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We may revise these Terms from time to time. If we do, those revised Terms will supersede prior versions. Unless we say otherwise, revisions will be effective upon the effective date indicated at the top of these Terms. We will provide you advance notice of any material revisions. This notice will be provided via the account portal and/or via an email to the email address we have on file. For other revisions, we will update the effective date of these Terms at the top of the page. We encourage you to check the effective date of these Terms whenever you visit the Website or account portal. Your continued access or use of our Services constitutes your acceptance of any revisions. If you don’t agree to the revisions, you should stop using the Services, and we are not obligated to provide you with the Services.
The features and functions of our Services and Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") may change over time. It is your responsibility to ensure that calls or requests you make to our Services are compatible with our then-current Services. Although we try to avoid making changes to our Services that are not backwards compatible, if any such changes become necessary, we will use reasonable efforts to let you know prior to implementing those changes.
To use our Services, you will be asked to create an account. As part of the account creation process, you’ll be asked to provide your email address, phone number and create a password. You then will need to verify your email address and phone number to complete the account creation process. When registering an account, you must provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as requested during the account creation process. You must also keep that information true, accurate, current and complete after you create your account.
You are solely responsible for all use (whether or not authorized) of our Services under your account(s) and subaccount(s), including for the quality and integrity of your Customer Data as that term is defined in Section 5 and each of your applications. You are also solely responsible for all use and for all acts and omissions of anyone that has access to your application (“End Users”). You agree to take all reasonable precautions to prevent unauthorized access to or use of our Services and will notify us promptly of any unauthorized access or use. We will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from unauthorized use of your account.
For the purchase of any phone number for which Company is required to have an address for you on record, it is your obligation to provide us with an accurate and current address to associate with that number. You are responsible for updating that address within fifteen (15) days of a change of address.
You may use our Services, on a non-exclusive basis, solely in strict compliance with these Terms and AUP, which may be updated from time to time, and applicable law, including:
You acknowledge that you have read Company’s Privacy Policy and understand that it sets forth how we will collect, store, and use your Customer Data. “Customer Data” consists of information made available to us through your use of our Services under these Terms, which includes information such as your name, contact information, billing records, call and message logs, and traffic routing information, as well as the content of communications sent through or integrated with our Services, such as audio recordings, and any content included in any HTTP communication messages. If you do not agree to Company’s Privacy Policy, you must stop using our Services.
Except as agreed by Company and you in writing, Company may periodically delete your Customer Data. Further, data storage is not guaranteed by us and you agree that we will not have any liability whatsoever for any damage, liabilities, losses, or any other consequences that you may incur relating to the loss or deletion of Customer Data.
You further acknowledge and agree that we may access or disclose Customer Data, including the content of communications, if: (i) we believe that disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or government request, (ii) to enforce our agreements and policies, (iii) to protect the security or integrity of our services and products, (iv) to protect ourselves, our other customers, or the public from harm or illegal activities, or (v) to respond to an emergency which we believe in good faith requires us to disclose data to assist in preventing a death or serious bodily injury.
Our Services, including any software we may provide in connection with those Services, may be subject to applicable U.S. export control laws and economic sanctions regulations. In receiving this software or our Services, you agree to comply strictly with all domestic and international export laws and economic sanctions regulations as they apply to this software and our Services, and to the extent consistent with these Terms, to obtain any necessary license or other authorization to export, re-export, or transfer such software or our other aspects of our Services. These laws include restrictions on destinations, End Users, and end use. Without limitation, you may not transfer any such software or other aspect of our Service without U.S. government authorization to any entity on a U.S. government exclusion list (e.g., the Department of Commerce’s List of Denied Persons, Entity, or Unverified List, and the Treasury Department’s List of Specially Designated Nationals and Consolidated Sanctions List). You represent that you are not on a U.S. government exclusion list or under the control of or an agent for any entity on such a list, and you further warrant that you will immediately discontinue use of our software and Services if you become placed on any such list or under the control of or an agent for any entity placed on such a list.
