ANTI SPAM POLICY
Clients
who send spam will find their accounts terminated immediately. We no
tolerance for spam. Any unsolicited mass email to people with whom you
have no business relationship, or who have not opted-in, is spam. In order to opt-in, recipients must have requested receipt of your e-mails.
DID YOU RECEIVE AN UNSOLICITED EMAIL?
We
do not tolerate spam in any form. We will immediately terminate the
account of any customer who sends unsolicited email messages. Please
report any suspected abuse to support@quantumwebengine.com.
ISPs and Blacklists administrators may contact us at
support@quantumwebengine.com. Please forward the complete e-mail in
question, including headers. If applicable, please also unsubscribe
from the newsletter using the link at the bottom of the email if you no
longer wish to receive emails from the sender. We will take the
appropriate action against the sender of the email in question.
ARE YOU A BLACKLIST ADMINISTRATOR OR ISP THAT HAS RECEIVED A COMPLAINT?
We
value our relationships with leading ISPs and blacklist administrators.
We take spam seriously, and strive to share current information,
policies and procedures in the industry to fight spam. If you have
received a complaint, or if you would like to contact us to discuss
spam related issues, please e-mail support@quantumwebengine.com.
FOR OUR CUSTOMERS
All
users of our software must agree to only sending permission-based email
newsletters as part of agreeing to these Terms and Conditions upon
signup. All recipients sent to must have opted-in to receive
communications from you. If you have not gotten this permission, you
are spamming them.
Customers may opt-in by signing up on a
website form, by filling out a form at the point of sale, or on a
physical sign-up sheet. Opt in forms need to include information on
what will be sent, and how often information will be sent. We do not
permit the use of purchased lists to send emails, regardless of
verification of opt-in status provided. No opt-in website form may use
a pre-checked box as proof of opt-in status. Additionally, even if your
contact has opted in for one list, you are not allowed to add their
name to other lists. Each list requires specific opt-in permissions.
Any 'unsubscribe' requests must be immediately removed from your list.
The opt-in status of your recipients must be re-confirmed every six
months.
You may only send emails to a party that has specifically opted-in to receive content from you on that specific topic.
HOW IS OUR POLICY ENFORCED?
We
reserves the right to review and monitor list imports. We have a no
tolerance spam policy. The strict measures we take to enforce our
policy include, but are not limited to:
- We periodically spot check and review large list imports.
- We have the ability to review mass emails sent out using our software.
- A record is saved of every email that is sent through the system.
- Any customer found to be using our software for spam will be immediately cut-off from use of the product.
- We maintain the IP address and date subscribed for every new subscriber.
- Every email, whether text or HTML, contains a mandatory
unsubscribe/opt-out link at the bottom of the message. This unsubscribe
link cannot be removed.
WHAT IF WE RECEIVE A COMPLAINT?
We
do not condone or tolerate spam. If you spam, we will immediately
terminate your account. Any unsolicited mass email to someone who has
not either opted-in to your mailing, or who has no existing business
relationship with you is considered spam. Our service is designed for
use by organizations that have built their own list of
permission-based, opt-in emails. Purchasing lists, or using any other
method to harvest or collect e-mails is strictly prohibited. Failure
to comply with this policy can result in fines as allowed by law. We
will individually review all complaints of spam, and make a
determination of whether or not the complaint is justified. We reserve
the right to make the final determination, based on our best judgment,
regarding the final resolution of the spam complaint.
If you
feel you were reported for engaging in spam by someone who has opted in
to your email communications, we will make efforts to verify your
claims by reviewing any opt-in paperwork or records you have, or by
reviewing the IP address and date of subscription, if the complaining
party has susbscribed to your newsletter through our computer software.
If the subscriber opted in through some other means than our software,
we will not have a record of that subscription.
In any event,
if you are determined to be sending spam, we will immediately disable
your ability to send emails and will contact you by email. We will
only reactivate your email sending privileges once all allegations of
spam have been disproven.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
In
no event will Developer (defined hereafter as Quantum Internet Systems,
Inc., employees, agents, owners and assigns) be liable for any loss of
profit or revenue by Client, or for any other consequential,
incidental, indirect or economic damages incurred or suffered by Client
arising as a result of or related to the Development Services, whether
in contract, tort or otherwise, even if Client has advised of the
possibility of such loss or damages. Client further agrees that
Developer's total liability for all claims of any kind arising as a
result of or related to this Agreement, or to any act or omission on
Developer's part, whether in contract, tort or otherwise, will not
exceed an amount equal to the amount actually paid by Client to
Developer for the Development Services during the twelve (12) month
period preceding the date the claim arises. Client will indemnify and
hold Developer harmless against any claims by third parties, including
all costs, expenses and attorneys' fees incurred by Developer therein,
arising out of or in conjunction with Client's performance under or
breach of this Agreement. Client warrants and represents that it is the
rightful owner or licensee of all content that it may provide to
Developer for implementation on the web site. Client will indemnify and
hold Developer harmless against any claims for infringement of
intellectual property, including but not limited to infringement of any
copyright, trademark, patent or trade secret made against Developer by
any third party.
