Terms of Use

Last Updated: 11/2/23

1. Acceptance of the Terms of Use
These terms of use are entered into by and between you and Gridvolve, Inc("Company," "we," or "us"). The following terms and conditions, together with any documents they expressly incorporate by reference (collectively, "Terms of Use"), govern your access to and use of the website gridvolve.com (and its subdomains) and any of our other websites or web pages, including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through any of the foregoing (collectively, our "Website").

 

Please read the Terms of Use carefully before you start to use the Website. By using the Website or by clicking to accept or agree to the Terms of Use when this option is made available to you, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy, found at www.gridvolve.com/privacy ("Privacy Policy"), incorporated herein by reference. If you do not want to agree to these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Website.
 

The Website is offered and available to users who are 18 years of age or older. By using this Website, you represent and warrant that you are of legal age to form a binding contract with the Company. If you are accepting these Terms of Use and using the Website on behalf of a company, organization, government, or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to do so and have the authority to bind such entity to these Terms of Use, in which case the words "you" and "your" as used in these Terms of Use shall refer to such entity. If you do not meet all of these requirements, you must not access or use the Website.

 

2. Changes to the Terms of Use

We may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them and apply to all access to and use of the Website thereafter.

 

Your continued use of the Website following the posting of updated or revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. You must check this page each time you access this Website to see if it has been updated since your last visit so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

 

3. Accessing the Website and Account Security

We reserve the right to withdraw or amend this Website, and any service, content, or material we provide on the Website, in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Website, or the entire Website, to users, including registered users. We also retain the right to create limits on use and storage at our sole discretion at any time and may remove or refuse to distribute or post any content.

 

You are responsible for both:
•    Making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Website.
•    Ensuring that all persons who access the Website through your account or internet connection are aware of these Terms of Use and comply with them.

 

To access the Website or some of the resources it offers, you may need to create an account and/or be asked to provide certain registration details or other information. It is a condition of your use of the Website that all the information you provide on the Website is correct, current, and complete. If you make any changes to your information such as changing your phone number or email address, you must update your account or registration with the new information. You agree that all information you provide to register with this Website or otherwise, including, but not limited to, through the use of any interactive features on the Website, is governed by our Privacy Policy www.gridvolve.com/privacy, and you consent to all actions we take with respect to your information consistent with our Privacy Policy.

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

 

We have the right to disable, remove, reclaim, or terminate any user name, password, or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by us, at any time in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use.
 

Subject to the terms of any separate, written agreement between you and Company, we may suspend or terminate your account at any time for any or no reason, including, but not limited to, if: (i) you violate these Terms of Use, (ii) you fail to pay any amounts due to Company; (iii) your account has had prolonged inactivity; (iv) you violate the terms of any other agreement with Company; or (v) we elect to discontinue offering the Website. We will make reasonable efforts to notify you by the email address associated with your account or the next time you attempt to access your account, depending on the circumstances.

 

4. Intellectual Property Rights

The Website and its entire contents, features, and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video, and audio, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof) are owned by the Company, its licensors, or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.

 

Subject to the payment of any applicable fees and entering into any other agreements that may be required by Company, these Terms of Use permit you to use the features and functions that are expressly made available for use by authorized users of the Website in the manner and for the purposes stated on the Website ("Permitted Use"). You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the material on our Website, except (i) as may be expressly allowed by the Permitted Use and (ii) as follows:
•    Your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials.
•    You may store files that are automatically cached by your Web browser for display enhancement purposes.
•    You may print or download one copy of a reasonable number of pages of the Website for your own personal use (or that of the entity or organization on whose behalf you are agreeing to these Terms of Use) and not for further reproduction, publication, or distribution.
•    If we provide desktop, mobile, or other applications for download, you may download a single copy to your computer or mobile device solely for your own personal use (or that of the entity or organization on whose behalf you are agreeing to these Terms of Use), provided you agree to be bound by our end user license agreement for such applications.
•    If we provide social media features with certain content, you may take such actions as are enabled by such features.

