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TERMS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. BY ACCESSING OR USING OUR SITES AND OUR SERVICES, YOU HEREBY AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND ALL TERMS INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF YOU, THE USER, CUSTOMER, OR PROSPECTIVE CUSTOMER TO READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE PROCEEDING TO USE THIS SITE. IF YOU DO NOT EXPRESSLY AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, THEN PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS OR USE OUR SITES OR OUR SERVICES. THIS TERMS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT IS EFFECTIVE AS OF: July 18, 2019

ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS 

The following Terms of Service Agreement (the "TOS") is a legally binding agreement that shall govern the relationship with our users and others which may interact or interface with The Standish Group International, Inc, also known as Standish, located at 66 Tern Ln, Centerville, Massachusetts 02632 and our subsidiaries and affiliates, in association with the use of the Standish website, which includes www.standishgroup.com, (the "Site") and its Services, which shall be defined below. 

DESCRIPTION OF WEBSITE SERVICES OFFERED 

The Site is an advice, research and education which has the following description: 

The Standish Group is a primary research advisory organization that focuses on software project performance. Using our extensive primary research you can improve your investments in software projects. We are a group of highly dedicated professionals with years of practical experience helping organizations improve.

Our skills help you be more: 

  • ·       Innovative
  • ·       Valuable
  • ·       Predictable 

Any and all visitors to our site, despite whether they are registered or not, shall be deemed as "users" of the herein contained Services provided for the purpose of this TOS. Once an individual register for our Services, through the process of creating an account, the user shall then be considered a "member." The user and/or member acknowledges and agrees that the Services provided and made available through our website and applications, which may include some mobile applications and that those applications may be made available on various social media networking sites and numerous other platforms and downloadable programs, are the sole property of Standish. At its discretion, Standish may offer additional website Services and/or products, or update, modify or revise any current content and Services, and this Agreement shall apply to any and all additional Services and/or products and any and all updated, modified or revised Services unless otherwise stipulated. Standish does hereby reserve the right to cancel and cease offering any of the afore mentioned Services and/or products. You, as the end user and/or member, acknowledge, accept and agree that Standish shall not be held liable for any such updates, modifications, revisions, suspensions or discontinuance of any of our Services and/or products. Your continued use of the Services provided, after such posting of any updates, changes, and/or modifications shall constitute your acceptance of such updates, changes and/or modifications, and as such, frequent review of this Agreement and any and all applicable terms and policies should be made by you to ensure you are aware of all terms and policies currently in effect. Should you not agree to the updated, revised or modified terms, you must stop using the provided Services forthwith. 

Furthermore, the user and/or member understands, acknowledges and agrees that the Services offered shall be provided "AS IS" and as such Standish shall not assume any responsibility or obligation for the timeliness, missed delivery, deletion and/or any failure to store user content, communication or personalization settings. 

REGISTRATION 

To register and become a "member" of the Site, you must be at least 18 years of age to enter into and form a legally binding contract. In addition, you must be in good standing and not an individual that has been previously barred from receiving Standish's Services under the laws and statutes of the United States or other applicable jurisdiction. 

When you register, Standish may collect information such as your name, e-mail address, birth date, gender, mailing address, occupation, industry and personal interests. You can edit your account information at any time. Once you register with Standish and sign in to our Services, you are no longer anonymous to us. Furthermore, the registering party hereby acknowledges, understands and agrees to: 

a) furnish factual, correct, current and complete information with regards to yourself as may be requested by the data registration process, and 

b) maintainandpromptlyupdateyourregistrationandprofileinformationinaneffortto maintain accuracy and completeness at all times. 

If anyone knowingly provides any information of a false, untrue, inaccurate or incomplete nature, Standish will have sufficient grounds and rights to suspend or terminate the member in violation of this aspect of the Agreement, and as such refuse any and all current or future use of Standish Services, or any portion thereof. 

It is Standish's priority to ensure the safety and privacy of all its visitors, users and members, especially that of children. Therefore, it is for this reason any child under the age of 13 is not permit Standish website platform Services. 

