Terms of Service

The following terms and conditions of use (the "Terms") govern your use of the FolmarAdvisory.com website (the "Site"). These Terms are entered into by and between you and Folmar Advisory, LLC ("FolmarAdvisory.com" or “us”).

BY USING THIS SITE, YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO THESE TERMS GOVERNING YOUR USE OF THE SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE PRIVACY POLICY, THE E-SIGN CONSENT, AND ANY OTHER OPERATING RULES, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT MAY BE PUBLISHED FROM TIME TO TIME ON THIS SITE, ALL OF WHICH ARE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THESE TERMS.

 

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS YOU MAY NOT USE THIS SITE OR ANY OF THE SITE'S CONTENT.

 

The Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and us, FolmarAdvisory.com, the operator of the Site (hereafter referred to as "we", "us" or "our"). References in these Terms to "Site operator", "we", "us", and "our" include our affiliates, agents, successors and assigns. The Site is available only to, and may only be used by, individuals who can form legally binding contracts under applicable law. Without limiting the foregoing, the Site is not available to persons below the age of 18. By accessing and using the Site, you accept and agree to, without qualification, the Terms and represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind the User (as defined below) to these Terms and that your use of the Site, including the provision or use of any Content (as defined below), does not violate any applicable law. A User is defined as an individual who can form legally binding contracts under applicable law that accesses FolmarAdvisory.com and/or its services.

  1. Our Services

Folmar Advisory, LLC, is a Registered Investment Advisor. Our service is limited to matching our users with participating third-party registered investment advisors (RIAs); we do not manage assets or provide advice regarding securities. Users are matches with RIAs based on the information provided in our online questionnaire, including but not limited to, income, investable assets, location, required services, and preferred relationship with a financial advisor. Our platform leverages an auction service in the event that multiple RIAs are deemed to be an equally appropriate match for a user; RIAs that are willing to pay more for a referral may be more likely to appear as a matched advisor.

  1. Changes in Terms

FolmarAdvisory.com shall have the right at any time and without prior notice, at its sole discretion, to revise these Terms or to impose new terms and conditions with respect to access to or use of FolmarAdvisory.com. Such revisions and additions shall be effective immediately upon notice thereof, which may be given by any means, including without limitation posting the revised or additional terms and conditions on the FolmarAdvisory.com, except that for any material changes in these Terms (including, without limitation, the Privacy Policy and the E-Sign Consent) relating to any information that you provide to us in accordance with these Terms, we will also provide you notice of such changes by email to your last known email address in our records (if you have provided an email address), and an opportunity to opt out of such changes. You are responsible for reviewing these Terms periodically for any modification to these Terms that may affect your rights or obligations hereunder. You agree that you shall be deemed to be apprised of and bound by any modification by FolmarAdvisory.com to these Terms.

ANY ACCESS OR USE OF FolmarADVISORY.COM BY YOU AFTER NOTICE OF REVISIONS OR ADDITIONS TO THESE TERMS SHALL CONSTITUTE AND BE DEEMED TO BE YOUR AGREEMENT TO SUCH REVISIONS OR ADDITIONS.

  1. Termination

These Terms are effective until terminated by FolmarAdvisory.com. We may terminate these Terms without notice and at any time in connection with FolmarAdvisory.com. In the event of termination, you are no longer authorized to access FolmarAdvisory.com, and the restrictions imposed on you with respect to the Content (as defined below), and the disclaimers, indemnities, and limitations of liabilities set forth in these Terms shall survive termination. We shall also have the right without notice and at any time to terminate some or all of the Site or any feature or portion thereof, or any products or services offered through the Site, or to terminate any individual's right to access or use of FolmarAdvisory.com or any feature or portion thereof.

