TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Updated to 5 January 2021
These terms and conditions (“Agreement”) are a legally binding agreement between the user (“User” or “you”) of the Apple Quest Services and the applicable Apple Quest Company (“Apple Quest”, “Apple Quest”, “we” or “us”) as described herein.
Please be sure you fully understand the contents of this Agreement. If you have any questions about any of your rights and obligations arising from your acceptance of this Agreement, please consult us or obtain legal assistance.
This Agreement includes and hereby incorporates by reference the Terms of Use, as such agreement may be in effect and modified by Apple Quest from time to time, accessible at www.apple-quest.com
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT, YOU MAY NOT CONTINUE WITH THE REGISTRATION PROCESS OR USE THE SERVICES.
SERVICES
Definition. The “Services” consist of a set of online management and marketing tools for search engine optimization (“SEO”), social networking and digital marketing located at www.apple-quest.com (the “Website”), which includes tools for research and analysis, link building, campaign management, automated search engine performance tracking, conversion analysis and tracking, and SEO reporting, content and contact management tools. Among other things, the Services allow Users to (a) run advertising campaigns on the Internet, (b) obtain information related to their ongoing advertising campaigns, (c) generate reports and analyses on websites or advertising campaigns, and (d) access a wide range of resources, including but not limited to an online platform and its application programming interface (“API”).
Changes. We reserve the right to change the terms or specifications of any Service at our discretion, with or without prior written notice to Users, by replacing the text of this Agreement or the description of paid subscription plans on the Website or by written notice to you. Any changes will be effective immediately unless otherwise stated in the notice of change. If any amendment is unacceptable to you, your only recourse is to terminate your relationship with Apple Quest. Your continued use of the Services after our notice of change will constitute a binding acceptance of the Agreement, as amended.
Additional Services. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that augment or enhance the Services currently offered, including the launch of new Apple Quest services, will be subject to this Agreement.
Right to Use Services. Apple Quest hereby grants you permission to use the Services and the Website only as provided for in this Agreement and in the manner set forth on the Website.
In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the website, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. Any use of the Services other than as set forth in this Agreement or in violation of any term of this Agreement will result in the suspension or revocation of your use privileges in our sole discretion.
Suspension or Termination of Services. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary stated or implied in this Agreement, we may, at any time, without waiving our other rights under this Agreement, applicable law or otherwise, suspend or terminate any or all of the Services, with immediate effect upon issuance of a written notice. Such suspension or termination may also apply, as the case may be, to specific jurisdictions, lines of business and others, or to a specific customer or group of Users. Notwithstanding the foregoing, solely with respect to Users of paid Services, where reasonably possible, such Users may receive up to thirty (30) days after notice of suspension or termination of their User account to back up the data stored in their account before it can be completely deleted from our servers.
Third Party Services. We reserve the right to use third party service providers in the provision of all or part of the Services, including but not limited to hosting providers, payment processing services, information and communication services, analysis services, Internet advertising platforms, advertising service providers and platforms. Where any of the above services are provided by third parties, the User may be subject to the terms and conditions of such third party. We do not accept any liability for services provided by third parties.
REGISTRATION AND ACCOUNT
Use of the Services. You may use the Services as a registered or unregistered user. However, you may not use the Services as either a registered or unregistered User if you are not of legal age to enter into a contract in your jurisdiction or if you do not have the authority to accept this Agreement. If you are under 18, please do not attempt to register for the Services or send us any information about yourself, including your name, address, telephone number or email address. If we learn that we have collected personal information from anyone under 18 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as soon as possible. Registering as a user may provide you with the following additional benefits over using the Services as a visitor (unregistered):
Acceptance. By using the Services, you agree to the terms of this Agreement and fully authorize us to collect, process, store, use and transmit your personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which forms an integral part of this Agreement.
User Representations. By using the Services, you represent and warrant that (a) all registration information you submit is truthful and accurate; (b) you will maintain the accuracy of such information; (c) you are at least 18 years old and have the capacity and authority to enter into this Agreement; and (d) your use of the Services does not violate any applicable law or regulation.
Registration; Billing. To register as a user, you must create a user account on the website by following the registration procedures and instructions set forth therein. There is no charge to create an Apple Quest user account.
However, to access certain payment features of the Services, you will be asked to provide billing details. As a registered user, you agree to notify us immediately of any changes to your billing details.
