1. Registration
You can easily begin using our site by filling out our one page membership
form. In registering with us, you agree to provide accurate, current and complete
information about yourself, and to update that information if it changes; if
you don't, we have the right to close your account and any web pages created
under your account.
As part of the registration process, you will choose a password. It is your
responsibility to keep this password confidential. You are responsible for all
actions taken under your password. If you find out that your password or account
is being used by someone without your consent, or you discover any other breach
of security, you agree to notify us immediately at through either the email
support feature in your website (log in at "Tic Tac Websites",
go to "help & support", "ask a question to support",
"other") or through the email
support/help feature on the Tic Tac Websites home page (go to the "support"
tab, "ask a question").
2. Charges and Billing
Tic Tac Websites reserves the right to charge fees for the Service or any portion
thereof. Any applicable fees will be posted on the Tic Tac Websites Web site. If
you are required to pay a fee for all or any part of the Service for which you
have chosen to register, you hereby authorize Tic Tac Websites to charge your credit
card in advance for all applicable fees incurred by you in connection with your
chosen Service and your Account. You hereby acknowledge that in most cases,
Tic Tac Websites will be charging your designated credit card in accordance with
the payment schedule of the Service for which you have registered, but some
charges may accumulate on your credit card account before they are charged to
your credit card account. You further acknowledge that it is your responsibility
to notify Tic Tac Websites of any changes to your credit card or if your credit
card has expired otherwise your access to the Service may be disconnected or
interrupted. All fees shall be paid in U.S. dollars.
All charges for your website will show on your credit
card statement as WebsiteDynamics or WebsiteDynamics.
Tic Tac Websites reserves the right to change any fees (which includes, but is
not limited to, charging a fee for packages, options, upgrades and/or a Service
for which Tic Tac Websites does not currently charge a fee) or billing methods at
any time, provided, however, that such modifications shall not take effect earlier
than thirty (30) days after Tic Tac Websites posts such modification on the Tic Tac Websites
Web site. Tic Tac Websites also has the right to collect applicable taxes and impose
premium surcharges for some areas of the Service and these surcharges may apply
immediately after you register for the Service. The answer to many common billing
questions can by found by logging in to Member's Account and going to the Help & Support
page. As set forth in Section 10 of this Agreement, you may cancel your Account
at any time, but Tic Tac Websites will not refund any remaining portion of your
pre-paid fees when you cancel your Account.
You agree to pay your Account balance on time. You also agree to pay any taxes,
including sales or use taxes, resulting from your use of the Service. Amounts
not paid by you to Tic Tac Websites when due will be assessed an additional 1.5%
(or the highest amount allowed by law, whichever is lower) per month if your
payment is more than thirty (30) days past due. That amount is also due immediately.
You are responsible and liable for any fees, including attorney and collection
fees, that Tic Tac Websites may incur in its efforts to collect any remaining balances
due from you. This Section 2 shall in no way limit any other remedies available
to Tic Tac Websites. You also acknowledge and agree that you will be billed for
and will pay any outstanding balances if you cancel your Account or your Account
is terminated. You must notify Tic Tac Websites of any billing problems or discrepancies
within sixty (60) days after they first appear on your credit card account statement.
If you do not notify Tic Tac Websites within sixty (60) days, you waive any right
to dispute such problems or discrepancies.
3. Footer
You understand that the phrase “Powered by Tic Tac Websites” will be
placed in the footer to each and every web page generated and transmitted by
Tic Tac Websites’s System but may be easily removed from your website through
your website manager tools.
4. Reference to Your site
You agree to allow Tic Tac Websites to announce our customer relationship with
you in a press release or similar distribution. This includes allowing us to
profile and link to your site in any communications.
5. Directory
You agree to allow Tic Tac Websites to list your site in a Tic Tac Websites directory
without your permission unless otherwise agreed upon. It is your responsibility
to contact Tic Tac Websites to have your site unlisted through either the email
support feature in your website (log in at "Tic Tac Websites",
go to "help & support", "ask at question to support",
"other") or through the email
support/help feature on the Tic Tac Websites home page (go to the "support"
tab, "ask a question").
