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InfoPlus Terms of Service

 
Version 2.0, January 2022

 


 

This Infoplus Commerce Terms of Service Agreement between Forms Distribution Corp., dba Infoplus Commerce  (“Infoplus Commerce”, “Infoplus”, “we,” or “us”), a Missouri Corporation, and users of the  Infoplus Commerce Services (“you”) is a legally binding contract between you and Infoplus Commerce regarding your use of the Services including web services, any related websites, networks, embeddable widgets, downloadable software, and other services provided by us and on which a link to these Terms of Service is displayed or linked to (the “Services”).

Please read the following Terms of Service carefully.  By accessing, downloading, using, purchasing, or subscribing to the Services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by the following Terms of Service (these “Terms”), including the Infoplus Commerce Acceptable Use Policy, Privacy Policy, Trademark Policy, Support Policy, Fees and Pricing Policy, and Security Policy (together, this “Agreement”).  If you are not eligible or do not agree to the Agreement, then you do not have our permission to use the Services.

See Section 22 for defined terms.

The general form of this Agreement is as follows: We grant you a license to use the Services, and in return, you pay us and agree to abide by our terms and policies.

You acknowledge and agree that, as provided in greater detail in this Agreement:

     - The Services are licensed, not sold to you, and that you may use the Services only as set forth in this Agreement;
     - The Services are provided “as is” without warranties of any kind, and Infoplus Commerce’s liability to you is limited;
     - You are solely responsible for protecting the privacy and legal rights of your End Users;
     - You are solely responsible for exporting your Content from the Services prior to closing your Infoplus Commerce account; and
     - Disputes arising hereunder will be resolved by binding arbitration, AND BY ACCEPTING THIS AGREEMENT, YOU AND INFOPLUS                     COMMERCE ARE EACH WAIVING THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY OR TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION. YOU AGREE TO GIVE UP               YOUR RIGHT TO GO TO COURT to assert or defend your rights under this contract (except for matters that may be taken to small               claims court). Your rights will be determined by a NEUTRAL ARBITRATOR and NOT a judge or jury and your claims cannot be brought           as a class action. Please review the Arbitration Agreement in Section 19 below for the details regarding your agreement to arbitrate           any disputes with Infoplus Commerce.

 

This Agreement contains the terms and conditions that govern your access to and use of the Services (as defined in Section 22). This Agreement takes effect when you click on “I Accept” button or checkbox presented with these terms if available when your Services Application Agreement is fully executed or, if earlier when you use any of the Services (the “Effective Date”).

This Agreement incorporates several policies. Failure to abide by your obligations under these policies constitutes grounds for suspension or termination of your account and revocation of your access to the Services. The incorporated policies (collectively, “Policies”) are:

 

     1. Acceptable Use Policy
     2. Fees and Pricing Policy
     3. Security Policy
     4. Support Policy
     5. Trademark Policy
     6. Privacy Policy
     7. Responsible Disclosure Policy

 

We provide certain Infoplus Commerce Services for pursuant to a Service Level Agreement.

 

1. Eligibility

 

You must be at least eighteen (18) years of age to use the Services. By agreeing to this Agreement, you represent and warrant to us that: (a) you are at least eighteen (18) years of age; (b) you have not previously been suspended or removed from the Services; and (c) your registration and your use of the Services is in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. If you are using the Services on behalf of an entity, organization, or company, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that organization to this Agreement and you agree to be bound by this Agreement on behalf of that organization. Infoplus Commerce may, in its sole discretion, refuse to offer the Services to any person or entity, and may change its eligibility criteria at any time.

 

2. Your Account and Use of the Services

 

To access the Services, you must create an Infoplus Commerce account. When you register for the account, you may be required to provide us with some information about yourself, such as your phone number or other contact information. You agree that the information you provide to us is accurate and that you will keep it accurate and up-to-date at all times. You are responsible for all activities that occur under your account regardless of whether the activities are undertaken by you, your employees, or a third party (including your contractors or agents). You may create sub-accounts for users within your organization. Each account and sub-account is protected by a password and/or a set of authorization keys. You are responsible for maintaining the security of your passwords and authorization keys. Infoplus Commerce and our affiliates are not responsible for unauthorized access to your account, except to the extent caused by our breach of this Agreement.

 

2A. Your obligations. Your obligations include, but are not limited to, the following:

     1. Your use of the Services must comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances, including any laws regarding the export of          data or software.
     2. You will provide us with true and accurate information and responses in connection with your use of the Services.
     3. You will contact us immediately if you believe an unauthorized third party may be using your account or if your account information           is lost or stolen.
     4. You will not attempt to gain access to Infoplus Commerce’s internal administrative tools.
     5. You will not attempt to disrupt the Services.
     6. You will abide by the Acceptable Use Policy.
     7. You will abide by the restrictions in our Support Policy and Security Policy on how the Services may be implemented.
     8. You will remit payment timely for the services, as specified in the Fees and Pricing Policy and any Billing Agreement you may                      execute.

 

2B. Unauthorized uses. You are authorized to access to the Services only to the extent necessary to develop and run Applications. You            will not, and will not allow third-parties under your control to:

     1. Use the Services to create, receive, maintain, or transmit protected health information, as defined in 45 C.F.R. § 160.103;
     2. Access the Services to bring an intellectual property infringement claim against Infoplus Commerce or any of Infoplus Commerce’s           affiliates, customers, vendors, business partners, or licensors;
     3. Develop or create a competing product or service;
     4. Copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, decompile, translate, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to extract the               source code of the Services or any component thereof;
     5. Use the Services for High-Risk Activities (as defined in Section 22);
     6. Sub-license, resell, or distribute the Services or any component thereof separate from any integrated application, or;
     7. Process or store any data that is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations maintained by the Department of State;
     8. Use the Services for any illegal purpose or in violation of any local, state, national, or international law;
     9. Violate, or encourage others to violate, any right of a third party, including by infringing or misappropriating any third party                            intellectual property right;
     10. Post, upload, or distribute any Content or other content that is unlawful, defamatory, libelous, inaccurate, or that a reasonable                    person could deem to be objectionable, profane, indecent, pornographic, harassing, threatening, embarrassing, hateful, or                           otherwise inappropriate;
     11. Interfere with security-related features of the Services, including by: (a) disabling or circumventing features that prevent or limit use           or copying of any content; or (b) reverse engineering or otherwise attempting to discover the source code of any portion of the                 Services except to the extent that the activity is expressly permitted by applicable law;
     12. Interfere with the operation of the Services or any user’s enjoyment of the Services, including by: (a) uploading or otherwise any                disseminating virus, adware, spyware, worm, or other malicious code; (b) making any unsolicited offer or advertisement to another              user of the Services, including any informational announcements, charity requests, and petitions for signatures; (c) attempting to                collect, personal information about another user or third party without consent; (d) taking any action (directly or indirectly) that                imposes or may impose (as determined by Infoplus Commerce in its sole discretion) an unreasonable or disproportionately large              load on Infoplus Commerce’s or its third-party providers’ infrastructure; or (e) interfering with or disrupting any network,                              equipment, or server connected to or used to provide the Services, or violating any regulation, policy, or procedure of any network,            equipment, or server;
     13. Perform any fraudulent activity, including impersonating any person or entity or claiming a false affiliation; misrepresenting the                    source, identity or content of information transmitted via the Services; accessing any other Service account without permission,                or falsifying your age or date of birth;
     14. Sell or otherwise transfer the access granted under this Agreement, or any right or ability to view, access, or use any Content; or
     15. Attempt to do any of the acts described in this Section 2(B), or assist or permit any person in engaging in any of the acts described in this Section 2(B).

 

If you do not abide by your obligations, or if you engage in unauthorized activity, we may determine your account not to be in good standing. Good standing is determined at Infoplus Commerce’s sole discretion.

Infoplus Commerce RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DISABLE ANY USER’S ACCESS TO ANY PART OF THE SERVICE, AND TO TERMINATE ANY USER’S ACCOUNT, FOR ANY REASON AND WITHOUT ANY NOTICE.

You may terminate your account and this Agreement at any time in accordance with Section 11.

3. Privacy

 

3A. Your privacy. Please read our Privacy Policy, the terms of which are incorporated into this Agreement.

     1. Your users’ privacy. Infoplus Commerce provides tools to help you protect and secure information at the infrastructure and platform          levels. You are responsible for protecting the privacy and legal rights of your End Users at the Application level. Your obligations                  include but are not limited to:
     2. Properly configuring your Applications to protect your users’ information;
     3. Configuring and enforcing user access policies and permissions across your Applications; and
     4. Providing legally adequate privacy notices for your users, and informing them that their information may be available to Infoplus                Commerce and/or our affiliates.  

 

4. Fees and Charges

 

4A. Payments and pricing. You incur fees and charges based on your use of the Services. We calculate and bill fees and charges monthly or at the interval indicated in the Infoplus Commerce Fees and Pricing Policy, or your billing agreement, as appropriate. We may bill you more frequently if we determine that your account is at risk of non-payment. Any outstanding balance becomes immediately due and payable upon termination of this Agreement for any reason. We may change our Fees and Pricing Policy. In the event we do so, we will give you 30 days' notice before the beginning of the billing cycle during which the revised policy will be applied. Late payments may bear interest at the rate of 1.5% per month (or the highest rate permitted by law, if less) determined and compounded daily from the date due until the date paid.  Charges are exclusive of taxes. You are responsible for paying all reasonable expenses and attorney’s fees we incur collecting late payments. We reserve the right to discontinue the provision of the Services to you for any late payments. Fees are based on our measurements of your use of the Services. Our determination is final. To the fullest extent permitted by law, you waive all claims relating to charges unless claimed within 60 days after the charge (this does not affect your credit card issuer rights). To the fullest extent permitted by law, refunds (if any) are at our discretion and only in the form of credit for the Services. Nothing in this Agreement obligates Infoplus Commerce to extend credit to any party.

4B. Taxes. You are responsible for paying all taxes and government charges and will pay us for the Services without any reduction. In the event that Infoplus Commerce is obligated to collect or pay taxes, those taxes will be invoiced to you, unless you provide us with a timely and valid tax exemption certificate issued by the appropriate authority for each jurisdiction in which you claim exempt status. If any deduction or withholding is required by law, you will notify us and will pay us any additional amounts necessary to ensure that the net amount that we receive, after any deduction and withholding, equals the amount we would have received if no deduction or withholding had been required. Additionally, you will provide us with documentation showing that the withheld and deducted amounts have been paid to the relevant taxing authority.

 

5. Suspension, Removal, and Remedial Action

 

Under some circumstances, you are obligated to suspend or remove an Application from the Services and take remedial measures. In addition, we reserve the right to suspend your account, suspend your access or your End Users’ access to the Services, and/or suspend or remove an Application (take “Remedial Action”). Our right to take Remedial Action is in addition to our right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 11.

5A. Your obligations. If you become aware that any Application or End User’s use of an Application or data violates the Acceptable Use Policy, you will immediately suspend that Application, remove the applicable data, or suspend access to that End User, whichever may be applicable to remedy the violation. If you fail to remedy the violation on your own, we will make a specific request that you do so. If you do not remedy the violation within the time period specified in our request (in no case later than 24 hours), we may take Remedial Action. We reserve the right to take Remedial Action if you are in breach of this Agreement, including if you are delinquent on your payment obligations by more than 15 days.

5B. Our obligations. We will always try to resolve Acceptable Use issues within a mutually acceptable time frame. We reserve the right to take unilateral Remedial Action at any time, however, to enforce our policies and ensure the safety and security of our customers and their users. If we take Remedial Action without prior notice, we will provide the reason to you as soon as is practically possible.

5C. Effect of Remedial Action. If we take Remedial Action:

     1. You remain responsible for all fees and charges you have incurred through the date of the Remedial Action;
     2. You remain responsible for any applicable fees and charges for any Services to which you continue to have access;
     3. You remain responsible for applicable data storage fees and charges, and fees and charges for in-process tasks completed after               the date of suspension; and
     4. You will not be entitled to any credits for any period of suspension.

 

6. Intellectual Property

 

6A. Content. You are solely responsible for the development, operation, maintenance, and use of Your Content. For example, you are solely responsible for:

     1. Backing up and securing Content at the Application level;
     2. Compliance of Content with the Acceptable Use Policy, other Policies, and any applicable laws or regulations;
     3. Any claims relating to Your Content; and
     4. Properly handling and processing notices sent to you (or any of your affiliates) by any person claiming that Your Content violates               such person’s rights, including notices pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

 

You represent and warrant to us that:

     1. You or your licensors own all right, title, and interest in and to Your Content and Applications;
     2. You have all rights in Your Content and Applications necessary to grant the rights contemplated by this Agreement;
     3. None of Your Content, Applications or End Users’ use of Your Content or Applications, or the Services, will violate the Acceptable               Use Policy; and
     4. You will set up a process to respond to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

 

Infoplus Commerce responds to notices of alleged copyright infringement and terminates accounts of repeat infringers according to the process set out in the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Please see Section 7 of this Agreement. We reserve the right to take Remedial Action upon receipt of a valid DMCA notice.

