Member Agreement
The Upromise Member Agreement contains details about the relationship
between you and us relating to the Upromise service. You have to accept
the terms of the Member Agreement in order to become a Upromise member.
By enrolling as a Upromise member, you agree to these terms and conditions
and that your use of this site and your participation in the Upromise
service is subject to this Member Agreement.
By enrolling in the Upromise Service, you acknowledge that you
have read and understood this Member Agreement and that you agree to be
bound by all of its terms. If you do not agree to all of the terms of
this Agreement, then do not click the "enroll" button to finish enrolling.
You also acknowledge that you have had an opportunity to review
the Upromise Privacy Statement or that it has been made available to
you.
This Agreement constitutes a legally binding agreement between Upromise,
Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Upromise"), and each individual
who registers with the Upromise Rewards Service, as described below (the
"Service"), by completing the registration form on the Upromise
website ("you" or the "Member"). As used in this
Agreement, the terms "we" and "us" mean Upromise, and
the term "our" means Upromise's.
Membership
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Registration. You represent that you are a person of legal age in
the state in which you live (generally at least 18 to 21, depending on
the state) and are a U.S. citizen or residing in the United States or its
territories. You agree that it is your responsibility to keep your Member
information current, complete and accurate by periodically updating your
information in the appropriate section of our website.
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License. Subject to this Agreement, we hereby grant you a
non-exclusive, non-transferable license (without the right to sublicense)
for so long as you participate in the Service and adhere to this
Agreement, to access, participate in and use the Service. You agree
that you obtain no rights other than the rights and licenses expressly
granted in this Agreement.
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Fees. We do not charge any membership fee. Some of the businesses
that will participate in the Service by rebating a portion of Members'
purchases at or with those businesses (each a "Contributing Company") may
charge fees with respect to some of their offers related to the Service.
Any such fees will be disclosed in the description of those Contributing
Companies' offers, and each Contributing Company reserves the right to
change such fees or institute new or additional fees in the future.
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Policies. You agree to comply with this Agreement, and all other
policies, rules and terms and conditions as set forth in Service
materials, including materials of Contributing Companies, either in print
or on our website (collectively, the "Policies"). The Policies,
including any amendments which may be made from time to time, are hereby
incorporated by reference into this Agreement. We may modify this
Agreement or the Policies at any time upon notice given in accordance
with this Agreement. This Agreement and the Policies as so amended will
be posted on our website, and your continued use of the Service
thereafter will constitute your affirmative acceptance of any such
amendment and your agreement to the terms thereof. You also acknowledge
and agree that any information you provide to a Contributing Company is
subject to that Contributing Company's own privacy and data collection
policies.
Member Obligations
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No Unauthorized Use of the Service. You agree that you will not,
and will not permit others to:
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provide any unauthorized third party with access to the Service or any
information, data, text, links, images, software, chat, communications
and other content available through the Internet and proprietary to
Upromise (collectively, "Content") by any means;
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modify, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or decompile any of the
software applications used by you in connection with your participation
in the Service;
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engage in any activity that does not comply with U.S. law or other
applicable law and regulations or otherwise engage in any illegal,
manipulative or misleading activity through the use of the Service;
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introduce into the Service any code intended to disrupt the Service,
alter or delete its Content, access confidential Content on our website
or interfere with the operation of the Service, including, but not
limited to, distribution of unsolicited advertising or mail messages
and propagation of computer worms and viruses;
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post any material in any form whatsoever on our website or within the
Service that is defamatory, obscene or otherwise unlawful or violates
any third party's right of privacy or publicity; or
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infringe any third party's patent, copyright, service mark, trademark
or other intellectual property right of any kind or misappropriate the
trade secrets of any third party in connection with your use of the
Service.
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Security. You will maintain the confidentiality of the user IDs and
passwords by which you access the Service, and will allow access to the
Service only by authorized persons, and not by any program, expert system,
electronic agent, "bot" or other automated means. If you desire, you may
authorize an account guest to contact Upromise customer care to take
certain actions on your behalf with respect to your account. The
Upromise website will set forth our Policies regarding account guests.
