Terms and Conditions

If you do not agree with any provision of this agreement, you may neither continue with the process of registration nor further use the services.

Services

Definition. The “Services” consist of a suite of online marketing and management tools for search engine optimization (“SEO”), social media and digital marketing located at https://www.monitorbacklinks.com (the “Website”), which includes tools for research and analysis, link building, campaign management, automated tracking of search engine performance, analytics and SEO reports.

Changes. We reserve the right to change the terms or specifications of any Services in our discretion, with or without prior written notice to the Users, by replacement of text of this Agreement or description of paid subscription plans on the Website or by written notice to you. Any changes will take effect immediately unless otherwise stated in the notice of change. If any amendment is unacceptable to you, your only recourse is to terminate relations with Monitor Backlinks. Your continued use of the Services following our notice of change will constitute a binding acceptance of the Agreement, as amended.

Additional Services. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that augment or enhance the currently offered Services, including the release of new Monitor Backlinks services, shall be subject to this Agreement.

Right to Use Services. Monitor Backlinks hereby grants you permission to use the Services and the Website solely as set forth in this Agreement and in the manner set forth on the Website. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Website, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. Any use of the Services other than as set forth in this Agreement or in violation of any term of this Agreement will result in suspension or revocation of your use privileges in our sole discretion.

Suspension or Termination of Services. Notwithstanding anything stated or implied to the contrary in this Agreement, we may at any time, without derogating from our other rights under this Agreement, applicable law or otherwise, suspend or terminate any or all of the Services, effective immediately upon issuance of a written notice. Such suspension or termination may also apply, as the case may be, to specific jurisdictions, lines of business and otherwise or to a specific customer or a group of Users. Notwithstanding the foregoing, solely with respect to Users of paid Services, whenever reasonably possible, such Users may be given up to thirty (30) days after notice of suspension or termination of their User account to back-up the data stored in their account before it may be removed entirely from our servers.

Third Party Services. We reserve the right to use third party service providers in the provisions of all or part of the Services including, but not limited to, hosting providers, payment processing services, information and communication services, analytics services, internet advertising platforms, advertising service providers and platforms. Where any of the aforementioned services are provided by third parties, the User may be subject to such third party’s terms and conditions. We accept no responsibility for services provided by any third party.

Registration and Account

Use of the Services. You may use the Services either as a registered or as an unregistered User. However, you may not use the Services, either as a registered or an unregistered User if you are not of legal age to enter into a contract in your jurisdiction or if do not have the authority to accept this Agreement.

Acceptance. By using the Services, you accept the terms of this Agreement and you fully authorize us to obtain, process, store, use and transmit your personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which forms an integral part of this Agreement.

User Representations. By using the Services, you represent and warrant that (a) all registration information you submit is truthful and accurate; (b) you will maintain the accuracy of such information; (c) you are at least 18 years of age and have the capacity and authority to enter into this Agreement; and (d) your use of the Services does not violate any applicable law or regulation.

Registration and Billing. To register as a User, you have to create a user account on the Website by following registration procedures and instructions set forth therein. There is no cost to create a Monitor Backlinks User account. However, in order to access certain paid features of the Services, you will be required to provide billing details. As a registered User, you agree to notify us promptly of any changes to your billing details.

User CredentialsYou are solely and fully responsible for the maintenance of all of your Monitor Backlinks user accounts, including, but not limited to, your User login and password. You agree not to share your credentials with any third parties.

User Responsibilities. You are responsible for all of the following with respect to your use of the Services:

• maintaining the security of your User account and all the activity that occurs on your User account
• maintaining accurate account information at all times, including a valid email address and billing information and updating such information as necessary
• obtaining access to the Services, and that access may involve third-party fees (such as Internet service provider or airtime charges), and
• obtaining and maintaining all equipment necessary to access the Services.

Prohibited Uses. You are expressly prohibited from using the Services in any of the following ways or for any of the following purposes:

• No Illegal Purpose. You may not use the Services for any illegal or unauthorized purpose, including in any way that violates copyright or other laws applicable in the United States or Romania, or applicable to you.
• No Tampering. You may not use the Services in a way that is detrimental to the operation of the Services or the access or use of the Services by anyone else. You will not upload or transmit viruses, worms or any other destructive code. The restriction in this Section applies to any use that interferes or attempts to interfere with the normal operations of the Services, including by hacking, deleting, augmenting or altering the Services.
• Permission Required. You may not, without our prior written permission and, solely with respect to lease, resale and sublicense, except as may be specifically allowed under your paid subscription plan, (i) copy, distribute (including by framing any of the Services on any web site), modify, enhance, translate, reproduce, sell, resell, sublicense, rent, lease, or otherwise attempt to exploit the Services or any data resulting therefrom; (ii) decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to discover the source code; (iii) make derivative works of the Services; (iv) remove, obscure, or alter any copyright notice, trademarks, or other proprietary rights notices affixed to or contained within or accessed in conjunction with or through the Website or Services; (v) modify another website so as to falsely imply that it is associated with the Services, Monitor Backlinks or any other Monitor Backlinks products or services; or (vi) make the Website or Services or any part thereof available to others in a service undertaking or outsourcing arrangement or for any other commercial time-sharing, data processing or other third party use.
• Automatic Inquiries. All automatic inquiries are prohibited.

Special Access and Testing. If you are invited or clearly provided with access to beta testing new tools and resources, which are not made available to our users broadly (“closed beta”), you should not rely on, nor expect, the continued availability of these new tools and resources. Any such access to beta test new tools and resources, if any, is conditioned upon your agreement not to disclose any information about these new tools and resources or your experience with using them to third parties.

Assignment. A User may not assign, transfer, exchange, pool or barter any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or the User account, unless expressly permitted by Monitor Backlinks in writing. Any violation of the foregoing restrictions is grounds for immediate User account termination. For changes in access under corporate subscriptions to the Services we may require from you a detailed explanation of changes in your circumstances, along with confirmation of employment and other reasonable information and relevant documents.

Deregistration. You may delete your User account at any time. Note that doing so will delete all your data and information stored on Monitor Backlinks servers and Monitor Backlinks will bear no responsibility for such loss of data or information. All Service fees incurred prior to de-registration will be due and owing, until paid in full, such de-registration notwithstanding.

Termination by Monitor Backlinks. Monitor Backlinks reserves the right to terminate any User account for abusive or fraudulent activity, for failure to comply with this Agreement, or for any other reason in its sole discretion.

Fees and Settlement

Service Fees. With respect to paid Services, User will be charged the fees set forth in the relevant section on the Monitor Backlinks Website located at https://www.monitorbacklinks.com/plans/ or as otherwise offered on the Website for a particular subscription plan (the “Fees”). The Fees, unless explicitly shown during the process of purchasing a subscription plan and following confirmation thereof, are exclusive of value added tax and any additional or other taxes, charges or duties which may be imposed in connection with any and all payments made or due hereunder and shall, if applicable, be borne, respectively registered and duly declared by User.

Promotional Giveaways. From time to time we may offer promotional giveaways of the Services, subject to the specific rules that we will announce at the time of any such promotional giveaway. Users shall bear sole responsibility for any and all income tax consequences that may result from their winning any such giveaway. Further, solely to the extent required by applicable laws, Users agree to submit to us duly completed tax forms, to enable us to make all required filings with tax authorities.

Payment. Any Fees shall be prepaid one month or one year in advance, or as otherwise offered on the Website for a particular subscription plan, at the option of the User by credit card or another payment method accepted on the Website. All prepaid amounts and Service plans will be reflected in the User account. Any bank fees and charges shall be borne solely by User.

Ownership and Intellectual Property

All Rights Reserved. User acknowledges and agrees that all rights, title, and interest to, any and all intellectual property rights of all types or nature whatsoever, including, without limitation, patent, copyright, trademark, data base rights as well as moral rights, know-how and trade secrets (and any licenses in connection with any of the same), whether or not registered or capable of registration, and whether subsisting in any specific country or countries or any other part of the world, in the Services, the platform used to provide the Services (technology, hardware, software etc.), any code or software (SDK, API etc.) which may be provided to User or for User’s use under this Agreement and any work products created and/or delivered herein and related documentation (forming the Monitor Backlinks Website and Services) are and will remain solely and exclusively our property and/or the property of Monitor Backlinks, Monitor Backlinks licensors or affiliates. User is granted no title or ownership rights in the Monitor Backlinks Website or Service. User’s right to use the Website, Services and any part thereof is strictly limited to the provisions of this Agreement and we reserve all rights not expressly granted herein.

Monitor Backlinks Marks. Monitor Backlinks® is a trademark, DBA and trade dress and/or service mark of Monitor Backlinks and/or our affiliates and subsidiaries. Other marks, graphics, icons, names and logos used or displayed on or through the Website are trademarks, trade dress and/or service marks (“Marks”) of us and our affiliates and subsidiaries or otherwise are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by us and may be subject to such third parties’ terms and conditions. User may not use any metatags or any other “hidden text” utilizing any of the aforementioned trademarks, trade dress and/or service marks without our and respective owner’s prior written permission. User’s right to use the Marks is strictly limited to the manner of use as instructed and approved by us, which right may be revoked or changed at any time at our (or the respective owners’ or licensors’) sole discretion. User will accordingly change or remove such display of materials immediately upon request by us or the respective Mark owners or licensors. User acknowledges and agrees that User shall not contest the ownership of the Marks on the Website for any reason. User’s use or display of Marks will terminate effective upon the termination of this Agreement, suspension of the Services or upon notification by us or the respective owner or licensor to discontinue such use or display.

User’s Marks. User hereby grants us a worldwide, non-exclusive, unlimited and royalty-free license to use User’s brands, names, logos, trademarks, trade names and service marks as used by User for informational and advertising purposes only.

Termination

Termination Right. Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time in its sole discretion with written notice to the other if terminated by Monitor Backlinks, which notice shall be at least 30 days prior to the termination date if to a User of paid Services.

Effect of Termination. Upon termination of this Agreement, all rights of the affected User with respect to the use of Website or Services shall terminate immediately.

Survival. Upon any termination of this Agreement for any reason, all provisions regarding indemnification, warranty, liability and limits thereon, and confidentiality and protection of proprietary rights and trade secrets, and any provisions which expressly or by their nature are required to survive such termination in order to achieve their purpose, shall so survive until it shall no longer be necessary for them to survive in order to achieve their purpose.

Warranty Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability

Disclaimer. Except where prohibited by law, the Services and the Website are provided “as-is” and “as available” and we expressly disclaim any warranties and conditions of any kind, whether express or implied, including the warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, quiet enjoyment, accuracy, or non-infringement. We make no warranty that the Services or the Website (a) will meet your requirements; (b) will be available on an uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free basis; or (c) will be accurate, reliable, free of viruses or other harmful code, complete, legal, or safe. We further make no warranties or representations regarding the accuracy or completeness of the content on any sites linked to the Website.

Limitation of Liability. In no event shall Monitor Backlinks, its officers, directors, employees, or agents, be liable to you or to any third party for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive, or consequential damages whatsoever arising from or related to either this Agreement, or use of the Services or the Website. Our liability to you for any damages arising from or related to this Agreement, will at all times be limited to the greater of (a) fifty dollars ($50) or (b) amounts you have paid to us in the prior 12 months (if any). The existence of more than one claim will not enlarge this limit. The foregoing limitation of liability shall apply to the fullest extent permitted by law in the applicable jurisdiction.

Third Party Products and Services. Monitor Backlinks does not warrant, endorse, guarantee, or assume responsibility for any product or service advertised or offered by a third party through the Website or any hyperlinked website or featured in any banner or other advertising, and Monitor Backlinks will not be a party to or in any way be responsible for monitoring any transaction between you and third-party providers of products or services.

Other Jurisdictions. We make no representations that the Services or the Website are appropriate or available for use in all locations. Those who access or use the Services or the Website from jurisdictions prohibiting such use, do so at their own volition and are responsible for compliance with local law.

Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Monitor Backlinks and its officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney’s fees) arising from: (a) your use of and access to the Services and the Website; (b) your violation of any term of this Agreement; or (c) your violation of any third party right, including without limitation any copyright, property, or privacy right. This defense and indemnification obligation will survive the termination of this Agreement and your use of the Services and the Website.

Miscellaneous

Assignment. This Agreement, any part thereof or any rights or obligations under it may not be novated, assigned, outsourced or transferred by you without our advance written consent, but may be assigned by us without restriction or limitations. Any assignment or transfer in violation of the aforementioned provisions shall be deemed null and void. Subject to the forgoing, the provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

Force Majeure. We shall not be liable for failing or delaying performance of our obligations resulting from any condition beyond our reasonable control, including but not limited to, use of third parties’ equipment or services, communications failure, governmental action, war, acts of terrorism, earthquake, fire, flood or other acts of God, labor conditions, power failures, and Internet disturbances.

Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement and all matters arising therefrom and any dispute arising between the parties in connection with this Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of United States of America and State of New York notwithstanding the conflict of law provisions thereof. The federal and/or state courts in the State of New York, as applicable, shall have exclusive jurisdiction in any legal proceedings resulting or connected with this Agreement, and the User hereby irrevocably submits to such exclusive jurisdiction. However, this shall not prevent us from bringing any action in the court of any other jurisdiction for injunctive or similar relief.

Electronic Notices. You agree to receive communications from us in an electronic form. Electronic notices will be delivered to your email address, which you used for registration purposes, as it may be subsequently changed by you in your account settings or by written notice to us. All communications in electronic format will be considered to be “in writing” and to have been received on the day that we send them. We reserve the right, but assume no obligation, to provide communications in paper format.

Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Privacy Policy, shall constitute the entire agreement between you and Monitor Backlinks concerning your use of the Website and the Services. However, terms and conditions of some other Monitor Backlinks services and products may impose additional terms, which can be found in the terms and conditions for such services and products.

Languages. This Agreement is in the English language, which prevails over any translations of it to other languages, made by us and provided to you for your convenience, as applicable. The Service is designed in the English language and its translations into other languages may contain inaccuracies for which we shall not bear any responsibility; we suggest using the English version and resorting to versions in other languages only for references and at your own risk. You also agree to have all communications with us in English.

No Waiver. No failure or delay by a party to exercise any right or remedy provided under this Agreement or by law shall constitute a waiver of that (or any other) right or remedy, nor preclude or restrict its further exercise. No single or partial exercise of such right or remedy shall preclude or restrict the further exercise of that (or any other) right or remedy; and will not be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or default under the same or any other provision of this Agreement.

Severability. All the provisions of this Agreement are distinct and severable. If any provision of this Agreement (or part of any provision) is found by any court or other authority of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal, this shall not impair the operation of this Agreement or affect the other provisions which are valid.

Privacy

Use of the Services is also governed by our Privacy Policy, the provisions of which are adopted herein by reference so when we refer to this Agreement we also refer to the Privacy Policy.

Last updated: September 29, 2017

Privacy Policy

At Monitor Backlinks, we strive to develop innovative services to better serve our users. We recognize that privacy is an important issue, so we design and operate our services with the protection of your privacy in mind. This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) explains our policies and procedures regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personally identifiable information that we may receive from you and other users of the Monitor Backlinks service, through our software, mobile applications and our website located at https://www.monitorbacklinks.com (the “Website”). Such service, the software, mobile applications and the Website are collectively referred to in this Privacy Policy as the “Service”. This Privacy Policy applies only to information that you provide to us through the Service.

BY USING THE SERVICE, YOU CONSENT TO OUR COLLECTION, USE, AND DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION AS DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY.

Monitor Backlinks reserves the right to update this Privacy Policy from time to time, and we will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on the Website at https://www.monitorbacklinks.com/privacy/. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes. Your continued use of the Service will be subject to the then-current privacy policy.

Information We Collect

Non-Personally Identifiable Information. Monitor Backlinks collects non-personally identifying information that your browser makes available whenever you visit a website. This information includes your Internet connection and hardware specs, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your query and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.

Personally Identifiable Information. In addition we collect your personal information such as your full name, credit card information, billing address, your email address, history of communication with Monitor Backlinks, history of payments, IP address, system information, your activities on the Website.

Information Collection. To facilitate your use of the Service, Monitor Backlinks may automatically collect certain types of information when you access or use the Service, complete surveys, send and receive communications, perform search queries and marketing activities. In order to collect this data, Monitor Backlinks may utilize automated tools and files such as cookies and web beacons. These automated tools and files may reside on our servers or on your computer or device. If you restrict our ability to use automated tools and files, your ability to access and use all or part of the Service may be limited or disabled completely.

Additionally and only upon your grant of respective permissions we may collect information from third party service providers.

Use of Information

Non-Personally Identifiable Information. We use non-personally identifying information we obtain by technical means (such as the automatic recording performed by our servers or through the use of cookies) for the above purposes and in order to monitor and analyze use of the Service, for the Service’s technical administration, to increase the Service’s functionality and user-friendliness, to better tailor it to most common user needs, to generate and derive useful data and information concerning the interests, characteristics and website use behavior of our users, and to verify that users of the Service meet the criteria required to process their requests.

Personally Identifiable Information. We use the personally identifiable user information that we collect to provide, maintain, protect and improve the current Services offerings, to develop new Services, to be able to tailor the Services to one’s specific needs if feasible, for convenience of users and communication with them, and as may be required by law.

Disclosure

Disclosure to Third-Parties. Monitor Backlinks does not share your personal information with third parties or the public except as set forth herein. We may share your personal information with our third-party service providers, such as SMTP infrastructure providers, analytical services, payment processors, merchants, or resellers, performing services, which supplement our Services. These service providers may have access to personal information as needed to perform their functions. We do not sell your personal information.

Research. We may use and disclose to third parties information we collect in aggregated, non-personally identifiable form for research and informational purposes and to help us make sales, marketing and business decisions.

Events and Webinars. Monitor Backlinks may share the names, email addresses and other details of users who register for some of our webinars and events, both online and offline, with the respective webinar speakers, announced special guests, our partners at the events, and others. We carefully select these persons and require them to use this information for the purposes related to the event (including webinars). We will try to label such events (including webinars) on the registration forms therefor, but if you affirmatively do not wish your name, email address or other details disclosed, please contact us before registering for any Monitor Backlinks event to confirm whether your personal information will be shared at the specific event that you are considering. You may not opt-out of sharing your information at an event where such information is shared. Your only recourse is not to register for an event which so shares information.

Special Circumstances. Monitor Backlinks will not disclose your personally identifiable information except as set forth in this Section 3, including in subsections (a) through (d) below:

• when requested to do so by law enforcement agencies;
• when obliged to do so under law;
• for the purpose of pursuing outstanding debts or liabilities; and
• when given permission to do so by you.

Use of Information for Commercial Purposes. You may object to the use of your personal data for commercial purpose at any time.

Information Storage

Permission to Use Information. By submitting your personal information, you agree to its transfer, storage or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Password. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain Services or specific areas of the Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask that you do not share your password with anyone.

Disclaimer. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to us via the Internet; any such transmission is at your own risk.

Information Security

Security Measures. We work hard to protect Monitor Backlinks and our users from unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of information we hold. We review our information collection, storage and processing practices to guard against unauthorized access to systems.

Limited Access to Information. We work hard to restrict access to personal information to Monitor Backlinks employees, contractors and agents who need to know that information in order to process it for us, and who are subject to strict contractual confidentiality obligations and may be disciplined or terminated if they fail to meet these obligations.

Collection of Information From Children

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information relating to children. In the event that we learn that we have collected personally identifiable information from anyone under 18 years of age without prior parental consent, we will take steps to promptly delete such information. By providing your personal information to Monitor Backlinks, through the Service, you represent that you are at least 18 years of age or older.

No Error-Free Performance

Monitor Backlinks does not guarantee error-free performance under this Privacy Policy. We may not always catch an unintended privacy issue, despite our reasonable efforts to do so. Accordingly, we welcome your feedback regarding any privacy concerns that you may have, including how we can improve this Privacy Policy. We will use reasonable efforts to comply with this Privacy Policy and will take prompt corrective action when we learn of any failure to comply with it.

Legal Notices

This Privacy Policy is subject to the Terms and Conditions, available for review at https://www.monitorbacklinks.com/privacy/. Our Terms and Conditions take precedence over any conflicting provision in this Privacy Policy.

Last updated: September 29, 2017