TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE
Please read these Terms of Use and Conditions of Use (“Terms of Use”) and our Privacy Policy and Security Statement (“Privacy Policy”) carefully prior to your (“user,” “you” or “your” as applicable to the context) use of www.networkdigitalsecurity.com, or any other website pointing to this website (collectively, the “Website”) or your submission of information to Network Digital Security Inc. (“NDS,” “we,” “our” or “us” as applicable to the context) through or related to the Website. By doing any of the foregoing, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with all of these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy, you are not authorized to use this Website, and your sole remedy is to stop using this Website.
USE OF THIS WEBSITE
You are only entitled to use this Website for lawful purposes and pursuant to these Terms of Use. Your use of this Website is restricted to gathering information about products offered for sale on our Website and purchasing products offered for sale on our Website. By using this Website or otherwise submitting information to NDS through this Website, you represent and warrant to NDS that you (i) are of legal age to agree to these Terms of Use; (ii) are authorized to act on behalf of the person or entity for whom you are using this Website; (iii) agree to comply with all applicable rules, regulations, and laws regarding online conduct and transmission of information; and (iv) agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. To determine your compliance with these Terms of Use, we reserve the right, but not the obligation, to monitor your use of this Website.
PURCHASING PRODUCTS OR SERVICES
From time to time, we may offer products or services for sale through this Website. However, all such purchases will be made by third parties through the websites of such third parties, and NDS is not responsible for such purchases, products, or services. For the terms and conditions of purchase with respect to the purchase of such products and services, please see the terms and conditions set forth on such third-party websites.
LINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
This Website may contain links to third-party websites. These links do not constitute an endorsement by NDS of those websites, nor the products or services promoted on or offered through those websites. We are not responsible for the terms and conditions of use, privacy policy, practices, or the content of such third parties or their websites. We encourage our Customers to be aware of when they leave this Website and to read the terms and conditions of use and privacy policy of each website that they visit by linking from this Website. If you have a question about the terms and conditions of use, privacy policy, practices, or content of a third-party website, please contact the applicable third party directly. You acknowledge and agree that we shall not be a party to, or in any way responsible for, any transaction involving products or services made available from third parties or for any content relating to any products or services offered by third parties.
LINKING TO THIS WEBSITE
You may link to this Website’s homepage, provided you do so in a way that is fair, legal, consistent with these Terms of Use and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of this Website, but you may not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval, or endorsement on our part where none exists. You may not establish a link from any website that is not owned by you. This Website may not be framed on any other website, nor may you create a link to any part of this Website other than the homepage. You agree to cooperate with us in causing any unauthorized framing or linking to cease immediately. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
JURISDICTIONAL RESTRICTIONS
Although this Website is accessible worldwide, this Website is neither designed nor intended for use outside the United States. Those who choose to access this Website from locations outside the United States do so on their own initiative and at their own risk and are responsible for compliance with all local laws. We reserve the right, at any time and in our sole discretion, to limit the availability and/or use of this Website to any person, geographic area, or jurisdiction. You shall, at all times, comply with all applicable laws and regulations of the United States and all other applicable governmental entities governing, restricting, or otherwise pertaining to the use, transmission, display, exporting, or importing of data, products, services and/or technical information.
AVAILABILITY
Your use of this Website may be interrupted from time to time for any of several reasons, including, without limitation, the malfunction of equipment, periodic updating, maintenance, or repair of this Website, or other actions that we may take in our sole discretion and from time to time. We reserve the right to modify, suspend or discontinue the availability of this Website, or any portion or feature of this Website, at any time and in our sole discretion and without prior notice. You, and not NDS, are solely responsible for maintaining, protecting, backing-up, and providing redundant access to your Customer Information, Personal Information, and User Generated Content (each as defined below).
CODE OF CONDUCT
You agree that you shall not, and you shall not attempt, or otherwise authorize, encourage, or support a third party’s attempts, to do any of the following:
- Use this Website for any unlawful purposes.
- Breach or otherwise circumvent any security or authentication measures of this Website.
- Probe, scan or test the vulnerability of this Website or any network associated with this Website.
- Re-engineer, decompile, decrypt, break or otherwise alter or interfere with this Website.
- Create derivative works of or reproduce, modify, distribute, sell or otherwise transfer any rights in or to any of the content of this Website.
- Register to use, use or copy any information from this Website if you are a competitor of NDS.
- Restrict, inhibit or prevent any access to, use or enjoyment of this Website.
- Use any search engine, software, tool, agent or other device or mechanism, including, without limitation, browsers, spiders, robots, scrapers, avatars or intelligent agents, deep link or other similar automated device, program, algorithm or methodology (other than those made available by NDS on this Website or other generally available third-party web browsers, e.g., Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox or Safari), to access, acquire, copy, monitor, navigate or search this Website.
