Terms of Use, Privacy and Copyright - 2023
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The following Terms and Conditions govern your use of this Conferdence Corporation web site and the materials accessible on or from the site. Please read them carefully before using the site. Your use of the site means that you accept these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree with these Terms and Conditions, please do not use the Conferdence web site or the Conferdence service.READ THESE TERMS AND Conferdence PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE SERVICES DESCRIBED BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR OTHERWISE USE THESE SERVICES. YOUR CLICKING ON THE BUTTON MARKED "I ACCEPT" DURING INSTALLATION AND YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THE SERVICES INDICATES YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT YOU HAVE READ AND ACCEPTED THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. ※ This hotComm AND/OR ONLINETRADERCENTRAL.COM VIRTUAL VENUE Services Agreement (the "Agreement") is made and entered into between you (the "USER") and Conferdence Incorporated ("Conferdence, Inc." i.e. the Service or The Company). Use of the Service (as defined below) signifies USER's agreement to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.1. Description of the Service As used in this Agreement, the term "Service" refers to Conferdence' hotComm service, which enables fast, private, interactive and direct or server assisted peer exchange of text, audio, video or content between participating hotComm users on the web or on a private network, all software provided by Conferdence to the USER to enable use of the hotComm service (the "Software"), and all modifications, updates, and revisions thereof, and any documentation provided therewith. 2. Grant of Rights Conferdence grants USER a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited license to use the Service in accordance with this Agreement at a site to be designated by USER and identified to Conferdence. Conferdence may, in its sole discretion, change the functions and capabilities of the Service and shall, in its sole discretion, determine the functions and capabilities that will be incorporated into subsequent releases of the Service. 3. Restrictions on Use; Prohibited Uses USER represents and warrants that (a) only authorized users will access the Service solely in connection with USER's exercise of the license granted hereunder; (b) USER's Service account will not be transferred to, or used on behalf of, another party or entity without Conferdence' prior written consent; (c) USER will not use or copy the computer code and documentation provided in connection with the Service, except to make a back-up or archival copy of the code as specifically authorized by the copyright law of the United States of America; (d) USER will not remove any copyright, proprietary rights or other notice included in or on any portion of the Service, computer code or documentation, and shall reproduce all such notices in or on all copies made by USER; (e) USER will not distribute, transmit, display, disclose, divulge, reveal, report, publish or transfer the Software to any third party or reproduce or create derivative works based upon the Software to any third party or reproduce or create derivative works based upon the software or any portion thereof; (f) neither USER nor any of its employees, subcontractors or other personnel will attempt to reverse engineer, reverse assemble, disassemble, decompile, or otherwise attempt to discover the source code of the Software; (g) USER will not use the Service in a manner that is prohibited by any law or regulation, or to facilitate the violation of any law or regulation or to impersonate Conferdence personnel or other parties or entities; (h) USER will not transmit by means of the Service any materials of any kind which (i) violate, plagiarize, or infringe on the intellectual property or contractual rights of any third party; (ii) are exported in violation of any law, rule, or regulation governing exports from the United States; (iii) contain libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive or otherwise unlawful material; (iv) contain software viruses or any other malicious code designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; (v) invade the privacy of third parties, and USER will not use the Service (i) for any purpose other than the issuance of bona fide communications to addressees known to USER; (ii) to violate the security of the Service or room access policies; or (iii) to attempt to utilize another user's account name or persona without authorization from that user. 4. User Content - THIRD PARTY CONTENT - Opt-In or Out - (AKA Explicit Opt-In) USER is solely responsible for the content of any information it makes available by means of the Service. USER expressly agrees that Conferdence shall not be liable for any action Conferdence takes to review, record or replay material posted by USER or third parties or to remove or restrict access to such material judged by Conferdence in its sole discretion to be in violation of any law, regulation or rights of a third party, including, but not limited to, rights under the copyright law, prohibitions on libel, slander and invasion of privacy, or laws pertaining to unfair or deceptive trade practices. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Conferdence has no obligation (and does not necessarily have the ability) to review any material posted or made available by USER or third parties by means of the Service. If you have opted to receive follow-up materials or communications by being part of our mailing list (in all cases using the software for joining our online events and "Accepting the Terms of Service" is the same as opting into hear of furture offers - we advise that you may then be also opting to hear of our third party vendor offers and follow-up information). We ask that you review the laws as listed at the Canadian "Anti-Spam legislature, as this will be the tone for the future of all countries and their SPAM and future contact policies by marketing companies. A good source for this information is listed at: http://fightspam.gc.ca/eic/site/030.nsf/eng/home. If your browser does not support our OPT OUT module in our marketing emails, please email your name and all email addresses with a polite request to be permanently deleted from our mailing lists to: [email protected] and you will be added to our hard coded "Do Not Mail" database. 5. Ownership of Service USER acknowledges and agrees that Conferdence retains all title, copyright, patent rights and other proprietary rights in and to the Service and related documentation and computer code, including, without limitation, all copies, modifications, translations and other derivative works that duplicate or are based on the Service or components thereof, and that the Service is proprietary to Conferdence. Conferdence reserves all rights not expressly granted herein and no other rights and licenses are granted or deemed to be granted hereunder. USER agrees that any feedback provided to Conferdence regarding the Service shall constitute, and shall be treated by USER as proprietary information of Conferdence. 