Welcome to Qwanz!
1. Your relationship with Qwanz
1.1 Your use of Qwanz's products,
software, the services and web sites, including any information,
text, software, photos, video, graphics, music, sounds and other material
contained therein (referred to collectively as the "Services" in this document and excluding any services provided to
you by Qwanz under any separate written agreement) is subject to the terms of a
legal agreement between you and Qwanz.
"Qwanz" means Qwanz LLC whose principal place
of business is at 17 East 76th
street, New
York, NY 10021,
United States.
This document explains how the
agreement is made up, and sets out the terms of that agreement.
1.2 Unless otherwise agreed in
writing with Qwanz, your agreement with Qwanz will always include, at a
minimum, the terms and conditions set out in this document. These are referred
to below as the "Universal Terms".
1.3 Your agreement with Qwanz will
also include the terms of any Legal Notices applicable to the Services, in
addition to the Universal Terms. All of these are referred to below as the "Additional Terms". Where Additional
Terms apply to a Service, these will be accessible for you to read either
within, or through your use of that Service.
1.4 The Universal Terms, together
with the Additional Terms, form a legally binding agreement between you and
Qwanz in relation to your use of the Services. It is important that you take
the time to read them carefully. Collectively, this legal agreement is referred
to below as the "Terms".
1.5 If there is any contradiction
between what the Additional Terms say and what the Universal Terms say, then
the Additional Terms shall take precedence in relation to that Service.
2. Accepting the Terms
2.1 In order to use the Services,
you must first agree to the Terms. You may not use the Services if you do not
accept the Terms.
2.2 You can accept the Terms by:
(A) clicking to accept or agree to
the Terms, where this option is made available to you by Qwanz in the user
interface for any Service; or
(B) by actually using the
Services. In this case, you understand and agree that Qwanz will treat your use
of the Services as acceptance of the Terms from that point onwards.
2.3 You may not use the Services
and may not accept the Terms if (a) you are not of legal age to form a binding
contract with Qwanz, or (b) you are a person barred from receiving the Services
under the laws of the United States or other countries including the country in
which you are resident or from which you use the Services.
2.4 Before you continue, you
should print off or save a local copy of the Universal Terms for your records.
3. Language of the Terms
3.1 Where Qwanz has provided you
with a translation of the English language version of the Terms, then you agree
that the translation is provided for your convenience only and that the English
language versions of the Terms will govern your relationship with Qwanz.
3.2 If there is any contradiction
between what the English language version of the Terms says and what a
translation says, then the English language version shall take precedence.
4. Provision of the Services by
Qwanz
4.1 Qwanz may have subsidiaries
and affiliated legal entities around the world ("Subsidiaries and Affiliates").
Sometimes, these companies will be providing the Services to you on behalf of
Qwanz itself. You acknowledge and agree that Subsidiaries and Affiliates will
be entitled to provide the Services to you.
4.2 Qwanz is constantly innovating
in order to provide the best possible experience for its users. You acknowledge
and agree that the form and nature of the Services which Qwanz provides may
change from time to time without prior notice to you.
4.3 As part of this continuing
innovation, you acknowledge and agree that Qwanz may stop (permanently or
temporarily) providing the Services (or any features within the Services) to
you or to users generally at Qwanz's sole discretion, without prior notice to
you. You may stop using the Services at any time. You do not need to
specifically inform Qwanz when you stop using the Services.
4.4 You acknowledge and agree that
if Qwanz disables access to your account, you may be prevented from accessing
the Services, your account details or any files or other content which is
contained in your account.
4.5 You acknowledge and agree that
while Qwanz may not currently have set a fixed upper limit on the number of
transmissions you may send or receive through the Services or on the amount of
storage space used for the provision of any Services, such fixed upper limits
may be set by Qwanz at any time, at Qwanz's discretion.
5. Use of the Services by you
5.1 In order to access certain
Services, you may be required to provide information about yourself (such as user
identification or contact details) as part of the registration process for the
Service, or as part of your continued use of the Services. You agree that any
registration information you give to Qwanz will always be accurate, correct and
up to date.
