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HappyContractor.com Terms Of Service / Refund Policy

Terms of Service - Simple English Version

For a monthly membership fee of $39.95 HappyContractor.com will provide your company with a custom-designed website, monthly web hosting, various example company policies and employee training forms and booklets, and free business consulting on any aspect of your contracting business.

Once you have given us sufficient information, we will customize the website of your choice and post it on the Internet within 3-5 working days. Should you wish to make any changes to your website, we will post them within 3-5 working days.

You may terminate your relationship with HappyContractor.com at any time, for any reason or for no reason at all and you will no longer be billed. See details below. If you decide to terminate within the first 30 days of service, you won’t pay a penny.

Nothing in the Terms of Service below will conflict with this basic concept.

Terms of Service - Lawyer's Version

Terms Applicable to All Services

These Terms of Service comprise a legal agreement between you and HappyContractor.com (henceforth referred to as HC). and governs your use of HC. BY SUBSCRIBING TO HC, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THESE TERMS OF SERVICE AND THE ADDITIONAL TERMS, AS MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME. If you do not agree to these Terms of Service and the Additional Terms do not subscribe to or use the services of HC.

HC is made up of websites, Web pages, and Web hosting operated by HC and its affiliates and of various products and services that are provided by HC, its affiliates or third party service providers. These websites, Web pages, design services, and services will be collectively referred to in this Agreement as "HC." "you" means you, your company, your employees, and anyone who has access to use your HC account. You must be at least eighteen (18) years of age to subscribe to and use any HC service or product.

The general provisions of these Terms of Service apply to HC hosting services (HC Network) and to all of the products and services provided through the HC Network. Each applicable HC website, product or service may have other posted guidelines or rules (the "Additional Terms"). All such Additional Terms are incorporated by reference into these Terms of Service.

The HC Network services are offered to you on the condition that you accept these Terms of Service and the Additional Terms without modification. You agree to familiarize yourself with, and to regularly review, the Terms of Service, the Additional Terms, and other terms and guidelines found throughout the HC Network and abide by them if you choose to use the sites, or accept the products, services or benefits, to which such terms apply. You accept and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service and the Additional Terms at the moment you respond to HC’ GETTING STARTED email or when you place an order in person, via email, telephone, facsimile, or via the HC on-line order page. If you do not accept all of these terms your order for services will be cancelled and you will not be charged. HC reserves the right to change any of the Terms of Service and any Additional Terms at anytime without notice. If you continue to use the HC Network after any such changes, your continued use will constitute your consent to such changes. HC does not and will not assume any obligation to notify you of any changes to the Terms of Service or Additional Terms.

Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by HC.

In addition, your registration information and other information about you are subject to our Privacy Statement.

If you do not have print capability or otherwise desire to obtain a hard copy of these Terms of Service, please visit the Contact Us page of the HC website and send an email requesting a hard copy.

Your Warranties

By subscribing to any service offered on the HC site, you make the following representations and warranties. HC shall have the right to terminate your HC account, without notice at any time, if any representation warranty made by you proves to be untrue in any respect.

You represent and warrant that:

You and all users of the HC Network approved by you are at least eighteen (18) years of age; you have the legal capacity and authority to; (a) enter into binding contracts for the sale and purchase of goods and services, (b) be bound by these Terms of Service and the Additional Terms, (c) to subscribe to and use the HC service, including, where applicable, the buying, selling and listing of items, in accordance with these Terms of Service and any Additional Terms and (d) if you are acting in a corporate capacity, to bind your company; you will not use the HC Network for any purpose that is unlawful, or prohibited by these Terms of Service or the Additional Terms (as may be modified from time to time); All information supplied by you or by others using your account is true and accurate, including information submitted as part of the registration and subscription process. Any products or services advertised, sold or otherwise distributed by you on or in connection with your website are legal for sale or distribution; that you have all licenses necessary to sell or advertise the goods or services offered for sale or distribution and that all sales and advertisements will be in compliance with applicable law; and you have and control all of the intellectual property, proprietary and similar rights necessary for all material located on your website, all submissions, and all products and services sold or otherwise distributed by you or on your behalf via your website.

By using the HC Network, you agree that you will defend and indemnify HC and its suppliers from any third party claim related to a breach of any of the foregoing warranties.

