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Surfers-Directory
Affiliate Membership Terms of Service
- I. Introduction
SurfersD.com is a fee-based service owned and operated
by Surfers-Directory.com, LLC ("Surfers-Directory"),
which provides guaranteed and expedited consideration of the
applicant for inclusion in Surfers-Directory Website(s) located
at www.surfers-directory.com (the "Directory").
II. Agreement
The SurfersD.com service (also referred to herein as
the "Service") is provided to you the applicant ("Applicant")
pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in this Surfers-Directory
Agreement (the "Agreement"). These terms and conditions of
use may be changed in the future without further notice. BY
COMPLETING THE PAYMENT FORM AND CLICKING THE "NEXT" BUTTON
(OR MAILING A PRINTED COPY), YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT
YOU ARE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER; THAT YOU HAVE AND AGREE
TO PROVIDE TRUE, COMPLETE, CURRENT AND ACCURATE INFORMATION
AS PROMPTED BY THE APPLICATION FORM; THAT, TO THE BEST OF
YOUR KNOWLEDGE, THE YOU ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE
LAWS AND REGULATIONS; AND THAT YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS
AGREEMENT.
III. Description of the
Service
In consideration of your payment and participation in the
SurfersD.com Directory service, in accordance with this Agreement,
SurfersD.com agrees that a member of SurfersD.com
computer service provider staff will review your application
for inclusion in the Directory, and respond to you within
the time period advertised starting from the date that SurfersD.com
received on its email servers or via regular mail or private
carrier your completed application for membership (excluding
weekends and holidays observed by SurfersD.com or it's
Computer Service Provider and any delays due to problems
with or processing of your application). SurfersD.com
will advise Applicant by email whether the Applicant's has
been accepted or declined. SurfersD.com does not guarantee
that your application willl be accepted. SurfersD.com
reserves the right in its sole discretion to determine the
members selected for inclusion in the Directory and to remove
a member at any time. The reach of SurfersD.com may
vary from time to time depending on many factors including,
but not limited to SurfersD.com business relationship
with its members.
IV. Service Fee
The applicant must remit the relevant fee for each Application
submitted as well as appropriate fee(s) for additional ala
carte or upgraded services. Applicant shall submit a valid
credit card number as part of the registration form, or personal
or business check with printed application submitted via regualr
mail, or private carrier. If paying via credit card you agree
that your credit card will be charged the applicable fee(s)
for the Service as soon as you click on the Pay button on
the registration form. All fees are payable in US dollars.
V. Affiliate Inclusion
Criteria
In addition to any other criteria, which Surfers-Directory
in its sole discretion may consider before accepting or declining
a Affiliate, each Affiliate application submitted for inclusion
in the Directory must meet the following MINIMUM criteria:
- You are solely responsible for ensuring that the content
and activities on your site are in compliance with all
applicable laws and regulations. To the extent that services
are offered or promoted on your free listing or paid upgrades,
you certify that you are a licensed provider or other
entity authorized to deal in such products in the jurisdictions
in which they are sold.
VI Miscellaneous
Integration. This Agreement sets forth the entire
agreement of the parties with respect to the Service and supersedes
all previous communications, representations, understandings
and agreements, either oral or written, between the parties
with respect to the Service.
Force Majeure. Neither party will incur any liability
to the other party on account of any loss or damage resulting
from any delay or failure to perform all or any part of this
Agreement if such delay or failure is caused, in whole or
in part, by events, occurrences or causes beyond its reasonable
control.
Data Usage. Applicant acknowledges and agrees that
SurfersD.com may use the information about Applicant
on its servers and any registration information submitted
by Applicant for research and product development, marketing,
or other promotional purposes. Applicant hereby agrees that
Surfers-Directory has the right (but not the obligation) to
disclose any such information if SurfersD.com believes
such disclosure is needed to comply with the law or legal
process or to protect the rights and interests of SurfersD.com
or others, including to enforce this Agreement.
