Terms and Conditions
Please read this document carefully.
It governs your relationship with TeamEffective.com, LLC and its
affiliates (collectively, “TeamEffective.com”). Set forth
below are the terms and conditions under which TeamEffective.com
makes the internet website at and its sister websites (the “Site”),
and the services available through the Site or otherwise provided by
TeamEffective.com (the “Services”), to each person or entity
(each a “User”) accessing or using the Site or the Services.
These terms and conditions, together
with any and all other terms, conditions, rules, policies or
procedures (“Additional Terms”) published on the site from
time to time and related to User’s use of the Site or the Services
(together, this “Agreement”), each as updated from time to
time by TeamEffective.com, constitute a binding, legal agreement
between TeamEffective.com and User.
By using the Site or the Services
(including by responding to surveys, reporting, tools and action
plans) other communications received from other Users of the Site
and the Services), each User hereby agrees to and is bound by this
Agreement. If you do not agree with any of the terms of this
Agreement, do not access or otherwise use this Site or the Services
or any information contained on this Site. TeamEffective.com may
make changes to the content and Services offered on this Site at any
time.
TeamEffective.com can change the
terms of this Agreement at any time (including any Additional
Terms). If TeamEffective.com changes the terms of this Agreement,
TeamEffective.com will post an updated set of terms and conditions
of use on this Site with a change notice and TeamEffective.com may
send registered users an email notice of the changes.
If any modification is unacceptable
to you, you shall cease using this Site and the Services. If you do
not cease using this Site and the Services, you will be conclusively
deemed to have accepted the change.
Each User hereby warrants that if it
is a corporation or other legal entity, User is validly formed and
existing under the laws of its jurisdiction and has duly authorized
its agent or agents to enter into this Agreement and, if an
individual, User is of the age of majority in his or her place of
residence.
1. Subscriptions and Payment
1.1. If User purchases a paid
subscription to the Services (a “Subscription”), User shall
pay all fees, including for any additional Services purchased by
User or usage that exceeds the thresholds at the rates posted, as
well as any taxes, applicable to such Subscription, as published on
the Site at
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from time to time.
TeamEffective.com may change such fees at any time and in its sole
discretion, provided that any such change shall become effective at
the end of the then-current term of User’s Subscription.
1.2. Subscription membership in the
Services is on a continuous service basis. This means that, subject
to the terms of this Agreement, TeamEffective.com will automatically
renew User’s Subscription at the end of its term unless User’s
Subscription is canceled using the tool in User’s account page on
the Site at any time prior to the end of the then-current
Subscription. User will be charged a renewal rate equal to the rate for the
immediately preceding Subscription period, based upon the
Subscription program (annual, quarterly, monthly, etc.) that User
has chosen, unless TeamEffective.com has notified User of any new
rate in advance. A cancellation of a Subscription requested by User
through User’s account page will become effective on the date that
the then-current Subscription period expires.
1.3. If User has elected to pay the fees
referred to in Section 1.1 (Subscriptions and Payment) by
credit card, User hereby warrants that the credit card information
provided by User is correct, and User shall promptly notify
TeamEffective.com of any changes to such credit card information.
User acknowledges and agrees that if User’s credit card payment
cannot be processed for any reason, TeamEffective.com may suspend or
cancel User’s Subscription.
2. Registration
If User has registered for an account
to use the Services, User hereby warrants that the information
provided by User for the purposes of such registration is complete
and accurate. User shall ensure that such information is kept up to
date. Upon registering for an account, each User will receive a
password and an account designation. User acknowledges and agrees
that User, and not TeamEffective.com, is responsible for User’s
account and all activities occurring in connection with the use of
that account, whether or not User authorizes such activities.
3. Content
3.1. User acknowledges and agrees that:
(a) all survey questions, information,
data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, images, video,
survey responses, messages or other materials communicated or
transmitted using the Site or the Services (“Content”),
whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole
responsibility of the person from whom such Content originated,
(b) User, and not TeamEffective.com, is
responsible for all Content that User uploads, posts, emails,
distributes, communicates, transmits, or otherwise makes available
using the Services or that is otherwise made available through the
use of User’s account (if User has one), whether or not authorized
by User, and
(c) by using the Site and the Services,
User may be exposed to Content that is unlawful, harmful,
threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, libelous,
vulgar, obscene, offensive, indecent, invasive of another’s privacy,
hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable.
3.2. User further acknowledges and agrees
that TeamEffective.com does not control the Content originating from
User, respondents to User’s survey, or other users of the Site or
the Services, and does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or
quality of such Content. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
TeamEffective.com may review all Content and may block, modify,
terminate access to, or remove any such Content that
TeamEffective.com considers, in its sole discretion, does not comply
with any of the requirements of this Agreement but TeamEffective.com
is not obligated to do so.