Limitations on Your Use of the HC Network

The HC Network is provided to assist you with the operation of your business. Your right to use the HC Network is limited to you, and your company and its employees. You are solely responsible for your content and your website and your HC account. HC reserves the right, but is not obligated, to monitor or to review materials posted on your website and to monitor your compliance with these Terms of Service and the Additional Terms. HC reserves the right in its sole discretion to edit, refuse to post or remove any information or materials which violate these Terms of Service or the Additional Terms in whole or in part, without notice at any time.

You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products, services or benefits obtained from the HC Network, except as expressly provided herein.

You may not use a name in connection with operating your HC website that is confusing or misleading to participants, or otherwise impersonate or deceive participants with respect to your identity.

You may not restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying such user's rights in HC.

You may not interfere with or disrupt the HC Network or servers or any network connected to HC.

You may not use the HC Network or the products or services provided through or in connection with the HC Network to: rent, lease, license, grant a security interest in, or otherwise transfer or sublicense your rights hereunder to any third party; defame, libel, slander, impersonate, abuse, harass, threaten, invade the privacy of or otherwise violate or infringe the legal rights (including the rights of privacy and publicity) of any other person; conduct, promote or forward illegal contests, pyramid schemes, chain letters, unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, unsolicited e-mail ( including "spamming") or multi-level or illegal marketing campaigns; harm minors in any way; publish, post, distribute, disseminate, advertise or link to any: (i) content, site, topic, name, material or information which is inappropriate, profane, defamatory, libelous, slanderous, infringing, obscene, indecent, or which contains nudity or adult content; (ii) software, content or other material protected by intellectual property laws, copyright licenses, rights of privacy or publicity, or other proprietary rights, unless you own, or control such rights or have received all necessary consents for your publication, distribution, or linking of such software and other materials; (iii) software, content or other material that contains viruses, worms, corrupted files, cracks or that may or are intended to damage the operation of or render inoperable another's computer, hardware, software, security measures or system or other programs written to defeat the security measures of any computer, system or programs; (iv) software, content, other material or website that constitutes "hate speech", whether directed at an individual or a group, and whether based upon the race, sex, creed, national origin, religious affiliation, sexual orientation or language of such individual or group; sell, offer to sell, distribute, promote, facilitate, disseminate or link to any sites for marketing, sales, promotion, facilitation or distribution of: firearms; explosives; ammunition; liquor; tobacco products; illegal gambling (including gambling in connection with sporting events); food that is not packaged or does not comply with all applicable laws for sale to consumers by commercial merchants; illicit drugs, pharmaceuticals and controlled substances; counterfeit, pirated or stolen goods; any goods or services that infringe or otherwise violate a third party's rights including copyright, patent, trademark, or rights of publicity or privacy; goods that are considered indecent, obscene or pornographic; Nazi memorabilia; registered or unregistered securities; goods or services that you cannot legally sell; goods which are misrepresented or which do not in fact exist; fraudulent goods; goods or activities that if sold via any HC or your website would cause HC to violate any law, statute or regulation; or any other illegal activity; harvest or otherwise collect information about third parties, including e-mail addresses, without the express consent of such third parties; violate any applicable government laws or regulations.

You may not reproduce or redistribute any Software, as that term is defined in the Section entitled "Software Available on the HC Network." you may not copy or reproduce the Software to any other server or location for further reproduction or redistribution. You may not de-compile, disassemble, reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to discover any trade secret contained in the HC Network, or in any product, service or Software provided through the HC Network.

The information provided by HC to you may be proprietary in nature. You agree not to share any information provided to you by or on behalf of HC with any third party.

Fees

Some products and services available through or in connection with HC require that you purchase a subscription or otherwise pay a fee. You hereby authorize HC to charge your credit card in advance for all applicable fees incurred by you or on your behalf in connection with your use of the HC product or service you have chosen to use. HC will automatically charge your credit card each month for the fee(s) then due and your credit card expiration date will automatically be extended for the purpose of providing uninterrupted services. You are solely responsible for all charges, fees, duties, taxes, and assessments arising out of any use of your HC account by you or anyone else using your account. HC reserves the right to modify the fees charged for HC products and services from time to time, provided that such new fees shall not take effect earlier than thirty (30) days after HC posts such modified fees on the HC website. Amounts not paid by you to HC when due may bear interest at the lesser of (a) one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month, and (b) the maximum rate permitted by applicable law.

