PhantomALERT Inc. TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Last Updated: May 8, 2010
1. The following Terms and Conditions (the "Terms") govern your use of the PhantomALERT
service, including via mobile application, and your use of our website, available at
http://www.PhantomALERT.com (collectively, the "Service"). PhantomALERT website, traffic camera feed,
datasets and apps are services provided by PhantomALERT Inc. By accessing and/or using the Service,
you acknowledge and agree to all of these terms and conditions. If you do not or cannot agree to the
Terms, you may not use the Service. PhantomALERT reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to update,
revise, supplement and to otherwise modify these Terms, and to impose new or additional terms and
conditions on your use of the Service from time to time. Such changes shall be effective immediately and
incorporated into these Terms upon notice thereof, which may be provided by any reasonable means
including by posting to our website or display in the mobile application. Your continued use of the Service
following such notice will be deemed to constitute acceptance of the updated Terms. Changes will not be
applied retroactively.
2. REGISTRATION
Some portions of the Service require registration. If you choose to register, you represent and warrant
that the provided registration information is complete, accurate, and current. If we believe the information
you provide is not complete, accurate, and current, we may, at our sole discretion, terminate access to
the Service, in addition to any other remedies available under these Terms or applicable law. You must
provide a password in conjunction with a unique user name or email address in order to gain access to
the Service. You represent and warrant that you will not disclose to any other person your password, and
that you will not provide or permit access to the Service to any third party. You are solely responsible for
maintaining the confidentiality of your password and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under
your registration credentials. You agree to immediately notify PhantomALERT Inc. of any unauthorized
use of your registration credentials or any other breach of security. You are liable and responsible for
any unauthorized use of the Service, Content or User Generated Content using your credentials until
you notify PhantomALERT Inc. by e-mail regarding that unauthorized use. Unauthorized access to the
Service is illegal and a breach of these Terms.
3. OUR CONTENT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
PhantomALERT®, and the “$$ Limit” app logo are registered trademarks of PhantomALERT Inc. All
information contained in and comprising the Service, including, without limitation, maps, text, data,
software, photographs, graphics, illustrations and artwork, video, music and sound, names, logos,
trademarks, service marks, and all HTML, CGI and other codes and scripts in any format used to
implement and/or display the Service (all collectively "Content") are the property of PhantomALERT
Inc., its sponsors or business affiliates, and/or their respective licensors, and are subject to U.S. and
international copyright, trademark, and other proprietary rights and intellectual property rights laws. You
agree that you may not copy, modify, upload, download, decompile, disassemble, transmit, republish,
or otherwise distribute any Content from the Service, either directly or by use of a robot, spider, or other
similar manual or automated device or process except as otherwise expressly permitted by these Terms
or with the written permission of PhantomALERT or the applicable rights holder. Additionally, you agree
not to take any steps to violate the applicable copyrights, trademarks and/or patents protecting the
Content. All rights that are not expressly granted herein are reserved.
4. COPYRIGHTS
The Service, Content, User Generated Content and all related materials contain copyrighted material,
trademarks, and other proprietary information owned by PhantomAlert. You may not modify, publish,
transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, create derivative works of, or in any way exploit, in
whole or in part, the Service, Content, User Generated Content, or other related materials owned by
PhatomALERT Inc.