 

You must not:
•    Modify copies of any materials from the Website.
•    Use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences, or any graphics separately from the accompanying text.
•    Delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from the Website.
If you wish to make any use of material on the Website other than as permitted in this section, please address your request to support@gridvolve.com.

 

Any feedback, comments, or suggestions you may provide regarding the Website may be used by Company for any purpose and in any manner without any obligation to you. ​
 

If you print, copy, modify, download, or otherwise use or provide any other person (other than authorized users of the entity or organization on whose behalf you are agreeing to these Terms of Use) with access to any part of the Website in breach of the Terms of Use, your right to use the Website will stop immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. No right, title, or interest in or to the Website or any content on the Website is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by the Company. Any use of the Website not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws.

 

5. Trademarks

Company's name and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans are trademarks of Company or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without the express, prior written permission of Company. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans on this Website are the trademarks of their respective owners.

 

6. Prohibited Uses

You may use the Website only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use. You agree not to use the Website:
•    In any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local, or international law or regulation (including, without limitation, any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the US or other countries).
•    For the purpose of exploiting, harming, or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable information, or otherwise.
•    To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use, or re-use any material that does not comply with the Content Standards set out in these Terms of Use.
•    To transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material (except for the use of features of the Website that are designed to allow users to market their needs and products and services to one another as may be allowed by the Permitted Use), including any "junk mail," "chain letter," "spam," or any other similar solicitation.
•    To impersonate or attempt to impersonate Company, a Company employee, another user, or any other person or entity (including, without limitation, by using email addresses or screen names associated with any of the foregoing).
•    To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of the Website, or which, as determined by us, may harm Company or users of the Website, or expose them to liability.

Additionally, you agree not to:
•    Use the Website in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the site or interfere with any other party's use of the Website, including their ability to engage in real time activities through the Website.
•    Use any robot, spider, or other automatic device, process, or means to access the Website for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on the Website; provided, however, that crawling the Website is permissible if done in accordance with the provisions of the robots.txt file, but scraping the Website without the prior, written consent of Company is expressly prohibited.
•    Use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the material on the Website in a manner that is not expressly allowed by the Permitted Use, or for any other purpose not expressly authorized in these Terms of Use, without our prior written consent.
•    Access or search or attempt to access or search the Website by any means (automated or otherwise) other than through our currently available, published interfaces that are provided by Company, unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate, written agreement with Company.
•    Use any device, software, or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Website.
•    Introduce any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful.
•    Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage, or disrupt any parts of the Website, the server on which the Website is stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to the Website.
•    Attack the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.
•    Otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website.

 

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

All User Contributions must comply with the Content Standards set out in these Terms of Use.
You will retain ownership of any User Contributions that you own and post to the Website. But any User Contribution you post to the site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary.

 

By submitting, posting, displaying, or otherwise using User Contributions on or through the Website, you grant Company and its affiliates, successors, and assigns a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable fully paid-up, royalty-free license to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute such User Contributions in any and all media or distribution methods (now known or later developed), including the right to sublicense and make derivative works. This license authorizes us to make your User Contributions available to the rest of the world and to let others do the same. You agree that this license includes, but is not limited to, the right for Company to use the User Contributions to provide, promote, and improve the Website and to make User Contributions submitted to or through the Website available to other companies, organizations or individuals for the syndication, broadcast, distribution, promotion, or publication of such User Contributions on other media and through the Website. Such uses by Company or other companies, organizations, or individuals may be made with no compensation paid to you with respect to the User Contributions that you submit, post, transmit or otherwise make available through the Website.

 

You represent and warrant that:
•    You own or control all rights in and to the User Contributions and have the right to grant the license granted above.
•    All of your User Contributions do and will comply with these Terms of Use.

You agree that Company and its third-party providers and partners may place advertising on the Website or in connection with the display of User Contributions or other content whether submitted by you or others. ​

You understand and agree that we may modify or adapt your User Contributions as they are distributed, syndicated, published, or broadcast by us and our partners and make changes to your User Contributions in order to adapt the User Contributions to different media and for other purposes.

 

You understand and acknowledge that you are responsible for any User Contributions you submit or contribute, and you, not Company, have full responsibility for such content, including its legality, reliability, accuracy, and appropriateness. We are not responsible or liable to you or any third party for the content or accuracy of any User Contributions posted by you or any other user of the Website.

 

8. Monitoring and Enforcement; Termination

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

 

Without limiting the foregoing, we have the right to cooperate fully with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or other information of anyone posting any materials on or through the Website. YOU WAIVE AND HOLD HARMLESS THE COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSEES, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS FROM ANY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION TAKEN BY THE COMPANY OR ANY OF THE FOREGOING PARTIES DURING, OR TAKEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF, INVESTIGATIONS BY EITHER THE COMPANY, SUCH PARTIES OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.

 

We also reserve the right to access, read, preserve, and disclose any information as we reasonably believe is necessary to (i) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request, (ii) enforce these Terms of Use, including investigation of potential violations hereof, (iii) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security, or technical issues, (iv) respond to user support requests, or (v) protect the rights, property or safety of Company, its users and the public.

 

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

 

9. Content Standards

These content standards apply to any and all User Contributions and use of Interactive Services. User Contributions must in their entirety comply with all applicable federal, state, local, and international laws and regulations. Without limiting the foregoing, User Contributions must not:
•    Contain any material that is defamatory, obscene, indecent, abusive, offensive, harassing, violent, hateful, inflammatory, or otherwise objectionable.
•    Promote sexually explicit or pornographic material, violence, or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age.
•    Infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other intellectual property or other rights of any other person.
•    Violate the legal rights (including the rights of publicity and privacy) of others or contain any material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under applicable laws or regulations or that otherwise may be in conflict with these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy.
•    Be likely to deceive any person.
•    Promote any illegal activity, or advocate, promote, or assist any unlawful act.
•    Cause annoyance, inconvenience, or needless anxiety or be likely to upset, embarrass, alarm, or annoy any other person.
•    Impersonate any person, or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person or organization.
•    Give the impression that they emanate from or are endorsed by us or any other person or entity, if this is not the case.

 

10. Copyright Infringement

If you believe that any User Contributions violate your copyright, please contact us at support@gridvolve.com

 

11. Reliance on Information Posted

The information presented on or through the Website is made available solely for general information purposes. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of this information. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you or any other visitor to the Website, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.
 

This Website includes content provided by third parties, including materials provided by other users, and third-party licensors, syndicators, aggregators, and/or reporting services. All statements and/or opinions expressed in these materials, and all articles and responses to questions and other content, other than the content provided by Company, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials. These materials do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Company. We are not responsible, or liable to you or any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third parties.

 

12. Changes to the Website

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

 

13. Information About You and Your Visits to the Website

All information we collect on this Website is subject to our Privacy Policy www.gridvolve.com/privacy. By using the Website, you consent to all actions taken by us with respect to your information in compliance with the Privacy Policy.

 

14. Other Terms and Conditions

Additional terms and conditions may also apply to specific portions, services, or features of the Website. All such additional terms and conditions are hereby incorporated by this reference into these Terms of Use.

 

15. Linking to the Website and Social Media Features

You may link to our homepage, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval, or endorsement on our part.
This Website may provide certain social media features that enable you to:
•    Link from your own or certain third-party websites to certain content on this Website.
•    Send emails or other communications with certain content, or links to certain content, on this Website.
•    Cause limited portions of content on this Website to be displayed or appear to be displayed on your own or certain third-party websites.

You may use these features solely as they are provided by us and solely with respect to the content they are displayed with, and otherwise in accordance with any additional terms and conditions we provide with respect to such features. Subject to the foregoing, you must not:
•    Establish a link from any website that is not owned by you.
•    Cause the Website or portions of it to be displayed on, or appear to be displayed by, any other site, for example, framing, deep linking, or in-line linking.
•    Link to any part of the Website other than the homepage.
•    Otherwise take any action with respect to the materials on this Website that is inconsistent with any other provision of these Terms of Use.

You agree to cooperate with us in causing any unauthorized framing or linking immediately to stop. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
We may disable all or any social media features and any links at any time without notice in our discretion.

 

16. Links from the Website

If the Website contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your convenience only. This includes links contained in advertisements and sponsored links. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access any of the third-party websites linked to this Website, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites.

 

17. Geographic Restrictions

The owner of the Website is based in the State of Virginia in the United States. We provide this Website for use only by persons located in the United States. We make no claims that the Website or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. Access to the Website may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Website from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

 

18. Disclaimer of Warranties

You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the internet or the Website will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our site for any reconstruction of any lost data. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES, OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA, OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON IT, OR ON ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT.
 

YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY, OR AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBSITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE, OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT OUR SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE COMPANY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

 

19. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL COMPANY, ITS AFFILIATES, OR THEIR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS, OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUES, WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO IT, ANY CONTENT OR SERVICES ON THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY, ITS AFFILIATES, OR THEIR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS, OR DIRECTORS EXCEED THE GREATER OF ONE THOUSAND U.S. DOLLARS (U.S. $1,000.00) OR THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO THE COMPANY, IF ANY, IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS FOR THE USE OF THE WEBSITE. THE LIMITATIONS OF THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, STATUTE, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE AND STRICT LIABILITY) OR OTHERWISE, AND WHETHER OR NOT COMPANY HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH DAMAGE, AND EVEN IF A REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

 

20. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, licensors, and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Use or your use of the Website, including, but not limited to, your User Contributions, any use of the Website's content, services, and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use, or your use of any information obtained from the Website.

 

21. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

All matters relating to the Website and these Terms of Use, and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Virginia without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule.
Any legal suit, action, or proceeding arising out of, or related to, these Terms of Use or the Website shall be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of the United States or the courts of the State of Virginia, in each case located in the City of Fredericksburg, or if the applicable court is not located within such city, then in the applicable court located in the State of Virginia that is nearest to such city. You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.

If you are a federal, state, or local government entity in the United States using the Website in your official capacity and legally unable to accept the controlling law, jurisdiction, or venue clauses above, then those clauses do not apply to you. For such U.S. federal government entities, these Terms of Use and any action related thereto will be governed by the laws of the United States of America (without reference to conflict of laws) and, in the absence of federal law and to the extent permitted under federal law, the laws of the State of Virginia (excluding choice of law).

 

22. Arbitration

At Company's sole discretion, it may require you to submit any disputes arising from these Terms of Use or use of the Website, including disputes arising from or concerning their interpretation, violation, invalidity, non-performance, or termination, to final and binding arbitration under the Rules of Arbitration of the American Arbitration Association applying the law of the State of Virginia.

 

23. Limitation on Time to File Claims

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

 

24. Waiver and Severability

No waiver by the Company of any term or condition set out in these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of the Company to assert a right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect.

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25. Entire Agreement

These Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy, and any other Company documents expressly referenced herein constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and Gridvolve Inc regarding the Website and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations, and warranties, both written and oral, regarding the Website. The following sections shall survive any termination of your account or of this agreement: Disclaimer of Warranties, Limitation of Liability, Indemnification, Governing Law and Jurisdiction, Arbitration, Limitation on Time to File Claims, and any provisions regarding the ownership of intellectual property.

You may end your legal agreement with Company at any time by deactivating your account and discontinuing your use of the Website. Please contact us via support@gridvolve.com for instructions on how to deactivate your account.

 

26. Your Comments and Concerns
This website is operated by Gridvolve Inc.

 

All other feedback, comments, requests for technical support, and other communications relating to the Website should be directed to support@gridvolve.com