and
enforcing those rights and that CONASYS has no obligation to do so on your
behalf.
9.5 You agree that you
shall not remove, obscure, or alter any proprietary rights notices (including
copyright and trade mark notices) which may be affixed to or contained within
the Services.
9.6 Unless you have been
expressly authorized to do so in writing by CONASYS, you agree that in using
the Services, you will not use any trade mark, service mark, trade name, logo
of any company or organization in a way that is likely or intended to cause
confusion about the owner or authorized user of such marks, names or logos.
10. License from CONASYS
10.1 CONASYS gives you a
personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable and non-exclusive license to
use the software provided to you by CONASYS as part of the Services as provided
to you by CONASYS (referred to as the “Software” below). This license is for
the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of the Services
as provided by CONASYS, in the manner permitted by the Terms.
10.2 You may not (and
you may not permit anyone else to) copy, modify, create a derivative work of,
reverse engineer, decompile or otherwise attempt to extract the source code of
the Software or any part thereof, unless this is expressly permitted or
required by law, or unless you have been specifically told that you may do so
by CONASYS, in writing.
10.3 Unless CONASYS has
given you specific written permission to do so, you may not assign (or grant a
sub-license of) your rights to use the Software, grant a security interest in
or over your rights to use the Software, or otherwise transfer any part of your
rights to use the Software.
11. Content license from you
11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit,
post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or
displaying the content you give CONASYS a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide,
royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate,
publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which
you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This license is for
the sole purpose of enabling CONASYS to display, distribute and promote the
Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional
Terms of those Services.
11.2 You agree that this license includes a right for CONASYS to make such Content available to other
companies, organizations or individuals with whom CONASYS has relationships for
the provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection
with the provision of those services.
11.3 You understand that
CONASYS, in performing the required technical steps to provide the Services to
our users, may (a) transmit or distribute your Content over various public
networks and in various media; and (b) make such changes to your Content as are
necessary to conform and adapt that Content to the technical requirements of
connecting networks, devices, services or media. You agree that this license
shall permit CONASYS to take these actions.
11.4 You confirm and warrant to CONASYS that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary
to grant the above license.
12. Software updates
12.1 The Software which
you use may automatically download and install updates from time to time from CONASYS.
These updates are designed to improve, enhance and further develop the Services
and may take the form of bug fixes, enhanced functions, new software modules
and completely new versions. You agree to receive such updates (and permit CONASYS
to deliver these to you) as part of your use of the Services.
13. Ending your relationship with CONASYS
13.1 The Terms will
continue to apply until terminated by either you or CONASYS as set out below.
13.2 If you want to terminate your legal agreement with CONASYS, you may do so by (a) notifying CONASYS
at any time and (b) closing your accounts for all of the Services which you
use, where CONASYS has made this option available to you. Your notice should be
sent, in writing, to CONASYS’s address which is set out at the beginning of
these Terms.
13.3 CONASYS may at any
time, terminate its legal agreement with you if:
(A) you have breached any provision of the Terms (or have acted in manner which clearly
shows that you do not intend to, or are unable to comply with the provisions of
the Terms); or
(B) CONASYS is required to do so by law (for example, where the provision of the Services to you is, or
becomes, unlawful); or
(C) the partner with whom CONASYS offered the Services to you has terminated its
relationship with CONASYS or ceased to offer the Services to you; or
(D) CONASYS is transitioning to no longer providing the Services to users in the country in
which you are resident or from which you use the service; or
(E) the provision of the Services to you by CONASYS is, in CONASYS’s opinion, no longer
commercially viable.
13.4 Nothing in this Section
shall affect CONASYS’s rights regarding provision of Services under Section 4
of the Terms.
13.5 When these Terms
come to an end, all of the legal rights, obligations and liabilities that you
and CONASYS have benefited from, been subject to (or which have accrued over
time whilst the Terms have been in force) or which are expressed to continue
indefinitely, shall be unaffected by this cessation, and the provisions of
paragraph 20.7 shall continue to apply to such rights, obligations and
liabilities indefinitely.
14. EXCLUSION OF WARRANTIES
14.1 NOTHING IN THESE
TERMS, INCLUDING SECTIONS 14 AND 15, SHALL EXCLUDE OR LIMIT CONASYS’S WARRANTY
OR LIABILITY FOR LOSSES WHICH MAY NOT BE LAWFULLY EXCLUDED OR LIMITED BY
APPLICABLE LAW. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN
WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR LOSS
OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE, BREACH OF CONTRACT OR BREACH OF IMPLIED TERMS,
OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, ONLY THE LIMITATIONS WHICH
ARE LAWFUL IN YOUR JURISDICTION WILL APPLY TO YOU AND OUR LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
14.2 YOU EXPRESSLY
UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND
THAT THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND “AS AVAILABLE.”
14.3 IN PARTICULAR, CONASYS,
ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AND ITS LICENSORS DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT
TO YOU THAT:
(A) YOUR USE OF THE
SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS,
(B) YOUR USE OF THE
SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR FREE FROM ERROR,
(C) ANY INFORMATION
OBTAINED BY YOU AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE OR
RELIABLE, AND
(D) THAT DEFECTS IN THE
OPERATION OR FUNCTIONALITY OF ANY SOFTWARE PROVIDED TO YOU AS PART OF THE
SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED.
14.4 ANY MATERIAL
DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICES IS DONE AT
YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR OTHER DEVICE OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS
FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
14.5 NO ADVICE OR
INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM CONASYS OR THROUGH
OR FROM THE SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE
TERMS.