5.2 You agree to use the Services
only for purposes that are permitted by (a) the Terms and (b) any applicable
law, regulation or generally accepted practices or guidelines in the relevant
jurisdictions (including any laws regarding the export of data or software to
and from the United States
or other relevant countries).
5.3 You agree not to access (or
attempt to access) any of the Services by any means other than through the
interface that is provided by Qwanz, unless you have been specifically allowed
to do so in a separate agreement with Qwanz. You specifically agree not to
access (or attempt to access) any of the Services through any automated means (including use of
scripts or web crawlers) and shall ensure that you comply with the instructions
set out in any robots.txt file present on the Services
5.4 You agree that you will not
engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the Services (or the
servers and networks which are connected to the Services).
5.5 Unless you have been
specifically permitted to do so in a separate agreement with Qwanz, you agree
that you will not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade or resell the
Services for any purpose.
5.6 You agree that you are solely
responsible for (and that Qwanz has no responsibility to you or to any third
party for) any breach of your obligations under the Terms and for the
consequences (including any loss or damage which Qwanz may suffer) of any such
breach.
6. Your passwords and account
security
6.1 You agree and understand that
you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of passwords associated
with any account you use to access the Services.
6.2 Accordingly, you agree that
you will be solely responsible to Qwanz for all activities that occur under
your account.
6.3 If you become aware of any unauthorized use of your
password or of your account, you agree to notify Qwanz immediately at support@qwanz.net.
7. Privacy and your personal
information
7.1 For information about Qwanz's
data protection practices, please read Qwanz's privacy policy. This
policy explains how Qwanz treats your personal information, and protects your
privacy, when you use the Services.
7.2 You agree to the use of your
data in accordance with Qwanz's privacy policies.
8. Content in the Services
8.1 You understand that all
information (such as data files, written text, computer software, music, audio
files or other sounds, photographs, videos or other images) which you may have
access to as part of, or through your use of, the Services are the sole
responsibility of the person from which such content originated. All such
information is referred to below as the "Content".
8.2 You should be aware that
Content presented to you as part of the Services, including but not limited to
advertisements in the Services and sponsored Content within the Services may be
protected by intellectual property rights which are owned by the sponsors or
advertisers who provide that Content to Qwanz (or by other persons or companies
on their behalf). You may not modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or
create derivative works based on this Content (either in whole or in part)
unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by Qwanz or by the
owners of that Content, in a separate agreement.
8.3 Qwanz reserves the right (but
shall have no obligation) to pre-screen, review, flag, filter, modify, refuse
or remove any or all Content from any Service. For some of the Services, Qwanz
may provide tools to filter out explicit sexual content.
In addition, you acknowledge that there
are commercially available services and software to limit access to material that
you may find objectionable and that it is your choice and obligation to use
such tools if you wish to filter out explicit sexual or other content.
8.4 You understand that by using
the Services you may be exposed to Content that you may find offensive,
indecent or objectionable and that, in this respect, you use the Services at
your own risk.
8.5 You
agree that you are solely responsible for (and that Qwanz has no responsibility
to you or to any third party for) any Content that you create, transmit or
display while using the Services and for the consequences of your actions
(including any loss or damage which Qwanz may suffer) by doing so.
Conversely,
you understand that through its Services, Qwanz acts as a distributor of Content and thus it does not have any control
over such Content; Qwanz therefore, makes no warranties or representations
regarding the accuracy, adequacy, truthfulness, completeness, or usefulness of any
such Content.
8.6 You
agree you will not use the Services to create, transmit or post any message, data, information, text,
software, graphics, files, materials or other Content that is unlawful,
libelous, defamatory, racist, anti-Semitic, hateful, obscene, pornographic,
indecent, harassing, threatening, potentially harmful, or invasive of individual
privacy and/or publicity rights.
