Terms of Use

These terms of use are entered into by and between You and THE TIE INC. (“Company,” “We,” “Our,” or “Us”). The following terms and conditions, together with any documents they expressly incorporate by reference (collectively, “Terms of Use”), govern your access to and use of www.thetie.io, and all of The Tie's subdomains including https://sigdev.thetie.io including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through www.thetie.io and all of The Tie's subdomains (collectively the “Website”), whether as a guest or a registered user.

You represent that You (a) are of a legal age sufficient to agree to these Terms of Use in accordance with applicable law, (b) have read, understand, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Use, and (c) have all rights, permissions, and authorizations necessary to upload and provide all documents, content, and other materials that you choose to upload to the Website (collectively, “User Content”).

Please read the Terms of Use carefully before you start to use the Website. By using the Website, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use and Our Privacy Policy, found at https://www.thetie.io/privacy-policy, incorporated herein by reference. If you do not want to agree to these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Website.

You acknowledge that: (i) the Website, including all trademarks, service marks, logos, documents, graphics, research blogs, articles, content, and/or other materials viewed or obtained from or through the Website (collectively “Materials”), are owned and/or licensed by the Company or Our subsidiaries and affiliates, and are protected by trademark, copyright, and other intellectual property rights; and (ii) You have no rights to transfer, reproduce, or prepare any derivative works with respect to the Materials, or to disclose confidential information pertaining to the Website or Materials. These Terms of Use do not convey any rights of ownership in or related to the Website, Materials, or other intellectual property owned by the Company.

The Company grants You a personal, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right and license to access the Website, provided that you comply with these Terms of Use. You grant Us a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, fully paid-up worldwide right and license to use Your User Content to operate Our business and furnish the Website to You. You may not modify, copy, distribute, broadcast, transmit, reproduce, publish, license, transfer, sell, scrape, mirror, or frame any Materials.

We may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time in Our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when We post them and apply to all access to and use of the Website thereafter. However, any changes to the dispute resolution provisions set forth in Governing Law and Jurisdiction will not apply to any disputes for which the parties have actual notice on or prior to the date the change is posted on the Website.

Your continued use of the Website following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that You accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page frequently so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

We reserve the right to withdraw or amend this Website, and any service or Material We provide on the Website, in Our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, We may restrict access to some parts of the Website, or the entire Website, to users, including registered users.

You are responsible for both:

• making all arrangements necessary for You to have access to the Website;
• ensuring that all persons who access the Website through Your internet connection are aware of these Terms of Use and comply with them.

If You choose, or are provided with, a user name, password, or any other piece of information as part of Our security procedures, You must treat such information as confidential, and You must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that Your account is personal to You and agree not to provide any other person with access to this Website or portions of it using Your user name, password, or other security information. You agree to notify Us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of Your user name or password or any other breach of security. You also agree to ensure that You exit from Your account at the end of each session. You should use particular caution when accessing Your account from a public or shared computer so that others are not able to view or record Your password or other personal information.

We have the right to disable any user name, password, or other identifiers, whether chosen by You or provided by Us, at any time if, in Our opinion, You have violated any provision of these Terms of Use.

The Website and its entire contents, features, and functionality, are owned by the Company, its licensors, or other providers of such Material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.

You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the Material on Our Website, except as follows:

• Your computer may temporarily store copies of such Materials incidental to Your accessing and viewing those Materials;
• You may store files that are automatically cached by Your web browser for display enhancement purposes;
• You may print one (1) copy of a reasonable number of pages of the Website for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided You agree to be bound by Our end user license agreement for such applications;
• If we expressly provide you with certain content, you may take such actions as are enabled by such features.

• modify copies of any Materials from the Website;
• delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices from copies of Materials from the Website;
• access or use for any commercial purposes any part of the Website or any services or Materials available through the Website.

If You print, copy, modify, download, or otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of the Website in breach of the Terms of Use, Your right to use the Website will cease immediately and You must, at Our option, return or destroy any copies of the Materials You have made. No right, title, or interest in or to the Website or any content on the Website is transferred to You, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by the Company. Any use of the Website not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws.

