Table of Contents
Use of the Service
Username and Password
Unauthorized Use
User Conduct
No Spam
Termination of Access
Intellectual Property
Disclaimer
Communications with Arca Noae
Privacy
Changes
Indemnification
Severability
International Access
Force Majeure
Arbitration
Governing Law
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Notice
Questions
Cryptocurrency Payment Policy
This web site (the “Website”) is maintained by Arca Noae, LLC (“we,” “us,” or “Arca Noae”) and provides information and access to Arca Noae’s services, including the Website and other Arca Noae services, collectively referred to as, the “Service”).
Your access and use of the service is subject to the following terms and conditions (the “Terms of Service”) and all applicable laws. By using any part of the service, including accessing the Website, you accept, without limitation or qualification, these Terms of Service.
Use of the Service
Your use of the Service is strictly subject to these Terms of Service. The Service may only be used for your noncommercial, personal use and for informational purposes only. Any use other than as specifically set forth in these Terms of Service requires our prior written consent.
Username and Password
If you access the Web site anonymously, you may do so as a visitor and will not be required to register as a user. However, in order to access certain portions of the Service, you will be required to register to become a user. You must provide truthful information when signing up to become a user, and may not use any aliases or other means to mask your true identity. Your user name and password should be safeguarded at all times. This user name and password may be used as identification for more than one service hosted by Arca Noae. You are responsible for the security of your user name and password and will be solely liable for any use or unauthorized use under such user name and password.
Unauthorized Use
You may not use spiders, robots, data mining techniques or other automated devices or programs to catalog, download, store, or otherwise reproduce, store, or distribute content available on the Service. You may not take any action to interfere with, or disrupt, the Service or any other user’s use of the Website or the Service, including, without limitation, via means of overloading, “flooding,” “mailbombing,” or “crashing” the Service, circumventing security or user authentication measures, or attempting to exceed the limited authorization and access granted to you under these Terms of Service. You may not frame portions of the Website within another web site or establish links from any other web site to any page of the Website other than the home page.
User Conduct
You may only use the Service for lawful purposes and in strict compliance with these Terms of Service and all applicable laws. Examples of impermissible conduct through use of the Service include, but are in no way limited to, the following:
You may not use the Service to post or transmit any message or content which:
- is abusive, vulgar, hateful, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, or otherwise objectionable;
- is being used to harass, stalk, or otherwise threaten a person;
- is libelous, defamatory, or invades any privacy or publicity rights of any third party;
- misrepresents or masks the true identity of the sender or recipient;
- infringes any copyright, trademark, service mark, patent, trade secret, or confidentiality obligation;
- contains any illegal contests or lotteries, or any pyramid schemes; or
- contains any virus, trojan horse, time bomb, or any other harmful or disabling software code.
Arca Noae is under no obligation to monitor any third party postings to, or transmissions through, the Service and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the content of any such materials or the actions of any other user. We are not a publisher of Internet content, do not filter content available on the Internet, and disclaim all liability for content you may access that may be objectionable or violate applicable law.
No Spam
You may not use the Service to transmit any unsolicited commercial message to any recipient from whom you have not received prior demonstrable consent. In addition, you may not use or develop any automated process to transmit or download content through the Service. Further, you must comply with any and all laws which are applicable to the transmission of email messages or the posting of content on the Internet.
Termination of Access
In addition to any right or remedy that may be available to us or another party under applicable laws, we may suspend, limit, or terminate your account, or all or a portion of your access to the Service, at any time with or without notice. We may terminate your access if we suspect that you have, or may, violate these Terms of Service or applicable law. In addition, we may refer any information on illegal activities, including your identity, to your Broadband Provider and to proper authorities. We may further terminate your account if it remains inactive for an extended period of time, which means that you will have to register again in order to use those portions of the Service which require such authenticated access.
Intellectual Property
Arca Noae is the exclusive owner of, or is authorized to use, all parts of the Service, including all patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights contained therein. Except as expressly set forth in these Terms of Service, no license is granted to you and no rights are conveyed by virtue of accessing or using the Service. All rights not granted under these Terms of Service are reserved by Arca Noae. Arca Noae will aggressively enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law.
Disclaimer
Broadband transmissions are inherently open, fluctuate, and are susceptible to unauthorized access. We make reasonable efforts to ensure that the Service operates as intended, however, the Service is dependent upon the Internet, the Broadband Provider, your computer hardware and software, and other services and providers outside of the control of Arca Noae. By using the Service, you acknowledge that we do not and cannot guarantee that the operation of the Service will be uninterrupted or error free or that the information it stores or transmits will be entirely free from viruses, hackers, intrusions, downtime, or other failures. We are not responsible for lost or incomplete messages, data, or information sent or received through the Service. Further, we make no warranties that the Service will operate properly on your personal computer or will not interfere with your other programs, providers, or operating system. You expressly assume the risk of such problems by using the Service.
