Please read these terms and conditions carefully.
This Terms of Use Agreement (the
"Agreement") describes the terms and conditions applicable to your use of the
Folderbiz web site which is identified by the uniform resource locator www.folderbiz.com (the
"Site"). This
Agreement is entered into between you as the user of the Site (the
"User") and Folderbiz.com
(
"Folderbiz").
1. Application and Acceptance of Terms and Conditions.
1.1 For purposes of this Agreement, a "User" is any person who accesses the Site for whatever purpose, regardless of
whether said User has registered with Folderbiz as a registered User or whether said User is a paying customer for a
specific service provided by Folderbiz.com. A User includes the person using this Site and any legal entity which may be
represented by such person under actual or apparent authority.
1.2 By accessing or using the Site, you hereby agree to accept the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement as a
User. You shall be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement with respect to your access or use of this Site and
any further upgrade, modification, addition or change to this Site. If you do not accept all of the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, please do not use this Site.
2. Users Generally.
2.1 Users may use this Site solely for their own personal or internal purposes. Each User agrees that it shall not copy,
reproduce or download any information, text, images, video clips, directories, files, databases or listings available on or
through the Site (the "Folderbiz Content") for the purpose of re-selling or re-distributing the Folderbiz.com Content, mass
mailing (via emails, wireless text messages, physical mail or otherwise), operating a business that competes with
Folderbiz.com, or otherwise commercially exploiting the Folderbiz.com Content. Systematic retrieval of Folderbiz.com
Content from this Site to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database or directory
(whether through robots, spiders, automatic devices or manual processes) without written permission from Folderbiz.com is
prohibited. In addition, use of the content or materials for any purpose not expressly permitted in this Agreement is
prohibited.
2.2 Some of the Folderbiz.com Content displayed on this Site is provided or posted by third parties ("Third Party
Content"). Folderbiz.com is not the author of third-party content, whether contributed by anonymous users or paid content
providers. Neither Folderbiz.com nor any of our affiliates, directors, officers or employees has entered into any sales
agency relationship with such third party by virtue of our display of the Third Party Content on the Site. Any Third Party
Content is the sole responsibility of the party who provided the content. Folderbiz.com is not responsible for the
accuracy, propriety, lawfulness or truthfulness of any Third Party Content, and shall not be liable to any User in
connection with such User's reliance of such Third Party Content. In addition, Folderbiz is not responsible for the conduct
of any User's activities on the Site, and shall not be liable to any person in connection with any damage suffered by any
person as a result of such User's conduct.
2.3 Folderbiz.com may allow Users access to content, products or services offered by third parties through hyperlinks (in
the form of word link, banners, channels or otherwise) to such Third Party's web site. You are cautioned to read such
sites' terms and conditions and/or privacy policies before using such sites in order to be aware of the terms and
conditions of your use of such sites. User acknowledges that Folderbiz.com has no control over such third party's web site,
does not monitor such sites, and Folderbiz.com shall not be responsible or liable to anyone for such web site, or any
content, products or services made available on such a website.
2.4 Messages or information sent by a User through communication systems provided by the Site, or through emails, fax or
letters to addressees obtained from the Site, shall not contain any of the materials described in the provisions of Section
5.5 below.
2.5 Folderbiz.com reserves the right to limit, deny or create different access to the Site and its features with respect to
different Users, or to change any of the features or introduce new features without prior notice. Each User acknowledges
that inability to use the Site wholly or partially for whatever reason may have adverse effects on its business. Each User
hereby agrees that in no event shall Folderbiz.com be liable to the User or any third parties for any inability to use the
Site (whether due to disruption, limited access, changes to or termination of any features on the Site or otherwise), any
delays, errors or omissions with respect to any communications or transmission, or any damage (direct, indirect,
consequential or otherwise) arising from the use of or inability to use the Site or any of its features.
2.6 No User shall undertake any scheme to undermine the integrity of the computer systems or networks used by Folderbiz.com
and/or any other User and no User shall attempt to gain unauthorized access to such computer systems or networks.
2.7 We urge that you read Folderbiz.com's Privacy Policy which governs the protection and use of each User's information in
Folderbiz.com's possession. Each User hereby accepts the Privacy Policy and any updates and amendments thereto. Each User
acknowledges that Folderbiz.com may change the Privacy Policy from time to time provided that Folderbiz.com shall make
available the updated version of the Privacy Policy on the Site at all times. Your continuation of use of the Site shall be
deemed to be your acceptance of the Privacy Policy which is then displayed on the Site at the time of such use.
