Terms of Use

These Terms of Use constitute a legally binding agreement made between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity (“you”) and Carbon Credits. (“Carbon Credits”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), concerning your access to and use of the CarbonCredits.com website, CarbonCredits.com portal, api. Carbon Credits.com API, as well as any other media form, media channel, mobile website or mobile application related, linked, or otherwise connected thereto (collectively, the “Site”). Via the Site, Carbon Credits offers a platform for research and reporting carbon credits information along with related services, including but not limited to carbon credits pricing, market indices and technologies (collectively, the “Services”). You agree that by accessing the Site and/or the Services, you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by all of these Terms of Use.

In order to use the Services, you must (1) be 18 years or older, and (2) have the power to enter into a binding agreement with us through your acceptance of these terms.

 

THESE TERMS INCLUDE AN AGREEMENT TO RESOLVE DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND Carbon Credits THROUGH BINDING ARBITRATION, AND A WAIVER OF THE RIGHT TO CONDUCT SUCH PROCEEDINGS ON A CLASS BASIS, AS SET FORTH UNDER THE HEADING “DISPUTE RESOLUTION – BINDING ARBITRATION WAIVER OF CLASS CLAIMS” IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THESE TERMS OF USE, THEN YOU ARE EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED FROM USING THE SITE AND/OR THE SERVICES AND YOU MUST DISCONTINUE USE IMMEDIATELY.

2. CHANGES TO TERMS

We reserve the right to make changes to these Terms of Use from time to time, in whole or in part, in our sole discretion, at any time without prior notice by posting an updated version of the Terms of Service on the Site or when you access the Services. When we do, we will revise the “last updated” date at the beginning of the Terms of Use. When we make material changes to these Terms of Use, we will provide you with notice as appropriate under the circumstances, e.g., by displaying a prominent notice on the Site and/or by sending you an email. In some cases, we will notify you in advance, and your continued use of the Services after the changes have been made will constitute your acceptance of the changes. Please therefore make sure you read any such notice carefully. If you do not wish to continue using the Service under the new version of the Terms of Use, you may terminate your account by contacting us at the contact information provided in these Terms of Use.

The information provided on the Site and through the Services are not intended for distribution to or use by any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation or which would subject us to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction or country. Accordingly, those persons who choose to access the Site and/or use the Services from other locations do so on their own initiative and are solely responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.

The Site is intended for users who are at least 18 years old. Persons under the age of 18 are not permitted to use or register for the Site or use the Services.

You may be required to register an account with the Site (your “Carbon Credits Account”) in order to access Services. At the time of registration, you will provide us with your email address, and possibly with other information, including name, location, and associated organizations. Some Services may be accessed without the need for user registration, however we may still generate a Carbon Credits Account for you in order to best provide said Services, such as offering a guest checkout option when purchasing carbon credits.

You agree to keep your Carbon Credits Account secured from unauthorized access. You agree that you will be held responsible for all use of the Site and/or Services registered from your Carbon Credits Account.

You agree to provide accurate information to us at the time of registration, and to keep your information on file with us accurate and updated going forward. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your Carbon Credits Account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Site (or any portion thereof).

By using the Services, you represent and warrant that: (1) all registration information you submit will be true, accurate, and complete, and such remains current at the time you use the Services; (2) you have the legal capacity to agree to these Terms of Use, and you agree to comply with these Terms of Use; (3) you are not a minor in the jurisdiction in which you reside; (4) you will not access the Site or use the Services through automated or non-human means, whether through a bot, script or otherwise; (5) you will not use the Site for any illegal or unauthorized purpose; and (6) your use of the Site or the Services will not violate any applicable law or regulation.

Carbon Credits uses proprietary methods to develop information relating to the validation of the respective credits of all Carbon Credits Projects (“Carbon Credits Project Information”). In developing Carbon Credits Project Information, Carbon Credits reviews project documentation including project descriptions provided on registry websites as well as applies our proprietary models to project boundaries as determined by files provided to us by the project developer. Carbon Credits may provide access via the Services to certain Carbon Credits Project Information, but unless expressly stated in an separate agreement between you and Carbon Credits, Carbon Credits does not commit to make available any particular Carbon Credits Project Information in connection with a purchase or otherwise through the Services.

