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Safe Newsletters ("Safe Newsletters") provides schools with (i) a variety of tools and resources to collect visitor email addresses and to create, launch, and manage online email campaigns (the "newsletter"). The newsletter and any related offerings are referred to in these Terms and Conditions of Use as the “Products). Safe Newsletters Products may not be used for the sending of unsolicited email (sometimes called "spam"). See our Anti-Spam Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms and Conditions of Use by reference.

The following are the terms and conditions of Use for access to this web site and use of the Products. By clicking the ‘I accept’ button on the sign-up page, by logging in to your Safe Newsletters account or by accessing the Safe Newsletters services via any API interface, you accept these terms and conditions of Use.

1. Copyright and Trademark Information

Copyright © 2009-2011 Safe Newsletters. All Rights Reserved.

This web site, and the information which it contains, is the property of Safe Newsletters and its affiliates and licensors, and is protected from unauthorized copying and dissemination by Australian copyright law, trademark law, international conventions and other intellectual property laws.

2. Representations and Acknowledgements

Subject in each case to the terms listed in the remainder of this Agreement (as defined in Section 3 below), you hereby represent, acknowledge and agree that:

• The Products may not be used for the sending of unsolicited email (sometimes called "spam").
• The Products may only be used for lawful purposes. 
• You agree you will not access or otherwise use third party mailing lists or otherwise prepare or distribute unsolicited email, in connection with the Products.
• You agree to import, access or otherwise use only lists for which all listed parties have consented to receive correspondence from you ("Permission Based Lists") in connection with your use of the Products.
• You acknowledge and agree that not all email messages sent through use of the Products will be received by their intended recipients.
• Every email message sent by you in connection with the Products must contain the Safe Newsletters "unsubscribe" link that allows the recipient to remove themselves from your mailing list.
• You will comply with the restrictions on content of email messages and activities using the Products as set forth or referenced in this Agreement.
• You acknowledge and agree that you are the sole or designated "sender" (as such term is defined in the Australian-SPAM Act and any rules adopted under such act) of any email message sent by you using the Products.
• You agree that the "from" line of any email message sent by you using the Products will accurately and in a non-deceptive manner identify your organization, your product or your service.
• You agree that the "subject" line of any email message sent by you using the Products will not contain any deceptive or misleading content regarding the overall subject matter of the email message.
• You agree that in any email message sent by you using the Products you will not include any incentives (e.g., coupons, discounts, awards) that encourage a recipient to forward the email message to another recipient.
• You will adopt and maintain the Privacy Policy, which may be modified by Safe Newsletters from time to time.
• If you are accessing or using the Products through a third party service or web site ("Third Party Service"), you will abide by these Terms and Conditions of Use regardless of anything to the contrary in your agreement with such third party. You shall not use such Third Party Service to avoid the restrictions set forth in these Terms and Conditions of Use.

3. Products and Support

The Products are provided subject to these Terms and Conditions of Use, as they may be amended by Safe Newsletters, and any guidelines, rules or operating policies that Safe Newsletters may establish and post from time to time (collectively, the "Agreement"), including without limitation Safe Newsletters customer Privacy Policy, as linked from all email generated from Safe Newsletters or otherwise furnished to you (the "Policy") (unless otherwise stated, all references to the Agreement shall include the Policy). By posting updated versions of the Agreement on the safenewsletters.com website, or otherwise providing notice to you, Safe Newsletters may modify the terms of the Agreement and may discontinue or revise any or all other aspects of the Products in its sole discretion. Except as otherwise provided in the Agreement, all such changes shall become effective upon the posting of the revised Agreement on the Product or at Safe Newsletters website. The Products are available only to persons who can form legally binding contracts under applicable law. Without limiting the foregoing, the Products are not available to individuals under the age of 18. If you do not qualify, you are not permitted to use the Products. If you are using the Products in your capacity as an employee, you must have the ability to bind your employer by your use of the Product. You must complete the registration form on the Safe Newsletters sign up web page in order to use the Products.  You shall provide true, accurate, current, and complete information about yourself as requested in the registration form. You may from time to time provide Safe Newsletters service personnel with remote access to your computers and other systems for the purpose of troubleshooting issues that arise in your use of the Products. You hereby waive any claim for damages from any problems that may arise from such access, including without limitation any disruption or damage caused by Safe Newsletters or its personnel.

