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Terms & Conditions of Use Agreement

Terms and Conditions of Use

Hello, and welcome to CrossMerg. Please read our Terms and Conditions of Use Agreement (“Terms”) and Privacy Policy carefully because they affect your legal rights, including an agreement to resolve any disputes that may arise between us by arbitration on an individual basis instead of by class actions or jury trials.

1. Agreement Between CrossMerg and User

This is a binding agreement ("Agreement") between the CrossMerg ("CMerg") and [{contact_firstname} {contact_lastname} representing {client_company}], the user ("You" or "Your") and governs Your use of all portions of http://www.crossmerg.com/ ("CMerg's Web Site"), and any associated subdomains, material or functionality contained on CMerg's Web Site and main domain. CMerg's Web Site is offered to You conditioned on Your acceptance, without modification, of the terms and conditions contained herein. By using CMerg's Web Site, You confirm Your acceptance of and agree to be bound by, this Agreement and all such terms, conditions and notices.

see also: Privacy Statement

2. Modification of These Terms of Use

CMerg reserves the right to change the terms and conditions of this Agreement from time to time as we deem appropriate. Such changes, modifications, additions or deletions shall be effective immediately upon posting unless otherwise indicated. CMerg has no duty or obligation to inform prior users of CMerg's Web Site that changes have been made, regardless of the scope and importance of the changes. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these terms and conditions. Your non-termination or continued use of CMerg's Web Site after changes are posted constitutes Your acceptance of this Agreement as modified by the posted changes. CMerg may change, restrict access to, suspend, or discontinue CMerg's Web Site, or any portion of CMerg's Web Site, at any time.

3. No Professional Advice

The information and materials available through CMerg's Web Site are for informational and educational purposes only and are not a substitute for the professional judgment of legal or financial professionals. The financial, scientific, legal, research and general information included on CMerg's Web Site may reflect innovations and opinions not universally shared and does not necessarily reflect the view of CMerg. Your use of CMerg's Web Site does not create an attorney-client relationship between you and CMerg or between you and any of CMerg's employees or representatives.

USE OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON CMerg'S WEBSITE REQUIRES THE INVOLVEMENT OF TRAINED INDIVIDUALS AND YOUR RELIANCE UPON INFORMATION AND MATERIALS OBTAINED BY YOU AT OR THROUGH CMerg'S WEBSITE OR FROM CMerg'S STAFF IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. CMerg HAS NO CONTROL OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR USE OF THE INFORMATION OR MATERIALS PROVIDED ON CMerg'S WEBSITE AND HAS LIMITED KNOWLEDGE OF THE SPECIFIC OR UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH SUCH INFORMATION MAY BE USED BY YOU. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT CMerg IS NOT ENGAGED IN THE PRACTICE OF FINANCIAL SERVICES AND CMerg DOES NOT PROVIDE LEGAL ADVICE. YOUR USE OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ON CMerg'S WEBSITE IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR LEGAL ADVICE OR PROFESSIONAL FINANCIAL JUDGMENT.

4. Privacy Statement

CMerg will operate CMerg's Web Site in accordance with its Privacy Statement, which is incorporated into this Agreement by this reference and which may be viewed by following this link to the Privacy Statement. BY CONSENTING TO THIS TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT FOR CMerg'S WEBSITE, YOU CONSENT TO THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT.

5. Usage of CMerg's Web site

You represent and warrant to CMerg that You will not use CMerg's Web Site (i) for any unlawful purpose or in any manner prohibited by this Agreement or (ii)in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden or impair CMerg's Web Site or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of CMerg's Web Site.

The CMerg Members Only portion of CMerg's Web Site ("Members Only Site") will be accessible only to dues-paying members of CMerg ("Members") and is governed by the terms and conditions contained herein and CMerg Community Terms of Use. You agree that when using CMerg's Web Site, You will not:

  • Violate any applicable laws or regulations;
  • Send, publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any information that may violate antitrust law, including without limitation past, current, or future fees; fee discounts provided; terms of credit; price and pricing information; inventories; commission information; profit information, including what is a reasonable or fair profit margin;
  • Upload information that contains material protected by intellectual property laws, including without limitation material protected by patent, copyright, trademark (such as CMerg's logo), or trade secrets, or by rights of privacy of publicity unless You own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents;
  • Falsify or delete author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations indicating the origin or source of information that is uploaded or downloaded from CMerg's Web Site;
  • Send, publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, threatening, abusive, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, or otherwise objectionable materials, or any materials which encourage conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or violate any law, or contain any advertising or any solicitation with respect to products or services;
  • How you can correct any inaccuracies in your information.
  • Harass, abuse, threaten or otherwise violate any legal rights of others;
  • Attack, ridicule, denounce, impugn a person's character, or impute immoral or dishonorable attributes to members on the basis of race or ethnicity, gender, age, religion, national origin, disability, or sexual orientation;
  • Upload viruses, corrupted files or any other software or information that may damage the operation of another's computer or network;
  • Use CMerg's Web Site for commercial purposes, including, but not limited to, advertisements, promotions, offers to buy or sell goods or services, surveys, contests, pyramid schemes, or sponsorship banners;
  • Use CMerg's Web Site to forward chain letters;
  • Violate any of CMerg's policies, guidelines or other codes of conduct which are applicable to CMerg's Web Site or in particular to one of CMerg's Web Services;
  • Reproduce, re-transmit or re-present in any form, in whole or in part, any content, programming code, images or graphics without express written permission of CMerg;
  • Frame, squeeze back, overlay or employ other techniques to enclose or display the CMerg Web Site, or any trademark, logo, content or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) included on the CMerg Web Site, with any other software or content of a third party;
  • Use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing the names or trademarks of CMerg without its prior written consent;
  • Access, monitor or copy any content or information of this Web Site using any "robot", "spider", "deep link", "scraper" or other automated means, methodology, algorithm or device or any manual process for any purpose; or
  • Violate any of CMerg policies, guidelines or other codes of conduct.

CMerg has no obligation to screen or monitor CMerg's Web Site; however, CMerg reserves the right to review information or materials posted to CMerg's Web Site, to remove any such information or materials in its sole discretion, and to use any other forms of information available to us by virtue of Your use of CMerg's Web Site. CMerg reserves the right at all times, in its sole discretion, to refuse to post, delete, move, edit or to remove any information or materials from CMerg's Web Site, including without limitation any information or materials posted through use of CMerg's Web Site, regardless of whether such material does or does not violate this Agreement or any of CMerg's policies, guidelines, or other codes of conduct which are applicable to CMerg's Web Site or in particular to one of CMerg's web services.

CMerg DOES NOT CONTROL OR ENDORSE THE CONTENT, MESSAGES OR INFORMATION FOUND IN ANY PORTION OF CMerg'S WEBSITE, AND CMerg SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY WITH REGARD TO CMerg'S WEBSITE. CMerg DOES NOT ENDORSE OR OTHERWISE VERIFY THE ACCURACY, TRUTHFULNESS OR RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED ON CMerg'S WEBSITE UNLESS IT IS PROVIDED BY AN AUTHORIZED CMerg SPOKESPERSON. ANY STATEMENTS MADE ON CMerg'S WEBSITE REFLECT ONLY THE VIEWS OF THEIR AUTHORS, AND YOUR RELIANCE ON ANY SUCH CONTENT IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. CMerg'S WEBSITE WILL BE MANAGED OR HOSTED BY EITHER EMPLOYEES OR MEMBERS OF CMerg, WHO ARE NOT AUTHORIZED CMerg SPOKESPERSONS, AND THEIR VIEWS OR ACTIONS IN MANAGING OR HOSTING CMerg'S WEBSITE DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THOSE OF CMerg.

