Terms of Service

ACCEPTANCE AND ASSENT

SECTION 1.

These Terms of Service, referred to as these “Terms,” govern your access to and use of the Site and any content, materials, or functionality made available through it. By accessing the Site, or by clicking to accept these Terms where that mechanism is presented, you agree to be bound by them. If you do not agree, you must not access the Site.

Please read Sections 17, 18, and 22 carefully. They disclaim warranties, limit our liability, require most disputes to be resolved by individual arbitration, and waive your right to a jury trial and to participate in a class action. Section 22.3 explains how to opt out of arbitration.

If you accept these Terms on behalf of an entity, you represent that you are authorised to bind that entity, and “you” refers to both you and that entity.

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 2.

2.1 “Content” means all text, graphics, data, reports, commentary, logos, marks, and other material made available on the Site.

2.2 “Firm,” “we,” “us,” and “our” mean DoublePlus, LLC and its affiliates, and their respective members, managers, officers, directors, employees, and agents.

2.3 “Government Affairs Activities” has the meaning given in Part A, Section 2.3.

2.4 “You” and “your” mean the individual or entity accessing the Site.

ELIGIBILITY AND NATURE OF THE SITE

SECTION 3.

3.1 You must be at least eighteen years of age and competent to contract in order to use the Site.

3.2 The Site is informational. It exists to describe the Firm and its activities. It is not a platform for the delivery of services, does not provide account access, and does not permit the transmission of transaction instructions.

3.3 The Firm is a single family office. It does not offer services to the public, does not accept outside capital, and does not solicit clients through the Site.

NO INVESTMENT ADVICE AND NO OFFER

SECTION 4.

4.1 Nothing on the Site constitutes investment, financial, accounting, or tax advice, or a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security or other asset.

4.2 Nothing on the Site constitutes an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security, interest in any pooled vehicle, or other investment product. Any offer will be made solely through definitive offering documents to eligible persons in jurisdictions where such an offer is lawful.

4.3 The Firm does not hold itself out to the public as an investment adviser and is not registered as such. Access to the Site does not create an advisory relationship, a fiduciary relationship, or an account of any kind.

4.4 Past performance is not indicative of future results. Any performance information appearing on the Site is historical, may be unaudited, and is qualified in its entirety by the assumptions and limitations disclosed with it.

NO LEGAL OR TAX ADVICE

SECTION 5.

Content addressing legal, regulatory, or tax matters is general in nature, may not reflect current law, and is not a substitute for advice from qualified counsel or a qualified tax adviser retained by you. No attorney client relationship, accountant client relationship, or duty of care arises from your use of the Site or from any communication sent to us through it. Do not send confidential or privileged information through the Site.

GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND POLITICAL ACTIVITY

SECTION 6.

6.1 Lawful advocacy only. The Firm conducts Government Affairs Activities in accordance with:

6.1.1 The Lobbying Disclosure Act, 2 U.S.C. § 1601 et seq., and the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act;

6.1.2 The Federal Election Campaign Act, 52 U.S.C. § 30101 et seq., including the prohibition on corporate contributions at 52 U.S.C. § 30118 and the limits at 52 U.S.C. § 30116;

6.1.3 House Rule XXV and Senate Rule XXXV governing gifts, the post employment restrictions at 18 U.S.C. § 207, and the executive branch standards of ethical conduct at 5 C.F.R. Part 2635;

6.1.4 The Foreign Agents Registration Act, 22 U.S.C. § 611 et seq., where applicable; and

6.1.5 The lobbying registration, reporting, ethics, gift, pay to play, and campaign finance requirements of each state and municipality in which we are active.

6.2 No guarantee of outcome. Nothing on the Site should be read as a representation that the Firm can secure, influence, or expedite any legislative, regulatory, administrative, procurement, or other governmental outcome. Advocacy is inherently uncertain and no result is promised or implied.

6.3 No improper influence. The Firm does not offer, promise, authorize, or provide anything of value to any government official, party official, or candidate in order to obtain or retain business or secure an improper advantage. This commitment reflects the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 78dd-1 et seq., the federal bribery and gratuity statute, 18 U.S.C. § 201, and comparable state law. The Firm does not accept contingent compensation for lobbying where such compensation is prohibited.

