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SHAREBUILDER SECURITIES CORPORATION WEB SITE TERMS OF USE

(Effective December 10, 1999)

ShareBuilder Securities Corporation, a Washington corporation ("SSC") is making this web site (the "Site") available subject to these Terms of Use. Do not use this Site if you do not accept these Terms of Use.

SSC may at any time, in its sole discretion and without prior notice, amend these Terms of Use by posting the amended Terms of Use on the Site. Your continued use of the Site following posting of such amendments will signify your acceptance of the amended Terms of Use.

This Site is made available by :

    ShareBuilder Securities Corporation
    83 South King Street
    Suite 700
    Seattle, WA 98104
    Telephone: (206) 805-0800
    Fax: (206) 805-0803
    http://www.sharebuilder.com
Use of Site Content

SSC provides the Site and its contents for your personal, non-commercial use. You may download a copy of content found on the Site to a computer for your personal use. You are not authorized to delete or change any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notice. Except as provided in these Terms of Use, you may not reproduce, download, retransmit, republish, distribute, or make multiple copies of the Site content without SSC's prior written permission. You may not take any actions that alter or interfere with the content or functioning of the Site, or "mirror" any content contained on this Site on any other server. Your right to use this Site will terminate automatically if you breach any of these Terms of Use. You will not post or transmit to or from the Site any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material, or any other material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under the law. You are not authorized to use bots, spiders, or other automated information-gathering devices or programming routines to gather information from the Site for display on a website or service sponsored by a third party. Any unauthorized use of any content found on this Site may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes.

Your Communications with SSC

SSC welcomes your comments. However, SSC does not accept or consider any creative ideas or suggestions relating to products or marketing plans unless it has specifically requested them in writing. Please do not send SSC any creative or original materials. Any communication or material you transmit to the Site by electronic mail or otherwise is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary.

Disclaimer of Warranty

SSC does not warrant that the Site or its content or operation will be error free or uninterrupted, or that it will be free of viruses or other harmful components. You use the Site at your own risk. Without limiting the foregoing, the Site is provided "as is" and without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. Some jurisdictions may not allow exclusion of implied warranties, and the above exclusions may not apply to you.

Limitation of Liability

Neither SSC nor any third party involved in creating or delivering the Site will be liable under any theory (including negligence) for any incidental, consequential, indirect, special, or punitive damages arising out of your access to or use of the Site, or your inability to use the Site, even if SSC has been advised of the possibility of such damages. In any event, SSC's total liability under any theory arising out of the Site or its use will be limited to $200.

Links

The Site may from time to time display links to websites sponsored by third parties. SSC is not responsible for the content or operation of third-party sites, and the presence of such links does not imply that SSC endorses such sites or third party sponsors. You should use discretion when browsing the Internet.

"Deep linking" to interior pages on the Site is not authorized, and the Site may not be linked to in such a way that pages of the Site are displayed within a frame on a third-party website or are otherwise displayed on a browser screen accompanied by advertising or other content not found on the Site. No links to the Site will imply an endorsement, agency, joint venture, or similar relationship between SSC and any third party.

Copyrights

All content included on the Site, including without limitation text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, and software, is the property of SSC or its content suppliers, and is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. The compilation (that is, the collection, arrangement, and assembly) of all content on the Site is the exclusive property of SSC and is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. All software used on this site is the property of SCC or its software suppliers and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws.

Trademarks

The trademarks, service marks, and logos used and displayed on this Site ("Trademarks") are registered and unregistered Trademarks of SSC and others. Nothing on this Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademark. No person is authorized to display a Trademark without the written permission of the Trademark owner. SSC aggressively enforces its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law. You are not authorized to use a Trademark as a link to the Site unless establishment of such a link is approved in advance by SSC in writing.

A partial list of U.S. Trademarks owned by ShareBuilder Corporation and SSC it's wholly owned subsidiary follows. Any questions concerning the use of these Trademarks or whether a Trademark that does not appear on this list is a Trademark of ShareBuilder Corporation or SSC should be referred to ShareBuilder Corporation at (425) 451-4440.

The Trademarks followed by an asterisk (*) are registered trademarks of ShareBuilder Corporation and SSC it's wholly owned subsidiary.

  • ShareBuilder Securities Corporation
  • ShareBuilder.com
  • Netstock Direct*
  • Netstock.com
  • Netstock
  • Netstock Direct and Design
  • ShareBuilder
  • Kidstock.com
  • Kidstock
  • Netstock
Patents

The Site contains proprietary information and content, operational aspects, and associated technology that are the subjects of an application for patent protection filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Patent Pending). Except as expressly provided herein, SSC and its content suppliers do not grant to you any express or implied license or right under any patents, patent applications, or other intellectual property.

Other

These Terms of Use will be governed by the laws of the State of Washington, as applied to contracts entered into between Washington residents and performed in Washington. Any dispute arising out of these Terms of Use or your use of the Site will be heard only in the state or federal courts located in King County, Washington, and you hereby consent and submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts. If any provision of these Terms of Use is held to be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that provision will be deemed severable and will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions. These Terms of Use (and the Account Terms and Conditions, to the extent that use of the Site involves your ShareBuilder Account) state the entire agreement between the parties relating to use of the Site. The Terms of Use may not be amended except as provided above.

SSC and its affiliates reserve the right in their sole discretion to refuse access or service, terminate accounts, and/or cancel orders.

Securities products are: Not FDIC insured • Not Bank guaranteed • May lose value