Legal Notice
Brooks Advisory Group, Inc. Site Legal Notice
1. INTRODUCTION.
Welcome to the web site ("Site") for Brooks Advisory Group, Inc.®
("Brooks Advisory Group, Inc.").
2. ACCESS TO THE SITE.
BY ACCESSING, BROWSING AND/OR USING THE SITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED TO BE BOUND BY THESE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE ("TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE")
INCLUDING THE PRIVACY POLICY ("PRIVACY POLICY") (COLLECTIVELY THE
"TERMS") AND TO COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE U.S. LAWS AND
REGULATIONS. In addition, you hereby represent and certify that
you are at least eighteen (18) years of age. If you do not or
cannot agree to the Terms, you are not authorized to use the Site
or any of the services offered through the Site. Brooks Advisory
Group, Inc. reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to
update, revise, supplement and to otherwise modify these Terms,
and to impose new or additional terms and conditions on your use
of the Site from time to time. Such updates, revisions,
supplements, modifications and additional rules, policies, terms
and conditions (collectively referred to in these Terms as
"Additional Terms") shall be effective immediately and
incorporated into these Terms upon notice thereof, which may be
given by any reasonable means including by posting to the Site.
Your continued viewing or use of the Site following such notice
shall be deemed to conclusively indicate your acceptance of any
and all such Additional Terms.
3. ACCEPTABLE USE OF THE SITE.
In order to use the Site, you must obtain access to the Internet
and pay any and all service fees associated with such access.
(a) Individual Use. You agree that you are only authorized to
visit, view and to retain a single copy of pages of the Site for
your own internal use and not on behalf of any other person or
entities, and that you shall not duplicate, download, publish,
modify or otherwise distribute any material on the Site for any
purpose other than for your own internal use unless otherwise
specifically authorized by Brooks Advisory Group, Inc. in
writing. Brooks Advisory Group, Inc. posts legal notices and
various credits on pages of the Site, which you shall not remove
even in your permitted copies.
(b) Deep Links; Linking. You agree not to "deep-link" to the
Site, meaning that you shall not create, post, display, publish
or distribute any link to any page other than the front (home)
page of the Site for any purpose, unless specifically authorized
by Brooks Advisory Group, Inc. in writing to do so. If you do
want to link to the Site in any manner, you may contact the
Brooks Advisory Group, Inc. Webmaster at webmaster@Brooks
Advisory Group, Inc..com to seek approval.
(c) Framing. You agree not to create any frames at any other web
sites pertaining to or using any of the content located at the
Site for any purpose, unless specifically authorized by Brooks
Advisory Group, Inc. in writing to do so.
(d) Security, Cracking and Hacking. You are prohibited from
violating or attempting to violate the security of the Site.
Accordingly, you agree not to: (i) access data or materials not
intended for you; (ii) log into a server or account which you are
not authorized to access; (iii) attempt to probe, scan or test
the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or
authentication measures without proper authorization; or (iv)
attempt to interfere with service to any user, host or network,
including without limitation, by means of submitting a virus to
the Site, overloading, "flooding", "mailbombing" or "crashing"
the Site. Violations of system or network security may result in
civil or criminal liability. Brooks Advisory Group, Inc. reserves
the right to investigate occurrences which may involve such
violations and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement
authorities in prosecuting users who have participated in such
violations. You understand that data and communications,
including e-mail and other electronic communications, may be
accessed by unauthorized third parties when communicated over the
Internet.
(e) You Are Responsible For All of Your Activities and All of The
Content You Post or Submit. You represent and warrant that any
information and/or material you post or provide to Brooks
Advisory Group, Inc. by means of the Site, including, without
limitation, as part of any registration or subscription or to
gain access to or use any services offered on the Site
("Submissions"), is truthful, accurate, not misleading, not
confidential property of others, not in violation of any other
third party's rights and offered in good faith. You agree NOT to
use the Site for or in connection with any of the following
activities: (i) transmitting or relaying spam, spoofing or
otherwise impersonating any person or entity, or falsely stating
or otherwise misrepresenting your identity or affiliation in any
way; (ii) using the Site for any fraudulent or illegal purpose;
(iii) e-mailing, uploading, or otherwise transmitting or using
the Site in furtherance of the use, distribution or transmission
of any unlawful, harassing, defamatory, tortious, libelous,
sexually explicit, obscene, hateful, racially, ethnically or
otherwise objectionable material of any kind; and (iv)
transmitting material that contains viruses, Trojan horses,
worms, time bombs, cancelbots or other computer programming
routines or engines that are intended to damage, destroy, disrupt
or otherwise impair a computer's functionality or the operation
of the Site.
(f) Information Disclosed via the Site. IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER
WARRANTY DISCLAIMER PROVIDED IN THE TERMS, ANY INFORMATION
DISCLOSED TO YOU VIA THE SITE INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY
CONTENT, PRODUCT RECOMMENDATIONS, PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS, PRODUCT
SAFETY AND/OR EFFECTIVENESS MATERIALS, ARE NOT OFFERED WITH ANY
WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION AS TO ABILITY, ACCURACY, PERFORMANCE
OR SUITABILITY FOR YOUR INTENDED PURPOSE OR COMPLIANCE WITH
APPLICABLE LAW. BROOKS ADVISORY GROUP, INC. ASSUMES NO
RESPONSIBILITY, AND DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR, ANY HARM,
ILLNESS, EVENT, OR INJURY RESULTING FROM USING ANY PRODUCTS OR
USING ANY SERVICES OR FOLLOWING ANY ADVICE CONTAINED ON THIS
SITE.
(g) Do Not Violate Third Party Intellectual Property Rights.
Without limiting the foregoing, you shall not, and by using the
Site you agree not to, use the Site to: (i) transmit or post any
Submissions that are copyrighted, unless you are the copyright
owner or have obtained the permission of the copyright owner to
transmit it and are authorized to do so by Brooks Advisory Group,
Inc.; (ii) transmit or post any Submissions that reveal trade
secrets, unless you own them or have the permission of the owner
to so transmit them; or (iii) transmit or post any Submissions
that infringe on any Intellectual Property Rights (as defined
below) of others or violates the privacy or rights of publicity
of others. Furthermore, unless otherwise expressly provided, you
acknowledge and agree that: (a) all Submissions shall become
property of Brooks Advisory Group, Inc.; (b) Brooks Advisory
Group, Inc. has the right to publish the Submissions for any type
of use including for promotional and advertising purposes, in
accordance with the terms set forth in the Privacy Policy,
without compensation to you of any kind; (c) any Submissions that
you submit to any part of the Site are non-confidential for all
purposes; and (d) that if you make any such Submission, you
automatically grant, represent and warrant that the owner of such
content has expressly granted Brooks Advisory Group, Inc. a
royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, world-wide exclusive
license to use the Submissions in any manner, media or form now
known or hereafter developed. Brooks Advisory Group, Inc. shall
have the right to sublicense its rights. The term "Intellectual
Property Rights" shall mean, collectively, rights under patent,
trademark, copyright and trade secret laws, and any other
intellectual property or proprietary rights recognized in any
country or jurisdiction worldwide, including, without limitation,
moral rights and similar rights.
(h) Ownership. Brooks Advisory Group, Inc. puts a lot of content
on the Site for you to examine from time to time including,
without limitation, text, graphics, photographs, pictures,
drawings, animation, audio, video, literature and any other
material distributed by Brooks Advisory Group, Inc. on, through
or in connection with the Site. Moreover, Brooks Advisory Group,
Inc. attempts to display the content in a way that will be easily
accessible and useful for you, the user. All content and
materials on the Site including, without limitation, text,
graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips and software
included in the Site and any services offered on the Site, are
the property of Brooks Advisory Group, Inc., its sponsors or
business affiliates, and/or their respective licensors, and are
subject to U.S. and international Intellectual Property Rights
laws. The compilation of all content on the Site is the exclusive
property of Brooks Advisory Group, Inc. and is protected by U.S.
and international copyright laws. All software used on the Site
is the property of Brooks Advisory Group, Inc. or its licensors
and is subject to U.S. and international copyright laws. Except
to the minimum extent otherwise expressly permitted under
copyright law, no copying or exploitation of material from the
Site is permitted except expressly in accordance with these Terms
or with the express written permission of Brooks Advisory Group,
Inc. and any other applicable copyright owner. You acknowledge
that you do not acquire any ownership rights by virtue of
downloading copyrighted material from the Site. All rights not
expressly granted hereunder are expressly reserved to Brooks
Advisory Group, Inc..
4. WARRANTY DISCLAIMER.
THE CONTENT, SERVICES, INFORMATION AND ACCESS TO THE SITE ARE
PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
SATISFACTORY QUALITY AND NONINFRINGEMENT. BROOKS ADVISORY GROUP,
INC. DOES NOT WARRANT THAT ANY PART OF THE SITE WILL OPERATE
UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR
THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF
VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS OR THAT TRANSMISSION TO OR
FROM THE SITE AND ACCESS TO THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED,
CONTINUOUS OR ERROR-FREE. BROOKS ADVISORY GROUP, INC. DOES NOT
WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE
RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE SITE IN TERMS OF ITS QUALITY,
CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. YOU SHOULD
THEREFORE VERIFY ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE SITE BEFORE
ACTING ON IT.
EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED, BROOKS ADVISORY GROUP,
INC. EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY,
CONTENT, AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR
MERCHANDISE FOUND ON THIRD PARTY SITES THAT LINK TO OR FROM THE
SITE. BROOKS ADVISORY GROUP, INC. DISCLAIMS ANY RESPONSIBILITY
FOR PRODUCT OR SERVICE ORDERING FUNCTIONS, ORDER FULFILLMENT OR
COMPLIANCE OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES WITH ANY MANUFACTURER'S
WARRANTIES OR SPECIFICATIONS. BROOKS ADVISORY GROUP, INC. CANNOT
BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MATERIAL CONTAINED ON THIRD PARTY
SITES AND/OR RELATED SERVICES NOR DOES BROOKS ADVISORY GROUP,
INC. MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE SECURITY OF
ANY INFORMATION YOU MIGHT BE REQUESTED TO GIVE TO THIRD PARTY
SITES.
5. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
YOUR USE OF THE SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. TO THE FURTHEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, BROOKS ADVISORY GROUP, INC.'S NEGLIGENCE, SHALL
BROOKS ADVISORY GROUP, INC., ITS AFFILIATES, RELATED ENTITIES,
VENDORS OR CONTENT PROVIDERS, BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY
DAMAGES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT,
PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY AND/OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES THAT
RESULT FROM YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, ANY CONTENT
AND/OR ANY RELATED SOFTWARE, EVEN IF BROOKS ADVISORY GROUP, INC.
OR AN AUTHORIZED BROOKS ADVISORY GROUP, INC. REPRESENTATIVE HAS
BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING
ANYTHING ELSE CONTAINED IN THESE TERMS, IN THE EVENT THE TERMS OF
THIS SECTION, OR ANY PART OF THIS SECTION, SHALL BE HELD INVALID
OR UNENFORCEABLE BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, IN NO
EVENT SHALL BROOKS ADVISORY GROUP, INC.'S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU,
OR ANYONE CLAIMING BY OR THROUGH YOU, FOR ANY DAMAGES, LOSSES,
CLAIMS AND/OR CAUSES OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT,
NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE EXCEED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100).
6. INDEMNIFICATION
You shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Brooks Advisory
Group, Inc. and its sponsors, business affiliates, vendors,
content providers, subsidiaries, related entities, affiliates,
officers, directors, employees, attorneys and agents, from and
against any and all damages, claims and actions brought by you or
any third party resulting from your use of the site in violation
of these terms or the infringement by you of any intellectual
property rights of any person or entity.
6. GOVERNING LAW AND ARBITRATION.
The laws of the State of South Carolina (excluding any principles
of conflicts of laws) govern your use of the Site, the services
and these Terms. You agree that the parties shall settle any
claim or dispute relating to these Terms by binding arbitration
in Charleston, South Carolina under the Commercial Arbitration
Rules of the American Arbitration Association. To the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration under these
Terms shall be joined to an arbitration involving any other party
subject to these Terms, whether through class arbitration
proceedings or otherwise. NOTWITHSTANDING THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH ABOVE, FOR ANY INJUNCTIVE RELIEF RELATING
TO YOUR ACCESS TO, OR USE OF, THE SITE INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, RELATED SERVICES, YOU AGREE AND HEREBY SUBMIT TO THE
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF THE APPROPRIATE STATE OR
FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA,
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
7. WAIVER AND SEVERABILITY.
Furthermore, no delay or omission by Brooks Advisory Group, Inc.
to exercise any right or any noncompliance on your part with
respect to the Terms shall impair any such right or be construed
to be a waiver by Brooks Advisory Group, Inc.. If any provision
of the Terms is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, such provision
shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such invalidity or unenforceability without in any manner
affecting the validity or enforceability thereof in any other
jurisdiction or the remaining provisions hereof in any
jurisdiction, provided, however, if such invalid or unenforceable
provision may be modified so as to be valid and enforceable as a
matter of law, such provision will be deemed to have been
modified so as to be valid and enforceable to the maximum extent
permitted by law.
8. CONTRACT ELECTRONICALLY
You agree that the Terms, combined with your act of using the
Site and/or the services offered on or through the Site have the
same legal force and effect as a written contract with your
written signature and satisfy any laws that require a writing or
signature, including any applicable Statute of Frauds. You
further agree that you shall not challenge the validity,
enforceability or admissibility of the Terms on the grounds that
it was electronically transmitted or authorized. In addition, you
acknowledge that you have had the opportunity to print the Terms.
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