The following are
the terms and conditions (the "Terms") under which you (a "User")
may use the web sites and co-branded web sites of Yacht Capital
Group (the "Company") at
www.yachtcapitalgroup.com and/or any other addresses (any or
all of which are herein referred to as the "Web Site"). Please
read this page carefully. By accessing and using the Web Site, you
accept and agree to be bound, without modification, limitation or
qualification, by the Terms. The Company may, at its sole
discretion, modify or revise the Terms at any time by updating the
text of this page. You are bound by any such modification or
revision and should therefore visit this page periodically to
review the Terms.
Specific rules, in addition to these
Terms, are provided with respect to transactions conducted on or
in connection with the Web Site, and other rules may be provided
for the use of certain other items, areas or services provided on
or in connection with the Web Site, and you agree to be bound by
such rules.
YOUR USE OF THE WEB SITE CONSTITUTES YOUR AGREEMENT TO ALL TERMS,
CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES CONTAINED HEREIN OR OTHERWISE POSTED ON
THE WEB SITE. (THE CONTENT OF SUCH AGREEMENT, INCLUSIVE OF THE
TERMS AND ALL SUCH ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS AND NOTICES, ARE TOGETHER
REFERRED TO HEREIN AS THE "AGREEMENT.") IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT ANY
OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT, DO NOT USE THE WEB SITE.
Section 1. The Material on the Web Site
WARNING: The content of the Web Site is not intended for
minors. If you allow your child to use your computer, it is your
responsibility to determine whether any of the services, content
and subject matter displayed on the Web Site is inappropriate for
your child, and to control the child's use of the computer
accordingly. If you yourself find offensive content of the type
referred to above, you should not use the Web Site.
The contents of the Web Site, such as text, graphics, images,
audio, video, data, coding, scripts, computer programs and other
material ("Material" or "Materials"), are protected by copyright
under the laws of the Netherland Antilles as well as other
countries, and are owned or controlled by the Company or by third
parties that have licensed their Material to the Company.
Unauthorized use of the Material may violate copyright, trademark,
and other laws. You may not sell, prepare derivative works based
on or modify the Material (including, without limitation,
preparation of summaries of the Material or "thumbnails" of any
images therein), or reproduce, publicly display, publicly perform,
distribute, or otherwise use the Material in any way for any
public or commercial purpose. The use of the Material or any
portion thereof on any other web site, or in any publication,
database, catalog or compilation, or in a networked computer
environment for any purpose other than personal browsing of the
Web Site without the express prior written permission of the
Company is strictly prohibited. With respect to any copy you make
of the Material within the scope of the limited personal license
granted herein, you must retain therein, unmodified and unobscured,
any and all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in
the original Material. Some of the Material may contain digital
"watermarks" to indicate their source and ownership. You agree not
to attempt to remove, deactivate, reverse engineer, modify, tamper
with or obscure any such watermarks. The trademarks, logos and
service marks (the "Marks") displayed on the Web Site are owned by
the Company or third parties. You are prohibited from using the
Marks without the express, prior written permission of the Company
or such third party. If you would like information about obtaining
the Company's permission to use the Material on your web site,
info@yachtcapitalgroup.com.
The Company reserves the right to employ robot exclusion headers
and similar mechanisms within the Web Site, and you agree that you
and all persons and facilities under your control will honor such
headers and mechanisms. Regardless of the presence or absence of
any such headers or mechanisms, and without limiting the
generality of any other restriction on use of the Web Site or the
Material set forth in this Agreement, you will not in any event
use any robot, spider, or other automatic or manual device or
process for the purpose of compiling information regarding the
identification, address or other attributes of any of our Users,
or sellers, or to recreate in original or modified form any
substantial portion of the Web Site. You further agree not to use
any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to
interfere with the proper functioning of the Web Site or any
transactions being conducted on or in connection with the Web
Sites. You agree that you will not take any action that imposes an
unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our servers or
systems.
If you violate any provision of the Agreement, your permission to
use the Material and the Web Site automatically terminate and you
must immediately destroy any copies you have made of the Material.
The Company respects the intellectual property of others, and we
ask our Users to do the same.
Section 2. Privacy; User Submissions
The Company is committed to maintaining your privacy. The Company
does, however, gather certain information that you provide to the
Web Site. For information regarding the Company's policies for
using User information please read our
Privacy Policy.
The Company may provide certain areas of the Web Site (such as
chat rooms, message boards or other facilities) designated as open
to public access or to our Users at large (each of which is
referred to herein as a "Public Area"). Generally, any
communication that you post to a Public Area is considered to be
non-confidential.
By posting communications (including any graphic or multimedia
content) to any Public Area, you automatically grant the Company a
royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable non-exclusive license to use,
reproduce, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, publicly
perform, and publicly display the communication and any
trademarks, names or likenesses therein alone or as part of
compilations or other works in any form, media, or technology
whether now known or hereafter developed, and to sublicense such
rights through multiple tiers of sub licensees. (Provisions
conferring similar rights on the Company may apply under separate
terms or agreements with respect to certain matter submitted other
than in Public Areas; you should check the applicable agreements
or terms provided by the Company in order to ascertain your
rights.)
The Company does not screen communications in advance and is not
responsible for screening or monitoring material posted by Users.
As a User, you are responsible for your own communications and are
responsible for the consequences of their posting. You must not do
any of the following things while accessing or using the Web Site
or using the Material: (1) post or transmit any material unless
you are the owner of all patent, trademark, copyright, trade
secret or other proprietary rights ("Rights") therein, or have the
permission of the owner of the Rights to post or transmit such
material to the Web Site; (2) post material that otherwise
violates any Rights of any third party or violates or infringes on
the privacy or publicity rights of third parties; (3) post
material that is obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing,
abusive, hateful, embarrassing or otherwise objectionable to
another User or any other person or entity; (4) post
sexually-explicit language or images; (5) post advertisements or
solicitations of business; (6) post or transmit any chain letters
or pyramid schemes; (7) impersonate another person or entity; (8)
intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local,
state, national or international law while using or accessing the
Web Site or the Material; or (9) post or transmit any information
containing a virus or other harmful component.
If notified by a User of communications that allegedly do not
conform to any term of this Agreement, the Company may investigate
the allegation and determine in its sole discretion whether to
remove or request the removal of the communication. The Company
has no liability or responsibility to Users for performance or
non-performance of such activities. The Company reserves the
right, in its sole discretion, to expel Users and prevent their
further access to the Web Site for violating this Agreement or the
law. The Company also reserves the right at all times to disclose
any information as necessary or deemed desirable by the Company to
satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or
governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any
information or materials, in whole or in part, in the Company's
sole discretion.
THE COMPANY DOES NOT ENDORSE, SUPPORT, REPRESENT OR GUARANTEE THE
TRUTHFULNESS, ACCURACY, OR RELIABILITY OF ANY COMMUNICATIONS
POSTED BY OTHER USERS OR ENDORSE ANY OPINIONS EXPRESSED BY USERS.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY RELIANCE ON MATERIAL POSTED BY OTHER
USERS WILL BE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Section 3. Registration, Passwords and Signatures
In consideration of your use of the Web Site, you agree to: (a)
provide true, accurate, current and complete information about
yourself as prompted by any registration form that you may fill
out on any Web Site (such information being the "Registration
Data") and (b) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data
to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide
any Registration Data that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or
incomplete, or the Company has grounds to suspect that such
Registration Data is untrue, inaccurate, not current or
incomplete, the Company has the right to suspend or terminate your
account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Web
Site (or any portion thereof).
You may receive a password and/or account designation, or a
digital signature upon completing the registration process on the
Company's Web Site. You are responsible for maintaining the
confidentiality of any such password, digital signature and
account, and are fully responsible for all activities that occur
under your password, digital signature or account. You agree to
(a) immediately notify the Company of any unauthorized use of your
password, digital signature or account or any other breach of
security, and (b) ensure that you exit from your account at the
end of each session. The Company cannot and will not be liable for
any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this
paragraph.
Section 4. Links to Other Sites
The Web Site may contain links to third-party web sites that are
maintained by others. These links are provided solely as a
convenience to you and not as an endorsement by the Company of the
contents of such third-party web sites. The Company is not
responsible for the content of linked third-party sites and does
not make any representations regarding the content or accuracy of
materials on such third-party web sites. If you decide to access
linked third-party web sites, you do so at your own risk.
Section 5. Liability Disclaimers
All properties featured on the Web Site are subject to prior sale,
price changes, and withdrawal without notice. The Company believes
all material and editorial to be correct but assumes no legal
responsibility for accuracy. The Material may contain inaccuracies
or typographical errors. The Company makes no representations
about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of
the Material or about the results to be obtained from using the
Web Site and the Material. Any use of the Web Site and the
Material is at your own risk. Advice received via the Web Site
should not be relied upon for personal, medical, legal, or
financial decisions, and you should consult an appropriate
professional for specific advice tailored to your situation.
Changes are periodically made to the Web Site and may be made at
any time. Some Material on the Web Site is provided by third
parties, and the Company shall not be held responsible for any
such Material provided by third parties.
You acknowledge and agree that, in the event that there are
discrepancies or differences between the descriptions of real
property provided on the Web Site and the actual physical real
property, the latter will in all events be considered to be
authoritative and controlling.
THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEB SITE WILL OPERATE
ERROR-FREE, CONTINUOUSLY OR WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, OR THAT THE WEB
SITE OR ITS SERVER ARE FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL
CONTENT. IF YOUR USE OF THE WEB SITE OR THE MATERIAL RESULTS IN
THE NEED FOR SERVICING OR REPLACING EQUIPMENT OR DATA, THE COMPANY
IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE COSTS.
THE WEB SITE AND MATERIAL ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT
ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. THE COMPANY AND ITS SUPPLIERS, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES,
INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF
PROPRIETARY OR THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS, AND THE WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE COMPANY AND ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO
WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS, OR
TIMELINESS OF THE MATERIAL, SERVICES, SOFTWARE TEXT, GRAPHICS, AND
LINKS. SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OF
IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMER MAY NOT APPLY TO
YOU. THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS AND YOU MAY
ALSO HAVE OTHER LEGAL RIGHTS WHICH VARY DEPENDING ON YOUR
STATE/JURISDICTION.
Section 6. Disclaimers of Certain Damages
IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE WEB SITE, OR WITH
ANY PROVISION OF THE AGREEMENT, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS
TO DISCONTINUE USING THE WEB SITE. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL
THE COMPANY BE LIABLE TO ANY USER OR ANY THIRD PARTY ON ACCOUNT OF
THAT USER'S USE OF THE WEB SITE. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COMPANY
AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY SUCH THIRD PARTY FOR
ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS,
ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE
OF THE WEB SITE, THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE WEB SITE, THE
PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY
INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS
OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEB SITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE
OF THE WEB SITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY
OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME
STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF
LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE
LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Section 7. Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Company, its
officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any
losses, liabilities, damages, costs, and expenses, including,
without limitation, reasonable legal, expert and accounting fees,
incurred in connection with any claims, actions or demands
alleging or resulting from your use of the Material (including
Software), your breach of this Agreement, or your violation of law
or of the rights of any third party. The Company shall provide
notice to you promptly of any such claim, suit, or proceeding and,
if it is one asserted by a third party, shall provide reasonable
assistance to you, at your expense, in defending any such claim,
suit or proceeding.
Section 8. Third Party Rights
These terms are for the benefit of Yacht Capital Group and its
Providers, officers, directors, employees, affiliates, agents,
licensors, and suppliers. Each of these individuals or entities
has the right to assert and enforce these terms directly against
you on its or their own behalf.
Section 9. General
The Company makes no claim that the Materials are appropriate for
any particular purpose or audience, or that they may be downloaded
outside of the Netherland Antilles. Access to the Materials
(including Software) may not be legal by certain persons or in
certain countries. If you access the Web Site from outside of the
Netherland Antilles, you are responsible for compliance with the
laws of your jurisdiction.
The Web Site is based in St. Maarten, Netherland Antilles All
legal issues arising from or related to the use of the Web Site
shall be construed in accordance with and determined by the laws
of the Netherland Antilles applicable to contracts entered into
and performed within the Netherland Antilles without respect to
its conflict of laws principles. By using the Web Site, you agree
that the exclusive forums for any claims or causes of action
arising out of your use of the Web Site shall be the federal
courts for or within the Netherland Antilles. You hereby
irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any
objection which you may now or hereafter have to the laying of the
venue of any such proceeding brought in such a court and any claim
that any such proceeding brought in such a court has been brought
in an inconvenient forum.
If any provision of this Agreement is found to be invalid by any
court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such
provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
provisions of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and
effect. The failure of the Company to exercise or enforce any
right or provision of the Agreement shall not constitute a waiver
of such right or provision, and no waiver of any term of this
Agreement shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such
term or any other term. You agree that regardless of any statute
or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out
of or related to use of the Web Site must be filed within one (1)
year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever
barred. This Agreement constitutes the entire Agreement between
you and the Company with respect to the use of the Web Site. Any
changes to this Agreement must be made in writing, signed by an
authorized representative of the Company.