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You can review the most current version of the TOU at any time at pendulumfoundation.com/TOU.html. In addition, you shall be subject to any posted
guidelines or rules applicable to such Use, which may be posted from time to time. All such guidelines or rules are hereby incorporated by reference
into the TOU. By using this site in any way, you are agreeing to fully comply with the TOU, and should you object to any term or condition for the use
of the Service or contained in the TOU, your only recourse is to discontinue using the Service.
By using this site, you may be exposed to Content that you find indecent, offensive or otherwise objectionable. You may report such Content or other
Content or conduct that violates these TOS. However, the Foundation will determine, without limitation and in its sole discretion, as what action, if any,
should be taken with respect to such activity.
You agree that the Foundation may establish separate Guidelines and/or limits for the use of this site. These may include additional Guidelines
pertaining to the etiquette of use, as need be, as well as limits on the amount of Content and the frequency of postings.
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CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE
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UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICE;
OR ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SERVICE.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, its principals, officers, directors, employees, agents, successors, and assigns harmless from any
claim or demand, including reasonable attorney fees and court costs, made by any third party due to or arising out of Content that you submit, post or
make available through the Foundation's Service, of your use of the Foundation's Service, your violation of the TOS, your breach of any of the
representations and warranties herein, or your violation of the rights of another.
Proprietary Information
The Foundation's site may contain proprietary information and all
information contained in the Foundation's Service is protected by all
applicable copyright, trademark and intellectual property laws to the
maximum extent permitted. You acknowledge that all code and
specifications are subject to the respective express or implied licenses. As a
user, when you provide any Content, you automatically grant to the
Foundation a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, and fully
sublicensable license to use, copy, perform, display, and distribute the
Content that you have provided. You agree not to reproduce, duplicate,
copy, sell, exploit, or otherwise use any Content, in full or part, or any use or
access to the Service, without the express written consent of the
Foundation.
The Foundation reserves the right to use your Content in promotional,
advertising, fundraising or other material that furthers the Foundation's
purpose, without compensation. The Foundation has also implemented a
privacy policy, which you may refer to, in order to learn how the Foundation
uses information that you provide.
Linking
The Foundation may, from time-to-time, link to other websites which are
operated independently from the Foundation, including websites of
government agencies, vendors, and news media. You agree that your linking
to any such website is at your own risk, and the Foundation bears no
responsibility for your linking or for the content or information contained in
any such website, including the accuracy thereof.
User Conduct
You agree that all postings and communications you make through the
Service are your sole responsibility. This means that you, and not the
Foundation, are entirely responsible for all Content you post. You agree to
not use the Service (and you agree not to allow others to use the Service)
to:
1. Upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content or
otherwise use the Service in a manner that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive,
harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, pornographic, obscene, or libelous;
2. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content or
otherwise use the Service in a manner that is hateful or discriminatory against any
individual or group on the basis of race, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation,
ethnicity, or disability, or promotes physical harm or injury against any individual or
group;
3. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content or otherwise use the Service in a manner that is harmful to minors in any way;
4. impersonate any person or entity, or falsely states or otherwise misrepresents your identity or affiliation with another person or entity;
5. stalk or harass another person or entity;
6. employ misleading email addresses, forged headers, or other manipulated identifiers;
7. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary
relationships
8. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content or otherwise use the Service in a manner that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret,
copyright or other proprietary rights of any party;
9. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content or otherwise use the Service in a manner that is invasive to another's privacy or includes
personal or identifying information about another person, without that person's explicit consent;
10. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters,"
"pyramid schemes," or any other form of commercial solicitation;
11. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that contains software viruses or any other computer codes, files or programs designed to
interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
12. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content or use the Service to interfere with or disrupt the Service, or servers or networks connected to
the Service;
13. upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content or use the Service to collect or store personal data about other users for commercial
purposes
or engage in commercial activities, without the Foundation's prior approval.
Any use of the Service that is in violation of the above will be subject to immediate removal and user/account suspension or termination, at the sole discretion of the
Foundation.
Governing Law
You agree and acknowledge that the laws of the United States
shall govern the Terms and the relationship between you and the
Foundation without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You
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jurisdiction of the courts located within the United States. You
agree and acknowledge that regardless of any statute or law to
the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related
to use of the Service or the Terms must be filed within one (1)
year after such claim or cause of action arose or forever be
barred.
Content posted by users does not represent the opinion of the
Foundation, its principal or representatives. All Content is the
sole responsibility of the person from whom the Content
originated, and you agree that users bear all legal liability
resulting from the posting of Content. The Foundation makes no
representations as to the accuracy or validity of user-generated
Content and is not liable in any way for the use of or reliance
upon such Content. Whenever possible, such information is
marked with the name of the source. The Foundation reserves
the right to pre-screen, move, refuse, or remove any of your
Content, or to bar access to the Service, at any time for any
reason and without prior notice.
The Terms constitutes the entire agreement between you and the
Foundation and governs your use of the Service, superseding
any prior agreements between you and the Foundation. The
Foundation's failure of to exercise or enforce any right or
provision of the Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right
or provision. If any provision of the Terms is found by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless
agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties'
intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions
of the Terms remain in full force and effect.
The Foundation reserves the right at any time and from time to
time to modify, limit or discontinue, temporarily or permanently,
the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree
that The Foundation shall not be liable to you or to any third party
for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the
Service.
User Content
Miscellaneous
Modifications to Service
The Pendulum Foundation welcomes you to use our
website as well as resources that are together referred
to as the "Use." The Foundation provides its online
Service to you subject to the following Terms of Use
("TOU"), which may be updated from time to time
without notice to you.