TERMS
AND CONDITIONS
These Terms and
Conditions (this “Agreement”) are entered into among Appointments For Pros,
Appointments For Pros Inc, a California corporation
(“Company”), and all visitors to and users of (“you” or “your”)
AppointmentsForPros.com, any of its subpages, and all related applications,
platforms, portals, consoles or interfaces (collectively, the “Website”). This
Agreement governs your use of the Website and any subsequent purchase or use of
the services or products that Company offers (including, without limitation,
Leads, Qualified Appointments, and any others). By visiting
AppointmentsForPros.com, creating a login account through
AppointmentsForPros.com, accepting a Qualified Appointment, or using other
resources provided or made available by the Company to obtain or contact Leads
or Qualified Appointments, you hereby accept and consent to all the terms and
conditions set forth herein as well as any and all additional terms and
conditions provided on the Website. Even if you do not create an account and/or
do not purchase Leads or Qualified Appointments, and only visit the Website,
you are still bound by this Agreement. Certain capitalized terms used herein
may be defined either when they are first used or in a separate section of this
Agreement.
I.
OUTLINE OF SERVICES; RESPONSIBILITIES OF
PARTIES.
A. Customer
Responsibilities. By accessing a Lead or a
Qualified Appointment
’s contact information (whether through the Website,
email, phone, or otherwise), Customer agrees to all of the following:
1. Payment of Fees
. Customer shall pay Company
the Fees due hereunder.
2. Notify Company of Sale
. Customer shall promptly notify Company in
writing of any and all Leads or Qualified Appointments that Company converted
into a sale so that Company can charge Customer the appropriate Conversion Fee
due hereunder.
3. Automatic Payment of Appointment Setting
Fee
.
Customer consents and agrees to Company automatically charging Customer’s
credit card for the Appointment Setting Fee amount upon company setting an
appointment on behalf of customer. Company shall have the right to impose this
automatic charge on Customer’s credit card 24 hours after Company provides
Customer with a time and date for an appointment with a Consumer.
4. No Sharing or Resale of Leads or Qualified
Appointments; Automatic Payment of Administrative Expenses for Improper Sharing
or Resale of Leads and Qualified Appointments
. Customer acknowledges and agrees that any
Leads and Qualified Appointments acquired under this Agreement shall not be
resold, re-marketed or otherwise provided by Customer to any third parties. Any
such resale or impermissible transfer of a Lead or a Qualified Appointment or
the data contained therein, as well as any such direct or indirect transfer,
export, display, forward, share, or use of a Lead or Qualified Appointment or
the data contained therein shall constitute a misappropriation of Company’s
property, which necessarily inflicts grave harm on Company’s business, and
Customer expressly agrees that Company may automatically charge Customer’s
credit card $500.00, per separate occurrence, as liquidated damages and not as
a penalty, in addition to any other remedies available at law or in equity.
Customer acknowledges and agrees that quantifying the amount of damages Company
would incur as a result of misappropriation of a Lead or Qualified Appointment,
and/or the data contained therein would be difficult and expensive and that the
foregoing measure of liquidated damages represents a reasonable estimation of
Company’s damages, as Company is contractually restricted from such resales with its affiliates and/or partners.
5. Legal Compliance
. Customer shall comply with all federal,
state, local and industry laws, rules, regulations, and requirements applicable
to Customer’s business and industry, and performance of this Agreement,
including, without limitation, all laws regarding the offer and sale of
products and services. Further, Customer shall be duly licensed, permitted,
bonded, insured (with coverages and limits customary
for Customer’s industry), authorized and certified (as applicable) by all
applicable government or regulatory authorities, at all necessary times, to
offer, perform, and/or sell services and products to Leads and Qualified
Appointments. Company shall not be liable or responsible for any actions or
inactions of Customer.
