Terms And Conditions myeNovation
Welcome to myeNovation (“myeNovation,” “we,” “us,” “our”) and thank you
for using our products and services (“Services”). The following
myeNovation Terms and Conditions of Use (“Terms”) govern the use of the
Services for paying and non-paying myeNovation customers, except for
enterprise customers who have entered into a written myeNovation
Software as a Service Enterprise Agreement with us (“Enterprise
Agreement”). If you are an myeNovation enterprise customer who has
entered into an Enterprise Agreement, your use is governed by the
Enterprise Agreement executed by you and myeNovation; if no such
Enterprise Agreement is in place, your use is governed by these Terms in
existence at the beginning of your then-current subscription period.
1. GENERAL INFORMATION
The Services are offered subject to your acceptance of these Terms, our
Privacy Policy, and any additional terms and policies (including
operating rules, guidelines and procedures) that may apply depending on
your particular use of the Services. By using the Services or by
clicking on an acceptance box for these Terms, you are agreeing to be
bound by these Terms, our Privacy Policy, and all other applicable terms
and policies. If you do not agree with these Terms and policies, do not
use or access the Services or click on the acceptance box. If you will
be using the Services on behalf of a company or any other entity, you
agree to these Terms on behalf of that entity and you represent that you
have the authority to do so. In such case, “you” and “your” will refer
to that entity. Additionally, since the Services are available only to
individuals who are at least 18 years old, you represent and warrant
that you are at least 18 years old and take full responsibility for the
selection and use of the Services. These Terms are void where prohibited
by law, and the right to access the Services is revoked in such
jurisdictions.
2. REGISTRATION
In order to use certain features of the Services, you may be required to
register for a Services subscription. You warrant that any registration
information (such as name, contact information, or other information)
you submit to myeNovation is accurate, complete, and not misleading, and
you agree to keep such information up to date. Failure to do so
constitutes a breach of these Terms and may result in immediate
termination of your account. To the extent you are able to select a
“user name” you may not (i) select or use a name or identifier that is a
name of another person or entity with the intent to impersonate that
person or entity; (ii) select or use a name or identifier that creates
confusion in end user and others as to your own identity; (iii) use a
name or identifier that is subject to any rights of a person or entity
other than you without appropriate authorization; or (iv) use a name or
identifier that is offensive, vulgar, obscene, or unlawful. We reserve
the right, in our sole discretion, to cancel or refuse registration of
any name or identifier we believe violates these Terms, our policies, or
the law. You shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of
your password and other account information. Your login must only be
used by one person; a single login shared by multiple people is not
permitted. You are responsible for maintaining the security of your
myeNovation usernames and passwords. myeNovation is not liable for any
loss or damage from your failure to comply with this Section 2. We may
use your registration information and any technical information about
your use of the Services to tailor its presentations to you, facilitate
your movement through the Services, communicate separately with you or
publish the fact that you are a user of our services.
3. YOUR CONTENT
As between you and myeNovation, you retain ownership of the intellectual
property rights of the content you submit to us or the Services (“Your
Content”), except for the limited rights that enable us to perform the
Services. In short, what’s yours is yours, but we do need certain
permissions from you so that our processing, maintenance, storage,
technical reproduction, back-up, distribution, and related handling of
Your Content does not infringe applicable copyright and other laws.
Therefore, in order to perform the Services, you grant us a
non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable, and irrevocable
(for so long as Your Content is stored with us) license to use,
reproduce, and display Your Content as reasonably necessary to provide
you with the Services. You are responsible for maintaining, protecting,
and making backups of Your Content. To the maximum extent permitted by
applicable law, we will not be liable for the loss or corruption of Your
Content.
4. OUR CONTENT
Using the Services does not give you ownership of any intellectual
property rights in the Services. You agree that all myeNovation content
and materials delivered via the Services or otherwise made available by
myeNovation (collectively, “Our Content”) are protected by copyrights,
trademarks, service marks, patents, trade secrets, or other proprietary
rights and laws. Except as expressly authorized by myeNovation in
writing, you agree not to sell, license, rent, modify, distribute, copy,
reproduce, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adapt,
edit, or create derivative works of Our Content. Reproducing, copying,
or distributing any of Our Content or myeNovation design elements for
any other purpose is strictly prohibited without our express prior
written permission. Use of Our Content for any purpose not expressly
permitted in these Terms is prohibited. myeNovation reserves any rights
not expressly granted in these Terms.