2.8 As a condition of your access to and use of Folderbiz.com, you agree that you will not use the Folderbiz.com service to
infringe the intellectual property rights of others in any way. Folderbiz.com will in appropriate circumstances terminate
the accounts of members or users who are repeat infringers of the copyrights, or other intellectual property rights, of
others. In addition, Folderbiz.com reserves the right to terminate the account of a user upon any single infringement of
the rights of others in conjunction with use of the Folderbiz.com service, or if Folderbiz believes that user conduct is
harmful to the interests of Folderbiz.com, its affiliates, or other users, or for any other reason in Folderbiz.com's sole
discretion, with or without cause.
3. Registered Users
3.1 Each User who has filled out an on-line registration form on the Site by giving its information (such as name, address,
telephone and fax number, email address, details of its business, etc.) is a registered user of Folderbiz.com (a
"Registered User"). Folderbiz.com will establish an account ("Account") for each Registered User and each Registered User
will be assigned a user alias ("User ID") and password ("Password") for log-in access to its own Account.
3.2 If the Registered User is a business entity, you represent that (a) you have the authority to bind the entity to this
Agreement; (b) the address you use when registering is the principal place of business of such business entity; and (c) all
other information submitted to Folderbiz.com during the registration process is true, accurate, current and complete. For
purposes of this provision, a branch or representative office will not be considered a separate entity and its principal
place of business will be deemed to be that of its head office.
3.3 By becoming a Registered User, you consent to the inclusion of your personal data in our Global Buyer Database and
authorize Folderbiz.com to share such information with other Users.
3.4. Folderbiz.com may suspend or terminate a Registered User's Account or Email Account at any time by giving no less than
24-hour notice to the Registered User; provided, however, that notice is not required for such termination if (a) in
Folderbiz.com's determination, there is any breach of the provisions of this Agreement by the Registered User; or (b)
Folderbiz.com has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information provided by a Registered User is untrue, inaccurate
or is not current or complete, or (c) Folderbiz believes that the Registered User's actions may cause financial loss or
legal liability to such Registered User, Folderbiz.com's other Users, or Folderbiz.com or its affiliates.
3.5 The Registered User shall not use the Email Account for junk mail, chain letters or spamming or the transmission of any
unlawful, harassing, libelous, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene or otherwise objectionable material of any
kind or nature. Further, the Registered User shall not use the Email Account to publish, distribute, transmit or circulate
any unsolicited advertising or promotional information or any content that is obscene, indecent, seditious, offensive,
defamatory, threatening, or which incites or results in causing racial hatred, discrimination, menace or breach of
confidence.
3.6 A Registered User may not sell, attempt to sell, offer to sell, give, assign or otherwise transfer an Account, User ID
or Password to a third party without the prior written consent of Folderbiz.com. Folderbiz.com may suspend or terminate the
Account of a Registered User or the transferee of a Registered User in the event of a sale, offer to sell, gift, assignment
or transfer in violation of this Section.
3.7 Notwithstanding Section 4.1 above, Folderbiz.com may refuse registration and deny the issuance of an Account and/or
Email Account and associated User ID and Password to any User for whatever reason.
4. Users Who Post Information on Folderbiz.com
4.1 You must be a Registered User in order to post information on the Site using the self-help submit and edit tools
provided through the Site. Your status as a Registered User is governed by the provisions of Section 4 above.
4.2 No sales agency relationship is created between any User and Folderbiz.com, our affiliates, directors, officers or
employees by virtue of Folderbiz.com's display of any of the User's information on the Site.
4.3 Each User hereby represents, warrants and agrees to (a) provide Folderbiz.com with true, accurate, current and complete
information to be displayed on the Site and (b) maintain and promptly amend all information to keep it true, accurate,
current and complete. Each User hereby grants an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide and royalty-free, sublicensable (through
multiple tiers) license to Folderbiz.com to display and use all information provided by such User in accordance with the
purposes set forth in this Agreement and to exercise the copyright, publicity, and database rights you have in such
material or information, in any media now known or not currently known.
4.4 Each User hereby represents, warrants and agrees that it has obtained all necessary third party copyright, trademark
trade secret or patent licenses and permissions, or such other licenses or permissions as may be required in connection
with any other personal or proprietary rights of any third party (including but not limited to rights of personality and
rights of privacy), for any material or information it posts on the Site or provides to Folderbiz.com or authorizes
Folderbiz.com to display. Third party copyrights, trademarks, trade secret rights, patents and other personal or
proprietary rights affecting or relating to material or information displayed on the Site, including but not limited to
rights of personality and rights of privacy, or affecting or relating to products that are offered or displayed on the
Site, are hereafter referred to as "Third Party Rights." Each User hereby represents, warrants and agrees that it shall be
solely responsible for ensuring that any material or information it posts on the Site or provides to Folderbiz.com or
authorizes Folderbiz.com to display does not, and that the products represented thereby do not, violate any Third Party
Rights, or is posted with the permission of the owner(s) of such rights. Each User hereby represents, warrants and agrees
that it has the right to manufacture, offer, sell, import and distribute the products it offers and displays on the Site,
and that such manufacture, offer, sale, importation and/or distribution of those products violates no Third Party
Rights.
