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STE Corporation Hosting Service Agreement, Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions.

WHEREAS, STEdb provides services to assist customers in the transmission of commercial email over the Internet (the “DBM”) and is referred to the term “Services”. A Customer shall request Services under this Agreement (i) by submitting a work request associated for certain STEdb services via the online portal maintained at the Website located at www.stedb.com or any other Websites or Web pages owned or controlled by STEdb that are linked to that Website (collectively the “STEdb WebSite), or (ii) by submitting a written / email work request.

WHEREAS, Customer desires to transmit commercial email over the Internet through DBM.

  1. Service Agreement.

(a) STEdb agrees to provide Customer with announcement and/or discussion email list services (the "Service") subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Prices stated in Exhibit A, and the Operating Rules stated in Exhibit C (the "Rules"). This Agreement, the Prices and the Rules state the full agreement between STEdb and Customer with respect to the Service to be provided to Customer by STEdb. Any other or prior agreements between STEdb and Customer with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement are hereby superseded.  This Agreement will become effective only after STEdb accepts this Agreement by activating Customer's access to the STEdb outsourcing service network (sometimes referred to in this Agreement as the "STEdb Outsourcing System").
(b) Customer shall provide, authorize and designate one or more persons whose action(s) will legally bind the Customer (“Authorized Person(s)” who shall be identified in the Authorized Peron(s)/Notices Table of this Agreement) and who may mange the STEdb hosting services through STEdb’s website or via written / emailed Work Request. Authorized Person(s) will maintain the accuracy of their name and contact information provided to STEdb during the Term of this Agreement.

(c) Right to Rely on Instructions.  STEdb may act in reliance upon any instruction, instrument, or signature reasonably believed by STEdb to be genuine.  STEdb may assume that any employee of a Party to this Agreement who gives any written notice, request, or instruction has the authority to do so.  STEdb will not be required to inquire into the truth or evaluate the merit of any statement or representation contained in any notice or document. STEdb shall not be responsible for failure to act as a result of causes beyond the reasonable control of STEdb.

(a) Following execution of this Agreement, STEdb shall provide Customer with an account name and a password that will allow access to the STEdb Outsourcing System. Customer will use STEdb as an Independent Content Provider ("ICP"). As an ICP, Customer shall be liable and responsible for any and all activities conducted through its account by Customer or, if applicable, by Customer's users, whether or not such activities have been authorized by Customer.
(b) Upon STEdb's request, Customer shall provide STEdb with accurate and complete registration information with respect to Customer's use of the STEdb Outsourcing System (Including the identity, email addresses, and passwords of Customer's authorized list administrators) and to promptly update such information as changes occur.  Customer's failure to provide or update such information shall constitute a breach of this Agreement and this shall be grounds for STEdb to terminate this Agreement or the right of any person associated with Customer to use the STEdb Outsourcing System (Including any person using the STEdb Outsourcing System through Customer's account with or without Customer's authority). In such case, Customer shall also be liable to STEdb for any and all additional remedies that may be available under law.
(c) Customer agrees to use a "double opt-in" subscription method for all new list members.  For the purpose of this Agreement, a "double opt-in" method shall mean that when Customer adds a new member's email address to the list, that email address shall not be activated unless and until the new member receives a single confirmation e-mail from Customer requesting member's consent to be added to the list and STEdb receives from the new member a confirmation action (such as a confirming e-mail from the new member's email address) approving such action. The confirmation e-mail sent by the Customer to new members may not Include advertising or calls-to-action other than an appeal to confirm the member’s subscription.

(a) Customer will be charged for the use of the STEdb Outsourcing System in accordance with the Prices. The Prices may be modified by STEdb at any time pursuant to section (b) of this Paragraph 4.  Prepayment shall be due before each month’s usage. Monthly fees are not refundable except as specifically provided in this Agreement. 
(b) The present rates for the Service are stated in the Prices set forth in Exhibit A.  The Prices are subject to change by STEdb at any time and such change shall become effective 30 days after the posting on www.stedb.com of a notice to Customer pursuant to Paragraph 11 ("Notices").  If any change in the Prices is not acceptable, Customer may terminate service under this Agreement as provided in Paragraph 10 ("Termination"). However, Customer's continued use of the STEdb Outsourcing System following the effective date of any change in the Prices shall be considered acceptance of such change.
(c) Customer is responsible for all charges arising out of its use of the STEdb Outsourcing System whether or not such use is authorized by Customer.

(a) Customer may charge its users under separate agreements for use of the STEdb Outsourcing System and any information, communications, software, photos, video, graphics, music, sounds and other material and services provided by Customer or other users of Customer's account (collectively referred to as "Content").
(b) Customer acknowledges, and shall also notify its authorized users, that STEdb is not responsible for and does not give any assurance to any person with respect to the validity, value, usefulness or accuracy of Content. Customer and any person using Customer's account shall bear any risk associated with the Content. STEdb has the right to monitor the use of the STEdb Outsourcing System, including the Content that may be transmitted across it from time to time. However, STEdb does not prescreen or attempt to censor or review any Content prior to its appearance on the STEdb Outsourcing System. STEdb has the right (but not the obligation) to require Customer to remove, prohibit or discontinue any Content on the STEdb Outsourcing System which STEdb, in its sole discretion, determines to be harmful, offensive or otherwise in violation of the Rules or this Agreement.

(a) Content Subject to Rights - Customer acknowledges that Content on the STEdb Outsourcing System, whether provided by Customer or others may Include material which is the subject of and protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks and other proprietary rights ("Rights"). Customer acknowledges that such Rights are valid and valuable and are protected and apply to all media, which now exists or may in the future exist. Unless specifically provided elsewhere in this Agreement, Customer's ability to use any Content which is protected by such Rights shall be governed by applicable law Including relevant patent and trademark law.
(b) Customer Warranty - Customer agrees, and will require each and every one of its users to agree, (i) that it will transmit on the STEdb Outsourcing System only Content that is not subject to any Rights in favor of any other party or Content in which the holder of any Rights has given express consent to such transmission and (ii) that by transmitting or allowing the transmission of any Content on the STEdb Outsourcing System, Customer or Customer's users automatically warrant that STEdb has the royalty-free, irrevocable, nonexclusive worldwide right to transmit and display such Content in whole or in part on the STEdb Outsourcing System for the duration of the performance of the Service. Customer may obtain the consent of its users to the covenants provided in this Paragraph by requiring such persons to perform sign-on procedures, which will confirm their agreement to, and acceptance of these conditions.

(c) Lawful Use - Customer agrees to use the STEdb Outsourcing System only for lawful purposes. Customer recognizes and agrees that STEdb at its sole discretion may monitor any and all areas of the STEdb Outsourcing System to oversee compliance with this Agreement and the Rules and Customer will so inform its users that their use of the STEdb Outsourcing System will constitute consent to such monitoring. If Customer or any of its users restricts or inhibits any other customer or user of the STEdb Outsourcing System, STEdb may, at its discretion, terminate or limit the right of Customer or Customer's user to use the STEdb Outsourcing System.

STEdb:

11924 Forest Hill Blvd. Suite #22-254
Wellington, FL 33414
USA

Email address:

sales@STEdb.com

(a) STEdb shall exercise reasonable commercial efforts to make the STEdb Outsourcing System secure. STEdb shall not make Customer’s passwords available to anyone who is not (i) an authorized agent or employee of STEdb or (ii) a list administrator who has been so designated to STEdb by Customer in writing.
(b) STEdb acknowledges that membership lists provided to STEdb by Customer in connection with this Agreement are the property of Customer. Unless STEdb receives specific instructions from Customer to the contrary, STEdb will not sell except as otherwise stated in Paragraph 15 (c), license, share, transfer or otherwise disclose Customer’s membership lists or Customer’s list administrator’s login information to any third party except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement or the Rules or as required by law or a court order.
(c) STEdb may access Customer’s membership lists in order to unsubscribe a member who has sent to STEdb or STEdb’s ISP a request to do so or a complaint to the effect that such member is unable or unwilling to unsubscribe themselves, or if such member violates the Rules or the terms of this Agreement. STEdb may also reserve the right to deactivate users from the same domain and other domains hosted on the same IP where complaints came from in order to help isolate and eliminate continued complaints. Also note that if funds are not paid and a late balance is carried over STEdb has the right to use client's data as collateral and or not allowing client access to their data. STEdb may outright publicly auction client’s data in order to recuperate and pay off any past due balance.
(d) Customer understands and agrees to that the contact information located in Authorized Peron(s)/Notices Table as well as contact information listed on the corporate site, some or part may be used for registration of Feed Back Loops and White List with various ISPs. In addition Customer agrees and authorizes STEdb to communicate and write emails on the Customer’s behalf using the name and contact information in the signature of communication with ISPs to resolve IP blocks, questions, concerns and/or registration.

The Parties agree that this Agreement is the complete agreement between the Parties hereto concerning the subject matter of this Agreement and replaces any prior or contemporaneous oral or written communications between the Parties.  There are no conditions, understandings, agreements, representations, or warranties, expressed or implied, which are not specified herein.  Each of the Parties herein represents and warrants that the execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement has been duly authorized and signed by a person who meets statutory or other binding approval to sign on behalf of its business organization as named in this Agreement.  This Agreement may only be modified by mutual written agreement of the Parties.
Note: If contracting electronically via the online portal, clicking the "I Accept" button displayed as part of the ordering process, evidences agreement to the preceding terms and conditions (the ‘Agreement”). If you are entering into this Agreement via the online portal on behalf of a company or other legal entity, you represent that you have the authority to bind such entity to these terms and conditions, in which case the terms "you" or "your" shall refer to such entity. If you do not have such authority, or if you do not agree with these terms and conditions, you must not check the "I Accept" button.

EXHIBIT A
THE PRICES
Outsourcing Packages

 

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE:  You are responsible for your minimum monthly fees each month. By means of this contract, you agree to pay the minimum fee even you have no mailing activity during a particular month. Should the payment be late a 15% monthly late fee or highest State allowed interest will be charged on any past due payment.
CUSTOMIZATION: Customization is done at an additional charge; however, requests must be within reason. Reason is defined as relation to database marketing. Customization is to be done based on the industry standard of hours need to complete a project with an additional seven-business day extension. Any type of customization request can be refused should a project request be against the privacy policy listed on the site, http://www.stedb.com.


Message Volume: Size and Quantity
In STEdb terms, “message volume” is a factor of both the actual number of messages you send and your average message size (in kb) over a one-month period. We use the STEdb Billing Module to calculate your actual usage.
The package prices above include a specified number of messages and assume a monthly average message size of 50kb. Please note: if your total message volume exceeds this amount during a particular month—either due to message quantity or size, or both—your total bill for that month will be higher than the package amount.
If your monthly message volume exceeds the amount Included in your package, you will be charged for the extra mail at the effective "cost per thousand" (CPM) of your package. The rates for 50kb messages are as follows: Starter $8; Publisher $7; Publisher Plus $5; Marketer $2; Marketer Plus $1..
Rates for messages averaging more than 50kb follow a sliding scale based on the effective CPM rates in calculated increments. For example, messages with an average monthly size of 80kb sent with a Marketer package are charged at $8 per thousand; if the monthly size were 85kb, the charge would be $8.50 per thousand.

Payment

(a) All email management packages must be prepaid and are non-refundable. This agreement is a twelve consecutive month membership that is automatically renewed at the beginning of the anniversary date of this agreement. Customer can cancel renewal within thirty (30) days of the anniversary date of this agreement. Prepayment to the prior usage is required. Remember: minimum monthly fees always apply, even if there is no mailing activity during the month. Please also note that any set-up fees and or customizations are non-refundable.
(b) In the event of the nonpayment of Service Fees owed to STEdb, STEdb shall provide all Parties to this Agreement with notice by electronic mail and/or regular mail. Any member of the Customer’s organization and/or investors shall have the right to make the payment to STEdb to cure the default. If the past due payment is not received in full by STEdb within fifteen (15) days of the date of such notice, then STEdb shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time thereafter by sending notice by electronic mail and/or regular mail of termination to all Parties. STEdb shall have no obligation to take any action under this Agreement so long as any STEdb invoices issued for Services rendered under this Agreement remains uncollected.
(c) In the event STEdb notices Customer has internal organizational conflicts such as Customer organizational power struggles, partnership disputes or investor disputes STEdb reserves the right to suspend services for an undetermined period of time and/or terminate services.

 

Changing or Modifying Packages

If your messaging requirements change over time, you may switch to a higher or lower package. Please note that such changes will take effect once your prorated payment is received.

To switch to a new package, or to modify your existing one, please email sales@STEdb.com for a contract.


EXHIBIT B

FREE SERVICES

Free Services, in form of free accounts, are offered to everyone who, under the present Agreement requires it, via the online form available on website owned by STEdb, located at www.stedb.com. Users will benefit of all the options, send unlimited number of emails, for an unlimited period of time, but only for double opt-in emails.

Double Opt-In Emails: Free services can be used only for sending messages to double opt-in email addresses only. Users are not allowed to customize the subscription confirmation messages. If you want to send emails to single-opt in addresses, you must switch to paid services.

