黑料门

Terms and Conditions — 黑料门 Expert Partnership Program

黑料门 Inc.鈥檚 (鈥�黑料门鈥� “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”) Expert Partnership Program enables 黑料门 customers (each a “Customer”) to connect with a network of professionals (each, an “Expert” “you” or “your”) who provide assistance with 黑料门鈥檚 products and services. These Terms and Conditions (these “Terms”) govern your relationship with 黑料门 as a member of the Expert Partnership Program. For the purposes of these Terms, the “Services” means all services provided by an Expert to a Customer including but not limited to setup, customization and design services.聽

1. Registration. To be eligible to register for the Expert Partnership Program, you must be an 黑料门 Partner and be duly registered under one of 黑料门鈥檚 Partnership Programs. To join the 黑料门 Partnership Program, please click here. Partners may apply to the 黑料门 Expert Program provided such Partners meet 黑料门鈥檚 Expert Partnership Program criteria.聽 Acceptance of such Partner as an Expert is subject entirely to 黑料门鈥檚 discretion.
2. Relationship. The relationship between a Customer and an Expert is strictly between that Customer and the Expert. 黑料门 shall not be liable for (i) any and all materials, information, data or content provided by a Customer to the Expert; (ii) Expert鈥檚 failure to deliver the Services to Customer; or (iii) any breach of terms agreed to between Expert and Customer. 黑料门 shall not be required to intervene in any dispute arising between a Customer and the Expert.
   1. Fees. Fees for the Services provided to any Customer shall be set independently by the Expert and the invoicing and payment transaction with respect to the Services will be solely between the Customer and the Expert.
   2. Status. The Expert shall not be considered an agent, partner, joint venturer or employee of 黑料门. Accordingly, the Expert has no authority to conclude any agreement, or incur any liability, on behalf of 黑料门. The Expert will not be entitled to participate in any of 黑料门鈥檚 group insurance plans, retirement plans, bonus plans or incentive pay plans, vacation, holidays, leaves of absence or other benefits provided by 黑料门 to any of its employees.聽Expert acknowledges and agrees that it shall be responsible for filing all tax returns, tax declarations, tax schedules, and for the payment of all taxes required when due with respect to any and all compensation derived from the Services provided to any Customer.
   3. Taxes. Expert is responsible for all applicable taxes arising from payment of the Expert鈥檚 fees by the Customer to the Expert. If, as a consequence of the Expert being treated for tax or other purposes as an employee of 黑料门 by any taxing or other government agency or authority, 黑料门 is required to pay any tax, duty, assessment, charge, interest, penalty or otherwise in connection with the Services provided by the Expert to any Customer, Expert agrees to indemnify 黑料门 against any amount so paid by 黑料门 together with interest thereon from the date payment was made by to the date of reimbursement by the Contractor at a rate equal to ten percent (10%).

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3. Representations.
   1. The Expert represents and warrants that it shall not (i) decipher, disassemble, reverse assemble, modify, reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to derive source code, algorithms, tags, specifications, architecture, structure or other elements of 黑料门鈥檚 products or services, in whole or in part, for competitive purposes or otherwise and/or (ii) engage in any criminal or tortious activity including but not limited to impersonation and fraud.
   2. Each party represents that it has the requisite corporate authority to enter into these Terms and to grant the rights granted herein, and that there are no outstanding rights, agreements, grants, encumbrances, obligations or restrictions that would prevent such party from performing under these Terms.
   3. Each party represents that it will comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations in the performance of its obligations hereunder.

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4. Limitation of Liability; Disclaimer.
   1. Limitation of Liability. NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER FOR: (A) ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER BASED ON BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, WHETHER OR NOT THAT PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. IN NO EVENT SHALL ECWID BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OF YOUR AFFILIATES FOR ANY DAMAGES TO YOUR COMPUTERS, HARDWARE, TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT, OR OTHER PROPERTY AND/OR FOR LOSS OF DATA, CONTENT, IMAGES, REVENUE, PROFITS, USE OR OTHER ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE, ARISING OUT OF, OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THESE TERMS. ECWID SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER BASED ON BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, WHETHER OR NOT ECWID HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE, THAT RESULT FROM OR RELATE TO THE EXPERT鈥橲 RELATIONSHIP WITH ANY CUSTOMER.
      
