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VeriSign Public Certification Services

SECURE SITE SERVICES AGREEMENT

YOU MUST READ THIS SECURE SITE SERVICES AGREEMENT ("SUBSCRIBER AGREEMENT") BEFORE APPLYING FOR, ACCEPTING, OR USING A SECURE SERVER ID/CERTIFICATE ("SERVER ID"). IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS SUBSCRIBER AGREEMENT, DO NOT APPLY FOR, ACCEPT, OR USE THE SSL CERTIFICATE.

THIS SUBSCRIBER AGREEMENT will become effective on the date you submit the certificate application to the designated issuing authority ("IA"). By submitting this Subscriber Agreement (and certificate application) you are requesting that the IA issue a SSL Certificate to you and are expressing your agreement to the terms of this Subscriber Agreement. VeriSign's Public Certification Services are governed by VeriSign's Certification Practice Statement (the "CPS") as amended from time to time, which is incorporated by reference into this Subscriber Agreement. The CPS is published on the Internet in VeriSign's repository at https://www.verisign.com/repository and is available via E-Mail from: CPS-requests@verisign.com. Amendments to the CPS are also posted in VeriSign's repository at https://www.verisign.com/repository/updates.

YOU AGREE TO USE THE SSL CERTIFICATE AND ANY RELATED IA SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CPS AND THIS AGREEMENT. YOU AGREE TO SPECIFICALLY ABIDE BY THE TERMS OF VERISIGN'S RELYING PARTY AGREEMENT ("RPA") AND CPS SECTION 8 WHEN RELYING UPON ANY SSL CERTIFICATE OR OTHER CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY AN IA. The RPA is posted in VeriSign's repository at https://www.verisign.com/repository/RPA. In addition to the CPS and RPA, you agree to Sections 1 - 7 below.

Additional Terms and Conditions.

1. Use Restrictions. You are prohibited from using your SSL Certificate (i) for or on behalf of any other organization, (ii) to perform private or public key operations in connection with any domain name and/or organization name other than the submitted by you during enrollment (unless you have purchased the Shared Hosting Security Service). You are also prohibited from using your SSL Certificate on more than one server at a time (unless you have purchased the SPECIFIC licensing option on the enrollment screen that permits the use of a SSL Certificate on multiple servers). If you choose to display VeriSign's Secure Site Seal (the "Seal"), you must install and display such Seal only in accordance with the Secure Site Seal Licensing Agreement (https://www.verisign.com/repository/sslicense_agree.html) ("Secure Site Seal Licensing Agreement").

2. Revocation. If your organizational name and/or domain name registration change, you must immediately notify VeriSign, and VeriSign shall revoke your SSL Certificate. VeriSign retains the right to revoke your SSL Certificate if, within forty five (45) days of receiving an invoice from VeriSign, you do not pay the invoice. VeriSign also retains the right to revoke your SSL Certificate if you have installed a Seal and fail to perform any of your obligations under the Secure Site Seal Licensing Agreement. In order to maintain the trust and integrity of the VeriSign Trust Network (VTN), VeriSign in its sole discretion, retains the right to revoke your Secure SSL Certificate for activities that VeriSign considers harmful to the VTN.

3. Obligations Upon Revocation or Expiration. Upon expiration or notice of revocation of your SSL Certificate, you shall permanently remove your SSL Certificate from the server on which it is installed and shall not use it for any purpose thereafter and, if you have installed a Seal, you shall remove such Seal in the manner set forth in the Secure Site Seal Licensing Agreement.

4. Service Guarantee.

     4.1. Two Day Service Guarantee. (This Section only applies to the following products: Secure Site Pro, Commerce Site, Commerce Site Pro, and Secure Site Plus (renewals only)) VeriSign shall issue your SSL Certificate within two (2) business days (excluding weekends and VeriSign recognized holidays) after you submit your certificate application to VeriSign provided that you: 1) are an organization located in the United States, 2) select to pay by credit card and submit a valid credit card number, and 3) you submit a Dun and Bradstreet DUNS number and a domain name that VeriSign is able to validate through its normal validation procedures stated in the CPS ("Guarantee Period"). Business days begin and end according to Pacific Time. The first business day shall be the business day after the day you submit your certificate application to VeriSign. Your sole and exclusive remedy for VeriSign's failure to issue your SSL Certificate within the Guarantee Period, shall be a refund of fifty ("50") % of the retail price that you paid for your SSL Certificate. THIS SERVICE GUARANTEE DOES NOT APPLY TO ANY OTHER VERISIGN PRODUCT OR SERVICE.

     4.2. Expedite Option. (This Section 4.2 only applies to customers located in the United States purchasing: Secure Site, Secure Site Pro). VeriSign shall issue your SSL Certificate within 24 hours from the next business day (excluding weekends and Verisign recognized holidays) after you submit your complete certificate application to VeriSign provided that you: 1) agree to pay the fee specified in the enrollment, 2) are an organization located in the United States, 3) select to pay by credit card and submit a valid credit card number, and 4) you submit a Dun and Bradstreet DUNS number and a domain name that VeriSign is able to validate through its normal validation procedures stated in the CPS ("Expedite Guarantee Period"). Business days begin and end according to Pacific Time. Your sole and exclusive remedy for VeriSign's failure to issue your SSL Certificate within the Expedite Guarantee Period, shall be no charge for the Expedite fee. THIS EXPEDITE SERVICE GUARANTEE DOES NOT APPLY TO ANY OTHER VERISIGN PRODUCT OR SERVICE.

5.Third Party Service Providers. If you are purchasing a product from VeriSign that includes one or more services provided by a third party (such as website monitoring or security checking services by Keynote Systems, Inc., Qualys, Inc., or Netcraft, Inc.) or listing in a directory (such as listing in the Network Solutions' dotcom directorySM ), you hereby consent to our disclosure of your certificate application and enrollment information to these third party service providers and agree that they may contact you directly regarding their services. Any terms and conditions for these products shall be provided to you directly by the third party service provider. VeriSign disclaims any and all warranties, refuses any and all liability, and shall not provide partial refunds for any services provided by a third party.

6. NETSURE® NOTICE: THE NETSURE® CERTIFICATES ISSUED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND OTHER AGREEMENTS AND THEIR EFFECTIVE DATES UNDER THE NETSURESM PROTECTION PLAN ("PLAN") ARE LISTED AT HTTPS://WWW.VERISIGN.COM/REPOSITORY/NSCERTS.HTML. THE PLAN PROVIDES YOU WITH CERTAIN LIMITED WARRANTIES, DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND LIMITS LIABILITY. THE CERTIFICATE LIFETIME LIMIT (AS DEFINED IN THE PLAN) FOR YOUR SSL CERTIFICATE CORRESPONDS TO THE AMOUNT LISTED WITH THE PRODUCT DESCRIPTION PRESENTED TO YOU DURING ENROLLMENT. FOR INFORMATION ON THE PLAN, SEE HTTPS://WWW.VERISIGN.COM/REPOSITORY/NETSURE.

7. If you selected to pre-pay for a second SSL Certificate ("Second SSL Certificate") during enrollment, VeriSign shall issue you the Second SSL Certificate prior to, or upon expiration of, the SSL Certificate corresponding to this Subscriber Agreement (and certificate application). Notwithstanding the foregoing, VeriSign shall retain the right to not issue the Second SSL Certificate if, in VeriSign's sole discretion, VeriSign determines that any of the information in the certificate application corresponding to this Subscriber Agreement has changed or is otherwise inaccurate. Except for Sections 4 and 5, the terms of this Subscriber Agreement shall apply to your Second SSL Certificate. Please note that the Keynote Service and coupons for training classes will not be supplied to you with your Second SSL Certificate.

VeriSign shall send an e-mail containing the Second SSL Certificate to the technical and organizational contacts listed in the certificate application corresponding to this Subscriber Agreement (or as otherwise changed by you in accordance with VeriSign's standard procedures). If you desire to have different individuals assume the responsibility of the technical and/or organizational contacts for the Second SSL Certificate, you must notify VeriSign at least 60 days prior to the expiration of the SSL Certificate. Such notice must be in accordance with the instructions provided on the VeriSign web site.

8. If you are purchasing Commerce Site or Commerce Site Pro, you are also receiving a token that entitles you to either 12 months or 24 months, depending on whether you have selected the one year or two year option, of VeriSign's Payflow Pro payment services. These 12-month or 24-month periods shall commence on the date the SSL Certificate is issued to you.

YOU DEMONSTRATE YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS OF THIS SUBSCRIBER AGREEMENT BY EITHER (I) SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION FOR A SSL CERTIFICATE TO VERISIGN, OR (II) USING THE SSL CERTIFICATE, WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST.