| 1. ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND ACCEPTANCE. PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING
TERMS OF AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. BY COMPLETING THE REGISTRATION
PROCESS AND CLICKING ON "SUBMIT", YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO
ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE TERMS OF
AGREEMENT, INCLUDING ALL WARRANTIES AND PROMISES BY MEMBER.
MEMBER HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES AND WARRANTS THAT MEMBER IS 18
YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.
2. SERVICE PROVIDED. MDM is providing the basic Services
through the Site without charge for Member's use. Said Services
include Member's right, after registration and in full compliance
with the Terms of Agreement, to use or create surveys and
to distribute the surveys via email, Web intercept, Web
site link or other technologies to potential survey respondents.
Members may also purchase access to additional Services
on a subscription basis. In exchange for use of the Services
and the Site, Member acknowledges Member's obligations as
set forth in the Terms of Agreement and agrees to use the
Services and the Site in compliance with the Terms of Agreement.
3. MODIFICATION TO SERVICES PROVIDED; TERMS OF AGREEMENT.
Member acknowledges and agrees that MDM may, with or without
notice, modify, delete, or amend the Services and/or Site
provided hereunder. Further, Member acknowledges and agrees
that MDM may further modify, delete or amend the Terms
of Agreement from time to time, including charging a fee
or fees for some services. In either event, MDM will notify
Member of any modification in fees by email. If Member does
not accept the modification, deletion or amendment, Member
must terminate Member's membership at that time. Any and
all use of the Site or the Services by Member after the
notice is posted shall be deemed to be acceptance of the
modification, deletion or amendment (as well as all other
terms and conditions) to the Services, Site or Terms of
Agreement.
4. PAYMENT TERMS. Member agrees to pay all charges to Member's
account, including any applicable taxes, at the rates in
effect when the charges are incurred. MDM may change the
fees and charges then in effect, or add new fees or charges,
by giving Members notice in advance, when the change affects
the Member. Member must provide MDM with valid credit card
information, and must promptly inform MDM of any changes
in credit card validity or expiration date. MDM will keep
Member's credit card information confidential, and ensure
that credit card processing takes place in a secure environment.
MDM will automatically renew and charge Member's account
every month for monthly subscriptions. The renewal charge
will be equal to the original subscription price, unless
MDM notifies Member otherwise in advance. This charge will
occur even if no surveys have been collected during the
monthly period. If the number of responses exceeds 500 during
any monthly period, the Member will be automatically billed
$.10 for each additional response. It is the responsibility
of the Member to track the number of completed responses.
Member may cancel his or her subscription at any time by
sending an email to customer service requesting cancellation.
Upon receipt of such notification, MDM will immediately
terminate Member's access to the Services. No refunds of
subscription fees will be given, nor will refunds be given
for responses in excess of 500. If payment cannot be charged
to Member's credit card, MDM reserves the right to suspend
or terminate Member's account and access to the Services.
MDM reserves the right to terminate Member's subscription
at any time.
5. REGISTRATION & PASSWORD. Member shall provide current,
complete, accurate information in the registration section
of the Site. Member shall further update and keep such information
current as needed. Member shall provide a password in order
to access the Services and Member's account. Member is solely
responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of Member's
password and account information. Member shall immediately
notify MDM of any unauthorized account activity, or any
unauthorized use of Member's email list(s) or any other
breach of security known to Member.
6. PRIVACY. MDM is committed to its policy of protecting
the privacy and confidential information of the Members
and Panelists. For more information on MDM' Privacy Policy
visit Privacy.
7. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. MEMBER EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGES
AND AGREES THAT USE OF THE SERVICE AND THE SITE IS AT MEMBER'S
SOLE RISK. THE SERVICE AND THE SITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS
IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, MDM EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS
ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE CONTENTS OF THE SERVICES OR THE SITE
MAY CONTAIN BUGS, ERRORS, PROBLEMS OR OTHER LIMITATIONS.
MDM ASSUMES NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ERRORS
OR OMISSIONS IN CONTENT.
MDM IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENTS OF ANY SURVEY
OR INVITATIONS TO TAKE SURVEYS OR INVITATIONS TO VIEW SURVEY
RESULTS CREATED ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICE OR IS IT RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE RESPONSES SUBMITTED TO ANY SURVEY REQUESTS OR FOR
THE RESULTS GENERATED BY SURVEY RESPONSES. MDM DOES NOT
WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE RELIABILITY
OR ACCURACY OF THE REGISTRATION INFORMATION SUPPLIED TO
MDM. MDM DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS
REGARDING THE USE OR THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE USE OF ANY
SURVEY, SURVEY RESPONSES OR SURVEY RESULTS NOR DOES MDM
WARRANT THE CORRECTNESS, USEFULNESS, RELIABILITY, ACCURACY
OR OTHERWISE OF ANY SURVEY, SURVEY RESPONSES OR SURVEY RESULTS.
