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Please read these TERMS OF USE ("Terms") carefully. Your access to and/or use of the Services (as defined below) constitutes your legally binding agreement to be bound by these Terms.

THESE TERMS CONTAIN A MANDATORY ARBITRATION CLAUSE AND A WAIVER OF CLASS ACTION CLAUSE. PLEASE REFER TO AND READ SECTION 7 OF THESE TERMS.

These Terms govern your use of the websites, applications and software operated by EONS Intelligence. ("Company", "we", "us" or "our"), publisher of the Eonsintelligence post, to which these Terms are linked or referenced to, including all content, features and functionality, and related services such as emails, newsletters, sweepstakes and promotions (collectively, the "Services"). These Terms apply whether you are accessing the Services via a personal computer, wireless or mobile device, or any other technology or device (each, a "Device"). These Terms do not cover other services, websites or any corresponding content, features, and activities made available by any other company or third party, unless specifically stated. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not access or use the Services.

These Terms apply to all users of the Services, whether or not you have registered for one or more of the Services, and by using the Services you agree to comply with these Terms and any additional terms and conditions that we provide to you in connection with your use of or access to same ("Additional Terms"). The Services may also provide rules of participation for certain activities within the Services, including, without limitation, contests, sweepstakes, and other initiatives ("Rules"). The Privacy Policy, the Additional Terms and the Rules together form a part of these Terms.

We reserve the right, at any time and from time to time, temporarily or permanently, in whole or in part, to modify, suspend or discontinue the Services; charge fees in connection with the Services; modify and/or waive any fees charged in connection with the Services; and/or make available opportunities to some or all users of the Services. You agree that neither we nor any of our affiliates shall be liable to you or to any other person for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Services or any component thereof.

1. Term.
These Terms shall remain in full force and effect while you use the Services. You may terminate your use of or registration for the Services at any time, for any reason, and Company may terminate your use of or registration to the Services at any time, for any or no reason, with or without prior notice or explanation, and without liability or obligation to you or any third party. These Terms shall continue to apply to your previous access and/or use of the Services after any such termination.

2. Modifications.
We may modify these Terms from time to time and at any time in our sole discretion. We will post or display notices of material changes on the Services and/or notify you via other electronic means. The form of such notice is at our discretion. Once we post or make them available on the Services, these changes become effective immediately and if you use the Services after they become effective it will signify your agreement to be bound by the changes. We recommend that you check back frequently and review these Terms regularly so you are aware of the most current rights and obligations that apply to you. The Last Updated legend at the top of this page indicates when these Terms was last revised.

3. Eligibility; Compliance.
Use of the Services is limited to users 16 years of age and older. By using the Services, you represent and warrant that:
(a) you are 16 years of age or older and
(b) your use of the Services does not violate any applicable law, rule or regulation.
Certain features of the Services may be subject to heightened age and/or other eligibility requirements. If you provide information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or Company suspects that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Company has the right to suspend or terminate your registration (in whole or in part) and refuse any and all current or future use of the Services (or any portion thereof), in our sole discretion, with or without notice to you, and without liability or obligation to you.

41. Proprietary Rights.
4.1 As between you and Company, Company owns, solely and exclusively, all right, title and interest in and to the Services and all content contained and/or made available through the Services ("Content"), and all such Content is protected, without limitation, under Nigeria Federal and State, as well as applicable foreign laws, rules, regulations and treaties. The term "Content" includes, without limitation, all audio/visual content, artwork, photographs, illustrations, graphics, logos, copy, text, computer code, software, music (including the musical compositions therein), data, user interfaces, visual interfaces, information, materials, and all copyrightable or otherwise legally protectable elements of the Services, including, without limitation, the design, selection, sequence, look and feel, and arrangement of the Services, and any copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade dress, patent rights, database rights and/or other intellectual property and/or proprietary rights therein (including with respect to any content contained and/or made available in any advertisements or information presented to you via the Services). Unless the context clearly requires otherwise or we explicitly set forth in writing, the term "Services" includes “Content” as well.

