+ TERMS OF USE AND MEMBERSHIP
Welcome to netfluentials.com or netfluential.com panel (this "Site"). By using this Site or having accepted these terms and condittions during one of our surveys, you are registering as a member participating in the Netfluential Points membership program ("Points" or "Netfluential Points") or participating in any survey panel or study provided or hosted by Netfluential (each, a "Survey" or “Study” and collectively "Studies"), you agree to these Terms of Use and Membership ("Terms").
Netfluential reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of these Terms, including our Privacy Policy, at any time. It is your responsibility to check these Terms periodically for changes. Your continued use of this Site following the posting of such changes will mean that you accept and agree to the changes. Provided you comply with these Terms, Netfluential grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited privilege to enter and use this Site.
Eligibility
Membership in any Netfluential panel is free and is open to individuals only (not corporations or other business entities) that are at least sixteen (16) years of age or such other age as required by your geographic location. Membership in certain panels may be further restricted based on your age or geographic location. If you are less than eighteen (18) years of age and win any prize or receive any cash reward through Netfluential Points or other Netfluential incentive program, then such award will be made to your legal guardian. You are permitted to have only one account.
Registration and Passwords
While you may access this Site without registering for membership in any Netfluential panel, in order for an account to be established in your name and any Points properly credited to your account, you must complete the provided online registration form. To open a member account, you must provide Netfluential with complete and valid contact information, including your full legal name, home address, valid e-mail address, and all other requested information. Your account must have a unique and valid e-mail address and password.
You agree to provide only accurate, current and complete registration information and to keep that information updated in order to maintain its accuracy. Netfluential may terminate or suspend your membership and you may forfeit your Points if you fail to provide or keep your personal information accurate and complete.
You may use only one (1) password to open and access your account, and you may not use another account holder's password or allow anyone else to use your password, for any reason. You are solely responsible for the security of your user name and password and any activity that occurs under your membership account, whether authorized or unauthorized. Netfluential will not be responsible for any losses incurred through the use of your password by a third party, except when unauthorized use is directly attributable to the gross negligence or fraud of Netfluential. You agree to immediately notify Netfluential of any unauthorized use or breach of your member account.
Should you forget your password, you may request an e-mail to reset your password by using your username so that you can regain use of your account. This procedure assumes that the e-mail address provided by you when registering is used (or the new one provided in the event of an update).
By joining as a member of Netfluential's panels, you agree to receive invitations to participate in Netfluential's Studies and its third-party partners via e-mail. Netfluential does not guarantee that you will receive a certain minimum volume of invitations or any invitations at all. Your participation in any Survey and your disclosure of any personally-identifiable information is completely voluntary.
Relationship
You are responsible for providing any computer equipment and communications services necessary to connect to and access this Site. You agree that neither your membership in a Netfluential panel nor your completion of any Studies for Netfluential and its clients create any agency, partnership or employment relationship, and that your completion of Studies is strictly as an independent contractor. You also agree the Points or other incentives you receive for completing Studies are the only compensation you will receive for your completion of Studies.
Member Code of Conduct:
Netfluential is an online community dedicated to making your voice heard and allowing you to tell leading providers of products and services what you think. When you use and post content to the Netfluential Site or our community we ask that you observe the following rules:
• Be courteous and respect the opinions of others and behave in a manner that supports a safe and comfortable environment for all members.
• Do not post any of the following:
o Material that advocates illegal activity or political, religious or ideological beliefs.
o Personal attacks or anything (including "jokes" that may be misconstrued) obscene, vulgar, illegal, harmful, insulting, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, untrue, misleading or invasive of someone else's privacy.
o Advertising and solicitations - Do not use any community areas to buy or solicit for goods, services, or money, or to advertise or sell products or services to others. For example, do not post any advertising, referrals, promotional materials, junk mail, "spam", chain letters, pyramid schemes or any other form of solicitation.
o Any content that infringes any patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property right of another.
o Any statement that expresses or implies that any actions you take are endorsed by Netfluential or our clients.
• Do not take any Survey other than in good faith, such as providing false answers or speeding through a survey or answering each question the same way. Netfluential reserves the right to withhold awarding Points to you if, in Netfluential's reasonable view, your Survey responses are untruthful or not well considered.
