THE BLUELIGHT INTERNET SERVICE TERMS OF USE ('TOU') AGREEMENT
The BlueLight Internet Service (the ISP) is operated by NetBrands,
Inc., a United Online Company ("NetBrands"). The BlueLight
Internet email service ("BlueLight Internet Mail") is operated
by one or more third-party service providers. This Terms of Use
agreement ("TOU") sets forth the terms, conditions and
guidelines for use of the BlueLight Internet and BlueLight Internet Mail
(collectively, the Service) and constitutes a legally binding contract
between you, on the one hand, and NetBrands and its suppliers and
providers. Please read this TOU carefully before activating or using an
account with the Service.
WE PROVIDE THE SERVICES, AS THEY MAY EXIST FROM TIME TO TIME, TO
USERS WHO PAY A SERVICE FEE TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE SERVICES. BY
ESTABLISHING AN ACCOUNT OR USING THE SERVICES, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY
THIS AGREEMENT AND TO USE THE SERVICES IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS
AGREEMENT, OUR SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT AND PRIVACY POLICY. BY
REGISTERING FOR OR CONTINUING TO USE THE SERVICE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
YOU HAVE READ THE AGREEMENTS, UNDERSTAND THEM AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY
THEIR TERMS, CONDITIONS AND GUIDELINES. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ANY OF
THE TERMS, CONDITIONS OR GUIDELINES IN THE AGREEMENTS, INCLUDING ANY
FUTURE REVISIONS, YOUR SOLE REMEDY IS TO TERMINATE YOUR USE OF THE
SERVICE UNDER SECTION TERMINATION.
By accepting this TOU, you agree that your use of all software
provided to you in connection with the Service is governed by our
Software License Agreement.By accepting this TOU, you also agree to the
terms of the ISP Privacy Policy. You agree that our sole obligations
with respect to user data and privacy are set forth in the ISP Privacy
Policy.
Please note that we may change any of these Agreements at any time. In
the event that we make material changes to this TOU or the Service, we
will provide you with notice thirty (30) days in advance. Use of the
Services after such changes have taken effect constitutes acceptance of
all changes.
Please also note that at any time, if we determine in our sole
discretion that you have abused or violated the letter or intent of any
of these terms, conditions or guidelines, we reserve the right to
terminate your account immediately without notice.
You must be 18 years of age and a legal resident of the United States in
order to register for or hold an account with the Service. If you are
under 18 years of age, you may still have access to the Service, but
only if your parent or guardian establishes an account with the Service
and gives you permission to use the Service through such account. Local
access dial-up numbers may not be available in all areas. You are solely
responsible for determining if use of a particular dial-up number will
cause you to incur long-distance, toll, or other charges. We are not
responsible for any long-distance, toll, or other telecommunications
charges you incur. Depending on your particular location, the access
number you use may not be a local phone call (even though it may be in
the same area code or city as your phone number). We advise you to check
with your local phone company to verify whether any access number you
are using or intend to use requires a local call and whether any
communication charges may apply. We may change our local access dial-up
numbers at any time. We reserve the right to advise or direct you to use
certain numbers to access the Service or to restrict use of specific
access numbers.
WARNING: THE USE OF SOME TELEPHONE ACCESS NUMBERS MAY RESULT IN
LONG DISTANCE CHARGES. IN SELECTING YOUR ACCESS NUMBER(S), PLEASE NOTE
THAT ALTHOUGH AN ACCESS NUMBER MAY BE IN YOUR AREA CODE OR LOCATED IN
YOUR GENERAL GEOGRAPHIC REGION, IT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE A LOCAL NUMBER
FOR YOU. YOU MAY INCUR SUBSTANTIAL TELEPHONE CHARGES IF YOU CHOOSE
ACCESS NUMBERS THAT ARE NOT COVERED BY YOUR LOCAL CALLING PLAN. WE URGE
YOU TO CHECK WITH YOUR TELEPHONE COMPANY TO FIND OUT WHICH NUMBERS ARE
LOCAL FOR YOU BEFORE USING A NUMBER FROM THIS LIST.
Note: You are solely responsible for all telephone charges related to
accessing our services. BlueLight Internet will not reimburse you for
any such charges, including long distance or toll charges.
Simultaneous login access is forbidden. Prices for Services are posted
under links at www.mybluelight.com
or can be obtained by calling 1-800-522-0839. We reserve the right to
change prices and institute new fees at any time upon 30 days prior
notice.
