Applied Knowledge

Terms and Conditions of Use

Effective: January 31, 2024

This website (the “Website”) is operated by Stone Security Engineering, P.C. (“Company,” “us,” “we,” and “our”) subject to the following terms and conditions of use. In return for gaining access to the Website, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions of use without limitation or qualification. If you do not intend to be legally bound by these terms and conditions of use, do not access or use the Website. If you visit the Website, you accept these terms and conditions of use. Please read them carefully.

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE AND DISCLAIMERS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE. YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE CONSTITUTES YOUR AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE AND DISCLAIMERS.

Website Access
The Company grants you a nonexclusive, nontransferable, limited right and license to access and make personal use of the Website and the material provided hereon for your personal, noncommercial use, provided that you fully comply with the terms and conditions of use of the Website. You agree not to download (other than page caching) or modify the Website, or any portion of it, without the express written consent of the Company. This license does not include any rights of resale or commercial use of the Website or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of the Website or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another merchant; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. The Website or any portion of the Website may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without the express written consent of the Company.

You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including, without limitation, images, text, page layout, or form)
of Company or its affiliates without its or their respective express written consent. You may not use any metatags or any other “hidden text” utilizing the Company’s or its affiliates’ name or trade names, trademarks, or service marks without the express, written consent of the Company. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted to you by the Company.

You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of the Website so long as the link does not portray the Company, its affiliates, or their products or services, in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter. You may not use any proprietary graphic, trade name, trademark, or service mark of the Company or any of its affiliates as part of the link without the express written consent of the Company.

Your Account
If you create an account with us in connection with your use of the Website, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your user ID and password, and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your user ID, account or password.

Geographic Scope
The Website may be viewed in all U.S. states and territories, as well as internationally. The Website may reference products or services not available in all areas. Reference to a particular product or service does not mean that the Company is permitted or intends to make that product or service available in all areas.

Electronic Communications
When you visit the Website or send e-mails to us, you are communicating with us electronically and consent to receive communications from us electronically. We will communicate with you by e-mail or by posting notices on the Website. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that we provide to you electronically via e-mail or by posting notices on the Website satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

Reviews, Comments, Communications, and Other Content
The Company reserves the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel orders in its sole discretion. Visitors may not post reviews, comments or other content, send e-cards or other communications, or submit suggestions, ideas, comments, questions, or other information, that is illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable, or which consists of or contains software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of “spam.” Nor may you use a false e-mail address or falsely impersonate any person or entity. The Company reserves the right to remove or edit such content that violates these Terms and Conditions of Use.

If you do post content or submit material, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant the Company a
nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media, including, without limitation, any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any communications, content, or materials you send to the Website for any purpose whatsoever, including, without limitation, developing, manufacturing, providing, or promoting new products or services using such information and things. You further grant the Company the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if it chooses. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that you post; that the content is accurate; that use of the content you supply does not violate the Terms and Conditions of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity; and that you will indemnify Company, its related entities and its affiliates for all claims resulting from content you supply. From time to time, the Company may monitor and edit or remove any activity or content from the Website, but it has no obligation to do so. The Company takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content posted by you or any third party. Harassment in any manner or form on the Website, including via e-mail or chat or by obscene or abusive language is strictly forbidden. Impersonation of others, including a Company employee, host, or representative or other member(s) or visitor(s) to the Website is prohibited. You may not upload to, distribute, or otherwise publish through the Website any content that is libelous, defamatory, obscene, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, illegal, or otherwise objectionable, or that constitutes or encourages a
criminal offense, violates the rights of any party, or otherwise gives rise to liability or violates any law. You may not upload commercial content on the Website or use the Website to solicit others to join or become members of any commercial online service or other organization.

Links
These terms and conditions of use apply only to this Website, and not to the websites of any other person or entity. We may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other worldwide websites or resources. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the availability of such external websites or resources, and do not endorse (and are not responsible or liable for) any content, advertising, products, services, or other materials on or available from such other websites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that, under no circumstances, will we be held responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage that is caused or alleged to have been caused to you in connection with your use of, or reliance on, any content, advertisements, products, services or other resources available from any other website (regardless of whether we directly or indirectly link to such content, advertisements, products, services, or other resources). You should direct any concerns with respect to any other websites to that website’s administrator or webmaster.

Trademarks
The Company is the owner of certain registered and unregistered trademarks, service marks, trade names,
graphics, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts, trade dress, or other indicia of trade origin that appear on the

Website, including, without limitation, Applied Knowledge® and the Company’s logo (collectively the “Company Marks”). The Company Marks may not be used in connection with any business, product, or service whose source is not the Company, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, the trade, or the public, or in any manner that disparages or discredits the Company. Nothing contained on the Website should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right to use any Company Marks displayed or contained in the Website without the express, written consent of the Company.