Any use of your assigned user IDs or passwords will be deemed to be your
use. If there is a breach of security through your account, you will
immediately change your password and notify us of such breach. You agree
that, unless you have first notified us immediately of any such breach,
we should assume that any instruction transmitted using your user ID and
password is yours and has been authorized by you, and we will have no
obligation to inquire into the propriety of such instruction. In
addition, you agree that we should assume that any instruction by an
account guest that is in compliance with the Policies has been authorized
by you, and we will have no obligation to inquire into the propriety of
such instruction. You will not permit any use of the Service that would
damage, interfere with or unreasonably overload the Service. You
acknowledge that Upromise will not contact you to solicit your user ID or
password.
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Discontinuation or Suspension of Use. We may, in our sole
discretion, at any time and without prior notice:
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discontinue transmitting all or any part of the Content related to the
Service;
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change, discontinue or limit access to the Service or any functionality,
feature or other component of the Service; or
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suspend or terminate your use of or access to all or part of the Service
upon giving you notice of such suspension or termination.
Contributing Company Offers and Payment of Contributions
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Contributions. Subject to this Agreement, you will receive cash
rebates and other payments denominated in U.S. dollars (each a
"Contribution") on all Qualifying Purchases made at, from or with
Contributing Companies, or upon redemption of points or other awards of
certain Contributing Companies as applicable, in the amounts or
percentages set by those Contributing Companies and subject to those
Contributing Companies' terms and conditions. Some of your Qualifying
Purchases may be made at grocery stores and other retailers that are not
Contributing Companies ("Pass-Through Retailers"), but that have agreed
to provide us with information about your purchases so that Contributing
Companies whose products are sold by those Pass-Through Retailers can
provide Contributions on your Qualifying Purchases at such Pass-Through
Retailers. Pass-Through Retailers shall not be responsible for the
refusal of any Contributing Company to pay Contributions in accordance
with the terms of that Contributing Company's offer. Solely as a
convenience, we may provide a promotional page or other description on
the Upromise website of each Contributing Company's terms and conditions.
Contributing Companies may impose conditions or restrictions different
from, or in addition to, those described on such promotional pages or in
such descriptions. We are not responsible for setting or maintaining the
amount of the Contributions offered by any Contributing Company or for
requirements of any Contributing Company's program or offer. Each
Contributing Company has reserved the right to change at any time, and
without notice, the amount or percentage of any Contributions it offers
as well as the terms and conditions of any qualifying purchase. Your
continued use of the Service thereafter will constitute acceptance of such
terms and conditions. We do not represent or warrant that any particular
Contributing Company or Pass-Through Retailer will participate in the
Service at the time you join the Service or at any time thereafter. For
the purposes of this Agreement, a purchase is a "Qualifying Purchase" once
all conditions in a Contributing Company's offer with respect to that
purchase, including any waiting periods, have been satisfied.
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The Upromise Account.
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a. Contributions you accrue as a result of Qualifying Purchases will
be posted to your individual account on the books of Upromise
(the "Upromise Account"). The Upromise website will display a summary of
activity in your Upromise Account. Generally, Contributions will be
posted to your Upromise Account within thirty (30) days of notice from
a Contributing Company to Upromise of your relevant transaction or your
election to convert or redeem existing miles or awards from a
Contributing Company's eligible awards program. However, we will not be
liable for damages resulting from any failure to post Contributions to
a Upromise Account in a timely manner. You acknowledge and accept that
you are solely responsible for checking your Upromise Account regularly
to verify that Contributions have been properly posted. If you believe
that a Contribution has not been properly posted to your Upromise
Account, then you must inform Upromise within one year of the qualified
transaction for which you are claiming that a Contribution should have
been posted and must be able to provide proof of such transaction
acceptable to Upromise. Upromise reserves the right, however, to
determine, in its sole and absolute discretion, whether a Contribution
should have been posted to your Upromise Account. You acknowledge that
any such determination by Upromise will be final and binding.
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Contributions posted to your Upromise Account will be deposited and
held in an account established and maintained by Upromise as trustee
for the exclusive benefit of Upromise Members (the "Rewards Account").
Upromise will maintain a record of your interest in the Rewards Account.
Contributing Companies will pay Contributions accrued by you to Upromise
for deposit into the Rewards Account. You will not be entitled to
receive interest on any funds deposited in the Rewards Account.