BILLING AND PAYMENT
You must provide us accurate and complete billing information for
Service plans in which we charge a fee. We will bill you by charging
your designated payment method, such as billing on your local phone
bill, debit to your credit card or electronic funds transfer from your
checking or savings account. If you elect the phone bill payment service
you agree that you are the telephone account owner and authorized to
make changes to and/or incur charges on the telephone account in which
you provide us. Further, you understand that the telephone account
number your have given us is subject to verification prior to activation
of Services.
You are responsible for reporting to us all changes to your billing
information within thirty (30) days of the changes. If you fail to pay
your bill for the Service, if your designated credit or debit card is
denied or cancelled, telephone account verification is denied or
cancelled, if your electronic funds transfer is denied, or if collection
is for any reason impeded, we may discontinue or suspend your access to
the Service and close your account. Charges may continue to accrue if we
suspend or discontinue access until the account is terminated by you. We
are not responsible for any charges or expenses (e.g. for overdrawn
accounts, exceeding credit card limits, etc.) resulting from charges
billed by us. Your right to use the Service is subject to any additional
requirements or limitations imposed by your credit card issuer, bank or
local telephone carrier, and any applicable rules and regulations. We
reserve the right to collect all applicable taxes and other surcharges,
as required by law. In addition, some service plans or promotions may
require termination or cancellation charges. You agree to pay all such
charges as applicable.
The fees for the Service cannot be prorated. If you cancel your
account with the Service and have the month-to-month plan you will not
receive any refund or partial refund of your monthly fee. If you have
selected the prepaid annual plan and are unsatisfied you may change
plans or cancel your account with the Service and your prepayment for
all unused months will be credited to you. To determine the refund, we
will calculate all used months at the standard monthly fee and deduct
from your initial prepayment. If we terminate your access to the Service
for your violation of this TOU you will not receive any refund or
partial refund of your monthly or annual fees.
You are responsible for all fees related to your account. We reserve
the right to collect all fees incurred by you prior to the termination
of your account. We may bill an additional charge to reinstate a
suspended account. In addition, you agree to reimburse us for all costs
and expenses, including attorney and collection fees, incurred by us in
our efforts to collect any outstanding balance from you. If you object
to any charge or fee related to your account, you must raise this
objection with us within 60 days of incurring such charge, or you agree
that you waive your right to dispute such charge or fee.
We reserve the right to change our fees and billing procedures at any
time upon thirty (30) days notice. Billing and payment collection for
the BlueLight Internet Service may be operated by one or more
third-party service providers. Any questions regarding billing
procedures should be directed to BlueLight Internet Customer Care at
1-800-522-0839.The following provisions apply to free Service plans as
well as Service plans for which we charge a fee:
- In addition to the fees and charges you incur through the Service,
you agree that you are responsible for all third-party charges you
incur while on the Internet.
SPECIAL OFFERS
Any special offers related to Service, including an offer under
which you earn one or more months of service, are subject to the
particular terms and conditions (including time limitations) of such
offers.
USER RESPONSIBILITIES
You agree to provide us with accurate and complete registration and
billing information, and agree to keep that information updated at all
times. Failure to do so constitutes a material breach of this TOU.
You will receive or have received an account name and a password. You
and members of your household are the only authorized users of your
BlueLight Internet Service account and must comply with this Agreement.
You assume all resulting liability from use of the Service for such
authorized person(s). You must keep your password confidential so that
no one else may access the Services through your account. You must
notify us immediately upon suspecting or discovering any unauthorized
use of your account. Using a personal account for high volume or
commercial use is prohibited. We retain ownership of your account name
and license it to you on a limited, nonexclusive basis for the duration
of your account activation.
You are responsible for all activity on your account, regardless of
whether you are using the account yourself or permitting another person
to do so. Therefore, you should supervise any other person whom you
permit to use your account, especially children. Unsolicited
advertisements or solicitations sent from other networks that reference
your account will be treated as if they originated from your account,
unless we know, or have sufficient evidence to believe, that the message
originated with some unrelated party.
PROMOTIONAL MESSAGES
We and/or third parties may, from time to time, send email messages
to you containing advertisements and/or promotions. WE MAKE NO
REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH EMAIL MESSAGES OR
ANY GOODS OR SERVICES THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM SUCH THIRD PARTIES, AND
YOU AGREE THAT WE SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY WITH RESPECT THERETO.
CONTENT
We have no obligation to monitor the Services and provide an
unfiltered connection to the Internet. We do not routinely review data,
documents, materials, or information before they are transmitted through
the Service. We will have no liability--whether arising under the laws
of copyright, patent, trade secret, defamation, privacy, obscenity, or
otherwise--related to the content of any such communications.
