Welcome
to Ground Floor Partners Inc.'s
("Ground Floor Partners")
web site. By visiting www.groundfloorpartners.com,
you accept the following conditions.
Please review our Privacy
Policy, which also governs your visit to www.groundfloorpartners.com,
to understand our practices.
All content included on this site, such as text,
graphics, logos, button icons, images, data compilations
and software, is the property of Ground Floor Partners
or its content suppliers and is protected by United
States and international copyright laws. The compilation
of all content on this site is the exclusive property
of Ground Floor Partners and is protected by U.S.
and international copyright laws.
Without the express consent of Ground Floor Partners,
its trademarks and trade dress may not be used
in connection with any product or service that
is not Ground Floor Partners'. All other trademarks
not owned by Ground Floor Partners that appear
on this site are the property of their respective
owners, who may or may not be affiliated with,
connected to, or sponsored by Ground Floor Partners.
Ground Floor Partners grants you a limited license
to access and make personal use of this site and
not to download (other than page caching) or modify
it, or any portion of it, except with express written
consent of Ground Floor Partners. This license does
not include any resale or commercial use of this
site or its contents; any derivative use of this
site or its contents; any downloading or copying
of account information for the benefit of another;
or any use of data mining, robots or similar data
gathering and extraction tools. This site or any
portion of this site may not be reproduced, duplicated,
copied, sold, resold, visited or otherwise exploited
for any commercial purpose without express written
consent of Ground Floor Partners. You may not frame
or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark,
logo or other proprietary information (including
images, text, page layout, or form) of Ground Floor
Partners without express written consent. You may
not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing
Ground Floor Partners' name or trademarks without
the express written consent of Ground Floor Partners.
Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or
license granted by Ground Floor Partners.
You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive
right to create a hyperlink to the home page of Ground
Floor Partners so long as the link does not portray
Ground Floor Partners or its products or services
in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise
offensive matter. You may not use any Ground Floor
Partners logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark
as part of the link without express written permission.
User represents and warrants that the information
supplied to us when registering to use this site
is true, accurate, and complete in all respects and
User agrees to notify us immediately of any changes
to that information.
By using Ground Floor Partners' site, you agree that
you will not submit or otherwise publish anywhere
on the site any content or software which: (a) libels,
defames, invades privacy, or is obscene, pornographic,
abusive, or threatening; (b) infringes on any intellectual
property or other right of any entity or person;
(c) violates any law, is fraudulent or misleading,
or which impersonates any person or conceals your
own identity; (d) advocates illegal activity; (e)
is any part of a chain e-mail or is unsolicited;
(f) is intended to annoy, offend, inconvenience,
or cause needless anxiety to any entity or person;
(g) is commercial advertising or promotional material;
(h) disrupts or prevents the functioning of others'
use of this service; or (i) propagates or promotes
a computer virus, worm or trojan horse.
Ground Floor Partners reserves the right, in its
sole discretion, to terminate your access to this
site and your contract with Ground Floor Partners
including, without limitation, for overuse or abuse
of this site or for providing inaccurate, incomplete
or misleading information.
You are responsible for ensuring that no unauthorized
access is obtained to this service. You will be entirely
liable for all activities conducted and charges incurred,
whether authorized by you or not. Ground Floor Partners
accepts no responsibility for any breach of security.
However, there is a duty on each of us to inform
the other if a password is compromised.
THIS SITE IS PROVIDED BY GROUND FLOOR PARTNERS ON
AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS.
GROUND FLOOR PARTNERS MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR
WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO
THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT,
MATERIALS, SERVICES, OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON THIS
SITE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE
IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
IN NO EVENT WILL
GROUND FLOOR PARTNERS BE LIABLE
FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFIT OR ANY OTHER
DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION
DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL,
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSSES
OR EXPENSES ARISING OUT OF OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THIS
SITE OR INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
CLAIMS ARISING FROM, OR RELATING
TO, MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT IN THE
SITE OR RELATED SOFTWARE OR INABILITY
TO ACCESS OR USE THE SITE BY ANY
PARTY, OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY
FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR,
OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DEFECT,
DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION,
COMPUTER VIRUS OR TELECOMMUNICATIONS
OR SYSTEM MALFUNCTION.
CERTAIN STATE
LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION
OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES.
IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME
OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS,
EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS MAY
NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT
HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.
By visiting www.groundfloorpartners.com, you agree
that the laws of the State of Illinois , without
regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern
these Terms and Conditions and any dispute of any
sort that might arise between you and Ground Floor
Partners or its affiliates.
Any dispute arising from, or relating in any way
to, your visit to www.groundfloorpartners.com shall
be submitted to confidential arbitration in Chicago
, Illinois , except to the extent you have in any
manner violated or threatened to violate Ground
Floor Partners' intellectual property or other
rights. If there are such actual or threatened
violations, Ground Floor Partners may seek injunctive
or other appropriate relief in any state or federal
court located in Cook County , Illinois , and you
consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in
such courts. You also waive any contention of forum
non conveniens in any of such courts. Arbitration
under this agreement shall be conducted under the
rules then prevailing of the American Arbitration
Association. The arbitrator's award shall be binding
and may be entered as a judgment in any court of
competent jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted
by applicable law, no arbitration under this agreement
shall be joined to an arbitration involving any
other party subject to this agreement, whether
through class arbitration proceedings or otherwise.
Ground Floor Partners welcomes your questions or
comments about this Terms and Conditions statement.
Please e-mail them to info@groundfloorpartners;
or call us at 312-726-1981; or send them via postal
mail to Ground Floor Partners, 333 N. Michigan Ave.,
Suite 932 , Chicago , IL 60601.
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