MDM IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT
LIMITATION, LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION OR OTHER
LOSS RESULTING FROM USE OF OR RELIANCE IN ANY WAY ON ANY
SURVEY, SURVEY RESPONSES OR SURVEY RESULTS CREATED ON OR
THROUGH THE SERVICE OR THE SITE. IT IS SOLELY MEMBER'S RESPONSIBILITY
TO EVALUATE THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS AND
USEFULNESS OF ANY SURVEYS, SURVEY RESPONSES, SURVEY RESULTS
OR OTHER INFORMATION RECEIVED WHILE USING THE SERVICE OR
SITE.
MDM MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICE OR SITE WILL MEET
MEMBER'S REQUIREMENTS OR THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED,
TIMELY, SECURE, VIRUS-FREE, ERROR-FREE, ACCURATE OR RELIABLE;
NOR DOES MDM MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO ANY INFORMATION THAT
MAY BE OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICE OR SITE OR THAT DEFECTS
IN THE SOFTWARE FOR THE SERVICE WILL BE CORRECTED OR THAT
THE SITE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
MEMBER UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT ANY MATERIAL AND/OR
DATA DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH USE OF THE
SERVICE OR SITE IS DONE AT MEMBER'S OWN DISCRETION AND RISK
AND THAT MEMBER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE
TO MEMBER'S COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS
FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF SUCH MATERIAL OR DATA.
MDM MAKES NO WARRANTY REGARDNG ANY GOODS OR SERVICES PURCHASED
OR OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICE OR SITE OR ANY TRANSACTIONS
ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR BASED UPON THE SERVICE OR THE SITE.
NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED
BY MEMBER FROM THE SERVICE OR SITE OR THROUGH THE SERVICE
OR SITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN.
8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE
PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, NEITHER MDM, EMPLOYEES, OR
CONSULTANTS SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL,
INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT
OF MEMBER'S ACCESS TO, USE OF, INABILITY TO USE, OR RELIANCE
ON THE SERVICE OR ANY SURVEYS, SURVEY RESPONSES OR SURVEY
RESULTS, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
IF MEMBER IS DISSATISFIED WITH THE SERVICE, THE MATERIALS
AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICE OR THE SITE, OR WITH
ANY OF THE TERMS OF AGREEMENT, MEMBER'S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE
REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SERVICE AND LEAVE THE
SITE IMMEDIATELY.
9. NO SPAMMING. Member acknowledges and agrees that MDM
is serving as "survey host" and is not the sender or originator
of any survey. From time to time, MDM may solicit feedback
on services provided by the site. Member warrants and promises
that Member either has an ongoing business or personal relationship
with or has obtained consents to send emails inviting participation
in a survey to the persons on the Member's own email list
or such lists purchased from a third party. Member further
warrants that Member's use of the Site or Service will not
violate any spamming, junk mail or other related laws or
regulations prohibiting or discouraging unsolicited mail.
When you enter email information for your survey recipients,
that information remains untouched and private in your personal
locker. Your password protects that information. MDM never
discloses that information and if it ever wanted to, MDM
would get express approval from you first. However, if you
have breached the Terms of Agreement, MDM will report such
conduct to the appropriate authorities and turn over any
and all information, including personally identifying information,
to appropriate persons or entities.
10. OTHER PROHIBITED USES. Member agrees not to transmit
through the Service or the Site any pornographic, obscene,
offensive, threatening, harassing, libelous, hate-oriented,
harmful, defamatory, racist, illegal or otherwise objectionable
material or content. Member shall not send any transmission
that attempts to hide Member's identity or represents Member
as someone else. Any attempt by Member to transmit, publish
or distribute material or content that promotes, provides
or relates to instructional information about illegal activities
or promotes physical harm or injury against any individual
or group is strictly forbidden. Member specifically agrees
not to use the Service or the Site to send any materials,
including surveys and requests to take surveys, to any persons
under 18 years of age unless and until the member has taken
and follows all necessary action and compliance pursuant
to state and federal laws. Member agrees not to upload or
distribute in any way any files that contain viruses, corrupted
files or any similar software or programs that may damage
the operation of anyone else's computer, the Service or
the Site. Member agrees not to interfere or disrupt networks
connected to the Service and the Site. Any attempt by Member
to gain unauthorized access to any computer system, including
accounts, lockers or databases maintained by and for MDM,
is strictly forbidden. Member agrees to comply with all
applicable laws relating to such conduct. Member agrees
to comply with all laws, rules and regulations regarding
transmission of technical data exported from the United
States. If Member engages in any activity set forth in this
paragraph or violates any terms or conditions of the Terms
of Agreement, Member's account will be terminated and use
of the Service and Site prohibited. MDM will report such
conduct to the appropriate authorities and turn over any
and all information, regarding such activity to appropriate
persons or entities.