6B. Proprietary rights. In general, except as expressly set forth below in Sections 8 and 9, this Agreement does not grant either party any rights, implied or otherwise, to the other’s Content or any of the other’s intellectual property. As between the parties, you own all intellectual property rights in your Applications and customer data, and we own all intellectual property rights in the Services.

 

Notwithstanding that general principle:

     1. You consent to our use of Your Content to provide the Services to you and any End Users;
     2. We may disclose Your Content to provide the Services to you or any End Users;
     3. We may disclose Your Content to comply with any request of a governmental or regulatory body (including subpoenas or court                 orders); and
     4. If you provide any suggestions to us, we will own all rights, titles, and interests in and to your suggestions, even if you have                          designated the suggestions as confidential. We and our affiliates will be entitled to use your suggestions without restriction. You                hereby irrevocably assign us all right, title, and interest in and to your suggestions.

 

7. Digital Millennium Copyright Act

 

If you believe that your copyrighted work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement and is accessible via the Infoplus Commerce Services, please notify our copyright agent, as set forth in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (“DMCA”). For your complaint to be valid under the DMCA, you must provide the following information in writing:

     1. An electronic or physical signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner;
     2. Identification of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
     3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and where it is located on the Service;
     4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, such as your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
     5. A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the                         copyright owner, its agent, or law; and
     6. A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information is accurate, and that you are the copyright owner or are                authorized to act on behalf of the owner.

 

Submit the above information via email to admin@infopluscommerce.com

Infoplus Commerce will promptly terminate without notice the accounts of users that are determined by Infoplus Commerce to be “repeat infringers.” A repeat infringer is a user who has been notified of infringing activity or has had Content removed from the Service at least twice.

This procedure is exclusively for notifying Infoplus Commerce that your copyrighted material has been infringed. This policy is intended to protect and comply with Infoplus Commerce’s rights and obligations under the DMCA, including 17 U.S.C. § 512(c), but does not constitute legal advice. You should contact an attorney for counsel regarding your specific legal rights and obligations.

 

8. Your Licenses from Infoplus Commerce

 

8A. The Services. We grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, non-transferable license to access and use the        Services solely in accordance with this Agreement. This license is valid only during the term of this Agreement and is revoked upon            termination. This license is subject to the following restrictions:

     1. Neither you nor any End User may use the Services in any manner or for any purpose other than as expressly permitted by this                  Agreement.
     2. Neither you nor any End User may, or may attempt to (a) modify, alter, tamper with, repair, or otherwise create derivative works of               any software included in the Services (except to the extent software included in the Services are provided to you under a separate           license that expressly permits the creation of derivative works), (b) reverse engineer, disassemble, or decompile the Services or                 apply any other process or procedure to derive the source code of any software included in the Services, (c) access or use the                 Services in a way intended to avoid incurring fees or exceeding usage limits or quotas, (d) resell or sublicense the Services, or (e)               circumvent any security mechanisms used by Infoplus Commerce, the Services, or any Applications running on the Services.
     3. All licenses granted to you in this Agreement are conditional on your continued compliance with this Agreement, and will                             immediately and automatically terminate if you do not comply with any term or condition of this Agreement.
     4. During and after the Term, you will not assert, nor will you authorize, assist, or encourage any third party to assert, against us or any           of our affiliates, customers, vendors, business partners, or licensors, any patent infringement or other intellectual property                           infringement claim regarding any Services you have used.

 

8B. Our trademarks. Infoplus Commerce hereby grants you a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free, non-transferable license, with no right to sub-license, to display the Infoplus Commerce trademarks for the sole purpose of promoting or advertising that you use the Infoplus Commerce Services. These licenses shall be exercised only in accordance with the current version of our Trademark Policy. You agree that all goodwill generated through your use of the Infoplus Commerce trademarks shall inure to the benefit of Infoplus Commerce.

9. Our Licenses from You

 

9A. The Services. You hereby grant us a worldwide, non-sublicensable, non-transferable, non-exclusive, terminable, limited license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display, host, store, transfer, modify for the purpose of formatting for display, and distribute any Application and/or data (including Your Content) for the sole purpose of enabling us to provide you with the Services.

