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Software License Agreement for ExactFactor Software and Services
Thank you for selecting
ExactFactor software (the "Software"). This license agreement (the "Agreement")
is a legal agreement between you ("Licensee", "you", "your"), and ExactFactor Inc.
("ExactFactor," "we", "our" or "us"). You must accept the terms of this Agreement
before accessing or otherwise using the Software or any of the services that may
be provided by ExactFactor under this Agreement ("Services"). To access and use
the Software and Services, Licensee must have access to the Internet.
If you do not agree
to the terms of the Agreement, you are not granted any rights whatsoever in the
Software. If you are not willing to be bound by these terms and conditions, you
should not click on the "ACCEPT" button, and may not access or otherwise use the
Software or Services.
1. LICENSE GRANT AND RESTRICTIONS. Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, including the payment of the applicable subscription fees if requered,
ExactFactor grants you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license,
during the initial term of the subscription and any Renewal Term (as defined in
Section 3), to electronically access and use the Software solely to manage your
SEO data and solely by such number of authorized users.
In addition to the
ExactFactor software, the term "Software" includes any other programs, tools, internet-based
services, components and any "updates" (for example, Software maintenance, service
information, help content, bug fixes, or maintenance releases etc.) of the Software
that ExactFactor provides or makes available to you.
You are not licensed
or permitted under this Agreement to do any of the following and shall not allow
any third party to do any of the following: (i) access or attempt to access any
other ExactFactor systems, programs or data that are not made available for public
use; (ii) copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, resell or distribute
in any way the material from the ExactFactor site; (iii) permit any third party
to benefit from the use or functionality of the Software or Services via a rental,
lease, timesharing, service bureau, or other arrangement; iv) transfer any of the
rights granted to you under this Agreement; (v) work around any technical limitations
in the Software, use any tool to enable features or functionalities that are otherwise
disabled in the Software, or decompile, disassemble, or otherwise reverse engineer
the Software except as otherwise permitted by applicable law; (vi) perform or attempt
to perform any actions that would interfere with the proper working of the Software
or Services, prevent access to or the use of the Software or Services by ExactFactor's
other licensees or customers, or impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large
load on ExactFactor's infrastructure; or (vii) otherwise use the Software except
as expressly allowed under this Section 1.
2. RESERVATION OF RIGHTS AND OWNERSHIP. The Software is licensed not sold, and
ExactFactor reserves all rights not expressly granted to you in this Agreement.
The Software is protected by copyright, trade secret and other intellectual property
laws. ExactFactor and its licensors own the title, copyright, and other worldwide
intellectual property rights in the Software and all copies of the Software. This
Agreement does not grant you any rights to trademarks or service marks of ExactFactor.
3. REGISTRATION DATA. You must register to use the Software and Services and
(i) provide true, accurate, current and complete information as prompted by the
interview sign-up process (the "Registration Data"), and (ii) maintain and promptly
update the Registration Data to keep it accurate, current and complete. If you provide
any Registration Data that is inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or ExactFactor
has reasonable grounds to suspect is inaccurate, not current or incomplete, ExactFactor
may, in its sole discretion, suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and
all current or future access to and use of the Software or Services (or any portion
thereof).
4. LICENSEE ACCESS INFORMATION AND ACCOUNT DATA. You are solely responsible for (i) maintaining
the confidentiality and security of your access number(s), password(s), security
question(s) and answer(s), account number(s), login information, and any other security
or access information, used by you to access the Software, Services and your financial
institution accounts (collectively, "Licensee Access Information"), and (ii) preventing
unauthorized access to or use of the information, files or data that you store or
use in or with the Software and Services (collectively, " Account Data"). You are
responsible for providing access and assigning passwords to other users under your
account for the Software and Services, and ensuring that such authorized users comply
with this Agreement. You will be responsible for all electronic communications,
including account registration and other account holder information, email and financial,
accounting and other data ("Communications") entered using the Licensee Access Information.
ExactFactor assumes that any Communications it receives through use of the Licensee
Access Information were sent or authorized by you. You agree to immediately notify
ExactFactor if Licensee becomes aware of any loss, theft or unauthorized use of
any Licensee Access Information. ExactFactor reserves the right to deny you access
to the Software or Services (or any part thereof) if ExactFactor reasonably believes
that any loss, theft or unauthorized use of Licensee Access Information has occurred.
You must inform ExactFactor of, and hereby grants to ExactFactor permission to use,
Licensee Access Information to enable ExactFactor to provide the Services to you,
including updating and maintaining Account Data, addressing errors or service interruptions,
and to enhance the types of data and services ExactFactor may provide to you in
the future.
5. SOFTWARE USE, STORAGE AND ACCESS. ExactFactor shall have the right, in
its sole discretion and with reasonable notice posted on the ExactFactorsite and/or
sent to your email address provided in the Registration Data, to revise, update,
or otherwise modify the Services and establish or change limits concerning use of
the Software and Services, temporarily or permanently, including but not limited
to (i) the amount of storage space you have on the Software at any time, and (ii)
the number of times (and the maximum duration for which) you may access the Software
in a given period of time. ExactFactor reserves the right to make any such changes
effective immediately to maintain the security of the system or Licensee Access
Information or to comply with any laws or regulations, and to provide you with electronic
or written notice within thirty (30) days after such change. You may reject changes
by discontinuing use of the Software and Services to which such changes relate.
Your continued use of the Software or Services will constitute Licensee's acceptance
of and agreement to such changes. For details about our refund policy, please refer
to www. exactfactor.com.
ExactFactor may, from time to time, perform maintenance upon the Software or Services
resulting in interrupted service, delays or errors in the Software or Services.
ExactFactor will attempt to provide prior notice of scheduled maintenance but cannot
guarantee that such notice will be provided.
6. ONLINE COMMUNITIES.
6.1 The Software may
include a feature that allows you to exchange useful and helpful information with
other users of ExactFactor("Live Community"). Internet access is required to use
Live Community. Please respect and interact with other users as you would in any
public arena when using the Live Community feature. Exercise your judgment in evaluating
and acting on (or ignoring) other users' Live Community sessions. Remember, due
to the anonymous nature of the Internet, other Live Community users may not be who
they say they are, know what they say they know or be affiliated with whom they
say they are affiliated. You agree that ExactFactor does not endorse and is not
responsible for the accuracy of the content in Live Community, and will not be liable
for any damages incurred as a result of the submission or use of any such content.
Live Community users may post hypertext links to content hosted and maintained by
third parties. ExactFactor has no obligation to monitor these linked sites, and
is not responsible for them. Your access to any linked sites is at your own risk,
so use good judgment before you click on any link or access any linked site. Do
not reveal information that you do not want to make public, such as by posting your
contact information or email address while using Live Community. ExactFactor reserves
the right to monitor the Live Community content and designate ExactFactor employees
to act as monitors. Additionally, ExactFactor reserves the right to edit, remove
or refuse to remove Live Community content in its sole discretion.
6.2 Conduct.
You agree not to upload, post or otherwise transmit any content (including but not
limited to text, links, communications, software, images, sounds, data or other
information) that contains:
Inappropriate content
such as: profanity, objectionable material of any kind, links to websites that contains
information about illegal activity, information or software that contains a virus,
Trojan horse, or other harmful or disruptive component.
Spam such as: commercial
solicitations, chain letters, securities offerings, repetitive, pointless or irrelevant
postings.
Attacks such as: "flaming"
other participants in a manner that might incite or perpetuate a conflict or argument,
creating usernames to attack other participants' identities, impersonating other
individuals or falsely representing your identity or qualifications, postings that
breach any users' privacy.
7. THIRD PARTY SERVICES. In connection with your use of the Software, you may
be made aware of services, products, offers and promotions provided by third parties,
and not by ExactFactor ("Third Party Services"). If you decide to use Third Party
Services, you are responsible for reviewing and understanding the terms and conditions
governing any Third Party Services. You agree that the third party, and not ExactFactor,
is responsible for the performance of the Third Party Services.
8. THIRD PARTY WEBSITES. The Software may contain or reference links to websites
operated by third parties ("Third Party Websites"). These links are provided as
a convenience only. Such Third Party Websites are not under the control of ExactFactor.
ExactFactor is not responsible for the content of any Third Party Website or any
link contained in a Third Party Website. ExactFactor does not review, approve, monitor,
endorse, warrant, or make any representations with respect to Third Party Websites,
and the inclusion of any link in the Software or Services is not and does not imply
an affiliation, sponsorship, endorsement, approval, investigation, verification
or monitoring by ExactFactor of any information contained in any Third Party Website.
In no event will ExactFactor be responsible for the information contained in such
Third Party Website or for your use of or inability to use such website. Access
to any Third Party Website is at your own risk, and you acknowledge and understand
that linked Third Party Websites may contain terms and privacy policies that are
different from those of ExactFactor. ExactFactor is not responsible for such provisions,
and expressly disclaims any liability for them.
9. FEEDBACK. ExactFactor may provide you with a mechanism to provide
feedback, suggestions and ideas, if you choose, about its online products and services
("Feedback"). You agree that ExactFactor may, in its sole discretion, use the Feedback
you provide to ExactFactor in any way, including in future modifications of the
Software, multimedia works and/or advertising and promotional materials relating
thereto. You hereby grant ExactFactor a perpetual, worldwide, fully transferable,
non-revocable, royalty free license to use, modify, create derivative works from,
distribute and display any information you provide to ExactFactor in the Feedback.
10. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. THE SOFTWARE AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED
ON AN "AS-IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS AND, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW, EXACTFACTOR, ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSORS, PARTICIPATING FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS,
THIRD-PARTY CONTENT OR SERVICE PROVIDERS, DISTRIBUTORS, DEALERS AND SUPPLIERS (COLLECTIVELY,
"SUPPLIERS") DISCLAIM ALL GUARANTEES AND WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY,
REGARDING THE SOFTWARE AND SERVICES, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. EXACTFACTOR DOES NOT WARRANT
THAT THE SOFTWARE OR SERVICES ARE SECURE OR FREE FROM BUGS, VIRUSES, INTERRUPTION,
ERRORS, IDENTITY THEFT, THREAT OF HACKERS, OTHER PROGRAM LIMITATIONS, OR THAT THE
SOFTWARE OR SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS. EXACTFACTOR ATTEMPTS TO ENSURE
THAT THE QUICKBOOKS ACCOUNT DATA STORED ON EXACTFACTOR'S SERVERS IS SAFE AND SECURE
BY EMPLOYING REASONABLE, INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED SECURITY AND VIRUS SAFEGUARDS, AND
CONDUCTING ROUTINE SYSTEM MAINTENANCE AND MONITORING. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE
EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN
THAT EVENT, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARE LIMITED IN DURATION TO 60 DAYS FROM THE DATE
OF PURCHASE OR DELIVERY OF THE SOFTWARE, AS APPLICABLE. HOWEVER, SOME STATES DO
NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION
MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS, AND YOU MAY
HAVE OTHER RIGHTS THAT VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.
THE SOFTWARE AND ANY
RELATED SERVICES OR CONTENT ARE DESIGNED TO OPERATE AND PROVIDE INFORMATION WITH
THE UNDERSTANDING THAT EXACTFACTOR AND ITS SUPPLIERS ARE NOT ENGAGED IN RENDERING
LEGAL, ACCOUNTING OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE. IF LEGAL ADVICE OR OTHER EXPERT
ASSISTANCE IS REQUIRED, THE SERVICE OF A COMPETENT PROFESSIONAL SHOULD BE SOUGHT.
EXACTFACTOR EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES THAT YOUR USE
OF THE SOFTWARE WILL SATISFY ANY STATUTORY OR REGULATORY OBLIGATIONS, OR WILL ASSIST
WITH, GUARANTEE OR OTHERWISE ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE LAWS OR REGULATIONS,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
ACT OF 1996 ("HIPAA"), THE GRAMM-LEACH-BLILEY ACT OF
11. LIMITATION ON TIME TO SUE. Unless otherwise required by law, an
action or proceeding by you to enforce an obligation, duty, or right arising under
this End User License or by law with respect to the Software or Third Party Services
must be commenced within one year after the cause of action accrues.
12.
U.S.
GOVERNMENT.
The Software is a "commercial item," as that term is defined at
48 C
.F.R. 2.101 (OCT 1995), consisting of "commercial computer software" and "commercial
computer software documentation," as such terms are used in
48 C
.F.R. 12.212 (SEPT 1995). Consistent with
48 C
.F.R. 12.212 and
48 C
.F.R. 227.7202-1 through 227.7202-4 (JUNE 1995), all U.S. Government End Users acquire
the ExactFactor Software with only those rights set forth herein. ExactFactor Inc.,
P.O. Box 7850, Mountain View, CA 94039-7850
.
13. MISCELLANEOUS. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, this
Agreement is a complete statement of the agreement between you and ExactFactor and
sets forth the entire liability of ExactFactor and its Suppliers and your exclusive
remedy with respect to the Software and Services. The Suppliers, agents, employees,
distributors, and dealers of ExactFactor are not authorized to make modifications
to this Agreement, or to make any additional representations, commitments, or warranties
binding on ExactFactor. Any waiver of the terms herein by ExactFactor must be in
a writing signed by an authorized officer of ExactFactor and expressly referencing
the applicable provisions of this Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement
is invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, then it shall be changed and interpreted
to accomplish the objectives of such provision to the greatest extent possible under
applicable law, and the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.
This Agreement will be governed by
California
law as applied to agreements entered into and to be performed entirely within
California
, without regard to its choice of law or conflicts of law principles that would
require the application of law of a different jurisdiction, and applicable federal
law. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
does not apply to this Agreement. The parties hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction
and venue in the state courts in
Santa Clara County, California
or federal court for the Northern District of California. Headings are included
for convenience only, and shall not be considered in interpreting this Agreement.
As used in this Agreement, the word "including" means "including but not limited
to." This Agreement does not limit any rights that ExactFactor may have under trade
secret, copyright, patent or other laws.
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