eLecta Live Online
Services Agreement
By using the Services or
using or installing the Software, you (individually and on behalf of the
organization which you represent) agree to all of the terms and conditions of
this Agreement. If you do not agree to any of the terms of this Agreement, then
do not use the Services or use or install the Software. This Agreement is
between you and ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD .
("ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD").
If you are residing in a
jurisdiction which restricts the use of internet-based applications according
to age, or which restricts the ability to enter into agreements such as this
Agreement according to age and you are under such a jurisdiction and under such
age limit, you may not enter into this Agreement and download, install or use
the Software or use the Services. Furthermore, if you are residing in a
jurisdiction where it is forbidden by law to offer or use software for internet
telephony, you may not enter into this Agreement and you may not download,
install or use the Software or use the Services. By entering into this
Agreement you explicitly state that you have verified in your own jurisdiction
if your use of each of the Services and the Software is allowed. Your profile
may be deleted and this Agreement may be terminated without warning, if we
believe that you are under age or your use of the Services or the Software is
not allowed.
ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD may modify this
Agreement from time to time and such modification shall be effective upon
posting by ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD at www.e-lecta.com/serviceagreement.asp. You agree to
be bound to any changes to this Agreement when you use the Services after any
such modification is posted. It is therefore important that you review this
Agreement regularly to ensure you are updated as to any changes.
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
1.1 The following terms
shall have the following meanings when used in this Agreement:
"Agreement" means this eLecta Live
On-Line Services Agreement; "Authorized Users" means those
individuals who are authorized by you to use Services, the Software or
Documentation, from time to time, in the manner as more particularly set out
herein; "Documentation" means all manuals, documentation and other
related materials, or any portion thereof, pertaining to the Services and/or
Software provided or made available by ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD to you in conjunction with the
Services and/or Software; "Services" means those services, as may be
amended from time to time, provided by ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD in respect of the access via the
Internet to the Software for the purpose of permitting you and your Authorized
Users to use the Software in the manner as more particularly set out herein;
and, "Software" means the computer programs and all related files, or
any portion thereof, as may be amended from time to time and provided or made
available by ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD to you under the terms of this Agreement.
ARTICLE 2
GRANT OF RIGHTS
2.1 ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD hereby grants, and
you hereby accept, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, a
non-exclusive and non-assignable license to use the Services, Software and
Documentation.
2.2 You shall only use the
Services, Software and Documentation for your own personal use or in support of
your own business and shall not make the Services, Software or Documentation
available to any third party, provided however that you may provide access to
and permit your Authorized Users to use the Services, Software and
Documentation for such purpose. You may, where authorized or permitted by law,
permit your children to use the Services and Software as Authorized Users,
provided that you supervise such use. You agree to be fully responsible for
your Authorized Users', regardless of their age, compliance with this Agreement
in such use.
2.3 Except as provided
herein, you shall not sublicense, lend or lease the Services, Software or
Documentation, or otherwise make the Services, Software or Documentation
available, to any third party. You shall not permit the Services, Software or
Documentation to be subject to any timesharing, services bureau, subscription services,
or rental activities.
2.4 You agree and
acknowledge that there are no limits to the number of licenses or rights that
ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD may grant to third parties in respect of the Services, Software and
Documentation.
2.5 You are solely
responsible for the content of any communications by you with third parties
(including, Authorized Users), including any communications about, concerning
or through the Services or Software. ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD does not condone or allow spam. You
agree that you will not use the Services to send unsolicited commercial or
other e-mail. You shall not, directly or indirectly, send, submit, post,
receive or otherwise facilitate, or in anyway use, or permit to be used, the
Services, Software or Documentation, to send, submit, post, receive or otherwise
facilitate the transmission of any materials that are abusive, obscene,
profane, sexually explicit, threatening, or materials containing blatant
expressions of bigotry, racism or hate. You shall comply with all state,
provincial, federal and local laws (including, but not limited to export/import
laws and laws relating to privacy, obscenity, copyright, trademark,
confidential information, trade secret, libel, slander or defamation). Although
ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD is not responsible for any such communications, we may delete any such
communications of which we become aware, at any time without notice to you. You
agree and acknowledge that you shall be responsible and liable for all uses
made by yourself or your Authorized Users of the Services, Software or
Documentation.
