Narware Terms of Use
By Clicking/checking the “i Agree” Button/box, Accessing the Narware Website or by Utilizing the Narware Services You Agree to Be Bound by These Terms of Service & All Exhibits, Order Forms, and Incorporated Policies (the “agreement” or “tos”). The Narware Services Are Not Available to Persons Who Are Not Legally Eligible to Be Bound by These Terms of Service.
Narware will provide the Services, and you may access and use the Services, in accordance with this Agreement. Narware may provide any of the Services hereunder through any of its Affiliates. If You order Services through an on-line registration page or an order form (each an “Order Form”), the Order Form may contain additional terms and conditions and information regarding the Services you are ordering. Unless otherwise expressly set forth in any such additional terms and conditions applicable to the specific Service which You choose to use, those additional terms are hereby incorporated into this Agreement in relation to Your use of that Service.
01. Definitions.
The following definitions will apply in this Agreement, and any reference to the singular includes a reference to the plural and vice versa. Service specific definitions are found in the Services Description located at www.Narware.“Affiliate” means, with respect to a Party, any entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with that Party. For purposes of this Agreement, “control” means an economic or voting interest of at least fifty percent (50%) or, in the absence of such economic or voting interest, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and set the policies of such entity.
“End User” means a Host or Participant (as defined in the Services Description) who uses the Services.
“Initial Subscription Term” means the initial subscription term for a Service as specified in an Order Form.
“Service Effective Date” means the date an Initial Subscription Term begins as specified in an Order Form.
“Renewal Term” means the renewal subscription term for a Service commencing after the Initial Subscription Term or another Renewal Term as specified in an Order Form.
02. Services
Narware will provide the Services as described on the Order Form, and standard updates to the Services that are made generally
available by Narware during the term. Narware may, in its sole discretion, discontinue the Services or modify the features of the Services from time to time without prior notice.
- Beta Services. Narware may, from time to time, offer access to services that are classified as Beta version. Access to and use of Beta versions may be subject to additional agreements. Narware makes no representations that a Beta version will ever be made generally available and reserves the right to discontinue or modify a Beta version at any time without notice. Beta versions are provided AS IS, may contain bugs, errors or other defects, and Your use of a Beta version is at Your sole risk.
03. Use of Services and Your Responsibilities
You may only use the Services pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. You are solely responsible for Your and Your End Users’ use of the Services and shall abide by, and ensure compliance with, all Laws in connection with Your and each End User’s use of the Services,
including but not limited to Laws related to recording, intellectual property, privacy and export control. Use of the Services is void where prohibited.
- Registration Information. You may be required to provide information about Yourself in order to register for and/or use certain Services. You agree that any such information shall be accurate. You may also be asked to choose a user name and password. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the security of Your user name and password and agree not to disclose such to any third party.
- Your Content. You agree that You are solely responsible for the content (“Content”) sent or transmitted by You or displayed or uploaded by You in using the Services and for compliance with all Laws pertaining to the Content, including, but not limited to, Laws requiring You to obtain the consent of a third party to use the Content and to provide appropriate notices of third party rights. You represent and warrant that You have the right to upload the Content to Narware and that such use does not violate or infringe on any rights of any third party. Under no circumstances will Narware be liable in any way for any (a) Content that is transmitted or viewed while using the Services, (b) errors or omissions in the Content, or (c) any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of, access to, or denial of access to Content. Although Narware is not responsible for any Content, Narware may delete any Content, at any time without notice to You, if Narware becomes aware that it violates any provision of this Agreement, or any law. You retain copyright and any other rights You already hold in Content which You submit, post or display on or through, the Services.
- Prohibited Use. You agree that You will not use, & will not permit any End User to use, the Services to: (i) modify, disassemble, decompile, prepare derivative works of, reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to gain access to the source code of the Services; (ii) knowingly or negligently use the Services in a way that abuses, interferes with, or disrupts Narware’s networks, Your accounts, or the Services; (iii) engage in activity that is illegal, fraudulent, false, or misleading, (iv) transmit through the Services any material that may infringe the intellectual property or other rights of third parties; (v) build or benchmark a competitive product or service, or copy any features, functions or graphics of the Services; or (vi) use the Services to communicate any message or material that is harassing, libelous, threatening, obscene, indecent, would violate the intellectual property rights of any party or is otherwise unlawful, that would give rise to civil liability, or that constitutes or encourages conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, under any applicable law or regulation; (vii) upload or transmit any software, Content or code that does or is intended to harm, disable, destroy or adversely affect performance of the Services in any way or which does or is intended to harm or extract information or data from other hardware, software or networks of Narware or other users of Services; (viii) engage in any activity or use the Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, impair or otherwise interfere with or disrupt the Services, or any servers or networks connected to the Services or Narware’s security systems. (ix) use the Services in violation of any Narware policy or in a manner that violates applicable law, including but not limited to anti-spam, export control, privacy, & anti-terrorism laws and regulations & laws requiring the consent of subjects of audio & video recordings, and You agree that You are solely responsible for compliance with all such laws and regulations.
- Limitations on Use. You may not reproduce, resell, or distribute the Services or any reports or data generated by the Services for any purpose unless You have been specifically permitted to do so under a separate agreement with Narware. You may not offer or enable any third parties to use the Services purchased by You, display on any website or otherwise publish the Services or any Content obtained from a Service (other than Content created by You) or otherwise generate income from the Services or use the Services for the development, production or marketing of a service or product substantially similar to the Services.
04. Responsibility for End Users
You are responsible for the activities of all End Users who access or use the Services through your account and you agree to ensure that any such End User will comply with the terms of this Agreement and any Narware policies. Narware assumes no responsibility or liability for violations. If You become aware of any violation of this Agreement in connection with use of the Services by any person, please contact Narware at [email protected]. Narware may investigate any complaints and violations that come to its attention and may take any (or no) action that it believes is appropriate, including, but not limited to issuing warnings, removing the content or terminating accounts and/or User profiles. Under no circumstances will Narware be liable in any way for any data or other content viewed while using the Services, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any such data or content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of, access to, or denial of access to any data or content.
05. Narware Obligations for Content
Narware will maintain reasonable physical and technical safeguards to prevent unauthorized disclosure of or access to Content, in accordance with industry standards. Narware has no other obligations with respect to Content.
06. Eligibility
You affirm that You are at least 18 years of age and are otherwise fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions,
obligations, affirmations, representations, and warranties set forth in this Agreement, and to abide by and comply with this Agreement. Your access may be terminated without warning if we believe that You are under the age of 18 or are otherwise ineligible.
07. Charges and Cancellation
You agree that Narware may charge to Your credit card or other payment mechanism selected by You and approved by Narware (“Your Account”) all amounts due and owing for the Services, including taxes and service fees, set up fees, subscription fees, or any other fee or charge associated with Your Account. Unless stated otherwise, all prices and fees shown by Narware are exclusive of taxes and regulatory fees, service, service fees, set up fees, subscription fees, or any other fee or charge associated with Your Account. Where
applicable, taxes and regulatory fees will be charged on the invoices issued by Narware in accordance with local laws and regulations. The taxes and regulatory fees charged can be changed without notice. All payments made by you to us under this Agreement will be made free and clear of any deduction or withholding, as may be required by law. If any such deduction or withholding (including but not limited to domestic or cross-border withholding taxes) is required on any payment, you will pay such additional amounts as are
necessary so that the net amount received by us is equal to the amount then due and payable under this Agreement. We will provide you with such tax forms as are reasonably requested in order to reduce or eliminate the amount of any withholding or deduction for taxes in respect of payments made under this Agreement. Narware may change prices at any time, including changing from a free service to a paid service and charging for Services that were previously offered free of charge; provided, however, that Narware will
provide you with prior notice and an opportunity to terminate Your Account if Narware changes the price of a Service to which you are subscribed and will not charge you for a previously free Service unless you have been notified of the applicable fees and agreed to pay such fees. You agree that in the event Narware is unable to collect the fees owed to Narware for the Services through Your Account,
Narware may take any other steps it deems necessary to collect such fees from You and that You will be responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by Narware in connection with such collection activity, including collection fees, court costs and attorneys’ fees. You further agree that Narware may collect interest at the lesser of 1.5% per month or the highest amount permitted by law on any amounts not paid when due. You may cancel your subscription at any time. If you cancel, you will not be billed for any additional terms of service, and service will continue until the end of the current Subscription Term. If you cancel, you will not receive a refund for any service already paid for.
08. Termination
The Narware website contains information on how to terminate Your Account. If you have purchased a Service for a specific term, such termination will be effective on the last day of the then-current term. Your Order Form may provide that a Renewal Term will begin
automatically unless either party provides notice of termination at least thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the next Renewal Term. If You fail to comply with any provision of this Agreement, Narware may terminate this Agreement immediately and retain any fees previously paid by You. Sections 1 and 3 through 20, inclusive, shall survive any termination of this Agreement. Upon any termination of this Agreement, You must cease any further use of the Services. If at any time You are not happy with the Services, Your sole remedy is to cease using the Services and follow this termination process.
09. Proprietary Rights
Narware and/or its suppliers, as applicable, retain ownership of all proprietary rights in the Services and in all trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos, and domain names (“Narware Marks”) associated or displayed with the Services. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any Narware Marks, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of Narware without express written consent. You may not use any meta tags or any other “hidden text” utilizing Narware Marks without Narware’s express written consent.
10. Copyright
You may not post, modify, distribute, or reproduce in any way copyrighted material, trademarks, rights of publicity or other proprietary rights without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights. Narware may deny access to the Services to any User who is alleged to infringe another party’s copyright. Without limiting the foregoing, if You believe that Your copyright has been infringed, please notify Narware as specified here.
11. Injunctive Relief
You acknowledge that any use of the Services contrary to this Agreement, or any transfer, sublicensing, copying or disclosure of technical information or materials related to the Services, may cause irreparable injury to Narware, its Affiliates, suppliers and any other party authorized by Narware to resell, distribute, or promote the Services (“Resellers”), and under such circumstances Narware, its Affiliates, suppliers and Resellers will be entitled to equitable relief, without posting bond or other security, including, but not limited to, preliminary and permanent injunctive relief.
12. No Warranties
You Understand and Agree That the Services Are Provided “as is” and Narware, Its Affiliates, Suppliers and Resellers Expressly Disclaim All Warranties of Any Kind, Express or Implied, Including Without Limitation Any Warranty of Merchantability, Fitness for a Particular Purpose or Non-infringement. Narware, Its Affiliates, Suppliers and Resellers Make No Warranty or Representation Regarding the Results That May Be Obtained From the Use of the Services, Regarding the Accuracy or Reliability of Any Information Obtained Through the Services or That the Services Will Meet Any User’s Requirements, or Be Uninterrupted, Timely, Secure or Error Free. Use of the Services is at Your Sole Risk. Any Material and/or Data Downloaded or Otherwise Obtained Through the Use of the Services is at Your Own Discretion and Risk. You Will Be Solely Responsible for Any Damage to You Resulting From the Use of the Services. The Entire Risk Arising Out of Use or Performance of the Services Remains With You. Naware Does Not Assume Any Responsibility for Retention of Any User Information or Communications Between Users. Narware Cannot Guarantee and Does Not Promise Any Specific Results From Use of the Services. Use is at Your Own Risk.
13. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Narware, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents, suppliers and Resellers from any and all third party claims, liability, damages and/or costs (including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees) arising from Your use of the Services, Your violation of this Agreement or the infringement or violation by You or any other user of Your account, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity or applicable law.
14. Limitation of Liability
to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event will narware or its affiliates, suppliers or resellers be liable for any special, incidental, indirect, exemplary or consequential damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information, or any other pecuniary loss or damage) arising out of the use of or inability to use the services or the provision of or failure to provide technical or other support services, whether arising in tort (including negligence) contract or any other legal theory, even if narware, its affiliates, suppliers or resellers have been advised of the possibility of such damages. in any case, narware’s, its affiliates’, suppliers’ and resellers’ maximum cumulative liability and your exclusive remedy for any claims arising out of or related to this agreement will be limited to the amount actually paid by you for the services (if any) in the twelve (12) months preceding the event or circumstances giving rise to such claims. because some states and jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability, the above limitation may not apply to you.
15. Agreement to Arbitrate; Waiver of Class Action
16. Privacy and Other Policies
Use of the Services is also subject to Narware’s Privacy Statement, a link to which can be found by selecting “Privacy & Legal Policies” in the footer of Narware’s website. Additionally, You understand &agree that Narware may contact You via e-mail or otherwise with information relevant to Your use of the Services, regardless of whether You have opted out of receiving marketing communications or notices.
17. Miscellaneous
20.1. Choice of Law and Forum
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Florida, U.S.A., as applied to agreements entered into and to be performed in Florida by Florida residents. Except as provided in Exhibit A, the Parties consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state courts located in and serving Orange County, Florida and the federal courts in the Middle District of Florida.
20.2. Waiver and Severability
Failure by either Party to exercise any of its rights under, or to enforce any provision of, this Agreement will not be deemed a waiver or
forfeiture of such rights or ability to enforce such provision. If any provision of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be amended to achieve as nearly as possible the same economic effect of the original provision and the remainder of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect.
20.3. General Provisions
This Agreement embodies the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties respecting the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes any and all prior understandings and agreements between the Parties respecting such subject matter, except that if You or Your company have executed a separate written agreement or you have signed an order form referencing a separate agreement governing your use of the Services, then such agreement shall control to the extent that any provision of this Agreement conflicts with the terms of such agreement. Narware may elect to change or supplement the terms of this Agreement from time to time at its solediscretion. Narware will exercise commercially reasonable business efforts to provide notice to You of any material changes to this
Agreement. Within ten (10) business days of posting changes to this Agreement (or ten (10) business days from the date of notice, if such is provided), they will be binding on You. If You do not agree with the changes, You should discontinue using the Services. If You continue using the Services after such ten-business-day period, You will be deemed to have accepted the changes to the terms of this Agreement. In order to participate in certain Services, You may be notified that You are required to download software and/or agree to additional terms and conditions. Unless expressly set forth in such additional terms and conditions, those additional terms are hereby incorporated into this Agreement. This Agreement has been prepared in the English Language and such version shall be controlling in all respects and any non-English version of this Agreement is solely for accommodation purposes.
Exhibit A
Binding Arbitration
This Exhibit A to the TOS describes the further provisions which apply to the Binding Arbitration and Class Action Waiver.
01. Disputes
A dispute is any controversy between You and Narware concerning the Services, any software related to the Services, the price of the Services, Your account, Narware’s advertising, marketing, or communications, Your purchase transaction or billing, or any term of this Agreement, under any legal theory including contract, warranty, tort, statute, or regulation, except disputes relating to the enforcement or validity of Your or Narware’s intellectual property rights. As part of the best efforts process to resolve disputes, and prior to initiating
arbitration proceedings, each party agrees to provide notice of the dispute to the other party, including a description of the dispute, what efforts have been made to resolve it, and what the disputing party is requesting as resolution, to [email protected]
02. Small Claims Court Available
You may initiate an action in your local Small Claims Court if You meets the court’s requirements. However, if such a claim is transferred, removed or appealed to a different court, Narware reserves the right to require arbitration.
03. Arbitration Procedure
04. Arbitration Fees
Each party will be responsible for its own fees.
05. Conflict with AAA Rules
This Agreement governs if there is a conflict with the AAA’s Commercial Arbitration Rules.
06. Requirement to File Within One Year
Notwithstanding any other statute of limitations, a claim or dispute under this Agreement must be filed in Small Claims Court or noticed for arbitration within one year of when it could first be filed, or such claim will be permanently barred.
07. Severability
If the class action waiver is found to be illegal or unenforceable as to all or some parts of a dispute, then those parts will not be arbitrated but will be resolved in court, with the balance resolved through arbitration. If any provision of this Exhibit A is found to be illegal or unenforceable, then that provision will be severed; however, the remaining provisions shall still apply and shall be interpreted to as nearly as possible achieve the original intent of this Exhibit, inclusive of the severed provision.