Although we endeavour to provide the most accurate Carbon Credits Project Information possible, Carbon Credits Project Information necessarily includes estimates and approximations, and we cannot guarantee the accuracy or reliability of the Project Information. You acknowledge that we shall not be liable to you for any inaccuracy or inconsistency reflected in any Carbon Credits Project Information you receive through the Services. Additionally, we reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to narrow or modify the scope and nature of the Carbon Credits Project Information made available with respect to Carbon Credits Projects for which you have purchased carbon credits.

You may make purchases in connection with your use of the Services, including the purchase of carbon credits associated merchandise, information, reports, subscriptions and other digital goods. We use a third-party payment processor (the “Payment Processor”) to bill you for payments owed in connection with using the Services provided on the Site. The processing of payments will be subject to the terms, conditions and privacy policies of the Payment Processor in addition to these Terms of Use. We are not responsible for error by the Payment Processor. By making a purchase through the Services, you agree to pay us, through the Payment Processor, all charges as set forth at the time of your purchase in accordance with the applicable payment terms and you authorize us, through the Payment Processor, to charge your payment provider. You agree to make payment using that selected payment method. We reserve the right to correct any errors or mistakes that it makes even if it has already requested or received payment.

Although we reserve the right to select different or additional payment processors at our discretion.

You agree to provide current, complete, and accurate purchase and account information to the Payment Processor for all purchases you make in connection with the Services. You further agree to promptly update account and payment information, including email address, payment method, and payment card expiration date with the Payment Processor. Sales tax will be added to the price of purchases as deemed required by us. All sales are final and no refund will be issued.

You may not access or use the Site for any purpose other than that for which we make the Site and Services available. The Services may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavours except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by us.

As a user of the Site and the Services, you agree not to:

Systematically retrieve data or other content from the Site to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without written permission from us.

Make any unauthorized use of the Services, including collecting personal information of users by electronic or other means for any purpose, including but not limited to sending unsolicited email, or creating user accounts by automated means or under false pretenses.

Use the Site to advertise or offer to sell goods or services, or to facilitate carbon credit purchases outside of the Services without Carbon Credits’s express permission.

Circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Site, including features that prevent or restrict the use or copying of any content or enforce limitations on the use of the Site and/or the content contained therein.

Engage in unauthorized framing of, or linking to, the Site.

Use a buying agent or purchasing agent to make purchases on the Site.

Trick, defraud, or mislead us and other users, especially in any attempt to learn sensitive account information such as user passwords.

Make improper use of our support services or submit false reports to us.

Use the Services as part of any effort to compete with us or otherwise use the Site for any revenue-generating endeavour or commercial enterprise.

Use any information obtained from the Site in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person.

Sell or otherwise transfer your profile.

Interfere with, disrupt, or create an undue burden on the Site or the networks or services connected to the Site.

Engage in any automated use of the system, such as using scripts to send comments or messages, or using any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools.

Decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in

anyway making up a part of the Site.

Attempt to bypass any measures of the Site designed to prevent or restrict access to the Site, or any portion of the Site.

 

Harass, annoy, intimidate, or threaten any of our employees or agents engaged in providing any portion of the Services to you.

Delete any copyright or other proprietary rights notice from any content we post to the site.

Copy or adapt the Site’s software, including but not limited to Flash, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, or other code.

Upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) viruses, Trojan horses, or other material, including excessive use of capital letters and spamming (continuous posting of repetitive text), that interferes with any party’s uninterrupted use and enjoyment of the Site or modifies, impairs, disrupts, alters, or interferes with the use, features, functions, operation, or maintenance of the Services.

Upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) any material that acts as a passive or active information collection or transmission mechanism, including without limitation, clear graphics interchange formats (“gifs”), 1×1 pixels, web bugs, cookies, or other similar devices (sometimes referred to as “spyware” or “passive collection mechanisms” or “pcms”).

Except as may be the result of standard search engine or Internet browser usage, use, launch, develop, or distribute any automated system, including without limitation, any spider, robot, cheat utility, scraper, or offline reader that accesses the Site, or using or launching any unauthorized script or other software.

Disparage, tarnish, or otherwise harm, in our opinion, us and/or the Site.

Use the Site in a manner inconsistent with any applicable laws or regulations.

9. CONTRIBUTION LICENSE

The Site may invite you to chat, contribute to, or participate in blogs, message boards, online forums, and other functionality, and may provide you with the opportunity to create, submit, post, display, transmit, perform, publish, distribute, or broadcast content and materials to us or on the Site, including but not limited to text, writings, video, audio, photographs, graphics, comments, suggestions, or personal information or other material (collectively, “Contributions”).

By posting your Contributions to any part of the Site or making Contributions accessible to the Site by linking your account from the Site to any of your social networking accounts, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to us an unrestricted, unlimited, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, fullypaid, worldwide right, and license to host, use, copy, reproduce, disclose, sell, resell, publish, broadcast, retitle, archive, store, cache, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, transmit, excerpt (in whole or in part), and distribute such Contributions (including, without limitation, your image and voice) for any purpose, commercial, advertising, or otherwise, and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such Contributions, and grant and authorize sub-licenses of the foregoing. The use and distribution may occur in any media formats and through any media channels.

This license will apply to any form, media, or technology now known or hereafter developed, and includes our use of your name, company name, and franchise name, as applicable, and any of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, and personal and commercial images you provide. You waive all moral rights in your Contributions, and you warrant that moral rights have not otherwise been asserted in your Contributions.

We do not assert any ownership over your Contributions. You retain full ownership of all of your Contributions and any intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights associated with your Contributions. We are not liable for any statements or representations in your Contributions provided by you in any area on the Site. You are solely responsible for your Contributions to the Site and you expressly agree to exonerate us from any and all

responsibility and to refrain from any legal action against us regarding your Contributions. We have the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, (1) to edit, redact, or otherwise change any Contributions; (2) to re-categorize any Contributions to place them in more appropriate locations on the Site; and (3) to pre-screen or delete any Contributions at any time and for any reason, without notice. We have no obligation to monitor your Contributions.

As part of the functionality of the Site, you may link your account with online accounts you have with third-party service providers (each such account, a “Third-Party Account”) by either: (1) providing your Third-Party Account login information through the Site; or (2) allowing us to access your Third-Party Account, as is permitted under the applicable terms and conditions that govern your use of each Third-Party Account. You represent and warrant that you are entitled to disclose your Third-Party Account login information to us and/or grant us access to your Third-Party Account, without breach by you of any of the terms and conditions that govern your use of the applicable Third-Party Account, and without obligating us to pay any fees or making us subject to any usage limitations imposed by the third-party service provider of the Third-Party Account. By granting us access to any Third-Party Accounts, you understand that (1) we may access, make available, and store (if applicable) any content that you have provided to and stored in your Third-Party Account (the “Social Network Content”) so that it is available on and through the Site via your account, including without limitation any friend lists and (2) we may submit to and receive from your Third-Party Account additional information to the extent you are notified when you link your account with the Third-Party Account. Depending on the Third-Party Accounts you choose and subject to the privacy settings that you have set in such Third-Party Accounts, personally identifiable information that you post to your Third-Party Accounts may be available on and through your account on the Site. Please note that if a Third-Party Account or associated service becomes unavailable or our access to such Third-Party Account is terminated by the third-party service provider, then Social Network Content may no longer be available on and through the Site. You will have the ability to disable the connection between your account on the Site and your Third-Party Accounts at any time.

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR THIRD-PARTY ACCOUNTS IS GOVERNED SOLELY BY YOUR AGREEMENT(S) WITH SUCH THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS.

We make no effort to review any Social Network Content for any purpose, including but not limited to, for accuracy, legality, or non-infringement, and we are not responsible for any Social Network Content. You acknowledge and agree that we may access your email address book associated with a Third-Party Account and your contacts list stored on your mobile device or tablet computer solely for purposes of identifying and informing you of those contacts who have also registered to use the Site. You can deactivate the connection between the Site and your Third-Party Account by contacting us using the contact information below or through your account settings (if applicable). We will attempt to delete any information stored on our servers that was obtained through such Third-Party Account, except the username and profile picture that become associated with your account.

You acknowledge and agree that any questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, feedback, or other information regarding the Site or the Services (“Feedback”) provided by you to us are non-confidential and shall become our sole property. We shall own exclusive rights, including all intellectual property rights, and shall be entitled to the unrestricted use and dissemination of Feedback for any lawful purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you. You hereby waive all moral rights to any such Feedback, and you hereby warrant that any such Feedback are original with you or that you have the right to submit such Feedback. You agree there shall be no recourse against us for any alleged or actual infringement or misappropriation of any proprietary right in your Feedback.

The Site may contain (or you may be sent via the Site or the Services) links to other websites (“Third-Party Websites”) as well as articles, photographs, text, graphics, pictures, designs, music, sound, video, information, applications, software, and other content or items belonging to or originating from third parties (“Third-Party Content”). Such Third-Party Websites and Third-Party Content are not investigated, monitored, or checked for accuracy, appropriateness, or completeness by us, and we are not responsible for any Third Party Websites accessed through the Site or any Third-Party Content posted on, available through, or installed from the Site, including the content, accuracy, offensiveness, opinions, reliability, privacy practices, or other policies of or contained in the Third-Party Websites or the Third-Party Content. Inclusion of, linking to, or permitting the use or installation of any Third-Party Websites or any Third-Party Content does not imply approval or endorsement thereof by us. If you decide to leave the Site and access the Third-Party Websites or to use or install any Third-Party Content, you do so at your own risk, and you should be aware these Terms of Use no longer govern. You should review the applicable terms and policies, including privacy and data gathering practices, of any Third-Party Website to which you navigate from the Site or relating to any applications or other Third-Party Content you use or install from the Site. Any purchases you make through ThirdParty Websites will be through other websites and from other companies, and we take no responsibility whatsoever in relation to such purchases which are exclusively between you and the applicable third party. You agree and acknowledge that we do not endorse the products or services offered on Third-Party Websites and you shall hold us harmless from any harm caused by your purchase of such products or services. Additionally, you shall hold us harmless from any losses sustained by you or harm caused to you relating to or resulting in any way from any Third-Party Content or any contact with Third-Party Websites.

Unless otherwise indicated, the Site and the Services are our proprietary property and all source code, databases, functionality, software, website designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics on the Site (collectively, the “Content”) and the trademarks, service marks, and logos contained therein (the “Marks”) are owned or controlled by us or licensed to us, and are protected by copyright and trademark laws and various other intellectual property rights and unfair competition laws of the United States, international copyright laws, and international conventions. The Content and the Marks are provided on the Site “AS IS” for your information and personal use only. Except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use, no part of the Site or the Services and no Content or Marks may be copied, reproduced, aggregated, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted, distributed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose whatsoever, without our express prior written permission.

Provided that you are eligible to use the Site and Services and contingent upon your compliance with these Terms of Use, upon your registration of an account with us via the Site, you are granted a limited license (1) to access and use the Site and to download or print a copy of any portion of the Content to which you have properly gained access and (2) to publish Content designated on the Site as permitted for publication by the inclusion of a “share” link or similar functionality, including information provided on any Impact Page that Carbon Credits makes available to you through the Services. We reserve all rights not expressly granted to you in and to the Site, the Content and the Marks.

We care about data privacy and security. By using the Site or the Services, you agree to be bound by our Privacy Policy posted on the Site, which is incorporated into these Terms of Use. Please be advised the Site and the Services are hosted in the United States. If you access the Site or the Services from any other region of the world with laws or subject to other requirements governing personal data collection, use, or disclosure, then through your continued use of the Site, you are transferring your data to the United States, and you agree to have your data transferred to and processed in the United States.

We will maintain certain data that you transmit to the Site for the purpose of managing the performance of the Services, as well as data relating to your use of the Services, and we will treat such data consistent with our Privacy Policy. Although we perform regular routine backups of data, you are solely responsible for all data that you transmit or that relates to any activity you have undertaken using the Services. You agree that we shall have no liability to you for any loss or corruption of any such data, and you hereby waive any right of action against us arising from any such loss or corruption of such data.

We respect the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that any material available on or through the Site and/or the Services infringes upon any copyright you own or control, please immediately notify us by following the steps set forth in our Copyright and Intellectual Property Policy (“Copyright Policy”). As described in more detail in the Copyright Policy, a copy of your notification will be sent to the person who posted or stored the material addressed in the notification. Please be advised that, pursuant to applicable law, you may be held liable for damages if you make material misrepresentations in a notification made under the Copyright Policy. Thus, if you are not sure that material located on or linked to by the Site and/or the Services infringes your copyright, you should consider first contacting an attorney.

Products available through the Services may be subject to U.S. export and re-export control laws and regulations or similar laws applicable in other jurisdictions, including the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) maintained by the U.S. Department of Commerce, trade and economic sanctions maintained by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) maintained by the Department of State. By making any purchase through the Services, you warrant that you are (1) not located in any country to which the United States has embargoed goods or has otherwise applied any economic sanctions; and (2) not a denied party as specified in any applicable export or re-export laws or regulations or similar laws applicable in other jurisdictions.