- Use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other manual or automatic device or process to retrieve, index, data mine, scrape or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of this Website.
- Deliver malware to this Website or use this Website to distribute malware.
- Launch a DoS or DDoS attack on this Website or use this Website as part of a DDoS attack.
- Deliver altered, deceptive or false source-identifying information, including spoofing or phishing, through this Website.
- Impersonate or misrepresent your affiliation with any other person or entity.
You also agree that you shall not transmit, submit or post any of the following to or through this Website or otherwise submit to NDS:
- Information that violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation.
- Information that is false, inaccurate, incomplete, untimely, or misleading.
- Information that is trade libelous, unlawfully threatening, unlawfully harassing, defamatory, obscene, explicit or vulgar or otherwise injurious to NDS or third parties.
- Information that breaches or infringes on NDS‘s or any third party’s rights of confidentiality, publicity, privacy, intellectual property and/or other proprietary rights.
- Copyrighted and/or trademarked information without the prior written permission of the owner of such intellectual property right.
- Data that contains any viruses or other disabling or enabling code that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data, or personal information.
- Information containing unsolicited or unauthorized advertising or any other form of SPAM.
PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
Website Materials
NDS owns all right, title, and interest in and to this Website including, without limitation, the look and feel, design, and organization, and the compilation of the content, code, data, and other materials on this Website (collectively, “Website Materials”).
Names, Markings, and Other Intellectual Property Rights
NDS owns all right, title, and interest in and to the name Network Digital Security Inc. and all copyrights, service mark rights, trademark rights, trade dress rights, patent rights, database rights, moral rights, and other intellectual property and proprietary rights relating to this Website or otherwise owned and/or operated by NDS, as well as all of NDS‘s URLs, website domain names, graphics, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts, and other markings (collectively, “Names, Markings, and Other Intellectual Property Rights”).
Website Content
NDS owns all right, title, and interest in and to all content on this Website, including, without limitation, all audio, photographs, illustrations, graphics, other visuals, video, copy, text, software, titles, and Shockwave files (collectively, “Website Content”).
Customer Information
As between you and NDS, you exclusively own all right, title, and interest in and to all of the unique customer information you provide to NDS through this Website (“Customer Information”). For information on how we collect, store, use, and disclose your Customer Information, please read our Privacy Policy.
Personal Information
As between you and NDS, you exclusively own all right, title, and interest in and to all of your personally identifiable information you provide to NDS through this Website, including, without limitation, name, log-in information, billing information, and other contact information (“Personal Information”). For information on how we collect, store, use, and disclose your Personal Information, please read our Privacy Policy.
Aggregated Information
NDS exclusively owns all right, title, and interest in and to all aggregated, anonymous data, and statistical information about the use of this Website and users of this Website (“Aggregated Information”). We have no obligation to retain, provide you with copies of, or protect the confidentiality of any Aggregated Information. For information on how we collect, store, use, and disclose Aggregated Information, please read our Privacy Policy.
User Generated Content
NDS exclusively owns all right, title, and interest in and to all feedback, suggestions, enhancement requests, and recommendations, as well as all content you generate or provide, that is posted on or submitted to this Website or otherwise provided to NDS and relating to this Website (“User Generated Content”). We have no obligation to retain, provide you with copies of, or protect the confidentiality or privacy of any User Generated Content. For information on how we collect, store, use, and disclose User Generated Content, please read our Privacy Policy.
Limited License and Prohibited Use
You may not use any of the Website Materials, Names, Markings, and Other Intellectual Property Rights, or Website Content without our express, prior written permission. You shall not delete or in any other manner alter the copyright, trademark, and other proprietary notices appearing on this Website. We make no proprietary claim to any third-party names, copyrights, service marks, trademarks, or trade dress appearing on this Website. Any third-party names, copyrights, service marks, trademarks, or trade dress appearing on this Website are property of their respective owners. Without our express, prior written consent, you may only print, download or otherwise use the Website Materials, Names, Markings, and Other Intellectual Property Rights, and Website Content for a Customer’s internal, non-commercial use consistent with these Terms of Use and applicable law. Except as otherwise permitted under the copyright laws of the United States, no other copying, distribution, redistribution, transmission, publication, or use is permitted. Your use of this Website does not grant to you ownership of any content, code, data, or other materials you may access on or through this Website. NDS expressly reserves all rights not expressly granted to you in these Terms of Use.
RIGHTS YOU GRANT TO NETWORK DIGITAL SECURITY INC.
Subject to these and our Privacy Policy, you hereby grant NDS a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid-up, worldwide right and perpetual license to use your Customer Information and Personal Information. You also hereby assign to NDS all of your right, title, and interest in and to all of your User Generated Content, including, without limitation, all intellectual property rights relating to your User Generated Content. At NDS‘s request and expense, you will execute all reasonable documents and take such further acts as NDS may reasonably request to assist NDS to acquire, perfect, and maintain such intellectual property rights in the User Generated Content.
