Terms of Use

Welcome to EconAlpha!

By accessing, viewing, linking to or browsing this website, you hereby agree to be bound by these Terms of Use, which together with the Privacy Policy, govern our relationship with you. If you do not agree, do not use this website.

We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to change, modify, add or delete portions of these Terms of Use at any time without prior notice. If the Terms of Use are modified, such changes shall be posted on the website. It is your responsibility to check these Terms of Use periodically for changes. Your continued use of the website after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the modified Terms of Use.

General Information and Non-Commercial Use

You represent and warrant that you are at least eighteen (18) years old and have the power and authority to enter into this agreement with us. This website and the content of the pages of this website is for your general information and personal use only. This website shall not be used in connection with any commercial endeavor.

You may not use this website or any content on the website for any purpose or reason which is unlawful or to solicit the performance of any illegal activity or other activity which may violate federal, state, or local laws or the rights of EconAlpha.

Your Conduct

You agree you shall not:

  1. Modify, adapt, translate, or reverse engineer any portion of website, or use any deep-link, page-scrape, robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other automatic device or similar manual process to access, acquire, copy, or monitor any portion of the website or to otherwise retrieve or index any portion of website;
  2. Reformat or frame any portion of website;
  3. Attempt to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of EconAlpha's network or system, or beach any security or authentication measures;
  4. Falsify any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any content, or in any way use website to send altered, deceptive, or false source-identifying information;
  5. Avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, impair descramble, or otherwise circumvent any measure protecting website;
  6. Remove or alter in any manner any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary right notices contain in or on website;
  7. Interfere with other users use of website;
  8. Use any meta tags, hidden text, or metadata utilizing the EconAlpha trademark, URL, or other product name without EconAlpha's express written consent.
  9. Impersonate or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity, through pre-texting or any other form of social engineering, or otherwise commit fraud;
  10. Resell the website, in whole or in part;
  11. Violate any applicable law, regulation, or ordinance;
  12. Link to the website or any content on the website without EconAlpha's express written consent; or
  13. Use the website in any manner not permitted by these Terms of Use.

Ownership of Content & Proprietary Rights

EconAlpha owns and retains proprietary rights in the website, which contains copyrighted material, trademarks, and other proprietary information of EconAlpha, its licensors and licensees.

All trademarks, service marks, and logos used on the website are the sole property of EconAlpha and/or its licensors. EconAlpha marks include, but shall not be limited to, ECONALPHA®, the ECONALPHA logoSM and other graphics, logos, designs, page headers, button icons, scripts, and service names that are protected by U.S. and international copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. All content created by EconAlpha included on the website, such as text, logos, graphics, images, java scrip code, HTML code, and other software, is the property of EconAlpha.

Nothing in these Terms of Use shall grant you any right or license to use any trademark, service mark, logo, or any other proprietary information contained on the website.

Except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use, no part of the website may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted, or distributed in any way to any other computer, website, or other medium for publication or distribution or for any commercial endeavor, without EconAlpha's express written consent.

Indemnity

YOU SHALL DEFEND, INDEMNIFY, AND HOLD ECONALPHA AND ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, HARMLESS FROM ANY LOSS, DAMAGE, CLAIM OR DEMAND, INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS' FEES, ARISING OUT OF: (1) YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE; (2) YOUR CONNECTION TO WEBSITE; (3) YOUR VIOLATION OF ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE; (4) YOUR VIOLATION OF ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY MADE TO ECONALPHA; OR (5) YOUR VIOLATION OF ANY THIRD PARTY RIGHT, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION TO, ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, DEFAMATION, BREACH OF CONFIDENCE, OR PRIVACY RIGHT.

Your defense and indemnification obligations shall survive these Terms of Use and your use of the website. You are solely responsible for your actions when using the website, including but not limited to, costs incurred for Internet access.

Liability and Disclaimers

You agree that use of the website is at your sole risk. EconAlpha does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any content on the website nor does EconAlpha adopt, endorse, or accept responsibility for the accuracy of any opinion, advice, or statement made by any third party regarding the website. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from us, or from or through use of the website shall create any warranty not expressly stated herein.

We assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of Website.

THE Website is provided on an "as-is" and "as available" basis without any warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to, warranties of title or implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement or otherwise, other than those which are incapable of exclusion, restriction, or modification under the law applicable to these Terms of Use.

EXCEPT IN JURISDICTIONS WHERE SUCH PROVISIONS ARE RESTRICTED, IN NO EVENT SHALL ECONALPHA AND ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, OR EMPLOYEES BE LIABLE TO USER OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR LOST DATA ARISING FROM USER'S USE OF WEBSITE OR OTHER MATERIALS ON OR ACCESSED THROUGH WEBSITE, EVEN IF ECONALPHA IS AWARE OR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. YOUR SOLE REMEDY AGAINST US FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE WEBSITE OR ANY CONTENT ON OR IN THE WEBSITE IS TO STOP USING THE WEBSITE.

Links

The website may contain links to independent third-party websites. These websites are not affiliated with, associated with, or endorsed by EconAlpha. We are not responsible for the terms of use and/or privacy policies of third-party websites. When linking to a third-party website, you should read the terms of use and privacy policy stated on that website. These Terms of Use only governs information contained and collected on EconAlpha's website.

You shall not link to the website on third-party websites without our prior written consent.

Dispute Resolution

You agree that all matters relating to your access of Website, including all disputes will be governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina without regard to its conflicts of law provisions. By using the website, you agree to the personal jurisdiction by and venue in the state and federal courts located in Wake County, North Carolina, and waive any objection to such jurisdiction or venue.

Miscellaneous

The section titles of these Terms of Use are used solely for convenience and have no legal or contractual meaning.

If any provision of the Terms of Use is found invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and all other provisions of the Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect.

The Terms of Use and any other terms and conditions on the website constitute the entire agreement between us and further govern your use of the website and any contact on the website.

Privacy

We do not collect any personal information for a child under the age of thirteen (13). If you are under 13 years of age, please do not use this website or send any information about yourself, including your name, address or email address. If we discover we have any personal information from a child under the age of 13, we will immediately delete that information as soon as possible.