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Terms of Use

1. Binding Agreement

Welcome to www.TRAFFIQ.com, a service brought to you by TRAFFIQ, Inc. ("TRAFFIQ"). TRAFFIQ is providing its services to you subject to the following Terms of Use (the "Terms"), as may be updated by TRAFFIQ from time to time in TRAFFIQ's sole discretion without further notice to you, except where otherwise indicated. The latest version of the Terms is always available for your review at www.TRAFFIQ.com/terms. Additionally, certain of our services are subject to additional rules and regulations that are unique to such services. Where additional rules or regulations are applicable, you will be notified and be required to agree to such additional rules and regulations prior to your use of such services. For example, when conducting transactions via the TRAFFIQ Auction Exchange, a buyer will have to agree to the terms of the TRAFFIQ Buyer Agreement and a seller will have to agree to the terms of the TRAFFIQ Seller Agreement. Also, in some circumstances TRAFFIQ may offer services that are subject to terms of use that are different from the Terms. In such cases, you will be prompted to accept such terms of use prior to your use of such services. References to "you" in these Terms means you, your duly authorized representatives and the entity you represent.

2. TRAFFIQ's Services

TRAFFIQ provides online marketers, agencies, publishers and networks with a unique, robust, open exchange platform on which to research the latest trends in online marketing, purchase targeted online advertising, sell online advertising inventory in a competitive auction environment, and monitor the overall efficacy of such efforts, all with an eye toward bringing transparency and efficiency to the participants of the online marketing industry (collectively, the "Services"). You understand and agree that as part of your use of the Services, you may in certain circumstances receive communications from TRAFFIQ, including without limitation in response to a research inquiry, to verify the accuracy of listings, to validate the legitimacy of bids, to confirm a purchase or sale or with respect to order fulfillment, and that these communications form an essential part of your use of the Services from which you cannot opt out. In all cases, you acknowledge and agree that the Services are provided to you "AS-IS" and that TRAFFIQ assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or timeliness of any information provided to you through the Services or with respect to the fulfillment of orders placed through the Services.

3. Registration with TRAFFIQ

TRAFFIQ provides many of its Services free of charge and without any registration obligations, including certain elements of its market research offerings. However, for certain of the Services, you will be required to register with TRAFFIQ prior to being able to utilize such Services, including providing all registration information requested at (the "Registration Information"). As consideration for the use of such Services, you represent and warrant that:

If any of your representations and warranties with respect to (a) through (e) above is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, you are not authorized to use the Services and TRAFFIQ may, in its sole discretion, prevent your use of the Services or invalidate any action taken with respect to your use of the Services, provided that TRAFFIQ may also, notwithstanding a violation of such representations and warranties, hold you completely and totally liable for any actions taken with respect to your use of the Services, including for payment of any fees you may incur using such Services, if any.

TRAFFIQ reserves the right to refuse access to the Services to anyone at any time and for any reason in its sole discretion.

You understand and agree that in the course of registration, you will be asked to provide a secure password and log in information for purposes of accessing those Services that require registration. You certify that you will only provide such secure password and log in information to those individuals associated with you that are duly authorized to act on your behalf with respect to the Services. You acknowledge and agree that you will be solely responsible for any and all activity of whatever nature conducted through the Services using such secure password and log in information. TRAFFIQ will not be responsible for any loss, damage and/or unauthorized use of your secure password, log in information or related accounts. You agree to notify TRAFFIQ immediately of any unauthorized use or your secure password, log in information or related accounts as soon as you become aware of any such unauthorized usage. In order to assist TRAFFIQ in maintaining the security of all secure passwords, log in information and all related accounts and as further consideration for your use of the Services, you agree to properly log off of secure areas within www.TRAFFIQ.com at the end of each such usage.

If, at any time, you provide any Registration Information, by update or otherwise, that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or if TRAFFIQ has reasonable grounds to suspect that such Registration Information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, TRAFFIQ has the right to terminate or suspend your access to all or a portion of the Services. Notwithstanding any such suspension or termination, you will remain liable and solely responsible for any and all activity of whatever nature conducted through the Services.

