Terms
of Service
IMPORTANT - READ CAREFULLY: The MitzvahTools
service (the "Service") is owned
and operated by SHULTOOLS Inc.. ("SHULTOOLS"),
a California corporation, and is provided
to you ("You") under the terms
and conditions of these SHULTOOLS Terms
of Service ("Terms"), which
include SHULTOOLS's Privacy Policy and
Registration Form, available through the
hyperlinks set forth below and incorporated
herein by reference. BY COMPLETING THE
ELECTRONIC ACCEPTANCE PROCESS AND CLICKING
THE "SUBMIT" BUTTON, YOU REPRESENT
AND WARRANT THAT YOU: (i) ARE AUTHORIZED
TO SIGN FOR AND BIND THE CONTRACTING PARTY
AND (ii) AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT,
INCLUDING THE DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS
OF LIABILITY SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 9 AND
10 BELOW.
1. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE. The Service
provided by SHULTOOLS allows You to maintain
database records on B’nai Mitzvah
Students , and assign to these records
administrators and passwords as determined
and designated by You.
2. REGISTRATION. To use the Service, You
must submit a complete MitzvahTools registration
form, which is available at http://www.mitzvahtools.com
(the "Registration Form"), on
Your behalf. As part of the registration
process for the Service, You agree to:
(1) provide certain limited information
about You as prompted to do so by the
Service (such information to be current,
complete and accurate) and (2) maintain
and update this information as required
to keep it current, complete and accurate.
The information requested on original
signup shall be referred to as registration
data ("Registration Data").
If SHULTOOLS discovers that any of Your
Registration Data is inaccurate, incomplete
or not current, SHULTOOLS may terminate
Your right to access and receive the Service
immediately upon notice. SHULTOOLS will
evaluate the registration application
in good faith and will notify You in a
timely manner regarding acceptance or
rejection. SHULTOOLS may reject a registration
application if it determines, in its sole
discretion, that the user is not an appropriate
subscriber or user of the Service. SHULTOOLS
reserves the right to refuse the Service
to any user who has canceled any number
of previous Service accounts. SHULTOOLS
need not provide a reason for its rejection.
If SHULTOOLS rejects Your application,
then You may reapply and SHULTOOLS will
reconsider the application. You may not
register for this Service if You are under
18 years of age. By registering for this
Service You represent to SHULTOOLS, Inc.
that You are 18 years of age or older.
Upon acceptance of this agreement and
completion of the registration process
You will have opened an account with SHULTOOLS
and will become a subscriber to the MitzvahTools
Service.
3. SERVICES
(a) Description of Service. MitzvahTools
provides the registered user with a database
system for tracking B’nai Mitzvah
Studnent. This system is accessible from
any Web browser. SHULTOOLS makes the MitzvahTools
Service available under a number of different
subscription plans. Please confirm that
the plan for which You are registering
meets Your needs by reviewing the "product
information pages." To use the Service
you must maintain a connection with the
Internet and be using the most current
version of the web browsers Internet Explorer
or Netscape Navigator.
(b) Fees and Payments. You can always
find the current Subscription Fees and
charges posted under My Account on the
MitzvahTools Web site. Your subscription
will continue and renew automatically
unless terminated by SHULTOOLS or until
You notify SHULTOOLS of Your decision
to change Your subscription renewal. For
cancellation instructions, log in to your
account and click on the Billing Info
section of your My Account page. If there
are any annual, monthly or similar periodic
fees for Your subscription, these fees
will be billed automatically to the credit
card designated during the registration
process for MitzvahTools.com, or subsequently
designated to SHULTOOLS at the start of
the subscription period and at the start
of each renewal period, unless You terminate
Your subscription before the relevant
period begins. You agree to pay or have
paid all fees and charges incurred in
connection with Your subscription for
MitzvahTools.com (including any applicable
taxes) at the rates in effect when the
charges were incurred. All fees and charges
are nonrefundable. SHULTOOLS may change
the fees and charges then in effect, or
add new fees or charges, by giving You
notice in advance. All fees and charges
incurred in connection with Your user
name and password will be billed to the
credit card designated during the registration
process for MitzvahTools.com or subsequently
designated to SHULTOOLS. You also are
responsible for any fees or charges incurred
to access MitzvahTools.com through an
Internet access provider or other third
party service. YOU, AND NOT SHULTOOLS,
ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING ANY AMOUNTS
BILLED TO YOUR CREDIT CARD BY A THIRD
PARTY, WHICH WERE NOT AUTHORIZED BY YOU.
