5) Confidentiality
Any personal information that you submit in connection with use of the Marstone Sites, or the Services will be subject to andgoverned by Marstone’s Privacy Policy, which is available on the Marstone Sites. This policy explains how we protect and utilizeyour personal information to deliver the Services. You will be provided with notice of any material changes to our Privacy Policythat we may make from time to time.
6) Service Providers, Links and Third-Party Sites
Marstone utilizes certain technology partners and service providers through which it delivers services to you. It also provides links to and licenses services and tools from third-party providers. You acknowledge and agree that Marstone has no control over and is not responsible or liable for the accuracy, quality, legality, nature, availability, or reliability of such third-party websites or resources. Though Marstone undertakes considerable due diligence in the selection of its third-party resources, it provides these links and tools only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link on the Marstone Sites does not imply our affiliation, endorsement, or adoption of the linked site or any information therein. You acknowledge sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from your use of any such third-party website, information, material, products, and services.
7) Copyright and Ownership
Except where specifically indicated or licensed by Marstone, Marstone is the owner of or authorized licensee of all text, images, graphics, design, products, software, services, trademarks, logos, and other content on the Marstone Sites. These materials are protected by U.S. and international copyright, trademark, and other laws. You may not remove, copy, reproduce, perform, create derivative works from, transmit, distribute, upload, or exploit in any way these materials without the express written consent of Marstone.
8) User Generated Information and Content
Please see Marstone’s Privacy Policy to read more about User Generated Information and Content.
Prohibited Uses: You agree that you will not publish, post, submit, transmit through or otherwise make available to the Marstone Sites (i) any falsehoods or misrepresentations that could damage Marstone or any third party; (ii) any material which is unlawful, defamatory, libelous, slanderous, pornographic, obscene, abusive, profane, vulgar, sexually explicit, threatening, harassing,harmful, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive or otherwise objectionable, or which encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, violate any law or any right of privacy or publicity, or is otherwiseinappropriate; (iii) advertisements or solicitations of business, products, or services; or (iv) any material that would be harmful to minors in any manner.
Disclaimer: User Information and Content are not controlled, endorsed, or guaranteed by Marstone. Marstone does not have anyobligation to monitor such User Information and Content for any purpose and may publish or use such User Information and Content at its sole discretion.
9) Prohibited Uses of the Service
You agree that you will not:
· Use any robot, spider, scraper, deep link or other similar automated data gathering or extraction tools, program, algorithmor methodology to access, acquire, copy or monitor of the Marstone Sites or any portion of the Marstone Sites, withoutMarstone’s express written consent, which may be withheld in Marstone’s sole discretion;
· Use or attempt to use any engine, software, tool, agent, or other device or mechanism (including without limitation browsers, spiders, robots, avatars or intelligent agents) to navigate or search the Marstone Sites, other than the search engines and search agents available through the Marstone Sites and other than generally available third-party web browsers;
· Post or transmit any file which contains viruses, worms, Trojan horses or any other contaminating or destructive features,or that otherwise interferes with the proper working of the
· Marstone Sites;
· Attempt to modify, adapt, sell, sublicense, decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse-engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Marstone Sites;
· Express or imply that Marstone endorses any statements you make without our specific prior written consent;
· Use meta tags, hidden text or code or other devices containing any reference to the Marstone Sites in order to direct any person to any other web site for any purpose;
· Upload, email, or otherwise transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any other form of solicitation;
· Utilize framing techniques to enclose any part of the Marstone Sites without prior express written permission;
· Harass, defame, abuse, threaten or violate the rights of other Users or collect or store personal data about other Users;
· Violate any applicable law, regulation, or ordinance; or
· Use the Marstone Sites or content thereon in any manner not permitted by this Agreement.
10) Disclaimer of Warranties
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT WITH RESPECT TO ALL SERVICES AND PRODUCTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MARSTONE WEBSITES:
YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES AND ALL INFORMATION, DATA, PRODUCTS AND OTHER CONTENT (INCLUDINGTHAT OF THIRD PARTIES) INCLUDED IN OR ACCESSIBLE FROM THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. MARSTONE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMSALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND AS TO THE SERVICES AND ALL INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND OTHER CONTENT (INCLUDING THAT OF ITS THIRD PARTIES) INCLUDED IN OR ACCESSIBLE FROM THE SERVICES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
MARSTONE MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE SERVICES WILL MEET ALL OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (ii) THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, OR SECURE, (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU, THROUGH THE SERVICES, WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, OR (v) WILL BE ERROR-FREE, OR THAT ALL ERRORS IN THE TECHNOLOGY WILL BE CORRECTED.
ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICES ARE DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL. NOADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM MARSTONE THROUGHOR FROM THE SERVICES WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS.
