Welcome to Internships LLC and our online network that brings together colleges, universities, students, alumni, employers and partners through internships.com, careerbeam.com, searchexpo.net and careersearch.net (the "Sites"). These Terms of Service are the terms and conditions under which users of the Sites ("you" or "User") may use the Sites and the functionality, content and services offered to you by Internships LLC ("Internships," "we" or "us") on or through the Sites. Please read this page carefully. If you do not accept these Terms of Service, do not use any of the Sites or services. Any use by you of the Sites or related services indicates your acceptance of and agreement to be bound by these Terms of Service, as amended and in effect from time to time. We may amend or modify these Terms of Service at any time without notice to you, so you should visit this page periodically to review the most current version.
You must be 13 years of age or older to visit or use any of the Sites in any manner.
The Premium content on the Sites may only be accessed and used by:
Authorized staff members of colleges or universities which are members of any of the Sites ("Network Schools") and have (a) licensed and purchased one or more of our services and paid all fees due to us in connection therewith; and (b) obtained a valid password to access any of the Sites from us.
Students and alumni from Network Schools who are seeking career information and/or employment and who have obtained a valid password to access the Sites from us or their college or university career center.
Individuals and entities which have licensed or purchased an online subscription to our Sites and received a valid password to access the Sites from us.
If you are under the age of 18 or the age of majority as that is defined in your jurisdiction, you must use the Sites under the supervision of a parent, legal guardian, or other responsible adult. By visiting the Sites or accepting these Terms of Service, you represent and warrant to Internships that you have reached the age of majority in your jurisdiction, and that you have the right, authority and capacity to agree to and abide by these Terms of Service.
Subject to these Terms of Service, Internships grants the User a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Sites and its services for its individual and internal use only. Internships retains all ownership rights (including copyrights and other intellectual property rights) in the Sites and its services, in any form, and the User obtains only such rights as are explicitly granted in these Terms of Service.
We allow you to access the Sites as they may exist and be available on any given day. We have no other obligations, except as expressly stated in these Terms of Service. We may modify, replace, refuse access to, suspend or discontinue the Sites, partially or entirely, or modify prices for the Sites.
Each individual authorized user will be assigned a unique password, which will enable such User to access and use those portions of the Sites that they are authorized to use. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of your password, and for all uses of your password or registration and all activities that occur under your password or account, whether or not authorized by you.
No User shall create more than one account on any of the Sites without our prior written consent in each instance.
Users must use the Sites in accordance with all applicable international, federal, state and local laws, and may not post or transmit anything that would give rise to any civil or criminal liability for any party or otherwise violate any law.
In furtherance of and without limiting the foregoing, Users specifically acknowledge and agree that they may not:
Post or transmit any Content that violates the copyright, privacy, confidentiality, publicity or intellectual property rights of any person or that reveals any information that should be known to the User to be confidential or proprietary or that you do not have a right to reproduce, display or transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as the resume of an individual other than yourself).
Post or transmit Content that is illegal, false, misleading, defamatory, obscene, indecent, threatening, harassing, harmful, tortuous or otherwise objectionable or that could constitute an incitement to unlawful conduct, instructional information about illegal activities or other activities prohibited by these Terms, including without limitation, providing or creating computer viruses or pirating any media.
Post or transmit any incomplete, false or inaccurate biographical information or information which is not your own accurate profile or resume or impersonate any person or entity, or impersonate any affiliation with any person or entity.
Register an e-mail address that you do not own or for you do not have the express permission of the owner to register.
Post or transmit any Content that solicits passwords or personal identifying information from other Users.
Internships reserves the right to monitor your use of the Sites and the services to ensure compliance with these Terms of Service and prevent fraudulent use. Such monitoring of use may include, but will not be limited to, determining whether or not the Sites and the services are accessed under the account from multiple computers, as well as noting a disproportionate number of downloads or users.
Internships makes no claims that the Site Content is appropriate or may be downloaded outside of the United States. Access to the Site Content may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries, and such persons have no right to access or use the Sites. If you access Internships from outside of the United States, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction.
Users may not violate or attempt to violate the security, efficiency, reliability, or integrity of the Sites or their Content in any way, including, without limitation:
Accessing content, data, features or functionality on the Sites for which your password is not authorized or accessing or logging into a server or account that you are not authorized to access.
Deleting or revising any Content (including, but not limited to, legal notices) posted by us, or any other person or entity not related to you.
Aggregating, copying or duplicating in any manner or framing of or linking to any of the Content available from the Sites. Users may not sublicense, reproduce, reveal or otherwise make the Content available to others for their use either directly or indirectly.
Using the Content on any other web site or in a networked computer environment for any purpose.
Attempting to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer to a machine or human readable form any of the software or Content comprising or in any way making up a part of the Sites for any reason whatsoever.
Taking any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Sites' infrastructure.
Attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization.
Using or attempting to use any engine, software, tool, agent or other device or mechanism (including without limitation browsers, spiders, robots, avatars or intelligent agents) to systematically extract content from the Sites, or to navigate or search the Sites other than the search engine and search agents available from Internships on the Sites and other than generally available third-party web browsers (e.g., Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Explorer, Mozilla Firefox).
Attempting to interfere with service to any User, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to any of the Sites, overloading, "flooding", "spamming", "mailbombing" or "crashing".
Forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or posting.
"Content" means any material downloaded, printed or copied, including without limitation, any files, images, programs, tools, data, or any other items available on the Sites, to include, but not be limited to, trademarked and copyrighted materials
Posting or transmitting any unsolicited advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, "spam," chain letters, unsolicited bulk email, contests, promotions or any other form of solicitation without our prior written consent is strictly prohibited. If you breach the terms of this subsection and send or post unsolicited bulk email, "spam" or other unsolicited communications of any kind through the Sites, you acknowledge that you will have caused substantial harm to Internships, but that the amount of such harm would be extremely difficult to ascertain. As a reasonable estimation of such harm, you agree to pay Internships $50 for each such unsolicited communication you send through the Sites.
No User may post any franchise, pyramid scheme, club membership, distributorship or sales representative agency arrangement or other business opportunity that requires an up-front or periodic payment, pays commissions only, or requires recruitment of other members, sub-distributors or sub-agents, whether or not such posting is a bona fide offer of employment.
Users are strictly prohibited from, and agree to refrain from, reproducing, duplicating, copying, selling, reselling, trading, using custom programs or otherwise distributing or exploiting for any commercial purposes the Sites or their Content or any portion thereof, access to or use of the Sites or their Content or any portion thereof, or any of the related services offered on the Sites.
When you register on the Sites and during the course of your use of the Sites, you will be asked to provide certain personally identifiable information about you, such as your name, address, e-mail address and similar information. All personally identifiable information you provide to us is protected under and subject to our Privacy Policy which is published on the Sites.
We also gather and compile information and data about our Users and their usage of the Sites on a collective basis and in a manner which does not disclose or reveal any personally identifiable information about individual Users. You understand, acknowledge and agree that we are the sole owners of all such aggregated, anonymous data for all purposes, and have the unrestricted right to use such data and to disclose or distribute such data to third parties as we deem appropriate so long as it does not contain personally identifiable information about our Users.
Users are solely responsible for any and all content and communications that they post or transmit to the Sites or to any User of the Sites, as well as for the consequences of such postings and transmissions. You acknowledge that any reliance on any material or communication posted or transmitted by another User will be at your own risk. We assume no responsibility for any User-submitted content or communications and no responsibility for the activities, omissions or other conduct of Users. We act as a portal for the online distribution and publication of User-submitted information and we have no obligation to screen communications or information in advance and we are not responsible for screening or monitoring any User-submitted content or communications.
We may, in our sole discretion, reject, remove or edit any User-submitted content or communication appearing on the Sites for any reason, without notice.
We reserve the right (but shall have no obligation) to investigate any reported or suspected violation of these Terms of Service and to edit or remove any content or communication that violates these Terms of Service or that we may in our sole discretion determine to be inappropriate or objectionable for any reason whatsoever; provided, however, that we shall have no liability or responsibility to Users for performance or nonperformance of such activities. Any decision by us to edit or remove any content shall be final, binding and not subject to debate or refund.
By submitting or posting any content to any area of the Sites, you grant us and our affiliates the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, sublicensable (through multiple tiers), non-exclusive right (including any moral rights) and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, communicate to the public, perform and display the content (in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed. You also warrant that the holder of any rights, including moral rights in such content, has completely and effectively waived all such rights and validly and irrevocably granted to you the right to grant the license stated above. You also permit any User to access, display, view, store and reproduce such content for the purposes contemplated by the Sites. Subject to the foregoing, the owner of such content placed on the Sites retains any and all rights that may exist in such content.
The Sites provides content and material from, and links and references to, web sites of third parties and other third party resources not controlled by us (collectively, "Third Party Content").
You acknowledge and agree that we neither endorse nor are responsible or liable for the availability, accuracy, currency or reliability of any Third Party Content.
Any concerns regarding such Third Party Content should be directed to the third party.
Under no circumstances will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by any use or reliance on Third Party Content or any purchase or use of goods or services from any third party referenced on the Sites.
Nothing on the Sites shall be deemed to be a recommendation of any third party, Third Party Content or third party products or services, or to constitute any representation or warranty as to a third party's qualifications, services, products, offerings, information or any other content.
The Third Party Content that is provided through the database search products may be used for the period for which you have purchased a subscription. You may make one copy for backup purposes only as permitted by applicable copyright law and use such information for your internal use only relating to internships, career opportunities, career services and employment. Upon expiration or termination of your subscription, you shall destroy all originals and copies of such information unless you are otherwise instructed by us or the Third Party and upon request, provide us or the Third Party with certification that you have done so.
For each product or service you order on any of the Sites, you agree to pay the price applicable for the product or service (including any sales taxes, surcharges and any other fees) indicated as of the time you submitted the order. Unless you and Internships have agreed to an alternate billing arrangement in writing signed by Internships, Internships will automatically bill your credit card submitted as part of the order process for such price. All sales are final. Without limiting other remedies, we reserve the right to charge a late fee on all past due payments equivalent to the lesser of one and a half percent (1.5%) per month on the unpaid balance or the highest rate allowed by law. You will pay for all collection costs, attorneys fees, and court costs incurred in the collection of past due amounts.
Each customer shall be solely responsible for all sales taxes, or other taxes, customs, import/export charges, or similar governmental charges (except for taxes on our net income), on orders placed outside the United States.
You agree that you may not use the Sites and the services to:
You may not use the content provided by the database search services as a factor to determine an individual's eligibility for employment.
Internships reserves the right to limit access to the Sites and the services to (i) viewing or printing using a third party web browser print function, and (ii) downloading a maximum number of records per search or per year. In addition, you shall be bound by any access and download limitations per search or per year that are internal to a service. All download limitations shall be enforced at Internships' discretion.
In no event may these Sites be used or linked to any party charging a fee for access to these Sites or for access to any information gathered in this Sites without our prior written consent.
We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to deny access to the Sites by any User or to modify, suspend or terminate any User's access to or use of the Sites at any time, for any reason or for no reason, without notice.
We may also, in our sole discretion and at any time, discontinue providing any of the Sites or any related services, or any part thereof, with or without notice.
You agree that any termination of your access to any of the Sites under any provision of these Terms of Service may be effected without prior notice, and agree that we may immediately deactivate or delete your account and all related information and files in your account and/or bar any further access to such files or the Sites. You agree that we shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to any of the Sites or any related services.
All fees and other amounts paid to us by any User for access to or use of the Sites, any features or functionality of the Sites or any related services are non-refundable, except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in any other written agreement between Internships and such User.
We reserve the right to expel Users and prevent their further access to any of the Sites for violating these Terms of Service, suspected fraudulent activity or the law, and may take any action with respect to User-submitted information and violations of system or network security that we deem necessary or appropriate in our sole discretion, including, but not limited to, suspension, termination of the account or pursuing any legal remedies, including civil and criminal penalties. We may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations.
The contents of the Sites, including, but not limited to, (a) its look and feel, text, graphics, icons, logos, buttons and images, color combinations, button shapes, layout, design and all other graphical elements and any and all software used on or incorporated in the Sites, (b) works of original authorship, including compiled information, (c) trade secret and other confidential information, including information that derives value or potential value from not being readily known or available, and (d) information that has been created, developed and maintained by Internships, Network Schools, business partners or its suppliers at great expense of time and money (collectively, the "Site Content") are protected under United States and foreign copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other laws.
Internships.com, the Internships logo, Internships.com Hired Education, CareerBeam, the CareerBeam logo, CareerBeam CSC, CareerSearch, the CareerSearch logo, InternDirect and all other Internships trademarks, tag-lines, product and service names and logos are all trademarks of Internships (collectively, the "Internships Marks").
The compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement and assembly) of the Site Content is the exclusive property of Internships.
The Sites also contain many third-party trademarks and service marks of Network Schools, and business partners. All such marks are the property of their respective holders.
Misappropriation or unauthorized use by others of the Site Content for commercial gain would unfairly and/or irreparably harm Internships, its affiliates and suppliers or reduce Internships, its affiliates and suppliers' incentive to create, develop and maintain such information.
You will not commit or knowingly assist any act or omission that would contest or impair any of Internships, its affiliate or suppliers' proprietary and intellectual property rights in the Site Content or that would cause the Site Content to infringe the proprietary or intellectual property rights of a third party.
You agree to notify Internships and its suppliers immediately upon obtaining any information regarding a threatened or actual infringement of their rights. You also agree that you will not use any Internships Marks or third party marks in listings or advertisings in any manner without the prior written approval of such party.
You must retain all copyright, trademark, service mark and other proprietary notices contained in the original Site Content on any copy you make of such material.
All Users expressly understand and agree that:
YOUR USE OF THE SITES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SITES AND ALL SITE CONTENT AND RELATED SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, INTERNSHIPS AND ITS SUPPLIERS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTIBILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT EVERY BUSINESS DECISION INVOLVES THE ASSUMPTION OF A RISK AND THAT INTERNSHIPS AND ITS SUPPLIERS, IN FURNISHING THE SITE CONTENT TO YOU, DO NOT UNDERWRITE THAT RISK IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER.
INTERNSHIPS AND ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT (I) THE SITES OR ANY RELATED SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR EXPECTATIONS, (II) THAT YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SITES OR ANY RELATED SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR FREE, (III) THAT ANY DEFECTS IN THE SITES WILL BE CORRECTED, (IV) THAT THE SITES OR ANY SERVER THROUGH WHICH YOU ACCESS THE SITES IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, (V) THAT ANY CONTENT OR COMMUNICATION WILL BE VIEWED BY ANY MINIMUM OR SPECIFIC NUMBER OF USERS OR BY ANY PARTICULAR USER. INTERNSHIPS AND ITS SUPPLERS DO NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OF OR THE RESULT OF THE USE OF THE SITES OR ANY SITE CONTENT IN TERMS OF ITS CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS OR OTHERWISE OR REGARDING THE MEDIA ON WHICH IT IS PROVIDED.
ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SITES IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM INTERNSHIPS OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SITES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS OF SERVICE.
The Site Content has been prepared for informational and educational purposes only and is not legal, financial or any other type of professional advice. You should not act upon any information contained on the Sites without consulting your own legal, financial or other professional advisor.
IN NO EVENT SHALL INTERNSHIPS OR ANY SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY CLAIMING THROUGH YOU FOR INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND - INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOST REVENUES OR PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR LOSS OF DATA - ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITES, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER INTERNSHIPS OR ITS SUPPLIERS WAS ADVISED, HAD OTHER REASON TO KNOW, OR IN FACT KNEW OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF.
INTERNSHIPS AND ITS SUPPLIERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS, DAMAGE OR INJURY CAUSED IN WHOLE OR PART BY THEIR NEGLIGENT ACTS OR OMISSIONS IN PROCURING, INTERPRETING, REPORTING, COMMUNICATING OR DELIVERING THE INFORMATION NOR ANY CLAIMS ATTRIBUTABLE TO ERRORS, OMISSIONS OR OTHER INACCURACIES CONTAINED IN THE SITE CONTENT.
INTERNSHIPS AND ITS SUPPLIERS MAXIMUM LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SITES, YOUR USE OF THE SITES AND THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF, REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR OTHERWISE), SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (I) THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ALL FEES PAID TO INTERNSHIPS BY YOU DURING THE THREE (3) MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING THE IMPOSITION OF LIABILITY; OR (II) $30. YOU COVENANT AND PROMISE THAT YOU WILL NOT SUE INTERNSHIPS AND ITS SUPPLIERS FOR GREATER THAN THAT AMOUNT. YOU ALSO AGREE TO GIVE INTERNSHIPS AND ITS SUPPLIERS IMMEDIATE WRITTEN NOTICE OF ALL ACTIONS, CLAIMS, LOSSES AND DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE SITE CONTENT.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Internships and its suppliers and each of its respective officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any and all damages, liabilities, claims, demands, costs and expenses, including but not limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from (i) your use or misuse of the Sites, (ii) the use of the information by individuals or entities which have not been authorized to have access to the information (iii) violation of these Terms of Service (as amended and in effect from time to time), (iv) conduct, communication or interaction with any other user of the Sites or any of your other activities on the Sites, or (v) violation of the rights of any other User of the Sites or any other person or entity.
If you have a dispute with one or more users, you release us (and our officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, and employees) from claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes. If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code §1542, which says: "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor."
If you believe any content or materials on the Sites infringes your copyright, you agree to abide by the notice and take down procedures of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act by contacting our copyright agent and providing the following information:
A description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;
A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Site;
Your address, telephone number, and email address;
A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner's behalf; and
A physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest
The name and contact information of our agent for copyright issues is as follows:
Entire Agreement.
This Agreement, together with our privacy statement and any written license and services agreement or subscription agreement between you and Internships relating to the Sites, constitutes the entire agreement between us with respect to your use of the Sites and supercedes any previous oral or written arrangements or understandings relating thereto. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between these Terms of Service and any written license and services agreement or subscription agreement between us and any User, the provisions of the applicable license and services agreement or subscription agreement shall prevail.
Waiver, etc.
No waiver of any provision of these Terms of Service by Internships shall be effective unless in writing signed by an authorized representative of Internships. The waiver by Internships of a breach or violation of any provision of these Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver by Internships of any succeeding breach of the same or other provision; nor shall any delay or omission on the part of Internships to exercise or avail itself of any right, power or privilege that it has or may have hereunder operate as a waiver of any such right, power or privilege by Internships. Any provisions of these Terms of Service that may be invalid shall not affect the validity of enforcement of the remaining valid terms of these Terms of Service.
Third Parties.
Third parties (including affiliates, suppliers and business partners) are intended third-party beneficiaries of the sections titled "Proprietary Information" and "Limitation of Liability".
Governing Law, etc.
These Terms of Service and all use of the Sites shall be governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict of law provisions that would result in the application of any law other than the laws of the State of California. You hereby submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of California and the federal courts of the United States of America located in such state and county for purposes of any action relating to the interpretation or enforcement of the provisions of these Terms of Service, and agree that any legal proceedings arising under or pursuant to these Terms of Service or your use of the Sites shall be conducted in such state. You will pay all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees that Internships incurs in any action to enforce your obligations under these Terms of Service.
Internships LLC ("Internships") web based career products and services ("Corporate Services" or "Services") may be purchased by signing our Professional Services Agreement, which incorporates these Corporate Terms and Conditions and our Terms of Service in full by reference, or through our online ordering process, which includes acceptance of these Corporate Terms and Conditions and the Terms of Service as a required component of the process. In either case, the Professional Services Agreement or online order form (as the case may be) and these Corporate Terms and Conditions, and the Terms of Service taken together (collectively, the "Agreement"), set forth the terms and conditions upon which Corporate Services are sold and provided by Internships to its corporate clients ("you"). In the event of any inconsistencies among these, first the Professional Services Agreement or online order form shall govern, then these Corporate Terms and Conditions, and finally the Terms of Service.
Internships may amend or modify these Corporate Terms and Conditions at any time and from time to time without notice to you, so you should visit this page periodically to review the most current version. Upon signing a Professional Services Agreement or ordering Corporate Services through our online ordering process, you are indicating your acceptance of, and agreement to be bound by and to comply with, the following (as same may be amended by Internships and in effect from time to time):
Purchase of Services. As a corporate client of Internships who is procuring Internships Corporate Services, you agree to purchase and pay for such Corporate Services, in each case on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Agreement, which includes the terms and conditions set forth below. Upon the purchase of a subscription to the Sites and its services, subject to this Agreement, Internships grants the User a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Sites and its services for its internal use only. Internships retains all ownership rights (including copyrights and other intellectual property rights) in the Sites and its services, in any form, and the User obtains only such rights as are explicitly granted in this Agreement.
Web Site Usage Guidelines. Internships will allow authorized users specified in the Agreement to access its web sites (the "Sites") and the Corporate Services purchased using an assigned username and password as described herein. Only authorized users are permitted to use the Sites per this Agreement.
Marketing Services. Marketing Services may include online sponsorship, email, direct mail, advertorial, events, online advertising, or other media formats employed by Internships from time to time to deliver your Content to Members (collectively, "Marketing Services," and individually a "Marketing Campaign"). All online Marketing Services are duration-based unless otherwise specified. If acceptable Content is not received within the deadlines stated with respect to such Marketing Services, you may forfeit your allocation of Marketing Services or Internships may not be held responsible for delivering the specific commitments of the Marketing Campaign. In the case of print or direct mail Marketing Campaigns, all Content must be received prior to the space reservations and materials deadlines published by Internships from time to time.
Communication to Members.
If and to the extent applicable, you hereby agree to comply with the Can Spam Act of 2003, and to include in your Content all information required for compliance (including your physical address, valid instructions for Members to opt-out of any future communications by you, and other information required by law as may be amended from time to time).
You acknowledge that some of the email addresses of Internships Members may be included within your email suppression file. In order to be eligible to send email to Members, you are responsible for supplying Internships with any relevant suppression files you may be in possession of, prior to the transmission of your message. Upon receiving the suppression file(s), Internships will remove all applicable email addresses prior to transmission. Internships will allow third-party suppression list management services to be employed ONLY if a separate confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement is signed in advance between Internships and that vendor.
Performance Measurement. Internships does not guarantee the number of job applications, impressions, click-throughs, or other outcomes unless otherwise specified in the Agreement. All online performance commitments for impressions or defined leads will be measured by Internships' ad servers in order to determine fulfillment of the commitments within the Agreement, which measurements and determinations shall be final and binding.
Fees; Payment Terms.
Fees. The fees payable by you hereunder are set forth in the Agreement or, in the case of online ordering, are as presented to you within the Sites.
Payment/Timing. All amounts required to be paid to Internships hereunder shall be paid in U.S. dollars by credit card at the time of purchase or within thirty (30) days from the date of the applicable Internships invoice, if invoice payment is permitted by Internships. All amounts due hereunder are net amounts, and you agree that you will be responsible for all sales, use or services taxes of any kind, with the exception of taxes due on Internships' income. Payments which are not received within the stated time period may be subject to an interest charge equal to the greater of one and one half percent (1½%) per month, or the maximum amount allowed by applicable law. Internships has no obligation to refund any fees received under any circumstances, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement.
Credit Verification. You agree to provide Internships with such credit information as Internships may request from time to time to substantiate the extension or continuation of payment terms hereunder, and authorize Internships at any time and from time to time to obtain credit information about you from trade and bank references, consumer credit agencies and other credit sources.
Term and Termination.
Term. The Term of this Agreement (the "Initial Term") commences upon the effective date of the mutually-signed Agreement or, in the case of online ordering, the day you complete your transaction and purchase the Corporate Services. The Initial Term expires on the date all purchased Corporate Services are delivered, or in the case of online ordering, on the date indicated on your Transaction Confirmation page (which you will receive following the online purchase of the Corporate Services), unless sooner terminated as provided herein. The Agreement will automatically renew for subsequent twelve-month periods unless and until one party provides the other party with written notice of its intent not to renew at least sixty (60) days prior to the end of the then-current term.
Termination. If you breach any provision of this Agreement, Internships may, at its option and without notice, (i) immediately discontinue and terminate your access to and use of the Corporate Services and/or (ii) pursue any and all other available remedies. In addition, Internships may, at its option and without notice, discontinue and terminate your access to and use of the Corporate Services without cause, for any reason or for no reason. In the event of a termination by Internships for any reason other than breach by you of this Agreement, you will be entitled to a refund of any prepaid but theretofore unapplied fees. Upon any termination for any reason, you will immediately cease all use of the Corporate Services.
Other General Terms.
You acknowledge and agree that your access to and use of the Sites and the Corporate Services are subject to, and you hereby accept and agree to abide and be bound by, the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy available at the Sites as they may be amended from time to time by Internships at its sole and complete discretion.
You agree to keep the pricing, terms, conditions and contents of your agreement with Internships confidential and will not publicize or disclose the pricing, terms, conditions or contents of it to any third party without the prior written permission of Internships.
You may not assign this Agreement or any rights granted herein without the express written consent of Internships.
Logo and Name Usage. You grant to Internships the right to cite your company as an Internships client, and to use or display your company's name or logo on the Sites. In addition, you hereby grant to Internships the right to use and display your Company's name and logo in promotional materials provided that all uses are consistent with any and all branding or usage guidelines provided by you to, with written confirmation of receipt by, Internships.
Miscellaneous. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supercedes any previous oral or written arrangements or understandings relating thereto. You will pay all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees that Internships incurs in any action to enforce your obligations under this Agreement.
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