Site Terms
| Service
Terms
This agreement sets out the legally
binding terms of your use of the web site located
at www.Benchmarkrichmedia.com (hereinafter referred
to as the “Site”) or any other web
sites owned by Benchmarkrichmedia.com (hereinafter
referred to as “BMRM”), and may
be modified by BMRM from time to time, such
modifications to be effective upon posting of
the modified agreement. By accessing or using
the Site, you agree that you have read and understand
this agreement and all of its contents (hereinafter
referred to as this “Agreement“),
intend this Agreement to be the legal equivalent
of a signed, written contract and equally binding,
and that you will be subject to all of the terms
and conditions set forth herein. You agree to
review the Agreement periodically to be aware
of any such modifications, additions, deletions
or other changes, and your continued access
and/or use of the Site shall be deemed your
acceptance of the modified agreement.
1.
Intellectual Property.
BMRM solely and exclusively owns all
intellectual property and other rights, title
and interest in and to the BMRM service and
the Site, including, but not limited to, the
BMRM name, logo(s), trademarks, Site content,
and the look and feel of the Site and all marketing
and other business materials, except as expressly
provided for in this Agreement
2. Copyright.
All content located on the Site is the
sole and exclusive property of BMRM and is protected
by United States federal copyright laws. Use
of the Site and the BMRM service is intended
for your personal non-commercial use only. Unauthorized
use of the content may violate copyright, trademark,
patent, and/or other federal or foreign laws.
3. License.
BMRM grants you a limited revocable
license to access and use the Site and the BMRM
service for its intended purposes, subject to
your compliance with this Agreement. This license
does not include the right to collect or use
information contained on the Site for purposes
prohibited by BMRM, to compete with BMRM, create
derivative works based on the content of the
Site, or download or copy the Site (other than
page caching). In addition, you may not modify,
copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform,
reproduce, publish, license, transfer any content,
information, documents, graphics, software,
products and/or services found on the Site.
If you use the Site or BMRM service in a manner
that exceeds the scope of this license or breaches
this Agreement, BMRM may revoke the license
granted to you.
4. Use
of Site.
By accessing and utilizing the Site,
you agree that all text, graphics, codes, interactive
features and/or other information and technology
located on the Site will be used solely for
informational and educational purposes only.
Commercial or unauthorized use of any text,
graphic, code, interactive feature and/or all
other information and technology located on
the Site is strictly prohibited. Any act or
engagement of conduct prohibited by law or any
action that violated federal, state and/or local
laws is strictly prohibited, nor may any text,
graphics, codes, interactive features and/or
other information and technology located on
the Site be used to perform any action that
will injure or harm others, promote any unlawful
activities or violate Internet standards. You
hereby agree: a) to obey all applicable local,
state, national and international laws and regulations
in your use of the Site; b) to be solely responsible
for the contents of your transmissions through
the Site; c) to abide by all requirements, procedures,
policies and regulations posted on the Site
by BMRM; d) not to broadcast through the Site
any unlawful, harassing, defamatory, libelous,
bigoted, hateful, racially offensive, privacy
invading, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar
or otherwise objectionable material of any kind;
and e) not to mine the Site’s data for
any purpose whatsoever. Actual or attempted
unauthorized use of the Site may result in criminal
and/or civil prosecution. BMRM will also comply
with all court orders involving requests to
release user information in any event of actual
or attempted unauthorized use.
5. Use
of Internet.
Use of the Internet is solely at your
own risk and is subject to all applicable local,
state, national and international laws and regulations.
Please be advised that the confidentiality of
any communication or material transmitted to
and from a web site over the Internet cannot
be guaranteed. Accordingly, BMRM is not responsible
for the security of any information transmitted
via the Internet, the accuracy of the information
contained on the Site or the consequences of
any reliance on such information. You assume
sole and complete risk for using the Site and
must make your own determination as to these
matters. In addition, BMRM recommends 128-bit
SSL encryption in order to maintain the highest
encryption standards throughout the Site to
best protect the security of the information
you transmit on the Site. If your browser does
not support 128-bit encryption, you may do so
by upgrading your system.