5. USE OF THE SERVICES
You represent and warrant that (i) your use of the Services will comply
with all laws and regulations; (ii) Your Content will not infringe or
violate any third-party intellectual property rights or any laws or
regulations (including, without limitation, obscenity, defamation, and
privacy laws); (iii) if you use the Services on behalf of any third
party, you have all necessary authorizations; and (iv) your use of the
Services will not conflict with any obligations you have to any third
party. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to remove, modify,
prevent access to, or refuse to display Your Content that we believe
violates these Terms, our policies, or the law.
6. ACCOUNTS AND FEES
myeNovation offers a Free subscription that you may use to try out our
services. At any time, you may upgrade to any of myeNovation’s paid
subscriptions. If you are a paying user of the Services, you shall pay
myeNovation Service fees in accordance with this Section 6 and our
pricing policy located at www.myeNovation.com/pricing (“Fees”). You will
be billed for your first subscription term immediately upon upgrading to
a paid subscription. Subscriptions will automatically renew for a period
equal in length to the preceding subscription period. All Fees will be
invoiced in advance (on a monthly or annual basis depending upon the
subscription you purchase), and the credit card last used by you for an
myeNovation transaction will automatically be charged at the start of
each subscription period. All Fees are non-refundable—without
limitation, we shall provide no refunds or credits for partial use of
Service, for upgrades or downgrades, or for unused portions of
subscriptions. For any subscription upgrade, the credit card last used
by you for an myeNovation transaction will automatically be charged the
new Fee on your next billing cycle. We reserve the right to change the
Fees and to institute new charges and Fees at the end of each
subscription period. Unpaid Fees are subject to a finance charge of 1.5%
per month or the maximum permitted by law, whichever is lower, plus all
expenses of collection. You shall be responsible for all taxes, levies,
or duties associated with the Services other than taxes based on
myeNovation’s net income. All inquiries related to billing and credit
card charges should be made in writing to ATTN:B1-1510, C, Blue Ridge -
Paranjpe Schemes, Phase 1, Hinjewadi Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park,
Hinjawadi, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Maharashtra 41105 India.
7. CHANGES TO THE TERMS
We may amend these Terms from time to time by posting an amended version
in the Services and on our website. If you are a Free Account user, the
amended version will become effective immediately as of the amended
version’s Notice Date. If you are a new or returning user who registers
for services on or after the Notice Date, the amended version will be
effective immediately. If you are a current paying user of the Services,
these Terms will continue under their original provisions for your
original subscriptions, and the amended version will become effective at
the start of your next myeNovation subscription period (including any
new subscription or any automatically renewed subscription). Your use of
the Services after an amended version becomes effective will confirm
your acceptance and consent of that amended version. It is your
responsibility to check the Services or our website (regularly, if a
Free Account user, or prior to the start of your next myeNovation
subscription period, if any other user) for amended versions of these
Terms and to review any changes. These Terms may not be amended in any
other way except through a written agreement executed by both you and an
authorized representative of myeNovation. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
we may amend our Privacy Policy or all other auxiliary policies at any
time by posting amended versions on our website; the amended versions
will become effective immediately upon posting.
8. CHANGES TO SERVICES
myeNovation is constantly innovating and evolving the Services in order
to provide the best possible experience for our users. You acknowledge
and agree that the form and nature of the Services may change from time
to time without notice. Changes to the form and nature of the Services
may include, without limitation, the alteration or removal of a
functionality or aspect of the Services. You agree that we shall not be
liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or
discontinuance of any part of the Services. You also agree that we may
create limits on certain features and services or restrict your access
to parts of the Services without notice or liability. (For example, if
you use our Free subscription, you will not enjoy all of the benefits
provided to subscribers of paid subscription.)
9. ANTI-SPAM AND E-MAIL POLICY
myeNovation expressly forbids all SPAM (the term "SPAM" meaning the
sending of unsolicited e-mail to parties unknown to the sender). If you
are found to be using the Services for SPAM, your account will be
subject to immediate termination. The Services may only be used in
connection with e-mail lists for which recipients have voluntarily
registered. Using the Services to send e-mail to an address you obtain
without the consent of the addressee is a violation these Terms. You are
prohibited from importing e-mail addresses for persons who have not
affirmatively and clearly elected to receive your mailings. For clarity,
you will only send e-mail to persons who have willingly signed up to
receive your mailings. If we receive complaints about your activities
under this Section 9, your account may be subject to immediate
termination. You will not send e-mail under any company or organization
name other than your own company/organization, and you will not send
e-mail with fraudulent or misleading header or source information. You
are fully responsible for the contents of your messages and the
consequences of any such messages. We shall have no responsibility or
liability for messages or other content that is created by you. You
shall not send, post, distribute or disseminate any defamatory, obscene,
or otherwise unlawful messages, material, or information, including
another person's proprietary information (including trademarks, trade
secrets, or copyrighted information) without express authorization from
the rights holder. myeNovation will cooperate with legal authorities in
releasing names and IP addresses of users who are involved in SPAM or
illegal activities.
