General Terms and Conditions of Service
These General Terms of Service (“Terms”) apply to all online products and services (collectively, “Services”) that Higher Images, Inc. and its affiliates (collectively, “Higher Images”) provides to its clients (“you”) pursuant to your agreement with Higher Images (your “Agreement”). In the event of a conflict between these Terms and your Agreement, the provisions of your Agreement control.
Additional terms, applicable to a particular Service (“Additional Terms”), are incorporated as part of these Terms, and can be reviewed here:
In addition, the Services may interact with or rely on third party licensors or providers. The Services are subject to such third party provider terms and conditions.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THESE TERMS, THEN YOU ARE EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED FROM USING THE SERVICES AND MUST DISCONTINUE USE IMMEDIATELY.
- Account Registration. To use the Services, you must be registered with Higher Images, which information may include, but is not limited to, your name, e-mail address, and, if applicable, a password. If any Services are fee-based, you may also be required to provide Higher Images a valid payment method and other billing information. You agree to promptly update account and payment information, as needed. Higher Images may limit your access to one or more Services until Higher Images is able to verify your account registration information.
- Account Representations. By registering an account and using the Services, you:
- agree that all information you submit will be true, accurate, current, and complete and that you will maintain the accuracy of such information and promptly update such registration information as necessary;
- agree that you are responsible for providing timely information, approvals, and access to accounts or resources as required by Higher Images to deliver the Services, and that Higher Images will not be liable for delays caused by your failure to meet these obligations; and
- represent and warrant that: (i) you have the legal capacity to and agree to comply with these Terms; (ii) you are not under the age of 13; (iii) you are not a minor in the jurisdiction in which you reside, or if a minor, you have received parental permission to use the Services; (iv) you will not access the Services through automated means, whether through a bot, script, or otherwise; (v) you will not use the Services for any illegal or unauthorized purpose; and (vi) your use of the Services will not violate any applicable law or regulation.
If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete or otherwise breach these representations, Higher Images will have the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Services (or any portion thereof).
3. Security of Account Access Information. You may not share your account information, including, but not limited to, your user name password, with any third party and are solely responsible for keeping your account information secure.
You are solely responsible for maintaining the security of your account information, including implementing and updating any security measures, and for any and all use that occurs under your account, and you will be responsible for any breach of these Terms by your affiliates, agents or subcontractors and will be liable as if it were your own breach. You must notify Higher Images immediately of any breach of security or unauthorized access to or use of your account or your Services or any other breach of security. In any event, Higher Images is not responsible for any unauthorized access to or use of your account.
Higher Images may suspend or disable your account if it believes that your account has been compromised. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Higher Images will not be liable for any loss or damage you suffer as a result of your failure to maintain the security of your account information.
4. Modification of Services. Higher Images reserves the right to change, modify, or remove the contents of the Services and to modify or discontinue all or part of the Services at any time or for any reason at Higher Images’s sole discretion without notice. Nothing in these Terms will be construed to obligate Higher Images to maintain and support the Services or to supply any corrections, updates, or releases in connection therewith.
You agree that Higher Images has no liability whatsoever for any loss, damage, or inconvenience caused by your inability to access or use the Services during any downtime or discontinuance of any of the Services. By way of clarification, and not limitation, Higher Images will not be liable to you or any third party for any modification, price change, suspension, or discontinuance of the Services.
5. License. You are granted a limited, non-sublicensable, and non-transferable license (i.e., a personal and limited right) to access and use the Services for your business use only. This license does not authorize you to engage in any of the following: (a) reselling the Services; (b) modifying or otherwise making any derivative uses of the Services, or any portion of them; or (c) making any use of the Services except for their intended purposes. Any use of the Services except as specifically authorized in these Terms without the prior written permission of Higher Images is strictly prohibited and may violate intellectual property rights or other laws. By way of clarification, and not limitation, you may not publish any results regarding the Services to a third-party without prior express written consent from Higher Images.
You agree not to work around, bypass, or circumvent any of the technical limitations of the Services, or use any tool to enable features or functionalities that are otherwise disabled in the Services, or decompile, disassemble or otherwise reverse engineer the Services.
You further agree not to access the Services or monitor any material or information from the Services using any robot, spider, scraper, or other automated means.
