Terms of service

Last modified: May 11, 2020

1. This Site

IX Layer Inc. (individually and collectively, “we”, “our”, “us”, or “ixLayer”) owns and operates www.ixlayer.com, and all related portals, information and applications contained therein (collectively, the “Site”), as a means of providing information regarding our company and various products and services that we provide on or through the Site. As used on the Site, the terms “you” and “your” means any person who views, accesses, uses, or obtains information from the Site or who obtains information by monitoring activity to and from the Site.

The information on this Site is intended solely as a general information and is neither medical nor health care advice for any individual problem nor a substitute for medical or other professional advice and services from a qualified health care provider familiar with your medical history.

2. Acceptance of the Terms and Conditions

This Terms of Use Agreement (the “Agreement”) states the terms and conditions under which you may access and use the Site. This Site also contains various information in the form of reports, data, text and other materials about us, as well as third-party content that is licensed to us (collectively, the “Content”). The terms of your specific use the Site with respect to any products and/or services we may provide you shall be governed by separate agreement, to be entered into between you and us (“Services Agreement”). To the extent that your use of the Site is not governed by a Services Agreement, it is governed by this Agreement. By accessing and/or otherwise using this Site and its Content, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agree to be legally bound by this Agreement.

Please read this Agreement, carefully. We reserve the right to amend this Agreement at any time and from time to time by posting a revised Agreement on the Site. This Agreement was last revised on the date above. If you use the Site after an amended Agreement has been posted, you will be deemed to have agreed to such amended Agreement. You may want to periodically visit this page to view the most recent Agreement.

3. Permitted Use of the Site; Restrictions

You will access and use the Site solely for your personal purposes. You will not post, publish, reproduce, transmit, distribute or otherwise view, use or exploit the Site or any Content in a manner that: (1) is inconsistent with this Agreement; (2) violates any federal, state or local law, rule, regulation or order, or (3) could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Site or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Site. You acknowledge and agree that the Site and the Content includes subject matter that is owned by us or other third parties and is protected under copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws. Unauthorized use of the Site or the Content may violate such intellectual property laws or other laws relating to privacy and publicity. The violation of such laws may give rise to civil and/or criminal penalties.

You agree that you will not interrupt or attempt to interrupt the operation of this Site in any way. You will not impersonate any person or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity, or misrepresent the origin of any information that you provide to us. You agree that you will not use a robot, spider, manual or automatic processes or devices to data-mine, data-crawl, scrape or index the Site in any manner. You agree that you will not take the Site, in part or in full, and modify it for your own personal or commercial purposes including, but not limited to, altering, adapting, licensing, sublicensing or translating the Site. You agree that your use of the Site will at all times be for a lawful purpose and you agree to comply with all applicable laws and regulations in your use of the Site. Possible evidence of use of this Site for illegal purposes may be provided to law enforcement authorities.

You will not transmit, distribute, introduce or otherwise make available in any manner through the Site any computer virus, keyloggers, spyware, worms, Trojan horses, timebombs or other malicious or harmful programming (collectively, “Malware”). We do not have an obligation to detect the presence of such Malware. If you download software or any other Content from the Site, you do so at your own risk.

4. Intellectual Property Rights

You acknowledge that this Site and various elements contained therein are protected by copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents, or other proprietary rights, and that these worldwide rights are valid and protected in all forms, media, and technologies existing now and hereinafter developed. You also acknowledge that the Content is and shall remain our property or the property of our licensors. You agree to comply with all intellectual property laws and you shall not encumber any interest in, or assert any rights to, the Content. You may not modify, transmit, participate in the sale or transfer of, or create derivative works based on any Content, in whole or in part. However, you may print a reasonable number of copies of the Content for your personal use provided that you maintain any notices contained in the Content, such as all copyright notices, trademark legends, or other proprietary rights notices.

5. Copyrights & Trademarks

The trademarks, logos and service marks appearing on this Site, including, but not limited to, the trademark “ixLayer” are trademarks and service marks of IX Layer Inc. Other company, product, and service names and logos used and displayed on this Site may be trademarks or service marks of their respective owners who may or may not endorse or be affiliated with or connected to us. Nothing on this Site should be construed as granting, by implication or otherwise, any license or right to use any of trademarks and service marks displayed on this Site, without our prior written permission in each instance.

