Welcome to Appraisal Linx, LinxFlow™ and LinxNet™

1. Your relationship with Appraisal Linx
1.1 Your use of Appraisal Linx’s web site, LinxFlow™ and LinxNet™ (referred to collectively as the “Services” in this document and excluding any services provided to you by Appraisal Linx under a separate written agreement) is subject to the terms of a legal agreement between you and Appraisal Linx.  “Appraisal Linx” means Appraisal Linx, Inc., whose principal place of business is at 28371 Davis Parkway, Suite 101, Warrenville, IL 60555, United States. This document explains how the agreement is made up, and sets out some of the terms of that agreement.
1.2 Unless otherwise agreed in writing with Appraisal Linx, your agreement with Appraisal Linx will always include, at a minimum, the terms and conditions set out in this document. These are referred to below as the “Universal Terms.”
1.3 Your agreement with Appraisal Linx will also include the terms of any Legal Notices applicable to the Services, in addition to the Universal Terms. All of these are referred to below as the “Additional Terms”. Where Additional Terms apply to a Service, these will be accessible for you to read either within, or through your use of, that Service.
1.4 The Universal Terms, together with the Additional Terms, form a legally binding agreement between you and Appraisal Linx in relation to your use of the Services. It is important that you take the time to read them carefully. Collectively, this legal agreement is referred to below as the “Terms.”
1.5 If there is any contradiction between what the Additional Terms say and what the Universal Terms say, then the Additional Terms shall take precedence in relation to that Service.

2. Accepting the Terms
2.1 In order to use the Services, you must first agree to the Terms. You may not use the Services if you do not accept the Terms.
2.2 You can accept the Terms by:
(A) clicking to accept or agree to the Terms, where this option is made available to you by Appraisal Linx in the user interface for any Service; or
(B) by actually using the Services. In this case, you understand and agree that Appraisal Linx will treat your use of the Services as acceptance of the Terms from that point onwards.
2.3 You may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms if (a) you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with Appraisal Linx, or (b) you are a person barred from receiving the Services under the laws of the United States or other countries including the country in which you are resident or from which you use the Services.
2.4 Before you continue, you should print off or save a local copy of the Universal Terms for your records.

3. Use of the Services by you
3.1 In order to access certain Services, you may be required to provide information about yourself (such as identification or contact details) as part of the registration process for the Service, or as part of your continued use of the Services. You agree that any registration information you give to Appraisal Linx will always be accurate, correct and up to date.
3.2 You agree to use the Services only for purposes that are permitted by (a) the Terms and (b) any applicable law, regulation or generally accepted practices or guidelines in the relevant jurisdictions).
3.3 You agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services by any means other than through the interface that is provided by Appraisal Linx, unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement with Appraisal Linx. You specifically agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services through any automated means (including use of scripts or web crawlers) and shall ensure that you comply with the instructions set out in any robots.txt file present on the Services.
3.4 You agree that you will not engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the Services (or the servers and networks which are connected to the Services).
3.5 Unless you have been specifically permitted to do so in a separate agreement with Appraisal Linx, you agree that you will not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade or resell the Services for any purpose.
3.6 You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that Appraisal Linx has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any breach of your obligations under the Terms and for the consequences (including any loss or damage which Appraisal Linx may suffer) of any such breach.

4. Your passwords and account security
4.1 You agree and understand that you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of passwords associated with any account you use to access the Services.
4.2 Accordingly, you agree that you will be solely responsible to Appraisal Linx for all activities that occur under your account.
4.3 If you become aware of any unauthorized use of your password or of your account, you agree to notify Appraisal Linx immediately by emailing support@appraisallinx.com

5. Privacy and your personal information
5.1 For information about Appraisal Linx’s data protection practices, please read Appraisal Linx’s privacy policy at http://www.appraisallinx.com/privacy.html. This policy explains how Appraisal Linx treats your personal information, and protects your privacy, when you use the Services.
5.2 You agree to the use of your data in accordance with Appraisal Linx’s privacy policies
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6. Proprietary rights
6.1 You acknowledge and agree that Appraisal Linx (or Appraisal Linx’s licensors) own all legal right, title and interest in and to the Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in the Services (whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever in the world those rights may exist). You further acknowledge that the Services may contain information which is designated confidential by Appraisal Linx and that you shall not disclose such information without Appraisal Linx’s prior written consent.
6.2 Unless you have agreed otherwise in writing with Appraisal Linx, nothing in the Terms gives you a right to use any of Appraisal Linx’s trade names, trade marks, service marks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features.