Affiliates are any entity or person that controls you, is controlled by you, or under common control with you, such as a subsidiary, parent company, or employee. (Similarly, if we refer to our affiliates, we mean an entity or person that controls us, is controlled by us or is under common control with us.) If applicable to you, your affiliates may order Services directly from us under these Terms, provided that all of your affiliate’s activities are subject to these Terms. You will be responsible for the acts and omissions of your affiliates in connection with each affiliate’s use of our Services.
Fees. You agree to pay the usage fees set forth in your “Rate Schedule” (which is either our standard schedule of fees, as may be updated from time to time, and/or any other order forms for our Services ordered by you and accepted in writing by us). In addition, you agree to pay any applicable support fees in connection with your order of any support services pursuant to our Support Terms.
Taxes. Unless otherwise stated in your Rate Schedule, you are responsible for and shall pay all applicable taxes. This includes all federal, state and local taxes, fees, charges, surcharges or other similar exactions, imposed on or with respect to our Services whether these taxes are imposed directly on you or on Company and include, but are not limited to, sales and use taxes, utility user’s fees, excise taxes, VAT, any other business and occupations taxes, 911 taxes, franchise fees and universal service fund fees or taxes. For purposes of this section, taxes do not include any taxes that are imposed on or measured by the net income, property tax or payroll taxes of Company. You understand and agree that the detail of taxes charged will be made available to you by sending an email to accounting@vailsys.com. If you’re exempt from any taxes for any reason, send an email to our tax department at accounting@vailsys.com with an executed, signed and dated valid exemption certificate. Once our tax department has received and approved your exemption certificate, we will exempt you from those taxes on a going-forward basis. If, for any reason a taxing jurisdiction determines that you are not exempt from those taxes and assesses those taxes, you agree to pay Company those taxes, plus any applicable interest or penalties.
Payment Terms. Subject to certain credit requirements as determined by us, we may let you pay amounts due under these Terms in arrears. If we let you do that, you will make all of the payments due hereunder within thirty (30) days of the date of the invoice. Unless you and Company agree otherwise in writing, all fees due under these Terms are payable in United States dollars. Payment obligations can’t be canceled and fees paid are non-refundable. Subject to Section 9.4 (Fee Disputes), if you are overdue on any payment and fail to pay within ten (10) business days of a written notice of your overdue payment, then we may assess and you must pay a late fee. The late fee will be either 1.5% per month, or the maximum amount allowable by law, whichever is less. Subject to Section 9.4 (Fee Disputes) and following the overdue notice, we may also suspend our Services to your account until you pay the amount you are overdue plus the late fee.
Fee Disputes. You must notify us in writing if you dispute any portion of any fees paid or payable by you under this Agreement. You must provide that written notice to us within sixty (60) days of the applicable charge and we will work together with you to resolve the applicable dispute promptly. If you do not provide us with this written notice of your fee dispute within this 60 day period, you will not be entitled to dispute any fees paid or payable by you.
Suspension. If your use of our Services exceeds the amounts prepaid by you or of if you fail to pay any amounts due by you under Section 9 of the Agreement, we may suspend our Services associated with your account without prior notice to you. We will have no liability for any damage, liabilities, losses (including any loss of data or profits) or any other consequences that you may incur with connection with any suspension of our services pursuant to this section.
General. As between you and Company we exclusively own and reserve all right, title and interest in and to our Services. As between you and Company, you exclusively own and reserve all right, title and interest in Your Applications.
Suggestions and Contributions. We welcome your feedback on our Services. But please know that by submitting suggestions or other feedback about our Services ("Contributions") you agree that:
Intellectual Property. The Website and its entire contents, features, and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video, and audio, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof) are owned by the Company, its licensors, or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws. Subject to the limited rights granted hereunder, the Company reserves all of its right, title and interest in and to the Services, including all of Company’s related intellectual property rights.