5. ACCEPTABLE USE
Subject to these Terms, PhantomALERT Inc. grants you a limited, non-exclusive, nontransferable license
to access the Service, User Generated Content and/or Content contained in or made available through
this Service, solely for your private, personal, non-commercial use. This is a license to use and access
the Service for its intended purpose and is not a transfer of title. You may use the Service only for
purposes expressly permitted herein. Unauthorized use of the Service, User Generated Content, or any
of the materials and/or Content contained therein terminates this limited license effective immediately.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may not, without limitation: (a) duplicate the Service, User Generated
Content or any of the materials and/or Content contained therein; (b) create derivative works based on
the Service, User Generated Content or any of the materials and/or Content contained therein; (c) use the
Service, User Generated Content or any of the materials and/or Content contained therein for any
commercial purpose, or for any public display, public performance, sale or rental; (d) otherwise upload,
transfer, or duplicate any of the User Generated Content, Content or related materials onto any other
desktop, laptop, mobile device, GPS, browser-based, or any other computing device application now
existing or later invented; or (e) distribute the Service, User Generated Content or any of the materials
and/or Content contained therein. You may, however, use the Service's Twitter and Facebook integration
to make materials you post available on those platforms. You also may not: (i) remove any copyright or
other proprietary notices from the Service, User Generated Content and/or Content contained therein; (ii)
represent or hold out to others that you are the owner of the copyright or other rights in the Service,
Content or User Generated Content; (iii) use any meta-tags or any other "hidden text" containing the
PhantomALERT marks; (iv) "deep-link" to any page of any of the Service (including the homepage); (v)
circumvent any encryption or other security tools used anywhere on the Service (including the theft of
user names and passwords or using another person's user name and password in order to gain access to
any area of the Service); (vi) use any data mining, robots or similar data gathering and extraction tools on
the Service, Content or User Generated Content; (vii) decompile, reverse engineer, modify or
disassemble any of the software or database aspect of the Service, User Generated Content and/or
Content; or (viii) sell, rent, lease, license, sublicense, transfer, distribute, re-transmit, time-share, use as a
service bureau or otherwise assign to any third party the materials, User Generated Content and/or
Content or any of your rights to access and use said items as granted above. You agree to cooperate
with PhantomALERT Inc. in causing any unauthorized use of the Service, User Generated Content or
Content to cease immediately. You hereby agree not to publish, disseminate or submit any defamatory,
offensive or illegal material while using the Service or other services included on the Service. You are
solely responsible for material you submit, including any material that violates any local, state, national, or
international laws even if a claim arises after your service is terminated. Uploading such material shall
constitute a material breach of these Terms and shall terminate all your rights under these Terms. You
are responsible for complying with all applicable laws, and agree not to use PhantomALERT or any
function thereof in any jurisdiction where such use is prohibited. You acknowledge, consent and agree
that PhantomALERT Inc. may access, preserve, and disclose your account information and content if
required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access, preservation or disclosure is
reasonably necessary to: (1) comply with legal process; (2) enforce these Terms; (3) respond to claims
that any material violates the rights of third parties; (4) respond to your requests for customer service; or
(5) protect the rights, property or personal safety of PhantomALERT Inc., the Service, the User
Generated Content, the Content, its users and the public.
6. MATERIALS YOU POST
By using the Service, you may have the opportunity to contribute to our community by posting location
information, points of interest (including without limitation “speed-traps,” traffic cameras, and law
enforcement checkpoints) and reviews, attributes, comments, enhancements, deletions, modifications
and corrections to existing points of interest, photos, video, and other materials to the Service (collectively
the “User Generated Content”).
You hereby irrevocably, without limitation or reservation of rights, assign all right, title, and interest in
and to all User Generated Content to PhantomALERT Inc., to have and to hold the same, including
PhantomALERT Inc.’s successors and assigns absolutely and forever, including all renewals and
extensions of copyright anywhere in the world. This assignment is made without reservation of any rights
of any kind now known or hereinafter discovered or granted by law, including electronic, digital, and all
other versions in all media and formats now known or hereafter invented, worldwide and forever. Your
hereby release any and all claims you may now have or hereafter have in the User Generated Content.
You hereby represent and warrant that you are the sole author and owner of the copyright and all other
rights of any kind in the User Generated Content, and that you have the full rights and authority to assign
the entire copyright, and that the Work does not infringe on the rights of any third parties in any way. You
hereby grant to PhantomALERT Inc. all rights of publicity to use your real or profile name and/or likeness
in connection with the User Generated Content.
