Terms & Conditions
REFUNDS:
Customer Satisfaction Guarantee: If you are not completely satisfied with the services
available via RText USA, simply contact our service department within 15 days of
establishing your service at 866-579-8398
for a complete refund! If you feel you have been overbilled please contact us immediately,
we are committed to customer satisfaction!
PRIVACY POLICY:
The RText Privacy Policy describes how we treat personal information when you use
a RText service, including information provided to RText. In addition, the following
describes our practices that are specific to RText' SMS service.
Information that we collect and how we use it
When you send a message to RText, we log an encrypted version of the incoming phone
number and the date and time of the transaction. We use this data to analyze the
message request and future requests in order to improve the end user experience.
RText will never rent or sell your phone number to any third party, nor will we
use your phone number to initiate a call or SMS message to you without your permission.
Credit Card Information
To ensure maximum saftety to our clients, RText USA does not permanently store credit
card information on its servers in any way. Once your transaction is complete, your
credit card number is permanently deleted from our system. Each transaction requires
that you provide your credit card number again to complete the order.
Email:
When you send a message to RText, we log an encrypted version of the incoming email
address and the date and time of the transaction. We use this data to analyze the
message request and future requests in order to improve the end user experience.
RText will never rent or sell your incoming email address
to any third party, nor will we use your incoming email address
to initiate a campaign to you without your permission.
Terms Of Service
Before you use this site, please read these Terms of Service
carefully as they govern your use of the services provided at RText USA (the "Services").
By using the Services you agree to the Terms of Service set forth below as they
may be updated from time to time by Mobile Visions, Inc. ("RText USA").
RText USA may modify or terminate the Services from time to time, for any reason,
and without notice, without liability to you, any other user or any third party,
provided that when RText USA does so, it will update these Terms of Service. You
are advised to periodically check the website for changes in the Terms of Service.
1. Purpose and Description of Services.
RText USA provides users with a means of publishing information
that can be retrieved from mobile phones and the Internet. To use our Services,
you select a unique keyword. The use of such keyword in the RText USA service does
not grant you ownership of such keyword. RText USA retains ownership of all keywords
in its service and provides it to you for the period of time agreed upon, and paid
for when joining service. RText USA may determine, in its sole discretion, to limit
the use of the Services, add data storage limitations, change fees for the Services
or otherwise modify the Services in the future. You acknowledge and agree that these
changes may take place and that RText USA shall have no liability stemming from
such changes.
Any additions or modifications to the Services shall be in the
sole discretion of RText USA and will be subject to these Terms of Service. You
are solely responsible for any fees, charges and expenses incurred by you in accessing
and using the Services - including, but not limited to, standard text messaging
charges that will depend on the plan that you have with your wireless carrier. RText
USA uses reasonable efforts to ensure that the Services are available on a 24/7
basis. However, there will be occasions when the Service will be interrupted for
maintenance, upgrades and emergency repairs or due to failure of telecommunications
links and equipment that are beyond the control of RText USA. By using the Services
you agree that RText USA shall not be liable to you for any modification, suspension
or discontinuance of the Services.
All materials displayed on the Site including, but not limited
to text, graphics, news articles, charts, presentations, User communications photographs,
images and illustrations, shall be referred to herein as "Content." RText
USA attempts to maintain a website that is absent of offensive, indecent or objectionable
Content. You understand that by using RText USA, you may be exposed to this Content.
Under no circumstances will RText USA be liable in any way for any Content, including,
but not limited to, the subject matter of any Content, any errors or omissions in
any Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use
of any Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via RText
USA.
People over whom RText USA exercises no control develop the
Content delivered, stored or linked to by the Service. RText USA's automated machinery
and computers store the Content that is presented by RText USA, and RText USA cannot
and does not screen the Content (but reserves the right to do so) before including
it in the Service. Using the Service may include Content and/or links to Content
that some people find objectionable, inappropriate, or offensive. We cannot guarantee
that Content found in the Service will not include unintended or objectionable Content
and assume no responsibility for the Content of any kind provided through the Service.
2. Restrictions on the use of the Services.
By using the Services you agree that you will not:
(a) Use the Services for any illegal purpose;
(b) Upload, email or otherwise transmit any User Content that is unlawful, obscene,
harmful, threatening, defamatory or hateful or that contains objects or symbols
of hate, invade the privacy of any third party, contain nudity or child erotica,
or is otherwise objectionable.
(c) Upload, email or otherwise transmit any User Content that you do not have the
lawful right to transmit (including any User Content that would violate any confidentiality
or fiduciary obligations that you might have with respect to the content) or any
User Content that infringes the intellectual or proprietary rights of any third
party; or
(d) Interfere with or disrupt (or attempt to interfere with or disrupt) web pages
available at the Site or servers or networks connected to the Site, or disobey any
requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Site.