You are solely responsible for all content including, but not limited
to, photographs, illustrations, icons, articles, text, audio clips, and
video clips (collectively, Content) that you post, email or otherwise
transmit via this Service. We do not control Content accessed, viewed,
posted, emailed or otherwise transmitted or received via the Service,
and do not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content.
You understand that by using the Internet, you may be exposed to Content
that is offensive, indecent or a violation of individuals' or
proprietary rights. You are solely responsible for using reasonable
efforts to screen unwanted material. Under no circumstances will we be
liable for any Content accessed, viewed, posted, emailed or otherwise
transmitted or received via the Service, regardless of where it
originated. In addition, you agree not to rely on any Content created or
posted by us.
At our sole discretion, we may take any action we deem necessary to
minimize liability for us, our affiliates, or our partners, including
(but not limited to) removing any Content and/or immediate terminating
the Service to a user whose conduct fails to conform with the letter or
spirit of these terms and conditions. If we determine a need to monitor
the Services, in our sole discretion, believes that it is reasonable to
do so, including to: satisfy laws, regulations, or governmental or legal
requests; operate the Services properly; or to protect us and our users.
Please review our
Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to block any user's access to any
Content, Web site or Web page in our sole discretion.
PROHIBITED USES
You agree to use this Service only for lawful purposes and not to
allow others to use your account for any unlawful purpose. Use of this
Service for transmission, distribution, retrieval, or storage of any
information, data, or other material in violation of any applicable law,
regulation, ordinance, or other rule imposed by any governmental
authority is prohibited. You also agree not to use the Service:
- in violation of this TOU or other rules and guidelines that we may
promulgate from time to time;
- to use, transmit, or disseminate any materials that infringe or
violate any third-party's copyright, trademark, trade secret,
privacy, patent, or other proprietary or property right, or in a
manner that could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil
liability, or otherwise violate any applicable law or regulation
(including laws applicable to exportation of encryption software);
- to flood or disrupt any newsgroup, mailing list, chatroom, or
similar forum, including without limitation, by excessive hitting of
the return key or scrolling faster than others;
- to post material to any newsgroup, mailing list, chatroom, or
similar forum that is inappropriate or off-topic according to the
charter or other public statements of the forum, or established
conventions, including without limitation, unsolicited
advertisements or large amounts of text or images. You are
responsible for determining whether or not a newsgroup, mailing
list, chatroom, or similar forum permits the type of message you
intend to post;
- to alter or forge any headers of email messages or any other
electronic transmission, in part or whole, to conceal the email
address, prevent others from responding to the message(s), or
mislead or deceive others as to the identity of the sender of the
message(s);
- to pretend to be someone else;
- to transmit or disseminate harassing, libelous, abusive,
threatening, obscene, defamatory, embarrassing, distressing,
annoying, unlawful, tortious, harmful, pornographic, vulgar,
racially or ethnically offensive, hateful, or otherwise
objectionable materials or materials that are invasive of another's
privacy;
- in any way that harms or has the substantial likelihood of harming
any minor;
- to transmit, disseminate, or upload viruses, worms, any software
intended to damage or alter a computer system without the owner's
consent, or any other harmful, disruptive, or destructive files or
devices;
- in any way that generates excessive network traffic, adversely
affects the ability of others to use the Service, or otherwise
disrupts the normal use of the Service, including without
limitation, by running excessive numbers of processes, attempting to
disrupt the connections of other users, consuming excessive amounts
of CPU time, memory or disk space, running multiple simultaneous
logins, using auto-responders, cancel-bots or other similar
mechanisms, or mail-bombing, news-bombing, or sending excessive
amounts of unsolicited e mail (whether commercial or informational);
- to transmit, disseminate, or relay advertising, chain letters,
pyramid schemes, SPAM, junk mail, charity requests, petitions, or
any other type of unsolicited emailing (whether commercial or
informational) to persons or entities that have not agreed to be
part of such mailings, or to harvest or collect information about
another user for such purposes;
- to view or intercept email or any other electronic transmission
not intended for you;
- to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for any
commercial purpose, any portion of the Service, or offer use of the
Service or access to the Service;
- to get, collect, or store password or account information, or
other private information from another user without consent;
- to stalk or solicit another person against that person's wishes;
- for high-volume or commercial purposes; or
- to post or send any fraudulent or misleading offers of products,
items, or services.
USAGE AND INACTIVITY
Our accounts are for interactive use only, and you are prohibited from
having more than one (1) simultaneous dial-up connection from your
account. Account connections have idle timers that may terminate a
dial-up session. Use of the Service on a standby or inactive basis in
order to maintain a connection is prohibited. This includes, without
limitation, taking any action to defeat or bypass our idle timeout or
similar mechanism (including, without limitation, any method of
mimicking user activity or testing). We reserve the right to terminate
an end user's online session at any time.
