PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. TO COMPLETE
YOUR ORDER FOR ASCENSION INTERACTIVE MINISTRIES DESIGN PRODUCTS/SERVICES,
YOU MUST FIRST ACCEPT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT
BY ELECTRONICALLY CHECKING THE BOX MARKED “I ACCEPT THESE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS.” IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND
BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, PLEASE EXIT THE SITE NOW.
As part of our commitment to high-quality service,
we believe it is important to have a clear understanding with
you regarding our respective obligations. These Terms and Conditions
constitute the agreement between you, the Client (referred to
as “Client” or “you”), and Ascension
Interactive Ministries, a division of Ascension Interactive
Inc., a Wisconsin corporation (referred to as “Ascension
Interactive Ministries”, “us” or “we”).
By creating an account with Ascension Interactive
Ministries and thereby becoming a Client, you agree to be legally
bound by these Terms and Conditions as well as any other policies
or procedures disclosed on the Ascension Interactive Ministries
Website without modification, including the Ascension Interactive
Ministries Privacy Policy. Ascension Interactive Ministries
reserves the right to modify these Terms and Conditions at any
time without notice to you, in our sole discretion. You acknowledge
and agree that it is your responsibility to review this site
regularly to review the Terms and Conditions that are binding
on you.
You must be and represent and warrant that you
are at least 18 years of age. Ascension Interactive Ministries
does not direct its product and service offerings to persons
under the age of 18.
Any reference made in these Terms and Conditions
to products and services provided by Ascension Interactive Ministries
shall include, but not be limited to, designs, logos, graphics,
Websites, stationery designs, brochure designs, business cards,
letterhead, envelopes, brochures, marketing materials, advertising
and printing as well as any other products or services now or
in the future offered by Ascension Interactive Ministries.
Registration Data, Client Information
and Privacy
In order to register for and access the services and products
on this site, you will provide certain information and data
and update the same periodically. This will include, but not
be limited to, registering as a Client, placing an order for
a Ascension Interactive Ministries product or service, making
revisions to ongoing designs or submitting graphics, designs,
photos or text, or otherwise providing Ascension Interactive
Ministries with information that enables us to initiate, continue
or complete work on the products and services you order. Client
will obtain all necessary releases, licenses, permits or other
authorization to use photographs, copyrighted materials, artwork
or any other property or rights belonging to third parties that
are contained in any materials provided by Client to Ascension
Interactive Ministries for Ascension Interactive Ministries’
use in performing services for Client, and Client will be responsible
for any claims with respect to such use. In all cases, Client
is responsible for reviewing and approving all products and
services prepared by Ascension Interactive Ministries for Client.
By providing such information and data, you agree and represent
that all such information and data is true and accurate and
update the same as needed in order to keep it current, complete
and accurate. You also grant us the right to disclose to third
parties certain data about you, as stated in our Privacy Policy.
Ascension Interactive Ministries assumes no responsibility for
any errors, omissions or inaccuracies in the products or services
provided that stem from such inaccurate or incomplete information
and is under no obligation to correct such errors, omissions
or inaccuracies beyond the predefined revision process or after
a product or service has been delivered.
The information we obtain through your use of
this site is subject to our Privacy Policy, which is specifically
incorporated by reference into these Terms and Conditions.
Electronic Communications
You are communicating electronically with Ascension Interactive
Ministries when you visit the Ascension Interactive Ministries
Website, provide information by means of the Ascension Interactive
Ministries Website or send e-mail to us. By becoming a Client
of Ascension Interactive Ministries, you consent to receive
communications from us electronically. We will communicate with
you by e-mail and by posting information or notices via the
Ascension Interactive Ministries Website. You agree that all
agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that
Ascension Interactive Ministries provides to you electronically
satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in
writing.
