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Terms of agreement
Those sections are:
- DEFINED
TERMS: There are various terms which are often
used and are not easily understandable by the beginners and
so to avoid such problems google has put this section before
'I agree' button to make seller's perfect. One can get the definition
of these terms: Service Disputes, Products, Adword agreement,
Beta features, Brand features, Buyer, Customer, Disputes, Google,
Google merchandising value, Intellectual Property Rights, Payment
Account, Payment Transaction, Purchase Amount, Reserve Requirement,
Seller Web Site, Service, Service Fee and Settlement Account.
- SERVICE
FEATURES AND DESCRIPTION: Seller hereby
admits and concurs that: Seller's sales of goods are dealings
flanked by the Seller and the Buyer and not with GPC or any
of GPC's associates. (GPC is a third-party service provider
making easy Payment Transactions for Seller and is not a party
to any Payment deal)There are so many service features in this
section and seller's can collect the details regarding the various
processes. Those service features are listed here Prohibited
Actions, Limitations, Permissible Payment Transactions, Beta
or Unsupported Features',
- SERVICE
IMPLEMENTATION: The sellers get a wide detail
about the service implementation and its other properties in
this section. This part starts with an introduction to Implementation
of Service and follows with Implementation Setup, Updates, and
Notice of System Changes.
- ADDITIONAL
SERVICE TERMS: This section adds up few more
service terms which are very important again. It includes l
information on GPC Not a Banking Institution, Unclaimed Property,
No Endorsement, No Representation As to Customer Identity and
Disputes.
- BRAND FEATURES,
LABELING, BRANDING, ATTRIBUTION, AND PR: This
segment comprises of introduction to brand features, labeling
techniques, branding, attribution and page rank briefly. They
are explained under the various headings which are License to
GPC Brand Features, License to Seller Brand Features, Brand
Features Right, Title and Interest and Publicity.
- SERVICE
FEES AND PAYMENT TERMS: This section holds the
information on the various processes of dealings and financial
methods, fees, terms related to payment etc, So that Sellers
get full economic information in advance. Sellers can easily
grab the information on Service Fees, Payment Terms, Reserve
Requirement, Refunds and Adjustments, Payment Transaction Processing
Credit1 and Payment Transaction Processing Credit2.
- CONFIDENTIALITY
AND PROPRIETARY RIGHTS: This particular section
makes seller aware about the important part that is 'Confidentiality'.
Sellers will also be made conscious of the 'Username and Password
Information' and has also clearly mentioned that any unauthorized
uses will be the sellers' responsibility and google checkout
won't be answerable. Sellers will also be made alert of the
Proprietary Rights.
- WARRANTIES;
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES: It has been made very
clear in this section that the seller represents warrants, and
covenants on various points which are very well explained in
Representations, Warranties and Covenants. This section also
elaborates a few to many important points on Disclaimer of Warranties.
- LIMITATION
OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION: Sellers can
get complete information on Limitation of Liability and Seller
Indemnification in this section.
- TERMINATION:
Here in this segment a seller can get the information on rules
and formalities to be followed and done respectively during
the end of the contract or if seller wants to quit the contract
in between. The formalities to be done By Seller and By GPC
is completely given and also a brief explaination on Effect
of Termination.
- GENERAL:
This section includes various other sub-segments containing
information which are not so effective in beginning but will
be a crucial one for future. It includes Notice to GPC, Notice
to Seller, Governing Law; Venue, Entire Agreement; Modification,
Assignment, Force Majeure and Other Provisions.
- Exhibit
A: Three Party Agreements between Seller, GPC,
and Paymentech, L.P.
This Exhibit A
applies to all Sellers who use the Service to connect in collective
deal amounts of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more in gross
merchandise volume (GMV) for three consecutive months. This Exhibit
contains terms required by the groups of Card issuer banks or debit
networks that facilitate the use of payment cards ("Associations").
These terms form a three-party agreement between the Seller subject
to Exhibit A, GPC, and Paymentech, L.P. ("Paymentech"), the service
provider with which GPC has entered into a separate agreement to
assist GPC in processing Seller's Payment Transactions. Sellers
can also get a detail view on definitions from this section.
When sellers are totally perfect with the Terms of Services and
the other important criteria, for their satisfaction and pre-confirmation
they can view the:
Privacy policy
- The Google Privacy Policy describes how Google treats personal
information when sellers use Google's products and services. This
google privacy policy educates the viewers about the collection
of information, it includes- registration information, transaction
information and information collected from third parties. A brief
explanation of all the three is given.
This privacy policy is for both buyers and sellers. Next in this
policy is 'how google uses the information they collect' this is
for making its users ensure about the information they give will
be used in a right way. This section educates users about the diverse
purposes google is going to use the information for the betterment
of the users.
The third part in this privacy policy is 'information security'
making users confirmed about the guarantee they give for hiding
the information from any third person to avoid fraud and other problems.
In 'accessing and updating the information' users acknowledge that
they can review the information they give and can disable google
checkout.
As per the heading 'sharing with associates' users comes to know
that the information which they give to Checkout will be shared
with the 'Google Payment Corporation'. The users if doesn't want
Google Checkout to share their non-transaction data's with GPC,
they can opt it by clicking on the link in the policy. Policy also
comprises of some few regulations for the merchants using 'web beacons'
(A web beacon is an electronic image in a web page, usually consisting
of a single-pixel (1 x 1 GIF), that allows the website to analyze
user traffic.)
At the ends it's clearly mentioned that 'privacy policy can change
any time'
Google Checkout content policies
- Google has developed the following policies to make sure overall
program quality and an optimistic user experience for everyone.
Any individual or business processing transactions through Google
Checkout must stick to these policies. When users view this page
they can see a tabular presentation of two rows holding "Unacceptable
product categories" and its "Examples".
Unacceptable product categories includes Adult goods and services,
Alcohol, Body parts, Bulk marketing tools, Buyer/discount clubs,
Cable descramblers and black boxes, Child pornography, Credit and
collections, Copyright unlocking devices, Copyrighted media, Copyrighted
software, Counterfeit and unauthorized goods, Drugs and drug paraphernalia,
Drug test circumvention aids, Endangered species, Financial products,
services, and stored value, Fund solicitations, Gaming/gambling,
Government IDs or documents, Hacking and cracking materials, Illegal
goods( all the products being selled by merchants must be legal),
Infomercials, Wholesale currency, Miracle cures, Multi-level marketing,
Offensive goods, Offensive goods, crime, Precious metals, Prepaid
goods and services, Prescription drugs or pharmacies, Pyrotechnic
devices and hazardous materials, Rebate-based businesses, Regulated
goods, Securities, Subscriptions, Travel packages and offers, Tobacco
and cigarettes, Traffic devices, Upsell products, Wholesale currency
and Weapons.
Google reserves the right to expand or edit these policies at any
time. Google will also exercise its sole judgment in the understanding
and enforcement of these policies in combination with the program's
Terms of Service.
After going through these segments one can decide to quit from the
registration part if they are not entirely happy with the various
'terms of services'. Sellers can continue with the registration
process after clicking the 'I agree' box if they are really satisfied
with the complete rules and regulations. As per the concerned authorities
of google "it is better to go through the rules and regulation sections
and continue the registration process because if once the bond is
done and if in future the sellers are not satisfied with some agreement
affiliated to the rules explained in advance then the google authorities
will not be responsible and it will no way be termed as fraud".
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