1.
What is this MemoText® User Agreement about and why
should you read it?
This MemoText® User Agreement (referred to below as
the “Agreement”) describes:
- your rights and obligations when accessing and using
the MemoText® services for which you successfully
register (referred to below as the “MemoText®
Services”) and the MemoText® .com Internet site
(referred to below as “MemoText.com”)
- MemoText® ’s rights and obligations towards
you concerning the MemoText® Services and MemoText.com,
including limitations to MemoText’s liability
- other important details about how the MemoText®
Services are operated, including information about MemoText’s
privacy policy and procedures, security of MemoText.com
and the MemoText® services
By subscribing to MemoText® Services, you will be
entering into a contractual relationship with Enterprising
Vision Inc., the owner and operator of the MemoText®
Services and MemoText.com (referred to in this Agreement
as “we”, “our”, and “us”),
on the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement.
This Agreement (and any modifications to it) will represent
the entire agreement between you and Enterprising Vision
Inc. with respect to the MemoText® Services and MemoText.com
and is different than and completely separate from your
Agreement with your telephone and Internet service providers
and from any and all agreements that MemoText® may
have with its service providers to which you are not a
party.
If you do not agree with any of the terms and conditions
contained in this Agreement, click on the “I Decline”
button below and you will be returned to the MemoText.com
home page without being registered for the MemoText®
Services that brought you to this Internet page.
2.
How will MemoText® update this Agreement and where
will you be able to look at it again?
MemoText® may change, add to or delete any portion
of this Agreement in its discretion at any time. Each
of these changes, additions or deletions (which may also
be referred to as “amendments” will be effective
when notice of them is posted on MemoText.com. Your continued
use of the MemoText® Service and/or MemoText.com after
amendments are posted will be considered acceptance of
those changes. It is your sole responsibility to monitor
MemoText.com to determine whether any such amendments
have been posted.
A copy of the most current version of this MemoText®
User Agreement will be available through a link on the
“My MemoText® Homepage” for your convenience
and ease of reference. We recommend that you print and
retain a copy of this Agreement for your records.
3.
Registration
By subscribing to MemoText® Services, you verify that
the information provided by you in the registration process
is true, accurate, current and complete to the best of
your knowledge. If you provide any information that is
untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or we have
reasonable grounds to believe that the information is
untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, we may
terminate or suspend your account or refuse any or all
current or future use of MemoText.com and/or the MemoText®
Services.
MemoText.com may reject any application for registration
for any MemoText® services in its discretion without
explanation.
If MemoText® accepts your application for registration,
MemoText® will set up an account (your “MemoText®
Account”) for you relating to your MemoText®
Services and will send confirmation of your MemoText®
Account and other useful information to the e-mail address
used by you in your application for registration.
4.
Access to and use of MemoText.com
If you have a MemoText® Account and have registered
for one or more MemoText® Services, then you may access
and use the password-protected member sections of MemoText.com
that relate to your account using your MemoText.com member
ID and password.
You understand and agree that each message sent using
MemoText.com and the MemoText® Services is the sole
responsibility of the person from whom the message originated.
This means that you, not us, are entirely responsible
for the messages and the content of the messages you send
using MemoText.com and the MemoText® Services. We
do not control the content in messages sent by MemoText®
members, and accordingly, do not guarantee the accuracy,
integrity, quality or timeliness of messages or their
content.
You agree that, in using MemoText.com and the MemoText®
Services, you will not:
- send any message or any content that is
offensive, indecent, objectionable, unlawful, harmful,
hateful, racist, threatening, abusive, harassing, invasive
of another’s privacy, tortious, libellous, defamatory,
vulgar or obscene;
- “stalk” or otherwise harass
another person;
- impersonate any person or entity or falsely
state or misrepresent your affiliation with a person or
entity;
- send any message or any content that is
unwelcome, including without limitation any unsolicited
advertising, “spam”, junk mail, chain letters,
promotional materials, “pyramid schemes” or
any other form of unwelcome solicitation; or
- interfere with or otherwise attempt to
disrupt or engage in any activity that could reasonably
be expected to disrupt MemoText.com or the MemoText®
Services or any servers or networks directly or indirectly
connected to MemoText.com or any other Internet site or
mobile communications device.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL WE BE LIABLE
OR RESPONSIBLE IN ANY WAY FOR MESSAGES OR THEIR CONTENT,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN
ANY MESSAGES OR CONTENT, OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF
ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF MESSAGES OR CONTENT SENT
USING MEMOTEXT.COM OR THE MEMOTEXT® SERVICES. WE ARE
NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY MISSED APPOINTMENTS OR ANY REPERCUSSIONS
OF MISSED APPOINTMENTS DUE TO MESSAGE FAILURE FOR ANY
REASON.
