Terms and Conditions
You have elected to use a secure bill presentment and payment technology
platform (the "Platform") offered on behalf of your utility through Central Service Association, ("CSA," "us" or "we"),
which is an authorized billing provider for your utility. In order to use this
Platform, you must accept these terms and conditions. Please review them
carefully and thoroughly. Refund Policy: Refunds are not
typically provided under normal circumstances. No refunds will be processed
through this Platform. In the unlikely event of a discrepancy, please
contact your utility's customer service department. Review the bill you are
paying carefully to check that it is your account, that the amount is
accurate and that you want to pay this bill at this time by the method you
select.
Privacy Policy:
Please review our Privacy Policy. This is a secure Platform and your
information will only be used for the purpose of presenting information to
you or processing payments that you initiate. By each use of this Platform
you acknowledge acceptance of the Privacy Policy and these Terms and
Conditions.
Authorizations:
Each time you use the Platform indicates your agreement with these Terms
and Conditions and further indicates your authorization of the payment of
the Total Amount Charged. All transactions are also subject to the terms,
conditions and limitations of your credit and debit card providers. Payment
transactions will only be completed after receiving successful
authorization from your card company for the Total Amount Charged. You may
see multiple line items on your cardholder/bank statement. The total of
such line items will equal to the Total Amount Charged that you authorize.
You further authorize us to use your Personal Information consistent with
the Privacy Policy and these Terms and Conditions. You authorize us to send
you emails to the address provided in relation to your use of the Platform
and further to the use of an automated telephone dialing or texting system
to receive prerecorded messages or texts.
Personal Information:
You will be asked to provide to us your name, phone number and email
address. We will store that information for the sole purpose of carrying
out the transactions that you authorize under the Platform, subject to the
Privacy Policy. We will not gather that information from anyone or any
source but you. You may review and update your information at any time and
are encouraged to do so with each transaction. We maintain industry
standard internet safety protocols to protect your Personal Information,
including maintaining physical, network, infrastructure, and user security
including virus protection. IN THE EVENT THAT YOU NO LONGER USE THE EMAIL
ADDRESS OR PHONE NUMBER PROVIDED, WE ASK THAT YOU INFORM US IMMEDIATELY.
Once Platform credentials are established, you may opt in or out of text
messaging, but may not opt out of email.
Limitation of Liability:
By agreeing to these Terms and Conditions and using this presentment and
payment service and Platform you also agree that Central Service
Association and its Affiliates (Affiliates include the utility company that
you are paying, Central Service Association's members, employees, and
applicable third party providers (the "CSA Group,")), liability for any
delay, failure of delivery, underpayment, or nonpayment is limited to the
amount of the fee paid to process your transaction. You agree further that
the CSA Group shall not be liable for any damages whatsoever for any
mistaken entry of information by you or its failure to process transactions
with prohibited third parties.
Prohibited Use:
The Platform does not accept payments from third party payors. The payment
Platform offered here shall only be used by utilities and their direct
customers who have elected to use this service. Third party commercial
payors and/or payment aggregators are expressly prohibited from submitting
payments through our Platform or otherwise using it by any means including
web-based, IVR, or CSR interfaces. By using the this Platform, you
represent and warrant that you as the Payor ("Payor") are (i) a customer of
the billing utility; (ii) paying a bill on your own behalf, or as an
employee or relative of a Payor; and (iii) not using the Platform and/or
the electronic billing and payment services on behalf of a Payor under a
claim of agency or other third-party relationship, or for commercial gain.
You agree that any breach of these representations and warranties
constitutes a material breach of this Agreement. Central Service
Association reserves the right to reverse any and all payments made from
third party agencies, and you agree to: (i) indemnify for all interchange
fees, merchant fees, as well as all other costs and fees, including
internal costs to research and compile charges by you, incurred in
processing a payment transaction in violation of these Terms and
Conditions, and (ii) indemnify the CSA Group for all other damages, costs,
fees expenses, including any attorneys' fees resulting from your breach of
this agreement.
Compliance with Law:
By each use of the Platform you are making a representation and warranty
that doing so does not violate any law, statute or regulation involving
money laundering, or any other illegal or criminal activity. You may only
utilize this Platform solely for viewing and payment of a debt. You further
warrant that you will not utilize or introduce to the Platform any
automated program or device such as a robot, spider, or scraper for any
reason including, without limitation, for the purpose of paying bills,
copying the Platform or otherwise obtaining information about the Platform,
including any automated payment paradigm.