6. Privacy
At Tic Tac Websites, we respect the privacy of our members. You agree that Tic Tac Websites
may disclose information we have collected from you and/or content you have
made available on our site when Tic Tac Websites believes in good faith that the
law requires it, or to protect the rights or property of Tic Tac Websites or its
visitors, or as otherwise stated in the Privacy Policy. For more details, please
see our Privacy Policy. Our Privacy Policy
is deemed to be part of these Terms.
Upon request Tic Tac Websites may disclose your contact information to customers
of your website, government agencies, any trademark or copyright owner requiring
to contact you in regards to transactions or content on your site.
While we do our utmost to safeguard your information, please remember that
privacy over the Internet cannot be guaranteed, and keep this in mind when deciding
what information to transmit or broadcast through Tic Tac Websites's site.
7. Member Conduct
In general, we do not screen or edit information transmitted or shared by members
on our site, but we reserve the right (but have no duty) to monitor, to remove
any objectionable information, and to remove any web pages from our system at
any time, without notice, at our sole discretion.
To help ensure that everyone's experience at Tic Tac Websites is a positive one,
we have certain rules for conduct, which you must agree to in using our site.
You agree to:
8. Third Party Content
For your convenience, the Service, which includes the Tic Tac Websites Web site,
contains products, services, content and information from third party providers
(which includes advertisers and affiliates) and/or links to their Web sites
("Third Party Content"). Such Third Party Content is not under the
control of Tic Tac Websites and Tic Tac Websites is not responsible for such content,
including, without limitation, any link contained in such content, or any changes
or updates to such content. Tic Tac Websites is under no obligation, but does reserve
the right to pre-screen Third Party Content available on the Service and does
not assume any responsibility or liability for the content provided by others.
Tic Tac Websites is providing such Third Party Content to you only as a convenience,
and the inclusion of such content does not imply endorsement by Tic Tac Websites
of such content or the affiliate or advertiser. You may be subject to additional
and/or different terms, conditions, and privacy policies when using third party
products, services, content, software, or sites. Tic Tac Websites does reserve the
right to remove content that, in Tic Tac Websites's judgment, does not meet its
standards, but Tic Tac Websites is not responsible for any failure or delay in removing
such material.
Tic Tac Websites is not and will not be responsible for (i) the terms and conditions
of any transaction between you and any third party, (ii) any insufficiency of
or problems with any such third party's background, insurance, credit or licensing,
or (iii) the quality of services performed by any such third party or any other
legal liability arising out of or related to the performance of such services.
In the event that you have a dispute with any such third party, you release
Tic Tac Websites (and its affiliates, suppliers, agents and employees) from any
and all claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind
and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed,
arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes.
9. End Users to Your site
Your relationship with your end users, “End Users” in this Agreement
referring to any user who visits your site and uses the Tic Tac Websites Service,
is independent from Tic Tac Websites. Tic Tac Websites will be not be held liable for
any disagreements between you and your End Users and will not get involved with
any disputes arising from your relationship.
10. Cancellation/Termination
Either you or Tic Tac Websites may terminate or cancel your account at any time.
You understand and agree that the cancellation of your account is your sole
right and remedy with respect to any dispute with Tic Tac Websites. You also agree
that Tic Tac Websites may close your account and prevent you from using our site
for violating any of our Terms of Service, or for any other reason, at any time,
at Tic Tac Websites's sole discretion, without prior notice to you. In most instances,
however, Tic Tac Websites will review a web site and if it is found to be in violation
of any of our the Terms Of Service, you will be given a warning. If the web
site continues to violate our rules, the site will be deleted.
11. Storage of Content
The storage space per web site is limited, so it is possible that some messages
or other content you transmit may not be processed due to space constraints,
or will not be stored for a long time. You agree that Tic Tac Websites is not responsible
or liable for deleting or failing to store any content. You agree to download
your email on a regular basis and will not leave a copy of the email on the
servers. You agree that Tic Tac Websites can delete any email on the servers older
than 45 days.
If you delete your website in part or in whole, accidentally or intentionally, and you ask Tic Tac Websites to attempt to retrieve it from the archives, you agree that Tic Tac Websites will charge a $50 fee to your credit card for this service. You agree that Tic Tac Websites is not responsible or liable for any content that cannot be retrieved.
12. Maintenance and Updates
Tic Tac Websites reserves the right to interrupt service no more than five (5)
percent of the year for maintenance and updates to our site. This service interruption
does not include power outages, service loss or any other reasons as listed
in Section 22 Force Majeure.
13. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold Tic Tac Websites, rebranders, cobranders, and its
suppliers, affiliates, partners, subsidiaries, directors, shareholders and employees
(collectively, the "Indemnified Parties") harmless from any and all
claims and demands, losses, liability costs and expenses (including, but not
limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees), incurred by an Indemnified Party arising
out of or related to (i) your breach of this Agreement; (ii) any information
(including but not limited to your data and your publicly posted information)
submitted, posted, or otherwise provided by you at your site and/or to Tic Tac Websites
and/or its affiliates; (iii) any dispute or litigation between an Indemnified
Party and a third party caused by your actions; and (iv) your negligence or
violation or alleged violations of any rights of another. These obligations
will survive any termination of your relationship with Tic Tac Websites or your
use of the Service. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the foregoing indemnity
will apply regardless of any fault, negligence, or breach of warranty or contract
of Tic Tac Websites and/or its suppliers, affiliates, partners, subsidiaries and
employees.
14. Indemnification by Customer
You will defend, indemnify and hold Tic Tac Websites harmless from and against
any and all liabilities, losses, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable
legal fees and expenses) associated with any claim or action brought against
Tic Tac Websites that arises directly or indirectly from you or your end-users,
or the content of such end-user’s web site, contrary to the provisions
of this Agreement, including claims based on representations, warranties, or
misrepresentations made by you, provided that Tic Tac Websites promptly notifies
you in writing of the claim and allows you to control and fully cooperate with
you in the defense and all related settlement negotiations. You shall be relieved
of its indemnification obligations under this Agreement to the extent it is
actually prejudiced by Tic Tac Websites’s failure to provide such notice or
cooperation. You shall have no liability for any settlement or compromise made
without its prior written consent, although such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld.
15. Changes to Terms of Use
Tic Tac Websites reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify
or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the service (or any part thereof)
with or without notice. You should periodically review these Terms for changes.
Your continued use of the site and the services following the posting of any
changes confirms your agreement with such changes. You agree that Tic Tac Websites
shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension
or discontinuance of the service.
16. Proprietary Rights to Content
You agree that Content presented through our site by Tic Tac Websites, its advertisers,
or others, including all text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio
files, software, data compilations and other intellectual property, is owned
by Tic Tac Websites or its licensees and is protected by copyright, trade-mark,
service mark, patent, or other proprietary rights and laws. You agree not to
otherwise copy, change, upload, transmit, sell or distribute any content available
through Tic Tac Websites's site, including code and software, except standard page
caching which occurs in the normal course of browsing. By way of example, you
agree not to use any trade names or trademarks displayed on any other web site
you operate such as in the meta-data of such web site. Except as expressly authorized
by Tic Tac Websites or advertisers, you agree not to modify, rent, lease, loan,
sell, distribute or create derivative works based on the Service or the software,
in whole or in part. You also agree not to record or otherwise make a copy of
audio content on the site unless you have the permission of all parties to the
conversation to do so.
17. Your Grant of Limited License
By posting or submitting content to the site, you (a) grant to Tic Tac Websites
and its affiliates and licensees the royalty free, non-exclusive right to use,
reproduce, display, perform, adapt, modify, distribute, have distributed and
promote the content in any form, anywhere and for any purpose; (b) warrant and
represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content
and that the public posting and use of your content by Tic Tac Websites will not
infringe or violate the rights of any third party; and (c) waive all moral rights
that you have in the content and warrant and represent that all other authors
and creators of the content have also waived their moral rights in and to the
content.
18. User Forums
The site provides users with the opportunity to post and share messages. You
should use caution as any disclosed personal information becomes public information.
We may, but we are not obliged to, monitor or review any content including messages
posted to the site. Tic Tac Websites is not responsible for any content, opinions,
or views expressed by its members or visitors on its web sites.
19. External Links
Tic Tac Websites's site may contain links to other sites. You agree that Tic Tac Websites
does not endorse any other sites and is not liable for any loss or damages related
to the content, products or services available through those sites. Because
Tic Tac Websites has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and
agree that Tic Tac Websites is not responsible for the availability of such external
sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for
any content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from
such sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that Tic Tac Websites
shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or
loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance
on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such site
or resource.