6. Protect Account Information
. Company is not responsible for any lack
of care by Customer to secure its own data (for example, sharing of Customer’s
username, password, or other account information used in connection with the
Website, not logging out of Customer’s account for the Website, etc.), secure
Consumer Information provide to or obtained by Customer, or for any breach of
security on or through the Website. For the avoidance of doubt, Customer is
responsible for any access to or use of Customer’s account and any Consumer
Information by Customer or any person or entity using Customer’s username,
password or other account information provided by Company to Customer, whether
or not such access or use has been authorized by or on behalf of Customer, and
whether or not such person or entity is an employee, agent, or representative
of Customer. Customer shall maintain appropriate physical, technical and
organizational measures to protect all Lead, Qualified Appointment, and
Consumer Information provided hereunder against unauthorized access, use or
disclosure. Customer shall: (i) notify Company promptly, in writing, and no
later than twenty-four (24) hours following the occurrence of any apparent
breach of security, such as loss, theft or unauthorized disclosure or use of
Customer’s user name, password, other account information or any Lead,
Qualified Appointment, or Consumer Information transmitted to Customer
hereunder; and (ii) provide all necessary and reasonable cooperation to Company
to comply with any laws applicable to such security breach, including, without
limitation, (a) the notification of all Leads, Qualified Appointments, or
Consumers who may have a right to be informed of such breach and (b) the
investigation and prosecution of such breach.
7. Refrain from Unlawful and Prohibited Uses
. Customer is granted a non-exclusive,
non-transferable, non-sublicensable, limited, and
revocable license to access and use the Website, the Leads, and the Qualified
Appointments in strict accordance with this Agreement. Customer represents and
warrants, as a condition precedent, that Customer will not use the Website for
any unlawful or prohibited purpose, whether by law or in accordance with this
Agreement. Customer shall not obtain, directly or indirectly, any information
that is not made readily available or provided through the Website. Under no
circumstances shall Customer attempt to resell any of Company’s content
(including, without limitation, Leads or Qualified Appointments). Customer
shall not modify, publish, reverse engineer, transmit, create derivative works,
or exploit any of Company’s Website or content, in whole or in part. Customer
agrees that it shall only use Company’s Website and content for personal use in
attempting to contact Leads or Qualified Appointments for purposes of selling
them on Customer’s services.
8. Intellectual Property
. You shall not make use of Company’s
intellectual property. All content included on Website, including, but not
limited to, text, graphics, logos, images, and software is Company’s
intellectual property or Company’s suppliers, and such intellectual property is
protected by copyright, trademark, patent and other laws and regulations that
protect proprietary rights. You shall abide by all copyright, trademark, patent
and other proprietary notices contained in such content and not alter them in
any way. Your use of the Website does not entitle you to any ownership, license
to, proprietary or other property rights in or to the Website or any of
Company’s intellectual property, nor does it grant you any express or implied
license to use Company’s intellectual property except as expressly provided for
in this Agreement.
9. United States Users.
You shall only make use of Website, Leads,
and Qualified Appointments if you can do so in compliance with all United
States laws and regulations. If you access the Website from any location
outside the United States, you shall be solely responsible for compliance with
all relevant international laws and regulations, as well as the laws and
regulations of the United States (including federal, state and local laws and
regulations in the United States).
B. Company
Responsibilities
.
1. Company Responsibilities for
Leads
. If Customer has subscribed for Leads, then Company shall
provide Customer with leads on a nonexclusive basis, subject to all limitations
and restrictions of this Agreement, in exchange for the Appointment Setting Fee
that shall be charged automatically to Customer’s credit card on file upon Setting the Appointment. For the avoidance of doubt, Company
shall provide Customer with a Lead that has indicated interest in the services
that Customer provides, however, Customer assumes the responsibility to close the
sale with the Lead. Company reserves the right to contact Leads provided to
Customer for the purpose of determining whether or not a Lead was converted to
a sale by any and all Customers that have access to Leads, and to ask Lead
about Lead’s satisfaction of Customer’s services or products.
2. Company Responsibilities for
Qualified Appointments
. If Customer agrees to receive appointments or leads,
then Company shall provide Customer with the Customer name, project type,
location, day, and time for the Qualified Appointment. In exchange, Customer
shall pay the Appointment Setting Fee to Company. Company reserves the right to contact Leads
provided to Customer for the purpose of determining whether or not a Lead was
converted to a sale by any and all Customers that have access to Leads, and to
ask Lead about Lead’s satisfaction of Customer’s services or products.
II.
FEES AND PAYMENT TERMS
A. Fees
. Customer shall pay Company
the following fees (the “Fees”) in exchange for the services that Company
provides hereunder:
1. Fees for Qualified
Appointments.
The
following Fees shall apply only to Qualified Appointments:
(a) Appointment Setting Fee
. The only Fees for a
Qualified Appointment shall be the Appointment Setting Fee. For avoidance of
doubt, this means that in exchange for receiving a Qualified Appointment,
Customer shall pay to Company $49.00.
B. Reporting
. Customer shall promptly report in writing to Company the
status of all Leads and Qualified Appointments and whether or not a Lead or
Qualified Appointment is converted to a sale. For the avoidance of doubt,
whenever Customer is supplied with a Lead or Qualified Appointment’s
information or matched with a Lead or Qualified Appointment, it is the
Customer’s responsibility to inform Company as to whether the Lead or Qualified
Appointment was converted to a sale or not.
C. Refunds
. Regardless of whether a Lead or Qualified
Appointment was converted to a sale or not, Company shall have full and
absolute discretion in determining whether or not to process a refund whenever
a Customer is charged.
III.
RECORDS; CONSENT TO CHARGES;
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
A. Recordkeeping
Obligation and Right to Audit.
Customer shall maintain throughout the term of this
Agreement, and until the conclusion of any applicable statute of limitations,
under applicable local, state, and federal law, true and correct records of all
information pertinent to Customer’s use of Leads or Qualified Appointments,
including, but not limited to all communications between Customer and Leads or
Qualified Appointments, as well as all records of payments made by Leads or
Qualified Appointments to Customer. Customer shall promptly deliver any and all
records required under this Agreement to Company upon Company’s request. If any
records related to Customer’s use of Leads or Qualified Appointments are
requested by a third party, including, without limitation, a government entity
or regulatory authority, Customer shall, upon not less than five (5) days’
written notice, provide Company, the third party, the government entity and/or
the regulatory authority a true and correct copy of such records. Such prior
written notice to Company shall identify the third party, government entity or
regulatory authority to which such records must be delivered and the
information that must be reported. Company or its agent shall be entitled to
audit, at its expense, during regular business hours and upon not less than
five (5) days’ written notice, records of all information pertinent to
Customer’s use of the Leads or Qualified Appointments for the purpose of
verifying Customer’s compliance with the data use, transfer and payment terms
of this Agreement, including, without limitation, any/all local, state and
federal email and/or telemarketing laws, rules and regulations, and for
verifying accuracy of payments. Any such audit shall not be made more than
twice per annum during the term of this Agreement, unless reasonably required
and/or a prior audit has disclosed an improper use, transfer, or payment. If,
based on any such audit, Company determines that Company was underpaid by an
amount equal to or greater than the lesser of $5,000 or five percent (5%) for
the period under audit, or that there has been an improper use or transfer of
Lead or Qualified Appointment data as contemplated herein, then the reasonable
out-of-pocket costs incurred by Company in connection with the review
(including reasonable accountants’ and attorneys’ fees) shall be reimbursed by
Customer within five (5) days after demand therefor. Company may, once per
annum and upon not less than twenty (20) days’ written notice, audit Customer’s
policies, procedures, and internal controls to verify Customer’s compliance
with this Agreement and all applicable local, state and federal laws, rules,
regulations and requirements. This audit may be performed by a request for
materials.
B. Assignment
. Customer may not assign, transfer, or delegate any of its rights,
responsibilities, duties or obligations under this Agreement without the prior
written consent of Company. Any attempts to do so shall be null and void.
Subject to the foregoing limitation, this Agreement, together with any
agreements referenced and incorporated herein, shall inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon Customer, their successors, administrators, heirs, and
permitted assigns.
C. Pre-Authorization to Charge Customer’s Credit Card
. Customer hereby authorizes Company to
charge Customer’s credit card on file in accordance with this Agreement.