Content and Liability Disclaimer:
The Platform may contain links to other websites ("Linked Sites"). The
Linked Sites are neither owned by nor under the control of the CSA Group.
Therefore, the CSA Group is not responsible for the contents of any Linked
Site including, without limitation, any link contained in a Linked Site, or
any changes or updates to a Linked Site. The CSA Group is providing these
links as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply
endorsement by the CSA GROUP, or any person or entity making up such group,
of the site or any association with its operators or its content.
All information on the Platform is provided "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR
NON-INFRINGEMENT. Some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied
warranties; therefore, some of the above exclusions may not apply to you.
IN NO EVENT SHALL CSA OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES OR
DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, SHAREHOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER,
INCLUDING SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, TREBLE OR PUNITIVE
DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, USE, OR DATA AS A
RESULT OF CLAIMS, WHETHER BROUGHT IN CONTRACT OR TORT, ARISING OUT OF OR
CONNECTED WITH ANY PLATFORM OR THE USE OR RELIANCE UPON ANY INFORMATION
CONTAINED IN OR ACCESSED FROM ANY PLATFORM.
Access Services Liability Disclaimer:
THE USER OF THIS PLATFORM ASSUMES ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR THE USE
OF THIS SERVER AND THE INTERNET GENERALLY. THE CSA GROUP DOES NOT ASSUME
ANY LEGAL LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR
USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION, APPARATUS, PRODUCT OR PROCESS DISCLOSED ON
THIS PLATFORM OR OTHER INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE FROM THIS PLATFORM.
Intellectual Property and Acceptable Use:
The Platform -including, but not limited to websites, interactive voice
response systems, mobile applications and system interfaces- belong to CSA
or its Affiliates and all intellectual property contained in those
platforms, including without limitation any underlying software, source
code and any related trademarks or logo's are proprietary and constitute
trade secrets and are at all times and shall remain the exclusive property
of CSA and its Affiliates.
The content of the Platform, including its functionality, features, and
displays, are owned by CSA, its licensors or other providers of material
and are protected by the copyright and other intellectual property laws of
the United States and other countries. You are granted a LIMITED license to
use the Platform only for the purposes of obtaining information about or
paying your bill and for using the features of the Platform with
respect to bills that you are permitted to pay, all in accordance with
these Terms and Conditions. In no event are you permitted to use or
introduce any automated program or device such as a "bot", robot, spider or
scraper for any reason, including without limitation for the purposes of
obtaining information regarding a bill, paying bills, or copying the
website or any information contained within the website.
Amendment
: You cannot alter or amend these Terms and Conditions in any way. Any
failure to enforce these Terms or Conditions in any way shall not
constitute a waiver on the part of CSA of any right to do so. These Terms
and Conditions apply to the current transaction. In the event that you
authorize recurring automatic payments, these Terms and Conditions, as may
be amended from time to time, shall continue to apply to each recurring
transaction. CSA may amend these Terms and Conditions as it shall in its
sole discretion see fit from time to time, but following such amendment, if
any, you will be notified of such amendment, and your use of the Platform
after such notification will constitute your agreement with such Terms and
Conditions.
Acceptance and Arbitration:
By using the Platform, you agree that you have read, understand and will
abide by these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to these Terms and
Conditions, do not use the Platform. If in the future you no longer agree
to these Terms and Conditions do not continue to use the Platform. Any
future discontinuance will not serve to limit or revoke, in any way, your
prior authorizations or agreement with these Terms and Conditions. These
Terms and Conditions shall be governed in all respects in accordance with
the laws of the State of Mississippi without regard to the conflict or
choice of law rules thereof. By agreeing to these terms and conditions you
agree that should any dispute arise out of your use of the Platform, any
communications derived from or resulting from the Platform then the same
shall be resolved on an individual basis, and in no event may you or anyone
else using the Platform participate in any class demand, suit or recovery,
and that all matters shall be resolved by binding arbitration. Such
arbitration shall be set at a location convenient to you, and shall be
conducted by a former judge or attorney that has experience in resolving
commercial disputes as agreed to by the parties and following, per the
discretion of the arbitrator, the Federal rules of procedure and evidence.
The costs of the arbitration shall be awarded by the Arbitrator. Any
judgment awarded by the arbitrator shall be enrollable in any court of
competent jurisdiction. You agree that these Terms and Conditions and the
Platform relate to interstate commerce and are governed by the Federal
Arbitration Act.
These Terms and Conditions apply to the current transaction. CSA reserves
the right to change these Terms and Conditions at any time in the future
which will apply to any future transaction.
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