6. Accounts, Passwords and Security

Certain features or services offered on or through CMerg's Web Sites require a user identification and password to access and use, and certain services may require additional codes. You are solely responsible for (1) maintaining the strict confidentiality of the user identification, passwords and codes ("Member Information") assigned to You; (2) charges, damages or losses that may be incurred or suffered as a result of Your or Your personnel's failure to maintain the strict confidentiality of Member Information; and (3) promptly informing CMerg in writing of any need to deactivate or replace any Member Information due to security concerns. CMerg is not liable for any harm related to the theft of Your Member Information, Your disclosure of Your Member Information, or Your authorization to allow another person or entity to access and use the Members Only Site using Your Member Information. You agree to notify CMerg immediately as soon as You become aware of any unauthorized use of Your Member Information. Notice to CMerg under this section of the Agreement may be accomplished by sending e-mail to contact@crossmerg.com

7. Product Information and Warranties

At CMerg we advertise and offer for sale our products and other third-party products. Unless indicated otherwise, most products and services featured on the site are available directly from or through CMerg's Web Site. CMerg has made a conscientious effort to display and describe its products and services on CMerg's Web Site accurately so that You may preview their design and use; however, CMerg cannot and does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information, including prices, product images, specifications, fitness for use, reliability, availability and services. Products and services provided by third parties are the responsibility of the manufacturer or provider of those services.

If a product offered by CMerg on CMerg's Web Site is not as described, your sole remedy is to return it pursuant to our Quality Guarantee. Warranty information regarding any products and services featured on CMerg's Web Site is available at no cost to You by e-mailing the CMerg Product Sales Department at contact@crossmerg.com

RECEIVING AN ORDER ACKNOWLEDGEMENT VIA E-MAIL DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCEPTANCE OF AN ORDER. CMerg RESERVES THE RIGHT TO LIMIT THE QUANTITY OF ITEMS ORDERED AND/OR REFUSE TO SELL TO ANY CUSTOMER.

ALL ITEMS PURCHASED FROM CMerg ARE MADE PURSUANT TO A SHIPMENT CONTRACT. THIS MEANS THAT THE RISK OF LOSS AND TITLE FOR SUCH ITEMS PASS TO YOU UPON OUR DELIVERY TO THE CARRIER.

Online Orders

CMerg requests information from its users to purchase products, renew dues, register for conferences, and make donations; such information includes contact information (such as name and shipping address) and financial information (such as credit card number, expiration date, etc.). This information is primarily used by CMerg and third parties designated by CMerg for billing and to fill customer orders, but may be used by CMerg, or third parties designated by CMerg, for other business purposes. For example, if there is a problem processing an order, this information may be used to contact the user.

8. Copyright and Trademark Ownership, Notices and Infringement

Copyrights:

All contents of CMerg's Web Site are: Copyright ©2013- CMerg. All rights reserved.

CMerg's Web Site and the content displayed on CMerg's Web Site and all software, data and information used to provide CMerg's Web Site, including text and images, method of display and presentation, source code, embedded routines and programs and other materials, as well as all copyrights, trademarks, patents, and other intellectual property rights therein or thereto, are owned and are proprietary to CMerg, its affiliate and licensees and are protected by the copyright laws of the United States and other countries. The compilation of the content on CMerg's Web Site is the exclusive property of CMerg and is protected by the copyright laws of the United States and other countries.

  • CMerg does not claim ownership of the individual materials or information You may provide to CMerg, including without limitation feedback, suggestions, posts, uploads, inputs, or submissions (collectively, a "Submission") to CMerg's Web Site. However, if You provide a Submission, You: Represent and warrant that You own or otherwise control all of the rights to Your Submission including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for You to provide, post, upload, input or submit the Submission and license or sub-license the Submission; and
  • Grant CMerg, its affiliated entities and necessary sub-licensees a non-exclusive, irrevocable, worldwide, sub-licensable, transferable, perpetual, unlimited, assignable, fully paid up and royalty-free right to copy, display, edit, publish, prepare derivative works of, distribute, process, analyze, use and commercialize, in any way now known or in the future discovered, such Submissions (or any content or materials contained therein), including without limitation the rights to publish Your name in connection with Your Submission. CMerg will not pay You compensation with respect to the use of Your Submission.

You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products or services obtained from CMerg's Web Site, without the prior written permission of CMerg. Please refer to the copyright statement for further information and for details on requesting permission to reuse our content.

CMerg grants You the limited and non-exclusive right and license to access or download content from CMerg's Web Site solely for Your personal and non-commercial use and as necessary in connection with the use of any services available through CMerg's Web Site. Except as expressly authorized in this Agreement, You may not modify, distribute, reproduce, display, or use CMerg's Web Site or any elements thereof. All rights not expressly granted to You by us in this Agreement are reserved to CMerg and You acknowledge that You do not acquire any ownership rights by accessing or downloading copyrighted material from CMerg's Web Site as authorized hereunder.

Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

Trademarks:

Nothing in this Agreement or its performance shall grant You any right, title, interest, or license in or to CMerg's names, logos, logotypes, trade dress, designs, or other trademarks. Trademarks: TBA

Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

Repeat Infringer Policy and Copyright Complaints:

In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and other applicable law CMerg has adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances and in CMerg's sole discretion, accounts deemed to be repeat infringers. CMerg may also, in its sole discretion, limit access to CMerg's Web Site and/or terminate any account used in connection with the infringement of any intellectual property rights, whether or not there is repeat infringement. If you believe that any user of CMerg's Web Site or any account holder has engaged in repeat infringement of your copyrighted materials on or in connection with CMerg's Web Site, you may provide our designated agent with information about your allegations of repeat infringement.

If you believe in good-faith that anything on CMerg's Web Site infringes any copyright that you own or control, you may file a written notification of alleged copyright infringement with our designated agent that contains the following:

  • A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of a right that is allegedly infringed;
  • Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single website are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that website;
  • Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit CMerg to locate the material;
  • Information reasonably sufficient to permit CMerg to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted;
  • A statement that the complaining party has 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
  • A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

The alleged infringer may provide our designated agent with a proper counter-notification. To be effective, the counter-notification must be a written communication that includes the following information:

  • The counter-notifying party's physical or electronic signature;
  • Identification of the material that has been removed or disabled and the location where the material was before its removal or disablement;
  • A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the party has a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification;
  • The counter-notifying party's name, address, phone number, and a statement that the party consents to the jurisdiction of a Federal District Court for the District of California; and
  • A statement that the counter-notifying party will accept service of process from the person who provided CMerg with notification or an agent of such a person.

Notifications and counter-notifications may be sent to the following address: contact@crossmerg.com

9. Links to Third Party Web Sites

CMerg's Web Site may contain links to third-party websites. The third-party websites are not under the control of CMerg, and CMerg is not responsible for the contents of any third-party websites, and the inclusion of any link is as a convenience and does not imply endorsement by CMerg of the sites or any association or relationship with its operators. Your use of third party websites and any purchases of products or services from such third-party websites are subject to the terms and conditions of such third-party websites. You agree that you will bring no suit or claim against CMerg arising from or based upon any such use of third-party websites, including, without limitation, websites that we link to from CMerg's Web Site.

10. Termination

CMerg reserves the right in its sole discretion to terminate Your access to all or a portion of CMerg's Web Site at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever.

Provisions of this Agreement which by their nature are intended to survive termination or expiration of this Agreement will survive any termination of this Agreement, including but not limited to the representations and warranties contained herein.

11. General Disclaimers, Exclusion of Damages, and Limitation of Liability

The information, software, products and services included in or available through CMerg's Web Site may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically made to the information herein. CMerg may make improvements or changes to CMerg's Web Site at any time. Advice received via CMerg's Web Site should not be relied upon for personal, business, legal or financial decisions, and you should consult an appropriate professional for specific advice.

CMerg makes no representations about CMerg's Web Site, including, without limitation, CMerg's Web Site's suitability, reliability, availability, timeliness and accuracy of the information, materials, software, products, services and graphics found on or through CMerg's Web Site.

CMerg PROVIDES CMerg'S WEBSITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL INFORMATION, MATERIALS, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES, AND GRAPHICS "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, CMerg DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO CMerg'S WEBSITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL INFORMATION, MATERIALS, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES, AND GRAPHICS FOUND ON OR THROUGH CMerg'S WEBSITE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OR WARRANTIES ARISING BY COURSE OF DEALING OR CUSTOM OF TRADE.

FURTHER, CMerg ASSUMES NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE CONTENT OF CMerg'S WEBSITE OR FOR INFORMATION AND OPINIONS RECEIVED VIA CMerg'S WEBSITE, WHICH SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR PERSONAL, MEDICAL, OR LEGAL DECISIONS. CMerg SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY DUTY TO UPDATE THE CONTENT OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION ON CMerg'S WEBSITE.

Your sole and exclusive remedy if you are dissatisfied with any portion of CMerg's Web Site is to discontinue using CMerg's Web Site.

IN NO EVENT AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WHATSOEVER SHALL CMerg BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, COMPENSATORY, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF CMerg'S WEB SITE; THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE CMerg'S WEB SITE; THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES; ANY INFORMATION, MATERIALS, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR GRAPHICS OBTAINED ON OR THROUGH CMerg'S WEB SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES DISCUSSED ON OR THROUGH CMerg'S WEB SITE; OR SECURITY BREACHES, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF CMerg'S WEB SITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF CMerg HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES.

IN NO EVENT, SHALL CMerg BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, COMPENSATORY, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH CMerg'S WEBSITE, WHETHER BASED ON BREACH OF CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT, PRODUCT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, AND WHETHER OR NOT CMerg HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

Some jurisdictions do not permit the exclusion or limitation of implied warranties or the exclusion of certain types of damages. Therefore, if required by applicable law, some of the foregoing exclusions may not apply to You.

12. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify CMerg from and against any and all liabilities, expenses (including without limitation attorneys' fees) and damages arising out of claims based upon your use of CMerg's Web Site, including without limitation any claim of libel, defamation, violation of rights of privacy or publicity, loss of service by other members, and the infringement of intellectual property rights or other rights. CMerg will notify you of any claim for which CMerg seeks indemnification and will afford you the opportunity to participate in the defense of such claim, provided that your participation will not be conducted in a manner prejudicial to CMerg's interests, as reasonably determined by CMerg at its sole discretion.

13. Governing Law

This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of California, USA. You hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in San Francisco County, California in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of CMerg's Web Site. Use of CMerg's Web Site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including, without limitation, this paragraph.

14. No Relationship

You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between You and CMerg as a result of this Agreement or use of CMerg's Web Site.

15. Construction

If any part of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including without limitation the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision, and the remainder of the Agreement shall continue in effect.

16. Entire Agreement

Unless otherwise specified herein, this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between You and CMerg with respect to CMerg's Web Site, and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between You and CMerg with respect to CMerg's Web Site.

17. Notices

Notices given by CMerg to You will be given by a general posting on CMerg's Web Site or by an e-mail, if an e-mail address is available.

18. Assignment

CMerg may assign this Agreement, in whole or part, in its sole discretion. You agree not to assign, transfer or sub-license Your rights as a Member without the prior written consent of CMerg.

19. Captions and Headings

Captions and paragraph headings are for convenience only and are not a part of this Agreement and shall not be used in construing it.

These Terms of Use were last updated on July 1, 2024.

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