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This
User Agreement ("Agreement") is an agreement
between Cheetah Solutions LLC. ("Cheetah
Solutions"), a Delaware corporation, and the party set
forth in the related order form incorporated herein by
reference (together with any subsequent order forms
submitted by Customer, the "Order Form"), and
applies to the purchase of all services (collectively, the
"Services") ordered by Customer on the Order Form.
Such party is referred to in this Agreement as
"Customer" or "you". PLEASE READ THIS
AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. BY CLICKING ON THE BUTTON ON THE ORDER
FORM, YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS
AGREEMENT AND ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS INCORPORATED BY
REFERENCE IN THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING Cheetah Solutions'S
USAGE POLICY. YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES CONSTITUTES
ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. Cheetah Solutions reserves the
right to reject this Agreement for any reason or no reason,
prior to acceptance thereof by Cheetah Solutions. Activation
of the Services shall indicate Cheetah Solutions's
acceptance of this Agreement. Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, Cheetah Solutions will provide
to Customer the Services selected by Customer set forth on
the Order Form.
1. Usage Policy.
Under this Agreement, Customer shall comply with Cheetah
Solutions's then current "Usage Policy", as
amended, modified or updated from time to time by Cheetah
Solutions. Customer hereby acknowledges that it has reviewed
the Usage Policy and that the terms of the Usage Policy are
incorporated herein by reference. In the event of any
inconsistencies between this Agreement and the Usage Policy,
the terms of the Usage Policy shall govern. Cheetah
Solutions does not intend to systematically monitor the
content which is submitted to, stored on or distributed or
disseminated by Customer via the Service (the "Customer
Content"). Customer Content includes content of
Customer's customers and/or users of Customer's website.
Accordingly, under this Agreement, you will be responsible
for your customers content and activities on your website.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, Cheetah Solutions may immediately take corrective
action, including removal of all or a portion of the
Customer Content, disconnection or discontinuance of any and
all Services, or termination of this Agreement in the event
of notice of possible violation by Customer of the Usage
Policy. In the event Cheetah Solutions takes corrective
action due to a violation of the Usage Policy, Cheetah
Solutions shall not refund to Customer any fees paid in
advance of such corrective action. Customer hereby agrees
that Cheetah Solutions shall have no liability to Customer
or any of Customer's customers due to any corrective action
that Cheetah Solutions may take (including, without
limitation, disconnection of Services).
2. Amendment.
Cheetah Solutions may amend, modify or update this Agreement
or the Usage Policy at any time in its sole discretion, and
Customer shall be bound by any such amendment, modification
or update. Cheetah Solutions may, but is under no obligation
to, provide notice of any amendment, modification or update
of this Agreement or the Usage Policy. Any modification is
effective on the earlier of two days after posting on
Cheetah Solutions's website or two days after the sending of
a notice by Cheetah Solutions to Customer by e-mail or
conventional mail. If any material modification to this
Agreement or the Usage Policy is unacceptable to you, you
may terminate your subscription as provided in Section 3.
However, if you do not terminate the Agreement, or if you
continue to use the Services following effectiveness of the
modification, your continued use will mean that you have
accepted that modification. Cheetah Solutions reserves the
right to amend its service offerings and add, delete,
suspend or modify the terms and conditions of the Services,
at any time and from time to time, and to determine whether
and when any such changes apply to both existing and future
customers.
3. Term; Termination; Cancellation Policy.
The initial term of this Agreement shall be as set forth in
the Order Form (the "Initial Term"). The Initial
Term shall begin upon commencement of the Services to
Customer. After the Initial Term, this Agreement shall
automatically renew for successive terms of equal length as
the Initial Term, unless terminated or cancelled by either
party as provided in this section. The Initial Term and all
successive renewal periods shall be referred to,
collectively, as the "Term".
This Agreement may be terminated (i) by either party by
giving the other party 30 days prior written notice (subject
to an early cancellation fee as provided below), (ii) by
Cheetah Solutions in the event of nonpayment by Customer,
(iii) by Cheetah Solutions, at any time, without notice, if,
in Cheetah Solutions's judgment, Customer is in violation of
any term or condition of the Usage Policy or Customer's use
of the Service disrupts or, in Cheetah Solutions's judgment,
could disrupt, Cheetah Solutions's business operations and
(iv) by Cheetah Solutions in accordance with Sections 1, 9,
and 10 of this Agreement.
If you cancel this Agreement prior to the end of the Term, (i)
you shall be obligated to pay all fees and charges accrued
prior to the effectiveness of such cancellation, (ii)
Cheetah Solutions shall refund to you all pre-paid fees for
basic hosting services (shared, dedicated and/or managed)
for the full months remaining after effectiveness of
cancellation (i.e., no partial month fees shall be
refunded), less any setup fees and any discount applied for
prepayment, (iii) you shall be obligated to pay 100% of all
charges for all Services for each month remaining in the
Term (other than basic hosting fees as provided in (ii)
above) and (iii) Cheetah Solutions shall have the right to
charge you an early cancellation fee of $25.00. Any
cancellation request shall be effective 30 days after
receipt by Cheetah Solutions, unless a later date is
specified in such request.
If Cheetah Solutions cancels this Agreement prior to the end
of the Term, Cheetah Solutions shall not refund to you any
fees paid in advance of such cancellation and (i) you shall
be obligated to pay all fees and charges accrued prior to
the effectiveness of such cancellation, (ii) you shall be
obligated to pay 100% of all charges for all Services for
each month remaining in the Term and (iii) Cheetah Solutions
shall have the right to charge you an early cancellation fee
of $25.00.
4. Billing and Payment.
All fees for the Services shall be in accordance with
Cheetah Solutions's fee schedule then in effect, the terms
of which are incorporated herein by reference, and shall be
due at the times provided therein. A $15.00 late fee will
apply to accounts past due more than ten (10) calendar days
from the due date. Cheetah Solutions may, with 30 days
notice to Customer, amend the Services and/or the rates and
fees it charges for the Services. Fees for renewal periods
after the Initial Term shall be due and owing immediately
upon the first day of such renewal period. Cheetah Solutions
may impose a debt service charge equal to one and one-half
percent (1.5%) of the overdue balance (or such lesser amount
as may be required by law) for each month or fraction
thereof the overdue amount remains unpaid. In addition, in
the event that any amount due Cheetah Solutions remains
unpaid twenty (20) days after such payment is due, Cheetah
Solutions, in its sole discretion, may immediately terminate
this Agreement, and/or withhold or suspend Services. There
will be a $50.00 charge to reinstate accounts that have been
suspended or terminated. All taxes, fees and governmental
charges relating to the Services provided hereunder (other
than income taxes of Cheetah Solutions) shall be paid by
Customer.
Customer agrees that Cheetah Solutions may pre-charge
Customer's fees for the Services to the credit card supplied
by Customer during registration.
Returned checks will be assessed a $30.00 charge. Wire
transfers will be assessed a $30.00 charge.
5. Special Provisions Applicable to Resellers.
Cheetah Solutions from time to time may offer reseller
programs which will permit Customers to resell certain of
Cheetah Solutions's products and services, and be eligible
for certain discounts, services and other promotions. A
Customer that participates in a reseller program is referred
to herein as a "Reseller". To be eligible to
participate in a reseller program, the Reseller may be
required to meet certain requirements as provided in such
reseller program. If you are a Reseller, the terms and
conditions in this section (in addition to any terms or
conditions contained in the reseller program) are applicable
to you.
As a Reseller, you are Cheetah Solutions's Customer. A
Reseller shall be deemed, and is the "Customer"
for all purposes under this Agreement and the Usage Policy.
When you resell the Services, the purchaser of those resold
services becomes your customer (a "Reseller
Customer"). A Reseller Customer is not a Customer of
Cheetah Solutions, and Cheetah Solutions will not support
any Reseller Customer. Reseller shall take all necessary
measures to preclude Cheetah Solutions from being made a
party to any agreement with any Reseller Customer. As a
Reseller, you are authorized to resell the Services
identified in the applicable reseller program on a
non-exclusive basis. Cheetah Solutions reserves the right to
market and sell its products and services through its own
employees, other resellers and other representatives and
retailers that may compete with you. The terms and
conditions of such other relationships may differ from the
terms of this Agreement and the reseller program, and may be
better. Reseller shall be responsible for billing, and
collecting payments from, Reseller Customers. Reseller shall
not withhold payments to Cheetah Solutions under this
Agreement because of a failure of a Reseller Customer to
make payments to Reseller. Reseller may set the prices to be
paid to it by Reseller Customers for any of the resold
Services. Reseller shall provide all support (including,
without limitation, customer support, first level support,
second level support, and other technical support) for
Reseller Customers. Reseller shall pay all sales, use,
transfer, privilege, excise or other taxes and all duties,
whether international, state or local, however designated,
which are levied or imposed on Cheetah Solutions and
Reseller under this Agreement and any and all transactions
between Reseller and Reseller Customers. Reseller shall not
resell the Services under Cheetah Solutions's brand name.
Reseller shall be solely responsible for compliance with any
regulations governing the export of the Services (or any
portion thereof). Nothing in this Agreement constitutes a
license to Reseller to use or resell the Marks (as defined
below).
6. Cheetah Solutions as Reseller or Licensor.
Cheetah Solutions is acting only as a reseller or licensor
of the hardware, software and equipment used in connection
with the products and/or Services that were or are
manufactured or provided by a third party ("Non-Cheetah
Solutions Product"). Cheetah Solutions shall not be
responsible for any changes in the Services that cause the
Non-Cheetah Solutions Product to become obsolete, require
modification or alteration, or otherwise affect the
performance of the Services. Any malfunction or
manufacturer's defects of Non-Cheetah Solutions Product
either sold, licensed or provided by Cheetah Solutions to
Customer or purchased directly by Customer used in
connection with the Services will not be deemed a breach of
Cheetah Solutions's obligations under this Agreement. Any
rights or remedies Customer may have regarding the
ownership, licensing, performance or compliance of
Non-Cheetah Solutions Product are limited to those rights
extended to Customer by the manufacturer of such Non-Cheetah
Solutions Product. Customer is entitled to use any
Non-Cheetah Solutions Product supplied by Cheetah Solutions
only in connection with Customer's permitted use of the
Services. Customer shall use its best efforts to protect and
keep confidential all intellectual property provided by
Cheetah Solutions to Customer through any Non-Cheetah
Solutions Product and shall make no attempt to copy, alter,
reverse engineer, or tamper with such intellectual property
or to use it other than in connection with the Services.
Customer shall not resell, transfer, export or re-export any
Non-Cheetah Solutions Product, or any technical data derived
therefrom, in violation of any applicable United States or
foreign law.
7. IP Address Ownership.
If Cheetah Solutions assigns Customer an Internet Protocol
address for Customer's use, the right to use that Internet
Protocol address shall belong only to Cheetah Solutions, and
Customer shall have no right to use that Internet Protocol
address except as permitted by Cheetah Solutions in its sole
discretion in connection with the Services, during the term
of this Agreement. Cheetah Solutions shall maintain and
control ownership of all Internet Protocol numbers and
addresses that may be assigned to Customer by Cheetah
Solutions, and Cheetah Solutions reserves the right to
change or remove any and all such Internet Protocol numbers
and addresses, in its sole and absolute discretion.
8. Caching.
Customer expressly (i) grants to Cheetah Solutions a license
to cache the entirety of the Customer Content and Customer's
web site, including content supplied by third parties,
hosted by Cheetah Solutions under this Agreement and (ii)
agrees that such caching is not an infringement of any of
Customer's intellectual property rights or any third party's
intellectual property rights.
9. CPU Usage.
Customer agrees that Customer shall not use excessive
amounts of CPU processing on any of Cheetah Solutions's
servers. Any violation of this policy may result in
corrective action by Cheetah Solutions, including assessment
of additional charges, disconnection or discontinuance of
any and all Services, or termination of this Agreement,
which actions may be taken in Cheetah Solutions's sole and
absolute discretion. If Cheetah Solutions takes any
corrective action under this section, Customer shall not be
entitled to a refund of any fees paid in advance prior to
such action.
10. Bandwidth and Disk Usage.
Customer agrees that bandwidth and disk usage shall not
exceed the number of megabytes per month for the Services
ordered by Customer on the Order Form (the "Agreed
Usage"). Cheetah Solutions will monitor Customer's
bandwidth and disk usage. Cheetah Solutions shall have the
right to take corrective action if Customer's bandwidth or
disk usage exceeds the Agreed Usage. Such corrective action
may include the assessment of additional charges,
disconnection or discontinuance of any and all Services, or
termination of this Agreement, which actions may be taken in
Cheetah Solutions's sole and absolute discretion. If Cheetah
Solutions takes any corrective action under this section,
Customer shall not be entitled to a refund of any fees paid
in advance prior to such action.
11. Property Rights.
Cheetah Solutions owns all right, title and interest in and
to the Services and Cheetah Solutions's trade names,
trademarks, service marks, inventions, copyrights, trade
secrets, patents, know-how and other intellectual property
rights relating to the design, function, marketing,
promotion, sale and provision of the Services and the
related hardware, software and systems ("Marks").
Noting in this Agreement constitutes a license to Customer
to use or resell the Marks.
12. Customer Web Site; E-Commerce; Customer Warranties.
Customer shall be solely responsible for the development,
operation and maintenance of Customer's web site, online
store and e-commerce activities, for all products and
services offered by Customer or appearing online and for all
contents and materials appearing online or on Customer's
products, including, without limitation (i) the accuracy and
appropriateness of the Customer Content and content and
material appearing in its store or on its products, (ii)
ensuring that the Customer Content and content and materials
appearing in its store or on its products do not violate or
infringe upon the rights of any person, and (iii) ensuring
that the Customer Content and the content and materials
appearing in its store or on its products are not defamatory
or otherwise illegal. Customer shall be solely responsible
for accepting, processing and filling customer orders and
for handling customer inquiries or complaints. Customer
shall be solely responsible for the payment or satisfaction
of any and all taxes associated with its web site and online
store.
Customer shall be responsible for the security and
confidentiality of any customer information (including,
without limitation, customer credit card numbers) that
Customer may receive as a result of its web site or online
store.
Customer represents and warrants to Cheetah Solutions that
Customer owns or has the right to use the Customer Content
and material contained therein, including all text,
graphics, sound, music, video, programming, scripts and
applets, and the use, reproduction, distribution and
transmission of the Customer Content and any information and
materials contained therein does not, and will not, (i)
infringe or misappropriate any copyright, patent, trademark,
trade secret or any other proprietary right of a third
party, (ii) violate any criminal laws or (iii) constitute
false advertising, unfair competition, defamation, an
invasion of privacy, violate a right of publicity or violate
any other law or regulation. Customer grants Cheetah
Solutions the right to reproduce, copy, use and distribute
all and any portion of the Customer Content to the extent
needed to provide and operate the Services.
13. Disclaimer of Warranty.
Customer agrees to use all Services and any information
obtained through or from Cheetah Solutions, at Customer's
own risk. Customer acknowledges and agrees that Cheetah
Solutions exercises no control over, and accepts no
responsibility for, the content of the information passing
through Cheetah Solutions's host computers, network hubs and
points of presence or the Internet. THE SERVICES PROVIDED
UNDER THIS AGREEMENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN AS IS, AS AVAILABLE
BASIS. NONE OF Cheetah Solutions, ITS PARENT, SUBSIDIARY OR
AFFILIATED CORPORATIONS, OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE
EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, AFFILIATES,
AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, THIRD-PARTY INFORMATION PROVIDERS,
MERCHANTS, LICENSORS OR THE LIKE (EACH, AN "Cheetah
Solutions PERSON") MAKE ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND,
EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, FOR THE SERVICES OR ANY
EQUIPMENT Cheetah Solutions PROVIDES. NO Cheetah Solutions
PERSON MAKES ANY WARRANTIES THAT THE SERVICES WILL NOT BE
INTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO ANY OF THEM MAKE ANY
WARRANTIES AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE
USE OF THE SERVICES OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR
CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION, SERVICES OR MERCHANDISE
CONTAINED IN OR PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICES. Cheetah
Solutions IS NOT LIABLE, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY
LIABILITY, FOR THE CONTENT OF ANY DATA TRANSFERRED EITHER TO
OR FROM CUSTOMER OR STORED BY CUSTOMER OR ANY OF CUSTOMER'S
CUSTOMERS VIA THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY Cheetah Solutions. NO
ORAL ADVICE OR WRITTEN INFORMATION GIVEN BY ANY Cheetah
Solutions PERSON, WILL CREATE A WARRANTY; NOR MAY YOU RELY
ON ANY SUCH INFORMATION OR ADVICE. The terms of this section
shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
14. Indemnification.
Customer agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless
Cheetah Solutions and its parent, subsidiary and affiliated
companies, and each of their respective officers, directors,
employees, shareholders and agents (each an
"indemnified party" and, collectively,
"indemnified parties") from and against any and
all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, suits, actions,
demands, proceedings (whether legal or administrative), and
expenses (including, but not limited to, reasonable
attorney's fees) threatened, asserted, or filed by a third
party against any of the indemnified parties arising out of
or relating to (i) Customer's use of the Services, (ii) any
violation by Customer of the Usage Policy, (iii) any breach
of any representation, warranty or covenant of Customer
contained in this Agreement or (iv) any acts or omissions of
Customer. The terms of this section shall survive any
termination of this Agreement.
15. Limitation of Liability.
Customer agrees that no Cheetah Solutions LLC Person, under
any circumstances, shall be held responsible or liable for
situations where the Services are accessed by third parties
through illegal or illicit means, including situations where
such data is accessed through the exploitation of security
gaps, weaknesses or flaws (whether known or unknown to
Cheetah Solutions at the time) which may exist in the
Services or Cheetah Solutions's equipment used to provide
the Services.
Under no circumstances, including negligence, shall any
Cheetah Solutions Person be liable for any indirect,
incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or
loss of profits, revenue, data or use by Customer, any of
its customers, any Reseller Customer or any other third
party, whether in an action in contract or tort or strict
liability or other legal theory, even if Cheetah Solutions
has been advised of the possibility of such damages. No
Cheetah Solutions Person shall be liable to Customer, any of
its customers, any Reseller Customer or any other third
party, for any loss or damages that result or are alleged to
have resulted from the use of or inability to use the
Services, or that results from mistakes, omissions,
interruptions, deletion of files, loss of data, errors,
viruses, defects, delays in operations, or transmission or
any failure of performance, whether or not limited to acts
of God, communications failure, theft, destruction or
unauthorized access to Cheetah Solutions's records,
programs, equipment or services.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement,
Cheetah Solutions's maximum liability under this Agreement
for all damages, losses, costs and causes of actions from
any and all claims (whether in contract, tort, including
negligence, quasi-contract, statutory or otherwise) shall
not exceed the actual dollar amount paid by Customer for the
Services which gave rise to such damages, losses and causes
of actions during the 12-month period prior to the date the
damage or loss occurred or the cause of action arose.
Customer understands, acknowledges and agrees that if
Cheetah Solutions takes any corrective action under this
Agreement because of an action of Customer or one if its
customer or a Reseller Customer, that corrective action may
adversely affect other customers of Customer or other
Reseller Customers, and Customer agrees that Cheetah
Solutions shall have no liability to Customer, any of its
customers or any Reseller Customer due to such corrective
action by Cheetah Solutions.
This limitation of liability reflects an informed, voluntary
allocation between the parties of the risks (known and
unknown) that may exist in connection with this Agreement.
The terms of this section shall survive any termination of
this Agreement.
16. Force Majeure.
Cheetah Solutions shall not be liable for failure or delay
in performing it obligations hereunder if such failure or
delay is due to circumstances beyond its reasonable control,
including, without limitation, acts of any governmental
body, war, insurrection, sabotage, embargo, fire, flood,
strike or other labor disturbance, interruption of or delay
in transportation, unavailability of, interruption or delay
in telecommunications or third party services (including DNS
propagation), failure of third party software or hardware or
inability to obtain raw materials, supplies or power used in
or equipment needed for provision of the Services.
17. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Arbitration.
This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by
California law without regard to the conflict of law
provisions thereof. Both parties submit to personal
jurisdiction in California. Any controversy or claim arising
out of, relating to or in connection with this Agreement, or
the breach thereof, shall be subject to arbitration
administered by the American Arbitration Association
("AAA") in accordance with its then existing
Commercial Arbitration Rules (collectively, the "AAA
Rules") and judgment upon the award rendered by the
arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction
thereof. The place of arbitration shall be Los Angeles,
California, or any other place selected by mutual agreement
of the parties. An award rendered in connection with an
arbitration pursuant to this Section shall be final and
binding upon the parties and the parties agree and consent
that the arbitral award shall be conclusive proof of the
validity of the determinations of the arbitrations set forth
in the award, and any judgment upon such an award may be
entered and enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction.
The parties agree that the award of the arbitral tribunal
will be the sole and exclusive remedy between them regarding
any and all claims and counterclaims between them with
respect to the subject matter of the arbitrated dispute. The
parties hereby waive all in personam jurisdictional defenses
in connection with any arbitration hereunder or the
enforcement of an order or award rendered pursuant thereto.
In any legal action, the prevailing party will be entitled
to recover all legal expenses incurred in connection with
the action, including but not limited to its costs, both
taxable and non-taxable, and reasonable attorney's fees. The
terms of this section shall survive any termination of this
Agreement.
18. Assignment.
Customer shall not have the right to assign this Agreement
without the prior written consent of Cheetah Solutions. This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
Customer and Cheetah Solutions and their successors and
permitted assigns.
19. Entire Agreement; Severability.
This Agreement, together with the Order Form and any other
documents or agreements specifically identified in this
Agreement, represents the entire agreement between the
parties, and supercedes all previous representations,
understandings or agreements. If any provision of this
Agreement shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction
to be invalid, unenforceable, or void, the remainder of this
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
Customer hereby represents that he, she or it is either, an
individual entering this Agreement for his or her personal
use and is over 18 years of age, or a corporation, limited
partnership or other legal entity, duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of
its organization and the person acting on behalf of Customer
is duly authorized to accept, execute and deliver this
Agreement on behalf of Customer.
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