Last Updated: March 14, 2019

YOUR USE OF THE PROPRIETARY SNARED SERVICE OFFERED AT SNARED.CO (THE "SERVICE"), IS SUBJECT TO THESE TERMS OF SERVICE. IN ORDER TO USE THE SERVICE, YOU MUST AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF SERVICE ("AGREEMENT") WITH NEXIGEN COMMUNICATIONS LLC ("NEXIGEN"). IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, YOU MAY NOT USE THE SERVICE.

This Agreement governs your use of the Service however accessed, including via an Internet browser, smartphone, tablet, or other mobile device.

By signing up for the Service on behalf of a Client, you confirm that (a) you are duly authorized to represent the entity, (b) you accept the terms of this Agreement on behalf of such entity, and (c) any references to "you" in this Agreement refer to such entity and all of its employees, consultants and agents. You are responsible for all activity on the Service that occurs under your account.

 

The Service

1.1 The Service may include additional services that you subscribe to receive specifically from or through Nexigen. Some of these services have specific additional terms that apply to your use (the "Additional Terms"), and those Additional Terms become part of this Agreement. In the event an Additional Term directly conflicts with any term in this Agreement, the Additional Term will apply to your use of the additional service instead of the term contained in this Agreement.

 

Term and Termination

2.1 This Agreement will remain in effect as long as you have an active subscription for the Service (the "Term"). If you elect to use the Service for a free trial period, and do not purchase a subscription before the end of such period, this Agreement will expire at the end of the free trial period.

2.2 Subscriptions purchased by you commence on the start date specified upon payment and continue for the subscription term selected at the time of payment. If you add an additional subscription for a new Nexigen service or module at a later date, the new service will commence on the start date specified upon payment and continue for the subscription term you select at the time of payment. Subscriptions automatically renew, as described in Section 5.1.

2.3 You are solely responsible for the proper cancellation of your subscription. You may cancel your subscription at any time by emailing billing@nexigen.com or calling 1-859-491-6601.

2.4 Nexigen may suspend your access to the Service and terminate this Agreement and your use of the Service at any time in the event you materially breach this Agreement (including failure to pay, which may occur in the event when your credit card cannot be charged) and do not cure such breach within 30 days of Nexigen providing you with written notice (including notice by email), or earlier if a specific subscription provides otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Nexigen may immediately suspend or terminate your access to the Service without liability if you are in violation of Sections 4.1, 4.5 or 13 of this Agreement, as determined by Nexigen in its sole discretion. Nexigen may also downgrade, suspend or terminate your access to the Service without liability, after providing you with 30 days" advance written notice, if (a) you fail to affirmatively agree to material modifications of this Agreement pursuant to Section 3.2 below, or (b) you do not log in to or otherwise use the Service for a period of 180 days or more if you have a paid account and for a period of 60 days or more if you have a free account. Notice via email from Nexigen will be sent to you at the email address you have provided to us.

2.5 In the event your subscription is terminated, other than in instances where it is terminated by Nexigen for your nonpayment or violation of Sections 4.1 or 13, you will continue to have the ability to download the information provided, inputted or uploaded to the Service by you or on your behalf ("Data") for 30 days after the effective date of expiration or termination. After such 30-day period or if your subscription is terminated due to your nonpayment or violation of Section 4.1, Nexigen shall have no obligation to maintain any Data and shall thereafter, unless legally prohibited to do so, delete all of your Data contained in Nexigen"s systems or otherwise in its possession or under its control.

Modification of Service or this Agreement

3.1 The Service may be made available in free or paid versions at different levels. Not all features and functionality of the Service may be available in each version or level. Nexigen reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, add, or remove portions and/or functionality of the Service on a temporary or permanent basis, without liability to you or any third party.

3.2 Nexigen may modify or update this Agreement at any time. In the event Nexigen determines it is necessary to make a material modification to this Agreement, you will be notified of such change and asked to affirmatively agree to such modified version of the Agreement. Note, however, that your use of the Service after modifications to the Agreement become effective constitutes your binding acceptance of such changes. You may review the most current version of this Agreement at www.snared.co

3.3 If you are dissatisfied with the terms of this Agreement or any modifications to this Agreement or the Service, you agree that your sole and exclusive remedy is to terminate this Agreement and discontinue any use of the Service.