9B. Your materials. You agree that Infoplus Commerce, in its sole discretion, may use your trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features in presentations, marketing materials, customer lists, financial reports, and website listings (including links to your website) in any media format on any media channels for the purpose of advertising or publicizing your use of the Services.

 

10. Modification of the Services

 

You acknowledge and agree that the form and nature of the Services which Infoplus Commerce provides may change from time to time without prior notice, subject to the terms in Section 5. Changes to the form and nature of the Services will be effective with respect to all versions of the Services; examples of changes to the form and nature of the Services include without limitation changes to the Fees and Pricing Policy, security patches, added functionality, and other enhancements.

 

11. Termination

 

The license granted in this Agreement will remain in effect unless terminated earlier as set forth in this Agreement. Sections 6 (Intellectual Property), 11 (this Section), 13 (Indemnification), 14 (Exclusion of Warranties), 15 (Limitations of Liability), 18 (Governing Law), 19 (Dispute Resolution and Arbitration), and 21 (General Terms) shall continue to be effective after this Agreement is terminated.

You may terminate this Agreement at any time by canceling your account. You will delete any Applications and customer data from the Services prior to closing your account. You will make your own copy of regulated data, including protected health information as defined in 45 C.F.R. § 160.103, prior to canceling your account. You will not receive any refunds if you terminate this Agreement.

We may, in our sole discretion for any or no reason, terminate this Agreement by canceling your account or any portion of your access to the Services. You agree that any termination of your access to the Services may be without prior notice, and you agree that Infoplus Commerce will not be liable to you or any third party for such termination.

If the Agreement is terminated, all of your rights under this Agreement immediately terminate and all fees and charges (including any applicable taxes) owed by you to us are due immediately, including fees and charges for in-process tasks completed after the date of termination.

You are solely responsible for exporting your content and applications from the Services prior to closing your account.  If we cancel your account, we will provide you a reasonable opportunity to retrieve your content and applications, as permitted by law.

 

12. Modification of These Terms

 

We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change these Terms, as well as the Policies, on a going-forward basis at any time. Please check these Terms and the Policies periodically for changes. In the event that a change to these Terms or Policies materially modifies your rights or obligations, we will make reasonable efforts to notify you of such change. We may provide notice through a pop-up or banner within the Services, by sending an email to any address you may have used to register for an account, or through other similar mechanisms. Additionally, if the changed Terms or Policies materially modify your rights or obligations, we may require you to provide consent by accepting the changed Terms or Policies, as applicable. If we require your acceptance of the changed Terms or Policies, changes are effective only after your acceptance. If you do not accept the changed Terms or Policies, we may terminate your access to and use of the Services. All other changes are effective upon publication of the changed Terms or Policies. Disputes arising under this Agreement will be resolved in accordance with the version of this Agreement that was in effect at the time the dispute arose.

 

13. Indemnification

 

You agree that you will be responsible for your use of the Services, and you agree to defend and indemnify Infoplus Commerce and its officers, directors, employees, consultants, affiliates, subsidiaries, and agents (together, the “Infoplus Commerce Entities”) from and against every claim, liability, damage, loss, and expense, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, arising out of or in any way connected with: (a) your access to, use of, or alleged use of, the Services; (b) your violation of any portion of this Agreement, any representation, warranty, or agreement referenced in this Agreement, or any applicable law or regulation; (c) your violation of any third-party right, including any intellectual property right or publicity, confidentiality, other property, or privacy right; or (d) any dispute or issue between you and any third party. We reserve the right, at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you (without limiting your indemnification obligations with respect to that matter), and in that case, you agree to cooperate with our defense of that claim. The assumption of such defense or control by us, however, shall not excuse any of your indemnity obligations.

 

14. Exclusion of Warranties

 

Except as expressly provided for herein, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Infoplus Commerce does not make any other warranty of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise, including without limitation warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular use, and non-infringement.  Infoplus Commerce is not responsible or liable for the deletion of or failure to store any content and other communications maintained or transmitted through use of the Service.  You are solely responsible for securing and backing up your application and customer data.  Infoplus Commerce does not warrant that the operation of the Services will be error-free, timely, secure, or uninterrupted.  The Services are not designed, manufactured, or intended for high-risk activities.  You understand that you use the Services at your own discretion and risk.

No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from the Services or any materials or content available through the Services will create any warranty regarding any of the Infoplus Commerce entities or the Services that are not expressly stated in this agreement.  You assume all risk for any damage that may result from your use of or access to the Services and any materials or content available through the Services.  You understand and agree that you use the Services, and use, access, download, or otherwise obtain materials or content through the Service and any associated sites or Services, at your own discretion and risk, and that you are solely responsible for any damage to your property (including your computer system or mobile device used in connection with the Service), or the loss of data that results from the use of the Service or the download or use of that material or content.

Some jurisdictions may prohibit a disclaimer of warranties and you may have other rights that vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. 

15. Limitations of Liability

 

In no event will the Infoplus Commerce entities be liable to you for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages (including damages for loss of profits, goodwill, or any other intangible loss) arising out of or relating to your access to or use of, or your inability to access or use, the Services or any materials or content on the Services, whether based on warranty, contract, tort (including negligence), statute, or any other legal theory, and whether or not any Infoplus Commerce entity has been informed of the possibility of damage. 

You agree that the aggregate liability of the Infoplus Commerce entities to you for all claims arising out of or relating to the use of or any inability to use any portion of the Service or otherwise under this agreement, whether in contract, tort, or otherwise, is limited to the amount paid by you to Infoplus Commerce for access to and use of the Service in the 12 months prior to the claim.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages.  Accordingly, the above limitation may not apply to you.

Each provision of this agreement that provides for a limitation of liability, disclaimer of warranties, or exclusion of damages is to allocate the risks under this agreement between the parties.  This allocation is an essential element of the basis of the bargain between the parties.  Each of these provisions is severable and independent of all other provisions of this agreement.  The limitations in this Section 15 will apply even if any limited remedy fails of its essential purpose.

The foregoing limitations of liability do not apply to breaches of confidentiality obligations, violations of a party’s intellectual property rights by the other party, or indemnification obligations.

 

16. Support

 

We will provide technical support to you pursuant to our Support Policy. We reserve the right to revise this policy without notice at any time. The specific terms of a custom Service Level Agreement or enterprise support agreement will supersede the Support Policy, should you enter into such an agreement with us.

 

17. Security

 

You hereby agree to the terms of our Security Policy.

 

18. Governing Law

 

This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Missouri without regard to conflict of law principles. If a lawsuit or court proceeding is permitted under this Agreement, then, unless another location is expressly specified in this Agreement, you and Infoplus Commerce agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the state courts and federal courts located within the county of St Louis, Missouri, USA for the purpose of litigating any dispute.

 

19. Dispute Resolution and Arbitration

 

19A. Generally. In the interest of resolving disputes between you and Infoplus Commerce in the most expedient and cost-effective manner, you and Infoplus Commerce agree that every dispute arising in connection with this Agreement will be resolved by binding arbitration. Arbitration is more informal than a lawsuit in court. Arbitration uses a neutral arbitrator instead of a judge or jury, may allow for more limited discovery than in court, and can be subject to very limited review by courts. Arbitrators can award the same damages and relief that a court can award. Our agreement to arbitrate disputes includes all claims arising out of or relating to any aspect of this Agreement, whether based in contract, tort, statute, fraud, misrepresentation, or any other legal theory, and regardless of whether a claim arises during or after the termination of this Agreement. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT, BY ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT, YOU AND INFOPLUS COMMERCE ARE EACH WAIVING THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY OR TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION.

19B. Exceptions. Despite the provisions of Section 19(A), we both agree that nothing in Agreement will be deemed to waive, preclude, or otherwise limit the right of either of us to: (a) bring an individual action in small claims court; (b) pursue an enforcement action through the applicable federal, state, or local agency if that action is available; (c) seek injunctive relief in a court of law; or (d) to file suit in a court of law to address an intellectual property infringement claim.

19C. Arbitrator. Any arbitration between you and Infoplus Commerce will be governed by the Commercial Dispute Resolution Procedures and the Supplementary Procedures for Consumer Related Disputes (collectively, “AAA Rules”) of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), as modified by this Agreement, and will be administered by the AAA. The AAA Rules and filing forms are available online at www.adr.org, by calling the AAA at 1-800-778-7879, or by contacting Infoplus Commerce.