4.5 Each User hereby represents, warrants and agrees that information submitted to Folderbiz.com for display on the Site
shall not:
- contain fraudulent information or make fraudulent offers of items or involve the sale or attempted sale of counterfeit
or stolen items or items whose sales and/or marketing is prohibited by applicable law, or otherwise promote other illegal
activities;
- be part of a scheme to defraud other Users of the Site or for any other unlawful purpose;
- relate to sale of products or services that infringe or otherwise abet or encourage the infringement or violation of
any third party's copyright, patent, trademarks, trade secret or other proprietary right or rights of publicity or privacy,
or any other Third Party Rights;
- violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including without limitation those governing export
control, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
- be defamatory, libelous, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing;
- be obscene or contain or infer any pornography or sex-related merchandising or any other content or otherwise promotes
sexually explicit materials or is otherwise harmful to minors;
- promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age;
- contain any material that constitutes unauthorized advertising or harassment (including but not limited to spamming),
invades anyone's privacy or encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability, or
otherwise violate any law or regulation;
- solicit business from any Users in connection with a commercial activity that competes with Folderbiz;
- contain any computer viruses or other destructive devices and codes that have the effect of damaging, interfering with,
intercepting or expropriating any software or hardware system, data or personal information;
- link directly or indirectly to or include descriptions of goods or services that are prohibited under this Agreement;
- violate any provision in the Product Listing Policy;
- otherwise create any liability for Folderbiz.com or its affiliates.
4.6 Folderbiz reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any material displayed on the Site which it reasonably
believes is unlawful, could subject Folderbiz.com to liability, violates this Agreement or is otherwise found inappropriate
in Folderbiz.com's opinion. Folderbiz.com reserves the right to cooperate fully with governmental authorities, private
investigators and/or injured third parties in the investigation of any suspected criminal or civil wrongdoing. Furthermore,
Folderbiz.com may disclose the User's identity and contact information, if requested by a government or law enforcement
body, an injured third party, or as a result of a subpoena or other legal action, and Folderbiz.com shall not be liable for
damages or results thereof and User agrees not to bring any action or claim against Folderbiz.com for such disclosure. In
connection with any of the foregoing, Folderbiz.com may suspend or terminate the Account of any User as Folderbiz.com deems
appropriate in its sole discretion. User agrees that Folderbiz.com shall have no liability to User, including no liability
for consequential or any other damages, in the event Folderbiz.com takes any of the actions mentioned in this Section, and
that User agrees to bear the risk that Folderbiz.com may take such actions.
4.7 Each User acknowledges that it is fully assuming the risks of purchase and sale transactions when using the Site to
conduct transactions, and that it is fully assuming the risks of liability or harm of any kind in connection with
subsequent activity of any kind relating to products or services that are the subject of transactions using the Site. Such
risks shall include, but are not limited to, mis-representation of products and services, fraudulent schemes,
unsatisfactory quality, failure to meet specifications, defective or dangerous products, unlawful products, delay or
default in delivery or payment, cost mis-calculations, breach of warranty, breach of contract and transportation accidents.
Such risks also include the risks that the manufacture, importation, distribution, offer, display, purchase, sale and/or
use of products or services offered or displayed on the Site may violate or may be asserted to violate Third Party Rights,
and the risk that User may incur costs of defense or other costs in connection with third parties' assertion of Third Party
Rights, or in connection with any claims by any party that they are entitled to defense or indemnification in relation to
assertions of rights, demands or claims by Third Party Rights claimants. Such risks also include the risks that consumers,
other purchasers, end-users of products or others claiming to have suffered injuries or harms relating to product
originally obtained by Users of the Site as a result of purchase and sale transactions in connection with using the Site
may suffer harms and/or assert claims arising from their use of such products. All of the foregoing risks are hereafter
referred to as "Transaction Risks.". Each User agrees that Folderbiz shall not be liable or responsible for any damages,
liabilities, costs, harms, inconveniences, business disruptions or expenditures of any kind that may arise a result of or
in connection with any Transaction Risks.
4.8 Users are solely responsible for all of the terms and conditions of the transactions conducted on, through or as a
result of use of the Site, including, without limitation, terms regarding payment, returns, warranties, shipping,
insurance, fees, taxes, title, licenses, fines, permits, handling, transportation and storage.
4.9 In the event that any User has a dispute with any party to a transaction, such User agrees to release and indemnify
Folderbiz (and our agents, affiliates, directors, officers and employees) from all claims, demands, actions, proceedings,
costs, expenses and damages (including without limitation any actual, special, incidental or consequential damages) arising
out of or in connection with such transaction.