This Agreement is personal to You, and
You may not assign Your rights or obligations
to anyone.
(c) Credit Cards. As a condition to your
right to use the Service, You must provide
us with a valid credit card number belonging
to you with available credit sufficient
to pay the applicable Service Fees. In
the event that you cancel this credit
card or it is otherwise terminated, you
must immediately provide us with a new
valid credit card number. You authorize
SHULTOOLS, from time to time, to undertake
steps to determine whether the credit
card number you have provided to us is
a valid credit card number. In the event
that you do not provide us with a current
valid credit card number with sufficient
credit upon request during the effective
period of this Agreement, you will be
in violation of this Agreement, and we
may terminate this Agreement with You.
SHULTOOLS does not accept debit cards
for payment of Service Fees. In the event
that you provide us with a debit card
number instead of a credit card number,
you authorize us to make all charges described
in this Agreement to your debit card account.
(d) Trial Offers, Coupons, Credits and
Special Offers. SHULTOOLS reserves the
right to discontinue or modify coupons,
credits and special promotional offers
at our discretion. The Free Trial offer
associated with MitzvahTools entitles
new, registered subscribers to a one-time
free trial usage of the service. Free
Trial terms vary by promotional offer.
If You wish to terminate the trial and
do not wish to subscribe to a plan, you
may cancel at anytime. At the end of the
trial period You will be automatically
subscribed and we will bill your credit
card for the fees to the Service plan
You selected at registration or to a default
Service plan for trial subscribers selected
by SHULTOOLS. If You wish to terminate
the trial and do not wish to subscribe
to a plan, You must cancel before the
end of your trial period. For cancellation
instructions, log in to your account and
click on the Billing Info section of your
My Account page.
4. USER CONDUCT AND PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
(a) No Resale or Commercial Use of the
Service. Your right to use the Service
is personal to You. You may be either
an individual or a corporation or business
entity, but You agree not to resell
the use of the Service, any downloadable
plug-in or other materials or any information
obtained by You without the express
written consent of SHULTOOLS.
(b) Conduct. You are solely responsible
for the content of Your transmissions
through the Service. SHULTOOLS does,
however, reserve the right to take any
action with respect to the Service that
SHULTOOLS deems necessary or appropriate
in SHULTOOLS's sole discretion if SHULTOOLS
believes You or Your transmissions or
use of the Service may create liability
for SHULTOOLS. Your use of the Service
is subject to all applicable local,
state, national and international laws
and regulations (including without limitation
those governing account collection,
export control, consumer protection,
unfair competition, anti-discrimination
or false advertising). You agree: (1)
to comply with all United States laws,
rules and other regulations applicable
in connection with the Service; (2)
not to use the Service for illegal purposes;
(3) not to interfere or disrupt networks
connected to the Service; (4) not to
use the Service to infringe any third
party's copyright, patent, trademark,
trade secret or other proprietary rights
or rights of publicity or privacy; and
(5) not to transmit through the Service,
through Feedback or otherwise, any unlawful,
harassing, libelous, abusive, threatening,
harmful, vulgar, obscene or otherwise
objectionable material of any kind or
nature. You will not attempt to gain
unauthorized access to other computer
systems and You will not interfere with
another user's use and enjoyment of
the Service.
(c) Proprietary Rights. In accordance
with Your authorized use of the Service,
SHULTOOLS grants You a limited license
to use the Service solely in connection
with the Service offered by SHULTOOLS.