  1. Prohibited Uses of Site

Unless otherwise provided herein, or unless otherwise allowed under applicable law, you may not do any of the following without our prior written consent:

  • Upload, post, display, copy, republish, reproduce, transmit, or distribute any Content in any form whatsoever;
  • Reproduce any portion of the Site on your website or, using any device, including but not limited to use of a border or frame environment around the Site, or other framing technique to enclose any portion or aspect of the Site, or replicate or mirror any portion of the Site;
  • Reverse engineer, disassemble, copy, or duplicate any part of the Site;
  • Modify, translate into any written or computer language, or create derivative works or translations from any Content or part of the Site;
  • Offer for sale, sell, license, or transfer, in any form, any portion of the Site to any third parties;
  • Use any spider, robot or other automated device or automated or manual process to copy, monitor, or keep a database copy of the Content or any portion of the Site;
  • Use the Site other than to make legitimate inquiries to us regarding our services or to learn about our services;
  • Use the Site to create any fraudulent or false inquiry or account;
  • Transmit or post any abusive, threatening, unlawful, defamatory, libelous, false, misleading indications of origin or statements of fact, vulgar, obscene, indecent, sexually explicit, pornographic, profane or inflammatory material, or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law or for any other purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms;
  • Access or use the Site in any way that, in our sole discretion, adversely affects the function or performance of the Site or any other networks or computer systems used by us or the Site, or infringes on our or any third party's trademark, copyright, patent rights, rights of privacy or publicity or any other proprietary rights;
  • Transmit or upload to the Site, or use in connection with the Site, any software, device or routine that contains viruses, worms, time bombs, Trojan horses or other computer programming routines that may interfere with or attempt to interfere with, damage or in any way intercept the normal operation of the Site, or appropriate the Site or any system, or take any action that imposes an unreasonable load on our computing platform; or
  • Circumvent any encrypted data or gain access to more materials or data than was licensed or use the Site in any manner which violates these Terms or any applicable laws.
  1. Accessing our Site

FolmarAdvisory.com is not intended for or directed at users under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, you are hereby expressly notified that you are not permitted to provide any information through this website, for any purpose, including seeking information or services.

  1. Site Changes

We may change, discontinue, or suspend any aspect of the Site at any time, including the availability of any Site features, Content, or database. We may also impose limits on certain services or features or restrict your access to all or part of the Site without notice to you or liability to us.

  1. Our Privacy Policy

When you use the Site, you consent to the collection and use of your personally identifiable information in accordance with the FolmarAdvisory.com Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms. Our Privacy Policy explains our information collection practices and safeguards, how we use and share your information, and how to opt-out of receiving communications from us.

  1. Content Ownership

Each User is granted a limited, revocable, non-exclusive license to access the Site and the text, images, maps, files, photos, information and other materials on the Site (the “Content”) for the User’s personal use in order to view, access or make inquiries to us regarding our services, in accordance with these Terms. Any commercial use or other use of the Site is expressly prohibited. This limited license does not include right of display, copying, aggregation, collection, or derivative use of the Site nor any right of use of spiders, data mining, robots or similar data extraction and gathering tools without our prior express written permission. We reserve any rights not expressly granted herein. The Content may contain errors, omissions, or typographical errors or may be out of date. FolmarAdvisory.com may change, delete, or update any Content at any time and without prior notice. The Content is provided for informational purposes only and is not binding on FolmarAdvisory.com in any way except to the extent it is specifically indicated to be so. FolmarAdvisory.com makes no representation that materials contained on the Site or products described or offered at the Site are appropriate or available for use in jurisdictions outside of the United States, or that these Terms comply with the laws of any other country. Visitors who use FolmarAdvisory.com and reside outside the United States do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with all laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable. You agree that you will not access FolmarAdvisory.com from any territory where its contents are illegal, and that you, and not FolmarAdvisory.com, are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws.

  1. Release

In the event that you have a dispute with any Provider, Prospect, or other third party, including without limitation any other user of the Site, arising from or in connection with the use of the Site , you hereby agree to release, remise and forever discharge us and our agents, directors, officers, employees, shareholders and all other related persons or entities from any and all manner of rights, complaints, demands, claims, causes of action, proceedings, obligations, liabilities, legal fees, costs, and disbursements of any nature whatsoever, whether known or unknown, which now or hereafter arise from, relate to, or are connected with such dispute or your use of the Site. If you are a California resident, you hereby waive California civil code section 1542, which says: "a general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which, if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor." If you are a resident of a state other than California, you explicitly waive the terms and protections of any statute of your own state that has a similar import or intent.

  1. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless FolmarAdvisory.com, its Providers, its vendors, and their affiliates and related entities and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims, losses, damages, liabilities, and costs (including without limitation reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs), arising out of or relating to your breach of these Terms or your access to or use of the Site. To the extent permitted by law, you hereby release FolmarAdvisory.com from any and all claims or liability related to any product or service provided through FolmarAdvisory.com and any conduct, action, or inaction by the affiliate Providers. The foregoing indemnification obligation shall survive termination of these Terms and the operation of FolmarAdvisory.com or any product or service provided to you arising out of or relating to your use of FolmarAdvisory.com.

  1. Proprietary Rights Notification

We do not permit copyright or trademark infringing activities and other infringement of intellectual property rights on the Site, and we will remove or modify (or ask you to remove or modify) Content if we are properly notified that such Content infringes on another's intellectual property rights. If you are a copyright or trademark owner or an agent thereof and believe that any Content in any public area of the Site infringes upon or otherwise conflicts with your proprietary rights, you may submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") by providing our copyright agent with the following information in writing (see 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) for further detail):

  • A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
  • Identification of the proprietary work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple proprietary works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works;
  • 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 us to locate the material;
  • Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and an electronic mail address;
  • A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the owner, its agent, or the law; and
  • A statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Please contact us at Contact@folmaradvisory.com to send notifications of claimed infringement. You hereby acknowledge and agree that if you fail to comply with all of the requirements listed above, your DMCA notice may not be valid.

  1. Links to Third Parties

The Site routinely contains links to external, third party websites. Our providing links to other websites does not guarantee, approve or endorse the information or products available at these sites, nor does a link indicate any association with or endorsement by the linked site to us. FolmarAdvisory.com does not operate or control and has no responsibility for the information, products and/or services found on any external sites. Nor do such links represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any information, products and/or services provided on or through any external sites, including, without limitation, warranties of any kind , either express or implied, warranties of title or non-infringement or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Users of FolmarAdvisory.com assume complete responsibility and risk in their use of any external sites.

  1. Governing Law

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to conflicts of law provisions. Additionally, any claims brought against FolmarAdvisory.com shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Sole and exclusive jurisdiction for any action or proceeding arising out of, or related to, this Agreement, use of FolmarAdvisory.com, or any services provided through FolmarAdvisory.com, shall be in the state or federal courts located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

  1. Binding Arbitration for Dispute Resolution

THIS AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY. You agree to attempt in good faith to settle any dispute or claim that has or may arise between FolmarAdvisory.com and you, which arises out of or relates in any way to these Terms or your use of FolmarAdvisory.com or the Content, including, without limitation, any dispute or claim between you and our affiliated Providers (each, a "Claim"), by way of consultations between you and us, which consultations will be initiated upon written notice by any party to the other (the "Consultation Notice"). The Consultation Notice must describe the nature and basis of the Claim and set forth the specific relief sought ("Demand"). If such Claim cannot be resolved within thirty (30) days after the Consultation Notice is received, any party to the consultations may initiate an arbitration proceeding upon written notice to the other party in accordance with this Section 17. Any notice to FolmarAdvisory.com under this Section 17 should be addressed to: Consultation Notice Inquiry for Folmar Advisory, LLC C/O One Kendall Square, Suite B2102, Cambridge, MA 02139 ("Notice Address"). You agree to arbitrate all Claims between you and us that cannot be amicably resolved in accordance with the foregoing paragraph. This agreement to arbitrate is intended to be broadly interpreted. It includes, but is not limited to: (a) claims arising out of or relating to any aspect of your relationship with us, whether based in contract, tort, statute, fraud, misrepresentation or any other legal theory; and (b) claims that could be alleged as class action Claims (and you agree to waive the right to participate in a class action in accordance with this Section 17). For the avoidance of doubt, references in this Section 17 to "FolmarAdvisory.com," "Providers," "we", "users", "you," and "us" include our respective subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, employees, predecessors in interest, successors and assigns, as well as all authorized or unauthorized users or beneficiaries of the services, information or Content available through the use of FolmarAdvisory.com. This arbitration agreement does not preclude you from bringing an individual action in small claims court or bringing issues to the attention of federal, state, or local agencies, including, for example, the Federal Communications Commission. You acknowledge and agree that, by entering into this arbitration agreement, you and FolmarAdvisory.com are each waiving our respective rights to a trial by jury or to participate in a class action. You acknowledge and agree that the Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this provision. You further agree that this arbitration provision shall survive termination of this Agreement. Any arbitration under this Section 17 shall be governed by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") under its rules and procedures, including the AAA’s Supplementary Procedures for Consumer-Related Disputes (collectively, the "AAA Rules"), as modified by this Agreement (but expressly excluding the Supplementary Rules for Class Arbitration and any other AAA Rules that conflict with the waiver of class arbitration and representative proceedings below), and will be administered by one (1) arbitrator with relevant industry experience appointed in accordance with the AAA Rules. The arbitrator is bound by the terms of this Agreement. All issues are for the arbitrator to decide, including, without limitation, issues relating to the applicability and enforceability of this arbitration agreement. Unless otherwise mutually agreed by the parties to the arbitration, any arbitration hearings under this Section 17 will take place in the county where you are domiciled. If your Claim is for $5,000 or less, you may choose whether the arbitration will be conducted solely on the basis of documents submitted to the arbitrator, through a telephonic hearing, or by an in-person hearing as established by the AAA Rules. If your Claim exceeds $5,000, the right to a hearing will be determined by the AAA Rules. Except as otherwise provided for in this Section 17, in any arbitration between you and FolmarAdvisory.com, all AAA filing, administration and arbitrator fees for any arbitration initiated in accordance with the notice requirements above where Claims for damages do not exceed $10,000 shall be paid, at your written request, by us. Any request for payment of fees by us shall be submitted by mail to the AAA along with your demand for arbitration, and we will make arrangements to pay all necessary fees directly to the AAA. If the value of the relief sought is more than $10,000 and you are able to demonstrate that the costs of arbitration will be prohibitive as compared to the costs of litigation, we will pay as much of the filing, administration and arbitrator fees as the arbitrator deems necessary to prevent the arbitration from being cost-prohibitive. If, however, the arbitrator finds that either the substance of your Claim or the relief sought in the Demand is frivolous or brought for an improper purpose, you agree to reimburse us for all monies previously disbursed that are otherwise your obligation to pay under the AAA Rules. The arbitrator may award declaratory or injunctive relief only in favor of the individual party seeking relief and only to the extent necessary to provide relief warranted by that party’s individual claim. YOU AGREE THAT YOU MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST US ONLY IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING, AND THAT THIS AGREEMENT EXPRESSLY PROHIBITS CLASS ARBITRATION BY ANY PARTY. Further, unless the parties to the arbitration agree otherwise, the arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person’s Claims, and may not otherwise preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding. The arbitrator shall not be bound by rulings in prior arbitrations involving our other users, but is bound by rulings in prior arbitrations involving the same user to the extent required by applicable law. With the exception of the provision in the preceding paragraph prohibiting class arbitration or representative proceedings, if an arbitrator or court decides that any part of this Section 17 is invalid or unenforceable, the other parts of this Section 17 shall still apply. In the event that the foregoing prohibition on class arbitration or representative proceedings is deemed invalid or unenforceable, then the entirety of this Section 17 shall be null and void. The remainder of the Terms, including, without limitation, Section 16 (Governing Law), will remain in force. You may opt-out of this arbitration provision only by written notice to us at the Notice Address within thirty (30) days of your acceptance of this agreement, which notice shall include your name, address, and a clear statement that you do not wish to resolve disputes with us through arbitration. If we make any change to this arbitration provision (other than a change to the Notice Address) during the term of your relationship with us, that change shall not apply to any Claim against us initiated prior to the effective date of the change. The change shall apply to all other Claims that have arisen or may arise between you and us. We will notify you of changes to this arbitration provision by posting the amended terms on the Site or by email, in each case at least thirty (30) days before the effective date of the changes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Terms, Providers shall be third party beneficiaries of the rights to dispute resolution and arbitration set forth in this Section 17, and each Provider shall have the right to enforce this Section 17 against users as if such Provider were a party to the agreement set forth in this Section 17 in the event of any dispute or claim between you and such Provider based on or relating to any transaction or interaction between you and such Provider that is enabled by or arises in connection with your use of FolmarAdvisory.com.

  1. Partial Invalidity

The invalidity or unenforceability of any one or more sections of these Terms shall not affect the validity or enforceability of its remaining provisions.

  1. Agreement

These Terms constitute the complete agreement between the parties with respect to your use, access, and receipt of services from FolmarAdvisory.com and supersede all prior agreements, negotiations and discussions between you and FolmarAdvisory.com relating to the same. No third-party beneficiaries of the agreement exist.

You acknowledge that you have read and understand these Terms, and that these Terms have the same force and effect as a signed agreement. These Terms shall confer no rights upon any other party other than the parties hereto.

  1. E-Sign Consent

In this E-Sign Consent, the following definitions apply: (i) "You" and "your" refer to you, the User; (ii) "We," "us," and "our" refer to the Site operator and its affiliates (including, without limitation, Folmar), agents, successors and assigns. By clicking the "I agree" button, which you adopt as your electronic signature, you consent and agree that:

  • We can provide you disclosures required by law, and other information about your legal rights and duties, electronically.
  • Your electronic signature on agreements and documents has the same effect as if you signed them in ink.
  • We can send all communications and disclosures, including, but not limited to, this E-Sign Consent, the telephone and e-mail contact consent, and the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use (collectively defined as "Disclosures") to you electronically: (1) via e-mail; (2) by access to a web site that we designate in an e-mail notice we send to you at the time the information is available; or (3) to the extent permissible by law, by access to a web site that we generally designate in advance for such purpose.
  • If you would like a paper copy, you can print a copy of the Disclosures or download the information for your records.
  • This consent applies to: (1) your use of products and services offered by us; (2) all future Disclosures associated with us; and (3) all future transactions with us, at any time, and to other Disclosures that we provide to you by email, unless you have, prior to such transaction, withdrawn your consent by the procedure mentioned below.

You understand that, to access and retain the electronic Disclosures, you will need the following:

  • A computer with an Internet connection.
  • A current web browser that includes 128-bit encryption. Minimum recommended browser standards are Microsoft Internet Explorer version 8.0 and above (see www.microsoft.com/ie for current version), Mozilla Firefox current version (see www.mozilla.com for current version), Apple Safari current version (see www.apple.com/safari for current version), or Opera current version (see www.opera.com for current version). The browser must have cookies enabled.
  • A valid email address.
  • Sufficient storage space to save past Disclosures and/or an installed printer to print them.
  • If you use a spam filter that blocks or re-routes emails from senders not listed in your email address book, you must add contact@folmaradvisory.com to your email address book.
  • You understand that you may request paper copies of the Disclosures, and that we will provide them to you by mail at no charge. You can request paper copies and/or withdraw consent by contacting us at: One Kendall Square, Suite B2102, Cambridge, MA 02139.

Any withdrawal of your consent to receive electronic Disclosures will be effective only after we have a reasonable period of time to process your withdrawal. You understand and agree that if you withdraw your consent to receive electronic Disclosures, we may—though we are not obligated to—cancel your account. At any time, you can update the email address to which we will send alerts that Disclosures are available. You can change your email address by contacting us at: Contact@folmaradvisory.com.

By consenting, you agree that electronic Disclosures have the same meaning and effect as if we provided paper Disclosures to you. When we send you an email or other electronic notification alerting you that Disclosures are available electronically and we do in fact make them available online, that shall have the same meaning and effect as if we provided paper Disclosures to you, whether or not you choose to view the Disclosures, unless you had previously withdrawn your consent to receive Disclosures electronically. You understand and agree that Disclosures are considered received by you within 24 hours of the time posted to our website, or within 24 hours of the time emailed to you unless we receive notice that the e-mail address is invalid. You understand and agree that we reserve the right to cancel this electronic Disclosure service, change the terms of use of this service or send Disclosures in paper form at any time.

You understand and agree that we are responsible for sending notice of the Disclosures to you electronically including at the email address you have provided, but are not responsible for any delay or failure in your receipt of the email notices.