Service Agreement

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General Provisions (Sections 1 - 29)

This is VeriSign Service Agreement Version Number 6.5.

1. INTRODUCTION. In this Service Agreement ("Agreement"), "you" and "your" refer to each customer ("Customer") and its designated agents, including your administrative contact, and "we", "us" and "our" refer collectively to VeriSign, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries ("VeriSign"). This Agreement explains our obligations to you, and your obligations to us in relation to the VeriSign service(s) you purchase. By purchasing VeriSign's service(s) you agree to establish an account with us for such services. When you use your account or permit someone else to use your account to purchase or otherwise acquire access to additional VeriSign service(s) or to modify or cancel your VeriSign service(s) (even if we were not notified of such authorization), this Agreement as amended covers any such service or actions. Additionally, you agree that the administrative contact for any services provided to you (including, but not limited to, domain name registration services) is your agent with full authority to act on your behalf with respect to such services, including (but not limited to) the authority to terminate, transfer (where transfer is permitted by the Agreement), or modify such services, or purchase additional services. Any acceptance of your application(s) or requests for our services and the performance of our services will occur at our offices in Herndon, Virginia (in the cases of services governed by Schedules A through H and Schedules J, N, O, Q, R, S, T, U and V) or Mountain View, California (in the cases of services governed by Schedules I, K, L, M and P) the locations of our principal places of business.

2. VARIOUS SERVICES. Sections 1 through 29 apply to any and all VeriSign services that you purchase. The terms and conditions set forth in Schedules A through V of this Agreement apply only to customers who have purchased the VeriSign services referenced in those Schedules. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of Sections 1 through 29 and the terms of Schedules A through V, the terms of Schedules A through V shall control with regard to the applicable VeriSign service. IMPORTANT NOTICE CONCERNING BUNDLED SERVICES: If you purchase VeriSign services that are sold together as a "bundled" package (e.g., you select a Web Site package that includes both a domain name and a VeriSign Web Site, as opposed to your purchasing such services separately), termination of any part of the services will result in termination of all VeriSign services provided as part of the bundled package. Please see Section 10.d of this Agreement for more information.

3. FEES, PAYMENT AND TERM OF SERVICE. As consideration for the services you purchased, you agree to pay VeriSign the applicable service(s) fees set forth on our Web site at the time of your selection, or, if applicable, upon receipt of your invoice from VeriSign. All fees are due immediately and are non-refundable, except as otherwise expressly noted in one or more of Schedules A through V. If you qualify, we may extend payment terms to you under our Business Account Credit Program. Unless otherwise specified herein or on our Web site, each VeriSign service is for a one-year initial term and renewable thereafter for successive one to ten-year terms, as set forth during the renewal process. Any renewal of your services with us is subject to our then current terms and conditions, including, but not limited to, successful completion of any applicable authentication procedure, and payment of all applicable service fees at the time of renewal and in the case of domain name re-registration, the domain name registry's acceptance of your domain name registration. Except with respect to service to which you subscribe on a monthly basis, we will endeavor to provide you notice prior to the renewal of your services at least fifteen (15) days in advance of the renewal date. Additional payment terms may apply to the VeriSign services you purchase, as set forth in the applicable Schedules to this Agreement. We may provide you with an opportunity to "opt in" to our automatic renewal process in accordance with the instructions (and subject to your agreement to the terms and conditions pertaining to that process) on our Web site. In any event, you are solely responsible for the credit card information you provide to VeriSign and must promptly inform VeriSign of any changes thereto (e.g., change of expiration date or account number). In addition, you are solely responsible for ensuring the services are renewed. VeriSign shall have no liability to you or any third party in connection with the renewal as described herein, including, but not limited to, any failure or errors in renewing the services. You agree to pay all value added, sales and other taxes (other than taxes based on VeriSign's income) related to VeriSign services or payments made by you hereunder. All payments of fees for VeriSign services shall be made in U.S. dollars. Set up fees, if any, will become payable on the applicable effective date for the applicable VeriSign services. All sums due and payable that remain unpaid after any applicable cure period herein will accrue interest as a late charge of 1.5% per month or the maximum amount allowed by law, whichever is less.