Customer grants to Company a limited, nonexclusive, royalty-free, non-assignable, non-sublicensable, worldwide, non-transferable, and irrevocable license to host, display, use, or export Customer content (including Customer trademarks, logos, service marks, and trade names) posted to the Service for the purpose of carrying out its obligations under this Agreement (and subject to the terms set out under this Agreement), including: providing, maintaining, and updating the Services; processing lawful requests from law enforcement government agencies; preventing and responding to security incidents; providing support and technical assistance as may be required or requested; aggregating data usage analytics; and associating account registrations of authorized user(s) with Customer which, in the case of a Customer name or other content that is a trademark, includes a revocable license to host and display such trademark during the Term.
Company Trademarks. The Company name, the terms [COMPANY TRADEMARKS], [the Company logo] and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans are trademarks of the Company or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of the Company. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans on this Website are the trademarks of their respective owners.
Use of Marks. Subject to these Terms, you grant Company an irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide right and license to use and display your name and logo on our Website and in other promotional materials solely in connection with our activities under these Terms.
Linking. You may link to our homepage, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval, or endorsement on our part without our express written consent.
Confidentiality. “Confidential Information” means any information or data, regardless of whether it is in tangible form, disclosed by either party that is marked or otherwise designated as confidential or proprietary or that should otherwise be reasonably understood to be confidential given the nature of the information and the circumstances surrounding disclosure. “Confidential Information” does not include any information which: (i) is publicly available through no fault of receiving party; (ii) was properly known to receiving party, without restriction, prior to disclosure by the disclosing party; (iii) was properly disclosed to receiving party, without restriction, by another person without violation of disclosing party’s rights; or (iv) is independently developed by the receiving party without use of or reference to the disclosing party’s Confidential Information. Each party agrees that it will use the Confidential Information of the other party solely in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and it will not disclose such Confidential Information to any third party without the other party’s prior written consent, except as otherwise permitted hereunder. Each party agrees to exercise due care in protecting the Confidential Information from unauthorized use and disclosure. Each party may disclose the Confidential Information of the other party, in whole or in part to its employees, representatives, actual or potential investors and subcontractors who have a need to know and are legally bound to keep such information confidential consistent with the terms of this Agreement. Either party may disclose the Confidential Information of the other party as required by law, upon prior written notice to the other party (where allowed by law); provided that such party will use its reasonable efforts to minimize such disclosure to the extent permitted by applicable law.
Injunctive Relief. The parties expressly acknowledge and agree that no adequate remedy exists at law for an actual or threatened breach of this Section 10 and that, in the event of an actual or threatened breach of the provisions of this Section, the non-breaching party will be entitled to seek immediate injunctive and other equitable relief, without waiving any other rights or remedies available to it. Each party will promptly notify the other in writing if it becomes aware of any violations of the confidentiality obligations set forth in this Section.
NO WARRANTY. WITHOUT LIMITING COMPANY’S EXPRESS WARRANTIES AND OBLIGATIONS UNDER THESE TERMS, COMPANY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND WARRANTIES RELATED TO THIRD-PARTY EQUIPMENT, MATERIAL, SERVICES OR SOFTWARE. EXCEPT FOR THE EXPRESS WARRANTIES SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION 12 AND COMPANY’S SLA (AND SUPPORT TERMS), THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. TO THE EXTENT THIS DISCLAIMER CONFLICTS WITH APPLICABLE LAW, THE SCOPE AND DURATION OF ANY APPLICABLE WARRANTY WILL BE THE MINIMUM PERMITTED UNDER THAT LAW.
