Terms of Service

Your File Validation Account

If you create a File Validation user account or one is otherwise provisioned to you, you are responsible for maintaining the security of your user account and your content contributions and comments created using that user account, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under the account and any other actions taken in connection with those content contributions and comments.

You must not describe, assign tags or categories to your content contributions or comments, or otherwise enter or upload any information that is misleading or unlawful, including in a manner intended to trade on the name or reputation of others, and we may change or remove any description or keyword that it considers inappropriate or unlawful, or otherwise likely to cause us any liability.

You must immediately notify us of any unauthorized uses of your user account, your content contributions, your comments, or any other breaches of security. Third Coast will not be liable for any acts or omissions by you, including any damages of any kind incurred as a result of your acts or omissions.

Responsibility of Contributors

If you provide content contributions, provide comments, comment on content contributions, post material to the website, post links on our service, or otherwise make (or allow any third party to make) material available by means of our File Validation Service (any such material, "Content"), You are entirely responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, that Content.

That is the case regardless of whether the Content in question constitutes text, graphics, an audio file, or computer software. By making Content available, you represent and warrant that:

Content License

By submitting Content to generally accessible areas of our File Validation Service or for general dissemination via our service (including, without limitation, file uploads, validation reports, and user profile information), you grant Third Coast a world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish the Content for the use of visitors to or members of our File Validation Service and other related services.

Without limiting any of your representations or warranties, Third Coast has the right (though not the obligation) to, in Third Coast's sole discretion (i) refuse or remove any content that, in Third Coast's reasonable opinion, violates any law, regulation or Third Coast policy or is in any way harmful or objectionable, or (ii) terminate or deny access to and use of the service to any individual or entity for any reason, in Third Coast's sole discretion.

Responsibility of Service Users/Visitors

Third Coast has not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, posted to our File Validation Service, and cannot therefore be responsible for that material's content, use or effects. By operating our service, Third Coast does not represent or imply that it endorses the material there posted, or that it believes such material to be accurate, useful or non-harmful.

You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. Our File Validation Service may contain content that is offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable, as well as content containing technical inaccuracies, typographical mistakes, and other errors.

Disclaimer of Accuracy

Our File Validation Service contains data and information secured from third party sources and user uploads. Third Coast does not investigate the accuracy of such information, and the user acknowledges that those data sources may contain inaccuracies or errors.

Content Posted on Other Websites

We have not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, made available through the websites and webpages to which our service links, and that link to our service. Third Coast does not have any control over those external resources, and is not responsible for their contents or their use.

By linking to external resources, Third Coast does not represent or imply that it endorses such resources. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content.

Intellectual Property

This Agreement does not transfer from Third Coast to you any Third Coast or third party intellectual property, and all right, title and interest in and to such property will remain (as between the parties) solely with Third Coast.

Third Coast Federal, the File Validation Service, associated logos, and all other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with our service are trademarks or registered trademarks of Third Coast or Third Coast's licensors or affiliates. Your use of our service grants you no right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any Third Coast or third-party trademarks.

Changes to Terms

Third Coast reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace any part of this Agreement by notifying you of the change via email at your email of record or through our service interface. Your continued use of or access to our service following notice of any changes to this Agreement constitutes acceptance of those changes prospectively.

Third Coast may also, in the future, offer new services and/or features through the website (including the release of new tools and resources). Such new features and/or services shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

Termination

If you wish to terminate this Agreement or your account (if you have one), you may simply discontinue using our File Validation Service. All provisions of this Agreement which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination or expiration of this Agreement, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.

Disclaimer of Warranties

Our File Validation Service is provided to you "as is". Third Coast and its suppliers and licensors hereby disclaim all warranties of any kind, express or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.

Neither Third Coast nor its suppliers and licensors makes any warranty that our service will be error free or that access thereto will be continuous or uninterrupted. You understand that you download from, or otherwise obtain content or services through, our service at your own discretion and risk.

Limitation of Liability

In no event will Third Coast, or its suppliers or licensors, be liable with respect to any subject matter of this Agreement under any contract, tort, negligence, strict liability or other legal or equitable theory for: (i) any special, incidental or consequential damages; (ii) the cost of procurement or substitute products or services; or (iii) for interruption of use or loss or corruption of data.

Third Coast shall have no liability for any failure or delay due to matters beyond their reasonable control. The foregoing shall not apply to the extent prohibited by applicable law.

Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of Indiana, U.S.A., excluding its conflict of law provisions, and the proper venue for any disputes arising out of or relating to any of the same will be the state and federal courts located in South Bend, Indiana.

Except for claims for injunctive or equitable relief or claims regarding intellectual property rights, any dispute arising under this Agreement shall be finally settled in accordance with the Rules of the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") by three arbitrators appointed in accordance with such Rules. The arbitration shall take place in South Bend, Indiana, in the English language.

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