4. ACCURATE INFORMATION. You agree to: (1) provide certain true, current, complete and accurate information about you as required by the application process; and (2) maintain and update according to our modification procedures the information you provided to us when purchasing our services as needed to keep it current, complete and accurate. We rely on this information to send you important information and notices regarding your account and our services. You agree that VeriSign (itself or through its third party service providers) is authorized, but not obligated, to use Coding Accuracy Support System (CASS) certified software and/or the National Change of Address program (and/or such other systems or programs as may be recognized by the United States Postal Service or other international postal authority for updating and/or standardizing address information) to change any address information associated with your account (e.g., registrant address, billing contact address, etc.), and you agree that VeriSign may use and rely upon any such changed address information for all purposes in connection with your account (including the sending of invoices and other important account information) as though such changes had been made directly by you.

5. PRIVACY. Our privacy statement, (a) for Payment Services and Digital Certificates is located on our Web site at http://www.verisign.com/truste and is incorporated herein by reference, as it is applicable to Payment Services and Digital Certificates (relevant extracts from this privacy statement regarding Class 1 Digital IDs are set forth in Schedule K), (b) for Web sites purchased through www.verisignwebsites.com is located on our Web site at http://wsm.ezsitedesigner.com/privacy/PrivacyPolicy.html and is incorporated herein by reference, as it is applicable to such Web site purchases (other services purchased through www.verisignwebsites.com, including, but not limited to, domain name registrations, are covered by the privacy statement set forth on our Web site at http://www.netsol.com/en_US/legal/privacy-policy.jhtml), (c) for VeriSign services purchased through www.mycomputer.com is located on our Web site at http://www.mycomputer.com/agreements/privacy_policy.html?mycSession=hTkzfOk%3Dl-5-%2522%2522_&mycSession_sig=2098891861 and is incorporated herein by reference for all such VeriSign services, and (d) for all other VeriSign services is located on our Web site at http://www.netsol.com/en_US/legal/privacy-policy.jhtml and is incorporated herein by reference for all such VeriSign services. The applicable privacy statement sets forth your and our rights and responsibilities with regard to your personal information. You agree that we, in our sole discretion, may modify our privacy statement. We will post such revised statement on our Web site at least thirty (30) calendar days before it becomes effective. You agree that, by using our services after modifications to the privacy statement become effective, you have agreed to these modifications. You acknowledge that if you do not agree to any such modification, you may terminate this Agreement. We will not refund any fees paid by you if you terminate your Agreement with us except as otherwise expressly provided in one or more of the Schedules attached hereto. We will not process the personal data that we collect from you in a way incompatible with the purposes and other limitations described in our privacy statement. You represent and warrant that you have provided notice to, and obtained consent from, any third party individuals whose personal data you supply to us as part of our services with regard to: (i) the purposes for which such third party's personal data has been collected, (ii) the intended recipients or categories of recipients of the third party's personal data, (iii) which parts of the third party's data are obligatory and which parts, if any, are voluntary; and (iv) how the third party can access and, if necessary, rectify the data held about them. You further agree to provide such notice and obtain such consent with regard to any third party personal data you supply to us in the future. We are not responsible for any consequences resulting from your failure to provide notice or receive consent from such individuals nor for your providing outdated, incomplete or inaccurate information.

6. OWNERSHIP. Except as otherwise set forth herein, all right, title and interest in and to all, (i) registered and unregistered trademarks, service marks and logos; (ii) patents, patent applications, and patentable ideas, inventions, and/or improvements; (iii) trade secrets, proprietary information, and know-how; (iv) all divisions, continuations, reissues, renewals, and extensions thereof now existing or hereafter filed, issued, or acquired; (v) registered and unregistered copyrights including, without limitation, any forms, images, audiovisual displays, text, software and (vi) all other intellectual property, proprietary rights or other rights related to intangible property which are used, developed, comprising, embodied in, or practiced in connection with any of the VeriSign services identified herein ("VeriSign Intellectual Property Rights") are owned by VeriSign or its licensors, and you agree to make no claim of interest in or ownership of any such VeriSign Intellectual Property Rights. You acknowledge that no title to the VeriSign Intellectual Property Rights is transferred to you, and that you do not obtain any rights, express or implied, in the VeriSign or its licensors' service, other than the rights expressly granted in this Agreement. To the extent that you create any Derivative Work (any work that is based upon one or more preexisting versions of a work provided to you, such as an enhancement or modification, revision, translation, abridgement, condensation, expansion, collection, compilation or any other form in which such preexisting works may be recast, transformed or adapted) such Derivative Work shall be owned by VeriSign and all right, title and interest in and to each such Derivative Work shall automatically vest in VeriSign. VeriSign shall have no obligation to grant you any right in any such Derivative Work.

7. EXCLUSIVE REMEDY. YOU AGREE THAT OUR ENTIRE LIABILITY, AND YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY, IN LAW, IN EQUITY, OR OTHERWISE, WITH RESPECT TO ANY VERISIGN SERVICE(S) PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND/OR FOR ANY BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT IS SOLELY LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR SUCH SERVICE(S) DURING THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL VERISIGN, ITS LICENSORS AND CONTRACTORS (INCLUDING THIRD PARTIES PROVIDING SERVICES AS PART OF THE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE FOR WEBSITES FROM VERISIGN) BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES EVEN IF VERISIGN HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. TO THE EXTENT THAT A STATE DOES NOT PERMIT THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AS SET FORTH HEREIN VERISIGN'S LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW IN SUCH STATES. VeriSign and its licensors and contractors disclaim any and all loss or liability resulting from, but not limited to: (1) loss or liability resulting from access delays or access interruptions; (2) loss or liability resulting from data non-delivery or data mis-delivery; (3) loss or liability resulting from acts of god; (4) loss or liability resulting from the unauthorized use or misuse of your account number, password or security authentication option; (5) loss or liability resulting from errors, omissions, or misstatements in any and all information or service(s) provided under this agreement; (6) loss or liability relating to the deletion of or failure to store e-mail messages; (7) loss or liability resulting from the development or interruption of your web site or your VeriSign web site; (8) loss or liability from your inability to use our e-mail service, web site manager service or any component of the subscription service (for websites from VeriSign); (9) loss or liability that you may incur in connection with our processing of your application for our services, our processing of any authorized modification to your domain name record or your agent's failure to pay any fees, including the initial registration fee or reregistration fee; (10) loss or liability as a result of the application of our dispute policy; or (11) loss or liability relating to limitations, incompatibilities, defects, or other problems inherent in xml, xkms, or any other standard not under VeriSign's sole control, or relating to customer-requested generation and transmission of a subscriber's private key under xkms to the extent VeriSign adheres to the current version of the VeriSign Certification Practice Statement ("CPS") (appearing at http://www.VeriSign.com/cps) as amended from time to time and industry-standard security practices relating to xkms services.

8. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF OUR SERVICE(S) OR OUR LICENSORS' SERVICES IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. YOU AGREE THAT ALL OF SUCH SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS," AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE NOTED IN THIS AGREEMENT. WE AND OUR LICENSORS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. NEITHER VERISIGN NOR OUR LICENSORS MAKE ANY WARRANTY THAT SERVICE(S) LICENSED HEREUNDER WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT THE SERVICE(S) WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO WE OR OUR LICENSORS MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE(S) OR AS TO THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH OUR SERVICES. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ANY MATERIAL AND/OR DATA DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF OUR SERVICES IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF SUCH MATERIAL AND/OR DATA. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY REGARDING ANY GOODS OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED THROUGH ANY OF OUR SERVICES OR ANY TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH SUCH SERVICES. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM US OR THROUGH OUR SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN, YOU MAY NOT RELY ON ANY SUCH INFORMATION OR ADVICE. TO THE EXTENT JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, SOME OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR AND SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO ANY PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES PURCHASED BY YOU FROM A THIRD PARTY.