The Website may also feature certain trademarks, service marks, trade names, and logos that are owned by other persons or entities, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by the Company (collectively the “Non-Company Marks”). All Non-Company Marks are the property of their respective owners. Unless otherwise specifically stated, Non-Company Marks are used only to identify, describe, or refer to the products, services or owners with which they are associated and not as any form of endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation by the Company. The Company hereby disclaims any rights to Non-Company Marks, copyrights, patents, domain names, or other intellectual property interests of third parties.

Copyright
All content included on the Website, including, but not limited to, text, design, graphics, logos, icons, images, audio clips, video clips, digital downloads, interfaces, data compilations, software, and code, is the property of the Company, its affiliates, or its content suppliers, and is protected by United States and international copyright laws. The compilation of all content on this site is the exclusive property of the Company, its affiliates, or its content suppliers, and is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. All software used on this site is the property of
the Company, its affiliates, or its software suppliers and is protected by United States and international copyright laws. For purposes of these terms and conditions of use, the term “affiliates” means any entity or person, directly or indirectly, owning a controlling interest in, or under common ownership or control with, the Company, or any entity or person in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns a controlling interest. Nothing contained on the Website should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any of the copyrighted works displayed or contained in the Website without the express, written consent of the Company.

Copyright Complaints
The Company respects the intellectual property rights of others and we ask our users to do the same. In
appropriate circumstances and in our discretion, we may terminate the rights of any user to use of the Website (or any part thereof) who infringes the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or if you are aware of someone so infringing on your rights, please provide the following information to the copyright agent (identified below):

 An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright
interest;
 A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed upon;
 A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Website;
 Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
 A statement that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright
owner, its agent, and or the law; and
 A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate, and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.

Copyright Agent
You may send notices of copyright infringement to the Company’s designated copyright agent at the following addresses:

Stone Security Engineering, P.C.
Attn: Copyright Agent
169 Madison Avenue, Suite 2615
New York, NY 10016
+1 (646) 649-3169
Info@StoneSecurityEngineering.com (With “Copyright Agent” in the subject line.)

Please note that this procedure is exclusively for notifying the Company and its affiliates that your copyrighted materials have been infringed.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability
THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED BY THE COMPANY ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. THE COMPANY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE WEBSITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON THE WEBSITE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE COMPANY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE, ITS SERVERS, OR E-MAIL SENT FROM THE COMPANY ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. THE COMPANY WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

Governing Law and Disputes
The Website was developed in the State of New York, United States of America, and shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York. By visiting the Website, you agree that the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these terms and conditions of use, and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and the Company. Any dispute relating in any way to your visit to the Website or to products, services or materials you access or purchase through the Website shall be submitted to confidential arbitration in New York County, New York, United
States of America, except to the extent you have violated or threatened to violate the Company’s intellectual property rights, in which event the Company may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any state or federal court in the State of New York, and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts. Arbitration under these terms and conditions of use shall be conducted under the rules then prevailing of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator’s award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration under these terms and conditions of use shall be joined to an arbitration involving any other party subject to these terms and conditions of use, whether through class arbitration proceedings or otherwise.

Children
Children under the age of 18 are not eligible to use the Website unsupervised. If you are under the age of 18, you may only use this Website under the supervision of your parents or guardians.

Site Policies, Modification, and Severability
You are encouraged and advised to review the terms and conditions of use and the privacy policy posted on the Website. These policies also govern your visit to the Website. By using the Website, you agree to be bound by and to abide by these policies, just as if you had signed an agreement. If you do not comply with these terms and conditions of use at any time, we reserve the right, if applicable, to terminate your password, user account, or your access to the Website (or any part thereof). You agree that any termination or cancellation of your access to, or use of, the Website, may be effected without prior notice. Further, you agree that we will not be liable to you or to any third party for any termination or cancellation of your access to, or use of, the Website. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to change, modify, add to, or remove portions of the Website, the terms and conditions of use and the privacy policy at any time. You should check these terms and conditions of use and privacy policy periodically for changes. By using the Website after we post any changes to the terms and
conditions of use or the privacy policy, you agree to accept those changes, regardless of whether you have reviewed them. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions of use and the privacy policy, you should not use the Website and, if applicable, you should arrange to cancel your registered user account or subscription with us. If any of these terms or conditions is deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition will be deemed severed and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition.

Our Address
Stone Security Engineering, P.C.
169 Madison Avenue, Suite 2615
New York, NY 10016
+1 (646) 649-3169

Effective Date and Changes
These terms and conditions of use are effective as of April 10, 2023. The Company reserves the right to modify these terms and conditions of use at any time and in its sole discretion, by posting a change notice on this page. Your continued use of the Website following our posting of a change notice will constitute binding acceptance of those changes.

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