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1. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
egiftworks.com currently provides users with online gift certificate
services (the "Service"). Unless explicitly stated otherwise,
any new features that augment or enhance the current Service,
including any
new egiftworks.com services, will be subject to the TOS.
2. WHAT YOU MUST DO TO USE THE SERVICE
In order to use the Service, you must obtain access to the World Wide
Web, either directly or through devices that access web-based content,
and pay any service fees associated with such access. You must provide
all equipment necessary to make such connection to the World Wide Web,
including a computer and modem or other access device.
3. YOUR REGISTRATION INFORMATION MUST BE ACCURATE, CURRENT AND COMPLETE
In consideration of your use of the Service, you agree to: (a) provide
true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted
by the Service's registration form (such information being the "Registration
Data") and (b) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data
to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any
information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or
egiftworks.com has reasonable grounds to believe that such information
is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, egiftworks.com has
the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all
current or future use of the Service (or any portion thereof).
4. YOUR OBLIGATION TO PAY FEES
You agree to pay all subscription, service and use fees, if any, egiftworks.com
charges you for the Service. You agree to pay all costs (including attorney's
fees), if any, incurred by egiftworks.com in collecting overdue fees
from you, and to pay a late charge on any overdue fees at a rate equal
to the lesser of 1.5% per month or the maximum rate allowed under applicable
law. You also agree to pay all foreign, federal, state and local taxes
applicable to your access, use or receipt of the Service.
5. ACCESS, PASSWORDS AND SECURITY
You may designate up to the number of locations under your account which
corresponds to the level of Service you are receiving from egiftworks.com.
You will be responsible for the confidentiality and use of your access
number(s), password(s), and account number(s). You will be responsible
for all electronic communications, including account registration and
other account holder information, e-mail and financial, accounting and
other data ("Electronic Communications") entered through or
under your access number(s), password(s) or account number(s). egiftworks.com
will act as though any Electronic Communications it receives under your
access number(s), password(s) or account numbers(s) will have been sent
by you. You agree immediately to notify egiftworks.com if you become
aware of any loss or theft or unauthorized use of any of your access
number(s), password(s) and/or account number(s).
6. THE WAY WE HANDLE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN YOU AND EGIFTWORKS.COM
The Service allows you to send Electronic
Communications directly to egiftworks.com and interact within applicable
areas of the
Service. Electronic
Communications include your businesses gift certificate financial and
accounting data which you send through the Service (the "Accounting
Data"). You acknowledge and agree to the following with respect to
use of Electronic Communications through the Service:
1. egiftworks.com shall be entitled, but is not obligated, to review
or retain your Electronic Communications for your compliance with the
TOS and the security of the Service. egiftworks.com may also review or
retain Electronic Communications (other than Accounting Data) for other
reasons which egiftworks.com believes in good faith will improve the quality
of the Service.
2. egiftworks.com may disclose Electronic Communications if required to by
law or in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary
to: (i) comply with legal process; (ii) enforce the TOS; (iii) respond to claims
that any Electronic Communications violate the rights of third parties; or
(iv) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of egiftworks.com, its
users or others;
3. You will not use any Electronic Communication for any purpose that is unlawful,
abusive, harassing, libelous, defamatory, obscene or threatening. You will
not use the Service to solicit egiftworks.com customers or others to participate
in the solicitation of egiftworks.com customers or others for any purpose;
4. You will not upload, post, reproduce or distribute any information, software
or other material protected by copyright or any other intellectual property
right (as well as rights of publicity and privacy) without first obtaining
the permission of the owner of such rights;
5. You will not in any way express or imply that any opinions contained in
your Electronic Communications are endorsed by egiftworks.com;
6. You agree to provide egiftworks.com with your e-mail address, promptly provide
egiftworks.com with any changes to your e-mail address and accept Electronic
Communications from egiftworks.com at the e-mail address you specify;
7. You agree that egiftworks.com may provide notices, statements and other
communications to you solely through e-mail, posting on the Service or other
electronic transmission; and
8. You understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Service,
including your Electronic Communications, may involve (i) transmissions over
various networks; and (ii) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements
of connecting networks or devices.
7. SECURITY OF DATA TRANSMISSION
You agree to use software produced by third parties, including, but not
limited to, "browser" software that supports a data security
protocol compatible with the protocol used by egiftworks.com. Until
notified otherwise by egiftworks.com, you agree to use software that
supports the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol or other protocols accepted
by egiftworks.com and follow egiftworks.com's log-on procedures for
Service that support such protocols. You acknowledge that egiftworks.com
is not responsible for notifying you of any upgrades, fixes or enhancements
to any such software or for any compromise of data transmitted across
computer networks or telecommunications facilities, including, but not
limited to, the Internet. You acknowledge that it is possible that Electronic
Communications may be accessed by unauthorized third parties when communicated
between you and egiftworks.com using the Internet, other network communications
facilities, telephone or any other electronic means.
8. GENERAL PRACTICES REGARDING USE OF THE SERVICE
You acknowledge that egiftworks.com may establish general practices and
limits concerning use of the Service, including without limitation the
maximum number of times (and the maximum duration for which) you may
access the Service in a given period of time. You acknowledge that egiftworks.com
reserves the right to disable accounts that are inactive for an extended
period of time. You further acknowledge that egiftworks.com reserves
the right to change these general practices and limits at any time,
in its discretion.
9. SECURITY AND STORAGE OF ACCOUNTING DATA
The security of your Accounting Data may be maintained through the use
of data encryption, data security protocols, passwords and other methods
which egiftworks.com may employ, or which egiftworks.com may suggest
or require that you employ. You agree that egiftworks.com has no responsibility
or liability for the deletion or failure to store any Accounting Data
transmitted by you or anyone else to the Service.
10. EGIFTWORKS.COM'S PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
You acknowledge
and agree that the Service and any necessary software used in connection
with the Service ("Software")
contain proprietary and confidential information that is protected by
applicable intellectual
property and other laws. You further acknowledge and agree that content
contained in sponsor advertisements or information presented to you through
the Service or by advertisers is protected by copyrights, trademarks,
service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws. You agree
not to modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative
works based on the Service or the Software, in whole or in part. You agree
not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for any commercial
purposes, any portion of the Service, use of the Service, or access to
the Service.
egiftworks.com grants you a non-transferable, non-exclusive and terminable
right and license to use the object code of its Software; provided that
you do not (and do not allow any third party to) copy, modify, create
a derivative work of, reverse engineer, reverse assemble, disassemble,
or decompile the Software or any part thereof or otherwise attempt to
discover any source code, or sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security
interest in or otherwise transfer any right in or to the Software. You
agree not to modify the Software in any manner or form, or to use modified
versions of the Software, including (without limitation) for the purpose
of obtaining unauthorized access to the Service. You agree not to access
the Service by any means other than through the interface that is provided
by egiftworks.com for use in accessing the Service
11. TRADEMARK INFORMATION
"
egiftworks.com" and the egiftworks.com logo and other egiftworks.com
trademarks, service marks, logos and product and service names are trademarks
of egiftworks.com (the "egiftworks.com Marks"). You agree not
to display or use the egiftworks.com Marks in any manner without egiftworks.com's
express prior written permission.
12. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:
1. YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE
RISK. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS.
EGIFTWORKS.COM EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
2. EGIFTWORKS.COM MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS,
(ii) THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (iii)
THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE ACCURATE
OR RELIABLE, OR (iv) ANY ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE OR SERVICE WILL BE CORRECTED.
3. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM
EGIFTWORKS.COM OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT
EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TOS.
4. NO ACCOUNTING, FINANCIAL, LEGAL OR TAX ADVICE OR COUNSEL IS GIVEN, OR SHALL
BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN GIVEN, BY THE SERVICE.
13. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT WILL EGIFTWORKS.COM BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY
CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES (INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE
ITEMS) EVEN IF EGIFTWORKS.COM HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGES OR LOSSES. YOU AGREE THAT THE LIABILITY OF EGIFTWORKS.COM
ARISING OUT OF ANY KIND OF LEGAL CLAIM (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR
OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE
AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR THE SERVICE. egiftworks.com shall not be liable
for any loss resulting from a cause over which egiftworks.com does not
have direct control, including but not limited to failure of electronic
or mechanical equipment or communication lines; telephone or other interconnect
problems; bugs, errors, configuration problems or incompatibility of
computer hardware or software; failure or unavailability of Internet
access; problems with Internet service providers or other equipment
or services relating to your computer; problems with intermediate computer
or communications networks or facilities; problems with data transmission
facilities or your telephone or telephone service; or unauthorized access,
theft, operator errors, severe weather, earthquakes or labor disputes.
egiftworks.com is not responsible for any damage to your computer, software,
modem, telephone or other property resulting from your use of the Service.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES
OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO
YOU.
14. INDEMNITY
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold egiftworks.com harmless from and
against any and all claims, losses, liability costs and expenses (including
but not limited to attorneys' fees) arising from your violation of the
TOS, state or federal laws or regulations, or any third party's rights,
including but not limited to infringement of any copyright, violation
of any proprietary right and invasion of any privacy rights. This obligation
will survive the termination of Service.
15. MODIFICATIONS TO OR DISCONTINUATION OF SERVICE
egiftworks.com reserves the right at any time and from time to time to
modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any
part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that egiftworks.com
shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification,
suspension or discontinuance of the Service.
16. OUR ABILITY TO TERMINATE SERVICE
You agree that egiftworks.com, in its sole discretion, may terminate your
password, account (or any part thereof) or use of the Service, and remove
and discard any Electronic Communications within the Service, for any
reason, including, without limitation, for lack of use or if egiftworks.com
believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter
or spirit of the TOS. egiftworks.com may also in its sole discretion
and at any time discontinue providing the Service, or any part thereof,
with or without notice. You agree that any termination of your access
to the Service under any provision of this TOS may be effected without
prior notice, and acknowledge and agree that egiftworks.com may immediately
deactivate or delete your account and all related information and files
in your account and/or bar any further access to such files or the Service.
Further, you agree that egiftworks.com shall not be liable to you or
any third party for any termination of your access to the Service; provided,
however, that if the termination is unrelated to your acts or omissions
egiftworks.com will refund the pro rata portion of any fee that may
have been paid by you for the portion of the Service not furnished to
you as of the date of such termination.
17. DEALINGS WITH ADVERTISERS
Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions
of, advertisers found on or through the Service, including payment and
delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions,
warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely
between you and such advertiser. You agree that egiftworks.com shall
not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred
as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence
of such advertisers on the Service.
18. LINKS
The Service may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other
World Wide Web sites or resources. Because egiftworks.com has no control
over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that egiftworks.com
is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources,
and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content,
advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such
sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that egiftworks.com
shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any
damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with
use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available
on or through any such site or resource.
19. NOTICES
Notices to you from egiftworks.com may be made by either email or regular
mail. The Service may also provide notices of changes to the TOS or
other matters by displaying notices or links to notices to you on the
Service.
20. MODIFICATIONS
The TOS may be modified by egiftworks.com upon notice to you. If egiftworks.com
sends you notice, via e-mail, posting on the Service or otherwise, of
a modification, you confirm your acceptance of the modification by not
closing and/or by continuing to use the Service.
21. GENERAL PROVISIONS
The TOS constitute the entire agreement between you and egiftworks.com
and govern your use of the Service, superceding any prior agreements
between you and egiftworks.com with respect to the subject matter contained
in the TOS. The TOS may only be modified or amended as set forth above
in Section 20 or otherwise in a writing signed by egiftworks.com and
you. The TOS and the relationship between you and egiftworks.com shall
be governed by the laws of the State of Utah without regard to its conflict
of law provisions. You and egiftworks.com agree to submit to the personal
and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the county of
Utah County, Utah. The failure of egiftworks.com to exercise or enforce
any right or provision of the TOS shall not constitute a waiver of such
right or provision. If any provision of the TOS is found by a court
of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree
that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions
as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the TOS remain
in full force and effect. You agree that regardless of any statute or
law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or
related to use of the Service or the TOS must be filed within one (1)
year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.
The Section titles in the TOS are for convenience only and have no legal
or contractual effect.
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