4. TRAFFIQ Privacy Policy

Certain information you provide to TRAFFIQ, including without limitation the Registration Information, is subject to the terms of our Privacy Policy, as may be updated from time to time in TRAFFIQ's sole discretion, the latest version of which is available at www.TRAFFIQ.com/Privacy/. You understand and agree that your use of all or any portion of the Services constitutes acceptance of TRAFFIQ's collection and use (as provided for in the Privacy Policy) of all information, including the Registration Information, that you provide to TRAFFIQ, including the transfer of all such information to the United States and/or other countries for storage, processing and use by TRAFFIQ and its affiliates.

5. TRAFFIQ Intellectual Property Policy

TRAFFIQ respects the intellectual property of others and by use of the Services, you agree to do the same, including without limitation, the patents, copyrights and trademarks of others. TRAFFIQ reserves the right to suspend or terminate access to the Services of any party that it believes, in its sole discretion, is violating the patent, copyright or trademark of others.

Copyright Matters

With respect to copyright matters, re-use of any of TRAFFIQ's editorial content and graphics for any purpose without TRAFFIQ's permission is strictly prohibited. All graphics and editorial content on www.TRAFFIQ.com and any related sites are protected by U.S. copyright, international treaties, and other applicable copyright laws and may not be copied without the express permission of TRAFFIQ, which reserves all rights. Permission to use TRAFFIQ's content is granted on a case-by-case basis. Do not copy or adapt the HTML or other code that TRAFFIQ creates to generate pages. It also is covered by TRAFFIQ's copyright.

As a regular part of our business, TRAFFIQ displays advertisements and product listings from a wide variety of companies. TRAFFIQ is not in a position to arbitrate disputes between the owners of intellectual property rights and companies who advertise or list their products on TRAFFIQ's sites. However, as a courtesy to owners of intellectual property rights, TRAFFIQ is willing to perform a limited investigation of reasonable complaints. However, TRAFFIQ provides no guarantee that we will remove the allegedly infringing materials from TRAFFIQ's sites.

TRAFFIQ encourages the owners of intellectual property rights who believe their rights are being infringed by a company who advertises or lists its products on our site to resolve their disputes directly with that company.

If you believe that your rights have been violated, please see TRAFFIQ's Copyright Infringment Claims Policy, the latest version of which is available at www.TRAFFIQ.COM/Copyright/.

If your materials have been removed from our Services, including without limitation removal from www.TRAFFIQ.com, based on the complaints of another party, TRAFFIQ will provide you with notice of the removal of such materials due to alleged infringement of a third party's intellectual rights. TRAFFIQ will also provide you with the e-mail address of the complaining party so that you may attempt to resolve the issue. TRAFFIQ may restore your materials upon notification from the complaining party that the dispute has been resolved.

Trademark Matters

TRAFFIQ, the TRAFFIQ logo, and Yield Factor are service marks or trademarks of TRAFFIQ, Inc. (collectively, the "TRAFFIQ Marks"). You agree not to display or use in any manner the TRAFFIQ Marks without TRAFFIQ's prior written consent.

6. Interstate Communications

You acknowledge and agree that your use of certain portions of the Services will result in interstate data transmissions by virtue of the fact that TRAFFIQ's computer networks are located in Virginia and others in New York, among other locations in the United States and abroad, and the methods employed by TRAFFIQ to disseminate such data transmissions, regardless of whether such data transmissions submitted by you might seem to be intrastate in nature.

7. International Usage

You acknowledge and agree that, in light of the global reach of the Internet, you will at all times comply with all local rules, laws and treaties, of whatever sort or nature, including without limitation, regarding transacting business online, the usage of all data, information, transactional data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, tags, or other materials (collectively, the "Content"), the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or your country of residence or organization, in connection with your use of the Services.