You agree to comply with all applicable export and reexport control laws and regulations, including the EAR, trade and economic sanctions maintained by OFAC, and the ITAR. Specifically, you agree that you shall not – directly or indirectly – sell, export, reexport, transfer, divert, or otherwise dispose of any products, software, or technology (including products derived from or based on such technology) received from Carbon Credits pursuant to these Terms of Use to any destination, entity, or person prohibited by any applicable laws or regulations of the United States or any other jurisdiction without obtaining prior authorization from the competent government authorities as required by those laws and regulations.

These Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect while you use the Site or Services and until terminated by Carbon Credits or you. Following such termination, you may no longer use the Site or Services for any purpose unless you agree to be bound by the Terms of Use again at the time of such use. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you acknowledge and agree that the perpetual license granted by you in relation to Contributions, including Feedback, is irrevocable and will therefore continue after expiry or termination of any of the Agreements for any reason.

WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THESE TERMS OF USE, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION AND WITHOUT NOTICE OR LIABILITY, DENY ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SITE AND THE SERVICES (INCLUDING BLOCKING CERTAIN IP ADDRESSES), TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY REASON OR FOR NO REASON, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION FOR BREACH OF ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, OR COVENANT CONTAINED IN THESE TERMS OF USE OR OF ANY APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION. WE MAY TERMINATE YOUR USE OR PARTICIPATION IN THE SITE AND THE SERVICES OR DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT AND ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION THAT YOU POSTED AT ANY TIME, WITHOUT WARNING, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION.

If we terminate or suspend your account for any reason, you are prohibited from registering and creating a new account under your name, a fake or borrowed name, or the name of any third party, even if you may be acting on behalf of the third party. In addition to terminating or suspending your account, we reserve the right to take appropriate legal action, including without limitation pursuing civil, criminal, and injunctive redress. If any information are allocated to your Carbon Credits Account at the time the account is terminated or suspended, you will have 30 (thirty) calendar days to instruct us whether to delete or send to on your behalf. If after such period you have not provided us instructions, we will retire such information on your behalf.

If you or Carbon Credits terminates these Terms of Use with respect to you, or if we suspend your access to the Site and Services, you agree that we shall have no liability or responsibility to you, and we will not refund any amounts that you have already paid, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law. You may terminate these Terms of Use as applicable to you at any time by terminating your account with us. To learn how to terminate your account, please contact us through the contact information provided at the end of these Terms of Use. Sections that, by their nature, should survive termination of these Terms of Use shall survive termination. By way of example, all of the following will survive termination: any obligation you have to pay us or indemnify us, any limitations on our liability, any terms regarding ownership or intellectual property rights, and terms regarding disputes between us, including without limitation the Arbitration Agreement in Section 21.

We reserve the right to change, modify, or remove the contents of the Site or the functionality of the Services at any time or for any reason at our sole discretion without notice. However, we have no obligation to update any information on our Site. We also reserve the right to modify or discontinue all or part of the Services without notice at any time. Except as expressly provided in a written agreement executed by us, we will not be liable to you or any third party for any modification, price change, suspension, or discontinuance of the Site or the Services.

We cannot guarantee the Site and the Services will be available at all times. We may

experience hardware, software, or other problems or need to perform maintenance related to the Site, resulting in interruptions, delays, or errors. We reserve the right to change, revise, update, suspend, discontinue, or otherwise modify the Site or the Services at any time or for any reason without notice to you. You agree that we have no liability whatsoever for any loss, damage, or inconvenience caused by your inability to access or use the Site or the Services during any downtime or discontinuance of the Site or the Services. Nothing in these Terms of Use will be construed to obligate us to maintain and support the Site or the Services or to supply any corrections, updates, or releases in connection therewith.

EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS OF USE OR IN ANY SEPARATE WRITTEN AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND Carbon Credits, THE SITE AND THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN AS-IS AND AS- AVAILABLE BASIS. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND THE SERVICES WILL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE AND THE SERVICES AND YOUR USE THEREOF, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS OF USE. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS OF USE, WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE SITE’S CONTENT OR THE CONTENT OF ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO THE SITE, AND WE WILL ASSUME NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY (1) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT AND MATERIALS, (2) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SITE, (3) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (4) ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM THE SITE OR THE SERVICES, (5) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH THE SITE BY ANY THIRD PARTY, AND/OR (6) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT AND MATERIALS OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA THE SITE. WE DO NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE ADVERTISED OR OFFERED BY A THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE SITE, ANY HYPERLINKED WEBSITE, OR ANY WEBSITE OR MOBILE APPLICATION FEATURED IN ANY BANNER OR OTHER ADVERTISING, AND WE WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY THIRDPARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.

IN NO EVENT WILL Carbon Credits OR OUR DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFIT, LOST REVENUE, LOSS OF DATA, OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR THE SERVICES, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, OUR LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION, WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF (1) THE AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU TO US DURING THE SIX (6) MONTH PERIOD PRIOR TO ANY CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OR (2) $100.

THIS SECTION APPLIES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless, including our subsidiaries, affiliates, and all of our respective officers, agents, partners, and employees, from and against any loss, damage, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, made by any third party due to or arising out of: (1) your Contributions; (2) your use of the Services; (3) your breach of these Terms of Use; (4) any breach or inaccuracy of your representations and warranties set forth in these Terms of Use; (5) your violation of the rights of a third party, including but not limited to intellectual property rights; or (6) any overt harmful act by you toward any other user of the Site or the Services with whom you connected via the Site. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we reserve the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to cooperate, at your expense, with our defense of such claims. We will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action, or proceeding which is subject to this indemnification upon becoming aware of it.

These terms shall be governed by the laws of the State of Texas without regard to choice or conflicts of law principles. Further, you and Carbon Credits agree to the jurisdiction of the State of Texas to resolve any dispute, claim, or controversy that relates to or arises in connection with the Agreements (and any non-contractual disputes/claims relating to or arising in connection with them).

Carbon Credits may assign any of its rights and/or obligations under these Terms of Use, in whole or in part. You may not assign these Terms of Use, in whole or in part, nor transfer or sub-license your rights under these Terms of Use, to any third party, except with Carbon

Credits’s written consent.

Other than as stated in this section or as explicitly agreed upon in writing between you and Carbon Credits, these Terms of Use, all provisions incorporated by reference herein and any policies or operating rules posted by us on the Site, constitute all the terms and conditions agreed upon between you and Carbon Credits and supersede any prior agreements in relation to the subject matter of these Terms of Use, whether written or oral.

 

Please note, however, that certain aspects of your use of the Services may be governed by additional agreements. When you are presented with an offer for such aspects of your use of the Services, you will be presented with any related additional agreement, and you may have an opportunity to agree to additional terms. To the extent that there is any irreconcilable conflict between any additional terms and these Terms of Use, the additional terms shall prevail.

Carbon Credits shall not be liable in any manner or be deemed to be in breach of these Terms of Use because of any delay in performing or any failure to perform any of Carbon Credits’s obligations under these Terms of Use (including but not limited to the purchase of carbon credits on Carbon Credits’s behalf) if the delay or failure was due to any cause beyond the Carbon Credits’s reasonable control (which shall include, but not be limited to government actions, war, fire, explosion, flood, acts of terrorism, import or export regulations or embargoes, labor disputes or inability to obtain or a delay in obtaining supplies of goods or labor).

Unless otherwise stated in these Terms of Use, should any provision of these Terms of Use be held invalid or unenforceable for any reason or to any extent, such invalidity or enforceability shall not in any manner affect or render invalid or unenforceable the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use, and the application of that provision shall be enforced to the extent permitted by law.

Any failure by Carbon Credits or any third party beneficiary to enforce these Terms of Use or any provision thereof shall not waive ours or the applicable third party beneficiary’s right to do so.

As used in these Terms of Use, the words “include” and “including,” and variations thereof, will be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”

You consent to receive electronic communications, and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Site, satisfy any legal requirement that such communication be in writing. YOU HEREBY AGREE TO THE USE OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES, CONTRACTS, ORDERS, AND OTHER RECORDS, AND TO ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF NOTICES, POLICIES, AND RECORDS OF TRANSACTIONS INITIATED OR COMPLETED BY US OR VIA THE SITE. You hereby waive any rights or requirements under any statutes, regulations, rules, ordinances, or other laws in any jurisdiction which require an original signature or delivery or retention of non-electronic records, or to payments or the granting of credits by any means other than electronic means.