If you notify HC by phone at the number found on the cancellation policy page of the HC website or in writing that you are canceling one or more HC or products, fees pre-paid by you to HC for HC products or services will be credited back to your applicable credit card in accordance with the Cancellation Policy outlined below. HC is not required to refund directly to you any amounts paid hereunder. It is your responsibility to notify HC if your credit card has changed or has expired and to make appropriate changes or your service may be disconnected or interrupted.

In the event that HC terminates your HC account or one or more of your HC for violation of these Terms of Service or the Additional Terms, you will not be entitled to the return of any fees paid with respect to any such terminated account service.

Cancellation Policy

You agree that (a) HC cancellation policy will be posted on the HC website and may be changed from time to time by HC in its sole discretion and (b) the cancellation policy posted at the time you cancel your subscription shall govern the amount of the refund (if any) due to you. You acknowledge that if you cancel any subscriptions to a HC service that you may not be entitled to a refund of all or part of amounts already paid by you for such HC subscription.

You are free to cancel service at any time for any reason or no reason. To cancel, send us a request in writing by e-mail, postal mail, or FAX, using addresses at Contact Us. Our written reply to your request is your Proof of Cancellation. Please allow 7 business days to receive your Proof of Cancellation. If you do not receive Proof of Cancellation, it may mean that we did not receive your cancellation request. In this case, please contact us immediately.

Your service and billing will terminate at the end of the month if HC receives it by the 25th or at the end of the following month if HC receives it after the 25th.

Changes to Services, Termination by HC

HC may change any of the HC services at any time and from time to time without notice, including terminating the offering of any HC service altogether.

HC may terminate your account, your access to HC or any of your HC (in whole or in part) at any time, with or without cause, and with or without notice. You may be barred from accessing any of your HC services or from using the HC Network or from receiving any products, services or benefits from HC, if HC determines you have violated these Terms of Service or any Additional Terms, if you have failed to remit any applicable subscription fees when due, if any representation or warranty made by you is untrue in any respect or if HC receives a court order or other legal action relating to your account. In addition, if you violate any of these Terms of Service, or any applicable Additional Terms you will forfeit all in-kind credits and any other amounts accruing to you (if any) in connection with the HC Network and there will be no refund of any fees prepaid by you. If you subscribe to a HC service which is made up of two or more individual services and you violate the Terms of Service applicable to one of such individual services, (1) your use of the particular individual service will be terminated, but the remaining services will remain active and (2) there will be no refund (in whole or in part) of your annual fee for the HC service terminated. You will be responsible for all fees incurred during your subscription and payment of such fees shall be due immediately upon termination of your subscription.

Links to Third Party Sites

Links within the HC Network may let you leave the HC Network. You acknowledge that the linked sites are not under the control of HC and that HC is not responsible for the contents or operation of such linked sites or any link contained in such linked site, any changes or updates to such sites, or Web casting or any other form of transmission received from any linked site. HC is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by HC of the linked site or any association with their operators.

License You Grant to HC

HC may post your customized website in the Sample Website section as an example of HC website design work.

HC does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to HC (including feedback and suggestions) or that you post, upload, input or submit in connection with your use of HC or any website ("your website") created by you or on your behalf in connection with the use of HC (collectively "Submissions"). However, you grant HC a royalty-free license to use (including, without limitation, the rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, link to, reproduce, edit, translate, sublicense and reformat your Submission, and to publish your name in connection with your Submission) your Submission only in connection with the operation and promotion of HC. You also grant HC the right to publish your information in connection with any such use including, but not limited to, directory listings, bookmarks, coming soon and announcement page(s) and listings, and promotional link(s) to HC websites. No compensation will be paid or due you with respect to HC' or its sub-licensee's use of the materials as licensed above. HC is under no obligation to post or use any materials you may provide, and may remove such materials at any time in HC’ sole discretion. By posting messages, uploading files (including graphics), inputting data, submitting any feedback or suggestions, or engaging in any other form of communication with or through the HC Network, you represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control the rights necessary to do so and to grant HC the license set forth above, and you will defend and indemnify HC and its suppliers from any third party claim related to a breach of any of the foregoing representations or warranties.

You grant HC permission to use screen shots of any Web page that contains a link to HC or HC HTML code (with respect to the HC Banner Network) in HC promotional materials, and represent and warrant that you have sufficient authority to grant the foregoing rights.

