Terms of Service

Last Updated: May 30, 2025

The following terms and conditions (the "Terms of Service" or "Agreement") constitute an agreement between you, whether as a casual visitor or a registered user ("User", "you" or "your") and StoneCipher Corp. ("Threat=", "us", "our" or "we"), the owner and operator of the www.threatequals.com website (collectively, the "Site") and all content and features contained therein, as well as Threat='s daily newsletter, email notifications or any related applications or publications provided by us (collectively, the "Services"), regarding your use of the Threat= Site and/or Services. BY ACCESSING THE SITE, UTILIZING ANY OF THE SERVICES AND/OR REGISTERING WITH US, YOU SIGNIFY THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF SERVICE INCLUDING OUR PRIVACY POLICY, WHICH IS INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE.

Modifications to the Terms of Service

Threat=, in its sole and absolute discretion, may make changes or modifications to the Site or to this Agreement (including any policies or agreements which are incorporated by reference herein) at any time and without prior notice to you, and such changes or modifications shall be effective immediately upon posting to this Site. You acknowledge and agree that (i) Threat= may notify you of such changes or modifications by posting them to this Site and (ii) your use of this Site or the Services after such changes or modifications have been made (as indicated by the "Last Revised" date at the top of this page) shall constitute your acceptance of this Agreement as last revised. In addition, Threat= may occasionally notify you of upcoming changes or modifications to this Agreement by email. We, therefore, recommend that you keep your account information including, but not limited to, your email address, current.

Eligibility; Registration

The Site and/or the Services are available only to Users who can form legally binding contracts under applicable law. By using the Site or the Services, you represent and warrant that you are at least eighteen (18) years of age.

If you are visiting this Site from a country other than the country in which our servers are located, your communications with us may result in the transfer of information (including your User information) across international boundaries. By visiting this Site and communicating electronically with us, you consent to such transfers.

You may be asked to register in order to use certain Services including, but not limited to, Threat='s daily newsletter. You agree to provide accurate, current and complete information about yourself as requested or directed on the Services and to promptly update this information to maintain its accuracy. Threat= has the right to suspend or terminate your registration and to refuse any and all current or future use of the Services if it suspects that such information is inaccurate or incomplete.

Your Use of the Site and Services

You acknowledge and agree that:

• Your use of the Site and the Services including any content you submit will comply with this Agreement and all applicable local, provincial, national and international laws, rules and regulations.
• You will not impersonate another User, or collect or harvest (or permit anyone else to collect or harvest) any User Content (as defined below) or any non-public or personally identifiable information about another User or any other person or entity without their express prior written consent.
• You will not use this Site or the Services in a manner (as determined by Threat= in its sole and absolute discretion): that is illegal, infringing, defamatory, harassing, abusive; that violates the privacy or publicity rights of another User or any other third party, or that is otherwise objectionable.
• You will not use this Site or the Services for hate speech, hate crimes or violence.
• You will not use this Site or the Services: to send spam or other unsolicited bulk email; for computer or network hacking or cracking; or to transmit any viruses, worms, bugs, Trojan horses or other code, files or programs designed to, or capable of, disrupting, damaging or limiting the functionality or security of the Site or the Services.
• You will not copy or distribute in any medium any part of the Site or the Services, except where expressly authorized by Threat=.
• You will not access Threat= Content or User Content (as those terms are defined below) through any technology or means other than through this Site itself, or as Threat= may designate.
• You will not use the Site or the Services, including any of Threat='s related technologies, for any commercial use without Threat='s express prior written consent.

Threat= reserves the right to modify, change, or discontinue any aspect of this Site or the Services found at this Site at any time.

Intellectual Property

The content made available on or through the Site and/or the Services (as defined herein), including without limitation the text (such as the articles found on our blog or in our daily newsletter), software, scripts, source code, API, graphics, photos, sounds, music, videos and interactive features and the trademarks, service marks and logos contained therein ("Threat= Content"), are owned by or licensed to Threat= in perpetuity, and are subject to copyright, trademark, and/or patent protection in Canada and foreign countries, and other intellectual property rights under Canadian and foreign laws. Threat= Content is provided to you "as is", "as available" and "with all faults" for your information and personal, non-commercial use only and may not be downloaded, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any purposes whatsoever without the express prior written consent of Threat=. No right or license under any copyright, trademark, patent, or other proprietary right or license is granted by this Agreement. Threat= reserves all rights not expressly granted in and to Threat= Content, the Site, and/or the Services, and this Agreement do not transfer ownership of any of these rights.

The Site and the Services have been specially designed to present Threat= Content in a unique format and appearance. We are concerned about the integrity of Threat= Content when it is viewed in a setting created by a third party that includes advertising or other materials that we have not authorized to be displayed with our content. Neither you nor any third party shall make use of Threat= Content in any manner that constitutes an infringement of our rights, including copyright, or that has not been authorized by us.