In addition, we reserve the right to limit the amount of consecutive
time users are connected to the Service, regardless of the users'
continued activity. Your usage of the Service may be subject to hour
limitations, depending on the plan you have selected. We have no
obligation to continue to provide service to you once you have reached
the hour limitation applicable to you, if any. We may cause upgraded
Service-related software to be automatically downloaded to your
computer. The connection time for such download will count toward the
hour limitation applicable to you, if any.
We also reserve the right to impose limits on your available email
storage space. If you exceed the maximum permitted storage space, we may
delete email messages from the affected mailboxes, at our discretion. We
do not assume any responsibility for the deletion of or failure to store
email messages.
SYSTEM AND NETWORK SECURITY
Violations or abuses of system or network security of the Service are
prohibited, and may subject you to criminal and/or civil liability. We
will investigate potential security violations, and may notify
applicable law enforcement agencies if violations are suspected. You may
not interfere or attempt to interfere with the security of the Service
or the system resources of the Service. You may not circumvent or
attempt to circumvent the authentication procedures or security of the
Service or any host, network, network component, or account to access
data, accounts, or systems that you are not expressly permitted to
access. You may not use or attempt to use another person's or entity's
account, service, network, or system without authorization. You may not
interfere or attempt to interfere with any other user, host, system, or
network on the Internet unless expressly permitted to do so.
VIOLATION OF TOU
If we and/or our affiliates, partners, or providers become aware of
possible violations of the letter or intent of this TOU, we may, in our
sole discretion, initiate an investigation, suspend or terminate the
account, remove materials from our servers, cancel newsgroup posts,
issue a warning, block any prohibited activity, or take any other
responsive action. You agree to respond in a timely manner to any
complaints. We and our affiliates, partners, or providers reserve the
right to assess a charge of $500.00 per complaint received by us or our
affiliates, partners, or providers and to recover damages for such
complaints for any harm done to the system or Service or for employee
hours devoted to responding to complaints. Nothing contained in this TOU
shall be construed to limit the actions we and/or our affiliates,
partners, or providers may take or remedies available to us and/or our
affiliates, partners, or providers in any way with respect to any
prohibited activity or conduct.
Users who violate this TOU may additionally incur criminal and/or
civil liability. We may refer violators to civil or criminal authorities
for prosecution, and will cooperate fully with applicable government
authorities in connection with their investigations of any suspected
civil or criminal violations, or any other wrongdoing.
Non-enforcement of any provision of this TOU does not constitute
consent or waiver, and we reserve the right to enforce such provision(s)
in our sole discretion.
INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify and hold us and our subsidiaries, affiliates,
partners, telecommunications providers, service providers, officers,
employees and agents harmless from any claim or demand, including
attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of the
use of the Service, any Content you post, email, transmit, or relay to
or through the Service, your violation of the TOU, or your violation of
any third-party rights, including without limitation, the infringement
by you, or any other user of your account, of any intellectual property
or other rights of any person or entity.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT WILL WE, OUR AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, OR
OTHER THIRD PARTIES AFFILIATED WITH US BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, EXTRAORDINARY, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THOSE RESULTING FROM LOST
PROFITS, LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR
INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE, THE RESULTS OF USE OF THE SERVICE, ANY
STORAGE MEDIA RELATED TO THE SERVICE, ANY SOFTWARE CONTAINED ON SUCH
STORAGE MEDIA (INCLUDING THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE), ANY WEB SITES LINKED TO
THE SERVICE, THE MATERIALS OR INFORMATION CONTAINED AT ANY OR ALL SUCH
SITES, OR THE CONTENT ANYWHERE ON THE INTERNET, WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES ARE
BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY AND WHETHER
OR NOT SUCH PARTY IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. OUR
AGGREGATE LIABILITY AND THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF ANY OF OUR SUPPLIERS,
SERVICE PROVIDERS, OR THIRD-PARTY AFFILIATES, ARISING FROM OR RELATING
TO THIS TOU (REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION OR CLAIM, e.g., CONTRACT,
WARRANTY, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, NEGLIGENCE, MALPRACTICE, FRAUD OR ANY
OTHER LEGAL THEORY) IS LIMITED TO ONE DOLLAR ($1). APPLICABLE LAW MAY
NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
THE SERVICE AND ALL SOFTWARE (INCLUDING THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE) AND
STORAGE MEDIA ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS
AVAILABLE" BASIS AND WITH ALL FAULTS, AND THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO
SATISFACTORY QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY, AND EFFORT IS WITH YOU.