Customer understands and agrees that Company will not obtain separate
additional authorization from Customer for each recurring Fee charged to
Customer’s credit card. By creating a login account through Website, Customer
understands and agrees to pay, and specifically authorizes Company to charge
Customer’s credit card for Fees and other amounts due pursuant to this
Agreement. Customer further agrees that in the event Customer’s credit card
becomes invalid, Customer will provide a new valid credit card upon Company’s
request to be charged for the payment of any outstanding balances owed.
D. Qualifications
.
You must be at least eighteen (18) years old
to use the Website. You represent that you are of legal age to form a binding
contract.
E. Contact
.
By providing
your Personally Identifiable Information (as defined below) to Company, you are
consenting to be contacted by Company or its affiliates by telephone, text
message, email, text, mail or other methods of electronic communication based
on the information you provided to Company (which contact may involve the use
of an automatic telephone dialing system to dial or store your phone number),
even if you have opted into the National Do Not Call List administered by the
Federal Trade Commission or any state equivalent Do Not Call List. You may have
the opportunity to give Company contact information of other individuals that
you would like to receive notifications relating to the Website use. Such
additional individuals may be required to assent to the terms this Agreement.
If you no longer want to receive communications from the Company or an
affiliate, you must notify the Company in writing. As used herein, “Personally
Identifiable Information” includes, but is not limited to, your name, address,
phone number, fax number, email address and credit card information.
Notwithstanding the above, Personally Identifiable Information does not include
information that is collected anonymously (i.e., without identification of the
individual user) or demographic or use information not connected to an
identified individual.
F. Future Performance; No Business Opportunity
. Company makes no
representation that the Leads, the Qualified Appointments, the Website, or this
Agreement guarantees any future success, profits, performance or any other
result for you or your future business efforts (if any). Each Customer has made
its own independent business evaluation regarding whether to purchase Leads or
Qualified Appointments from Company. Nothing in this Agreement, and no course
of dealing between any Customer and Company, shall be
construed to create or imply in any manner a business opportunity relationship
between the parties.
IV.
COMPANY’S RETAINED RIGHTS
By visiting the Website, you consent to all
of Company’s retained rights provided under this section.
A. Changes to Terms. Company reserves the right,
in its sole discretion, to change or modify the terms of this Agreement at any
time (including, without limitation, as it pertains to the Fees, Appointment
Setting Fee, liquidated damages amounts, or other amounts due from Customer to
Company; the manner in which Company provides Customer access to Website,
Leads, and/or Qualified Appointments; or other terms). The most current version
of this Agreement will supersede all prior versions. The most current version
of this Agreement shall be determined by the version of the Agreement made
available at https://AppointmentsForPros.com/terms-and-conditions/
or another subpage
accessible via AppointmentsForPros.com. You acknowledge and agree that it is
your responsibility to review and stay up to date on the most current version
of the Agreement. If you do not agree to this Agreement or any subsequently
updated version of this Agreement, then you must immediately discontinue using
the Website, accepting Leads or Qualified Appointments from Company, and
contacting and/or performing work for Leads or Qualified Appointments.
Otherwise, you will be deemed to have assented to this Agreement and any
subsequent updates to this Agreement.
B. Right to Restrict or Terminate Access
. Company reserves the right to terminate
your access to the Website, Leads, Qualified
Appointments, and any other related service, or portion thereof, at any
time, and without notice, in Company’s sole discretion, so long as it does not
violate any local, state, or federal laws.
C. Right to Share Customer’s Use of Website and Services
. Company’s responsibilities and
obligations under this Agreement are subject to existing laws and regulations,
and nothing herein shall preclude Company of the right to comply with any
legal, governmental, or court requests relating to your use of the Website or
information gathered by Website or Company with respect to such use.
V.
DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION OF
LIABILITY
A.
DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY AND
WARRANTIES.
1.
COMPANY AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS
MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES REGARDING THE RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY,
TIMELINESS, SUITABILITY, AND/OR ACCURACY OF THE WEBSITE, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE,
PRODUCTS, SERVICES, GRAPHICS, LEAD OR QUALIFIED APPOINTMENT CONTACT INFORMATION,
OR LEAD OR QUALIFIED APPOINTMENT INFORMATION FOR ANY PURPOSE.
