LoyaltyExpress User Agreement
THIS IS A
LEGAL AGREEMENT (ÒAGREEMENTÓ) BETWEEN YOU AND EDGEWATER PARTNERS, LLC D/B/A LoyaltyExpress
(ÒLoyaltyExpressÓ), WHICH GOVERNS YOUR USE OF THE LoyaltyExpress SERVICE (THE
ÒSERVICEÓ). THIS
AGREEMENT—TOGETHER WITH ALL UPDATES, ADDITIONAL TERMS, SCHEDULES, AND/OR
LICENSES, AND ALL OF THE RULES AND POLICIES OF LoyaltyExpress—COLLECTIVELY
CONSTITUTE THE ÒAGREEMENTÓ OR ÒTERMS OF SERVICEÓ BETWEEN YOU AND LoyaltyExpress.
BY UTILIZING THE SERVICE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THIS AGREEMENT, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS
AND CONDITIONS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO (OR CANNOT COMPLY WITH) THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, DO NOT UTILIZE THE SERVICE OR OTHER MATERIAL
AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICE (ÒCONTENTÓ).
IN CONSIDERATION OF YOUR RIGHT TO USE THE
SERVICE, AND FOR OTHER GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATIONS, THE RECEIPT AND
SUFFICIENCY OF WHICH YOU ACKNOWLEDGE, BY CLICKING THE ÒI AGREEÓ CHECKBOX, YOU
AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, DO NOT
CLICK THE ÒI AGREEÓ CHECKBOX AND DO NOT USE THE SERVICE. YOU MUST ACCEPT AND
ABIDE BY THESE TERMS AS PRESENTED TO YOU; CHANGES, ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS ARE
NOT ACCEPTABLE, AND LoyaltyExpress MAY
REFUSE ACCESS TO THE SERVICE FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH ANY PART OF THIS
AGREEMENT.
1. Definition of the Service. LoyaltyExpress is the provider of the Service that permits you to enrich customer, partner, prospect, and peer relationships with personalized communications and gifts through the use of LoyaltyExpressÕ LoyaltyPrint and pre-and post-sale communication programs, which can be scheduled and/or audited by you via the LoyaltyPrint subscription-only website (the ÒWebsiteÓ) under certain terms and conditions as set forth in this Agreement.
2. Term.
The term of this Agreement will
commence on the date that you click on the ÒI AgreeÓ checkbox, and shall
continue for twelve months thereafter (the ÒInitial TermÓ). The Term shall automatically renew following
each twelve month period, for a new twelve month term, unless the Agreement is
terminated as per the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. The Initial Term and all renewal terms
are considered the Term of this Agreement.
3. Other Agreements. By clicking on the ÒI AgreeÓ checkbox, you further acknowledge that you have carefully read and agree to be bound by the terms of LoyaltyExpressÕ Service Terms of Use, and Privacy Policy, all as may be amended from time to time, and each of which is incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the others, the terms of this Agreement shall control. You agree not to redistribute or otherwise transfer any content or information obtained through the Service to any third party for any use. By also clicking on the Submit Order button, I understand LoyaltyExpress is acting as a printing and mailing company. I agree to not hold them liable for any damages that result from any state and national lending licensing restrictions and regulations, Do-Not-Mail policies, and any other fines that may result from improper or illegal mailing lists. I confirm that I provide data to LoyaltyExpress and LoyaltyExpress does not own the data nor is responsible for its accuracy, legality, and use. I also understand that I have approved the proof related to this order and by doing so hold no liability to LoyaltyExpress for the final product.
4. Your
Information. You agree to
provide accurate, current, and complete information as such is required to
register with the Service and at other points as may be required in the course
of using the Service ("Registration Data"). You further agree to maintain and update your Registration
Data as required to keep it accurate, current, and complete. LoyaltyExpress may terminate your
rights to any or all of the Service if any information you provide is false,
inaccurate or incomplete, and report you to authorities, as applicable. You agree that LoyaltyExpress may store
and use the Registration Data you provide. You agree to verify all information with LoyaltyExpress as LoyaltyExpress
may request. LoyaltyExpress may
suspend your Account (as defined below) at its discretion until such
information is verified to LoyaltyExpressÕ satisfaction. In addition, LoyaltyExpress may suspend
your Account in its sole discretion for up to 5 days before providing you with
a reason for such suspension, and may cancel your Account if you do not settle
any outstanding debt, comply with LoyaltyExpressÕ requests with respect to your
Account or confirm your identity to LoyaltyExpressÕ satisfaction.
5. User
Account and Security.
a. Account
and Password. As a registered
user of the Service, you may receive or establish an account (ÒAccountÓ) on the
Website. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and
security of your Account. You
should not reveal your Account information to anyone else or use anyone elseÕs
Account. You are entirely
responsible for all activities that occur on or through your Account, and you
agree to immediately notify LoyaltyExpress of any unauthorized use of your
Account or any other breach of security.
LoyaltyExpress shall not be responsible for any losses arising out of
the unauthorized use of your Account.
b. Security.
You will not access the Website
by any means other than through methods provided by LoyaltyExpress for
accessing the Website. You shall
not access or attempt to access an Account that you are not authorized to
access. Violations of system or
network security may result in civil or criminal liability.
c. Protection. You understand that
the Website includes security protections that permit digital information to be
protected and use to occur only as permitted by usage rules set by LoyaltyExpress.
You agree that you will not
reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise tamper with any of the
security protections.
6. Technical
Requirements.
In order to access and retain your electronic
records, you may be required to have certain hardware and software compatible
with the Services, which are your sole responsibility.
7. Intellectual
Property.
a. Acknowledgement of Ownership. You agree that the Website contains and the Service includes proprietary information and material including but not limited to copyrighted material, trademarks, service marks, and other proprietary information, which may include, without limitation, text, software, photographs, video, graphics, images, and sounds that are owned by LoyaltyExpress and/or its licensors (collectively ÒProprietary InformationÓ), and are protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws, including but not limited to copyright, and that you will not use such Proprietary Information or materials in any way whatsoever except for use of the Service in compliance with the terms of this Agreement. As between you and LoyaltyExpress, and except for any materials provided to LoyaltyExpress by you (e.g., personal information of customers and users of the Service), LoyaltyExpress shall have all right, title, and interest in and to any works-of-authorship created or contracted by LoyaltyExpress in the course of providing the Service hereunder. Materials and/or data provided by you to LoyaltyExpress will be returned to you upon termination of this Agreement upon your request and will not be used by LoyaltyExpress subsequent to the termination of this Agreement; however, LoyaltyExpress may retain archival copies of any materials or data provided by you. Any content ordered by you as part of the Service which is created, compiled, arranged, modified, displayed or published by LoyaltyExpress, including, without limitation, cards, marketing programs, brochures, letters, envelope designs, posters, notes, and the images and design thereon, is the property of LoyaltyExpress. No portion of the Website may be reproduced in any form or by any means. You agree not to produce, modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on the Website or any other content, materials or information provided pursuant to the Service, in any manner, and you shall not exploit the Website in any unauthorized way whatsoever, including but not limited to, by trespass or burdening network capacity.
b. Removal
of LoyaltyExpress Content or Other Materials. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, LoyaltyExpress
and its licensors reserve the right to change, suspend, remove or disable
access to any content, particular functions or other materials comprising a
part of the Service or the Website at any time without notice. In no event will LoyaltyExpress be
liable for the removal of or disabling of access to any such content, functions
or materials under this Agreement.
LoyaltyExpress may also set limits on the use of or access to certain
features, functions or portions of the Service, in any case and without notice
or liability.
c. Trademarks. LoyaltyExpress trademarks, service
marks, graphics, and logos, and the goodwill associated therewith, used in
connection with the Service and/or on the Website, are owned by Edgewater
Partners, LLC d/b/a LoyaltyExpress in the United States and/or other countries
(the ÒLoyaltyExpress MarksÓ). Other
trademarks, service marks, graphics, and logos used in connection with the
Service and/or Website may be the trademarks of their respective owners. You have no right or license with
respect to any of the aforesaid LoyaltyExpress Marks or trademarks.