Without limiting the foregoing, PhantomALERT Inc., as owner of the User Generated Content, its parents
and affiliates, successors, licensees, and designees shall have the right to use, distribute, reproduce,
modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and publicly display such User Generated Content
(in whole or in part) and to incorporate such User Generated Content into other works in any format or
medium now known or later developed. You agree that you will only post User Generated Content that
you are authorized to post, and for which you are able to effectuate the aforementioned assignment
of rights. You agree not to post, submit, publish, display, disseminate, or otherwise communicate any
defamatory, obscene, pornographic, profane, inaccurate, abusive, threatening, offensive, or illegal
material, or any material that would violate or infringe the copyright, trademark, rights of publicity, privacy
rights or other rights of any person or entity. You further acknowledge and understand that transmission
or publication of any material that violates any federal, state, or local law in the United States or anywhere
else in the world, is strictly prohibited and that your transmission or publication of such material shall
constitute a material breach of these Terms entitling PhantomALERT Inc. or its designees to immediately
terminate Your right to access or use the Service without notice. You agree that you will exercise
appropriate care to post accurate information to public areas of the Service. If PhantomALERT Inc.
or its designee believes, at its sole discretion, that you have intentionally posted false or misleading
information for availability to other users, then your access to the Service may be disabled or terminated.
You acknowledge and agree that you, and not PhantomALERT Inc., shall be solely responsible and liable
for all damages, liability or other consequences, foreseen or unforeseen, for anything that you submit,
publish, display, disseminate or otherwise communicate through the Service even if a claim for damages
or liability should arise after termination of service. We reserve the right, but not the obligation, to remove
or disable access to any material or activity accessible on or from the Service that we, in our sole
discretion, believe violates these Terms or is otherwise inappropriate for the Service. You understand and
agree that materials you submit may be accessible to other users and may not be secure or private.
7. COSTS
You acknowledge and agree that your actions can result in you and/or third parties incurring additional
charges, fees and/or costs for messages or data transmitted to cellular telephones or or mobile devices.
You agree that you are solely responsible for any and all charges and/or fees that result from your use
of this Service. You further agree to indemnify and hold PhantomALERT Inc., and its officers, directors,
employees, licensees, vendors, attorneys, insurers, and affiliated companies harmless from any and
all costs, demands, claims, actions, damages, and liability arising from and/or relating to such cellular
telephone or mobile device messaging charges, data charges, fees and/or costs.
8. SUBSCRIPTION PLANS
For maps, data sets and traffic camera data, "lifetime" is defined as the life of the product or 3 years,
whichever is reached first, or until the device manufacturer, PhantomALERT, map or traffic camera feed
providers no longer receive relevant updates of data. For premium alerts, “lifetime" is defined as the life of
the app. PhantomALERT safety and enforcement alerts and live traffic camera feeds require data or Wi-Fi
connectivity.
Cellular reception is required for real time updates, alerts and searches.
9. TERMINATION
You may terminate your registration and access to the Service phone, email, contact form at any
time. You agree that PhantomALERT Inc. and its designees may, without prior notice, immediately
terminate or limit your access to the Service. Cause for such termination or limitation of access is detailed
throughout these Terms of Service and may also include, without limitation, (a) violation of these Terms
or other associated terms and conditions or guidelines for use, (b) request by law enforcement or other
government agencies, (c) discontinuance or material modification of the Service (or any part thereof), (d)
unexpected technical or security issues or problems, (e) extended periods of inactivity, (f) engagement
by you in fraudulent or illegal activities, and/or (g) nonpayment of any fees owed by you in connection
with the Service. You agree that all terminations and limitations of access for cause shall be made in the
sole discretion of PhantomALERT Inc. and its designees, and that PhantomALERT Inc. and its designees
shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination or limitation of your access to the Service.
10. MODIFICATION OF SERVICE
PhantomALERT Inc. reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to modify or discontinue,
temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that
PhantomALERT Inc. shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension, or
discontinuance of the Service or any part thereof.