8.7
You
agree you will not interfere with or disrupt the Service nor will you attempt
to gain unauthorized access to the Service, other
accounts, computer systems or networks connected to the Service, through
password mining or any other means, and you will not transmit or upload any
material that contains viruses, trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots,
or any other harmful, destructive or deleterious programs, including any robot,
spider, or other automatic devices.
8.8
You
agree not to impersonate another or create a false
identity or otherwise misrepresent an affiliation with a person or entity.
8.9 As part of its Services and content, Qwanz collects demographic data
about users.
By
using the Qwanz site and Services you agree that Qwanz may collect, use, sell,
license and otherwise distribute demographic data about users in aggregated
form (to prevent individual identification) for its Services and any other purposes.
8.10 You may, from time to time,
include small portions of Content from the website in memoranda, reports,
presentations, or on other sites providing their use constitutes "fair
use" under applicable copyright and intellectual property law.
In such cases you must include
in all such memoranda, reports, presentations or postings, all copyright,
trademark and other notices from the website and the information used, original
source attribution, and the phrase "Used with permission from "Qwanz" except
for such other Materials which have been incorporated into Qwanz by reference
and as such require permission from the owners of such Materials.
9. Proprietary rights
9.1 You acknowledge and agree that
Qwanz (or Qwanz's licensors) own all legal right, title and interest in and to
the Services, including copyrights, trademarks, trade
secrets, patents and any other intellectual property rights which
subsist in the Services (whether those rights happen to be registered or not,
and wherever in the world those rights may exist).
You further acknowledge that all right, title and interest in and to the Services, including but not limited to all Intellectual Property
Rights, belong solely and exclusively to Qwanz, that the Services may
contain information which is designated confidential by Qwanz and that you
shall not disclose such information without Qwanz's prior written consent.
9.2 Unless you have agreed
otherwise in writing with Qwanz, nothing in the Terms gives you a right to use
any of Qwanz's trade names, trade marks, service marks, logos, domain names,
and other distinctive brand features.
You agree that all
copyrights and copyrightable materials which are a part of Qwanz including,
without limitation, the Qwanz (TM) logos, designs, text, graphics, pictures,
photos, files, software, applications, code, hidden text, databases and other
files and the selection and arrangement thereof are COPYRIGHT © 2009 Qwanz LLC,
ALL
RIGHTS RESERVED.
9.3 If you have been given an
explicit right to use any of these brand features in a separate written
agreement with Qwanz, then you agree that your use of such features shall be in
compliance with that agreement, any applicable provisions of the Terms, and
Qwanz's brand feature use guidelines as updated from time to time.
9.4 Other than the limited license
set forth in Section 11, Qwanz acknowledges and agrees that it obtains no
right, title or interest from you (or your licensors) under these Terms in or
to any Content that you submit, post, transmit or display on, or through, the
Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in that
Content (whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever in
the world those rights may exist). Unless you have agreed otherwise in writing
with Qwanz, you agree that you are responsible for protecting and enforcing
those rights and that Qwanz has no obligation to do so on your behalf.
9.5 You agree that you shall not
remove, obscure, or alter any proprietary rights notices (including copyright
and trade mark notices) which may be affixed to or contained within the
Services.
9.6 Unless you have been expressly
authorized to do so in writing by Qwanz, you agree that in using the Services,
you will not use any trade mark, service mark, trade name, logo of any company
or organization in a way that is likely or intended to cause confusion about
the owner or authorized user of such marks, names or logos.
10. License from Qwanz
10.1 Qwanz gives you a personal,
worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable and non-exclusive license to use the
software provided to you by Qwanz as part of the Services as provided to you by
Qwanz (referred to as the "Software"
below). This license is for the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy
the benefit of the Services as provided by Qwanz, in the manner permitted by
the Terms.
10.2 You may not (and you may not
permit anyone else to) copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse
engineer, decompile or otherwise attempt to extract the source code of the
Software or any part thereof, unless this is expressly permitted or required by
law, or unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by Qwanz, in
writing.
