TERMS OF USE
BY SELECTING THE "I ACCEPT" BUTTON AS PART OF THE ORDERING PROCESS, YOU AGREE TO
THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS (THE "AGREEMENT") GOVERNING YOUR USE OF
RINGGLE™'S ONLINE SERVICE (THE "SERVICE"). IF YOU ARE ENTERING INTO THIS
AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF A COMPANY OR OTHER LEGAL ENTITY, YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU
HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO BIND SUCH ENTITY TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, IN WHICH
CASE THE TERMS "YOU" OR "YOUR" SHALL REFER TO SUCH ENTITY. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE
SUCH AUTHORITY, OR IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU MUST
NOT PROCEED AND MAY NOT USE THE SERVICE.
As part of the Service, RINGGLE™ will provide you with use of the Service,
including a browser interface, plug-in into some 3rd party products, web
services access and data encryption, transmission, access and storage. Your
registration for, or use of, the Service shall be deemed to be your agreement to
abide by this Agreement including any materials available on the RINGGLE™
website incorporated by reference herein, including but not limited to
RINGGLE™'s privacy and security policies. For reference, a Definitions section
is included at the end of this Agreement.
1. Privacy & Security; Disclosure
RINGGLE™'s privacy policies may be viewed at
http://www.ringgle.com/privacy.htm. RINGGLE™ reserves the right to
modify its privacy and security policies in its reasonable discretion from time
to time. Individual users when they initially log in, will be asked whether or
not they wish to receive marketing, weekly reports and other non-critical
Service-related communications from RINGGLE™ from time to time. They may opt out
of receiving such communications at that time or at any subsequent time by
choosing the unsubscribe link from such communication. Note that because the
Service is a hosted, online application, RINGGLE™ occasionally may need to
notify all users of the Service (whether or not they have opted out as described
above) of important announcements regarding the operation of the Service.
2. License Grant & Restrictions
RINGGLE™ hereby grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, worldwide right to
use the Service, solely for your own internal business purposes, subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement. All rights not expressly granted to you
are reserved by RINGGLE™ and its licensors.
You shall not (i) license, sublicense, sell, resell, transfer, assign,
distribute or otherwise commercially exploit or make available to any third
party the Service or the Content in any way; (ii) modify or make derivative
works based upon the Service or the Content; (iii) create Internet "links" to
the Service or "frame" or "mirror" any Content on any other server or wireless
or Internet-based device; or (iv) reverse engineer or access the Service in
order to (a) build a competitive product or service, (b) build a product using
similar ideas, features, functions or graphics of the Service, or (c) copy any
ideas, features, functions or graphics of the Service. User licenses cannot be
shared or used by more than one individual User but may be reassigned from time
to time to new Users who are replacing former Users who have terminated
employment or otherwise changed job status or function and no longer use the
Service.
You may use the Service only for your internal business purposes and shall not:
(i) send spam or otherwise duplicative or unsolicited messages in violation of
applicable laws; (ii) send or store infringing, obscene, threatening, libelous,
or otherwise unlawful or tortious material, including material harmful to
children or violative of third party privacy rights; (iii) send or store
material containing software viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other harmful
computer code, files, scripts, agents or programs; (iv) interfere with or
disrupt the integrity or performance of the Service or the data contained
therein; or (v) attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service or its
related systems or networks.
3. Your Responsibilities
You are responsible for all activity occurring under your User accounts and
shall abide by all applicable local, state, national and foreign laws, treaties
and regulations in connection with your use of the Service, including those
related to data privacy, international communications and the transmission of
technical or personal data. You shall: (i) notify RINGGLE™ immediately of any
unauthorized use of any password or account or any other known or suspected
breach of security; (ii) report to RINGGLE™ immediately and use reasonable
efforts to stop immediately any copying or distribution of Content that is known
or suspected by you or your Users; and (iii) not impersonate another RINGGLE™
user or provide false identity information to gain access to or use the Service.
4. Account Information and Data
RINGGLE™ will make best endeavors to backup Customer Data every 24 hours.