Notices. Any notice required or permitted under the
terms of this Agreement or required by law shall be by electronic
mail or in writing and shall be deemed delivered upon receipt
to the party to whom such communication is directed, at the
addresses specified below. If to SurfersD.com, the email
notice shall be addressed to paul@surfersd.com,
and the written notice to SurfersD.com,C/O HCS Hawaii, 543 Pikanele
St, Lahaina, Hi 96761, USA. If to Applicant, the notices
shall be addressed to the electronic or mailing address specified
in Applicant's Service registration form.
Indemnity. Applicant agrees to indemnify, defend and
hold harmless SurfersD.com, and its partners, subsidiaries,
affiliates, officers, directors, shareholders, employees and
agents, from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorney's
fees, arising from any third-party claim, demand, action or
proceeding, if resulting from or arising out of any alleged
violation of this Agreement or any alleged violation of any
rights of others or resulting from or arising out of the Service
or Applicant's use thereof or listing therein or the acceptance
or rejection of the site submitted by Applicant. SurfersD.com
has the right (but not the obligation), at its own expense,
to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter
subject to indemnification by Applicant, which shall not otherwise
excuse Applicant's indemnity obligations.
Disclaimer and Limitation on Liability. THE SERVICE
IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT
WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. SURFERS-DIRECTORY MAKES NO WARRANTY
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED,
UNDISRUPTED OR ERROR FREE.
NEITHER SURFERS-DIRECTORY, ITS PARTNERS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES,
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS
SHALL BE LIABLE, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES OR LEGAL THEORIES
WHATSOEVER, FOR ANY LOSS OF BUSINESS, PROFITS OR GOODWILL,
LOSS OF USE OR DATA, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS, OR FOR ANY
INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF
ANY KIND THAT IN ANY WAY RESULT FROM ANY ASPECT OF THE SERVICE,
INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, APPLICANT'S USE OF OR INABILITY
TO USE THE SERVICE OR ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION OR REMOVAL OF
APPLICANT'S AS AN AFFILIATE, EVEN IF SURFERS-DIRECTORY IS
AWARE OF THE RISK OF SUCH DAMAGES.IN NO EVENT SHALL SURFERS-DIRECTORY'S
LIABILITY TO APPLICANT EXCEED THE AMOUNT ACTUALLY PAID BY
APPLICANT TO SURFERS-DIRECTORY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. SOME
OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU IF YOUR JURISDICTION
DOES NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN OF THE ABOVE WARRANTIES
OR LIABILITIES.
Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE PARTIES' RELATIONSHIP
WILL BE INTERPRETED AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF HAWAII AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WITHOUT
REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES, APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS
ENTERED INTO AND PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN THE STATE OF HAWAII
(WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES UNDER
HAWAII LAW). THE VENUE FOR ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING
ARISING FROM OR BASED UPON THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY ASPECT OF
THE SERVICE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, APPLICANT'S USE
OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE OR ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION
OR REMOVAL OF APPLICANT'S APPLICATION OR MEMBERSHIP, SHALL
BE THE APPROPRIATE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE
COUNTY OF MAUI IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. ACCORDINGLY, APPLICANT
AND SURFERS-DIRECTORY AGREE THAT ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING
ARISING FROM OR BASED UPON THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE COMMENCED
IN AND DETERMINED BY THOSE APPROPRIATE STATES AND FEDERAL
COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF MAUI IN THE STATE OF HAWAII.
IN CONNECTION WITH THE FOREGOING, APPLICANT AND SURFERS-DIRECTORY
EACH AGREE TO SUBMIT TO AND BE BOUND BY THE JURISDICTION OF
THE APPROPRIATE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY
OF MAUI IN THE STATE OF HAWAII.
Severability. If any term, condition or provision
in this Agreement is found to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable
to any extent, such invalid term, condition or provision will
be severed from the remaining terms, conditions and provisions,
which will continue to be valid and enforceable to the fullest
extent permitted by law. Applicant agrees that no action related
to this Agreement or the Service or Applicant's listing in
the Directory may be brought more than one year after delivery
of the Service giving rise to such cause of action.
Section Titles The section titles in the Agreement
are for convenience only and shall have no effect on the interpretation
of any part or provision regardless of the title heading under
which the part of provision is allocated.
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