 

Usage Rights; Restrictions; Support

4.1 During the Term, Nexigen grants you a limited, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, non-exclusive right to access and use the hosted software products and related documentation included in the Service and all modifications and/or enhancements to any of the foregoing ("Software") via a web browser or other device owned or controlled by you for your internal business use. Nothing in this Agreement obligates Nexigen to deliver or make available any copies of computer programs or code from the Software to you, whether in object code or source code form. You agree to use the Service only in compliance with all applicable local, state, national, and international laws, rules and regulations ("Applicable Law"). You shall not, and shall not agree to, and shall not authorize, encourage or permit any third party to:

use the Service to upload, transmit or otherwise distribute any content that is unlawful, defamatory, harassing, abusive, fraudulent, obscene, threatening, abusive, hateful, contains viruses, or is otherwise objectionable as reasonably determined by Nexigen;

use the Service for any fraudulent or inappropriate purpose, or in a manner for which it is not intended to be used (as determined by Nexigen in its sole discretion);

attempt to decipher, decompile, delete, alter or reverse engineer any of the Software;

duplicate, make derivative works of, reproduce or exploit any part of the Service without the express written permission of Nexigen;

use any robot, spider, other automated device, or manual process to monitor or copy any content from the Service other than copying or exporting of the Data as contemplated in the documentation; or

rent, lease, distribute, or resell the Software, or access or use the Software or Services for developing a competitive solution (or contract with a third party to do so), or remove or alter any of the logos, trademark, patent or copyright notices, confidentiality or proprietary legends or other notices or markings that are on or in the Software or displayed in connection with the Service.

4.2 Nexigen shall: (i) provide you with basic support in connection with your use of the Service at no additional charge, and with upgraded support if purchased separately, (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to make the Service available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except for: (a) planned downtime (which Nexigen shall schedule to the extent practicable during the weekend hours from 6:00 p.m. Friday to 3:00 a.m. Monday Eastern Time), or (b) any unavailability caused by circumstances beyond Nexigen"s reasonable control, including acts of God, acts of government, floods, fires, earthquakes, civil unrest, acts of terror, strikes or other labor problems (other than those involving our employees), Internet service provider failures or delays, or denial of service attacks, and (iii) provide the Service only in accordance with Applicable Law.

 

4.3 Nexigen shall maintain commercially reasonable administrative, physical, and technical safeguards for protection of the Service, and the security of your Data. Nexigen shall not (a) disclose your Data except as compelled by Applicable Law or as you expressly authorize in writing, or (b) access your Data except to provide the Service and prevent or address service or technical problems, or at your express request in connection with customer support matters. In the event we are compelled by Applicable Law to disclose your Data, we will provide you with notice thereof, (in advance, if possible) if permitted by Applicable Law.

 

4.4 You are solely responsible for your Data, and all uses of your Data that occur through your account.

 

4.5 If you integrate with the Service using our API, you must use efficient programming, which will not cause too many requests to be made in too short a period of time, as-determined solely by Nexigen. If this occurs, Nexigen reserves the right to throttle your API connections, or suspend or terminate your Nexigen account.

 

Payment Terms

5.1 Your subscription to the Service renews automatically for the same term selected upon initial payment (e.g., month-to-month, annual, etc.). You may change your subscription term at any time by contacting Nexigen using one of the methods set forth in the Contact Information section below. If you are paying by credit card, your credit card will be charged once a month for monthly subscriptions and at the time your annual subscription payment has been depleted based on your number of employees and subscription to the Service. Nexigen will email you a receipt when your card has been charged. If your card cannot be charged, Nexigen will notify and you will need to update your payment information. In the event you do not update your payment information within 22 days of Nexigen"s notice, your access to the Service may be suspended and you will need to update your card information in order to resume use of the Service. There will be no refunds or credits for partial months of service.

 

5.2 Annual subscription pricing requires a one-year minimum commitment. If you cancel your full subscription, or your subscription is suspended for nonpayment, before the end of the one-year commitment period, you will no longer qualify for annual subscription pricing and you will be charged the difference between the monthly and annual commitment pricing for the number of months your subscription was active. If you cancel only a portion of your subscription, you may still qualify for annual pricing and the prepaid amounts attributed to that portion will be used against other services to which you have subscribed.

 

5.3 All fees are exclusive of all taxes or duties imposed by governing authorities. Other than sales taxes which Nexigen may be required to collect from you and remit to appropriate taxing authorities, you alone are responsible for payment of all such taxes or duties.

 

5.4 Nexigen may at any time, upon notice of at least 90 days, or a longer period if required by Applicable Law, change the price of your subscription or any part thereof, or institute new charges or fees. Price changes and institution of new charges implemented during your annual subscription period will come into effect for any subsequent annual subscription periods and to all new subscribers after the effective date of the change. If you do not agree to any such price changes, then you must cancel your subscription and stop using the Service prior to the commencement of the renewal subscription period for which the price change applies.

 

Intellectual Property Rights

6.1 As between the parties, Nexigen owns and shall retain all right, title and interest in and to (a) the Software and the Service, including all intellectual property rights, and (b) transactional and performance data related to your use of the Service. Nexigen may collect, use and disclose all such transactional and performance data for its business purposes (including software use optimization and product marketing) provided that such use does not reveal your identity, any of your confidential information or any personally identifiable information that belongs to you or your employees.