20. Severability
If any provision of this Agreement shall be held illegal, unenforceable, or
invalid, that provision shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent
necessary so that this Agreement shall otherwise remain in full force and effect.
21. Headings
The titles and headings of the various sections and paragraphs in this Agreement
are intended solely for convenience of reference and are not intended for any
other purpose whatsoever, or to explain, modify or place any construction upon
any of the provisions of this Agreement.
22. Force Majeure
Tic Tac Websites shall not be liable for the failure to perform any of its obligations
under this Agreement, if such failure is caused by the occurrence of any event
beyond the reasonable control of such party, including without limitation, fire,
flood, strikes and other industrial disturbances, failure of raw materials suppliers,
accidents, transmission difficulties, Internet outages, riots, insurrections,
acts of God or orders of governmental agencies.
23. Security
You will be fully responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your passwords,
and you will notify Tic Tac Websites immediately if you believe that the security
of your account has been compromised. Tic Tac Websites DOES NOT REPRESENT OR IN
ANY WAY WARRANT THAT ACCOUNT INFORMATION WILL REMAIN SECURE AND Tic Tac Websites
SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR LOSSES OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM ANY SECURITY BREACHES.
24. Disclaimer of Warranties
YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN
"AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. Tic Tac Websites EXPRESSLY
DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
Tic Tac Websites MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS,
(ii) THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (iii)
THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE ACCURATE
OR RELIABLE, (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER
MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS,
AND (v) ANY ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED.
ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE
IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE
FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE
DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM Tic Tac Websites
OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED
IN THE TERMS OF SERVICE.
25. Limitation of Liability
IN NO EVENT SHALL Tic Tac Websites AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT,
PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS (HOWEVER ARISING,
INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) EVEN IF Tic Tac Websites OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH
(A) THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE, (B) THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE
TO PROVIDE SERVICES, (C) FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND
RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICE OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE
USE OF THE SERVICE, (D) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICE,
OR (E) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SERVICE. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN
NO EVENT SHALL Tic Tac Websites's AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU AND/OR ANY THIRD PARTY
ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU ACTUALLY PAY
TO Tic Tac Websites UNDER THIS AGREEMENT DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING
THE DATE THE CLAIM AROSE OR $500.00, WHICHEVER IS LESS. Without limiting the
foregoing, neither Tic Tac Websites nor its suppliers is responsible for any of
your data residing on the Service or Tic Tac Websites's suppliers' hardware. You
are responsible for backing-up your data and information that may reside on
the Service or Tic Tac Websites's suppliers' hardware, whether or not such information
is produced through the use of the Service. It is your responsibility to take
the necessary steps to ensure that your primary means of business is maintained
(if applicable).
26. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the Province of British Columbia and
the laws of Canada applicable therein. No action or proceeding may be commenced
or maintained in relation to the site, the Services or these Terms except in
a court of appropriate jurisdiction in British Columbia and you hereby irrevocably
agree to attorn to the jurisdiction of such courts.
27. Dispute Resolution
Member agrees that any dispute or claim arising out of or related to the Service
or this Agreement, or the interpretation, making, performance, breach or termination
thereof, shall be finally settled by binding arbitration in Vancouver, British
Columbia under the American Arbitration Association Rules by one arbitrator
appointed in accordance with said Rules. The proceedings shall be conducted
and all evidence shall be offered in the English language. Member agrees that
any claim against Tic Tac Websites must be filed within one (1) year of the time
such claim arose, regardless of any law to the contrary, otherwise such claim
will be barred forever.
Notwithstanding the above, Tic Tac Websites may apply to any court of competent
jurisdiction (i) for a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction or
other interim or conservatory relief as necessary, including without limitation
for breach of Section 16 (Proprietary Rights to Content) or (ii) to collect
fees due and owing from Member pursuant to this Agreement, without breach of
this arbitration agreement and without any abridgment of the powers of the arbitrator.
This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Province
of British Columbia, Canada. Such law shall be applied by the arbitrator to
the merits of any dispute or claim. For any non-arbitral action or proceeding
arising out of or related to the Service or this Agreement, both parties submit
to sole and exclusive jurisdiction and venue in the courts located in Vancouver,
Canada and further agree that any such action or proceeding shall be brought
in a court in Vancouver, British Columbia.
