Operating Agreement for Rbate Consumer Accounts

This document describes the rights and responsibilities of an operator of an Rbate Consumer account, and the conditions under which such accounts operate.

  1. This is an agreement between Rbate Pty. Ltd. ("Rbate"), and the entity or entities that control the operation of an Rbate Consumer Account ("you"). The agreement comes into force for a particular Consumer Account once a request to create such an account has been sent to Rbate, if for that request an indication has been made that you agree to abide by this agreement for account operation.

  2. It is your responsibility to prevent unauthorized use of your account by logging-out after use in insecure environments, and by always using an account password that is difficult to guess. This includes avoiding the use of passwords that correspond to, or are simply derived from, significant publicly-available information about either the account operators or the company or organization associated with the account. You must only divulge your account password to those authorized to operate the account, and must take steps to avoid entering the password is situations where it possible for the unencrypted password to be intercepted. You warrant that you are liable for any losses you sustain if you do not set and use your account in these ways.

  3. You agree to allow Rbate to provide to government authorities information on the operation of your account to the extent that allows Rbate to fulfil its regulatory requirements, including those relating to the detection and tracking of criminal activity.

    In circumstances other than these, Rbate agrees not to disclose to third-parties any non-statistical information you provide to Rbate during the creation and operation of your account, with the following exceptions: (1), If you submit review suggestions to Rbate you agree to give both Rbate and registered Rbate Helpers (both present and future) a non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, and unlimited licence to request, view, copy and' make use of that information in any way they see fit, and (2), You authorize Rbate to store any answer you submit to a survey question, and to forward the answer to the Rbate Maker that has written the question.

  4. You agree to not hold Rbate liable for damages that may result from loss of access to either the Rbate service or your Rbate Consumer account, nor from either the loss or corruption of any data held in your account.

  5. Other than data entered by users of the Rbate.com site, you acknowledge that all data and their presentation, including all statistical data, are owned by and are copyrighted by Rbate Pty. Ltd. Both Rbate and the other owners of Rbate.com data licence you to use standard Web browser software to both request this data and to view, in unframed form, the data that Rbate returns, and to retain copies of that data for your own private personal or business use. All other rights are reserved.

  6. Results returned by Rbate's product and buying help search engines contain or involve material, links to material, and products and services, that Rbate did not create and does not control. Rbate cannot vouch for the quality or suitability of such material, products, or services, and search results are provided to you "as is". You agree not to hold Rbate liable for any damages that result from your use of, or lack of access to, such material, products, or services. Some material may not be suitable for viewing by minors, and you acknowledge that it is your responsibility to take reasonable steps to prevent minors in your care from viewing this material.

  7. If Rbate wishes to alter this agreement, and your email address is known to Rbate, we will email you at least seven days prior to the date on which the changes will come into effect, informing you of both this date and the changes being made. You acknowledge that the new agreement will apply to any activity on your account, including rebate claims, that occurs on or subsequent to this date.

  8. You agree that Rbate may terminate this agreement at any time, make any outstanding payments, and close your Rbate Consumer account.

  9. Times and days described in this agreement and on the Rbate.com website relate to Universal Coordinated Time.

  10. Unless otherwise indicated, all monetary amounts are denominated in United States Dollars.

November 25, 2009