Terms of Use
Updated to January 6, 2012
Adam Atlas Attorney at Law (the “Firm”) provides this web site (the “Site”) subject to your compliance with the terms and conditions below. PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE ACCESSING THE SITE. BY ACCESSING THE SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SITE.
By accessing the Site, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions listed below:
1. Rules.
While visiting the Site, you may not:
a) post, transmit or otherwise distribute information constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense or give rise to civil liability, or otherwise use the Site in a manner which is contrary to law or would serve to restrict or inhibit any other user from using or enjoying the Site or the Internet;
b) post or transmit any information or software which contains a virus, cancelbot, trojan horse, worm or other similar, harmful or disruptive component;
c) upload, post, publish, transmit, reproduce, or distribute in any way, information, software or other material obtained through the Site which is protected by copyright, or other intellectual property right, or derivative works with respect thereto, without obtaining permission of the copyright owner or rightholder.
2. Monitoring.
Firm has no obligation to monitor the Site. However, you agree that Firm has the right to monitor the Site electronically from time to time and to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or other governmental request, to operate the Site properly, or to protect itself or its users in accordance with Firm’s Privacy Policy. Firm will not intentionally monitor or disclose any private electronic-mail message unless required by law. Firm reserves the right to refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, that, in its sole discretion, are unacceptable, undesirable, or in violation of this Agreement.
3. Privacy.
For information on how identifiable information is collected, used and disclosed by Firm, please read our Privacy Policy.
4. No Legal Advice
Nothing on this Site shall be interpreted as legal advice. The Firm is licensed in the State of New York and the Province of Quebec only and provides no advice other than under the laws of those jurisdictions. This Site, however, contains no legal advice.
5. Engagement.
You may engage the Firm to represent you by accepting the terms of engagement presented to you for that purpose after an initial discussion with the Firm
6. Limitation of Liability.
FIRM, INCLUDING ITS AFFILIATES, RELATED COMPANIES AND SUPPLIERS, TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OR VALIDITY OF ANY CLAIMS OR STATEMENTS CONTAINED IN THE DOCUMENTS AND RELATED GRAPHICS ON THE SITE. FURTHER, FIRM MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF ANY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE DOCUMENTS AND RELATED GRAPHICS ON THE SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. ALL SUCH DOCUMENTS, RELATED GRAPHICS, PRODUCT AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND. IN NO EVENT SHALL FIRM BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF INFORMATION, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SITE. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE FIRM BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY AMOUNT GREATER THAN $100.
7. Recourse.
If you are dissatisfied with the Site or with any terms, conditions, rules, policies, guidelines or practices of Firm in operating the Site, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Site.
8. Indemnity.
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Firm and its affiliates and related companies harmless from any and all liabilities, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, related to any violation of this Agreement by you or users of your account, or in connection with the use of the Site or the Internet or the placement or transmission of any message, information, software or other materials on the Site or on the Internet by you or users of your account.
9. Intellectual Property.
All elements of the Site (the “Elements”) such as, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the texts, articles, photos, illustrations, images, videos and audio materials, are the property of Firm and are subject to licenses or agreements allowing their broadcast through the site. No site Element may be copied, reproduced, distributed, published, translated, downloaded, posted or sent, in any way whatsoever, without the prior written approval of Firm or the copyright holder. You are allowed to post or download the site Elements, but solely for non-commercial purposes and for personal use, provided you do not change these Elements and maintain all their intellectual property notices.
The trademarks and logos used or posted on the Site are trademarks which were registered or not by Firm or third parties. Nothing in the Site may be interpreted as allowing, directly or indirectly, the use of a trademark reproduced on Site without the prior written approval of the owner of such trademark.
10. Territory.
The Site originates and is published in Canada, however, certain services offered from this Site are offered elsewhere.
11. Miscellaneous.
This Agreement, including any and all documents referenced herein, constitutes the entire agreement between Firm and you pertaining to the subject matter hereof. Firm’s failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any provisions or right. If any of the provisions contained in this Agreement were determined to be void, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions contained herein. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the applicable laws of the Province of Quebec and the federal laws applicable therein.
Privacy Policy
This privacy policy covers the www.adamatlas.com (the “Site”, “us” or “we”) and all products and services provided directly by or through the Site.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this policy, they should first contact Site via the contact information provided on this Site. By using Site, whether you open an account or not, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Information Collection
Site is the sole owner of the information posted or collected through the Site. Site collects information from our users at several different points on this site.
We request information from the user via our Site and via e-mail. You may be asked to provide contact information (such as name, email and postal address), financial information (such as credit card number, expiration date, credit information and other personal financial information) and information concerning your business (type of business, years in operation, sales volume, suppliers, customers and other information).
Information Use
The information we collect is used exclusively for underwriting your account and deciding if our organization or our sponsoring bank wishes to do business with you either as an agent for the solicitation of merchant services or as a merchant to whom merchant services (credit card and debit card processing) will be supplied. We may also use your information to solicit you, either directly or indirectly, to offer additional products or services. We may make other uses of your information with your consent.
Profile
We store information that you provide to us (such as documents e-mailed to us ) or that we collect through cookies, log files, clear gifs, and/or third parties to create a profile of our users. A profile is stored information that we keep on individual users. Consequently, collected information is tied to the users personally identifiable information. This profile is used to tailor a user’s visit to our Site, and to direct pertinent marketing promotions to them. We do not share your profile or any part thereof with any third parties.
Log Files
Like most standard web site servers we use log files. This includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Legal Disclaimer
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Site. We may also disclose your information to our sponsoring bank in order for such bank to evaluate whether or it or we can do business with you.
Business Transitions
In the event Site goes through a business transition, such as a merger, being acquired by another company, or selling a portion of its assets, users’ personal information will, in most instances, be part of the assets transferred.
Choice
You are under no obligation to provide any personal information to us.
Links
This Site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that Site, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Site.
Security
We take every precaution to protect our users’ information. When users submit sensitive information via the Site, their information is protected both online and off-line.
Only employees or consultants, if any, who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, our billing clerk or a assessment consultant) are granted access to personally identifiable information. Our employees and consultants, if any, must use password-protected screen-savers when they leave their desk. When they return, they must re-enter their password to re-gain access to user information. Furthermore, ALL employees and consultants, if any, are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. As well, any time new policies are added, our employees and consultants, if any, are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on privacy, and what they can do to ensure our users’ information is protected. Finally, the servers that store personally identifiable information are in a secure environment, in a locked facility.
If you have any questions about the security at our Site, users can send an email to Site at the address provided at the contact section of this site.
Correcting/ Updating/ Deleting /Deactivating Personal Information
If a user’s personally identifiable information changes (such as zip code, phone, email or postal address), or if a user no longer desires our service, we provide a way to correct, update or delete/deactivate users’ personally identifiable information please contact us by telephone or postal mail at the contact information listed at the contact section of this site..
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement on this site.
Contact Information
If users have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us via the contact information provided at the contact section of this Site.
