Terms of Service and Subscription Agreement
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS RELATING TO YOUR USE OF OUR
WEBSITE AND OUR FEE-BASED PRODUCTS AND OFFERINGS CAREFULLY. By using our Website
and/or one of our online fee-based products or offerings (collectively, our
“Fee-Based Products”), you agree to the terms and conditions set forth in this
Terms of Service and Subscription Agreement (this “Agreement”). We reserve the
right, in our sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove provisions of
this Agreement at any time. You should check this Agreement periodically for
changes. By using this Website or our Fee-Based Products after we post any
changes to this Agreement or otherwise notify you of such changes, you agree to
accept those changes, whether or not you have reviewed them. If you do not agree
to this Agreement, you should not use our Website and/or our Fee-Based Products
and you should arrange to cancel your registered user account or subscription
with us, as applicable.
1. Scope of Agreement
Unless we indicate otherwise, this Agreement applies to your use of the websites
which are owned or operated by Northstar Investment Research, LLC ("we," "us,"
or "our") and our affiliates (collectively, "NSIR”), including, without
limitation, this website and any other website that we may own or operate
currently or in the future (collectively, our "Website"), and all of the
Fee-Based Products that we may offer currently or in the future. For purposes of
this Agreement, "affiliates" shall mean any entity or person, directly or
indirectly, owning a controlling interest in, owned by, or under common
ownership control with, Northstar Investment Research, LLC.
2. Your Use of this Website and Our Fee-Based Products
Unless otherwise specified, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable,
limited right to access, use and display this Website and the material provided
hereon, and the Fee-Based Products that you subscribed to, for your personal,
noncommercial use, provided that you comply fully with the provisions of this
Agreement. You agree not to assign, transfer or sublicense your rights as a
registered user of, or subscriber to, this Website and/or our Fee-Based
Products. You understand that only you may use your user account and password
and that your subscription to our Fee-Based Products is only valid for your
personal, noncommercial use and may not be shared with others. You agree to be
financially responsible for all usage or activity of Fee-Based Products
subscribed to by you. To subscribe to our Fee-Based Products, you represent that
you are a United States citizen or resident with a valid United States mailing
address.
By using this Website and/or our Fee-Based Products, you agree to be legally bound
and to abide by this Agreement, just as if you had signed this Agreement. If you
do not comply with this Agreement at any time, we reserve the right to cancel or
terminate your password, user account, and/or access to this Website (or any
part thereof) and/or our Fee-Based Products. In our sole discretion and without
prior notice or liability, we may discontinue, modify or alter any aspect of the
Website or our Fee-Based Products, including, but not limited to, (i)
restricting the time the Website and/or a Fee-Based Product is available, (ii)
restricting the amount of use permitted, and (iii) restricting or terminating
any user's right to use the Website and/or any of our Fee-Based Products. You
agree that any termination or cancellation of your access to, or use of, the
Website and/or our Fee-Based Products may be effected without prior notice. If
you do not abide by the provisions of this Agreement, except as we may otherwise
provide from time to time, you agree that we may immediately deactivate or
delete your user account and all related information and/or files in your user
account and/or bar any further access to such information and/or files, our
Website (or part thereof) and/or our Fee-Based Products. Further, you agree that
we shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination or
cancellation of your access to, or use of, our Website and/or our Fee-Based
Products, except for a refund of any fees or charges prepaid by you with respect
to our Fee-Based Products in accordance with paragraph 4 of this Agreement. You
acknowledge that your only right with respect to any dissatisfaction with any
modification or discontinuation of service made by us pursuant to this provision
or this Agreement, or any policies or practices by us in providing this Website
or our Fee-Based Products, including without limitation any change in content or
any change in the amount or type of fees or charges associated with the
Fee-Based Products, is to cancel or terminate your subscription or registered
user account, as applicable. From time to time, we may supplement this Agreement
with additional terms and conditions pertaining to specific content, activities
or events ("Additional Terms"). Such Additional Terms may be placed on the
Website to be viewed in connection with the specific content, activities,
features or events and shall be identified as such. You understand and agree
that such Additional Terms are hereby incorporated by reference into this
Agreement.
3. Charges and Fees for Fee-Based Products
Certain portions, components, content and features of this
Website are only available to individuals who purchase a
subscription to one of our Fee-Based Products. The charges
and fees for our Fee-Based Products and a general description
of our Fee-Based Products are as follows:
| GoToNorthStar Health |
Online Version |
Monthly Payment Plan |
$ 9.95 |
30 Day Free Trial Period |
| GoToNorthStar Health |
Online Version |
Yearly Payment Plan |
$ 69.95 |
30 Day Free Trial Period |
GoToNorthStar Health GoToNorthStar Health |
Desktop Version for Windows Online Version |
One-Time Payment Plan Monthly Payment Plan |
$ 99.95 $ 4.95 |
30 Day Money-Back Guarantee No Free Trial Period |
Registered users of our Website are permitted one free trial period to
GoToNorthStar Health. The monthly payment plan of $4.95 for the
GoToNorthStar Health Online Version is available for subscribers
who have subscribed to the one-time payment plan for the Desktop
Version for Windows. There is no free trial period available for
the monthly payment plan of $4.95.
If you subscribe to the Desktop Version for Windows with a 30 day money-back
guarantee, the one-time payment will be processed at the time and date when
you subscribe. If you decide to cancel during the 30 days from the time and date
when you subscribed, we will refund the entire amount of your one-time payment.
If you cancel any time after your 30 day money-back guarantee has expired, the
entire amount of the one-time payment is non-refundable.
NSIR has chosen Amazon Payments to provide payment processing services for our Website.
As a subscriber to one of our Fee-Based Products, you agree as follows:
A. You agree to pay, using a valid Amazon.com account and a valid credit card (or
other form of payment which Amazon.com may accept), the fixed and periodic
charges and fees (including prepayment plan fees for multiple periods) set forth
on this Website (such as the recurring Monthly Fee), applicable taxes, and other
charges and fees incurred in order to access our Fee-Based Products. We reserve
the right to increase charges and fees, or to institute new charges or fees at
any time, upon reasonable advance notice communicated to you through a posting
on this Website or such other means as we may deem appropriate from time to time
(including electronic mail or conventional mail). Amazon Payments will
automatically charge your credit card (or other form of payment which Amazon.com
may accept) , which you have authorized using your Amazon.com account, at the
start of the standard or multiple-period prepayment plan billing period and at
the start of each renewal period, unless you terminate or cancel your
subscription before the relevant renewal period begins. Except in the case of a
multiple-period prepayment plan or if you were eligible for a discounted rate
but are no longer eligible for that rate, the renewal charge will be the same as
the prior period's charge, unless we notify you in advance at the time of sign
up or prior to the beginning of the renewal period as described above. In the
event we cannot charge your account, we reserve the right to terminate your
access to our Fee-Based Products. If you purchased a multiple- period prepayment
plan or you were eligible for a discounted rate but are no long eligible for
that rate, your subscription will automatically be renewed at our standard
subscription rates and for our standard period (usually monthly) at the start of
the renewal period. If you wish to purchase another prepayment plan for multiple
periods and we are currently offering prepayment plans at such time, you must
notify us prior to the termination of your current prepayment plan.
B. In addition to the fees and charges set forth above, you are responsible for all
charges and fees associated with connecting to our Website and our Fee-Based
Products, including without limitation all telephone access lines (including
long-distance charges, when applicable), internet service provider fees,
telephone and computer equipment, sales taxes and any other fees and charges
necessary to access our Fee-Based Products.
C. For purposes of your use of our Fee-Based Products, you agree to provide us with
true, accurate and complete information as required by the subscription or sign
up process to our Fee-Based Products, including your legal name and email
address. You agree to maintain and promptly update your user account information
and any other information you provide to us to keep it accurate. Without
limiting any other provision of this Agreement, if you provide any information
that is untrue, inaccurate, or incomplete, or we have reasonable grounds to
suspect that such is the case, we reserve the right to suspend or terminate your
user account or subscription and refuse any and all current or future use by you
of our Website (or any portion thereof) or any of our Fee-Based Products. You
agree not to create a false or misleading identity on this Website.
If your registration or subscription is revoked for any reason, you agree not to
register or subscribe again with our Website using another user name or through
any other means. If we have reason to suspect, in our sole discretion, that your
account has previously been terminated, we reserve the right to terminate any
new accounts you have registered without any notice to you, or to exercise any
other remedies available to us under this Agreement or by law.
D. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your
password and user account information. You must notify us immediately in the
event of any known or suspected unauthorized use of your user account, or any
known or suspected breach of security, including loss, theft, or unauthorized
disclosure of your or anyone else’s password or user account information. In the
event of a breach of security by you, you will remain liable for any
unauthorized use of your subscription until you update your password and user
account information. If your credit card expires, is canceled, is lost or is
subject to use without your authorization, access your Amazon.com account to
update your payment method using a valid credit card (or other form of payment
which Amazon.com may accept). You are entirely responsible for any and all
activities which occur under your user account. You are responsible for paying
any amounts billed to your credit card by a third party which were not
authorized by you.
