Terms of Use
The services offered by My Data Cloud include the www.My Data
Cloud.co.uk website and other websites operated by My Data Cloud (the "My
Data Cloud Websites"), the My Data Cloud software applications and any
other features, content, or applications offered from time to time by My Data
Cloud in connection with the My Data Cloud Websites (collectively, the "My
Data Cloud Services").
This Terms of Use Agreement ("Agreement") sets forth the
legally binding terms for your use of the My Data Cloud Services. By using the My
Data Cloud Services, you agree to be bound by this Agreement, whether you are a
"Visitor" (which means that you simply browse the My Data Cloud
Websites) or you are a "Member" (which means that you have registered
with My Data Cloud, your "Membership" starting from the point you
do). The term "User" refers to a Visitor or a Member. You are only
authorized to use the My Data Cloud Services if you agree to abide by all
applicable laws and to this Agreement. Please read this Agreement carefully and
save it. If you do not agree with it, you should leave the My Data Cloud
Websites and discontinue use of the My Data Cloud Services immediately. If you
wish to become a Member, share data with other Members and make use of the My
Data Cloud Services, you must read this Agreement and indicate your acceptance
during the registration process.
My Data Cloud may modify this Agreement from time to time and such
modification shall be effective upon posting by My Data Cloud on the My Data
Cloud Websites. My Data Cloud will inform Members by email about such
modifications. If you do not agree with such modification you have the right to
terminate your Membership with My Data Cloud. You agree to be bound to any
changes to this Agreement when you use the My Data Cloud Services after the
modification has been posted for at least one month. It is therefore important
that you review this Agreement regularly to ensure you are updated as to any
changes.
1.
Use Of The My Data Cloud Services
1.
Use of and
Membership in the My Data Cloud Services is void where prohibited.
2.
By using the My
Data Cloud Services, you represent and warrant that:
a.
all registration
information you submit is truthful and accurate;
b.
you will maintain
the accuracy of such information;
c.
you are 18 years of
age or older or will be supervised by somebody that is throughout your use of
the My Data Cloud Services;
d.
your use of the My
Data Cloud Services does not violate any applicable law or regulation;
3.
When you sign up to
become a Member, you will also be asked to choose a password. You are entirely
responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password. You agree not
to use the account or password of another Member at any time or to disclose
your password to any third party. You agree to notify My Data Cloud immediately
if you suspect any unauthorized use of your account or access to your password.
You are solely responsible for any and all use of your account.
4.
You will create,
maintain and use only one Member account and password on the My Data Cloud
Websites for your use. You will not create multiple Member accounts and
passwords for your use on the My Data Cloud Websites.
5.
You will not use
the My Data Cloud services in any manner which infringes any law or regulation
or which infringes the rights of any third party, nor will you authorise or
permit any other person to do so.
6.
Without limiting
the foregoing, you will not use the My Data Cloud services for any of the
following activities:
a.
criminal or
tortuous activity, including child pornography, fraud, trafficking in obscene
material, drug dealing, gambling, harassment, stalking, spamming, spimming,
sending of viruses or other harmful files, copyright infringement, patent
infringement, or theft of trade secrets;
b.
advertising to, or
solicitation of, any Member to buy or sell any products or services through the
My Data Cloud Services. You may not transmit any chain letters or junk email to
other Members. It is also a violation of these rules to use any information
obtained from the My Data Cloud Services in order to contact, advertise to,
solicit, or sell to any Member without their prior explicit consent;
c.
any automated use
of the system, such as using scripts to add friends or copy files;
d.
interfering with,
disrupting, or creating an undue burden on the My Data Cloud Services or the
networks or services connected to the My Data Cloud Services;
e.
attempting to
impersonate another Member or person;
f.
using the account,
username, or password of another Member at any time or disclosing your password
to any third party or permitting any third party to access your account;
g.
selling or
otherwise transferring your Membership;
h.
using any
information obtained from the My Data Cloud Services in order to harass, abuse,
or harm another person;
i.
using the My Data
Cloud Services in a manner inconsistent with any and all applicable laws and
regulations;
7.