6. User
Information.
BMRM observes and collects information
about the users of the Site, including, but
not limited to, names, email addresses, zip
codes, IP addresses, cookies and any other personally
identifiable information. Collection and use
of personal information is outlined and governed
by the BMRM Privacy Policy. For more information
regarding the collection of user information
and the privacy of same, please visit http://www.Benchmarkrichmedia.com/privacy.asp.
7. Submissions.
Any submission, communication or content
posted to the Site by any user shall be deemed
non-confidential in nature, unless expressly
stated on any particular page(s) on the Site
that such page(s) will permit a submission or
communication to be treated as confidential
by BMRM. By posting a submission, communication
or content on the Site, you permit BMRM a royalty-free,
perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive license
to use, reproduce, modify, publish, edit, transfer,
distribute, perform and display the submission,
communication or content, in whole or in part,
in any form or media outlet or to sublicense
such rights. You are hereby liable and responsible
for all submissions, communications and content
that you post on the Site. The following types
of submissions, communications and content are
prohibited from posting to the Site: a) copyrighted
content, unless you are the copyright owner
or have the permission of the copyright owner
to post such content; b) content which reveals
trade secrets, unless you are the owner of such
trade secrets or have the permission of the
owner; c) content that infringes upon any intellectual
property rights of others; d) content that exhibits
obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing,
abusive, hateful or embarrassing behavior; e)
sexually explicit images; advertisements or
solicitations of business products and/or services;
f) chain letters or pyramid schemes; or g) impersonating
others.
8. Third-Party
Content.
BMRM may: a) use third parties to provide
certain services accessible through the Site,
b) publish content on the Site that is provided
by other users, content suppliers or any other
third party other than BMRM, or c) post advertisements
and/or links to any third party web site on
the Site or in any electronic mail communications.
BMRM does not control any such third parties
or their services, and you agree that BMRM will
not be liable to you in any way for your use
of such services or accessing of any third party
site, nor does BMRM make any representation,
guarantee, recommendation, warranty or endorsement
relative to the accuracy, quality, reliability
and/or completeness of any such third-party
content. When accessing such third-party web
sites, you agree to do so solely at your own
risk. These third parties may have their own
terms of use, terms of service, membership agreements,
and/or privacy policies. You must comply with
such terms and policies as well as this Agreement
when you use these services. If any such terms
or policies conflict with this Agreement or
any BMRM policy, you must comply with this Agreement
and BMRM policies, as applicable.
9. Software
Downloads.
Any software that is made available
to download from the Site is the proprietary
and copyrighted work of BMRM and/or its third-party
suppliers, and is protected by United States
federal copyright laws. Use of the software
is governed by the End User License Agreement(s),
which accompanies or is included with the available
software. By accessing, downloading or otherwise
using such software, you agree to be legally
bound by the terms and conditions set forth
in the End User License Agreement(s). BMRM may
cease offering the software for download on
the Site at any time without notice. BMRM assumes
no obligation with respect to supporting the
Site or software, except as expressly set forth
in the End User License Agreement(s).
10.
Disclaimer of Warranties.
You expressly agree that use of the
Site is at your sole risk. The Site is provided
by BMRM on an “as is” and “as
available” basis. BMRM expressly disclaims
all warranties of any kind, whether express
or implied, including, but not limited to, the
implied warranties of merchantability, fitness
for a particular purpose and non-infringement.
BMRM makes no warranties that the Site will
meet your requirements and/or be uninterrupted,
timely, secure or error-free, nor does BMRM
make any warranty as to the accuracy or reliability
of any information obtained and/or downloaded
through the use of the Site or that defects
in the system and software will be corrected.
