GENERAL
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE OF HEDRICK DATA MATERIALS*
In this agreement (the "Agreement"),
the words "you" and "your" refer to the party utilizing the
Hedrick Data Materials and the term "Hedrick Data Materials" refers
to any Materials or services (including, but not limited to data, research and
reference materials) provided by Hedrick Data and/or its affiliated companies.
LIMITED LICENSE: Upon your acceptance of this Agreement and full and
proper payment of all amounts due to Hedrick Data, Hedrick Data grants you a
personal, nontransferable and nonexclusive license to possess and use the
Hedrick Data Materials solely for your direct marketing, research, reference or
customer prospecting purposes in strict accordance with the terms of this
Agreement for a maximum period of (1) year, unless otherwise specified. Upon
expiration or termination of this Agreement, you shall immediately discontinue
your use of the Hedrick Data Materials.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES: Except to the extent specifically authorized in
writing by Hedrick Data, you cannot share or sell the Hedrick Data Materials
and you are responsible to Hedrick Data for any use of it. You agree and
warrant that: a) you will not provide access to any portion of the Hedrick Data
Materials to any unauthorized party without the prior written consent of
Hedrick Data; b) you shall use your best efforts to prevent the misuse and
unauthorized use of the Hedrick Data Materials; c) you will not use any Hedrick
Data Materials for consumer credit purposes, consumer insurance underwriting,
employment purposes, tenant screening purposes, or for any other purpose(s)
covered by the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.) or
any similar statute or regulation; c) you shall not name Hedrick Data or its
affiliated companies or refer to the use of Hedrick Data Materials in any
advertisements, promotional or marketing material; and d) you shall indemnify
and hold harmless Hedrick Data, its affiliated companies and their respective
officers, employees and agents ("Indemnified Parties") against any
loss, liability, damage, cost or expense (including, but not limited to,
reasonable attorneys' fees and legal costs) suffered or incurred by any
Indemnified Party, arising out of or in any way related to your use of the
Hedrick Data Materials or the breach of this Agreement.
COMPLIANCE MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT: It is an express condition of this Agreement that in
using the Hedrick Data Materials: a) you and any authorized users shall fully
comply with the terms of this Agreement and all applicable federal, state,
foreign and local statutes and regulations, including, but not limited to, laws
and regulations regarding telemarketing, email, fax marketing, customer
solicitation and privacy; and b) you and any authorized users shall comply with
all applicable Canadian Marketing Association ("CMA") guidelines and
Direct Marketing Association ("DMA") guidelines, if you or your
authorized users are CMA or DMA members. If you or your authorized users are
not CMA or DMA members, you and your authorized users are encouraged to comply
with all applicable CMA and DMA guidelines; and c) that you and any authorized
users shall comply with the Canadian Radio-Television & Telecommunications
Commission’s regulations regarding the use of Automatic Dialing-Announcing
Devices and Conditions for Unsolicited Live Voice and Facsimile Calls for the
Purpose of Solicitation as amended from time to time. Hedrick Data further
reserves the right to review materials to be used by you in promotions to
ensure that your use of the Hedrick Data Materials is both appropriate and in
accordance with the permitted uses of the Hedrick Data Materials; however,
Hedrick Data's failure to review any such materials shall not constitute
Hedrick Data's acceptance of the materials or in any other way waive any rights
Hedrick Data may have or limit any obligations you may have with regard to the
use of the Hedrick Data Materials. Hedrick Data may also randomly monitor
(through seeding and other means) your use of the Hedrick Data Materials to
ensure that your use is in accordance with the permitted uses of the Hedrick
Data Materials.
EXCLUSIVE LIMITED WARRANTY AND LIMITATION
OF LIABILITY: ALL HEDRICK DATA
MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED ON A STRICTLY "AS IS" BASIS. ALL SALES ARE
FINAL. HEDRICK DATA DOES NOT ASSURE OR WARRANT THE CORRECTNESS,
COMPREHENSIVENESS OR COMPLETENESS OF THE HEDRICK DATA MATERIALS AND EXCEPT AS
EXPLICITLY PROVIDED FOR BELOW, HEDRICK DATA EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL
WARRANTIES OF ANY NATURE, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NONINFRINGEMENT, AND/OR
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN LIEU OF ANY AND ALL SUCH WARRANTIES,
HEDRICK DATA OFFERS TO YOU THE FOLLOWING LIMITED WARRANTY. 85% MAIL
DELIVERABILITY AND 85% PHONE CONNECTIVITY. HEDRICK DATA CANNOT GUARANTEE ACCURACY OF EMAIL ADDRESSES. YOU SHALL HAVE 14 DAYS AFTER RECEIPT
OF THE HEDRICK DATA MATERIALS, TO INSPECT IT AND NOTIFY HEDRICK DATA OF ANY
PROBLEMS OR MISTAKES. IF HEDRICK DATA HAS MADE A MATERIAL MISTAKE, THEN HEDRICK
DATA WILL CORRECT THE MISTAKE AT NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE. IF YOU DON'T NOTIFY
HEDRICK DATA OF ANY PROBLEMS OR MISTAKES WITHIN THE 14 DAY PERIOD HEDRICK DATA
SHALL HAVE NO OBLIGATION WHATSOEVER TO YOU. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT HEDRICK
DATA SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR LOSSES, DAMAGES, OR INJURIES OF ANY KIND,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO GENERAL, DIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, AND/OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES CAUSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY THE USE OF THE HEDRICK DATA
MATERIALS WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES ARE ASSERTED IN AN ACTION BROUGHT IN CONTRACT,
IN TORT OR PURSUANT TO SOME OTHER THEORY AND WHETHER THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES WAS MADE KNOWN OR WAS FORESEEABLE OR SHOULD THIS LIMITED WARRANTY FAIL
OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL HEDRICK DATA'S ENTIRE LIABILITY
EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT YOU PAID TO HEDRICK DATA UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.
GENERAL:
(a)This Agreement shall be governed and
construed by the laws of the State of
Iowa,
United States of America
without regard to any conflicts of law principles. Additionally, any action relating
to any provision of this Agreement or your use of the Hedrick Data Materials
shall be brought within the jurisdiction of the courts located within
Johnson County,
Iowa,
United States of America.
This Agreement, and the rights and obligations of the parties under this
Agreement will not be governed by the provisions of the United Nations
Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. The parties
further have expressly requested that this Agreement be drawn up in the English
language.
(b) The terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement, along with any additional terms which may be provided which relate
to the specific Hedrick Data Materials provided constitute the entire agreement
between you and Hedrick Data on the subject matter. Any additional or different
terms or conditions in any other document, including without limitation any of
your purchase orders, shall be of no effect.
(c) This policy may be amended from time to
time at the discretion of Hedrick Data.
(d) Without limiting any other remedies it may
have at law or in equity, Hedrick Data reserves the right to terminate this
Agreement immediately without further notice if Hedrick Data has reason to
believe Customer is not complying with this or any other express condition of use.
*DATA
FILES ARE CUSTOMIZED TO THE SPECIFICATIONS ON THE ORDER CONFIRMATION. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE DATA AND PAYMENT ARE
NON-RETURNABLE AND NON-REFUNDABLE. ALL SALES ARE FINAL.
*USE OF THE HEDRICK DATA MATERIALS PROVIDED
CONSTITUTES YOUR CONSENT TO THIS AGREEMENT. DO NOT USE THE HEDRICK DATA
MATERIALS IF YOU FIND THESE TERMS UNACCEPTABLE.