10. OTHER RESTRICTIONS
You shall not use any “deep-link,” “page-scrape,” “robot,” “spider,” or
other automatic device, program, algorithm, or methodology, or any
similar or equivalent manual process (i) to access, acquire, copy, or
monitor any portion of the Services or Our Content; (ii) to reproduce in
any way or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the
Services or Our Content; or (iii) to obtain or attempt to obtain any
materials, documents, or information through any means not purposely
made available through the Services. Additionally, you shall not use any
device, software, or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with
the proper working of the Services or any transaction being conducted on
the Services. We reserve the right to bar any such activity. You shall
not attempt to gain unauthorized access (i) to any portion or feature of
the Services, (ii) to any systems or networks connected to the Services,
(iii) to any myeNovation server, or (iv) to any of the services offered
on or through the Services, by hacking, password “mining”, or any other
illegitimate means. You shall not probe, scan, or test the vulnerability
of the Services or any network connected to the Services, nor breach the
security or authentication measures on the Services or any network
connected to the Services. You shall not reverse look-up, trace, or seek
to trace any information on any other user of or visitor to the Services
or any other customer of myeNovation, or exploit the Services or any
service or information made available or offered by or through the
Services. You shall not use the Services to perform DDoS attacks,
distribute computer viruses, or transmit any software or application
that contains features harmful to any network. You shall not take any
action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on
the infrastructure of the Services or myeNovation’s systems or networks,
or any systems or networks connected to the Services. In the event of
such actions, we reserve the right to implement measures to ensure the
quality and availability of the Services for all other myeNovation
users. You shall not forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers
in order to disguise the origin of any message or transmittal you send
to myeNovation or send while using the Services. You shall not, in
connection with the Services, pretend (e.g. through impersonation) that
you are any other individual or entity. You shall not remove any
identifying language such as "Powered by myeNovation " or other similar
message from the Services. Any modification of myeNovation's black top
navigation bar, via Custom CSS or other means, is strictly prohibited.
Such modifications include, without limitation, resizing, moving, or
removing the menu bar. You are prohibited from making changes to your
myeNovation Community in order to recycle the Community for a new or
different use. Such changes include, but are not limited to, changing
the Community name, changing the Community theme or focus, changing the
language, changing the URL, or deleting a substantial portion of
Community members in order to create a new Community. Any attempt to
recycle a Community is a violation of these Terms of Service;
myeNovation will determine such violations in its sole discretion. You
are prohibited from transmitting any sensitive personally identifiable
information through the Services, which may include, but not be limited
to, any information about you or another person that may relate to
health or medical conditions, social security numbers or national
identifiers, credit card, bank account or other financial information,
information concerning trade union membership, sex life, criminal
charges or convictions, religious beliefs, racial or ethnic origin, or
other sensitive matters. You shall not abuse or threaten to abuse
(verbally, physically, or in writing) any myeNovation customer,
employee, or agent. You are prohibited from posting submissions or using
the Services in such a way that damages the image or rights of
myeNovation, other myeNovation users, or third parties.
11. THIRD PARTY SITES
The Services may allow you to link to other websites or resources on the
Internet, and other websites or resources may contain links to the
myeNovation website and our Services. These other websites are not under
our control, and you acknowledge that myeNovation is not responsible or
liable for the content, functions, accuracy, legality, appropriateness
or any other aspect of these websites or resources. The inclusion of any
such link does not imply endorsement by myeNovation. You further
acknowledge and agree that we shall not be responsible or liable,
directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be
caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any content,
goods, information, or services available on or through any such website
or resource.
12. INDEMNIFICATION
You are responsible for all of your activity in connection with the
Services and shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless myeNovation and
each of its employees, contractors, directors, suppliers and
representatives from all liabilities, damages, losses, settlements,
claims, actions, demands, costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees,
that arise from or in connection with your (i) use or misuse of the
Services, (ii) use or misuse of the Services by a third party using your
account (whether or not authorized by you) (iii) access to any part of
myeNovation and the Services, (iv) Your Content, or (v) violation of
these Terms.
13. WARRANTY DISCLAIMER
THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY
KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR
NON-INFRINGEMENT. myeNovation MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (I) THE SERVICES
ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, (II) THE SERVICES WILL
BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE, OR (III) THE RESULTS OF
USING THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO
NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES. IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS,
THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMERS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU INSOFAR AS THEY RELATE TO
IMPLIED WARRANTIES.
14. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT SHALL myeNovation, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES,
AGENTS, VENDORS OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE UNDER CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT
LIABILITY, NEGLIGENCE OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY WITH RESPECT TO THE
SERVICES (OR ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICES):
(I) FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE, (III)
FOR ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE (REGARDLESS OF THE
SOURCE OF ORIGINATION), (IV) FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT
OR INFORMATION OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A
RESULT OF YOUR USE OF ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION POSTED, E-MAILED,
TRANSMITTED OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE AT OR THROUGH THE SERVICES, OR
(V) FOR ANY DIRECT DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF (IN THE AGGREGATE) US$500.00.
THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY
APPLICABLE LAW.
15. TERMINATION BY YOU
You are solely responsible for properly cancelling your subscription.
For clarity, amounts paid are non-refundable and if your account is
canceled in the middle of a subscription period, you forfeit all amounts
paid.
16. TERMINATION BY US
We may restrict, suspend, or terminate the Services to you (i) if you
fail to comply with these Terms or our policies (including without
limitation, failure to pay any fees owed by you in relation to the
Services) (ii) if you use the Services in a way that creates or could
create liability for us, (iii) if you interfere with other’s use of the
Services, (iv) if a law enforcement, judicial body, or other government
agency requests us to do so, or (v) if we need to investigate suspected
misconduct by you. Any such restriction, suspension, or termination
shall be made by us in our sole discretion, and we will not be
responsible to you or any third party for any damages that may result or
arise out of such restriction, suspension, or termination of your
account and/or access to the Services. In the event of an urgent matter,
we reserve the right to take immediate action without notice.
Additionally, unless you are a paying user not in default of payment, we
reserve the right to terminate and delete your account if you have not
accessed the Services for a period of 365 days or longer.
17. EFFECT OF TERMINATION
Upon termination by either you or myeNovation, (i) all of Your Content
will be immediately deleted from the Services, (ii) you will no longer
access (or attempt to access) the Services, (iii) all outstanding fees
owed to myeNovation will become immediately due and payable, and (iv) we
shall have no obligation to retain any of Your Content. You are solely
responsible for exporting Your Content from the Services prior to
termination of the Services. All provisions of these Terms that by their
nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including,
without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, and
limitations of liability.
18. EXPORT AND TRADE CONTROLS
You agree not to import, export, re-export, or transfer, directly or
indirectly, any part of the Services or any information provided on or
through the Services except in full compliance with all India, foreign
and other applicable laws and regulations.
19. ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS AND NOTICES
You hereby consent to receive electronic communications from us and
agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other
communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal
requirement that such communications be in writing. Electronic
communications may be in the form of e-mails sent by us to the e-mail
address associated with your account or communications posted by us on
the myeNovation website, your "My Account" page, or the Services you
utilize. All notices to myeNovation must be addressed in writing to:
B1-1510, C, Blue Ridge - Paranjpe Schemes, Phase 1, Hinjewadi Rajiv
Gandhi Infotech Park, Hinjawadi, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Maharashtra 41105
India.
20. RESOLVING DISPUTES
We want to ensure that you have an excellent experience with
myeNovation. If you have a problem or concern, we encourage you to first
contact support to try to resolve any issues. However, in the event of
formal proceedings, you and myeNovation agree that these Terms shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the India. The
written decision of the arbitrators shall be final and binding on the
parties and enforceable in any court. The arbitration proceeding shall
take place in Indian Court, using the language which is preferable at
court.
21. MISCELLANEOUS
The failure of either party to exercise or enforce any right contained
in these Terms, is not a waiver of either parties’ right to do so later.
myeNovation shall not be liable for any failure to perform its
obligations in these Terms where such failure results from any cause
beyond myeNovation’s reasonable control, including, without limitation,
mechanical, electronic or communications failure or degradation. If any
provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that
provision shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary
so that these Terms shall otherwise remain in full force and effect and
enforceable. These Terms are not assignable, transferable, or
sublicensable by you, except with our prior written consent. We may
transfer, assign, or delegate these Terms and their rights and
obligations without consent. Both parties agree that these Terms are the
complete and exclusive statement of the mutual understanding of the
parties and supersedes and cancels all previous written and oral
agreements, communications, and other understandings relating to the
subject matter of these Terms, and that all modifications must be in a
writing signed by both parties, except as otherwise provided herein. No
agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment is created as a result
of these Terms and you do not have any authority of any kind to bind
myeNovation in any respect whatsoever.