Except as contemplated by Section 12, Contributions will remain in
the Rewards Account until (i) you direct us to distribute such
Contributions in accordance with this Agreement, or (ii) we exercise
our options under Section 16 below. Contributing Companies have no
role in verifying, administering or maintaining any Rewards Account
or any Upromise Account. The amount of Contributions available for
disposition in accordance with Section 15 of this Agreement may differ
from the amount of Contributions posted in your Upromise Account.
Your rights with respect to funds held in the Rewards Account exist
only with respect to the Contributions actually deposited in the
Rewards Account for your benefit. Only Upromise is authorized to
act upon your instructions with respect to the disposition of funds
held for your benefit in the Rewards Account in accordance with this
Section and Section 15 of this Agreement.
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No Responsibility for Contributing Companies. You agree that
Upromise is not an agent of any Contributing Company and that Contributing
Companies operate independently of, and are not under the control of,
Upromise with respect to the Service or otherwise. Accordingly, we do
not represent or warrant, or give any assurances, that any Contributing
Company will provide a Contribution for any particular transaction even
where such transaction would appear to qualify for such Contribution under
either Upromise or Contributing Company statements. We are not
responsible for the failure of any Contributing Company to pay
Contributions in accordance with the terms of that Contributing
Company's offer. Further, your participation in offers or promotions of,
or correspondence with, any Contributing Company is solely between you and
that Contributing Company. We do not assume any liability, obligation or
responsibility for any part of any such correspondence, offer or
promotion, including without limitation the withdrawal or modification
of any such offer or promotion. Also, no Contributing Company assumes
any liability, obligation or responsibility for our conduct with respect
to the Service.
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Online Affiliates. In the case of certain online Contributing
Companies ("Online Affiliates"), the Online Affiliates have agreed to
pay us certain affiliate or referral fees when Members purchase goods
or services from such Online Affiliates through our website. We agree
to deposit all or a portion of such affiliate or referral fee (as
specified on our website for each particular Contributing Company) as a
Contribution in the Rewards Account for your benefit upon receipt of the
associated affiliate or referral fee. No Contribution associated with
any purchase from an Online Affiliate will be earned and deposited in the
Rewards Account for your benefit unless and until the associated affiliate
or referral fee has been paid by such Online Affiliate to Upromise.
For your convenience, we may post pending Contributions from Online
Affiliates to your Upromise Account prior to the payment of the
associated affiliate or referral fee to Upromise. We reserve the
right to reverse the posting of any Contribution in the event the
applicable Online Affiliate does not timely pay to Upromise the associated
affiliate or referral fee. Upromise reserves the right to change its
offer with respect to the amount of the Contribution associated with any
Online Affiliate at any time, but no such change will affect any
Contributions earned prior to such change.
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Returning and Rescinding Contributions. In our sole discretion,
we may withdraw amounts from the Rewards Account and deduct Contributions
from your Upromise Account in order to make adjustments for returns and
cancellations with respect to Qualifying Purchases. In the event that you
have redeemed a Contribution held for your benefit in the Rewards Account
or have elected to have it transferred to a Linked Account (as defined
below) and you subsequently reverse the transaction with a Contributing
Company that generated such Contribution, or otherwise are required to
return the Contribution to the Contributing Company pursuant to the terms
of the applicable offer, whether or not you are still participating in the
Service, you will remain solely responsible for the repayment of the
Contribution credited from such purchase, and we may apply future
Contributions made for your benefit against such obligation and/or
repay the amount of any such credited Contribution from funds held for
your benefit in the Rewards Account. In the event you fail to repay such
amount, we reserve the right to take any and all legal action necessary to
collect the dollar amount from you, including but not limited to pursuing
such claim in a court of law, employing a debt collection agency or
reporting such claim to a credit reporting agency. We reserve the right
to rescind Contributions and to bar further Contributions to, or terminate
the Membership of, any Member that we believe, in our sole discretion, is
abusing or has abused the Service, including, without limitation, by
engaging in fraudulent activities, by engaging in a pattern of returning
products after the corresponding Contribution has been credited, or
creating or attempting to create or participating in any market in
Contributions, or engaging in or accepting any broad-based solicitation
of Contributions, and you agree to forfeit any and all Contributions you
have received through the Service in the event you have engaged in any
such activities.
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Account Adjustments. In the event of any abusive or fraudulent
activity related to the Service, as determined by us in our sole
discretion, we reserve the right to make any adjustments to your
Upromise Account and/or funds held for your benefit in the Rewards
Account at any time. Any such adjustments, however, will be made in
accordance with this Agreement, the Policies, any applicable laws, rules
or regulations, and the terms of any Contributing Company offers.
Use of Information
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Use of Information.
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You acknowledge that in order to administer the Service, we will
collect information about you, your purchases from Contributing Companies
and Pass-Through Retailers and your Linked Accounts (as defined below)
with Linked Account Managers (as defined below). In furtherance of the
foregoing, to the extent a telecommunications carrier is a Contributing
Company, you authorize such entity, its affiliates and authorized
representatives (collectively, the "Telecommunications Carrier") to
share with us, and our affiliates and authorized representatives, your
proprietary network information, qualifying Telecommunications Carrier
services information and other Telecommunications Carrier service and
usage information. You also authorize the Telecommunications Carrier
to disclose to us any and all information with respect to your
purchases of the Telecommunications Carrier's services, including
qualifying Telecommunications Carrier services, as is necessary for
us to provide any aspect of the Service or to advise you of
Telecommunication Carrier services that are eligible for Contributions
by the Telecommunications Carrier. You authorize Contributing Companies
and Pass-Through Retailers and their respective agents to disclose to us
any and all information with respect to your purchases from such
Contributing Company. You also authorize Linked Account Managers
and their agents to disclose to us any and all information with
respect to your Linked Accounts as is necessary to fulfill the terms
of this Agreement or to provide any aspect of the Service as set forth
on our website. In addition, by registering any credit card, debit
card, charge card, loyalty card or other unique account or identifier,
you hereby authorize us and our agents to collect any and all
information from any credit card processor, issuing bank, other
card issuer or any available source with respect to the purchases made
using such credit card, debit card, charge card, loyalty card or other
unique account or identifier. You authorize us to use any such
information and to disclose such information (a) to our representatives
and agents, (b) to third parties, where necessary or convenient for
transfer or redemption of your accumulated Contributions or otherwise
in connection with the Service, (c) to comply with requests, orders or
subpoenas from courts of law or any regulatory, legislative or
administrative bodies and (d) otherwise in accordance with the
terms of the Upromise Privacy Statement on our website.
You represent that you have full authority to register each credit
card, debit card, charge card, loyalty card and other unique account
or identifier you register in the Service and to receive information
about the transactions effected using such cards, accounts or
identifiers. You authorize us to disclose such cards, accounts
and identifiers to affiliated and unaffiliated third parties for
the purposes set forth in this paragraph, even if you never make use
of the service provided by one or more of those third parties.
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You authorize us, at the time you register a credit or debit card in
the Service, to request authorization from the applicable credit, debit
or charge card issuer for a transaction on such credit, debit or charge
card in order to protect against fraud or other abuse; provided that we
will reverse such transaction promptly upon receipt of authorization or
rejection from the credit, debit or charge card issuer. You acknowledge
and agree to this procedure and acknowledge that, during the period
between authorization and reversal of such transaction, certain funds
(up to $25.00) from your credit or debit card account may not be
available for your use. Upromise will have no liability to you for
any losses or costs associated with the temporary unavailability of
such funds.
Use of Contributions
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Linked Accounts. Upromise is not a registered broker-dealer and,
therefore, does not effect any transactions in, offer, sell or distribute
any securities. To the extent any activities associated with the Service
are required to be performed by a registered broker-dealer, such activities
will be conducted exclusively by Upromise Investments, Inc. ("Upromise
Investments"), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Upromise, or such
other entity as may lawfully conduct such activities.
