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WORDEN: Terms & Conditions
Worden Brothers, Inc.
Five Oaks Office Park
4905 Pine Cone Drive
Durham, NC 27707 |
Tel: (800) 776-4940
Tel: (919) 408-0542
Fax: (919) 408-0545 |
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Terms of Use
Worden Brothers, Inc., a North Carolina corporation,
(“Worden”) provides the TeleChart service (“TeleChart”),
and any data or content available through TeleChart, the Worden website,
or any other product or service offered by Worden, (collectively, the
“Worden Products”), to you under the terms and conditions
(the “Terms and Conditions”) set forth in this Worden User
Agreement (the “User Agreement”). Use of any Worden product
or service indicates your acceptance of the Terms and Conditions and your
agreement to be bound by this User Agreement. Worden reserves the right
to modify this User Agreement at any time and for any reason in Worden’s
sole discretion. If this User Agreement, or any modification of this User
Agreement, is or becomes unacceptable to you, you must discontinue your
use of Worden Products immediately. Your continued use of Worden Products
after the modification of this User Agreement indicates your valid and
legally binding acceptance of such modification.
1. Term, Payments and Refund Policy
Worden Products are offered to you for a term of
one month (“Monthly Subscription”) or under a pre-payment
plan (the “Pre-Payment Plan”). Your Monthly Subscription payment
entitles you to one month of access to Worden Products at the level (basic,
silver, gold or platinum) selected by you. Under the terms of the Monthly
Subscription, your credit card is charged on the day you activate the
Worden Products, and automatically charged every calendar month thereafter
(at the monthly rate) until you cancel your service. For example, if you
activate service on the 10th of a given month, your credit card will be
charged on the 10th of all subsequent months. If you cancel service anytime
during a Monthly Subscription billing period, service will terminate at
the end of that billing period. Customers on the monthly plan may cancel
service at any time and reinstate it at a later date without penalty.
The Pre-Payment Plan entitles you to bonus access
time to the Worden Product at the service level selected by you when you
prepay for a number of months in advance. This bonus time is added to
the end of the paid access period. As an example, if you sign up for an
offer to "Buy 10 months, Get 2 Months Free", this entitles you
to 12 months of access to Worden Products. You will get the 10 months
you paid for plus an additional 2 months added to the end of the paid
service period. In this example, should you decide to cancel after using
the service for 6 months, you will be refunded for the 4 remaining paid
months. Cancellation of service under the Pre-Payment Plan also cancels
all free bonus months.
30 Day Trial Policy: A valid credit card is required to receive this offer
and begin TeleChart Gold Service at $29.99 per month. Your card will not
be charged until the end of your free 30 days of service. You may cancel
at any time during that period by calling 1-800-776-4940. You will not
be asked to return anything. This offer is reserved for new users or accounts
inactive for at least one year. Limit one per househould per year.
Shipping charges are non-refundable.
2. Termination by Either Party
You may cancel your Worden Products and terminate
this User Agreement at any time and for any reason subject to the provisions
of Section 11 (Survival of Certain Terms and Conditions)
of this User Agreement. Worden reserves the right to terminate this User
Agreement at any time and for any reason in its sole discretion.
3. No Advice
Worden products and services are provided to you
for informational purposes only and content contained therein should not
be construed as an offer to buy or sell a particular security or a solicitation
of offers to buy or sell a particular security. Worden may make available,
from Worden or third parties, certain information related to the potential
price movement of particular securities, but such information is for informational
purposes only and should not be construed as an endorsement, recommendation
or sponsorship of any company or security by Worden. Worden does not give
investment advice or advocate the purchase, holding or sale of any security
or investment by any user of Worden. Worden does not provide any legal,
tax, or accounting advice or advice regarding the suitability, profitability,
or potential value of any particular investment, security, or informational
source. By acceptance of this User Agreement, you acknowledge and agree
that any reliance upon the content or data available through Worden is
at your own sole risk.
Much of the content or data available through Worden
is obtained from, or posted by, third parties. Such third parties are
solely responsible for the content or data they make available through
Worden. Worden does not endorse, or independently verify the accuracy,
timeliness or completeness of, any postings that appear on Worden, including,
without limitation, Chat Channels, Shared Notes, Note Comments, Discussion
forums or TCMail, and strongly urges you to read and post information
on Chat Channels, Shared Notes, Note Comments, Discussion forums or TCMail
with caution. Investment or trading decisions should not be based on information
obtained through Chat Channels, Shared Notes, Note Comments, Discussion
forums or TCMail. The third parties that make such information available
through Chat Channels, Shared Notes, Note Comments, Discussion forums
or TCMail may not be who they claim to be or may not be affiliated with
whom they claim to be. The information they make available may be incorrect,
either because of mistakes or, unfortunately, because of intentional deceit.