RText USA reserves the right at all times to terminate your
account, and delete any and all Content at, in whole or in part, for any reason
including, but not limited to, violations of these Terms of Service. If you do violate
these Terms of Service, RText USA reserves the right to share any information with
any third party. In addition, RText USA reserves the right at all times to disclose
any User Content as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation, governmental request
or partner request, in its sole discretion.
3. Age Requirements and Limitations on Use of Services.
Users of the Services must be at least 18 years of age.
Children under the age of 13 are not permitted to use the Service
and no information of children under the age of 13 will be knowingly collected by
RText USA. If RText USA determines that it has collected personal information of
children under the age of 13, RText USA will immediately delete such information.
4. Trademarks and Copyrights
All trademarks, brands and service marks used in conjunction
with the Services by RText USA shall be the property of RText USA. RText USA shall
be the owner of all copyright and database rights in the Services. You may not publish,
distribute, extract or reproduce any such content in any material form, except as
it relates to the personal use of the Services. This license does not apply to any
third party content stored at RText USA. Permission for use of such content must
be obtained from the copyright owner. RText USA claims no ownership interest in
the User Content.
User Content means any Content created or contributed to the
Site by any user of the Services. You acknowledge and agree that if you contribute
any User Content, including any widgets, you grant to RText USA a perpetual, non
exclusive worldwide, royalty-free, transferable right and license to use in any
way such User Content (including all related intellectual property rights) to provide
the Services.
5. Copyright Infringement.
RText USA respects the intellectual property rights of others.
However, you agree that RText USA is not responsible for any violations of any intellectual
property rights in any User Content. If you believe that your intellectual property
rights have been infringed by another party please contact RText USA via email.
6. Fees
Some premium content is available on a fee basis. When purchasing
fee based content, you will receive a text message to explicitly agree to the fee.
All fees are displayed within the text message. You agree to pay your mobile device
operator the fee that corresponds to the content you select in accordance with the
fees in effect at the time of your order. Unless otherwise indicated, the charges
shall be invoiced on the bill from your participating mobile communications carrier.
All fees are subject to change upon notice from Company. Company will provide you
with reasonable notice of such change. All fees are due immediately and are non-refundable,
except as otherwise expressly noted.
7. Disclaimer of Warranty and Limitations of Liability.
RText USA expressly disclaims any responsibility or liability
for the use of the Services by you.
THE SERVICES, CONTENT, SITE AND ANY SOFTWARE ARE PROVIDED ON
AN "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON
HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL RText USA BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY
USER ON ACCOUNT OF THAT USER'S USE OR MISUSE OF AND RELIANCE ON THE SITE OR SERVICES.
SUCH LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY TO PREVENT RECOVERY OF DIRECT, INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES (EVEN IF RText
USA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES). SUCH LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
SHALL APPLY WHETHER THE DAMAGES ARISE FROM USE OR MISUSE OF AND RELIANCE ON THE
SITE OR SERVICES, FROM INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES, OR FROM THE INTERRUPTION,
SUSPENSION, OR TERMINATION OF THE SERVICES OR DAMAGES INCURRED BY REASON OF OTHER
SERVICES OR GOODS RECEIVED THROUGH OR ADVERTISED ON THE SERVICES. THE FOREGOING
DISCLAIMERS, WAIVERS AND LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF
ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY.
8. Indemnification.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless RText USA
and its subsidiaries and other affiliated companies, and their employees, officers,
directors, contractors, agents, licensors and suppliers, from all liabilities, losses,
damages, claims, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, that
arise from (i) use or misuse of the Services or any person to whom you have granted
access to the Services, (ii) your violation of any of these Terms of Service, or
(iii) any other activity related to your account (including negligent or wrongful
conduct). RText USA reserves the right, at it own expense, to assume the exclusive
defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to defense by you, in which
event you will cooperate with RText USA and its counsel in the conduct of such defense.
9. Forum and Choice of Law.
These Terms of Service shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey, without regard to its conflicts
of law rules. You expressly agree that the exclusive jurisdiction for any claim
or action arising out of or relating to these Terms of Service or your use of the
Service shall be filed only in the federal courts located in the State of New Jersey,
or state courts located in the county of Mercer and you further agree and submit
to the exercise of personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purpose of litigating
any such claim or action. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the
contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Services
or these Terms of Service must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or
cause of action arose or be forever barred.
10. Entire Agreement.
These Terms of Service constitute the entire agreement between
the you, the user, and RText USA with respect to the subject matter contained herein
and supersedes any other agreement, proposals and communications, written or oral,
between RText USA and you with respect to the subject matter hereof. If a court
should find that one or more rights or provisions contained in these Terms of Service
are invalid, you agree that the remainder of the Terms of Service shall be enforceable.