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Flashecom
Terms and Conditions 1.
Acceptance of Terms and Conditions
By using and visiting this website, together with all
content and links made available through the Flashecom
domain name (the "Flashecom Website", or "Website")
and any other sites owned, operated, and controlled
by Flashecom (a Californian corporation having a business
office and address at 320 N. palm Street Suite D, Brea,
CA, 92821) and by using any services or add-ons provided
on this website (as defined below), you indicate your
compliance to both Flashecom Terms and Conditions Agreement
(the "Terms of Use" or "Agreement"),
and also the following terms and conditions of Flashecom’s
Privacy Policy.
These Terms and Conditions apply to all users of the
Flashecom Website, including users who are also contributors
of original site and User Content, and all other materials
or services on the Website. Flashecom willingly provides
software and hosting services only under the condition
that you accept all of the terms within this Agreement.
PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ANY OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
CONTAINED HEREIN, OR WITHIN OUR PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE
LEAVE THE FLASHECOM WEBSITE AND DO NOT USE ANY OF ITS
SERVICES.
Please also be aware that Flashecom.com has the right
and authority to update this Agreement from time to
time, and that such updates will be effective immediately.
Usage of Flashecom’s services or membership implies
that you agree to be bound by any updates to this Agreement,
and indicate that agreement by your continued use of
the Flashecom Services after each update is posted.
It is therefore imperative that you review this Agreement
regularly to ensure you remain updated on any new upgrades
or policy changes.
2. Services Provided
In accordance with these Terms and Conditions, Flashecom
has developed, owns and markets ecommerce solutions
and website-related services, including but not limited
to the creation, building, designing, management, hosting,
media and data storage, linking, sharing, social media
implementation, and the sharing, uploading and downloading,
and linking of document and media files (“Website Content”).
Usage of these services is governed by the user’s compliance
with these Terms and Conditions, and the understanding
that Flashecom may charge fees for these services.
Please note that the Premium/Upgraded Services provided
by Flashecom (as defined on the Website, such as dedicated
or semi-dedicated server hosting) are provided according
to the provisions of this Agreement and the specific
commercial provisions and policies (including the Cancellation
Terms) as detailed on the Website, and such provisions
and policies as may be amended or changed from time
to time. This policy and subsequent updates supersede
any prior notification, implied understanding or oral
contracts between Users and Flashecom employees, managers
or directors concerning all Flashecom services, goods
or policies.
3. Hosting and Termination
Flashecom shall provide Hosting for the User’s Content
within the copyrighted framework of its website software
and design, and shall make the completed website available
to end-users.
The term of this Hosting will start on the date payment
is received for Hosting, and shall continue on a month
to month basis, unless either Party gives Thirty (30)
days notice of its agreement to terminate the Hosting.
Each Party has the right to terminate this Agreement
upon Ten (10) days written notice if the other Party
is in breach of any term of this Agreement, including
without limitation the payment of monies or the abuse
of the Account for any reason contained herein, and
the breaching Party fails to remedy such breach within
the ten day notice period.
4. Eligibility
By using the Flashecom Services, you represent and warrant
that (a) all registration information you submit is
truthful and accurate; (b) you will agree to maintain
the accuracy of such information; (c) you are 13 years
of age or older; and (d) your use of the Flashecom Services
does not violate any applicable law or regulation. Your
profile may be deleted and your Membership may be terminated
without warning, if we believe that you to be 13 years
of age or younger or if you are in breach of any of
the policies contained herein.
In order to purchase services through Flashecom and
to use some features of the Website, Flashecom requires
you to create an account and to provide accurate and
complete personal information such as name, date of
birth, home address etc. The usage of another user’s
account without express written permission from the
account holder is forbidden, as is the creation of bogus,
duplicate or ‘fake’ accounts which do not contain accurate
or complete personal information.