BMRM makes no warranty regarding any goods or
services purchased or downloaded through the
use of the Site or any third-party links or
any information obtained or transactions entered
into through the use of the Site. No advice
or information, whether oral or written, obtained
by you from BMRM shall create a warranty not
expressly stated herein. Furthermore, BMRM makes
no warranties concerning the suitability of
the content contained on the Site for any purpose.
11.
Disclaimer of Liability.
BMRM shall not be liable for any damages
whatsoever, whether direct, indirect, punitive,
incidental, special or consequential, arising
out of or in any way connected to the use of
the Site or with the delay or inability to use
the Site, or for any information, products and
services obtained through the Site, or otherwise
arising out of the utilization of the Site,
whether based in contract, tort, strict liability
or otherwise, even if BMRM has been advised
of the possibility of said damages. Furthermore,
BMRM shall not be liable for any damages arising
from the interruption, suspension or termination
of the Site, including, but not limited to,
direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential
or exemplary damages, whether or not such interruption,
suspension or termination was justified, negligent
or intentional.
12.
Modifications.
BMRM reserves the right to modify and/or
discontinue the Site, whether temporarily or
permanently, with or without notice to the users,
and BMRM shall not be liable to you or any third
party for any such modification and/or discontinuance
of the Site. BMRM further reserves the right
to make revisions, modifications, additions,
deletions or any such changes to this Agreement
at its sole discretion, at any time, with or
without notice to its users.
13.
Indemnification.
You agree to indemnify and hold BMRM,
subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents,
representatives, successors, members, principals
and other partners and employees harmless from
any loss, liability, claim or demand, including
reasonable attorney’s fees, made by any
third party due to or arising out of your use
of the Site or services set forth in this Agreement
and/or arising from a breach of this Agreement
and/or any breach of your representations, obligations
and warranties set forth above. BMRM reserves
the right to assume the exclusive defense and
control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification
by you, and you shall not, in any event, settle
any matter without the written consent of BMRM.
14.
Severability.
If any term or provision of this Agreement
is determined to be illegal, unenforceable or
invalid in whole or in part for any reason,
such illegal, unenforceable or invalid provision(s)
or part thereof shall be stricken from this
Agreement, and such provision(s) shall not affect
the legality, enforceability or validity of
the remainder of this Agreement. If any provision
or part thereof is stricken in accordance with
the provisions of this section, then this stricken
provision shall be replaced, to the extent possible,
with a legal, enforceable and valid provision
that is as similar in tenor to the stricken
provision as is legally possible.
15.
Jurisdiction.
If there is any dispute about or involving
the Site provided by BMRM, by using the Site,
you agree that the dispute will be governed
by the laws of the State of California without
regard to its conflict of law provisions. You
agree to personal jurisdiction by an arbitrator
or mediator and the federal courts of the State
of California. Any controversy or claim arising
out of or relating to this Agreement, or the
breach thereof, shall be settled by arbitration
administered by the American Arbitration Association
in accordance with its Commercial (or other)
Arbitration Rules (including the Emergency Interim
Relief Procedures), and judgment on the award
rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered
in any court having jurisdiction thereof.
16.
Entire Agreement.
This Agreement represents the entire
agreement between you and BMRM with respect
to your use of the Site, and it supersedes all
prior or contemporaneous communications and
proposals, whether electronic, oral or written,
between you and BMRM with respect to your use
of the Site.
Service Terms
| Site
Terms
This agreement sets out the legally
binding terms of your use of the service provided
by BMRM to you (hereinafter referred to as “End
User”, “You” or “Your”),
and may be modified by BMRM from time to time,
such modifications to be effective upon posting
of the modified agreement. By accessing, using
and/or registering for the service provided
by BMRM (hereinafter referred to as the “Service”),
you agree that you have read and understand
this End User Terms of Service and all of its
contents (hereinafter referred to as this “Agreement“),
intend this Agreement to be the legal equivalent
of a signed, written contract and equally binding,
and that you will be subject to all of the terms
and conditions set forth herein. You agree to
review the Agreement periodically to be aware
of any such modifications, additions, deletions
or other changes, and your continued access,
registration and/or use of the Service shall
be deemed your acceptance of the modified agreement.
