iForem, Inc. (“
iForem”) provides perpetual digital data
storage services to its customers. You have been invited by an individual iForem
account holder (the “
Account Holder”) to access and use
certain services provided by iForem, Inc. Read this End User License Agreement ("
Agreement")
carefully; it governs your access to and use of those services. iForem is willing
to provide you with access to its services only on the condition that you accept
all of the following terms and conditions. Accepting this Agreement does not make
you an Account Holder. By clicking “I Agree,” you acknowledge that you have read
and understand this Agreement and you agree to its terms and conditions. If you
do not agree, do not use iForem.
iForem may modify this Agreement at any time and will notify you when it does so.
If you continue to use iForem after it notifies you about changes to these terms,
you are signifying your acceptance of the new terms.
- YOUR ACCESS
- Authorized Use:- The Account Holder has sent you an electronic
invitation to use certain services to access the Account Holder’s digital storage
vault (the “Vault”). The iForem services you are authorized
by the Account Holder to use and your level of access to the Vault and its individual
folders and files (collectively, the “Authorized Services”)
will be at the discretion of the Account Holder, who can change or terminate the
Authorized Services at any time without notice to you. Depending on the level of
your Authorized Services, you may be able to submit electronic data to the Vault
or view and retrieve electronic Data that is stored in the Vault (collectively,
the “Data”). You acknowledge and agree that you may never
have or you may cease to have access to the Data you submit to the Vault.
- Registration:- After you receive your invitation, you may register
as an “Authorized User” by providing a unique user name
and password and agreeing to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. You will:
(a) accurately provide all information requested during the registration process,
including but not limited to your user name, password, and the e-mail to which your
invitation was sent, (the "Registration Data"); and (b)
maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it accurate and current.
If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete,
or iForem has reasonable grounds to believe that such information is untrue, inaccurate,
not current, or incomplete, then iForem has the right to immediately suspend or
terminate the Authorized Services.
- CONNECTIVITY AND SECURITY
- Technology:- It is your responsibility to supply your own hardware,
software, and connectivity to the internet as necessary to connect to the Authorized
Services. You agree to use software, including but not limited to browser software,
that supports a data security protocol compatible with the protocol used by iForem.
You acknowledge that iForem is not responsible for any compromise of data transmitted
across computer networks or telecommunications facilities, including but not limited
to the Internet.
- Access, Passwords, and Security:- You will hold your user name
and password in strict confidence. You agree to notify iForem immediately if you
become aware of any loss or theft or unauthorized use of your user name or password.
You are responsible for safeguarding and maintaining the confidentiality of your
user name and password, and you agree not to disclose your password to any third
party. You and the Account Holder will be held responsible for any activities or
actions under your password, whether or not you have authorized such activities
or actions.
- Communications Under Your Account:- For purposes of enforcement
of Section 3 below, an "Electronic Communication" is any
electronic communication, including but not limited to account registration and
other account holder information, e-mail, and Data submitted to the Vault or otherwise
through the iForem services under your user name and password. You hereby authorize
iForem to treat any Electronic Communications it receives under your password or
user name as having been sent by you.
- GENERAL PROHIBITIONS
You agree not to do any of the following, and iForem reserves the right (but will
not have the obligation) to monitor your and your Authorized Users’ usage and Data
(and to delete any such data) to enforce these prohibitions:
- Place in the Vault, submit, make available, publish, link to, or transmit any information
or communication, that: (i) is false or misleading; (ii) is defamatory; (iii) invades
another’s privacy; (iv) is obscene, pornographic, or offensive; (v) promotes bigotry,
racism, hatred, or harm against any individual or group; (vi) infringes another’s
rights, including but not limited to any intellectual property rights; or (vii)
violates, or encourages any conduct that would violate, any applicable law or regulation
or would give rise to civil liability.
- Allow any other individual to access an Authorized Service using your user nameand
password.
