BS ONLINE SUBSCRIBER AGREEMENT
General Terms and Conditions Effective January 1, 2002
The following terms and conditions govern the use of Background Services, LLC ("BS")
services, including the online services available at www.ohiocrimcheck.com (collectively
the "Services") and the information, documents or records available therein
(the "Materials") by the person(s), entity, agency, organization or company
("Subscriber(s)") accessing the Services:
1. LICENSE; RESTRICTION ON USE
1.1. Subscriber is granted a nonexclusive, nontransferable, limited license to access
and use the Services and Materials. This license shall cover the use and access
of all of Subscriber's offices, locations, branches and authorized users and employees
that are a part of the Subscriber's corporation and all such offices, locations
and branches shall be bound by this subscriber agreement, including all terms and
conditions contained herein. This license includes the right to search, access,
retrieve, print or store insubstantial portions of the Materials for the Subscriber's
internal purposes;
1.2. To the extent permitted by applicable copyright law and not further limited
or prohibited by these terms or any Additional Terms, you may make copies of the
Materials and distribute the Materials to your authorized users in accordance with
this agreement.
1.3. Except as specifically provided in Sections 1.1 and 1.2, you are prohibited
from downloading, storing, reproducing, transmitting, displaying, copying, distributing
or using Materials or Services.
1.4. All right, title and interest (including all copyrights and other intellectual
property rights) in the Services and Materials belongs to Background Services, LLC
or its third party suppliers of materials. You acquire no proprietary interests
in the Services, Materials or copies thereof.
1.5. Except as specifically provided herein, you may not use the Services or Materials
in any fashion that infringes the copyrights or proprietary interests therein. You
may not tamper with, alter or change any records or information from the Materials
or Services.
1.6. You may not use the Materials or any information included in the Materials
to determine a consumer's eligibility for (a) credit or insurance for personal,
family or household purposes; (b) employment; or (c) a government license or benefit;
unless you fully comply with all federal, state and local laws, including but not
limited to the FCRA.
1.7. Other provisions that govern your use of the Services and Materials may be
set forth in the applicable Price Schedule, online descriptions, online notices
and such other notification that may be available (collectively "Additional
Terms"), all of which are incorporated by reference herein to these General
Terms and Conditions.
2. ACCESS TO SERVICES
2.1. Only individuals authorized by the Subscriber may access and use the Services
or Materials. All individuals authorized by the Subscriber are subject to these
General Terms and Conditions.
2.2. Each individual authorized to access the Services by the Subscriber must obtain
a personal Identification Number ("ID") from BS to access and use the
Services and Materials. An individual's ID may not be transferred, shared or otherwise
provided to any other individuals.
2.3. Materials and features may be added to, withdrawn from, changed or restricted
from the Services without notice.
2.4. Subscriber shall incur charges for the use of the Materials and Services. Such
charges may include, but not be limited to, a monthly service charge, a transactional
search fee for each search or inquiry of the Materials, or a monthly fixed fee.
Such charges or fees may be assessed in accordance with the Price Schedule or any
written pricing agreement entered into between Subscriber and BS.
2.5. Subscriber shall be responsible for and shall pay all charges and usage fees,
as described in 2.4 above, ("Fees") associated with the use of the Materials
and Services.
2.6. Subscriber authorizes BS to charge all Fees directly to the credit card (as
is provided to BS by Subscriber), as they are incurred or become due. For accounts
that are invoiced, Subscriber authorizes BS to charge all past due accounts to the
credit card securing said account, as may be provided by Subscriber.
2.7. Subscriber's account or any ID issued thereunder is subject to suspension or
termination should the account become past due. BS reserves the right to suspend
or terminate the account or any ID issued thereunder for any other reason.
3. LIMITED WARRANTY
3.1. The Subscriber acknowledges that BS does not create or maintain the records
or information in the Materials and that BS is not responsible for the content or
accuracy of such records or information in the Materials.
3.2. THE SERVICES AND MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS", "AS AVAILABLE"
BASIS AND THE PROVIDER OF THE SERVICES AND EACH THIRD PARTY SUPPLIER OF MATERIALS
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
4. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
4.1. A Covered Party shall not be liable for any loss, injury, claim, liability
or damage of any kind resulting in any way from (a) errors in or omissions from
the Services or Materials available or not included therein, (b) the unavailability
or interruption of the Services or Materials, (c) use of the Services or Materials
(regardless of whether Subscriber received any assistance from any Covered Party
in using the Services or Materials), (d) your use of any equipment in connection
with the Services, (e) the content of the Materials, (f) any delay or failure in
performance beyond the reasonable control of a Covered Party, (g) the use of the
Materials by an authorized individual, Subscriber, authorized user or other third
parties.
4.2. "Covered Party" or "Covered Parties" shall mean and include:
(a) the provider of the Services (Background Services, LLC), its affiliates and
any owner, officer, director, employee, subcontractor, agent, successor or assign
of the provider of the Services or its affiliates; and (b) each third party supplier
of Materials, their affiliates and any owner, officer, director, employee, subcontractor,
agent, successor or assign of any third party supplier of Materials or any of their
affiliates.
4.3. THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE COVERED PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OTHER
CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICES OR MATERIALS SHALL NOT EXCEED THE
AMOUNT OF YOUR ACTUAL DIRECT DAMAGES. YOUR RIGHT TO MONETARY DAMAGES IN THAT AMOUNT
SHALL BE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER REMEDIES THAT YOU MAY HAVE AGAINST ANY COVERED PARTY.
4.4. THE COVERED PARTIES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
ATTORNEYS' FEES) IN ANY WAY DUE TO, RESULTING FROM OR ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH
THE SERVICES, MATERIALS OR THE FAILURE OF ANY COVERED PARTY TO PERFORM ITS OBLIGATIONS,
REGARDLESS OF ANY NEGLIGENCE OF ANY COVERED PARTY.
4.5. The Subscriber and/or the subscribing organization agrees to indemnify, defend
and hold harmless Covered Parties from and against any and all claims, liabilities,
judgments, penalties, losses, costs, damages and expenses, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, of whatsoever kind or nature, arising by reason of or in connection
with any act under or in violation of this agreement or by virtue of the Subscriber's,
or any third parties use of the Materials or any information obtained from Materials
or through the use of the Services, either directly or indirectly.
5. MISCELLANEOUS
5.1. These General Terms and Conditions, including the pricing, charges, Materials
and payment terms may be changed from time to time by BS. Your subscription for
access to the Services may be terminated immediately upon notice to the provider
if any change is unacceptable. Continued use of the Services following any change
constitutes acceptance of the change.
5.2. The Subscriber may terminate the subscription for access to the Services at
any time by providing written notice of its intent to terminate its access to the
Services. The provider of the Services may suspend, disrupt, terminate or discontinue
providing the Services or Materials to Subscriber with or without notice.
5.3. Except as otherwise provided herein, all notices and other communications hereunder
may be in writing or displayed electronically in the Services by the provider thereof.
5.4. The failure of the provider of the Services or any third party supplier of
Materials to enforce any provision hereof shall not constitute or be construed as
a waiver of such provision or of the right to enforce it at a later date.
5.5. The provider of the Services is authorized to perform searches on behalf of
the Subscriber as requested by the Subscriber, monitor its sessions and activities
in the Services and make recommendations to the Subscriber as to their use of the
Services.
5.6. The Subscriber or subscribing organization may not assign its rights or delegate
its duties under this subscription to access the Services without the prior written
consent of the provider of the Services.
5.7. These General Terms and Conditions and the Additional Terms shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio.
5.8. Each third party supplier of Materials has the right to assert and enforce
these provisions directly on its own behalf as a third party beneficiary.
5.9. FCRA. The Subscriber shall ensure that they obtain a signed authorization and
release from the subject of their search PRIOR to running a search, if the search
is for employment purposes, housing or other purpose covered by the FCRA. Subscriber
agrees to keep copies of these releases and to provide copies of all signed releases
to BS on a monthly basis or as requested by BS. All such copies shall be mailed
to BS at its principal place of business.