11a. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS. No one may copy, reproduce, distribute
in any way, or decompile, reverse engineer or disassemble
the content. Member is permitted the limited license to
use the content of the Service and the Site as authorized
herein to create surveys and view survey responses and survey
results for Member's personal use as an end product only,
and Member must at all times maintain MDM' copyright symbol
on the product in any form or medium. Modification or use
of the content in any other way is a violation of copyright
and other proprietary laws. No one may copy, reproduce,
transmit, post, distribute or create derivative works from
this Site without prior express authorization.
11b. NO MISAPPROPRIATION OR MISUSE OF NAMES, MARKS, OTHER
PROPRIETARY MATERIAL. Member agrees not to use, misuse or
misappropriate any brand names, trademarks, service marks,
patents, images, text or other proprietary material or content
of another on or through the Service or the Site. If Member
uses any such proprietary material or content, by doing
so, Member warrants that Member has the right and authority
to do so.
11c. DATABASE AND STORAGE OF SURVEYS, RESPONSES AND RELATED
SURVEY DATA.
MDM may from time to time publish notices regarding the
maximum allowable memory space, number of survey respondents,
number of surveys or number of survey questions that may
be created, saved, sent or used through the Site.
12. LINKS AND ADVERTISERS. MDM may provide advertising
space and/or links and pointers to Internet sites maintained
by third parties. MDM has not reviewed all of the third
party sites nor reviewed any products or services they may
provide. MDM is not responsible for nor does it endorse
the contents or any products or services of such third parties
or their sites. MDM DOES NOT CONTROL IN ANY RESPECT ANY
INFORMATION, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OFFERED OR SUGGESTED BY
THIRD PARTIES ON THE SITE. MDM DOES NOT ENDORSE OR OTHERWISE
WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES THAT ARE EITHER
ADVERTISED ON THE SITE OR CONNECTED BY LINK.
13. TERMINATION. These terms of Agreement may be terminated
by either party hereto at any time. MDM shall not be liable
to Member or any third party in any manner for termination
of the Service. In the event Member should become dissatisfied
with the Terms of Agreement or any modifications thereof,
or with the Service or the Site, Member's only recourse
is to discontinue use of the Service, terminate the membership
and give notice of these actions. Upon termination, Member's
right to use the Service and the Site cease immediately
and MDM shall have no obligation whatsoever to forward
any surveys, survey responses or survey results to Member.
14. INDEMNIFICATION. Member agrees to defend, indemnify
and hold harmless MDM, affiliates, employees, and consultants
for any and all claims and demands, including attorney's
fees, due to or arising from Member's use of the Service,
surveys, survey responses, survey results and any other
conduct related in any way to the Service or the Site, including
but not limited to breaching any warranty or provision contained
in these Terms of Agreement.
15. JURISDICTION. The Terms of Agreement and the relationship
between Member and MDM shall be treated as if entered into
and executed in the State of Texas and shall be governed
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Texas, without regard to conflict of law principles. Member
agrees to submit to personal and exclusive jurisdiction
and venue of the courts in the counties of Dallas, Texas,
USA. MDM makes no representation that the materials and
content on the Site or relating to the Services are appropriate
or available for use in other locations, and accessing them
from territories where their contents are illegal is strictly
forbidden. Those who access the Services or the Site from
other locations do so on their own initiative and at their
own risk and are responsible for compliance with local laws.
Any claim or demand under the Terms of Agreement must be
made within 1 year of the occurrence.
16. NATURE OF AGREEMENT. Member agrees that the registration
procedure, account set-up and subsequent activation of the
"Submit" button constitute agreement to the Terms of Agreement.
Further, the Terms of Agreement is the entire and only agreement
between the parties and supersedes any prior or other understandings,
representations or warranties. Member agrees that each use
of the Services and the Site reaffirms Member's acknowledgment
and agreement to the Terms of Agreement.
17. GENERAL PROVISIONS. In any dispute arising from the
relationship between Member and MDM or the Terms of Agreement,
the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney's
fees and costs. The failure by MDM to enforce any right
or provision under the Terms of Agreement shall not constitute
a waiver of that provision or any other provision of the
Terms of Agreement. If any provision of the Terms of Agreement
shall be determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a
court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of
the Terms of Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
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