TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE
Last updated: October 7th 2008
MyVine ('MyWebVine', 'we', 'us' and terms of similar meaning) makes this web site (in these terms we call this site and any successor websites, and any software provided by MyWebVine for use with the site, the 'Site') available to you subject to these terms and conditions of use (these 'Terms'). Please read these Terms carefully before using the Site. In these Terms, our customers are called 'Managers', and the members of Managers’ referral programs are called 'Members'. All users of the Site, whether they are Managers, Members or casual browsers of the Site, are called 'Users'.
By accessing or using the Site, whether as a Manager, a Member or by merely browsing the Site, you agree to comply with and be legally bound by these Terms and all terms, policies and guidelines incorporated by reference in these Terms. If you do not agree with these Terms in their entirety, you may not use the Site.
This Site is not intended to be used by children. You must be at least of the age of majority to use this Site.
MyWebVine reserves the right to change or modify any of the terms and conditions contained in these Terms, or any policy or guideline of the Site, at any time and in its sole discretion. If we do so, we will notify you at the email address you provide in your registration information, if any. If you do not agree with the changes, you can cancel your account with us without further obligation, except for the amount due for the balance of the billing period in which you cancel your account. Unless otherwise specified, any changes or modifications will be effective immediately upon posting of the revisions on the Site, and your continued use of the Site after such time will constitute your acceptance of such changes or modifications. You should from time to time review the Terms and any policies and documents incorporated in them to understand the terms and conditions that apply to your use of the Site. If you do not agree to any amended Terms, you must stop using the Site. If you have any questions about the Terms, please email us at info@mywebvine.com.
The services we provide through the Site are for your own use only. You may not resell, lease or provide them in any other way to anyone else.
1. Privacy Policy
Please refer to MyWebVine's privacy policy, available at
http://mywebvine.com/?page=privacy (the 'Privacy Policy') for information on how MyWebVine collects, uses and discloses personally identifiable information from Users. By using the Site you agree to our use, collection and disclosure of personally identifiable information in accordance with the Privacy Policy.
2. Registration Data; Account Security
If you register for an account on the Site, you agree to (a) provide accurate, current and complete information as may be prompted by any registration forms on the Site ('Registration Data'); (b) maintain the security of your password; (c) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data, and any other information you provide to MyWebVine, and to keep it accurate, current and complete; and (d) accept all risks of unauthorized access to the Registration Data and any other information you provide to MyWebVine. You are responsible for all activity on your MyWebVine account, and for all charges incurred by your MyWebVine account.
3. Fees; Charges; Taxes
Fees and any other charges for the use of the Site ('Fees') are described on the Site or provided separately in pricing documentation that we provide to you. If you have agreed to a minimum commitment period, your Fees will not change during that commitment period except with your approval.
Otherwise, Fees may change from time to time. If we change them, and you pay Fees for use of the Site, we will give you at least 30 days’ notice. If they do change, your continued use of the Site after the change indicates your agreement with the new Fees after the effective date of the change. Any change to Fees will not be applicable to the billing period in which the change occurs.
You are responsible for all taxes applicable to the Fees in any applicable jurisdiction.
4. Your Account Type and Termination
The minimum term of this Agreement, and your commitment to use the account type you have designated, was designated by you on sign-up. If you terminate your use of the Site, or downgrade your account type, you must pay any Fees applicable to that account type for the balance of that minimum term. If you upgrade your account type, the new account type details and Fees apply for the balance of the minimum term. If we terminate your account before the end of that minimum term, you must pay any Fees applicable to the termination date.
When your MyWebVine account is terminated, your User Content will, shortly thereafter, not appear on the Site, except for User Content submitted to our forum or comments on our blog, which may remain on the Site after termination. We may also retain an archival copy of your User Content after termination, and you hereby grant us a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable license to maintain such archival copy for our internal business purposes.
