Harry Karydes

Terms of Service

The Karydes Group, LLC Terms of Service Agreement
Welcome to the web site of Harry Karydes, where young professionals can find resources to help them learn, grow, and thrive (the “Service” or the “Site”). It is owned and operated by The Karydes Group LLC (the “Company”) and managed by Harry Karydes.
The Service contains information, data, applications, editorial resources, graphic files, audio files, and video files (collectively, the “Content”). By your use of the Service and the Content you agree to be bound by the following Terms of Service and acknowledge and agree that you have read and understand these terms and conditions, and that the provisions, disclosures, and disclaimers set forth herein are fair and reasonable. If you find these Terms of Service to be unacceptable, you must immediately terminate your use of the Service and any associated software and/or applications.

  1. Financial, legal and other advice
    You hereby acknowledge that nothing contained in the Site shall constitute financial, investment, legal and/or other professional advice and that no professional relationship of any kind is created between you and the Company. You hereby agree that you shall not make any financial, investment, legal and/or other decision based in whole or in part on anything contained in the Site.
  2. Our Content
    The opinions expressed in the Site in comments and posts are not necessarily endorsed by, or are the opinions of the Company, and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Harry Karydes, his employer(s) or professional affiliations. Any opinions expressed by Harry Karydes on the Site are or have been rendered based on specific facts, under certain conditions, and subject to certain assumptions, and may not and should not be used or relied upon for any other purpose, including, but not limited to, for use in or in connection with any legal proceeding.
    The Content may be changed without notice and is not guaranteed to be complete, correct, timely, current or up-to-date. Similar to any printed materials, the Content may become out-of- date. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any Content on the Site; provided, however, that the Company may update the Content at any time without notice in the Company’s sole and absolute discretion. The Company reserves the right to make alterations or deletions to the Content at any time without notice.
  3. Third party links and advertisements
    The Service may, from time to time, contain links to third party web sites. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as a guarantee, warranty, or recommendation by the Company of the services, information, content and/or data on such third party web sites or as an indication of any affiliation, sponsorship or endorsement of such third party web sites. The Company is not responsible for the content of linked third party web sites and does not make any representations or warranties regarding the privacy practices of, or the content or accuracy of
    materials on, such third party websites. If you decide to access linked third-party web sites, you do so at your own risk. Your use of third-party websites is subject to the terms of Service for such sites.
    The inclusion of third party advertisements does not constitute an endorsement, guarantee, warranty, or recommendation of, and the Company makes no representations and/or warranties about, any product or service contained therein.
  4. Comments and Posts
    (a) The Service may monitor a user’s postings, but does not exercise any editorial control over the content of any material that a user uploads into the Service. However, the Company reserves the right to remove any and/or all of a user’s material from the Service that are, in the Company’s sole discretion, potentially illegal, a violation of trademark and/or copyright, obscene, indecent, defamatory, incites racial or ethnic hatred, violates the rights of others, or otherwise violates the acceptable use policy stated below.
    (b) Non-Acceptable and Prohibited Uses. Incidents and uses that may cause your right to post and to comment be terminated include, but are not limited to:
    • Uploading or transmission of any trojans, worms, viruses or any code of a destructive or spying nature.
    • Removing any proprietary notices or label on any Content, or using the Service in conjunction with any device or service designed to circumvent technological measures employed to control access to, or the rights in, any Content or other work protected under copyright laws.
    • Uploading or transmission of any file or content that spreads messages of terror or depicts torture or death-images.
    • Uploading or transmission of files intended to threaten or harass any individual or organization.
    • Using the Service for submission, generation or inclusion of unsolicited bulk email or other forms of email abuse (i.e. SPAM).
    • Using the Service for advertising, trading of goods or services, or other commercial use.
    • Attempting to impersonate any person, using forged headers or other identifying information in a defamatory way.
    • Uploading any programs that may cause a disruption to the Service.
    • Any action that violates the laws of applicable local, state, federal or international
    governmental bodies.
    (c) The Company will cooperate with any and all appropriate legal authorities in investigating claims of illegal activity, including, but not limited to illegal transfer or use of copyrighted material or other illegal activity. The Service reserves the right to monitor or view material uploaded by any user onto the Service at any time for the purpose of ensuring compliance with this Agreement.
  5. About Copyright – IMPORTANT!
    (d) You acknowledge that the Service, any underlying technology used in connection with the Service, and all Content available within the Site are provided by the Company or third- party providers and are the copyrighted works of the Company and/or such third parties. Content is owned or licensed by the Company and/or third parties and is protected under copyright, trademark, and other proprietary and intellectual property right laws.
    (e) The Company grants you a limited right/license that is non-exclusive and not transferable, to access, privately display, and use the Content, including any and all Content provided to you, for your personal use only provided that you agree to and comply fully with this Agreement. Except as set forth, you may not copy, reproduce, publish, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, rent, lease, sell, transfer, display, broadcast, transmit, compile or collect in a database, or in any manner commercially exploit any part of the Content or the Service, in whole or in part. You may not store any significant portion of any Content or the Service owned by, or licensed to the Service in any form, whether archival files, computer-readable files, or any other medium. You also may not “mirror” any Content or the Service on any other server.
    (f) As part of its Service, the Company allows users to post and comment on postings. The Company claims no ownership rights in any content, editorial matter, image or file uploaded to the Service by you. For the sole purpose of displaying your files, you grant to the Company a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to copy and/or distribute these files through the Service and when you post content, you permit this site to display and distribute the content, and to use it for advertising and promotion.
    (g) YOU AGREE TO SUBMIT ONLY CONTENT AND IMAGES OWNED BY YOU AND THAT WILL NOT VIOLATE THE PROPERTY OR OTHER RIGHTS OF OTHER PEOPLE OR ORGANIZATIONS. You hereby acknowledge that content, including images, even if submitted to a site of which you are a subscriber or member, belongs to the creator or author of the content and you should not reproduce it without permission of the owner. (For example, you may not upload an image of yourself unless you have the permission of the photographer who took your picture – this is because, although you may have physical ownership of the print or graphic file, the copyright is owned by the person who created the image.)
    (h) In compliance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, signed into law on October 28, 1998, the Company has a policy of terminating the accounts of users who are alleged to have infringed a copyright, and has appointed an agent for notification of claimed infringement with the U.S. Copyright Office. For further information, see our DMCA Policy.
    (i) Submissions and/or Communications. Any communications, submissions, and any other material, including, but not limited to, company information, suggestions, ideas, drawings, concepts, feedback, comments, or other information shall not be subject to any obligation of confidentiality whatsoever by the Company. DO NOT POST PRIVATE OR

CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL. The Company shall not be liable for any use or disclosure of any such submissions or communications. The Company reserves the non-exclusive right to edit, copy, publish, and distribute any information or content you transmit or submit to it for any purpose whatsoever

  1. Your Privacy
    The Company has a firm commitment to safeguarding your privacy as described in our Privacy Policy.
  2. The Company’s Liability
    1.1 The Company and Harry Karydes are not engaged in rendering health advice. The Company is not a medical or health services organization. Neither the Service nor its staff can provide diagnosis or medical advice, and nothing we do and no element of the Service should be construed as such. The Company, therefore, disclaims any and all liability for any loss, damage, or injury based on information directly or indirectly obtained through the Service.
  3. Disclaimer of all warranties
    THE COMPANY AND THE SERVICE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR AUDIENCE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT WILL THE COMPANY OR ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (EVEN IF THE COMPANY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO ACCESS THE COMPANY OR USE THE SERVICE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF REVENUE OR ANTICIPATED PROFITS, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOST BUSINESS, LOST DATA, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR ANY AND ALL OTHER DAMAGES OR LOSSES THAT RESULT FROM MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELETIONS OF FILES, ERRORS, DEFECTS, VIRUSES, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, OR ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, WHETHER OR NOT LIMITED TO ACTS OF GOD, COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, THEFT, DESTRUCTION, OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO THE COMPANY’S RECORDS, PROGRAMS, OR SERVICES. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THIS WEB SERVICE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF SERVICE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SERVICE.
    BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, IN SUCH STATES THE COMPANY’S LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
  4. Age Restriction
    The Site is intended for persons eighteen (18) years or older. Persons under the age of eighteen (18) should not access, use and/or browse the Site.
  5. Indemnification
    You agree to indemnify and hold the Company harmless from any claim or demand, including attorneys’ fees, made by any third party as a result of (1) any content posted or made available by you on this Site, (2) any violation of law that occurs by you through the Site, and/or (3) anything you do using the Site and/or the Content contained therein.
  6. Invalidity
    If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any jurisdiction, then that provision shall be deemed ineffective in such jurisdiction but shall have no effect on the enforceability of the remaining provisions.
  7. Governing law, consent to jurisdiction and limitation on claims
    This Agreement and your use of the Site, along with the Content contained therein, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois without regard to conflict of laws principles, and you agree to submit to the jurisdiction of courts in the State of Illinois. You further agree that any claims or causes of action arising out of or related to this Agreement and the Site, along with the Content contained therein, shall be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose, or such claim or cause of action shall be forever barred.
  8. Entire agreement
    You hereby acknowledge that this Agreement represents the entire understanding between you and the Company concerning your use of the Site and the Content contained therein.
  9. Modification
    The Company may, in the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, modify the terms and conditions of this Agreement in whole or in party at any time for any reason without any notice to you, whether prior or otherwise. Such modified terms and conditions shall supersede these terms and conditions and shall become binding when published online on the Site.
  10. Waiver
    The Company’s failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such right or provision.