1. ELIGIBILITY
The Ready-to-Go Marketing Events partner Web site (“RTG Marketing Events Site”) is made up of an online repository of various internet Web pages, information, content and online services (collectively the “Program”) operated or provided by Microsoft Corporation, with a principal address at One
Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399 and/or its affiliates (collectively, “Microsoft"). The Program provided at the RTG Marketing Events Site and any affiliated “Ready-to-Go” Web sites are open to partners who log in using a Microsoft-issued log-in, or are otherwise granted access, to make use of the Program and any third party opportunities or services available through the RTG Marketing Events Site.
Each partner granted access and participating in the Program is referred to as the (“Participant”).
2. PROGRAM ACCESS ACCOUNT
a. Microsoft may provide the Participant with a user name and password to access the Program.
b. The Participant shall not disclose his/her user name and password to any other person or entity, and agrees to immediately notify Microsoft in the event of any unauthorized disclosure or use of the same.
c. The Participant agrees to access the Program only within the authorized capabilities of his/her account or level of access. Microsoft will immediately terminate the Program account privileges of any Participant who attempts to gain unauthorized access into another person's account, password, or any restricted area of the Program network.
3. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAMS AND RELATED BENEFITS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
As a Participant, you may have the opportunity to participate in this program by creating and managing your own marketing events.
a. Participant-led, Participant-funded
Who can participate: all Participants who accept the terms and conditions of use for the Program, as stated in this agreement
Microsoft will provide:
Microsoft will provide use of Ready-to-go Marketing Events Program and of
www.ClickToAttend.com, Microsoft’s event management and customer registration Web sites, respectively. Registration sites will be co-branded with Microsoft and Participant branding.
o Using these sites, Participant can:
collect attendee registration information in a privacy-compliant manner
access registration information 24 hours a day (within the guidelines of the site’s retention policy)
provide a dual-branded Web site that displays both the Participant and Microsoft logos
After customers register for a Participant event on the www.ClickToAttend site, the Program will send e-mail messages to event registrants to confirm event registration, provide pre- event reminders, and provide post-event follow-up in the form of either a “sorry we missed you” or “thanks for coming” message.
Participant agrees to:
Take full responsibility for all aspects of the event including demand generation, content preparation, delivery, and follow up.
In using the Program, where such use involves use of Microsoft logo or trademarks, Participant will at all times comply with Microsoft’s branding terms and conditions for partners located at https://brandtools.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/Pages/default.aspx.
4. PARTICIPANT AGREEMENT AND WARRANTIES
Each Participant, by accessing and using the Program, hereby agrees to comply with all of the terms and conditions contained in this agreement. Participants who are also members of the Microsoft Partner Network or Windows Live, hereby affirm, and incorporate into this agreement the terms of any existing agreement with Microsoft, to the extent not in conflict with the express terms governing the use of the RTG Marketing Events Site.
The Participant further represents and warrants that:
A. Use and Distribution of Collateral
The Participant’s access to the Program and use of the services incorporated into the Program may include, only where expressly permitted, certain information, materials and marketing collateral bearing intellectual property subject to copyright or trademark protection on behalf of Microsoft or affiliated third parties (collectively, “Collateral”). Each Participant represents and warrants that its use or the Collateral will not violate the rights of Microsoft, or the terms of any agreement or obligation between the Participant and any third party, or the intellectual property rights of any third party;
Except as expressly permitted by the terms of the Program, the Participant will not alter or attempt to alter the Collateral. In respect of any seminar materials included in the Collateral, in presenting the materials the Participant shall not substantially deviate from the content or structure of the seminar.
The Participant will not include, or incorporate into, any unauthorized offers, representations, warranties, or guarantees of any kind with the Collateral. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Participant agrees to not include any representations regarding product prices within or
with respect to the Collateral.
Prior to distributing any Collateral to any customer on his/her customer list, the Participant has obtained the customer’s consent and complied with all applicable laws to send such Collateral to the customer.
The Participant’s use of the Program and distribution of any Collateral will comply with all applicable laws and regulations.
B. Collection and Use of Personally Identifiable Information
Participant represents and warrants that in connection with its participation in the Program, all collection, use and disclosure of any information by Participant about an identifiable individual ("personal information") on his/her customer lists has been performed in full compliance with all applicable laws and regulations in the Participant’s country of operation and/or domicile or, as applicable, that of the individual (the “Participant Country”).
In particular, the Participant has only collected personal information with individuals’ prior knowledge and informed consent, and has used, or will use, such personal information only for those purposes stated in connection with the Program which are specifically identified and reasonable based on the consent including, without limitation, the communication of personal information to Microsoft and the receipt of information from Microsoft ("Identified Purposes"). The Participant will not disclose any customer’s personal information to any third party except as necessary to perform the Identified Purposes or with the customer’s prior consent.
The Participant will provide a privacy statement for the Microsoft/Participant co-branded Web site on ReadytoGo.Microsoft.com. The Participant’s privacy statement will comply with industry-standard privacy guidelines and practices including, without limitation, guidelines and practices recommended by the business Privacy Resources at TRUSTe: http://inforoom.truste.com/#G’ Better Business Bureau Online privacy statement example: http://www.bbbonline.org/reliability/privacy/ .
The Participant will provide a privacy policy, which will be prominently posted, a conspicuous link its privacy policy next to the data collection area at any online event, conducted through the RTG Marketing Events Site(s) where it is collecting personal information of event attendees. The privacy policy will be conspicuous and readily accessible to event attendees if personal information is collected.
Participant’s privacy policy will meet or exceed all applicable laws, rules, or regulations governing the use of such information.
Participant represents and warrants to Microsoft that any materials created, distributed, and/or presented by Participant at any event does not (i) infringe any copyrights, patent, trade secret, or other proprietary or legal right held by Microsoft or any third party; (ii) contain libelous or unlawful
statements; or (iii) infringe or violate any right of privacy or other right of any person.
The Participant represents and warrants that it in using the Program to collect or disclose personal
information it will, at all times, fully comply with all Microsoft policies, guidelines, and directives
regarding the protection of privacy rights, as provided by Microsoft, from time to time and available online at http://privacy.microsoft.com.
For any sweepstakes or other promotions held by Participant, Participant is responsible for complying with all applicable laws and regulations governing the running of the promotion in the Participant Country.
For Event Type #1 (i.e. Participant-led, Participant-funded), Participant is responsible for ensuring the event complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act or corresponding international laws relating to physical access for the disabled in the Participant Country.
5. NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE
In using the Program or participating in the Program, you may not, except in the case of such lawful activity expressly permitted in the rights granted for any feature of the Program:
engage in, facilitate, or further hostile, deceptive, immoral or unlawful conduct;
use the Program in a way that harms or offends fellow users, Microsoft or our advertisers, affiliates, resellers, distributors, and/or vendors, or other third parties using the RTG Marketing Events Web Site or the Program;
use any portion of the Program to deliver, or as a destination linked to or from any, unsolicited bulk messages or unsolicited commercial messages ("spam");
use any automated process or service to access and/or use the Program (such as a BOT, a spider, periodic caching of information stored by Microsoft, or "meta-searching");
use any unauthorized means to modify or reroute, or attempt to modify or reroute, the Program;
damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Program (or the network(s) connected to the Program) or interfere with anyone else's ability to access or use the Program;
resell or redistribute the Program, or any part of the Program;
disrupt, or try to gain unauthorized access to, any account, computer, hardware, or network related to the Program;
obtain (or try to obtain) any data from the Program or related hardware, except data that we intend to provide or make available to you;
use the Program or related hardware to design, develop, or update unauthorized software; or
use or distribute unauthorized cheats, macros, or scripts.
6. USE OF COMMUNICATION SERVICES
The Program may contain e-mail services, bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums,
communities, and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to
communicate with others (each a "Communication Service" and collectively "Communication Services").
You agree to use the Communication Services only to post, send, and receive messages and material that are proper and, when applicable, related to the particular Communication Service. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using the Communication Services, you will not:
Use the Communication Services in connection with surveys, contests, pyramid schemes, chain letters, junk email, spamming, or any duplicative or unsolicited messages (commercial or otherwise).
Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten, or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
Publish, post, upload, distribute, or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, obscene, indecent, or unlawful topic, name, material, or information.
Use any material or information, including images, photos, sounds, 3D Models, or any other content, which are made available through the Program in any manner that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other proprietary right of any party.
Upload files that contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer or property of another.
Advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such Communication Services specifically allows such messages.
Download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that you know, or
reasonably should know, cannot be legally reproduced, displayed, performed, and/or distributed in such manner.
Falsify or delete any copyright management information, such as author attributions, legal or other proper notices, or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.
Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services.
Violate any code of conduct or other guidelines that may be applicable to any particular Communication Service.
Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses.
Violate any applicable laws or regulations.
Create a false identity for the purpose of misleading others.
Post links to Websites that violate this TOU or any applicable Code of Conduct.
Use, download or otherwise copy, or provide (whether or not for a fee) to a person or entity any directory of users of the Program or other user or usage information or any portion thereof.
Microsoft has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services. Microsoft reserves the right,
however, to review materials posted to the Communication Services and to remove any materials in its
sole discretion. Microsoft also reserves the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time, without notice, for any reason or no reason.
In addition, Microsoft reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as Microsoft deems necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post, or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in Microsoft's sole discretion.
In using any Communication Services located at the RTG Marketing Events Site, you should always use caution when giving out any personally identifiable information about yourself or any other individual in any
Communication Services. Microsoft does not control or endorse the content, messages, or information found in any Communication Services and, therefore, Microsoft specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting from your participation in any Communication Services.
“Managers” and “hosts” of any Communication Services are not authorized Microsoft spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of Microsoft. Materials uploaded to the Communication Services may be subject to posted limitations on usage, reproduction, and/or dissemination; you are responsible for adhering to such limitations if you download the materials.