Domain Name

When HC builds your website, HC will register a domain name for it. If you have already registered a domain name that you would like assigned to your HC website, we will arrange transfer of your domain name to HC custodianship for the period during which HC hosts your website. Should you cancel webhosting service with HC, at your written request, if HC has been given custodianship of a domain name that you (rather than HC) had registered, HC will revert custodianship of the domain name back to you upon payment of any balance that may be due on your HC account plus a $35 handling fee.

It is important to note that customer domain name registration information is made publicly available in the registry of domain names.

Software Available on the HC Network

Software (if any) that is made available to download from or otherwise use through the HC Network, excluding software that may be made available by third parties via HC, ("Software") is the copyrighted work of HC and/or its suppliers. Your use of the Software is governed by these Terms of Service, and the applicable Additional Terms, and the terms of the end user license agreement (EULA), if any, which accompanies or is included with the Software ("License Agreement"). To the extent that the License Agreement conflicts with the Terms of Service or Additional Terms, the terms of the License Agreement shall govern your use of the Software. You may not install or use any Software that is accompanied by or includes a License Agreement unless you first agree to the License Agreement. For any Software not accompanied by a license agreement, HC hereby grants to you, the user, a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Software for viewing and otherwise using the particular HC website or HC service in accordance with the License Agreement, the Terms of Service and Additional Terms and for no other purpose. In addition, you shall keep intact all and may not alter any copyright and other proprietary notices contained in such Software. All Software is owned by HC and/or its suppliers, and is protected to the maximum extent permitted by copyright laws and international treaty provisions. Any reproduction or redistribution of the Software is expressly prohibited, and may result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Persons violating the foregoing, or who otherwise misappropriate any intellectual property or proprietary rights related to the Software may be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, COPYING OR REPRODUCING THE SOFTWARE TO ANY OTHER SERVER OR LOCATION FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION OR REDISTRIBUTION IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED. YOU MAY NOT DECOMPILE, DISASSEMBLE, REVERSE ENGINEER OR OTHERWISE ATTEMPT TO DISCOVER ANY TRADE SECRET CONTAINED IN ANY SOFTWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER. You acknowledge that the Software, and any accompanying documentation and/or technical information, is subject to applicable export control laws and regulations of the USA. You agree not to export or re-export the Software, directly or indirectly, to any countries that are subject to USA export restrictions. All software downloaded or otherwise obtained by the U.S. Government pursuant to solicitations issued on or after December 1, 1995 is provided with the commercial license rights and restrictions described elsewhere herein. All Software provided to the U.S. Government pursuant to solicitations issued prior to December 1, 1995 is provided with RESTRICTED RIGHTS as provided for in FAR, 48 CFR 52.227-14 (JUNE 1987) or DFAR, 48 CFR 252.227-7013 (OCT 1988), as applicable.

Limitations of Liability and Disclaimers

The information, software, products, services and other material included in or available through the HC Network may not be complete, and may include inaccuracies or errors, and may also be modified, discontinued or deleted from time to time without notice. Advice, information, products, services or other materials received via the HC Network should not be relied upon for personal, medical, legal, business, financial or other decisions and is not intended to replace the advice of appropriate and qualified professionals. You acknowledge that you should consult an appropriate professional for specific advice tailored to your situation.

Your access to and use of the HC Network, and products and services of HC, is at your own risk. HC makes no guarantees of any kind regarding the dependability, accuracy, security, timeliness or availability of the HC Network, or such products or services. Without limiting the foregoing, NEITHER HC NOR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE CONDITION, SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, TIMELINESS, OR ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND MATERIALS CONTAINED IN HC FOR ANY PURPOSE. ALL SUCH INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. HC AND ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR MATERIALS, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

IN NO EVENT SHALL HC OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION:

DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA, ACCOUNTS, REVENUES OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF HC OR RELATED SERVICES, OR WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE HC OR RELATED SERVICES;

THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH HC; OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF HC, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF HC OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF HC, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF SERVICE OR THE ADDITIONAL TERMS, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE HC NETWORK AND ITS RELATED SERVICES AND PRODUCTS.

Without limiting the foregoing, HC is not responsible for any of your data residing on HC and HC Network hardware or systems, including such hardware or systems provided to HC by third parties. You are responsible for maintaining and backing-up your data and information that may reside on the HC or HC hardware or systems, including such hardware or systems provided to HC by third parties, whether or not such information is produced through the use of HC, including any information regarding the operation or use of your website, catalogs, lists, order records, and other information you are providing or using in connection with your use of the HC Network. It is your responsibility to take the necessary steps to ensure your primary means of business is maintained. HC will not be liable for any damage, loss or disclosure of data, accounts, revenue or business arising out of or otherwise related to: (a) your use of the HC Network, its services or products; (b) your customers' use of your website hosted by or created through HC and your products and services; (c) use of the HC Network by any other party to whom you have given access to your company information for use of the HC Network; (d) errors, bugs or other defects in the HC Network; (e) lost company, customer or vendor information (e.g., billing information, credit card numbers, lost orders, etc.); (f) illegal or criminal activities, including but not limited to reliance on any information obtained on the HC Web Hosting service; or (g) or that result from mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion of files or e-mail, loss of or damage to data, errors, defects, viruses, delays in operation, or transmission, or any failure of performance, whether or not limited to acts of God, communications failure, theft, destruction or unauthorized access to HC’ records, programs or services. You are solely responsible for maintaining and backing-up any information regarding the operation or use of your website, catalogs, lists, order records, and other information you are providing or using in connection with your use of the HC Network.

HC is not liable for your actions with your customers or vendors, or the use of their information, or for any other actions arising from your use, or the use of other parties to whom you have given access to your HC information, through the use of the HC Network.

HC is not involved in any transaction between you and your buyer or seller or other third parties with whom you may have transactions through your website or between you and any user of any products or services offered or provided by you or by a third party through the HC Network. HC is not responsible for screening, censoring or otherwise controlling your website, or any listings or transactions offered or conducted via your website. You are deemed to have a direct commercial relationship with each third party that purchases goods or services from or undertakes any other transaction with you via your website or through HC.

HC is not acting as your or any third party's agent in connection with the operation of HC. You are solely responsible for: (a) processing customer orders or other transactions; (b) verifying the validity of incoming customer orders before finalizing the order; (c) informing customers of the status of such orders or transactions; (d) providing all customer support related to such orders or transactions (e.g., lost orders, billing disputes, payments, etc.); and, (e) determining, collecting and remitting to the appropriate authority all taxes (if any) arising from or related to such orders or transactions. Further, because HC is not involved in any orders or other transactions between you and other users of HC or other marketplace forums, HC cannot and will not be involved in resolving any disputes relating to any completed or uncompleted transactions or the purchase or sale of listed goods or otherwise.

Unless otherwise expressly stated in these Terms of Service, your payments for orders or transactions conducted via your website or on any HC service will be paid to you directly from your designated acquiring bank, customers or other appropriate source ("payor"). HC is not responsible for such payment, and will have no liability for any lost, disputed or fraudulent payment or tenders of payment, or other disputes arising between you and customers or payors. HC makes no guarantee about the reliability or accuracy of these products or services, or the results obtained from using HC.

Indemnity

Your Customer Data

HC will not use your customer data or your customer contact list for any purposes other than those intended by the HC Network. Your customer information will not be shared with any other parties, unless you are also subscribing to a HC service where one of the features of such service is the sharing of customer information between the services. HC will not use your customer information for the purpose of sending unsolicited commercial e-mail to such customers.

General

These Terms of Service and the Additional Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, U.S.A. You hereby irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A. in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the HC or the HC Network. Use of the HC Network is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these Terms of Service, including without limitation this paragraph.

You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and HC as a result of these Terms or Service or use of HC.

HC’ performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in these Terms of Service are in derogation of HC’ right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the HC Network or information provided to or gathered by HC with respect to such use.

If any part of these Terms of Service or the Additional Terms is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of these Terms of Service and the Additional Terms shall continue in effect.

Unless otherwise specified herein, these Terms of Service, the Additional Terms and the Privacy Statement constitute the entire agreement between the user and HC with respect to the HC Network and they supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and HC with respect to the HC Network.

A printed version of these Terms of Service and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to these Terms of Service to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.

The example companies, organizations, products, people and events depicted within HC are fictitious. No association with any real company, organizations, product, person or event is intended or should be inferred.

HC is not obligated to monitor the content on HC. HC reserves the right to disclose any information, content, or materials as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or government request or in accordance with HC’ Privacy Statement located at http://www.happycontractor.com/pp.php

HC reserves the right to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information, content, or materials, in whole or in part, from the HC websites, in HC’ sole discretion, without notice at any time.

Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by HC, including all legal and equitable remedies available to HC or violation of any of these Terms of Service.

Trademarks

The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by HC.