19D. Notice; Process. A party who intends to seek arbitration must first send a written notice of the dispute to the other, by certified mail or Federal Express (signature required), or if we do not have a physical address on file for you, by electronic mail (“Notice”). Infoplus Commerce’s address for Notice is:

Infoplus Commerce

1160 Research Blvd.

St Louis, MO, 63132

The Notice must: (a) describe the nature and basis of the claim or dispute; and (b) set forth the specific relief sought (“Demand”). We agree to use good faith efforts to resolve the claim directly, but if we do not reach an agreement to do so within 30 days after the Notice is received, you or Infoplus Commerce may commence an arbitration proceeding. During the arbitration, the amount of any settlement offer made by you or Infoplus Commerce must not be disclosed to the arbitrator until after the arbitrator makes a final decision and award, if any. If our dispute is finally resolved through arbitration in your favor, Infoplus Commerce will pay you the highest of the following: (i) the amount awarded by the arbitrator, if any; (ii) the last written settlement amount offered by Infoplus Commerce in settlement of the dispute prior to the arbitrator’s award; or (iii) $1,000.

19E. Fees. If you commence arbitration in accordance with this Agreement, Infoplus Commerce will reimburse you for your payment of the filing fee, unless your claim is for more than $10,000, in which case the payment of any fees will be decided by the AAA Rules. Any arbitration hearing will take place at a location to be agreed upon in New York County, New York but if the claim is for $10,000 or less, you may choose whether the arbitration will be conducted: (a) solely on the basis of documents submitted to the arbitrator; (b) through a non-appearance based telephone hearing; or (c) by an in-person hearing as established by the AAA Rules in the county (or parish) of your billing address. If the arbitrator finds that either the substance of your claim or the relief sought in the Demand is frivolous or brought for an improper purpose (as measured by the standards set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(b)), then the payment of all fees will be governed by the AAA Rules. In that case, you agree to reimburse Infoplus Commerce for all monies previously disbursed by it that are otherwise your obligation to pay under the AAA Rules. Regardless of the manner in which the arbitration is conducted, the arbitrator must issue a reasoned written decision sufficient to explain the essential findings and conclusions on which the decision and award, if any, are based. The arbitrator may make rulings and resolve disputes as to the payment and reimbursement of fees or expenses at any time during the preceding and upon request from either party made within 14 days of the arbitrator’s ruling on the merits.

19F. No Class Actions. You and Infoplus Commerce agree that each may bring claims against the other only in your or its individual capacity and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class or representative proceeding.  Further, unless both you and Infoplus Commerce agree otherwise, the arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person’s claims, and may not otherwise preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding.

19G. Modifications. If Infoplus Commerce makes any future change to this arbitration provision (other than a change to Infoplus Commerce’s address for Notice), you may reject the change by sending us written notice within 30 days of the change to Infoplus Commerce’s address for Notice, in which case your account with Infoplus Commerce will be immediately terminated and this arbitration provision, as in effect immediately prior to the amendments you reject, will survive.

19H. Enforceability. If Section 19(F) is found to be unenforceable or if the entirety of this Section 19 is found to be unenforceable, then the entirety of this Section 19 will be null and void and, in that case, the parties agree that the exclusive jurisdiction and venue described in Section 18 will govern any action arising out of or related to this Agreement.

 

20. Notice to California Residents

 

If you are a California resident, under California Civil Code Section 1789.3, you may contact the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs in writing at 1625 N. Market Blvd., Suite S-202, Sacramento, California 95834, or by telephone at (800) 952-5210 in order to resolve a complaint regarding the Service or to receive further information regarding use of the Service.

 

21. General Terms

 

21A. Notices.

All notices to Infoplus Commerce must be in writing and addressed to admin@infopluscommerce.com. Notice will be treated as given on receipt as verified by written automated receipt or by electronic log (as applicable). You agree that Infoplus Commerce may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to this Agreement, by email, regular mail, or postings on the Infoplus Commerce Services. By providing Infoplus Commerce your email address, you consent to our using the email address to send you any notices required by law in lieu of communication by postal mail. 

21B. Assignment.

You may not assign any part of this Agreement without our written consent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party may assign the entirety of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, without consent of the other party, to its affiliate or in connection with a merger, acquisition, corporate reorganization, or sale of all or substantially all of its assets not involving a direct competitor of the other party. 

21C. Force Majeure.