RINGGLE™ will not at any time retrieve Customer Data if it is accidentally or
otherwise delete by you. In the unlikely case where Customer Data is lost
because of software or hardware malfunction, RINGGLE™ will endeavor to restore
to the most recent successful backup. RINGGLE™ takes no responsibility
whatsoever whether implied or otherwise for the quality or frequency of Customer
Data backup.
RINGGLE™ does not own any data, information or material that you submit to the
Service in the course of using the Service ("Customer Data"). You, not RINGGLE™,
shall have sole responsibility for the input accuracy, quality, integrity,
legality, reliability, appropriateness, and intellectual property ownership or
right to use of all Customer Data, and RINGGLE™ shall not be responsible or
liable for the deletion, correction, destruction, damage, loss or failure to
store any Customer Data. In the event this Agreement is terminated (other than
by reason of your breach), RINGGLE™ will make available to you a file of the
Customer Data within 30 days of termination if you so request at the time of
termination. RINGGLE™ reserves the right to withhold, remove and/or discard
Customer Data without notice for any breach, including, without limitation, your
non-payment. Upon termination for cause, your right to access or use Customer
Data immediately ceases, and RINGGLE™ shall have no obligation to maintain or
forward any Customer Data.
During your use of the Service, RINGGLE™ will archive certain information as
well as keep some usage and statistical information. In all cases RINGGLE™
reserves the right to delete archived, usage and statistical data irretrievably
once it is older than three (3) months.
5. Intellectual Property Ownership
RINGGLE™ alone (and its licensors, where applicable) shall own all right, title
and interest, including all related Intellectual Property Rights, in and to the
RINGGLE™ Technology, the Content and the Service and any suggestions, ideas,
enhancement requests, feedback, recommendations or other information provided by
you or any other party relating to the Service. This Agreement is not a sale and
does not convey to you any rights of ownership in or related to the Service, the
RINGGLE™ Technology or the Intellectual Property Rights owned by RINGGLE™. The
RINGGLE™ name, the RINGGLE™ logo, and the product names associated with the
Service are trademarks of RINGGLE™ or third parties, and no right or license is
granted to use them.
6. Third Party Interactions
During use of the Service, you may enter into correspondence with, purchase
goods and/or services from, or participate in promotions of advertisers or
sponsors showing their goods and/or services through the Service. Any such
activity, and any terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated
with such activity, is solely between you and the applicable third-party.
RINGGLE™ and its licensors shall have no liability, obligation or responsibility
for any such correspondence, purchase or promotion between you and any such
third-party. RINGGLE™ does not endorse any sites on the Internet that are linked
through the Service. RINGGLE™ provides these links to you only as a matter of
convenience, and in no event shall RINGGLE™ or its licensors be responsible for
any content, products, or other materials on or available from such sites.
RINGGLE™ provides the Service to you pursuant to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement. You recognize, however, that certain third-party providers of
ancillary software, hardware or services may require your agreement to
additional or different license or other terms prior to your use of or access to
such software, hardware or services.
7. Charges and Payment of Fees
You shall pay all fees or charges to your account in accordance with the setup
and ongoing fees and charges, and billing terms in effect at the time a fee or
charge is due and payable. The amount payable will be equal to the setup and
ongoing charges related to your plan plus any excess number of total User
licenses requested times the per User license fee currently in effect. Payments
may be made, in advance, monthly, half-yearly or annually, consistent with the
Initial Term (the first License Term), or as otherwise mutually agreed upon. You
are responsible for paying for all User licenses ordered for the entire License
Term, whether or not such User licenses are actively used. You must provide
RINGGLE™ with valid credit card or approved purchase order information as a
condition to signing up for the Service. An authorized License Administrator may
add user licenses by executing an additional written Order Form. Added user
licenses will be subject to the following: (i) added user licenses will be
coterminous with the preexisting License Term (either Initial Term or renewed
License Term); (ii) the license fee for the added licenses will be the then
current, generally applicable license fee; (iii) where monthly License Terms are
inacted user licenses added in the middle of a billing month will be charged in
full for that billing month; and (iv) where half yearly and yearly license terms
are inacted additional user licenses will be charged pro rata with a minimum
charge of one month. RINGGLE™ reserves the right to modify its fees and charges
and to introduce new charges at any time, upon at least 30 days prior notice to
you, which notice may be provided by email. All pricing terms are confidential,
and you agree not to disclose them to any third party. Any and all fees paid in
advance are not refundable if you cease to use the Service.
8. Limits and Excess Fees
The maximum disk storage space provided to you at no additional charge is
dependent on the plan that you choose. If the amount of disk storage required
exceeds these limits, you will be charged the then-current storage fees.
The maximum amount of incoming traffic to your website is 100GB per month.
Outgoing traffic from your website is not chargeable unless the ratio of
incoming to outgoing traffic from your website exceeds 1:10 (i.e. 10GB inbound
and 100GB outbound). RINGGLE™ reserves the right to negotiate an increased
monthly fee effective from the next billing period should this ratio be
exceeded.
The maximum number of email marketing broadcasts you may undertake per month is
10,000 if email marketing is part of your plan. If you require a larger
broadcast per month, you will be charged the then-current email marketing fees.
The maximum number of free SMS messages that you can use is dependent on the
plan that you choose. You will be charged for excess SMS messages sent in the
next billing period at the then-current per SMS message fee.
Any failure by RINGGLE™ to so notify you shall not affect your responsibility
for such additional storage and traffic charges. RINGGLE™ reserves the right to
establish or modify its general practices and limits relating to storage of and
traffic relating to Customer Data.
9. Billing and Renewal
RINGGLE™ charges and collects in advance for use of the Service. RINGGLE™ will
automatically renew the License Term and bill your credit card or issue an
invoice to you (a) every month for monthly licenses, (b) every 6-months for
half-yearly licenses, (c) each year on the subsequent anniversary for annual
licenses, or (d) as otherwise mutually agreed upon. The renewal charge will be
equal to the then-current plan fee plus any excess User licenses times the user
license fee in effect during the prior term, unless RINGGLE™ has given you at
least 30 days prior written notice of a fee change, which shall be effective
upon renewal and thereafter. Fees for other services will be charged on an
as-quoted basis. RINGGLE™'s fees are exclusive of all taxes, levies, or duties
imposed by taxing authorities, and you shall be responsible for payment of all
such taxes, levies, or duties.
You agree to provide RINGGLE™ with complete and accurate billing and contact
information. This information includes your legal company name, street address,
email address, and name and telephone number of an authorized billing contact
and License Administrator. You agree to update this information within 30 days
of any change to it. If the contact information you have provided is false or
fraudulent, RINGGLE™ reserves the right to terminate your access to the Service
in addition to any other legal remedies.
Unless RINGGLE™ in its discretion determines otherwise: (i) entities with
headquarters in United States will be billed in U.S. dollars ("U.S. Customers");
(ii) entities with headquarters in Australia will be billed in Australian
dollars; and (iii) all other entities will be billed in U.S. dollars, Euros or
local currency (if available) ("Non-U.S./Australia Customers").
If you believe your bill is incorrect, you must contact us in writing within 60
days of the invoice date of the invoice containing the amount in question to be
eligible to receive an adjustment or credit.
10. Non-Payment and Suspension
In addition to any other rights granted to RINGGLE™ herein, RINGGLE™ reserves
the right to suspend or terminate this Agreement and your access to the Service,
if your account becomes delinquent (falls into arrears). Access to the
Administration interface will be suspended immediately if an invoice is
delinquent and is re-enabled when such delinquent invoices are paid in full.
RINGGLE™ reserves the right to suspend or terminate your public website if
delinquent invoices are 60 days overdue. Delinquent invoices are subject to
interest of 1.0% per month on any outstanding balance, or the maximum permitted
by law, whichever is less, plus all expenses of collection. You will continue to
be charged for User licenses during any period of suspension. If you or RINGGLE™
initiates termination of this Agreement, you will be obligated to pay the
balance due on your account computed in accordance with the Charges and Payment
of Fees section above. You agree that RINGGLE™ may charge such unpaid fees to
your credit card or otherwise bill you for such unpaid fees.
RINGGLE™ reserves the right to impose a reconnection fee in the event you are
suspended and thereafter request access to the Service. You agree and
acknowledge that RINGGLE™ has no obligation to retain Customer Data and that
such Customer Data may be irretrievably deleted if your account is 30 days or
more delinquent.
