In consideration of the mutual promises herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
The Company (“Service Provider”) provides its email services to the end user (“you”, “your”), subject to the terms of service set out in this agreement ("TOS"), which may be updated by us from time to time without notice to you. You can review the most current version of the TOS at any time at:https://doctors.md.com/terms/premium/email. In addition, when using particular Service Provider services, you are subject to any posted guidelines or rules applicable to such services, which may be posted from time to time. All such guidelines or rules are hereby incorporated by reference into the TOS.
In exchange for Your payment as set forth at check out (the “Payment”) Service Provider will provide you access to email service, more fully specified in Section 2 (a)-(h) below at a specified [email protected] email address to requested by you at check out. Certain email requests will be approved at checkout and other requested addresses may require Service Provider review and/or approval or denial such addresses deemed inappropriate or premium. In such case a reply will be sent by Service Provider identifying the status of the request and instructing You of your options to proceed. Service Provider reserves all rights to approve or deny requested email addresses in its sole discretion. In no event will You be charged if your address request is denied.
Service Provider currently provides users with access to the email service through Tucows/Open SRS (the “Host Provider”) with the following services:
(a) The Email Service includes (i) mailbox accounts, accessible by either or both the IMAP and POP mail protocols, through desktop mail clients or web-based applications (ii) optional email forwarding accounts; and/or (iii) optional Filtering-Only mailboxes (as described below). The Email Service enables a mailbox (i.e., email address) to send and receive email. The Email Service enables a User to use features of the mailbox to personalize settings (e.g., auto-responder, mail folders, address book folders, mailbox aliases, domain catch-all, etc.) through a web-based interface. The Email Service includes email forwarding accounts that allow mail to be forwarded from this email address to another email address.
(b) Each mailbox includes five (5) gigabytes of base storage per mailbox, with additional storage available as a feature upgrade.
(d) Virus filtering may not be able to scan certain email attachments, which are under the direct control of the sender (such as password protected and/or encrypted attachments).
(e) Filtering-Only mailboxes provide Anti-Virus and Anti-Spam filtering for remote mail servers hosted by Customer. These mailboxes provide storage only for messages quarantined by the Anti-Virus and Anti-Spam filters. Messages quarantined by the Anti-Virus and Anti-Spam filters will be stored by Host Provider for a period of seven (7) days, after which the messages will be deleted. Filtering-Only mailboxes provide inbound filtering only.
(f) Filtering-Only mailboxes are available to Customers and Users who have email servers and systems connected directly and permanently to the Internet and which have a fixed Internet Protocol (“IP”) address. Host Provider reserves the right to modify the quarantine period for specific domains, or for the entire Email Service with or without prior notice, to avoid space capacity or system performance issues which jeopardize the technical or economic viability of the services offered, or the system used to implement the services, so long as notice is provided within a reasonable time after the modification.
(g) Email Forwarding Accounts include spam & virus filtering, but do not include a spam quarantine. All mail detected as spam/virus will be rejected.
(h) The Email Service includes an administration tool that provides certain account configuration tools for the use of the Customer and/or users and mail administrators. Administration through web-based interface (MAC) enables an administrator to manage user accounts and their settings. Administration through a programmatic API (APP) enables a command line interface that is accessible over the network and an external program to manage user accounts and their settings. (the "Service").
Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that augment or enhance the current Service shall be subject to the TOS. You understand and agree that neither Service Provider nor its suppliers assume responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery, non- delivery or failure to store or accurately store, any user communications, addresses or personalization settings.
You are responsible for obtaining access to the Service and that access may involve fees to Service Provider or third party fees (such as Internet service provider or airtime charges).
You must provide and are responsible for all equipment necessary to access the Service.
You agree to:
(a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the Service's subscription form ("Subscription Data"); and (b) promptly update the Subscription Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or Service Provider or its suppliers have reasonable grounds to suspect this, Service Provider or its suppliers have the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Service (or any portion thereof), including any transition rights. Service Provider is concerned about the safety and privacy of all its users, particularly minors. For this reason, if you wish to allow anyone else access to the Service, you should assist them in setting up any relevant accounts and supervise their access to the Service. Allowing anyone access, means s/he will be able to access all components of the Service. As the subscriber, it is your responsibility to determine whether any of the Services and/or Content (as defined in Section 6 below), which may be delivered to you, are appropriate for any person to whom you allow access.