Our Use of User Content

Some of the features of this Site or the Services may allow Users to view, post, publish or share their ideas, opinions, preferences or feedback (e.g., through a "like" or "comment" function) relating to Threat='s news articles or current events ("User Content"). By posting or publishing User Content to the Site or to the Services, you represent and warrant to Threat= that: (i) you have all necessary rights to distribute User Content, either because you are the sole author and owner of the User Content and have the right to distribute the same, or because you have the appropriate distribution rights, licenses, consents, and/or permissions to use, in writing, from the copyright or other owner of the User Content; and (ii) you do not violate the rights of any third party. You shall be solely responsible for any and all of your User Content and the consequences of, and requirements for, distributing it.

Threat= has no obligation, either express or implied, to treat your User Content as confidential, to develop or use your User Content and no compensation is due to you or to anyone else for any intentional or unintentional use of your User Content. You acknowledge and agree that Threat= may be working on the same or similar content, it may already know of such content from other sources, it may simply wish to develop this (or similar) content on its own, or it may have taken / will take some other action.

If you post or publish your User Content to the Site or through the Services, you authorize Threat= to use the intellectual property and other proprietary rights in and to your User Content to enable inclusion and use of the User Content in the manner contemplated by this Site and this Agreement. Accordingly, you hereby grant Threat= a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable (through multiple tiers), and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, combine with other works, display, and perform your User Content in connection with this Site and Threat='s business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing all or part of this Site in any media formats and through any media channels without restrictions of any kind and without payment or other consideration of any kind, or permission or notification, to you or any third party. The above licenses granted by you in your User Content terminate within a commercially reasonable time after you remove or delete your User Content from this Site. You understand and agree, however, that Threat= may retain (but not distribute, display, or perform) server copies of your User Content that have been removed or deleted unless you expressly request full removal of your User Content.

Our Monitoring of User Content

Threat= reserves the right, but has no obligation, to pre-screen User Content and decide whether any item of User Content is appropriate and/or complies with this Agreement. Threat= may remove any item of User Content and/or terminate a User's access to the Site or the Services for posting or publishing any material in violation of this Agreement, or for otherwise violating this Agreement (as determined by Threat= in its sole and absolute discretion), at any time and without prior notice. If Threat= terminates your access to the Site or the Services, Threat= may, in its sole and absolute discretion, remove and destroy any data and files stored by you on its servers.

Copyright Infringement

Threat= respects the intellectual property rights of others and complies with the Copyright Act (Canada). If you believe your copyrighted work has been copied and is accessible on the Site or Services in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide our designated agent (identified below) with a written notice containing the following information, as required by the Copyright Act:

1. Your name and address.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed.
3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and its location on the Site or Services (e.g., the specific URL).
4. Your interest or right with respect to the copyright in the work (e.g., copyright owner, exclusive licensee).
5. The date and time of the alleged infringement.

Written notification must be submitted to the Designated Agent identified in the Contact Information section below.

Upon receipt of a notice that complies with these requirements, Threat= will, as required by the Copyright Act:

1. Forward the notice electronically to the person to whom the electronic location identified in the notice belongs (the alleged infringer).
2. Inform you once the notice has been forwarded.
3. Retain records sufficient to identify the alleged infringer for the period required by law.

Please note that under the Canadian Copyright Act, Threat='s legal obligation upon receiving a compliant notice is to forward it to the alleged infringer and retain records ("notice-and-notice"). It does not require Threat= to remove or disable access to the material, unlike the US DMCA's "notice-and-takedown" system. Threat= does not adjudicate copyright disputes.

Links to Third-Party Websites

The Site and/or the Services may contain links to third-party websites that are not owned or controlled by Threat=. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and do not constitute an endorsement by Threat= of the content on such websites nor of the business practices of those operating those websites. Threat= has no control over and assumes no responsibility for the content, terms, and conditions, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites. In addition, Threat= does not censor or edit the content of any third-party websites. By using the Site or the Services, you expressly release Threat= from any and all liability arising from your use of any third-party website. Accordingly, Threat= encourages you to be aware when you leave the Site or the Services and to review the terms and conditions, privacy policies, and other governing documents of each other website that you may visit.

Indemnity

To the maximum extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Threat=, its affiliates, and their directors, officers, managers, employees, shareholders, agents, and licensors, from and against all claims, demands, disputes, losses, expenses, damages, and costs, including reasonable legal fees, arising out of or in relation to these Terms or your use of the Services. Threat= reserves the right to assume the exclusive defense of any claim for which we are entitled to indemnification under this Section. In such event, you shall provide us with such cooperation as is reasonably requested by us.

Governing Law

These Terms of Service and your use of the Site and Services are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada, without regard to its conflict of law principles.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability

Your access to and use of these Services is at your sole risk. If you are dissatisfied with any of the materials contained on the Site or in the Services, or with any of these Terms, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue accessing and using the Site and/or Services.

THE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE "AS IS." Threat= DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. THERE MAY BE DELAYS, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, AND INACCURACIES IN THE NEWS, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIALS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICES. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT CONTENT PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICES, REGARDLESS OF ITS METHOD OF GENERATION (WHETHER BY HUMAN AUTHORS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, OR A COMBINATION THEREOF), IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND MAY CONTAIN ERRORS OR OMISSIONS FOR WHICH Threat= DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY. WE DO NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES OR ANY INFORMATION OR GOODS THAT ARE AVAILABLE OR ADVERTISED OR SOLD THROUGH THE SERVICES. WE DO NOT PROVIDE OR AUTHORIZE THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL, LEGAL, OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL ADVICE THROUGH THE SERVICES, AND SO WE DISCLAIM ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF MEDICAL, LEGAL, OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION THAT IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE SERVICES; RATHER THAN RELYING ON THIS INFORMATION, YOU SHOULD SEEK ADVICE FROM A QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL. WE DO NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING, NOR DO WE ENDORSE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, OR RELIABILITY OF ANY ADVICE, OPINION, STATEMENT, OR OTHER MATERIAL OR DATABASE DISPLAYED, UPLOADED, OR DISTRIBUTED IN THE SERVICES OR AVAILABLE THROUGH LINKS IN THE SERVICES. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CORRECT ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE SERVICES. ALTHOUGH WE INTEND TO TAKE REASONABLE STEPS TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OF VIRUSES, WORMS, "TROJAN HORSES," OR OTHER DESTRUCTIVE MATERIALS TO THE SERVICES, WE DO NOT GUARANTEE OR WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES OR MATERIALS THAT MAY BE DOWNLOADED FROM THE SERVICES DO NOT CONTAIN SUCH DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES. WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR HARM ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUCH FEATURES. IF YOU RELY ON THE SERVICES OR ANY MATERIALS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICES, YOU DO SO SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Threat=, its affiliates, and their directors, officers, managers, employees, shareholders, agents, and licensors are not liable for incidental, indirect, consequential, special, punitive, or exemplary damages of any kind, including lost revenues or profits, loss of business, or loss of data, in any way related to the Services or for any claim, loss, or injury based on errors, omissions, interruptions, or other inaccuracies in the Services (including without limitation as a result of breach of any warranty or other term provided in these Terms). Any claim against us shall be limited to the amount you paid, if any, for use of the Services.

Arbitration

Except for disputes arising from an alleged violation of intellectual property rights or breach of confidentiality, for which the injured party may suffer irreparable harm and seek equitable relief (such as a restraining order, preliminary injunctive relief, an injunction, or specific performance) and/or legal remedies in any court of competent jurisdiction within the Province of Ontario, Canada, and actions to enforce the decisions of the arbitrators, for which action may be taken in any court of competent jurisdiction within the Province of Ontario, Canada, you hereby consent to (and waive all defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction and forum non conveniens with respect to) jurisdiction in the Province of Ontario. You also waive the right to trial by jury in any such court action or proceeding relating to or arising out of this Agreement.

All other disputes arising out of or related to this Agreement, including its scope, construction, or application, shall be resolved by final and binding arbitration administered by the Canadian Arbitration Association ("CAA") in accordance with its Commercial Arbitration Rules then in effect. The arbitration shall take place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Any controversy or claim subject to arbitration hereunder shall be arbitrated on an individual basis and shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other party, unless expressly agreed to in writing by Threat= at its sole discretion.

If the parties cannot agree upon a single arbitrator within twenty (20) calendar days after the demand for arbitration is made, each party shall select one arbitrator knowledgeable about Internet commerce in Canada and notify the other of its selection within ten (10) calendar days thereafter. These two arbitrators shall then select a third, neutral arbitrator from a list of qualified arbitrators maintained by the CAA, choosing one with knowledge of the Internet industry. If the two party-appointed arbitrators fail to select a third arbitrator within twenty (20) calendar days of their appointment, or if either party fails to select its arbitrator within the specified time, the CAA shall appoint the necessary arbitrator(s) knowledgeable in Internet commerce in Canada and based in the Province of Ontario to resolve the dispute pursuant to its rules.

The arbitrator(s) shall conduct a hearing within sixty (60) days after their selection or appointment. If there is more than one arbitrator, the decision/award shall be determined by a majority and rendered in writing within ten (10) days after the completion of the hearing. The decision of the arbitrator(s) shall be final and binding upon the parties, subject only to any limited rights of appeal or review provided under the Arbitration Act, 1991 (Ontario).

The parties shall share the fees and expenses of the arbitrators equally. Nothing in any indemnification provision of this Agreement shall affect the allocation of attorneys' fees or arbitrators' fees under this section.

Miscellaneous

Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to confer any third-party rights or benefits. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, successors and assigns. The titles and headings of this Agreement are for convenience and ease of reference only and shall not be utilized in any way to construe or interpret the agreement of the parties as otherwise set forth herein. Each covenant and agreement in this Agreement shall be construed for all purposes to be a separate and independent covenant or agreement. If a court of competent jurisdiction holds any provision (or portion of a provision) of this Agreement to be illegal, invalid, or otherwise unenforceable, the remaining provisions (or portions of provisions) of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby and shall be found to be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

By using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service.