6. Services not Exclusive. Higher Images reserves the right to provide Services to your competitors and makes no promise of exclusivity.
By using the Services, you consent to Higher Images using any and all data obtained through your use of the Services for its internal purposes, including, but not limited to, for improving the Services, developing new features, and benchmarking purposes.
7. Restrictions on Use of Services. By using any of the Services, you agree that you will not and will not:
(a) use, or authorize or facilitate any attempt by another person to use, the Services to transmit any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, hateful, racially or ethnically objectionable abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, offensive, obscene, pornographic, lewd, lascivious, or otherwise objectionable, as determined by Higher Images, in its sole discretion;
(b) in the use of the Services, violate any federal, state, local, or international laws or regulations applicable in your jurisdiction (including, but not limited, to intellectual property laws) and will not authorize or facilitate others to engage in such conduct;
(c) invade the privacy of any person, including, but not limited to, posting personally identifying or otherwise private information about a person without their consent (or their parent’s consent in the case of a child under 13 years of age);
(d) harvest or otherwise collect non-public information about another user obtained through the the Services (including, but not limited to, email addresses), without the prior written consent of the holder of the appropriate rights to such information;
(e) post unsolicited advertising or solicitations or unlawfully promote products or services; or
(f) promote, solicit, or participate in any multi-level marketing or pyramid schemes
This list is only representative of the conduct not permitted under these Terms and is not exhaustive.
8. Integrity of Services. You agree that you will respect the integrity of the Services, and will not:
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- engage in disruptive activity such as sending multiple messages in an effort to monopolize the forum;
- introduce viruses, worms, Trojan horses and/or harmful code to or otherwise attempt to disrupt or interfere with the Services;
- access the Services or monitor any material or information from the Services using any robot, spider, scraper, or other automated means; or
- work around, bypass, or circumvent any of the technical limitations of the Services, or use any tool to enable features or functionalities that are otherwise disabled in the Services, or decompile, disassemble or otherwise reverse engineer the Services.
This list is only representative of the conduct not permitted under these Terms and is not exhaustive.
9. Liability for Use of Services. You are solely responsible and liable for all activity under your account. You are responsible for all content posted and activity that occurs under your account (even when content is posted by others who have access to your account).
Higher Images is not liable for any liability, including for any damages of any kind, incurred as a result of any acts or omissions by you in using the Services.
10. Responsibility for Visitors and Users. Higher Images does not review content posted to or made available through the Services by users or anyone else Higher Images is not responsible for any use or effects of content or third-party websites.
Please note that additional third-party terms and conditions may apply to content you download, copy, purchase, or use.
11. Intellectual Property Rights.
(a) Higher Images Intellectual Property. Unless otherwise indicated, the Services and all source code, databases, functionality, software, website designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics available through the Services and the trademarks, service marks, and logos contained therein (collectively, the “Higher Images Intellectual Property”) are owned or controlled by Higher Images, licensed to Higher Images, or owned by their respective owners. You acknowledge and agree that the Higher Images Intellectual Property is protected by copyright and trademark laws and various other intellectual property rights and unfair competition laws of the United States, international copyright laws, and international conventions. You specifically agree that these Terms do not confer upon you any interest in or right to use any Higher Images Intellectual Property without the prior written consent of Higher Images, which consent may be granted or withheld in its sole discretion. You further agree that you will not remove or alter any trademark, copyright, or other proprietary notice used on or in connection with the Services.
You understand that in the course of performing work for you, Higher Images may conceive or develop enhancements, discoveries, processes, methods, designs and know-how and agree that any such developed enhancements, discoveries, processes, methods, designs, and know-how, whether or not patentable, are and shall be the sole and exclusive property of Higher Images.
Likewise, any feedback you may provide Higher Images, including, but not limited to, images, words, ideas, knowledge, techniques, marketing plans, information, questions, answers, suggestions, emails comments, and the like shall be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. In providing this material, you authorize Higher Images to use such material and any images, developments or derivatives thereof, according to Higher Images’s needs as determined in Higher Images’s sole discretion, including for public relations and promotion of the Services in the online and offline media, and all without requirement of any additional permission from you or the payment of any compensation to You. You also agree that (i) by submitting unsolicited ideas to Higher Images or any Higher Images representatives, you automatically forfeit your right to any intellectual property rights in these ideas; and (ii) unsolicited ideas submitted to Higher Images or any Higher Images employees or representatives automatically become the property of Higher Images. You hereby assign and agree to assign all rights, title and interest you have in such feedback and ideas to Higher Images together with all intellectual property rights therein.