7. License from Appraisal Linx
7.1 Appraisal Linx gives you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable and non-exclusive license to use the software provided to you by Appraisal Linx as part of the Services as provided to you by Appraisal Linx (referred to as the “Software” below). This license is for the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of the Services as provided by Appraisal Linx, in the manner permitted by the Terms.
7.2 You may not (and you may not permit anyone else to) copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, decompile or otherwise attempt to extract the source code of the Software or any part thereof, unless this is expressly permitted or required by law, or unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by Appraisal Linx, in writing.
7.3 Unless Appraisal Linx has given you specific written permission to do so, you may not assign (or grant a sub-license of) your rights to use the Software, grant a security interest in or over your rights to use the Software, or otherwise transfer any part of your rights to use the Software.

8. Ending your relationship with Appraisal Linx
8.1 The Terms will continue to apply until terminated by either you or Appraisal Linx as set out below.
8.2 If you want to terminate your legal agreement with Appraisal Linx, you may do so by (a) notifying Appraisal Linx at any time and (b) closing your accounts for all of the Services which you use, where Appraisal Linx has made this option available to you. Your notice should be sent, in writing, to Appraisal Linx’s address which is set out at the beginning of these Terms.
8.3 Appraisal Linx may at any time, terminate its legal agreement with you if:
(A) you have breached any provision of the Terms (or have acted in manner which clearly shows that you do not intend to, or are unable to comply with the provisions of the Terms); or
(B) Appraisal Linx is required to do so by law (for example, where the provision of the Services to you is, or becomes, unlawful); or
(C) the partner with whom Appraisal Linx offered the Services to you has terminated its relationship with Appraisal Linx or ceased to offer the Services to you; or
(D) the provision of the Services to you by Appraisal Linx is, in Appraisal Linx’s opinion, no longer commercially viable.
8.4 Nothing in this Section shall affect Appraisal Linx’s rights regarding provision of Services under Section 3 of the Terms.
8.5 When these Terms come to an end, all of the legal rights, obligations and liabilities that you and Appraisal Linx have benefited from, been subject to (or which have accrued over time whilst the Terms have been in force) or which are expressed to continue indefinitely, shall be unaffected by this cessation, and the provisions of paragraph 13.5 shall continue to apply to such rights, obligations and liabilities indefinitely.