11. Termination upon Expiration/Reduction in Number of Licenses
This Agreement commences on the Effective Date. The Initial Term (the first
License Term) will be as you elect during the online subscription process or as
otherwise mutually agreed upon. You are obligation to pay for the service begins
from the Effective Date and invoices must be paid according to the then current
payment terms. Access to the Administration interface will be suspended
immediately if an invoice is delinquent. Upon the expiration of the Initial
Term, this Agreement will automatically renew for a successive License Term
equal in duration to the Initial Term (or one year, if the Initial Term is
greater than one year) at RINGGLE™'s then current fees, and payable in advance.
Either party may terminate this Agreement or reduce the number of User licenses,
effective only upon the expiration of the then current License Term, by
notifying the other party in writing at least fourteen (14) business days prior
to the date of the invoice for the following term. In the case of free trials,
notifications provided through the Service indicating the remaining number of
days in the free trial shall constitute notice of termination. In the event this
Agreement is terminated (other than by reason of your breach), RINGGLE™ will
make available to you a file of the Customer Data within 30 days of termination
if you so request at the time of termination. You agree and acknowledge that
RINGGLE™ has no obligation to retain the Customer Data, and may delete such
Customer Data irretrievably, more than 30 days after termination.
12. Termination for Cause
Any breach of your payment obligations or unauthorized use of the RINGGLE™
Technology or Service will be deemed a material breach of this Agreement.
RINGGLE™, in its sole discretion, may terminate your password, account or use of
the Service if you breach or otherwise fail to comply with this Agreement. In
addition, RINGGLE™ may terminate a free account at any time in its sole
discretion. You agree and acknowledge that RINGGLE™ has no obligation to retain
the Customer Data, and may delete such Customer Data, if you have materially
breached this Agreement, including but not limited to failure to pay outstanding
fees, and such breach has not been cured within 30 days of notice of such
breach.
13. Subscribing to Extra Services
As part of the Service, you may be able to subscribe to extra features such as
real-time alerts via SMS and email marketing. Each service may have a fixed
monthly charge as well as data usage charges. In the case where usage charges
apply, these will be calculated automatically and billed at the end of each
calendar month or as mutually agreed based on the then-current RINGGLE™ pricing.
14. Service Level Agreement
RINGGLE™ will provide a service level of 99.98% uptime per month excluding
scheduled downtime on average of 1 hour per week for system maintenance and
upgrades. The service level comprises of your ability to access Customer Data
via a web-browser interface and any other reliability, timeliness, quality,
suitability, truth, availability or completeness of the Service is not covered
in this agreement. Scheduled downtimes are set between the hours of 2000 to 0600
(AEST). In the unlikely event where Service Level Agreements are not met for any
given month, a pro-rata rebate will be applied against the next License Term
period. Normal billing will resume from the following period. No rebate applies
nor is payable if no future billing period exists.
RINGGLE™ will use best endeavors to ensure the delivery of real-time alerts.
RINGGLE™ guarantees to send real-time alerts instantly but cannot guarantee
their delivery by 3rd party providers and aggregators.
Email marketing broadcasts will be undertaken at anytime during the date
specified for the broadcast and may take up to 24 hours to deliver from
commencement of the broadcast. Email marketing broadcasts cannot be sent unless
approved by RINGGLE™ and may take up to 6 hours for approval.
15. Marketing
You grant RINGGLE™ the right to display your brand including company name and
logo on its website and other marketing communications. Furthermore, RINGGLE™
reserves the right to display a "Powered by RINGGLE™" link on your website as
long as it is on our system. Removal of this link can mean termination of the
service with out further notice.
16. Representations & Warranties
Each party represents and warrants that it has the legal power and authority to
enter into this Agreement. RINGGLE™ represents and warrants that it will provide
the Service in a manner consistent with general industry standards reasonably
applicable to the provision thereof and that the Service will perform
substantially in accordance with the online RINGGLE™ help documentation under
normal use and circumstances. You represent and warrant that you have not
falsely identified yourself nor provided any false information to gain access to
the Service and that your billing information is correct.
17. Mutual Indemnification
You shall indemnify and hold RINGGLE™, its licensors and each such party's
parent organizations, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees,
attorneys and agents harmless from and against any and all claims, costs,
damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including attorneys' fees and costs)
arising out of or in connection with: (i) a claim alleging that use of the
Customer Data infringes the rights of, or has caused harm to, a third party;
(ii) a claim, which if true, would constitute a violation by you of your
representations and warranties; or (iii) a claim arising from the breach by you
or your Users of this Agreement, provided in any such case that RINGGLE™ (a)
gives written notice of the claim promptly to you; (b) gives you sole control of
the defense and settlement of the claim (provided that you may not settle or
defend any claim unless you unconditionally release RINGGLE™ of all liability
and such settlement does not affect RINGGLE™'s business or Service); (c)
provides to you all available information and assistance; and (d) has not
compromised or settled such claim.
RINGGLE™ shall indemnify and hold you and your parent organizations,
subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, attorneys and agents
harmless from and against any and all claims, costs, damages, losses,
liabilities and expenses (including attorneys' fees and costs) arising out of or
in connection with: (i) a claim alleging that the Service directly infringes a
copyright, a U.S. patent issued as of the Effective Date, or a trademark of a
third party; (ii) a claim, which if true, would constitute a violation by
RINGGLE™ of its representations or warranties; or (iii) a claim arising from
breach of this Agreement by RINGGLE™; provided that you (a) promptly give
written notice of the claim to RINGGLE™; (b) give RINGGLE™ sole control of the
defense and settlement of the claim (provided that RINGGLE™ may not settle or
defend any claim unless it unconditionally releases you of all liability); (c)
provide to RINGGLE™ all available information and assistance; and (d) have not
compromised or settled such claim. RINGGLE™ shall have no indemnification
obligation, and you shall indemnify RINGGLE™ pursuant to this Agreement, for
claims arising from any infringement arising from the combination of the Service
with any of your products, service, hardware or business process(s).
18. Disclaimer of Warranties
EXCEPT FOR WHAT IS STATED IN SECTION 14 RINGGLE™ AND ITS LICENSORS MAKE NO
REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, OR GUARANTEE AS TO THE RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS,
QUALITY, SUITABILITY, TRUTH, AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE
SERVICE OR ANY CONTENT EXCEPT FOR WHAT IS STATED. RINGGLE™ AND ITS LICENSORS DO
NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT (A) THE USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE SECURE, TIMELY,
UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE OR OPERATE IN COMBINATION WITH ANY OTHER HARDWARE,
SOFTWARE, SYSTEM OR DATA, (B) THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR
EXPECTATIONS, (C) ANY STORED DATA WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (D) THE QUALITY
OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED
BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR EXPECTATIONS, (E)
ERRORS OR DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR (F) THE SERVICE OR THE SERVER(S) THAT
MAKE THE SERVICE AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. THE
SERVICE AND ALL CONTENT IS PROVIDED TO YOU STRICTLY ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. ALL
CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY
OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD
PARTY RIGHTS, ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW BY RINGGLE™ AND ITS LICENSORS.
19. Internet Delays
EXCEPT FOR WHAT IS STATED IN SECTION 14 RINGGLE™'S SERVICES MAY BE SUBJECT TO
LIMITATIONS, DELAYS, AND OTHER PROBLEMS INHERENT IN THE USE OF THE INTERNET AND
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS. RINGGLE™ IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DELAYS, DELIVERY
FAILURES, OR OTHER DAMAGE RESULTING FROM SUCH PROBLEMS.
20. Limitation of Liability
IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY'S AGGREGATE LIABILITY EXCEED THE AMOUNTS ACTUALLY
PAID BY AND/OR DUE FROM YOU IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD IMMEDIATELY
PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO SUCH CLAIM. IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY
AND/OR ITS LICENSORS BE LIABLE TO ANYONE FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL,
EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES OF ANY TYPE OR KIND
(INCLUDING LOSS OF DATA, REVENUE, PROFITS, USE OR OTHER ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE)
ARISING OUT OF, OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THIS SERVICE, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE, OR FOR ANY CONTENT OBTAINED
FROM OR THROUGH THE SERVICE, ANY INTERRUPTION, INACCURACY, ERROR OR OMISSION,
REGARDLESS OF CAUSE IN THE CONTENT, EVEN IF THE PARTY FROM WHICH DAMAGES ARE
BEING SOUGHT OR SUCH PARTY'S LICENSORS HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
21. Additional Rights
Certain states and/or jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied
warranties or limitation of liability for incidental, consequential or certain
other types of damages, so the exclusions set forth above may not apply to you.
22. Local Laws and Export Control
This site provides services and uses software and technology that may be subject
to United States export controls administered by the U.S. Department of
Commerce, the United States Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets
Control, and other U.S. agencies and the export control regulations of
Australia, Switzerland and the European Union. The user of this site ("User")
acknowledges and agrees that the site shall not be used, and none of the
underlying information, software, or technology may be transferred or otherwise
exported or re-exported to countries as to which the United States, Australia,
Switzerland and/or the European Union maintains an embargo (collectively,
"Embargoed Countries"), or to or by a national or resident thereof, or any
person or entity on the U.S. Department of Treasury's List of Specially
Designated Nationals or the U.S. Department of Commerce's Table of Denial Orders
(collectively, "Designated Nationals"). The lists of Embargoed Countries and
Designated Nationals are subject to change without notice. By using the Service,
you represent and warrant that you are not located in, under the control of, or
a national or resident of an Embargoed Country or Designated National. You agree
to comply strictly with all U.S., Australian, Swiss and European Union export
laws and assume sole responsibility for obtaining licenses to export or
re-export as may be required.
This site may use encryption technology that is subject to licensing
requirements under the U.S. Export Administration Regulations, 15 C.F.R. Parts
730-774 and Council Regulation (EC) No. 1334/2000
RINGGLE™ and its licensors make no representation that the Service is
appropriate or available for use in other locations. If you use the Service from
outside the United States of America or Australia, you are solely responsible
for compliance with all applicable laws, including without limitation export and
import regulations of other countries. Any diversion of the Content contrary to
United States or Australian law is prohibited. None of the Content, nor any
information acquired through the use of the Service, is or will be used for
nuclear activities, chemical or biological weapons, or missile projects, unless
specifically authorized by the United States or Australia for such purposes.
23. Notice
RINGGLE™ may give notice by means of a general notice on the Service, electronic
mail to your email address on record in RINGGLE™'s account information, or by
written communication sent by first class mail or pre-paid post to your address
on record in RINGGLE™'s account information. Such notice shall be deemed to have
been given upon the expiration of 48 hours after mailing or posting (if sent by
first class mail or pre-paid post) or 12 hours after sending (if sent by email).
You may give notice to RINGGLE™ (such notice shall be deemed given when received
by RINGGLE™) at any time by any of the following: letter sent by confirmed
facsimile to RINGGLE™ at the following fax numbers (whichever is appropriate):
+1 216 373 0901 (for All Customers); letter delivered by nationally recognized
overnight delivery service or first class postage prepaid mail to RINGGLE™ at
the following addresses (whichever is appropriate): RINGGLE™ Systems, 47 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, United States OR RINGGLE™ Systems, 1 The
Shrubberies, George Lane, London E18 1BD, United Kingdom, in either case,
addressed to the attention of: Chief Executive Officer.
24. Modification to Terms
RINGGLE™ reserves the right to modify the terms and conditions of this Agreement
or its policies relating to the Service at any time, effective upon posting of
an updated version of this Agreement on the Service. You are responsible for
regularly reviewing this Agreement. Continued use of the Service after any such
changes shall constitute your consent to such changes.
25. Assignment; Change in Control
This Agreement may not be assigned by you without the prior written approval of
RINGGLE™ but may be assigned without your consent by RINGGLE™ to (i) a parent or
subsidiary, (ii) an acquirer of assets, or (iii) a successor by merger. Any
purported assignment in violation of this section shall be void. Any actual or
proposed change in control of you that results or would result in a direct
competitor of RINGGLE™ directly or indirectly owning or controlling 50% or more
of you shall entitle RINGGLE™ to terminate this Agreement for cause immediately
upon written notice.