• Do not access or use any part of the Site for anything other than your personal, non-commercial use.
• Do not access or use any part of the Site in any way that may violate any applicable state, federal, or international law, regulation, or other governmental requirement and/or regulation, treaty or tariff.
• Do not resell, barter, trade or otherwise attempt to generate income by providing access to your Netfluential Points to others.
• Do not impersonate any individual or entity, including, without limitation, a Netfluential employee, agent or client, or other Netfluential members or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity, including by "framing" any portion of this Site to make it look like you have a relationship with us or that we have endorsed you for any purpose.
• Do not publish or make reference in any media to any Survey or Site content without our prior written permission.
• Do not collect or store any personal information about other members.
• Do not attempt to access any service or area of the Site that you are not authorized to access.
• Do not use any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means or interface not provided by us to access the Site or extract data.
• Do not send to or otherwise impact us or this Site (or anything or anyone else) with harmful, illegal, deceptive or disruptive code such as a virus, "spyware", "adware" or other code that could adversely impact this Site or any recipient or take any action, such as a denial of service attack, that might impose a significant burden on this Site's infrastructure or interfere with the ordinary operation of this Site.
• Do not re-post on the Site any statements you receive from the Netfluential help desk.
• Do not communicate with the Netfluential help desk in a manner which is obscene, vulgar, harmful, insulting, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, untrue or misleading.
• Do not engage in any other activity that the Company reasonably deems improper or abusive.
Failure to comply with this Code of Conduct may result in termination of your membership account and forfeiture of any Points.
Confidentiality of Studies
Netfluential’s clients may disclose confidential and/or proprietary information and materials to you as part of Studies, and such information and materials shall remain the sole and exclusive property of its owner. This confidential information may include, but is not limited to, new product ideas or concepts, packaging concepts, advertising and movie or television concepts or trailers, and the text, visual images and sounds related thereto. By becoming a member, you agree that you will keep the contents and materials disclosed to you as part of all Studies in which you participate confidential and not disclose them to any third party or use the confidential information for any purpose except for the sole purpose of completing the Survey. If you breach this obligation, in addition to forfeiture of your Points and termination of your account, you may be liable for monetary damages to Netfluential and/or our client for damages caused by the result of your breach.
Privacy Policy
To better understand how Netfluential collects, uses and shares your personal information, please review our privacy policy, which is available here.
Member Content and License
You hereby give a non-exclusive, perpetual, unlimited, worldwide, royalty-free right to Netfluential to use for any purpose any content you submit to this Site, including the right to edit, copy, transmit, publish, display, modify, distribute, create derivative works from and develop such content and to transfer such content to third parties. You, not Netfluential, will have sole responsibility and liability for all content you use, upload, post or submit to the Site, including on our message boards and in any Survey in which you participate, including the obligation to obtain any necessary approvals and authorizations required to post such content.
Netfluential Points
What are Points?
Netfluential values our members’ opinions, and to show our appreciation, Netfluential offers incentives in the form of credits called “Points,” which are credited to your account maintained by Netfluential. Points are redeemable for cash or vouchers subject to the terms below.
Earning Points
Points will be credited to your account only through your participation in activities authorised by Netfluential, which include, but are not limited to, registration as a panelist, completion of demographic profiles and completion of qualitative or quantitative marketing research activities performed by Netfluential, and only in accordance with the specific incentive offer disclosed for each activity. Specifically, you may earn points as follows:
• Survey Completion: Earn Points for each survey you qualify for and complete. Points awarded vary by survey.
• Personal Interest Survey (Profile) Completion: Panelists can earn additional Points by completing the member profiles. Each completed profile is worth an additional 100 Points.
