Terms of Use

Last Updated

March 8, 2022

These terms of use, together with any documents and additional terms they incorporate by
reference (collectively, these “Terms”),are entered into between the Volta Foundation (“Foundation”) and you
or the company or other legal entity that you represent (“you” or “your”).

Please read these Terms carefully as they govern your use of the Services (defined below) made available by the Foundation and describe your rights and obligations and the disclaimers of Foundation and limitations of legal liability of the Foundation. By accessing or using any part of the Services, you agree to become bound by the terms and conditions of these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not access or use the Services. Please carefully review the disclosures and disclaimers set forth in Section 9, 10, 11 and 14 in their entirety before accessing or using the Services. Please refer to the Foundation’s privacy policy available at https://volata.com/privacy-policy/ for information about how the Foundation may collect, use, share and otherwise process information about you.

These Terms are not boilerplate. If you disagree with any of them, believe that any should not apply to you, or wish to negotiate these Terms, please contact info@volta.com and immediately discontinue using the Services.

The Foundation reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify these Terms from time to time. If the Foundation makes changes, it will provide you with notice of such changes by providing a notice through the Services, sending you an email, or updating the date at the top of these Terms. Unless the Foundation indicates otherwise in such notice, any modifications are effective immediately, and your continued use of Services will confirm your acceptance of the changes. If you do not agree to the amended Terms, you must stop using the Services immediately.

SERVICES

The Foundation stewards the “Volta Protocol,” a decentralized network of agents and nodes that provide smart contract monitoring. The Foundation also holds certain strategic off-chain assets on behalf of the Volta Protocol community (e.g., certain intellectual property and Github repositories).

The "Services" refer to the smart contracts underlying the Volta Protocol, the API, Docs, Explorer, the SDK, node software, and any other resources, interfaces, applications, Dapps, APIs, smart contracts, repositories, documentation, data, blog posts, forums, features, tools or code offered from time to time by Foundation, including the websites located at:

https://volta.org/

https://explorer.volta.network/

https://connect.volta.network/

https://docs.volta.network/

https://gov.volta.network/

https://api.volta.network/

YOUR REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; CONDITIONS

You must be able to form a legally binding contract online either on behalf of a company or as an individual to use the Services. Accordingly, you represent that you have the legal authority to bind the company or other legal entity to these Terms (if you are agreeing to these Terms on behalf of a company or other legal entity) and you are at least 18 years old (or the age of majority where you reside, whichever is older), can form a legally binding contract online, and have the full, right, power and authority to enter into and to comply with the obligations under these Terms.

As a condition to accessing or using the Services, you represent and warrant that you are not a citizen or resident of a state, country, territory or other jurisdiction that is embargoed by the Cayman Islands or the United States or where your use of the Services would be illegal or otherwise violate any domestic or foreign law, rule, statute, regulation, by-law, order, protocol, code, decree, or other directive, requirement or guideline, published or in force which applies to or is otherwise intended to govern or regulate any person, property, transaction, activity, event or other matter, including any rule, order, judgment, directive or other requirement or guideline issued by any domestic or foreign federal, provincial or state, municipal, local or other governmental, regulatory, judicial or administrative authority having jurisdiction over the Foundation, you, the Services, or as otherwise duly enacted, enforceable by law, the common law or equity (“Applicable Law”).

As a condition to accessing or using the Services, you represent, warrant and agree that you: (i) will only use the Services for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms; (ii) will ensure that all information that you provide in relation to Services is current, complete, and accurate; (iii) will maintain the security and confidentiality of access to your Blockchain Address and Profile (as defined below); (iv) will identify and assess the accuracy, availability and quality of alerts and other data that you choose to consume via the Forta Protocol; and (v) agree (A) that no Protected Party (defined below) will be responsible for any loss or damage incurred as the result of any interactions you have with other users of the Services or the Forta Protocol, including any loss of any digital assets, tokens, or other unit of value; and (B) if there is a dispute between you and any other user of Protocol, no Protected Party will be under any obligation to become involved.

As a condition to accessing or using the Services, you represent, warrant and agree that you will not: (i) violate any Applicable Law, including, without limitation, any relevant and applicable anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing laws and any relevant and applicable privacy and data collection laws, in each case as may be amended; (ii) export, reexport, or transfer, directly or indirectly, any technology or data in violation of applicable export laws or regulations; (iii) infringe on or misappropriate any contract, intellectual property or other third-party right, or commit a tort; (iv) misrepresent the accuracy or reliability of any alerts or other data; (v) use the Services in any manner that could interfere with, disrupt, negatively affect, or inhibit other users from fully enjoying the Services or the Volta Protocol, or that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the functioning of the Services or the Volta Protocol in any manner; (vi) attempt to circumvent any security measures that the Foundation employs on the the Services, or attempt to access any service or area of the Services that you are not authorized to access; (vii) tamper with or hack any aspect of the Services or the Forta Protocol; (viii) introduce any malware, virus, Trojan horse, worm, logic bomb, drop-dead device, backdoor, shutdown mechanism or other harmful material into the Services or the Protocol; (ix) post content or communications on or through the Services (including User Content (as defined below)) that are, in the Foundation’s sole discretion, libelous, defamatory, profane, obscene, pornographic, sexually explicit, indecent, lewd, vulgar, suggestive, harassing, hateful, threatening, offensive, discriminatory, bigoted, abusive, inflammatory, fraudulent, deceptive or otherwise objectionable or in violation of the Terms; (x) post content on the Services containing unsolicited promotions, political campaigning, or commercial messages or any chain messages or user content designed to deceive or trick users of the Services or Volta Protocol; or (xi) encourage or induce any third party to engage in any of the activities prohibited under these Terms.

You represent and warrant that you: (i) have the necessary technical expertise and ability to review and evaluate the security, integrity and operation of the Services and the Forta Protocol and any related digital asset that you decide to acquire, sell or use; (ii) have the knowledge, experience, understanding, professional advice and information to make your own evaluation of the merits, risks and applicable compliance requirements under Applicable Law of the Services, the Forta Protocol and any related any digital asset; and (iii) know, understand and accept the risks associated with your use of the Forta Protocol, your Blockchain Address, your Profile, any Blockchain, digital assets and other tokens, including the risk of attacks and the risks identified in Section 14 below. The Forta Protocol produces alerts and data from a decentralized network of independent participants and you acknowledge and agree that the accuracy, availability or quality of alerts or other data provided via the Services may be impacted by various factors, including as a result of the underlying data being of low quality, volatile, or otherwise compromised at the data source.

Although the Foundation is not obligated to monitor access to or participation in the Services, the Foundation has the right to do so for the purpose of operating the Services, to ensure compliance with these Terms and to comply with Applicable Law or other legal requirements. The Foundation reserves the right, but is not obligated, to suspend or terminate the Services at any time and without notice. The Foundation has the right to investigate violations of these Terms or conduct that affects the Services. The Foundation may also consult and cooperate with law enforcement authorities to prosecute users who violate the law.

Data Privacy Notice

Last Updated

Sep. 27, 2021

This Data Privacy Notice details important information regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal information collected on the websites located at https://volta.org/, https://explorer.volta.network/, and https://docs.volta.network/ and any other applications, tools, products, services, blogs, forums and/or materials (collectively, “Services”) offered from time to time by Volta. Volta provides this Data Privacy Notice to help you understand how your personal information is used by us and your choices regarding our use of it. By using the Services, you agree that we can collect, use, disclose, and process your information as described in this Data Privacy Notice. This Data Privacy Notice only applies to the Services, and not to any other products or services you may be able to access or link to via the Services. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any other websites or applications you visit before providing your information to them.

While our values will not shift, the Services will evolve over time, and this Data Privacy Notice will change to reflect that evolution. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of this Data Privacy Notice. In some cases, if we make significant changes, we may give you additional notice by adding a statement to our homepage. We encourage you to review this Data Privacy Notice periodically to stay informed about our practices.

This Privacy Policy should be read in conjunction with our Terms of Use. By accessing any Services, you are consenting to the information collection and use practices described in this Data Privacy Notice.

Your use of the Services and any personal information you provide to use the Services remains subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy Notice and our Terms of Use, each as may be updated from time to time.

Any questions, comments or complaints that you might have should be emailed to info@volta.org.

“Personal Data” has the meaning given in the European Union (“EU”) data protection legislation and any other applicable data laws in any other relevant jurisdiction, and includes any information relating to an identifiable individual (such as name, address, email address, date of birth, passport details or other national identifier, driving licence, national insurance or social security number, income, employment information, tax identifier and residence, account numbers, and electronic information).

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