- Access (except as explicitly authorized herein), tamper with, or use non-public
areas of the Authorized Services, any other iForem services, iForem’s computer systems,
or the technical delivery systems of iForem’s providers;
- Attempt to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any iForem (or its providers’)
system or network or breach any iForem security or authentication measures;
- Attempt to access (except as explicitly authorized herein) or search the Authorized
Services, other iForem services, or Data with any engine, software, tool, agent,
device, or mechanism other than the software and search agents provided by iForem
or other generally available third party web browsers (such as Microsoft Internet
Explorer, Apple Safari, or Firefox);
- Attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software
used to provide the Authorized Services or any other iForem services;
- Interfere with, or attempt to interfere with, the access of any user, host, or network,
including but not limited to sending a virus, worm, or Trojan Horse, overloading,
flooding, spamming, or mail-bombing the Authorized Services or any other iForem
services;
- Impersonate or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity; or
- Launch any automated system, including without limitation, "robots," "spiders,"
or "offline readers," that accesses the Authorized Services, any other
iForem services, or Data in a manner that sends more request messages to the iForem
servers in a given period of time than a human can reasonably produce in the same
period by using a conventional on-line web browser.
- IFOREM'S PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
- iForem’s Ownership; Your Limited License:- You acknowledge and
agree that all of iForem’s services, including but not limited to the Authorized
Services, and any necessary software (including but not limited to User Software,
as defined in Section 4.2, below) used in connection therewith, contain proprietary
technology that is protected by intellectual property and other laws (collectively,
the “Service’s Intellectual Property”). You acknowledge
that, as between you and iForem, iForem owns all of the Service’s Intellectual Property.
Subject to your compliance with the terms of this Agreement, iForem grants you a
non-exclusive right to access the Authorized Services. Except for the foregoing
license, you are not granted any right in or to the Service’s Intellectual Property.
- User Software:- From time to time, iForem may make available to
you, in its sole discretion, certain software related to the Authorized Services
(the “User Software”). In the event iForem makes User
Software available to you, and subject to your compliance with this Agreement (including
but not limited to the restrictions in this Section 4.2), iForem hereby grants to
you a non-exclusive right and license to install the User Software on your computer,
make a backup copy, and use the User Software only to the extent necessary to access
the Authorized Services. You have no right to transfer, sublicense, or otherwise
distribute the User Software to any third party, and, except as expressly authorized
in this Agreement, you will not copy the User Software in whole or in part.
- CONFIDENTIALITY
- iForem will have the right, but not the obligation, to review the Data you submit
and your activities related to the Authorized Services to assess your compliance
with this Agreement.
- POLICIES & PROCEDURES
- iForem respects the intellectual property and privacy rights of others. In efforts
to respect such rights, iForem maintains policies and procedures that are not a
part of this Agreement. If you believe that your work has been copied and is accessible
on through iForem services in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please
review the http://www.iforem.com/copyright/
for instructions on how to contact us to report possible copyright infringement.
The iForem privacy policy, as the same may be modified and amended by iForem from
time to time (the “Privacy Policy”), is located at
http://www.iforem.com/privacy/ and explains our information practices regarding
your Registration Information and use of iForem services.
- WARRANTY DISCLAIMER
- THE AUTHORIZED SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO YOU “AS IS” AND ON AN “AS AVAILABLE BASIS.”
YOUR USE OF THE AUTHORIZED SERVICES IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. IFOREM 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. IFOREM MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THEAUTHORIZED SERVICES WILL
MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (ii) THE AUTHORIZED SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY,
SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE OR THAT THEY WILL BE COMPATIBLE WITH ANY PARTICULAR COMPUTER
OR DEVICE, OR (iii) ANY ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE OR AUTHORIZED SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED.
NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM IFOREM OR
IFOREM’S WEBSITE OR THROUGH OR FROM THE AUTHORIZED SERVICES WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY
NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY MATERIAL OR DATA
YOU RETRIEVE THROUGH THE USE OF THE AUTHORIZED SERVICES IS DONE AT YOUR CHOICE AND
RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM
OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE RETRIEVAL OF SUCH MATERIAL OR DATA. SOME STATES
DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS
MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
- INDEMNITY
- Upon iForem’s request, you agree to indemnify and hold iForem harmless from and
against any and all third-party claims, losses, liability costs, and expenses (including
but not limited to reasonable attorneys' fees) (any, a “Claim”)
arising from: (a) the contents of the Data you submit to a Vault, including but
not limited to a Claim that the Data is in one or more of the categories set forth
in Section 3.1 or that the Data is technologically harmful (including but not limited
to that it is a virus, worm, or Trojan Horse); (b) your violation of this Agreement,
state or federal laws or regulations, or any third party's rights, including but
not limited to infringement of any intellectual property, violation of any proprietary
right, invasion of any privacy rights, or breach of contract; (c) your misappropriation,
use, or disclosure of any of the Account Holder’s or another Authorized User’s information
contained in a Vault in a manner or for a purpose not explicitly authorized by such
Account Holder or Authorized User, or (d) your breach of any representation or warranty
set forth in this Agreement. This obligation will survive the termination of this
Agreement and it will survive your right to access the Authorized Services.
- TERMINATION
- Conditions of Termination:- the Account Holder can terminate your
access to the Authorized Services at any time without notice. iForem has the right
to terminate this Agreement or your access to the Authorized Services immediately
for any reason or no reason upon providing you notice. You acknowledge and agree
that, both pre- and post-termination, you may never have or you may cease to have
access to the Data you submit to the Vault.
- Survival:- The following provisions will survive termination or
expiration of this Agreement for any reason: 2 (“Connectivity and Security”), 3
(“General Prohibitions”), 4 (“iForem’s Proprietary Rights”), 5 (“Confidentiality
and Security”), 6 (“Warranty Disclaimer”) 8 (“Indemnity”), 9.2 (“Survival”), 10
(“Limitation of Liability”), 11 (“Force Majeure”), 12 (“Notice”), and 13 (“Miscellaneous”).
- LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
- IN NO EVENT WILL IFOREM OR ITS AFFILIATES BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY AUTHORIZED USER
FOR ANYCONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR SPECIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE ITEMS) EVEN IF IFOREM
HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR LOSSES. SOME JURISDICTIONS
DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. YOU AGREE
THAT THE LIABILITY OF IFOREM ARISING OUT OF ANY KIND OF LEGAL CLAIM (WHETHER IN
CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE AUTHORIZED SERVICES
WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF FIVE DOLLARS ($5) OR AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR SUCH SERVICES.
- FORCE MAJEURE
- iForem will not be liable hereunder by reason of any failure or delay in the performance
of its obligations on account of events beyond its reasonable control, which include
without limitation: 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; unauthorized access or theft; denial-of-service attacks, strikes,
shortages, riots, insurrection, fires, flood, storm, explosions, acts of God, war,
terrorism, governmental action, labor conditions, earthquakes, and material shortages
(each a “Force Majeure Event”). Upon the occurrence of
a Force Majeure Event, iForem will be excused from any further performance of its
obligations effected by the Force Majeure Event for so long as the effects of the
event continue.
- Notice
- All notices to either party under this Agreement will be in writing and deemed delivered
(i) upon receipt of an sent e-mail to the below addresses; or (ii) upon your logging
into the Authorized Services and being shown such notice or a link to such notice
with a prompt to click on such link.
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To Customer: The e-mail address provided within the Registration
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- Miscellaneous Provisions
- The parties to this Agreement are independent contractors and this Agreement will
not establish any relationship of partnership, joint venture, employment, franchise,
or agency between the parties. Neither party will have the power to bind the other
or incur obligations on the other’s behalf without the other’s prior written consent.
You do not have the right to assign your rights or delegate your duties under this
Agreement. iForem has the right to assign its rights and delegate its duties under
this Agreement without restriction. In the event that any provision of this Agreement
is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the parties nevertheless agree that the
court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in
the provision and the remaining provisions of this Agreement will remain in full
force and effect. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding
between you and iForem regarding your use as an end user of the Authorized Services,
superseding any prior agreements between you and iForem with respect to such subject
matter, but not superseding any Customer Services Agreement between you and iForem.
This Agreement may be modified or amended only in a writing signed by iForem and
you. This Agreement and the relationship between you and iForem will be governed
by the laws of the State of California without regard to its conflict of law provisions.
You and iForem agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the
courts located within the county of Santa Clara, California. The failure of iForem
to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement will not constitute
a waiver of such right or provision. The Section titles in this Agreement are for
convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.