4.2 The Services are to be used solely for your non-exclusive, non-assignable, non-transferable and limited personal use and for no other purposes. You must not alter, delete or conceal any copyright, trademark, service mark or other notices contained on the Services, including, without limitation, notices on any Content you transmit, download, display, print, stream or reproduce from the Services. Except as expressly authorized by Company and set forth in Additional Terms (e.g., Services that allow for the use of embeddable or viral features, applications, etc.), you shall not, nor shall you allow any third party (whether or not for your benefit or otherwise) to, frame, reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, display, perform, publish, distribute, disseminate, broadcast or circulate to any third party (including, without limitation, on or via a third-party website or platform), or otherwise use, any Content without the express, prior written consent of Company or its owner if Company is not the owner. Requests for permission to reproduce or use any of the Content can be made by contacting Company in writing at:
Eons Intelligence, Inc.
Attn: Permissions Department
editor@eonsintelligence.com

Any unauthorized or prohibited use of any Content may subject you to civil liability, criminal prosecution, or both, under applicable federal, state, local laws, or applicable foreign laws, rules, regulations and treaties. We require users to respect our copyrights, trademarks, and other intellectual property rights and shall enforce same. We likewise respect the intellectual property of others. If you believe that the Services contain elements that infringe your copyrights in your work, please follow the procedures set forth in Section 10 below. You further agree to abide by exclusionary protocols (e.g., Robots.txt) that may be used in connection with the Services. You may not access parts of the Services to which you are not authorized, or attempt to circumvent any restrictions imposed on your use of or access to the Services.

5. User Conduct.
You are solely responsible for your conduct in connection with the Services. We want to keep the Services enjoyable for everyone and the use of the Services for unlawful or harmful activities is not allowed. While using the Services, you will not:

(a) engage in or encourage conduct that would violate any applicable law, rule, regulation, judicial or government order or give rise to civil liability or violate or infringe upon any intellectual property, proprietary, privacy, moral, publicity or other rights of ours or of any other person or entity;
(b) submit, post, email, display, transmit or otherwise make available through the Services any material or take any action that is or is likely to be unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, tortious, defamatory, libelous, deceptive, fraudulent, invasive of another’s privacy or publicity rights, harassing, profane, obscene, vulgar or that contains explicit or graphic imagery, descriptions or accounts of excessive violence or sexual acts (including, without limitation, sexual language of a violent or threatening nature directed at another individual or group of individuals), contains a link to an adult website or is patently offensive, promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
(c) submit, post, email, display, transmit or otherwise make available through the Services any material that you do not have a right to make available under any law, rule or regulation or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary or confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements), or otherwise creates a security or privacy risk for any other person or entity;
(d) engage in or encourage conduct that affects adversely or reflect negatively on Company, its affiliates, or parent company, the Services, our goodwill, name or reputation or causes duress, distress or discomfort to us or anyone else, or discourage any person or entity from using all or any portion, features or functions of the Services, or from advertising or becoming a supplier to us in connection with the Services;
(e) submit, post, email, display, transmit or otherwise make available through the Services any material that contains a software virus, worm, spyware, Trojan horse or other computer code, file or program designed to interrupt, impair, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
(f) use the Services for commercial or business purposes, including, without limitation, engaging in barter arrangements, pyramid schemes, advertising, marketing or offering goods or services or exploiting information or material obtained on, through or in connection with the Services, whether or not for financial or any other form of compensation or through linking with another website or service;
(g) modify, disrupt, impair, alter or interfere with the use, features, function, operation or maintenance of the Services or the rights or use or enjoyment of the Services by any other user;
(h) impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise represent your affiliation with a person, or entity;
(i) forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any content transmitted on, through or in connection with the Services;
(j) solicit passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other users or engage in spamming, flooding, harvesting of email addresses or other personal information, "spidering", "screen scraping", "phishing", "database scraping", or any other activity with the purposes of obtaining lists of other users or other information; or
(k) modify, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any part of the Services, whether in whole or in part, or create any derivative works from any part of the Services, or encourage, assist or authorize any other person to do so.

Company assumes no responsibility for monitoring the Services for inappropriate content or conduct. If at any time Company chooses in its sole discretion to monitor the Services, Company nonetheless assumes no responsibility for User Postings (as defined herein), assumes no obligation to modify or remove any User Postings, and assumes no responsibility for the conduct of any user. Company reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in Company’s sole discretion, violates, or is suspected of violating, this Section 8, including, without limitation, reporting you to law enforcement authorities.

Further, you acknowledge, consent and agree that Company may access, preserve and disclose your account and registration information and any other content or information if required to do so by law or if based on a good faith belief that such access, preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to
(a) comply with the law or legal process;
(b) enforce these Terms;
(c) respond to claims that any content or information violates the rights of any third party;
(d) respond to your requests for customer or technical service; or
(e) protect the rights, property or personal safety of Company, users or any third parties including acting in urgent circumstances.

6. DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY.
THE SERVICES, AND ALL CONTENT, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND USER POSTINGS MADE AVAILABLE ON, THROUGH OR IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATION ORWARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OR ANY GUARANTY OR ASSURANCE THE SERVICES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR USE, OR THAT ANY PRODUCTS, FEATURES, FUNCTIONS, SERVICES OR OPERATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE OR PERFORM AS DESCRIBED. ALL IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE SERVICES AND THIS SITE, AND ALL CONTENT, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND USER POSTINGS ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED.
Without limiting the foregoing, we are not responsible or liable for any malicious code, delays, inaccuracies, errors, or omissions arising out of your use of the Services. You understand, acknowledge and agree that you are assuming the entire risk as to the quality, accuracy, performance, timeliness, adequacy, completeness, correctness, authenticity, security and validity of any and all features and functions of the Services, including, without limitation, User Postings and Content associated with your use of the Services.

YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, COMPANY, ITS AFFILIATES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, AND EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, LICENSORS, OPERATORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, ADVERTISERS AND SUPPLIERS, SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE, OF ANY KIND, DIRECT OR INDIRECT, IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING FROM USE OF THE SERVICES OR FROM THESE TERMS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, COMPENSATORY, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES LOSSES AND CAUSES OF ACTION, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE EXCEED THE LESSER OF THE TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT, IF ANY, PAID BY YOU TO COMPANY FOR USE OF THE SERVICES AND $100. Some jurisdictions do not allow for the exclusion of certain warranties or certain limitations on damages and remedies, accordingly some of the exclusions and limitations described in these Terms may not apply to you.

7. Dispute Resolution and Arbitration.
You and Company both benefit from establishing a predictable legal environment in regard to the Services. Therefore, you and Company explicitly agree that all disputes, claims or other matters arising from or relating to your use of the Services will be governed by the laws of Ogun State and the federal laws of Nigeria. You and Company also agree that Company’s subsidiaries and affiliates are third-party beneficiaries of this Section 19 and that, solely for purposes of this Section, "we", "us", and our include both Company and Company’s subsidiaries and affiliates.

We expect that our customer service team will be able to resolve most issues you may have using the Services. In the unlikely event that an issue remains unresolved, we prefer to specify now what each of us should expect in order to avoid any confusion later. Accordingly, you and we agree to the following resolution process. In an attempt to find the quickest and most efficient resolution of our issues, you and we agree to first discuss any issue informally for at least 30 days, except that claims based on infringement or misuses of intellectual property and/or misappropriation of trade secrets may be brought without any advance discussion as further provided below. To do that, please send your full name, your email and/or mailing address, your concern, and your proposed solution by certified mail to us at:
editor@eonsintelligence.com;
Attn: Legal Department.
If we would like to discuss an issue with you, we will contact you using an email or mailing address we have on file for you.

IF WE DO NOT REACH AN AGREED UPON SOLUTION AFTER OUR DISCUSSIONS FOR AT LEAST 30 DAYS, YOU AND WE AGREE THAT ANY CONTROVERSY, CLAIM OR DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICES, OR THE RELATIONSHIP WHICH RESULTS FROM THESE TERMS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE PERFORMANCE, BREACH, ENFORCEMENT, EXISTENCE OR VALIDITY OF THE MATTERS PROVIDED FOR IN THESE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES, OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OTHER, THIS AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE OR THE SCOPE OF THIS ARBITRATION AGREEMENT (A "CLAIM"), MUST BE RESOLVED THROUGH PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL BINDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION. ALL CLAIMS WILL BE ARBITRATED BEFORE A SINGLE ARBITRATOR ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, AND WILL NOT BE CONSOLIDATED OR JOINED IN ANY ARBITRATION WITH ANY CLAIM OF ANY OTHER PARTY. AS AN EXCEPTION TO THIS ARBITRATION AGREEMENT, EITHER YOU OR WE MAY PURSUE IN SMALL CLAIMS COURT ANY CLAIM THAT IS WITHIN THAT COURT’S JURISDICTION AS LONG AS YOU PROCEED ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, AND YOU OR WE MAY AT ANY TIME BRING SUIT IN ANY COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION LOCATED IN OGUN STATE AGAINST THE OTHER IN RELATION TO CLAIMS BASED ON INFRINGEMENT OR MISUSE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND/OR MISAPPROPRIATION OF TRADE SECRETS AND YOU AND WE WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PRECLUDE ANY PARTY FROM SEEKING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF IN ORDER TO PROTECT ITS RIGHTS PENDING AN OUTCOME IN ARBITRATION. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF MAY BE SOUGHT IN THE STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN OGUN.

YOU AND WE ALSO AGREE TO ARBITRATE IN EACH OF YOUR AND OUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITIES ONLY, NOT AS A REPRESENTATIVE OR MEMBER OF A CLASS, AND YOU AND WE EXPRESSLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT COMMENCE OR PARTICIPATE IN ANY CLASS ACTION OR SEEK RELIEF ON A CLASS BASIS AND, WHERE APPLICABLE, YOU AND WE ALSO AGREE TO OPT OUT OF ANY SUCH CLASS PROCEEDING.

If your claim is for #100,000 or less, we agree that the arbitration will be conducted solely on the basis of documents submitted to the arbitrator, unless you request a telephonic or in-person hearing.If this location is not convenient for you, please let us know and we will work to determine a mutually convenient location. If we cannot agree on such a location, the arbitrator will determine the location of the hearing.

You and we agree to maintain the confidential nature of the arbitration proceeding and shall not disclose the fact of the arbitration, any documents exchanged, the proceedings, the arbitrator’s decision and the existence or amount of any award, except as may be necessary to prepare for or conduct the arbitration (in which case anyone becoming privy to confidential information must undertake to preserve its confidentiality), or except as may be necessary in connection with a court application for a provisional remedy, the enforcement of an award, or unless otherwise required by law or court order.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT BY ENTERING INTO THIS ARBITRATION AGREEMENT, YOU ARE WAIVING ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY OR TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION AGAINST US FOR CLAIMS THAT ARE COVERED BY THIS AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE. THE ARBITRATOR’S DECISION WILL BE CONCLUSIVE AND BINDING AND MAY BE ENTERED AS A JUDGMENT IN ANY COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION.

8. Miscellaneous.
These Terms contains the entire understanding and agreement between you and Company concerning the Services and supersedes any and all prior or inconsistent understandings relating to the Services and your use thereof. These Terms cannot be changed orally. If any provision of these Terms is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, this shall not affect any other provisions and these Terms shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to make it legal, valid and enforceable. Any provision that must survive in order to allow us to enforce its meaning shall survive the termination of these Terms. No action arising out of these Terms or your use of the Services, regardless of form or the basis of the claim, may be brought by you more than one year after the cause of action has arisen (or if multiple causes, from the date the first such cause arose). The failure of Company to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not operate as a waiver of such right or provision.

9. Terms Pertaining to Certain Third Party Content, Data and Information Providers and Mobile Application Platforms.
9.1 AP Material.
By accessing the Services, you specifically acknowledge and agree that (i) Associated Press text, photo, graphic, video and/or audio material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium; (ii) No Associated Press materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and non-commercial use; (iii) The Associated Press will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing; (iv) The Associated Press is an intended third party beneficiary of these terms and conditions and it may exercise all rights and remedies available to it; and (v) The Associated Press reserves the right to audit possible unauthorized commercial use of AP materials or any portion thereof at any time.

9.2 Mobile Applications.
If you access the Services through a mobile application or other type of third party platform, the applicable End User License Agreement for the platform through which you downloaded the mobile application may apply in addition to these Terms and you agree that you are subject to such terms in addition to these Terms.

Questions, comments and requests regarding this terms are welcomed and should be addressed to enquiries@eonsintelligence.com

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Last Updated: May 26, 2020