26. General
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of England, UK, without regard to
the choice or conflicts of law provisions of any jurisdiction, and any disputes,
actions, claims or causes of action arising out of or in connection with this
Agreement or the Service shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
state and federal courts located in England, UK. No text or information set
forth on any other purchase order, preprinted form or document (other than an
Order Form, if applicable) shall add to or vary the terms and conditions of this
Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement is held by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, then such provision(s) shall be
construed, as nearly as possible, to reflect the intentions of the invalid or
unenforceable provision(s), with all other provisions remaining in full force
and effect. No joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship
exists between you and RINGGLE™ as a result of this agreement or use of the
Service. The failure of RINGGLE™ to enforce any right or provision in this
Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision unless
acknowledged and agreed to by RINGGLE™ in writing. This Agreement, together with
any applicable Order Form, comprises the entire agreement between you and
RINGGLE™ and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous negotiations, discussions
or agreements, whether written or oral, between the parties regarding the
subject matter contained herein.
27. Definitions
As used in this Agreement and in any Order Forms now or hereafter associated
herewith: "Agreement" means these online terms of use, any Order Forms, and any
materials available on the RINGGLE™ website specifically incorporated by
reference herein, as such materials, including the terms of this Agreement, may
be updated by RINGGLE™ from time to time in its sole discretion; "Content" means
the audio and visual information, documents, software, products and services
contained or made available to you in the course of using the Service; "Customer
Data" means any data, information or material provided or submitted by you to
the Service in the course of using the Service; "Effective Date" means the
earlier of either the date this Agreement is accepted by selecting the "I
Accept" option presented on the screen after this Agreement is displayed or the
date you begin using the Service; "Initial Term" means the first License Term
period during which you are obligated to pay for the Service equal to the
billing frequency selected by you during the subscription process (e.g., if the
billing frequency is quarterly, the Initial Term (and first License Term) is the
first quarter); "Intellectual Property Rights" means unpatented inventions,
patent applications, patents, design rights, copyrights, trademarks, service
marks, trade names, domain name rights, mask work rights, know-how and other
trade secret rights, and all other intellectual property rights, derivatives
thereof, and forms of protection of a similar nature anywhere in the world;
"License Administrator(s)" means those Users designated by you who are
authorized to purchase licenses online using the Online Order Center or by
executing written Order Forms and to create User accounts and otherwise
administer your use of the Service; "License Term(s)" means the period(s) during
which a specified number of Users are licensed to use the Service pursuant to
the Order Form(s); "Order Form(s)" means the form evidencing the initial
subscription for the Service and any subsequent order forms submitted online or
in written form, specifying, among other things, the number of licenses and
other services contracted for, the applicable fees, the billing period, and
other charges as agreed to between the parties, each such Order Form to be
incorporated into and to become a part of this Agreement (in the event of any
conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of any such Order
Form, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail); "Online Order Center" means
RINGGLE™'s online application that allows the License Administrator designated
by you to, among other things, add additional Users to the Service; "RINGGLE™"
means collectively SPELLBRAND Ltd, an England proprietary limited
company, having its principal place of business at 1 The Shrubberies, George
Lane, London E18 1BD, United Kingdom; "RINGGLE™ Technology" means all of
RINGGLE™'s proprietary technology (including software, hardware, products,
processes, algorithms, user interfaces, know-how, techniques, designs and other
tangible or intangible technical material or information) made available to you
by RINGGLE™ in providing the Service; "Service(s)" means the specific edition of
RINGGLE™'s online content management and customer relationship management
systems, billing, data analysis, or other corporate services identified during
the ordering process, developed, operated, and maintained by RINGGLE™,
accessible via http://www.ringgle.com or another designated web site or
IP address, or ancillary services rendered to you by RINGGLE™, to which you are
being granted access under this Agreement, including the RINGGLE™ Technology and
the Content; "User(s)" means your employees, representatives, consultants,
contractors or agents who are authorized to use the Service and have been
supplied user identifications and passwords by you (or by RINGGLE™ at your
request).
Questions or Additional Information:
If you have questions regarding this Agreement or wish to obtain additional
information, please contact RINGGLE™ via our
Contact Us page.