NEITHER WE NOR OUR PARTNERS, PROVIDERS, OR AFFILIATES MAKE ANY
REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE
OPERATION OF THE SERVICE, ITS CONTENTS, ANY INFORMATION MADE AVAILABLE
BY OR THROUGH THE SERVICE, ANY GOODS OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED
THROUGH THE SERVICE, OR ANY TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO BY USE OF OR
THROUGH THE SERVICE. WE AND OUR PARTNERS, PROVIDERS, AND AFFILIATES
DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, ACCURACY, TITLE, FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND QUIET ENJOYMENT. NEITHER WE
NOR OUR PARTNERS, PROVIDERS, OR AFFILIATES WARRANT THAT USE OF THE
SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR BE UNINTERRUPTED, AVAILABLE AT
ANY TIME OR FROM ANY LOCATION, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL
BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE SERVICE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL
COMPONENTS. FURTHERMORE, NEITHER WE NOR OUR PARTNERS, PROVIDERS, OR
AFFILIATES MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM
USE OF THE SERVICE OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, SECURITY, AVAILABILITY,
INTEGRITY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY DATA OR INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE
SERVICE.YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ANY MATERIAL AND/OR DATA
DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS 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
DOWNLOADING OF SUCH MATERIAL AND/OR DATA.
NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU
FROM US OR THROUGH THE SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY
MADE HEREIN.
DISCLAIMER FOR ENHANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES BILLED DIRECTLY
TO TELEPHONE BILLS.
BLUELIGHT INTERNET SERVICE CHARGES ARE CONSIDERED ENHANCED
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES. WHEN YOU ELECT TO BILL ENHANCED
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES ON YOUR TELEPHONE BILL, NEITHER YOUR LOCAL
NOR LONG DISTANCE SERVICE CAN BE DISCONNECTED FOR FAILURE TO PAY THESE
CHARGES. ENHANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PROVIDERS MAY EMPLOY OTHER
AGENCIES TO COLLECT DELINQUENT SERVICE CHARGES, EVEN IF IT HAS
PREVIOUSLY ADJUSTED THEM FROM YOUR TELEPHONE BILL. IF YOU ARE IN THE
STATE OF MINNESOTA YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO DISPUTE ENHANCED
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICE CHARGES BILLED ON YOUR TELEPHONE BILL. AS A
MINNESOTA TELEPHONE SERVICE SUBSCRIBER, YOU ARE NOT LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE
FOR ENHANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE CHARGES INCURRED BY MINORS OR
VULNERABLE ADULTS WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT.
THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE
The storage media on which the Service software is provided may contain
proprietary software of third parties in addition to the Service
software. Any such software is provided to you by such third parties and
not by us or our partners, providers or affiliates. The use of such
software is subject to the terms and conditions of the user agreement
for such software. As further provided in the preceding sections
entitled "Limitation of Liability" and "Disclaimer of
Warranties," neither we nor our partners, providers or affiliates
bear any liability for damages resulting from such third-party software
or make any warranty with regard to such third-party software.
TERMINATION
Either you or we may terminate your account at any time. This is your
sole and exclusive remedy with respect to any dissatisfaction with the
Service, the terms and conditions set forth in the TOU, Software License
Agreement or ISP Privacy Policy (as may be updated from time to time).
You may terminate your account by contacting BlueLight Internet Customer
Support by phone at 1-800-522-0839. Your account termination will take
effect within a reasonable amount of time. We reserve the right to
restrict access to the Service to any user, and may at any time in our
sole discretion with or without notice and with or without cause
immediately deny access to the Service and may remove all account
information, personal web pages, email boxes (including their contents),
and any other Content.
We reserve the right to modify or discontinue, temporarily or
permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) at any time with or
without notice. You agree that we shall not be liable to you or to any
third party for any modification or temporary suspension of the Service.
If you don't agree to any modification to the Service, or to any of the
terms in this TOU, your only remedy is to cancel your account and
discontinue your use of the Service. If we permanently discontinue the
entire Service for all users, we will refund to you the unused portion
of your monthly fee, if any, and such partial refund will constitute our
entire liability and your sole remedy for our discontinuation of the
Service.
GENERAL
The TOU shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the state of California as it is applied to contracts entered into by
residents of the state of California. You also consent to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the state and federal courts in San Francisco County,
California, and to the exercise of personal jurisdiction of the courts
therein. If any provision(s) of the TOU is found to be contrary to law,
then such provision(s) shall be construed, as nearly as possible, to
reflect the intentions of the parties, with the other provisions
remaining in full force and effect. Our failure to exercise or enforce
any right or provision of the TOU shall not constitute a waiver of such
right or provision unless acknowledged and agreed to by us in writing.