BETA SERVICES. FROM TIME TO TIME, YOU MAY HAVE THE OPTION TO PARTICIPATE IN A PROGRAM WITH COMPANY WHERE YOU GET TO USE ALPHA OR BETA SERVICES, PRODUCTS, FEATURES AND DOCUMENTATION (“BETA SERVICES”) OFFERED BY US. THESE BETA SERVICES ARE NOT GENERALLY AVAILABLE AND MAY CONTAIN BUGS, ERRORS, DEFECTS OR HARMFUL COMPONENTS. ACCORDINGLY, WE ARE PROVIDING THE BETA SERVICES TO YOU “AS IS.” WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO THE BETA SERVICES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PUBLISHED DOCUMENTATION THAT STATES OTHERWISE, COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE BETA SERVICES WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR THAT THEY WILL MEET ANY SPECIFIED SERVICE LEVEL OR WILL OPERATE WITHOUT INTERRUPTIONS OR DOWNTIME.
You will defend, indemnify and hold Company and its affiliates harmless against any actual or threatened claim, loss, liability, proceeding, third-party discovery demand, governmental investigation or enforcement action arising out of or relating to your activities under these Terms or your acts or omissions in connection with the provision of Your Applications, including, without limitation, any intellectual property claims relating to the Your Application and any violation by you or your End Users of the terms of Section 6 (Restrictions) (“Claim”). We and our affiliates will cooperate as fully as reasonably required in the defense of any Claim, at your expense. We reserve the right, at your expense, to retain separate counsel for ourselves in connection with any Claim or, if you have not responded reasonably to the applicable Claim, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any Claim in which you are a named party and that is otherwise subject to indemnification under this Section 12 (Indemnification). You will pay all costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees and any settlement amounts or damages awarded against us in connection with any Claim. You will also be liable to us for any costs and attorneys’ fees we incur to successfully establish or enforce our right to indemnification under this Section.
EXCEPT FOR LIABILITY ARISING FROM VIOLATIONS OF SECTIONS 6 (RESTRICTIONS), 10 (OWNERSHIP) OR 12 (INDEMNIFICATION), UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, WILL COMPANY BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY CHARACTER, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOST PROFITS, LOST SALES OR BUSINESS, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, LOST DATA, OR FOR ANY AND ALL OTHER DAMAGES OR LOSSES, EVEN IF WE HAD BEEN ADVISED, KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. EXCEPT AS DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION 13, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, WILL COMPANY BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT DAMAGES, COSTS OR LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF THE AMOUNTS PAID BY YOU DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE INCIDENT OR CLAIM.
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 13 ALLOCATE THE RISKS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES, AND THE PARTIES HAVE RELIED ON THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH HEREIN IN DETERMINING WHETHER TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT.
THE SERVICES ARE NOT INTENDED TO SUPPORT OR CARRY EMERGENCY CALLS OR SMS MESSAGES TO ANY EMERGENCY SERVICES. NEITHER COMPANY NOR ITS REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE LIABLE UNDER ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGE, OR LOSS (AND CUSTOMER WILL HOLD COMPANY HARMLESS AGAINST ANY AND ALL SUCH CLAIMS) ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THE INABILITY TO USE OUR SERVICES TO CONTACT EMERGENCY SERVICES.
Terms Period. The period of these Terms will commence on the date these Terms are accepted by you and continue for twelve months. This is called the Initial Period. These Terms will automatically renew for additional one-year periods (each, a “Renewal Period”), unless either you or Company provides written notice of non-renewal at least thirty (30) days prior to the end of the Initial Period or a Renewal Period. The Initial Period and all Renewal Periods will be referred to in this agreement as the “Terms Period”.
Termination and Suspension of Services. Company may terminate your account for any reason upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to you. Either party may terminate or suspend your account in the event the other party commits any material breach of these Terms and fails to fix that breach within five (5) days after written notice of that breach. If we terminate these Terms due to your material breach, we may terminate or suspend of your account(s) as well. In addition to suspension of our services for non-payment of fees as described in Section 9.5 (Suspension), we may also suspend our Services immediately for cause if: (a) you violate (or give us reason to believe you have violated) the Acceptable Use Policy; (b) there is reason to believe the traffic created from your use of our Services or your use of our Services is fraudulent or negatively impacting the operating capability of our Services; (c) we determine, in our sole discretion, that providing our Services is prohibited by law, or it has become impractical or unfeasible for any legal or regulatory reason to provide our Services; or (d) subject to applicable law, upon your liquidation, commencement of dissolution proceedings, disposal of your assets or change of control, a failure to continue business, assignment for the benefit of creditors, or if you become the subject of bankruptcy or similar proceeding. If we suspend our Services to your account, we will make a reasonable attempt to notify you.
Upon termination or expiration of these Terms, your payment obligations, the terms of this Section 15, and the terms of the following Sections will survive (i.e. still apply): Section 5 (Our Use and Storage of Customer Data), Section 6 (Restrictions), Section 10 (Ownership and Confidentiality), Section 11 (Warranties and Disclaimer), Section 12 (Indemnification), Section 14 (Exclusion of Damages; Limitation of Liability) and Section 17 (General).
Compliance with Laws. Both you and Company will comply with the applicable law relating to each of our respective activities under these Terms, including privacy and data protection laws and applicable rules established by the Federal Communications Commission.
No Waiver. Company’s failure to enforce at any time any provision of these Terms or our AUP does not waive our right to do so later. And, if we do expressly waive any provision of these Terms or our AUP, that does not mean it is waived for all time in the future. Any waiver must be in writing and signed by you and us to be legally binding.
Assignment. You will not assign or otherwise transfer these Terms, in whole or in part, without our prior written consent. Any attempt by you to assign, delegate, or transfer these Terms will be null and void. Subject to this Section 16.3, these Terms will be binding on both you and Company and each of our successors and assigns.
Relationship. You and Company are independent contractors in the performance of each and every part of these Terms. Nothing in these Terms is intended to create or shall be construed as creating an employer-employee relationship or a partnership, agency, joint venture, or franchise. You and Company will be solely responsible for all of our respective employees and agents and our respective labor costs and expenses arising in connection with our respective employees and agents. You and Company will also be solely responsible for any and all claims, liabilities or damages or debts of any type that may arise on account of each of our respective activities, or those of each of our respective employees or agents, in the performance of these Terms. Neither you nor Company has the authority to commit the other of us in any way and will not attempt to do so or imply that it has the right to do so.
Unenforceability. Except as described in Section 17 (Agreement to Arbitrate), if any provision of these Terms is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable and, in any event, the rest of these Terms will continue in full force and effect.
Notices. Any notice required or permitted to be given under these Terms will be given in writing to the receiving party by personal delivery, certified mail, return receipt requested, overnight delivery by a nationally recognized carrier or by email upon confirmation of receipt. Notices to Company shall be copied to legal@vailsys.com, Attn: General Counsel.
Entire Agreement. Except as provided in these Terms and any attachments to these Terms, these Terms supersede all prior and contemporaneous proposals, statements, sales materials or presentations and agreements, oral and written. No oral or written information or advice given by Company, its agents or employees will create a warranty or in any way increase the scope of the warranties in these Terms.
Force Majeure. No failure, delay or default in performance of any obligation of a party shall constitute an event of default or breach of these Terms to the extent that such failure to perform, delay or default arises out of a cause, existing or future, that is beyond the control and without negligence of such party, including action or inaction of governmental, civil or military authority; pandemic; fire; strike, lockout or other labor dispute; flood, terrorist act; war; riot; theft; earthquake and other natural disaster. The party affected by such cause shall take all reasonable actions to minimize the consequences of any such cause.
Government Terms. We provide our Services, including related software and technology, for ultimate federal government end use solely in accordance with the terms of these Terms. If you (or any of your End Users) are an agency, department, or other entity of any government, the use, duplication, reproduction, release, modification, disclosure, or transfer of our services, or any related documentation of any kind, including technical data, software, and manuals, is restricted by these Terms. All other use is prohibited and no rights other than those provided in these Terms are conferred. Our Services were developed fully at private expense.