• Individual or group discussions and other qualitative research: Earn Points for each discussion project, Points awarded depend on the time involved and will be announced per project to you in advance of participation
Netfluential will maintain a record of the Points credited to and debited from your account and allow you to check the status of your account online by logging in and checking the "Your Points" tab. Although Netfluential makes every effort to ensure that accounts are credited correctly, it is your responsibility to verify that your Points have been credited properly. If you feel the incentive amounts credited to your account are incorrect, you must contact Netfluential by email within 60 days following our alleged error and explain in full the basis of your dispute, attaching any relevant information which offers evidence of the discrepancy. Upon receipt of your notice, we will investigate your claim and notify you of our decision to adjust or maintain the amount of Points credited to your account, as we deem appropriate, within thirty (30) days. If we need additional time to decide your claim, we will notify you and will endeavour to render a decision as soon as reasonably practicable. Any decision by us with regard to such a claim will be final
Redeeming Points
You can spend your Points at any time by going to the “Rewards Centre” underneath the “Explore” tab on the main page. Points are awarded for survey completion, personal profile Studies, and other participation on this Site. Points automatically convert to cash values whenever you request a payment or digital voucher.
If you request a voucher payment or cash, Netfluential’s rewards partners will automatically send you the voucher or cash payment to your registered email address on the Site. All rewards are void where prohibited by applicable laws or regulations and are subject to change as may be necessary to comply with such laws or regulations.
If you do not receive your voucher or cash payment and we reasonably determine that you are entitled to a replacement, such replacement voucher will be an electronic one. A member must request resending of a missing voucher or cash payment within a time limit of 3 months from when the voucher or payment was processed. Netfluential will not process any orders made after this 3 month time limit. Please ensure your email address is correct and complete in your account, otherwise, in case of voucher or payment returns the charges will be incurred to you.
Expiration of Points
When Points are credited to your account they will remain valid for one year and four months (16 months) from the date they are earned. If after this period the Points have not been used, they will automatically expire and be deleted from your account. This deduction will always occur towards the end of the month, usually on the 28th day. For example, if you earned Points on 15 March 2015, they will be removed from your account on 28 July 2016, if they are still in your account. Points cannot be redeemed after the expiration date.
In addition, all of your Points will immediately expire and be forfeited in the event that you cancel your account at Netfluential or if your account becomes "inactive." To be an active member means that you have joined Netfluential and participated in a Survey or other activity on this Site within 12 months from your initial registration or within the preceding 12 months. Netfluential will not provide you with any notice of the cancellation and forfeiture of any of your Points. Netfluential reserves the right to suspend these cancellation and forfeiture rules in its sole discretion.
Misconduct, Fraud and Correcting Account Errors
Netfluential retains the right to monitor all member activity within Netfluential Points. If required by law, if you have violated our Code of Conduct above, or in the event that your account shows signs of fraud, abuse or suspicious activity, your member account may be terminated and you may forfeit all accumulated Points. If you have conducted any fraudulent activity, Netfluential reserves the right to take any necessary legal action and may have grounds to confiscate any rewards redeemed as a result of such activity. In addition, you may be liable for monetary losses to Netfluential, including litigation costs and damages, and you will not be allowed to participate in Netfluential Points in the future.
If your account does not accurately reflect your Point balance, Netfluential reserves the right to correct such errors. If you have been awarded Points in error or you believe that your member account has been the subject of suspicious activity, please contact Netfluential immediately. If it is determined that you have been the victim of fraud, the Points you have earned will be transferred to a new member account.
Transferability
Points have no cash value, and may not be assigned, transferred and/or pledged to any third party. You have no property rights or other legal interests in any rewards Points granted pursuant to the Program.
Program Duration & Changes to Rules
Any revisions may affect your ability to use any Points you accumulate. If the Program is terminated or your membership is terminated by Netfluential other than as a result of your breach of these Terms, you will only have 30 days from such termination date to redeem all of your accumulated Points. If there is a modification to Netfluential Points, we will endeavor to notify you; however, Netfluential will not be responsible if you do not learn of the modification. The rewards offered and point levels required for specific rewards are subject to change without notice. All rewards are subject to availability.
Netfluential Intellectual Property
This Site is protected by intellectual property laws and you agree to respect them. All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved by Netfluential or its licensors.
The logo and trademarks "NETFLUENTIAL", "NETFLUENTIAL.com" are trademarks or registered trademarks of Netfluential or its affiliates. All other trademarks, service marks, logos and trade names used on this Site are the property of Netfluential or their respective owners. All rights are reserved.
As used herein, "Content" means (without limitation) all text, design, graphics, images, sound files, animation, video, interfaces, software, code and the selection and arrangement thereof appearing or included from time to time on this Site. All Content on this Site is subject to intellectual property rights, contractual or other protection. The intellectual property rights are owned by us or our licensors. No Content may be copied, distributed, republished, uploaded, posted or transmitted in any way except pursuant to the express provisions of these Terms or with our prior non-electronic consent. Modification or use of the materials for any other purpose may violate intellectual property rights. No title to copies or to intellectual property rights are transferred to users – all title and rights remain with us. This Site is © NETFLUENTIAL. All rights reserved.
Disclaimer of Warranties
By utilising the Netfluential Points program, you acknowledge and agree that Netfluential is not a bank or any other kind or form of financial institution and that "Points" credited to your account are not actual cash deposits, do not earn interest, and are only account entries that entitle you to the amount of the credited Points if you redeem them in accordance with these terms of use. You further agree that you may only redeem the amounts in your account in the manner and according to the procedures described in these terms of use, which we may amend from time to time. Netfluential is not responsible for the actions of any third party, such as the issuers of any gift cards, vouchers or other rewards redeemable for Points.
You expressly agree that your use of this Site and the Netfluential Points program is at your sole risk. You agree that this Site, all information on this Site, the services offered by this and their functionality, and the Netfluential Points program are provided by Netfluential or its corporate parents or affiliates, successors or assigns, suppliers or agents, "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE." Netfluential is not responsible for typographical errors regardless of source. In addition, Netfluential does not represent or warrant that the information accessible on this Site is accurate, complete, or current. You hereby release Netfluential and its affiliates and third party providers from all liability regarding the redemption and use of any rewards, including any rewards that, after receipt, may be lost, stolen or destroyed.
NETFLUENTIAL DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS AND DUTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES, DUTIES OR CONDITIONS: (a) OF MERCHANTABILITY, OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE, OF RESULTS, AND OF ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OR PRIVACY OR SECURITY OF INFORMATION; AND (b) CREATED BY TRADE USAGE, COURSE OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE.
NETFLUENTIAL FURTHER DISCLAIMS ALL DUTIES TO YOU, IF ANY SUCH DUTIES EXIST, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO REASONABLE CARE, WORKMANLIKE EFFORT, FREEDOM FROM COMPUTER VIRUS, AND LACK OF NEGLIGENCE. NETFLUENTIAL FURTHER MAKES NO WARRANTY OF TITLE OR AGAINST INTERFERENCE WITH YOUR ENJOYMENT OF ANY ASPECT OF THE COMPLETE SITE, OR AGAINST INFRINGEMENT.
Limitation of Liability
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, YOU AGREE THAT NEITHER NETFLUENTIAL NOR ANY OF OUR AFFILIATES OR AGENTS WILL BE LIABLE TO YOU AND/OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SIMILAR GENERAL DAMAGES, OR FOR DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, LOSS OR IMPAIRMENT OF PRIVACY, SECURITY Of DATA, FAILURE TO MEET ANY DUTY (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY DUTY OF GOOD FAITH, WORKMANLIKE EFFORT OR OF LACK OF NEGLIGENCE), OR FOR ANY OTHER SIMILAR DAMAGES WHATSOEVER THAT ARISE OUT OF OR ARE RELATED TO ANY BREACH OR OTHER ASPECT OF THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT OR THIS SITE, EVEN IF NETFLUENTIAL HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND EVEN IN THE EVENT OF FAULT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR STRICT OR PRODUCT LIABILITY OR MISREPRESENTATION.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE LIABILITY OF NETFLUENTIAL, ITS CORPORATE PARENTS OR AFFILIATES, SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS, SUPPLIERS OR AGENTS EXCEED THE ACTUAL RETAIL VALUE OF AN APPLICABLE REWARD AT ISSUE, OR IF A DISPUTE RELATES GENERALLY TO YOUR USE OF THE PROGRAM, TO THE FAIR MARKET RETAIL VALUE OF THE REWARDS WHICH YOUR UNUSED, UNEXPIRED, NON-CANCELED POINTS ARE CONVERTIBLE INTO.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold Netfluential, and its parent and affiliated companies, together with their officers, directors, owners, employees and agents harmless from any and all claims, losses, damages, suits, fines, levy's and costs (including reasonable attorney's fees and expert witness costs, including costs associated with in-house counsel), (collectively "Claims"), arising from or related to your use of this Site and any content you place on this Site, including Claims made by third parties. You agree that Netfluential has the unlimited right to defend any Claim and to settle any Claim without your prior permission. You agree to provide Netfluential with all reasonable assistance in the defense of any Claim.