You and we agree that any cause of action arising out of or related to
this TOU or the Service must commence within one (1) year after the
cause of action arose; otherwise, such cause of action is permanently
barred. The section titles in this TOU are solely used for the
convenience of the parties and have no legal or contractual
significance. These terms and conditions (including the Software License
Agreement and the BlueLight Internet Service Privacy Policy, each
incorporated herein by reference) constitute the entire agreement
between you and us with respect to the subject matter herein and
supersede any and all prior or contemporaneous oral or written
agreements. You may not assign this agreement to any other party.
THE BLUELIGHT INTERNET SERVICE SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT
NETBRANDS IS WILLING TO LICENSE THE ISP SERVICE SOFTWARE AND
DOCUMENTATION (COLLECTIVELY, THE SOFTWARE) TO YOU ONLY ON THE CONDITION
THAT YOU ACCEPT AND ABIDE BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN THIS
AGREEMENT. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THE SOFTWARE WILL CONSTITUE YOUR
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT, UNDERSTAND IT AND
AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO
ANY OF THE TERMS OR CONDITIONS IN THIS AGREEMENT, YOUR SOLE REMEDY IS TO
DISCONTINUE USE OF THE SOFTWARE.
- LICENSE. You are permitted to use the Software solely on one
computer at a time in machine-readable form, and solely for your own
personal use. You may make a reasonable number of copies of the
Software solely for backup or archival purposes, provided that you
reproduce all copyright and other proprietary notices that are on
the original copies of the Software.
- RESTRICTIONS. You may not use, copy, modify, or transfer the
Software, or any copy thereof, in whole or in part, except as
expressly provided for in this Agreement. You may not reverse
engineer, disassemble, decompile, or translate the Software, or
otherwise attempt to derive the source code of the Software, except
to the extent allowed under any applicable law. Any attempt to
transfer the Software, or any of the rights, duties or obligations
hereunder is void. You may not rent, lease, loan, resell, or
distribute the Software, in whole or in part.
- OWNERSHIP. The Software is licensed, not sold, to you for use only
under the terms of this Agreement, and NetBrands reserves all rights
not expressly granted to you. You own the media, if any, on which
the Software is recorded, but NetBrands retains ownership of all
copies of the Software itself.
- TERM. This Agreement will terminate automatically if you
materially breach any term or condition of this Agreement. You agree
upon termination to promptly destroy the Software and all copies.
- WARRANTY DISCLAIMER. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN
"AS IS" BASIS. NETBRANDS AND ITS AFFILIATES, PARTNERS AND
SUPPLIERS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL OTHER WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS
INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. NO ORAL OR
WRITTEN INFORMATION OR ADVICE GIVEN BY NETBRANDS OR ITS EMPLOYEES,
PARTNERS, DISTRIBUTORS, DEALERS, OR AGENTS SHALL INCREASE THE SCOPE
OF THE ABOVE WARRANTIES OR CREATE ANY NEW WARRANTIES.
- LIMITATION OF REMEDIES. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ANY REMEDY SET FORTH
HEREIN FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OR OTHERWISE, IN NO EVENT WILL
NETBRANDS OR ITS AFFILIATES, PARTNERS OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE TO YOU
OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, INTERRUPTION
OF BUSINESS, OR OTHER SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE
SOFTWARE OR ANY DATA SUPPLIED THEREWITH, EVEN IF ANY OR ALL OF THEM
HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS(ES) OR DAMAGE(S)
AND WHETHER OR NOT SUCH LOSS(ES) OR DAMAGE(S) ARE FORESEEABLE. IN NO
EVENT SHALL NETBRANDS OR ITS SUPPLIERS' TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR
ANY LOSSES OR DAMAGES EXCEED $1. Some jurisdictions do not allow the
limitation of liability, so this limitation may not apply to you.
- GOVERNMENT END USER RIGHTS. The Software is provided with
restricted rights.RESTRICTED RIGHTS LEGENDThe Software is a
"commercial item" as that term is defined at 48 C.F.R.
2.101 (OCT 1995), consisting of "commercial computer
software" and "commercial computer software
documentation" as such terms are used in 48 C.F.R. 12.212 (SEPT
1995). Consistent with 48 C.F.R. 12.212 and 48 C.F.R. 227.7202-1
through 227.7202-4 (JUNE 1995), all U.S. Government End Users
acquire the Software with only those rights set forth herein.