Governing Law and Venue. The enforceability and interpretation of Section 17 (Agreement to Arbitrate) will be determined the Federal Arbitration Act (including its procedural provisions). Apart from Section 17, these Terms will be governed by and interpreted according to the laws of the State of Illinois without regard to conflicts of laws and principles that would cause laws of another jurisdiction to apply. These Terms will not be governed by the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Except as provided in Section 17 (Arbitration), any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or related to these Terms or our Services shall be instituted in either the state or federal courts of Chicago, Illinois, and we each consent to the personal jurisdiction of these courts.
Before bringing a formal legal case, please first try contacting our Customer Support. Most disputes can be resolved that way.
We Both Agree to Arbitrate. If we can’t resolve our dispute through our customer support, you or any of your affiliates on one hand and Company and any of Company’s affiliates on the other hand, all agree to resolve any dispute arising under these Terms, inclusive of the Privacy Policy, or in relation to our Services by binding arbitration in Chicago, Illinois, or in another location that we have both agreed to. This applies to all claims under any legal theory, unless the claim fits in one the exceptions below in Subsection 17.2 (Exceptions to Agreement to Arbitrate). It also applies even after you have stopped using your Telekit account or have deleted it. If we have a dispute about whether this agreement to arbitrate can be enforced or applies to our dispute, we all agree that the arbitrator will decide that, too.
Exceptions to Agreement to Arbitrate. You and your affiliates on one hand, and Company and its affiliates on the other hand, agree that we will go to court to resolve disputes relating to:
Also, any of us can bring a claim in small claims court either in Chicago, Illinois, or the county where you live, or some other place we both agree on, if it qualifies to be brought in that court. In addition, if any of us brings a claim in court that should be arbitrated or any of us refuses to arbitrate a claim that should be arbitrated, the other of us can ask a court to force us to go to arbitration to resolve the claim (i.e., compel arbitration). Any of us may also ask a court to halt a court proceeding while an arbitration proceeding is ongoing.
Details of Arbitration Procedure. Prior to filing any arbitration, both parties jointly agree to seek to resolve any dispute between us by mediation conducted by the American Arbitration Association (AAA), with all mediator fees and expenses paid equally by the parties. If mediation is not successful, either party may initiate an arbitration proceeding with AAA. You can look at AAA’s rules and procedures on their website http://www.adr.org or you can call them at 1-800-778-7879.The arbitration will be governed by the then-current version of AAA’s Commercial Arbitration Rules (the “Rules”) and will be held with a single arbitrator appointed in accordance with the Rules. To the extent anything described in this Section 17 conflicts with the Rules, the language of this Section 17 applies. Each of us will be entitled to get a copy of non-privileged relevant documents in the possession or control of the other party and to take a reasonable number of depositions. All such discovery will be in accordance with procedures approved by the arbitrator. This Section 17 does not alter in any way the statute of limitations that would apply to any claims or counterclaims asserted by either party. The arbitrator’s award will be based on the evidence admitted and the substantive law of the State of Illinois and the United States, as applicable, and will contain an award for each issue and counterclaim. The award will provide in writing the factual findings and legal reasoning for such award. The arbitrator will not be entitled to modify these Terms. Except as provided in the Federal Arbitration Act, the arbitration award will be final and binding on the parties. Judgment may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Class Action Waiver. Both you and your affiliates, on one hand, and Company and its affiliates on the other hand, agree that any claims or controversies between us must be brought against each other on an individual basis only. That means neither you and your affiliates on one hand nor Company and its affiliates on the other hand can bring a claim as a plaintiff or class member in a class action, consolidated action, or representative action. The arbitrator cannot combine more than one person’s or entity’s claims into a single case, and cannot preside over any consolidated, class or representative proceeding (unless we agree otherwise). And, the arbitrator’s decision or award in one person’s or entity’s case can only impact the person or entity that brought the claim, not other Company customers, and cannot be used to decide other disputes with other customers. If a court decides that this Subsection 17.4 (Class Action Waiver) is not enforceable or valid, then the entire Section 17 (Agreement to Arbitrate) will be null and void (i.e., go away). But, the rest of the Terms will still apply.