E. Either you or NSIR may terminate or cancel your subscription to our Fee-Based
Products at any time. If you or NSIR cancels or terminates your subscription to one
of our Fee-Based Products prior to the end of a period for which you have incurred a
charge, we will refund any unused portion of such period in accordance with the refund
policy we have in effect at such time. If you or NSIR cancels or terminates your subscription
to one of our Fee-Based Products prior to the end of a period for which you have incurred a
charge, we will not refund any used portion of such period (regardless of whether you signed
in to our Website or used the Fee-Based Product during that period) in accordance with the refund
policy we have in effect at such time. If you fail to satisfy limitations we set based on demographic,
geographic, health or other similar criteria, or if we terminate your subscription to one of our Fee-Based
Products prior to the end of the applicable period, we will refund any unused portion of such period in
accordance with the refund policy we have in effect at such time. If you subscribe to a prepayment plan for
multiple periods (e.g., a 12-month prepayment plan) and you decide to cancel during such prepayment period,
we will refund you the difference, if any, between the amount you paid and the amount you would have incurred
if you were subject to our standard pricing in effect during such time and not subject to our special pricing offered
through any prepayment plan.
If you subscribe to a one-time payment plan (e.g., the Desktop Version) with a 30 day
money-back guarantee (the one-time payment will be processed at the time and date when
you subscribe) and you decide to cancel during the 30 days from the time and date
when you subscribed, we will refund the entire amount of your one-time payment. If
you cancel any time after your 30 day money-back guarantee has expired, the entire
amount of the one-time payment is non-refundable.
4. Cancellation of Subscription
Either you or NSIR may terminate or cancel your subscription to our Fee-Based
Products at any time. You understand and agree that the cancellation or
termination of your subscription is your sole right and remedy with respect to
any dispute with us including, without limitation, any dispute related to, or
arising out of: (i) any terms of this Agreement or our enforcement or
application of this Agreement; (ii) any practice or policy of NSIR, including
our Privacy Policy,
or our enforcement or application of these policies; (iii) the
content available through this Website or any change in content provided through
the Website or on a Fee-Based Product; (iv) your ability to access and/or use
our Website or any Fee-Based Product; or (v) the amount or types of our fees or
charges, surcharges, applicable taxes, or billing methods, or any change to our
fees or charges, applicable taxes, or billing methods. Upon cancellation or
termination of your subscription to our Fee-Based Products, we may immediately
deactivate your user account and all related information and/or files in your
user account and/or bar any further access to such information and/or files, our
Website (or part thereof) and/or our Fee-Based Products, except as we may
otherwise provide from time to time.
You may cancel your subscription by contacting Customer Service or
by following the Unsubscribe link when you sign in to your account.
We will attempt to process all cancellation requests within 72 hours
after we receive your request. If you cancel near the end of your billing
period and are inadvertently charged for the next period’s fee, contact Customer
Service to have the charges reversed. If you use our Fee-Based Product during that next
period, you will not be entitled to a refund. We reserve the right to collect fees, surcharges,
or costs incurred before your cancellation takes effect.
5. Availability of Fee-Based Products
The availability and use of our Fee-Based Products may be limited based on
demographic, geographic, health or other criteria as we may establish from time
to time. You understand and agree we may disallow you from subscribing to our
Fee-Based Products or may terminate your subscription to our Fee-Based Products
at any time based on these criteria. For example, pregnant women and individuals
under the age of 18 may not subscribe to our Fee-Based Products.
6. Privacy and Security
We are committed to protecting your privacy and security. For more information, you
should review our Privacy Policy, which
is incorporated into this Agreement by this reference.
7. Health Disclaimer
This Website and our Fee-Based Products provide weight management and information applications
and content published over the Internet and are intended only to assist users in their personal
weight management efforts. NSIR is not a medical organization and our staff cannot give you medical
advice or diagnosis. Nothing contained in this Website should be construed as such advice or diagnosis.
The information and reports generated by us should not be interpreted as a substitute for physician consultation,
evaluation, or treatment.
You are urged and advised to seek the advice of a physician before beginning any weight management effort
or regimen. This Website is intended for use only by healthy adult individuals. The Website is not
intended for use by minors, pregnant women, or individuals with any type of health condition. Such
individuals are specifically warned to seek professional medical advice prior to initiating any form
of weight management effort or regimen.
8. Automatically Become a Registered User
As a subscriber to one of our Fee-Based Products, you automatically become a
registered user of this Website, which provides you with access to certain
products, offerings, features, or resources of our Website. If you cancel your
subscription to our Fee-Based Products, you will remain a registered user of our
Website unless you specifically request otherwise.
9. Restrictions on Use of Materials
You acknowledge that this Website contains information, software, photos, video,
text, graphics, music, sounds, questions, creative suggestions, messages,
comments, feedback, ideas, notes, drawings, articles and other materials
(collectively, "Content") that are protected by copyrights, patents, trademarks,
trade secrets and/or other proprietary rights, and that these rights are valid
and protected in all forms, media and technologies existing now or hereafter
developed. All Content is copyrighted under the United States copyright laws
(and, if applicable, similar foreign laws), and we own a copyright in the
selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of such Content. All
trademarks appearing on this Website are trademarks of their respective owners.
Our commercial partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors,
contractors and other third parties may also have additional proprietary rights
in the Content which they make available on this Website. You may not modify,
publish, transmit, distribute, perform, participate in the transfer or sale,
create derivative works of, or in any way exploit, any of the Content, in whole
or in part. When Content is downloaded to your computer, you do not obtain any
ownership interest in such Content. Modification of the Content or use of the
Content for any other purpose, including, but not limited to, use of any Content
in printed form or on any other website or networked computer environment is
strictly prohibited unless you receive our prior written consent.
10. Prohibited Activities and Conduct Guidelines
You acknowledge that all Content and all information, software, photos, video,
text, graphics, music, sounds, questions, creative suggestions, messages,
comments, feedback, ideas, notes, drawings, articles and other materials posted,
emailed, or otherwise transmitted to or on this Website, whether posted at our
request or voluntarily, and whether publicly posted or privately transmitted
(collectively, the "Postings"), are the sole responsibility of the person who
made such Postings. This means that you are entirely responsible for all
Postings that you post, email or otherwise transmit to this Website. We do not
control the Postings posted, emailed or otherwise transmitted on our Website by
others and, as such, we do not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of
such Postings. Although we have adopted prohibited activities and conduct
guidelines for the users of our Website (as described below), you understand
that by using this Website, you may be exposed to Postings that are offensive or
objectionable. Under no circumstances will we be liable in any way for any
Postings (other than for Content developed by us or our affiliates), including,
but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any Postings, or for any loss
or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Postings posted,
emailed or otherwise transmitted to or through this Website.
You agree not to use this Website to:
a. Upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Postings or other materials that
are unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory,
vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially,
ethnically or otherwise objectionable (in our sole discretion);
b. Harm minors in any way, or solicit or otherwise attempt to gain any information
from a minor;
c. Impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, any user of
this Website, a director, officer, employee, shareholder, agent or
representative of NSIR or our affiliates, or any other person or entity, or
falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with NSIR, our
affiliates or any other person or entity;
d. Forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the
origin of any Postings or other materials transmitted to or through this
Website;
e. Upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Postings or other materials that
you do not have a right to upload, post, email or otherwise transmit under any
law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as insider
information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as
part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);
f. Upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Postings or other materials that
infringe upon any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of privacy
or publicity or other proprietary rights of any party;
g. Upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized
advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters,"
"pyramid schemes," or any other form of commercial solicitation, except in those
areas, if any, that are specifically designated for such purpose;
h. Upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Postings or other materials that
contain software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed
to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or
hardware or telecommunications equipment;
i. Disrupt the normal flow of dialogue or otherwise act in a manner that negatively
affects or otherwise diminishes the quality of another user’s experience of this
Website;
j. Interfere with or disrupt this Website or servers or networks connected to this
Website, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of
networks connected to the Website;
k. Intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national
or international law, including, but not limited to, any regulations having the
force of law;
l. "Stalk" or otherwise harass another user or employee of this Website; or
m. Solicit, collect or post personal data or attempt to solicit, collect or post
personal data about other users of the Website, including user names or
passwords; or
n. Access or attempt to access another user’s account without his or her consent.
Your privilege to use this Website depends on your compliance with the prohibited
activities and conduct guidelines set forth above. We may revoke your privileges
to use all or a portion of this Website and/or take any other appropriate
measures to enforce these prohibited activities and conduct guidelines if
violations are brought to our attention.
11. Submissions
If, at our request or on your own, you send, email, post or otherwise transmit
to us or this Website any Content (collectively, the "Submissions"), you grant
NSIR and its successors and assigns a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable,
non-exclusive right (including any moral rights) and license (as well as
consent) to use, license, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create
derivative works from, distribute, derive revenue or other remuneration from,
communicate to the public, perform and display any Submissions (in whole or in
part and with or without the use of your name) worldwide and/or to incorporate
the Submissions in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or
later developed, for the full term of any copyrights, trademarks and other
intellectual and proprietary rights (collectively, the “Rights”) that may exist
in such Submissions. You also warrant that, to the extent you are not the
exclusive holder of all Rights in a Submission, any third party holder of any
Rights, including moral rights in such Submissions, has completely and
effectively waived all such rights and validly and irrevocably granted to you
the right to grant the license stated above. You further acknowledge that NSIR
and its successors and assigns shall be entitled to unrestricted use of the
Submissions for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without
compensation to the provider of the Submissions. Subject to the foregoing, the
owner of a Submission placed on this Website retains any and all Rights that may
exist in such Submission. Except as provided in our
Privacy Policy, none of the Submissions shall be subject to any obligation of
confidence on our part, and we shall not be liable for any use or disclosure of
any Submissions.
12. Parental or Guardian Permission
You must be 18 years or older to subscribe to or purchase our Fee-Based Products.
Some of the Content on this Website may not be appropriate for children.
CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 13 ARE NOT PERMITTED TO USE THIS WEBSITE. We strongly
recommend that children between the ages of 13 and 18 ask for their parent’s or
guardian’s permission before viewing our Website.
13. Links
This Agreement applies only to this Website, and not to the websites of any
other person or entity. We may provide, or third parties may provide, links to
other worldwide websites or resources. You acknowledge and agree that we are not
responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and do not
endorse (and are not responsible or liable for) any content, advertising,
products, or other materials on or available from such websites or resources.
You further acknowledge and agree that, under no circumstances, will we be held
responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage that is
caused or alleged to have been caused to you in connection with your use of, or
reliance on, any content, advertisements, products or other resources available
on any other website (regardless of whether we directly or indirectly link to
such content, advertisements, products or other resources). You should direct
any concerns with respect to any other website to that website's administrator
or webmaster.
14. Third Party Products and Services
You
may order services, merchandise or other products through our Website from other
parties (collectively, the "Third Party Sellers"). All matters concerning the
services, merchandise and other products desired from the Third Party Sellers,
including, but not limited to, purchase terms, payment terms, warranties,
guarantees, maintenance and delivery, are solely between you and the Third Party
Sellers. We make no warranties or representations whatsoever with regard to any
services, merchandise and other products provided by the Third Party Sellers.
You will not consider us (and we will not be construed as) a party to such
transactions, whether or not we may have received some form of revenue or other
remuneration in connection with such transactions, and we will not be liable for
any costs or damages arising out of, either directly or indirectly, you or any
other person involved or related to the transactions.
15. Copyright Complaints
We respect the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the
same. We may, in appropriate circumstances and in our sole discretion, terminate
the rights of any user to use our Website (or any part thereof) who infringes
the intellectual property rights of others. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act
of 1998 (the “DMCA”) provides recourse for copyright owners who believe that
material appearing on the Internet infringes their rights under U.S. copyright
law. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes
copyright infringement or are aware of someone doing so, please contact us and
include the following information: .
a) a physical or electronic signature of the owner of the copyright or a person
authorized to act on behalf of the owner;
b) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (or if
multiple copyrighted works located on this website are covered by a single
notification, a representative list of such works);
c) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or the
subject of infringing activity, and information reasonably sufficient to allow
us to locate the material on our Website;
d) your name, mailing address, telephone number and email address;
e) a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that use of the material
in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent
or the law; and
f) a statement by you that the information in your notification is accurate, and
that you attest under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or
that you are authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.
If you believe in good faith that a notice of copyright infringement has been
wrongly filed against you, the DMCA permits you to send us a counter-notice.
Notices and counter-notices with respect to this website should be sent to our
designated agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement: Northstar
Investment Research, LLC, P.O. Box 15225, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15237.
16. Disclaimers of Warranties
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS OF WARRANTIES:
THE PRODUCTS, OFFERINGS, CONTENT AND MATERIALS (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE
FEE-BASED PRODUCTS) ON THIS WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES
OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, COMPATABILITY,
SECURITY, ACCURACY OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
NEITHER NSIR, ANY OF OUR AFFILIATES, NOR ANY OF OUR OR THEIR RESPECTIVE
LICENSORS, LICENSEES, SERVICE PROVIDERS OR SUPPLIERS WARRANT THAT THIS WEBSITE
OR ANY FUNCTION CONTAINED IN THIS WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE,
THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS WEBSITE OR THE SERVERS THAT MAKE
THIS WEBSITE AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
ANY PRODUCT, OFFERING, CONTENT AND MATERIAL (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE
FEE-BASED PRODUCTS) DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THIS
WEBSITE IS DONE AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF
ANY SUCH PRODUCT, OFFERING, CONTENT OR MATERIAL (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
THE FEE-BASED PRODUCTS).
NEITHER NSIR, ANY OF OUR AFFILIATES, NOR ANY OF OUR OR THEIR RESPECTIVE
LICENSORS, LICENSEES, SERVICE PROVIDERS OR SUPPLIERS WARRANT OR MAKE ANY
REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE PRODUCTS,
OFFERINGS, CONTENT AND MATERIALS (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE FEE-BASED
PRODUCTS) IN THIS WEBSITE IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY,
OR OTHERWISE.
FURTHER, PLEASE NOTE THAT NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM OUR
PERSONNEL OR THROUGH THIS WEBSITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY
PROVIDED FOR IN THIS AGREEMENT.
17. Limitation of Liability
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT WE AND OUR AFFILIATES SHALL NOT BE
LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY
OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES
(EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), ARISING OUT
OF, OR RESULTING FROM, (A) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THIS WEBSITE
(INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE FEE-BASED PRODUCTS); (B) THE USE OF ANY
CONTENT OR OTHER MATERIAL (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE FEE-BASED
PRODUCTS) ON THIS WEBSITE OR ANY WEBSITE OR WEBSITES LINKED TO THIS WEBSITE, (C)
THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY
GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED
OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THIS WEBSITE (INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, THE FEE-BASED PRODUCTS); (D) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF
YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (E) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON OUR
WEBSITE (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE FEE-BASED PRODUCTS); OR (F) ANY
OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THIS WEBSITE. IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO
YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT
(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE) EXCEED THE AMOUNT
PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING THIS WEBSITE. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH
ANY PORTION OF OUR WEBSITE, OR WITH ANY OF PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT, YOUR
SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS THE DISCONTINUATION OF YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE.
IF ANY PORTION OF THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IS FOUND TO BE INVALID, LIABILITY
IS LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
18. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, hold harmless and, at our option, defend us and our
affiliates, and our and their officers, directors, employees, stockholders,
agents and representatives from any and all third party claims, liability,
damages and/or costs (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys fees
and expenses) arising from your improper use of this Website or our products or
offerings (including, without limitation, the Fee-Based Products), your
violation of this Agreement, or your infringement, or the infringement or use by
any other user of your account, of any intellectual property or other right of
any person or entity.
19. Governing Law and Choice of Forum
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without giving effect to any principles of
conflicts of law. You agree that any action at law or in equity arising out of
or relating to your use of this Website (including, without limitation, the
Fee-Based Products) or this Agreement shall be filed only in the state or
federal courts located in Allegheny County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
and you hereby consent and submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts
for the purposes of litigating any such action.
20. Miscellaneous Terms
In any action against us arising from the use of this Website (including,
without limitation, the Fee-Based Products), the prevailing party shall be
entitled to recover all legal expenses incurred in connection with the action,
including but not limited to its costs, both taxable and non-taxable, and
reasonable attorney's fees.
If any provision of these terms shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason
unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these terms
and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining
provisions. This Agreement is the entire agreement between you and us relating
to the subject matter herein. This Agreement may be modified only by our posting
of changes to this Agreement on this Website, or by written agreement of both
parties. Each time you access this Website, you will be deemed to have accepted
any such changes.
We may assign our rights and obligations under this Agreement. This Agreement will
inure to the benefit of our successors, assigns and licensees. The failure of
either party to insist upon or enforce the strict performance of the other party
with respect to any provision of this Agreement, or to exercise any right under
this Agreement, will not be construed as a waiver or relinquishment to any
extent of such party's right to assert or rely upon any such provision or right
in that or any other instance; rather, the same will be and remain in full force
and effect.
(Last Modified on February 18, 2010)