Your Responsibilities. You are responsible for all of the following with respect to your use of the Services:
maintaining the security of your User account and all activity that occurs on your User account
maintaining accurate account information at all times, including a valid email address and billing information, and updating such information as necessary;
obtain access to the Services, and such access may involve fees from third parties (such as your Internet service provider or airtime charges); and
obtaining and maintaining all equipment necessary to access the Services.
Prohibited Uses. You are expressly prohibited from using the Services in any of the following ways or for any of the following purposes
No unlawful purpose. You may not use the Services for any illegal or unauthorized purpose, including in any manner that would violate copyright or other applicable laws.
No Tampering. You may not use the Services in a manner that is harmful to the operation of the Services or to another person’s access to or use of the Services. You will not upload or transmit any viruses, worms or other destructive code. The restriction in this Section applies to any use that interferes or attempts to interfere with the normal operations of the Services, including hacking, removing, enhancing or altering the Services.
Permission is required. You may not, without our prior written permission and, solely with respect to leasing, reselling and sublicensing, except as specifically permitted in your paid subscription plan, (i) copy, distribute (including by framing any of the Services on any website). site), modify, enhance, translate, reproduce, sell, resell, sublicense, rent, lease or attempt to exploit the Services or any data resulting therefrom; (ii) decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer or attempt to discover the source code; (iii) make derivative works of the Services; (iv) remove, obscure or alter any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices affixed to or contained within or accessed in conjunction with or through the website or the services; (v) modify another website to falsely imply that it is associated with the Services, Apple Quest, or any other Apple Quest product or service; or (vi) make the website or services or any part thereof available to others under a service bureau or subcontracting agreement or for any other commercial use by a third party for timesharing, data processing or other use.
Inquiries. You agree not to forward (i) more than 10 queries per 1 second from a single IP address, (ii) more than 10 simultaneous queries from 1 User, or (iii) more than 2 simultaneous export queries.
Automatic queries. All automatic queries are prohibited.
Access and special tests. If you are invited or clearly provided with access to beta testing of new tools and resources, which are not available to our users in general (“closed beta”), you should not rely on or expect the continued availability of these new tools and resources. Any such access to new beta testing tools and resources, if any, is conditioned on your agreement not to disclose any information about these new tools and resources or your experience with their use to any third party.
Assignment. A User may not assign, transfer, trade, pool, or redeem any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or the User account unless expressly permitted by Apple Quest in writing. Any violation of the above restrictions is grounds for immediate termination of the User account. For changes in access under corporate subscriptions to the Services, we may ask you for a detailed explanation of the changes in your circumstances, along with confirmation of employment and other reasonable information and relevant documents.
Unsubscribing. You may delete your user account at any time. Please note that by doing so, all of your data and information stored on Apple Quest’s servers will be deleted and Apple Quest assumes no responsibility for such loss of data or information. All service fees incurred prior to registration cancellation will be due and payable, until paid in full, notwithstanding such cancellation.
Termination by Apple Quest. Apple Quest reserves the right to terminate any user account for abusive or fraudulent activity, for breach of this Agreement, or for any other reason in its sole discretion.
FEES AND SETTLEMENT
Rates of services. With respect to Paid Services, You will be charged the fees set forth in the applicable section on the Apple Quest website or as otherwise offered on the website for a particular subscription plan (the “Fees”). The Fees, unless explicitly shown during the subscription plan purchase process and after confirmation of the subscription plan, do not include value-added tax or any additional or other taxes, charges or fees that may be imposed in connection with any and all payments made or due hereunder and shall be, if applicable, borne by You, respectively recorded and duly declared by You.
Promotional Sweepstakes. From time to time, we may offer promotional gifts of the Services, subject to specific rules that we will announce at the time of such promotional gift. Users shall be solely responsible for any and all income tax consequences that may result from their winnings. In addition, only to the extent required by applicable law, Users agree to send us properly completed tax forms to enable us to make all required filings with the taxing authorities.
Change in Rates. We may change the Rates and/or introduce new charges in addition to the Rates at our sole discretion with thirty (30) days prior written notice to User
Notwithstanding the foregoing, we may increase the Rates, immediately and with contemporaneous notice, in the event of (a) any change in the services or rates of our external service providers; (b) changes in the Services that are made at your request; or (c) delays and/or other problems due to User’s failure to comply with User’s obligations or due to User’s request to delay work for any reason.