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Linked Account Managers. Certain financial institutions or state
agencies or instrumentalities (the " Investment Managers") have
entered into arrangements with Upromise Investments to offer and
administer various investment accounts and prepaid tuition plans,
including tax-advantaged educational savings accounts
provided for in Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
which you may link to the Service and into which you may cause
Contributions held for your benefit in the Rewards Account to be
distributed, subject to such terms and conditions, including certain
minimum transfers, imposed by such Investment Managers. Similarly, certain
Upromise affiliates and other third parties with whom Upromise may enter
into relationships from time-to-time (the "Other Managers", and collectively
with the Investment Managers, the "Linked Account Managers") may offer and/or
administer student loan accounts, savings accounts, certificate of deposit
accounts or other financial accounts, which you may link to the Service and
into which you may cause Contributions held for your benefit in the Rewards
Account to be distributed, subject to such terms and conditions, including
certain minimum transfers, imposed by such Other Managers. Any account
or plan with a Linked Account Manager that you link to the Service is
referred to herein as a "Linked Account". To transfer Contributions to a
Linked Account Manager, you must submit to the Linked
Account Manager a separate account application and such other materials
as the Linked Account Manager may require, and you must satisfy any
terms, conditions or requirements imposed by such Linked Account Manager,
in its sole discretion. We do not represent, warrant or guaranty that
any Linked Account Manager will accept your account application or make
available to you any particular product. Linked Account Managers may
impose conditions or requirements different from, or in addition to,
any described on our website. Each Linked Account Manager has reserved
the right to change at any time, and without notice, the terms,
conditions and requirements relating to any product it may offer.
We do not represent or warrant that any particular Linked Account
Manager will make available any particular product at the time you
join the Service or at any time thereafter. Contributing Companies
have no role in establishing or administering Linked Accounts. Upon
your authorization through our website, transfers of your funds to a
Linked Account (other than a prepaid tuition plan) in accordance with
this Section will be made approximately every three months (or, in
the case of prepaid tuition plans, once per year), or more often, at
our discretion, in each case subject to any minimum transfer
requirements of the applicable Linked Account Manager or Upromise,
once you have set your preferences on our website in accordance with
the procedures we establish from time to time. You acknowledge and
understand that your funds will only be transferred to a Linked Account
in accordance with the foregoing, and funds will not be distributed as
directed by you until received by the Linked Account Manager in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the agreement with the
Linked Account Manager. You represent that you have full authority
to link to the Service each Linked Account you link to the Service and
to receive information about the transactions effected in such Linked
Accounts, including the Linked Account balance. You authorize us to
share information about your Rewards Account and any Linked Account
with the applicable Linked Account Managers, and you authorize the
applicable Linked Account Managers to share information about any
Linked Account with us, as may be necessary to transfer your funds
from your Rewards Account to your Linked Account(s) and to display
information about your Linked Account(s) on the Upromise website.
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While the Linked Account Managers have agreed to work with Members to
establish and maintain Linked Accounts in compliance with state, local,
and federal regulations governing these types of accounts, we disclaim
all liability for any damages, including indirect or consequential,
resulting from the disposition of funds held for your benefit in the
Rewards Account once such funds have been transferred to a Linked
Account Manager. We do not make any representation about, or assume
responsibility for, the performance of any Linked Account, the risk of
which is borne fully by you.
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Other Uses of Contributions. You may choose to direct us to
distribute Contributions held for your benefit in the Rewards Account
in either of the following ways, as alternatives to transferring
Contributions to a Linked Account with a Linked Account Manager:
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Transfer as gift to another Member. You may direct that any
or all of the funds held for your benefit in the Rewards Account be
held for the benefit of another Member, through the Family and Friends
network in accordance with the procedures we establish from time to
time; or
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Redeem as cash. You may request a withdrawal of any or all
of the funds as a cash payment to you, in accordance with the
procedures and subject to any fees we establish and as permitted
by applicable law.
Transfers of funds in accordance with this Section 15(c) will be made
within sixty (60) days of notice to us by you in accordance with the
procedures, and subject to such minimum transfers, that we establish
from time to time and set forth on our website or otherwise disclose
to you.
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You acknowledge and accept that none of the Contributing Companies,
Upromise or Upromise Investments is the agent of any Linked Account
Manager or any 529 Plan sponsor. You further acknowledge and accept
that no Linked Account Manager or 529 Plan sponsor will have any
liability, obligation or responsibility for the conduct of Upromise or
Upromise Investments with respect to the Service. In furtherance of
the foregoing, you acknowledge and accept that no Linked Account
Manager will have any responsibility for or liability with respect
to any funds until such funds have been transferred to the Linked
Account Manager.
Miscellaneous
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Termination; Expiration or Forfeiture of Upromise Accounts.
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This Agreement is effective when accepted by you, as described in the
first paragraph of this Agreement, and will remain in effect and legally
bind you and us until you or we terminate your membership in the Service.