9. EXCLUSION OF WARRANTIES
9.1 NOTHING IN THESE TERMS, INCLUDING SECTIONS 9 AND 10, SHALL EXCLUDE OR LIMIT APPRAISAL LINX’S WARRANTY OR LIABILITY FOR LOSSES WHICH MAY NOT BE LAWFULLY EXCLUDED OR LIMITED BY APPLICABLE LAW. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE, BREACH OF CONTRACT OR BREACH OF IMPLIED TERMS, OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, ONLY THE LIMITATIONS WHICH ARE LAWFUL IN YOUR JURISDICTION WILL APPLY TO YOU AND OUR LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
9.2 YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND THAT THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND “AS AVAILABLE.”
9.3 IN PARTICULAR, APPRAISAL LINX AND ITS LICENSORS DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT TO YOU THAT:
(A) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS,
(B) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR FREE FROM ERROR,
(C) ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY YOU AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, AND
(D) THAT DEFECTS IN THE OPERATION OR FUNCTIONALITY OF ANY SOFTWARE PROVIDED TO YOU AS PART OF THE SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED.
9.4 ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICES IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR OTHER DEVICE OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
9.5 NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM APPRAISAL LINX OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS.
9.6 APPRAISAL LINX FURTHER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
10.1 SUBJECT TO OVERALL PROVISION IN PARAGRAPH 9.1 ABOVE, YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT APPRAISAL LINX AND ITS LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR:
(A) ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU, HOWEVER CAUSED AND UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY. THIS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, ANY LOSS OF PROFIT (WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY), ANY LOSS OF GOODWILL OR BUSINESS REPUTATION, ANY LOSS OF DATA SUFFERED, COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSS;
(B) ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OR DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF:
(I) ANY CHANGES WHICH APPRAISAL LINX MAY MAKE TO THE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY CESSATION IN THE PROVISION OF THE SERVICES (OR ANY FEATURES WITHIN THE SERVICES);
(II) THE DELETION OF, CORRUPTION OF, OR FAILURE TO STORE, ANY CONTENT AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DATA MAINTAINED OR TRANSMITTED BY OR THROUGH YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES;
(III) YOUR FAILURE TO PROVIDE APPRAISAL LINX WITH ACCURATE ACCOUNT INFORMATION; OR
(IV) YOUR FAILURE TO KEEP YOUR PASSWORD OR ACCOUNT DETAILS SECURE AND CONFIDENTIAL.
10.2 THE LIMITATIONS ON APPRAISAL LINX’S LIABILITY TO YOU IN PARAGRAPH 10.1 ABOVE SHALL APPLY WHETHER OR NOT APPRAISAL LINX HAS BEEN ADVISED OF OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH LOSSES ARISING.

11. Other content
11.1 The Services may include hyperlinks to other web sites or content or resources. Appraisal Linx may have no control over any web sites or resources which are provided by companies or persons other than Appraisal Linx.
11.2 You acknowledge and agree that Appraisal Linx is not responsible for the availability of any such external sites or resources, and does not endorse any advertising, products or other materials on or available from such web sites or resources.
11.3 You acknowledge and agree that Appraisal Linx is not liable for any loss or damage which may be incurred by you as a result of the availability of those external sites or resources, or as a result of any reliance placed by you on the completeness, accuracy or existence of any advertising, products or other materials on, or available from, such web sites or resources.

12. Changes to the Terms
12.1 Appraisal Linx may make changes to the Universal Terms or Additional Terms from time to time. When these changes are made, Appraisal Linx will make a new copy of the Universal Terms available at http://www.appraisallinx.com/TOS.html and any new Additional Terms will be made available to you from within, or through, the affected Services.
12.2 You understand and agree that if you use the Services after the date on which the Universal Terms or Additional Terms have changed, Appraisal Linx will treat your use as acceptance of the updated Universal Terms or Additional Terms.

13. General legal terms
13.1 The Terms constitute the whole legal agreement between you and Appraisal Linx and govern your use of the Services (but excluding any services which Appraisal Linx may provide to you under a separate written agreement), and completely replace any prior agreements between you and Appraisal Linx in relation to the Services.
13.2 You agree that Appraisal Linx may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the Terms, by email, regular mail, or postings on the Services.
13.3 You agree that if Appraisal Linx does not exercise or enforce any legal right or remedy which is contained in the Terms (or which Appraisal Linx has the benefit of under any applicable law), this will not be taken to be a formal waiver of Appraisal Linx’s rights and that those rights or remedies will still be available to Appraisal Linx.
13.4 If any court of law, having the jurisdiction to decide on this matter, rules that any provision of these Terms is invalid, then that provision will be removed from the Terms without affecting the rest of the Terms. The remaining provisions of the Terms will continue to be valid and enforceable.
13.5 The Terms, and your relationship with Appraisal Linx under the Terms, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Illinois without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. You and Appraisal Linx agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the county of DuPage, Illinois to resolve any legal matter arising from the Terms. Notwithstanding this, you agree that Appraisal Linx shall still be allowed to apply for injunctive remedies (or an equivalent type of urgent legal relief) in any jurisdiction.
January 1, 2012