A printed version of this Agreement shall be admissible in judicial or administrative
proceedings based upon or relating to this Agreement to the same extent and
subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally
generated and maintained in printed form.
28. Confidential Information
“Confidential Information” is any data or information, oral or
written, treated as confidential that relates to either party’s (or, if
either party is bound to protect the confidentiality of any third party’s
information, such third party’s) past, present, or future research, development
or business activities, including any unannounced products and services, any
information relating to services, inventions, processes, plans, source code,
object code, binary code, algorithms, ideas, know-how, financial information,
customer data, revenue, transaction volume, forecasts, projections, and the
financial terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential
Information shall not be deemed to include information if: (i) it was already
known to the receiving party prior to the Effective Date of this Agreement as
established by documentary evidence; (ii) it is in or has entered the public
domain through no breach of this Agreement or other wrongful act of the receiving
party; (iii) it has been rightfully received by the receiving party from a third
party and without breach of any obligation of confidentiality of such third
party to the owner of the Confidential Information; (iv) it has been approved
for release by written authorization of the owner of the Confidential Information;
(v) it has been independently developed by a party without access to the Confidential
Information of the other party; or (vi) it is required to be disclosed pursuant
to final binding order of a governmental agency or court of competent jurisdiction,
provided that the owner of the Confidential Information has been given reasonable
notice of the pendency of such an order and the opportunity to contest it.
29. Relationship to Customer
Tic Tac Websites and you shall perform all duties under this Agreement as independent
contractors. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to give either party
the power to direct or control the daily activities of the other party, or to
constitute the parties as principal and agent, employer and employee, franchiser
and franchisee, partners, joint venturers, co-owners, or otherwise as participants
in a joint undertaking. The parties understand and agree that, except as specifically
provided in this Agreement, neither party grants the other party the power or
authority to make or give any agreement, statement, representation, warranty,
or other commitment on behalf of the other party, or to enter into any contract
or otherwise incur any liability or obligation, express or implied, on behalf
of the other party, or to transfer, release, or waive any right, title, or interest
of such other party.
30. Standard Clip-Art and Photos
As part of the Service, Tic Tac Websites provides you with standard clip-art and
photos to incorporate into your web sites. In using the clip-art and photos,
you are governed by an Image License Agreement with Hemera the supplier of the
clip-art and photos. Such Image License
Agreement is incorporated into this Agreement. You understand that the Image
License Agreement is a separate contractual relationship between you and Hemera
and that you, and not Tic Tac Websites, are responsible for all liability, and obligations
in connection with that relationship. Tic Tac Websites is not a party to, and shall
not be involved in or responsible for, transactions, agreements, and/or disputes
between you and Hemera ("Hemera Dispute"). In the event of a Hemera
Dispute, you hereby release Tic Tac Websites (and its officers, directors, agents,
and employees) from claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential)
of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed
and undisclosed, arising out of or in any connection with such disputes.
31. Copyright Policy
It is the policy of Mezine.com Inc. (“Tic Tac Websites”, “us”
or “we”) to respect the intellectual property rights of others;
we ask that our members do the same. Tic Tac Websites may terminate the accounts
of those who appear to infringe the intellectual property rights of others,
and/or Tic Tac Websites may remove content that has prompted a complaint.
If you believe that your copyright in any material has been infringed by Tic Tac Websites
or a member of the Tic Tac Websites community, please provide us with the following:
- A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
- A description of the material that you claim is infringing, identified
with sufficient detail to enable us to locate it on the site;
- Your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
- A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed
use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
- A statement by you declaring under penalty of perjury that (a) the above
information in your notice is accurate, and (b) that you are the owner of
the copyright interest involved or that you are authorized to act on the copyright
owner's behalf; and
- A physical or electronic signature of the person authorized to act on behalf
of the owner of the copyright interest.
Please direct all notices of claims of copyright infringement relating to the
Tic Tac Websites site through either the email support feature in your website (log
in at "Tic Tac Websites", go
to "help & support", "ask a question to support", "other")
or through the email support/help feature
on the Tic Tac Websites home page (go to the "support" tab, "ask
a question").
.