5. Ownership, Copyright and Trademarks
In these Terms the content on the Site, including, without limitation, all information, data, logos, marks, designs, graphics, pictures, sound files, other files, and the selection and arrangement thereof, is called 'Content'. Content provided by Users is called 'User Content'. For example, data about its Members that a Manager provides to the Site is User Content of that Manager.
User Content is the property of the respective User, and MyWebVine claims no right to that User Content except for the limited license in that User Content granted to us for the limited purpose of operating the Site to provide you the Services provided by the Site, and a license for archival purposes. Those licenses are described in Section 6 and Section 16 of these Terms.
Other than the User Content, the Site, all Content and all software available on the Site or used to create and operate the Site is the property of MyWebVine or its licensors, and is protected by Canadian and international copyright laws, and all rights to the Site, such Content and such software are expressly reserved. All trademarks, registered trademarks, product names and company names or logos mentioned in the Site are the property of their respective owners. Reference to any products, services, processes or other information, by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation thereof by MyWebVine.
6. Our Limited License of Content to You
MyWebVine grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable license to access the Site and to view, copy and print the portions of the Content available to you on the Site. Such license is subject to these Terms, and specifically conditioned upon the following: (i) you may only view, copy and print such portions of the Content for your own use; (ii) you may not modify or otherwise make derivative works of the Site or the Content, or reproduce, distribute or display the Site or any Content (except for page cacheing) except as expressly permitted in these Terms; (iii) you may not remove or modify any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices that have been placed in the Content; (iv) you may not use any data mining, robots or similar data gathering or extraction methods; and (v) you may not use the Site or the Content other than for its intended purpose.
Except as expressly permitted above, any use of any portion of the Content without the prior written permission of its owner is strictly prohibited and will terminate the license granted in this Section, this Agreement and your account with us. Any such unauthorized use may also violate applicable laws, including without limitation copyright and trademark laws. Unless explicitly stated herein, nothing in these Terms may be construed as conferring any license to intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, implication or otherwise. The license in this Section is revocable by us at any time.
You represent and warrant that your use of the Site and the Content will be consistent with this license and will not infringe or violate the rights of any other party or breach any contract or legal duty to any other parties, or violate any applicable law.
To request permission for uses of Content not included in this license, you may contact MyWebVine at the address set out at the bottom of these Terms.
7. Your Limited License of Your User Content to MyWebVine
We do not claim any ownership interest in your User Content, but we do need the right to use your User Content to the extent necessary to operate the Site, and provide the services provided by the Site, now and in the future. For example, if you are a Manager and provide Content for use by your Members, we need your license to display that User Content on the Site, and we need the right to sublicense that User Content to your Members so that they can view that User Content.
Therefore, by posting or distributing User Content to or through the Site, you (a) grant MyWebVine and its affiliates and subsidiaries a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable right to use, display, perform, reproduce, distribute, publish, modify, adapt, translate, and create derivative works from such User Content on the Site, in the manner in and for the purposes for which the Site from time to time uses such User Content; (b) represent and warrant that (i) you own and control all of the rights to the User Content that you post or otherwise distribute, or you otherwise have the lawful right to post and distribute such User Content, to or through the Site; and (ii) the use and posting or other transmission of such User Content does not violate these Terms and will not violate any rights of or cause injury to any person or entity.
If your User Content is intended for the use of other Users, you also grant us and our affiliates and subsidiaries a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable right to sublicense such User Content to such Users for their use in connection with their use of the Site, as described in Section 5 of these Terms.
These licenses from you are non-exclusive because you have the right to use your User Content elsewhere. They are royalty-free because we are not required to pay you for the use of your User Content on the Site. And they are transferable because we need the right to transfer these licenses to any successor operator of the Site. Our rights to 'modify, adapt, translate, and create derivative works from' are necessary because the normal operation of the Site does this to your User Content when it processes it for use in the Site.