The Company name, the term Crypto SigDev™, the Company logo, and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans are trademarks of the Company or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of the Company. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans on the Website are the trademarks of their respective owners.

The Website and Materials are provided solely for your own informational purposes. Any unauthorized use is prohibited. You agree not to use the Website or Materials for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use, or for any other purpose not reasonably intended by the Company. You further agree to abide by all applicable local, state, national, and international laws and regulations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, You will not, nor will You allow a third party to:

• Upload, post, e-mail, or otherwise transmit any User Content that:
  • is unlawful, harmful, threatening, intimidating, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, derogatory, vulgar, explicit, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, disrespectful, hateful, or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable
  • you do not have the right to transmit under applicable law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships
  • infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary rights of any party
  • contains software viruses or worms or any other computer code, files, or programs designed to disable, interrupt, destroy, redirect, monitor another user's usage, limit, or otherwise inhibit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment
  • assign, sublicense, rent, timeshare, loan, lease or otherwise transfer the Website or Materials, or directly or directly grant access to or permit any unauthorized party to access or use the Website or Materials
  • decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, copy, modify or create derivative works from the Website
  • impersonate any person or entity, including another user of the Website, or provide false information
  • use automated systems (e.g., robots, spiders, etc.) to access the Website
  • forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any User Content on or transmitted through the Website
  • discuss or incite illegal activity or solicit/post sexually explicit images
  • interfere with or disrupt the Website or servers or networks connected to the Website, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies, or regulations of networks connected to the Website
  • harvest, scrape, programmatically crawl, or collect any Website
  • or remove any proprietary notices (e.g., copyright and trademark notices) from either the Website or Materials.

The Website may contain links to third-party websites, services, or resources that We do not own or control. These links are provided for your convenience only. No endorsement of any third-party products, services, or information is expressed or implied by any information, material, or content of any third party contained in, referred to, included on, or linked from or to the Website. Any information, data, opinions, recommendations, products, or services provided by such third parties through links to other websites or otherwise made available through their websites are solely those of such third parties. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services. We strongly advise You to read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of any third-party websites or services that You visit.

To the extent permissible by law, you will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Company and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, managers, employees, agents, vendors, merchants, sponsors, providers, and licensors from any and all losses, deficiencies, judgements, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees and all related costs and expenses) incurred by them as a result of any claim, lawsuit, demand, cause of action, or proceeding brought by a third party arising from any or all of the following: (i) Your access, inability to access, or use of the Website; (ii) any of Your User Content; (iii) breach of any of Your obligations, representations, or warranties in these Terms of Use; or (iv) your violation of any rights of another person.

OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY SET OUT HEREIN, THE WEBSITE AND MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITH ALL FAULTS, AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. THE COMPANY AND ITS SUPPLIERS, SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY WARRANITES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, QUALITY OF INFORMATION, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND TITLE. NO WARRANTY IS MADE THAT THE WEBSITE WILL BE TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE. IN JURISDICTIONS NOT ALLOWING THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, THE COMPANY'S WARRANTY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Where any information on the Website is provided free-of-charge, and You acknowledge that it would be unreasonable to hold us liable with respect to the Website and the information contained within.

REGARDLESS OF THE TYPE OF CLAIM OR THE NATURE OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION, TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, YOU UNDERSTAND AND EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT IN NO EVENT WILL THE COMPANY OR ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR: (I) ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF REVENUES, DATA AND PROFITS, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, EVEN IF THE COMPANY HAS BEEN ADVISED AS TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES; OR (II) TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THE WEBSITE, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. IN THOSE JURISDICTIONS, THE COMPANY'S LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE IS PREDICATED UPON YOUR WAIVER OF ANY RIGHT TO SUE THE COMPANY, ITS OWNER OR ITS AFFILIATES DIRECTLY, OR TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION SUIT FOR ANY LOSSES OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE.

IN ALL CASES, NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ITS SUPPLIERS ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS ON THE WEBSITE OR WITH RESPECT TO WEBSITE MATERIALS, ANY FAILURES, DELAYS, OR INTERRUPTIONS IN THE WEBSITE'S ACCESSIBILITY, ANY LOSSES OR DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE WEBSITE OR WEBSITE MATERIALS, ANY CONDUCT BY OTHER USERS OF THE WEBSITE, OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR WEBSITE MATERIALS.

We control our Website from our offices within the United States. We make no representation that the Material on our Website is appropriate, legal, or available for use in other locations. You may not use or export the Material in violation of United States export laws and regulations. Any claim relating to the Website or Materials shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its choice of law provisions. You agree that the exclusive venue and jurisdiction for any controversy, dispute or claim arising out of or relating to the Website or Materials shall be the federal and state courts located in New York. You submit to the exclusive venue and jurisdiction of such courts, agree that You will not bring any suit or judicial proceeding in any forum other than such courts, and agree not to assert any objection that You may have to the venue or jurisdiction of such courts. In the event the Company employs attorneys to enforce any right arising out of or relating to the Website or Materials, You shall reimburse the Company its reasonable attorneys' fees and costs.

If any part of these Terms of Use is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law, including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and the liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most clearly matches the intent of the original provision, and the remainder of these Terms of Use shall continue in effect.

The Company is permitted to assign, transfer, and subcontract its rights and/or obligations under these Terms of Use without any notification. However, You are not allowed to assign, transfer, or subcontract any of Your rights and/or obligations under these Terms of Use.

If You believe that any Materials or User Content infringes Your copyright, You (or Your agent) may send Us notice requesting that such Materials or User Content be removed. Notice must be provided in writing and must include the following information:

• a signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
• identification of the copyrighted work that You claim has been infringed;
• the location of the work you claim is infringing (e.g., URL) or enough detail that We may find it;
• Your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
• a statement by You that You have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
• and a statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in Your notice is accurate and that You are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

The Website may contain message boards, chat rooms, personal web pages or profiles, forums, bulletin boards, and other interactive features (collectively, “Interactive Services”) that allow users to post, submit, publish, display, or transmit to other users or other persons (hereinafter, “post”) content or materials (collectively, “User Contributions”) on or through the Website.

All User Contributions must comply with the Content Standards set out in these Terms of Use.

Any User Contribution You post to the Website will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. While we do not look to share Your posts, by providing any User Contribution on the Website, You grant Us and Our affiliates and service providers, and each of their and Our respective licensees, successors, and assigns, the right to use, reproduce, modify, perform, display, distribute, and otherwise disclose to third parties any such material for any purpose.

You represent and warrant that:

• You own or control all rights in and to the User Contributions and have the right to grant the license granted above to Us and Our affiliates and service providers, and each of their and Our respective licensees, successors, and assigns;
• all of Your User Contributions do and will comply with these Terms of Use.

We are not responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any User Contributions posted by You or any other user of the Website.

We have the right to:

• remove or refuse to post any User Contributions for any or no reason in Our sole discretion;
• take any action with respect to any User Contribution that We deem necessary or appropriate in Our sole discretion, including if We believe that such User Contribution violates the Terms of Use, including the Content Standards, infringes upon any intellectual property right or other right of any person or entity, threatens the personal safety of users of the Website or the public, or could create liability for the Company;
• disclose Your identity or other information about You to any third party who claims that material posted by You violates their rights, including their intellectual property rights or their right to privacy;
• take appropriate legal action, including, without limitation, referral to law enforcement, for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Website;
• terminate or suspend Your access to all or part of the Website for any or no reason, including, without limitation, any violation of these Terms of Use.

However, We do not undertake to review all material before it is posted on the Website and cannot ensure prompt removal of objectionable material after it has been posted. Accordingly, We assume no liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications, or content provided by any user or third party. We have no liability or responsibility to anyone for performance or nonperformance of the activities described in this section.

We may update the content on the Website from time to time, but its content is not necessarily complete or up to date. Any of the material on the Website may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.

All information We collect on the Website is subject to Our Privacy Policy. By using the Website, You consent to all actions taken by Us with respect to Your information in compliance with the Privacy Policy.

ANY CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM YOU MAY HAVE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OF USE OR THE WEBSITE MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES; OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.

No waiver by the Company of any term or condition set forth in these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of the Company to assert a right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect.