Terms of Use

Effective date: Oct 15, 2022

Welcome to Vorticity Inc’s website. Please read on to learn the rules and restrictions that govern your use of our website. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns regarding these terms or our website, please contact us at: info@vorticity.xyz.

These Terms of Use (the “Terms”) are a binding contract between you and VORTICITY INC. (“Vorticity,” “we” and “us”). Your use of our website in any way means that you agree to all of these Terms, and these Terms will remain in effect while you use our website. These Terms include the provisions in this document as well as those in the Privacy Policy.

Please read these Terms carefully. They cover important information about our website. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR USE OF AND ACCESS TO OUR WEBSITE ARE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS; IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THE FOLLOWING, YOU MAY NOT USE OR ACCESS OUR WEBSITE IN ANY MANNER.

Will these Terms ever change?

We are constantly trying to improve our website, so these Terms may need to change along with our website. We reserve the right to change the Terms at any time, but if we do, we will place a notice on our site located at https://vorticity.xyz/, send you an email, and/or notify you by some other means.

If you don’t agree with the new Terms, you are free to reject them; unfortunately, that means you will no longer be able to use our website. If you use our website in any way after a change to the Terms is effective, that means you agree to all of the changes.

Except for changes by us as described here, no other amendment or modification of these Terms will be effective unless in writing and signed by both you and us.

What about my privacy?

Vorticity takes the privacy of its users very seriously. For the current Vorticity Privacy Policy, please click here.

What are the basics of using Vorticity?

You represent and warrant that you are an individual of legal age to form a binding contract (or if not, you’ve received your parent’s or guardian’s permission to use our website and have gotten your parent or guardian to agree to these Terms on your behalf).

You will only use our website in a manner that complies with all laws that apply to you. If your use of our website is prohibited by applicable laws, then you aren’t authorized to use our website. We can’t and won’t be responsible for your using our website in a way that breaks the law.

What about messaging?

‍As part of our website, you may receive communications from us, including messages that Vorticity sends you (for example, via email).

Are there restrictions on how I can use the website?

You represent, warrant, and agree that you will not provide or contribute anything, including any Content (as that term is defined below), to our website, or otherwise use or interact with our website, in a manner that:

(a) infringes or violates the intellectual property rights or any other rights of anyone else (including Vorticity); (b) violates any law or regulation, including, without limitation, any applicable export control laws, privacy laws or any other purpose not reasonably intended by Vorticity; (c) is dangerous, harmful, fraudulent, deceptive, threatening, harassing, defamatory, obscene, or otherwise objectionable; (d) attempts, in any manner, to obtain security information from any other user; (e) violates the security of any computer network, or cracks any passwords or security encryption codes; (f) runs Maillist, Listserv, any form of auto-responder or “spam” on our website, or that otherwise interfere with the proper working of our website (including by placing an unreasonable load on the website’s infrastructure); (g) “crawls,” “scrapes,” or “spiders” any page, data, or portion of or relating to our website or Content (through use of manual or automated means); (h) copies or stores any significant portion of the Content or (i) decompiles, reverse engineers, or otherwise attempts to obtain the source code or underlying ideas or information of or relating to our website.

A violation of any of the foregoing is grounds for termination of your right to use or access our website.

What are my rights in the website?

The materials displayed or performed or available on or through our website, including, but not limited to, text, graphics, data, articles, photos, images, illustrations and so forth (all of the foregoing, the “Content”) are protected by copyright and/or other intellectual property laws. You promise to abide by all copyright notices, trademark rules, information, and restrictions contained in any Content you access through our website, and you won’t use, copy, reproduce, modify, translate, publish, broadcast, transmit, distribute, perform, upload, display, license, sell, commercialize or otherwise exploit for any purpose any Content not owned by you, (i) without the prior consent of the owner of that Content or (ii) in a way that violates someone else’s (including Vorticity's) rights.

Subject to these Terms, we grant each user of our website a worldwide, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable and non-transferable license to use (i.e., to download and display locally) Content solely for purposes of using our website. Use, reproduction, modification, distribution or storage of any Content for any purpose other than using our website is expressly prohibited without prior written permission from us. You understand that Vorticity owns our website. You won’t modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce (except as expressly provided in this Section), create derivative works based on, or otherwise exploit any of our website. Our website may allow you to copy or download certain Content, but please remember that even where these functionalities exist, all the restrictions in this section still apply.

What else do I need to know?

External Links. Our website may contain links to third party websites (“Third Party Sites”). Third Party Sites may have their own privacy policies and terms and conditions that are not governed by these Terms. Vorticity is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any website(s) owned and operated by any Third Party Sites. Any links from this website to other websites do not imply Vorticity’s endorsement of, or association with, any such Third Party Site. Vorticity is not liable, directly or indirectly, to anyone for any loss or damage arising from or in connection with use of the Third Party Sites. You should carefully read and review the terms and privacy notices of such Third Party Sites to learn about their information collection, use and disclosure practices.

Warranty Disclaimer. Neither Vorticity nor its licensors, suppliers, partners, parent, subsidiaries or affiliated entities, and each of their respective officers, directors, members, employees, consultants, contract employees, representatives and agents, or any of their respective successors and assigns (Vorticity and all such parties together, the “Vorticity Parties”) make any representations or warranties concerning our website or any subject matter hereof, including without limitation regarding any content, services or products contained in or accessed through our website. VORTICITY FOR ITSELF AND THE VORTICITY PARTIES DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Limitation of Liability. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, TORT, CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE) SHALL ANY OF THE VORTICITY PARTIES BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON FOR (A) ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, ACCURACY OF RESULTS, OR COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, (B) ANY SUBSTITUTE GOODS, SERVICES OR TECHNOLOGY, (C) ANY AMOUNT, IN THE AGGREGATE, IN EXCESS OF ONE-HUNDRED ($100) DOLLARS, OR (D) ANY MATTER BEYOND OUR REASONABLE CONTROL. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL OR CERTAIN OTHER DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION AND EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Assignment. You may not assign, delegate or transfer these Terms or your rights or obligations hereunder, in any way (by operation of law or otherwise) without Vorticity's prior written consent. We may transfer, assign, or delegate these Terms and our rights and obligations without consent.

Choice of Law. These Terms are governed by and will be construed under applicable federal law, and the laws of the State of California, without regard to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof.

Miscellaneous. The failure of either you or us to exercise, in any way, any right herein shall not be deemed a waiver of any further rights hereunder. If any provision of these Terms are found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision will be limited or eliminated, to the minimum extent necessary, so that these Terms shall otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable. You and Vorticity agree that these Terms are the complete and exclusive statement of the mutual understanding between you and Vorticity, and that these Terms supersede and cancel all previous written and oral agreements, communications and other understandings relating to the subject matter of these Terms. You hereby acknowledge and agree that you are not an employee, agent, partner, or joint venture of Vorticity, and you do not have any authority of any kind to bind Vorticity in any respect whatsoever.

You and Vorticity agree there are no third-party beneficiaries intended under these Terms.