11. DEALINGS WITH ADVERTISERS
Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or
through the Service, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms,
conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such
advertiser. You agree that PhantomALERT Inc. shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage
of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers
on the Service.
12. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THE SERVICE OR ANY OF THE MATERIALS, USER
GENERATED CONTENT, AND/OR CONTENT CONTAINED THEREIN IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN
RISK. THE SERVICE, USER GENERATED CONTENT, AND ALL MATERIALS AND/OR CONTENT
CONTAINED THEREIN ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
PHANTOMALERT INC., ITS PARENTS AND AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, PARTNERS,
LICENSORS, AND DESIGNEES MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES THAT THE
SERVICE, USER GENERATED CONTENT OR ANY MATERIALS AND/OR CONTENT CONTAINED
THEREIN WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR FREE, OR AS TO THE
QUALITY, SUITABILITY, TRUTH, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE SERVICE, USER
GENERATED CONTENT, OR ANY OF THE MATERIALS AND/OR CONTENT CONTAINED THEREIN.
YOU ALSO UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ANY MATERIAL, AND/OR SOFTWARE, AND/OR
DATA DOWNLOADED, OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE, USER
GENERATED CONTENT OR ANY OF THE MATERIALS AND/OR CONTENT CONTAINED THEREIN
IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE
FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM, MOBILE DEVICE, CELLULAR TELEPHONE,
GPS, OR OTHER COMPUTING DEVICE NOW EXISTING OR LATER INVENTED, OR LOSS OF
DATA. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT PHANTOMALERT INC. CANNOT AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE
OR WARRANT THAT FILES AND/OR INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADING FROM
THE INTERNET WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJAN HORSES, SECURITY THREATS
OR OTHER CODE THAT MAY MANIFEST CONTAMINATING OR DESTRUCTIVE PROPERTIES.
PHANTOMALERT INC. DOES NOT ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR RISK FOR YOUR USE OF
THE INTERNET.
13. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT SHALL PHANTOMALERT INC. (OR ITS LICENSORS, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS,
RESELLERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, OR ANY OTHER SUBSCRIBERS OR SUPPLIERS) BE
LIABLE TO YOU, OR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTY FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION,
DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, OR GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, OR DAMAGE TO
ANY HARDWARE DEVICE USED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS SERVICE, WHICH MAY ARISE FROM
ANY PERSON'S USE, MISUSE, OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE OR ANY OF THE MATERIALS,
USER GENERATED CONTENT, AND/OR CONTENT CONTAINED THEREIN, EVEN IF WE HAVE
BEEN ADVISED OF THE PROBABILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THIS APPLIES TO ANY MATTER
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS, WHETHER SUCH LIABILITY IS ASSERTED
ON THE BASIS OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF PHANTOMALERT INC. HAS BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT SHALL PHANTOMALERT
INC.'S MAXIMUM TOTAL AGGREGRATE LIABILITY HEREUNDER FOR DIRECT DAMAGES EXCEED
THE TOTAL FEES ACTUALLY PAID BY YOU FOR USE OF THE SERVICE FOR A PERIOD OF NO
MORE THAN SIX (6) MONTHS FROM THE ACCRUAL OF THE APPLICABLE CAUSE OR CAUSES OF
ACTION.
14. EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, SO SOME
OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
15. INDEMNITY
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold PhantomALERT Inc. and its officers, directors, shareholders,
employees, independent contractors and agents, harmless from and against any and all claims, actions,
liabilities, costs, or demands, including without limitation legal and accounting fees, for all damages
directly, indirectly, and/or consequentially resulting or allegedly resulting from your use, misuse, or
inability to use the Service or any of the materials and/or Content contained therein, or your breach of any
of the terms and conditions, representations or warranties set forth in these Terms. PhantomALERT Inc.
shall promptly notify you by electronic mail of any such claim or suit, and cooperate fully (at your expense)
in the defense of such claim or suit. PhantomALERT Inc. may participate in the defense of such claim or
defense at its own expense, and choose its own legal counsel, but is not obligated to do so.