The Content of this Site is protected by copyright law. All such Content is also copyrighted as a collective work under the copyright laws, and we own a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement, and enhancement of such Content.

ixLayer may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who ixLayer, in its determination, believes have repeatedly infringed others’ rights. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide the following information to ixLayer via email to info@ixlayer.mars-cdn.com or by mail to IX Layer Inc., 51 Holbrook Lane, Atherton, CA 94027:
an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;
a description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;
description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Site, including a url link; Your address, telephone number, and email address; a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized or consented to by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is completely accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or are authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner’s behalf.

6. Communications with Us

Please be advised that we cannot guarantee the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted to us via the Site or via electronic mail. Accordingly, we suggest that you use caution when transmitting any information to us via such means. For example, you should not include confidential information about you (such as your Social Security number) in any email that you send to us. We hereby expressly disclaim any liability for damages resulting from third party interception of your communications with us via the Site or via electronic mail. If you choose to send us any information via the Site or via e-mail, you do so solely at your own risk.

7. Feedback and Submissions

Unless we specifically provided otherwise, all feedback or submissions of any kind that you submit to this Site (the “Contributions”) are hereby received on a non-confidential basis and shall, to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, become our property. To the extent that applicable law does not provide us with an ownership interest in any Contributions, you agree that by providing us with the Contributions you are granting us any of our affiliated companies and sublicensees a perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable worldwide license to use, transmit, copy, reproduce, distribute, publicly display or perform, and to prepare derivate works based upon the Contributions. By submitting or otherwise making the Contributions available to us, you represent and warrant that you own or control all rights in such Contributions necessary to post, upload, input, submit or otherwise make them available to us, and to provide us with either ownership or licensed rights under this section of the Agreement. You understand that your Contributions will not be confidential and that no compensation will be paid to you with respect to your Contributions. Despite the rights granted to us herein, we are under no obligation to in any way use, post, or otherwise make such Contributions available.

8. Linking and Framing

We prohibit the use of any links to the Site from any other websites unless establishment of such a link is approved in advance by us in writing. You may not frame any elements of this Site with any other website without our prior written permission.

9. Links to Other Web Sites

This Site may periodically provide links to third-party websites (“Third-Party Sites”). This Agreement governs only this Site and not any Third-Party Sites. Our decision to link to a Third-Party Site is not an endorsement of the content, products or services in the Third-Party Site. We do not control these Third-Party Sites and expressly disclaim any responsibility for the content, the accuracy of the information and any products or services available on the Third-Party Sites. We have not investigated or monitored the Third Party Sites for accuracy or completeness. The Third Party Sites may have different privacy policies and security standards than our Site. We are not responsible if any terms shown on our Site differ from those shown on the Third-Party Sites. If you decide to access linked Third-Party Sites, you do so at your own risk.

10. Privacy Policy

Our Privacy Policy explains the policy applicable to the information that is collected through the Site or received directly from you and is hereby incorporated by reference into this Agreement.

11. Security

We protect your privacy related to this Site. We maintain appropriate administrative and technical controls to safeguard the security and privacy of your personal information. You are responsible for taking all steps to ensure that no unauthorized person shall have access to your account or password, to the extent applicable. When creating your account, you must provide accurate and complete information. We encourage you to use “strong” passwords (passwords that use a combination of upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols) with your account. It is your sole responsibility to: (i) control the dissemination and use of your account and password; and (ii) promptly inform us of any need to deactivate an account or password. We are not liable for any harm related to the theft of passwords, or your disclosure of passwords. You shall immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your account or password or any breach of confidentiality. You are solely responsible for any damage resulting from the use of your account and username. You may not use your account or password to breach security of another account.

