Terms of Use

  1. Acceptance of Terms

These Terms of Use (the “TOU”) and Emerging Growth’s Privacy Policy govern Your use of the Services (as defined below) we provide to you (referred to herein as “You” or “Your”) through http://www.EmergingGrowth.com, (including any related sub-domains) and various communication tools, including email and third-party content. Please read these TOU carefully. These Terms of Use, our Disclaimer and our Privacy policy are to be read and understood before using ANY Electronic EG Content as defined below.  By using any of our Services, You agree to comply with these TOU. If You do not agree to the terms and conditions contained in the TOU, You agree not to use the Services, and we do not consent to provide You with access to the Services. In addition, when using any of our Services, You and EmergingGrowth its business units, subsidiaries and affiliates (“Emerging Growth”,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) shall be subject to any posted guidelines or rules applicable to such Services, which may be posted and modified from time to time. All such guidelines or rules are hereby incorporated by reference into the TOU.  These guidelines can change at any time and with out notice so please check back regularly.

EG Web Sites, Emails / Newsletters, Hyperlinks, Social Media posts or Social Media profiles or Social Media networks including Facebook Status / Posts / Updates, Twitter Tweets / Posts / Updates or any other Social Media based source, Blog Postings, YouTube or other Video Content, Corporate Profiles, Research Reports, Analyst Reports, PowerPoint Presentations, Corporate Videos, CEO Video Interviews, Press Releases, Banners, Google / Yahoo/ Bing or other Search Engine Advertising or Listings, Images, and/or Web-Based Discussion Board Postings or any other Electronic Content (Collectively referred to hereafter as “Electronic EG Content“).

Subject to and in compliance with the terms and conditions set forth herein, EmergingGrowth may provide its users with access to:

  • Free content including blogs and forums written by our Columnists, emails, podcasts, webinars and conference calls (the “Free Service”), User-Generated Content (the “Free Service”), and free content written or provided by third parties which may include, without limitation, text, data, graphics, photographs, videos, or downloadable code or programs (“Third-Party Content”)

The Free Service is collectively referred to herein as the “Content” or Services”.

You also understand and agree that the Services may include certain communications from EmergingGrowth, such as service announcements, special reports and administrative messages, some of which You may not be able to opt out of receiving.

Any information within EmergingGrowth.com, or disseminated by EmergingGrowth.com that may be featured, distributed, posted and/or edited by SP, on SP Web Sites, Emails / Newsletters, Hyperlinks, Social Media posts or Social Media profiles or Social Media networks including Facebook Status / Posts / Updates, Twitter Tweets / Posts / Updates or any other Social Media based source, Blog Postings, YouTube or other Video, Audio or Text Content, Corporate Profiles, Research Reports, Analyst Reports, PowerPoint Presentations, Corporate Videos, CEO Video Interviews, Press Releases, Banners, Google / Yahoo/ Bing  or other Search Engine Advertising or Listings, Images, and/or Web-Based Discussion Board Postings or any other Electronic Content posted by any member of EmergingGrowth or any outside Contributor (is Collectively referred to herein and throughout the entire website and distribution channels as “Content“ or “Services”) Do not invest based on any of this Content without consulting a financial investment professional such as a stockbroker or investment advisor unless you can afford and are willing to lose your entire investment.

An independent contractor who creates content for the EmergingGrowth Website is referred to herein as an “Outside Contributor”. Outside Contributors and employees that create content for EmergingGrowth are collectively referred to herein as “Contributor’s”. “User-Generated Content” means content created by our users.

EmergingGrowth.com is operated under a license agreement between Manifest Equity Group, LTD (licensee) and the owner of the domain (Licensor).  You agree as a user of the Emerging Growth Content and Services that you will hold harmless the licensor and all of it affiliates against all loses and claims that arise out of using EmergingGrowth.com and all of it’s Content and Services.  You understand and agree that wherever “EmergingGrowth” or “EmergingGrowth.com” is mentioned within, that it is operating as a Doing Business As “DBA” of Manifest Equity Group, LTD.