We shall use our
reasonable endeavours to make available to you at all times the My Data Cloud
Services but we shall not, in any event, be liable for interruptions to or
unavailability of the My Data Cloud Services.
8.
My Data Cloud
reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to reject, restrict, suspend, or
terminate your access to all or any part of the My Data Cloud Services at any
time, with or without prior notice.
2.
Content
1.
My Data Cloud does
not claim any ownership rights in the text, files, images, photos, video,
sounds, musical works, works of authorship, or any other materials
(collectively, "Content") that you upload to the My Data Cloud
Services.
2.
You represent and
warrant that your uploading any Content to the My Data Cloud Services does not
violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, intellectual property rights
(including copyrights), contract rights or any other rights of any person. You
agree to pay for all royalties, fees, and any other monies owing any person by
reason of any Content uploaded by you to the My Data Cloud Services.
3.
Without limiting
the foregoing, you will not upload any Content to the My Data Cloud Services
which:
a.
is patently
offensive or promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind
against any group or individual;
b.
harasses or
advocates harassment of another person;
c.
exploits people in
a sexual or violent manner;
d.
contains nudity,
violence, or offensive subject matter or contains a link to an adult website;
e.
solicits personal
information from anyone under 18;
f.
promotes
information that you know is false or misleading or promotes illegal activities
or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libellous;
g.
promotes an illegal
or unauthorized copy of another person's copyrighted work, such as providing
pirated computer programs or links to them, providing information to circumvent
manufacture-installed copy-protect devices, or providing pirated music or links
to pirated music files;
h.
involves the
transmission of "junk mail," "chain letters," or
unsolicited mass mailing, instant messaging, "spimming," or
"spamming";
i.
furthers or
promotes any criminal activity or enterprise or provides instructional
information about illegal activities including, but not limited to making or
buying illegal weapons, violating someone's privacy, or providing or creating
computer viruses;
j.
solicits passwords
or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from
other Users;
k.
involves commercial
activities and/or sales without Our prior written consent such as contests,
sweepstakes, barter, advertising, or pyramid schemes;
l.
includes a
photograph of another person that you have uploaded without that person's
consent;
4.
By using the
facilities of the My Data Cloud Services to make Content available to other
Users ("Shared Content"):
a.
you grant to My
Data Cloud a limited license to use, modify, publicly perform, publicly
display, reproduce, and distribute your Shared Content on and through the My
Data Cloud Services. The license you grant to My Data Cloud is non-exclusive,
perpetual, fully-paid and royalty-free, sub-licensable, and worldwide;
b.
you represent and
warrant that you own the Shared Content or otherwise have the right to grant
the license set forth in this section;
5.
My Data Cloud may
delete from the My Data Cloud Services any Content that in the sole judgment of
My Data Cloud violates this Agreement or which We deem inappropriate.
6.
My Data Cloud
assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, loss,
deletion, defect, theft, destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration
of any Content you upload to the My Data Cloud Services.
7.
Without limiting
the foregoing, My Data Cloud will irreversibly delete Your Content when the provision
of My Data Cloud Services to You is terminated or when You fail to make use of My
Data Cloud Services which are provided to You free of charge for 90 consecutive
days. My Data Cloud shall be under no obligation to give You opportunity to
access the My Data Cloud Services in order to download Your Content prior to
doing so.
8.
You are solely
responsible for the Content that you upload to the My Data Cloud Services, and
any material or information that you transmit to other Members and for your
interactions with other Users. My Data Cloud does not endorse and has no
control over the Content. Content is not necessarily reviewed by My Data Cloud
and does not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of My Data Cloud. My
Data Cloud makes no warranties, express or implied, as to the Content or to the
accuracy and reliability of the Content or any material or information that you
transmit to other Members.
9.
My Data Cloud
assumes no responsibility for monitoring the My Data Cloud Services for
inappropriate Content or conduct. If at any time My Data Cloud chooses, in its
sole discretion, to monitor the My Data Cloud Services, My Data Cloud
nonetheless assumes no responsibility for the Content, no obligation to modify
or remove any inappropriate Content, and no responsibility for the conduct of
the User uploading any such Content.
