Oikos Community Console™ Terms of Service

By using the Oikos™ web site (“Service”), a service of Simon Solutions, Inc.
(“Simon Solutions™”), you are agreeing to be bound by the following terms and conditions (“Terms of
Service”).

Simon Solutions reserves the right to update and change the Terms of Service from time to time
without notice. Any new features that augment or enhance the current Service, including the release
of new modules, tools and resources, shall be subject to the Terms of Service. Continued use of the
Service after any such changes shall constitute your consent to such changes. You can review the
most current version of the Terms of Service at any time at: http://www.oikoshq.com/tos.html

Account Terms
1. You must be a human. Accounts registered by “bots” or other automated methods are not
permitted.
2. You must provide your legal full name, a valid email address, and any other information
requested in order to complete the signup process.
3. Your account may only be used by your organization – a single Oikos Community Console™ shared
by multiple organizations is not permitted.
4. You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and password. Simon Solutions
cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage from your failure to comply with this security
obligation.
5. You are responsible for all Content posted and activity that occurs under your account (even
when Content is posted by others).
6. You may not use the Service for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. You must not, in the use of
the Service, violate any laws in your jurisdiction (Including but not limited to copyright laws).
Violation of any of these agreements will result in the termination of your Account. While Simon
Solutions prohibits such conduct and Content on the Service, you understand and agree that Simon
Solutions cannot be responsible for the Content posted on the Service and you nonetheless may be
exposed to such materials. You agree to use the Service at your own risk.

Payment, Refunds, Upgrading and Downgrading Terms
1. The Service is billed in advance on a monthly basis and is non‐refundable. There will be no
refunds or credits for partial months of service, or refunds for months unused with an open account.
In order to treat everyone equally, no exceptions will be made.
2. All fees are exclusive of all taxes, levies, or duties imposed by taxing authorities, and you shall be
responsible for payment of all such taxes, levies, or duties, excluding only United States (federal or
state) taxes.
3. For any upgrade or downgrade in plan level, your credit card that you provided will automatically
be charged the new rate on your next billing cycle.
4. Downgrading your Service may cause the loss of Content, features, or capacity of your Account.
Simon Solutions does not accept any liability for such loss.

Cancellation and Termination
1. You are solely responsible for properly canceling your account. You can cancel your account at
any time by email from the email address used when you signed up for the Oikos Community
Console™.
2. All of your Content will be immediately deleted from the Service upon cancellation.
3. If you cancel the Service before the end of your current paid up month, your cancellation will take
effect immediately but you will not be charged again.
4. Simon Solutions, in its sole discretion, has the right to suspend or terminate your account and
refuse any and all current or future use of the Service, or any other Simon Solutions service, for any
reason at any time. Such termination of the Service will result in the deactivation or deletion of your
Account or your access to your Account, and the forfeiture and relinquishment of all Content in your
Account. Simon Solutions reserves the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason at any time.

Modifications to the Service and Prices
1. Simon Solutions reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue,
temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice.
2. Prices of all Services, Including but not limited to monthly subscription plan fees to the Service,
are subject to change upon 30 days notice from us. Such notice may be provided at any time by
posting the changes to the Oikos™ Site (http://www.oikoshq.com) or the
Service itself.
3. Simon Solutions shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, price change,
suspension or discontinuance of the Service.

Copyright and Content Ownership
1. We claim no intellectual property rights over the material you provide to the Service. Your profile
and materials uploaded remain yours.
2. Simon Solutions does not pre‐screen Content, but Simon Solutions and its designee have the right
(but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to refuse or remove any Content that is available via
the Service.
3. The look and feel of the Service is copyright ©2008 Simon Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. You
may not duplicate, copy, or reuse any portion of the HTML/CSS or visual design elements without
express written permission from Simon Solutions.

General Conditions
1. Your use of the Service is at your sole risk. The service is provided on an “as is” and “as available”
basis.
2. Technical support is only provided to administrators and their designees.
3. You understand that Simon Solutions uses third party vendors and hosting partners to provide the
necessary hardware, software, networking, and related technology required to run the Service.
4. You must not modify, adapt or hack the Service or modify another website so as to falsely imply
that it is associated with the Service, Simon Solutions, or any other Simon Solutions service.
5. You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any portion of the Service, use
of the Service, or access to the Service without the express written permission by Simon Solutions.
6. We may, but have no obligation to, remove Content and Accounts containing Content that we
determine in our sole discretion are unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory,
pornographic, obscene or otherwise objectionable or violates any party’s intellectual property or
these Terms of Service.
7. Verbal, physical, written or other abuse (Including threats of abuse or retribution) of any Simon
Solutions customer, employee, member, or officer will result in immediate account termination.
8. You understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Service, Including your
Content, may be transferred unencrypted and involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and
(b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.
9. You must not transmit any worms or viruses or any code of a destructive nature.
10. If your bandwidth usage exceeds, or significantly exceeds the average bandwidth usage (as
determined solely by Simon Solutions) of other Oikos Community Console™ customers, we reserve
the right to immediately disable your account or throttle your file or image hosting until you can
reduce your bandwidth consumption.
11. Simon Solutions does not warrant that (i) the service will meet your specific requirements, (ii) the
service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error‐free, (iii) the results that may be obtained from
the use of the service will be accurate or reliable, (iv) the quality of any products, services,
information, or other material purchased or obtained by you through the service will meet your
expectations, and (v) any errors in the Service will be corrected.
12. You expressly understand and agree that Simon Solutions shall not be liable for any direct,
indirect, Incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, Including but not limited to,
damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses (even if Simon Solutions has
been advised of the possibility of such damages), resulting from: (i) the use or the inability to use the
service; (ii) the cost of procurement of substitute goods and services resulting from any goods, data,
information or services purchased or obtained or messages received or transactions entered into
through or from the service; (iii) unauthorized access to or alteration of your transmissions or data;
(iv) statements or conduct of any third party on the service; (v) termination of your account; or (vi)
any other matter relating to the service.
13. The failure of Simon Solutions to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms of
Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. The Terms of Service constitutes the
entire agreement between you and Simon Solutions and govern your use of the Service, superceding
any prior agreements between you and Simon Solutions (Including, but not limited to, any prior
versions of the Terms of Service).
14. Questions about the Terms of Service should be sent via e-mail.