While we do not screen content, you acknowledge
that we may (but are not obligated to), in our sole discretion,
refuse to send or remove any messages or content from
MemoText.com or the MemoText® Services, including
without limitation any messages or content that violate
or are inconsistent with the principles for message content
articulated in this Agreement.
You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated
with, the use of MemoText.com and the MemoText® Services,
including without limitation, any reliance on the accuracy,
completeness or usefulness of messages sent using MemoText.com
and the MemoText® Services.
While a confirmation (including a unique ID code) will
be sent to the e-mail address you supplied when registering
confirming that one or more messages were sent, we cannot
and will not be responsible for delivery of messages by
third party carriers and telecommunications providers.
We are not responsible and do not provide refunds related
to messages sent by us that are not delivered by carriers
or not picked up by recipients for any reason whatsoever.
You acknowledge and understand that the technical processing
and transmission of message will involve transmissions
over various networks and may involve changes to conform
and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks
or devices. For more information, please consult your
carrier.
You are solely responsible for obtaining and maintaining
all equipment, Internet browsers and telecommunications
devices necessary to connect to and use the Internet,
MemoText.com and the MemoText® Services.
You agree to comply with all applicable local, provincial
and federal laws and regulations that relate to your use
of activities with respect to MemoText® and MemoText.com.
You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell
or exploit for any commercial purpose, any portion of
MemoText.com, the MemoText® Services or access to
or use of MemoText.com or the MemoText® Services.
We are concerned about the safety and privacy of all of
our members, especially minors. Parents who wish to permit
their children who are under 18 should assist them in
registration and supervise their use of the MemoText®
Services.
5.
Fees
You agree to pay all fees and charges pertaining to your
use of MemoText.com and the MemoText® Services within
all applicable deadlines. You acknowledge and agree that
we may terminate this Agreement and suspend or terminate
your MemoText® Services immediately if you do not
pay all fees and charges as required.
You can upgrade or downgrade your account at any time
in accordance with the current pricing arrangements posted
on MemoText.com. Unused text message reminders that you
are entitled to expire at 11:59:59 on the last day of
the calendar month in which they were purchased.
Once a MemoText® message has been sent, it message
cannot be changed or recalled and you will be responsible
for all fees and other consequences associated with the
sending of that MemoText® message.
Any and all fees pertaining to MemoText.com and/or the
MemoText® Services are in addition to any fees, including
airtime and/or SMS messaging charges, that you or any
recipient of any MemoText® message from you may be
charged by your or their telephone and Internet service
providers. We are not responsible for any such charges.
6.
Security and Third Parties
MemoText.com uses password and database security, including
Secure Socket Layers (SSL) 128 bit encryption technology,
to protect MemoText.com and the integrity and security
of data contained in MemoText.com. However, you acknowledge
and agree that the security and integrity of MemoText.com
cannot be guaranteed. You agree that our security procedures
for the site are reasonable and adequate for your use
and that MemoText® will not incur any liability of
any kind whatsoever with respect to such security measures.
You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality
and security of your Member ID and password. You agree
to maintain your Member ID and password in a secure manner
and to destroy it in a way that will make it unreadable
when you dispose of any materials containing your Member
ID and/or password. Any account activity undertaken with
the use of your Member ID and password shall be conclusively
presumed to be authorized by you. You agree to notify
us in writing immediately at contact@MemoText.com if you
know or suspect that your Member ID and/or password has
been lost, stolen, or the subject of unauthorized use.
You are solely and fully responsible for all actions and
communications undertaken or transmitted under your password
and/or MemoText® Account and you agree to comply with
all applicable laws and regulations in connection with
your use of MemoText.com.
It is your sole responsibility to ensure that you exit
from your MemoText® Account by logging out at the
end of each session. While we have no obligation to do
so, you agree that we may log off accounts that are inactive
for an extended period of time and that we will have no
liability for doing so to you or to any third party.
As a convenience to you, MemoText.com may link to web
sites operated by other entities. You acknowledge and
agree that, because we have no control over those sites,
we are not responsible for their availability, security,
content, products or other materials on or available from
such sites. Links do not imply that we endorse or are
affiliated with any linked sites.
7.
Privacy
This section covers our treatment of personal information
(as defined in the Personal Information and Protection
of Electronic Documents Act (Canada)) that you enter into
MemoText.com or that we collect when you are on MemoText.com.
This section does not apply to the practices of companies
that we do not own or control or to people that we do
not employ or manage, including without limitation, your
telephone service provider.
