INTERNET ADVERTISING AGREEMENT Our Donor Directory and CatholicBusinessPages.com – INTERNET ADVERTISING AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) IMPORTANT: Advertising on this Electronic Directory, CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS. Businesses included in this directory, having received a free business listing, agree in turn, to include a Banner link back to this Business Directory from their website.  Our Board of Directors and CatholicBusinessPages.com reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of these Advertising Terms and Conditions, at any time. It is your responsibility to check these Terms and Conditions periodically for changes. Your continued participation on this Site following the posting of changes will mean that you accept and agree to the changes. As long as you comply with these Terms and Conditions, Our Organization and CatholicBusinessPages.com grant you limited privilege to enter, advertise, and use the Site. THIS INTERNET ADVERTISING AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made between Our Organization and CatholicBusinessPages.com (“Publishers”) and the undersigned advertiser (“Advertiser”). In consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto agree as follows:
  1. Advertising. Publishers shall use its diligent efforts to provide the Internet-related advertising as specified. Any advertising submitted by Advertiser must be in form and substance acceptable to Publishers. The community of advertisers included on Our Donor Directory and CatholicBusinessPages.com support and endorse this statement:
    • I desire to connect with individuals in my community and pledge to provide them with fair, honest and reliable service.
    Each advertising application will be manually reviewed. To be approved, it must satisfy the following requirements:
    • All application information must be accurate and verifiable.
    • Advertiser web sites or links cannot contain any of the following:
      • Adult or mature content
      • Any profane or inappropriate language
      • References to illegal drugs or drug paraphernalia
      • Violent or hateful content
      • Anything that references illegal content or promotion thereof
      • Any Pro-choice/Pro-abortion references or links
      • Any insulting references to ethnic background, culture, or religion
  2. Payment. If a package price is specified in the “Get Listed” section, each advertiser included in the Donor directory agrees to contribute an annual web site maintenance fee. The directory is made available free to your organization and all members, unless otherwise specified in the “Get Listed” section. Each member advertiser, following placement of business listing, is entitled to two copy changes or corrections each year. Additional copy changes exceeding this limit during any one year term, will be billed at 25.00 per event. Your local Donor directory can be cancelled or discontinued for any reason. The advertiser agrees not to claim any loss or seek any compensation for said fee from their church or sponsoring organization or Publishers or any of its affiliates.Banner ads are available for those business members who desire to advertise in the business directory for added exposure. Website banners purchased by business members are paid advertising. Paid advertising is 100% deductible as a business expense. No money received from business members for banner ad purchases is donated to the sponsoring organization. The advertising dollars received help our company provide this directory free to the organization, and all donors. Business Member Sponsors will receive a banner ad on the church Business Directory web site for a term of one year (renewed annually). If for any reason the online directory is cancelled, the Business Member Sponsor will receive the same, equal banner ad on the metro area CatholicBusinessPages.com directory website for the remaining term of their original advertising agreement. The Business Member Sponsor agrees that this is fair and just compensation for their dollars invested.
  3. Indemnity. Advertiser shall at all times defend, indemnify and hold harmless Publishers and its officers, directors, shareholders, employees, accountants, attorneys, agents, affiliates, subsidiaries, successors, and assigns from and against any and all third-party claims, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal fees and expenses, arising out of or related to the content of Advertiser’s advertisements served by Publishers pursuant to this Agreement and/or any materials to which users can link through those advertisements.
  4. Limitation of Liability
    1. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL PUBLISHERS BE LIABLE TO ADVERTISER OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), ARISING FROM THIS AGREEMENT, SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF REVENUE OR ANTICIPATED PROFITS OR LOST BUSINESS, COSTS OF DELAY, OR LIABILITIES TO THIRD PARTIES ARISING FROM ANY SOURCE.
    2. PUBLISHERS DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY REGARDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES, SUITABILITY, COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS, QUALITY, OR OTHERWISE, WITH RESPECT TO THE PUBLISHERS WEB SITE.
    3. IN NO EVENT SHALL PUBLISHERS BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR AN AMOUNT GREATER THAN THE PAYMENT OWED TO PUBLISHERS as set forth in the fee schedule.
    4. PUBLISHERS WOULD NOT HAVE ENTERED INTO THIS AGREEMENT BUT FOR THE LIMITATIONS CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION 4.
  5. Intellectual Property Rights. Neither party will acquire any ownership interest in each other’s intellectual property. Publishers shall have the right to place Advertiser’s logo, tradename and trademark on any advertising from Advertiser and to otherwise use such items in connection with the purposes of this Agreement.
  6. Force Majeure. Neither Publishers nor Advertiser shall be liable to the other for any failure or delay in its performance due to any cause beyond its control, including acts of war, acts of God, earthquake, riot, sabotage, labor shortage or dispute, Internet interruption, government acts, and other similar events.
  7. Miscellaneous. This Agreement constitutes and contains the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior or contemporaneous oral or written agreements. Each party acknowledges and agrees that the other has not made any representations, warranties or agreements of any kind, except as expressly set forth herein. This Agreement may not be modified or amended, except by an instrument in writing signed by duly authorized officers of both of the parties hereto. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts each of which shall be deemed an original and all such counterparts shall constitute one and the same agreement. This Agreement will be deemed entered into in the USA and will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the USA and our State, excluding that body of law known as conflicts of law. The parties agree that any dispute arising under this Agreement will be resolved solely through confidential binding arbitration as selected by the American Arbitration Association in accordance with its rules. In the event of any dispute, each party shall bear its own attorneys fees, expert witness fees, and 1/2 of the arbitrator fees. The provisions of this Agreement relating to payment of any fees or other amounts owed, indemnification, confidentiality, limitations of liability and intellectual property shall survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement. The terms of this Agreement are the confidential information of Publishers. The language in this Agreement shall be construed as to its fair meaning and not strictly for or against either party.
Updated December, 2022