Terms of Use

Terms of Use

BY CLICKING THE “I ACCEPT” BUTTON DISPLAYED AS PART OF THE ORDERING PROCESS, YOU AGREE TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS (THE “AGREEMENT”) GOVERNING YOUR USE OF LAURADUGGAN.COM’S ONLINE SERVICE, INCLUDING OFFLINE COMPONENTS (COLLECTIVELY, THE “SERVICE”). IF YOU ARE ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF A COMPANY OR OTHER LEGAL ENTITY, YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO BIND SUCH ENTITY TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, IN WHICH CASE THE TERMS “YOU” OR “YOUR” SHALL REFER TO SUCH ENTITY. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE SUCH AUTHORITY, OR IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU MUST SELECT THE “I DECLINE” BUTTON AND MAY NOT USE THE SERVICE.

WELCOME

As part of the Service, LAURADUGGAN.COM will provide you with use of the Service, including a browser interface and data encryption, transmission, access and storage. Your registration for, or use of, the Service shall be deemed to be your agreement to abide by this Agreement including any materials available on the LAURADUGGAN.COM website incorporated by reference herein, including but not limited to LAURADUGGAN.COM’s privacy and security policies. For reference, a Definitions section is included at the end of this Agreement.

1. PRIVACY & SECURITY; DISCLOSURE

LAURADUGGAN.COM’s privacy and security policies may be viewed at http://WWW.LAURADUGGAN.COM. LAURADUGGAN.COM reserves the right to modify its privacy and security policies in its reasonable discretion from time to time. LAURADUGGAN.COM users will not have the option of opting out of receiving marketing and announcement information unless they terminate their account with LAURADUGGAN.COM. Note that because the Service is a hosted, online application, LAURADUGGAN.COM occasionally may need to notify all users of the Service (whether or not they have opted out as described above) of important announcements regarding the operation of the Service.

2. LICENSE GRANT & RESTRICTIONS

LAURADUGGAN.COM hereby grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, worldwide right to use the Service, solely for your own internal business purposes, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved by LAURADUGGAN.COM and its licensors.
You may not access the Service if you are a direct competitor of LAURADUGGAN.COM, except with LAURADUGGAN.COM’s prior written consent. In addition, you may not access the Service for purposes of monitoring its availability, performance or functionality, or for any other benchmarking or competitive purposes.
You shall not (i) license, sublicense, sell, resell, transfer, assign, distribute or otherwise commercially exploit or make available to any third party the Service or the Content in any way; (ii) modify or make derivative works based upon the Service or the Content; (iii) create Internet “links” to the Service or “frame” or “mirror” any Content on any other server or wireless or Internet-based device; or (iv) reverse engineer or access the Service in order to (a) build a competitive product or service, (b) build a product using similar ideas, features, functions or graphics of the Service, or (c) copy any ideas, features, functions or graphics of the Service. User licenses cannot be shared or used by more than one individual User but may be reassigned from time to time to new Users who are replacing former Users who have terminated employment or otherwise changed job status or function and no longer use the Service.
You may use the Service only for your internal business purposes and shall not: (i) send spam or otherwise duplicative or unsolicited messages in violation of applicable laws; (ii) send or store infringing, obscene, threatening, libelous, or otherwise unlawful or tortuous material, including material harmful to children or violative of third party privacy rights; (iii) send or store material containing software viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other harmful computer code, files, scripts, agents or programs; (iv) interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the Service or the data contained therein; or (v) attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service or its related systems or networks.

3. YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

You are responsible for all activity occurring under your User accounts and shall abide by all applicable local, state, national and foreign laws, treaties and regulations in connection with your use of the Service, including those related to data privacy, international communications and the transmission of technical or personal data. You shall: (i) notify LAURADUGGAN.COM immediately of any unauthorized use of any password or account or any other known or suspected breach of security; (ii) report to LAURADUGGAN.COM immediately and use reasonable efforts to stop immediately any copying or distribution of Content that is known or suspected by you or your Users; and (iii) not impersonate another LAURADUGGAN.COM user or provide false identity information to gain access to or use the Service.

LAURADUGGAN.COM does not own any data, information or material that you submit to the Service in the course of using the Service (“Customer Data”). You, not LAURADUGGAN.COM, shall have sole responsibility for the accuracy, quality, integrity, legality, reliability, appropriateness, and intellectual property ownership or right to use of all Customer Data, and LAURADUGGAN.COM shall not be responsible or liable for the deletion, correction, destruction, damage, loss or failure to store any Customer Data. LAURADUGGAN.COM reserves the right to withhold, remove and/or discard Customer Data without notice for any breach, including, without limitation. Upon termination for cause, your right to access or use Customer Data immediately ceases, and LAURADUGGAN.COM shall have no obligation to maintain or forward any Customer Data.

5. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OWNERSHIP

LAURADUGGAN.COM alone (and its licensors, where applicable) shall own all right, title and interest, including all related Intellectual Property Rights, in and to the LAURADUGGAN.COM Technology, the Content and the Service and any suggestions, ideas, enhancement requests, feedback, recommendations or other information provided by you or any other party relating to the Service. This Agreement is not a sale and does not convey to you any rights of ownership in or related to the Service, theLAURADUGGAN.COMTechnology or the Intellectual Property Rights owned by LAURADUGGAN.COM. The LAURADUGGAN.COM name, the LAURADUGGAN.COM logo, and the product names associated with the Service are trademarks of LAURADUGGAN.COM or third parties, and no right or license is granted to use them.

6. THIRD PARTY INTERACTIONS

During use of the Service, you may enter into correspondence with, purchase goods and/or services from, or participate in promotions of advertisers or sponsors showing their goods and/or services through the Service. Any such activity, and any terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such activity are solely between you and the applicable third-party. LAURADUGGAN.COM and its licensors shall have no liability, obligation or responsibility for any such correspondence, purchase or promotion between you and any such third-party. LAURADUGGAN.COM does not endorse any sites on the Internet that are linked through the Service. LAURADUGGAN.COM provides these links to you only as a matter of convenience, and in no event shall LAURADUGGAN.COM or its licensors be responsible for any content, products, or other materials on or available from such sites. LAURADUGGAN.COM provides the Service to you pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. You recognize, however, that certain third-party providers of ancillary software, hardware or services may require your agreement to additional or different license or other terms prior to your use of or access to such software, hardware or services.

7. TERMINATION FOR CAUSE

Any unauthorized use of the LAURADUGGAN.COM Technology or Service will be deemed a material breach of this Agreement. LAURADUGGAN.COM, in its sole discretion, may terminate your password, account or use of the Service if you breach or otherwise fail to comply with this Agreement. In addition, LAURADUGGAN.COM may terminate a free account at any time in its sole discretion. You agree and acknowledge that LAURADUGGAN.COM has no obligation to retain the Customer Data, and may delete such Customer Data, if you have materially breached this Agreement and such breach has not been cured within 30 days of notice of such breach.

8. REPRESENTATIONS & WARRANTIES

Each party represents and warrants that it has the legal power and authority to enter into this Agreement. LAURADUGGAN.COM represents and warrants that it will provide the Service in a manner consistent with general industry standards reasonably applicable to the provision thereof and that the Service will perform substantially in accordance with the online LAURADUGGAN.COM help documentation under normal use and circumstances. You represent and warrant that you have not falsely identified yourself nor provided any false information to gain access to the Service and that your billing information is correct.

9. MUTUAL INDEMNIFICATION

You shall indemnify and hold LAURADUGGAN.COM, its licensors and each such party’s parent organizations, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, attorneys and agents harmless from and against any and all claims, costs, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and costs) arising out of or in connection with: (i) a claim alleging that use of the Customer Data infringes the rights of, or has caused harm to, a third party; (ii) a claim, which if true, would constitute a violation by you of your representations and warranties; or (iii) a claim arising from the breach by you or your Users of this Agreement, provided in any such case that LAURADUGGAN.COM (a) gives written notice of the claim promptly to you; (b) gives you sole control of the defense and settlement of the claim (provided that you may not settle or defend any claim unless you unconditionally release LAURADUGGAN.COM of all liability and such settlement does not affect LAURADUGGAN.COM’s business or Service); (c) provides to you all available information and assistance; and (d) has not compromised or settled such claim.
LAURADUGGAN.COM shall indemnify and hold you and your parent organizations, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, attorneys and agents harmless from and against any and all claims, costs, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and costs) arising out of or in connection with: (i) a claim alleging that the Service directly infringes a copyright, a U.S. patent issued as of the Effective Date, or a trademark of a third party; (ii) a claim, which if true, would constitute a violation by LAURADUGGAN.COM of its representations or warranties; or (iii) a claim arising from breach of this Agreement by LAURADUGGAN.COM; provided that you (a) promptly give written notice of the claim to LAURADUGGAN.COM; (b) giveLAURADUGGAN.COM sole control of the defense and settlement of the claim (provided that LAURADUGGAN.COM may not settle or defend any claim unless it unconditionally releases you of all liability); (c) provide to LAURADUGGAN.COM all available information and assistance; and (d) have not compromised or settled such claim. LAURADUGGAN.COM shall have no indemnification obligation, and you shall indemnify LAURADUGGAN.COM pursuant to this Agreement, for claims arising from any infringement arising from the combination of the Service with any of your products, service, hardware or business process(s).

10. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

LAURADUGGAN.COM AND ITS LICENSORS MAKE NO REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, OR GUARANTY AS TO THE RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, QUALITY, SUITABILITY, TRUTH, AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE SERVICE OR ANY CONTENT.LAURADUGGAN.COM AND ITS LICENSORS DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT (A) THE USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE SECURE, TIMELY, UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE OR OPERATE IN COMBINATION WITH ANY OTHER HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, SYSTEM OR DATA, (B) THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR EXPECTATIONS, (C) ANY STORED DATA WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (D) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR EXPECTATIONS, (E) ERRORS OR DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR (F) THE SERVICE OR THE SERVER(S) THAT MAKE THE SERVICE AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. THE SERVICE AND ALL CONTENT IS PROVIDED TO YOU STRICTLY ON AN “AS IS” BASIS. ALL CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS, ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW BY LAURADUGGAN.COM AND ITS LICENSORS.

11. INTERNET DELAYS

LAURADUGGAN.COM’S SERVICES MAY BE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS, DELAYS, AND OTHER PROBLEMS INHERENT IN THE USE OF THE INTERNET AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS. LAURADUGGAN.COM IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DELAYS, DELIVERY FAILURES, OR OTHER DAMAGE RESULTING FROM SUCH PROBLEMS.

12. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY EXCEED THE AMOUNTS ACTUALLY PAID BY AND/OR DUE FROM YOU IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO SUCH CLAIM. IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY AND/OR ITS LICENSORS BE LIABLE TO ANYONE FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES OF ANY TYPE OR KIND (INCLUDING LOSS OF DATA, REVENUE, PROFITS, USE OR OTHER ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE) ARISING OUT OF, OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THIS SERVICE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE, OR FOR ANY CONTENT OBTAINED FROM OR THROUGH THE SERVICE, ANY INTERRUPTION, INACCURACY, ERROR OR OMISSION, REGARDLESS OF CAUSE IN THE CONTENT, EVEN IF THE PARTY FROM WHICH DAMAGES ARE BEING SOUGHT OR SUCH PARTY’S LICENSORS HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

13. ADDITIONAL RIGHTS

Certain states and/or jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or limitation of liability for incidental, consequential or certain other types of damages, so the exclusions set forth above may not apply to you.

14. LOCAL LAWS AND EXPORT CONTROL

This site provides services and uses software and technology that may be subject to United States export controls administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the United States Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control, and other U.S. agencies and the export control regulations of Switzerland and the European Union. The user of this site (“User”) acknowledges and agrees that the site shall not be used, and none of the underlying information, software, or technology may be transferred or otherwise exported or re-exported to countries as to which the United States, Switzerland and/or the European Union maintains an embargo (collectively, “Embargoed Countries”), or to or by a national or resident thereof, or any person or entity on the U.S. Department of Treasury’s List of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Table of Denial Orders (collectively, “Designated Nationals”). The lists of Embargoed Countries and Designated Nationals are subject to change without notice. By using the Service, you represent and warrant that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of an Embargoed Country or Designated National. You agree to comply strictly with all U.S., Swiss and European Union export laws and assume sole responsibility for obtaining licenses to export or re-export as may be required.
This site may use encryption technology that is subject to licensing requirements under the U.S. Export Administration Regulations, 15 C.F.R. Parts 730-774 and Council Regulation (EC) No. 1334/2000
LAURADUGGAN.COM and its licensors make no representation that the Service is appropriate or available for use in other locations. If you use the Service from outside the United States of America, Switzerland and/or the European Union, you are solely responsible for compliance with all applicable laws, including without limitation export and import regulations of other countries. Any diversion of the Content contrary to United States, Swiss or European Union (including European Union Member States) law is prohibited.

15. NOTICE

LAURADUGGAN.COM may give notice by means of a general notice on the Service, electronic mail to your e-mail address on record in LAURADUGGAN.COM’s account information, or by written communication sent by first class mail or pre-paid post to your address on record in LAURADUGGAN.COM‘s account information. Such notice shall be deemed to have been given upon the expiration of 48 hours after mailing or posting (if sent by first class mail or pre-paid post) or 12 hours after sending (if sent by email). You may give notice to LAURADUGGAN.COM (such notice shall be deemed given when received by LAURADUGGAN.COM) at any time by the following letter delivered by nationally recognized overnight delivery service or first class postage prepaid mail to LAURADUGGAN.COM at the following address: BD and Associates, 3312 River Road, Austin, 78703

16. MODIFICATION TO TERMS

LAURADUGGAN.COM reserves the right to modify the terms and conditions of this Agreement or its policies relating to the Service at any time, effective upon posting of an updated version of this Agreement on the Service. You are responsible for regularly reviewing this Agreement. Continued use of the Service after any such changes shall constitute your consent to such changes.

17. ASSIGNMENT; CHANGE IN CONTROL

This Agreement may not be assigned by you without the prior written approval of LAURADUGGAN.COM but may be assigned without your consent by LAURADUGGAN.COM to (i) a parent or subsidiary, (ii) an acquirer of assets, or (iii) a successor by merger. Any purported assignment in violation of this section shall be void. Any actual or proposed change in control of you that results or would result in a direct competitor of LAURADUGGAN.COM directly or indirectly owning or controlling 50% or more of you shall entitle LAURADUGGAN.COM to terminate this Agreement for cause immediately upon written notice.

18. GENERAL

With respect to all customers, this Agreement shall be governed by Texas law and controlling United States federal law, without regard to the choice or conflicts of law provisions of any jurisdiction, and any disputes, actions, claims or causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or the Service shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Austin, Texas. No text or information set forth on any other purchase order, preprinted form or document (other than an Order Form, if applicable) shall add to or vary the terms and conditions of this Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, then such provision(s) shall be construed, as nearly as possible, to reflect the intentions of the invalid or unenforceable provision(s), with all other provisions remaining in full force and effect. No joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and LAURADUGGAN.COM as a result of this agreement or use of the Service. The failure of LAURADUGGAN.COM to enforce any right or provision in this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision unless acknowledged and agreed to by LAURADUGGAN.COM in writing. This Agreement, together with any applicable Order Form, comprises the entire agreement between you and LAURADUGGAN.COM and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous negotiations, discussions or agreements, whether written or oral, between the parties regarding the subject matter contained herein.

19. DEFINITIONS

As used in this Agreement and in any Order Forms now or hereafter associated herewith: “Agreement” means these online terms of use, any Order Forms, whether written or submitted online via the Online Order Center, and any materials available on the LAURADUGGAN.COM website specifically incorporated by reference herein, as such materials, including the terms of this Agreement, may be updated by LAURADUGGAN.COM from time to time in its sole discretion; “Content” means the audio and visual information, documents, software, products and services contained or made available to you in the course of using the Service; “Customer Data” means any data, information or material provided or submitted by you to the Service in the course of using the Service; “Effective Date” means the earlier of either the date this Agreement is accepted by selecting the “I Accept” option presented on the screen after this Agreement is displayed or the date you begin using the Service; “Initial Term” means the initial period during which you are obligated to pay for the Service equal to the billing frequency selected by you during the subscription process. “Intellectual Property Rights” means unpatented inventions, patent applications, patents, design rights, copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain name rights, mask work rights, know-how and other trade secret rights, and all other intellectual property rights, derivatives thereof, and forms of protection of a similar nature anywhere in the world; “License Administrator(s)” means those Users designated by you who are authorized to make changes to your account online using the Online Order Center or by executing written Order Forms and to create User accounts and otherwise administer your use of the Service; “License Term(s)” means the period(s) during which a specified number of Users are licensed to use the Service pursuant to the Order Form(s); “Order Form(s)” means the form evidencing the initial subscription for the Service and any subsequent order forms submitted online or in written form, specifying, among other things, the number of licenses and other services contracted for, the applicable fees, the billing period, and other charges as agreed to between the parties, each such Order Form to be incorporated into and to become a part of this Agreement (in the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of any such Order Form, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail); “Online Order Center” means LAURADUGGAN.COM’s online application that allows the License Administrator designated by you to, among other things, add additional Users to the Service; “LAURADUGGAN.COM” means collectively BD and Associates Inc., having its principal place of business at 3312 River Road, Austin, 78703. “LAURADUGGAN.COM Technology” means all of LAURADUGGAN.COM’s proprietary technology (including software, hardware, products, processes, algorithms, user interfaces, know-how, techniques, designs and other tangible or intangible technical material or information) made available to you by LAURADUGGAN.COM in providing the Service; “Service(s)” means the specific edition of LAURADUGGAN.COM’s online activity management, identified during the ordering process, developed, operated, and maintained by LAURADUGGAN.COM, accessible via http://WWW.LAURADUGGAN.COM or another designated web site or IP address, or ancillary online or offline products and services provided to you by LAURADUGGAN.COM, to which you are being granted access under this Agreement, including the Salesforce.com Technology and the Content; “User(s)” means your employees, representatives, consultants, contractors or agents who are authorized to use the Service and have been supplied user identifications and passwords by you (or by LAURADUGGAN.COM at your request).

QUESTIONS OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

If you have questions regarding this Agreement or wish to obtain additional information, please send an email to support@lauraduggan.com.