You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible
for ensuring that all information that you enter into
MemoText.com is and collected, used and disclosed in compliance
with the Personal Information and Protection of Electronic
Documents Act (Canada) and all other applicable privacy
laws. We will have no liability to you or to the recipient
of any message from you to the extent such information
is not collected, used and disclosed by any user in compliance
with privacy laws.
We do not use any personal information you enter into
MemoText.com for any purpose other than to provide the
MemoText® Services and to answer your questions about
the MemoText® Services and MemoText.com. If you choose
not to complete the registration process, we delete all
mobile numbers entered by you into MemoText.com instantly.
We will not sell or rent personal information provided
by you to us to anyone. We will not use or share any of
this information with any third party except: (1) to our
service providers, including telephone service providers,
as required to operate MemoText.com and to provide the
MemoText® Services; and (2) as required by law. In
addition, we may communicate with you from time to time
about your MemoText® account, updates and upgrades
to the MemoText® Services and other MemoText®
Services that are available, at your e-mail address provided
to us by you as part of your registration for the MemoText®
Services.
When you visit MemoText.com, our web servers may collect
the name of the domain you used to access the Internet
and the web site you came from and visit next. This information
is used by us to measure the number of visits, average
time spent, page views, and other statistics about visitors
to MemoText.com in general. We may set and access cookies
on your computer as necessary for the effective operation
of MemoText.com and the provision of the MemoText®
Services.
8.
Changes to the Functionality of MemoText.com
We may change, modify, add, remove, suspend, cancel or
discontinue any aspect of the MemoText® Service or
MemoText.com, including the content of MemoText.com and/or
the availability of any features of the MemoText®
Service and/or MemoText.com at any time in MemoText’s
discretion. We may also impose limits on certain features
and services or restrict your access to all or part of
the MemoText® Service and/or MemoText.com without
notice or liability at any time. MemoText® may terminate
your use of all or part of the MemoText® Service or
MemoText.com at any time in its sole discretion, provided
that, as your sole remedy, we will refund to you any prepaid
fees actually paid by you specifically related to that
service or functionality.
9.
Indemnity and Liability
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold us harmless from
and against any and all claims, demands, actions, losses,
damages, fines, penalties, costs (including legal costs)
and other liabilities of any kind whatsoever, incurred
by us directly or in directly as a result of or in connection
with: (1) your use of MemoText.com and the MemoText®
Services in any manner that is not fully compliant with
this Agreement; and (2) any content, data or other information
or materials that you send, distribute, transmit or otherwise
make available to any person using MemoText.com and/or
the MemoText® Services.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT WE PROVIDE
THE MEMOTEXT® SERVICE AND ACCESS TO MEMOTEXT®
.COM ON AN “AS IS” AND AN “AS AVAILABLE”
BASIS, THAT YOUR USE OF MEMOTEXT.COM AND THE MEMOTEXT®
SERVICES IS AT YOUR OWN RISK, AND THAT WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS,
WARRANTIES OR COVENANTS WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT THERETO.
FOR GREATER CERTAINTY, WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE MEMOTEXT®
SERVICES OR MEMOTEXT.COM WILL BE AVAILABLE, RUN DEFICIENCY-FREE
OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT WE WILL CORRECT ALL ERRORS OR DEFICIENCIES
RELATED THERETO OR THAT ALL MESSAGES SENT BY YOU WILL
ARRIVE AT THEIR INTENDED DESTINATION. WE SPECIFICALLY
DISCLAIM ALL REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, WITH RESPECT
TO THE MEMOTEXT® SERVICE AND MEMOTEXT.COM, INCLUDING
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS WITH RESPECT
TO MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, SCALABILITY
OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
EXCEPT FOR ANY OBLIGATION WE MAY HAVE TO PROVIDE A REFUND
PURSUANT TO SECTION 0, OUR CUMULATIVE LIABILITY, INCLUDING
ANY LIABILITY OF OUR AFFILIATES, AND OUR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS,
EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, ADVISORS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES
AND THOSE OF OUR AFFILIATES (COLLECTIVELY, “REPRESENTATIVES”)
TO ANY PERSON OR ENTITY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE AND OTHER DAMAGES ARISING OUT
OF OR RELATED TO CLAIMS IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT,
THE MEMOTEXT® SERVICE AND MEMOTEXT.COM WILL NOT EXCEED
TEN DOLLARS (USD $10).
