The FilesAnywhere Web System ("FilesAnywhere") is being provided to you by Officeware Corporation d/b/a FilesAnywhere ("FilesAnywhere") under the terms expressed in this document named FilesAnywhere Terms of Use. Your use of the FilesAnywhere site will indicate your acceptance of these terms. Do not use the site if you do not agree to be bound by these terms. By clicking on the "AGREE" button you are confirming that you agree to be bound by these terms. Use the scrollbar to view all remaining terms below.
1. Changes to Terms. FilesAnywhere may change these Terms of Use at any time. Any change to these Terms of Use will be made publicly available on this website by clicking the "Terms of Use" link at the bottom of the home page. Continued use of the service is construed as your acceptance of the Terms of Use. You should visit this page from time to time to review the then-current Terms because they are binding on you. Certain provisions of these Terms may be superseded by expressly designated legal notices or terms located on particular pages at this Site.
2. Changes to FilesAnywhere Service. FilesAnywhere reserves the right to change or discontinue the FilesAnywhere service ("the Service") at any time, with or without notice. FilesAnywhere shall be in no way liable for any consequence to anyone or anything which results from our decisions regarding continuing, changing, or discontinuing any features of the Service. Further, FilesAnywhere shall not be liable for forwarding or retrieving documents.
3. No Liability for Data Stored on FilesAnywhere.FilesAnywhere assumes no liability for any of the data which is stored on the FilesAnywhere service, be it obscene, offensive, illegal, or if it is an infringement of property rights of anyone. Individual users are solely responsible for the file content they upload and store on this service.
4. Individual Account Security, Privacy, and Personal Use. You agree that you are the only person responsible for the security of your account and FilesAnywhere is not.
5. Grant of License, Non-Transferable Membership. FilesAnywhere grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the products and software made available through the FilesAnywhere web site for your own individual purposes. All rights related to this Service not expressly granted by FilesAnywhere to you are retained. You must have a valid, registered user account to access FilesAnywhere. FilesAnywhere may only be accessed and used by those authorized individuals who are registered with FilesAnywhere. Your password may be maintained by you as often as you like, however this password is non-transferable and your account may not be shared for other individuals to use. Upon termination of your membership subscription, by non-payment, cancellation or suspension of service, this agreement will automatically terminate and the license to use the backup Setup Daily, Weekly or Monthly scheduled jobs. Synchronize folders between multiple locations, or create automated file transfer jobs. Jobs run automatically as a background service. Simple, wizard-based software is included with the WebAdvanced plan. software under this agreement shall be permanently revoked. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR ACCOUNT PASSWORD MUST BE KEPT PRIVATE AND MAY NOT BE USED BY ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL OR AUTOMATED PROCESS TO ACCESS YOUR ACCOUNT UNLESS THEY ALSO HAVE AN ASSIGNED USER LICENSE OR "SUBACCOUNT A SubAccount is simply an additional user account, which is associated with a Primary account. The Primary account pays for all SubAccounts, and manages the SubAccounts. Any user plan can be upgraded to a Workgroup plan simply by adding SubAccounts. With the WebAdvanced plan, you can add individual SubAccounts as needed. With the Web-only Account, you choose the size of your Workgroup in blocks of 5 users (including the Primary user). WebAdvanced plans are more cost-effective if you only need a couple of SubAccounts, and come with more features. The Web Account Workgroup (purchased in multiples of 5 users) is generally less expensive for 5 or more users, but does not come with the WebAdvanced features." USER LICENSE. This includes access via Web, FTP, Secure FTP or WebDAV No software to install, since WebDAV is built into most operating systems. Using this feature, you can Open, Edit and Save remote files directly from your applications. Also Copy/Paste or Drag-n-Drop between your local computer and the mapped FilesAnywhere folder. protocols.
6. Disclaimer of Warranties. FilesAnywhere IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS
OF DATA, DUE TO TRANSMISSION ERROR, CLIENT SOFTWARE ERROR, SERVER SOFTWARE
ERROR, USER ERROR, OR ANY CAUSE. DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE INTERNET
AND THE ONLINE BACKUP Setup Daily, Weekly or Monthly scheduled jobs. Synchronize folders between
multiple locations, or create automated file transfer jobs. Jobs
run automatically as a background service. Simple, wizard-based software
is included with the WebAdvanced plan.
SERVICE, IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOU PERFORM ROUTINE TESTS OF
THE FILE RESTORE FEATURES AND FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THE COMPLETE OPERATION
OF THE BACKUP Setup Daily, Weekly or Monthly scheduled jobs. Synchronize folders between
multiple locations, or create automated file transfer jobs. Jobs
run automatically as a background service. Simple, wizard-based software
is included with the WebAdvanced plan.
SOFTWARE BEFORE AN EMERGENCY SITUATION ARISES. You agree that this service
comes with no warranty and is "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE"
only. This service is not intended to be the sole backup Setup Daily, Weekly or Monthly scheduled jobs. Synchronize folders between
multiple locations, or create automated file transfer jobs. Jobs
run automatically as a background service. Simple, wizard-based software
is included with the WebAdvanced plan.
location for any data; users are responsible for backing up their own
data files to a location other than FilesAnywhere.
You assume all risks associated with accepting a service of this kind.
FilesAnywhere expressly disclaims every type
of warranty whether express or implied, including, but not limited to,
the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and
non-infringement.
FilesAnywhere
makes no warranty that FilesAnywhere will
meet your requirements or that FilesAnywhere will
be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free.
FilesAnywhere takes
no responsibility for damage done to your property as a result of using
FilesAnywhere software or the system itself.
In addition, FilesAnywhere does
not make a warranty for any goods which are purchased through the service.
Anything which you purchase through the service is a separate agreement
between you and the third party and FilesAnywhere shall
have nothing to do with it. Further, if anyone who is an employee or agent
of FilesAnywhere makes any sort of statement,
it shall not be construed as a warranty. If by law it is not allowed because
of your jurisdiction's rules for FilesAnywhere to
exclude certain warranties then only the exclusions which are disallowed
by law do not apply to you.
7. Limitation of Liability. You also agree that FilesAnywhere will not be liable for any special, direct, consequential, indirect, or incidental damages which result from use, cost, errors, security breaches, or anything else related to the use of FilesAnywhere. (If it is illegal for us to exclude certain liabilities for you because of your legal jurisdiction, the illegal exclusions do not apply to you.)
8. US Laws. When using FilesAnywhere,
you agree to follow U.S. laws regarding transmitting data, and not to
make illegal use of the FilesAnywhere System
or use it for purposes which are illegal. Further, you agree not to use
the System for transmitting vulgar, obscene, harmful, libelous, abusive,
or unlawful material. You agree not to attempt to gain access to other
computer systems. Also, you agree not to interfere with anyone else who
is a member of FilesAnywhere in
their use and enjoyment of the FilesAnywhere web
site or other FilesAnywhere products.
You agree to not transmit anything over FilesAnywhere which
could cause civil liability against anyone, or break applicable international
regulations, international laws, national laws, national regulations,
state laws, state regulations, or local laws, or local regulations.
9. Use of Service. In
connection with any file Uploads, shared folders, published MediaLinks,
emailed file attachments, or FileShare links, you further agree that you
will not: (i) submit material to the Service or distribute material from
the Service, whether it by via Uploading, GroupShare folders, email file
attachments, FileShare links, MediaLinks, or any other feature provided
by the Service, that is copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise
subject to third party proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity
rights, unless you are the owner of such rights or have permission from
their rightful owner to post the material and to grant to FilesAnywhere all
of the license rights granted herein; (ii) publish falsehoods or misrepresentations
that could damage FilesAnywhere or
any third party; (iii) submit material that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory,
libelous, threatening, pornographic, harassing, hateful, racially or ethnically
offensive, or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offense,
give rise to civil liability, violate any law, or is otherwise inappropriate;
(iv) post advertisements or solicitations of business: (v) impersonate
another person.
FilesAnywhere does not endorse any User-supplied
Content or Guest-supplied Content or Uploaded Material or any opinion,
recommendation, or advice expressed therein, and FilesAnywhere expressly
disclaims any and all liability in connection with User-supplied Content
or Guest-supplied Content or Uploaded Material. FilesAnywhere does
not permit copyright infringing activities and infringement of intellectual
property rights on its Website, and FilesAnywhere will
remove all User-supplied Content or Guest-supplied Content or Uploaded
Material if properly notified that such content infringes on another's
intellectual property rights. FilesAnywhere reserves
the right to remove such content without prior notice. FilesAnywhere will
also terminate a User's access to its Website, if they are determined
to be a repeat infringer. A repeat infringer is a User who has been notified
of infringing activity more than twice and/or has had such content removed
from the Service more than twice. FilesAnywhere also
reserves the right to decide whether User-supplied Content or Guest-supplied
Content or Uploaded Material is appropriate and complies with these Terms
of Use for violations other than copyright infringement and violations
of intellectual property law, such as, but not limited to, pornography,
obscene or defamatory material, material that may be offensive, content
having excessive file size or excessive use, which puts an excessive load
on the servers, to the detriment of other users, or MediaLinks that have
been unused for a period of one year or longer. FilesAnywhere may
remove such Uploaded Material or Links and/or terminate a User's access
for uploading such material in violation of these Terms of Use at any
time, without prior notice and at its sole discretion.