10.3 Unless Qwanz has given you
specific written permission to do so, you may not assign (or grant a sub-license
of) your rights to use the Software, grant a security interest in or over your
rights to use the Software, or otherwise transfer any part of your rights to
use the Software.
11. Content license from you
11.1 You retain copyright and any
other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on
or through, the Services.
By submitting, posting or
displaying the Content you give Qwanz a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide,
royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate,
publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which
you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This license is for
the sole purpose of enabling Qwanz to display, distribute and promote the
Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional
Terms of those Services.
11.2 You agree that this license
includes a right for Qwanz to make such Content available to other companies,
organizations or individuals with whom Qwanz has relationships for the
provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with
the provision of those services.
11.3 You understand that Qwanz, in
performing the required technical steps to provide the Services to our users,
may (a) transmit or distribute your Content over various public networks and in
various media; and (b) make such changes to your Content as are necessary to
conform and adapt that Content to the technical requirements of connecting networks,
devices, services or media. You agree that this license shall permit Qwanz to
take these actions.
11.4 You confirm and warrant to
Qwanz that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the
above license.
12. Software updates
12.1 The Software which you use
may automatically download and install updates from time to time from Qwanz.
These updates are designed to improve, enhance and further develop the Services
and may take the form of bug fixes, enhanced functions, new software modules
and completely new versions. You agree to receive such updates (and permit
Qwanz to deliver these to you) as part of your use of the Services.
13. Ending your relationship
with Qwanz
13.1 The Terms will continue to
apply until terminated by either you or Qwanz as set out below.
13.2 If you want to terminate your
legal agreement with Qwanz, you may do so by (a) notifying Qwanz at any time
and (b) closing your accounts for all of the Services which you use, where
Qwanz has made this option available to you. Your notice should be sent, in
writing, to Qwanz's address which is set out at the beginning of these Terms.
13.3 Qwanz may at any time, at its
sole and absolute discretion, and with or without
notice, suspend or terminate its legal agreement with you if:
(A) you have breached any
provision of the Terms (or have acted in manner which clearly shows that you do
not intend to, or are unable to comply with the provisions of the Terms); or
(B) Qwanz is required to do so by
law (for example, where the provision of the Services to you is, or becomes,
unlawful); or
(C) the partner with whom Qwanz
offered the Services to you has terminated its relationship with Qwanz or
ceased to offer the Services to you; or
(D) Qwanz is transitioning to no
longer providing the Services to users in the country in which you are resident
or from which you use the service; or
(E) the provision of the Services
to you by Qwanz is, in Qwanz's opinion, no longer commercially viable.
(F) Qwanz believes you have engaged in conduct
harmful to other users or to the website or the interests of Qwanz.
13.4 Nothing in this Section shall
affect Qwanz's rights regarding provision of Services under Section 4 of the
Terms.
13.5 When these Terms come to an
end, all of the legal rights, obligations and liabilities that you and Qwanz
have benefited from, been subject to (or which have accrued over time whilst
the Terms have been in force) or which are expressed to continue indefinitely,
shall be unaffected by this cessation, and the provisions of paragraph 20.7
shall continue to apply to such rights, obligations and liabilities
indefinitely.
14. EXCLUSION OF WARRANTIES
14.1 NOTHING IN THESE TERMS,
INCLUDING SECTIONS 14 AND 15,
SHALL EXCLUDE OR LIMIT QWANZ'S WARRANTY OR LIABILITY FOR LOSSES WHICH MAY NOT BE LAWFULLY EXCLUDED OR LIMITED BY
APPLICABLE LAW. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN
WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR LOSS
OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE, BREACH OF CONTRACT OR BREACH OF IMPLIED TERMS,
OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, ONLY THE LIMITATIONS WHICH
ARE LAWFUL IN YOUR JURISDICTION
WILL APPLY TO YOU AND OUR
LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
14.2 YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR
SOLE RISK AND THAT THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE."
14.3 IN PARTICULAR, QWANZ, ITS
SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AND ITS LICENSORS DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT TO
YOU THAT:
(A) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL
MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS,
(B) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL
BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR FREE
FROM ERROR,
(C) ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY
YOU AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, AND
(D) THAT DEFECTS IN THE OPERATION
OR FUNCTIONALITY OF ANY SOFTWARE PROVIDED TO YOU AS PART OF THE SERVICES WILL
BE CORRECTED.
14.4 ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR
OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICES IS DONE AT YOUR OWN
DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR OTHER DEVICE OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH
MATERIAL.
14.5 NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION,
WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED
BY YOU FROM QWANZ OR THROUGH QWANZ OR FROM THE SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY
WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS.
14.6 QWANZ FURTHER EXPRESSLY
DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
NON-INFRINGEMENT.
15. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
15.1 SUBJECT TO OVERALL PROVISION
IN PARAGRAPH 14.1 ABOVE, YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND
AGREE THAT QWANZ, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND
AFFILIATES, AND ITS LICENSORS
SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR:
(A) ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU, HOWEVER CAUSED AND UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY. THIS SHALL
INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, ANY LOSS OF PROFIT (WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY), ANY LOSS OF GOODWILL OR BUSINESS REPUTATION, ANY LOSS OF DATA SUFFERED, COST
OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSS;
(B) ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO LOSS OR DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF:
(I) ANY RELIANCE PLACED BY YOU ON
THE COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY OR EXISTENCE OF ANY ADVERTISING, OR AS A RESULT OF
ANY RELATIONSHIP OR TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND
ANY ADVERTISER OR SPONSOR WHOSE ADVERTISING APPEARS ON THE SERVICES;
(II) ANY CHANGES WHICH QWANZ MAY MAKE TO THE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY PERMANENT OR
TEMPORARY CESSATION IN THE PROVISION OF THE SERVICES (OR ANY FEATURES WITHIN
THE SERVICES);
(III)
THE DELETION OF, CORRUPTION OF, OR FAILURE TO STORE, ANY CONTENT AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DATA
MAINTAINED OR TRANSMITTED BY OR THROUGH YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES;
(III)
YOUR FAILURE TO PROVIDE QWANZ WITH ACCURATE ACCOUNT INFORMATION;
(IV) YOUR FAILURE TO KEEP YOUR
PASSWORD OR ACCOUNT DETAILS SECURE AND
CONFIDENTIAL;
15.2 THE LIMITATIONS ON QWANZ'S
LIABILITY TO YOU IN PARAGRAPH 15.1 ABOVE SHALL APPLY WHETHER OR NOT QWANZ HAS BEEN ADVISED OF OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OF
THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH LOSSES ARISING.
16. Copyright and trade mark
policies
16.1 It is Qwanz's policy to
respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with
applicable international intellectual property law (including, in the United States,
the Digital Millennium Copyright Act) and to terminating the accounts of repeat
infringers.
16.2 Qwanz receives
any trade mark complaints or alleged copyright infringement notices on the
Qwanz Site, at support@qwanz.com.
17. Advertisements
17.1 Some of the Services are
supported by advertising revenue and may display advertisements and promotions.
These advertisements may be targeted to the content of information stored on
the Services, queries made through the Services or other information.
17.2 The manner, mode and extent
of advertising by Qwanz on the Services are subject to change without specific
notice to you.
17.3 In consideration for Qwanz
granting you access to and use of the Services, you agree that Qwanz may place
such advertising on the Services.
18. Other content
18.1 The Services may include
hyperlinks to other web sites or content or resources. Qwanz may have no
control over any web sites or resources which are provided by companies or
persons other than Qwanz.
18.2 You acknowledge and agree
that Qwanz is not responsible for the availability of any such external sites
or resources, and does not endorse any advertising, products or other materials
on or available from such web sites or resources.
18.3 You acknowledge and agree
that Qwanz is not liable for any loss or damage which may be incurred by you as
a result of the availability of those external sites or resources, or as a
result of any reliance placed by you on the completeness, accuracy or existence
of any advertising, products or other materials on, or available from, such web
sites or resources.