Notices and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement

Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2), notifications of claimed copyright infringement should be sent to Service Provider's Designated Agent. To see HC’ Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement, contact HC at support@happycontractor.com.

Service Contract

If you need to contact HC regarding the HC Network, please send e-mail via our Contact Us form.

HC Legal

Introduction

HC ("HC") makes available information, materials, and services on this website, subject to the following terms and conditions. By accessing this site, you agree to the terms and conditions as outlined in this legal notice. HC reserves the right to change these terms and conditions from time to time at its sole discretion.

Copyright; Limited License

The information on this website is protected by copyright:

Copyright © 2006 HC. All rights reserved. Except as specifically permitted herein, no portion of the information on this website may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written permission from HC.

Use of Website Information

Except as otherwise indicated elsewhere on this site, you may view, copy, print, and distribute documents available on this website subject to the following conditions:

The document may be used solely for personal, informational, non-commercial purposes;
The document may not be modified or altered in any way;
Any copy of the document or portion thereof must include the copyright notice above and this permission notice; and
HC reserves the right to revoke such authorization at any time, and any such use shall be discontinued immediately upon written notice from HC.

Documents specified above do not include the design or layout of this website. Elements of this website are protected by trade dress and other laws and may not be copied or imitated in whole or in part.

Warranties and Disclaimers

EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED OTHERWISE IN AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND HC, ALL INFORMATION AND SERVICES ON THIS website ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. HC ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE INFORMATION OR SOFTWARE OR OTHER DOCUMENTS WHICH ARE REFERENCED BY OR LINKED TO THIS website.

REFERENCES TO CORPORATIONS, THEIR SERVICES AND PRODUCTS, ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. IN NO EVENT SHALL HC BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE, AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS INFORMATION.

THIS website COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL OR OTHER INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN; THESE CHANGES WILL BE INCORPORATED IN NEW EDITIONS OF THIS website. HC MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE PRODUCT(S) AND/OR THE PROGRAM(S) DESCRIBED IN THIS website AT ANY TIME.

This website can be accessed from other countries around the world and may contain references to HC products, services, and programs that have not been announced in your country. These references do not imply that HC intends to announce such products, services or programs in your country.

Forward-Looking Statements Disclaimer

This website may now, or hereafter from time to time, contain certain statements or information with respect to (i) the projection of revenues, income, earnings per share, capital expenditures, dividends, capital structure, or other financial items; (ii) the plans, objectives and/or projections of HC for future operations, including those relating to the products or services of HC; (iii) future economic performance; (iv) assumptions underlying or relating to any of the forgoing statements or information; and (v) any other projections, estimates or forward-looking statements. All such statements and information are forward-looking statements within the meanings of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements are based upon, or will be based upon, HC' judgment with respect to future events and are subject to a number of uncertainties and risks that could cause actual results or circumstances to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. HC wishes to caution you that such forward-looking statements are only predictions and those actual events or results may differ materially.

Feedback; Confidential Information; Privacy

Please note that, with the exception of credit card numbers, HC does not want to receive confidential or proprietary information from you through our website. Any non-personal information or material sent to HC will be deemed NOT to be confidential. By sending HC any non-personal information or material, you grant HC an unrestricted, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, transmit and distribute those materials or information, and you also agree that HC is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques that you send us for any purpose. However, we will not release your name or otherwise publicize the fact that you submitted materials or other information to us unless: (a) you grant us permission to do so; (b) we first notify you that the materials or other information you submit to a particular part of a site will be published or otherwise used with your name on it; or (c) we are required to do so by law.

Links to Third-Party Websites

The HC website contains links to third-party websites, which are not under the control of HC. HC makes no representations whatsoever about any other website to which you may have access through the HC website. When you access a non-HC website, you do so at your own risk and HC is not responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any information, data, opinions, advice, or statements made on these sites. HC provides these links merely as a convenience and the inclusion of such links does not imply that HC endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content or uses of such websites.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

This website (excluding linked sites) is controlled by HC from its offices within the state of California, United States of America. By accessing this website, you and HC agree that all matters relating to your access to, or use of, this website shall be governed by the statutes and laws of the state of California, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof.

Trademark Information

The trademarks, logos and service marks ("Marks") displayed on this website are the property of HC or other third parties. You are not permitted to use the Marks without the prior written consent of HC or such third party which may own the Marks. "HC" is a suggested trademark of HC.

HC Acceptable Use Policy

As a provider of website hosting and other Internet-related services, HC offers its customers the means to acquire and disseminate a wealth of public, private, commercial, and non-commercial information. HC respects that the Internet provides a forum for free and open discussion and dissemination of information, however, when there are competing interests at issue, HC reserves the right to take certain preventative or corrective actions. In order to protect these competing interests, HC has developed an Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP"), which supplements and explains certain terms of each customer's respective service agreement and is intended as a guide to the customer's rights and obligations when utilizing the services of HC. This AUP will be revised from time to time. A customer's use of the services of HC after changes to the AUP are posted on HC' website, www.happycontractor.com, will constitute the customer's acceptance of any new or additional terms of the AUP that result from those changes.

One important aspect of the Internet is that no one party owns or controls it. This fact accounts for much of the Internet's openness and value, but it also places a high premium on the judgment and responsibility of those who use the Internet, both in the information they acquire and in the information they disseminate to others. When customers obtain information through the Internet, they must keep in mind that HC cannot monitor, verify, warrant, or vouch for the accuracy and quality of the information that customers may acquire. For this reason, the customer must exercise his or her best judgment in relying on information obtained from the Internet, and also should be aware that some material posted to the Internet is sexually explicit or otherwise offensive. Because HC cannot monitor or censor the Internet, and will not attempt to do so, HC cannot accept any responsibility for injury to its customers that results from inaccurate, unsuitable, offensive, or illegal Internet communications.

When customers disseminate information through the Internet, they also must keep in mind that HC does not review, edit, censor, or take responsibility for any information its customers may create. When users place information on the Internet, they have the same liability as other authors for copyright infringement, defamation, and other harmful speech. Also, because the information they create is carried over to the network of HC and may reach a large number of people, including both customers and noncustomers of HC, customers' postings to the Internet may affect other customers and may harm the goodwill, business reputation and operations of HC. For these reasons, customers violate HC policy and the service agreement when they, their customers, affiliates, or subsidiaries engage in the following prohibited activities:

Spamming -- Sending unsolicited bulk and/or commercial messages over the Internet (known as "spamming"). It is not only harmful because of its negative impact on consumer attitudes toward HC, but also because it can overload HC' network and disrupt service to other customers of HC. Also, maintaining an open SMTP relay is prohibited. When a complaint is received, HC has the discretion to determine from all of the evidence whether the email recipients were from an "opt-in" email list.
Intellectual Property Violations -- Engaging in any activity that infringes or misappropriates the intellectual property rights of others, including copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade secrets, software piracy, and patents held by individuals, corporations, or other entities. Also, engaging in activity that violates privacy, publicity, or other personal rights of others. HC is required by law to remove or block access to customer content upon receipt of a proper notice of copyright infringement. It is also the policy of HC to terminate the privileges of customers who commit repeat violations of copyright laws.
Obscene Speech or Materials -- Using HC' network to advertise, transmit, store, post, display, or otherwise make available child pornography or obscene speech or material. HC is required by law to notify law enforcement agencies when it becomes aware of the presence of child pornography on or being transmitted through HC' network.
Defamatory or Abusive Language -- Using HC' network as a means to transmit or post defamatory, harassing, abusive, or threatening language.
Forging of Headers -- Forging or misrepresenting message headers, whether in whole or in part, to mask the originator of the message.
Illegal or Unauthorized Access to Other Computers or Networks -- Accessing illegally or without authorization computers, accounts, or networks belonging to another party, or attempting to penetrate security measures of another individual's system (often known as "hacking"). Also, any activity that might be used as a precursor to an attempted system penetration (i.e. port scan, stealth scan, or other information gathering activity).
Distribution of Internet Viruses, Worms, Trojan Horses, or Other Destructive Activities -- Distributing information regarding the creation of and sending Internet viruses, worms, Trojan horses, pinging, flooding, mailbombing, or denial of service attacks. Also, activities that disrupt the use of or interfere with the ability of others to effectively use the network or any connected network, system, service, or equipment.
Facilitating a Violation of this AUP -- Advertising, transmitting, or otherwise making available any software, program, product, or service that is designed to violate this AUP, which includes the facilitation of the means to spam, initiation of pinging, flooding, mailbombing, denial of service attacks, and piracy of software.
Export Control Violations -- Exporting encryption software over the Internet or otherwise, to points outside the United States.
Other Illegal Activities -- Engaging in activities that are determined to be illegal, including advertising, transmitting, or otherwise making available ponzi schemes, pyramid schemes, fraudulently charging credit cards, and pirating software.
Other Activities -- Engaging in activities, whether lawful or unlawful, that HC determines to be harmful to its customers, operations, reputation, goodwill, or customer relations.