10.
The My Data Cloud
Services contain Content of My Data Cloud ("My Data Cloud Content"). My
Data Cloud Content is protected by copyright, trade secret and other laws, and My
Data Cloud owns and retains all rights in the My Data Cloud Content and the My
Data Cloud Services. My Data Cloud hereby grants you a limited, revocable,
non-sub-licensable license to reproduce and display the My Data Cloud Content
(excluding any software code) solely for your personal use in connection with
viewing the My Data Cloud Website and using the My Data Cloud Services.
3.
Copyright Policy
1.
You may not share,
distribute, or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or
other proprietary information belonging to others without obtaining the prior
written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights. It is the policy of My
Data Cloud to terminate Membership privileges of any Member who repeatedly
infringes the copyright rights of others upon receipt of prompt notification to
My Data Cloud by the copyright owner or the copyright owner's legal agent.
2.
Without limiting
the foregoing, if you believe that your work has been copied and posted on the My
Data Cloud Services in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please
provide Us with the following information:
a.
an electronic or
physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of
the copyright interest;
b.
a description of
the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
c.
a description of
where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the My Data Cloud
Services;
d.
your address,
telephone number, and email address;
e.
a written statement
by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized
by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law
f.
a statement by you,
made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is
accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the
copyright owner's behalf.
4.
Fees
1.
All charges payable
by you for the My Data Cloud Services shall be in accordance with the scale of
charges and rates published from time to time by Us on Our web site, errors and
omissions excepted and shall be due and payable in advance of provision of the My
Data Cloud Services.
2.
We reserve the
right to alter pricing including ceasing to offer elements of the My Data Cloud
Services free of charge at any time. My Data Cloud will inform Members by email
if the charge for a service is to be altered. You can then decide if you want
to continue to use such service. Your continued use of the service after the
proposed fee modification has been notified will be considered acceptance of
the proposed fee modification.
3.
Payment is due each
anniversary month, quarter or year following the date the My Data Cloud
Services were established until closure notice is given in accordance with 7.2.
If you choose to set-up a regular payment method, you authorise My Data Cloud
to debit your account renewal fees from your chosen payment method.
5.
Refunds
1.
During the first 30
days of Membership, You are entitled to a full refund should You decide to
terminate Your Membership. This provision will not apply if You have previously
had a Membership or took an initial free trial for your current Membership.
2.
If your Membership
is terminated in accordance with 7.4, you will be entitled to a pro rata refund
based upon the remaining period of prepayment.
3.
You will not be
entitled to a refund under any other circumstances.
4.
Any refund will
only be issued to the same payment source used for the original payment.
6.
Resellers
1.
If you are or
become a reseller of the My Data Cloud Services you will continue to be bound
by these terms and conditions and are responsible for ensuring that your
customers are bound by terms and conditions that adequately reflect and give
effect to these.
2.
You shall not incur
or purport to incur on Our behalf any liability nor in any way pledge or
purport to pledge Our credit or to make any contract binding on Us.
3.
No default by your
customers shall in any way affect, modify or limit your obligations under this
Agreement.
4.
We authorise you to
sell the My Data Cloud Services under your own brand for the direct use of your
clients only. You may not permit your clients to resell the services you
provide.
7.
Term and Termination
1.
This Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect while you use the My Data Cloud Services
or are a Member. Even after Membership is terminated, this Agreement will
remain in effect.
2.
You may terminate
your Membership at any time, for any reason via the Close Account form in the
My Account section.
3.
My Data Cloud may
suspend the provision of My Data Cloud Services to you and/or terminate your
Membership without notice to you if you:
a.
fail to pay any
sums due to Us as they fall due.
b.
breach any term of
this Agreement.
c.
are a company and
you go into liquidation or suffer the appointment of an administrator or
administrative receiver or enter into a voluntary arrangement with your
creditors.
4.
My Data Cloud
reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to suspend the provision of My Data
Cloud Services to you and/or terminate your Membership at any time, without
warning.
8.
Privacy
1.