- EXPORT LAW. The Software and related technology are subject to
U.S. export control laws and may be subject to export or import
regulations in other countries. You agree to strictly comply with
all such laws and regulations and acknowledge that you have the
responsibility to obtain such licenses to export, re-export or
import as may be required. By using the Software, you agree to
strictly comply with all of the United States and other applicable
country laws and regulations when either exporting or re-exporting
or importing this software or any underlying information or
technology. Further, you acknowledge that you are not a national of
Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan or Syria or any other
country that may from time to time be subject to U.S. Treasury
Department embargo restrictions or a party that is listed in the
U.S. Table of Denial Orders or U.S. Treasury Department's list of
Specially Designated Nationals.
- GENERAL. This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State
of California, excluding any principle or provision that would call
for the application of the law of any state other than California.
If any provision of this Agreement is held to be unenforceable, that
provision will be removed and the remaining provisions will remain
in full force. This Agreement is the complete and exclusive
statement of the agreement between us which supersedes any proposal
or prior agreement, oral or written, and any other communications
between us in relation to the subject matter of this Agreement. If
you have any questions concerning this Agreement, you may contact us
by writing to NetBrands, at 21301 Burbank Blvd, Woodland Hills, CA
91367.THE SOFTWARE IS PROTECTED BY UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT LAW AND
INTERNATIONAL TREATY. UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION IS
SUBJECT TO CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES.
BLUELIGHT INTERNET SERVICE PRIVACY POLICY
This privacy policy explains how NetBrands collects, uses and
discloses the information of users of the BlueLight Internet Services
("the ISP Services") which are administered by our partners
and contractors.
IMPORTANT TERMS
When reviewing any privacy policy on the Internet, you should be
familiar with the terms "personally identifiable information"
and "aggregate information." "Personally identifiable
information" is any information that can be used to identify,
contact or locate you as an individual. Common examples are name and
address.
"Aggregate information" lumps your behavior or
characteristics together with those of a group. For instance, we may let
advertisers know that 50% of our users are over 35 without disclosing
the personal information of any one individual.
COLLECTION OF YOUR INFORMATION
This section explains what information we collect through ISP Services.
Please note that we correlate and supplement this data with both
aggregate and personally identifiable information gathered by other
companies.
When you register for the ISP Services, we collect personally
identifiable information including (but not limited to) your name, home
address, shipping address, email address, telephone, number, birth date,
gender, occupation, industry of employment, number of people in your
household, the number of people in your household under 18, marital
status, whether you own your residence, your current level of education,
your household income, how you found out about our ISP services, whether
you shop at Kmart, whether you are willing to make purchases over the
Internet, your areas of interest, and whether you would like to be
contacted in the future. We also collect personally identifiable
information when you communicate with us by sending email messages or
other correspondence, or when you submit online forms and other such
items.
When you use the ISP Services we collect a variety of technical data,
which we store in both aggregate and personally identifiable form. This
data includes (but is not limited to) (a) the sites you visit (by URL,
or Universal Resource Locator) while on the ISP Services, the
interactions you have with those sites, and the taskbar advertisements
on which you click, and (b) usage information such as the telephone
numbers from which and to which you dial into our ISP Services
(including unsuccessful dial-in attempts), the time you spend online and
your IP Address. The ISP Service may also use "cookies," which
are small pieces of information stored on your computer, to identify
you, that store your user name, password and to record your Web surfing
habits and the advertisements upon which you click.
We collect your information (personally identifiable information,
aggregated information, or both) through one or more of our ISP Service
Partners' servers, and through cookies, banners, and the like. The
information collected i.e., the taskbar portion of our ISP Services,
includes (but is not limited to) the type of button displayed, the times
the button was displayed and whether you clicked on the button.
As you use the ISP Services you will have access to millions of
websites maintained by third parties with whom we have no relationship.
These third parties may also collect aggregate and personally
identifiable information about you through their websites, banner ads,
forms, and other methods. Again, the information practices of those
third parties are not covered by this privacy statement. NetBrands has
no control over and is not responsible for the practices or the conduct
of these other companies.
USING YOUR INFORMATION
This section describes how we use and disclose the information we
collect.We use aggregate information about your behavior and equipment
to improve the performance of our ISP Services. We may use personally
identifiable information to store your account information and to record
ISP session information.
We also use personally identifiable and aggregate information for a
variety of marketing and promotional purposes. For instance, we use what
we have learned about your preferences to help us or our business
partners target advertising or product placements to your particular
interests. Such customized advertisements may appear as part of the user
interface of the ISP Service.
We do not intentionally share your personally identifiable
information without your consent, except: (a) with our ISP Service
Partners (including start page for the ISP Services); (b) with United
Online and our other corporate affiliates, (c) with companies to whom we
outsource certain functions of our Website and the ISP Services; (d) as
required by law; (e) with another entity in connection with the sale of
the assets related to the ISP service; and (f) as otherwise provided in
this policy. If, during the registration process, you indicate a desire
to receive special offers from third parties, we may make personally
identifiable information, such as your email address or name and
address, available to our carefully screened partners who wish to offer
special products and services to you in accordance with their privacy
policies. These partners may include direct marketing service providers.
Though we are selective with whom we partner, we do not control the
practices of these marketing partners. Notwithstanding, we do require
that our marketing partners always give you an opportunity to opt-out
from receiving further solicitations. We also may combine such
personally identifiable information with publicly available information
or with general demographic information that you submit as a part of the
ISP registration process. In addition, if you indicate your desire to
receive a particular service or information from another company (e.g.,
catalogs), NetBrands or it's ISP Service Partners will share your
personally identifiable information with that particular company.
Please note that we share aggregate data about our customers with
third parties.From time to time we will send you emails related to your
ISP Services accounts. At various points during your registration for
and use of the ISP Services, you are provided opportunities to indicate
an interest in receiving email about special offers and other
promotional information. If you do not wish to receive special offers
and promotional information email from us, please let us know by
un-checking the appropriate "email notification" request box.
You may also opt out of this promotional email list after you have
registered by contacting us (using the contact information below), or by
following the "opt out" instructions that may be included in
the emails you receive.
If you supply us with your postal address you may receive periodic
mailings from us related to the BlueLight Internet Service website or
your ISP Services account. We (or other organizations with whom we share
your information) may also mail you information about new products and
services or upcoming events. If you do not wish to receive such mailings
from us, please let us know (using the contact information below); make
sure to provide us with your exact name and address. We will be sure
your name is removed from our mailing list.
If you supply us with your telephone numbers, you will only receive
telephone contact from us regarding your BlueLight Internet Services
accounts, or orders you have placed online. Except as specified above,
we will not share your telephone number with other organizations.
Please note that the date of the most recent opt in/out request will
supercede prior requests.
Upon your reasonable request via the contact information below (and
subject to our security practices), we will provide you with access to
your contact information (for example, name, address, phone number),
financial information and unique identifier information (for example,
customer number or password).
SECURITY
Any BlueLight Internet Services accounts you may have are
password-protected. We recommend that you do not divulge your password
to anyone. Neither NetBrands nor our ISP Service Partners will ever ask
you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or in an unsolicited
email.
We have instituted security measures in our physical facilities to
protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information that we
have collected from you. In addition, we always use industry-standard
encryption technologies when transferring and receiving customer data
exchanged with our ISP Service.Please keep in mind, however, that no
data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be
guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, we cannot guarantee the
security of any information you transmit using our ISP Services, and you
transmit such information at your own risk. The BlueLight Internet
Service and NetBrands further does not assume responsibility for use or
disclosure of your information that are the result of unauthorized or
illegal access to our systems or those of our vendors or partners.
CONTACT INFO
Inquiries and requests related to the BlueLight Internet Service should
be sent by email to abuse@support.mybluelight.com. You can also reach us
at our mailing address:
NetBrands
21301 Burbank Blvd
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
POLICY CHANGES
From time to time, we may use customer information for new,
unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If we
make such a change, we will post a notice on the BlueLight Internet
Service Website or the BlueLight Internet default page, or we will
notify you by email or by a pop up browser window presented via the
software before login, at which time you will be able to "opt
out" of these new practices by contacting us (using the contact
information above). If you are concerned about how your information is
used, please check our Website periodically to review the current
BlueLight Internet Service privacy policy.
BLUELIGHT COPYRIGHT POLICY
Termination of Subscriber Privileges
for Infringement and Contact Information for Suspected Copyright
Infringement
As described below, BlueLight Internet Service will terminate theaccount
of any subscriber who uses his or her account privileges tounlawfully
transmit copyrighted material without a license, validdefense or fair
use privilege to do so. After proper notification bythe copyright holder
or its agent to BlueLight Internet Service andlater confirmation through
court order or an admission by thesubscriber that an account has been an
instrument of unlawfulinfringement, BlueLight Internet Service will
terminate the infringingsubscriber's account. BlueLight Internet Service
may also in its solediscretion decide to terminate a subscriber's
account privileges priorto that time if it has good faith belief that
infringement has in factoccurred If you believe that your copyright has
been infringed throughthe use of a BlueLight Internet Service account,
please contact:
Anthony DeToro, Esq.c/o Netbrands, Inc.21301 Burbank BlvdWoodland Hills,
CA 91367
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