6. Third Party Proprietary Materials Third party materials accessible to USER through the Service may be the subject of intellectual property rights, including, without limitation, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets. All rights to such third party materials are retained by the owners of such materials. Except as expressly permitted by the owner of such rights, USER may not reproduce, redistribute, retransmit, publish or otherwise transfer, or commercially exploit, any such materials. 7. System Resources (a) USER shall be responsible for installing any computer code required to use the Service on USER's equipment, for any use of the automatic update feature of the computer code, and for assuring proper hardware configurations, audit controls, back-up plans and operating methods, including network overheads associated with use of the hotComm client. If USER requests consulting or support services, Conferdence may provide such services at a mutually agreed upon fee. (b) USER acknowledges that it may be temporarily disconnected from or logged off of the Service, either due to a system failure or because of USER inactivity and that Conferdence shall have no liability in connection with any such disconnection or log off. (c) USER acknowledges that it is solely responsible for the operation of its computer system and Internet access. (d) USER agrees to comply with all Conferdence instructions for installation and use of the Services. 8. Charges and Payment (a) USER is responsible for all periodic license and event fees paid for access to the Conferdence service and no refunds will be provided by Conferdence where access to the Service is discontinued. Fees for OnlineTraderCentral.com event services must be prepaid in order to schedule an event date, and cancellations are not permitted, nor refunds on cancellations honored for ANY reason whatsoever. Conferdence further reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel any USER's access to the Service immediately and without notice. (b) USER is responsible for all charges associated with connecting to the Service, including, without limitation, all telephone access lines, telephone and computer equipment necessary to access the Service. (c) USER is responsible for all activities and any third party charges resulting from use of the Conferdence Service, including, without limitation, taxes levied by any governmental authority in connection with USER's use of the Service. USER will reimburse Conferdence for any third party charges, including taxes, that Conferdence is obligated to pay as a result of USER's use of the Service. (d) USER will remain liable for any unauthorized use of its account with the Service until it notifies Conferdence by email, receipt requested and received at [email protected]. (e) Conferdence reserves the right to institute or increase fees at any time upon seven (7) days prior notice posted on the Conferdence Website. If Conferdence does not receive the full amount of Service account balance within thirty (30) days of the billing date, the lesser of 1.5% per month or the highest percentage allowed by law of the outstanding balance will be added to USER's bill as a late charge each month and shall be due and payable. USER shall also be liable for all attorney and collection fees arising from Conferdence efforts to collect any unpaid account balance(s). 9. User Information (a) USER certifies to Conferdence that it is not a minor, i.e., that it is a bona fide business or, if an individual, at least eighteen (18) years of age. (b) USER agrees to provide Conferdence with accurate, complete, and updated information required by the registration to the Service (Registration Data), including USER's legal company name and d/b/a, contact person, address, telephone number(s), fax number(s), and e-mail address(es) (if available). USER agrees to submit appropriate payment data, including type of credit card, credit card number and expiration date). USER agrees to notify Conferdence within five (5) days of any changes in USER's Registration Data. Failure to comply with this provision may result in immediate suspension or termination of USER's rights to use the Service. (c) USER is solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of its passwords, and agrees that Conferdence will have no obligations with regard thereto. (d) Conferdence reserves the right to reveal any Registration Data or other information in its possession regarding users of the Services in cooperation with a request or investigation by any governmental body or governmental agency. (e) Conferdence Corporation has the right to electronically disconnect and/or disconnect AND block from future entrance any/all participants knowingly or habitually giving invalid registration details (particularly "mock" email addresses) to gain entrance to our (mostly free) sessions, and this *may* be permanent. The understanding is that the Registration details you supply digitally on the Virtual Events Registration form are given in "good faith", and that what is supplied electronically to our service, (that results in your VALID registration link), will be active. Users that digitally send/sign these forms, do so with an expectation for possible follow-up promotions from our presenter(s) & staff. Situations may vary, concerns or questions, or erroneous blocks will not be held against Conferdence Corporation, Online Trader Central (i.e. the service) or the individual (i.e. User). In the event of a miscommunication with a room moderator, or a presenter or host company request for a disconnection from the virtual venue (i.e. PresentationRoom), will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis and are open for negotiations. For more information on this topic, please email: [email protected] 10. Encryption of Transmissions Conferdence encrypts name and address data in USER transmissions utilizing industry standard encryption techniques. Although Conferdence believes that the techniques it uses are reliable, USER understands and acknowledges that no encryption technique is foolproof and therefore that Conferdence cannot and does not warrant that transmissions are absolutely secure from third party interception and de-encryption. 11. Indemnification USER hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Conferdence and its employees, licensors, independent contractors, providers, subsidiaries and affiliates, from and against any and all liability and costs (including, without limitation, Conferdence attorneys' fees and costs) incurred by any of them in connection with any third party claim arising out of any breach by USER of the representations and warranties in Section 3 of this Agreement. USER shall cooperate as fully as reasonably required in the defense of any claim. 12. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY ※ THE SERVICE (INCLUDING ALL CONTENT, SOFTWARE, FUNCTIONS, LIVE WEBCASTS, MATERIALS & INFORMATION ACCESSED BY ANY MEANS THEREOF) IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, (Conferdence AND/OR ITS' PRODUCT LINES UNDER THE HOTCOMM OR ONLINETRADERCENTRAL NAMES OR WEBSITES MAKES NOR UPHOLDS ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE USE OF THE SERVICES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY INTERRUPTION OF OR ERROR IN THE SERVICES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, Conferdence' NEGLIGENCE. Conferdence WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY FAILURE OF OR DELAY IN PERFORMANCE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY CAUSED BY ACTS OF THE USER, ITS AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, OR SUBCONTRACTORS, CAUSES BEYOND THE CONTROL OF Conferdence, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ACTS OF GOD AND GOVERNMENTS AND FAILURES OF THE INTERNET OR THE COMPONENTS THEREOF.13. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL Conferdence BE LIABLE FOR ANY PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT ARE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATED TO THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE SERVICES, EVEN IF Conferdence HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT SHALL Conferdence' TOTAL LIABILITY TO USER FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, OR CAUSES OF ACTION EXCEED $500. 14. Termination In addition to any other rights of the parties set forth herein, either the USER or Conferdence may terminate this Agreement at any time upon notice. Conferdence also reserves the right to restrict, suspend or terminate the Services in whole or in part, without notice, with respect to any breach or threatened breach of Sections 3 or 5, or if USER is subject to charges and Conferdence is unable to obtain payment due for such charges within thirty (30) days of the date upon which Conferdence submits a request for payment to USER, or USER's credit card company (depending upon payment method chosen by the USER). 15. Modifications to Agreement Conferdence — Or if operating under the product names of hotComm or OnlineTraderCentral — has the right to modify this Agreement at any time and for any reasonable judgement. Any modification is effective one week after posting on the website(s) » www.hotcomm.com » www.OnlineTraderCentral.com « or immediately upon notice by electronic mail, or U.S. mail. USER's continued use of the Conferdence Service following notice of any modification to this Agreement shall be conclusively deemed an acceptance of all such modification(s). USER's only right with respect to any dissatisfaction with any modifications made pursuant to this provision, or any policies or practices of Conferdence in providing the Services, including, without limitation, (i) any change in the content of the Services, or (ii) any change in the amount or type of Service Fees, is to terminate use of the Service. 16. General This Agreement (including Conferdence Privacy Policy) constitutes the entire agreement between the USER and Conferdence with respect to the Conferdence Services (i.e. hotComm & OnlineTraderCentral) and supersedes all prior agreements between the USER and Conferdence. Failure by Conferdence to enforce any provision of this agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. Interpretation and enforcement of this agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts without regard to its conflicts of laws principles. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or USER's use of the Service will be filed and prosecuted exclusively in a court of competent subject matter jurisdiction in Boston, Massachusetts. USER consents to personal jurisdiction of such courts over it, and covenants not to assert any objection to proceeding in such courts based on the alleged inconvenience, inefficiency or unfairness of such courts. In any such action, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover all legal expenses incurred in connection with the action, including, but not limited to, its costs, both taxable and non-taxable, and reasonable attorney's fees. In the event that any portion of this Agreement is held unenforceable, the unenforceable portion shall be construed in accordance with applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect the original intentions of the parties, and the remainder of the provisions shall remain in full force and effect. The Service is operated from Conferdence servers in the United States. USER is responsible for compliance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is located. In no event shall USER use the Service in any location where such use is prohibited or restricted by local law or where Conferdence would incur a tax or fee obligation that would not be paid by USER. USER may not use or export the Service or the products thereof in violation of United States laws and regulations, including, without limitation, export administration regulations. 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When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for this service if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new free programs; and that you know you can do these things.
To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid anyone to deny you these rights or to ask you to surrender the rights. These restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for you if you distribute copies of the software, or if you modify it.
For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether gratis or for a fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that you have. You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the source code. And you must show them these terms so they know their rights.
We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright the software, and (2) offer you this license which gives you legal permission to copy, distribute and/or modify the software.
Also, for each author's protection and ours, we want to make certain that everyone understands that there is no warranty for this free software. If the software is modified by someone else and passed on, we want its recipients to know that what they have is not the original, so that any problems introduced by others will not reflect on the original authors' reputations.
Finally, any free program is threatened constantly by software patents. We wish to avoid the danger that redistributors of a free program will individually obtain patent licenses, in effect making the program proprietary. To prevent this, we have made it clear that any patent must be licensed for everyone's free use or not licensed at all.
The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and modification follow. The specific program covered by this license is "Dynamic Desktop" by Conferdence Corporation, copyright 2002.
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