If you are accessing or using the Products through a Third Party Service, you agree and acknowledge that Safe Newsletters is not responsible or liable for any actions of such third party or for any aspect or result of such Third Party Service. You use such Third Party Service at your own risk. You further agree and acknowledge that Safe Newsletters may terminate such Third Party Service’s ability to interact with the Products at any time, with or without notice, and in Safe Newsletters sole discretion, with no liability to you or the third party.

4. Free Trial; Fees and Payment

5. Email, Permission Practices, Image Hosting & Prohibited Content

5.1 Subscriber Opt Out. Every email message sent in connection with the Products must contain an "unsubscribe" link that allows subscribers to remove themselves from your mailing list and a link to the then current Privacy Policy. You acknowledge and agree that you will not remove, disable or attempt to remove or disable either link. Under the Australian-SPAM Act , you acknowledge that you are responsible for maintaining and honoring the list of unsubscribe requests following termination of your account and this Agreement.

5.2 Permission Practices. You agree to import, access or otherwise use only Permission Based Lists in connection with your use of the Products. You hereby covenant that you shall not use any other lists in connection with your use of the Products. If you have used the Safe Newsletters feature that allows you to request a recipient to confirm that you have his or her permission to send emails to him or her, and such recipient has not responded or does not respond affirmatively to such request for confirmation, you agree that you shall not send emails to that recipient. Without limiting the foregoing, you agree that you shall not utilize the Product to send any commercial electronic mail message (as that term is defined in the Australian-SPAM Act) to any person who has opted out or otherwise objected to receiving such messages from you or another sender on whose behalf you may be acting. You cannot mail to distribution lists, newsgroups, or spam or unsolicited email addresses. Emails that you send through the Product may generate spam complaints from recipients. As a matter of privacy, Safe Newsletters cannot share with you the email addresses of those who complain about your email campaign. You are responsible for ensuring that your email campaigns do not generate a number of spam complaints in excess of industry norms. Safe Newsletters, in its sole discretion, shall determine whether your level of spam complaints is within industry norms, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive for all purposes under this Agreement. Safe Newsletters will terminate your use of its Products if Safe Newsletters determines that your level of spam complaints is higher than industry norms.

5.3 Footers. For every email message sent in connection with the Products, you acknowledge and agree that Safe Newsletters may add an identifying footer stating "Newsletters by Safe Newsletters," "Powered by Safe Newsletters" or a similar message.

5.4 PDF Files. PDF Files hosted by Safe Newsletters on Safe Newsletters controlled servers may only be used in connection with the Products and for no other purpose whatsoever. To the extent you use PDF Files provided by Safe Newsletters, Safe Newsletters hereby grants to you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable sublicense to use PDF files in an unaltered state solely in connection with your use of the Products.

5.5 Prohibited Content. Safe Newsletters prohibits the use of the Products or web site by any person or entity that:

• Provides, sells or offers to sell any of the following products or content (or services related to the same): pornography or illicitly pornographic sexual products, including but not limited to magazines, video and software; escort services; illegal goods; illegal drugs; illegal drug contraband; pirated computer programs; instructions on how to assemble or otherwise make bombs, grenades or other weapons.
• Displays or markets material that exploits children, or otherwise exploits children under 18 years of age.
• Provides, sells or offers products, services or content frequently associated with unsolicited commercial email, a.k.a. spam, such as online and direct pharmaceutical sales, including but not limited to health and sexual well-being products, work at home businesses, credit or finance management, including but not limited to credit repair and debt relief offerings and stock and trading tips, and mortgage finance offers, DJ/nightclub, event/club promotions/party lists, and odds making and betting/gambling services, including but not limited to poker, casino games, horse and dog racing and college and pro sporting events.
• Provides material that is grossly offensive, including blatant expressions of bigotry, prejudice, racism, hatred or excessive profanity or post any obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing or otherwise objectionable content.
• Posts or discloses any personally identifying information or private information about children without their consent (or their parents’ consent in the case of a minor).
• Sells or promotes any products or services that are unlawful in the location at which the content is posted or received.
• Introduces viruses, worms, harmful code and/or Trojan horses on the Internet.
• Promotes, solicits or participates in pyramid schemes or multi-level channel and/or network marketing (MLM) businesses, including but not limited to personal work-at-home offers promoting "get rich quick", "build your wealth" and "financial independence" offerings.
• Engages in any libelous, defamatory, scandalous, threatening, harassing activity.
• Posts any content that advocates, promotes or otherwise encourages violence against any governments, organizations, groups or individuals or which provides instruction, information or assistance in causing or carrying out such violence.
• Provides content, including images, of authors, artists, photographers or others without the express written consent of the content owner.

