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TERMS OF USE

1. SCOPE OF AGREEMENT

The following Terms of Use (“Agreement”) govern the use of websites located at bbb.org; and bbbmarketplacetrust.org (the “Sites”), which includes the websites of the International Association of Better Business Bureaus, Inc.; separately incorporated Better Business Bureau organizations in the United States and Canada; BBB Foundations; and BBB Institute for Marketplace Trust (collectively, “BBB”). By accessing the Sites, you, the end user of the Sites (“you”), agree to be bound by and comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, which constitutes a valid and binding legal contract between BBB and you. If, at any time, you choose not to accept the terms and conditions of this Agreement, you do not have permission to access or use the Sites in any manner, and you should exit the Sites immediately.

Please take a few minutes to read this Agreement carefully.

Please note: BBB makes no representations or guarantees that information, content, or other materials on the Sites are accurate. BBB asks users who submit content to affirm that any information in the content is accurate, but BBB does not verify the accuracy of the information submitted by users. All content on the Sites is provided solely to assist users in exercising their own best judgment, and you acknowledge and agree that your access and use of all content made available on the Sites are at your own risk.

2. GRANT OF LICENSE

BBB hereby grants to you a personal, revocable, limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, and non-transferable license to use and access the Sites solely for your direct use and not for sale, republication, or aggregation, conditioned on your continued compliance with all provisions of this Agreement (including without limitation any external terms and documentation linked or referenced herein).

When using the Sites under the foregoing license, you shall not directly or indirectly (a) use the Sites to create, supplement, or compile data for any service, website, application, or documentation that performs substantially the same functionality as the Sites, (b) disassemble, decompile, reverse-engineer or use any other means to attempt to discover any underlying code, algorithms, or trade secrets of the Sites, (c) encumber, sublicense, transfer, distribute, rent, lease, time-share or use the Sites in any service bureau arrangement or otherwise for the benefit of any third party, (d) adapt, combine, create derivative works of or otherwise modify the Sites, (e) disable, circumvent, or otherwise avoid or undermine any security device, mechanism, protocol, or procedure implemented in the Sites, (f) use or access the Sites for any unlawful, fraudulent, deceptive, tortious, malicious, or otherwise harmful or injurious purpose, (g) remove, obscure, deface, or alter any proprietary rights notices on any element of the Sites or accompanying documentation, or (h) use the Sites in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Sites or interfere with any third party's authorized use of the Sites.

3. USER OBLIGATIONS

You represent that you are at least eighteen (18) years of age or the legal age of majority in your jurisdiction (whichever is greater) and will, at all times