SOME STATES AND JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES; ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
11) Limitation of Liability and Damages
IN NO EVENT SHALL MARSTONE, ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, LICENSORS OR AGENTS’ CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU EXCEED $100 USD.
IN NO EVENT SHALL MARSTONE, ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, LICENSORS ORAGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE MARSTONE SITES, OR ANY OTHER INTERACTIONS WITH MARSTONE AND WHETHER OR NOT MARSTONE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR WHETHER THE DAMAGES ARE FORESEEABLE.
SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES; THEREFORE, THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
12) Termination; Cancellation
This Agreement shall be valid until terminated by either you or Marstone. Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time upon written notice and termination will be become effective upon receipt of such notice.
Marstone may at any time in our sole and absolute discretion, terminate its legal agreement with you:
· If you have breached any provision of this Agreement (or have acted in a manner which clearly shows that you do not intend to, or are unable to comply with the provisions of this Agreement);
· If Marstone in its sole discretion believes it is required to do so by law (for example, where the provision of the Service to you is, or becomes, unlawful); or
· If you no longer agree to the terms of this Agreement.
You may cancel your Investment Account at any time and for any reason. To cancel your Investment Account, please send anemail to wealth@marstone.com.
Upon termination, all prepaid, but unearned management fees will be refunded to you. Such termination will not affect the liabilities or obligations of the parties under the Agreement arising from transactions initiated prior to such termination, including the provisions regarding arbitration, which shall survive any termination. Upon termination of this Agreement, Marstone shall beunder no obligation to recommend any action with regard to, or to liquidate, the securities or other investments in your InvestmentAccount. Upon termination, it shall be your exclusive responsibility to issue appropriate disposition instructions in writing regarding any assets in your Investment Account.
13) Governing Law; Jurisdiction and Venue
This Agreement, and your relationship with Marstone under this Agreement, shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Delaware as such laws are applied to agreements between parties in Delaware. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably submits to the personal jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Delaware and the United States District Court for the District of Delaware for the purpose of any suit, action, proceeding, or judgment relating to or arising out of this Agreement. Service of process in connection with any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on each party hereto anywhere in the world by the same methods as are specified for the giving of notices under this Agreement. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably consents tothe jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding and to the laying of venue in such court. Each party hereto irrevocably waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such courts and irrevocably waives any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
14) Arbitration
BY BECOMING A PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT, EACH PARTY IS AGREEING TO HAVE ALL DISPUTES, CLAIMS OR CONTROVERSIES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT FULLY AND FINALLY DECIDED BYNEUTRAL BINDING ARBITRATION AND IS GIVING UP ANY RIGHTS HE OR SHE OR IT MIGHT POSSESS TO HAVE THOSE MATTERS LITIGATED IN A COURT OR JURY TRIAL. BY BECOMING A PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT, EACH PARTY IS GIVING UP HIS OR HER OR ITS JUDICIAL RIGHTS TO DISCOVERY AND APPEAL EXCEPT TO THEEXTENT, IF ANY, THAT THEY ARE SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED FOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. IF ANY PARTY REFUSES TO SUBMIT TO ARBITRATION AFTER AGREEING TO THIS PROVISION, THAT PARTY MAY BECOMPELLED TO ARBITRATE UNDER FEDERAL OR STATE LAW. BY BECOMING A PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT, EACH PARTY CONFIRMS THAT HIS OR HER OR ITS AGREEMENT TO THIS ARBITRATION PROVISION IS VOLUNTARY.
15) Indemnification; Hold Harmless
You agree to Indemnify, defend and hold harmless Marstone, and all of our subsidiaries, affiliates or any related companies, and the officers, directors, employees, agents, information providers, licensors and agents of any of them from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses and expenses (including attorney’s fees and costs) that arise out of or are in any way connected with your access to or use of the Marstone Sites, your violation of these Terms of Service, your infringement of any third-party intellectual property rights, or violation by any user of your Investment or User Account.
16) Tax Advisor
Marstone does not advise on any personal income tax requirements or issues. Use of any information from Marstone Sites and other websites referred to is for general information only and does not represent personal tax advice either express or implied.You are encouraged to seek professional tax advice for personal income tax questions and assistance.
17) Miscellaneous
Severability: The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of any and all other provisions hereof to the extent permitted by applicable law.
Waiver: The failure of a party to enforce any right or provision of this Agreement will not be deemed a waiver of such right or provision.
Entire Agreement: This Agreement, including the Privacy and Security Policy and any other documents referred to herein,constitute the entire agreement between the parties hereto pertaining to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and any and all other written or oral agreements relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof existing between the parties hereto are expressly canceled.
Survivability: All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made in this Agreement shall survive your acceptance of this Agreement and the termination of this Agreement.
Assignment: We reserve the right to assign this Agreement or any rights hereunder without your consent. You will be notified of any such assignment. You have no right to assign the Agreement or your rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Marstone.