You represent, under penalty of perjury, that all the information provided by You when You register to for the Service is correct, accurate and legally yours to use as Your personal and business identifiers for the SERVICE. You may declare a pseudonymous identity for Your NAME, EMAIL ADDRESS and ACCOUNT NAME / ORGANIZATION, only, provided that You conform to all provisions of this Agreement. In particular, You shall not create a false identity for the purpose of misleading others as to Your identity or anything related to a message, including but not limited to source and contents. Minors cannot use the Service unless they have parental consent to open and maintain an Account. We reserve the right to verify Account eligibility and identity representations at any time.
(a) Information Collection
Service Provider collects personally identifiable information when you register for a Service Provider account.
Information Sharing and Disclosure. Except as required by law, Service Provider will not sell or rent your personally identifiable information to anyone without your consent. Service Provider will send personally identifiable information about you to other companies or people when: We have your consent to share the information; We need to share your information to provide the product or service you have requested; We need to send the information to companies who work on behalf of
Service Provider to provide a product or service to you. (Unless we tell you differently, these companies do not have any right to use the personally identifiable information we provide to them beyond what is necessary to assist us.); We respond to subpoenas, court orders or legal process; or We find that your actions violate the TOS or any of our usage guidelines for specific products or services.
(b) Security
Your Service Provider Account Information is password-protected for your privacy and security. In certain areas Service Provider uses industry-standard SSL- encryption to protect data transmissions.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
Service Provider may edit this policy from time to time. If we make any substantial changes we will notify you by posting a prominent announcement on our pages.
Subscription Data and certain other information about you are also subject to our Site Privacy Policy attached as Exhibit 1.
We are not responsible for the practices of companies that Service Provider does not own or control, or to people that Service Provider does not employ or manage.
You may receive a password and account designation upon completing the Service's subscription process. You are responsible for maintaining their confidentiality, and for all activities that occur under your password or account. You agree to (a) immediately notify Service Provider of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security, and (if applicable); and
(b) exit from your account at the end of each session. Service Provider, and its suppliers, cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this Section 5.
All information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages or other materials ("Content"), transmitted over the Service, by you or others using your account are your responsibility. You, and not Service Providers. You are entirely responsible for all Content that you, or others to whom you provide access, send, post, or otherwise make available via the Service. Service Provider does not control the Content made available via the Service and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, quality or appropriateness of such Content for any particular viewer. By using the Service, you may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable, including spam, or which may contain viruses, and other destructive elements. Under no circumstances will Service Provider or its suppliers be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use or viewing of any Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via the Service.
You agree to not use (or permit others to use) the Service to:
a) send, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available (collectively “send”) any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
b) harm minors in any way;
(c) impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
(d) forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Service;
(e) send any Content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as, without limitation, inside information, proprietary and confidential information);
(f) send any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights ("Rights") of any party;
(g) send any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of unauthorized solicitation, or otherwise violate our abuse policy;
(h) send any material that contains software viruses, worms or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
(i) interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected to the Service, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Service;
(j) intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, provincial, state, national or international law, including, but not limited to, rules, orders and regulations having the force of law;
(k) violate applicable laws regarding transmission of technical data exported from the country in which you reside;
(l) take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Service Provider or its suppliers; or
(m) "stalk" or otherwise harass another.
You agree Service Provider, Host Provider and its suppliers do not, and Service Provider, Host Provider agrees it, and its suppliers, shall not without cause, pre-screen Content, but shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to refuse or move any Content that is available via the Service, including without limitation any Content that violates the TOS or is otherwise objectionable. You agree to evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such Content, and acknowledge that you may not rely on any Content created by, or submitted to, Service Provider. You agree Service Provider (or its suppliers) may preserve and disclose Content if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce the TOS; (c) respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third- parties; or (d) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Service Provider, its users and the public. You understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Service, including your Content, may involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE SERVICE IS NOT HIPAA COMPLIANT. Service Provider does not guarantee that email is appropriate for sensitive physician/patient communications. By using the service, You agree that Service Provider is not responsible for any breaches of confidentiality. You understand the Service Provider does not warrant that the Service is fit for HIPAA compliance purposes.