As we have pointed out, the responsibility for avoiding the harmful activities just described rests primarily with the customer. HC will not, as an ordinary practice, monitor the communications of its customers to ensure that they comply with HC policy or applicable law. When HC becomes aware of harmful activities, however, it may take any action to stop the harmful activity, including but not limited to, removing information, shutting down a website, implementing screening software designed to block offending transmissions, denying access to the Internet, or take any other action it deems appropriate.

HC also is concerned with the privacy of on-line communications and websites. In general, the Internet is neither more nor less secure than other means of communication, including mail, facsimile, and voice telephone service, all of which can be intercepted and otherwise compromised. As a matter of prudence, however, HC urges its customers to assume that all of their on-line communications are insecure. HC cannot take any responsibility for the security of information transmitted over the facilities of HC.

HC will not intentionally monitor private electronic mail messages sent or received by its customers unless required to do so by law, governmental authority, or when public safety is at stake. HC may, however, monitor its service electronically to determine that its facilities are operating satisfactorily. Also, HC may disclose information, including but not limited to, information concerning a customer, a transmission made using our network, or a website, in order to comply with a court order, subpoena, summons, discovery request, warrant, statute, regulation, or governmental request. HC assumes no obligation to inform the customer that customer information has been provided and in some cases may be prohibited by law from giving such notice. Finally, HC may disclose customer information or information transmitted over its network where necessary to protect HC and others from harm, or where such disclosure is necessary to the proper operation of the system.

Our customer's Privacy Is Important to Us.

Because we may gather certain types of information about our customers, we want our customers to understand the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather, how we use it, and how to correct or change it. HC' policies and procedures for handling customer information have been created with the understanding that Internet technologies are still evolving and that Internet business methods are continuing to evolve to meet the needs and opportunities of the changing technologies. As a result, HC' policies and procedures are subject to change.

In the course of serving its customers, HC acquires, stores and transmits customer communications and information that customers may regard as private or sensitive. Some of this information - such as the customer's name, address, telephone number, and credit card data - is provided to HC by its customers in order to establish service. Other information - such as the customer's account status, choice of services, and customer logs - is created and maintained by HC in the normal course of providing service. HC also uses cookies, which are small pieces of information that a website can store in a designated file on a user's computer for various reasons. In addition, HC may store customers' electronic mail and other communications as a necessary incident to the transmission and delivery of those communications.

Data Security

HC will protect the confidentiality of its customers' information, account information and personal communications to the fullest extent possible and consistent with the law and the legitimate interests of HC, its employees and other customers of HC’ services. To protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of information that is collected from customers, HC has appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures in place.

How is customer information used?
HC may use customer information to provide its customers with system information or information about new or upgraded products.

Opt Out & Modifications

Customers may opt out of receiving notices of new or upgraded products from HC by following the instructions contained at the end of the notice. However, customers may not opt out of receiving information from HC which is essential for maintaining or updating customers' accounts or system information.

Disclosure of Customer Information and Communications

HC will not otherwise disclose its customers' personal and account information unless HC has reason to believe that disclosing such information is necessary to identify, make contact with, or bring legal action against someone who may be causing harm or interfering with the rights or property of HC, HC’ customers, or others, or where HC has a good faith belief that the law requires such disclosure.

HC also will not, except for reasons stated below, disclose to third parties the contents of any electronic mail or other electronic communications that HC stores or transmits for its customers. The circumstances under which HC will disclose such electronic customer communications are when:

it is necessary in order to provide service to the customer;
it is necessary to protect the legitimate interests of HC and its customers;
it is required to cooperate with interception orders, warrants, or other legal process that HC determines in its sole discretion to be valid and enforceable; and
it is necessary to provide to a law enforcement agency when the contents are inadvertently obtained by HC and appear to pertain to the commission of a crime.

HC disclaims any intention to censor, edit or engage in ongoing review or surveillance of communications stored on or transmitted through its facilities by customers or others. HC will, however, review, delete or block access to communications that may harm HC, its customers or third parties. The grounds on which HC may take such action include, but are not limited to, actual or potential violations of the HC Acceptable Use Policy.