6.4 Positions are our own. Policy positions expressed on the Site are those of the Firm and are not attributable to any client, coalition member, portfolio company, grantee, or public official. Nothing on the Site constitutes an endorsement of, or an expenditure coordinated with, any candidate for public office, and nothing on the Site is authorized by any candidate or candidate committee.

6.5 Public filings. Registrations and reports filed under lobbying disclosure and campaign finance laws are public documents. Any summary of such filings appearing on the Site is provided for convenience and the filed document controls.

6.6 Federal funds. Where any activity relates to a federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement, the restrictions and certification requirements of 31 U.S.C. § 1352 and the prohibition at 18 U.S.C. § 1913 apply.

LICENCE AND PERMITTED USE

SECTION 7.

We grant you a limited, revocable, non exclusive, non transferable, non sublicensable licence to access the Site and to view and print Content for your personal, non commercial, informational use. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.

PROHIBITED CONDUCT

SECTION 8.

You shall not:

8.1 Use the Site for any unlawful purpose or in violation of these Terms;

8.2 Copy, reproduce, republish, distribute, sell, licence, or create derivative works from Content except as Section 7 permits;

8.3 Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site, any account, or any system or network connected to the Site, or probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any of them;

8.4 Introduce any virus, malware, or other harmful code;

8.5 Interfere with the operation of the Site or impose an unreasonable load on our infrastructure;

8.6 Remove, obscure, or alter any proprietary notice;

8.7 Impersonate any person or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity;

8.8 Use the Site to solicit political contributions or to conduct campaign activity; or

8.9 Use the Site or Content to compile a directory, dataset, or profile of the Firm, its personnel, or any family member.

We may investigate and take appropriate action, including suspension of access and referral to law enforcement, in respect of any suspected violation of this Section.

AUTOMATED ACCESS AND MODEL TRAINING

SECTION 9.

You shall not use any robot, spider, scraper, crawler, or other automated means to access the Site or to extract, index, or collect data from it, and you shall not use Content to develop, train, fine tune, evaluate, or ground any machine learning model, artificial intelligence system, or retrieval index, in each case without our prior express written consent. This restriction is a material term. Access by automated means in breach of this Section is unauthorized and any licence granted at Section 7 is void as to that access. We reserve all rights, including under applicable computer access, contract, and intellectual property law, and we may deploy technical measures to detect and prevent such access.

SUBMISSIONS AND FEEDBACK

SECTION 10.

Do not send us confidential, proprietary, or privileged information through the Site. Any material you transmit through the Site is deemed non confidential, save that Personal Information contained in it is handled in accordance with Part A. If you send us suggestions, comments, or feedback, you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty free, sublicensable licence to use it for any purpose without attribution or compensation, and you represent that you hold the rights necessary to grant that licence.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TRADEMARKS

SECTION 11.

The Site and Content are owned by the Firm or its licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark, trade dress, and other laws. DoublePlus and the associated logos are marks of the Firm and may not be used without our prior written consent. Third party marks appearing on the Site are the property of their respective owners and their appearance does not imply any affiliation or endorsement. Nothing in these Terms transfers any right, title, or interest in any intellectual property.

COPYRIGHT COMPLAINTS

SECTION 12.

If you believe that material on the Site infringes your copyright, send a written notice to our designated agent at prviacy@doubleplus.org or at the postal address at Section 28, containing: your physical or electronic signature; identification of the work claimed to be infringed; identification of the material claimed to be infringing and its location on the Site; your contact details; a statement that you have a good faith belief that the use is not authorized by the owner, its agent, or the law; and a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the notice is accurate and that you are the owner or authorised to act on the owner’s behalf. We will respond in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 512, and may terminate access for repeat infringers.

THIRD PARTY LINKS AND MATERIALS

SECTION 13.

The Site may link to third party sites and may reproduce third party materials. Such links and materials are provided for convenience. We do not control, endorse, or assume responsibility for third party content, products, services, or privacy practices. Your dealings with third parties are solely between you and them.

PRIVACY

SECTION 14.

Your use of the Site is subject to the Privacy Policy set out in Part A, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference and forms part of the agreement between us.

AVAILABILITY AND MODIFICATION OF THE SITE

SECTION 15.

We may modify, suspend, or discontinue the Site or any portion of it at any time without notice and without liability. We do not warrant that the Site will be available at any particular time or free of interruption.

ACCURACY OF CONTENT

SECTION 16.

Content is provided as of the date indicated and may become outdated. We undertake no obligation to update Content. Content may include projections, estimates, and forward looking statements. Such statements rest on assumptions that may prove incorrect, are subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially. You should not place undue reliance on them.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

SECTION 17.

THE SITE AND ALL CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE FIRM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, AND STATUTORY, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, AND QUIET ENJOYMENT, AND ANY WARRANTY ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. THE FIRM DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR FREE OF ERROR OR HARMFUL COMPONENTS. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT PERMIT THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, AND IN THOSE JURISDICTIONS THIS SECTION APPLIES TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

SECTION 18.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE FIRM SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, GOODWILL, OR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SITE OR THESE TERMS, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE FIRM HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE FIRM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SITE OR THESE TERMS SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS.

NOTHING IN THESE TERMS EXCLUDES OR LIMITS LIABILITY FOR FRAUD, FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION, WILFUL MISCONDUCT, OR ANY OTHER LIABILITY THAT CANNOT LAWFULLY BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT PERMIT THE LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES, AND IN THOSE JURISDICTIONS OUR LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

The limitations in this Section reflect the allocation of risk between the parties and apply notwithstanding the failure of the essential purpose of any limited remedy. The Site is provided without charge, and these limitations form an essential basis of the bargain.

INDEMNIFICATION

SECTION 19.

You shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Firm from and against any claim, demand, loss, liability, damage, cost, and expense, including reasonable attorney fees, arising out of or relating to your use of the Site, your violation of these Terms, your violation of any law, or your infringement of any right of a third party. We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter subject to indemnification, in which event you shall cooperate with us and shall not settle any matter without our prior written consent.

TERM AND TERMINATION

SECTION 20.

These Terms remain in effect while you use the Site. We may terminate or suspend your access at any time, for any reason, without notice. Sections 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 27 survive termination, together with any other provision that by its nature should survive.

GOVERNING LAW

SECTION 21.

These Terms and any dispute arising out of or relating to them or to the Site are governed by the laws of Wyoming, without regard to any conflict of laws principle that would apply the law of another jurisdiction, and without regard to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.

This Section does not deprive you of the protection of any mandatory consumer protection provision of the law of the jurisdiction in which you reside that cannot be varied by agreement.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

SECTION 22.

22.1 Informal resolution first. Before commencing any proceeding, you shall send a written notice of dispute to the address at Section 28 describing the claim and the relief sought, and we shall send any notice of dispute to the address you have provided. The parties shall then attempt in good faith to resolve the matter for sixty days. Any limitation period is tolled during that period. Completion of this step is a condition precedent to commencing arbitration.

22.2 Binding arbitration. If the dispute is not resolved, any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Site shall be finally resolved by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Consumer Arbitration Rules before a single arbitrator. The seat shall be Teton County, Wyoming, and the arbitrator may conduct proceedings by written submission, telephone, or videoconference at your election. The arbitrator shall have authority to decide questions of arbitrability and to award any relief a court could award to the individual claimant. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. The Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., governs the interpretation and enforcement of this Section. The arbitration, including its existence, the submissions, and the award, shall be confidential.

22.3 Your right to opt out of arbitration. You may reject Section 22.2 by sending written notice to the address at Section 28 within thirty days of first accepting these Terms, stating your name, address, and an unambiguous intention to opt out. Opting out will not affect any other provision of these Terms and will not disadvantage you in any respect. If you opt out, Section 22.6 applies to the resolution of disputes.

22.4 Fees. We will pay the arbitration filing, administration, and arbitrator fees to the extent they exceed the fee you would pay to file the same claim in court, unless the arbitrator determines the claim to be frivolous. Each party otherwise bears its own costs, except where a statute or the arbitrator provides otherwise.

22.5 Carve outs. Either party may bring an individual claim in small claims court if it qualifies. Either party may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in court to prevent the actual or threatened infringement or misappropriation of intellectual property or the breach of Section 9, and such an application is not a waiver of this Section.