Order Acceptance and Cancellation
Your receipt of an electronic or other form of order confirmation
does not signify our acceptance of your order, nor does it constitute
confirmation of our offer to sell. We reserve the right for
any reason and at any time without notice after receipt of your
order to accept, decline, or limit your order for any reason,
whether or not your credit card has been charged or payment
has otherwise been received by us. We further reserve the right
after acceptance of your order to cancel, terminate, or otherwise
cease work on your order for any reason and at any time without
notice, whether or not your credit card has been charged or
if payment has otherwise been received by us. If your credit
card has been charged and/or we have otherwise received your
payment and we cancel your order for any reason other than your
breach or non-performance under these Terms and Conditions,
you will receive a refund/credit to your account. You acknowledge
and agree that we shall not be liable to you or any third party
for any cancellation, termination or other limitation on your
order.
Payment Terms and Sales Taxes
Terms of payment are within our sole discretion and, unless
otherwise agreed to by us in writing, we must receive your payment
by credit card, check or money order prior to our acceptance
of an order.
We accept Visa, MasterCard and American Express
credit cards for all purchases. With respect to credit cards,
checks or money orders, you represent and warrant that (i) the
information you supply to us is true, correct and complete,
(ii) charges incurred by you will be honored by your credit
card company or financial institution, and (iii) you will pay
charges incurred by you at the posted prices, including all
applicable taxes, if any.
We also accept personal and/or business/church
checks and money orders for all purchases. You represent and
warrant that (i) any checking account information you supply
to us it true, correct and complete, (ii) charges incurred by
you will be honored by your bank and/or the institution issuing
the money order, and (iii) you will pay charges incurred by
you at the posted prices, including all applicable taxes.
All payments must be in United States dollars.
Current billing address and phone information must be included
with every order. Ascension Interactive
Ministries reserves the right to impose additional fees on Clients
for any work that extends beyond the scope of the requested
products and services. Any refusal of payment for credit card
purchases, all returned checks or money orders, or failure to
make any payment when due will be subject to an additional fee
of $30.00 U.S.. In
addition, Client can be assessed an additional charge beyond
the original purchase price of a product or service if any information
provided, including logos, graphics, photos and electronic files,
is deemed unusable by Ascension Interactive Ministries and must
be modified, updated or converted to a usable format. We retain
a security interest in the products and all proceeds thereof
until the full purchase price therefore (including taxes and
additional charges) has been paid. You acknowledge and agree
we have the right to file any documentation necessary or advisable
to perfect such security interest. Charges for shipping and
handling will be made in accordance with our then-current shipping
policies, as described below.
Changes in Products and Pricing
We are constantly updating and revising our offerings of products
and services, and we may discontinue products and services at
any time without notice. To the extent that we provide information
on availability of products or services, you should not rely
on such information, and we will not be liable for any lack
of availability of products or services that you may order through
our site.
All pricing for the products and services available
on our site is subject to change at our sole discretion without
notice. For all of our prices and products, we reserve the right
to make adjustments due to changing market conditions, product
discontinuation, supplier price changes, errors in advertisements
and other extenuating circumstances. We will not, however, change
prices for orders that we have accepted and are in progress
at the time of change.
Creative Direction
Ascension Interactive Ministries makes commercially reasonable
efforts to adhere to the stylistic and content direction provided
by the Client during the ordering process. However, if the Client’s
feedback for the first round of designs or for any subsequent
round significantly departs (as deemed by Ascension Interactive
Ministries) from the direction initially provided, Ascension
Interactive Ministries reserves the right to assess an additional
fee to complete said designs and to withhold final delivery
of such designs until all outstanding balances are paid.
Design Revisions
For Ascension Interactive Ministries products and services that
include revisions as part of the package, the Client is provided
an opportunity to review initial designs for products and services
and to provide feedback on changes to these designs only. The
number of revisions a Client can make for a particular product
or service depends on the number stated during the ordering
process for that product or service. The Client is encouraged
to provide all necessary feedback within the allotted number
of revisions, as Ascension Interactive Ministries is under no
obligation to make revisions beyond the number allotted for
the specific product or service purchased. However, if the Client
desires additional revisions in excess of the original amount
allotted, Ascension Interactive Ministries will make such revisions
upon payment of an additional fee.
Client will be notified by e-mail when their
initial designs are ready for review and will be instructed
on where to view these designs and provide feedback. Upon this
notification, the Client has 30 calendar days in which to review
the initial designs and provide feedback. Failure to review
designs and submit feedback within this 30-day period constitutes
the Client’s final acceptance of said designs and completion
of the product or service, at which point Ascension Interactive
Ministries will deliver your products and our services pursuant
to our Shipping and Delivery Policy provided below and we will
have no further obligations to the Client. Upon notification
by e-mail that your designs are final, Ascension Interactive
Ministries will deliver your products and our services to you
pursuant to our Shipping and Delivery Policy provided below
and we will have no further obligation to you, unless within
3 days of such notice you specifically order, and we specifically
accept, additional products and/or services to be provided by
us.
Shipping and Delivery Policy
We deliver your final product(s) and/or services by a variety
of shipping options. In many instances we will deliver your
final product(s) and/or services in electronic form by posting
it on your Web host FTP site or by delivering it to you electronically
via e-mail. In the event we ship your final product(s) and/or
services in tangible form (such as computer disks, compact discs
or printed materials), we use various carriers with various
delivery options. Please check the individual product page for
specific delivery options. All shipping prices are quoted in
United States dollars.
Shipping time frames may or may not be listed
on the individual product page and may vary from item to item.
Any posted shipping time frame is contingent upon confirmation
of payment, our acceptance and processing of your order and
may be delayed should we experience difficulties in confirming
our receipt of your payment or otherwise processing your order.
Service and Support
All requests for technical service and support with respect
to the products and services available through our site should
be made directly to Ascension Interactive Ministries in accordance
with these Terms and Conditions and may be subject to an additional
charge as determined by Ascension Interactive Ministries on
receipt of such request. All such requests as well as questions
or concerns should be made by e-mail to info@myascension.com
or by mail to Ascension Interactive Ministries, 3708
N. 54 Blvd. Milwaukee, WI 53216; Attention:
Customer Support. We will work to help you in the spirit
of good faith; however, we cannot guarantee that every problem
will be resolved precisely to your satisfaction.
Content and Operation of Ascension Interactive
Ministries Website
All content on the Ascension Interactive Ministries website,
which includes text, site design, processes, graphics, website
screens, images, logos, pictures, icons, code and data compilations
as well as the organization and layout of this matter, is owned
or used by permission by the owner by Ascension Interactive
Ministries and constitutes the property of Ascension Interactive
Ministries including the intellectual property of Ascension
Interactive Ministries and as applicable is protected by applicable
United States and international intellectual property and copyright
laws. You shall not use or permit any third party to use Ascension
Interactive Ministries property, the content of the site or
the name, trademarks or trade names of Ascension Interactive
Ministries, including “Ascension Interactive Ministries”,
“AIM”, or “myascension.com/aim” without
the prior express written consent of Ascension Interactive Ministries.
In regard to the content of the Ascension Interactive
Ministries website and in other Ascension Interactive Ministries
electronic communications, Ascension Interactive Ministries
will work to be as accurate as possible, in the spirit of good
faith. However, Ascension Interactive Ministries does not guarantee
that the product and service descriptions, prices, processes
or any other content of the Ascension Interactive Ministries
website or of any other Ascension Interactive Ministries electronic
communication is 100% accurate, complete, current or free of
errors.
Although Ascension Interactive Ministries intends
to use commercially reasonable efforts to make the Ascension
Interactive Ministries website accessible, Ascension Interactive
Ministries shall not be responsible for any delays or interruptions
of the Ascension Interactive Ministries website and does not
warrant or make any representations that the website will be
available at all times or at any time. Ascension Interactive
Ministries is not responsible for any losses or damages that
may result from such delays, interruptions or loss of access.
Site License and Site Access
Any use of the Ascension Interactive Ministries website is at
your sole risk and responsibility. Ascension Interactive Ministries
grants you a limited non-exclusive license to access this site
for the sole purpose of evaluating and/or purchasing products
and/or services from Ascension Interactive Ministries. You may
not download any part of this site (other than page catching)
or alter it in any way. Your limited non-exclusive license does
not include any commercial use of this site or its contents;
any collection and use of any product and service listings,
descriptions or prices; any derivative use of this site or its
contents; any downloading or copying of information for the
benefit of another merchant; or any use of data gathering and
extraction tools. This site or any portion of this site may
not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited,
or exploited for any commercial purpose or otherwise to the
competitive disadvantage of Ascension Interactive Ministries
without the express written permission of Ascension Interactive
Ministries. You may not engage in or permit the decompilation,
disassembly or other reverse engineering of this site or any
products or services provided on this site.
Account Access
In becoming a Client, you may be required to provide Ascension
Interactive Ministries with a username and password with which
to access your account. You are responsible for maintaining
the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting
access to your computer, and you agree to accept complete responsibility
for all activities that occur under your account or password.
Client Identity
Ascension Interactive Ministries cannot and will not confirm
that any Client is who they claim to be or that any Client has
the rights or qualifications they claim to have. As such, you
represent and warrant that you are the owner or have the exclusive
right to use any and all proprietary information you provide
to Ascension Interactive Ministries, including without limitation
any trade names, trademarks, copyrights, graphics, photos, logos,
designs, text and other associated materials.
Ownership, Proprietary Rights and License
for Products and Services
For all non-website products/services: Once the Client has reviewed
the final design of a non-website product or service and has
accepted it as provided in this agreement, and Ascension Interactive
Ministries has been paid in full for the product or service
plus any outstanding balances, the final non-website product
or service, which may include electronic files and/or printed
items, becomes the property the Client and will be delivered
to the Client as provided in this agreement.
For all website products and services: Ascension
Interactive Ministries maintains ownership of all websites and
templates used in the design and display of any website product
or service. In such cases, Ascension Interactive Ministries
grants the Client a limited non-exclusive license to use such
websites and to display such templates as a component of the
website product or service developed for the Client. This limited
non-exclusive license does not include the right to sell, exchange
in barter or otherwise distribute any Ascension Interactive
Ministries-owned website or website template; the right to use
any template for commercial means; or the right to use any template
in the creation of an additional website or sites.
For any and all products and services, any materials
or designs prepared for or submitted to the Client, but not
adopted by, delivered to or paid for by the Client, will remain
the property of Ascension Interactive Ministries (regardless
of whether the physical embodiment of creative work is in Client’s
possession in the form of copy, artwork, printouts, electronic
files, etc.) and the Client shall have no right in or to such
materials or designs.
Any products or services in which Client obtains
an ownership interest as provided above, Ascension Interactive
Ministries retains and reserves a perpetual, royalty-free license
to use any and all products and services developed by Ascension
Interactive Ministries on behalf of the Client for display and
self-promotional purposes.
Ascension Interactive Ministries makes no representation
or warranty that it has the exclusive right, title and interest
in and to the products and services provided to Client or that
such products and services do not and will not infringe on the
intellectual property or proprietary rights of any third party.
As such, the Client is encouraged to perform their own independent
searches in regard to the propriety or intellectual property
rights of said products and services.
Client acknowledges that Ascension Interactive
Ministries shall have no responsibility or obligation of any
kind to seek or secure intellectual property protection for
the products and services to be delivered under this agreement.
Furthermore, Ascension Interactive Ministries makes no representation
or warranty as to your ability to legally use such products
and services or to obtain trademark, copyright or similar protection
of such products and services in the United States or any other
jurisdiction.
Refunds
The only products or services offered by Ascension Interactive
Ministries for which a Client may request a refund are logo
designs; for all other products and services, including but
not limited to websites, print and multimedia materials, as
well as any printed materials, Ascension Interactive Ministries
does not offer a refund option.
If a Client is not satisfied that Ascension
Interactive Ministries has created initial logo concepts/designs
that follow the guidelines the Client provided in the Logo Design
Information form, the Client may request a refund of their logo
design payment less a processing fee. Ascension Interactive
Ministries will make the determination if the initial logo concepts/designs
did or did not follow the spirit of the guidelines in the Logo
Design Information form, and it is the sole discretion of Ascension
Interactive Ministries to refund or not refund any monies based
on our assessment. Once a Client reviews initial logo concepts/designs
and provides any feedback for revisions or adopts a concept
or design as the final product or service, the Client shall
have no right to any refund.
To request a refund as provided above, the Client
must contact Ascension Interactive Ministries via e-mail or
telephone, request, complete and submit a logo refund form and
return it within 30 days of our submission of the initial (first
round) logo concepts. Upon completion and submission of a logo
refund form within 30 days of the submission of the initial
(first round) logo concepts and subsequent approval of the request
by Ascension Interactive Ministries, the Client will be refunded
their original logo design payment less a twenty-five dollar
($25 U.S.) processing fee. If Ascension Interactive Ministries
does not receive a completed request for refund form within
this 30-day period, the Client shall have no right to any refund.
Any Client who receives a refund acknowledges
that he/she has no right or permission to use and no ownership
in any logo concept or design developed on his/her behalf by
Ascension Interactive Ministries. Refunds are available only
to the individual Client who submitted the original logo design
order. Refunds are not available to advertising agencies, graphic
designers or graphic design firms, or parties who have placed
an order on behalf of another entity.
Disclaimer of Warranties; Limitations
of Remedies and Liability
CLIENT ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OFFERED AND SOLD
BY OR THROUGH ASCENSION INTERACTIVE MINISTRIES AND ANY INFORMATION
OR MATERIALS MADE AVAILABLE BY ASCENSION INTERACTIVE MINISTRIES
ON THIS WEBSITE OR OTHERWISE ARE PROVIDED TO YOU AT YOUR SOLE
RISK “AS IS” WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF ANY KIND, WITH ALL FAULTS. WE FURTHER DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION:
ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF TITLE, OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, OF MERCHANTABILITY,
OR OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER
WE WERE ADVISED OF OR HAVE REASON TO KNOW OF YOUR PARTICULAR
NEEDS; THAT THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE ON THIS SITE
WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; THAT THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED
FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES AVAILABLE ON THIS SITE
WILL BE EFFECTIVE, ACCURATE OR RELIABLE; OR THAT THE QUALITY
ON ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES ON THIS SITE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS.
NO EMPLOYEE, AGENT, DEALER, OR DISTRIBUTOR OF OURS IS AUTHORIZED
TO MODIFY THIS AGREEMENT, NOR TO MAKE ANY WARRANTIES. IF IMPLIED
WARRANTIES MAY NOT BE DISCLAIMED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, THEN
ANY SUCH IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARE LIMITED IN DURATION TO 60 DAYS
AFTER OUR DELIVERY OF THE PRODUCT OR SERVICE.
IN NO EVENT SHALL ASCENSION INTERACTIVE MINISTRIES
BE LIABLE TO CLIENT OR ANY THIRD PARTY MAKING A CLAIM THROUGH
YOU FOR INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES,
INCLUDING LOST REVENUES, LOSS OF PROFITS OR OTHER COMMERCIAL
OR ECONOMIC LOSS, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ARISING OUT OF THIS
AGREEMENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, OUR NEGLIGENT PERFORMANCE
OR FAILURE TO PERFORM.
Your exclusive remedy and our entire liability
(and the liability of any of the providers of products and services
available on our site) to you in the event of any breach of
our obligations to you or any third party under this Agreement
or for any other cause whatsoever, TO THE EXCLUSION OF ALL OTHER
REMEDIES, shall be at our sole option (i) the replacement of
the product and/or services delivered by us to you; provided,
you shall return such product and/or services to us and pay
for shipping and include proof of the date on which such product
and/or service was delivered to you; or (ii) refund the amount
paid by you to us. In no event shall our total liability to
you for damages exceed the amount paid by you to us.
Indemnification
Client agrees to indemnify and hold Ascension Interactive Ministries
harmless against any and all claims, demands, regulatory proceedings,
and all damages, costs (including, without limitation, settlement
costs), and expenses of any kind whatsoever (including, without
limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees) directly or indirectly
arising from or relating to our agreement or Ascension Interactive
Ministries’ provision of products or services to you including,
but not limited to, (i) client’s use or misuse of any
product or service supplied by us or third parties through us
approved by the Client or any materials or information supplied
by the Client; (ii) any products, services or activities undertaken
by Ascension Interactive Ministries on Client’s behalf;
or (iii) the Client’s sale of its products and services
or other operation of its business.
Third Parties
As the need arises, Ascension Interactive Ministries shall be
authorized to enter into contracts with third parties as the
Client’s agent to carry out the purposes of this agreement.
Under no circumstances shall Ascension Interactive Ministries
be responsible for any failure of third parties, such as printers,
Internet/Web hosting services, suppliers or vendors, to properly
execute their commitments.
Severability
In the event that any provision of this agreement shall be judged
illegal or otherwise unenforceable, such provision shall be
enforced to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law,
and the balance of the agreement shall continue in full force
and effect in accordance with its terms, provided that it is
the intent of the parties that this agreement is not materially
altered.
Assignment
Client will not assign any rights or delegate any duties under
this agreement without the consent of Ascension Interactive
Ministries. Client understands that Ascension Interactive Ministries
may assign or otherwise subcontract some or all of the services
to be provided pursuant to this agreement.
Governing Law and Venue; Statute of
Limitations
This agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance
with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed by, the
laws of the State of Wisconsin, excluding any that direct a
choice of law other than expressly chosen by the parties, regardless
of the place of execution or the place of performance. Resolution
of any disputes under this agreement shall only be held and
the parties consent to personal jurisdiction in the state and
federal courts for Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Any cause of action brought by you against us
or any third party supplying products or services through us
must be instituted with one (1) year after the cause of action
arises or be deemed forever waived and barred.
Compliance with Laws
We make no representation that the products and services available
through our site are appropriate or available for use in locations
within or outside of the United States, and accessing them from
states or territories where such products and services are illegal
is prohibited. Those who choose to access this site and purchase
products and services from Ascension Interactive Ministries
do so on their own initiative and are responsible for use of
all such products and/or services in compliance with all applicable
U.S. federal, state and local laws and regulations and international
laws and regulations.
Arbitration; Attorney’s Fees
Any controversy or claim arising out of or related to this agreement
shall be submitted by either party to final and binding arbitration
before one arbitrator in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in accordance
with the Commercial Rules of the American Arbitration Association
then existing. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement
concerning arbitration, a party shall not be prevented from
filing and prosecuting a suit in a court of competent jurisdiction
solely for the purpose of obtaining equitable relief, including
injunction. If any legal action is initiated by either of the
parties hereto, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover
from the other party reasonable costs and attorney’s fees
in addition to any other relief that may be awarded.
Entire Agreement, Modification and Waiver
This agreement merges all previous negotiations between the
parties hereto, supersedes all prior agreements, if any, between
the parties, and constitutes the entire agreement and understanding
between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this
agreement. Alteration, modification or change of this agreement
shall be invalid except by written instrument in which any such
alteration, modification or change is specifically designated
and which is specifically acknowledged, agreed and executed
by the party to be charged. The failure of either party to exercise
in any respect any right provided for herein shall not be deemed
a waiver of any right hereunder. No waiver of any provision
hereof shall be effective unless made in writing and signed
by the waiving party. The failure of any party to require the
performance of any term or obligation of this agreement, or
the waiver by any party of any breach of this agreement, shall
not prevent any subsequent enforcement of such term or obligation
or be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach.