AGREEMENT OF TERMS OF USE
Last updated: April 20, 2009
Bankrate, Inc., a Florida corporation (“Bankrate”), owns and operates this Web site, and portions of other Web
pages and Web content through which you have accessed this Agreement of Terms of Use (collectively, the “Site”).
By visiting, using and/or submitting information to the Site, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this
Agreement of Terms of Use (the “Agreement”) and Bankrate's Privacy Policy, located at
http://secure.creditcardsearchengine.com/privacy.aspx (the “Privacy Policy”).
This Agreement contains an agreement to arbitrate all claims and disclaimers of warranties and liability.
Your Compliance with this Agreement
You acknowledge that this Agreement is supported by reasonable and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of
which is hereby acknowledged. Without limiting the foregoing, you acknowledge that such consideration includes, without
limitation, your ability to visit, use and/or submit information to the Site. You represent that you have the capacity
to be bound by this Agreement, or if you are acting on behalf of a company or other entity, you have the authority to
bind such company or entity. In order to determine your compliance with this Agreement, Bankrate may monitor your
access and use of the Site in accordance with Bankrate’s Privacy Policy.
The Site is Not Intended for Minors
The Site is not intended to be used by, and is not directed to, anyone under 18 years of age.
You represent that you are at least 18 years of age.
If Bankrate receives a complaint which states that a user of the Site is under 13 years of age,
Bankrate will comply with the requirements of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (“COPPA”).
Your Access and Use of the Site
Your right to access and use the Site is personal to you and is not transferable by you to any other person or entity.
You are only entitled to access and use the Site for lawful purposes and pursuant to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and Bankrate’s Privacy Policy.
Your access and use of the Site may be interrupted from time to time for any of several reasons, including, without
limitation, the malfunction of equipment, periodic updating, maintenance or repair of the Site or other actions that
Bankrate, in its sole discretion, may elect to take. Bankrate reserves the right to suspend or discontinue the
availability of the Site and/or any portion or feature of the Site at any time in its sole discretion and without prior
notice.
Any action by you that, in Bankrate's sole discretion: (i) violates the terms and conditions of this Agreement and/or
the Privacy Policy; (ii) restricts, inhibits or prevents any access, use or enjoyment of the Site; or (iii) through the
use of the Site, defames, abuses, harasses, offends or threatens, shall not be permitted, and may result in your loss of
the right to access and use the Site. You shall not metatag, provide links to or frame the Site without the prior express
written permission of Bankrate.
Public Forums
The Site may act as a venue, through its blogs, messaging, chat rooms, bulletin boards and other forums (collectively,
the “Forums”), allowing the users of the Site to contribute information and make statements (“User Generated Content”).
Bankrate is not involved in the actual transmission of User Generated Content provided for in the Forums. As a result,
Bankrate does not approve or endorse any User Generated Content in the Forums, and you hereby acknowledge and agree that
Bankrate has no control over the quality, correctness, timeliness, safety, truth, accuracy or legality of any information
provided for by you or any other person or entity in the Forums. You may find User Generated Content posted in the Forums
by other users to be offensive, harmful, inaccurate or deceptive. Please use caution and common sense, and do not rely
solely on User Generated Content published in the Forums. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and although
Bankrate does not regularly review User Generated Content provided for in the Forums, Bankrate reserves the right, but not
the obligation, to remove or edit any User Generated Content in the Forums.
Immediately report problems with the Forums to Bankrate at webmaster@bankrate.com.
Transmissions, Submissions and Postings to the Site
Through the Site, you may request that we obtain your credit score in order to provide you valuable offers for products
and services from time to time from our partners. We will match those offers against your registration profile, which
would include your credit score along with other targeting criteria, in order to ensure that you receive offers that
are directed to meet your needs. In selecting offers to provide you, we may consider, ignore, emphasize, or de-emphasize
any relevant factors in our sole discretion. We do not guarantee that you will receive offers for any particular types of
products or services.
If you transmit, submit or post information to the Site that is not Federally trademarked and/or copyrighted, you
automatically grant Bankrate and its affiliates the worldwide, fully-paid, royalty-free, exclusive right and license
to use, copy, format, adapt, publish and/or incorporate any or all such information in any media whatsoever, including,
without limitation, the Content (as defined below). Provided that you have obtained prior written permission from
Bankrate to transmit, submit or post information to the Site that is Federally trademarked and/or copyrighted, you
automatically grant Bankrate and its affiliates the worldwide, fully-paid, royalty-free right to use, copy, format,
adapt, publish and/or incorporate any or all such information in any media whatsoever, including, without limitation,
the Content.
You agree to provide true, accurate, and current information about yourself when prompted to do so by the Site or
by the registration form.
You shall not transmit, submit or post the following to the Site:
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Information that infringes Bankrate’s or any third party’s copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or
other proprietary rights;
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Information that violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation;
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Information that is trade libelous, unlawfully threatening, unlawfully harassing, defamatory, obscene, explicit or
vulgar, or otherwise injurious to Bankrate or third parties or that infringes on Bankrate’s or any third party’s
rights of publicity or privacy;
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Information that contains any viruses, worms, Trojan horses, trap doors, back doors, easter eggs, time bombs,
cancelbots or other code or computer programming routines that contain contaminating or destructive properties
or that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system,
data or personal information;
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Information containing or constituting chain letters, mass mailings, political campaigning, or any form of
“spam”;
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Information that is false, inaccurate or misleading;
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Commercial advertisements or solicitations without written permission from Bankrate; or
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Federally Trademarked and/or Copyrighted information without written permission from Bankrate.
Although Bankrate does not regularly review your transmissions, submissions or postings, Bankrate reserves the right
(but not the obligation) to edit, refuse to post or remove your transmissions, submissions or postings. Pursuant to
the Privacy Policy, Bankrate may review transmissions, submissions or postings made by you to determine, in its sole
discretion, your compliance with this Agreement.
You are solely responsible for all your transmissions, submissions or postings (i.e., your own User Generated Content)
and the consequences of transmitting, submitting or posting them.
Bankrate's Intellectual Property Rights
The names “Bankrate,” “bankrate.com,” and “bankrate.com and design,” “nationwide card services” and Bankrate’s graphics,
logos, page headers, button icons, scripts, and service names are trademarks or trade dress of Bankrate or its
subsidiaries, in the United States and/or other countries (collectively, the “Proprietary Marks”). You may not use the
Proprietary Marks without the prior express written permission of Bankrate, which permission may be withheld in
Bankrate's sole discretion. Bankrate makes no proprietary claim to any third-party names, trademarks or service marks
appearing on the Site. Any third-party names, trademarks, and service marks are property of their respective owners.
The information, advice, data, software and content viewable on, contained in, or downloadable from, the Site
(collectively, the “Content”), including, without limitation, all text, graphics, charts, pictures, photographs,
images, line art, icons and renditions, are copyrighted by, or otherwise licensed to, Bankrate or its Content suppliers.
Bankrate also owns a copyright of a collective work in the selection, coordination, arrangement, presentation, display
and enhancement of the Content (the “Collective Work”). All software used on the Site (the “Software”) is the property
of Bankrate or its software vendors and is protected by United States and international copyright laws. Viewing,
reading, printing, downloading or otherwise using the Content and/or the Collective Work does not entitle you to any
ownership or intellectual property rights to the Content, the Collective Work or the Software.
You shall be solely responsible for any damage resulting from your infringement of Bankrate's or any third
party's intellectual property rights regarding the Trademarks, the Content, the Collective Work, the Software and/or any
other harm incurred by Bankrate or its affiliates as a direct or indirect result of your copying, distributing, redistributing,
transmitting, publishing or using the same for purposes that are contrary to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Your Use of the Content
Bankrate grants you a limited license to access, print, download or otherwise make personal use the Content and the
Collective Work in the form of: (i) one machine-readable copy; (ii) one backup copy; and (iii) one print copy, for your
non-commercial use; provided, however, that you shall not delete any proprietary notices or materials with regard to the
foregoing manifestations of the Content and the Collective Work. You may not modify the Content or the Collective Work
or utilize them for any commercial purpose or any other public display, performance, sale, or rental, decompile, reverse
engineer, or disassemble the Content and the Collective Work, or transfer the Content or the Collective Work to another
person or entity.
Except as otherwise permitted under the copyright laws of the United States, no other copying, distribution,
redistribution, transmission, publication or use, other than the non-commercial use of the Content and the Collective
Work as permitted by this Agreement, is permitted by you without the express prior written permission of Bankrate, which
permission may be withheld in Bankrate's sole discretion.
You may not use any meta tags or any other “hidden text” utilizing Bankrate’s name or trademarks without the express
written permission of Bankrate, which permission may be withheld in Bankrate's sole discretion.
Access and Interference
The Site contains robot exclusion headers. You agree that you will not use any robot, spider, scraper, deep link or
other similar automated data gathering or extraction tools, program, algorithm or methodology to access, acquire, copy
or monitor the Site or any portion of the Site or for any other purpose, without Bankrate’s express written permission
which may be withheld in Bankrate’s sole discretion. Additionally, you agree that you will not: (i) take any action that
imposes, or may impose in Bankrate’s sole discretion an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on Bankrate’s
infrastructure; (ii) copy, reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, distribute or publicly display any content
(except for your personal information) from the Site without the prior written permission of Bankrate and the appropriate
third party, as applicable; (iii) interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site or any activities
conducted on the Site; or (iv) bypass Bankrate’s robot exclusion headers or other measures Bankrate may use to prevent or
restrict access to the Site.
Electronic Communications
When you visit the Site or send email to Bankrate, you are communicating with Bankrate electronically. You consent to
receive communications from Bankrate electronically. Although Bankrate may choose to communicate with you by regular
mail, Bankrate may also choose to communicate with you by e-mail or by posting notices on the Site. You agree that all
agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that Bankrate provides to you electronically satisfy any legal
requirement that such communications be in writing.
Your Responsibility for Equipment and Related Costs
You are responsible for obtaining and maintaining all telephone, computer hardware, Internet access services and other
equipment or services needed to access and use the Site, and all costs and fees associated with Internet access or long
distance charges incurred with regard to your access and use of the Site.
Third Party Links
There may be provided on the Site links to other Web sites belonging to Bankrate’s advertisers, business partners,
affiliates and other third parties. Such links do not constitute an endorsement by Bankrate of those Web sites, nor
the products or services listed on those Web sites. Bankrate is not responsible for the activities or policies of
those Web sites. Bankrate does not endorse or recommend the products of any particular advertiser, business partner,
affiliate or other third party. Bankrate does not guarantee that the terms or rates offered by any particular advertiser,
business partner, affiliate or other third party on the Site are the best terms or lowest rates available in the market.
Copyright Infringement
It is Bankrate’s policy to comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, title 17, United States Code, Section 512,
including, without limitation, responding to notices of alleged copyright infringement, and other applicable intellectual
property laws. Bankrate shall in appropriate circumstances disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who may
infringe or repeatedly infringe the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of Bankrate and/or others.
Notifications (each a “Notification”) of claimed copyright infringement should be sent by either express mail or U.S.
mail to Bankrate’s designated agent. Bankrate’s designated agent contact information is set forth below:
Address of designated agent to Which Notification Should be Sent:
Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A.
777 S. Flagler Drive, Suite 500 E
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Attention: David Bates
Facsimile number of designated agent: 561.671.2555
Email address of designated agent: dbates at gunster * com
Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(3), to be effective, the Notification must include the
following:
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A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner
(“Complaining Party”) of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
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Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or if multiple copyrighted
works at a single online site are covered by a single Notification, a representative list of such
works at that site;
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Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing
activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably
sufficient to permit Bankrate to locate the material;
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Information reasonably sufficient to permit Bankrate to contact the Complaining Party, such as an address,
telephone number, and if available, an electronic mail address at which the Complaining Party may be
contacted;
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A statement that the Complaining Party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner
complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
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A statement that the information in the Notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the
Complaining Party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly
infringed.
Upon receipt of the written Notification containing the information as outlined in 1 through 6 above, and pursuant to
Title 17, United States Code, Section 512:
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Bankrate will remove or disable access to the material that is alleged to be infringing;
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Bankrate will forward the written Notification to the alleged infringer (“Subscriber”); and
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Bankrate will take reasonable steps to promptly notify the Subscriber that Bankrate has
removed or disabled access to the material.
Counter Notification:
Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(g)(3), a Subscriber may counter a
Notification by providing a written communication (“Counter Notification”) to Bankrate 's designated
agent that includes substantially the following:
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A physical or electronic signature of the Subscriber;
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Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the
material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled;
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A statement under penalty of perjury that the Subscriber has a good faith belief that the material was removed or
disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled; and
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The Subscriber's name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that the Subscriber consents to the jurisdiction
of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which the address is located, or if the Subscriber's address is
outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which Bankrate may be found, and that the Subscriber will
accept service of process from the person who provided the Counter Notification or an agent of such person
Upon receipt of a Counter Notification containing the information as outlined in 1 through 4 above, and pursuant to
Title 17, United States Code, Section 512:
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Bankrate will promptly provide the Complaining Party with a copy of the Counter Notification;
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Bankrate will inform the Complaining Party that Bankrate will replace the removed material or cease disabling access
to the removed material within ten (10) business days; and
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Bankrate will replace the removed material or cease disabling access to the removed material not less than ten (10),
nor more than fourteen (14) business days following receipt of the Counter Notification, provided Bankrate’s designated
agent has not received notice from the Complaining Party that an action has been filed seeking a court order to restrain
the Subscriber from engaging in infringing activity relating to the removed material on Bankrate’s network or system.
Bankrate Makes No Representations or Warranties Regarding the Content
THE CONTENT AND ALL SERVICES AND PRODUCTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE ARE PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN “AS-IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”
BASIS. BANKRATE MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE SITE
OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE. YOU EXPRESSLY
AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND ALL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE
RISK.
WITH RESPECT TO CREDIT CARDS AND ANY OTHER OFFERS FOR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FROM OUR PARTNERS, YOU HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT BANKRATE IS SOLELY AN INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN YOU AND THE NATIONAL CREDIT REPORTING AGENCY AND OUR OTHER PARTNERS AND,
THEREFORE, BANKRATE HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR THE INACCURACY OR INCOMPLETENESS OF ANY SUCH CREDIT
SCORES OR FOR THE CONTENT, AVAILABILITY, OR LEGALITY OF ANY OF THE OFFERS MADE BY THE PARTNERS.
BANKRATE DOES NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR GUARANTEES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE ACCURACY,
CORRECTNESS, OR COMPLETENESS OF THE CONTENT OR THE SERVICES AND PRODUCTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE, NOR THE SAFETY,
RELIABILITY, TITLE, TIMELINESS, COMPLETENESS, MERCHANTABILITY, CONFORMITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF THE
CONTENT OR THE SERVICES AND PRODUCTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE. IT IS YOUR SOLE RESPONSIBILITY TO INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATE
THE ACCURACY, CORRECTNESS OR COMPLETENESS OF THE CONTENT AND THE SERVICES AND PRODUCTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE.
BANKRATE MAKES NO REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE THAT THE CONTENT THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADING FROM
THE SITE IS FREE OF INFECTION FROM ANY VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJAN HORSES, TRAP DOORS, BACK DOORS, EASTER EGGS, TIME BOMBS,
CANCELBOTS OR OTHER CODE OR COMPUTER PROGRAMMING ROUTINES THAT CONTAIN CONTAMINATING OR DESTRUCTIVE PROPERTIES OR THAT
ARE INTENDED TO DAMAGE, DETRIMENTALLY INTERFERE WITH, SURREPTITIOUSLY INTERCEPT OR EXPROPRIATE ANY SYSTEM, DATA OR
PERSONAL INFORMATION.
The Content is intended only to assist you with financial decisions and is broad in scope and does not consider your
personal financial situation. Your personal financial situation is unique and the information and advice may not be
appropriate for your situation. Accordingly, before making any final decisions or implementing any financial strategy,
Bankrate recommends that you obtain additional information and advice of your accountant and other financial advisors
who are fully aware of your individual circumstances.
The Site is controlled and offered by us from our facilities in the United States of America. Bankrate makes no
representations that the Site is appropriate or available for use in other jurisdictions. If you access or use the
Site from other jurisdictions, then you do so by your own volition and are solely responsible for compliance with local
law.
Limitations on Bankrate's Liability
BANKRATE SHALL IN NO EVENT BE RESPONSIBLE TO, OR LIABLE TO, YOU, OR ANY THIRD PARTY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, WARRANTY,
TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFIT, REVENUE OR BUSINESS, AS A
DIRECT OR INDIRECT RESULT OF: (I) YOUR BREACH OR VIOLATION OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT; (II) YOUR
ACCESS AND USE OF THE SITE; (III) YOUR DELAY IN ACCESSING OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE SITE FOR ANY REASON; (IV)
YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY OF THE CONTENT OR THE COLLECTIVE WORK FOR YOUR USE; (V) YOUR RELIANCE UPON OR USE OF THE CONTENT
OR THE COLLECTIVE WORK, OR (VI) ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE, OR OTHERWISE
ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE SITE, WHETHER RESULTING IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FROM BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTUOUS BEHAVIOR,
NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF BANKRATE AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAD BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
DAMAGES. BANKRATE’S LIABILITY AND THE LIABILITY OF ITS AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS ARISING
OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED $100.
YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BANKRATE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR USER GENERATED CONTENT OR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR
ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY, AND THAT THE RISK OF HARM OR DAMAGE FROM SUCH USER GENERATED CONTENT AND THIRD-PARTY
CONDUCT RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU.
YOU AND WE AGREE THAT ANY CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SITE MUST COMMENCE WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER
THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES. OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.
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.
Your Indemnification of Bankrate
You shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless Bankrate and its officers, directors, shareholders, employees, independent
contractors, agents, representatives and affiliates from and against all claims and expenses, including, but not limited
to, attorneys' fees, arising out of, or attributable to: (i) any breach or violation of this Agreement by you; (ii) your
failure to provide accurate, complete and current personally identifiable information requested or required by Bankrate;
(iii) your access or use of the Site; (iv) access or use of the Site under any password that may be issued to you; and/or
(v) your transmissions, submissions or postings (i.e., your own User Generated Content).
Amendments of this Agreement
Bankrate reserves the right to update, amend and/or change this Agreement at any time in its sole discretion and without
notice. Updates to this Agreement will be posted here. You are encouraged to revisit this Agreement from time to time in
order to review any changes that have been made. Your continued access and use of the Site following the posting of any
such changes shall automatically be deemed your acceptance of all changes.
Bankrate's Remedies
You acknowledge that Bankrate may be irreparably damaged if this Agreement is not specifically enforced, and damages at
law would be an inadequate remedy. Therefore, in the event of a breach or threatened breach of any provision of this
Agreement by you, Bankrate shall be entitled, in addition to all rights and remedies, to an injunction restraining such
breach or threatened breach, without being required to show any actual damage or to post an injunction bond, and/or to
a decree for specific performance of the provisions of this Agreement. For purposes of this Section, you agree that any
action or proceeding with regard to such injunction restraining such breach or threatened breach shall be brought in the
courts of record of Palm Beach County, Florida, or the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida. You
consent to the jurisdiction of such court and waive any objection to the laying of the venue of any such action or
proceeding in such court. You agree that service of any court paper may be effected on such party by mail or in such
other manner as may be provided under applicable laws, rules of procedure or local rules.
Governing Law; Arbitration
You agree that: (i) the Site shall be deemed solely based in the State of Florida; and (ii) the Site shall be deemed a
passive Web site that does not give rise to personal jurisdiction over Bankrate, either specific or general, in jurisdictions
other than the State of Florida. This Agreement is to be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws
of the State of Florida, without regard for principles of conflicts of laws. Any civil action, claim, dispute or proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Agreement, except for an injunctive action regarding a breach or threatened breach of
any provision of this Agreement by you as provided above, shall be referred to final and binding arbitration, before a
single arbitrator, under the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association in Palm Beach County,
Florida.
THEREFORE, YOU DO NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO COURT TO ASSERT OR DEFEND YOUR RIGHTS AND YOU GIVE UP YOUR RIGHT
TO PARTICIPATE IN OR BRING CLASS ACTIONS. BY USING THE SITE YOU CONSENT TO THESE RESTRICTIONS.
You and Bankrate shall select the arbitrator, and if you and Bankrate are unable to reach agreement on selection of the
arbitrator within thirty (30) days after the notice of arbitration is served, then the American Arbitration Association
shall select the arbitrator. Arbitration shall not commence until the party requesting it has deposited One Thousand
Dollars ($1,000.00) with the arbitrator for the arbitrator's fees and costs. The party requesting arbitration shall
advance such sums as are required from time to time by the arbitrator to pay the arbitrator's fees and costs until the
prevailing party is determined or the parties have agreed in writing to an alternate allocation of fees and costs.
Judgment upon any award rendered by the arbitrator shall be final, binding and conclusive upon you and Bankrate and
your and Bankrate's respective administrators, executors, legal representatives, successors and assigns, and may be
entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, in no event shall either you or
Bankrate be entitled to punitive damages and both you and Bankrate hereby waive your and Bankrate's respective rights
to any punitive, special, indirect or consequential damages, including, but not limited to, damages for any loss of
profit, revenue or business.
Should a dispute arise and should the arbitration provisions herein become inapplicable or unenforceable, or in any
instance of any lawsuit between you and Bankrate, jurisdiction over and venue of any suit shall be exclusively in the
state and federal courts sitting in Palm Beach County, Florida.
Miscellaneous
If any portion of this Agreement is deemed unlawful, void or unenforceable by any arbitrator or court of competent
jurisdiction, this Agreement as a whole shall not be deemed unlawful, void or unenforceable, but only that portion of
this Agreement that is unlawful, void or unenforceable shall be stricken from this Agreement.
The headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this
Agreement, and shall not limit or otherwise affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made in this Agreement, as may be amended by Bankrate from
time to time, shall survive your acceptance of this Agreement and the termination of this Agreement.
This Agreement and the Privacy Policy represent the entire understanding and agreement between you and Bankrate regarding
the subject matter of the same, and supersede all other previous agreements, understandings and/or representations regarding
the same.
If you have questions, comments, concerns or feedback regarding this Agreement or the Site, please contact us via any
of the methods set forth below:
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Via telephone: (561)630-2400
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Via fax: (561)625-4540
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Via mail: Bankrate, Inc., 11760 US HWY 1 Suite 200, North Palm Beach, FL 33408
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Via email: webmaster@bankrate.com
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