Infoplus Commerce shall not be liable for failing or delaying performance of its obligations resulting from any condition beyond its reasonable control, including but not limited to, governmental action, acts of terrorism, earthquake, fire, flood or other acts of God, labor conditions, power failures, and Internet disturbances. 

21D. No Agency.

This Agreement does not create any agency, partnership, or joint venture between the parties.

21E. No Waiver.

You agree that any delay or failure of Infoplus Commerce to exercise or enforce any legal right or remedy which is contained in this Agreement (or which we have the benefit of under any applicable law), for any reason, does not constitute a formal waiver of our rights and that those rights or remedies will still be available to us.

21F. Severability.

If any term (or part of a term) of this Agreement is invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the rest of the Agreement will remain in effect.

21G. No Third-Party Beneficiaries.

This Agreement does not confer any benefits on any third party unless expressly stated.

21H. Equitable Relief.

Subject to Section 19 (Dispute Resolution and Arbitration), nothing in this Agreement will limit either party’s ability to seek equitable relief.

21I. Amendments.

Any amendment must be in writing, signed by both parties, and expressly state that it is amending this Agreement.

21J. Entire Agreement.

This Agreement supersedes all other agreements between the parties relating to its subject matter. In entering into this Agreement, neither party has relied on, and neither party will have any right remedy based on, any statement, representation or warranty (whether made negligently or innocently), except those expressly set out in this Agreement. The terms located at a URL referenced in this Agreement and the Documentation are hereby incorporated by this reference. After the Effective Date, Infoplus Commerce may provide you with an updated URL in place of any URL in this Agreement.

21K. Interpretation of Conflicting Terms.

If there is a conflict among the documents that make up this Agreement, the documents will control in the following order: this Agreement, and the terms located at any URL. 

21L. Headings.

The captions and headings of this Agreement and the Documentation are included for ease of reference only and will be disregarded in interpreting or construing this Agreement. 

21M. Action.

No action arising under this Agreement may be Brought by you more than one (1) year after the cause of the action has accrued.

 

22. Definitions

 

“Acceptable Use Policy” means the policy currently available at https://www.infopluscommerce.com/infoplus-acceptable-use-policy, as it may be updated by us from time to time.

“Application” means software, website, API, data, reports, and mobile apps you access and run using the Services.

“Infoplus Commerce Marks” or “Marks” mean any trademarks, service marks, service or trade names, logos, and other designations of Infoplus Commerce and its affiliates that we may make available to you in connection with this Agreement.

“Infoplus Commerce Site” means http://www.infopluscommerce.com, http://www.infoplus commerce.com, http://www.infopluswms.com, and any subdomain or other domain owned or operated by Infoplus Commerce, and any successor or related site designated by us.

“Content” means software, data, text, audio, video, images, or other content.

“End User” means any individual or entity that directly or indirectly through another user:

     1. Accesses or uses Your Content; or
     2. Otherwise accesses or uses the Services under your account.


The term “End User” does not include individuals or entities when they are accessing or using the Services or any Content under their own Infoplus Commerce account, rather than your account.

“Fees and Pricing Policy” means the policy currently available at https://www.infopluscommerce.com/infoplus-fees-pricing-policy, as it may be updated by us from time to time.

“High-Risk Activity” means any activity where the failure of a supporting computer system could lead to death, personal injury, or severe physical or environmental damage, such as the operation of nuclear facilities, aircraft navigation, or direct life support systems.

“Privacy Policy” means the policy currently available at https://www.infopluscommerce.com/infoplus-privacy-policy, as it may be updated by us from time to time.

“Remedial Action” means our right under this Agreement to suspend your access or your End Users’ access to the Services, and to suspend or remove an Application, in the event that this Agreement is breached.

“Security Policy” means the policy currently available at https://www.infopluscommerce.com/infoplus-security-practices-policy, as it may be updated by us from time to time.

“Support Policy” means the policy currently available at https://www.infopluscommerce.com/infoplus-support-policy, as it may be updated by us from time to time.

“Trademark Policy” means the policy currently available at https://www.infopluscommerce.com/infoplus-trademark-policy, as it may be updated by us from time to time.

“Your Content” means Content you or any End User (a) runs on the Services, (b) causes to interface with the Services, or (c) uploads to the Services under your account or otherwise transfers, processes, uses, or stores in connection with your account.

 

Contact Information

 

If you have questions regarding your obligations under this Terms of Service Agreement, please email us at admin@infopluscommerce.com