5.6 Right to Disable Access. Safe Newsletters, at its own discretion, may immediately disable your access to the Products without refund if Safe Newsletters believes in its sole discretion that you have violated any of the policies listed above or elsewhere in this Agreement.

6. Restrictions and Responsibilities

6.1 No Rights in Software. This is an Agreement for services and access to this web site, and you are not granted a license to any software by this Agreement. You will not, directly or indirectly, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to discover the source code, object code, or underlying structure, ideas, or algorithms of, or found at or through the Products or any software, documentation, or data related to the Products ("Software"); remove any proprietary notices or labels from the Products or any Software, modify, translate, or create derivative works based on the Products or any Software; or copy, distribute, pledge, assign, or otherwise transfer or encumber rights to the Products or any Software.

Unless you are an authorized reseller of the Products, you may not display, copy, reproduce, or distribute the Software, any component thereof, any documentation provided in connection with the Products or the Software, or any content, including but not limited to newsletters, distributed to you by Safe Newsletters in connection with the Products. Violation of these restrictions may result in the termination of this Agreement.

6.2 Permitted Use of the Products. The Products shall be used for your internal business (which includes civic or charitable) purposes only, and you shall not use the Products or any Software for timesharing or service-bureau purposes or otherwise for the benefit of a third party. If you are using the Products in any jurisdiction which restricts the ability of a software provider to restrict your right to reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to discover the source code, object code, or underlying structure, ideas, or algorithms of the Software or Products, then you hereby covenant that, prior to engaging in such activities, you will first request that Safe Newsletters perform such work at its standard professional services rates. Safe Newsletters can then decide either: (i) to perform the work in order to achieve such interoperability and charge its then standard rates for such work to you; or (ii) to permit you to reverse engineer parts of the Software in order to obtain such source code, but only to the extent necessary to achieve such interoperability or (iii) provide you with the information that you need regarding the Software for the purpose for which applicable law permits you to engage in such activities despite a contractual prohibition on such activities.

6.3 Compliance with Laws; Monitoring. You shall use the Products only in compliance with this Agreement, the federal Australian-SPAM Act and regulations thereunder and all other applicable Australian, state, local and international laws (including but not limited to policies and laws related to spamming, privacy, obscenity, or defamation, copyright and trademark infringement and child protective email address registry laws). Although Safe Newsletters has no obligation to monitor the content provided by you or your use of the Products, Safe Newsletters may do so and may block any email messages, remove any such content or prohibit any use of the Products that Safe Newsletters believes may be (or is alleged to be) in violation of the foregoing.

6.4 Indemnification. You hereby agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Safe Newsletters and its business partners, third-party suppliers and providers, licensors, officers, directors, employees, distributors and agents against any damages, losses, liabilities, settlements, and expenses (including without limitation costs and reasonable attorneys' fees) in connection with any claim or action that (i) arises from any alleged breach of this Agreement, (ii) arises from the content or effects of any messages you distribute using the Products or (iii)otherwise arises from or relates to your use of the Products. In addition, you acknowledge and agree that Safe Newsletters has the right to seek damages when you use the Products for unlawful purposes, in an unlawful manner, and/or in a manner inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, and that such damages may include, without limitation, direct, indirect, special, incidental, cover, reliance and/or consequential damages.

6.5 Your Information. In using the varied features of the Products, you may provide information about yourself or your employer (such as name, contact information, or other registration information) to Safe Newsletters. Safe Newsletters may use this information and any technical information about your use of the Products to tailor its presentations to you, facilitate your movement through the Product, or communicate separately with you. If you accessed the Products as a result of solicitation by a marketing partner of Safe Newsletters, Safe Newsletters may share your information with the marketing partner and the marketing partner may share related information with Safe Newsletters. Except as described above. Safe Newsletters will not provide your information, including your contact and account information, to third parties who you have not authorized to receive such information, except(i) as required by law or court order, including without limitation judicial process and law enforcement, or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with law or a court order or (ii) if your Safe Newsletters account was terminated from due to unsolicited commercial email being sent from your Safe Newsletters account. Safe Newsletters will never sell or rent your contact lists to anyone without your permission and acknowledges your ownership right in your contact lists. In the event Safe Newsletters amends or revises the policy described in the immediately preceding sentence, it will provide advance notice of such amendment or revision.