 

6.2 You retain all right, title and ownership interest in and to your Data. Nexigen has no right, title or interest in any personally identifiable information contained in or related to your Data.

 

6.3 You have no obligation to give Nexigen any suggestions, enhancement requests, recommendations, comments or other feedback ("Feedback") relating to the Service. To the extent you provide any Feedback to Nexigen, Nexigen may use and include any such Feedback to improve the Service or for any other purpose. Accordingly, if you provide Feedback, you agree that Nexigen shall own all such Feedback and Nexigen and its affiliates, licensees, clients, partners, third-party providers and other authorized entities may freely use, reproduce, license, distribute, and otherwise commercialize the Feedback in the Service or other related technologies, and you hereby assign all rights in such Feedback to Nexigen.

 

6.4 From time to time during the Term, Nexigen may develop, author or prepare custom documents, designs, computer programs, computer documentation and other tangible materials ("Deliverables"), in each case pursuant to a statement of work executed by you and Nexigen. Nexigen shall own and retain all right, title and interest in and to such Deliverables and hereby grants to you a limited, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, non-exclusive license for you to use such Deliverables for your internal use only during the Term. Nexigen may reuse any Deliverables, provided that such use does not reveal your identity or your confidential information.

 

Publicity

7.1 With prior consent by you Nexigen may disclose your name as a customer of Nexigen and/or subscriber of the Service, and you hereby grant Nexigen the right to display your name, company, and logo in Nexigen"s marketing materials and on Nexigen"s public website, in each case in accordance with any branding guidelines you may provide to Nexigen.

 

User Content

8.1 Certain features of the Site may enable users to submit, upload, post, share, or display (hereinafter, "post") comments or content, as well as to interact with others through user comment areas, message boards, direct messages, Nexigen"s blog, and similar user-to-user areas, as applicable (such comments and content shall be collectively referred to as "User Content"). User Content includes any comments or reviews you provide to Nexigen about the Service, but excludes all Data.

 

8.2 You hereby grant to Nexigen an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, sublicensable, royalty-free, worldwide right and license to use, reproduce, display, perform, distribute, and prepare derivative works of any User Content you post on or through the Service for any purpose and in all forms and all media, whether now known or that become known in the future, and you waive any and all claims that you may have now or may hereafter have in any jurisdiction to any moral rights and all rights of "droit moral" in your User Content. If you post User Content, you represent and warrant to Nexigen that you own or control all rights in and to such User Content and have the right to grant the rights above to Nexigen.

 

Warranties and Limitation of Liability

9.1 Nexigen represents, warrants, and covenants as follows: (a) the Service will perform substantially in accordance with the specifications generally provided by Nexigen in connection with the Service ("Documentation"); and (b) any professional services performed for you by Nexigen will be performed in a professional and workmanlike manner, with the degree of skill and care that is required by sound professional procedures and practices.

 

9.2 TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EXCEPT FOR THE LIMITED WARRANTY PROVIDED ABOVE, NEXIGEN HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICE, SOFTWARE, DOCUMENTATION, DELIVERABLES AND OTHER MATERIALS AND/OR SERVICES. NEXIGEN DOES NOT WARRANT THAT OPERATION OF THE SERVICE WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED.

 

9.3 EXCEPT FOR (I) EITHER PARTY"S BREACH OF ITS CONFIDENTIALITY OBLIGATIONS, (II) A PARTY"S VIOLATION OF THE OTHER PARTY"S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, (III) EITHER PARTY"S INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER, OR (IV) EITHER PARTY"S GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, (A) IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, AND (B) THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF EITHER PARTY TO THE OTHER WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT IS LIMITED, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, TO THE FEES COLLECTED BY NEXIGEN FROM YOU PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT IN THE SIX MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT FROM WHICH THE LIABILITY AROSE. THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS APPLY EVEN IF SUCH PARTY KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY HEREIN.

 

Security Breach.

10.1 External Breach: In the event of a security breach, as defined by Applicable Law, by anyone other than your employee, contractor or agent, upon discovery of such breach, Nexigen will: (a) initiate remedial actions that are in compliance with Applicable Law and consistent with industry standards; and (b) notify you of the security breach, its nature and scope, the remedial actions Nexigen will undertake, and the timeline within which Nexigen expects to remedy the breach.

 

10.2 Internal Breach: In the event of a security breach, as defined by Applicable Law, by your employee, contractor or agent, you shall have sole responsibility for initiating remedial actions and you shall
notify Nexigen immediately of the breach and steps you will take to remedy the breach.