BACKGROUND TECHNOLOGY
Developer
is the owner, licensee or sublicensee of various pre-existing
development tools, routines, subroutines and/or other programs, data
and materials that Developer may use or implement in the development of
the web site ("Background Technology"). The Background Technology
includes but is not limited to the software designed by Developer and
known as the Quantum Web Engine CMS, Quantum Web Engine Enterprise CMS,
and Quantum Web Engine Professional CMS. Developer retains all right,
title and interest in and to the Background Technology, and hereby
grants Client a non-exclusive license to use the Background Technology
only to the extent necessary to use the web site. Client is not
authorized to sell or license any Background Technology or rights
thereto to any other person or firm.
PRIVACY POLICY & SECURITY
Developer
does not sell or rent personal information to third parties. We may
also share your information for law enforcement purposes or as a result
of corporate reorganization.
Developer maintains reasonable
safeguards in an effort to ensure the security, integrity and privacy
of the personal information we collect. We also have reasonable
procedures in place to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration
of the information under our control. But, despite our best efforts, no
security measure is ever perfect or impenetrable.
Developer
will collect personal information from visitors under the age of 13
("children" or "child") if it is submitted in connection with website
account registration and with a parent or legal guardian's prior
verifiable consent.
Developer will collect personal
information from visitors under the age of 13 ("children" or "child")
if it is submitted in connection with our registration process and with
a parent or legal guardian's prior verifiable consent. To determine who
is younger than 13 years old and whether parental consent is required,
we ask users who wish to register to submit their date of birth. Users
that indicate they are under 13 are directed to our Parent/Guardian
Permission Form.
If given verifiable permission from a parent or
legal guardian ("parent"), Developer will collect and store the
following types of personal information about a child under 13: child's
name, child's e-mail address, child's mailing address, child's cell
phone number (to receive text messaging), parent's name, parent's
mailing address, parent's phone number, and parent's e-mail address.
Developer will also collect the child's date of birth and link it to
the child's personal information after obtaining consent. Developer
will only collect this information if it is voluntarily submitted to us
by the child or parent and provided with the parent's verifiable
permission. When providing consent, parents have the ability to choose
which activities their children may participate in.
We do not
collect personal information about a child through the use of passive
collection mechanisms such as cookies; however, information contained
in a cookie may be linked to a child's personal information. For more
information on how we use cookies and other information collection
tools, please see our section on cookies, IP addresses and web beacons.
We
encourage parents to create a parent/child relationship on websites
powered by Developer's software. Once a child's registration is
collected with parental permission, the child's information will be
used to provide the child the benefits that come with registration.
These benefits may include participation in surveys, community features
(such as chat rooms and message boards), and other site activities and
features (e.g., submitting game reviews and uploading graphics). With a
parent's permission, we may also use a child's information to send the
child messages (via e-mail, regular mail, or text messaging) from
Developer or on behalf of our partners.
Please note that we
are prohibited from conditioning a child's participation in an activity
- like registration - on the child's disclosure of more personal
information than is reasonably necessary to participate in the
activity. This means that when children participate in our online
activities, they are not required to volunteer or provide more personal
information about themselves than is necessary to participate in the
activity. For example, if the activity only requires name, age, mailing
address, and email address to participate, we would not require, as a
condition of participation, that the child also provide the name of his
or her grade school, favorite TV show, or other related information. To
read about the steps Developer takes to protect the confidentiality,
security, and integrity of children's personal information, please see
our section on security.
In some instances, certain portions of
our site may allow children under 13 to submit personal information
such as their e-mail address without first obtaining their parents'
consent. Such portions of our site operate activities or provide
services in a way that does not require prior parental consent.
For more information contact Quantum Web Engine Customer Support (support@quantumwebengine.com).
SINGLE SITE USERS
Single
site users are defined as customers of Developer who have only a single
site designed by Developer, either as a discount package deal, or as a
custom designed site. These users will have restricted access, meaning
that all block controls for these sites will be disabled. Any
structural changes, programming changes, or additional modules must be
activated by Developer. Site owners will have access to independently
change content within the existing site parameters.
