Pulse, LLC’s End User License
Agreement ("Agreement")
Version 1.1, July 9, 2020
You understand, agree, and acknowledge that this Agreement constitutes a
legally binding agreement between you and Pulse, LLC ("Us" or
"We" or "Our") and that your downloading, installing,
and/or using the Vitamix Corporate Wellness Community (Vitamix PRO) Software,
the serviced offered therein, and any website offered by Us (the
"Software") shall indicate your conclusive and irrefutable acceptance
of this Agreement.
You need to read the following terms and conditions carefully before
downloading, installing, or using this Software. Clicking "I AGREE"
at the end of this agreement indicates your acceptance of these terms and
conditions. If you do not agree with these terms and conditions, do not install
or use this Software. If you are under the age of majority, you must review
these terms and conditions with your parent or guardian to make sure that you
and your parent or guardian understand and agree to these terms and conditions.
1. Electronic Agreement. This
Agreement is an electronic agreement which sets out the terms and conditions
for your use of the Software.
2. Representation and
Warranties. By installing and using this Software you
hereby represent and warrant to Us:
a. You are at least of the age of majority or your guardian or parent has
agreed to this Agreement on your behalf.
b. You have the right, authority, and capacity to enter into this Agreement and
to abide by and comply with all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
c. All the information you have provided to Us is solely owned by you, is your
own personal information, and you have the absolute right and authority to
provide the information to Us for the purposes of the use of the Software.
d. You will not use the Software or intend to use the Software to harm, stalk,
threaten, or harass another person, organization, and/or Us.
e. You will not submit any false information or misrepresentation that could
result in liability or damage to Us or any third party;
f. You will not submit any material that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory,
libelous, threatening, pornographic, graphic or gratuitously violent,
harassing, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, encourages conduct that
would give rise to criminal or civil liability, violate any law, or is
otherwise inappropriate; such objectionable content that is reported via the Report
Abuse link will be removed within 24 hours of Our receiving notice and your
account will be immediately disabled;
g. You will not impersonate another person,
including submitting their photographs as your own;
h. You will not damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Software and server;
resell or redistribute the Software or any part of it; use any unauthorized
means to modify, re-route, or gain access to the Software or attempt to carry
out these activities; or use any automated process or service to access or use
the Software.
i. You will not use the Software for any unlawful or
prohibited purpose and only use the Software according to the terms and
conditions set out in this Agreement and any other applicable federal,
provincial, territorial, national, and international laws.
3. Online Account. If
you sign up for an online account (the "Online Account"), you are
responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the username and password
that you designate during the sign up process for the Online Account throughout
the term of the Agreement, and you are fully responsible for all activities
that occur under your username and password. You agree to immediately notify Us
of any unauthorized use of your username or password or any other breach of
security of your Online Account and/or your Software. If you use the Online
Account, (a) ensure that you properly log out from your account at the end of
each session; (b) ensure that you remove all cached copies and other relevant
data from your browser to prevent any unintentional or deliberate access of
your account of any third party; and (c) ensure that you have used and use, on
a reasonable basis, appropriate and up-to-date anti-malware/virus software on
your device. We will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your
failure to comply with this section.
4. Grant of License. So
long as you are in compliance with this Agreement, We grant you a non-exclusive
and revocable license to use the Software subject to the restrictions set forth
below. Except as expressly stated herein, no other rights are granted to you by
implication, estoppel, or otherwise, under any patent, copyright, trade secret,
trademark, or other intellectual property right.
5. Restrictions on Use. You
may use the Software only on your personal electronic device (e.g. mobile
phone, tablet, desktop computer, laptop, etc.). You may not further copy,
redistribute, sublicense, rent, loan or lease the Software. You may not reverse
engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to derive the source code
for the Software, or use any part of the Software for any use other than that
for which it was supplied by Us, unless specifically authorized by Us. You may
not modify, adapt, alter, translate, or create derivative works from the
Software.
6. Term. This
Agreement is effective until terminated. You may terminate this Agreement at
any time by deleting or otherwise destroying the Software together with all
copies in any form. This Agreement will automatically terminate if you fail to
comply with any term or condition of this Agreement. You agree that We also
may, at Our sole discretion, temporarily or permanently terminate the Agreement
with prior notice to you and/or terminate the Software without prior notice to
you. Upon termination, for any reason, you agree to destroy the Software
together with all copies in any form. You agree that We shall not be liable to
you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of
the Software. Provisions which, by their nature, should remain in effect beyond
termination of this Agreement shall survive.
