Terms and conditions / contract for the DM3 Directory Service
These terms and conditions are split into 4 sections, Visitor (B),
Client (C), Partner (D) and Common (E). Section (A) has definitions of (B), (C)
& (D) if you opt to read only a subset of the Contract. For example,
Visitors to the site should read at least (A)+(B)+(E) where as Clients should
read at least (A)+(C)+(E).
A) Interpretation
A1) A reference to English Law is a reference to it as
it is in force for the time being, taking account of any amendment, extension,
application or re-enactment and includes any subordinate legislation for the
time being in force made under it.
A2) Words in the singular include the plural and in
the plural include the singular.
A3) A reference to one gender includes a reference to
the other gender.
A4) Client: A company who wishes to list their company details with the intention
of generating interest in their company or services.
A5) Partner: The person or company who wishes to use the
System to generate an income from paying Clients who list their company or
service.
A6) DM3: DM Cubed LTD, the company who develops and owns the Site / System who’s registered office is 18 Gulistan Road, Royal
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV32 5LU, England, UK.
A7) Site: A directory service where Clients can pay to have
their company or service listed on www.londonssolicitors.co.uk;.
A8) System: A directory system where Partners can supply
their own domain name and use the DM3 code and servers to run a Site.
A9) Visitor: An individual (using the IP address 38.107.179.214) who uses the Site to find companies and services that is of interest
to himself or herself.
B) Visitor terms and conditions
B1) Privacy
No email addresses are stored
when feedback forms are used. We may record IP addresses and use cookies.
Stored data will not be sold or passed to 3rd parties. If you opt to
join one of our mailing lists it will be double opt-in (meaning only confirmed
addresses will be added) and removal information will be listed on every email
communication.
B2) Linked Sites and Listing
information to 3rd parties
Any links or listing information that directs the Visitor to independent
third-party web sites or companies is not under the control of DM3. DM3 is not responsible for and does not
endorse, the content of such companies or any information or services, which
they may contain or provide. The Visitors use of other sites or companies is
subject to the terms of use and privacy policies located on the 3rd
party sites.
C) Client terms and conditions
C1) Payments
and renewals
Payments will be required to
open an account on the Site. Refunds will be granted up to 7 days (168 hours)
after the initial payment. Refunds must be request via the back office manager
from the cancel menu. Accounts can be renewed at any time and the additional
purchased duration will be added to any remaining duration on your account.
Payments are in Pounds Sterling (£) (GBP).
C2) Content
Content added to
the site by the Client must confirm to the content clause defined in the common
section of these terms and conditions.
C3) Privacy
We have the following email
alerts, which you can opt out of from the back office manager.
a) Quarterly reports
b) Offers and news
c) Updates from DM3
Email alerts regarding
payments, billing and critical announcements cannot be opted out without
exercising the termination clause.
We will also store in our
database information, which you enter into the Site and System. This
information will not be shared or sold to 3rd parties. Upon termination
all information is deleted.
C4) Uptime
and backup
DM3 will host the
System, databases and source code. DM3 does not provide a guarantee of the up
time of this service. The System is backed up on a regular basis. In the event
of a fatal server failure the backup will be used to recover the System. DM3
will attempt to restore the System as soon as possible but makes no guarantee
that data can be recovered.
D) Partner Terms and
Conditions
D1) Data and
domain ownership
DM3 owns the source code and database structure. DM3 grants paid and active
Partners to use the System. The Partner never owns the rights to the source
code, databases, or any other material stored on the DM3’s servers.
The Partner is
responsible to purchase and renew a domain name, which is used with the System.
The Partner is the legal owner of the domain name.
D2) Backup and
recovery
The System is backed up on a regular basis. In the event of a fatal server
failure the backup will be used to recover the System. DM3 will attempt to restore
the System as soon as possible but makes no guarantee that data can be
recovered.
D3) Hosting
DM3 will host the System, databases and source code. DM3 does not provide a
guarantee of the up time of this service.
D4) Domain
selling
If the Partner sells the domain they own to a 3rd party the Partner must inform
DM3 in writing to formally end the contract in accordance with the termination
clause. The 3rd party may continue to use the System if they agree to the terms
and conditions. Failure to inform DM3 of such a change may result in
termination of the Partner’s existing System.
D5) Adverts and
links
The Partner has the option to place adverts or links on the System. These must
not contain links or show content that is outlined in the content clause.
D6) Payments
The one time only
set-up fee is £500 and must be paid in advance. Upon payment DM3 will create
your System. Payments are in Pounds
Sterling (£) (GBP). The System will be completed and made live within 30 days
of payment.
D7) Custom pages
The Partner may
request custom pages to be developed for their System. The cost of these pages
can be discussed with DM3. DM3 does not have to add unpaid feature requests
from the Partner to the System.
D8) Updates and
features
DM3 may update or
add new features to the System at any time with out prior warning.
D9) Privacy
DM3 must remain
in contact with the Partner and contact information may only be deleted by the
termination clause.
D10) Commission
payments
DM3 will handle
all e-commerce transactions. At the end of each financial quarter the Partner
will be paid 75% of the total revenue generated via the System. DM3 will
recover any charge backs, reversed payments or refunds from the Partner’s
balance. Payments will be made within 30 days of the end of each quarter via
PayPal. DM3 financial quarters are defined as JAN/FEB/MAR APR/MAY/JUN
JUL/AUG/SEP OCT/NOV/DEC. Payments are in Pounds
Sterling (£) (GBP).
E) Common terms
and conditions.
E1) Application of terms
These Terms and Conditions of use apply to the Site and all Contracts
made between the Client and the Company.