(b) Your Intellectual Property. Any materials or content you upload to the Services remain yours (if it was yours) and is your responsibility. Higher Images does not claim ownership of such materials or content.
You grant Higher Images a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide right and license to host, use, distribute, expose, modify, run, copy, store, publicly perform, communicate to the public (including by telecommunication), broadcast, reproduce, make available, display, and translate, publish, create derivative works based on, and otherwise use any and all such materials and content. By way of clarification, and not limitation, Higher Images may use the rights granted under this license to operate, provide, promote, and market the Services.
You represent and warrant that you have all necessary rights in such materials and content to grant this license. You irrevocably waive any and all moral rights you may have in such materials and content in favor of Higher Images and agree that this waiver may be invoked by anyone who obtains rights in such materials through Higher Images, including anyone to whom Higher Images may transfer or grant (including by way of license or sublicense) any rights in the materials or content.
You grant Higher Images a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide right and license to use your names, trademarks, service marks and logos to operate, provide, and promote the Services and to perform its obligations and exercise its rights under these Terms. This license will survive any termination of these Terms or the Services solely to the extent that Higher Images requires the license to exercise any rights or perform any obligations that arose during the term.
(c) Third party rights. In your use of the Services, you agree not to upload, download, display, perform, transmit, or otherwise distribute any materials or content in violation of any party’s copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, or other intellectual property or proprietary rights. You shall be solely responsible for any alleged infringement of any intellectual property rights caused by any content or materials uploaded to the Services using your account. The burden of proving that any content does not violate any intellectual property rights rests solely with you.
12. Ownership of Deliverables. Unless otherwise provided in your Agreement, any deliverables or other materials created for you by Higher Images will remain the sole and exclusive property of Higher Images. You are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use such deliverables only for your internal business purposes and otherwise agreed.
13. Third Party Content. Higher Images’s Services may allow you to import or link certain materials or content hosted on third-party websites into the Services or provide you access to materials or content provided by someone other than you (collectively, “Third Party Content”). Third Party Content isn’t owned by Higher Images, and thus if it is no longer available or accessible to a user, then those portions of Your creation that reference such Third Party Content will not work.
The Services may provide you with the ability to embed images, animations, videos, audio, fonts, and other content owned or provided by you or other third parties into the Services. The use of such Third Party Content shall be subject to the compliance with the provisions of these Terms and if applicable, the terms of use and/or end user license agreement provided by the third party owning or providing the Third Party Content.
Higher Images does not warrant that any content embedded in a website, either generated via automatic import, or placed manually by you, is licensed for use in your jurisdiction. You are responsible for ensuring you have the appropriate licenses, usage rights or meet the requirements for fair use, and/or other laws and rights in your jurisdiction that may be required for using any of content.
Higher Images shall have the right, at any time, at its sole and exclusive discretion to remove any Third Party Content from the Services and/or disable access to Third Party Content.
The following restrictions apply to all images made available to you via the Service. You shall not use any image:
- presented together with pornographic, defamatory, or unlawful content or in such a manner that it infringes upon any third party’s trademark or intellectual property rights;
- portraying any person depicted therein (a “Model”) in a way that a reasonable person would find offensive, including but not limited to depicting a Model:
- in connection with pornography, “adult videos”, adult entertainment venues, escort services, dating services, or the like;
- in connection with the advertisement or promotion of tobacco products;
- as endorsing a political party, candidate, elected official, or opinion;
- as suffering from, or medicating for, a physical or mental ailment; or
- engaging in immoral or criminal activities.
- as a trademark, service mark, or logo.
While Higher Images hopes to avoid such instances, Higher Images may, at any time and at its sole discretion, suspend, disable access to or remove from your account and/or the Services, any Third Party Services – whether or not incorporated with or made part of your account and/or website(s) at such time – without any liability to you, your Clients, or to any End Users.