3.3. TeamEffective.com reserves the right
to purge Content from its databases at any time and from time to
time without notice. User acknowledges and agrees that User is
solely responsible for backing up any Content uploaded to the Site
by User or received by User through the use of the Services.
TeamEffective.com shall not be liable for any purging, deletion, or
failure to retain any such Content.
3.4. TeamEffective.com may disable User’s
account and your access to use the Site and/or the Services and
TeamEffective.com may recover from User any losses, damages, costs
or expenses incurred by TeamEffective.com resulting from or arising
out of User’s non-compliance with any provision of this Agreement.
4. User Content
In connection with User’s use of the
Site and the Services, and without limiting any of User’s other
obligations under this Agreement or applicable law, User:
(a) shall comply with: (i) this
Agreement, including TeamEffective.com’s anti-spam policy and all
other policies as published on the Site from time to time, (ii) all
applicable U.S. Federal, State, local and international laws,
including the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, and all other laws related to
unsolicited commercial email messages, defamation, privacy,
obscenity, intellectual property or child protective email address
registries, (iii) all other rules or regulations applicable to User,
including regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission and similar regulatory authorities throughout
the world, and the rules of any securities exchange, and (iv) all
privacy policies or similar policies or procedures to which User may
be bound that are related to User’s use of the Services;
(b) shall not upload, post, email,
distribute, communicate, transmit or otherwise make available any
Content: (i) that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive,
harassing, tortious, defamatory, libelous, vulgar, obscene,
offensive, indecent, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or
racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable, (ii) that infringes
any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other
intellectual property right of any party, (iii) that User does not
have the right to make available by reason of any law or contractual
or fiduciary relationship (including inside information, and
proprietary or confidential information obtained or disclosed in
connection with an employment relationship or pursuant to a
confidentiality agreement), or (iv) that comprises or includes any
“junk mail”, “spam”, “chain letters”, “pyramid schemes”, or any
similar form of solicitation;
(c) shall not use the Site or the
Services to send surveys, polls, or other materials to minors unless
User is permitted to do so under all applicable laws, or to harm
minors in any way, and shall not send surveys, polls or other
materials to minors that would subject TeamEffective.com to the
Children’s Online Privacy and Protection Act;
(d) shall not impersonate any other
person or entity, including TeamEffective.com, or a
TeamEffective.com official, forum leader, guide or host, or falsely
state or otherwise misrepresent User’s affiliation with any other
person or entity;
(e) shall, if User uses the Services to
send a survey, not mislead the recipients of that survey that User
may have the ability to associate individual responses to that
survey with the individual email addresses to which that survey was
sent by stating that User has no such ability (unless User has
requested TeamEffective.com to disable such feature).
TeamEffective.com recommends that Users’ surveys include the
following notice (or words to similar effect), if applicable:
“Please be advised that your
responses to this survey may not be treated as anonymous by the
survey sender.”
(f) shall not interfere with or disrupt
the Site or the Services or servers or networks connected to the
Site or the Service, or disobey any requirements, procedures,
policies, or regulations of networks connected to the Site or the
Services;
(g) shall not engage in excessive usage
of the Site or the Services, as determined by TeamEffective.com in
its sole discretion, including usage that adversely affects the
speed, responsiveness, or functionality of the Site, or disrupts the
availability of the Site and the Services for other users;
(h) shall not attempt to damage, deny
service to, hack, crack, reverse engineer, or otherwise interfere
with the Site or the Services in any manner;
(i) shall not upload, post, email,
distribute, communicate, transmit or otherwise make available any
viruses or similar malicious software that may damage the operation
of a computer, the Site, or the Services;
(j) shall not upload survey links to
message boards or newsgroups that are not relevant to the subject
matter of the survey, or that prohibit such uploading without
TeamEffective.com’s prior written consent; and
(k) shall not use the Site or the
Services to collect, process, or otherwise handle, “Protected Health
Information” (as defined in 45 C.F.R. § 160.103) without
TeamEffective.com’s prior written consent.
User further acknowledges and agrees
that TeamEffective.com may cooperate with any governmental authority
in connection with any investigation into User’s use of the Site or
the Services, including use in contravention of applicable laws, and
may disclose any Content, and any other information pertaining to
the User or to User’s use of the Site or the Services, to such
governmental authority in connection with any such investigation.
5. Indemnity by User
User shall indemnify, defend and hold
harmless TeamEffective.com, its affiliates, and their respective
directors, officers, employees, servants and agents from and against
all claims, demands, damages, liabilities and costs (including
attorneys’ fees on a full indemnity basis) arising out of or in
connection with:
(a) User’s use of the Site or the
Services, including User’s use of or reliance on any information or
materials (including survey or poll results or responses) obtained
through the use of the Site or the Services,
(b) any other use of the Services by a
third party using User’s account (whether or not authorized by
User),
(c) User’s breach of this Agreement,
including any of User’s representations and warranties under this
Agreement, or
(d) User’s contravention of any
applicable law, including the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003.
6. Termination
6.1. This Agreement shall automatically
become effective upon User’s first use of the Site or the Services,
and continue indefinitely until it is terminated.
6.2. TeamEffective.com may cancel User’s
Subscription (if User has one) and terminate this Agreement
immediately by notice to User in the event that User breaches any of
User’s representations, warranties, or obligations under this
Agreement (including any of User’s obligations under Section 3
(Content)) or contravenes any applicable law.
6.3. Upon termination of this Agreement
for any reason, User shall immediately cease all use of the Site and
the Services, and User acknowledges and agrees that
TeamEffective.com may, in its sole discretion, take any measures
TeamEffective.com reasonably deems necessary or desirable to prevent
further use by User of the Site or Services, including by blocking
User’s IP address. User further acknowledges and agrees that upon
termination of this Agreement, TeamEffective.com shall not be
obliged to retain any of User’s Content (including survey or poll
results or responses) or to provide the same to User, but may elect
to do so in its sole discretion. Termination of this Agreement shall
not entitle User to a refund of any Subscription fees previously
paid by User.
6.4. The following shall survive
termination of this Agreement for any reason:
(a) all of User’s representations,
warranties and indemnities given under this Agreement;
(b) all disclaimers of warranties, and
limitations and exclusions of liability; and
(c) the last sentence of Section 3.3
(Content), and each of Sections 5 (Indemnity by User), 6
(Termination), 8 (Limitations and Exclusions of
TeamEffective.com’s Liability) and 9 (Intellectual Property
Rights).
7. Provisions of the Site and the Services
7.1. TeamEffective.com reserves the right
at any time and from time to time to modify, suspend or discontinue,
temporarily or permanently, the Services or any part thereof, or
User’s access thereto, and to modify, suspend or delete the Site or
any part thereof, with or without notice. User acknowledges and
agrees that TeamEffective.com shall not be liable to User or to any
third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of
the Services or any modification, suspension or deletion of the
Site.
7.2. Without limiting Section 7.1
(Provision of the Site and the Services), if User engages in
excessive usage of the Site or the Services (as described in
Section 4(g) (User Conduct)), TeamEffective.com may take such
action as it considers necessary to prevent such excessive usage and
to restore the availability of the Site and the Services to other
users, including by limiting or suspending User’s access to the Site
and the Services, or by canceling User’s Subscription and
terminating this Agreement.
7.3. User acknowledges and agrees that
the Site and the Services are provided “as is,” “where is,” “as
available,” and “with all faults,” and that TeamEffective.com has no
responsibility or liability for the loss or deletion of, or failure
to receive, process or store any Content (including survey or poll
results or responses) maintained or transmitted using the Services.
7.4. User acknowledges and agrees that
the information, software, products and services contained in or
available through the site or the services, including information,
software, products and services made available by other users of the
site or the services, may include inaccuracies or errors.
7.5. User further acknowledges and agrees
that user, and not teameffective.com, is responsible for evaluating
the accuracy, reliability, completeness, and usefulness of any
information obtained through the use of the site or the services.
7.6. Teameffective.com makes no
representations or warranties regarding the suitability,
reliability, availability, timeliness, quality, or lack of viruses
or other harmful components of the site or the services, or the
accuracy of such information, software, products and services.
7.7. To the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, teameffective.com, its affiliates, and their
respective directors, officers, employees, servants and agents
hereby disclaim all warranties, express or implied, with regard to
such information, software, products or services, including any
warranty of non-infringement of third party rights, and the implied
warranties of merchantability and fitness for purpose.
7.8. If you are a User located in a
country embargoed by the United States, or are on the U.S Treasury
Department’s list of Specially Designated Nationals, you are not
permitted to purchase a Subscription or any other paid services from
TeamEffective.com.
8. LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS OF TEAMEFFECTIVE.COM’S LIABILITY
8.1. In no event shall teameffective.com,
its affiliates, or their respective directors, officers, employees,
servants or agents be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive,
incidental, special or consequential damages whatsoever, including
damages for lost profits, loss of use or data, or costs of cover,
arising out of or in any way connected with this agreement, whether
based on contract, tort, strict liability or any other legal theory,
even if teameffective.com has been advised of the possibility of
such damages, including damages arising out of:
(a) the use or performance of, the delay
in providing, the failure to provide, or the inability to use, the
site or the services, or
(b) any information, software, products
or services contained in or available through the site or the
services, including information, software, products and services
made available by other users of the site or the services.
