Terms & Conditions

Castle Pay Terms of Service

Please read these Terms of Service (the "Terms") and our Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") carefully because they govern your use of the website located at https://www.CastlePay.us (the "Site") and our ability to support your ability to make purchases with supported merchants via the Site and corresponding mobile application located at https://www.CastlePay.us ("App") offered by Trusted Debit, Inc. d/b/a Castle Pay ("Castle Pay"). To make these Terms easier to read, the Site, our services and App are collectively called the "Services".

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING ARBITRATION: WHEN YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS YOU ARE AGREEING (WITH LIMITED EXCEPTION) TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE BETWEEN YOU AND CASTLEPAY THROUGH BINDING, INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION RATHER THAN IN COURT. PLEASE REVIEW CAREFULLY SECTION 22 "DISPUTE RESOLUTION" BELOW FOR DETAILS REGARDING ARBITRATION.

These terms include, among other things, your authorization for debits from and to your bank account (as defined below) via the automated clearinghouse network ("ACH").

Agreement to Terms

Using our Services constitutes your express and unequivocal consent and agreement to the Terms. Each time you access and/or use the Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you don't agree to be bound by these Terms, do not use the Services.

Privacy Policy

Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs your use of the Services, for information on how we collect, use and share your information.

Changes to these Terms or the Services

We may update the Terms from time to time in our sole discretion. If we do, we'll let you know by posting the updated Terms on the Site, to the App and/or may also send other communications. It's important that you review the Terms whenever we update them or when you use the Services.

If you continue to use the Services after we have posted updated Terms it means that you accept and agree to the changes. If you don't agree to be bound by the changes, you may not use the Services anymore. Because our Services are evolving over time we may change or discontinue all or any part of the Services, at any time and without notice, at our sole discretion.

Who May Use the Services?

Eligibility

You must be permitted to open a bank account to use our Services. You may use the Services only if you can form a binding contract with Castle Pay. You agree to use the Services in compliance with these Terms and all applicable local, state, national, and international laws, rules and regulations.

• Age Restriction: Any use or access to the Services by anyone under 18 years of age is strictly prohibited.
• Prior Violations: The Services are not available to any Customers of the Services previously removed from the Services by Castle Pay, or who are otherwise ineligible to use the Services under applicable law.

Registration and Customer ID

If you want to use certain features of the Services, you'll have to create an account ("Account"). You can do this via the Site or App. Upon registration, you will create an account by validating your phone number and creating an access code to login to your Account ("Customer ID").

• You are the only person authorized to use your Customer ID and access code and for maintaining the confidentiality of your Customer ID and access code.
• You shall not permit or allow other persons to have access to or use your Customer ID and access code.
• You are responsible for the use of the Services under your Customer ID.
• You are responsible for protecting the information on your computer such as by installing anti-virus software, updating your software, password protecting your files, and not permitting third party physical or electronic access to your computer or bank account.

Accuracy of Account Information

It's important that you provide us with accurate, complete and up-to-date information for your Account and you agree to update such information to keep it accurate, complete and up-to-date. If you don't, we might have to suspend or terminate your Account. You agree that you won't disclose your Account access code to anyone and you'll notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your Account. You're responsible for all activities that occur under your Account, whether or not you know about them.

Compliance Screening and Inquiries

We may also ask questions and verify information ourselves or through trusted entities we work with for verification and compliance purposes. You agree that, consistent with our Privacy Policy, we may use the information you provide and/or other information to verify your identity. This may include looking up available public information and asking other entities, like banks or credit unions, for information about you.

You acknowledge and agree that, consistent with our Privacy Policy, we may make any inquiries that we consider necessary, either directly or through third parties, concerning your identity and creditworthiness including, without limitation, requiring you to take steps to confirm ownership of your email address, phone number, or financial information, or verifying information against third party databases or through other sources.

Feedback

We appreciate feedback, comments, ideas, proposals and suggestions for improvements to the Services ("Feedback"). If you choose to submit Feedback, you agree that we are free to use it without any restriction or compensation to you. You grant to us a non-exclusive, transferable, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, fully-paid, royalty-free license, with the right to sublicense, under any and all intellectual property rights that you own or control to use, copy, modify, create derivative works based upon and otherwise exploit the Feedback for any purpose.