ENTERPRISE VERSION USERS
Enterprise level users understand and acknowledge that they will
not have the legal right to design their own sites, to design sites for
third parties, or to sell sites on the retail market. All Enterprise
sites are required to be designed for the Enterprise Licensee by
Developer. Enterprise users who have on-site design & development
staff must upgrade to the full Professional version in order to design
their own sites using the Quantum Web Engine CMS. However, in order to
facilitate the licensee's control of their multiple sites, they will be
given access to the full Quantum Web Engine CMS, including block
controls. It is recommended that Enterprise version users limit their
changes to content changes only, within the original site parameters.
Enterprise users understand and acknowledge that the block and module
controls can be confusing to inexperienced users, and that if they
tamper with block or module controls and require assistance to restore
their site to proper form, hourly charges will apply at the rate of $50
per hour.
PROFESSIONAL VERSION USERS
Professional
level users will be limited to professional designers who are capable
of learning all aspects of the Quantum Web Engine Professional CMS
software. Professional users will have the right to add modules,
disable modules, and modify the site block structure based on their
professional requirements. Professional users will have the right to
resell sites which they design using the Quantum Web Engine CMS.
Professional Users will be responsible for paying all applicable sales
tax related to their clients' retail purchases of goods and services.
APPLICABLE SALES TAX
Developer will charge all Texas based licensees applicable sales tax on license and hosting fees.
COPYRIGHT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THEFT
The Quantum Web Engine CMS
(copyrighted 2008, 2009), and the Quantum Web Engine Trademark are the
intellectual property of Steven Kang. Any attempt to duplicate, reverse
engineer, copy or otherwise infringe on Mr. Kang's intellectual
property rights will be pursued to the fullest extent of the law.
RESERVATION OF RIGHTS
Developer reserves the right to
modify the Terms and Conditions at any time. In the event Terms and
Conditions are modified, they will be posted in the Terms and
Conditions box which is automatically displayed and which is required
to be approved by the Clients/Users upon login to the Admin
site. Clients and Users agree that the most current version of the
Terms and Conditions which has been electronically accepted by
Clients/Users during their log-in process will automatically replace
and supercede any prior written agreement between Developer and
Clients/Users.
Developer reserves the right to raise the fees for
monthly hosting from time to time, at Developer's sole discretion. In
the event such price changes occur, notice will be provided to all
Clients by email, and will be posted on the Quantum Web Engine website
at www.quantumwebengine.com.
Developer further reserves the right to charge an
additional hosting fee for any programming modules which Client
requests which must, at the Developer's sole judgment, be routed to an
external server. In the event such a situation arises, the additional
cost of hosting will be negotiated by and between Developer and Client
prior to the implementation of any such module.
FAILURE TO PAY/CANCELLATION OF SERVICE
Failure to pay hosting fees for websites created
using Quantum Web Engine sofware under the terms of this Agreement
shall be interpreted as a Cancellation of Service Request. In the event
of such an occurrence, the following will occur: Developer will send by
US mail a notice of delinquency, which requests payment, or a request
to cancel the service, from the responsible party. If payment isn't
received within 30 days of the date Developer's letter is sent, then
Developer reserves the right to take down the website pending payment.
Client will remain responsible for payment for hosting fees to
Developer up to and including the date the site is removed from the
server by Developer.
In the event a third party vendor using Quantum Web
Engine Professional CME fails to pay hosting fees for websites created
with the Quantum Web Engine CMS for more than 30 days after the written
notice of delinquency is sent to them, that third party vendor agrees
they will loose all claim to any customers they have developed sites
for using Quantum Web Engine, and Developer will attempt to collect
payment for hosting, and to provide necessary web services the website
owner directly from that time on.
In the event any website created with the Quantum
Web Engine CMS is removed from Developer's servers or otherwise shut
down, the site owner may request a copy of all data collected and
stored by their website in XML format. A reasonable hourly rate will be
charged by Developer to generate the XML data, not to exceed $50 per
hour.
MONEY BACK GUARANTEE FOR BOOSTER SITE USERS
Booster Site users who have not received traffic from any of their booster sites via major search engines after six months of operation are eligible for a full refund of the purchase price of their booster site package from Quantum Internet Systems, Inc. To request this refund, customers must request a refund, in writing, and mail it to Quantum Internet Systems, Inc., PO Box 2198, Mansfield, TX 76063. Requests will be processed within 30 days, and if after verification that the grouping of booster sites has not received any traffic from major search engines (defined as Bing, Yahoo, Google), a full refund of the purchase price will be provided.
DOMAIN RENEWAL FOR BOOSTER SITES AND QUANTUM WEB ENGINE CLIENTS
Unless a specific contract termination date has been set, domains will be renewed automatically and the annual domain renewal fee will be billed to the client.
JURISDICTION
Client and Developer agree that for
purposes of any dispute arising from the use of this product, the
Courts in Tarrant County, Texas will have jurisdiction, and shall
adjudicate the matter according to the laws of the State of Texas.