5. Limitation of Liability
5.1 THE FEATURES AND SERVICES ON THE FOLDERBIZ.COM SITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, AND
FOLDERBIZ.COM HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY
WARRANTIES OF CONDITION, QUALITY, DURABILITY, PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ALL SUCH WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, CONDITIONS, UNDERTAKINGS AND TERMS ARE HEREBY EXCLUDED.
5.2 FOLDERBIZ MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE VALIDITY, ACCURACY, CORRECTNESS, RELIABILITY, QUALITY,
STABILITY, COMPLETENESS OR CURRENTNESS OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SITE. FOLDERBIZ DOES NOT REPRESENT OR
WARRANTY THAT THE MANUFACTURE, IMPORTATION, DISTRIBUTION, OFFER, DISPLAY, PURCHASE, SALE AND/OR USE OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES
OFFERED OR DISPLAYED ON THE SITE DOES NOT VIOLATE ANY THIRD PARTY RIGHTS; AND FOLDERBIZ MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR
WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND CONCERNING ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE OFFERED OR DISPLAYED ON THE FOLDERBIZ.COM SITE.
5.3 Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the Site is done at each User's sole discretion and risk and each
User is solely responsible for any damage to its computer system or loss of data that may result from the download of any
such material. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by any User from Folderbiz.com or through or
from the Site shall create any warranty not expressly stated herein.
5.4 Under no circumstances shall Folderbiz.com be held liable for an delay or failure or disruption of the content or
services delivered through the Site resulting directly or indirectly from acts of nature, forces or causes beyond its
reasonable control, including without limitation, Internet failures, computer, telecommunications or any other equipment
failures, electrical power failures, strikes, labor disputes, riots, insurrections, civil disturbances, shortages of labor
or materials, fires, flood, storms, explosions, Acts of God, war, governmental actions, orders of domestic or foreign
courts or tribunals or non-performance of third parties.
5.5 Each User hereby agrees to indemnify and save Folderbiz.com, its affiliates, directors, officers and employees
harmless, from any and all losses, claims, liabilities (including legal costs on a full indemnity basis) which may arise
from such User's use of the Site (including but not limited to the display of such User's information on the Site) or from
its breach of any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Each User hereby further agrees to indemnify and save
Folderbiz.com, its affiliates, directors, officers and employees harmless, from any and all losses, claims, liabilities
(including legal costs on a full indemnity basis) which may arise from User's breach of any representations and warranties
made by User to Folderbiz.com, including but not limited to those set forth in Sections 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5 above. Each User
hereby further agrees to indemnify and save Folderbiz.com, its affiliates, directors, officers and employees harmless, from
any and all losses, claims, liabilities (including legal costs on a full indemnity basis) which may arise, directly or
indirectly, as a result of any claims asserted by Third Party Rights claimants or other third parties relating to products
offered or displayed on the Site. Each User hereby further agrees that Folderbiz.com is not responsible and shall have no
liability to it, for any material posted by others, including defamatory, offensive or illicit material and that the risk
of damages from such material rests entirely with each User. Folderbiz.com reserves the right, at its own expense, to
assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you
shall cooperate with Folderbiz.com in asserting any available defenses.
5.6 Folderbiz.com shall not be liable for any special, direct, indirect, punitive, incidental or consequential damages or
any damages whatsoever (including but not limited to damages for loss of profits or savings, business interruption, loss of
information), whether in contract, negligence, tort, strict liability or otherwise or any other damages resulting from any
of the following:
- the use or the inability to use the Site;
- any defect in goods, samples, data, information or services purchased or obtained from a User or a third-party service
provider through the Site;
- violation of Third Party Rights or claims or demands that Users' manufacture, importation, distribution, offer,
display, purchase, sale and/or use of products or services offered or displayed on the Site may violate or may be asserted
to violate Third Party Rights; or claims by any party that they are entitled to defense or indemnification in relation to
assertions of rights, demands or claims by Third Party Rights claimants;
- unauthorized access by third parties to data or private information of any User;
- statements or conduct of any User of the Site; or
- any matters relating to Premium Services however arising, including negligence.
6. Intellectual Property Rights
6.1 Folderbiz.com is the sole owner or lawful licensee of all the rights to the Site and the Folderbiz Content. The Site
and Folderbiz.com Content embody trade secrets and intellectual property rights protected under worldwide copyright and
other laws. All title, ownership and intellectual property rights in the Site and Folderbiz.com Content shall remain with
Folderbiz.com, its affiliates or licensors of the Folderbiz.com Content, as the case may be. All rights not otherwise
claimed under this Agreement or by Folderbiz.com are hereby reserved.