In particular, if you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof and believe
that any material uploaded by a User or Guest or other content infringes
upon your copyrights, you may submit a notification pursuant to the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") to our Designated Copyright
Agent (see 17 U.S.C 512(c)(3) for further detail). Refer to our
Copyright Agent page for more information on filing a claim or counterclaim:
Notice and Procedure for Making
Claims of Copyright Infringement
10. Indemnification. You agree to indemnify and hold FilesAnywhere and its affiliates, officers, stockholders, and employees harmless from any type of demand or any type of claim which would include attorneys' fees which are reasonable, which are made by any third party as a result of your use of the FilesAnywhere System, be it any type of infringement such as intellectual property or other rights, or other users of FilesAnywhere using your computer, or an infringement of these Terms of Use by you.
11. Sole Responsibility for Data, Account Termination. You agree to be solely and completely responsible for all of your transmissions onto and off of your FilesAnywhere, and the contents of those transmissions. FilesAnywhere holds the right to terminate your access to the FilesAnywhere system at any time with or without reason, at FilesAnywhere's sole discretion. If your account is terminated for any reason, you agree you may not have permission to access your files on the FilesAnywhere system and your files will be permanently removed from our servers. FilesAnywhere is not obligated to give you access to any data which you have uploaded or inserted into FilesAnywhere in any way. NO OBLIGATION OF REFUND: You agree that FilesAnywhere is not obligated in any way to refund any portion of monies paid for a subscription service period if the account is terminated for any reason.
12. Limitations of Free Trial Accounts. THE FUNCTIONALITY OF ALL FREE TRIAL ACCOUNTS, DEMO ACCOUNTS, AND STANDARD FREE ACCOUNTS IS LIMITED. FILESANYWHERE MAKES NO CLAIMS TO THE FUNCTIONALITY OR USABILITY OF FREE ACCOUNTS. ONCE A FREE ACCOUNT ENTERS A CANCELLATION STATUS, THE ACCOUNT AND ALL OF THE ACCOUNT FILES MAY BE PURGED WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE. The "1GB Free Account" is offered as the free version of the Basic Web Plan. This 1GB Free Account comes with 1GB of remote file storage, and this account is retained as long as you login at least once every 60 days. If more than 60 days have passed since the last login, the 1GB Free Account will enter a cancellation status and may be closed and purged at any time. A free account in cancellation status may be renewed by logging in and upgrading, within 30 days from the date of cancellation. It may be possible to return to a cancelled account beyond 30 days and upgrade it to a subscription, if it has not yet been purged. WebAdvanced plans offer a 10-day Full-Featured Free Trial. The WebAdvanced trial account functions like a paid subscription, with the same limits that apply to an individual paid account. After 10 days, the 10-day WebAdvanced free trial account is automatically activated and charges the registered credit card you entered on the signup screen if it is not cancelled within the 10-day trial period. There are no charges for the 1GB Free Account (the Basic Web Plan Free Account), unless you choose to upgrade the plan to a Basic Web Account Subscription.
13. Advertisements. FilesAnywhere assumes no liability for anything which is perceived in advertisements in FilesAnywhere, or any actions which are taken or not taken as a result of those advertisements and any contact which you have with the advertisers.
14. Intellectual Property. By registering with this service, you understand and agree that all content created by FilesAnywhere for the FilesAnywhere system, as well as all of FilesAnywhere's software that supports this system, is protected by trademarks, copyright, service marks, or other property rights and laws. Therefore you must have appropriate authorization before reproducing, distributing, copying, or taking and changing any of these contents. Further, your use of the FilesAnywhere system must be in accord and governed by all appropriate state, federal, local, international, and national laws and regulations.
15. Applicable Laws. If anything which is inserted into this Terms of Use document is found by the appropriate legal jurisdiction and authority to be in violation of the relevant law then the other parts of the Terms of Use shall be understood as close to their original meaning as possible and the parts which were not in violation of a law remain in full effect, and full force.
16. Enforcement. If FilesAnywhere fails to act on any of the terms of this document it should not be construed as a waiver of any provision unless FilesAnywhere agrees to any such waiver in writing.
17. Automatic Upgrade for Excess Storage Used. IF THE TOTAL SIZE OF YOUR FILESANYWHERE ACCOUNT EXCEEDS THE CURRENT PLAN SIZE PURCHASED, A NOTICE WILL BE EMAILED TO THE REGISTERED EMAIL REQUESTING THAT ACTION PLEASE BE TAKEN TO CORRECT THE OVERAGE. WITHIN 3 DAYS FROM THIS NOTICE AN UPGRADE MUST BE PERFORMED OR FILES MUST BE DELETED TO BRING THE SPACE USED DOWN TO AT OR BELOW THE MAXIMUM STORAGE PURCHASED (THE CURRENT PLAN SIZE). IF NO ACTION IS TAKEN WITHIN 3 DAYS YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY CHARGED FOR THE ADDITIONAL STORAGE SPACE AND YOUR RECURRING PLAN WILL BE UPGRADED TO THE NEXT LARGEST PLAN THAT ACCOMODATES THIS STORAGE SPACE. FILESANYWHERE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR EMAIL RECEPTION, THEREFORE YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING TRACK OF THE SIZE OF YOUR STORAGE USED.