Terms Of Use
A Warm welcome to EBizUniverse! By registering for and using EBizUniverse’s Creative Process online service (the “Service”) you agree to these Terms of Use (the “Terms”), including those terms and conditions incorporated by reference. Please read the Terms carefully. If you do not accept the Terms, you may not use the Service. EBizUniverse may revise the Terms at any time by updating this posting. You should visit this web page periodically to review the Terms because they are binding on you. The Terms should be considered part of and are incorporated into any Project Agreement you execute with EBizUniverse, unless expressly specified otherwise. .You acknowledge and agree that EBizUniverse shall have the right (but not the obligation) in its sole discretion, to pre-screen, refuse or remove any project and/or user provided content that violates the Terms or is otherwise objectionable, including, without limitation, projects or content that is illegal, obscene, indecent, defamatory, incites religious, racial or ethnic hatred, or violates the rights of others. Activity that is brought to our attention which appears in our sole judgment to violate the law will be brought to the attention of the proper authorities. You acknowledge, consent and agree that EBizUniverse may access, preserve, and disclose your account information and content if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce the Terms; (c) respond to claims that any content violates the rights of third-parties; (d) respond to your requests for customer service; or (e) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of EBizUniverse, its users and the public.
Eligibility, Access, Use and Service
(a) Eligibility Requirements. To register for the Service, you must be at least 18 years of age, agree to the Terms and EBizUniverse’s privacy policy (located at www.ebizuniverse.com/privacy.html), and complete the registration procedure. By registering for the Service, you represent and warrant that you meet these eligibility requirements, that the information you include as part of the registration process is complete and accurate and, if you are registering on behalf of an entity, that you are authorized to bind that entity to the Terms. EBizUniverse may accept or reject your registration in its sole discretion.
(b) Authorization to Use; Permitted Uses. You may access and use the Service solely in accordance with the Terms and any posted policies and procedures that appear on the EBizUniverse web site (the “Web Site”). Any use of the Web Site is at your sole risk and responsibility. Subject to the Terms, you may (i) display the Web Site on an Internet access device, and (ii) on an occasional, infrequent and ad hoc basis, and only in circumstances that constitute “fair use” under United States copyright law, print copies of insubstantial portions of the Web Site.
(c) Prohibited Uses. Except as expressly permitted in the Terms, you may not display or print the Web Site and in no event may you broadcast, circulate, distribute, download, perform, publish, rent, reproduce, sell, store, transmit or create decorative works from the Web Site. Additionally, you agree to comply with all applicable laws (including, without limitation, any applicable export controls) in connection with your use of the Service, and with such further limitations or rules as may be set forth on the Web Site. Without limiting the foregoing, you agree not to transmit, distribute, post, communicate or store information or other material on, to or through the Web Site that (i) is copyrighted, unless you are the copyright owner; (ii) reveals trade secrets, unless you own them; (iii) infringes on any other proprietary or intellectual property rights of others, on the privacy or publicity rights of others, or any statutory right; (iv) is obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, or embarrassing to any other person or entity; (v) is sexually-explicit; (vi) constitutes advertisements or solicitations of business, chain letters or pyramid schemes; or (vii) contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, or other computer programming routines or engines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or information. You further agree not to (a) use any incomplete, false or inaccurate biographical information or other information for purposes of registering as a Client; (b) delete or revise any material or other information of any other user of EBizUniverse; (c) take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Web Site’s infrastructure; (d) use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Service or any activity being conducted on the Web Site; (e) use or attempt to use any engine, software, tool, agent or other device or mechanism (including, without limitation, browsers, spiders, robots, avatars or intelligent agents) to navigate or search the Web Site, other than the search engine and search agents available from EBizUniverse on the Web Site and other than generally available third-party web browsers (e.g., Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator); or (f) attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse-engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Web Site.
(d) Web Site Security. You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Web Site, including, without limitation, (i) accessing data not intended for you or logging into a server or account that you are not authorized to access; (ii) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization; (iii) attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, by way of submitting a virus to, or overloading, “flooding”, “spamming”, “mailbombing” or “crashing”, the Web Site; (iv) sending unsolicited email to any user of the Web Site, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services; or (v) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or posting generated in connection with the Service. Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. EBizUniverse will investigate occurrences that may involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations. EBizUniverse reserves the right to review postings on the Web Site, to remove any postings, and to terminate your ability to communicate with, or post to, the Web Site at any time without notice, in its sole discretion. EBizUniverse will use commercially reasonable efforts not to disclose any information you communicate with, or post to, the Web Site, but reserves the right to disclose such information to the extent necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, and the right to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part.
(e) Operation of Web Site. EBizUniverse shall not be responsible for any delays or interruptions of, or errors or omissions contained in, the Web Site. EBizUniverse reserves the right, but shall not be required, to correct any such delays, interruptions, errors or omissions. Although EBizUniverse intends to use commercially reasonable efforts to make the Web Site and Service accessible, EBizUniverse makes no representation, warranty or covenant that the Web Site or Service will be available at all times or at any time. Various circumstances may prevent or delay availability, including telecommunications and/or server problems. EBizUniverse may at any time discontinue the Web Site in whole or in part, may change or eliminate any transmission method, and may change transmission speeds or other signal characteristics. EBizUniverse shall not be responsible for any loss, cost, damage or liability that may result from any of the circumstances, actions or inactions described in this paragraph.
Registration, Password, User Identity
(a) Your User Identity. When you register for the Service, you will create a user identity (your “User Identity”), which will be your identity for purposes of interacting with other users through the Web Site. Your User Identity will include certain personal information, such as, the industry in which you operate. However, your user name need not be your real name. During the registration process, the fields requesting information that will be made available to others as part of your User Identity are identified. You are responsible for ensuring that you are comfortable making such information available to other Web Site users.
(b) Access Numbers, Passwords, and Password Access. You shall keep confidential, shall not disseminate, and shall use solely in accordance with the Terms, your User Identity, registration identification and password for the Web Site. You shall immediately notify EBizUniverse if you learn of or suspect: (i) any loss or theft of your User Identity, registration identification or password, or (ii) any unauthorized use of your registration identification or password or of the Web Site. In the event of such loss, theft, or unauthorized use, EBizUniverse may impose on you, at EBizUniverse’ sole discretion, additional security obligations.
(c) Security Breaches and Revision. If any unauthorized person obtains access to the Web Site as a result of any act or omission by you, you shall use your best efforts to ascertain the source and manner of acquisition and shall fully and promptly inform EBizUniverse. You shall otherwise cooperate and assist in any investigation relating to any such unauthorized access.
Ownership, Rights to Use
(a) Web Site and Service Generally. Except as expressly contemplated under the Terms, as between EBizUniverse and you, EBizUniverse will own all right, title and interest in and to all copyright, trademark, service mark, patent, trade secret or other intellectual property and proprietary rights in and to the Web Site and Service, in all media now known or later devised, to the fullest extent provided under United States and international law. You shall not remove, conceal or alter any copyright notice, byline information, disclaimer, restriction or other notice on the Web Site or any portion thereof. You shall not use or permit any third party to use the name, trademarks, trade names, or trade dress of EBizUniverse, including “EBizUniverse”, without the prior written consent of EBizUniverse, as determined in its sole discretion, for each such use.
(b) Submissions. Upon submission of a Creative or Response Brief or any other information or media provided by you in connection with your use of the Service (collectively, the “Client Information”), EBizUniverse and its agents shall have all rights and licenses necessary to use such Client Information as described in the Project Agreement. Each authorized person to whom your project is made available has the right to review and display the relevant Term Sheet for purposes of preparing a Response.
Nondisclosure and Privacy
EBizUniverse intends to use commercially reasonable efforts to follow its privacy policy, as such privacy policy may be changed from time to time at EBizUniverse’ sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, EBizUniverse cannot and does not assume any responsibility or liability for any information submitted to the Web Site or for the use or misuse of any information submitted by you or any other person, including, without limitation, any information accessed by a hacker or by any other malicious act.
Disclaimers, Indemnification, Limitations of Liability
(a) Responsibility for Content. EBizUniverse shall not be responsible for any use that is or is not made of the Web Site or the Service. Without limiting the foregoing, EBizUniverse makes no representations, warranties or covenants regarding, and does not guarantee, the truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any information or other material (including, without limitation, any Creative Brief, Term Sheets, Responses or User Identity) that are communicated through, or posted to, the Service, whether by registered Service users, EBizUniverse or otherwise, nor does EBizUniverse endorse any opinions expressed by any user of the Web Site.
(b) Links to Third-Party Services. The Web Site may contain links to third-party web sites or other services (the “Linked Content”). The Linked Content is not under the control of EBizUniverse and EBizUniverse is not responsible for the Linked Content, including, without limitation, links contained in the Linked Content, or any changes or updates to Linked Content. EBizUniverse is providing Linked Content to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of such Linked Content is not an endorsement by EBizUniverse of such Linked Content. If you decide to access any Linked Content, you do so at your own risk.
(c) Disclaimer of Warranties. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS.” EBIZUNIVERSE MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THE WEB SITE, INCLUDING ANY PART THEREOF, OR ANY WEB SITE OR OTHER CONTENT OR SERVICE THAT MAY BE ACCESSIBLE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY THROUGH THE WEB SITE, INCLUDING ANY TERM SHEET, RESPONSE, USER IDENTITY OR LINKED CONTENT. EBIZUNIVERSE DISCLAIMS, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY AND ALL SUCH REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, EBIZUNIVERSE DISCLAIMS, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY AND ALL (i) WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE; (ii) WARRANTIES AGAINST INFRINGEMENT OF ANY THIRD-PARTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OR PROPRIETARY RIGHTS; (iii) WARRANTIES RELATING TO DELAYS, INTERRUPTIONS, ERRORS, OR OMISSIONS IN THE WEB SITE, OR ANY PART THEREOF; (iv) WARRANTIES RELATING TO THE TRANSMISSION OR DELIVERY OF THE WEB SITE; AND (v) WARRANTIES OTHERWISE RELATING TO PERFORMANCE, NON-PERFORMANCE, OR OTHER ACTS OR OMISSIONS BY EBIZUNIVERSE OR ANY THIRD PARTY. FURTHERMORE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY THAT THE WEB SITE WILL MEET YOUR NEEDS OR REQUIREMENTS OR THE NEEDS OR REQUIREMENTS OF ANY OTHER PERSON.
(d) Release from Claims. The Service serves solely as a venue for the creation of work and EBizUniverse does not regularly screen or censor any information or material posted to the Web Site. Although EBizUniverse makes commercially reasonable efforts to determine the identity of its clients, EBizUniverse cannot and does not confirm that any client or other user is who they claim to be or that any client or other user has the qualifications he or she claims to have. Because EBizUniverse does not and cannot be involved in user-to-user dealings or control the behavior of participants on the Web Site, if you have a dispute with one or more users, you hereby release EBizUniverse (and our affiliates, agents and employees) from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential, direct and indirect) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes. If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code section 1542, which says: “A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor.”
(e) Limitation of Damages. IN NO EVENT SHALL EBIZUNIVERSE OR ANY THIRD PARTY BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR INDIRECT DAMAGES ARISING UNDER OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE WEB SITE, INCLUDING ANY PART THEREOF, OR THESE TERMS OR ANY OTHER CONSENT (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR DATA, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, TRADING LOSSES, AND DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM INACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION OR INCONVENIENCE, DELAY, OR LOSS OF THE USE OF THE SERVICE).
Communication
By registering for the Service, you agree to post and receive all necessary communications, including all Briefs and Responses, electronically through the Web Site.
FEES AND PAYMENT TERMS
eBizUniverse will provide the Services to you subject to this Agreement, and you agree to pay for the Services when due by valid credit card or automatic withdrawal from a valid bank account. All Setup fees are non-refundable, and eBizUniverse do not issue pro rata refunds for fees paid in advance. You are responsible for paying any and all fees and charges that are not outlined in this Agreement. Such fees and charges shall include, but are not limited to, the fees for connectivity, design services, including any and all third parties whose materials are included as Content in your Webserver Storage. If you fail to pay all valid charges for the Services when due, eBizUniverse may charge you interest on those charges. If you fail to pay any amounts owing to eBizUniverse within 30 days, eBizUniverse will have the absolute right to disconnect the Services without notice. Upon disconnect, you agree to immediately pay all amounts owing to eBizUniverse.
No System Backup
eBizUniverse does not and will not perform system backups on any User's E-mail account(s). eBizUniverse shall not be held responsible for any lost E-mail data, email attachments, or any E-mail message contents, regardless of the reasoning for data loss or system causes. Except as otherwise set forth herein, eBizUniverse will not provide historical data, to any party for any reason, regarding any system or Internet activity. eBizUniverse does not and will not perform system backups on any User's personal web site account(s). eBizUniverse shall not be held responsible for any lost web data, web files, or any web site contents, regardless of the reasoning for data loss or system causes. Except as otherwise set forth herein, eBizUniverse will not provide historical data, to any party for any reason, regarding any system or Internet activity.
REFUND & CANCELLATION POLICY
Web Design
Payments for custom design projects are made to us in increments as a courtesy to the client. Once a payment or deposit is made, it is non-refundable. If a project is cancelled or postponed, all monies paid are retained by eBizUniverse and if applicable, a fee for all work completed beyond what was already paid for shall be paid by the client.
Web Development
Payments for custom web development projects are made to us in increments as a courtesy to the client. Once a payment or deposit is made, it is non-refundable. If a project is cancelled or postponed, all monies paid are retained by eBizUniverse and if applicable, a fee for all work completed beyond what was already paid for shall be paid by the client.
Search Engine Optimization, Internet Marketing and Social Media Optimization
Payments for Search Engine Optimization, Internet Marketing and Social Media Optimization services are nonrefundable, and eBizUniverse do not issue pro rata refunds for fees paid in advance. Once a payment or deposit is made, it is non-refundable. All Setup fees are nonrefundable as it is applied to costs immediately incurred by eBizUniverse in initiating services. If a project is cancelled or postponed, all monies paid are retained by eBizUniverse and if applicable, a fee for all work completed beyond what was already paid for shall be paid by the client.
Chargebacks
If we receive a chargeback or payment dispute (i.e. PayPal Dispute) from a credit card company or bank, your service and/or project will be suspended without notice. A $50 chargeback fee (issued to recover fees passed on to us by the credit company), plus any outstanding balances accrued as a result of the chargeback(s) must be paid in full before service is restored, files delivered, or any further work is done. Instead of issuing a chargeback, please contact us to address any billing issues. Requesting a chargeback or opening a PayPal dispute for a valid charge from us is fraud, and is never an appropriate or legal means of obtaining a refund. Please read and make sure you fully understand our refund policy prior to making a payment.
Website Hosting
Payments for past months of web hosting are non-refundable. Hosting accounts are set up at the time of order and are allotted a specific amount of server resources, according to the plan purchased. If client did not make use of the account, payment for services is still due. Hosting accounts are not canceled until notice is received from the client in writing, or until 15 days after due date of payment not received. If client paid for hosting account for 6 or 12 months ahead and cancels service before plan expiration date, a refund may be given for the months not yet elapsed. If client received free products and/or services with their hosting plan purchase, the value of the free services will be deducted from the refund amount.
Cancellation Notification
All cancellations must be made in writing or via email to "billing At eBizUniverse Dot com", and requires a 30 day notice. Cancellation requests will only be processed if made by the initial authorizing party and if received in writing or via email. Once a cancellation request is made, it is the initial authorizing party's responsibility to ensure that eBizUniverse is in receipt of the cancellation notification.
eBizUniverse reserves the right disable and/or terminate a user’s account if a user is found in violation of the terms. Accounts terminated due to policy violations will not be refunded.
