You agree not to use the Services in a way that violates any laws, infringes any individual’s or entity’s rights, is inappropriate or offensive, or interferes with the Services (including any technological measures we employ to enforce the Agreements). You agree that the Company is not liable to you or any third-party for any access, use, modification, suspension, or discontinuance of the Services. The respectful use of the Services is important to us. You may not disarm, manipulate, work around, or disable any technological measures we employ to manage and safeguard the Services.
When you create a listing, you may choose to include certain requirements, qualifications, or certifications that must be met by the SMB in order to be eligible to request a Match. Factor agrees that (i) it will not apply such requirements, qualifications, or certifications in a discriminatory or unlawful manner; (ii) it will not use the Services to request that an SMB engages in any prohibited or unlawful activity; (iii) it will not request any information from an SMB that is prohibited by applicable law or security requirements; and (iv) it will not use the Services to request information from an SMB in order to contract or provide the services provided under these Agreements to an SMB outside of the Services and these Agreements.
The Company specifically prohibits you from using the Services: (a) for any unlawful purpose; (b) to solicit others to perform or participate in any unlawful acts; (c) to violate any international, federal, provincial or state regulations, rules, laws, or local ordinances; (d) to infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others; (e) to harass, abuse, insult, harm, defame, slander, disparage, intimidate, or discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, race, age, national origin, or disability; (f) to submit false or misleading information; (g) to upload or attempt to upload or transmit viruses or any other type of malicious code that will or may be used in any way that will affect the functionality or operation of the Services or any websites; (h) to collect or track the personal information of others; (i) to spam, phish, pharm, pretext, spider, crawl, or scrape; (j) for any obscene or immoral purpose; (k) to interfere with or circumvent the security features of the Services; (l) to contract or provide factoring services or similar to SMB outside of the Services and these Agreements.
The Company may monitor the Services for violations of the Agreements and take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in our sole discretion, violates the law or the Agreements, including without limitation, reporting such user to law enforcement authorities; refusing, restricting access to, limiting the availability of, or disabling (to the extent technologically feasible) your user account or any of your content; and otherwise manage the Services in a manner designed to protect our rights and to facilitate our business. We may conduct and/or instruct a third-party to conduct an inspection or audit your records to the extent reasonably necessary to fulfill any legal or reporting obligations of the Company, and where we suspect non-compliance with these Terms by you. You shall cooperate fully with reasonable requests from us and such third parties, providing access to all relevant books, records, premises, personnel and other information and making copies available as required.
By accessing and using the Services, you agree that you and the Company are independent contractors to each other. You further acknowledge and agree that no additional partnership, joint venture, employee, employer or other relationship is intended or entered into by the Agreements. You agree not to hold yourself out as in any way sponsored by, affiliated with, endorsed by, in partnership with, or as an employee of the Company or any of our affiliates or partners.