7. Software Features. The
Software may contain features that enable Us, via the internet, to notify you
of available software upgrades, promotions, products and services in which you
may be interested; to update product data files and instructional and marketing
content in the Software; and to collect usage and personal data if you choose
to synchronize your information with your Online Account. You agree that We may
utilize these features to provide such notices and updates, permit such
downloads and to collect such data, unless you disable the Online Account and
Software synchronization features.
8. Privacy.
We respect your privacy and will never share any of your personal information
with any third party unless you have consented to it. We offer two options for
using the Software: (a) offline mode; and (b) online mode. During the offline
mode the only information we collect from your device is anonymous error
reporting and general user statistics and we may collect information about the
device make/model/ID, OS version, app version, change logs, application
settings/preferences, and time stamps. All of the aforementioned information
will be kept anonymous and we will not retain it for longer than required to
ensure the security of Our Software, the assessment of improvement features of
Our Software, and to provide insight into our user base. If you sign up for an
Online Account and as such use the online synchronization feature, we will also
collect, if you voluntarily choose to do so by synchronizing with our servers,
information such login credentials, cookies or other passive tracking
mechanisms and tools to collect information in order to facilitate your use of
the Software, and any other information that you may voluntarily supply to Us
either by synchronizing your information on the Software with our servers or
via your Online Account.
b. We will never share any of your personal information with anyone unless you
explicitly consent and direct Us to do so. All personal information you provide
to us will be encrypted or, if you have sent it to us by other means than
electronically, it will be securely stored on site with only authorized
personnel having access to it.
c. We will collect aggregated non-personal information from all users of the
Software that will be stripped of all personal information so that it cannot be
recompiled, and individual users identified. We collect and aggregate
information in order to determine how the Software is being used, how it and
other products and services can be improved, and to share the aggregated
information to third parties so that they can use the information for
improvements of their own products and services such as pharmaceutical
companies, medical research organizations, and pain researchers.
d. Please keep in mind that the nature of the Software may be interactive, and
as part of your use of the Software you will be able to share some and/or all
of your information and content with third parties. You should use caution when
deciding what information and content to share through the Software.
e. We may share non-personally identifiable aggregate data with vendors who
assist Us in providing Our Software; with third party business partners with
whom We provide joint promotions; with Our affiliated companies, including any
parent or subsidiaries of Us; and We may share aggregate data if We believes it
is necessary to comply with legal process (such as a court order, subpoena,
search warrant, etc.), or other legal requirements of any governmental
authority; if We believes it would potentially mitigate Our liability in an
actual or potential lawsuit; if We believe it is permitted by law or if doing
so will not violate the law; or if We believe it is otherwise necessary to
protect Our rights or property; or is necessary to protect the interests of
other users of the Software. In the unlikely event that all or part of Our
business is sold or acquired by a third party, We will transfer such
information to the new business owner.
9. Third Party Sites. The
Software may contain hypertext links to third-party web sites or information.
We do not make any warranty, endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation of the
third-party, the third-party web site, or the information contained therein. We
are not responsible for the availability of any such web site or liable for the
content thereon. You need to make your own decisions regarding your
interactions or communications with any other web site.
10. Copyright in
materials and graphical elements on the Software, including site design, text,
graphics, interfaces, and the selection and arrangements thereof, are owned by
Us or a third party from whom We have licensed such intellectual property. The
reproduction and redistribution of any written and/or graphical elements on the
Software is prohibited except with written permission from Us or the third
party from whom We have licensed such intellectual property. Our or third party logos are trademarks or service marks of Us or a
third party from whom We have licensed such intellectual property. You may not
use them without Our or the third party from whom We have licensed such intellectual
property written permission. To make a request for permission and/or further
information about how to obtain permission please contact: connect@pulsellc.com.
Some of the information in the Software has been provided by external sources.
We are not responsible for the accuracy, reliability or currency of the
information provided by external sources. If you wish to rely upon this
information you should consult directly with the source of the information. You
acknowledge and agree that the Software contains proprietary and confidential
information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other
laws and treaties.
11. Exclusion of warranties. Subject to any applicable legislation
which prohibits the following exclusions, we make no warranties of any kind
related to the software, either express or implied, including the implied
warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose,
non-infringement, or arising from course of performance, dealing, usage or
trade. Some states and countries do not allow the exclusion of implied
warranties or have legislation that imposes certain statutory warranties that
cannot be excluded, so the above exclusion may not apply to you. We further do
not make any warranties that the software and the services thereof will meet
your requirements or that the operation of the software will be uninterrupted
or error free. You assume sole responsibility for operation of the software,
and for the installation, use, and results obtained from the software.
12. Limitation of liability and indemnity. Your use of the software
is entirely at your own risk. Under no circumstance will we, our agents,
licensors or suppliers be liable to you on account of your use or misuse of, or
reliance on, the software. To the extent permitted by law, in no event will we,
our licensors, suppliers or dealers be liable to you for any actual, direct,
indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including
any lost profits, lost savings, costs of procurement of substitute products or
services or other damages arising out of the use or inability to use the
software even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Some states and
countries do not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental
or consequential damages, or have legislation that restricts the limitation or
exclusion of liability, so the above limitation may not apply to you. You agree
to indemnify and hold us, our subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors,
agents, and other partners and employees, harmless from any loss, liability,
claim, or demand, including reasonable lawyer’s fees, made by any third party
due to or arising out of your use of software and/or the services thereof in
violation of this agreement and/or arising from a breach of this agreement
and/or any breach of your representations and warranties set forth above.
13. Governing Law. This
Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Ohio and the federal laws of the
United States applicable therein and should be treated as an Ohio contract
without reference to the principals of conflicts of law. Any dispute between Us
and you or any other person arising from, connected with or relating to the
Software and the services thereof, this Agreement or any related matters must
be resolved before the Courts of the state of Ohio, and you hereby irrevocably
submit and attorn to the original and exclusive jurisdiction of those Courts in
respect of any such dispute or matter. Any claim or cause of action you may
have arising from, connected with, or relating to your use of the Software and
the services thereof, this Agreement, or any related matters must be commenced
in a court of competent jurisdiction in the state of Ohio within six (6) months
after the claim or cause of action arises, after which time the claim or cause
of action is forever barred.
14. Disclaimer regarding
Information Available and Conduct of Others. We are, at no
time, responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information posted on the
Software, whether caused by users of the Software or by any of the equipment or
programming associated with or utilized in the Software. We are not responsible
for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any user of the Software. We
assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion,
defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft
or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, your or anyone
else's communications. We are not responsible for any problems or technical
malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers
or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of email or players on
account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any
website or combination thereof, including injury or damage to you or to any
other person\'s computer related to or resulting from participating or
downloading materials in connection with the Software.
15. Severability. In
the event that any part of a provision of the terms and conditions set out in
this Agreement is held to be invalid, unenforceable, or void, such provision
shall, by the adjudicating body, be applied to the fullest extend
possible and shall be read-down only to the extent absolutely necessary to comply
with applicable law. If any provision of the terms and conditions set out in
this Agreement is held to be invalid, unenforceable, or void, such provision
shall be severed from the Agreement. The fact that part of a provision or an
entire provision has been held to be invalid, unenforceable, or void such
determination shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any other
remaining provisions.
16. Entire Agreement. This
Agreement, including any changes made to this Agreement, and any terms and conditions
you had to agree to when downloading any software from the Android or IOS market
place constitute the entire agreement between you and Us relating to your use
of the Software and the services thereof and supersedes all previous
agreements, written, oral or otherwise, between you and Us with respect to your
use of the Software and the services thereof.
17. Amendment. You
understand and agree that this Agreement may be amended by Us from time to
time.
18. Assignment. The
provisions of this Agreement shall ensure to the benefit of and be binding upon
each of Us and Our successors and assigns and related persons, and you and your
heirs, executors, administrators, successors, permitted assigns, and personal
representatives. You may not assign this Agreement or your rights and
obligations under this Agreement without the express prior written consent of
Us which may be withheld in Our sole and absolute discretion. We may assign
this Agreement and Our rights and obligations under this Agreement without your
consent.
19. Waiver. No
consent or waiver by either party to or of any breach or default by the other
party in its performance of its obligations under this Agreement will be deemed
or construed to be a consent to or waiver of a continuing breach or default or
any other breach or default of those or any other obligations of that party. No
consent or waiver will be effective unless in writing and signed by both
parties.
20. Cumulative. The
rights and remedies of Us under this Agreement are cumulative and no exercise
or enforcement by Us of any right or remedy hereunder shall preclude the
exercise or enforcement by Us of any other right or remedy hereunder or to
which We are otherwise entitled by law to enforce.
21. Force Majeure. Non-performance
by Us of obligations will be excused to the extent that performance is rendered
impossible by events of force majeure including strike, lock-out, pandemic,
fire, flood, systemic failure of the Internet, fiber/cable cuts, earthquake,
governmental acts, orders or restrictions, pandemics, war, civil unrest, or any
other reason where failure to perform is beyond the reasonable control of Us
provided that We make commercially reasonable efforts to circumvent such events
of force majeure.