This Agreement is entered into on
February 4, 2009
by and between above listed user,
(referred to herein as “Client”) and DTO, Inc. (hereafter referred to as “Provider”) for
commencement of services to begin on the first date of the approval of the Client.
- SERVICES:
Provider will furnish Client on request consumer and business
information or other data stored or accessed by Provider’s reporting
system. Client will provide Provider with appropriate identifying
information as to itself and other requested information.
- Client USE LIMITATIONS:
WHEREAS, the Federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, 15 U.S.C.A. Section 6801
et seq. (2000), (“GLB Act”) was enacted to protect the use and
disclosure of non-public personal information, including, in certain
instances, the use of identifying information only; and WHEREAS, the
Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 1681 et seq.
(“FCRA”) was, in part, enacted to address the collection and use of
information concerning consumers that relates to an individual’s
credit-worthiness, credit standing, credit capacity or the general
reputation of the individual; and WHEREAS, the GLB Act provides limited
exceptions under which such information may be used; NOW, THEREFORE,
Client hereby certifies to Provider that Client has determined that
Client’s use of certain identification-only products (“Reference
Products”), including but not limited to Credit Header Products is
pursuant to an exception under the GLB Act and/or constitutes a
permissible purpose as defined by the FCRA. Client acknowledges that it
is in its best interest to implement the Fair Information Practice
Principles and agrees that in addition to using these Reference
Products pursuant to a GLB Act exception and/or a permissible purpose
as defined by the FCRA, it will use these Reference Products in
compliance with Fair Information Practice Principles. Client hereby
certifies that its use of the Reference Products shall be for
Purpose(s) designated below in the section entitled, “Certification of
uses for Non-Public Information Products”
Client acknowledges that Client has read
and does understand the information set forth above and understands
that failure to abide by the Fair Information Practice Principles or
attempting to access restricted information for any reason other than
as designated by Client may result in immediate termination of access
or to other remedies. Further, Client acknowledges receipt of “Access
Security Requirements” and agrees to abide by the terms and conditions
described therein.
Client understands that Provider cannot
provide legal advice regarding the appropriate uses of non-public,
personal information and that it is Client’s obligation and
responsibility to seek legal counsel in interpreting the applicable
laws. However, regardless of the opinion of Client’s legal counsel,
Provider will allow or restrict access to products based on Provider’
understanding of the applicable laws. All such decisions are the sole
discretion of Provider and shall be final.
Provider will, from time to time, in the
ordinary course of business, in order to fulfill its compliance
obligations, routinely and randomly audit, through a variety of means,
the use of information obtained by Provider Clients from Provider.
Client agrees to provide to Provider such access or documentation as
Provider deems necessary to perform such audits in order to verify the
legitimacy of a request for non-public information. Provider shall
protect the confidentiality of all information obtained through such
audits. Client acknowledges that failure to provide such access or
documentation may result in immediate restriction of access or other
remedies.
CERTIFICATION OF USES FOR NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION SEARCHES: By Agreeing, you certify that any use of Non-Public Information
Searches are performed for one or more of the following uses approved below:
- Child Support Enforcement
- Employment Screening
- Collections
- Employment Verification
- Legal Process Service
- Fraud Prevention
- Insurance Claims Investigation
- Locate Beneficiaries and Heirs
- Locate Missing Persons
- For required institutional risk control or for resolving consumer disputes or inquiries
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- Locate Former Employees
- Locate Alumni - Class Reunions
- Locate Existing Customers
- Product Recalls
- People Locator Service
- Locate Former Patients (Medical Industry ONLY)
- Tenant Screening
- Locate Owners of Unclaimed Goods
- Witness & Victim Locating in a documented criminal or civil action
- Locating Fraud Victims in an active criminal or civil action
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RESTRICTED USES: The following is a list of unacceptable uses for our services, products or information:
- May NOT be used to locate suspects in a criminal or civil lawsuit in order to develop a news story.
- May NOT be used to track down victims of fraud, their family members or friends to develop a news story.
- May NOT be used to locate lost loves, friends, family members or for personal reasons (dating, etc.)
- May
NOT be used for purposes that may cause physical or emotional harm to
the subject of the report (e.g. stalking, harassing, etc.)
- May NOT be used to search for individuals involved in an adoption (children, parents, siblings, etc.)
- May NOT be used to locate personal information on well known/high profile celebrities, government officials, etc.
- May
NOT be used in connection with credit repair services, to locate
previous debtors or to assist in the determination of whether or not to
file a personal lawsuit or judgment against the subject of the report.
- May NOT be used to access individual reference data on ones self or out of personal curiosity.
- May
NOT be used by Professional and Commercial users for purposes that are
not within their normal course of business (e.g. A collection agency
may NOT use our services/products to locate a witness to a crime)
ACCESS SECURITY REQUIREMENTS:
We recognize and accept our obligation to support and implement
policies that protect the confidential nature of information we provide
through our services (which include providing access to information
contained in the databases of the three national credit bureaus) and to
ensure respect for consumer’s rights to privacy. Therefore, we provide
our services only to preapproved companies that have an acceptable use
for credit headers and credit header information.
We strive to achieve and to enforce the
highest levels of legal and ethical conduct in the use of credit header
information. We seek to tailor our credit header products, and to limit
access to them, in a fair and balanced manner, one that respects both
legitimate needs for information and legitimate privacy concerns. We
provide the following notice to you so that you may avoid falling under
the restrictions imposed by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).
You may only use credit header
information to locate or to further identify the subject of that credit
header information. You may not and should not use credit header
information, in whole or in part, to determine a consumer’s eligibility
for credit, for employment, or for insurance, nor may you use credit
header information for any other purpose for which you might properly
obtain a consumer report, except in connection with collection of a
debt. If adverse action is to be taken against the subject of a credit
header report and the basis for such adverse action is information
obtained or derived from credit header information, you must verify
such information from another source before taking such adverse action.
We require all third-party users to take
strict precautions to secure any system or device used to access credit
header information. To that end, we have established the following
requirements:
- You
must appoint and identify a Security Designate who will have
responsibility within your company to oversee the stipulations listed
below.
- You consider and treat your account number
and password as “sensitive information.” You must protect your account
number and password in a way that assures that only key personnel have
access to and knowledge of this sensitive information. Under no
circumstances should you give unauthorized persons information
concerning your account number or password. You must notify Provider
immediately so that new passwords can be issued when: those company
personnel who have access to Provider's data are terminated from
employment, transferred and/or job duties have been reassigned where
access to data is no longer required; or you become aware of suspect or
questionable activity regarding access to Provider’s data; or you
become aware of any potential compromise of your systems that may
expose Provider's data to security vulnerabilities.
- The
system access software you use (whether developed by you or purchased
from a third-party vendor) must “hide” or “embed” your account and
password so that only supervisory personnel know your account number
and password. You must assign each end user of your system access
software unique passwords.
- Your must not discuss
your account number and password over the telephone with any unknown
caller, even if the caller claims to be our employee.
- You must restrict the ability to obtain credit header information to a few key personnel.
- Credit
header information obtained through our service CANNOT be sold to the
general public, in whole or in part, under any circumstances.
- Credit
header information you obtain through our service must be obtained in a
manner consistent with the principles of the Fair Information Practice
Codes described by the Federal Trade Commission
(http://www.ftc.gov/reports/privacy3/fairinfo.htm ) and must be used
pursuant to an exception as defined by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
and/or a permissible purpose as defined by the federal Fair Credit
Reporting Act.
- PERFORMANCE:
Provider will exercise its best efforts to deliver accurate, up-to-date
information in response to Client’s requests in an expeditious and
efficient manner, and will use its best efforts to regularly maintain
and augment its information gathered from its suppliers and from
selected public records and to make reasonable efforts to verify that
its sources of information are accurate to the greatest extent
possible, but obligation or liability to Client for any delay or
failure of Provider in its performance under this agreement is limited
to the terms set forth herein.
- LIMITATION OF LIABILITY:
Client and Provider agree that the limitation of Provider's liability
to Client will be the return of the fee paid by Client to Provider for
the data accessed to the extent said data and information is found to
be the sole basis upon which Client incurred any injury or damage
resulting from furnishing of such information by Providers. In no event
will Provider be liable to Client for any other damage, consequential
damages, omissions, or any other costs and expenses whatsoever except
as expressly agreed to here and above. Additionally, Client hereby
holds harmless all directors, officers, employees, agents, or suppliers
of Providerfor any injury or damages as a result of Providerfurnishing
such data or information to Client as set forth here and above.
- INDEMNIFICATION:
Client acknowledges that the data it obtains from Provider is compiled
by Provider from numerous suppliers and that Client has been allowed
access to the data because of its representations of its authorized use
of this data. Client shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless
Providerand its suppliers from and against any and all liabilities,
damages, losses, claims, costs, fees and expenses (including attorney
fees) arising out of or related to Client’s use of the data obtained
from Providers. Provider and its suppliers are entitled to enforce the
data security, use, legal compliance, and indemnification provisions of
this and all other Agreements by and between Client and Provider
directly against the Client as third party beneficiaries. If Client
knowingly and willfully obtains information for an improper purpose or
without the proper consent under the FCRA, GLB or any other applicable
law, or knowingly and willfully uses the report improperly, Client
agrees that such are material breaches of this Agreement and such a
breach may result in immediate termination of this Agreement and
access. Client further agrees that such an act would cause
Providerirreparable harm and that damages are not readily determinable
and agrees to pay Provider the sum of $100,000 as liquidated damages
for such breach.
- CONTRACT IN ENTIRETY:
This agreement sets forth the entire understanding and agreement
between Provider and Client and supersedes any prior or contemporaneous
oral or written agreements or representations; it may be modified only
be a written amendment duly executed by both parties. This Agreement
shall be interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York.
- SURVIVAL OF AGREEMENT:
Provisions hereof related to release of claims, indemnification, use of
information and data, payment for Provider services and disclaimer of
warranties shall survive any termination of the license to use the
services provided by Provider.
- RELATIONSHIP OF PARTIES: Client shall at no time represent that it is an agent or representative of Providers.
- CHARGES AND PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS:
Access to Services is offered only to companies and individuals upon
completion of Application for Services, signing of this Agreement and
verification by Providers of all information supplied. For all
responses to requests for information (including “no record”
responses), Client agrees to pay Providers the applicable charges then
prevailing for the various services rendered to Client, and any monthly
membership fees. Prevailing charges will be specified in Providers’
published Price Lists and/or individual price quotes. Providers
reserves the right to change its fees and prices in the pricing
schedule at any time in the term by giving Client advance notice.
- PAST DUE ACCOUNTS:
At the option of Providers, payments not received fifteen (15) after
the date of the invoice will cause Client’s account to be placed on
HOLD, with no additional requests being processed until the balance due
is paid in full. Past due balances will be charged 1.5% per month
service charge. Accounts that become 30 days or older will be billed
directly to Client’s credit card. Client and/or authorized parties
further agree to pay any and all costs of collection on unpaid
balances, including but not limited to reasonable attorney fees, court
costs, and expenditures related thereto.
- GOVERNING LAW, VENUE and ATTORNEY’S FEES:
This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the
internal substantive laws of the State of Florida, which are intended
to supersede any choice of laws or rules that might require the
application of the laws of another jurisdiction. Both parties hereby
consent to the jurisdiction of the courts of Florida, whether federal,
state or local, with respect to actions brought to enforce or interpret
this Agreement. Venue for all actions shall be in the state of Florida.
The prevailing party in any arbitration, or permitted legal or
equitable action, shall be entitled to an award of its reasonable
attorneys’ fees and costs in enforcing its rights under this agreement.
- VIOLATIONS: Any violation of state or federal law shall result in immediate irrevocable termination upon conviction, with time
having run out for appeal. However, Providers may suspend services upon finding by the court or a jury verdict.
- DEFINITION OF RESPONSIBLE PARTY:
“Responsible Party” shall be defined as those persons who have access
to the client account issued by Providers to facilitate inquiries into
information systems and databases provided by Providers, including
passwords necessary for computer access should such access be granted
to Client by Providers. “Responsible Party” also includes the persons
whose names and/or signatures appear upon said Agreement and New
Account Application (attached), including owner, partner, president,
vice president, secretary, treasurer, qualified manager, licensees, or
other authorized agents of said Client entity. In the event of
unauthorized access into the information systems and databases provided
by Providers, Client and its responsible parties shall bear full
responsibility for any unauthorized or unwarranted inquiries, including
payment for said inquiries as set forth in Section 9 and 10 of this
Agreement.
- TERMS:
This agreement shall continue in force without any fixed date of
termination; however, either Providers or Client may terminate the
Agreement upon fifteen (15) days prior written notice to the other or
by Client violating rules of membership. Client must include payment in
full along with cancellation letter. Non-payment or breach of this
Agreement may cause immediate revocation of privileges without prior
notice by Providers.
- ASSIGNMENT: The license granted pursuant to this agreement to Client may not be assigned by Client, in whole or in part
without the prior written consent of Providers.
- DIGITAL SIGNING OF THIS AGREEMENT
and completion of the New Account Application in its entirety shall
indicate that all statements and information as provided by Client are,
to the best of Client’s knowledge, true and correct. Client further
agrees that the intended use of all information, as provided under this
contract through Provider, will be utilized within the legal purposes
as set forth in the Agreement, as Provider assumes no liability,
directly or indirectly, for the misuse of said information by Client.
In connection with my application, I understand that Inquiries may be made into the background of the company, and (if the
business is a sole proprietorship) myself, and that such inquires may include but are not limited to identity verification,
professional licensing verification, domain registration, and other information. I authorize
without reservation any company, agency, party, or other source to furnish the above information as requested by DTO, Inc
in connection with my application for services on this date and periodic account reviews in the future.