 

Indemnification

11.1 You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Nexigen, and its affiliates, officers, agents, and employees from and against any costs, damages, expenses (including reasonable attorneys" fees), judgments, losses and other liabilities (including amounts paid in settlement) ("Liabilities") incurred as a result of any third-party action, claim, demand, proceeding or suit ("Claim") to the extent arising from or in connection with your use of the Software and/or Service in violation of this Agreement.

 

11.2 Nexigen agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless you, and your affiliates, officers, agents, and employees from and against any Liabilities incurred as a result of any third-party Claim to the extent arising from or connected with an allegation that your use of the Software and/or Service in accordance with this Agreement infringes the intellectual property rights of a third party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall Nexigen have any obligations or liability arising from: (a) use of the Software and/or Service in a modified form or in combination with materials or software not furnished by Nexigen, and (b) any User Content, information or Data provided by you, your end users, or other third parties.

 

11.3 A party seeking indemnification hereunder shall (a) promptly notify the other party in writing of the Claim, (b) give the indemnifying party sole control of the defense of such Claim and all negotiations for the compromise or settlement thereof (provided that if any settlement requires any action or admission by the indemnified party, then the settlement will require the indemnified party"s prior consent), and (c) provide the indemnifying party with all reasonable cooperation, information and assistance in connection with such Claim; provided, however, that failure by the indemnified party to provide prompt notice of a Claim, grant such sole control, and/or provide such cooperation, information and assistance, shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations under this Article 11, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is materially prejudiced by such failure. The indemnified party may be represented by its own counsel, at its own expense.

 

Governing Law

12.1 This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of the State of Kentucky, without reference to conflict of laws principles. Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement must be brought in the courts of the State of Kentucky, and or the courts of the United States of America for the Eastern District of Kentucky. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods shall not apply to this Agreement.

 

Compliance with Laws; Disclaimers

13.1 Each Party shall comply with all Applicable Laws in connection with its own activities under this Agreement. The Service can be configured and used in ways that do not comply with Applicable Laws and it is your sole responsibility to monitor your employees" use and your use of the Service to ensure that such use complies with and is in accordance with Applicable Law. In no event shall Nexigen be responsible or liable for your failure to comply with Applicable Law in connection with your use of the Service.

 

13.2 Nexigen does not provide its customers with legal advice regarding compliance, data privacy or other relevant Applicable Laws in the jurisdictions in which you use the Service, and any statements made by Nexigen to you shall not constitute legal advice.

 

13.3 You acknowledge that Nexigen exercises no control over your specific security practices implemented using the Service or your decisions as to the same. You further agree and acknowledge that Nexigen does not have a direct relationship with your employees and that you are responsible for all contact, questions, Data updates and collection, with your employees. In addition, you are responsible for the privacy (including adopting and posting your own privacy policies governing your treatment of your employees" Data), collection, use, retention and processing of your employees" Data, and providing any and all notices and information to your employees regarding the foregoing, in compliance with all Applicable Laws. Nexigen hereby disclaims all liability arising from your decisions and from harmful data or code uploaded to the Service by you and/or your employees, contractors or agents.

 

13.4 You agree that you will not, directly or indirectly, ship, transfer, transmit, export or re-export, or knowingly permit any of the foregoing with respect to the Service or Software, or any technical information about the Service or Software, to any country for which the United States Export Administration Act, any regulation thereunder, or any similar United States law or regulation, requires an export license or other United States Government approval, unless the appropriate export license or approval has been obtained.

 

13.5 You represent and warrant that (a) you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a "terrorist supporting" country; and (b) you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.

 

 

General Provisions

14.1 Entire Agreement. This Agreement encompasses the entire agreement between you and Nexigen with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior representations, agreements and understandings, written or oral. No purchase order or other form submitted by you will modify, supersede, add to or in any way vary the terms of this Agreement.

 

14.2 No Waiver. The failure of Nexigen to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

 

14.3 Severabilty. If any part of this Agreement is found invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the Agreement shall be interpreted so as to reasonably effectuate the intention of the parties, and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

 

14.4 Survival. The provisions of this Agreement that should, by their nature survive termination and/or expiration, shall and do survive such termination and/or expiration.

 

14.5 Assignment. You may not assign or otherwise transfer any of your rights or obligations under this Agreement without Nexigen"s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. This Agreement shall be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Any assignment in violation of the foregoing will be null and void.

 

14.6 No Legal Advice; Reliance. No part of this Agreement is intended or shall be construed as legal advice. Nexigen shall not be liable for an errors or omissions in the content of this Agreement or for any actions taken in reliance thereon.

 

Contact Information

15.1 If you have any questions about the Service or this Agreement, you may call us at 859-491-6601, email us at help@nexigen.com, or write to us at:

Nexigen
16 E 11^TH ST
Newport, KY 41071