12. Disclaimer of Warranties

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THIS SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. NONE OF IXLAYER, ITS AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES OR ITS OR THEIR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS (COLLECTIVELY THE “IXLAYER PARTIES”) GUARANTEES THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, RELIABILITY, SUITABILITY OR USEFULNESS OF ANY PORTION OF THE SITE. NONE OF THE IXLAYER PARTIES WARRANT THAT THIS SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, THAT ANY SPECIFIC INFORMATION THAT IS REQUESTED WILL BE PROVIDED OR THAT THIS SITE OR ITS SERVER ARE OR WILL BE FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL ELEMENTS. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THIS SITE AND THE ACCURACY, TIMELINESS OR COMPLETENESS OF THE CONTENT OR SERVICES IS ASSUMED SOLELY BY YOU.

NONE OF THE IXLAYER PARTIES MAKES ANY, AND HEREBY SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL, REPRESENTATIONS, ENDORSEMENTS, GUARANTEES, AND WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THIS SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS.
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ANY CONTENT, MATERIAL AND/OR DATA DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SITE IS USED AT YOUR OWN RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF SUCH CONTENT, MATERIAL AND/OR DATA.

13. Limitation of Liability

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL ANY OF THE IXLAYER PARTIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY YOUR RELIANCE ON INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THIS SITE. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EVALUATE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR USEFULNESS OF THIS SITE. IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY OF THE IXLAYER PARTIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SITE OR THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR NEGLIGENCE, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR OTHER DAMAGES, IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS THE IXLAYER PARTIES’ LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. YOUR SOLE REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THIS SITE IS TO STOP USING THIS SITE.

14. Indemnification

Upon a request by us, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless us, and our respective employees, contractors, officers, directors, and agents from all liabilities, claims, and expenses, including attorney’s fees that arise from:
-Your breach of these terms of use,
-Any allegation that content you provide infringes or otherwise violates the copyright, trade secret, trademark or other intellectual property rights of a third party, and
-Your access or use of our website.

15. Governing Law; Disputes

This Agreement and all matters relating to your access to, or use of this Site shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, USA, without giving effect to conflict of law principles. We make no representation that the Content on our Site is appropriate, legal or available for use in other locations. Those who choose to access this Site from other locations do so at their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws.
Any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or your access to or use of this Site shall be instituted in a state or federal court in the State of California. You agree to submit to the jurisdiction of, and agree that venue is proper in these courts. You agree to make the ixLayer Parties whole for any and all claims, losses, liabilities, and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) arising from your use of the Site or any violation of this Agreement.

16. Minors

If you allow your minor child or a child for whom you are a legal guardian (a “Minor”) to access the Site, you will be solely responsible for (i) the online conduct of such Minor, (ii) monitoring such minor’s access to and use of the Site, and (iii) the consequences of any use of the Site by such Minor.

We do not intend to solicit information or to market any products or services to children through this Site. Pursuant to 47 U.S.C. S 230(d) as amended, we hereby notify you that parental control protections (such as computer hardware, software, or filtering services) are commercially available that may assist you in limiting access to material and information that is harmful to Minors.

17. Miscellaneous

In the event that any portion of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, then such portion shall be construed in accordance with the applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect the original intentions of the parties, and the remainder of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. The sections of this Agreement entitled Intellectual Property Rights, Disclaimer of Warranties, Limitation of Liability, Governing Law; Disputes and Miscellaneous shall survive the termination of this Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties concerning your use of this Site and supersedes all existing agreements and all other oral, written or other communication between the parties concerning its subject matter. We reserve the right to change, suspend, or discontinue all or any part of this Site or the Content at any time without prior notice or liability. You expressly absolve and release the ixLayer Parties from any claim of harm resulting from a cause beyond their control, including, but not limited to, failure of electronic or mechanical equipment or communication lines, telephone or other interconnect problems, computer viruses, unauthorized access, theft, operator errors, severe weather, earthquakes, or natural disasters, strikes or other labor problems, wars, terrorist activities or governmental restrictions. You may not assign this Agreement. No waiver shall be effective unless in writing. The paragraph headings herein are provided only for reference and shall have no effect on the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. You expressly agree not to export or re-export any of the Content to countries or persons prohibited under the export control laws of the United States.

18. Minors

You agree that if you violate this Agreement, your permission to use our website automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of any portion of the content contained on our website. You also agree that we may, in our sole discretion, terminate your access to our website or any portion thereof, or discontinue providing our website or any portion thereof.