8. Guidelines for Use of the Site
This Site allows you to post User Content in private and public areas of the Site. Your User Content is your responsibility. MyWebVine takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any User Content, whether posted, stored or uploaded by you or any third party, or for any loss or damage thereto, nor is MyWebVine liable for any mistakes, defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehoods, obscenity, pornography or profanity you may encounter in User Content on the Site. As a provider of interactive services, MyWebVine is not liable for any statements, representations or User Content provided by its Users on the Site. Although MyWebVine has no obligation to screen, edit or monitor any of the User Content, MyWebVine reserves the right, and has absolute discretion, to remove, screen or edit without notice any User Content posted or stored on the Site at any time and for any reason, and you are solely responsible for creating at your sole cost and expense backup copies of and replacing any User Content you post or store on the Site.
By using the Site you expressly agree not to post, upload to, transmit, distribute, store, create or otherwise publish through the Site any of the following:
Any message, data, information, text, music, sound, photos, graphics, code or other material that is unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, suggestive, harassing, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, inflammatory, fraudulent or otherwise objectionable;
Content that would constitute, encourage or provide instructions for a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party, or that would otherwise create liability or violate any local, state, national or international law;
Content that may infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other intellectual or proprietary right of any party;
Content that impersonates any person or entity or otherwise misrepresents your affiliation with a person or entity;
Unsolicited promotions, political campaigning, advertising or solicitations;
Private information of any third party, including, without limitation, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and credit card numbers, unless that third party has expressly consented to such use;
Viruses, corrupted data or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files;
Content that is unrelated to the area of the Site in which such Content is posted; or
Content that, in the sole judgment of MyWebVine, is objectionable or which restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the Site, or which may expose MyWebVine or its affiliates or its users to any harm or liability of any type.
Finally, you may not use the Site generally to send commercial or other messages to any third-party if those messages are not solicited, authorized or welcomed by the third-party. In your use of the Site you must comply with all applicable laws, including laws that apply in any jurisdiction to SPAM and marketing practices, and with any applicable marketing association guidelines on ethical marketing practices.
Any use of the Site in violation of the foregoing violates these Terms and may result in, among other things, termination or suspension of your rights to use the Site.
9. We Try Very Hard to Provide a Reliable and Secure Service
If you have spent any time reviewing the Site, you will hopefully have noticed that we take reliability and security very seriously. We put a great deal of effort into ensuring that our service operates all the time, and that it is a secure environment for your data. We use what we believe to be 'best-of-class' hosting services and security technologies and services that we believe provide you with a secure and safe environment.
However, no system is perfectly secure or reliable, the internet is an inherently insecure medium, and the reliability of hosting services, internet intermediaries, your internet service provider, and other service providers cannot be assured. When you use MyWebVine, you accept these risks, and the responsibility for choosing to use a technology that does not provide perfect security or reliability.
10. Links to Other Sites
The Site may contain links to third-party Web sites ('Third-Party Sites') and third-party content ('Third-Party Content') as a service to those interested in this information. Third-Party Sites include payment processors and other intermediaries that you may use in connection with your use of the Site. You use links to Third-Party Sites, and any Third-Party Content or service provided there at your own risk. MyWebVine does not monitor or have any control over, and makes no claim or representation regarding, Third-Party Content or Third-Party Sites. MyWebVine provides these links only as a convenience, and a link to a Third-Party Site or Third-Party Content does not imply MyWebVine' endorsement, adoption or sponsorship of, or affiliation with, such Third-Party Site or Third-Party Content. MyWebVine accepts no responsibility for reviewing changes or updates to, or the quality, content, policies, nature or reliability of, Third-Party Content, Third-Party Sites, or Web sites linking to the Site. When you leave the Site, our terms and policies no longer govern. You should review applicable terms and policies, including privacy and data gathering practices, of any Third-Party Site, and should make whatever investigation you feel necessary or appropriate before proceeding with any transaction with any third party.