You agree to indemnify and hold Service Provider, and its suppliers, and Service Provider’s and its suppliers’ affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other partners, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable legal fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of Content you submit, post, transmit or make available through the Service, your use of the
Service, your connection to the Service, your violation of the TOS, or your violation of any rights of another.
You agree that Service Provider or its suppliers: a) may establish general practices and limits concerning use of the Service, including without limitation, the maximum number of email messages that may be sent from or received by an account on the Service, the maximum size of any email message that may be sent from or received by an account on the Service, and the maximum number of times (and the maximum duration for which) you may access the Service in a given period of time; b) have no responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure to store any messages and other communicatioc) reserve the right to log off accounts that are inactive for an extended period of time; d) reservns or other Content maintained or transmitted by the Service; e the right to change these general practices and limits at any time, in its or their sole discretion, with or without notice; e) reserve the right at any time and from time to time to modify, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice; f) may supply any or all of the Software or Service on its own behalf, or as a sublicensor or reseller on behalf of a third party supplier, and may substitute such third party suppliers without notice; g) may quarantine suspected messages; h) may modify any domain and user settings with or without notice, including without limitation, altering settings so that spam or bulk email is denied, rather than being quarantined, to avoid space capacity issues which jeopardize the technical or economic viability of the services offered, or the system used to implement the services; i) will not permit open relay(ie third party relay of email messages); shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service which may occur for routine maintenance, routine or extraordinary repairs, or the need to respond to a virus or other attack on the system or using the system.
(a) Cancelation by Subscriber. If cancellation is for @MD.com Email, Service Provider shall not provide a refund. If the Service is cancelled Service Provider shall allow you use of the Service for the balance of your term. Service Provider will also provide thirty (30) days of email forwarding to your alternate email address on file (the “Email Forwarding Period”). At the expiration of the Email Forwarding Period the email address will be put back into the pool and open for third-party registration. Requests for cancellation must be submitted via email to [email protected] with the words: "Cancel MD.COM Email Subscription" in the subject line of the email.
(b) Cancelation or Termination by Service Provider. You agree that Service Provider, in its sole discretion, may (or may instruct its suppliers to), suspend or terminate your password, account (or any part thereof) or use of the Service, remove and discard any Content within the Service, deactivate or delete your account and all related information and files in your account and/or bar any further access to such files or the Service, discontinue providing the Service, or any part thereof, with or without notice if Service Provider believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of the TOS, and have not either cured the breach (if curable) or provided a satisfactory undertaking to Service Provider or the applicable authorities, within five (5) business days of receiving a notification of the breach, or for maintenance purposes. Further, you agree that Service Provider shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination or suspension of your access to the Service. The Term will automatically expire if You stop paying for the Service, or if You do not comply with this Agreement or our Use Policies. If the termination is for a monthly or annual Subscription and is requested prior to the end of the active Subscription period, Service Provider will allow service until the end of the term for which the Service is terminated, but no refunds will be provided.
(c) Abuse Policy
Internet Abuse – Any type of Internet Abuse, including what is commonly referred to as Spam is strictly forbidden.
Internet Abuse includes, but is not limited to the following:
In the event of Internet Abuse event or complaint, the offending email account will be suspended and the Domain Admin will be notified. In the event, a second Internet Abuse event or complaint occurs within a period of thirty (30) days, the email account will be deleted.
If an Account has been suspended from e-mail it can only be reinstated when an e-mail is received from You. This e-mail should be sent to:
The e-mail must, in the infringer's own words, explain (explanation e-mail):
Service Provider or the Email Provider’s agent that deals with incoming SPAM or Internet Abuse complaints will be the first arbiter in making a decision as to whether or not the account should be reinstated.
In making a decision the arbiter shall take into consideration:
Communication of the decision will be sent to the e-mail from which the infringer's explanation e-mail was sent and should be copied (with the text of the explanation e-mail attached) to [email protected] where a central record of Spam Abuse complaints will be kept.
If the infringer disputes the decision or if the first arbiter is uncertain which action to take appeal can be made to the Service Provider’s Product Manager for a final reinstatement decision.
Your interaction with third parties, including (without limitation): participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through the Service, payment and delivery of goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such third parties, and that Service Provider and its suppliers shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or the presence of such third parties on the Service.
You agree the Service and any necessary software used in connection with it ("Software" contain proprietary and confidential information protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws, including but not limited to copyright, and trade and service mark protections, and is owned by Service Provider or its suppliers. Service Provider grants you a personal, non- transferable and non-exclusive right and license to use the object code of its Software on a single computer, provided you do not (and do not allow any third party to) reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to discover any source code, sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any right in the Software or Service, copy, modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute, or create derivative works of or based on, the Service or the Software, in whole or in part, or use modified versions of the Software, including (without limitation) to obtain unauthorized access to the Service. You agree not to access the Service by any means other than through the interfaces provided by or through Service Provider for use in accessing the Service.
a) YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT: YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. SERVICE PROVIDER, HOST PROVIDER, AND ITS SUPPLIERS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, GUARANTEES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
(b) SERVICE PROVIDER, HOST PROVIDER, AND ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (ii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (iii) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, AND (iv) ANY ERRORS IN THE SERVICE OR SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED.
(c) ANY MATERIAL TRANSMITTED, RECEIVED, DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED OR SENT, THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE OPENING, DOWNLOAD OR SENDING OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
(d) NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM SERVICE PROVIDER OR ITS
SUPPLIERS OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TOS.
(e) YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT: A) AS VIRUSES ARE FREQUENTLY CREATED AND DISTRIBUTED, THE ANTIVIRUS COMPONENT OF THE SERVICE IS INTENDED TO DETECT ONLY SPECIFIC KNOWN VIRUSES AND SOME UNKNOWN VIRUS BEHAVIOR PATTERNS. THERE IS NO WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICE WILL DETECT ALL VIRUSES PRESENT ON OR SENT TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM, NETWORK OR EMAIL SERVER; YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE TO ENSURE YOU HAVE SUFFICIENT BACK-UP SYSTEMS IN PLACE; AND B) AS PURVEYORS OF SPAM ARE CONSTANTLY SEEKING TO EVADE SYSTEMS DESIGNED TO BLOCK BULK EMAIL (ALSO KNOWN AS SPAM OR JUNK EMAIL), AND AS A USER MAY NOT WISH ALL BULK EMAIL TO BE BLOCKED, THE BULK EMAIL COMPONENT OF THE EMAIL SERVICE WILL NOT DETECT OR BLOCK ALL BULK EMAIL, AND MAY ADDITIONALLY BLOCK EMAIL WHICH YOU DID NOT WISH TO HAVE BLOCKED. THERE IS NO WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICE WILL BLOCK ALL BULK EMAIL, OR ONLY BLOCK THE BULK EMAIL YOU DESIRE TO BE BLOCKED.
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT SERVICE PROVIDER, HOST PROVIDER, AND ITS SUPPLIERS, SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER TANGIBLE OR INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF SERVICE PROVIDER OR ITS SUPPLIER HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE; (ii) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE; (iii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iv) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY
THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICE; OR (v) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SERVICE. LIABILITY FOR DIRECT DAMAGES SHALL BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF THE FEES YOU HAVE ALREADY PAID TO SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE MONTH IN WHICH THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE LIABILITY OCCURRED.
Some jurisdictions bar limitation or exclusion of certain warranties, representations and conditions or the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages. Accordingly, some of the above limitations of this Agreement may not apply to You.
Notices to you may be made via email, fax, courier or regular mail. The Service may also provide notices of changes to the TOS or other matters by displaying notices or links to notices to you generally on the Service.
Without Service Provider's prior permission, you agree not to display or use in any manner, the Service Provider’s, Host Provider’s or its suppliers’ trademarks or service marks.
Your subscription form (e.g. covering your term, method of payment, price etc.) and this TOS, constitute the entire agreement between you and Service Provider and govern your use of the Service, superseding any prior agreements between you and Service Provider related to email services. Additional terms and conditions may apply when you use other services (such as domain name registration services), third-party content or software. The TOS and the relationship between you and Service Provider shall be governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the State of New Jersey. The failure of Service Provider to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the TOS shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the TOS is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should try to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the TOS remain in full force and effect. 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 Service or the TOS must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred. The section titles in the TOS and schedules are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.
Last Updated on October 29, 2014.