2.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ALL
THE LEADS, QUALIFIED APPOINTMENTS, CONTACT INFORMATION, MATERIALS, AND OTHER
DATA PROVIDED AND/OR USED ON OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND
WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. COMPANY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL
WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO SUCH LEADS, QUALIFIED APPOINTMENTS,
CONTACT INFORMATION, MATERIALS, AND OTHER DATA, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION
ALL CONDITIONS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
3.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW,
COMPANY AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS SHALL IN NO EVENT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR SPECIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF
PROFITS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF OPPORTUNITY, DAMAGE TO REPUTATION,
THIRD-PARTY CLAIMS, PERFORMANCE OF WEBSITE, INABILITY TO ACCESS CUSTOMER
ACCOUNTS, FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION SOFTWARE,
PRODUCTS, SERVICES, GRAPHICS, LEAD CONTACT INFORMATION, QUALIFIED APPOINTMENT
CONTACT INFORMATION, YOUR COMMUNICATIONS WITH LEADS OR QUALIFIED APPOINTMENTS,
OR LEAD OR QUALIFIED APPOINTMENT INFORMATION GENERALLY, WHETHER BASED ON
CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, FRAUD, OR DIRECT OR INDIRECT
CONDUCT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER COMPANY HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
DAMAGES.
4.
IN NO EVENT SHALL COMPANY’S AGGREGATE
LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE LEADS, THE QUALIFIED
APPOINTMENTS, AND THE WEBSITE, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR UNDER ANY OTHER
THEORY OF LIABILITY, EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT ACTUALLY PAID BY CUSTOMER TO
COMPANY IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD PRIOR TO THE DATE OF ANY ACT,
OCCURRENCE, OR OMISSION FIRST GIVING RISE TO ANY CLAIM BY OR DAMAGE TO
CUSTOMER.
IF YOU DISAGREE WITH ANY PORTION OF THIS
DISCLAIMER OR THE TERMS PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT, YOUR
SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE AND REFRAIN FROM USING THE WEBSITE
AND ACCESSING ANY LEADS OR QUALIFIED APPOINTMENTS.
B. Indemnification
. Customer shall indemnify, defend,
and hold harmless Company, its affiliates, their respective partners,
directors, officers, employees, members, managers, shareholders, contractors,
representatives and agents against any and all actions, claims, suits, proceedings,
liabilities, losses, damages, expenses, and costs (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and related expenses) (each, a “Claim”) which arise from or
relate to (a) Customer’s use of the Website, (b) Customer’s use of the Leads or
Qualified Appointments, Lead or Qualified Appointment related data, or Consumer
Information, (c) any misrepresentation, breach or alleged breach of this
Agreement (including, without limitation, any representation or warranty
contained herein) by Customer, its affiliates, or its/their respective
partners, directors, officers, employees, members, managers, shareholders,
contractors, representatives, and agents, (d) any dispute between Customer and
any of its clients, or (e) Customer’s violation of applicable law or regulation.
C. Acknowledgment
. Customer acknowledges and agrees that (a) websites owned by Company,
its affiliates, or third parties may now and/or in the future include customer
reviews of Customers provided by users of such website (the “Third Party
Reviews”), (b) Company has no obligation to review, verify, edit or otherwise
censor any Third Party Reviews, and (c) Company reserves the right to remove,
screen, edit, or reinstate Third Party Reviews at any time in its sole and
absolute discretion for any reason or no reason, and without notice to
Customer. Customer shall not offer incentives of any kind, such as discounts,
refunds, gift cards, contest entries, payments, offers, or deals in exchange
for Third Party Reviews of Customer, or to prevent or remove Third Party
Reviews. To the maximum extent permitted pursuant to applicable law, Customer
releases Company, its affiliates, and their respective shareholders, officers,
directors, employees, independent contractors and representatives (the “Company
Parties”) from any and all claims, demands, actions, causes of action,
judgments, penalties, settlements, losses and liabilities, whether known or
unknown, relating to or arising from any Third Party Reviews or any other act
or omission of any Consumer, client, homeowner, potential customer, Lead,
Qualified Appointment or other service provider. In furtherance of the
foregoing, Customer waives all rights against the Company Parties, which may
exist under California Civil Code section 1542 and/or any similar state or
federal law. California Civil Code section 1542 provides as follows: “A general
release does not extend to claims that the creditor or releasing party does not
know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the
release and that, if known by him or her, would have materially affected his or
her settlement with the debtor or released party.”
D. Confidentiality
. For purposes of this Agreement, “Confidential Information” shall mean
all data and information, of a confidential nature or otherwise, disclosed
during the term of this Agreement by Company (“Disclosing Party”) to Customer
(“Receiving Party”), as well as information that the Receiving Party knows or
should know that the Disclosing Party regards as confidential including, but
not limited to: (i) Lead or Qualified Appointment contact information, business
plans, strategies, know how, marketing plans, suppliers, sources of materials,
finances, business relationships, personally identifiable end-user information,
pricing, technology, employees, trade secrets and other non-public or
proprietary information whether written, verbal, recorded on tapes or in any
other media or format; and (ii) any information marked or designated by the
Disclosing Party as confidential. The Receiving Party agrees to hold all
Confidential Information in trust and confidence and, except as may be
authorized by the Disclosing Party in writing, shall not use such Confidential
Information for any purpose other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement
or disclose any Confidential Information to any person, company or entity,
except to those of its employees and professional advisers: (a) who need to
know such information in order for the Receiving Party to perform its
obligation hereunder; and (b) who have entered into a confidentiality agreement
with the Receiving Party with terms at least as restrictive as those set forth
herein. Confidential Information shall not include any information that the
Receiving Party can verify with substantial proof that: (1) is generally
available to or known to the public through no wrongful act of the Receiving
Party; (2) was independently developed by the Receiving Party without the use
of Confidential Information; or (3) was disclosed to the Receiving Party by a
third party legally in possession of such Confidential Information and under no
obligation of confidentiality to the Disclosing Party. The Receiving Party
agrees that monetary damages for breach of confidentiality may not be adequate
and that the Disclosing Party shall be further entitled to injunctive relief,
without the requirement to post bond.
E. Representations and Warranties.
You represent and warrant that: (i) you have the power and authority to
enter into and perform your obligations under this Agreement; (ii) when
creating a login account on Website this Agreement will constitute a legal,
valid, and binding obligation of you, enforceable against you in accordance
with this Agreement’s terms and conditions; (iii) Customer is in good standing
in the state of Customer’s organization; (iv) Customer is qualified to do
business in each state in which Customer provides products and services and has
in effect and good standing all licenses and permits necessary or required to provide
such products and services; (v) Customer will not violate any federal, state,
or local laws, rules, regulations, and ordinances, including, without
limitation, the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (as amended), the Telephone Consumer
Protection Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act and any/all applicable state Do
Not Call List requirements (collectively, “Laws”) applicable to Customer’s
products or services, Customer’s contacting of Leads or Qualified Appointments, or Customer’s performance hereunder;
(vi) Customer will not violate the rights of any third party including, without
limitation, infringement or misappropriation of any copyright, patent,
trademark, trade secret or other proprietary/intellectual property right; (vii)
Customer’s products or services will not target consumers under the age of
eighteen (18); (viii) Customer is not, nor is Customer acting on behalf of any
person or entity that is prohibited from engaging in transactions with U.S.