11. Advertisements and Promotions
MyWebVine may run advertisements and promotions from third parties on the Site. Your business dealings or correspondence with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers other than MyWebVine, and any terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such third party. MyWebVine is not responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of third-party advertisers on the Site.
12. Warranty Disclaimer
The Site, the Content and the services provided by the Site are provided to you on an 'as is' basis without warranties from MyWebVine of any kind, either express or implied. MyWebVine expressly disclaims all other warranties, express or implied, including without limitation implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement. MyWebVine does not represent or warrant that Content is accurate, complete, reliable, current or error-free, and expressly disclaims any warranty or representation as to the accuracy or proprietary character of the Site, the Content or any portion thereof.
While MyWebVine attempts to make your access to and use of the Site safe, MyWebVine does not represent or warrant that the Site or any Content are free of viruses or other harmful components.
13. Limitation of Liability; Indemnity
You waive and shall not assert any claims or allegations of any nature whatsoever against MyWebVine, its affiliates or subsidiaries, their sponsors, contractors, advertisers, vendors or other partners, any of their successors or assigns, or any of their respective officers, directors, agents or employees (collectively, the 'Released Parties') arising out of or in any way relating to your use of the Site or the Content, including, without limitation, any claims or allegations relating to the alleged infringement of proprietary rights, alleged inaccuracy of Content, or allegations that any Released Party has or should indemnify, defend or hold harmless you or any third party from any claim or allegation arising from your use or other exploitation of the Site. You use the Site at your own risk.
Without limitation of the foregoing, neither MyWebVine nor any other Released Party shall be liable for any direct, special, indirect or consequential damages, or any other damages of any kind, including but not limited to loss of use, loss of profits or loss of data, whether in an action in contract, tort (including but not limited to negligence) or otherwise, arising out of or in any way connected with the use of the Site or the Content, including without limitation any damages caused by or resulting from your reliance on the Site or other information obtained from MyWebVine or any other Released Party or accessible via the Site, or that result from mistakes, errors, omissions, interruptions, deletion of files or email, defects, viruses, delays in operation or transmission or any failure of performance, whether or not resulting from acts of god, communications failure, theft, destruction or unauthorized access to MyWebVine or any other Released Party's records, programs or Services.
In addition, neither MyWebVine nor any other Released Party shall be liable, and you waive and shall not assert any claims or allegations of any nature whatsoever against the Released Parties, for or arising out or related to (i) your dealings with other Users, whether on or through the Site or otherwise; (ii) any referral program of a Manager; (iii) commissions or bonuses or any other payments payable to any person as a result of referrals or other activity engaged in through the Site; or (iv) the compliance with any applicable law of any commission or bonus or other payment program of a Manager effected through the Site.
In no event shall the aggregate liability of MyWebVine, whether in contract, warranty, tort (including negligence, whether active, passive or imputed), product liability, strict liability or other theory, arising out of or relating to the use of the Site exceed any compensation paid by you for access to or use of the Site during the thirty (30) days prior to the date of any claim.
You shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless MyWebVine and the other Released Parties from any loss, damages, liabilities, costs, expenses, claims and proceedings arising out of your use of the Site, and if you are a Manager, from your Members’ use of the Site and from the use of the Site by any person to whom you give access to your account (including your personnel), including any claims made by any person that any of your, and if you are a Manager, your Members, User Content infringes the rights, including the intellectual property rights, of any third party.
14. Communications
Notices that we give you (other than notice of amendment of these Terms, which is discussed in the introduction of these Terms) may be provided in any of the following ways. First, we may email you at the contact information you provide in your Registration Data. Second, we may post a notice to Managers and Members in the dashboard area of your account on the Site. Third, we may post the notice elsewhere on the Site. When we post notices on the Site, we post them in the area of the Site suitable to the notice. It is your responsibility to periodically review the Site for notices.
Subject to the Privacy Policy, if you send to MyWebVine or post on the Site in any public area any information, ideas, inventions, concepts, techniques or know-how ('User Submissions'), for any purpose, including the developing, manufacturing and/or marketing or products or services incorporating such information, you acknowledge that MyWebVine can use the User Submissions without acknowledgement or compensation to you, and you waive any claim of ownership or compensation or other rights you may have in relation to the User Submissions. We actively review User Submissions for new ideas. If you wish to preserve any interest you might have in your User Submissions, you should not post them to the Site or send them to us.
15. Applicable Law and Venue
The Site is controlled by MyWebVine and operated by it from its offices in Toronto, Ontario. You and MyWebVine both benefit from establishing a predictable legal environment in regard to the Site. Therefore, you and MyWebVine explicitly agree that all disputes, claims or other matters arising from or relating to your use of the Site will be governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply to these Terms.
Except where prohibited by applicable law, any claim, dispute or controversy (whether in contract or tort, pursuant to statute or regulation, or otherwise, and whether preexisting, present or future) arising out of or relating to these Terms; (b) the Site or Content; (c) oral or written statements, advertisements or promotions relating to these Terms or to the Site; or (d) the relationships that result from these Terms or the Site or Content (collectively, a 'Claim') will be referred to and determined by a sole arbitrator (to the exclusion of the courts). Except where prohibited by applicable law, you waive any right you may have to commence or participate in any class action against MyWebVine related to any Claim and, where applicable, you also agree to opt out of any class proceedings against MyWebVine. If you have a Claim, you should give written notice to arbitrate at the address specified below. If we have a Claim, we will give you notice to arbitrate at your address provided in your Registration Data. Arbitration will be conducted by one arbitrator pursuant to the commercial arbitration laws and rules in effect on the date of the notice in the Province of Ontario.
To the extent arbitration as described in the immediately preceding paragraph is prohibited by applicable law, you agree that all Claims will be heard and resolved in a court of competent subject matter jurisdiction located in Toronto, Ontario. You consent to the personal jurisdiction of such courts over you, stipulate to the fairness and convenience of proceeding in such courts, and covenant not to assert any objection to proceeding in such courts.
If you choose to access the Site from locations other than Ontario, you will be responsible for compliance with all local laws of such other jurisdiction and you agree to indemnify MyWebVine and the other Released Parties for your failure to comply with any such laws.
16. Termination/Modification of License and Site Offerings
Notwithstanding any provision of these Terms, MyWebVine reserves the right, without notice and in its sole discretion, without any notice or liability to you, to (a) terminate your license to use the Site (and if you are a Manager, your Members’ licenses to use the Site), or any portion thereof; (b) block or prevent your future access to and use of all or any portion of the Site or Content; (c) change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Site or Content; and (d) impose limits on the Site or Content.
17. Survival of Agreement
If these Terms expire or terminate for any reason, Sections 4, 8, 11, 12, 14, 16 and 17, and any representation or warranty you make in these Terms, shall survive indefinitely.
18. Miscellaneous
If any provision of these Terms shall be deemed unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. MyWebVine may assign any or all of its rights hereunder to any party without your consent. You are not permitted to assign any of your rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of MyWebVine, and any such attempted assignment will be void and unenforceable. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and MyWebVine regarding your use of the Site, and supercede all prior or contemporaneous communications whether electronic, oral or written between you and MyWebVine regarding your use of the Site. The parties confirm that it is their wish that these Terms, as well as any other documents relating to this Terms, including notices, have been and shall be drawn up in the English language only. Les parties reconnaissent avoir convenue que la présente convention ainsi que tous documents, avis et procédures judiciaires qui pourront être exécutés, donnés ou intentées à la suite des présentes ou ayant un rapport, direct ou indirect, avec la présente convention soient rédigée en anglais.
19. Questions and Comments
If you have any questions regarding these Terms or your use of the Site, please contact us here:
MyWebVine
info@mywebvine.com