14.6 CONASYS FURTHER
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
15. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
15.1 SUBJECT TO OVERALL
PROVISION IN PARAGRAPH 14.1 ABOVE, YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT CONASYS,
ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AND ITS LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU
FOR:
(A) ANY DIRECT,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE
INCURRED BY YOU, HOWEVER CAUSED AND UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY. THIS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, ANY LOSS OF
PROFIT (WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY), ANY LOSS OF GOODWILL OR
BUSINESS REPUTATION, ANY LOSS OF DATA SUFFERED, COST OF PROCUREMENT OF
SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSS;
(B) ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE
WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OR DAMAGE AS A
RESULT OF:
(I) ANY RELIANCE PLACED
BY YOU ON THE COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY OR EXISTENCE OF ANY ADVERTISING, OR AS A
RESULT OF ANY RELATIONSHIP OR TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY ADVERTISER OR
SPONSOR WHOSE ADVERTISING APPEARS ON THE SERVICES;
(II) ANY CHANGES WHICH CONASYS MAY MAKE TO THE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY CESSATION IN THE
PROVISION OF THE SERVICES (OR ANY FEATURES WITHIN THE SERVICES);
(III) THE DELETION OF, CORRUPTION OF, OR FAILURE TO STORE, ANY CONTENT AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DATA
MAINTAINED OR TRANSMITTED BY OR THROUGH YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES;
(III) YOUR FAILURE TO PROVIDE CONASYS WITH ACCURATE ACCOUNT INFORMATION;
(IV) YOUR FAILURE TO KEEP YOUR PASSWORD OR ACCOUNT DETAILS SECURE AND CONFIDENTIAL;
15.2 THE LIMITATIONS ON CONASYS’S LIABILITY TO YOU IN PARAGRAPH 15.1 ABOVE SHALL APPLY WHETHER OR NOT CONASYS HAS
BEEN ADVISED OF OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH LOSSES
ARISING.
16. Copyright and trade mark policies
16.1 It is CONASYS’s
policy to respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with
applicable international intellectual property law (including, in the United
States, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act) and to terminating the accounts
of repeat infringers.
17. Advertisements
17.1 Some of the
Services are supported by advertising revenue and may display advertisements
and promotions. These advertisements may be targeted to the content of
information stored on the Services, queries made through the Services or other
information.
17.2 The manner, mode
and extent of advertising by CONASYS on the Services are subject to change
without specific notice to you.
17.3 In consideration
for CONASYS granting you access to and use of the Services, you agree that CONASYS
may place such advertising on the Services.
18. Other content
18.1 The Services may
include hyperlinks to other web sites or content or resources. CONASYS may have
no control over any web sites or resources which are provided by companies or
persons other than CONASYS.
18.2 You acknowledge and
agree that CONASYS is not responsible for the availability of any such external
sites or resources, and does not endorse any advertising, products or other
materials on or available from such web sites or resources.
18.3 You acknowledge and
agree that CONASYS is not liable for any loss or damage which may be incurred
by you as a result of the availability of those external sites or resources, or
as a result of any reliance placed by you on the completeness, accuracy or
existence of any advertising, products or other materials on, or available
from, such web sites or resources.
19. Changes to the Terms
19.1 CONASYS may make
changes to the Universal Terms or Additional Terms from time to time. When
these changes are made, CONASYS will make a new copy of the Universal Terms
available at www.conasysinc.com/terms
and any new Additional Terms will be made available to you from within, or through, the affected Services.
19.2 You understand and
agree that if you use the Services after the date on which the Universal Terms
or Additional Terms have changed, CONASYS will treat your use as acceptance of
the updated Universal Terms or Additional Terms.
20. General legal terms
20.1 Sometimes when you
use the Services, you may (as a result of, or through your use of the Services)
use a service or download a piece of software, or purchase goods, which are
provided by another person or company. Your use of these other services,
software or goods may be subject to separate terms between you and the company
or person concerned. If so, the Terms do not affect your legal relationship
with these other companies or individuals.
20.2 The Terms
constitute the whole legal agreement between you and CONASYS and govern your
use of the Services (but excluding any services which CONASYS may provide to
you under a separate written agreement), and completely replace any prior
agreements between you and CONASYS in relation to the Services.
20.3 You agree that CONASYS
may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the Terms,
by email, regular mail, or postings on the Services.
20.4 You agree that if CONASYS
does not exercise or enforce any legal right or remedy which is contained in
the Terms (or which CONASYS has the benefit of under any applicable law), this
will not be taken to be a formal waiver of CONASYS’s rights and that those
rights or remedies will still be available to CONASYS.
20.5 If any court of
law, having the jurisdiction to decide on this matter, rules that any provision
of these Terms is invalid, then that provision will be removed from the Terms
without affecting the rest of the Terms. The remaining provisions of the Terms
will continue to be valid and enforceable.
20.6 You acknowledge and
agree that each member of the group of companies of which CONASYS is the parent
shall be third party beneficiaries to the Terms and that such other companies
shall be entitled to directly enforce, and rely upon, any provision of the
Terms which confers a benefit on (or rights in favor of) them. Other than this,
no other person or company shall be third party beneficiaries to the Terms.
20.7 The Terms, and your
relationship with CONASYS under the Terms, shall be governed by the laws of the
Province of British Columbia without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. You and CONASYS agree to submit to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the Province of British
Columbia, Canada to resolve any legal matter arising from the Terms.
Notwithstanding this, you agree that CONASYS shall still be allowed to apply
for injunctive remedies (or an equivalent type of urgent legal relief) in any
jurisdiction.