14. Payment. You agree to timely pay Higher Images for each Service in accordance with the fees, charges and billing terms in effect at the time a fee or charge is due and payable. In the case of subscription products, the subscription term will be effective for the agreed upon period, after which the subscription term will automatically renew for the specified renewal period (if any) at the then-current subscription price, unless you provide notice at least 30 days prior to the applicable subscription renewal. Higher Images reserves the right to correct any errors or mistakes in pricing, even if Higher Images has already requested or received payment.
15. Payment Method. A valid payment method (such as a credit card) must remain on file to pay all service fees, and you authorize Higher Images to charge the payment method for all fees and charges incurred, as they come due.
All payments must be received within 30 days from the due date or date of invoice. If payment of fees is unsuccessful within 30 days of the initial attempt to process payment, Higher Images may freeze your account and suspend or cancel Services. Late payments will incur a late fee of 1.5% per month (or the maximum allowed by law).
16. No Refunds. All fees charged and payments made are nonrefundable. Except when required by law, Higher Images will not issue refunds under any circumstances.
17. Taxes. Unless otherwise stated, Higher Images fees do not include any taxes, levies, duties or similar governmental assessments of any nature, including but not limited to value-added, sales, use or withholding taxes, assessable by any local, state, provincial, federal or foreign jurisdiction (collectively, “Taxes”). You are solely responsible for paying all taxes associated with your use of the Services.
You are solely responsible for determining, collecting, withholding, reporting, and remitting applicable taxes, duties, fees, surcharges and additional charges that arise from your use of the Services.
18. No Legal, Financial or Tax Advice. Neither Higher Images nor its Services provide financial, legal, or tax advice or counsel, and Higher Images will not be deemed to have given such advice or counsel.
19. Privacy and Security. Higher Images cares about data privacy and security. Please review the Higher Images Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms.
Higher Images does not knowingly accept, request, or solicit information from children or knowingly market to children. In accordance with the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, if Higher Images receives actual knowledge that anyone under the age of 13 has provided personal information to Higher Images without verifiable parental consent, Higher Images will delete that information from the Services as quickly as is reasonably practical.
The Services are not tailored to comply with industry-specific regulations (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), etc.), so if your interactions would be subjected to such laws, you may not use this Services. You may not use the Services in a way that would violate the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA).
20. Compliance with Law. When accessing or using the Services, you agree to obey the law and to respect the intellectual property and privacy rights of others.
You are solely responsible for the legal compliance of your “Activities,” meaning your calling, email, or other contacting campaigns; your website; your use of data concerning any third party (“Data”); and any other materials you may use. You are solely responsible for ensuring that your Activities and other use of the Data and Services complies with all applicable data privacy laws, including but not limited to the GDPR, CCPA, and CAN-SPAM. Higher Images will not be liable for any breach of data protection regulations resulting from your use of the Services.
Higher Images will not be responsible for any content that appears on or in your Activities or use of Data and Services in any manner or respect.
You understand that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) prohibits certain types of calls and messages to cell phones and that Higher Images will not identify or remove/suppress wireless numbers from the Data or other information it provides to you. Among other things, you agree not to use Data or other information provided to you by Higher Images to market to cell phones except as allowed by law, and you assume all risks if you elect to engage in any SMS/text marketing or otherwise contact cell phones.
21. Protection of Data. You understand that you must secure any Data you possess or acquire in full compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, including, but not limited to (a) state, federal and international telemarketing laws; (b) state, federal and international Do-Not-Call (“DNC”) list prohibitions; (c) licensing and bonding requirements; (d) consumer cancellation rights; (e) wireless calling restrictions; (f) restrictions on the use of automatic telephone dialing systems and pre-recorded messages; (g) opt-out rules; (h) mandatory disclosures (i) intellectual property rights and restrictions; (j) the CAN-SPAM Act; (k) the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act; (l) the Fair Credit Reporting Act; (m) the FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rule (“TSR”); and (n) all other applicable laws and deferral, state or industry regulations.
22. Limits on Use of Data. In the course of using the Services or receiving other services from Higher Images, you may acquire or otherwise come into the possession of Nonpublic Personal Information (“NPPI”) or private information of third parties, including, but not limited to, email addresses, home addresses, and phone numbers (collectively, “Data”). You agree not to use Data in a wrongful, improper, or illegal manner or for a wrongful, improper, or illegal purpose. You further agree not to convey Data to any third party who you suspect would use such Data in and to conduct necessary due diligence to avoid the conveyance of Data to any such third party.