9. INDEMNITY. You agree to release, indemnify, defend and hold harmless VeriSign, (including in our capacities as the registry or a registrar for domain names, and the applicable registry for any top-level domain in which you are applying for services hereunder), and any of our (or their) contractors, agents, employees, officers, directors, shareholders, affiliates and assigns from all liabilities, claims, damages, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, of third parties relating to or arising out of (a) this Agreement or the breach of your warranties, representations and obligations under this Agreement, (b) the VeriSign services or your use of such services, including without limitation infringement or dilution by you, or someone else using our service(s) from your computer, (c) any intellectual property or other proprietary right of any person or entity, (d) a violation of any of our operating rules or policies relating to the service(s) provided, (e) any information or data you supplied to VeriSign, including, without limitation, any misrepresentation in your application, if applicable, (f) the inclusion of meta-tags or other elements in any website created for you or by you via the VeriSign services, or (g) any information, material, or services available on your licensed VeriSign Web Site . When we are threatened with suit or sued by a third party, we may seek written assurances from you concerning your promise to indemnify us; your failure to provide those assurances may be considered by us to be a material breach of this Agreement. We shall have the right to participate in any defense by you of a third-party claim related to your use of any of the VeriSign services, with counsel of our choice at our own expense. We shall reasonably cooperate in the defense at your request and expense. You shall have sole responsibility to defend us against any claim, but you must receive our prior written consent regarding any related settlement. The terms of this paragraph will survive any termination or cancellation of this Agreement.

10. TERMINATION.

By You. You may terminate this Agreement upon at least thirty (30) days written notice to VeriSign for any reason.
By Us. We may terminate this Agreement or any part of the VeriSign services at any time in the event you breach any obligation hereunder, fail to respond within ten (10) calendar days to an inquiry from us concerning the accuracy or completeness of the information referred to in Section 4 of this Agreement, or if we determine in our sole discretion that you have violated the VeriSign Acceptable Use Policy, incorporated herein and made part of this Agreement by reference. The current version of the VeriSign Acceptable Use Policy may be found at our Web Site: http://www.netsol.com/en_US/legal/aup.jhtml.
Effect of Termination. VeriSign will cease charging your credit card, if applicable, for any monthly service fees as of the expiration of the monthly billing cycle in which the termination is effective. Unless otherwise specified in writing by VeriSign, you will not receive any refund for payments already made by you as of the date of termination, and, you may incur additional fees (in the case of a monthly or annual subscription being paid over time, as provided in various Schedules below). If termination of this Agreement is due to your default hereunder, you shall bear all costs of such termination, including any reasonable costs VeriSign incurs in closing your account. You agree to pay any and all costs incurred by VeriSign in enforcing your compliance with this Section. Upon termination, you shall destroy any copy of the materials licensed to you hereunder and referenced herein. You agree that upon termination or discontinuance for any reason, we may delete all information related to you on the VeriSign service, if applicable. In addition to the terms set forth herein, certain VeriSign services may have additional terms regarding termination, which are set forth in the applicable Schedule.
Effect of Termination of Bundled Services. In addition to the terms set forth in subsection 10(c) above, if you purchase VeriSign services which are sold together as part of a “bundled” package of services, any termination relating to such bundle will terminate all VeriSign services included in such bundle. For instance, any domain name registered with or maintained by VeriSign under this Agreement (but not including any domain names you may have registered, either with VeriSign or a third-party registrar, separately and not as part of a bundled service) will be cancelled and may thereafter be available for registration by another party. Upon the effective date of termination, VeriSign will no longer provide the bundled services to you, any licenses granted you shall immediately terminate, and you shall cease using such services immediately; provided, however, that we may, in our sole discretion and subject to your agreeing to be bound by the applicable agreement(s) and to pay the applicable fees, allow you to convert certain services included in the bundled services to stand alone services.

11. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. You agree and warrant that: (i) neither your registration nor use of the any of the VeriSign services nor the manner in which you intend to use such VeriSign services will directly or indirectly infringe the legal rights of a third party, (ii) you have all requisite power and authority to execute this Agreement and to perform your obligations hereunder, (iii) you have selected the necessary security option(s) for your domain name registration record, (iv) you are of legal age to enter into this Agreement (or you are at least 13 years of age and have your parents' permission to apply for services hereunder); and (vi) you agree to comply with all applicable laws and regulations.