8. Services.
a. Fulfillment. LoyaltyExpress shall fulfill orders and process credit cards related to your purchase(s). After order is approved and complete, LoyaltyExpress will fulfill the order within 10 business days. LoyaltyExpress shall provide all billing, customer service, and transaction fulfillment in connection with the products and services offered through the Service on the Website. LoyaltyExpress shall either provide such processing and billing services itself or enter into agreements with relevant third party vendors to provide such services.
b. Hosting & Maintenance of Website. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, LoyaltyExpress shall use commercially reasonable efforts to: host and maintain the Website, to cause its server computers and related equipment to be operational, and to cause the Website to be accessible from the Internet, twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week, every day during the calendar year, except as otherwise provided herein, and except for scheduled maintenance periods. Inquiries, technical support, and/or notifications regarding the Website can be made to LoyaltyExpress by e-mailing support@loyaltyprint.com or calling 877.577.4689 Monday through Friday (excluding national holidays & weather emergencies) from 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST.
c. In the event that LoyaltyExpress fails to maintain or experiences interruption in access to the Website, LoyaltyExpress shall restore the Website as quickly as reasonably possible under the circumstances.
d. Compensation
and Accounting.
(i) Fees.
In exchange for the Service
provided by LoyaltyExpress set forth herein, you shall pay LoyaltyExpress the
fees set forth on the Fee Schedule provided on the Website, which may be
changed any time upon 30 days notice to you. LoyaltyExpress further reserves the right to increase its
fees in accordance with the prices reported by the Consumer Price Index (ÒCPIÓ)
established by the U.S. Department of Labor.
(ii)
Accounting. All purchases will be paid for by subscriber with credit
card. No fulfillment, printing or
mailing will commence without successful credit card authorization.
e. Confidentiality.
All terms of this Agreement,
including but not limited to fees paid hereunder by you, shall be considered
the confidential and proprietary information of LoyaltyExpress, and you shall
not use or disclose such information to any third party without LoyaltyExpressÕ
prior written consent.
f. Promotional
Materials. LoyaltyExpress may
use your name and trade/service marks on any LoyaltyExpress website, for
purposes of advertising and trade for such websites, and for institutional
advertising and promotion. Any use
of the LoyaltyExpress Marks, including without limitation, use of the LoyaltyExpress
Marks in press releases and promotional materials, are prohibited without LoyaltyExpressÕ
prior written consent. All
benefits and rights from the use of the LoyaltyExpress Marks by you shall inure
to LoyaltyExpress. You may not use
any screen shots or other portrayals of any kind of the Website in any manner
without LoyaltyExpressÕ prior written consent, which LoyaltyExpress may refuse,
in its sole discretion.
9. Termination.
a. Termination
by LoyaltyExpress. If you
fail, or LoyaltyExpress believes that you have failed, to comply with any of
the provisions of this Agreement, including but not limited to failure to make
payment of fees due, failure to provide LoyaltyExpress with a valid credit card
or with accurate and complete Registration Data, failure to safeguard your
Account information or violation of the terms and conditions herein, LoyaltyExpress,
in its sole discretion, without notice to you may: (i) terminate this Agreement
and/or terminate or suspend your Account, and you will remain liable for all
amounts due under your Account for the remainder of the then current twelve
month term [or thirty day Payment Cycle] and/or (ii) preclude access to the
Service and/or Website (or any part thereof).
b. Termination
of the Service. LoyaltyExpress
may terminate this Agreement for any reason (or no reason) upon five (5)
business days notice to you. If
termination is a result of LoyaltyExpressÕ belief, in its sole discretion, that
you have failed to comply with the terms of this Agreement, the terms of
paragraph 9(a) apply.
c. Termination by You. Except as otherwise provided herein, you may terminate this Agreement for any reason (or no reason) at any time upon written notice to LoyaltyExpress.
d. Survival
of Certain Provisions. Paragraphs 11,
12(g)(i), 12(g)(iii), 13(d), 14, 15,
16, 17, 18, 20, 21, and 22 and any obligations to pay amounts due and owing
prior to termination shall survive termination or expiration of this Agreement for
any reason.
10. General
Compliance with Laws. The
Service and Website is controlled and operated by LoyaltyExpress from its
offices in the United States. You
agree to comply with all local, state, federal, and national laws, statutes, ordinances,
and regulations that apply to your use of the Service, from whatever country
you may be accessing the Service.
11. Enforcement
of These Terms. LoyaltyExpress
reserves the right to take steps that LoyaltyExpress believes are reasonably
necessary or appropriate to enforce and/or verify compliance with any part of
this Agreement (including but not limited to LoyaltyExpressÕ right to cooperate
with any legal process relating to your use of the Service and/or Website,
and/or a third party claim that your use of the Service and/or Products is
unlawful). You agree that LoyaltyExpress
has the right, without liability to you, to disclose any Registration Data
and/or Account information to law enforcement authorities, government
officials, and/or a third party, as LoyaltyExpress believes is reasonably
necessary or appropriate to enforce and/or verify compliance with any part of
this Agreement (including but not limited to LoyaltyExpressÕ right to cooperate
with any legal process relating to your use of the Service and/or Website,
and/or a third party claim that your use of the Service and/or Website is
unlawful).
12. No
Responsibility for Third-Party Materials or Websites. Certain content and services available
via the Service may include materials from third parties. In addition, LoyaltyExpress may provide
links to certain third party websites.
You acknowledge and agree that LoyaltyExpress is not responsible for
examining or evaluating the content or accuracy of any such third-party
material or websites. LoyaltyExpress
does not warrant or endorse and does not assume and will not have any liability
or responsibility for any third-party materials or websites or for any other
materials, products or services of third parties. Links to other websites are provided solely as a convenience
to you.
13. Disclaimer
of Warranties; Liability Limitations.
a. Disclaimers. LoyaltyExpress
DOES NOT GUARANTEE, REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, AND YOU AGREE THAT FROM TIME TO TIME LoyaltyExpress
MAY REMOVE THE SERVICE FOR INDEFINITE PERIODS OF TIME OR CANCEL THE SERVICE AT
ANY TIME, WITHOUT NOTICE TO YOU. YOU
EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USETHE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE
RISK. THE SERVICE AND ALL PRODUCTS
AND SERVICES DELIVERED TO YOU THROUGH THE SERVICE or website ARE (EXCEPT AS
EXPRESSLY STATED BY LoyaltyExpress) PROVIDED ÒAS ISÓ AND ÒAS AVAILABLEÓ FOR
YOUR USE, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
TITLE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT. BECAUSE
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, THE ABOVE
EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
b. Limitation
of Liability. IN NO CASE SHALL
LOYALTYEXPRESS, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS,
CONTRACTORS, SUCCESSORS, AGENTS, ASSIGNS, LICENSEES OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR
ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR SERVICE OR FOR ANY OTHER CLAIM RELATED IN ANY WAY TO YOUR USE
OF THE WEBSITE OR SERVICE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY ERRORS OR
OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT OR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT
OF THE USE OF ANY CONTENT, FUNCTION, MATERIAL OR PRODUCT POSTED, TRANSMITTED OR
OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA THE WEBSITE OR SERVICE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THEIR
POSSIBILITY. BECAUSE SOME STATES
OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR
CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, IN SUCH STATES OR JURISDICTIONS, LOYALTYEXPRESSÕ
LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
c. Protection
of Information. LOYALTYEXPRESS
SHALL USE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO PROTECT INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY YOU IN CONNECTION
WITH THE SERVICE, BUT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOUR SUBMISSION OF SUCH
INFORMATION IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK, AND LOYALTYEXPRESS HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY AND
ALL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR LIABILITY RELATING TO SUCH INFORMATION IN
ANY WAY.
d. No
Protection. LOYALTYEXPRESS
DOES NOT REPRESENT OR GUARANTEE THAT THE WEBSITE WILL BE FREE FROM LOSS,
CORRUPTION, ATTACK, VIRUSES, INTERFERENCE, HACKING OR OTHER SECURITY INTRUSION,
AND LOYALTYEXPRESS DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY RELATING THERETO.
14. Waiver and
Indemnity. BY USING THE
SERVICE, YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD LoyaltyExpress,
ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, CONTRACTORS,
SUCCESSORS, AGENTS, ASSIGNS, LICENSEES, AND LICENSORS HARMLESS WITH RESPECT TO
ANY CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF YOUR BREACH OR ALLEGED BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT, YOUR
USE OF THE WEBSITE OR SERVICE OR ANY ACTION TAKEN BY LoyaltyExpress AS PART OF
ITS INVESTIGATION OF A SUSPECTED VIOLATION OF THIS AGREEMENT OR AS A RESULT OF
ITS FINDING OR DECISION THAT A VIOLATION OF THIS AGREEMENT HAS OCCURRED. THIS MEANS THAT YOU CANNOT SUE OR
RECOVER ANY DAMAGES FROM LoyaltyExpress, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES,
AFFILIATES, AGENTS, CONTRACTORS, SUCCESSORS, AGENTS, ASSIGNS, LICENSEES, AND
LICENSORS AS A RESULT OF ITS DECISION TO REMOVE OR REFUSE TO PROCESS ANY
INFORMATION, FUNCTION, MATERIAL OR CONTENT, TO WARN YOU, TO SUSPEND OR
TERMINATE YOUR ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE OR SERVICE OR TO TAKE ANY OTHER ACTION
DURING THE INVESTIGATION OF A SUSPECTED VIOLATION OR AS A RESULT OF LoyaltyExpressÕS
CONCLUSION THAT A VIOLATION OF THIS AGREEMENT HAS OCCURRED. THIS WAIVER AND INDEMNITY PROVISION
APPLIES TO ALL VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED IN OR CONTEMPLATED BY THIS
AGREEMENT.
15. Changes. LoyaltyExpress reserves the right, at
any time and from time to time, to update, revise, supplement, and otherwise
modify this Agreement and to implement new or additional rules, policies, terms
or conditions on your use of the Website or Service. Such updates, revisions, supplements, modifications, and
additional rules, policies, terms, and conditions (collectively
"Additional TermsÓ) will be effective immediately and incorporated into
this Agreement. Your continued use
of the Service following the implementation of such Additional Terms will be
deemed to constitute your acceptance of any and all such Additional Terms. All Additional Terms are hereby
incorporated into this Agreement by this reference.
16. Notices. LoyaltyExpress may send you notice with
respect to the Service by sending an e-mail message to the e-mail address
listed in your Account contact information, by sending a letter via postal mail
to the contact address listed in your Account contact information or by a
posting on the Website. Notices
shall become effective immediately.
17. Governing
Law. The laws of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, excluding its conflicts of law rules, govern this Agreement
and your use of the Service. Your
use of the Service may also be subject to other local, state, national or
international laws. You expressly
agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any claim or dispute with Massachusetts
or relating in any way to your use of the Service resides in the courts of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, and you submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts
and waive any objections to venue of such courts.
18. Miscellaneous. This Agreement constitutes the entire
agreement between you and LoyaltyExpress and governs your use of the Service
and Website, superseding any prior agreements between you and LoyaltyExpress. You also may be subject to additional
terms and conditions that may apply when you use affiliate services,
third-party content or third-party software. If any part of this Agreement is held invalid or
unenforceable, that portion shall be construed in a manner consistent with applicable
law to reflect, as nearly as possible, the original intentions of the parties,
and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. LoyaltyExpressÕs failure to enforce any
right or provisions in this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of such
provision or any other provision of this Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement is found by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the other provisions will remain in full
force and effect. LoyaltyExpress
will not be responsible for failures to fulfill any obligations due to causes
beyond its control.
BY CLICKING THE ÒI AGREEÓ CHECKBOX OR PURCHASING PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES FROM THE SERVICE OR WEBSITE, YOU ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY, THAT YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS AGREEMENT REVIEWED BY LEGAL COUNSEL, AND THAT YOU ARE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD, AND YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND APPROVE OF AND HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE THIS AGREEMENT.