Terms of Service (Website)
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF SERVICE CAREFULLY.
Your use of the website located at and through <mycardstar.com> which
is operated by CardStar, Inc. ("CSI") (collectively, the "Site"), is
expressly conditioned on your acceptance of these Terms of Service (these
"Terms"). By using the Site, you signify your assent to these Terms. If
you do not agree with any part of these Terms, you must not use the Site.
1. MODIFICATION. CSI may make changes to the information and/or materials offered on or available from the Site at any time without notice, and CSI may change these Terms at any time without notice by posting updated terms of use on the Site. Your continued use of the Site after such changes have been posted signifies your agreement to the new terms, even if you have not reviewed the changes. Therefore, you should check these Terms posted on the Site periodically for updates and changes.
2. OWNERSHIP. The Site, including the individual images, graphics, text and layout, as well as the compilation of the content displayed on the Site (the "Content"), is the copyrighted property of CSI. CARDSTAR, SYNCSCAN, the Keyring With Star Logo, YOUR VERY OWN PERSONAL CARD MANAGER, MOBILIZING CUSTOMER LOYALTY and THE RIGHT OFFER, AT THE RIGHT TIME, ON THE RIGHT DEVICE are trademarks and/or service marks of CSI in the United States and/or other countries. The names of other companies and products displayed on the Site are the trademarks of their respective owners. All such trademarks, service marks and logos displayed on the Site, whether owned by CSI or various third parties, are referred to herein as the "Trademarks." Except as otherwise granted in these Terms, nothing contained on the Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any of the Content or Trademarks.
3. USE OF SITE. CSI grants to you a limited, non-transferable license to use the Site in accordance with these Terms. You may only use the Site to view information presented at the Site and to make legitimate inquiries or submissions. You may not use the Site for any other purposes, including without limitation, to make any false or fraudulent inquiries or submissions. The Site and the content provided in the Site, including any text, graphics, button icons, audio and video clips, digital downloads, data compilations and software, may not be copied, reproduced, republished, framed, mirrored, uploaded, posted, transmitted, modified, sold, transferred, sub-licensed, distributed, disassembled, decompiled, or reverse engineered without the written permission of CSI, and/or its third party partners, except that you may download, display and print the materials presented on the Site for your personal, non-commercial use only. You may not use any "robot," "spider" or other automatic device, or a program, algorithm or methodology having similar processes or functionality, or any manual process, to monitor or copy any of the web pages, data or content found on the Site without the prior written permission of CSI. You agree that you will not transmit or otherwise transfer any web pages, data or content found on the Site to any other computer, server, website, or other medium for mass distribution or for use in any commercial enterprise. You agree that you will not use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site. You agree that you will not take any action that imposes a burden or load on our infrastructure that CSI deems in its sole discretion to be unreasonable or disproportionate to the benefits CSI obtains from your use of the Site. Unauthorized use of the Site and/or the materials contained on the Site may violate applicable copyright, trademark or other intellectual property laws or other laws. You must retain all copyright and trademark notices, including any other proprietary notices, contained in the materials on the Site, and you must not alter, obscure or obliterate any of such notices. The use of such materials on any other website or in any environment of networked computers is prohibited. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, indecent, inflammatory, pornographic or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law. In addition, you are prohibited from posting or transmitting any information which (a) infringes the rights of others or violates their privacy or publicity rights, (b) is protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right, unless with the express written permission of the owner of such right, (c) contains a virus, bug or other harmful item, or (d) is used to unlawfully collude against another person in restraint of trade or competition. You shall be solely liable for any damages resulting from any infringement of copyright, trademark, or other proprietary right, or any other harm resulting from your use of the Site.
4. AGE AND RESPONSIBILITY. If you register with CSI using the Site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account information and your password. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. You represent that you are of sufficient legal age to use the Site and to create binding legal obligations for any liability you may incur as a result of the use of the Site.
5. PRIVACY. You have read the privacy policy applicable to the Site located at www.mycardstar.com/privacy.html (the "Privacy Policy"). You agree that the terms of the Privacy Policy are reasonable and you consent to the use of your personal information by CSI in accordance with the Privacy Policy.
6. ADDITIONAL TERMS. Additional terms and conditions may apply to purchases of goods and services and other uses of portions of this Site, and you agree to abide by such other terms and conditions. Your use of any CSI software licensed by CSI through a third party distributor such as the Apple iTunes Store, Android Market or BlackBerry App World is governed by the applicable current end user license agreement which is made available through the applicable third party distributor.
7. REVIEW OF TRANSMISSIONS. CSI may, from time to time monitor and review any information transmitted or received through this Site and reserves the right to sensor, edit, remove or prohibit the transmission or receipt of any information that CSI deems inappropriate or in violation of these Terms.
8. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. THE SITE AND THE CONTENT LOCATED HEREIN IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY LAW, CSI DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ADDITIONALLY, NEITHER CSI NOR ITS THIRD PARTY PARTNERS WARRANT THAT ACCESS TO THIS SITE WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED. CSI DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS AS TO THE ACCURACY OF ANY INFORMATION, RESULTS, OR CONTENT PROVIDED ON THE SITE OR IN ANY EMAIL COMMUNICATION SENT BY OR ON BEHALF OF CSI.
9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. CSI ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY, AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR, ANY DAMAGES TO, OR VIRUSES THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR OTHER PROPERTY ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, OR BROWSING THIS SITE OR YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIALS, DATA, TEXT, IMAGES, VIDEO OR AUDIO FROM THE SITE. IN NO EVENT SHALL CSI BE LIABLE FOR ANY INJURY, LOSS, CLAIM, DAMAGE, OR ANY SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS OR LOST SAVINGS), WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, WHICH ARISES OUT OF OR IS IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH (I) ANY USE OF THIS SITE OR CONTENT FOUND HEREIN, (II) ANY FAILURE OR DELAY (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE ANY COMPONENT OF THIS SITE), OR (III) THE PERFORMANCE OR NON PERFORMANCE BY CSI, EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, CSI or any third party provider or distributor should be found liable for any loss or damage which arises out of or is in any way connected with any of the above described functions or uses of the Site or its content, the liability of CSI and the third party providers and distributors shall in no event exceed, in the aggregate, the greater of (a) the subscription fee and service charge, if any, for accessing the Site, or (b) US$100.00. In its sole discretion, in addition to any other rights or remedies available to CSI and without any liability whatsoever, CSI at any time and without notice may terminate or restrict your access to any component of the Site. Some states do not allow certain limitations of liability, so the foregoing limitation may not apply to you.
10. INDEMNIFICATION. You shall defend and indemnify CSI and any third party providers and distributors and their officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any claim, cause of action or demand, including without limitation reasonable legal and accounting fees, brought by or on your behalf in excess of the liability described herein or by third parties as a result of your use of the Site or violation of these Terms.
11. LINKS. This Site contains links to other websites which are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by CSI of the contents of such other websites. CSI shall not be responsible for the content of any other websites and makes no representation or warranty regarding any other websites or the contents or materials on such websites. If you decide to access other websites, you do so at your own risk.
12. CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT.
If you believe that your work has been copied and is accessible on the
Site in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please contact
us to report possible copyright infringement and include the following
information required by the Online Copyright Infringement Liability
Limitation Act of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C.§ 512:
- A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act
on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
- Identification of the copyright work claimed to have been infringed,
or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered
by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that
site;
- Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or
to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed
or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient
to permit us to locate the material;
- Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining
party;
- A statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that
use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by
the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
- A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Send this information to:
Copyright Agent
CardStar, Inc.
110 Chauncy St #1
Boston, MA 02111-1720
Fax: 443.583.2554
Email:
13. GOVERNING LAW. These Terms and its performance shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, United States of America, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. You consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the State of Delaware, United States of America, in all questions and controversies arising out of your use of the Site and these Terms. To the extent allowed by applicable law, any claim or cause of action arising from or relating to your access or use of the Site must be brought within two (2) years from the date on which such claim or action arose or accrued. CSI controls and operates the Site from its headquarters in the United States of America and the Site may not be appropriate or available for use in other locations. If you use this Site outside the United States of America, you are responsible for following applicable local laws.
14. ENFORCEMENT. If CSI takes any action to enforce these Terms, CSI will be entitled to recover from you, and you agree to pay, all reasonable and necessary attorney's fees and any cost of litigation, in addition to any other relief, at law or in equity, to which CSI may be entitled. You acknowledge that a violation or attempted violation of any provision of these Terms will cause such damage to CSI as will be irreparable, the exact amount of which would be difficult to ascertain and for which there will be no adequate remedy at law. Accordingly, you agree that CSI shall be entitled as a matter of right to an injunction issued by any court of competent jurisdiction, restraining such violation or attempted violation of these Terms by you, or your affiliates, partners, or agents, as well as recover from you any and all costs and expenses sustained or incurred by CSI in obtaining such an injunction, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees. You agree that no bond or other security shall be required in connection with such injunction.
15. TERMINATION. CSI may terminate these Terms and/or the provision of any services related to the Site at any time for any reason, including any improper use of the Site or your failure to comply with these Terms. Such termination shall not effect any right to relief to which CSI and its third party providers and distributors may be entitled, at law or in equity. Upon termination of these Terms, all rights granted to you will terminate and revert to CSI and its third party providers or distributors, as applicable.
16. GENERAL. No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment is created as a result of these Terms and you do not have any authority of any kind to bind CSI in any respect whatsoever. You may not assign, convey, subcontract or delegate your rights, duties or obligations hereunder. CSI may assign, convey, subcontract or delegate these Terms or any rights or obligations hereunder without restriction. In the event that any provision of these Terms is determined to be unenforceable or invalid, such provision shall nonetheless be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and such determination shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any other remaining provisions of these Terms. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy any agreements or other terms and conditions incorporated or referred to herein constitute the entire agreement between us relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersede any prior understandings or agreements whether oral or written.