23. National DNC Registry Access. You acknowledge that you may be required to purchase your own Subscription Account Number (“SAN”) to access one or more DNC registries. Unless exempt, you agree to obtain a SAN number and all applicable area codes and to purchase and scrub Data to remove Data appearing on an applicable DNC list. By way of clarification and not limitation, you agree that you will refrain from marketing to any consumer who has opted-out by asking not to receive future marketing from you.
24. Necessary Precautions. You agree to take whatever precautions are necessary to ensure compliance with applicable legal obligations. Such precautions include, but are not limited to, the supervision of all persons within your organization and all contractors, entities, or other persons outside your organization who have access to or use the Data.
25. Nature of Higher Images Role. You understand that Higher Images is merely a passive lead service provider and does not assume responsibility for confirming that any Activity or use of Data meets applicable legal requirements or liability for any legal violation. Higher Images will not assume liability for any liability arising from your violation of any law. By way of clarification and not limitation, you acknowledge that you (and not Higher Images) will be responsible for maintaining and enforcing an internal list of leads who have opted out of receiving marketing by registering on one or more DNC list.
Higher Images will maintain certain information and data you transmit to the Services for the purpose of managing the performance of the Services, as well as information and data relating to your use of the Services. Although Higher Images may perform backups of information and data, you are solely responsible for all information and data that you transmit or that relates to any activity you have taken using the Services. You agree that Higher Images shall have no liability to you for any loss or corruption of any such data, and you hereby waive any right of action against us arising from any such loss or corruption of such data.
26. Third Party Services. In connection with your use of the Services, you may be made aware of services, products, offers and promotions provided by third parties (“Third Party Services”). Portions of the Third Party Services are subject to such entity’s terms and conditions, and your use of such entity’s services is subject to and conditioned upon your acceptance of such additional terms and conditions. If you decide to use such Third Party Services, you are responsible for reviewing and understanding the terms and conditions governing such Third Party Services, and acknowledge that the third party is responsible for the performance of such services.
You acknowledge and agree that regardless of the manner in which Third Party Services may be offered to you (bundled with certain Higher Images Services, offered separately by Higher Images, or otherwise offered anywhere on the Services), Higher Images merely acts as an intermediary platform between you and the Third Party Services, and does not in any way endorse the Third Party Services, or shall be in any way responsible or liable with respect thereto. Higher Images will not be a party to, or in any way be responsible for monitoring, any interaction or transaction between you and any Third Party Services.
27. Disclosure of Your Information. You realize that Higher Images may be required by law to provide certain information about you or your information or data if Higher Images receives a subpoena from a court or regulator with competent jurisdiction, or otherwise determines in its sole discretion that it needs to release your information in order to protect the legal interests of Higher Images, and consent to such disclosure.
28. Confidentiality. Confidential Information one party (the “Disclosing Party”) provides to the other party (the “Receiving Party”) under these Terms shall be governed as follows:
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- Definition. “Confidential Information” will include, but will not be limited to, any and all information associated with the Disclosing Party’s business and not publicly known, including specific business information, technical processes and formulas, software, customer lists, prospective customer lists, names, addresses and other information regarding customers and prospective customers, product designs, sales, costs (including any relevant processing fees), price lists, and other unpublished financial information, business plans and marketing data, and any other confidential and proprietary information, whether or not marked as confidential or proprietary. Higher Images’s Confidential Information includes all information that you receive relating to Higher Images, or to the Services, that is not known to the general public including information related to Higher Images’s program and practices.
- Exclusions. Confidential Information does not include information that: (i) is or becomes generally known to the public through no fault or breach of these Terms by the Receiving Party; (ii) is known to the Receiving Party at the time of disclosure without an obligation of confidentiality; (iii) is independently developed by the Receiving Party without use of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information; or (iv) the Receiving Party rightfully obtains from a third party without restriction on use or disclosure.