12. MODIFICATIONS TO AGREEMENT. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, you agree, during the term of this Agreement, that we may: (1) revise the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and/or (2) change part of the services provided under this Agreement at any time. Any such revision or change will be binding and effective 30 days after posting of the revised Agreement or change to the service(s) on VeriSign's Web sites, or upon notification to you by e-mail or United States mail. You agree to periodically review our Web sites, including the current version of this Agreement available on our Web sites, to be aware of any such revisions. If you do not agree with any revision to the Agreement, you may terminate this Agreement at any time by providing us with notice. Notice of your termination will be effective on receipt and processing by us. Any fees paid by you if you terminate your Agreement with us are nonrefundable, except as noted in one or more of Schedules A through V, but you will not incur any additional fees. By continuing to use VeriSign services after any revision to this Agreement or change in service(s), you agree to abide by and be bound by any such revisions or changes. We are not bound by nor should you rely on any representation by (i) any agent, representative or employee of any third party that you may use to apply for our services; or in (ii) information posted on our Web site of a general informational nature. No employee, contractor, agent or representative of VeriSign is authorized to alter or amend the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

13. ACCOUNT ACCESS. To access or use the VeriSign services or to modify your account, you may be required to establish an account and obtain a login name, account number, password and/or passphrase. You authorize us to process any and all account transactions initiated through the use of your login name, account number, password and/or passphrase. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login name, account number, password and passphrase. You must immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your login name account number, password or passphrase, and you are responsible for any unauthorized activities, charges and/or liabilities made on or through your login name account number, password or passphrase. In no event will we be liable for the unauthorized use or misuse of your login name, account number, password or passphrase or security authentication option.

14. AGENTS. You agree that, if your agent, (e.g., your administrative contact, Internet Service Provider, employee) purchased our service(s) on your behalf, you are nonetheless bound as a principal by all terms and conditions herein, including the domain name dispute policy. Your continued use of our services ratifies any unauthorized actions of your agent. By using your login name, account number or password, or otherwise purporting to act on your behalf, your agent certifies that he or she is authorized to apply for our services on your behalf, that he or she is authorized to bind you to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, that he or she has apprised you of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and that he or she is otherwise authorized to act on your behalf. In addition, you are responsible for any errors made by your agent.

15. RESERVED.

16. RIGHT OF REFUSAL. We, in our sole discretion, reserve the right to refuse to register your chosen domain name, issue you a digital certificate, or register you for other VeriSign service(s), or to delete your chosen domain name within the first thirty (30) calendar days from receipt of your payment for such services. In the event we do not register your chosen domain name, issue you a digital certificate, or register you for other VeriSign service(s), or we delete your chosen domain name or other VeriSign service(s) within such thirty (30) calendar day period, we agree to refund any applicable fee(s) you have paid. You agree that we shall not be liable to you for loss or damages that may result from our refusal to register your chosen domain name, refusal to issue a digital certificate, the deletion of your chosen domain name or refusal to register you for other VeriSign service(s).

17. NOTICES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. (a) Except as expressly provided otherwise herein, all notices to VeriSign shall be in writing and delivered to VeriSign, Inc., Attention: Legal Department, 21355 Ridgetop Circle, Dulles, Virginia 20166. All notices to you shall be delivered to your mailing address or e-mail address as provided in your account information (as updated by you pursuant to this Agreement). Either of us may change our respective address by written notice delivered to the other party. All notices hereunder must be sent in writing (which shall include e-mail only where expressly provided for herein). All notices delivered in writing (and not via e-mail) hereunder must be sent by either overnight courier or certified mail, return receipt requested. (b) You authorize us to notify you as our customer of information that we deem is of potential interest to you. Notices and announcements may include commercial e-mails, telephone calls and other notices describing changes, upgrades, new products and services or other information pertaining to Internet security or to enhance your identity on the Internet and/or other relevant matters.

18. SEVERABILITY. You agree that the terms of this Agreement are severable. If any term or provision is declared invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, that term or provision will not affect the remainder of this Agreement; this Agreement will be deemed amended to the extent necessary to make this Agreement enforceable, valid and, to the maximum extent possible consistent with applicable law, consistent with the original intentions of the parties; and the remaining terms and provisions will remain in full force and effect.

19. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. You agree that this Agreement, the rules and policies incorporated by reference in this Agreement (including, without limitation, the dispute policy and the privacy statement) are the entire, complete and exclusive agreement between you and us regarding our services and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, whether written or oral, or whether established by custom, practice, policy or precedent, with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement, including, without limitation, any purchase order provided by you for the Services.

20. ASSIGNMENT AND RESALE. Except as otherwise set forth herein, your rights under this Agreement are not assignable or transferable. Any attempt by your creditors to obtain an interest in your rights under this Agreement, whether by attachment, levy, garnishment or otherwise, renders this Agreement voidable at our option. You agree not to resell any of the Services without VeriSign's prior express written consent.