  1. Changes to the TOU and Our Services

We reserve the right at any time to:

  • Change the terms and conditions of the TOU;
  • Change all or any portion of the Services, eliminating or discontinuing any content or feature of the Services (including but not limited to adding or removing particular Columnists, and/or ceasing to provide Third-Party Content); or
  • Change other conditions for use of the Services (in our sole discretion).

Any changes we make to the TOU will be effective immediately after we post the modified TOU on EmergingGrowth.com. In the event that You have the TOU cached on Your browser, the TOU that applies to You is the most recent version of the TOU that appears on a non-cached browser. In addition, if a Service is added or removed, or the terms of their engagement has changed, the TOU may be modified with respect to such Service. You should check our TOU frequently.

  1. Important Disclaimer Regarding the Information We Provide

EmergingGrowth.com is a publisher of content. You understand that no content published, as part of the Services constitutes a recommendation that any particular investment, security, portfolio of securities, transaction or investment strategy is suitable for any specific person. You further understand that none of the creators or providers of our content or Services or their affiliates will advise You personally concerning the nature, potential, value or suitability of any particular investment, security, portfolio of securities, transaction, investment strategy or other matter. Accordingly, do not attempt to contact them seeking personalized investment advice, which they cannot provide. To the extent any of the content published as part of the Services may be deemed to be investment advice, such information is impersonal and not tailored to the investment needs of any specific person. Do not act and or trade on any content or service published or discussed within EmergingGrowth.com or on any email content sent from EmergingGrowth.com without consulting a licensed investment advisor.

You understand that the views expressed in the Services are the authors’ own opinions. The Services may contain opinions from time to time with regard to securities mentioned in other Services, and that those opinions may be different from those obtained by using another portion of the Services. Trading in securities (including, without limitation, stocks, options, ETFs and bonds) involves risk and volatility. Past results are not necessarily indicative of future performance.

You understand and agree that, our staff may from time to time hold positions in securities in individual companies that are mentioned on EmergingGrowth.com and from time to time, one or more Outside Contributors or their affiliates may have a position in the investment or securities written about. Furthermore, these individuals may also from time to time, have long and short positions in, or buy or sell the securities, or derivatives thereof, of companies mentioned in respective Services and may take positions inconsistent with the views expressed. Other individuals or affiliates or entities as mentioned within may also have restrictions on trading securities in their accounts.  In cases where the position is held at the time of publication, Outside Contributors are required to and Emerging Growth will make the appropriate disclosures

Third-Party Content is not subject to EmergingGrowth’s investment policy and therefore the preceding paragraph does not apply to Third-Party Content, , including without limitation Third-Party Content contained in the Chat on EmergingGrowth Service. EmergingGrowth makes no representations regarding Third-Party Content, nor is EmergingGrowth liable for Third-Party Content.

You understand that performance data and all other information and content within EmergingGrowth.com as well as any content sent from EmergingGrowth.com via email, twitter or any other distribution or social media platform is supplied by sources believed to be reliable, that the calculations therein are made using such data, and that such calculations are not guaranteed by these sources, the information providers, or any other person or entity, and may not be complete. In addition, past performance is not an indication of future results and the information referred to herein is not guaranteed by Emerging Growth to be accurate.

From time to time, reference may be made in our marketing materials to prior articles and opinions we have published. These references may be selective, may reference only a portion of an article or recommendation, and may not to be current. As markets change continuously, previously published information and data may not be current and should not be relied upon.

Weather stock exchanges are open or closed; any quotes referenced in any content weather within EmergingGrowth.com or disseminated by EmergingGrowth are delayed and may be old quotations. Before buying or selling, You should consult with a qualified financial investment professional such as a stockbroker or investment advisor to verify pricing information and obtain advice.

  1. Registration and Privacy

In order to gain access to portions of the Services, You must become a member by choosing a unique user name, and password, and supply us with true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself, as required on the registration page. We may refuse to grant You a user name that we feel is inappropriate for any reason what so ever. In consideration of your use of the Services, You represent that You are of legal age to form a binding contract and are not a person barred from receiving the Services under the laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdiction. You also agree to: maintain and promptly update Your registration data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete.

Our policy with respect to the collection and use of your personal information is set forth in our Privacy Policy.

As a member, You also have certain other obligations relating to Your account:

  • You may not transfer to or resell Your use of or access to the Services to any third party;
  • You are responsible for all activities that occur under Your account;
  • You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of Your user name, member name and password; and
  • You agree to notify us at emerginggrowth1@gmail.com if You become aware of any possible unauthorized use(s) of Your account or any possible breach of security, including loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure of Your user name, member name or password.
  1. EmergingGrowth’s Proprietary Rights

The Services and the content distributed through the Services, with the exception of any User-Generated Content (as defined below) and Third-Party Content, is the property of EmergingGrowth and/or its licensors. You may access and use the content, and download and/or print out one copy of any content from the Services, solely for Your personal, noncommercial use. You acknowledge that You do not acquire any ownership rights by using the Services. If You choose to submit content for publication on EmergingGrowth.com, by either becoming a contributor, or simply commenting on and / or adding posts, commentary or opinions, such content shall be the exclusive property of EmergingGrowth, deemed to be property of EmergingGrowth, and by submitting such content You irrevocably assign any and all rights to such content to EmergingGrowth.

Because we host User-Generated Content as a part of portions of the Services and therefore redistribute User-Generated Content You give us, we need to obtain certain rights in those materials. By posting, sending or transmitting to us User-Generated Content, You grant us and our designees a worldwide, non-exclusive, sub-licensable (through multiple tiers), assignable, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right to use, reproduce, distribute (through multiple tiers), create derivative works of, publicly perform, publicly display, digitally perform, and disseminate, make, have made, sell, offer for sale and import such User-Generated Content in any media now known or hereafter developed, for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without compensation to the provider of the User-Generated Content. None of the User-Generated Content disclosed in any part of the Services shall be subject to any obligation, whether of confidentiality, attribution, or otherwise, on our part and we shall not be liable for any use or disclosure of any User-Generated Content.

“EmergingGrowth.com”, “EmergingGrowth”, the “EmergingGrowth.com Logo”, and certain other marks used on EmergingGrowth Portfolio of Websites are trademarks and/or service marks of EmergingGrowth. All other trademarks, service marks, and logos used on EmergingGrowth.com are the trademarks, service marks, or logos of their respective owners.

  1. User Conduct

You may not republish, upload, post, transmit or distribute content available through the Services to online bulletin boards, message boards, newsgroups, chat rooms, or in other any manner, without our prior written permission. Modification of the content or use of the content for any purpose other than Your own personal, noncommercial use is a violation of our copyright and other proprietary rights, and can subject You to legal liability.

In addition, in connection with Your use of the Services, You agree not to:

  • Restrict or inhibit any other visitor from using the Services, including, without limitation, by means of “hacking” or defacing any portion of any of our websites;
  • Use the Services for any unlawful purpose;
  • Modify, adapt, sublicense, translate, sell, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of the Services or any of our websites;
  • “Frame” or “mirror” any content available through the Services or any of our websites without our prior written authorization;
  • Use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other manual or automatic device or process to download, retrieve, index, “data mine”, or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the content available through the Services; or
  • Harvest or collect information about users of the Services without their express consent.

You also agree that at all times You will:

  • Comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations in connection with Your use of the Services and the content made available therein;
  • Be responsible for all statements made and acts or omissions that occur on Your user account while Your password is being used;
  • Waive any and all rights against EmergingGrowth and hold EmergingGrowth harmless in connection with any claims relating to any action taken by EmergingGrowth as part of its investigation of a suspected violation or result of its conclusion that a violation of the TOU has occurred, including but not limited to the removal of posts or a suspension or termination of Your membership account; or
  • Maintain and promptly update Your registration data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete.
  1. User-Generated Content

Certain areas of EmergingGrowth Portfolio of Websites may allow You to post content that can be accessed and viewed by the public in general. You understand that all information, data, text, images, avatars, hyperlinks, messages, tags, or other materials, each a form of User-Generated Content posted on the public areas of EmergingGrowth.com is the sole responsibility of the person from whom such content originated. You acknowledge that You, and not EmergingGrowth, are entirely responsible for all content that You upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available publically. EmergingGrowth does not control the User-Generated Content and as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, timeliness or quality of such content. You agree to not post any content that violates the TOU and to post comments in both tone and content that contribute in a positive and high quality manner to the substantive exchange of information and the subject matter of the content.

In order to comment, users must register with a valid email address and select a user name, and password. Please see “Registration and Privacy” above for our TOU regarding registering.

The following is an incomplete list of illegal and prohibited uses of Services. EmergingGrowth may investigate any illegal and/or unauthorized use of the Services and appropriate legal action may be taken, including without limitation, civil, criminal and injunctive redress.

You agree not to use EmergingGrowth Services to:

  • Post any content that You either know or should know is false, deceptive or misleading, or misrepresent or deceive others as to the source, accuracy, integrity, timeliness or completeness of any comment You post.
  • Express or imply that any statements You make are endorsed by us, without our prior written consent;
  • Post any content that is unlawful, harmful or injurious to others, threatening, abusive, offensive, harassing, derisive, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, hatefully, racially, ethnically or otherwise tortious or objectionable.
  • Post any content that does or may invade the privacy or violate or infringe on any rights of others, including, without limitation, copyrights and other intellectual property rights.
  • Impersonate any person, firm or entity, falsely or deceptively state, infer or otherwise misrepresent Your affiliation with or connection to any person, firm or entity.
  • Post any content which, either the act of posting or the comment itself, You do not have a right to do under any law, regulation or order of any court, or as a result of an employment, contractual, fiduciary or other legal obligation or relationship, or any non-public or otherwise restricted, confidential, sensitive or proprietary information without authorization
  • Post any advertising, promotional materials, so called “chain letters”, “pyramid” or other schemes or invitations to participate in these or any other form of solicitation or promotion.
  • Offer to sell or buy any product or service or use the services for any commercial purpose, to distribute any advertising or solicitation of funds or goods and services, or to solicit users to join competitive online services.
  • Post any links to any external Internet sites that are obscene or pornographic, or display pornographic or sexually explicit material of any kind.
  • Post any false or misleading information, material non-public information, insider information or information intended to increase or decrease the price of any particular publicly traded security. Violate any local, state, national or international law, regulation or order of any court, including but not limited to regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any rules of any securities exchange, including without limitation, the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or The NASDAQ Stock Market and/or
  • Provide material support or resources (or to conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, or ownership of material or resources) to any organization(s) designated by the United States government as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

You may post only content owned by You, content for which You have received express permission from the owner and content in the public domain. You assume all risk and responsibility for determining whether any User-Generated Content is in the public domain.

EmergingGrowth expressly disclaims ownership of any User-Generated Content. However, by submitting User-Generated Content to the public areas of EmergingGrowth.com, You hereby grant, transfer and assign EmergingGrowth, our affiliates and distributors, successors, assigns and licensees a fully-paid, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide right and license to publish, distribute, reproduce, transmit, use, translate, display, copy, display, perform, modify, revise, create derivative works of, archive, and this content in any form or media now known or hereafter developed (including without limitation in print, magnetic or electronic form), on any number of occasions in any form, and to sublicense third parties (including other users of the Services) to do any of the foregoing with further right of sublicense, without compensation to You. EmergingGrowth may also give credit to the publisher of the Content if and when the Content is transmitted in any way by EmergingGrowth.  You represent and warrant that You are authorized to grant all rights set forth in the preceding sentence and that the exercise by You of Your rights under this License does not violate any laws, defame or libel any person, invade any person’s right of privacy or publicity or otherwise violate, misappropriate or infringe the rights of any person (including without limit any copyright or moral right). None of the User-Generated Content disclosed in any part of the Services shall be subject to any obligation, whether of confidentiality, attribution, or otherwise, on our part and we shall not be liable for any use or disclosure of any User-Generated Content. EmergingGrowth does not and cannot review all of the User-Generated Content posted by users on the Services and is not responsible for such content. You shall remain solely responsible for all User-Generated Content submitted to EmergingGrowth. Your use of any User-Generated Content shall be at Your own risk and EmergingGrowth makes no representations or warranties regarding User-Generated Content. Users should be cautious about any and all investment recommendations and should consider the source of any investment advice. Various factors, including personal or corporate ownership, may influence or factor into User-Generated Content. EmergingGrowth does not control the User-Generated Content posted via the Services and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, timeliness, or quality of such User-Generated Content. You understand that by using the Services, You may be exposed to User-Generated Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Although EmergingGrowth reserves the right to remove any offending User-Generated Content, You understand and agree that You nonetheless may be exposed to such material and that You further waive Your right to any damages (from any party) related to such exposure.