1. Description
of Service.
The Service provided by BMRM enables
the End User to send electronic messages containing
rich media content, including, but not limited
to, images, videos, music, sound clips and other
audiovisual and/or interactive features. Any
new feature, enhancement, addition, change or
upgrade to the current Service shall be subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in the
Agreement herein.
2. Intellectual
Property.
In consideration of Your use of the
BMRM PBMRM solely and exclusively owns all intellectual
property and other rights, title and interest
in and to the BMRM service and all content and
materials provided to you through the Service,
including, but not limited to, text, software,
music, sound, video, photographs, graphics and
animation (hereinafter referred to as the “Content”).
All such content provided by BMRM and its licensors
through the Service is the sole and exclusive
property of BMRM, and any unauthorized use of
the content may violate United States federal
copyright laws, patent laws, moral rights laws,
trade secret laws, confidential information
laws, trademark laws, unfair competition laws
or other similar rights.
3. License.
BMRM grants you a limited, nontransferable,
nonexclusive, revocable license to access and
use the Service and send, compose, read, print,
save and forward messages containing the Content
as described and limited in this Agreement.
You hereby agree to access and use the Service
for its intended purposes, subject to your compliance
with this Agreement, and are hereby prohibited
from utilizing the Service for any other purpose
or to alter the Content and/or Service in any
way, including, but not limited to, removing
or deleting any proprietary rights notices.
This license does not include the right to collect
or use information contained on the Site or
through the Service for purposes prohibited
by BMRM, to compete with BMRM, create derivative
works based on any and all Content obtained
through the Service, or download or copy any
Content obtained through the Service (other
than page caching). In addition, you may not
modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display,
perform, reproduce, publish, license, transfer
any content, information, documents, graphics
or other materials or Content obtained through
your use of the Service, in whole or in part,
for commercial or non-commercial purposes. License
to use the Service is limited to personal use
by the End User; therefore, resale or commercial
use of the Service or any other means to seek
financial gain from providing the Service to
any third party, without the express prior written
consent of BMRM, is strictly prohibited. By
using the Service, you acknowledge and agree
that portions of the Content is provided to
you by third-party licensors, and you hereby
agree to adhere to and comply with any such
third-party’s license(s) and to refrain
from violating any such licensor’s intellectual
property rights. If you use the service in a
manner that exceeds the scope of this license
or breaches this Agreement, BMRM may revoke
the license granted to you.
4. End
User Obligations.
By accessing, using and/or registering
for the Service, you agree to: a) provide true,
accurate, complete and current user information
as requested by BMRM at any time; b) promptly
and regularly update your user information to
maintain it’s accuracy and completeness;
c) provide for your own access to the Internet
and pay any fees or costs relative to such access
that is required to access the Service; d) provide
all necessary equipment and/or materials necessary
for you to make such connection to the Internet
in order to access, use and/or register for
the Service. By providing any user information
that is untrue, inaccurate, incomplete and/or
not current, BMRM reserves the right to suspend
or terminate your account and refuse any and
all current or future use of the Service, in
whole or in part, by you.
5. End
User Privacy
BMRM will not monitor, edit, review
or disclose the contents of any Messages composed
and/or sent by an End User to a third-party
recipient without End User’s prior permission,
unless: a) as required by law; b) in compliance
with legal authorities or during any legal proceeding;
c) to enforce this Agreement; d) to respond
to any good faith belief or claim that such
Message, or any of its contents, violates the
rights or interests of any third party or violates
this Agreement; and/or e) to protect the rights
and/or property of BMRM, its licensors or any
other third party. As an End User composing
and/or sending such Messages, you acknowledge
and agree that technical processing of the Messages
is required in order to send and receive such
Message, to conform to the technical requirements
of connecting networks, to conform to the limitations
of the Service and its equipment, to conform
to other similar technical requirements, or
as otherwise noted in the BMRM Privacy Policy.
6. End
User Conduct
By accessing and/or using the Service,
you hereby represent and warrant that you will
not utilize the Service for any purpose that
is unlawful and/or prohibited by the terms and
conditions in this Agreement. The Service provided
by BMRM makes use of the Internet to compose,
send and receive Messages; therefore, each End
User’s conduct is subject to Internet
law, regulations, policies and procedures. By
utilizing the Service, you shall not engage
in unlawful or unethical activities through
your use of the Service, including, but not
limited to: a) unsolicited surveys, contests
or pyramid schemes; b) defamation, libel, slander,
abuse, harassment, stalking, embarrassment,
threatening acts or otherwise violate the legal
rights of any third party; c) publish and/or
distribute inappropriate, profane, vulgar, defamatory,
infringing, obscene, adult-oriented, pornographic,
tortuous, indecent, unlawful, immoral or otherwise
objectionable material; d) harm minors in any
way, form or manner; e) harvest or collect any
information about any third party, including,
but not limited to, e-mail addresses, without
consent of such third party; f) record conversations
or communications between or among any other
third parties without the consent of such third
parties; g) create false identities for the
purpose of misleading any third party as to
the identity of the sender of any Message or
to manipulate the origin of any Message or transmission
of same; h) transmit or upload any content or
materials that contain viruses, trojan horses,
worms, bots or any other harmful or destructive
programs; i) transmit or upload any content
or materials that contain software or other
content that is protected by Intellectual Property
Rights, including, but not limited to, copyright,
trademark and patent rights, rights of privacy
or publicity, or any other applicable law, unless
you are the owner of such rights thereto or
have received all necessary consents by the
respective owners of such rights; j) transmit
or upload any content or material that would
encourage conduct that could constitute a criminal
offense, civil liability or otherwise violate
any applicable local, state, federal or international
law, regulation or policy; k) interfere with,
disrupt or manipulate the Service, its networks
or servers, or violate the regulations, policies
and procedures of such networks and servers;
l) successfully gain or attempt to gain unlawful
and/or unauthorized access to the Service and/or
accounts, systems and networks connected to
the Service by password mining or other unauthorized
means; m) violate any applicable laws, policies
or regulations, including, but not limited to,
laws relative to the transmission of data or
software exported from the United States of
America through the Service and/or any other
applicable local, state, federal and international
law and regulation; n) interfere with any individual,
entity, or any other third party’s use
and enjoyment of the Service; o) use the Service
to advertise and/or promote any illegal activities;
p) use the Service for illegal purposes; q)
use the Service for gambling or betting purposes;
r) use the Service to promote the use of alcohol,
firearms or tobacco products; s) use the Service
to send electronic mail transmissions to any
third party that include links to any web site
that violates the terms and conditions set forth
in this Agreement; or t) engage in any other
conduct, activity or behavior that, in BMRM’s
sole and exclusive discretion, is considered
unauthorized, illegal, immoral or objectionable.
7. Spamming.
By accessing, using and/or registering
for the Service, you shall not use the Service,
in whole or in part, in any way, for the purpose
of composing and/or sending chain letters, junk
electronic mail, “spam”, or any
purpose that involves the utilization of distribution
lists to any third party business or individual
that has not given express specific permission
to be included in such a distribution list.
Any electronic mail advertisement that is composed
and addressed to a third-party recipient with
whom the sender does not have an existing business,
commercial or personal relationship and which
is not sent at the express request or consent
of the recipient to receive such a Message from
you is strictly prohibited (hereinafter referred
to as “Spamming”). BMRM reserves
the right to immediately terminate any End User’s
license to access and/or use the Service if
such End User uses the Service, in whole or
in part, for Spamming purposes, and BMRM reserves
the right to seek appropriate legal action as
necessary for any such violation. If you reasonably
believe that any other user may be using the
Service for Spamming purposes, you hereby agree
that you will promptly notify BMRM of any such
violation.