YOUR INFORMATION REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
By submitting information to NDS through this Website, you represent and warrant to NDS that you are entitled to submit such information to NDS and NDS is entitled to use such information as set forth in these Terms of Use and subject to our Privacy Policy, without any restrictions or limitations and without any monetary or other obligation by NDS. From time to time, we may need your permission to do things with the information you submit to NDS through this Website to be able to provide you with this Website. You hereby provide NDS with your express permission to do those things as set forth in our Privacy Policy. This permission also extends to third parties we work with to provide you with this Website.
BLOGS, FORUMS, CHAT ROOMS, AND BULLETIN BOARDS
From time to time, this Website may include blogs, forums, chat rooms, and/or bulletin boards (each, a “Forum”), which allows users to post User Generated Content and interact. NDS does not prepare, approve, or endorse any User Generated Content that may appear in a Forum. You acknowledge and agree that NDS has no control over and is not responsible for the accuracy, correctness, timeliness, safety, or legality of any User Generated Content. You may find User Generated Content to be deceptive, inaccurate, harmful, or offensive. Please use caution and common sense when reading User Generated Content posted in our Forums, and do not rely solely on such information. You hereby acknowledge and agree that your use and/or reliance on any User Generated Content is at your own risk. NDS reserves the right, but not the obligation, from time to time and at our sole discretion for any reason or no reason, to monitor, edit, remove, and/or re-post User Generated Content posted in our Forums.
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT NOTICE
We respect the intellectual property rights of our customers and third parties, and we comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1988 (“DMCA”). This DMCA Policy addresses how we handle notices of alleged copyright infringement appearing on this Website.
Notification
Pursuant to the DMCA, notifications (each, a “Notification”) of alleged copyright infringement appearing on this Website must be sent in writing to NDS‘s designated agent (“Designated Agent”) as follows:
Network Digital Security Inc.
Attn: Designated Agent
info@networkdigitalsecurity.com
Pursuant to Title 17, U.S. Code, Section 512(c)(2), the Notification must include the following:
- A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner (Complaining Party) of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
- Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or if multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single Notification, a representative list of such works;
- Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit NDS to locate the material;
- Information reasonably sufficient to permit NDS to contact the Complaining Party, such as an address, telephone number, and if available, an electronic mail address at which the Complaining Party may be contacted;
- A statement that the Complaining Party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
- A statement under penalty of perjury that the information in the Notification is accurate and that the Complaining Party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Counter Notification
Pursuant to Title 17, U.S. Code, Section 512(c)(2), a party may counter a Notification by providing a written communication (each, a Counter Notification) to NDS‘s Designated Agent that includes substantially the following:
- A physical or electronic signature of the party;
- Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled;
- A statement under penalty of perjury that the party has a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled;
- The party’s name, address, and telephone number; and
- A statement that the party consents to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which the party is located, or if the party’s address is outside of the U.S., for any judicial district in which the Website may be found, and that the party will accept service of process from the person who provided the Notification or an agent of such person.
Upon receipt of a Counter Notification containing the information as outlined in 1 through 4 above, and pursuant to Title 17, U.S. Code, Section 512(c)(2):
- NDS will attempt to provide the Complaining Party with a copy of the Counter Notification;
- NDS will attempt to inform the Complaining Party that NDS will replace the removed material or cease disabling access to the removed material within 10 business days;
- NDS will replace the removed material or cease disabling access to the removed material within 14 business days following receipt of the Counter Notification, provided NDS‘s Designated Agent has not received notice from the Complaining Party that an action has been filed seeking a court order to restrain the party providing the Counter Notification from engaging in infringing activity relating to the removed material on NDS‘s network or system.
Repeat Infringers
It is our policy in appropriate circumstances to disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who are repeat infringers.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
YOU AGREE THAT THE DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY PROVISIONS SET FORTH BELOW ARE REASONABLE, REFLECT AN INFORMED, VOLUNTARY ALLOCATION OF THE RISKS BOTH KNOWN AND UNKNOWN THAT MAY EXIST IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEBSITE, OR A PRODUCT OR SERVICE PURCHASED THROUGH THIS WEBSITE, AND ARE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF AND MATERIALLY INDUCED US TO ENTER INTO THESE TERMS OF USE. THE TRANSMISSION, STORAGE, VIEWING AND RETRIEVAL OF DATA AND FILES THROUGH THE INTERNET ARE SUBJECT TO A VARIETY OF CONDITIONS BEYOND OUR CONTROL THAT MAKE SUCH TRANSMISSION, STORAGE, VIEWING AND RETRIEVAL POTENTIALLY UNRELIABLE. THIS WEBSITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ALL CONTENT, LICENSES, FUNCTIONS, MATERIALS, AND INFORMATION ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND AS AVAILABLE WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH IN THESE TERMS OF USE, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, WE HEREBY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO USE OF THIS WEBSITE, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WHETHER ARISING UNDER ANY STATUTE, LAW, COMMERCIAL USAGE OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES THAT ARISE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OUT OF OR ARE RELATED TO THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEBSITE, ANY SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION THROUGH THIS WEBSITE, OR A PRODUCT OR SERVICE PURCHASED THROUGH THIS WEBSITE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
LIMITATION ON TIME TO FILE CLAIMS
ANY CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM YOU MAY HAVE ARISING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEBSITE, ANY SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION THROUGH THIS WEBSITE, OR A PRODUCT OR SERVICE PURCHASED THROUGH THIS WEBSITE MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES, OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.
INDEMNIFICATION
You hereby agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless NDS and its officers, directors, shareholders, employees, affiliates, independent contractors, agents, and representatives from and against any and all claims and expenses, including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees and costs, arising, directly or indirectly, out of or attributable to (i) any breach or violation by you of these Terms of Use; (ii) your failure to provide accurate, complete and/or current information when using this Website or otherwise submitting information to NDS through this Website; (iii) your use or misuse of this Website; and (iv) any agreement between you and any third party.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Most concerns involving this Website can be resolved quickly and efficiently through our customer service department. If you are unable to resolve your concern within 10 business days of contacting our customer service department, then either party may file a claim pursuant to these Terms of Use to resolve the dispute. These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Florida, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of law. The application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is expressly excluded. For any action or legal proceeding arising, directly or indirectly, out of or related to the Website or these Terms of Use, the parties hereby expressly consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the state and/or federal courts in and/or for Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA, and each party hereby expressly waives any objection to such venue based upon forum non-conveniens or otherwise.
TERM AND SURVIVAL
Your agreement to be bound by these Terms of Use commences with your using this Website or otherwise submitting information to NDS through this Website, and your agreement to be so bound will continue until your right to use this Website is either canceled or terminated, subject to the survival of each of the following after such cancellation or termination: our Privacy Policy and any obligation you have to NDS, as well as each of the following provisions: Proprietary Rights; Rights You Grant To NDS; Your Information Representations and Warranties; Blogs, Forums, Chat Rooms and Bulletin Boards; Copyright Infringement Notice; Links to Third Party Websites; Linking to this Website; Disclaimer of Warranties; Limitation of Liability; Limitation On Time To File Claims; Indemnification; Dispute Resolution; Term and Survival; Changes To Terms of Use; and General Information.
CHANGES TO OUR TERMS OF USE
At our sole discretion and at any time, we may amend these Terms of Use. You should review these Terms of Use for amendments each time you use this Website. For your convenience, we post on this Website the last date these Terms of Use were updated. If our Terms of Use are amended, the amended Terms of Use will take effect immediately for all users of this Website. Your continued use of this Website following an amendment will evidence your acceptance of the amended Terms of Use. No amendment, change, or modification to these Terms of Use will be effective unless such is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of NDS.
NOTICES, COMMUNICATIONS, AND ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES
By using this Website or otherwise submitting information through this Website, you consent to receive communications from NDS electronically. Although we may choose to communicate with you by other means, we may also choose to solely communicate with you electronically by email or by posting notices on this Website. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that we send to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. You agree that, when in the future you click on an “I agree,” “I consent” or other similarly worded button, hyperlink or entry field with your mouse, a keystroke or other device, your agreement or consent will be legally binding and enforceable and legal equivalent of your handwritten signature.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Our Privacy Policy is hereby incorporated into and made a part of these Terms of Use by reference. These Terms of Use, as amended from time to time by NDS, represent the entire understanding and agreement between you and NDS regarding the subject matter of these Terms of Use and supersede any and all other prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, or representations regarding the same. No waiver of any portion of these Terms of Use will be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of NDS. The failure of NDS to require performance of any obligation under these Terms of Use will not affect our right to enforce any provision of these Terms of Use at a subsequent time, and the waiver of any rights arising out of any breach will not be construed as a waiver of any rights arising out of any prior or subsequent breach. If any court of competent jurisdiction deems unlawful, void, or unenforceable any part of these Terms of Use, the applicable document as a whole will not be deemed unlawful, void, or unenforceable, but only that portion of the applicable document that is unlawful, void, or unenforceable will be stricken. Your rights and obligations under these Terms of Use and your right to access and use this Website are not assignable, transferable, or sub-licensable by you.
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
If you have questions, comments, or concerns about these Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy or this Website, please contact us at:
Email: info@networkdigitalsecurity.com
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