EmergingGrowth retains the right in its sole discretion, arbitrarily and/or for any reason and without any notice whatsoever, to edit, move, delete, and/or remove any User-Generated Content posted on EmergingGrowth.com at any time. Without limiting the foregoing, EmergingGrowth has the right to delete any User-Generated Content that EmergingGrowth believes, in its sole discretion, does or may violate the TOU.

You expressly agree that under no circumstances is EmergingGrowth responsible, nor will EmergingGrowth be liable for, any User-Generated Content or for any loss or damage of any kind, that arises or results from such User-Generated Content posted on EmergingGrowth.com, or any comment deleted by EmergingGrowth or its agents from EmergingGrowth. This includes not only the comments posted, but also any external websites or resources, content, advertising, products, services or any other materials or information on or available from any person, firm or entity other than EmergingGrowth, posted on any of its websites.

  1. Links to Other Websites and Viral Links

Your use of certain features and certain Third-Party Content made available to You by EmergingGrowth may be governed by additional rules, which are available on our website or by hyperlink from other websites, in connection with the Services. By using any feature You are acknowledging that You have reviewed all corresponding rules and agree to be bound by them. Some Third-Party Content and some of the features may have been provided by third parties for Your use. In the event that any feature or tool is provided by a third party, such feature or tool may become unavailable in the event that the agreement between the third party and us is terminated. You expressly acknowledge and agree that Your use of all Third-Party Content, features and tools provided by third parties is solely at Your own risk.

Any sweepstakes, contests, and games that are accessible through our websites are governed by specific rules. By entering such sweepstakes or contests or participating in such games, You will become subject to those rules.

Content available through the Services may contain links to other Internet websites or resources. We neither control nor endorse such other websites, nor have we reviewed or approved any content that appears on such other websites. You acknowledge and agree that we shall not be held responsible for the legality, accuracy, timeliness, or inappropriate nature of any content, advertising, products, services, or information located on or through any other websites, nor for any loss or damages caused or alleged to have been caused by the use of or reliance on any such content.

Viral Links

If you link to the Services on any online bulletin board, message board, newsgroup, website or chat room (“Third-Party Site”) and if You elect to display links from EmergingGrowth on a Third-Party Site, You agree that You will comply with EmergingGrowth’s viral linking requirement as set forth herein. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, we reserve the right to deny permission to You to link to the website for any reason in our sole and absolute discretion.

EmergingGrowth hereby grants You the permission to post such links on a Third-Party Site, provided, however, that You comply with the following guidelines:

  • You may display only an excerpt of the content not to exceed 75 words that must be followed by a link to the full content of the Service. You are not permitted to reproduce the entire text of content as it appears on the website.
  • The byline must consist of the name or title of the content and the name of the website. (e.g. “as appearing on EmergingGrowth”)

Any website that links to EmergingGrowth.com (a) must not suggest or imply that we are sponsoring or endorsing such website(s)’s product, unless EmergingGrowth has given its prior written consent; (b) must not use any of our trademarks on such Third-Party Site without prior written consent of EmergingGrowth; and (c) must not display any excerpt of EmergingGrowth content and link together with content on such Third-Party Site that may be construed as distasteful, offensive or controversial.

  1. Disclaimer of Warranties

The Services, and any content obtained or accessed through the Services, including without limitation Third-Party Content, is provided “as is” without representations or warranties of any kind, either express or implied. To the fullest extent permissible pursuant to applicable law, EmergingGrowth, its officers, directors, employees, subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, advertisers, and agents disclaim all warranties, express, implied or statutory, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of title, non-infringement, merchantability, and fitness for a particular purpose or use, and all warranties relating to the adequacy, accuracy, timeliness or completeness of any information available through the Services,

EmergingGrowth and its affiliates, suppliers, agents and sponsors do not warrant and accept no liability that Your use of the Services and any content contained therein, including without limitation, Third-Party Content, will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure, that defects will be corrected, or that the Services or the server(s) on which the Services are hosted are free of viruses, worms, malicious code, Trojan horses, malware, or other harmful components. EmergingGrowth and its affiliates, suppliers, agents and sponsors accept no liability for any software downloaded from the Services. You acknowledge that You are responsible for obtaining and maintaining all telephone, computer hardware and other equipment needed to access and use the Services, and all charges related thereto. You assume total responsibility and risk for Your use of the Services and Your reliance thereon. No opinion, advice, or statement of EmergingGrowth or its affiliates, suppliers, agents, members, or visitors, whether made on the site or otherwise, shall create any warranty. You use of the site, the content contained therein, and materials provided through the site, are entirely at Your own risk. EmergingGrowth and its affiliates, agents and sponsors will not be liable for any informational errors, incompleteness, delays or any actions taken in reliance on information contained in the Services.

Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through the Services, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between You and such advertiser. You agree that EmergingGrowth shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers on the Services.

A possibility exists that content available through the Services could include inaccuracies or errors, or materials that violate the TOU. Additionally, a possibility exists that unauthorized alterations could be made to the content available through the Services by third parties. Although we attempt to ensure the integrity of our websites and Services, we make no guarantees as to the completeness or correctness of any content available through the Services. In the event that such a situation arises, please contact us at emerginggrowth1@gmail.com with, if possible, a description of the material to be checked and the location (URL) where such material can be found on our websites, if applicable, as well as information sufficient to enable us to contact You. We will try to address Your concerns as soon as reasonably practicable.

Under no circumstances shall EmergingGrowth be held liable for any delay or failure in performance resulting directly or indirectly from acts of nature, forces, or causes beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, Internet failures, computer equipment failures, telecommunication equipment failures, other equipment failures, electrical power failures, strikes, labor disputes, riots, insurrections, civil disturbances, shortages of labor or materials, fires, floods, storms, explosions, acts of God, war, governmental actions, orders of domestic or foreign courts or tribunals, or non-performance of third parties.

  1. Limitation of Liability

NEITHER EMERGINGGROWTH NOR ITS AFFILIATES, SUPPLIERS, SUBSIDIARIES, ADVERTISERS, AGENTS OR SPONSORS ARE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, RELIANCE OR OTHER DAMAGES UNDER ANY CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER LEGAL THEORY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THE SERVICES AND/OR ANY CONTENT CONTAINED THEREIN, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY THIRD-PARTY CONTENT, OR ANY SERVICES USED OR PURCHASED THROUGH EMERGINGGROWTH, WHETHER SUCH DAMAGE IS FORESEEABLE OR NOT AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY. FOR AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, DAMAGES ARISING UNDER THE SECTION ENTITLED “INDEMNIFICATION” (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES TO WHICH A PARTY IS ENTITLED TO INDEMNIFICATION UNDER SUCH SECTION THAT SUCH PARTY SUFFERS IN CONNECTION WITH THIRD PARTY CLAIMS FOR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES) ARE DEEMED TO BE DIRECT DAMAGES OF THE INDEMNIFIED PARTY. YOUR SOLE REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE SERVICES IS TO STOP USING IT. THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE MAXIMUM LIABILITY TO COMPANY FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION — WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE — SHALL BE THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID TO US BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR ACCESS TO THE SERVICES IN THE CURRENT CALENDAR YEAR OF YOUR SUBSCRIPTION.

  1. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless EmergingGrowth, Licensor, our current and former affiliates, our current and former officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives and their successors and assignees from and against any and all liabilities, claims, (including, without limitation, third-party claims), damages, losses, costs (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), or other expenses associated with or incurred as a result of or from (a) Your violation of the TOU; (b) Your use of the Services; (c) Your violation of the rights of any third party; (d) the actual or alleged infringement of any third party proprietary or intellectual property right arising out of the duplication, sale, distribution, or use of the Services, or (e) any liability arising from Your use of the Services including any User-Generated Content You create.