For more information regarding online financial information, please visit
www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/cyberfraud.htm.
Worden, and its directors, officers, agents and employees,
may hold positions in securities mentioned on Worden and may make purchases
or sales from time to time in such securities.
4. User Conduct
Worden reserves the right, in its sole discretion,
to monitor and/or remove any information transmitted or received through
Worden products, including, without limitation, Chat Channels, Shared
Notes, Note Comments, Discussion forums and TCMail. Worden also reserves
the right, in its sole discretion, to modify and/or terminate your TCName
or any other identifying name used by you with respect to Worden Products.
You agree not to:
Use Worden Products for illegal purposes or for
the transmission of material that is unlawful, harassing, libelous, defamatory,
slanderous, invasive of another's privacy, abusive, threatening, harmful,
vulgar, obscene, tortuous or otherwise objectionable or not truthful;
- Post material, non-public information about companies,
without the specific written authorization to do so;
- Solicit, entice or otherwise seek to obtain any
business, through advertisement, endorsement or any other means, from
any user of Worden Products;
- Post, transmit, copy, transfer, make available
or otherwise distribute all, or any part or derivative of, the information
provided by Worden “Publishers” to Worden users, even if
such information is a fact, truth or general statement in which there
are no proprietary intellectual property rights;
- Post, transmit, copy, license, sell, transfer,
make available or otherwise distribute third party copyrighted information
or in any way infringing on the intellectual property rights, contractual
or fiduciary rights of others;
- Impersonate any person or entity, including, without
limitation, any Worden employee, any Worden Publisher or other Worden
user;
- Post, transmit, copy, transfer, make available
or otherwise distribute information or content that (i) may be considered
bulk or junk e-mail (i.e. “spam”) or (ii) contains any software
virus or any other computer code, files or programs that are designed
or intended to disrupt, damage or limit the functioning of any software,
hardware or telecommunications equipment or to damage or obtain unauthorized
access to any data or other information of any third party.
- Harvest or collect information about Worden users
or use any such information for the purpose of transmitting or facilitating
transmission of unsolicited bulk e-mail or other unsolicited communication.
Your use of Worden Products is subject to all applicable
local, state, national and international laws and regulations, including,
without limitation, the rules of any national or other securities exchange,
including, without limitation, the New York Stock Exchange, the American
Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ. You agree not to transmit any material that
could constitute or encourage conduct that could constitute a criminal
offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local,
state, national or international law or regulation, or rule of a national
or other securities exchange.
You agree that you are responsible for all statements
made, and acts or omissions that occur, on your Worden account while your
password is being used. If you believe someone has used your password
or account without your authorization, you must notify Worden immediately.
Worden reserves the right to access and disclose any information, including,
without limitation, user names of accounts and other information, to comply
with applicable laws and lawful government requests.
5. Rights to Data
and Content
The data and content available through Worden is
the property of Worden or third parties and is protected by copyrights,
trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws.
Data and content received through Worden may be displayed, reformatted
and printed for your personal, non-commercial use only and shall not be
replicated or reproduced without the express prior written consent of
Worden. You agree to comply with any copyright notices, information or
restrictions contained in the data and content on or accessed through
Worden.
6. Disclaimer, Limitation of Liability and
Waiver of Representations and Warranties
YOUR USE OF TELECHART, THE WORDEN WEBSITE, AND ANY
OTHER WORDEN PRODUCTS AND SERVICES IS AT YOUR OWN SOLE RISK. WORDEN PRODUCTS
AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE"
FOR YOUR PERSONAL USE ONLY. WORDEN, AND ITS DATA AND CONTENT PROVIDERS,
MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
WORDEN AND ITS DATA AND CONTENT PROVIDERS, EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE.
ANY QUOTATIONS PROVIDED AS PART OF WORDEN SERVICE MAY NOT REFLECT THE
PRICES AT WHICH THE QUOTED SECURITIES MAY BE BOUGHT OR SOLD. YOU AGREE
NOT TO HOLD WORDEN, OR ANY OF ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, OWNERS, AGENTS,
EMPLOYEES, OR DATA AND CONTENT PROVIDERS, LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING
FROM THE USE, DISCONTINUATION OR MODIFICATION OF ALL OR PART OF THE WORDEN
SERVICE, OR ANY DATA OR CONTENT FOUND ON WORDEN, NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.
IN PARTICULAR, YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT WORDEN, AND
ITS DATA AND CONTENT PROVIDERS, DO NOT GUARANTEE OR INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY
THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, AVAILABILITY OR TIMELINESS OF ANY WORDEN PRODUCTS,
OR ANY DATA OR CONTENT ASSOCIATED WITH WORDEN PRODUCTS. THE DATA AND CONTENT
COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. WORDEN,
AND ITS DATA AND CONTENT PROVIDERS, SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE,
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FOR ANY CLAIM, LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY YOUR USE
OF OR RELIANCE ON OR INABILITY TO USE ANY WORDEN PRODUCTS, OR ANY DATA
OR CONTENT ASSOCIATED WITH WORDEN PRODUCTS.
IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE WORDEN PRODUCTS
OR WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS USER AGREEMENT, YOUR SOLE AND
EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO STOP USING WORDEN PRODUCTS. NEITHER WORDEN, NOR
ITS DATA OR CONTENT PROVIDERS, WILL PAY YOU ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES
AND EVEN IF SUCH DAMAGES ARE THE RESULT OF THE NEGLIGENCE OF WORDEN OR
THE NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF ITS DATA OR CONTENT PROVIDERS.
AS AN INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICE, WE ARE PROVIDED
IMMUNITY BY CONGRESS IN SECTION 20 OF THE COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT OF
1996 FROM BEING HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR MATERIAL PUBLISHED TO OUR SITE BY
ANONYMOUS USERS.
7. Indemnification/Hold Harmless
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Worden,
its officers, directors, owners, agents and employees, and any of its
data or content providers, from any claim or demand, including reasonable
attorneys fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your
use of Worden Products, the violation of the Terms and Conditions of this
User Agreement by you, or the infringement by you, or other user of Worden
Products using your Worden account and password, of any intellectual property
or other right of any person or entity. Worden reserves the right to assume
the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification
by you.
8. Third Party Beneficiaries
Some of the Terms and Conditions of this User Agreement
are for the benefit of third parties, including, without limitation, COMTEX
News Network, Inc. and its information providers, and you agree that such
third parties have the right to enforce their rights directly. You agree
that you are contracting with FRI Corporation for access to market data
from stock exchanges.
9. General
The laws of the State of Florida, excluding its conflicts
of law rules, govern this User Agreement and your use of Worden Products.
You also agree and expressly consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction
in the State of Florida. You agree to pay reasonable attorneys fees for
Worden’s enforcement of its rights under this User Agreement. No
failure or delay in enforcing any right shall be a waiver of that or any
other right. If any provision of this User Agreement is held to be invalid
or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions
shall be enforced. Headings are for reference purposes only and in no
way define, limit, construe or describe the scope or extent of such section.
This User Agreement sets forth the entire understanding and agreement
between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. Worden
is a registered trademark of Worden Brothers, Inc.
10. Mandatory Binding Arbitration
All controversies or claims between or among the
parties hereto, including, without limitation, those arising out of or
relating to this Agreement, or the breach thereof, shall be settled by
binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association
in accordance with its Consumer Arbitration Rules. Arbitration shall be
held in the Broward County, Florida. Judgment upon any arbitration award
may be entered in any court having appropriate jurisdiction.
11. Survival of Certain Terms and Conditions
Sections 3 (No Advice), 5
(Rights to Data and Content), 6 (Disclaimer, Limitation
of Liability and Waiver of Representations and Warranties), 7
(Indemnification/Hold Harmless), 8 (Third Party Beneficiaries),
9 (General) and 10 (Mandatory Binding
Arbitration) shall survive any termination or expiration of this User
Agreement.
WORDEN PRODUCTS ARE OWNED AND OPERATED BY
WORDEN. NEITHER WORDEN NOR ANY OF ITS SHAREHOLDERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS,
EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR AFFILIATES HAS REVIEWED, CERTIFIED, APPROVED OR RECOMMENDED,
AND NEITHER DOES OR WILL CERTIFY, APPROVE OR RECOMMEND, ANY BOOKS ARTICLES,
SEMINARS, COMMENTARIES, SERVICES, CLAIMS, STRATEGIES OR CHAT ROOM STATEMENTS
THAT MAY APPEAR ON OR BE ACCESSIBLE THROUGH WORDEN PRODUCTS. WORDEN DOES
NOT GIVE INVESTMENT ADVICE OR ADVOCATE THE PURCHASE, HOLDING OR SALE OF
ANY SECURITY OR INVESTMENT BY ANY USER OF WORDEN. WORDEN DOES NOT PROVIDE
ANY LEGAL, TAX, OR ACCOUNTING ADVICE OR ADVICE REGARDING THE SUITABILITY,
PROFITABILITY, OR POTENTIAL VALUE OF ANY PARTICULAR INVESTMENT, SECURITY,
OR INFORMATIONAL SOURCE. IF SUCH ADVICE IS SOUGHT, THE SERVICES OF A PROFESSIONAL
ADVISOR SHOULD BE OBTAINED. PAST PERFORMANCE, WHETHER ACTUAL OR INDICATED
BY TESTS OF STRATEGIES, IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE SUCCESS.
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