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Welcome to Parchment.com (which, together with all
Web site URLs containing Parchment.com, are referred to collectively
as the “Site”). This Site is owned and operated by Parchment,
Inc. (“Parchment”). Your access to the Site and use of
the services and tools provided on the Site is governed by the following
Terms of Service Agreement (the “Agreement”), which may
be amended by Parchment from time to time at its sole and absolute
discretion. The current version of the Agreement is always available
at: http://exchange.parchment.com/d/.
Please read the following terms and conditions carefully.
By accessing the Site or using any of the products and services
provided on, or made available via, the Site (individually and collectively,
the “Services”), you agree to be bound by the then current
terms and conditions of this Agreement, and your continued access
to the Site and/or use of such Services constitute your acceptance
of any additional or different terms and conditions added to this
Agreement in the future. If you do not accept all of the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, do not register on the Site, purchase
the Services offered on the Site or access any portion of the Site
which may be password-restricted., YOUR ACCESS TO THE SITE OR USE
OF ANY SERVICES ON THE SITE CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
1. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
Parchment makes available for purchase certain Services, including
the ordering, processing, and delivery of student records via the
Internet or otherwise. Access to information and records and the
completion of purchase orders concerning the Services is password
restricted to persons who: (i) are at least 13 years old, (ii) register
with Parchment, and (iii) accept and abide by all of the terms and
conditions of this Agreement (“Registered Users”).
Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that augment
or enhance the current Services, including the release of new Parchment
products, services, tools or properties directed at Registered Users
or visitors of the Site, shall be subject to this Agreement. Parchment
is under no obligation to update the Site, the Services or any information
or data contained on the Site or used in connection with the Services.
Parchment reserves the right at any time and from time to time to
modify, discontinue or suspend, temporarily or permanently, its
offering of the Services (or any part thereof) without notice or
liability to you or any third party.
2. YOUR REGISTRATION OBLIGATIONS
By completing the registration process, you represent that you are
at least 18 years old, or otherwise qualify as an eligible person
under the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”).
You also agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information
about yourself as prompted by the applicable registration form and
maintain and promptly update such information to keep it true, accurate,
current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue,
inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or if Parchment has reasonable
grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate,
not current or incomplete, Parchment has the right to suspend or
terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future
use of all or any of the Services.
3. PARCHMENT PRIVACY POLICY
All information about you including your registration information
and any information stored or transmitted in any way on the Site
is subject to our Privacy Policy, located at http://exchange.parchment.com/d/.
4. REGISTERED USER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD AND SECURITY
You will receive a password protected Registered User account and
a user ID upon completing the registration process. You agree to:
(i) maintain the confidentiality of your password, (ii) take full
responsibility for all activities by users accessing the Site or
the Services through your account(s) (including, without limitation
your Registered User account, if applicable), (iii) immediately
notify Parchment of any unauthorized use of your account or any other
breach of security that you become aware of, and (iv) ensure that
you exit from your account at the end of each session. Failure to
exit you’re your account can enable the next user of the computer
to access and modify information in your account. Parchment is not
responsible for any loss or damage arising from your failure to
comply with these requirements.
5. CONTENT, USE OF SITE
You, and not Parchment, are solely responsible for all the information,
data, text, messages, emails or other communications or materials
(“Content”) that you create, link to, transmit or receive
by any method on or through the Site. You acknowledge that except
as may be set forth in a separate written agreement between Parchment
and you, Parchment does not pre-screen Content posted on the Site
or transmitted through the Services and is not obligated or responsible
to verify the accuracy, reliability, timeliness or appropriateness
of such Content. Without limiting the foregoing, you also agree
that Parchment may in its sole discretion refuse to post, store or
transmit any Content submitted by you, or move, remove, edit or
modify any Content on the Site as Parchment deems appropriate.
