This User Agreement ("Agreement") is an agreement between Bluecollar
Enterprises Corporation ("Bluecollar Enterprises") and the party set forth in
the related order form incorporated herein by reference (together with any
subsequent order forms submitted by Customer, the "Order Form"), and applies to
the purchase of all services (collectively, the "Services") ordered by Customer
on the Order Form. Such party is referred to in this Agreement as "Customer" or
"you". PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. BY CLICKING ON THE BUTTON ON THE
ORDER FORM, YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND ALL
TERMS AND CONDITIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING
Bluecollar Enterprises USAGE POLICY. YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES CONSTITUTES
ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. Bluecollar Enterprises reserves the right to
reject this Agreement for any reason or no reason, prior to acceptance thereof
by Bluecollar Enterprises. Activation of the Services shall indicate Bluecollar
Enterprises acceptance of this Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, Bluecollar Enterprises will provide to Customer the Services
selected by Customer set forth on the Order Form.
1. Usage Policy
Under this Agreement, Customer shall comply with Bluecollar Enterprises then
current "Usage Policy", as amended, modified or updated from time to time by
Bluecollar Enterprises, which currently can be viewed at
http://www.bcollar.net/company/terms.aspx, and which is incorporated in
this Agreement by reference. Customer hereby acknowledges that it has reviewed
the Usage Policy and that the terms of the Usage Policy are incorporated herein
by reference. In the event of any inconsistencies between this Agreement and
the Usage Policy, the terms of the Usage Policy shall govern. Bluecollar
Enterprises does not intend to systematically monitor the content which is
submitted to, stored on or distributed or disseminated by Customer via the
Service (the "Customer Content"). Customer Content includes content of
Customer's customers and/or users of Customer's website. Accordingly, under
this Agreement, you will be responsible for your customers content and
activities on your website. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in this Agreement, Bluecollar Enterprises may immediately take corrective
action, including removal of all or a portion of the Customer Content,
disconnection or discontinuance of any and all Services, or termination of this
Agreement in the event of notice of possible violation by Customer of the Usage
Policy. In the event Bluecollar Enterprises takes corrective action due to a
violation of the Usage Policy, Bluecollar Enterprises shall not refund to
Customer any fees paid in advance of such corrective action. Customer hereby
agrees that Bluecollar Enterprises shall have no liability to Customer or any
of Customer's customers due to any corrective action that Bluecollar
Enterprises may take (including, without limitation, disconnection of
Services).
2. Amendment
Bluecollar Enterprises may amend, modify or update this Agreement or the Usage
Policy at any time in its sole discretion, and Customer shall be bound by any
such amendment, modification or update. Bluecollar Enterprises may, but is
under no obligation to, provide notice of any amendment, modification or update
of this Agreement or the Usage Policy. Any modification is effective on the
earlier of two days after posting on Bluecollar Enterprises website or two days
after the sending of a notice by Bluecollar Enterprises to Customer by e-mail
or conventional mail. If any material modification to this Agreement or the
Usage Policy is unacceptable to you, you may terminate your subscription as
provided in Section 3. However, if you do not terminate the Agreement, or if
you continue to use the Services following effectiveness of the modification,
your continued use will mean that you have accepted that modification.
Bluecollar Enterprises reserves the right to amend its service offerings and
add, delete, suspend or modify the terms and conditions of the Services, at any
time and from time to time, and to determine whether and when any such changes
apply to both existing and future customers.
3. Term; Termination; Cancellation Policy
The initial term of this Agreement shall be as set forth in the Order Form (the
"Initial Term"). The Initial Term shall begin upon commencement of the Services
to Customer. After the Initial Term, this Agreement shall automatically renew
for successive terms of equal length as the Initial Term, unless terminated or
cancelled by either party as provided in this section. The Initial Term and all
successive renewal periods shall be referred to, collectively, as the "Term".
This Agreement may be terminated (i) by either party by giving the other party
30 days prior written notice (subject to an early cancellation fee as provided
below), (ii) by Bluecollar Enterprises in the event of nonpayment by Customer,
(iii) by Bluecollar Enterprises, at any time, without notice, if, in Bluecollar
Enterprises judgment, Customer is in violation of any term or condition of the
Usage Policy or Customer's use of the Service disrupts or, in Bluecollar
Enterprises judgment, could disrupt, Bluecollar Enterprises business operations
and (iv) by Bluecollar Enterprises in accordance with Sections 1, 9, and 10 of
this Agreement.
If you cancel this Agreement prior to the end of the Term, (i) you shall be
obligated to pay all fees and charges accrued prior to the effectiveness of
such cancellation, (ii) Bluecollar Enterprises shall refund to you all pre-paid
fees for basic hosting services (shared, dedicated and/or managed) for the full
months remaining after effectiveness of cancellation (i.e., no partial month
fees shall be refunded), less any setup fees and any discount applied for
prepayment, (iii) you shall be obligated to pay 100% of all charges for all
Services for each month remaining in the Term (other than basic hosting fees as
provided in (ii) above) and (iii) Bluecollar Enterprises shall have the right
to charge you an early cancellation fee of $25.00. Any cancellation request
shall be effective 30 days after receipt by Bluecollar Enterprises, unless a
later date is specified in such request.
If Bluecollar Enterprises cancels this Agreement prior to the end of the Term,
Bluecollar Enterprises shall not refund to you any fees paid in advance of such
cancellation and (i) you shall be obligated to pay all fees and charges accrued
prior to the effectiveness of such cancellation, (ii) you shall be obligated to
pay 100% of all charges for all Services for each month remaining in the Term
and (iii) Bluecollar Enterprises shall have the right to charge you an early
cancellation fee of $25.00.
4. Billing and Payment
All fees for the Services shall be in accordance with Bluecollar Enterprises
fee schedule then in effect, the terms of which are incorporated herein by
reference, and shall be due at the times provided therein. A $15.00 late fee
will apply to accounts past due more than ten (10) calendar days from the due
date. Bluecollar Enterprises may, with 30 days notice to Customer, amend the
Services and/or the rates and fees it charges for the Services. Fees for
renewal periods after the Initial Term shall be due and owing immediately upon
the first day of such renewal period. Bluecollar Enterprises may impose a debt
service charge equal to one and one-half percent (1.5%) of the overdue balance
(or such lesser amount as may be required by law) for each month or fraction
thereof the overdue amount remains unpaid. In addition, in the event that any
amount due Bluecollar Enterprises remains unpaid twenty (20) days after such
payment is due, Bluecollar Enterprises, in its sole discretion, may immediately
terminate this Agreement, and/or withhold or suspend Services. There will be a
$50.00 charge to reinstate accounts that have been suspended or terminated. All
taxes, fees and governmental charges relating to the Services provided
hereunder (other than income taxes of Bluecollar Enterprises) shall be paid by
Customer.
Customer agrees that Bluecollar Enterprises may pre-charge Customer's fees for
the Services to the credit card supplied by Customer during registration.
Returned checks will be assessed a $30.00 charge. Wire transfers will be
assessed a $30.00 charge.
5. Special Provisions Applicable to Resellers
Bluecollar Enterprises from time to time may offer reseller programs which will
permit Customers to resell certain of Bluecollar Enterprises products and
services, and be eligible for certain discounts, services and other promotions.
A Customer that participates in a reseller program is referred to herein as a
"Reseller". To be eligible to participate in a reseller program, the Reseller
may be required to meet certain requirements as provided in such reseller
program. If you are a Reseller, the terms and conditions in this section (in
addition to any terms or conditions contained in the reseller program) are
applicable to you.
As a Reseller, you are Bluecollar Enterprises Customer. A Reseller shall be
deemed, and is the "Customer" for all purposes under this Agreement and the
Usage Policy. When you resell the Services, the purchaser of those resold
services becomes your customer (a "Reseller Customer"). A Reseller Customer is
not a Customer of Bluecollar Enterprises, and Bluecollar Enterprises will not
support any Reseller Customer. Reseller shall take all necessary measures to
preclude Bluecollar Enterprises from being made a party to any agreement with
any Reseller Customer. As a Reseller, you are authorized to resell the Services
identified in the applicable reseller program on a non-exclusive basis.
Bluecollar Enterprises reserves the right to market and sell its products and
services through its own employees, other resellers and other representatives
and retailers that may compete with you. The terms and conditions of such other
relationships may differ from the terms of this Agreement and the reseller
program, and may be better. Reseller shall be responsible for billing, and
collecting payments from, Reseller Customers. Reseller shall not withhold
payments to Bluecollar Enterprises under this Agreement because of a failure of
a Reseller Customer to make payments to Reseller. Reseller may set the prices
to be paid to it by Reseller Customers for any of the resold Services. Reseller
shall provide all support (including, without limitation, customer support,
first level support, second level support, and other technical support) for
Reseller Customers. Reseller shall pay all sales, use, transfer, privilege,
excise or other taxes and all duties, whether international, state or local,
however designated, which are levied or imposed on Bluecollar Enterprises and
Reseller under this Agreement and any and all transactions between Reseller and
Reseller Customers. Reseller shall not resell the Services under Bluecollar
Enterprises brand name. Reseller shall be solely responsible for compliance
with any regulations governing the export of the Services (or any portion
thereof). Nothing in this Agreement constitutes a license to Reseller to use or
resell the Marks (as defined below).
6. Bluecollar Enterprises as Reseller or Licensor
Bluecollar Enterprises is acting only as a reseller or licensor of the
hardware, software and equipment used in connection with the products and/or
Services that were or are manufactured or provided by a third party
("Non-Bluecollar Enterprises Product"). Bluecollar Enterprises shall not be
responsible for any changes in the Services that cause the Non-Bluecollar
Enterprises Product to become obsolete, require modification or alteration, or
otherwise affect the performance of the Services. Any malfunction or
manufacturer's defects of Non-Bluecollar Enterprises Product either sold,
licensed or provided by Bluecollar Enterprises to Customer or purchased
directly by Customer used in connection with the Services will not be deemed a
breach of Bluecollar Enterprises obligations under this Agreement. Any rights
or remedies Customer may have regarding the ownership, licensing, performance
or compliance of Non-Bluecollar Enterprises Product are limited to those rights
extended to Customer by the manufacturer of such Non-Bluecollar Enterprises
Product. Customer is entitled to use any Non-Bluecollar Enterprises Product
supplied by Bluecollar Enterprises only in connection with Customer's permitted
use of the Services. Customer shall use its best efforts to protect and keep
confidential all intellectual property provided by Bluecollar Enterprises to
Customer through any Non-Bluecollar Enterprises Product and shall make no
attempt to copy, alter, reverse engineer, or tamper with such intellectual
property or to use it other than in connection with the Services. Customer
shall not resell, transfer, export or re-export any Non-Bluecollar Enterprises
Product, or any technical data derived therefrom, in violation of any
applicable United States or foreign law.
7. IP Address Ownership
If Bluecollar Enterprises assigns Customer an Internet Protocol address for
Customer's use, the right to use that Internet Protocol address shall belong
only to Bluecollar Enterprises, and Customer shall have no right to use that
Internet Protocol address except as permitted by Bluecollar Enterprises in its
sole discretion in connection with the Services, during the term of this
Agreement. Bluecollar Enterprises shall maintain and control ownership of all
Internet Protocol numbers and addresses that may be assigned to Customer by
Bluecollar Enterprises, and Bluecollar Enterprises reserves the right to change
or remove any and all such Internet Protocol numbers and addresses, in its sole
and absolute discretion.
8. Caching
Customer expressly (i) grants to Bluecollar Enterprises a license to cache the
entirety of the Customer Content and Customer's web site, including content
supplied by third parties, hosted by Bluecollar Enterprises under this
Agreement and (ii) agrees that such caching is not an infringement of any of
Customer's intellectual property rights or any third party's intellectual
property rights.
9. CPU Usage
Customer agrees that Customer shall not use excessive amounts of CPU processing
on any of Bluecollar Enterprises servers. Any violation of this policy may
result in corrective action by Bluecollar Enterprises, including assessment of
additional charges, disconnection or discontinuance of any and all Services, or
termination of this Agreement, which actions may be taken in Bluecollar
Enterprises sole and absolute discretion. If Bluecollar Enterprises takes any
corrective action under this section, Customer shall not be entitled to a
refund of any fees paid in advance prior to such action.
10. Bandwidth and Disk Usage
Customer agrees that bandwidth and disk usage shall not exceed the number of
megabytes per month for the Services ordered by Customer on the Order Form (the
"Agreed Usage"). Bluecollar Enterprises will monitor Customer's bandwidth and
disk usage. Bluecollar Enterprises shall have the right to take corrective
action if Customer's bandwidth or disk usage exceeds the Agreed Usage. Such
corrective action may include the assessment of additional charges,
disconnection or discontinuance of any and all Services, or termination of this
Agreement, which actions may be taken in Bluecollar Enterprises sole and
absolute discretion. If Bluecollar Enterprises takes any corrective action
under this section, Customer shall not be entitled to a refund of any fees paid
in advance prior to such action.
11. Property Rights
Bluecollar Enterprises owns all right, title and interest in and to the
Services and Bluecollar Enterprises trade names, trademarks, service marks,
inventions, copyrights, trade secrets, patents, know-how and other intellectual
property rights relating to the design, function, marketing, promotion, sale
and provision of the Services and the related hardware, software and systems
("Marks"). Noting in this Agreement constitutes a license to Customer to use or
resell the Marks.
12. Customer Web Site; E-Commerce; Customer Warranties
Customer shall be solely responsible for the development, operation and
maintenance of Customer's web site, online store and e-commerce activities, for
all products and services offered by Customer or appearing online and for all
contents and materials appearing online or on Customer's products, including,
without limitation (i) the accuracy and appropriateness of the Customer Content
and content and material appearing in its store or on its products, (ii)
ensuring that the Customer Content and content and materials appearing in its
store or on its products do not violate or infringe upon the rights of any
person, and (iii) ensuring that the Customer Content and the content and
materials appearing in its store or on its products are not defamatory or
otherwise illegal. Customer shall be solely responsible for accepting,
processing and filling customer orders and for handling customer inquiries or
complaints. Customer shall be solely responsible for the payment or
satisfaction of any and all taxes associated with its web site and online
store.
Customer shall be responsible for the security and confidentiality of any
customer information (including, without limitation, customer credit card
numbers) that Customer may receive as a result of its web site or online store.
Customer represents and warrants to Bluecollar Enterprises that Customer owns
or has the right to use the Customer Content and material contained therein,
including all text, graphics, sound, music, video, programming, scripts and
applets, and the use, reproduction, distribution and transmission of the
Customer Content and any information and materials contained therein does not,
and will not, (i) infringe or misappropriate any copyright, patent, trademark,
trade secret or any other proprietary right of a third party, (ii) violate any
criminal laws or (iii) constitute false advertising, unfair competition,
defamation, an invasion of privacy, violate a right of publicity or violate any
other law or regulation. Customer grants Bluecollar Enterprises the right to
reproduce, copy, use and distribute all and any portion of the Customer Content
to the extent needed to provide and operate the Services.
13. Disclaimer of Warranty
Customer agrees to use all Services and any information obtained through or
from Bluecollar Enterprises, at Customer's own risk. Customer acknowledges and
agrees that Bluecollar Enterprises exercises no control over, and accepts no
responsibility for, the content of the information passing through Bluecollar
Enterprises host computers, network hubs and points of presence or the
Internet. THE SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN AS IS,
AS AVAILABLE BASIS. NONE OF Bluecollar Enterprises, ITS PARENT, SUBSIDIARY OR
AFFILIATED CORPORATIONS, OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS,
DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, THIRD-PARTY INFORMATION
PROVIDERS, MERCHANTS, LICENSORS OR THE LIKE (EACH, AN "Bluecollar Enterprises
PERSON") MAKE ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, FOR THE SERVICES OR ANY EQUIPMENT
Bluecollar Enterprises PROVIDES. NO Bluecollar Enterprises PERSON MAKES ANY
WARRANTIES THAT THE SERVICES WILL NOT BE INTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO ANY
OF THEM MAKE ANY WARRANTIES AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE
OF THE SERVICES OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF ANY
INFORMATION, SERVICES OR MERCHANDISE CONTAINED IN OR PROVIDED THROUGH THE
SERVICES. Bluecollar Enterprises IS NOT LIABLE, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY
LIABILITY, FOR THE CONTENT OF ANY DATA TRANSFERRED EITHER TO OR FROM CUSTOMER
OR STORED BY CUSTOMER OR ANY OF CUSTOMER'S CUSTOMERS VIA THE SERVICES PROVIDED
BY Bluecollar Enterprises. NO ORAL ADVICE OR WRITTEN INFORMATION GIVEN BY ANY
Bluecollar Enterprises PERSON, WILL CREATE A WARRANTY; NOR MAY YOU RELY ON ANY
SUCH INFORMATION OR ADVICE. The terms of this section shall survive any
termination of this Agreement.
14. Indemnification
Customer agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Bluecollar Enterprises
and its parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, and each of their
respective officers, directors, employees, shareholders and agents (each an
"indemnified party" and, collectively, "indemnified parties") from and against
any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, suits, actions, demands,
proceedings (whether legal or administrative), and expenses (including, but not
limited to, reasonable attorney's fees) threatened, asserted, or filed by a
third party against any of the indemnified parties arising out of or relating
to (i) Customer's use of the Services, (ii) any violation by Customer of the
Usage Policy, (iii) any breach of any representation, warranty or covenant of
Customer contained in this Agreement or (iv) any acts or omissions of Customer.
The terms of this section shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
15. Limitation of Liability
Customer agrees that no Bluecollar Enterprises Person, under any circumstances,
shall be held responsible or liable for situations where the Services are
accessed by third parties through illegal or illicit means, including
situations where such data is accessed through the exploitation of security
gaps, weaknesses or flaws (whether known or unknown to Bluecollar Enterprises
at the time) which may exist in the Services or Bluecollar Enterprises
equipment used to provide the Services.
Under no circumstances, including negligence, shall any Bluecollar Enterprises
Person be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or
punitive damages, or loss of profits, revenue, data or use by Customer, any of
its customers, any Reseller Customer or any other third party, whether in an
action in contract or tort or strict liability or other legal theory, even if
Bluecollar Enterprises has been advised of the possibility of such damages. No
Bluecollar Enterprises Person shall be liable to Customer, any of its
customers, any Reseller Customer or any other third party, for any loss or
damages that result or are alleged to have resulted from the use of or
inability to use the Services, or that results from mistakes, omissions,
interruptions, deletion of files, loss of data, errors, viruses, defects,
delays in operations, or transmission or any failure of performance, whether or
not limited to acts of God, communications failure, theft, destruction or
unauthorized access to Bluecollar Enterprises records, programs, equipment or
services.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Bluecollar
Enterprises maximum liability under this Agreement for all damages, losses,
costs and causes of actions from any and all claims (whether in contract, tort,
including negligence, quasi-contract, statutory or otherwise) shall not exceed
the actual dollar amount paid by Customer for the Services which gave rise to
such damages, losses and causes of actions during the 12-month period prior to
the date the damage or loss occurred or the cause of action arose.
Customer understands, acknowledges and agrees that if Bluecollar Enterprises
takes any corrective action under this Agreement because of an action of
Customer or one if its customer or a Reseller Customer, that corrective action
may adversely affect other customers of Customer or other Reseller Customers,
and Customer agrees that Bluecollar Enterprises shall have no liability to
Customer, any of its customers or any Reseller Customer due to such corrective
action by Bluecollar Enterprises.
This limitation of liability reflects an informed, voluntary allocation between
the parties of the risks (known and unknown) that may exist in connection with
this Agreement. The terms of this section shall survive any termination of this
Agreement.
16. Force Majeure
Bluecollar Enterprises shall not be liable for failure or delay in performing
it obligations hereunder if such failure or delay is due to circumstances
beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of any
governmental body, war, insurrection, sabotage, embargo, fire, flood, strike or
other labor disturbance, interruption of or delay in transportation,
unavailability of, interruption or delay in telecommunications or third party
services (including DNS propagation), failure of third party software or
hardware or inability to obtain raw materials, supplies or power used in or
equipment needed for provision of the Services.
17. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Arbitration
This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by New Jersey law without
regard to the conflict of law provisions thereof. Both parties submit to
personal jurisdiction in New Jersey. Any controversy or claim arising out of,
relating to or in connection with this Agreement, or the breach thereof, shall
be subject to arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association
("AAA") in accordance with its then existing Commercial Arbitration Rules
(collectively, the "AAA Rules") and judgment upon the award rendered by the
arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The place
of arbitration shall be New York City, New York or any other place selected by
mutual agreement of the parties. An award rendered in connection with an
arbitration pursuant to this Section shall be final and binding upon the
parties and the parties agree and consent that the arbitral award shall be
conclusive proof of the validity of the determinations of the arbitrations set
forth in the award, and any judgment upon such an award may be entered and
enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction. The parties agree that the
award of the arbitral tribunal will be the sole and exclusive remedy between
them regarding any and all claims and counterclaims between them with respect
to the subject matter of the arbitrated dispute. The parties hereby waive all
in personam jurisdictional defenses in connection with any arbitration
hereunder or the enforcement of an order or award rendered pursuant thereto. In
any legal action, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover all legal
expenses incurred in connection with the action, including but not limited to
its costs, both taxable and non-taxable, and reasonable attorney's fees. The
terms of this section shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
18. Assignment
Customer shall not have the right to assign this Agreement without the prior
written consent of Bluecollar Enterprises. This Agreement shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of Customer and Bluecollar Enterprises and their
successors and permitted assigns.
19. Entire Agreement; Severability
This Agreement, together with the Order Form and any other documents or
agreements specifically identified in this Agreement, represents the entire
agreement between the parties, and supercedes all previous representations,
understandings or agreements. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held
by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unenforceable, or void, the
remainder of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
Customer hereby represents that he, she or it is either, an individual entering
this Agreement for his or her personal use and is over 18 years of age, or a
corporation, limited partnership or other legal entity, duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its organization
and the person acting on behalf of Customer is duly authorized to accept,
execute and deliver this Agreement on behalf of Customer.