19. Changes to the Terms
19.1 Qwanz may make changes to the Terms of Use from time to time. When these changes are made, Qwanz will make a new copy of the new Terms available. New Terms will be made available to you from within, or through, the affected Services.
19.2 You understand and agree that
if you use the Services after the date on which the Terms of Use have changed, Qwanz will treat your use as acceptance of the
updated Terms of Use.
20. General legal terms
20.1 Sometimes when you use the
Services, you may (as a result of, or through your use of the Services) use a
service or download a piece of software, or purchase goods, which are provided
by another person or company. Your use of these other services, software or
goods may be subject to separate terms between you and the company or person
concerned. If so, the Terms do not affect your legal relationship with these
other companies or individuals.
20.2 The Terms constitute the
whole legal agreement between you and Qwanz and govern your use of the Services
(but excluding any services which Qwanz may provide to you under a separate
written agreement), and completely replace any prior agreements between you and
Qwanz in relation to the Services.
20.3 You agree that Qwanz may
provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the Terms, by
email, regular mail, or postings on the Services.
Qwanz
may give notice to you by electronic mail or by conventional mail. Notice by
Qwanz shall be effective on the date that Qwanz make a good faith effort to
reach you. You shall give notice to Qwanz as stated below. Notice by you shall
be effective on the date Qwanz actually receive the notice.
Customer relations Dept.
Qwanz LLC
17 East 76th
street
New York, NY
10021
USA
For further information or support
regarding this web site, you are encouraged to contact Qwanz at info@qwanz.com.
20.4 You agree that if Qwanz does
not exercise or enforce any legal right or remedy which is contained in the
Terms (or which Qwanz has the benefit of under any applicable law), this will
not be taken to be a formal waiver of Qwanz's rights and that those rights or
remedies will still be available to Qwanz.
If Qwanz waives or fails
to enforce any term or condition of this Agreement on any one or more
occasions, whether by conduct or otherwise, its waiver or failure to enforce
will not mean that it must waive or cannot enforce such term or condition on
any other occasion, or any other term or condition of this Agreement.
The meaning of this
Agreement cannot be changed by your or Qwanz's conduct, even if repeated, or by
any custom or practice of others engaged in the same or similar businesses.
20.5 If any court of law, having
the jurisdiction to decide on this matter, rules that any provision of these
Terms is invalid, then that provision will be removed from the Terms without
affecting the rest of the Terms. The remaining provisions of the Terms will
continue to be valid and enforceable.
20.6 You acknowledge and agree
that each member of the group of companies of which Qwanz is the parent shall
be third party beneficiaries to the Terms and that such other companies shall
be entitled to directly enforce, and rely upon, any provision of the Terms
which confers a benefit on (or rights in favor of) them. Other than this, no
other person or company shall be third party beneficiaries to the Terms.
20.7 The Terms, and your
relationship with Qwanz under the Terms, shall be governed by the laws of the State
of New York, USA, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. You and
Qwanz agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located
within the county of New York, NY, USA to resolve any legal matter
arising from the Terms. Notwithstanding this, you agree that Qwanz shall still
be allowed to apply for injunctive remedies (or an equivalent type of urgent
legal relief) in any jurisdiction.
20.8 You
agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Qwanz and any related entity from
any claims and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, related to any
violation of this Agreement by your use of the software, or in connection with
the placement or transmission by you of any content using the software except
as expressly authorized in this Agreement.
20.9 You
acknowledge that Qwanz will be irreparably harmed by any breach of this
Agreement by you or by your unauthorized use of the Content or Services or the
website and, further, that monetary damages may not be a sufficient remedy for
such harm. You agree that Qwanz shall be entitled, without waiving any other
rights or remedies and without further demonstration of irreparable harm or the
inadequacy of monetary damages, to obtain injunctive or other equitable relief
in the event of any breach of this Agreement by you or by your unauthorized use
of the Content, Services, software or the website.