TERMS OF USE

Effective Date: 11/21/2023

These Terms of Use are entered into between APLAF Inc., a Arizona Corporation, (“ProClass”, “APLAF” or “we” or “us”) and Client (“you” or “your” or “Agency” ) upon your usage of, successful login to,  or authentication to the Services. APLAF agrees to provide you the Services (as defined below) subject to the following terms and conditions:

1.       Services.

We provide access to a fully-hosted version of APLAF’s hosted product ProClass (“the Product”), through our proprietary software (the “Software”) and websites (the “Website”), collectively known as the Service or Services. To assist us in the usage of, successful implementation,  and promotion of the Services, you agree to provide us with certain information, images, and data as requested by us relating to your organization. You hereby grant APLAF the right to utilize such information, images, and data to provide services to you and to your customers and others whose data is managed within the Service.

2.       License to Intellectual Property/Promotion.

a.       APLAF shall retain all right, title and interest in and to the Product and its Software, trademarks, service marks, logo and trade names worldwide (“Intellectual Property”). You shall use the Intellectual Property only as provided, and shall not alter the Intellectual Property in any way, or act or permit action in any way that would impair APLAF’s rights in its Intellectual Property. You acknowledge that your use of the Intellectual Property shall not create in you or any other person any right, title or interest in or to such Intellectual Property. Any goodwill accruing from the use of the Intellectual Property shall inure solely to the benefit of APLAF.

b.      APLAF hereby grants to you a limited, non-exclusive, nontransferable permission (i) to use the Product “AS-IS” and in accordance with APLAF’s specifications and Terms of Use, and (ii) to display, reproduce, distribute and transmit in digital form APLAF’s name and logo in connection with promotion of the Services. You hereby grant to APLAF a limited non-transferable license to use, display, reproduce, distribute, modify and transmit in digital or printed form information provided by you relating to your organization, including your organization’s name, trademarks, service marks and logo, in connection with the implementation and provisioning of the Services.

c.       The Software is owned by APLAF and its structure, organization, and code are the valuable trade secrets of APLAF Inc. The Software is also protected by United States Copyright Law and International Treaty provisions. You must treat the Software just as you would any other copyrighted material, such as a book. You may not copy the Software in any way. You agree not to modify, adapt or translate the Software. You also agree not to reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to discover the source code of the Software. You shall not demonstrate the Software, provide documentation  related to the Software, or provide access to the Software to any third party consultants or companies which may be deemed by APLAF to be a competitor of APLAF, engaged in similar activities as APLAF, or which may attempting or planning to engage in similar activities as APLAF.  You acknowledge that violation of the terms of this section may cause irreparable harm to APLAF, its Members, Shareholders, and or Assigns and that you will be held responsible for these damages should you or any company, firm, or individual you allow to access the Software, Services, and or accompanying files, documents and materials, not adhere to these terms and conditions. In the event that actual damages cannot be reasonably quantified, and at the sole discretion of APLAF Inc., you agree to pay 5x ( five times) the highest annual rate paid by you during your subscription period to ProClass should any portion of this section be breached.

3.       Information Security.

We will collect information, including names, addresses, credit card information and other information required by you, from individuals registering for your Activities through the Website. All information collected or stored shall be hosted by APLAF and owned jointly by you and APLAF provided that your account is in good standing and  that no breach of the service agreement has occurred. Any breach of the Service Agreement shall result in the loss of any and all rights you may have to any data or information stored by APLAF.  Such information may be shared with 3rd parties as deemed necessary by us to provide the services or to enhance the customer’s experience as detailed in our privacy policy. You may access this information at any time, provided your account is is good standing and no balance is due, by downloading it from our servers using your private password and “login” identifier. You are responsible for keeping your login credentials private and secure. Certain data is encrypted and unavailable for retrieval including but not limited full credit card details, user passwords, and other sensitive information defined by industry standard or by APLAF. 

If you are unable to access your or your registrants’ information through the Administrative or Customer Portal  portion of the Websites, upon request, we will send such information to you via e-mail, fax, airmail, or other electronic delivery method at our discretion provided this information is not protected by additional encryption used in complying with industry standards. You will be responsible for protecting the privacy and security of any information that you store on, or retrieve from our servers, and you shall be responsible for preventing any unauthorized or illegal use or dissemination of such information. Default on your service terms or failure to pay any balance due may result in loss of ownership of data stored for you by ProClass. ProClass is not responsible for loss of data due to deletion for non payment or due to equipment failure.

4.       Privacy.

Each party and or user of the Services shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations governing online privacy in fulfilling its obligations hereunder and in collecting and using personal information about users of the Websites.

5.       Service and Support Fees

a.       Applicable Service and Support Fees are more specifically described in your Customer Order Form. All Fees set forth in these Terms of Use and the Customer Order Form and Service Agreement will be due from you within 15 days of invoice date. Any Fees rendered later than this deadline shall accrue an initial late fee of $25 or 5%, whichever is greater, plus interest at the annual rate of 18%. In the event of delay in paying a Fee, you shall reimburse APLAF for any legal fees incurred by APLAF in its collection efforts. Late payment of any fees due may result in interruption or restriction of service.

ALL SERVICE AND SUPPORT SUBSCRIPTIONS AUTOMATICALLY RENEW 60 DAYS PRIOR TO THE END OF THE CURRENT SERVICE TERM. CANCELLATION OF SERVICE REQUIRES AT LEAST 60 DAYS NOTICE PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY FUTURE TERM. ALL TERMS ARE ANNUAL UNLESS SPECIFIED IN WRITING. NOTICE MUST BE PROVIDED IN WRITING TO THE ADDRESS LISTED BELOW. 

b.       Subsequent term fees are based the then current Pricing Schedule which is available upon request. APLAF reserves the right to increase or add fees at the beginning of any term and shall provide at least 60 days’ notice of any new fee or changes in existing pricing levels. You agree to keep current and valid credit card or ACH billing information updated and on file with ProClass and that lack of such current and valid billing information may result in restriction of service. If you exceed your current pricing level within 90 days of the start of any term APLAF reserves the right to charge the additional amount due, for the current term based upon the then current pricing schedule. Your current pricing information is available upon request by requesting it from Billing@ProClassOnline.com. Exceeding your current pricing level does not constitute a pricing change per these terms of use and does not require notice of any kind. 

c.      Additional services may be requested by you in the areas of services, customization, data analysis and / or conversion. These services are optional and are billed at the then current hourly rates. All optional services require written authorization delivered either via E-mail, USPS, or Fax. All modifications, customization, or product of any service provided by APLAF are the sole property of APLAF.

d.      You are responsible for completing the ProClassPay application providing ProClassPay / BlueSnap merchant account information to support in order  to enable the configuration of  credit card processing . 

e. Merchant Processing fees of 2.9% plus $0.30 per transaction for clients using ProClassPay features in conjunction with BlueSnap Merchant Services shall subject additionally to a minimum of 0.59% up to a maximum of 2% vendor fee for all credit/debit card and ACH  transactions.  This vendor fee  rate and any specific  related features may be increased, decreased, added to, or removed at any time and at the sole discretion of APLAF. 

Alternative gateway support is available for certain specific gateways and merchant accounts. Use of any gateways or merchant account facilities other than those provided through the ProClassPay solution within ProClass shall incur a minimum $500.00 annual gateway support and maintenance fee.  APLAF reserves the right to discontinue the support of any gateway upon 60 days notice to the client. 

6.       Disclaimer of Warranty/Limitation of Liability.

a.  APLAF expressly disclaims any warranty that the use of its Intellectual Property or the Services will be uninterrupted, error free, impervious to intrusion or attack, or that the specifications will meet your requirements. The Intellectual Property and Services are provided to you on an “AS-IS” basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. APLAF shall not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, or lost profit damages of any kind. APLAF’s total liability under this or any agreement is limited to the amount Fees collected and retained hereunder and shall not, for any reason, exceed the total amount of the Fees collected during the most recent or current term.

b. APLAF, in some cases,  provides the option to you to store credit card and other sensitive data, at your own risk, within ProClass and APLAF assumes no liability for lost or stolen credit card or other sensitive data. Should you choose to store such data you assume all associated risks. ProClass provides for storage of this data at your option in fields specifically designated for such data and provides industry standard data encryption and data protection methods on these fields to assist in the protection of such data per payment card industry standards. You are not allowed to store credit card data in any fields outside of those specifically designated fields and any use of other fields or methods including image files, user defined fields, notes, or follow ups is expressly forbidden and may result in service suspension. 

c. Any breach of information or of APLAF networks or hosted data will be reported to clients within 72 hours after detection of such intrusion or breach. APLAF shall extend all reasonable efforts to assist in the notification of affected customers.

7.       Representations and Warranties.

Each party represents and warrants that it has the necessary and full right, power, authority and capability to enter into these Terms of Use and to perform its obligations hereunder; that it owns or controls the rights granted or licensed to the other party herein; that the execution and performance of its obligations under these Terms of Use will not violate any known rights of any third party, any contractual commitments or any applicable federal, state, and local law or regulation; and that to its knowledge the marks, logos and intellectual property licensed to the other party herein do not violate the proprietary rights of a third party.

8.       Indemnification.

Each party shall indemnify and hold harmless the other party and its directors, officers, employees, affiliates and agents, against any claim, demand, cause of action, debt or proceedings (whether threatened, asserted, or filed) and all related damages, losses, liabilities, cost and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), to the extent that: (i) it is based upon the indemnitor’s breach of a representation, warranty or obligation hereunder; (ii) it arises out of the indemnitor’s gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) it is based upon the indemnitor’s violation of any applicable federal, state or local law or regulation. You shall indemnify and hold harmless APLAF against any claim or cause of action to the extent that it is based on injury or damage to a participant in any of your activities.

9.    Miscellaneous.

Any notices to APLAF shall be in writing to:

APALF Inc. 
PO BOX 4668 #22490
New York NY 10163

Neither party may assign its rights or obligations arising out of these Terms of Use without the other party’s prior written consent, except that APLAF may assign your subscription to the services in connection with any sale, or transfer of all or substantially all of its assets or any other transaction in which more than fifty percent of its voting securities are transferred. These Terms of Use shall be governed by the laws of, and adjudicated within, the State of Arizona. 

Choice of Law and Venue. The validity, interpretation, construction, and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Arizona. Any action to enforce or for breach of this Agreement shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts of the County of Maricopa, in the City of Phoenix Arizona. By agreeing to these Terms of Use, you are consenting to personal jurisdiction in the courts in Arizona, and waive any argument of forum non conveniens.