  1. Termination

EmergingGrowth reserves the right to restrict, suspend or terminate Your use of and registration on any of its websites at any time for any reason in its sole discretion, with or without cause, without prior notice to You and without liability or further obligation of any kind whatsoever to You or any other party. EmergingGrowth reserves the right to terminate Your access to any portion of the Services and, in some cases in the sole discretion of EmergingGrowth, in the event You violate the TOU.

You may terminate Your user account, user name, any associated email address and access to the Services by submitting such termination request to us.

  1. Copyright Infringement

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (the “DMCA”) provides recourse for copyright owners who believe that material appearing on the Internet infringes their rights under U.S. copyright law. The procedure under the DMCA for takedown notice is given below. See http://loc.gov/copyright/ for the most current statutory requirements.

If You believe in good faith that materials displayed on EmergingGrowth.com infringe Your copyright, You (or Your agent) may contact EmergingGrowth with the following information: (a) an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or trademark interest; (b) a description of the copyrighted work(s) or trademark(s) that You claim has been infringed; (c) a description of where the material that You claim is infringing is located on the website; (d) Your address, telephone number, and email address; (e) a written statement by You that You have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright or trademark owner, its agent, or the law; and (f) a statement by You, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in Your notice is accurate and that You are the copyright or trademark owner or authorized to act on the copyright or trademark owner’s behalf. Please note that You will be liable for damages (including costs and attorneys’ fees) if You materially misrepresent that any material on our sites is infringing Your copyrights.

  1. Repeat Infringement

We have a policy of terminating the accounts of repeat infringers or otherwise taking reasonable steps to prevent such users from continuing to post. Each user agrees that if his or her account is terminated under this policy, the user will not attempt to establish a new account or otherwise post content under any name, real or assumed, and further agrees that if the user violates this restriction by opening a new account or otherwise posting content after being terminated pursuant to this policy, the user shall indemnify and hold us harmless for any and all liability that we may incur therefor.

  1. Miscellaneous

The Services are directed solely to individuals residing in the United States. We make no representation that materials provided through the Services are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who choose to access the Services from other locations do so on their own initiative and at their own risk, and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent applicable. We reserve the right to limit the availability of the Services to any person, geographic area, or jurisdiction we so desire, at any time and in our sole discretion, and to limit the quantities of any such service that we provide.

In respect to advertising on EmergingGrowth.com or any information disseminated from EmergingGrowthYou are responsible for promptly paying all fees associated with Your use or purchase of the Services (the “Fees”) at the time of purchase. You are also responsible for any applicable federal, state, or local franchise fees, surcharges, sales and use taxes, and any other taxes (except those related to EmergingGrowth’s net income) related to the Services (collectively, the “Taxes”). You shall promptly pay all Taxes at the time of purchase. The TOU, together with all EmergingGrowth policies referred to herein, constitutes the entire agreement between You and EmergingGrowth relating to Your use of the Services and supersedes and any all prior or contemporaneous written or oral agreements on that subject between us. The TOU and the relationship between You and EmergingGrowth are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, excluding (a) the application of principles of conflict of laws that otherwise might call for the application of the substantive law of another jurisdiction and (b) the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act. You and EmergingGrowth agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located within Miami Dade County, Florida, waive any jurisdictional venue, or inconvenient forum objections to such courts and such courts shall have the sole and exclusive jurisdiction over any action, suit or other proceeding arising out of or relating to these TOU, other than any action, suit or other proceeding arising from a breach of customer data. You and EmergingGrowth agree that any action, suit or other proceeding arising from a breach of customer data will be submitted to the American Arbitration Association (AAA) binding arbitration for resolution. Such arbitration shall take place in Miami, Florida, and shall be conducted in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association in effect at that time. If any provision of the TOU is found to be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from the TOU and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. Any heading, caption or section title contained in the TOU is inserted only as a matter of convenience and in no way defines or explains any section or provision hereof. We reserve the right to require You to sign a non-electronic version of the TOU.

If you access EmergingGrowth.com via any mobile device or other method, the same terms and conditions as stated within apply.