Castle Pay Services

Subject to the terms and conditions of these Terms, you are hereby granted a non-exclusive, limited, non-transferable, freely revocable license to use the Services as permitted by the features of the Services. Castle Pay reserves all rights not expressly granted herein in the Services and the Castle Pay Content (as defined below).

• (a) Non-commercial Use: You may only use the Services for your own personal, non-commercial use and not on behalf of or for the benefit of any third party.
• (b) General Transactions: When you make a purchase via the App (a "Transaction"), you expressly authorize us to charge you for such Transaction. In addition to your Account information, we may request additional information to process your Transaction including information about your Bank Account as defined below, address, or other information necessary to initiate a Transaction (such information, "Transaction Information"). You represent and warrant that you have the legal right to use all payment method(s) represented by any such Transaction Information. You agree to be responsible for paying any applicable sales and use taxes, and any applicable shipping and handling fees that may apply to your purchase.
• (c) Returns and Maintaining Sufficient Funds: When using the Services, you understand and agree that it may take more than 60 days for Castle Pay to receive notice of the return or reversal of an ACH debit and/or to exercise any rights granted or reserved under these Terms. You agree at all times to maintain sufficient funds to satisfy all obligations in connection with your Account or your use of the Services, including payments, returns, disputes, and associated fees, and to add funds immediately if Castle Pay notifies you that your funds are insufficient. Castle Pay is not responsible for overdraft or other fees that your financial institution may charge you for canceled, declined, or returned transactions or otherwise.
• (d) Declined Payments and Collections: During your access and/or use of the Services, you may encounter a declined payment. A declined payment may be the result of insufficient funds in your Bank Account, a closed Bank Account, inability to locate your Bank Account, a dispute, or a reversal or denial for any reason by your financial institution. If your payment is declined for any reason, you will be notified via email and/or phone call; and, provided Castle Pay has not identified that you have engaged in prohibited conduct, Castle Pay will:
  1. Disable your account.
  2. Attempt to process the Transaction again (a "Representment") using any and all payment options that have been connected to your Castle Pay account.
  A successful Representment will resolve the declined payment. An unsuccessful Representment will result in your account remaining disabled until the payment is resolved. In that instance, Castle Pay may, in its sole and absolute discretion, also take one or more of the following actions: (i) refuse to perform further Services, (ii) initiate another Representment(s), (iii) charge you a penalty fee for each occurrence, (iv) report this information to any and all credit agencies and/or financial institutions, (v) immediately terminate this Agreement and your ability to use the Services; and/or (vi) engage a collection agency to pursue owed funds. If you request to remove your account while you have an outstanding declined payment(s), Castle Pay will not honor the request until the declined payment(s) is resolved.
• (e) Merchant Purchases: We facilitate your ability to make payments to third party merchants. We do not hold, transfer, disperse, or otherwise process funds on your behalf.
• (f) Refunds and Reversals: All refunds are processed by merchants unless otherwise required by law. Castle Pay is not responsible for making any refunds or reversing any payments. You understand that once a Transaction is processed, we are not able to reverse the Transaction through our Services or otherwise provide a refund in any way for the Transaction.

  NOTICE: IF AN ACH DEBIT FROM YOUR BANK ACCOUNT TO FUND A PAYMENT REQUESTED BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICES IS REJECTED OR REVERSED FOR ANY REASON, YOU AUTHORIZE CASTLEPAY TO REVERSE THE CORRESPONDING PAYMENT TO YOU VIA DEBIT FROM YOUR PAYMENT ACCOUNT, OR IF THERE ARE INSUFFICIENT FUNDS IN YOUR PAYMENT ACCOUNT AT THE TIME OF DEBIT, YOU AGREE TO PAY THE AMOUNT OF THE PAYMENT BACK TO CASTLEPAY WITHIN 5 BUSINESS DAYS.

  You represent and warrant that Castle Pay may resubmit a rejected or reversed funding debit to the Customer's account, in Castle Pay's sole discretion. You also agree to pay all penalties, interest charges, late payment fees and service fees related to any rejected, reversed or returned funding ACH debit.

ACH Credit/Debit Authorization

By agreeing to these Terms, you authorize Castle Pay to electronically debit your designated deposit account at your designated depository financial institution (your "Bank Account") via ACH and, if ever applicable, to correct erroneous debits.

• (a) You acknowledge and agree that: (a) Transactions will go through ACH, (b) all Transactions are governed by ACH rules, and (c) your ACH transactions will comply with U.S. law. You can learn more about the ACH at nacha.org.
• (b) By using the Service, you authorize us to initiate electronic withdrawals from your bank account to fund purchases from designated merchants ("Transactions") through electronic funding methods ("Debits"). Debits will also be initiated to pay for any sales, use or other taxes payable on merchant transactions, and for adjustments to these various amounts. You authorize us to direct your designated financial institution ("Bank Account") to: (a) charge each Transaction and/or Debit to Bank Account and (b) respond to our inquiries regarding Bank Account. You agree that Bank Account is located in the United States, and that all Transactions will be to accounts located in the United States.
• (c) Your Agreement and Representations: For purposes of ACH debits and credits, and all electronic payments made or received through the Services, you: (i) authorize Castle Pay to initiate and process Debits in accordance with your payment instructions and as provided under these Terms; and (ii) agree to be subject to and comply with this Agreement, the Nacha Rules, and all other applicable laws, rules and regulations.
• (d) In addition to any of your other representations and warranties in these Terms, you represent that: (a) your browser is equipped with at least 128-bit security encryption; (b) you are capable of printing, storing, or otherwise saving a copy of this electronic authorization for your records; and (c) the ACH transactions you hereby authorize comply with applicable law.
• (e) Bank Verification: Prior to processing any Transaction, we may verify Bank Account information. The verification process may include sending you texts, voice calls, or automated/pre-recorded voice calls. If you provided your mobile phone number to us, you agree we may send such communications to that number. You agree that as part of the verification process we may:
  1. Verify Bank Account information by debiting between $0.01 and $1.00 from Bank Account, then crediting an amount equal to or more than the same amount back to Bank Account, and requesting you to verify the amount debited and credited, and/or
  2. Verify Bank Account using your login credentials to your financial institution and we may also ask you questions pertaining to your bank balance and/ or recent debit transactions.
  We will only use this verification process to screen for fraud and will not otherwise debit Bank Account, except for your use of Services. You hereby grant us a limited power of attorney to initiate the actions in this Section as part of the bank verification process.
• (f) You further authorize us to: (i) initiate transactions with Bank Account to collect Transactions, reinitiate, or initiate a new Debit to Bank Account if any Debit is returned for insufficient funds or uncollected funds, (ii) credit Bank Account when necessary, at our sole discretion, for any refund amount due to you, and/or (iii) to send Transactions, electronically or by any other commercially accepted method, to the appropriate financial institution(s). If Castle Pay tells you that an account number or other information concerning your Transactions has changed, you must use this corrected information in the future to initiate Transactions.
• (g) We may: (i) establish security limits on Transactions, such as a maximum number or dollar amount, (ii) change security limits from time to time without disclosing such changes, and (iii) refuse to process your Transactions if we reasonably believe Bank Account balance is insufficient to cover the amounts due or for any other reason we deem reasonable. We may in our sole discretion process any Transactions that have not been settled after these Terms are terminated.
• (h) This ACH authorization will remain in full force and effect until we receive your written notification of termination in such time and manner as to afford Castle Pay a reasonable opportunity to act on your termination notice.
• (i) If any amount payable by you is dishonored or returned for any reason, such as, but not limited to, non-sufficient funds, account closed, inability to locate account, or reversal by you and/or your bank, Castle Pay may: (i) reverse any corresponding credit issued to a merchant without liability to us, (ii) reverse a Transaction, (iii) refuse to perform further Services, (iv) initiate another debit in substitution for the dishonored debit until the debit is honored and to initiate separate debits to cover any NSF fee or dishonored Transaction, (v) charge you a one-time insufficient funds penalty fee for each occurrence, (vi) report this information to any and all credit agencies and/or financial institutions, and/or (viii) immediately terminate this Agreement.

Transaction History

Castle Pay will maintain a record of your Transaction(s) made using the Services for the previous two (2) years or such time as required by applicable law. You may access and view your Transactions History in the Castle Pay App or by logging on to your Account via CastlePayDebit.com.

Text Messaging

When a merchant that you interact with provides us your phone number, we will use that number to send you a text message to register your Castle Pay account. You agree that we may send you text messages about your use of the Services (such as order confirmations, purchase receipts, verification codes, and similar transactional messages); standard messaging and data rates apply.

Your Content

• (a) Posting Content: Our Services may allow you to store or share content such as text (in posts or communications with others), files, documents, graphics, images, music, software, audio and video. Anything (other than Feedback) that you post or otherwise make available through the Services is referred to as "User Content". Castle Pay does not claim any ownership rights in any User Content and nothing in these Terms will be deemed to restrict any rights that you may have to your User Content.
• (b) Permissions to Your User Content: By making any User Content available through the Services you hereby grant to Castle Pay a non-exclusive, transferable, worldwide, royalty-free license, with the right to sublicense, to use, copy, modify, create derivative works based upon, distribute, publicly display, and publicly perform your User Content in connection with operating and providing the Services.
• (c) Your Responsibility for User Content: You are solely responsible for all your User Content. You represent and warrant that you have (and will have) all rights that are necessary to grant us the license rights in your User Content under these Terms. You represent and warrant that neither your User Content, nor your use and provision of your User Content to be made available through the Services, nor any use of your User Content by Castle Pay on or through the Services will infringe, misappropriate or violate a third party's intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy, or result in the violation of any applicable law or regulation.
• (d) Removal of User Content: You can remove your User Content by specifically deleting it. You should know that in certain instances, some of your User Content (such as posts or comments you make) may not be completely removed and copies of your User Content may continue to exist on the Services. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not responsible or liable for the removal or deletion of (or the failure to remove or delete) any of your User Content.
• (e) Castle Pay's Intellectual Property: We may make available through the Services content that is subject to intellectual property rights. We retain all rights to that content.

Rights and Terms for Apps

• (a) App License: If you comply with these Terms, Castle Pay grants to you a limited non-exclusive, non-transferable license, with no right to sublicense, to download and install the App on your personal computers, mobile handsets, tablets, wearable devices, and/or other devices and to run the App solely for your own personal non-commercial purposes.
  
  Except as expressly permitted in these Terms, you may not:
  
  1. Copy, modify or create derivative works based on the App;
  2. Distribute, transfer, sublicense, lease, lend or rent the App to any third party;
  3. Reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the App (unless applicable law permits, despite this limitation); or
  4. Make the functionality of the App available to multiple users through any means.

Rules of Use

You must act responsibly and reasonably at all times when accessing and/or using the Services. You may only access and/or use the Services and its contents for lawful purposes and in accordance with all applicable law. You are prohibited from accessing and/or using the Services and its contents for any unlawful purposes and/or in contravention of any applicable law. You are prohibited from uploading, storing, distributing, and/or transmitting any unlawful or inappropriate material to or through the Services. You may not upload, collect, store, distribute, or transmit personal information regarding other individuals to or through the Services.

You recognize that uploading, storing, distributing, or transmitting unlawful or inappropriate material to or through the Services could expose you to criminal and/or civil liability. You agree that if a third-party claims that material you have uploaded, collected, stored, distributed, transmitted, or contributed to or through the Services is unlawful or inappropriate, you are solely responsible for that material and you will bear the burden of establishing that it is lawful and/or appropriate. You understand and agree that all material uploaded, stored, distributed, or transmitted to or through the Services is the sole responsibility of you, not Castle Pay, and that you are responsible for all material you upload, store, distribute, or otherwise transmit to or through the Services.

Put simply, and in addition to any and all other limitations on damages, waivers, or releases - you agree that CastlePay IS NOT IN ANY WAY RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY UNLAWFUL OR INAPPROPRIATE MATERIAL UPLOADED, STORED, DISTRIBUTED, OR TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH THE SERVICES BY OR ON BEHALF OF ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY.

Be it further known that you voluntarily, knowingly, and unconditionally forever, permanently, fully, completely, and finally release, acquit, remise, and discharge Castle Pay, its current, past and future parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors, and successors, as well as each of their members, directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, licensors, suppliers, service providers, shareholders, attorneys, and insurers, as applicable (the "Castle Pay Parties"), from any and all past, present or future actions, assessments, awards, causes of action, claims, complaints, controversies, counter-claims, cross-claims, damages (including, but not limited to, actual, statutory, compensatory, consequential, punitive, or other damages), demands, injuries (including, but not limited to bodily and personal injuries, including death), judgments, liabilities, liens, losses, penalties, property damage, sanctions, suits, and verdicts of any kind, character, or manner whatsoever, regardless of applicable law, in law (state or federal, statutory or common-law) or equity, contract, tort, or otherwise, whether contingent or fixed, direct or indirect, or derivative (collectively, "Claims"), in any way, directly or indirectly, relating to, arising from, resulting from, concerning, or caused by any (alleged) illegal or inappropriate material uploaded, stored, distributed, or transmitted to or through the Services by or on behalf of any other individual or entity.

Your access and/or use of the Services is also contingent on your explicit and unconditional agreement not to engage in any of the following prohibited conduct:

Prohibitions and Castle Pay's Enforcement Rights

You agree not to do any of the following:

• (a) Post, upload, publish, submit or transmit any User Content that: (i) infringes, misappropriates or violates a third party's patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy; (ii) violates, or encourages any conduct that would violate, any applicable law or regulation or would give rise to civil liability; (iii) is fraudulent, false, misleading or deceptive; (iv) is defamatory, obscene, pornographic, vulgar or offensive; (v) promotes discrimination, bigotry, racism, hatred, harassment or harm against any individual or group; (vi) is violent or threatening or promotes violence or actions that are threatening to any person or entity; or (vii) promotes illegal or harmful activities or substances;
• (b) Use, display, mirror or frame the Services or any individual element within the Services, Castle Pay's name, any Castle Pay trademark, logo or other proprietary information, or the layout and design of any page or form contained on a page, without Castle Pay's express written consent;
• (c) Access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of the Services, Castle Pay's computer systems, or the technical delivery systems of Castle Pay's providers;
• (d) Attempt to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of any Castle Pay system or network or breach any security or authentication measures;
• (e) Avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, impair, descramble or otherwise circumvent any technological measure implemented by Castle Pay or any of Castle Pay's providers or any other third party (including another user) to protect the Services;
• (f) Attempt to access or search the Services or download content from the Services using any engine, software, tool, agent, device or mechanism (including spiders, robots, crawlers, data mining tools or the like) other than the software and/or search agents provided by Castle Pay or other generally available third-party web browsers;
• (g) Send any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, email, junk mail, spam, chain letters or other form of solicitation;
• (h) Use any meta tags or other hidden text or metadata utilizing a Castle Pay trademark, logo URL or product name without Castle Pay's express written consent;
• (i) Use the Services, or any portion thereof, for any commercial purpose or for the benefit of any third party or in any manner not permitted by these Terms;
• (j) Forge any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or newsgroup posting, or in any way use the Services to send altered, deceptive or false source-identifying information;
• (k) Attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software used to provide the Services;
• (l) Interfere with, or attempt to interfere with, the access of any user, host or network, including, without limitation, sending a virus, overloading, flooding, spamming, or mail-bombing the Services;
• (m) Collect or store any personally identifiable information from the Services from other users of the Services without their express permission;
• (n) Impersonate or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity;
• (o) Violate any applicable law or regulation; or
• (p) Encourage or enable any other individual to do any of the foregoing.

Castle Pay is not obligated to monitor access to or use of the Services or to review or edit any content. However, we have 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. We reserve the right, but are not obligated, to remove or disable access to any content, including User Content, at any time and without notice, including, but not limited to, if we, at our sole discretion, consider it objectionable or in violation of these Terms. We have the right to investigate violations of these Terms or conduct that affects the Services. We may also consult and cooperate with law enforcement authorities to prosecute users who violate the law.

Links to Third Party Websites or Resources

The Services (including the App) may allow you to access third-party websites or other resources. We provide access only as a convenience and are not responsible for the content, products or services on or available from those resources or links displayed on such websites. You acknowledge sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from, your use of any third-party resources.

Automated Decision-Making

Refers to a decision which is taken solely on the basis of automated processing of your personal data. This means processing using, for example, software code or an algorithm, which does not require human intervention.

Subject to applicable law, and as further addressed in the Privacy Policy, we use artificial intelligence and/or machine learning software that assesses your perceived financial ability to pay to help us determine your eligibility to access and/or use the Services and what limits to place on your ability to transact on the Services. This information may negatively affect, restrict, or prevent you from using the Services. Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights to opt out of such automated decision-making processing. For more details on your rights, please see our Privacy Policy.

No Financial, Investment, Legal, Accounting, or Tax Advice

The Services do not and should not be construed to constitute or provide any financial, investment, legal, accounting, tax, or other advice. To the contrary, Castle Pay does not provide you any financial, legal, accounting, tax, or other advice. You shall not rely upon Castle Pay or the Services, or otherwise access and/or use the Services, in connection with making or evaluating any financial, investment, legal, accounting, tax, or other decisions. We urge you to consult an experienced financial, investment, legal, accounting, or tax advisor with respect to any such issues. In addition, nothing available through the Services is an offer to sell, or a solicitation of any offer to buy, any financial products. Likewise, no content of the Services should be used as the basis of any investment or other financial decision.

Investigations

Castle Pay reserves the right to investigate suspected violations of the Terms, including, without limitation, any suspected violation arising from any submission, posting, or e-mails you make or send. Castle Pay may seek to gather information from any user who is suspected of violating the Terms, and from any other individuals or entities as it alone deems necessary and appropriate. Castle Pay in its sole and absolute discretion may suspend any user whose conduct and/or postings are under investigation and may remove such material from its servers as it, in its sole and absolute discretion, deems appropriate and without notice.

If Castle Pay believes, in its sole and absolute discretion, that a violation of the Terms has occurred, it may edit or modify any submission, posting, or e-mails, remove the material permanently from the Services, cancel postings, warn users, suspend users and/or passwords, disable or terminate accounts, and/or take other corrective action, including referral to law enforcement, that it, in its sole and absolute discretion, deems appropriate. As more fully addressed in the Privacy Policy, Castle Pay will fully cooperate with any law enforcement, regulatory, or other government authorities or court order requesting or directing Castle Pay to disclose the identity of anyone posting any e-mails, or publishing or otherwise making available any materials that are believed to violate the Terms, or for any other reason.

By accessing and/or using the Services and accepting the Terms, you voluntarily, knowingly, and unconditionally forever, permanently, fully, completely, and finally release, acquit, remise, and discharge the Castle Pay Parties, from any and all Claims in any way, directly or indirectly, relating to, arising from, resulting from, concerning, or caused by any (alleged) investigation and/or any actions taken as a consequence of any investigation.

Termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to and use of the Services, including suspending access to or terminating your account, at our sole discretion, at any time and without notice to you. You may cancel your account at any time by logging into your Account and doing it yourself (via the App) or by sending us an email at info@castlepay.com. Upon any termination, discontinuation or cancellation of the Services or your account, the following Sections will survive:

Warranty Disclaimers

THE SERVICES AND SERVICES ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU ON AN "AS IS," "WHERE IS," AND "WHERE AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, CASTLEPAY EXPLICITLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND TITLE. ALL DISCLAIMERS OF ANY KIND ARE MADE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CASTLEPAY PARTIES. WHILE WE TRY TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY AND SECURITY OF THE SERVICES, WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THE SERVICES IS OR WILL REMAIN COMPLETE, CORRECT, OR SECURE, OR THAT ACCESS TO THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED.

Put simply, and in addition to any and all other limitations on damages, waivers, or releases, you agree that CastlePay IS NOT IN ANY WAY RESPONSIBLE OR ANY FAILURE TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY AND SECURITY OF THE SERVICES, OR TO KEEP THE SERVICES COMPLETE, CORRECT, OR SECURE, OR TO ENSURE UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS TO THE SERVICES.

Furthermore, you voluntarily, knowingly, and unconditionally forever, permanently, fully, completely, and finally release, acquit, remise, and discharge the Castle Pay Parties from any and all Claims in any way, directly or indirectly, relating to, arising from, resulting from, concerning, or caused by any (alleged) failure (i) to maintain the integrity and/or security of the Services; (ii) to keep the Services complete, correct, or secure; and/or (iii) to ensure uninterrupted access to the Services.

Indemnity

You will indemnify and hold Castle Pay and its officers, directors, employees and agents, harmless from and against any claims, disputes, demands, liabilities, damages, losses, and costs and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees arising out of or in any way connected with (a) your access to or use of the Services, (b) your User Content, or (c) your violation of these Terms.

Limitation of Liability

• (a) IN NO EVENT SHALL CASTLEPAY BE LIABLE TO YOU, YOUR ORGANIZATION OR INDIVIDUAL, ANY USER, OR ANY THIRD PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SERVICE, FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOSS OF INCOME, DATA, PROFITS, REVENUE OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR COST OF SUBSTITUTE SERVICES, OR OTHER ECONOMIC LOSS, WHETHER OR NOT CASTLEPAY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND WHETHER ANY CLAIM FOR RECOVERY IS BASED ON THEORIES OF CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE AND STRICT LIABILITY) OR OTHERWISE. CASTLEPAY WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ATTORNEYS' FEES, EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
• (b) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, IN NO EVENT SHALL CASTLEPAY'S AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU, YOUR ORGANIZATION OR INDIVIDUAL, ANY USER, OR ANY THIRD PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SERVICE EXCEED THE TOTAL FEES PAID BY YOU OR YOUR ORGANIZATION OR INDIVIDUAL TO CASTLEPAY IN THE TWELVE MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING THE EVENT(S) THAT GAVE RISE TO SUCH LIABILITY, OR ONE HUNDRED USD ($100.00), WHICHEVER IS GREATER, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OR THEORY OF THE CLAIM OR ACTION.

Each provision of this Agreement that provides for a limitation of liability, disclaimer of warranties, or exclusion of damages is intended to and does allocate the risks between the parties under this Agreement. Each of these provisions is severable and independent of all other provisions of this Agreement. All limitations of liability, disclaimers of warranties, and exclusions of consequential damages or other damages or remedies will remain fully valid, effective and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, even under circumstances that cause an exclusive remedy to fail of its essential purpose. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF DAMAGES, LIABILITY OR CERTAIN WARRANTIES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. ACCORDINGLY, IN THOSE JURISDICTIONS, SOME OF THESE EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY.

Governing Law and Forum Choice

These Terms and any action related thereto will be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, federal arbitration law, and the laws of the State of Washington, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in Section 22 "Dispute Resolution," the exclusive jurisdiction for all Disputes (defined below) that you and Castle Pay are not required to arbitrate will be the state and federal courts located in the United States, and you and Castle Pay each waive any objection to jurisdiction and venue in such courts.

Dispute Resolution

• (a) Mandatory Arbitration of Disputes: We each agree that any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation or validity thereof or the use of the Services (collectively, "Disputes") will be resolved solely by binding, individual arbitration and not in a class, representative or consolidated action or proceeding. You and Castle Pay agree that the U.S. Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of these Terms, and that you and Castle Pay are each waiving the right to a trial by jury or to participate in a class action. This arbitration provision shall survive termination of these Terms.
• (b) Exceptions: As limited exceptions to Section 22(a) above: (i) either party may seek to resolve a Dispute in small claims court if it qualifies; and (ii) we each retain the right to seek injunctive or other equitable relief from a court to prevent (or enjoin) the infringement or misappropriation of our intellectual property rights.
• (c) Conducting Arbitration and Arbitration Rules: The arbitration will be conducted by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") under its Consumer Arbitration Rules (the "AAA Rules") then in effect, except as modified by these Terms. The AAA Rules are available at adr.org or by calling 1-800-778-7879. A party who wishes to start arbitration must submit a written Demand for Arbitration to AAA and give notice to the other party as specified in the AAA Rules. The AAA provides a form Demand for Arbitration at www.adr.org.
  
  Any arbitration hearings will take place in the county (or parish) where you live, unless we both agree to a different location. The parties agree that the arbitrator shall have exclusive authority to decide all issues relating to the interpretation, applicability, enforceability and scope of this arbitration agreement.
• (d) Arbitration Costs: Transaction of all filing, administration and arbitrator fees will be governed by the AAA Rules, and we won't seek to recover the administration and arbitrator fees we are responsible for paying, unless the arbitrator finds your Dispute frivolous. If we prevail in arbitration, we'll pay all of our attorneys' fees and costs and won't seek to recover them from you. If you prevail in arbitration you will be entitled to an award of attorneys' fees and expenses to the extent provided under applicable law.
• (e) Injunctive and Declaratory Relief: Except as provided in Section 22(b) above, the arbitrator shall determine all issues of liability on the merits of any claim asserted by either party and 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.
  
  To the extent that you or we prevail on a claim and seek public injunctive relief (that is, injunctive relief that has the primary purpose and effect of prohibiting unlawful acts that threaten future injury to the public), the entitlement to and extent of such relief must be litigated in a civil court of competent jurisdiction and not in arbitration. The parties agree that litigation of any issues of public injunctive relief shall be stayed pending the outcome of the merits of any individual claims in arbitration.
• (f) Class Action Waiver: YOU AND CASTLEPAY AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN YOUR OR ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. Further, if the parties' dispute is resolved through arbitration, the arbitrator may not consolidate another person's claims with your claims, and may not otherwise preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding. If this specific provision is found to be unenforceable, then the entirety of this Dispute Resolution section shall be null and void.
• (g) Severability: With the exception of any of the provisions in Section 22(e) of these Terms ("Class Action Waiver"), if an arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction decides that any part of these Terms is invalid or unenforceable, the other parts of these Terms will still apply.

General Terms

• (a) Reservation of Rights: Castle Pay and its licensors exclusively own all right, title and interest in and to the Services, including all associated intellectual property rights. You acknowledge that the Services are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of the United States and foreign countries. You agree not to remove, alter or obscure any copyright, trademark, service mark or other proprietary rights notices incorporated in or accompanying the Services.
• (b) Entire Agreement: These Terms constitute the entire and exclusive understanding and agreement between Castle Pay and you regarding the Services, and these Terms supersede and replace all prior oral or written understandings or agreements between Castle Pay and you regarding the Services. If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable by an arbitrator or a court of competent jurisdiction, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the other provisions of these Terms will remain in full force and effect.
  
  You may not assign or transfer these Terms, by operation of law or otherwise, without Castle Pay's prior written consent. Any attempt by you to assign or transfer these Terms, without such consent, will be null. Castle Pay may freely assign or transfer these Terms without restriction. Subject to the foregoing, these Terms will bind and inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and permitted assigns.
• (c) Notices: Any notices or other communications provided by Castle Pay under these Terms will be given: (i) via email; or (ii) by posting to the Services. For notices made by email, the date of receipt will be deemed the date on which such notice is transmitted.
• (d) Waiver of Rights: Castle Pay's failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of such right or provision. The waiver of any such right or provision will be effective only if in writing and signed by a duly authorized representative of Castle Pay. Except as expressly set forth in these Terms, the exercise by either party of any of its remedies under these Terms will be without prejudice to its other remedies under these Terms or otherwise.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about these Terms or the Services, please contact Castle Pay at:

Email:legal@CastlePay.us
Phone: 1-716-907-0421
Address: 4839 Union Rd, Buffalo, NY 14221