Payment. Any Fees shall be paid in advance one month or one year in advance, or as offered on the website for a particular subscription plan, at User’s option by credit card or other payment method accepted on the website. All prepaid amounts and service plans will be reflected in the user’s account. Bank charges and fees shall be borne solely by the User.
Refund Policy. We provide Payment Services on a prepaid basis. Users may discontinue use of any Service at any time in accordance with the instructions posted on the website. The date and time of any cancellation of paid Services will be the date and time that User completes the entire cancellation process. Fees for Services may be refundable in whole or in part as set forth at www.apple-quest.com in the refunds section
Subscriptions and/or repeated subscriptions for paid Services and cancellations, followed by requests for refunds, by a User may, in our sole discretion, be considered bad faith, and we reserve the right to withhold the Service from any offending User and refuse any refund available to such User.
PROPERTY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; USE OF TRADEMARKS
All rights reserved. You acknowledge and agree that all right, title and interest in any and all intellectual property rights of any kind or nature, including but not limited to patents, copyrights, trademarks, database rights, as well as moral rights, know-how and trade secrets (and any licenses to any of the same), whether or not registered or capable of registration, and whether subsisting in any specific country or countries or elsewhere in the world, in the Services, the platform used to provide the Services (technology, hardware, software, etc.), are owned by you. ), any code or software (SDK, API, etc.) ) that may be provided to User or for User’s use under this Agreement and any Work Product created and/or delivered hereunder and related documentation (which form the Apple Quest website and Services) are and shall remain solely and exclusively our property and/or the property of Apple Quest, Apple Quest’s licensors or affiliates. You are not granted any title or ownership rights in the Apple Quest website or service. User’s right to use the website, services and any portion thereof is strictly limited to the provisions of this agreement and we reserve all rights not expressly granted herein.
Apple Quest Trademarks. Apple Quest are trademarks, database administrators and trademarks and/or service marks of Apple Quest and/or our affiliates and subsidiaries. Other marks, graphics, icons, names and logos used or displayed on or through the Site are trademarks, trade dress and/or service marks (“Marks”) of us and our affiliates and subsidiaries or are the property of their respective owners.
who may or may not be affiliated, connected or sponsored by us and may be subject to the terms and conditions of such third parties. You may not use any meta tags or any other “hidden text” that uses any of the above trademarks, trade dress and/or service marks without our prior written permission and our respective owner. User’s right to use the Marks is strictly limited to the manner of use according to our instructions and approvals, which right may be revoked or changed at any time in our sole discretion (or the respective owners or licensors). Accordingly, you will change or delete such display of materials immediately upon request by us or by the respective owners or licensors of the Trademark. You acknowledge and agree that you will not dispute ownership of the Trademarks on the website for any reason. User’s use or display of the Trademarks will terminate with effect from the termination of this Agreement, the suspension of the Services, or upon notice to us or the respective owner or licensor to cease such use or display. You acknowledge and agree that you will not dispute ownership of the Marks on the website for any reason. Your use or display of the Trademarks will terminate upon the termination of this Agreement, the suspension of the Services, or upon notice to us by us or the respective owner or licensor to cease such use or display. You acknowledge and agree that you will not dispute ownership of the Marks on the website for any reason. Your use or display of the Trademarks will terminate upon the termination of this Agreement, the suspension of the Services, or upon notice to us by us or the respective owner or licensor to cease such use or display.
User’s Marks. User hereby grants us a worldwide, non-exclusive, unlimited, royalty-free license to use User’s marks, names, logos, trademarks, trade names and service marks as used by User for informational and advertising purposes only.
Feedback. Users are under no obligation to provide Apple Quest with any ideas, suggestions, comments, or other feedback regarding the website, the Services, or Apple Quest’s business or operations. If any user shares ideas, suggestions, comments, or other feedback with Apple Quest, Apple Quest will own that idea, suggestion, comment, or feedback. You hereby assign all of your rights, title and interest in such idea, suggestion, comment or feedback to Apple Quest and agree that Apple Quest shall be free to use and implement the same, without restriction or obligation of any kind, without, however, any obligation to do so.
TERMINATION
Right of rescission. Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time in its sole discretion by giving written notice to the other party if Apple Quest terminates this Agreement, and such notice shall be at least 30 days prior to the date of termination if it is for a paid Service User.
Effect of Termination. Upon termination of this Agreement, all rights of the affected User with respect to the use of the Site or the Services shall terminate immediately.
Survival. Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason, all provisions relating to indemnification, warranty, liability and limits hereunder, and the confidentiality and protection of proprietary rights and trade secrets, and any provisions expressly or by their nature required to survive such termination to achieve its purpose, shall survive until they are no longer required to survive to achieve their purpose.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Disclaimer. EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW, THE SERVICES AND THE WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS AND WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, ACCURACY OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICES OR THE WEBSITE WILL (A) MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (B) BE AVAILABLE ON AN UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE BASIS; OR (C) BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL CODE, COMPLETE, LEGAL, OR SECURE. FURTHERMORE, WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE ACCURACY OR COMPETENCY OF THE CONTENT OF ANY SITE LINKED TO THE WEBSITE.
Limitation of Liability. In no event shall Apple Quest, its officers, directors, employees, or agents be liable to you or any third party for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive, or consequential damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or use of the Services or the Website. Our liability to you for any damages arising out of or related to this Agreement shall at all times be limited to the greater of (a) fifty dollars ($50) or (b) the amounts you have paid to us in the preceding 12 months (if none). The existence of more than one claim will not extend this limit. The foregoing limitation of liability shall apply to the fullest extent permitted by law in the applicable jurisdiction.
Third Party Products and Services. Apple Quest does not warrant, endorse, guarantee, or assume responsibility for any products or services advertised or offered by a third party through the Site or any hyperlinked website or featured in any banner or other advertising, and Apple Quest will not be a party to any such transaction between you and any third party providers of products or services.
Other Jurisdictions. We make no representation that the Services or the Site are appropriate or available for use in all locations. Those who access or use the Services or the Website from jurisdictions that prohibit such use do so at their own discretion and are responsible for compliance with local law.
INDEMNITY
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Apple Quest and its officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any and all claims, damages, liabilities, losses, responsibilities, costs or debts and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees) arising out of: (a) your use of and access to the Services and the Website; (b) your violation of any term of this Agreement; or (c) your violation of any rights of a third party, including, but not limited to, copyright, property or privacy rights. This defense and indemnification obligation will survive termination of this Agreement and your use of the Services and the Website.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Assignment. This Agreement, any part of it or any right or obligation under it may not be novated, assigned, subcontracted or transferred by you without our prior written consent, but we may assign it without restrictions or limitations. Any assignment or transfer in violation of the above provisions shall be null and void. Subject to the foregoing, the provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
Force Majeure. We will not be liable for failure or delay in performance of our obligations resulting from any conditions beyond our reasonable control, including, but not limited to, use of third party equipment or services, communication failures, government action, war, acts of terrorism, earthquake, fire, flood or other acts of God, labor conditions, power outages and Internet interruptions.
Apple Quest Company, applicable law and jurisdiction. Your country of residence determines which Apple Quest entity you are contracting with for the Services.
If your country of residence is outside of Mexico, then you are contracting with Apple Quest, and this Agreement is governed by the laws of Mexico without reference to conflicts of law principles. The parties agree that the Mexico provisions on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods do not apply to this Agreement. Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, or the breach, termination or invalidity thereof, shall be finally resolved by arbitration in accordance with the Rules in force.
Electronic Notices. You agree to receive communications from us electronically. Electronic notices will be sent to your e-mail address, which you used for registration purposes, as you may subsequently change it by written notice. All communications in electronic format will be considered “in writing” and received on the day we send them. We reserve the right, but assume no obligation, to provide communications in paper form.
Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Privacy Policy, shall constitute the entire agreement between you and Apple Quest with respect to your use of the Site and the Services. However, the terms and conditions of certain other Apple Quest services and products, such as our Blog, our Webinars, may impose additional terms, which can be found in the terms and conditions of those services and products.
Languages. This Agreement is in the Spanish language, which supersedes any translations of it into other languages made by us and provided to you for your convenience, as applicable. The Service is designed in Spanish and translations into other languages may contain inaccuracies for which we assume no responsibility; we suggest using the English version and resorting to other language versions only for reference and at your own risk. You also agree to have all communications with us in Spanish.
I do not waive. No failure or delay by either party in exercising any right or remedy under this Agreement or at law shall constitute a waiver of that (or any other) right or remedy or prevent or restrict any further exercise thereof.
No single or partial exercise of such right or remedy shall prevent or restrict the further exercise of that (or any other) right or remedy; and shall not be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or default under the same or any other provision of this Agreement.
Severability. All provisions of this Agreement are distinct and severable. If any provision of this Agreement (or portion of any provision)