16. LINKS
Some websites that are linked to the Service are owned and operated by third parties. Because
PhantomALERT Inc. has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that
PhantomALERT Inc. is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and does
not screen their contents or endorse them, and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising,
services, products, or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. You further
acknowledge and agree that PhantomALERT Inc. shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly,
for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on
any such third-party content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource. If you
decide to access any such third party sites, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to any terms
and conditions and privacy policies posted therein.
17. NOTICE OF CLAIMED INFRINGEMENT
PhantomALERT Inc. respects third parties’ intellectual property rights and complies with the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act of 1988. If you believe that your intellectual property rights have been violated
with information, User Generated Content, and/or Content made available on the Service, please provide
our Copyright Agent the following information:
an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright
or other intellectual property interest; 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 Service; 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; and 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.
Send your Notice of Claimed Infringement to: PhantomALERT Inc., Att'n: Copyright Agent, P.O. Box
1247, Washington, DC 20013. Or
Joe.Scott@PhantomALERT.com . Please do not send other notices,
inquires or information to our Designated Agent.
18. FORCE MAJEURE
PhantomALERT Inc. shall not be responsible for any failure to perform due to unforeseen circumstances
or to causes beyond its reasonable control, including but not limited to: acts of nature, such as fire,
flood, earthquakes, hurricanes, tropical storms or other natural disasters; war, riot, arson, embargoes,
acts of civil or military authority, or terrorism; fiber cuts; strikes, or shortages in transportation, facilities,
fuel, energy, labor or materials; failure of the telecommunications or information services infrastructure;
hacking, SPAM, or any failure of a computer, server or software, for so long as such event continues to
delay PhantomALERT Inc.'s performance.
19. GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE
These Terms and all matters arising out of or otherwise relating to these Terms shall be governed by
the laws of the state of Delaware, excluding its conflict of law provisions. The parties agree that the
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is specifically excluded from
application to these Terms. You hereby submit to the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts
of the state of Delaware. Exclusive venue for any litigation permitted under these Terms shall be with the
state and federal courts located in Wilmington, Delaware.
20. NO TRANSFER; NO RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP
You agree that your access to the Service, User Generated Content and Content contained therein,
including any materials associated with your registration information, is non-transferable and any rights to
your registration or such materials terminate upon your death.
21. WAIVER AND SEVERABILITY
The failure of PhantomALERT Inc. to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms shall not
constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any
provision of these Terms, or any portion thereof, to be unenforceable, the parties nevertheless agree that
the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the
remainder of these Terms will continue in full force and effect.
22. NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES
You agree that, except as otherwise expressly provided in these Terms, there shall be no third-party
beneficiaries to these Terms.
23. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
These Terms constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to your access and use of
the Service, User Generated Content and the materials and/or Content contained therein, and supersede
and replace all prior versions of these Terms. Certain features and downloads associated with the
Service may be subject to additional terms and conditions.
24. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
You agree that, regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action brought by
you arising out of or related to the Service or these Terms must be filed within one (1) year after such
claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.
25. INJUNCTION
Any breach or threatened breach by you of Sections 3, 4, 5, and 6 will cause irreparable harm
to PhantomALERT Inc. for which money damages will not be an adequate remedy. Therefore,
PhantomALERT Inc. shall, in addition to any other legal or equitable remedies, be entitled to an injunction
or similar equitable relief against any such breach or threatened breach without the necessity of posting
any bond.
26. SECTION TITLES
Section titles in these Terms are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.
27. CONTACT US
To reach us with questions or to report a breach of security or violation of these Terms, please visit our
Contact page at
http://www.phantomalert.com/contact-phantomalert.html