You will not use the Site and/or the Services to:
(a) access, store or transmit any Content that is unlawful,
harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory,
vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive
of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or
otherwise objectionable;
(b) impersonate any person or entity including, without limitation,
any Parchment employee, agent, or affiliate, or falsely state or
otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
(c) access, store or transmit any Content that you do not
have a right to collect, use, store or transmit under any law or
under any contractual or fiduciary
relationships (including, without limitation, academic and transcript
information and data and other
confidential information);
(d) access, store or transmit any Content that infringes any
intellectual and/or industrial property rights of any kind anywhere
in the world of any third party;
(e) store or transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising,
promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,”
“chain letters,” “pyramid
schemes,” or any other form of solicitation;
(f) access, store or transmit any Content that contains software
viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed
to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer
software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
(g) interfere with or disrupt the Site, the Services or any
servers or networks connected to the Site or used with the Services,
or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations
of any networks connected to the Site or used
with the Services; or
(h) violate any applicable local, state, national or international
law including, without limitation, regulations promulgated by the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any rules of any national
or other securities exchange, and any other regulations
having the force of law.
6. REGISTERED USER CONDUCT AND USE OF THE SITE
Parchment takes the safety and security of its Registered Users and
online visitors very seriously. If Parchment believes that a Registered
User of any account or visitor to the Site is harassing, deceiving,
harming or otherwise endangering the physical or emotional well-being
of any other person directly or indirectly through the Site or the
Services, Parchment (in its sole discretion) may notify the appropriate
law enforcement authorities and cooperate to the full extent requested
by such authorities in their investigation of such allegations and
in any resulting criminal actions, or at Parchment’s sole discretion,
at the request of third parties in any resulting civil action. Such
cooperation may include, without limitation, the disclosure of personally
identifying information and/or private communications transmitted
through the Site.
7. INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Parchment (and its parents,
subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, shareholders, agents,
partners, customers and employees) harmless from any claim, demand,
suit, damages, losses and costs (including reasonable attorneys’
fees) made by any third party due to or arising out of (i) your
violation of this Agreement or (ii) your violation of any law or
the rights of any person or entity arising out of or related to
the use of the Site or Services. Parchment reserves the right to
assume the exclusive defense and control of any such claim, demand
or suit.
8. GENERAL PRACTICES REGARDING USE AND STORAGE
You agree that Parchment may from time to time establish and modify
in its sole discretion general practices and limits concerning use
of the Services including, without limitation, the order form procedures,
document delivery options, and timeliness guarantees (if any). You
agree that Parchment reserves the right to log off Registered User
accounts that are inactive for an extended period of time at its
sole discretion.
9. TERMINATION
You may terminate your Registered User account at any time for any
reason by sending an email to Parchment at customerservice@parchment.com
requesting such termination. You agree that Parchment, in its sole
discretion and without notice or liability to you or any third party,
may terminate your Registered User account if Parchment believes
that you have violated or acted inconsistently with any term of
this Agreement. Termination of this Agreement will not relieve you
of any liabilities or obligations accrued on or before the date
of termination, or limit any other remedies available to Parchment
arising out of your breach of this Agreement. Your indemnification
obligations under Sections 7 and 12 will continue after any termination
of this Agreement.
10. DEALINGS WITH ADVERTISERS
From time to time, Parchment may enter into agreements with third-party
advertisers to advertise and promote their goods and/or services
on the Site. Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation
in promotions of, advertisers found on the Site, including payment
and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms,
conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings,
are solely between you and such advertiser. You agree that Parchment
shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any
sort incurred as a result of any such dealings or as the result
of the presence of any advertisers on the Site.
Depending on the options selected by you in your Registered User
account profile (which may be changed by you at any time), such
third party affiliates of Parchment may, from time to time, send
email messages to you containing advertisements and promotions.
Parchment makes no representation or warranty with respect to the
content of any such email messages or any goods or services which
may be obtained from such third parties, and you agree that Parchment
will not have any responsibility or liability with respect thereto.
11. LINKS
The Site contains links to other Web sites and resources. Parchment
does not endorse and is not responsible or liable in any way for
any Content, advertising, services or goods on or available from
such sites or resources. You agree that Parchment is not responsible
and will have no liability for any reliance by you or other visitors
and Registered Users in any way on the Content on such Web sites
or any other Content linked to such Web sites. You further agree
to indemnify, defend and hold Parchment (its parents, subsidiaries,
affiliates, officers, directors, shareholders, agents, partners
and employees) harmless from and against any claim, demand or costs
(including attorney’s fees and expert witness fees) made by
any third party arising out of or relating to your linking to or
use of any third-party Content.
12. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK NOTICE
Parchment, its affiliates and licensors retain all right, title and
interest in and to the Site, the Services, all Content provided
on the Site (excluding third party Content, if any), and the business
process, procedures, methods and techniques used on or in connection
with the Site and the Services, and all patent rights, copyrights,
trademark rights, trade secret rights and other proprietary rights
therein or related thereto (“Intellectual Property”).
You may not modify, publish, transmit, transfer or sell, rent, lease,
reproduce, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, link,
display, or in any way exploit the Intellectual Property, in whole
or in part, except as expressly permitted in this Agreement or with
the prior written consent of Parchment.
Subject to any third-party license restrictions, you may copy and
create derivative works of the Content displayed on the Site solely
for your personal, non-commercial, educational use, provided that
you do not remove any trademarks, copyright notices or any other
notice contained in such Content.
You agree not to modify any Site Content, or Site or Services object
code or source code in any manner or form, or to use modified versions
of such Content or code for any reason including, without limitation,
for the purpose of obtaining unauthorized access to the Services.
You agree not to access the Services by any means other than through
the interface that is provided by Parchment for use in accessing
the Services.
The use of any Parchment (or any Parchment affiliate or licensor)
trademark or service mark without Parchment’s (or the appropriate
owner’s) express written consent is strictly prohibited.
13. DISCLAIMERS
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:
(a) THE SITE AND THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS”
AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. PARCHMENT
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT AS TO THE SITE AND
ITS CONTENT, AND THE SERVICES.
(b) PARCHMENT AND YOU, PARCHMENT MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY
THAT: (I) THE SITE OR THE SERVICES
WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS OR REQUIREMENTS, (II) THE SITE OR THE
SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (III)
ANY RESULTS OR INFORMATION THAT MAY
BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SITE OR THE SERVICES WILL BE
ACCURATE, TIMELY OR COMPLETE, AND (IV) ANY ERRORS IN ANY SOFTWARE
USED ON THE SITE OR IN CONNECTION
WITH THE SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED.
(c) EXCEPT AS MAY BE SET FORTH IN A SEPARATE WRITTEN AGREEMENT BETWEEN
PARCHMENT AND YOU, PARCHMENT IS NOT
RESPONSIBLE AND WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR: (I) HARDWARE, SOFTWARE,
OTHER ITEMS OR ANY CONTENT, SERVICES OR PRODUCTS PROVIDED BY ANY
PERSONS OR ENTITIES OTHER THAN PARCHMENT,
(II) DAMAGES OF ANY KIND THAT RESULT FROM
THE DOWNLOADING OF ANY DATA, PROGRAMS OR ANY OTHER MATERIALS ON
THE SITE OR THROUGH THE SERVICES,
OR (III) THE FAILURES OF THE INTERNET OR ANY DATA OR TELECOMMUNICATIONS
EQUIPMENT, SYSTEM OR NETWORK USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE
OR THE SERVICES.
14. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT NEITHER PARCHMENT NOR ITS
AFFILIATES WILL BE LIABLE WITH RESPECT TO ANY MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT
UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) FOR: (I) ANY AMOUNT
IN EXCESS OF TWENTY-FIVE U.S. DOLLARS ($25), (II) ANY LOST DATA
OR OTHER SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY CHARACTER
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF GOODWILL, COMPUTER
FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR ANY AND ALL OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES
OR LOSSES, EVEN IF PARCHMENT OR TIS AFFILIATES WERE ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR (III) THE COST OF PROCURING SUBSTITUTE
SERVICES .
15. EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS
IF ANY OF THE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSIONS OR
LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 13 AND 14 ARE FOR ANY REASON HELD
TO BE INVALID OR UNENFORCABLE, THIS AGREEMENT AND THE BALANCE OF
THE PROVISIONS HEREOF SHALL NONETHELESS REMAIN IN EFFECT.
16. GENERAL INFORMATION
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and
Parchment, superseding any prior agreements between you and Parchment.
This Agreement is governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of California without regard to its conflict of
laws provisions. You agree to submit to the personal and exclusive
jurisdiction of the courts located within the County of Los Angeles,
California. The failure of Parchment to exercise or enforce any right
or provision of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of
such right or provision. If any provision of this Agreement is found
by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that provision
will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the remaining
provisions will remain in full force and effect.
17. VIOLATIONS
Please report any violations of this Agreement to our Customer Service
department at customerservice@parchment.com.
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