Cancelling Your Account
You may cancel your account at any time by contacting Netfluential at hello@Netfluential.com or by going to “Account” underneath your profile picture and selecting "Unsubscribe Options" on the bottom left hand corner, then completing the process by selecting the option “cancel your account”. Your account will also be cancelled if you withdraw from the Netfluential panel. Immediately upon deletion or your withdrawal from the Netfluential panel, your account will be closed. You understand and agree that, as noted above, upon closing your account, your right to access the Netfluential Points program will cease and all Points credited to your account at such time, however and whenever accumulated, will be forfeited. Netfluential may terminate your account at any time for any reason.
Tax Liability
You may be required under local laws to pay taxes on prizes you receive. You acknowledge that we may supply information to taxing agencies, or withhold taxes, at the request of those agencies or as we, in our sole discretion, deem appropriate. You acknowledge and agree that you will provide Netfluential with any additional personal information that Netfluential needs to comply with any reporting or withholding obligations. Your failure to provide such information within 30 days of a request sent by Netfluential to the email address registered at that time may result in the forfeiture of Points or the prizes you may have won.
Links
Netfluential may provide links to third-party websites as a convenience to you, and Netfluential's providing of any link does not constitute an endorsement by such site of Netfluential or vice versa. You agree that Netfluential is not responsible for examining or evaluating the content or accuracy and Netfluential does not warrant and will not have any liability or responsibility for any third-party materials or websites, or for any other materials, products, or services of third parties. You agree that you will not use any third-party materials in a manner that would infringe or violate the rights of any other party and that Netfluential is not in any way responsible for any such use by you.
Notices
Notices to You: We may give you all notices that we are required to give by posting notice on this Site. You also agree that we may give notice by email in our discretion, including notice of subpoenas or other legal process (if any). We may provide notice to any email or other address that you provide during registration. You agree to keep your address current and to check for notices posted on the Site.
Notices to Us: We receive many emails and not all employees are trained to deal with every kind of communication, so you agree to send us notice by mailing it to Netfluential ltd., 2 Riding House Street, Henry Wood House, London, W1W 7FA, UK Attn. Panel Team. If a law requires us to accept email notice notwithstanding the foregoing, call us on +44(0)20 37707622 for our address established for receipt of such notices.
Entire Agreement; Miscellaneous.
These Terms, including items incorporated into them (e.g., the Privacy Policy), as well as any additional terms or conditions contained on the Site for particular activities, and disclosures provided by us and consents provided by you on the Site (collectively, the "Entire Agreement"), constitute the entire agreement between us and neither party has relied on any representations made by the other that are not expressly set forth in the Entire Agreement. If any provision of the Entire Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect, provided that the allocation of risks described herein is given effect to the fullest extent possible. Our failure to act with respect to a breach does not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches, and time is of the essence of the Entire Agreement.
Notice of Copyright Agent
Netfluential respects the intellectual property rights of others and requests that you do the same. Anyone who believes that their work has been reproduced in this Site in a way constituting copyright infringement may provide a notice to the designated Copyright Agent for the Site containing the following:
• An electronic or physical signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;
• Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material;
• The address, telephone number, and, if available, an e-mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted;
• A representation that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
• A representation that the information in the notice is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Copyright infringement claims and notices (but not other notices) should be sent to the attention of General Counsel in the following manner:
• by phone: +44(0)20 37707622
• by mail: Netfluential ltd., 2 Riding House Street, Henry Wood House, London, W1W 7FA, UK Attn. General Counsel
• by email: hello@NETFLUENTIAL.com
Further Information
If you have a complaint, you may contact us at Netfluential ltd., 2 Riding House Street, Henry Wood House, London, W1W 7FA, UK
