1. Acceptance of Terms
  1. PawnMate, Inc. (“PawMate”) provides its Service (as defined below) to you through its web site located at https://PawnMate.com (the “Site”), subject to this Terms of Service agreement (“TOS”). By accepting this TOS or by accessing or using the Service or Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by this TOS. If you are entering into this TOS on behalf of a company, business or other legal entity, you represent that you have the authority to bind such entity and its affiliates to this TOS, in which case the terms “you” or “your” shall refer to such entity and its affiliates. If you do not have such authority, or if you do not agree with this TOS, you must not accept this TOS and may not use the Service.
  2. PawnMate may change this TOS from time to time without prior notice. You can review the most current version of this TOS at any time at https://PawnMate.com/tos/. The revised terms and conditions will become effective upon posting and if you use the Service after that date, your use will constitute acceptance of the revised terms and conditions. If any change to this TOS is not acceptable to you, your only remedy is to stop accessing and using the Service.

 

  1. Description of Service

The “Service” includes (a) the Site, (b) PawnMate’s POS as a service technology, and (c) all software (including the Software, as defined below), data, reports, text, images, sounds, video, and content made available through any of the foregoing (collectively referred to as the “Content”). Any new features added to or augmenting the Service are also subject to this TOS.

  1. General Conditions/ Access and Use of the Service
  1. Subject to the terms and conditions of this TOS, you may access and use the Service only for lawful purposes. All rights, title and interest in and to the Service and its components will remain with and belong exclusively to PawnMate. You shall not (a) sublicense, resell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, time share or otherwise commercially exploit or make the Service available to any third party; (b) use the Service in any unlawful manner (including without limitation in violation of any data, privacy or export control laws) or in any manner that interferes with or disrupts the integrity or performance of the Service or its components, or (c) modify, adapt or hack the Service to, or otherwise attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service or its related systems or networks. You shall comply with any codes of conduct, policies or other notices PawnMate provides you or publishes in connection with the Service, and you shall promptly notify PawnMate if you learn of a security breach related to the Service. Without limiting any of the foregoing, you agree to comply, and require that your users comply, with all applicable laws, whether federal, state, local or international, relating to the privacy of communication for all parties to a conversation, including, when required, advising all participants in a recorded video chat that the video chat is being recorded.
  2. Any software that may be made available by PawnMate in connection with the Service (“Software”) contains proprietary and confidential information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws. Subject to the terms and conditions of this TOS, PawnMate hereby grants you a personal, non-transferable, non-sublicensable and non-exclusive right and license to use the object code of any Software on a single device solely in connection with the Service, provided that you shall not (and shall not allow any third party to) copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to discover any source code or sell, assign, sublicense or otherwise transfer any right in any Software. You agree not to access the Service by any means other than through the interface that is provided by PawnMate for use in accessing the Service. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved and no license or right to use any trademark of PawnMate or any third party is granted to you in connection with the Service.
  3. You are solely responsible for all data, information, feedback, suggestions, text, content and other materials that you upload, post, deliver, provide or otherwise transmit or store (hereafter “transfer(ring)”) in connection with or relating to the Service (“Your Content”). You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login, password and account and for all activities that occur under your login or account. PawnMate reserves the right to access your account in order to respond to your requests for technical support. By transferring Your Content on or through the Service, You hereby do and shall grant PawnMate a worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully paid, sublicensable and transferable license to use, modify, reproduce, distribute, display, publish and perform Your Content in connection with the Service. PawnMate has the right, but not the obligation, to monitor the Service, Content, or Your Content. You further agree that PawnMate may remove or disable any Content at any time for any reason (including, but not limited to, upon receipt of claims or allegations from third parties or authorities relating to such Content), or for no reason at all.
  4. You understand that the operation of the Service, including Your Content, may be unencrypted and involve (a) transmissions over various networks; (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices and (c) transmission to PawnMate’s third party vendors and hosting partners to provide the necessary hardware, software, networking, storage, and related technology required to operate and maintain the Service. Accordingly, you acknowledge that you bear sole responsibility for adequate security, protection and backup of Your Content. PawnMate will have no liability to you for any unauthorized access or use of any of Your Content, or any corruption, deletion, destruction or loss of any of Your Content.
  5. The failure of PawnMate to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this TOS shall not be a waiver of that right. You acknowledge that this TOS is a contract between you and PawnMate, even though it is electronic and is not physically signed by you and PawnMate, and it governs your use of the Service and takes the place of any prior agreements between you and PawnMate.
  6. PawnMate reserves the right to use your name and/or company name as a reference for marketing or promotional purposes on PawnMate’s website and in other communication with existing or potential PawnMate customers. To decline PawnMate this right you need to email help@pawnmate.com stating that you do not wish to be used as a reference.
  1. Payment