The service, including all software, content, operations, and materials, is provided “as is”. Except as specifically set forth herein, we make no representations or warranties of any kind whatsoever for the operation of the Service. Further, we disclaim any express or implied warranties, including, without limitation, non-infringement, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and any warranties arising out of the course of dealing, usage, or trade. In no event will we be liable under any theory of tort, contract, strict liability, or other legal or equitable theory for any direct damages, lost profits, lost data, lost opportunities, costs of cover, exemplary, punitive, personal injury/wrongful death, special, incidental, indirect, or other consequential damages, each of which is hereby excluded by agreement of the parties regardless of whether or not either party has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
If any part of these warranty disclaimers or limitations of liability is found to be invalid or
unenforceable for any reason, then our aggregate liability for all claims under such circumstances for liabilities that otherwise would have been limited, shall not exceed the greater of fifty dollars ($50.00) or the amount paid by you for your use of the Service.
Communications with Arca Noae
Any communication or material you transmit to us by email or otherwise, including any data, questions, comments, suggestions, or the like is, and will be treated as, nonconfidential and nonproprietary. Except to the extent expressly covered by our Privacy Policy, anything you transmit or post may be used by us for any purpose, including but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast, and posting. Furthermore, you expressly agree that we are free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any communication you send to us without compensation and for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to, developing, manufacturing, and marketing products and services using such information.
Privacy
Arca Noae takes the privacy of you and your information very seriously. For further information about what information we collect and how we use such information, please view our Privacy Policy.
Changes
All information posted on the Website is subject to change without notice. In addition, these Terms of Service may be changed at any time without prior notice. We will make such changes by posting them on the Website. You should check the Website for such changes frequently. Your continued access of the Service after such changes conclusively demonstrates your acceptance of those changes.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Arca Noae, its employees, directors, officers, agents, business partners, affiliates, contractors, and representatives from and against any and all third party claims, demands, liabilities, costs, or expenses, including attorney’s fees and costs, arising from, or related to, any breach by you of any of these Terms of Service or applicable law.
Severability
If any part of these Terms of Service shall be held or declared to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be ineffective but shall not affect any other part of these Terms of Service.
International Access
Our Service is provided from the United States of America and all servers that make it available reside in the U.S.A. The laws of other countries may differ regarding the access and use of the Service. We make no representations regarding the legality of this Service in any other country and it is your responsibility to ensure that your use complies with all applicable laws outside of the U.S.A.
Force Majeure
Arca Noae shall not be in breach of this Agreement or responsible for any damages caused by delays or failures beyond its reasonable control, including, but not limited to: acts of g-d; acts of war or terrorism; acts of any public authority or sovereign government; civil disorder; delay or destruction caused by public carrier; acts of a Wireless Hotspot Provider, Broadband Provider, or any other circumstance substantially beyond the control of Arca Noae.
Arbitration
Any and all disputes pursuant to these Terms of Service, or otherwise between the parties, shall be submitted to binding arbitration in the State of Delaware in accordance with the commercial rules of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) then in effect. The arbitration panel shall consist of one (1) neutral arbitrator if the amount in controversy is less than $25,000, otherwise the panel shall consist of three (3) neutral arbitrators, each an attorney with at least five (5) years of experience in the primary area of law as to which the dispute relates. The costs of the arbitration shall be shared equally by the parties, provided that, the arbitrator may award attorneys costs and expenses to the prevailing party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this arbitration clause shall not in any way be deemed to limit Arca Noae’s right to commence an action in an appropriate court (and without submitting to arbitration) to protect its intellectual property rights or enjoin prohibited use of the Service.
Governing Law
The laws of the State of Delaware shall govern these Terms of Service. Subject to the arbitration provision above, YOU HEREBY EXPRESSLY CONSENT TO EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE IN THE COURTS LOCATED IN DELAWARE FOR ALL MATTERS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OF SERVICE OR YOUR ACCESS OR USE OF THE SERVICE.
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Notice
Materials may be made available on the Website, or via the Service, by third parties not within the control of Arca Noae. We are under no obligation to, and do not, scan messages sent through the Service for defects, viruses, or the inclusion of illegal content. However, we respect the copyright properties of others. It is our policy not to permit materials known by us to be infringing to remain on the Website or the Service. You should notify us promptly if you believe any materials on the Website or the Service infringe a third party copyright. Upon our receipt of a proper notice of claimed infringement under the DMCA, and to the extent the activity in question is applicable to the Service under the DMCA, we will respond expeditiously to follow the procedures specified in the DMCA to resolve the claim between the notifying party and the alleged infringer who provided the content in issue, including, where applicable and technically possible, removing or disabling access to materials claimed to be infringing or by removing or disabling access to such materials. Our designated agent (i.e. proper party) to whom you should address any DMCA notice to is:
DMCA Claims
Arca Noae, LLC
7 Loudoun Street, SE, Suite 2B
Leesburg, VA 20175-3012
United States
or via email to address hidden. It is the policy of Arca Noae to terminate relationships regarding content with third parties who repeatedly infringe upon the copyrights of others.
Questions
Should you have any questions regarding these Terms of Service you may contact us at address hidden. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Arca Noae does not, and is under no obligation, to provide end-user technical support for access to the Service by you.