Terms and Conditions
1. Background
These Conditions of Use
("Conditions") are entered into between MBO Enterprise Solutions (an MBO Partners company), a Virginia
corporation ("Company" or "we") and you as an "end user," in connection
with your use and accessing of this Site. "Site" means
www.mboenterprise.com <http://www.mboenterprise.com> and any other web
sites operated by or for Company or any other divisions, subsidiaries
or affiliates of Company.
2. End User Agreements
You
are responsible for keeping your user name and password confidential
and you shall not provide your user name or password to any third party.
You are solely responsible for all uses of all services obtained
through the use of the website, whether or not actually or expressly
authorized by you. Entry of your user name and password by you denotes
acceptance and agreement to any terms and conditions and validation of
data entered by you.
3. Nonexclusive License
Company
grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable and limited
right to access, use and display the Site strictly in accordance with
these Conditions. You may use the Site only as intended by Company as
indicated by these Conditions and instructions and other materials on
the Site.
4. Prohibited Uses; Your Communications and Other Content
Unauthorized
use or modification of any information displayed or stored on the Site
may result in criminal and/or civil prosecution under Federal, State and
local law. You agree not to interrupt, or attempt to interrupt, the
operation of the Site in any way. You may not use the Site for anything
other than a lawful and legitimate business purpose. You agree not to
use the Site to (i) send chain letters, junk mail, "spam," solicitations
(commercial or non-commercial) or bulk communications of any kind; (ii)
promote any unlawful activity or purpose, including without limitation,
any activity that could give rise to criminal or civil liability; (iii)
carry out any unauthorized alteration of any data or information on the
Site; or (iv) conduct any activity that infringes on the copyright,
patent, trademark, service mark or other rights of any person or entity.
You shall not restrict or inhibit Company or any other end user from
using and enjoying any portion of the Site. You agree that you will not
send, post or otherwise publish through the Site, any message, material,
user name or other communication that: (a) impersonates any person or
entity; (b) is unlawful, offensive, obscene, vulgar, indecent,
pornographic, profane, sexuallyoriented, threatening, abusive, false or
misleading with respect to origin or fact, slanderous, libelous or
defamatory; (c) constitutes or encourages the conduct of a criminal
offense; (d) gives rise to any liability; (e) causes injury of any kind
to any person or entity; (f) infringes or violates the intellectual
property rights, contract rights, or any other rights of any third
party; (g) contains harmful or malicious components or code designed to
interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software
or hardware or telecommunications equipment; or (h) creates a link to
another web site.
5. Denial of Access
While
Company has no obligation to monitor the Site, you agree that Company
may delete and take other appropriate action with respect to messages,
information or files which Company, in its sole discretion, deems
objectionable or otherwise in violation of these Conditions, including
denying access to the Site to anyone at anytime.
6. Privacy
You agree that your use of the Site constitutes your consent to Company privacy policy posted from time to time on the Site.
7. Intellectual Property Notices
"MBO
Partners" and other related marks are trademarks and service marks of
Company are protected by law. They may be used publicly only with
permission from Company. Fair use of the trademarks and service marks
requires proper acknowledgment. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. All materials and
software published on or used on the Site are protected by copyright and
other intellectual property right laws and regulations, and are owned
or controlled by or licensed to Company, or the party listed as the
provider of the materials or software. UNAUTHORIZED COPYING,
REPRODUCTION, REPUBLISHING, UPLOADING, DOWNLOADING, POSTING,
TRANSMITTING OR DUPLICATING ANY OF THE MATERIAL IS PROHIBITED AND MAY
SUBJECT YOU TO CRIMINAL OR CIVIL PROSECUTION UNDER FEDERAL, STATE AND
LOCAL LAW.
Unless specifically provided otherwise, you may download
any downloadable materials displayed on the Site only for personal,
noncommercial and informational purposes, provided that the documents
are not modified and you maintain and abide by all copyright, trademark
and other notices contained in such material or if none, you include the
following copyright notice in such downloaded materials: "© 2008 MBO
Partners, U.S.A. All rights reserved."
8. Retention of Rights
All
proprietary rights, intellectual property rights, title and interests
to the Site or any portion or materials downloadable or subject to
activation through the Site, and any changes or modifications to any of
the foregoing, and all related documentation shall be and remain the
exclusive property of Company. You agree that you have no proprietary or
intellectual property right, title or interest in or to any such
materials except as a licensee in accordance with the terms and
conditions of these Conditions or separate agreement with Company. You
may not at any time, now or in the future, contest or do, or aid others
in contesting or doing, anything which otherwise impairs the validity of
any proprietary or intellectual property right, title or interest of
Company in and to such materials.
9. Modification of Conditions
Company
reserves the right to revise these Conditions at any time by updating
this posting. Your continued use of the Site constitutes your agreement
to comply with such revisions, so you should visit this page from time
to time.
10. E-Mail May Not Be Used to Provide Notice
Communications
made through the Site's e-mail and messaging system shall in no way be
deemed to constitute legal notice to Company or any of its officers,
employees, agents or representatives, such as where notice to Company is
required by contract, or any federal, state or local laws, rules or
regulations.
11. Links to Other Sites and/or Materials
Links
may appear on the Site that may be used to link to other web site(s)
not operated by or for Company or its divisions, subsidiaries or
affiliates. These links are provided as a courtesy to our Site visitors.
Company has no control over the linked web sites or the materials,
information, goods or services available or contained on these linked
web sites. Company is not responsible for and does not endorse or
warrant in any way any materials information, goods or services
available through such linked web sites or any privacy or other
practices of such web sites. If you decide to access any of the linked
web sites, you do so entirely at your own risk. Company reserves the
right to terminate any link at any time.
12. Disclaimer; Limitation of Damages
a.
Company is neither responsible nor liable for any software viruses or
other software contamination of your computer system or other device
used to access the Site as a result of your use of the Site. EXCEPT AS
EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THE MATERIALS ON THIS SITE, THE SITE (INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL CONTENT, SOFTWARE, FUNCTIONS, MATERIALS AND
INFORMATION MADE AVAILABLE OR DESCRIBED ON THE SITE OR ACCESSED BY MEANS
THEREOF) IS PROVIDED "AS IS," WITHOUT REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF
ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, TITLE, COMPATIBILITY, SECURITY, ACCURACY, NON-INFRINGEMENT.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, COMPANY MAKES NO WARRANTY OR
REPRESENTATION, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, THAT ACCESS TO OR OPERATION
OF THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. IN NO EVENT WILL
COMPANY, ITS SUPPLIERS, OR ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING,
PRODUCING OR DELIVERING THIS SITE'S CONTENT BE LIABLE FOR THE ACCURACY,
TIMELINESS OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY INFORMATION ON THE SITE, FOR ERRORS OR
MISTAKES MADE BY HUMANS OR MACHINES, OR FOR ANY ACTUAL, SPECIAL,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT MAY ARISE FROM THE
USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE AND/OR THE MATERIALS AND
INFORMATION CONTAINED ON OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE.
b. Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion and without notice to deny access to the Site to anyone at any time.
c.
YOU ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK OF LOSS RESULTING FROM YOUR
DOWNLOADING AND/OR USE OF FILES, INFORMATION, OTHER COMMUNICATIONS,
CONTENT OR OTHER MATERIAL (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, SOFTWARE)
ACCESSED THROUGH OR OBTAINED BY MEANS OF THE SITE TO THE EXTENT CAUSED
BY SOURCES OTHER THAN COMPANY'S SOFTWARE OR SITE.
d. We intend to
protect the quality and integrity of your personally identifiable
information. We have implemented technical and organizational measures,
such as using encryption technology, in an attempt to help us keep your
information secure, accurate, current, and complete. We will make a
reasonable effort to respond in a timely manner to your requests to
correct inaccuracies in your personal information.
For more information, view our privacy policy [link to privacy policy].
e.
Company shall not have any liability to you for usage charges related
to any device that you use to access the Site, including, without
limitation, usage charges for mobile telephones, Palm OS devices,
Windows CE devices, car navigation systems, pagers, Smartphones and
other devices, whether wireless, wireline, requiring cradle
synchronization or otherwise.
13. Indemnification
You
agree to indemnify and hold Company and its parent companies,
subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors and employees, harmless
from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by
any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Site, violation
of these Conditions, or the infringement by you, or any other user of
your user name or password (unless you have notified Company that your
user name and password have been improperly obtained by another party
and it is readily ascertainable that such party's use of your user name
and password was not with your permission and did not result from your
negligence), of any intellectual property or other right of any person
or entity.
14. Applicable Laws
Company
operates the Site from its offices in Edmond, OK and Herndon, VA in the
United States of America (U.S.) and makes no representations that
materials in the Site are appropriate or available for use in locations
outside the U.S. Access to the Site from any territory where the content
is illegal is prohibited. If you choose to access the Site from outside
the U.S., you do so at your own risk and are solely responsible for
compliance with any and all applicable laws, rules and regulations. The
display of the Site alone does not subject Company to any specific
jurisdiction. You may not use or export any of the Site materials in
violation of U.S. export laws and regulations. Any claim related to the
use of the Site, these Conditions or to other Site materials shall be
governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the
Commonwealth of Virginia as applied to agreements made and to be
performed entirely therein. Any action brought to in connection with the
Site or Site content shall be brought in either the state or federal
courts with jurisdiction in Loudoun County, Virginia.
15. No Waiver
Company
and you agree that no failure to exercise, and no delay in exercising
any right, power or privilege hereunder on the part of either party
shall operate as a waiver of any right, power or privilege. Company and
you further agree that no single or partial exercise of any right, power
or privilege hereunder shall preclude its further exercise.
16. Severability
If
any part of these Conditions is adjudged by any arbitrator or court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that judgment shall not affect or
nullify the remainder of the Conditions, and the effect shall be
confined to the part immediately involved in the controversy arbitrated
or adjudged.
17. Force Majeure
Company shall
not be liable for any failure of performance hereunder due to causes
beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation acts of God,
fire, explosion, vandalism, storm or other similar catastrophes; any
law, order, regulation, direction, action or request of the United
States government, or of any other government, including foreign, state
and local governments having jurisdiction over any of Company, you, or
of any department, agency, commission, court, bureau, corporation or
other instrumentality of any one or more of said governments, or of any
civil or military authority; national emergencies; insurrections; civil
unrest; riots; wars; or strikes, lock-outs, work stoppages or other
labor difficulties.