citizens, nationals, or entities under applicable U.S. law and regulation
including, but not limited to regulations issued by the U.S. Office of Foreign
Assets Control (“OFAC”); (ix) Customer is not, nor is Customer acting on behalf
of any person or entity that is, a Specialty Designated National (“SDN”), as
OFAC may so designate from time to time; (x) neither Customer, nor any employee
of Customer, is or has been under investigation or fined by the Federal Trade
Commission or any other governmental agency related to the offering of offer
and sale of products and/or deceptive advertising; (xi) Customer shall
implement such administrative, physical, and technical security measures as
required by applicable Laws and/or as necessary, to: (a) ensure the secure
handling, transmission, storage, and disposal of any/ all Consumer Information,
Lead information, or Qualified Appointment information which Customer holds or
handles; (b) protect against any threats or hazards to the security and
integrity of such Consumer Information, Lead information, or Qualified
Appointment information; (c) protect against any unauthorized access to or use
of such Consumer Information, Lead information, or Qualified Appointment
information; (d) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its permitted
transferees to exercise, all due care with respect to all Consumer Information,
Lead information, or Qualified Appointment information and the collection,
handling, delivery, processing and transmission thereof, including, without
limitation, with respect to confidentiality and security and any consent or
authorization necessary to use such information as contemplated hereby; (e)
comply, and will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its permitted
transferees to comply, with all applicable privacy Laws with respect to their
possession and use of any Consumer Information, Lead information, or Qualified
Appointment information (including, without limitation, the use, unauthorized
access, confidentiality and security of Consumer Information (and procedures
related to the foregoing)) and all applicable Laws regarding email marketing
and telemarketing activities.
F. Customer is Based or in Compliance with all United States Laws and
Regulations
.
Customer hereby represents and warrants that it is and shall be in compliance
with all federal, state and local laws of the United States in which Customer
is transacting business and using Lead or Qualified Appointment information.
Customer understands and acknowledges that Company and Website are intended to
be made available to persons that are based in the United States and who have
proper business permits and licenses to provide the types of services that are
being requested by Leads or Qualified Appointments.
VI.
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
Capitalized terms used herein shall have
the meanings ascribed to them throughout this Agreement. Certain other terms
are defined below:
“Lead” means
the contact information pertaining to a Consumer.
“Customer” means a person or entity that created a login account on Website.
References to “you” and “your” also refer to Customer.
“Consumer” means any person who is potentially interested in purchasing
products or services.
“Consumer Information” means the personally identifiable information regarding a Consumer.
“Qualified Appointment” means a limited license to use the
information of a Consumer which may include some or all of the following
information about such Consumer and their potential need for services: a day,
time and location that the Consumer has agreed to be available to discuss the
services the Consumer may be interested in purchasing, name, address, phone
number, zip code, utility spend, utility provider, project material, project
size and scope, project budget and any other information that Company may from
time to time collect from a Consumer.
VII.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
A. Entire Agreement.
This Agreement, in addition
to all terms and conditions provided on Website, embodies the entire agreement
and understanding between you and Company on the subjects addressed herein and
supersedes all prior discussions, agreements, or understandings between you and
Company, whether express or implied. If there are any conflicting terms, the
terms of this Agreement shall take precedence.
B. Modification.
Except when and if modified by Company by posting a new version of
this Agreement to AppointmentsForPros.com or the appropriate subpage, which the
Company may do at any time, this Agreement may not be modified or amended.
C. Severability.
If, for any reason, any provision or partial provision of this
Agreement is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remainder of
such provision or any other provision of this Agreement not so held invalid,
and each other provision, or portion thereof, shall, to the full extent
consistent with law, continue in full force and effect.
D. Headings.
The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for
convenience of reference only and are not intended to be a part of, or to
affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
E. Waiver
. The parties agree that if, and to the extent that, any party does not
require strict compliance with the provisions of this Agreement by any other
party, that action or inaction shall not constitute a waiver of, or otherwise
affect or prejudice in any manner, that party’s future rights or remedies under
this Agreement, including the right to subsequently require strict performance
of such provisions. No waiver by any party of a breach of this Agreement by any
other party shall be deemed to be a waiver of any other breach by that other
party (whether before or after and whether or not of the same or similar
nature), and no acceptance of payment or performance by any party after any
breach by any other party shall be deemed to be a waiver of any breach by that
other party, whether or not the first party knows of the breach at the time it
accepts such payment or performance.
F. Electronic Signatures
. Any other documents to be delivered in connection herewith may be
electronically executed in that Customer taking the affirmative action of
creating a login account on Website is, in fact, accepting to be bound by this
Agreement in its entirety.
G. No Third-Party Beneficiaries
. Except for affiliates of Company, which are
intended third party beneficiaries of this Agreement, nothing in the Agreement
is intended or shall be construed to give any person other than the parties
hereto, their respective successors and assigns, any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under or in respect of the Agreement or any provision contained
herein. Each party agrees that due to the unique nature of the Leads, Qualified
Appointments, Consumer Information, and other Confidential Information provided
by Company to Customer hereunder, there may be no adequate remedy at law for
any breach by Customer of its obligations hereunder, and that any such breach
may result in irreparable harm to Company. Therefore, upon any such breach or
threat thereof, Company shall be entitled to appropriate equitable relief, including
without limitation injunctive relief, in addition to any and all remedies
available at law.
H. Notices
. Any and all notices, whether voluntary or required under this
Agreement, to Company shall be made to:
Appointments For Pros
Email:Support@AppointmentsForPros.Com
Customer hereby consents that Company may
send all notices to Customer, whether voluntary or required under this
Agreement, to the email address or any other address that Customer may provide
to Company.
I. Governing
Law
. This Agreement shall be construed under the laws of the State
of California.
J. Jurisdiction and Venue
. Any dispute, controversy or claim arising
out of or relating to the Website, the Leads, the Qualified Appointments, or
this Agreement shall be settled by binding arbitration by JAMS in accordance
with JAMS Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures (the “Rules”). The arbitration shall be heard by one
arbitrator selected in accordance with the Rules, with venue in San Diego
County, California. Judgment upon any
award rendered may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. All parties waive the right, if any, to any
claim that this Agreement, or any part hereof, is
invalid, illegal or otherwise voidable or void.
The arbitrator shall make his or her award no later than thirty (30)
calendar days after the close of evidence or the submission of final briefs,
whichever occurs later and shall deliver to the parties a reasoned opinion
detailing the facts and rationale supporting the award. The decision of the
arbitrator(s) shall be final and binding on all parties. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, each party to this Agreement and/or visitor to the Website waives
the right to arbitrate any dispute as a class action, either as a member or a
representative. Class arbitration (including the presiding over any form of a
representative or class proceeding) and the consolidation of claims made by
more than one plaintiff are both expressly prohibited. The parties hereby agree
to arbitrate any dispute solely on an individual basis. EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES
AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY THAT MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY
TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES AND, THEREFORE, EACH PARTY HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL
BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THE WEBSITE, THE LEADS, THE QUALIFIED APPOINTMENTS, OR THIS
AGREEMENT. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary, if any party desires to seek injunctive or other equitable relief
that does not involve the payment of money, then those claims shall be brought
in a state or federal court located in San Diego County, California, and the
parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consent to personal jurisdiction
of such courts and venue in San Diego County, California in any such action for
injunctive relief or equitable relief.
K. Privacy. Your use of the Website shall be subject
to Company’s Privacy Policy, which governs the Website’s data collection
practices. You can find a link to Company’s Privacy Policy at https://AppointmentsForPros.com/privacy-policy/
.
L. Taxes
. A
ll Fees are
exclusive of any and all applicable taxes, customs, duties, expenses, fees and
other charges imposed by any governmental authority (“Taxes and Expenses”), all
of which shall be Customer’s sole responsibility. For avoidance of doubt, it is
possible that Customer’s use of the Website, Leads, and/or Qualified
Appointments may result in Customer owing Taxes and Expenses to others (e.g.,
income taxes owed on income earned following Customer’s closing of a sale to a
Lead or Qualified Appointment). Customer will determine whether any such Taxes
and Expenses arise and, if they do, Customer will timely pay them to the
appropriate party.
M. Relationship.
The
relationship of Customer and Company is that of independent contractors and
nothing in this Agreement is intended to create or shall be construed as
creating a relationship of joint venture, partners, employer/employee or principal
and agent.
N. Term
. This Agreement shall remain in full force
and binding on you so long as you have access to Website. This Agreement shall
also remain in full force and binding on you for any and all matters, cause of
actions, claims, liabilities, or damages relating to Leads or Qualified
Appointments accessed through the Website, regardless of whether you still have
access to Website, for six years after you accessed or were matched with a Lead
or Qualified Appointments through Company or Company’s partners or affiliates.