8. Monitoring
BMRM holds no obligation to monitor
the Service, your use of the Service or to store
the content of any end user session. However,
BMRM reserves the right to monitor, review,
retain, store or disclose any information or
content as necessary, at any time, in conjunction
with any applicable law, regulation, policy,
legal process and/or government or police request,
or to enforce this Agreement herein at the sole
discretion of BMRM. You hereby agree that BMRM
shall be held harmless from any liability for
any such monitoring, lack of monitoring, review,
lack of review, retention, lack of retention
and/or disclosure of content or information
as described herein.
9. End
User Accounts and Security.
As an End User of the Service, you will
receive an end user account and password to
access said account. You are solely responsible
for maintaining the confidentiality and security
of your account and password. You are solely
responsible for any and all activity that occurs
within your end user account while using the
Service, including, but not limited to, the
content located in all electronic mail messages
sent through the Service from your account.
You may modify or change your password at your
sole discretion, at any time, by following the
instructions located on the BMRM web site. You
expressly agree to promptly notify BMRM of any
unauthorized use of your account or any other
breach of security.
10.
Unsolicited Submissions.
BMRM will not accept, review or consider
any suggestions, ideas, notes, drawings, diagrams,
concepts or other information (hereinafter referred
to as “Information”) from any End
User or other third party, other than those
it has specifically and expressly solicited,
and BMRM therefore requests that any End User
or other third party refrain from sending any
such Information to BMRM. If any End User or
other third party elects to send any suggestion,
idea, note, drawing, diagram, concept or other
information, any such Information shall be deemed
the property of BMRM. End User hereby assigns
and transfers all Intellectual Property Rights
in and to the Information to BMRM, and End User
further agrees to reasonably and promptly effectuate
the assignment described herein by executing
all applicable instruments and documents now
or hereafter requested by BMRM which are necessary
to effectuate the assignment, as well as perform
any other reasonable act deemed necessary by
BMRM to fully transfer ownership of the Information
to BMRM to the fullest extent possible. During
any such transfer of ownership of Information
from End User to BMRM, BMRM is not responsible
or liable to provide compensation to End User
in any way, form or manner for the transfer
or assignment of Intellectual Property Rights
in and to the Information, nor is BMRM subject
to any confidentiality policies on behalf of
the End User regarding the Information and,
therefore, shall not be liable or owe any compensation
to End User for any use and/or disclosure of
the Information.
11.
User-Submitted Content.
You, as End User, have the sole and
exclusive responsibility for any content, data,
text, software, music clips, sound, video, photographs,
graphics, messages, files or other material
that is transmitted, posted or otherwise distributed
by you through the Service (hereinafter referred
to as “End User Content”), including,
but not limited to, the contents of your electronic
mail communications, photographs posted by you
on the BMRM Site or through the Service. As
such, you assume sole liability for all End
User Materials posted by you, whether publicly
or privately posted and/or transmitted. BMRM
is not responsible and holds no liability relative
to monitoring the End User Content provided
through the Service, and does not warrant, guarantee
or represent, in any way, the accuracy, quality
and/or integrity of the End User Materials.
By utilizing the Service, you acknowledge that
you may be exposed to content or other materials
submitted by third parties or other users that
may be offensive, indecent or otherwise objectionable,
and that BMRM is held harmless from any liability
resulting or arising out of same. Likewise,
BMRM shall not be held liable for any errors
or omissions in any content or for any loss
or damage incurred as a result of the use of
any content transmitted through the Service.
12.
Use of Service and Storage Limitations.
BMRM may, at its sole discretion, establish
and enforce general practices, policies and
limitations with regard to your use of the Service,
including, but not limited to: a) the maximum
number of day(s) that electronic mail messages
or other uploaded content will be stored by
the Service; b) the maximum number of electronic
mail messages that may be sent or received by
your account through the Service; c) the maximum
size of any electronic mail messages that may
be sent or received by your account through
the Service; d) the maximum disk and/or server
space that will be allotted to you on BMRM’s
servers for your use of the Service; and/or
e) the maximum number of instances and duration
which you may access the Service in a given
period of time. The amount of electronic mail
storage on BMRM’s server allotted to you
for your use of the Service is limited; however,
additional storage space for electronic mail
messages may be available to you upon payment
of additional fees. BMRM shall not be held liable
for the deletion of an electronic mail message
or the failure to compose or send an electronic
mail message through use of the Service, nor
is BMRM liable for electronic mail messages
that are not processed or sent due to space
limitations or outbound message limitations.
BMRM reserves the right to log off the account
of any end user which has been inactive for
an extended period of time, at the sole discretion
of BMRM. BMRM further reserves the right to
modify, add to or otherwise change these practices,
policies and limitations at any time, with or
without notice to you, at its sole discretion.
13.
Termination.
As End User of the Service, if you disagree
and/or are dissatisfied with the Service, in
whole or in part, or with any provision of this
Agreement, in whole or in part, or any subsequent
modifications thereto, it is your sole and exclusive
obligation and remedy to terminate your End
User account, for any reason and at any time.
To terminate your account, you must immediately
discontinue your use of the Service, notify
BMRM of your intention to terminate your End
User account, and destroy all content and materials
obtained through your use of the Service, all
related documentation and any originals or copies
of same. Upon execution of the termination process,
you must cease all use of the Service immediately,
and any license granted to you by BMRM to use
the Service will be revoked. Termination of
this Agreement and your End User account to
use the Service shall not have any effect on
your obligations to BMRM under any other agreement
or policy relating to the BMRM Service. Upon
termination of your End User account, BMRM shall
not be liable, in any way, to you or any third
party for termination of your use of the Service,
and BMRM shall not be obligated to forward any
unread, unsent or unprocessed electronic mail
messages to you or any third party. BMRM reserves
the right to immediately terminate your End
User account and your access to the Service
for any violation of the terms and conditions
set forth in this Agreement, with or without
prior notice to you, for any reason in BMRM’s
sole and exclusive discretion. Upon termination
of your End User account and your access to
the Service, you must destroy all content and
materials obtained through your use of the Service,
all related documentation and any originals
or copies of same. Upon termination of your
End User account by BMRM, BMRM reserves the
right to immediately delete all electronic mail
messages in your End User account and prohibit
any and all further access to those electronic
mail messages and/or your use of the Service.
Cancellation
Policy
We require that you fax us your cancellation
request. This is required due to the sensitive
nature of the information that you keep within
your account. We must have your written permission
before we delete your account.
Even though you may have not used the service
for a few months, this does not relieve you
of your obligation to pay. We store all your
email lists and information on our servers,
even if you don’t send any emails
We require a 30 days notice before cancelling
your account. Please download this pdf
file, fill it out and fax back to 562-314-0444.
Refunds - If you prepaid for
an annual plan and you wish to cancel, then
the refund is only for 1/2 of the year. The
refund request must be made in the first half
of the service year. No refunds are allowed
on price guarantee custom plans. If any customer
is deemed to have violated our anti-spam policy
as determined by Benchmark, no refunds will
be permitted.
Cancellation and Credit Card charge
backs - By agreeing to our terms of
use and using our service you agree to NOT do
any credit card chargebacks on your credit card
that you use to pay for your Benchmark services.
You agree to resolve the matter with Benchmark
Rich Media directly. If we cannot agree, then
the issue will be resolved by the Small Claims
Court that holds the jurisdiction for Long Beach.
This is a legally binding term of our Terms
of Use.
14.
Disclaimer of Warranties.
You expressly agree that use of the
Service is at your sole risk. The Service is
provided by BMRM on an “as is” and
“as available” basis. BMRM expressly
disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether
express or implied, including, but not limited
to, the implied warranties of merchantability,
fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.
BMRM makes no warranties that the Service will
meet your requirements and/or be uninterrupted,
timely, secure or error-free, nor does BMRM
make any warranty as to the accuracy or reliability
of any information obtained and/or downloaded
through the use of the Service or that defects
in the system and software will be corrected.
BMRM makes no warranty regarding any goods or
services purchased or downloaded through the
use of the Service or any third-party links
or any information obtained or transactions
entered into through the use of the Service.
No advice or information, whether oral or written,
obtained by you from BMRM shall create a warranty
not expressly stated herein. Furthermore, BMRM
makes no warranties concerning the suitability
of the content provided through the Service
for any purpose.
15.
Disclaimer of Liability.
BMRM shall not be liable for any damages
whatsoever, whether direct, indirect, punitive,
incidental, special or consequential, arising
out of or in any way connected to the use of
the Service or with the delay or inability to
use the Service, or for any information, products
and services obtained through use of the Service,
or otherwise arising out of the utilization
of the Service, whether based in contract, tort,
strict liability or otherwise, even if BMRM
has been advised of the possibility of said
damages. Furthermore, BMRM shall not be liable
for any damages arising from the interruption,
suspension or termination of the Service, including,
but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental,
special, consequential or exemplary damages,
whether or not such interruption, suspension
or termination was justified, negligent or intentional.
16.
Modifications.
BMRM reserves the right to modify and/or
discontinue the Service, whether temporarily
or permanently, with or without notice to the
users, and BMRM shall not be liable to you or
any third party for any such modification and/or
discontinuance of the Service. BMRM further
reserves the right to make revisions, modifications,
additions, deletions or any such changes to
this Agreement at its sole discretion, at any
time, with or without notice to its users.
17.
Indemnification.
You agree to indemnify and hold BMRM,
subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents,
representatives, successors, members, principals
and other partners and employees harmless from
any loss, liability, claim or demand, including
reasonable attorney’s fees, made by any
third party due to or arising out of your use
of the Site or services set forth in this Agreement
and/or arising from a breach of this Agreement
and/or any breach of your representations, obligations
and warranties set forth above. BMRM reserves
the right to assume the exclusive defense and
control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification
by you, and you shall not, in any event, settle
any matter without the written consent of BMRM.
18.
Jurisdiction.
If there is any dispute about or involving
the Service provided by BMRM, by using the Service,
you agree that the dispute will be governed
by the laws of the State of California without
regard to its conflict of law provisions. You
agree to personal jurisdiction by an arbitrator
or mediator and the federal courts of the State
of California. Any controversy or claim arising
out of or relating to this Agreement, or the
breach thereof, shall be settled by arbitration
administered by the American Arbitration Association
in accordance with its Commercial (or other)
Arbitration Rules (including the Emergency Interim
Relief Procedures), and judgment on the award
rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered
in any court having jurisdiction thereof.
19.
Severability.
If any term or provision of this Agreement
is determined to be illegal, unenforceable or
invalid in whole or in part for any reason,
such illegal, unenforceable or invalid provision(s)
or part thereof shall be stricken from this
Agreement, and such provision(s) shall not affect
the legality, enforceability or validity of
the remainder of this Agreement. If any provision
or part thereof is stricken in accordance with
the provisions of this section, then this stricken
provision shall be replaced, to the extent possible,
with a legal, enforceable and valid provision
that is as similar in tenor to the stricken
provision as is legally possible.
20.
Entire Agreement
This Agreement represents the entire
agreement between you and BMRM with respect
to your use of the Service, and it supersedes
all prior or contemporaneous communications
and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written,
between you and BMRM with respect to your use
of the Service.