6.6 Intellectual Property Rights in Your Content. You agree that you will not upload or transmit any contact lists, communications or content of any type to this web site or in connection with the Products that infringe, misappropriate or violate any rights of any party. By submitting ideas, concepts, inventions, or content to this web site or using them in connection with the Products, you agree that such submission is non-confidential for all purposes. If you make any such submission, you agree that you will not send or transmit to Safe Newsletters or to any third party using the Products, any communication or content that infringes or violates any rights of any party. If you submit any business information, ideas, concepts or inventions or content to Safe Newsletters by email, you agree such submission is non-confidential for all purposes. If you make any submission to this web site or if you submit any business information, idea, concept or invention to Safe Newsletters by email, you automatically grant—or warrant that the owner of such content or intellectual property has expressly granted—Safe Newsletters a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide license to use, reproduce, create derivative works from, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform, and display such content in any manner.

7. Termination

You may terminate this Agreement at any time by calling Safe Newsletters Customer Support. There are no refunds for any fees paid. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TERMINATING YOUR ACCOUNT AND THIS AGREEMENT AND Safe Newsletters IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR FAILURE TO PROPERLY TERMINATE YOUR ACCOUNT AND THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CREDIT CARD CHARGES AND FEES YOU INCUR AS A RESULT OF YOUR FAILURE TO PROPERLY TERMINATE YOUR ACCOUNT AND THIS AGREEMENT.

Safe Newsletters may terminate this Agreement or the Products, disable your account or put your account on inactive status, in each case at any time with or without cause, and with or without notice. Safe Newsletters shall have no liability to you or any third party because of such termination or action.

Safe Newsletters may delete any of your archived data within 30 days after the date of termination. After termination, you shall process all unsubscribe requests within 30 days of your last email campaign. Safe Newsletters will provide upon request the list of unsubscribe requests from your account. Under the Australian-SPAM Act, you acknowledge that you are responsible for maintaining and honoring the list of unsubscribe requests following termination of your account and this Agreement. All sections of this Agreement that by their nature should survive termination will survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership, warranty disclaimers and limitations of liability.

If your account is classified (at Safe Newsletters's sole discretion) as inactive for over 120 days, Safe Newsletters has the right to permanently delete your subscriber data. Safe Newsletters will use good faith efforts to contact you via email prior to taking any permanent removal actions.

8. Warranty Disclaimer; Remedies

USE OF THE PRODUCTS AND ANY RELIANCE BY YOU UPON THE PRODUCTS, INCLUDING ANY ACTION TAKEN BY YOU BECAUSE OF SUCH USE OR RELIANCE, IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. Safe Newsletters DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE PRODUCTS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DOES IT MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE PRODUCTS. THE PRODUCTS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND Safe Newsletters DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.

Your sole and exclusive remedy for any failure or nonperformance of the Products shall be for Safe Newsletters to use commercially reasonable efforts to adjust or repair the Products.

9. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY, TORT, CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, SHALL Safe Newsletters OR ANY OF ITS UNDERLYING SERVICE PROVIDERS, BUSINESS PARTNERS, INFORMATION PROVIDERS, ACCOUNT PROVIDERS, LICENSORS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, DISTRIBUTORS OR AGENTS (COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION AS "Safe Newsletters") BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY MONEY DAMAGES, WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, COVER, RELIANCE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF Safe Newsletters SHALL HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY OTHER PARTY. IN THE EVENT THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, Safe Newsletters IS FOUND LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES FROM ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER, AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE), THE MAXIMUM AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF Safe Newsletters TO YOU ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR THE PRODUCTS IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACCRUAL OF THE APPLICABLE CLAIM, LESS ANY DAMAGES PREVIOUSLY PAID BY Safe Newsletters TO YOU IN THAT TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THIS LIMITATION AND EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

10. Restricted Persons; Export of Products or Technical Data

You hereby warrant that you are not a Restricted Person. For purposes of this Agreement, you are a Restricted Person if you or any officer, director, or controlling shareholder of the entity on behalf of which you are using the Products is (1) a national of or an entity existing under the laws of Cuba, Iran, Sudan, Syria, or any other country with which Australian persons are prohibited from engaging in transactions, as may be determined from time to time by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs Treasury Department; (2) listed on the Denied Persons List or Entity List by the Australian Taxation Office; (3) engaged in nuclear, missile, chemical or biological weapons activities to which Australian persons may not contribute without a Australian Government license; or (4) owned, controlled, or acting on behalf of a Restricted Person. If you become a Restricted Person during the term of this Agreement, you shall notify Safe Newsletters within twenty-four (24) hours, and Safe Newsletters shall have the right to terminate any further obligations to you, effective immediately and with no further liability to you, but without prejudice to your outstanding obligations to Safe Newsletters.

You agree that you shall not utilize the Products to conduct or facilitate any transaction with any Restricted Person, except as may be expressly authorized in advance in writing by the Australian Government. You may not remove or export from Australia or allow the export or re-export of the Products, or any direct product thereof, including technical data, in violation of any restrictions, laws, or regulations of Australia or any other applicable country.

11. Links to Third-Party Web Sites

This web site may contain links to non-Safe Newsletters web sites. These links are provided to you as a convenience, and Safe Newsletters is not responsible for the content of any linked web site. Any non-Safe Newsletters web site accessed from this web site is independent from Safe Newsletters, and Safe Newsletters has no control over the content of that web site. In addition, a link to any non-Safe Newsletters web site does not imply that Safe Newsletters endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content or use of such web site.

12. No Implied Endorsements

In no event shall any reference to any third party or third party product or service be construed as an approval or endorsement by Safe Newsletters of that third party or of any product or service provided by a third party.

13. Notice and Take Down Procedures; Copyright Agent

If you believe any materials accessible on or from this web site or the Products infringe your copyright, you may request removal of those materials (or access thereto) from this web site by contacting Safe Newsletters and providing the following information:

1. Identification of the copyrighted work that you believe to be infringed. Please describe the work, and where possible include a copy or the location (e.g., URL) of an authorized version of the work.
2. Identification of the material that you believe to be infringing and its location. Please describe the material, and provide us with its URL or any other pertinent information that will allow us to locate the material.
3. Your name, address, telephone number and (if available) email address.
4. A statement that you have a good faith belief that the complained of use of the materials is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
5. A statement that the information that you have supplied is accurate, and indicating that "under penalty of perjury," you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.
6. A signature or the electronic equivalent from the copyright holder or authorized representative.

In an effort to protect the rights of copyright owners, Safe Newsletters maintains a policy for the termination, in appropriate circumstances, of subscribers and account holders of this web site who are repeat infringers.

14. Open Positions on Career Pages

Safe Newsletters may list open employment positions on this web site. Any such postings are for informational purposes only and are subject to change without notice. You should not construe any information on this web site or made available through this web site as an offer for employment. Nor should you construe anything on this web site as a promotion or solicitation for employment not authorized by the laws and regulations of your locale.

15. Username and Password

You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account, passwords, and files. Safe Newsletters will accept the instructions of any individual who claims to be authorized to direct changes to your account so long as such person presents your username and password on-line, by email or by phone, or through a Third Party Service, if any, through which you access the Products. Safe Newsletters has no knowledge of your organizational structure, if you are registering for the Products as an entity, or your personal relationships, if you are a person. Safe Newsletters shall not be responsible for the actions of any individuals who misuse or misappropriate your contact lists or other assets using your username and password.

16. Miscellaneous

16.1 If any provision of the Agreement is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that this Agreement will otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable.

16.2 Safe Newsletters and you agree that this Agreement is the complete and exclusive statement of the mutual understanding of the parties and supersedes and cancels all previous written and oral agreements, communications, and other understandings relating to the subject matter of this Agreement, and that all waivers and modifications must be in a writing signed by both parties, except as otherwise provided herein. No delay or omission by either party in exercising any right or remedy under this Agreement or existing at law or equity shall be considered a waiver of such right or remedy.

16.3 No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment is created as a result of the Agreement, and you do not have any authority of any kind to bind Safe Newsletters in any respect whatsoever.

16.4 In any action or proceeding to enforce rights under the Agreement, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover its costs and legal fees.

16.5 The Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia without regard to its choice or law or conflict of laws provisions. All legal actions in connection with the Agreement shall be brought in the state or federal courts located in Brisbane, Australia.

Additional Information

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Revised January 2012