To the extent the Service or any portion thereof is made available for any fee, you will be required to select a payment plan and provide PawnMate information regarding your credit card or other payment instrument. You represent and warrant to PawnMate that such information is true and that you are authorized to use the payment instrument. You will promptly update your account information with any changes (for example, a change in your billing address or credit card expiration date) that may occur. You agree to pay PawnMate the amount that is specified in the payment plan in accordance with the terms of such plan and this TOS. You hereby authorize PawnMate to bill your payment instrument in advance on a periodic basis in accordance with the terms of the applicable payment plan until you terminate your account, and you further agree to pay any charges so incurred. If you dispute any charges you must let PawnMate know within sixty (60) days after the date that PawnMate invoices you. We reserve the right to change PawnMate’s prices. If PawnMate does, PawnMate will provide notice of the change on the Site or in email to you, at PawnMate’s option, at least 30 days before the change is to take effect. Your continued use of the Service after the price change becomes effective constitutes your agreement to pay the changed amount.

  1. Representations and Warranties

You represent and warrant to PawnMate that (i) you have full power and authority to enter into this TOS; (ii) you own all Your Content or have obtained all permissions, releases, rights or licenses required to engage in your activities (and allow PawnMate to perform its obligations) in connection with the Services without obtaining any further releases or consents; (iii) Your Content and other activities in connection with the Service, and PawnMate’s exercise of all rights and license granted by you herein, do not and will not violate, infringe, or misappropriate any third party’s copyright, trademark, right of privacy or publicity, or other personal or proprietary right, nor does Your Content contain any matter that is defamatory, obscene, unlawful, threatening, abusive, tortious, offensive or harassing; and (iv) you are eighteen (18) years of age or older.

  1. Termination

You have the right to terminate your account at any time in accordance with the procedures set forth on the Site. PawnMate reserves the right to (i) modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) and (ii) refuse any and all current and future use of the Service, suspend or terminate your account (any part thereof) or use of the Service and remove and discard any of Your Content in the Service, for any reason, including if PawnMate believes that you have violated this TOS. PawnMate shall not be liable to you or any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuation of the Service. PawnMate will use good faith efforts to contact you to warn you prior to suspension or termination of your account by PawnMate. All of Your Content on the Service (if any) may be permanently deleted by PawnMate upon any termination of your account in its sole discretion. If PawnMate terminates your account without cause and you have signed up for a fee-bearing service, PawnMate will refund the pro-rated, unearned portion of any amount that you have prepaid to PawnMate for such Service. However, all accrued rights to payment and the terms of Section 4-12 shall survive termination of this TOS.

  1. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

THE SERVICE, INCLUDING THE SITE AND CONTENT, AND ALL SERVER AND NETWORK COMPONENTS ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, AND PawnMate EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT PawnMate DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, ERROR-FREE OR VIRUS-FREE AND NO INFORMATION, ADVICE OR SERVICES OBTAINED BY YOU FROM PawnMate OR THROUGH THE SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS TOS.

  1. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
  1. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE) SHALL PawnMate BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR (A) ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, LOST SALES OR BUSINESS, LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR (B) FOR ANY DIRECT DAMAGES, COSTS, LOSSES OR LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF THE FEES ACTUALLY PAID BY YOU IN THE SIX (6) MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO YOUR CLAIM OR, IF NO FEES APPLY, ONE HUNDRED ($100) U.S. DOLLARS. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION ALLOCATE THE RISKS UNDER THIS TOS BETWEEN THE PARTIES, AND THE PARTIES HAVE RELIED ON THESE LIMITATIONS IN DETERMINING WHETHER TO ENTER INTO THIS TOS.
  2. Some states do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or limitation of liability for incidental or consequential damages, which means that some of the above limitations may not apply to you. IN THESE STATES, PAWNMATE’S LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
  1. Indemnification

You shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless PawnMate from and against any claims, actions or demands, including without limitation reasonable legal and accounting fees, arising or resulting from your breach of this TOS, any of Your Content, or your other access, contribution to, use or misuse of the Service, including without limitation any claims for copyright infringement, defamation, invasion of privacy or right of publicity arising out of or in connection with any unauthorized use of the Service. PawnMate shall provide notice to you of any such claim, suit or demand. PawnMate reserves the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter which is subject to indemnification under this section. In such case, you agree to cooperate with any reasonable requests assisting PawnMate’s defense of such matter.

  1. Assignment

You may not assign this TOS without the prior written consent of PawnMate, but PawnMate may assign or transfer this TOS, in whole or in part, without restriction.

  1. Governing Law

This TOS shall be governed by the laws of Ontario without regard to the principles of conflicts of law. Unless otherwise elected by PawnMate in a particular instance, you hereby expressly agree to submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of the federal and provincial courts of the Province of Ontario for the purpose of resolving any dispute relating to your access to or use of the Service.

  1. Privacy; DMCA

Please visit https://pawnmate.com/privacy-policy to understand how PawnMate collects and uses personal information.