ARTICLE 3
SERVICES, FEES & PARTNER SITES
3.1 ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD may, from time to
time, but is in no way obligated to, provide you and yours Authorized Users
with access via the Internet to the Services and Software for the purpose of
using the Services and Software in accordance with the terms of this Agreement
and in the manner more particularly set out herein.
3.2 You acknowledge and
agree that you and your Authorized Users are responsible for obtaining your own
access to the Internet and that ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD shall not provide such access or any
services in relation thereto. You acknowledge and agree that access to the
Services and/or Software may not be available from time to time, may be
terminated in whole or in part at any time and without notice, and that ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD
shall not, in any event, be responsible to you in any way should you be unable
to access the Services and/or Software at any time or from time to time.
3.3 You shall be responsible
for ensuring that all Authorized Users who are provided access via the Internet
to the Services or Software comply with all duties, obligations and
restrictions imposed on you by this Agreement and you shall be responsible for
and enforce each Authorized User's compliance therewith.
3.4 Where we offer you the
ability to chose your own name(s) in connection with the Services, we will use
reasonable efforts to assign such name(s) to you upon your request, provided
however that you may not select, and we reserve the right to reject, any name
that (i) has already been assigned, (ii) we determine, in our sole discretion,
is offensive, violates applicable law, is an attempt to reserve name(s) without
the intent to use them, is an attempt to impersonate another, or may interfere
or be confused with, violate, exploit, or capitalize on, the name, goodwill,
trade name, trademark, registered trademark, service mark, or proprietary or
other rights of another. Where we reject a requested name, we may, in our sole
discretion, assign an alternate name, ask you to select another name or
terminate this Agreement.
3.5 You acknowledge and
agree that most information shared or communicated between you or Authorized
Users and ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD, the Services or the Software occurs in an unsecured
environment, is not treated as confidential, and may be intercepted and read by
others. You agree that ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD is not liable for any damages related to
communications to or from the Services or Software. You agree with respect to
any information provided by you to us that: (i) ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD has no obligation
concerning such information; (ii) the information is non-confidential; (iii)
ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD may use, disclose, distribute or copy the information and may use any
ideas, concepts or know-how contained in the information for any purpose; and
(iv) the information is truthful and disclosure of the information does not
violate the legal rights of others.
3.6 You shall be permitted,
as described above, to provide access codes to Authorized Users. You
acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for the issuance of such
access codes and that ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD will only issue access codes to Authorized Users on
your instruction and as your agent.
3.7 You acknowledge and
agree that the user identification or access code provided by ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD to you and
each Authorized User, so that they may access, utilize or otherwise employ the
Services and Software are to be kept secret and confidential. You shall not,
and shall cause the Authorized Users to not, disclose the user identification
or access code to any other party without the express written permission of
ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD. You acknowledge and agree that you shall be responsible for each and
every access, use or employment of the Services or Software that occurs in
conjunction with such user identifications or access codes, and that ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD is
authorized to accept the user identifications and access codes as conclusive
evidence that you, or your Authorized Users, as the case may be, have accessed,
utilized, or otherwise employed the Services and/or Software.
3.8 You agree that you will
not attempt to, nor permit your Authorized Users to, enter restricted areas of
ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD's computer system or perform functions that you are not authorized to
perform pursuant to this Agreement. ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD may, without notice, suspend your, or
any of your Authorized User's, or any other party's access to the Services,
Software or Documentation, by deactivating any user identifications or links to
the Internet if ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD reasonably suspects that you, or any of your Authorized
Users or any other parties are obtaining unauthorized access to ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD's other
systems or information, or are using your user identifications or access codes
in any other inappropriate manner. These suspensions will be for such periods
of time as ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD may determine is necessary to permit the thorough investigation
of such suspended activity. Notwithstanding any other provision in this
Agreement, ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD may terminate this Agreement, or any portion of the licenses
granted herein, immediately without notice it if is determined that you, your
Authorized Users or any other parties have undertaken such unauthorized
activity or if such unauthorized activity cannot be reasonably explained.
3.9 ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD may, from time to
time, provide certain Services on a fee basis. Where you elect to receive such
Services, you agree to pay, through the payment mechanism selected by you and
approved by us, all amounts due and owing for such Services as more
particularly set out in the order confirmation provided at the time that you
ordered such Services. All amounts paid for prepaid services are non-refundable.
We may amend our Services and/or the amounts that we charge for same at any time, without prior notice. Fees do not include any
applicable sales, use, excise, value-added or other taxes or governmental
charges, and you shall be responsible for, and shall promptly pay, same. If
ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD terminates this Agreement because of your breach of its terms, you shall
not be entitled to the refund of any unused portion of any fees you have
already paid. You agree that ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD may collect interest at the lesser of 1.5%
per month (18% per annum) or the highest amount permitted by law on any amounts
not paid when due.
3.10 You may register for
the Services through one of our partners or resellers of our Services. In such
cases, you hereby consent to ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD providing your contact, billing and other
information related to the provision of Services to you to such partner or
reseller to enable ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD and such partner or reseller to administer your
relationship and to provide the Services to you.
ARTICLE 4
TITLE & BACKUP
4.1 You agree that title to
and ownership of the Services, Software (including all source code) and
Documentation and any modifications made thereto and all intellectual property
rights therein shall at all times be held by ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD or its suppliers.
4.2 You shall not have any
right, title or ownership interest in the Services, Software and Documentation
except the limited right to use the Services, Software and Documentation as
explicitly provided in this Agreement.
ARTICLE 5
CONFIDENTIALITY
5.1 Unless required
otherwise by law, all information exchanged between us will be considered
non-confidential. If you wish to exchange confidential information, such
exchange will be made under a separate confidentiality agreement.
5.2 Notwithstanding the
forgoing, you acknowledge and agree that the Services, Software and
Documentation contain valuable confidential information and proprietary
technology of ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD and its suppliers. The Services, Software and Documentation,
other than through its normal usage, shall be kept in confidence and not used
for any purpose other than as permitted hereunder and shall not be disclosed to
any third party except as required for you to use the Services and Software.
5.3 You may not create
derivatives from or modify, decompile or reverse engineer the Software or do
anything that will reveal or generate the source code of the Software. Any such
act will be deemed to constitute a trespass on the rights, titles and interests
of ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD and its suppliers.
ARTICLE 6
WARRANTIES, INDEMNIFICATION AND LIMITATION OF
LIABILITY
6.1 You acknowledge that you
have or will have independently determined that the Services, Software and
Documentation meets your requirements and that you shall not rely on any
representation made, or information provided, by ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD as to the suitability of
the Services, Software or Documentation for any particular purpose.
6.2 You agree to indemnify
and hold harmless ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD from and against any claims, demands or causes of action
whatsoever, and shall defend or settle all claims and actions brought against
ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD by third parties arising out of or related to your use of the Services,
Software or Documentation and any third party access or use of same, howsoever
such claim or action shall have occurred or arose.
6.3 EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE
EXPLICITLY SET OUT HEREIN ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS,
WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS CONCERNING THE SERVICES, SOFTWARE OR DOCUMENTATION,
INCLUDING ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF DESIGN,
MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR
PERFORMANCE AND ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS THAT
MIGHT OTHERWISE ARISE DURING THE COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE OR TRADE AND THOSE
WHICH MAY BE IMPLIED BY LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SETS OUT THE ENTIRE EXTENT OF ALL
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS IN RESPECT OF THE SERVCIES, SOFTWARE
AND DOCUMENTATION AND NO AGENT OF ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD IS AUTHORIZED TO ALTER SAME. ALL
ALTERATIONS SHALL BE IN WRITING AND SIGNED BY ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD.
6.4 YOU ASSUME ALL
RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR USE OF THE SERVICES, SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION.
6.5 IN NO EVENT SHALL ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD
OR ANY OF ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, SHAREHOLDERS OR AGENTS BE LIABLE
FOR ANY GENERAL, INCIDENTAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY,
CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF
PROFITS, INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION, OR ANY OTHER PECUNIARY
LOSS) IN CONNECTION WITH ANY CLAIM, LOSS, DAMAGE, ACTION, SUIT OR OTHER
PROCEEDING ARISING UNDER OR OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION
YOUR USE OF, RELIANCE UPON, ACCESS TO, OR EXPLOITATION OF THE SERVICES,
SOFTWARE OR, DOCUMETATION, OR ANY PART THEREOF, OR ANY RIGHTS GRANTED TO YOU
HEREUNDER, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES,
WHETHER THE ACTION IS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), INFRINGEMENT
OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OR OTHERWISE.
6.6 THE CONSIDERATION BEING
PAID HEREUNDER DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY CONSIDERATION FOR ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD TO ASSUME ANY RISKS
BEYOND THOSE EXPRESSLY ASSUMED HEREIN AND IF ANY SUCH RISKS WERE TO BE ASSUMED
BY ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD, ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD WOULD NOT HAVE ENTERED INTO THIS AGREEMENT WITHOUT CHARGING
SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER FEES.
6.7 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
OTHER PROVISION CONTAINED HEREIN, ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD AND ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES,
SHAREHOLDERS AND AGENTS 'S TOTAL MAXIMUM AGGREGATE LIABILITY UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE LICENSE AND USE OF THE SERVICES, SOFTWARE OR DOCUMENTATION
UNDER ANY AND ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, ARISING IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER, SHALL BE
LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF: (A) FIVE ($5.00) US DOLLARS, OR (B) THE LICENSE FEES
ACTUALLY PAID BY YOU TO ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IN THE ONE YEAR PERIOD
IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE FINAL ACT OR EVENT WHICH GAVE RISE TO SUCH LIABILITY.
6.8 SOME JURISDICTIONS DO
NOT ALLOW FOR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO
YOU.
ARTICLE 7
NONASSIGNABILITY
7.1 You shall not assign
this Agreement or any of your rights hereunder without the prior written
consent of ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD.
ARTICLE 8
TERMINATION
8.1 The Services, Software
and/or Documentation may be amended, revised, replaced or terminated, in whole
or in part, by ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD, at its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time,
without notice.
8.2 In addition, ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD may,
at its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time, without notice,
suspend your right to use any of the Services, Software and/or Documentation
and/or terminate this Agreement or any of the licenses granted hereunder.
Without limiting the foregoing, this Agreement and the licenses granted herein
may be terminated by ELECTA COMMUNICATIONS LTD immediately, without notice, if any of the following
events of default occur: (1) if you materially fail to perform or comply with
this Agreement or any provision hereof; (2) if you fail to strictly comply with
the provisions of Article 2 (Grant of Rights), Article 5 (Confidentiality),
Article 7 (Non-assignbility); (3) if you become insolvent or admit in writing
your inability to pay your debts as they mature or make an assignment for the
benefit of creditors; (4) if a petition under any foreign or Bulgarian bankruptcy act, receivership statute or the like, as
they now exist or as they may be amended, is filed by you; or (5) if such a
petition is filed by any third party or an application for a receiver is made
by anyone and such petition or application is not resolved in favor of you
within ninety (90) days.
8.3 Upon termination of this
Agreement, you shall immediately cease and desist all use of the Services,
Software and Documentation.
ARTICLE 9
SURVIVAL
9.1 Your obligations under
this Agreement will survive the termination of this Agreement, or of any
license granted under this Agreement, for whatever reason.
ARTICLE 10
GENERAL
10.1 This Agreement contains
the entire understanding and agreement between us respecting the subject matter
hereof. This Agreement may not be supplemented, modified, amended, released or
discharged except in the manner described above or by an instrument in writing
signed by each party's duly authorized representative. All captions and
headings in this Agreement are for purposes of convenience only and shall not
affect the construction or interpretation of any of its provisions. Any waiver
by either party of any default or breach hereunder shall not constitute a
waiver of any provision of this Agreement or of any subsequent default or
breach of the same or a different kind. The parties agree that the United
Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is
specifically excluded from application to this Agreement.
10.2 All notices, authorizations
and requests in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to be made in Bulgaria, Sofia and to be given (i) immediately if personally
delivered or if provided by e-mail, (i) five days after being deposited in the
mail, postage prepaid, certified or registered, return receipt requested; or
(ii) one day after being sent by overnight courier, charges prepaid; and
addressed as first given above or to such other address as the party to receive
the notice designates by written notice to the other.
10.3 The validity,
interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be
governed by the laws of the Republic of Bulgaria. The Services shall be deemed to be provided from Bulgaria, United
States of America or any country member of the European Union and this Agreement to be, in all respects, a Bulgarian contract.
10.4 Any provision of this
Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction will, as to
that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of the prohibition or unenforceability
without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement and any
prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction will not invalidate or
render unenforceable that provision in any other jurisdiction. For any
provision severed there will be deemed substituted a like provision to
accomplish the intent of the parties as closely as possible to the provision as
drafted, as determined by any court or arbitrator having jurisdiction over any
relevant proceeding, to the extent permitted by the applicable law.
10.5 The parties have
requested that this Agreement and all documents relating thereto be drawn up in
English.