User specifically agrees that
teameffective.com, its affiliates, and their respective directors,
officers, employees, servants and agents shall not be liable for:
(c) unauthorized access to or alteration
of any transmissions or data, any material or data sent or received
or not sent or not received, or any transactions entered into
through the site or the services or in reliance upon any information
obtained through the use of the site or the services,
(d) any threatening, defamatory,
obscene, offensive or illegal content or conduct of any other party
or any infringement of a third party’s rights, including
intellectual property rights, or
(e) any content sent using, or included
in, the site or the services by any third party.
If user is dissatisfied with any
portion of the site or the services, user’s sole and exclusive
remedy is to terminate this agreement and discontinue using the site
and the services.
8.2. In the event that, notwithstanding
the foregoing exclusions of liability, teameffective.com, any of its
affiliates, or any of their respective directors, officers,
employees, servants or agents is liable to user for any amounts
under this agreement under any theory of recovery, whether based on
contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise, teameffective.com’s
(or such affiliates’, director’s, officer’s, employee’s, servant’s
or agent’s, as applicable) total liability in respect of such
amounts shall not exceed the greater of:
(a) the amount of one hundred dollars
($100.00), and
(b) the amounts actually received by
teameffective.com from user under this agreement.
8.3. User acknowledges and agrees that
without the foregoing exclusions and limitations of liability,
teameffective.com would not be able to offer the site or the
services, and that such exclusions and limitations of liability
shall apply, even if they would cause user’s remedies under this
agreement to fail of their essential purpose. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or
limitation of liability for incidental or consequential damages in
certain circumstances, and so the foregoing limitation and
exclusions may not apply to user to that extent.
9. Intellectual Property Rights
The Site and the Services and all
information and screens appearing on this Site, including documents,
services, site design, text, graphics, logos, images and icons, as
well as the arrangement thereof, are the sole property of
TeamEffective.com., Copyright © 2010 or its third party licensors.
Except as otherwise required or limited by applicable law, any
reproduction, distribution, modification, retransmission, or
publication of any copyrighted material is strictly prohibited
without the express written consent of the copyright owner or
license. TeamEffective.com reserves all rights in the Site and the
Services that are not expressly granted. TeamEffective.com is a
trademark of TeamEffective.com.com, LLC in the United States. Other
trademarks, names, and logos on this Site are the property of their
respective owners. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to
assign or transfer to User any rights to any such intellectual
property. User further acknowledges and agrees that Content made
available to User through the Services may be subject to the
intellectual property rights of third parties.
10. Privacy Policy
Your use of this Site is governed by
the TeamEffective.com privacy policy, which is available at (the “Privacy
Policy”).
11. General
11.1. TeamEffective.com may provide
references, frames or hyperlinks to internet websites maintained by
third parties. TeamEffective.com does not warrant that it has
reviewed such third party websites and makes no claims,
representations or warranties regarding such third party websites or
the contents of the same. TeamEffective.com is not responsible for,
nor does it endorse or recommend, any products or services provided
by such third parties through such third party websites or by any
other means.
11.2. User acknowledges and agrees that
User, and not TeamEffective.com, is responsible for determining
which laws may apply to User’s use of the Site and the Services and
assessing User’s obligations under such laws.
11.3. All notices and other communications
required or permitted to be given by TeamEffective.com to User under
this Agreement will be deemed to be properly given on the date when:
(a) posted on the Site,
(b) sent by email to the email address
for User last recorded by TeamEffective.com, or
(c) sent by postal mail to the postal
address for User last recorded by TeamEffective.com.
User may give notices to
TeamEffective.com under this Agreement by email to
support@TeamEffective.com.
11.4. This Agreement comprises the entire
agreement between TeamEffective.com and the User relating to the
Site and the Services.
11.5. The use of the terms “includes” and
“including”, and similar terms, shall be deemed not to limit what
else might be included.
11.6. This Agreement shall be governed by
the laws of the State of California, without reference to its
conflicts of law rules, and the parties hereby submit to the
exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts of that State.
11.7. User may not assign this Agreement
without TeamEffective.com’s prior written consent, which may be
withheld in TeamEffective.com’s sole discretion. TeamEffective.com
may assign this Agreement at any time without notice to User.
11.8. In any dispute arising out of this
Agreement, the substantially prevailing party shall be entitled to
payment of its reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs.
11.9. The failure by TeamEffective.com to
enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not
constitute a waiver of that provision or of any other provision of
this Agreement.
11.10. If any provision of this Agreement
shall be determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court, such
provision shall be deemed severable and the remainder of this
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