   2. THE PRECEDING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW REGARDLESS OF THE LEGAL THEORY ON WHICH THE CLAIM IS BASED, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE.
   3. ECWID MAKES NO WARRANTIES UNDER THESE TERMS, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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5. Indemnity. Expert shall indemnify and hold harmless, and at 黑料门鈥檚 option defend, 黑料门 and its respective officers, directors, employees, agents, contractors, successors and assigns from and against any and all claims, losses, damages, judgments, costs and expenses, including attorneys鈥� fees (any of the above being a “Claim”), incurred directly or indirectly by 黑料门, or its respective officers, directors, employees, agents, contractors, successors and assigns arising out of or relating to (i) the Expert鈥檚 violation of the terms of this Agreement; (ii) Expert鈥檚 violation of any federal, or provincial or state law, regulation, statute or ordinance; (iii) any Claim by a Customer or other person related to the Services; (iv) any Claim that the Services infringe the Intellectual Property Rights of any person; or (v) Expert鈥檚 modification, alteration or change of 黑料门鈥檚 products or services without 黑料门鈥檚 prior written consent.
6. Intellectual Property.
   1. 黑料门 Intellectual Property. You acknowledge that 黑料门 retains all right, title and interest in and to all software (including source code and object code), materials, formats, interfaces, information, data, content and other 黑料门 proprietary information and technology used by 黑料门 in the provision of its products and services (the “黑料门 Technology”), and that the 黑料门 Technology is protected by intellectual property rights owned by or licensed to 黑料门.聽 Subject to 黑料门鈥檚 Terms of Service, no license or other rights in the 黑料门 Technology are granted to you and all such rights are hereby expressly reserved by 黑料门.
   2. Feedback. You agree that any materials that you provide to 黑料门, including but not limited to questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, plans, notes, drawings, modifications, improvements, original or creative materials or other information regarding 黑料门 or the Products, whether such materials are provided in email, feedback forms, or any other format (the “Feedback”), shall belong exclusively to 黑料门, without any requirement to acknowledge or compensate you. You agree to assign, and hereby assign, all right, title, and interest worldwide in the Feedback and the related intellectual property rights to 黑料门 and agree to assist 黑料门, at 黑料门鈥檚 expense, in perfecting and enforcing such rights. 黑料门 may disclose or use Feedback for any purposes whatsoever without any obligation to you.
   3. Expert Information. You hereby grant 黑料门 the right to publish, make public or otherwise use all information submitted by you to 黑料门 through the 黑料门 Expert Program Request Page for the sole purpose of identifying you as an 黑料门 Expert. Such information shall include but not be limited to your name, logo, and all other intellectual property submitted by you to 黑料门.

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7. Termination. At 黑料门鈥檚 sole discretion, at any time and for any reason whatsoever, 黑料门 may remove you from its Expert Partnership Program, effective immediately upon notice to such Expert.聽 黑料门 will immediately cease using the Expert Information following such removal.聽 Within 180 days following removal, 黑料门 undertakes to delete from its servers all of your personal information. Further, following such removal, the Expert agrees to immediately cease referring to itself as an 黑料门 Expert in any and all publications, press releases, stories, websites, social media posts, and public filings.
8. General Provisions.
   1. Privacy Policy. You agree that you have read 黑料门鈥檚 privacy policy and understand that your personal data will be handled in accordance with this privacy policy, which is available at: /privacy-policy. 黑料门 reserves the right to revise the privacy policy from time to time.聽聽
   2. Assignment. Neither party may assign any rights or obligations arising under these Terms, whether by operation or law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the other; except that either party may assign its right or obligations hereunder without consent of the other party in connection with a merger, acquisition, corporate reorganization, or sale of all or substantially all of its assets.聽 Subject to the foregoing limitation, these Terms shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the successors and assignees of the parties.聽
   3. Governing Law and Venue. These terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws.聽 Any action or proceeding arising from or relating to these Terms must be brought in a federal or state court sitting in New York City, New York, and each party irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction and venue of any such court in any such action or proceeding.聽 If a dispute arising under these Terms results in litigation, the non-prevailing party shall pay the court costs and reasonable attorneys鈥� fees of the prevailing party.聽
   4. Electronic Signatures. The person acknowledging acceptance (including an action of similar meaning or significance) of these Terms represents and warrants to 黑料门 that he or she has all required power and authority to bind you to these Terms.聽 Such signatory also agrees that the electronic signatures provided online will be binding upon the signatory and will not be construed by a court of law to have any less effect than a standard ink or paper signature. You further acknowledge that you (i) are able to print a complete and legible copy of these Terms; (ii) are capable of opening, reading, printing, downloading and/or saving these Terms prior to your acceptance; and (iii) have had reasonable opportunity to consult with appropriate professionals prior to electronically signing any of these Terms, as applicable.
   5. Notices. Any notice or other communication required or permitted under these Terms and intended to have legal effect must be given in writing to the other party at the address set forth above (each party may change its address from time to time upon written notice to the other party of the new address).聽 Notices will be deemed to have been given upon receipt (or when delivery is refused) and may be (a) delivered personally, (b) sent via certified mail (return receipt requested), or (c) sent by recognized air courier service.聽
   6. Publicity and Marketing. You agree that 黑料门 may, without your consent, use your name and logo on 黑料门鈥檚 website and in 黑料门 marketing material.
   7. Entire Agreement. These Terms, either the 黑料门 WebPartner Agreement and the 黑料门 Reseller Partner Agreement, as applicable, and the documents referred to herein represent the entire understanding and agreement of the parties, and supersede any and all previous and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, proposals or representations, written or oral, between the parties, as to the subject matter hereof.聽
   8. Amendment. 黑料门 reserves the right, at any time, to amend these Terms and in connection with doing so, will update the “last modified” date at the top of this page. Your continued provision of the Services after the effective date of any such changes will constitute your acceptance of and agreement to such changes.
   9. Severability and Waiver. In the event that any provision of these Terms are held to be invalid or unenforceable, the valid or enforceable portion thereof and the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in full force and effect.聽 Any waiver or failure to enforce any provision of these Terms on one occasion will not be deemed a waiver of any other provision or of such provision on any other occasion.聽 Other than as expressly stated herein, the remedies provided herein are in addition to, and not exclusive of any other remedies of a party at law or in equity.聽
   10. Defined Terms. Any capitalized term used in these Terms but not otherwise defined shall have the meaning ascribed to it either the 黑料门 WebPartner Agreement and the 黑料门 Reseller Partner Agreement, as applicable.