PRIVACY POLICY 

Every member's registration data and various other personal information are strictly protected by the Standish Online Privacy Policy (see the full Privacy Policy at http://www.standishgroup.com/privacy). As a member, you herein consent to the collection and use of the information provided, including the transfer of information within the United States and/or other countries for storage, processing or use by Standish and/or our subsidiaries and affiliates. 

MEMBER ACCOUNT, USERNAME, PASSWORD AND SECURITY 

When you set up an account, you are the sole authorized user of your account. You shall be responsible for maintaining the secrecy and confidentiality of your password and for all activities that transpire on or within your account. It is your responsibility for any act or omission of any user(s) that access your account information that, if undertaken by you, would be deemed a violation of the TOS. It shall be your responsibility to notify Standish immediately if you notice any unauthorized access or use of your account or password or any other breach of security. Standish shall not be held liable for any loss and/or damage arising from any failure to comply with this term and/or condition of the TOS. 

INDEMNITY

All users and/or members herein agree to insure and hold Standish, our subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, employees, officers, partners and/or licensors blameless or not liable for any claim or demand, which may include, but is not limited to, reasonable attorney fees made by any third party which may arise from any content a member or user of our site may submit, post, modify, transmit or otherwise make available through our Services, the use of Standish Services or your connection with these Services, your violations of the Terms of Service and/or your violation of any such rights of another person. 

COMMERCIAL REUSE OF SERVICES 

The member or user herein agrees not to replicate, duplicate, copy, trade, sell, resell nor exploit for any commercial reason any part, use of, or access to Standish's sites. 

USE AND STORAGE GENERAL PRACTICES 

You herein acknowledge that Standish may set up any such practices and/or limits regarding the use of our Services, without limitation of the maximum number of days that any email, message posting or any other uploaded content shall be retained by Standish, nor the maximum number of email messages that may be sent and/or received by any member, the maximum volume or size of any email message that may be sent from or may be received by an account on our Service, the maximum disk space allowable that shall be allocated on Standish's servers on the member's behalf, and/or the maximum number of times and/or duration that any member may access our Services in a given period of time. In addition, you also agree that Standish has absolutely no responsibility or liability for the removal or failure to maintain storage of any messages and/or other communications or content maintained or transmitted by our Services. You also herein acknowledge that we reserve the right to delete or remove any account that is no longer active for an extended period of time. Furthermore, Standish shall reserve the right to modify, alter and/or update these general practices and limits at our discretion. 

MODIFICATIONS 

Standish shall reserve the right at any time it may deem fit, to modify, alter and or discontinue, whether temporarily or permanently, our service, or any part thereof, with or without prior notice. In addition, we shall not be held liable to you or to any third party for any such alteration, modification, suspension and/or discontinuance of our Services, or any part thereof. 

TERMINATION

As a member of www.standishgroup.com, you may cancel or terminate your account, associated email address and/or access to our Services by submitting a cancellation or termination request to jennifer@standishgroup.com. As a member, you agree that Standish may, without any prior written notice, immediately suspend, terminate, discontinue and/or limit your account, any email associated with your account, and access to any of our Services. The cause for such termination, discontinuance, suspension and/or limitation of access shall include, but is not limited to: 

  • any breach or violation of our TOS or any other incorporated agreement, regulation and/or guideline; 
  • by way of requests from law enforcement or any other governmental agencies;
  • the discontinuance, alteration and/or material modification to our Services, or any part thereof;
  • unexpected technical or security issues and/or problems; any extended periods of inactivity;
  • any engagement by you in any fraudulent or illegal activities; and/or the nonpayment of any associated fees that may be owed by you in connection with your www.standishgroup.com account Services. 

Furthermore, you herein agree that any and all terminations, suspensions, discontinuances, and or limitations of access for cause shall be made at our sole discretion and that we shall not be liable to you or any other third party with regards to the termination of your account, associated email address and/or access to any of our Services. 