- Duty of Confidentiality. Each party agrees to use the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information solely as necessary for performing its obligations under these Terms and in accordance with any other obligations in these Terms. Each party agrees that it will use at least the same degree of care in safeguarding the other party’s Confidential Information as it uses in safeguarding its own Confidential Information, but in any event, not less than reasonable degree of care, to prevent disclosure or use of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information, other than (i) by or to its employees, agents and subcontractors who must have access to such Confidential Information to perform such party’s obligations hereunder, who each will treat such Confidential Information as provided herein, and who are each subject to obligations of confidentiality to such party that are at least as stringent as those contained herein; or (ii) as required by any law, regulation, or order of any court of proper jurisdiction over the parties and the subject matter contained in these Terms, provided that, if legally permitted, the Receiving Party will give the Disclosing Party prompt written notice and use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that such disclosure is accorded confidential treatment.
- The parties acknowledge that any use or disclosure of the other party’s Confidential Information in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of these Terms may cause the non-disclosing party irreparable damage for which remedies other than injunctive relief may be inadequate, and both parties agree that the non-disclosing party may request injunctive or other equitable relief seeking to restrain such use or disclosure.
These confidentiality terms and provisions shall survive any termination of these Terms for any reason for a period of 2 years.
29. No Warranties. Your use of the Services is at your sole risk.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW: (A) THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED TO THE CONTRARY IN WRITING BY HIGHER IMAGES; (B) HIGHER IMAGES EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, STATUTORY, EXPRESS, OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED, TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, INCLUDING ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT, OR MATERIALS CONTAINED THEREIN; (C) WHILE HIGHER IMAGES ATTEMPTS TO MAKE YOUR ACCESS AND USE OF THE SERVICES SAFE, HIGHER IMAGES CANNOT AND DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, AND THEREFORE, YOU SHOULD USE INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED SOFTWARE TO DETECT AND DISINFECT VIRUSES FROM ANY DOWNLOAD.
NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM HIGHER IMAGES OR THROUGH THE SERVICES WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED HEREIN.
By way of clarification, and not limitation, Higher Images does not warrant that the Services will be uninterrupted, available at all times, timely, secure, free of inaccuracies, or error-free or that the Services will deliver any particular result. In addition, Higher Images or its licensors may experience hardware, software, or other problems or need to perform maintenance related to the Services, resulting in interruptions, delays, or errors.
30. Limitation of Liability. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, NEITHER HIGHER IMAGES NOR ITS OWNERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONTRACTORS, AFFILIATES, OR SUCCESSORS WILL BE LIABLE TO YOU UNDER ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, OR STRICT LIABILITY, FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, OR SPECIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS FROM OPERATIONS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF USE OF ANY SERVICES OR DATA, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOST PROFITS, OR INTANGIBLE LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES, WHETHER FORESEEABLE OR UNFORESEEABLE, EVEN IF HIGHER IMAGES WAS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
IN ANY EVENT, HIGHER IMAGES’S LIABILITY TO YOU WILL BE LIMITED TO THOSE FEES ACTUALLY PAID TO HIGHER IMAGES IN CONNECTION WITH THE APPLICABLE SERVICE OVER THE PREVIOUS TWELVE (12) MONTHS.
All of the above limitations shall apply notwithstanding any failure of essential purpose of any limited remedy and are fundamental elements of the bargain between Higher Images and you. You agree that any claim or cause of action arising out of or in connection with the Services, these Terms, or any Additional Terms must be filed within thirty (30) days after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.
31. Indemnification. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Higher Images, its affiliated companies, and their owners, officers, employees, directors, contractors, agents, third-party suppliers, licensors, and partners (individually and collectively, the “Higher Images Parties”) from and against any and all claims, losses, damages, demands, expenses, costs, and liabilities, including legal fees and expenses, arising out of or related to your access, use, or misuse of the Services or Data, your Activities, any content used in connection with the Services, or your violation of the rights of any third party, including, but not limited to, privacy or intellectual property rights. Higher Images Parties reserves the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify Higher Images, and you agree to cooperate with Higher Images’s defense of these claims. Higher Images will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action, or proceeding upon becoming aware of it.
32. Term and Termination.
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- The term of these Terms will begin on the date of your completed registration for use of the Services and continue until terminated by Higher Images or you, as provided below.
- You may cancel one or more of the Services and terminate these Terms at any time by providing Higher Images a thirty (30) days written notice signed by an authorized representative, and then following the specific instructions indicated to you in Higher Images’s response. You may be required to fulfill the terms of your Agreement with Higher Images.
- Without limiting any other remedies, Higher Images may suspend or terminate one or more of the Services or these Terms for any reason, without notice and at any time (unless otherwise required by law), including, but not limited to, extended periods of inactivity, non-payment, or if Higher Images suspects that you (by conviction, settlement, insurance or escrow investigation, or otherwise) have engaged in fraudulent activity in connection with the Services.
Termination of these Terms, for any reason, will be without prejudice to any rights or obligations that arose prior to the date of termination. In addition to terminating or suspending your account, Higher Images reserves the right to take appropriate legal action, including, but not limited to, pursuing civil, criminal, and injunctive redress.
32. Effect of Termination or Cancellation. Upon termination or cancellation of these Terms or the Services by either party for any reason:
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- Higher Images will cease providing you with the Services and you will no longer be able to access the Services;
- unless otherwise provided in these Terms, you will not be entitled to any refunds of any amounts paid by you, pro rata or otherwise;
- any outstanding balance owed to Higher Images for your use of the Services through the effective date of such termination will immediately become due and payable in full; and
- your Services will be taken offline or otherwise ceased.
If there are any outstanding fees or other amounts owed by you at the date of termination of the Services, you will receive one final invoice via email. Once that invoice has been paid in full, you will not be charged again.
If Higher Images terminates or suspends your account for any reason, you are prohibited from registering and creating a new account under your name, a fake or borrowed name, or the name of any third party, even if you may be acting on behalf of the third party.
4. General Conditions.
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- Force Majeure. Higher Images will not be held in breach of or liable under this Agreement for any delay or non-performance of any provision of this Agreement caused by illness, emergency, fire, strike, pandemic, earthquake, or any other conditions beyond the reasonable control of the non-performing party (each a “Force Majeure Event”), and the time of performance of such provision, if any, will be deemed to be extended for a period equal to the duration of the conditions preventing performance.
- Modification. Higher Images may amend any of the terms of these Terms and any applicable Additional Terms by posting the amended terms and updating the “Last modified” date above. Your continued use of the Services after the effective date of the revised Terms constitutes your acceptance of the amended terms. If you do not agree to the amended Terms, you must stop accessing and using the Services.
- Entire Agreement. These Terms, together with your Agreement and any applicable Additional Terms, constitute the entire agreement between the parties with regard to its subject matter and supersedes any and all prior agreements or understandings, whether written or oral, with respect to its subject matter.
- Waiver. The failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. Any waiver of any provision of these Terms will be effective only if in writing and signed by the relevant party.
- Severability. If any provision of these Terms is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision will be limited or eliminated from these Terms to the minimum extent necessary and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
- Assignment. Higher Images may assign these Terms without your consent and use subcontractors in any manner. You may not assign these Terms without Higher Images’s written consent.
- Survival. Any provision of these Terms, which by its nature, would naturally survive the termination of these Terms, shall expressly survive any termination, including, but not limited to, those provisions related to privacy, payment, indemnity, compliance with law, confidentiality, limitation of liability, intellectual property, non-circumvention, and general conditions.
- Choice of Law and Venue. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed according to the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without giving effect to its choice of law and conflict of law principles. The State and Federal courts in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania shall have exclusive jurisdiction and venue over any legal dispute between the parties. The Parties waive any and all right to contest or object to such jurisdiction and venue, including but not limited to, any objection to the convenience of such forum.
- Dispute Resolution & Arbitration Clause. In the event of a dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms, the Data, the Services or any other dispute between the parties, the parties agree to first attempt resolution through good-faith negotiations. If the dispute cannot be resolved, it will be settled by arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association.
- Nondisparagement. You agree that you will not publicly disparage Higher Images or its Services to any person or persons. You agree that you will address any dissatisfaction or complaints with Higher Images and/or its Services exclusively and directly to Higher Images and will work in good faith with Higher Images to address any such dissatisfaction of complaints privately and directly.
- Independent Contractors. Higher Images and you are independent contractors, and nothing in these Terms shall be deemed to create a joint venture or partnership. Neither party will have the right to bind or obligate the other in any manner whatsoever.