THE FOREGOING LIMITS OF LIABILITY WILL OPERATE NOTWITHSTANDING
ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT OR
IN ANY STATUTE, REGULATION, GUIDELINE, POLICY, RULE OF
LAW OR OTHER LEGAL INSTRUMENT AND APPLY REGARDLESS OF
THE BASIS ON WHICH ANY PERSON IS ENTITLED TO CLAIM, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO BREACH OF CONTRACT (INCLUDING WITHOUT
LIMITATION FUNDAMENTAL BREACH) OR TORT (INCLUDING WITHOUT
LIMITATION NEGLIGENCE, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, NEGLIGENT MISREPRESENTATION
OR OTHER FAULT OF OURS, OUR AFFILIATES OR OUR OR OUR AFFILIATES
RESPECTIVE REPRESENTATIVES), AND APPLY EVEN IF WE OR OUR
AFFILIATES OR ANY OF OUR RESPECTIVE REPRESENATIVES HAVE
BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THE LIMITS OF LIABILITY
SPECIFIED IN THIS AGREEMENT WERE AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT
IN SETTING CONSIDERATION UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.
TO THE EXTENT YOUR JURISDICTION DOES NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION
OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR LIMITATIONS OF OR EXCLUSIONS
OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES,
THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
10.
Termination
You agree that we may, in our sole discretion, terminate
your password, member ID or account (or any part thereof)
at any time if we believe that you have violated or acted
inconsistently with the letter or spirit of this Agreement.
You agree that we may terminate or delete accounts that
are inactive for an extended period of time at our discretion.
You agree that termination of your access to the service
under any provision of this Agreement may be effected
without prior notice and you acknowledge and agree that
we may immediately deactivate or delete your account,
including all related information and pending messages
and/or bar any further access to MemoText.com or the MemoText®
Services. You agree that we will not be liable to you
or any third party for termination of your access to or
use of MemoText.com or the MemoText® Services. You
further agree that we may change these general practices
and limits at any time, in our sole discretion, without
notice.
11.
International Use and Choice of Law; Statute of Limitations
Use of the MemoText® Service and access to and use
of MemoText.com is prohibited from locations where the
associated services or content is illegal. You recognize
the global nature of the Internet and you agree to comply
with all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable
content in any jurisdiction from which you are using MemoText.com
and the MemoText® Services and any jurisdiction to
which you are sending messages. Specifically, you agree
to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission
of technical data from Canada or the country in which
you reside.
This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws
of Canada applicable therein, without giving effect to
the conflicts of laws provisions. For all disputes arising
from or related to this Agreement, the MemoText® Service
or MemoText.com, you agree to submit to the personal and
exclusive jurisdiction of the provincial and federal courts
located in Ontario. You agree that, regardless of any
statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of
action you may have with respect to your use of the MemoText®
Services and MemoText.com must be commenced within one
(1) year after the claim or cause of action arose or forever
be barred.
12.
Copyright notice; Ownership
The MemoText.com Internet site is protected by copyright
laws and treaty provisions. The MemoText® name, logo
are trademarks of Enterprising Vision Inc. You agree to
comply with all copyright laws in your use of MemoText.com
and the MemoText® Services. No part of the materials
on MemoText.com, including the any and all site text and
graphics, may be reproduced or transmitted without our
prior written consent.
You acknowledge and agree that, as between you and us,
MemoText.com and the MemoText® Services are owned
by us and that you do not acquire any intellectual property
or other rights in them as a result of your use of MemoText.com
or the MemoText® Services. Any access and use rights
granted to you by us with respect to MemoText.com and
the MemoText® Services are not to be construed as
a sale, transfer, assignment or other conveyance by us
of our intellectual property and other rights in MemoText.com
or the MemoText® Services.
We do not claim ownership of the content of any message.
13.
Assignment
You cannot assign all or part of this Agreement without
first getting our written approval. We can assign all
or part of this Agreement without your consent by telling
you about the assignment in writing, including, if we
choose, by posting notice of the assignment on MemoText.com.
This Agreement will bind you, your successors and your
permitted assigns and us, our successors and our permitted
assigns.
14.
General
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between
you and MemoText® relating to the MemoText® Service
and MemoText.com and may be amended or modified only as
described herein.
If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds
any provision of this Agreement or portion thereof to
be invalid or unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced
to the maximum extent permissible so as to effect the
intent of this Agreement, and the remainder of this Agreement
will continue in full force and effect.
You agree that our conduct, actions or failure to enforce
all or part of this Agreement does not waive any of our
rights hereunder or change your obligations hereunder,
unless you and we agree to and sign an amendment in writing.
The section titles in this Agreement are for convenience
only and have no legal or contractual effect.
15.
Violations
Please report any violations of this Agreement to amos@memotext.com
16.
For Residents of Quebec
It is agreed that it is the express wish of the parties
that this Agreement and any related documents be drawn
up and executed in English. Il est la volunté
expresse des parties que cette convention et tous les
documents s’y rattachant soient rédigés
en anglais.
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