You acknowledge that the Service is
proprietary to SHULTOOLS and may be
protected by copyrights, trademarks,
product marks, patents or other proprietary
rights and laws; therefore, You are
only permitted to use this Service as
expressly authorized by the Service
and these Terms. Further, MitzvahTools,
SHULTOOLS and their logo, and other
names, logos, icons and marks identifying
SHULTOOLS's products and services are
trademarks of SHULTOOLS and may not
be used without the prior written permission
of SHULTOOLS. All other product names
mentioned are used for identification
purposes only and may be trademarks
of their respective holders. You may
not copy, reproduce, distribute or create
derivative works of this Service without
expressly being authorized to do so
by SHULTOOLS. Further, You may not reverse
engineer, decompile, alter, modify,
disassemble or otherwise attempt to
derive source code from the Service.
All rights not expressly granted in
these Terms are reserved to SHULTOOLS.
5. PRIVACY. SHULTOOLS will not sell
or rent Your personally identifiable
information to anyone unless You expressly
consent to disclosures of Your personal
identification and other personal information
to third parties. We may send personally
identifiable information about You to
third parties when: a) We have Your
consent to share the information or
b) We find that Your actions on our
Web site violate this Terms of Service
or c) We respond to subpoenas, court
orders or legal processes which require
us to disclose Registration Data or
any information about You to law enforcement
or other government officials as SHULTOOLS,
in its sole discretion, believes necessary
or appropriate. More information on
SHULTOOLS's current privacy policy for
MitzvahTools can be found at http://www.
MitzvahTools.com
6. MODIFICATIONS. SHULTOOLS may amend
these Terms at any time by (i) posting
a revised Terms of Service document
on http://www.MitzvahTools.com and/or
(ii) sending information regarding the
Terms amendment to the email address
You provide to SHULTOOLS. You are responsible
for regularly reviewing the http://www.MitzvahTools.com
site to obtain timely notice of such
amendments. You manifest intent to accept
these amended terms if You continue
to use Your membership account after
such amended terms have been posted
or information regarding such amendment
has been sent to You. Otherwise, these
Terms may not be amended except in writing
signed by both parties. Further, SHULTOOLS
reserves the right to modify or discontinue
the Service with or without notice to
You. SHULTOOLS shall not be liable to
You or any third party should SHULTOOLS
exercise its right to modify or discontinue
the Service.
7. PASSWORDS AND SECURITY. As part of
the registration process, You will use
Your email address as Your user name
and You will choose Your passwords for
access to this account and to Your designated
users. You agree to carefully safeguard
all of Your passwords. You are solely
responsible if You do not maintain the
confidentiality of passwords and account
information. Furthermore, You are solely
responsible for any and all activities
that occur under Your account. You agree
to immediately notify SHULTOOLS of any
unauthorized use of Your account or
any other breach of security known to
You, including if You believe that Your
password or account information has
been stolen or otherwise compromised.
8. TERMINATION. SHULTOOLS may immediately
terminate Your membership and right
to use the Service if (a) You breach
these Terms; (b) SHULTOOLS is unable
to verify or authenticate any information
You provide to SHULTOOLS; (c) such information
is inaccurate; or (d) SHULTOOLS decides,
in its sole discretion, to discontinue
offering the Service. SHULTOOLS shall
not be liable to You or any third party
for termination of the Service. You
may terminate Your Account and end Your
use of the Service at any time, for
any reason or for no reason. For cancellation
instructions, log in to your account
and click on the Billing Info section
of your My Account page. Upon termination
of Your account, You shall remain liable
for all fees incurred or accrued by
You and any fees you may have paid in
advance are nonrefundable. Upon expiration
or termination for any reason, You are
no longer authorized to use the Service
or Software. When this Agreement is
terminated and/or Your Account is canceled,
You will no longer have access to data
and other material You have stored on
the Site and that material may be deleted
by SHULTOOLS.
9. Maintenance and Updates. You understand
that SHULTOOLS may update the Software
at any time, but is under no obligation
to inform You of or furnish to You any
such updates. This Agreement does not
grant You any right, license or interest
in or to any support, maintenance, improvements,
modifications, enhancements or updates
to the Software or supporting documentation.
To the extent that SHULTOOLS supplies
any updates to You, such updates will
be deemed to be subject to the terms
of this Agreement unless SHULTOOLS indicates
otherwise. SHULTOOLS reserves the right
to charge fees for any future versions
of, or updates to, this Software.
10. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. YOU EXPRESSLY
AGREE THAT USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT
YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED
ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. SHULTOOLS
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF
ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
SHULTOOLS MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE
SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS
OR THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED,
TIMELY OR ERROR FREE, NOR DOES SHULTOOLS
MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS
THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF
THE SERVICE OR THE ACCURACY OF ANY OTHER
INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICE
OR THAT DEFECTS IN THE SERVICE WILL
BE CORRECTED. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE
THAT ANY MATERIAL AND/OR DATA DOWNLOADED
OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED (INCLUDING PLUG-INS)
THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS DONE
AT YOUR OWN RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE
SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO
YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA
THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF SUCH
MATERIAL AND/OR DATA. NO INFORMATION
OR ADVICE, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN,
OBTAINED BY YOU FROM SHULTOOLS OR THROUGH
THE SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY
NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN. SOME JURISDICTIONS
DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN
WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS
MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. IN NO EVENT
SHALL SHULTOOLS OR BE LIABLE FOR ANY
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES, RESULTING FROM THE USE OR THE
INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE, INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS
OF PROFITS, EVEN IF SHULTOOLS HAS BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
SHULTOOLS'S LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANY
THIRD PARTY IS LIMITED TO $50. SOME
JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION
OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO SOME OF
THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY
TO YOU.
12. INDEMNITY. You hereby agree, at
Your expense, to indemnify, defend and
hold SHULTOOLS harmless from and against
any loss, cost, damages, liability or
expense arising out of or relating to
(a) a third-party claim, action or allegation
of infringement based on information,
data, files or other content submitted
by You; (b) any fraud or manipulation,
or other breach of these Terms by You;
or (c) any third-party claim, action
or allegation brought against SHULTOOLS
arising out of or relating to a dispute
between its users over the terms and
conditions of a contract or related
to the purchase and sale of any services.
13. GENERAL TERMS. These Terms are governed
in all respects by the laws of the State
of California as such laws are applied.
Both parties submit to personal jurisdiction
in California and further agree that
any cause of action relating to these
Terms shall be brought in a court in
Santa Barbara County, California. If
any provision of this Agreement is held
to be invalid or unenforceable, such
provision shall be struck and the remaining
provisions shall be enforced. SHULTOOLS's
failure to act with respect to a breach
by You does not waive SHULTOOLS's right
to act with respect to subsequent or
similar breaches. You may not assign
or transfer this Agreement or any rights
hereunder, and any attempt to the contrary
is void. This Agreement shall inure
to the benefit of and be binding upon
each party's successors and assigns.
SHULTOOLS shall not be liable for any
delay or failure to perform resulting
directly or indirectly from any causes
beyond SHULTOOLS's reasonable control.
Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement,
any notice required or permitted to
be given under this Agreement shall
be delivered (i) by hand; (ii) by registered
or certified mail, postage prepaid and
return receipt requested to the address
provided by the other party, or to such
other address as a party may designate
by written notice in accordance with
this Section 12; (iii) by overnight
courier or (iv) by electronic mail with
confirming letter mailed under the conditions
described in (ii). Notice so given shall
be deemed effective when received, or
if not received by reason of fault of
addressee, when delivered. These Terms
constitute the complete and exclusive
understanding and agreement of the parties
relating to the subject matter hereof
and supersedes all prior understandings,
proposals, agreements, negotiations
and discussions between the parties,
whether written or oral.
You understand and agree that You are
solely responsible for periodically
reviewing the Terms of Service.