21. GOVERNING LAW.

Except as provided in Section 21(b) below, and as set forth in Schedule A, ¶7, concerning domain name disputes brought by a third party, you and VeriSign agree that this Agreement and any disputes hereunder including disputes related to the services provided under Schedules A through H, J, N, O, Q, R, S, T, U and V shall be governed in all respects by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States of America, excluding its conflict of laws rules. You and we each agree to submit to exclusive subject matter jurisdiction, personal jurisdiction and venue of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division for any disputes between us under or arising out of this Agreement. If there is no jurisdiction in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division, for any disputes between us under or arising out of this Agreement you and we agree that jurisdiction shall be in the Circuit Court of Fairfax County, Fairfax, Virginia.
You and VeriSign agree that any disputes related to the services provided under Schedules I, K, L, M and P shall be governed in all respects by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, United States of America, excluding its conflict of laws rules. We each submit to exclusive subject matter jurisdiction, personal jurisdiction and venue of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. If there is no jurisdiction in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, then jurisdiction shall be in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara.
The parties hereby waive any right to jury trial with respect to any action brought in connection with this Agreement.
The application of the United Nations Convention of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is expressly excluded.

22. AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND. By applying for a VeriSign service(s) through our online application process or otherwise, or by using the service(s) provided by VeriSign under this Agreement, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to be bound by all terms and conditions of this Agreement and documents incorporated by reference.

23. INDEPENDENT PARTIES. Neither party nor their employees, consultants, contractors or agents are agents, employees or joint ventures of the other party, and they do not have any authority to bind the other party by contract or otherwise to any obligation. Each party shall ensure that the foregoing persons shall not represent to the contrary, either expressly, implicitly, by appearance or otherwise.

24. WAIVER. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of VeriSign. The remedies of VeriSign under this Agreement shall be cumulative and not alternative, and the election of one remedy for a breach shall not preclude pursuit of other remedies. The failure of a party, at any time or from time to time, to require performance of any obligations of the other party hereunder shall not affect its right to enforce any provision of this Agreement at a subsequent time, and the waiver of any rights arising out of any breach shall not be construed as a waiver of any rights arising out of any prior or subsequent breach.

25. EXPORT RESTRICTIONS. You acknowledge and agree that you shall not import, export, or re-export directly or indirectly, any commodity, including your products incorporating or using any VeriSign services in violation of the laws and regulations of any applicable jurisdiction.

26. U.S. GOVERNMENT USERS. In the event any software is provided by VeriSign to a U.S. Government User, the software and accompanying documentation which are used as part of the VeriSign service are "commercial items," as such terms are defined at 48 C.F.R. 2.101 (Oct 1995), consisting of "commercial computer software" and "commercial computer software documentation," as such terms are used in 48 C.F.R. 12.212 (Sep 1995) and is provided to the U.S. Government only as a commercial end item. Consistent with 48 C.F.R. 12.212 and 48 C.F.R. 227.7202-1 through 227.7202-4 (Jun 1995), all U.S. Government entities acquiring the use of the Service and accompanying documentation shall have only those rights set forth herein.

27. FORCE MAJEURE. Neither party shall be deemed in default hereunder, nor shall it hold the other party responsible for, any cessation, interruption or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder due to earthquake, flood, fire, storm, natural disaster, act of God, war, terrorism, armed conflict, labor strike, lockout, or boycott, provided that the party relying upon this section (i) shall have given the other party written notice thereof promptly and, in any event, within five (5) days of discovery thereof and (ii) shall take all steps reasonably necessary under the circumstances to mitigate the effects of the force majeure event upon which such notice is based; provided further, that in the event a force majeure event described in this Section extends for a period in excess of thirty (30) days in the aggregate, VeriSign may immediately terminate this Agreement.

28. HEADINGS. The section headings appearing in this Agreement are inserted only as a matter of convenience and in no way define, limit, construe or describe the scope or extent of such section or in any way affect such section.

29. SURVIVAL. In the event this Agreement terminates as provided herein, Sections 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10(c), 10(d), 14, and 17 through 29 of this Agreement shall survive such expiration or termination.

SERVICE SPECIFIC TERMS: The following terms apply in addition to Sections 1 through 29 only if you have selected the particular service described:


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