8. Use and Storage Relating to the Services

You acknowledge and agree that from time to time TRAFFIQ may establish general practices and limits with respect to the use of its Services, such as, without limitation, the number of days a Listing may be posted, the number of days for which summary account information will be maintained, the number of days a Listing may cover, the number of days historical transaction data will be maintained and/or accessible, and the number of Listings an account may create, the number of campaigns you may create, the number of advertisement files you may upload to TRAFFIQ, the number of bids you may submit, the maximum number of reports, research requests or other information queries that may be requested in a given time period, and the maximum amount of time you may be logged into your account in a given time period, among others. By using the any portion of the Services, you acknowledge and agree that you will be subject to any and all such general practices and limitations and further, that TRAFFIQ reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to alter these general practices and limitations from time to time, as it deems necessary or appropriate. You also acknowledge and agree that, by using any portion of the Services, you have no continuing rights to the information stored by TRAFFIQ.

9. Termination, Suspension or Modification of Services

You acknowledge and agree that TRAFFIQ has the right at any time and in such frequency as it determines to suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Services, in whole or in part, with or without notice to you. You further acknowledge and agree that TRAFFIQ shall not be liable to you or any third party for any such suspension, discontinuance, or termination of the Services for any reason.

Under some circumstances, TRAFFIQ reserves the right to terminate your access to the Services, in whole or in part, immediately and without notice to you. Reasons for such a termination include, without limitation, (i) a breach or breaches of the Terms or other agreements and/or guidelines incorporated herein by reference, (ii) engagement by you in conduct that is deemed by TRAFFIQ, in it sole and exclusive judgment, to be fraudulent or constituting an illegal act, (iii) a request made by law enforcement or other government agencies, (iv) a request made by you (self-selected termination); (v) suspension, discontinuance, or material modification of the Services or a portion thereof; (vi) unanticipated technical or security problems or issues; (vii) periods of extensive account inactivity; (viii) failure by you to pay or timely pay any fees, charges, or other monies due TRAFFIQ or such third parties as it may serve as agent for in connection with settling a transaction; and (ix) violation of any agreement entered into in connection with your use of the Services. Any termination by TRAFFIQ of your account and/or access to the Services will include, without limitation (i) removal of access to any and all offerings comprising the Services, (ii) deletion of your secure password, log in information and related accounts, including all historical transaction data and summaries, if any, and (iii) a prohibition against your ability to use the Services at any time in the future. You acknowledge and agree that any termination for cause is in TRAFFIQ's sole and exclusive discretion and that any termination of your access to the Services and/or your account shall not cause TRAFFIQ to be liable to you or any third party for any reason.

10. Proprietary Rights of TRAFFIQ and Third Parties

By using the Services, in whole or in part, you acknowledge and agree that the Services, any software necessarily used in connection therewith (collectively, the "Software") and any information or Content derived from any such usage constitutes confidential and proprietary information of TRAFFIQ that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws. You also acknowledge and agree that Content provided or made available to you by other third parties using the Services may be protected by trademarks, service marks, copyrights, patent rights or other proprietary rights and laws. Accordingly, you acknowledge and agree that you will not, unless expressly authorized in writing by TRAFFIQ or the relevant third party provider of Content, as applicable, rent, sell, loan, lease, modify, distribute, reverse engineer, or create derivative works based on the Services, the Software, or the Content, either in part or in their entirety. TRAFFIQ hereby grants you a personal, non-transferable, and non-exclusive right and license to use the object code of its Software for purposes of using the Services for the purposes set for in Section 2 above, provided (i) you do not copy, modify, reverse engineer, reverse assemble, create a derivative work from, or otherwise attempt, in any way, to discover any source code, sell, assign, sublicense, or otherwise transfer in any way rights in the Software, or allow any third party to do any of the foregoing, and/or (ii) your right to use the Services for which the Software has been made available to you has not been suspended or terminated by TRAFFIQ, for any reason, in whole or in part. You agree not to modify the Software in any manner or form, or use any modified versions of the Software, for any purpose, including without limitation, unauthorized access to the Services. You agree that you will not access or attempt to access the Services by any means other than through the interface provided to you by TRAFFIQ for such purposes of accessing the Services.

11. Proprietary Rights of Content Submitted By You; Use of Transactional Data

While TRAFFIQ does not make any claim as to ownership of Content you may submit in connection with your use of the Services or otherwise make available, by using the Services, you hereby grant TRAFFIQ a worldwide, royalty-free and non-exclusive license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, aggregate, adapt, publicly perform and publicly display such Content on the publicly accessible areas of the Services for purposes of promoting the Services and providing the Services to you and other third party users of the Services for so long as you continue to provide any such Content on or through the Services, subject to termination at such time as you or TRAFFIQ removes such Content from inclusion in the Services. For purposes of clarity, those areas of the Services that are "publicly available" include all areas of the Services that are accessible by the general public, whether registered with TRAFFIQ pursuant to Section 3 above or otherwise, as well as those portions of the World Wide Web that are not hosted and/or served by TRAFFIQ but are accessible via hypertext and other links. Additionally, you represent and warrant that you have all requisite rights and interests to all Content you may submit in connection with your use of the Services or otherwise make available, by using the Services.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth above in this Section 11, you hereby grant to TRAFFIQ a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free and non-exclusive license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, aggregate, adapt, publicly perform and publicly display that portion of the Content that constitutes transactional data with respect to the use of the Services, including without limitation, sales data, click-through data, winning bid price data, auction length data, and ratings and opinions submitted by you in connection with your use of the Services (collectively, the "Transactional Data").

12. Hypertext Links to Third Party Websites

In the course of your use of the Services, you may be provided with hypertext links to other Internet web sites and/or resources over which TRAFFIQ has no control, including without limitation with respect to the content of such other Internet web sites and/or resources. By using the Services, you acknowledge and agree that TRAFFIQ is not responsible for any such Internet web sites and/or resources in any way, including without limitation, the content of such web sites and the availability of such web sites. Furthermore, you acknowledge and agree that TRAFFIQ, by including such hypertext links in the Services, does not purport to endorse and is not in any way responsible or liable for any of the services, products, content, advertising or other materials appearing on or available through any such Internet web sites and/or resources, including without limitation any damages or losses resulting from or alleged to be resulting from or in connection with use of or reliance on any such services, products, content, advertising or other materials appearing on or available through any such Internet web sites and/or resources.

13. Warranties Disclaimer

IT IS EXPRESSLY UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED BY YOU THAT:

14. Limitation of Liability

YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT TRAFFIQ AND ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AFFILIATES, PARTNERS, LICENSORS, PARENTS AND SUBSIDIARIES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES, (ii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR ACCOUNT, TRANSMISSIONS AND/OR DATA, (iii) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION AND/OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICES, (iv) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY USING OR MADE AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICES, AND/OR (v) ANY OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO THE SERVICES.

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION 14, IN THE EVENT A SUBSEQUENT AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES PROVIDES FOR TERMS WITH RESPECT TO LIMITATION OF LIABILITY THAT IS CONTRADICTED BY THIS SECTION 14, THE TERMS WITH RESPECT TO LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SET FORTH IN SUCH SUBSEQUENT AGREEMENT WILL CONTROL AND SUPERSEDE THIS SECTION 14 WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PARTICULAR SERVICES.

FURTHER NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, SOME OF THE FOREGOING EXCLUSIONS OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES AND/OR THE LIMITATION AND/OR EXCLUSION OF WARRANTIES MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, SINCE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW IT.

15. Indemnity

You agree, as additional consideration for your use of the Services, to fully indemnify and hold harmless TRAFFIQ and its officers, employees, agents, affiliates, partners, licensors, parents and subsidiaries from and against any demand or claim, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out your use of the Services, your connection to the Services, your violations of the Terms, any Content you submit, post, transmit or otherwise make available through the Services, or your violation of any rights of another.

16. General Provisions

17. Violations

If you believe there have been any violations of these Terms, whether by you or another, you agree to report it to cs@traffiq.com as soon as possible.