Privacy Policy
NATION Builders, Inc. takes your privacy seriously. To better protect your privacy we provide this privacy policy notice explaining the way your personal information may be collected and used in conjunction with products like vellum.
Collection of Routine Information
Our applications track basic information about users. This information includes, but is not limited to, IP addresses, browser details, timestamps and referring pages. None of this information can personally identify specific users. The information is tracked for routine administration and maintenance purposes.
Cookies
Where necessary, our applications use cookies to store information about a visitor's preferences and history in order to better serve the user and/or present the user with customized content.
Advertisement and Other Third Parties
Advertising partners and other third parties may use cookies, scripts and/or web beacons to track use activities on this app in order to display advertisements and other useful information. Such tracking is done directly by the third parties through their own servers and is subject to their own privacy policies. Our applications have no access or control over these cookies, scripts and/or web beacons that may be used by third parties. Learn how to opt out of Google's cookie usage: http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html.
Links to Third Party Websites
We have included links on this app for your use and reference. We are not responsible for the privacy policies on these websites. You should be aware that the privacy policies of these websites may differ from our own.
Security
The security of your personal information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Changes To This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is effective as of 12/8/2022 and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page.
We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you either through the methods you have provided us, or by placing a prominent notice on our applications.
Contact Information
For any questions or concerns regarding this privacy policy, please send us an email at "legal@nation.io".
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Terms of Service
Last updated on: December 8, 2022
Introduction
Please read these terms of service ("Terms") carefully. These Terms are between you and NATION Builders, Inc. ("NATION," "we," "us," or "our") concerning your use of vellum's site, currently located at nation.io (together with all products, services, tools and information made available on or through the site, the "Site"). These Terms apply to you ("You," or "User") as a user of the Site and NATION front-end, including all the products, services, tools and information made available on the Site, such as vellum.
By using the Site, you agree to these Terms.
Certain features on the Site may be offered while still in experimental or "beta" form ("Beta Services"). By accepting these Terms or using the Beta Services, you understand and acknowledge that the Beta Services are being provided as a "Beta" version and made available on an "As Is" or "As Available" basis. The Beta Services may contain bugs, errors, and other problems. YOU ASSUME ALL RISKS AND ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR USE OF THE BETA SERVICES.
You must be able to form a legally binding contract online either as an individual or on behalf of a legal entity. You represent that as a User, you have the legal authority to bind the company or other legal entity to these Terms 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.
You are advised to check these Terms periodically to familiarize yourself with any changes to the Terms. NATION Builders in its sole discretion, reserves the right to make changes to our Terms. Changes are binding on Users of the Site and will take effect immediately upon posting. As a User, you agree to be bound by any changes, variations, or modifications to our terms of service and your continued use of the Site shall constitute acceptance of any such changes, variations, or modifications.
Site
NATION provides access to a decentralized organizational application ("Application") on the Solana blockchain and other compatible networks ("Solana"), that allows individuals to pool and manage Solana assets ("Cryptocurrency assets") and transact using smart contracts ("Smart Contracts"). These pooled Cryptocurrency assets are created and managed by specific Users who organize using the Application ("Managers").
Using the vellum protocol may require that you pay a fee, such as gas charges on the Solana network to perform a transaction. You acknowledge and agree that NATION has no control over any transactions over inblock protocol, the method of payment of any transactions or any actual payments of transactions. Accordingly, you must ensure that you have a sufficient balance of the applicable cryptocurrency tokens stored at your vellum protocol-compatible wallet address ("Cryptocurrency Wallet") to complete any transaction on the vellum protocol or the Solana network before initiating such transaction.
Access to the Site
ACCESS TO THE SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS ONLY. We do not guarantee that the Site, or any content on it, will always be available or uninterrupted. From time to time, access may be interrupted, suspended or restricted, including because of a fault, error or unforeseen circumstances or because we are carrying out planned maintenance.
We reserve the right to limit the availability of the Site to any person, geographic area or jurisdiction we so desire and/or to terminate your access to and use of the Site, at any time and in our sole discretion.
We may suspend or disable your access to the Site if we consider it reasonable to do so.
We may remove or amend the content of the Site at any time. However, some of the content may be out of date at any given time and we are under no obligation to update it. We do not guarantee that the Site, or any content on it, will be free from errors or omissions.
We will not be liable to you for any loss or damage you may suffer as a result of the Site being unavailable at any time for any reason.
You will comply with all applicable domestic and international laws, statutes, ordinances and regulations applicable to your use of the Site.
As a condition to accessing or using the Site, you:
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will only use the Site in accordance with these Terms;
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will ensure that all information that you provide on the Site is
current, complete, and accurate
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will ensure compliance with all US securities laws; and
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will maintain the security and confidentiality of access to your
cryptocurrency wallet address.
As a condition to accessing or using the Site, you will not:
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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;
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Export, reexport, or transfer, directly or indirectly, any NATION
technology in violation of applicable export laws or regulations;
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Infringe on or misappropriate any contract, intellectual property or
other third-party right, or commit a tort while using the Site;
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Misrepresent the truthfulness, sourcing or reliability of any
content on the Site;
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Use the Site in any manner that could interfere with, disrupt,
negatively affect, or inhibit other users from fully enjoying the Site or the vellum protocol, or that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the functioning of the Site or the vellum protocol in any manner;
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Access or use an vellum account without permission;
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Attempt to circumvent any content filtering techniques or security
measures that NATION employs on the Site, or attempt to access any service or area of the Site that you are not authorized to access;
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Use any robot, spider, crawler, scraper, or other automated means or
interface not provided by us, to access the Site to extract data;
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Introduce any malware, virus, Trojan horse, worm, logic bomb,
drop-dead device, backdoor, shutdown mechanism or other harmful material into the Site;
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Post content or communications on the Site that are, in our 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;
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Post content on the Site containing unsolicited promotions,
commercial messages or any chain messages or user content designed to deceive or trick the user of the Site; or
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Encourage or induce any third party to engage in any of the
activities prohibited under these Terms.
You acknowledge that the Site and your use of the Site contain certain risks, including without limitation the following risks:
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That any Smart Contracts you interact with are entirely your own
responsibility and liability, and that neither inklbock nor NATION is party to the Smart Contracts;
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At any time, your access to your Cryptocurrency Assets may be
suspended or terminated or there may be a delay in your access or use of your Cryptocurrency Assets which may result in the Cryptocurrency Assets diminishing in value or you being unable to complete a Smart Contract; and
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The Site and/or application may be suspended or terminated for any
or no reason, which may limit your access to your Cryptocurrency Assets.
Accordingly, you expressly agree that:
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You assume all risk in connection with your access and use of the
Site, the Application and the Smart Contracts; and
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You expressly waive and release NATION from any and all liability,
claims, causes of action, or damages arising from or in any way related to your use of the Site, the Application or the Smart Contracts.
Manager Obligations
Due to the nature of a Manager's activities on the Site, there is the potential that Managers will need to comply with the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ("Advisers Act"). It is the obligation of the Manager to make this determination and take appropriate actions to comply with the Advisers Act if necessary.
The creation of a pool of Cryptographic Assets may subject the Manager and the pool to registration under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act") and the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Investment Company Act") . It is the obligation of the Manager to make this determination and take appropriate actions to comply with the Securities Act and Investment Company Act if necessary.
OFAC Compliance
The U.S. Department of the Treasury, through the Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC"), prohibits U.S. companies from engaging in all or certain commercial activities with certain sanctioned countries (each a "Sanctioned Country") and certain individuals, organizations or entities, including without limitation, certain "Specially Designated Nationals" ("SDN") listed by OFAC. If you use the Site, you expressly represent that you are not located in a Sanctioned Country or is listed as an SDN. If NATION determines that the Site is being used by prohibited persons, it will take any and all actions to terminate that User's access to the Site.
Third Party Links
The Site may contain hyperlinks or references to third party websites. Any such hyperlinks or references are provided for your information and convenience only. We have no control over third party websites and accept no legal responsibility for any content, material or information contained in them. The display of any hyperlink and reference to any third-party website does not mean that we endorse that third party's website, products or services. Your use of a third-party site may be governed by the terms and conditions of that third-party site.
Privacy Policy
When you use the Site, the only information we collect from you is your blockchain wallet address. We do not collect any personal information from you unless otherwise specifically requested. We do not take responsibility for any information you make public on the Solana blockchain by taking actions through the Site. For additional information as to how we protect your privacy, review our Privacy Policy.
Intellectual Property
We are the owner of all intellectual property rights in the Site and the material published on them. These works are protected by copyright laws and all such rights are reserved. http://nation.io is the uniform resource locator ("URL") of NATION. You will not make use of this URL on another website or digital platform without our prior written consent. You agree not to monitor, use or copy our web pages without our prior consent. Any unauthorized use or reproduction may be prosecuted.
You will retain ownership of all copyright in data you upload or submit to the Site. You grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable license to use, copy, distribute or publish and send this data in any manner.
Disclaimers; Indemnity
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL NATION BE RESPONSIBLE TO YOU FOR ANY: (1) FINANCIAL LOSSES; (2) LOSS OF USE, DATA, BUSINESS OR PROFITS; OR (3) INDIRECT, SPECIAL CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL NATION'S LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OR THE SITE EXCEED THE GREATER OF: (1) AMOUNTS PAID BY YOU TO NATION DURING THE THREE (3) MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, AND (2) ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100). This will be whether or not NATION warned of the possibility of such damages. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these terms, nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability for fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation, or for death or personal injury caused by gross negligence, intentional misconduct or fraud.
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless NATION, its affiliates, licensors and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms or your use of the Site.
We do not guarantee that the Site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.
You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programs and platform in order to access the Site. You should use your own virus protection software.
We cannot promise that the use of the Site, or any content taken from the Site, will not infringe the rights of any third party.
Certain content and materials available on the Site are for informational purposes only and is not intended to address your particular requirements. In particular, the content and materials available on the Site does not constitute any form of advice or recommendation by us, should not be regarded as an offer, solicitation, invitation or recommendation to buy or sell investments, securities or any other financial services and is not intended to be relied upon by you in making any specific investment or other decisions. We recommend that you seek independent advice from financial advisory before making any such decision.
Nothing included in the Site constitutes an offer or solicitation to sell, or distribution of, investments and related services by NATION to anyone in any jurisdiction.
You may only participate with Smart Contracts on the Site by linking your Cryptocurrency Wallet on supported bridge extensions such as Phantom (https://phantom.app/). Phantom is an electronic wallet, which allows you to purchase, store, and engage in transactions using Solana cryptocurrency. Before putting up your Cryptocurrency Asset into a Smart Contract, you will be required to download a supported electronic wallet extension and connect and unlock your Cryptocurrency Wallet with that extension.
ALL TRANSACTIONS INITIATED THROUGH OUR SERVICE ARE FACILITATED AND RUN BY THIRD-PARTY ELECTRONIC WALLET EXTENSIONS, AND BY USING OUR SERVICES YOU AGREE THAT YOU ARE GOVERNED BY THE TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICY FOR THE APPLICABLE EXTENSIONS. FOR PHANTOM, THOSE TERMS ARE AVAILABLE AT (https://phantom.app/terms) AND (https://phantom.app/privacy)
General
If any clause or part of any clause of these Terms is found to be void, unenforceable or invalid, then it will be severed from these Terms, leaving the remainder in full force and effect, provided that the severance has not altered the basic nature of these Terms.
No single or partial exercise, or failure or delay in exercising any right, power or remedy by us shall constitute a waiver by us of, or impair or preclude any further exercise of, that or any right, power or remedy arising under these terms and conditions or otherwise.
If any of the provisions in these Terms are found to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder shall continue in full force and effect.
All disclaimers, indemnities and exclusions in these Terms shall survive termination of the Terms and shall continue to apply during any suspension or any period during which the Site is not available for you to use for any reason whatsoever.
These Terms and the documents referred to in them set out the entire agreement between you and us with respect to your use of the Site, NATION, vellum and the services provided via the Site and supersede any and all prior or contemporaneous representations, communications or agreements (written or oral) made between you or us.
Any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of or in relation to these Terms, including the validity, invalidity, breach or termination thereof, shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the Delaware in force on the date when the Notice of Arbitration is submitted in accordance with these Rules. The number of arbitrators shall be one or three; the seat of the arbitration shall be determined by the arbitrator(s); the arbitral proceedings shall be conducted in English. The applicable law shall be Delaware.
With respect to all persons and entities, regardless of whether they have obtained or used the Site for personal, commercial or other purposes, all disputes, controversies or claims must be brought in the parties' individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class action, collective action or other representative proceeding. This waiver applies to class arbitration, and, unless we agree otherwise, the arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person's claims. You agree that, by entering into this agreement, you and NATION are each waiving the right to a trial by jury or to participate in a class action, collective action, or other representative proceeding of any kind.
Contacting Us
Should you have any question about these Terms, or wish to contact us for any reason whatsoever, please do so by sending us an email at legal@nation.io.