Use of the My Data
Cloud Services is also governed by Our Privacy Policy,
which is incorporated into this Agreement by this reference.
9.
Indemnity
1.
You shall indemnify
Us and keep Us indemnified and hold Us harmless from and against any breach by
you of this Agreement and any claim brought against Us by a third party
resulting from the provision of the My Data Cloud Services by Us to you and
your use of the My Data Cloud Services including, without limitation, all
claims, actions, proceedings, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, expenses (including
reasonable legal costs and expenses), howsoever suffered or incurred by Us in
consequences of your breach or non-observance of any of the terms of this
Agreement including if any Content that you post on the My Data Cloud Websites
or through the My Data Cloud Services causes My Data Cloud to be liable to
another.
10.
Limitation of Liability
1.
My Data Cloud will
not be responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate Content uploaded to the My
Data Cloud Websites or in connection with the My Data Cloud Services, whether
caused by Users of the My Data Cloud Services or by any of the equipment or
programming associated with or utilized in the My Data Cloud Services.
2.
My Data Cloud is
not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone
network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer
equipment, software, failure of any email or players due to technical problems
or traffic congestion on the Internet or on any of the My Data Cloud Services
or combination thereof.
3.
My Data Cloud is
not responsible for any error, omission, interruption, loss, deletion, defect,
theft, destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of any Content you
upload to the My Data Cloud Services.
4.
The My Data Cloud
Website may contain links to other websites. My Data Cloud is not responsible
for the Content, accuracy or opinions expressed on such websites, and such
websites are in no way investigated, monitored or checked for accuracy or
completeness by My Data Cloud. Inclusion of any linked website on the My Data
Cloud Services does not imply approval or endorsement of the linked website by My
Data Cloud. When you access these third-party sites, you do so at your own
risk. My Data Cloud takes no responsibility for third party advertisements
which are posted on this My Data Cloud Website or through the My Data Cloud
Services, nor does it take any responsibility for the goods or services
provided by its advertisers.
5.
My Data Cloud is
not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any User of the My
Data Cloud Services.
6.
All conditions,
terms, representations and warranties relating to the My Data Cloud Services
supplied under this Agreement, whether imposed by statute or operation of law
or otherwise, that are not expressly stated in these terms and conditions
including, without limitation, the implied warranty of satisfactory quality and
fitness for a particular purpose are hereby excluded to the extent applicable
under UK law, subject always to sub clause 10.7.
7.
Nothing in these
terms and conditions shall exclude Our liability for death or personal injury
resulting from Our negligence.
8.
Our total aggregate
liability to you for any claim in contract, tort, negligence or otherwise
arising out of or in connection with the provision of the My Data Cloud
Services shall be limited to the charges paid by you in respect of the services
which are the subject of any such claim.
9.
In any event no
claim shall be brought unless you have notified Us of the claim within one
month of it arising.
10.
In no event shall
We be liable to you for any loss of business, contracts, profits or anticipated
savings or for any other indirect or consequential or economic loss whatsoever.
11.
Non-Waiver
1.
Any forbearance or
failure by Us to enforce a provision to which you are subject shall not affect
Our right to require such performance at any subsequent time, nor shall the
waiver or forbearance by Us of any breach of any provisions of the agreement
herein be taken to be or held to be a waiver of the provision or provisions
itself of themselves.
12.
Law
1.
This Agreement
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and you
hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
13.
Headings
1.
Headings are
included in this Agreement for convenience only and shall not affect the
construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
14.
Entire Agreement
1.
These terms and
conditions together with any documents expressly referred to in them, contain
the entire Agreement between Us relating to the subject matter covered and supersede
any previous Agreements, arrangements, undertakings or proposals, written or
oral: between Us in relation to such matters. No oral explanation or oral
information given by any party shall alter the interpretation of these terms
and conditions. In agreeing to this Agreement, you confirm that you have not
relied on any representation other than those expressly stated in this
Agreement and you agree that you shall have no remedy in respect of any
misrepresentation which has not been made expressly in this Agreement.
I HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL OF THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED
ABOVE.
Date Last Modified
These Terms of Use were last modified Jul 22, 2009.