Free Services can be used only in strict compliance the Rules in Exhibit C.
EXHIBIT C

THE RULES
Note: Compliance with the Rules is a condition for use of the STEdb Outsourcing System and Free Services.

Spamming Prohibited:

You (i.e., the Customer) may not use the STEdb Outsourcing System (also known as STEdb.com) to send unsolicited email ("spam"), whether it be commercial or non-commercial. Your email will be considered unsolicited if your membership addresses are not 100% opt-in by your members. If your email addresses came from harvesting, a purchased email list, another mailing list (even with the approval of the other list owner), or were compiled by any method other than by direct subscription from your members, for the purposes of this Agreement and these Rules they will be considered unsolicited (non-opt-in) email (that is, “spam”). Unsolicited commercial email advertising the sale of real property, goods or services may be in violation of state and federal law and may subject advertisers to civil penalties.
If STEdb receives complaints that you are sending unsolicited commercial or non-commercial e-mail ("spamming"), in addition to any other rights that STEdb may have under this Agreement or under applicable law, STEdb may at its sole option suspend your service pending a reconfirmation of your entire membership list. This reconfirmation may be required by STEdb in any reasonable manner it determines in its sole judgment Including, without limit, sending a single e-mail to all of your list members requesting confirmation of their wish to maintain their subscription to such list. Members who do not reconfirm within a reasonable time established by STEdb may be deleted from the list in question. STEdb agrees to use reasonable commercial efforts to contact your designated list administrator by e-mail or phone before suspending service.  Your consent will be requested before STEdb contacts your list members for the purposes of reconfirmation, however, if you do not consent to STEdb contacting your list members for the purposes of reconfirmation, STEdb may terminate this Agreement.
If STEdb determines in good faith that you have been spamming, in addition to any other rights under this Agreement and applicable state or federal law, (i) STEdb may bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin such activity, it being understood that such activity may cause irreparable harm to STEdb which may not be fully compensable by monetary damages and (ii) STEdb may recover from Customer monetary losses caused to STEdb by such activity in an amount equal to (a) $500 for each such item of unsolicited e-mail which Customer has sent to each separate and identifiable e-mail address in violation of this Rule, which amount the parties agree is a fair and reasonable estimate of STEdb’s losses which would be occasioned by such violation; or (b) if STEdb can establish a greater amount of monetary loss, the amount of such actual monetary loss suffered by STEdb as a result of such violation Including, but not limited to, any damage or loss (Including attorney’s fees) resulting from any claim made against STEdb as a result of Customer’s conduct in violation of this Rule. In addition to the foregoing, Customer shall be responsible for reasonable costs incurred by STEdb in bringing such actions, Including reasonable attorney’s fees.
Other Unacceptable Uses:

Additionally, you may not use the STEdb Outsourcing System to:

  1. Send email with an invalid "From:" or "Reply-to:" address. All messages posted to your list must contain valid email addresses and you must be responsive to all replies from members of your list, Including unsubscribe requests. You may not refuse or ignore unsubscribe requests from members of your list.

Membership Confirmation:
You will use a "double opt-in" (signup plus confirmation) subscription method for all new list members, as provided in Paragraph 3(c) of the Agreement.  The confirmation
e-mail you send to new members may not Include advertising or calls-to-action other than an appeal to confirm the member’s subscription.  If you import unconfirmed (single opt-in) members directly into your list, or Include advertising or other unsolicited calls-to-action in the confirmation message, be advised that you do so at your own risk, and that, in case of complaints of spamming, STEdb reserves the rights described in the section entitled "Spamming Prohibited".
  
Unsubscribing:
All list messages must Include the STEdb unsubscribe instructions in the body or footer of the message, so that members can unsubscribe themselves from the list.
List owners should respond to member requests for manual removal from the list with courtesy and timeliness. Please do not discard personal email messages you receive asking to be removed from your list. Even if the user request for removal is aggressive, unfriendly or otherwise rude, you should nonetheless make every attempt to help the user get off your list and to resolve the situation.


Violation:

In the event you violate these Rules, STEdb may, in its sole discretion, remove your list from its server and terminate your right to use the STEdb Outsourcing System. List owners should be aware that they are responsible for the behavior of their list members.

Privacy:

STEdb is committed to maintaining your privacy and that of your list members.

  1. STEdb treats private communications on or through the STEdb Outsourcing System as strictly confidential.
See Paragraph 13 of the Service Agreement for more information on STEdb's Privacy Policy.

 

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