The termination of your account with www.standishgroup.com shall include any and/or all of the following:

a)   Non-renewal or payment of service

b)   Research and content use without attribution or permission

c)    In the best interest of Standish

LINKS 

Either Standish or any third parties may provide links to other websites and/or resources. Thus, you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the availability of any such external sites or resources, and as such, we do not endorse nor are we responsible or liable for any content, products, advertising or any other materials, on or available from such third party sites or resources. Furthermore, you acknowledge and agree that Standish shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any such damage or loss which may be a result of, caused or allegedly to be caused by or in connection with the use of or the reliance on any such content, goods or Services made available on or through any such site or resource. 

PROPRIETARY RIGHTS 

You do hereby acknowledge and agree that Standish's Services and any essential software that may be used in connection with our Services ("Software") shall contain proprietary and confidential material that is protected by applicable intellectual property rights and other laws. Furthermore, you herein acknowledge and agree that any Content which may be contained in any advertisements or information presented by and through our Services is protected by copyrights, trademarks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws. Therefore, except for that which is expressly permitted by applicable law or as authorized by Standish or such applicable licensor, you agree not to alter, modify, lease, rent, loan, sell, distribute, transmit, broadcast, publicly perform and/or created any plagiaristic works which are based on Standish Services (e.g. Content or Software), in whole or part. 

WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS

YOU HEREIN EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT:
a) THE USE OF STANDISH SERVICES AND SOFTWARE ARE AT THE SOLE RISK BY YOU. OUR SERVICES AND SOFTWARE SHALL BE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND/OR "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. STANDISH AND OUR SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON- INFRINGEMENT. 

b) STANDISHANDOURSUBSIDIARIES,OFFICERS,EMPLOYEES,AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS MAKE NO SUCH WARRANTIES THAT (i) STANDISH SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (ii) STANDISH SERVICES OR SOFTWARE SHALL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE; (iii) THAT SUCH RESULTS WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE STANDISH SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE; (iv) QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, ANY INFORMATION OR OTHER MATERIAL WHICH MAY BE PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH OUR SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS; AND (v) THAT ANY SUCH ERRORS CONTAINED IN THE SOFTWARE SHALL BE CORRECTED. 

c) ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED BY WAY OF STANDISH SERVICES OR SOFTWARE SHALL BE ACCESSED BY YOUR SOLE DISCRETION AND SOLE RISK, AND AS SUCH YOU SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR AND HEREBY WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION WITH RESPECT TO ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER AND/OR INTERNET ACCESS, DOWNLOADING AND/OR DISPLAYING, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF DATA THAT COULD RESULT FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH INFORMATION OR MATERIAL. 

d) NOADVICEAND/ORINFORMATION,DESPITEWHETHERWRITTENORORAL,THAT MAY BE OBTAINED BY YOU FROM STANDISH OR BY WAY OF OR FROM OUR SERVICES OR SOFTWARE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TOS. 

e) A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF SOME USERS MAY EXPERIENCE SOME DEGREE OF EPILEPTIC SEIZURE WHEN EXPOSED TO CERTAIN LIGHT PATTERNS OR BACKGROUNDS THAT MAY BE CONTAINED ON A COMPUTER SCREEN OR WHILE USING OUR SERVICES. CERTAIN CONDITIONS MAY INDUCE A PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN CONDITION OR UNDETECTED EPILEPTIC SYMPTOM IN USERS WHO HAVE SHOWN NO HISTORY OF ANY PRIOR SEIZURE OR EPILEPSY. SHOULD YOU, ANYONE YOU KNOW OR ANYONE IN YOUR FAMILY HAVE AN EPILEPTIC CONDITION, PLEASE CONSULT A PHYSICIAN IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS WHILE USING OUR SERVICES: DIZZINESS, ALTERED VISION, EYE OR MUSCLE TWITCHES, LOSS OF AWARENESS, DISORIENTATION, ANY INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT, OR CONVULSIONS. 

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY 

YOU EXPLICITLY ACKNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT STANDISH AND OUR SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE RELATED TO THE LOSS OF ANY PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA AND/OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF SUCH POSSIBILITY THAT SAID DAMAGES MAY OCCUR.  

RELEASE 

In the event you have a dispute, you agree to release Standish (and its officers, directors, employees, agents, parent subsidiaries, affiliates, co-branders, partners and any other third parties) from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected or unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected to such dispute. 

SPECIAL ADMONITION RELATED TO FINANCIAL MATTERS 

Should you intend to create or to join any service, receive or request any such news, messages, alerts or other information from our Services concerning companies, stock quotes, investments or securities, please review the above Sections Warranty Disclaimers and Limitations of Liability again. In addition, for this particular type of information, the phrase "Let the investor beware" is appropriate. Standish's content is provided primarily for informational purposes, and no content that shall be provided or included in our Services is intended for trading or investing purposes. Standish and our licensors shall not be responsible or liable for the accuracy, usefulness or availability of any information transmitted and/or made available by way of our Services, and shall not be responsible or liable for any trading and/or investment decisions based on any such information. 

EXCLUSION AND LIMITATIONS 

THERE ARE SOME JURISDICTIONS WHICH DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OF EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. THEREFORE, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF SECTIONS WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. 

THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES 

You herein acknowledge, understand and agree, unless otherwise expressly provided in this TOS, that there shall be no third-party beneficiaries to this agreement. 

NOTICE 

Standish may furnish you with notices, including those with regards to any changes to the TOS, including but not limited to email, regular mail, MMS or SMS, text messaging, postings on our website Services, or other reasonable means currently known or any which may be herein after developed. Any such notices may not be received if you violate any aspects of the TOS by accessing our Services in an unauthorized manner. Your acceptance of this TOS constitutes your agreement that you are deemed to have received any and all notices that would have been delivered had you accessed our Services in an authorized manner. 

TRADEMARK INFORMATION

You herein acknowledge, understand and agree that all of the Standish trademarks, copyright, trade name, service marks, and other Standish logos and any brand features, and/or product and service names are trademarks and as such, are and shall remain the property of Standish. You herein agree not to display and/or use in any manner the Standish logo or marks without obtaining Standish's prior written consent. 

COPYRIGHT OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT CLAIMS NOTICE & PROCEDURES 

Standish will always respect the intellectual property of others, and we ask that all of our users do the same. With regards to appropriate circumstances and at its sole discretion, Standish may disable and/or terminate the accounts of any user who violates our TOS and/or infringes the rights of others. If you feel that your work has been duplicated in such a way that would constitute copyright infringement, or if you believe your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, you should provide to us the  information regarding this infringement. 

ENTIRE AGREEMENT 

This TOS constitutes the entire agreement between you and Standish and shall govern the use of our Services, superseding any prior version of this TOS between you and us with respect to Standish Services. You may also be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use or purchase certain other Standish Services, affiliate Services, third-party content or third-party software. 

CHOICE OF LAW AND FORUM 

It is at the mutual agreement of both you and Standish with regard to the TOS that the relationship between the parties shall be governed by the laws of the state of Massachusetts without regard to its conflict of law provisions and that any and all claims, causes of action and/or disputes, arising out of or relating to the TOS, or the relationship between you and Standish, shall be filed within the courts having jurisdiction within the County of Barnstable, Massachusetts or the U.S. District Court located in said state. You and Standish agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts as previously mentioned and agree to waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over the parties by such courts and to venue in such courts. 

WAIVER AND SEVERABILITY OF TERMS 

At any time, should Standish fail to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the TOS, such failure shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of this TOS is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the TOS remain in full force and effect.    

NO RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP NON-TRANSFERABILITY 

You acknowledge, understand and agree that your account is non-transferable and any rights to your ID and/or contents within your account shall terminate upon your death. Upon receipt of a copy of a death certificate, your account may be terminated and all contents therein permanently deleted. 

STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS 

You acknowledge, understand and agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or action arising out of or related to the use of our Services or the TOS must be filed within 7 year(s) after said claim or cause of action arose or shall be forever barred. 

VIOLATIONS 

Please report any and all violations of this TOS to Standish as follows: 

Mailing Address:
The Standish Group
66 Tern Ln
Centerville, Massachusetts 02632 

Telephone: 508-760-3600 Fax: 508-760-3600 Email: jennifer@standishgroup.com