The formation, existence, construction, performance, validity and all
aspects of the Contract shall be governed by English law and the parties submit
to the exclusive jurisdiction of English Law, and agree to abide by any
decision made by the English Courts in relation to any dispute, which may
arise.
E2) Acceptance and delivery
A Client’s / Partner’s
payment represents an offer to DM3 to purchase the service. This offer is accepted by DM3 as set out
below.
Unless otherwise agreed in
writing by DM3, delivery of The Service shall occur following Payment.
Delivery of the service will
be made by way of e-mail from DM3 to the Client / Partner with username and
password information. Delivery is assumed as soon as the e-mail has left the
DM3 servers. The Client / Partner is responsible for ensuring e-mails from DM3
are not blocked by spam filters.
E3) Content
Any content that the Client /
Partner displays on the Site must confirm to the following conditions
a) Content must be accurate and truthful.
b) Content may not include inappropriate material, this includes (but shall not be
limited to), adult, pornography, nudity, hateful, harmful, racist, terrorist or
illegal material.
c) Content must remain up to date.
Failure to comply
with any of the above will result in termination as defined by the termination
clause.
E4)
Limitation of liability
The following provisions set
out the entire financial liability of the Company (including any liability for
the acts or omissions of its employees, agents and sub-contractors) to the
Client / Visitor / Partner in respect of.
(a) any breach of these
conditions;
(b) any use of the site;
(c) any representation,
statement or tortious act or omission including negligence arising under or in
connection with the Contract.
All warranties, conditions and other terms implied by statute or common
law (save for the conditions implied by section 12 of the Sale of Goods Act
1979) are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded from the Contract.
Nothing in these conditions
excludes or limits the liability of the Company:
(a) for death or personal
injury caused by the Company's negligence; or
(b) under section 2(3),
Consumer Protection Act 1987; or
(c) for any matter which it
would be illegal for the Company to exclude or attempt to exclude its
liability; or
(d) for fraud or fraudulent
misrepresentation.
(a) the Company's total
liability in contract, tort (including negligence or breach of statutory duty),
misrepresentation, restitution or otherwise, arising in connection with the
performance or contemplated performance of the Contract shall be limited to the
Contract price; and
(b) the Company shall not be
liable to the Visitor / Client / Partner for any pure economic loss, loss of
profit, loss of business, loss of data, depletion of goodwill or otherwise, in
each case whether direct, indirect or consequential, or any claims for
consequential compensation whatsoever (howsoever caused) which arise out of or in
connection with the Contract.
E5) Force Majeure
DM3 reserves the right to
defer the Site / System or to cancel the Contract if it is prevented from or
delayed in the carrying on of its business due to circumstances beyond the
reasonable control of DM3 including, without limitation, acts of God,
governmental actions, war or national emergency, acts of terrorism, protests,
riot, civil commotion, fire, explosion, flood, epidemic, lock-outs, strikes or
other labour disputes (whether or not relating to either party's workforce), or
restraints or delays affecting carriers or inability or delay in obtaining
supplies of adequate or suitable materials, provided that, if the event in
question continues for a continuous period in excess of thirty (30) days, the Client
/ Partner shall be entitled to give notice by e-mail to the Company to
terminate the Contract.
E6)
Communications
All communications between
the parties about the Contract shall be by e-mail
(a) (in case of
communications to DM3) to david@dmcubed.com ; or
(b) (in the case of the
communications to the Client / Partner) to the email address advised to DM3 on
the original order given as the username.
E7)
Termination
Either party may
terminate the contract with no less than 60 days notice.
Partial refunds will not be
granted to Clients on termination. Unpaid balances will not be paid to Partners
on termination. Any Visitor / Client / Partner who is in breach of the terms
and conditions may have their contract
terminated with immediate effect. Upon termination all data stored on the DM3
servers relating to the Client / Partner will be deleted unless termination is
due to a Partner selling their domain name to a 3rd party, in this
case the data will be held for 30 days until the new owner of the domain agrees
to the terms and conditions.
E8) General
Each right or remedy of DM3
under the Contract is without prejudice to any other right or remedy of DM3
whether under the Contract or not.
If any provision of the
Contract is found by any court, tribunal or administrative body of competent
jurisdiction to be wholly or partly illegal, invalid, void, voidable,
unenforceable or unreasonable it shall to the extent of such illegality,
invalidity, voidness, voidability, unenforceability or unreasonableness be deemed
severable and the remaining provisions of the Contract and the remainder of
such provision shall continue in full force and effect.
Failure or delay by DM3 in
enforcing or partially enforcing any provision of the Contract shall not be
construed as a waiver of any of its rights under the Contract.
Any waiver by DM3 of any
breach of, or any default under, any provision of the Contract by the Partner /
Client / Visitor shall not be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach or
default and shall in no way affect the other terms of the Contract.
The
parties to the Contract do not intend that any term of the Contract shall be
enforceable by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 by
any person that is not a party to it.
E9) The
Site’s / System’s design
All Content including but not
limited to the design, structure, selection, coordination, expression, 'look
and feel' and arrangement of the Content, contained on the Site / System is
owned or controlled by the DM3 and to the extent permitted by English Law and
the laws of any other applicable jurisdiction, is protected by copyright,
patent and trademark laws.
Except
as expressly provided in these Terms and Conditions of Use, no part of the Site
or Content may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly
displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted or distributed in any way
(including mirroring) to any other computer, server, web site, or other medium
for publication or distribution or for any commercial enterprise, without the
express written consent of DM3.