You may terminate your membership in the Service at any time in
accordance with the procedures established on our website from time
to time. We may terminate your membership in the Service without cause
immediately after notice to you of such termination.
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If this Agreement has terminated, then we may close your Upromise
Account and distribute any Contributions held for your benefit in
the Rewards Account pursuant to one of the alternatives given in
Section 15(c) above at your direction. If you do not supply such
direction to us within sixty (60) days of our notice to you that we
intend to close your Upromise Account, then we will distribute such
funds in cash to you pursuant to Section 15(c)(ii) at your most recent
address provided to us, subject to any minimum transfer amounts. To the
extent that your Upromise Account is terminated and the Contributions
held for your benefit in the Rewards Account are less than any minimum
transfer amounts, you will forfeit such Contributions.
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Upon any termination of this Agreement, your right to use and access the
Service and to receive Contributions will terminate and Sections 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19 and 20 hereof will survive in accordance with
their terms. Subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement,
termination will not prejudice either your or our remedies at law or
in equity.
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Certain Disclaimers; Indemnification.
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Disclaimer of Warranties.
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THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS AND WITHOUT EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
WARRANTIES OF TITLE, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY
AS TO THE QUALITY, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR VALIDITY OF ANY
MATERIALS RELATED TO THE SERVICE AND DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE
FUNCTIONALITY OF SUCH SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE,
THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT SUCH SERVICE OR THE
SERVER(S) THAT MAKE(S) IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER
HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
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UPROMISE'S WEBSITE AND THE SERVICE MAY CONTAIN FACTS, VIEWS,
OPINIONS, STATEMENTS, OR RECOMMENDATIONS OF THIRD-PARTY INDIVIDUALS
AND ORGANIZATIONS. WE DO NOT REPRESENT OR ENDORSE THE ACCURACY,
CURRENTNESS, OR RELIABILITY OF ANY ADVICE, OPINION, STATEMENT,
RECOMMENDATIONS, OR OTHER INFORMATION DISPLAYED, UPLOADED, OR
DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE UPROMISE WEBSITE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY
RELIANCE ON ANY SUCH OPINION, STATEMENT, RECOMMENDATIONS OR
INFORMATION WILL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. FURTHERMORE, WE DO NOT WARRANT,
GUARANTEE OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE QUALITY OF, OR
ACCURACY OF ADVERTISEMENTS FOR, ANY MERCHANDISE, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES
OFFERED OR PROVIDED BY ITS CONTRIBUTING COMPANIES OR SUPPLIERS IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE SERVICE.
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Exclusion of Certain Damages. We will not be liable for any
damages, including indirect or consequential damages, arising from:
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any failure to screen users or Members of the Service;
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acts or omissions of any users or Members of the Service;
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materials posted by, or of, any party other than Upromise or Upromise
Investments or any use thereof;
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the accuracy, dependability, privacy, security, authenticity or
completeness of data transmitted over or obtained using the Internet; or
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any failure to perform any obligation hereunder, or from any delay
in the performance thereof, due to causes beyond our reasonable
control, including the elements, acts of God, labor disputes,
acts of terrorism, acts of civil or military authority, fires,
floods, epidemics, quarantine restrictions, failure or erratic
behavior of telecommunications or power system, sabotage, armed
hostilities, riots or government regulation of the Internet.
In addition to the foregoing, on occasion, Contributing Companies,
Pass-Through Retailers, Online Affiliates, Upromise and/or any of
their respective third party agents may fail to track your Qualified
Purchases due to computer system failures or interruptions beyond the
reasonable control of the tracking party. Furthermore, certain
hardware devices and software such as pop-up blockers, ad blocking
software, viruses, worms, Trojans, adware, spyware and malware can
interfere with the tracking of Contributions and/or the operation of
our website. Neither Upromise nor any Contributing Company,
Pass-Through Retailer, Online Affiliate or third party tracking
agent shall be liable for your failure to receive a Contribution
or important information about the Service as a result of a computer
system failure or interruption or hardware devices or software on your
computer or network.
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Indemnification. You agree to indemnify Upromise, Upromise
Investments, any Contributing Company, Pass-Through Retailer, Linked
Account Manager, 529 Plan Sponsor and any bank having custody of your
Contributions (a "Custody Bank"), as well as their respective officers,
directors, employees, successors, agents, and affiliates, for any and all
claims, damages, losses and causes of action (including attorneys'
fees and court costs) arising out of or relating to your breach of
this Agreement (including without limitation relating to a breach by
you of Section 5), or for any materials in any form whatsoever that are
provided by you or your account guest (or through your user ID and/or
password). You agree to cooperate as fully as reasonably required in our
defense and/or settlement of any claim. We reserve in our reasonable
discretion the right to assume exclusive control over the defense and
settlement of any matter subject to indemnification by you.
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Tax Advice. Nothing contained on our website is intended to
constitute personal tax advice. The tax consequences of participation
in the Service will depend on your particular tax circumstances. You
are responsible for obtaining your own tax advice with respect to
participation in the Service. You agree that we will not have any
liability for any information contained on or omitted from the
Upromise website with respect to taxes and that we have no obligation
to inform you of changes in the tax laws.
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Investment Advice. Nothing contained on our website is intended
to constitute investment advice, nor do we give advice or offer any
opinion or recommendation on the suitability of any security or
investment strategy. We will not be deemed to have solicited any
investments directed by you in Linked Accounts established by you
with the Linked Account Managers. Although you may be able to obtain
investment related reports and information through the Service and our
website, the availability of such information does not constitute
a recommendation by us to buy or sell any security or other property
discussed in such reports or information. Any investment decision you
make will be based solely on your own evaluation of the merits of the
particular investment decision in light of your financial
circumstances and investment objectives.
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Limitation of Liability.
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NONE OF UPROMISE, UPROMISE INVESTMENTS, ANY CONTRIBUTING COMPANY,
PASS-THROUGH RETAILER LINKED ACCOUNT MANAGER OR CUSTODY BANK, OR ANY
OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SUCCESSORS,
OR AFFILIATES ARE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR OTHER INDIRECT DAMAGES OR FOR LOSS OF
PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA OR LOSS OF USE DAMAGES, THAT RESULT FROM THE
USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE SERVICE, THE INFORMATION CONTAINED
ON THE UPROMISE WEBSITE, OR (EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF THE APPLICABLE
CONTRIBUTING COMPANY OR SUPPLIER) ANY MERCHANDISE, PRODUCTS OR
SERVICES OFFERED BY CONTRIBUTING COMPANIES OR SUPPLIERS IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE SERVICE, EVEN IF ANY SUCH ENTITY HAS BEEN ADVISED
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES OR
JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR THE LIMITATION OF
LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, IN SUCH STATES
OR JURISDICTIONS OUR LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED
BY LAW.
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IN NO EVENT WILL UPROMISE'S AND UPROMISE INVESTMENTS' TOTAL LIABILITY
TO YOU FROM ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION RESULTING FROM
YOUR USE OF THE UPROMISE WEBSITE OR PARTICIPATION IN THE SERVICE,
WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE),
STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EXCEED THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF FUNDS HELD
FOR YOUR BENEFIT IN THE REWARDS ACCOUNT WHILE THIS AGREEMENT IS IN EFFECT.
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Electronic and Oral Communications.
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Member and Account Guest Instructions. We may rely on your oral
and electronic instructions and on your account guest's oral instructions.
In addition, you consent to the monitoring and recording of your and your
account guest's telephone conversations with us for training or compliance
purposes or to provide a record of your instructions. You agree that
we will not be liable for honoring oral instructions received from any
person claiming to be you or your account guest, provided reasonable
verification procedures have been followed. We may follow any
instructions received by electronic means through the Upromise
website just as if you had given such instructions in person,
regardless of whether or not you have personally initiated such
instructions.
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Consent to Electronic Disclosures. You consent to the receipt of all
reports, transaction confirmations, account statements, correspondence
and other information from us electronically through either (i) access
to your Upromise Account on our website or (ii) the email address
provided by you to us. In order to access and retain electronic disclosures
from Upromise, you must have (a) a personal computer with a browser that
supports
these requirements,
(b) Internet access and a valid email account
supported by software to enable you to receive email messages, (c) Adobe
Reader installed on your computer, and (d) sufficient electronic storage
capacity to store disclosures or a printer capable of printing from your
web browser and email software to print disclosures. You may update your
email address at anytime by logging into your Upromise account and updating
your profile. We will not be responsible for your inability to connect to
the Internet or to access the Upromise website or otherwise not to receive
electronic communications. Electronic communications are presumed to be
delivered to and received by you when sent by us, whether actually received
or not. You acknowledge that you have access to hardware and software meeting
the system requirements set forth above to receive from us correspondence and
records in electronic form. You may withdraw the consent to have those records
provided or made available in electronic form by mailing written notice to
Upromise. You may also request that we provide you paper copies of written
communications we are required to send you by mailing written notice to Upromise.
Each such notice must be sent by mail to Upromise at 95 Wells Avenue, Suite 160,
Newton, MA 02459, Attn: Customer Service. If you withdraw your consent to receive
correspondence and records in electronic form, we reserve the right to
terminate this Member Agreement. If you request that we provide you paper
copies of written communications, we reserve the right to charge you a
reasonable administrative fee to cover our mail and other costs of complying
with your request. Alternatively, you may obtain a paper copy of such
communications by printing them from your computer.
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General.
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Governing Law. The validity, construction and interpretation of
this Agreement, and the rights and duties of the parties hereto, will
be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, excluding its conflicts of laws
principles. Each party hereto agrees that all claims relating to this
Agreement will be heard exclusively by a state or federal court in
Massachusetts. Accordingly, each party hereby consents to the exclusive
jurisdiction of any state or federal court in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts over any proceeding related to this Agreement,
irrevocably waives any objection to the venue of any such court,
and irrevocably waives any claim that any such proceeding in such a
court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
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Assignment. You may not assign your rights and obligations
under this Agreement, in whole or in part, without our prior written
consent, and any such assignment without such consent will be null
and void. We may assign our rights and obligations under this
Agreement, in whole or in part, without your consent. This Agreement
will inure to the benefit and burden of the parties hereto and their
permitted successors and assigns.
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Notices. Any notice by one party hereto to the other will be
in writing (which may include email) and either personally delivered,
delivered by Internet email, or sent via reputable overnight courier
or certified mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested.
Notices will be sent to you at the Internet email address or the
mailing address specified in your account profile and to us at 95
Wells Avenue, Suite 160, Newton, MA 02459, Attn.: Customer Service,
or any other address of which either party hereto may from time to
time notify the other in accordance with this Section 22(c). All
notices will be in English and will be deemed effective on the date
of personal delivery, upon confirmation of email transmission, upon
signed receipt from an overnight courier, or five days after deposit
with the U.S. Postal Service.
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No Waiver; Severability. The waiver by either party hereto of
a breach or default of any provision of this Agreement by the other
party hereto will not be construed as a waiver of any succeeding
breach or default of the same or any other provision, nor will any
delay or omission on the part of either party hereto to exercise or
avail itself of any right, power or privilege that it has, or may
have hereunder, operate as a waiver of any right, power or privilege
by such party. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be
invalid, such invalidity shall not effect the remaining provisions.
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Relief. You acknowledge and accept that any breach of Section
5 above is likely to irreparably harm us and will not be susceptible
of cure by monetary damages. Consequently, if you breach any provisions
of Section 5 above, then we will be entitled to obtain injunctive or
other equitable relief in addition to any remedies it may have at law.
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Third-Party Beneficiary. Upromise Investments and each
Contributing Company, Pass-Through Retailer, Linked Account Manager,
529 Plan sponsor, and Custody Bank is hereby expressly made a third
party beneficiary of this Agreement and may enforce this Agreement
directly against you.
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Entire Agreement. This Agreement represents the entire
agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter
hereof, and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements or
representations, written or oral, concerning the subject matter
hereof (including without limitation, earlier versions of this
Agreement that may have been accepted by you through the Upromise
website or otherwise). We reserve the right to modify this Agreement
at any time upon notice given in accordance with this Agreement.
Your non-termination and continued use of the Service after notice of
any modification of this Agreement will constitute affirmative
acceptance by you of such modification and your consent to abide
by any terms thereof. You acknowledge that the most recent version of
this Agreement will be located on the Upromise website under Member
Agreement. No other act, document, usage or custom will be deemed to
amend or modify this Agreement.
Effective Date 02/07/10