22.6 Venue where arbitration does not apply. Where a dispute is not subject to arbitration, whether because you have opted out, because it falls within Section 22.5, or because this Section is held unenforceable, it shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Teton County, Wyoming Each party consents to the personal jurisdiction of those courts and waives any objection based on venue or forum non conveniens.

22.7 Class action waiver. Disputes shall be brought solely in an individual capacity. Neither party shall bring or participate in any class, collective, consolidated, private attorney general, or other representative proceeding. The arbitrator may not consolidate the claims of more than one person or preside over any representative proceeding. If this waiver is held unenforceable as to a particular claim, that claim alone shall be severed from the arbitration and brought in court, and the remainder shall proceed in arbitration.

22.8 Coordinated claims. If twenty five or more claimants represented by the same or coordinated counsel file demands for arbitration raising substantially similar claims within a ninety day period, the parties shall ask the administrator to administer the demands in sequential batches of no more than fifty, resolving each batch before the next is filed. Any limitation period is tolled for demands awaiting a batch.

22.9 Severability of this Section. If Section 22.7 is held unenforceable in its entirety, Section 22.2 shall be void and the dispute shall be resolved under Section 22.6.

22.10 Jury waiver. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, AND WHERE A DISPUTE PROCEEDS IN COURT, EACH PARTY KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

LIMITATION PERIOD

SECTION 23.

Any claim arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Site must be commenced within one year after the claim accrues, failing which it is permanently barred, except where a different period is mandated by law that cannot be varied by agreement.

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS AND SIGNATURES

SECTION 24.

You consent to receive communications from us electronically and agree that electronic communications satisfy any legal requirement that a communication be in writing. Electronic records and signatures have the same effect as records and signatures on paper under the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as enacted in the governing jurisdiction and under the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq. You may withdraw this consent by writing to us, in which case we may discontinue your access to the Site.

FORCE MAJEURE

SECTION 25.

We are not liable for any delay or failure to perform arising from a cause beyond our reasonable control, including act of God, fire, flood, severe weather, epidemic, war, terrorism, civil disturbance, labor dispute, governmental action, utility failure, telecommunications failure, or cyber attack.

CHANGES TO THESE TERMS

SECTION 26.

We may revise these Terms. The revised Terms take effect on posting to the Site with an updated Last Revised date, except that a change that materially reduces your rights or expands your obligations takes effect thirty days after posting, and we will mark the change prominently on the Site during that period. Your continued use of the Site after a change takes effect constitutes acceptance. If you do not accept a change, your remedy is to cease using the Site. A change to Section 22 does not apply to any dispute of which we had notice before the change took effect.

GENERAL

SECTION 27.

27.1 Entire agreement. These Terms together with the Privacy Policy constitute the entire agreement between you and the Firm concerning the Site and supersede all prior understandings on that subject.

27.2 Severability. If any provision is held invalid or unenforceable, it shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to render it enforceable, or if modification is not possible, severed, and the remaining provisions shall continue in full force.

27.3 No waiver. No failure or delay in exercising a right operates as a waiver of that right, and no single or partial exercise precludes further exercise.

27.4 Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without our prior written consent, and any purported assignment is void. We may assign these Terms freely.

27.5 No third party beneficiaries. Except for the indemnified persons identified at Section 19, these Terms confer no rights on any third party.

27.6 Relationship. Nothing in these Terms creates a partnership, joint venture, agency, employment, or fiduciary relationship.

27.7 Interpretation. Headings are for convenience and do not affect interpretation. “Including” means including without limitation. These Terms shall not be construed against the drafter.

27.8 Export and sanctions. You represent that you are not located in, and are not a national or resident of, any jurisdiction subject to comprehensive United States sanctions, and that you are not listed on any United States government list of prohibited or restricted parties.

27.9 Government users. Content is a “commercial item” as defined at 48 C.F.R. § 2.101 and is provided to government end users with only those rights granted to all other users.

27.10 Accessibility. We aim to make the Site accessible to individuals with disabilities. If you encounter a barrier, contact us at Section 28 and we will work to address it.

HOW TO CONTACT US

SECTION 28.

DoublePlus, LLC

Electronic mail: privacy@doubleplus.org

Notices to us shall be sent to this address by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by reputable overnight courier, with a courtesy copy by electronic mail. Notices to you may be sent to any address you have provided or posted to the Site.