Once you have created an account, you are completely
responsible for all activity which occurs on Flashecom
and on all third party websites while logged into Flashecom
under your user name. You are required to provide immediate
written notification to Flashecom should any unauthorized
activity occur on your account. Please note that you
are entirely liable for any loss or damage caused to
Flashecom, yourself or others due to such unauthorized
use. Flashecom will not pay any monies nor shall they
be in any way liable for your damages or losses caused
by unauthorized use of your Flashecom account.
5. User Submissions and
Usage of User’s Trademarks
You understand that the Member retains all ownership
rights in originally created or submitted content (“User
Submissions”) used on a Flashecom created, designed
or hosted site. However, by submitting and uploading
such Website Content to Flashecom, you hereby grant
Flashecom the right to use, copy, prepare derivative
works of (including without limitation, screen-captures
or video footage of whole or partial pages, logos, trademarks,
and service marks, pictures, text, graphics and other
such content and design elements), display, and repost
User Submissions in connection with the advertising
and promotion of the Website and Flashecom business,
including without limitation to grant access to the
Website to third parties to view and interact with the
User Submission (and derivative works thereof). Flashecom
need not obtain User’s prior written approval where
use of User’s content is limited to inclusion in a list
of systems via which Customer’s Content is available.
You also hereby grant each user of the Website or other
viewer of the User Submission a non-exclusive right
to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works
of, display and store such User Submissions, for non-commercial,
promotional and personal use.
If you do not wish Flashecom to use images or other
captured material on its own website for promotional
purposes of both Flashecom and the User website, please
notify Flashecom in writing within Twenty Four (24)
hours of opening your account.
6. Copyright Policy
Flashecom holds high regard for the intellectual property
rights of others, and asks that you respect this policy
too. Flashecom is committed to tightening security measures
regarding infringing activities and infringement of
intellectual property rights on its Website, and reserves
the right to remove all such content from a User account
or website if informed that Flashecom-hosted content
infringes on another's intellectual property rights.
Flashecom reserves the right to remove Content without
prior notice. Flashecom may terminate or block a User
or member’s access to the Website or accounts, should
they be deemed to be a repeat offender in this matter,
without prior notice and at its sole discretion.
By using Flashecom’s services and website, you agree
that you will not submit, upload or otherwise use purchased
Flashecom products or services to distribute material
that is copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise
subject to third party proprietary rights, including
privacy and publicity rights, unless you are the owner
of such rights or have permission from their rightful
owner to post the User Submission and to grant Flashecom
all of the license rights granted herein.
If you become aware of misuse of the Flashecom Services
by any person, please contact Flashecom at sales@Flashecom.com.
7. Acceptable Usage Policy
Usage of the Flashecom website, membership and services
implies that you accept these terms and conditions,
provided that: (a) you do not amend, modify, copy, re-distribute
or otherwise circulate any content or part of the Website
without Flashecom’s prior written permission; (b) you
agree not to use your Flashecom created or hosted website
to transmit any documents or other content which is
or could be interpreted as spam, chain letters, non-related
advertising, etc, (c) you agree not to use the Website
to send or otherwise disseminate any emails, content,
links, or other electronic forms of communication that
contains malicious computer code, harmful programs ,
or computer viruses, worms, trojans, destructive code,
or spyware/ malware; (d) through your use of this website
you do not engage in unlawful or harmful practices such
as the disruption of serves or third party networks
and websites connected to this domain through spamming,
bot use, or by hosting/ launching malicious scripts,
and (e) you agree to comply with these Terms and Conditions.
Flashecom may, in its sole discretion at any time, without
notice to Customer, and without liability to Customer,
remove from public view, suspend, or terminate the hosting
of any of user-generated Content that Flashecom deems
in its sole discretion to be offensive or illegal, for
any one or more of the following reasons: (i) the content
is in violation of the laws of the state where the server
resides; (ii) contains falsehoods or misrepresentations
that could damage Flashecom or any third party; (iii)
submitted material that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory,
libelous, threatening, pornographic, harassing, hateful,
racially or ethnically offensive, or encourages conduct
that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise
to civil liability, violate any law, or is otherwise
inappropriate.
Flashecom does not endorse any User Submission, User-created
Site, or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed
therein, and Flashecom expressly disclaims any and all
liability in connection with User Submissions and Usage.
8. Links to Third Party
Services
Usage of this website implies the understanding that
the Flashecom website may contain links to third party
websites, products and services which have no affiliation
with Flashecom, and are not owned, controlled or influenced
by Flashecom. Flashecom assumes no responsibility for
any loss, damages or other liability arising by the
use of these services or sites by Flashecom members
or users. Flashecom has no personal ability or company
responsibility to contact these websites on behalf of
Flashecom Users, in order to resolve any personal or
financial disputes with said third party services. This
is the sole responsibility of the client or customer,
and Flashecom will not be made accountable for nor pay
out/ refund any monies lost or payments disputed by
Flashecom clients as a result of using these third party
services. Accordingly, we strongly encourage you to
read the additional terms and conditions agreements
and privacy policies of any third party websites you
visit through links on Flashecom.
9. Security
Use of Flashecom Website, software and hosting services
implies understanding that the Internet is not a secure
system, and that Flashecom’s provision of a hosting
service does not include addition security measures
beyond what is reasonable to prevent a currently-known
security attack or data failure. User/ Account Holder
is entirely responsible for backing-up/archiving User/
Account Holder’s Content. User agrees to take all reasonable
precautions to back up, save, and make copies of all
data transmitted to Flashecom for inclusion on said
Hosted website. Flashecom makes no physical, written
or implied guarantee or warrantee that there will be
no interruptions of service, or that Customer’s Content
will be secure against attack by end users or other
third parties. Flashecom does not have any liability
to back up User Content and submitted data beyond reasonable
measures, nor will it accept any liability for loss
or corruption of data cause by circumstances beyond
its control, including but not limited to Acts of God,
fire or flood, electrical damage, power outages, equipment
failure, attack by hackers, or computer viruses.
10. Account Misuse
A. By reading and accepting these Terms and Conditions,
you expressly agree to refrain from the usage of any
automated system, including without limitation, “offline
readers,” “Trojans,” “spiders,” “Robots,” nor any malware
or other forms of automated form-filling software which
accesses the Website multiple times at a frequency which
outpaces the speed and frequency which a regular human
user can reasonable produce in a similar period of time
through conventional manual input and upload/ download.
Flashecom reserves the right to suspend, block or terminate
the individual member accounts of any user who attempts
to use such devices to copy, replicate, harvest, cache
or otherwise archive the contents (including personally
identifiable account names and email addresses) of Flashecom’s
website (or affiliated third party websites), hosting
service archives and databases, Members or User Accounts
for any commercial or non-commercial (including personal)
use.
It is expressly forbidden to contact
or solicit Flashecom subscribers, users or members,
whether individually on en-masse, for any commercial
purpose including advertising, spam, or endorsements
of competing brands or websites.
B. In addition to the above prohibitions, you shall
not:
(i) Remove or attempt to remove or in any other way
make invisible any ads, banners, links or any other
content placed or added to a web page created on the
Site without obtaining Flashecom's prior consent to
do so (by purchasing an appropriate upgrade).
(ii) Attempt to connect an external domain (an URL address
other than the one provided by Flashecom) to your Flashecom
created content or site without purchasing an appropriate
upgrade from Flashecom.
(iii) Sublicense or resell any of Flashecom’s Software
or Hosting Services to any third parties without the
prior written permission of Flashecom.
Please note that Flashecom reserves the right to remove
and/or delete any User Content or User Account including
Flashecom sites which are violating the above prohibition
without prior warning.
11. Suspension/ Termination
of Account
Flashecom has the right to suspend or terminate your
access to the Website or your User Account, at its sole
discretion, immediately and with or without cause. This
suspension or termination may be temporary or permanent
at Flashecom’s sole discression. Flashecom also reserves
the right to terminate your account without warning
should we have reasonable cause to suspect that you
(or a third party using your account) have misused your
account, used it to conduct illegal or potentially damaging
actions laid out in these Terms and Conditions, including
but not limited to attempting to attack, break into
or ‘hack’ any part of Flashecom’s website, such as its
database, member areas, user accounts or Admin accounts.
12. Bandwidth Violations
and Abuse of Service
Users are entirely responsible for regulating and monitoring
their data usage, uploads and downloads, number of products
and all data-related areas. By using Flashecom’s services,
Members agree to be governed by these Terms and Conditions,
and to consent to non-invasive monitoring of usage and
bandwidth data linked to any such account by Flashecom’s
Admin Review Board. No information about the content
of any such data will be recorded or viewed; monitoring
is strictly reserved for the policing of monthly bandwidth
and upload/ download limits.
Should data usage linked to any account or Flashecom
built/ maintained website exceed the user’s agreed monthly
bandwidth purchased with their eCommerce package, it
shall be at Flashecom’s sole discretion whether to suspend
the account or temporarily allow for the data surge
(”Spike”) at no further charge to User, at Flashecom’s
own financial expense. Should the Spike be prolonged
beyond reasonable limits, or data usage is deemed to
have permanently exceeded maximum monthly bandwidth
assigned to your purchased eCommerce package, Flashecom
reserves the right to notify User via phone or email
and request User upgrades their account within 5 working
days. If it is recorded that this upgrade does not take
place and user continues to exceed their bandwidth allowance
after being notified of their usage violation, this
will be deemed an Abuse of Service, and Flashecom reserves
the right to suspend or terminate that users account
with no further notice.
Suspended accounts may be restored only by purchasing
an upgraded account, and at Flashecom’s sole discretion.
Flashecom is not in any way liable for any personal
or financial/ business loss, damages or distress caused
by the suspension of a user who is deemed a repeat Service
Abuser or who has ignored or disregarded (either knowingly
or unknowingly) any such notice served by Flashecom
regarding their bandwidth violation.
13. Warranty Disclaimer
YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE FLASHECOM WEBSITE, WHETHER
USED PERSONALLY OR PROFESSIONALLY, SHALL BE AT YOUR
SOLE RISK. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, FLASHECOM,
ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS DISCLAIM
ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH
THE WEBSITE AND YOUR USE THEREOF.
FLASHECOM MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING
THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THIS SITE'S CONTENT
OR THE CONTENT OF ANY SITES LINKED TO THIS SITE. IN
ADDITION, FLASHECOM ASSUMES NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY
FOR ANY (I) MISTAKES OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT, WHETHER
FLASHECOM OR USER GENERATED, (II) HARDWARE, SOFTWARE
OR FINANCIAL DAMAGE RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE,
(III) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SERVERS
AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR FINANCIAL
INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (IV) ANY INTERRUPTION OR
CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM THE WEBSITE, (IV)
ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE WHICH
MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH OUR WEBSITE BY ANY
THIRD PARTY. METACAFE DOES NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE OR ASSUME
RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY CONTENT, OR PRODUCT OR SERVICE
ADVERTISED OR OFFERED BY A THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE WEBSITE
OR FEATURED IN ANY ADVERTISING, AND METACAFE WILL NOT
BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING
ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS
OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.
1. Limitation of Liability
IN NO EVENT SHALL FLASHECOM, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS,
EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM ANY (I) ERRORS, MISTAKES,
OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT, (II) PERSONAL INJURY OR
PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING
FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF OUR WEBSITE, (III) ANY
UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS
AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR OTHER
INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (IV) ANY INTERRUPTION OR
CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM OUR WEBSITE, (IV)
ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE WHICH
MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH OUR WEBSITE BY ANY
THIRD PARTY, AND/OR (V) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY
CONTENT OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED
AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, EMAILED,
TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA THE FLASHECOM
WEBSITE. HE FOREGOING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL
APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW IN THE
APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.
YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FLASHECOM DOES NOT
WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY
FOR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE ADVERTISED OR OFFERED BY
A THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE FLASHECOM WEBSITE OR ANY HYPERLINKED
WEBSITE OR FEATURED IN ANY BANNER OR OTHER ADVERTISING,
AND THAT FLASHECOM WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY
WAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN
YOU AND THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.
14. Third Party Service
Liability
By using this Website and Member Services, you are fully
aware of the fact that Flashecom shall not have any
responsibility or labiality with regard to any third
party services used by you on or through your Flashecom
formed web content, such as payment and e-commerce service.
Any use of such third party services shall be at your
own responsibility and liability. You further acknowledge
that Flashecom’s providence of technical ability to
link to such services (such as the 'PayPal' button),
are provided only as part of the Services but shall
not be deemed as to create any liability or responsibility
on behalf of Flashecom. Any financial transactions which
take place outside of Flashecom’s website are undertaken
purely at the Users own risk, regardless of whether
such third party services are linked to, affiliated
with or otherwise featured on Flashecom’s website.
15. Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Flashecom,
its affiliates, parent corporation, and their respective
officers, directors, managers, employees and agents,
from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations,
losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including
but not limited to attorney's fees) arising from: (i)
your use of and access to the Flashecom Website; (ii)
your violation of any term of these Terms of Use; (iii)
your violation of any third party right, including without
limitation any copyright, property, or privacy right;
or (iv) any claim that one of your User Submissions
caused damage to a third party. This defense and indemnification
obligation will survive these Terms of Use and your
use of the Flashecom Website.
16. Assignment
These Terms of Use, and any rights and licenses granted
hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you,
but may be assigned by Flashecom without restriction
or limitations.
17. General
You agree that: (i) the Flashecom Website shall be deemed
solely based in the state of California, USA; and (ii)
the Flashecom Website shall be deemed a passive website
that does not give rise to personal jurisdiction over
Flashecom, either specific or general, in jurisdictions
other than the state of California, USA. These Terms
of Service shall be governed by the internal substantive
laws of the State of California, without respect to
its conflict of laws principles. Any claim or dispute
between you and Flashecom that arises in whole or in
part from the Flashecom Website shall be decided exclusively
by a court of competent jurisdiction located in California,
USA. These Terms of Use, together with the Privacy Policy
and any other legal notices published by Flashecom on
the Website, shall constitute the entire agreement between
you and Flashecom concerning the Flashecom Website.
If any provision of these Terms of Use is deemed invalid
by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity
of such provision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining provisions of these Terms of Use, which shall
remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any term
of this these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further
or continuing waiver of such term or any other term,
and Flashecom's failure to assert any right or provision
under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver
of such right or provision.
USER AND FLASHECOM AGREE
THAT ANY CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO
THE FLASHECOM WEBSITE MUST COMMENCE WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR
AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES. OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE
OF ACTION SHALL BE PERMANENTLY BARRED.
18. Notifications
By signing up to the Flashecom Website and by supplying
us with your email address, you agree to receive general
and user-specific account and billing notifications
from Flashecom, to the email address you supplied. If
you would prefer not to receive notifications by email,
please notify Flashecom in writing, and supply us with
an alternative contact address.
19. CUSTOMER SERVICE CONTACT
To get in touch with our Customer Service, please use
any of the options listed below:
1. Send an email message to: sales@Flashecom.com
2. Call by phone, toll free: (888) 282.1000
3. By fax: (562) 691.8875
4. Send us a Letter to: Flashecom.com Inc. , 320 N.
palm Street Suite D, Brea, CA 92821
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