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TERMS & CONDITIONS

Welcome to the Financial Adulting website located at http://financialadultingbook.com/  (the “Site”) owned and operated by Ashley Feinstein Gerstley (“Financial Adulting” or “us” or “we”).  Except as otherwise noted herein, these terms and conditions (the “Terms”) govern your use of the Site. For the purposes of this agreement “you” means the person using the Site.

By using or accessing the Site, a subdomain of the Site, any mobile application for such Site or any other website operated by Financial Adulting on which these Terms and Conditions are posted via a link or otherwise (each referred to herein as a “Site”), you acknowledge that you agree to and are subject to the Terms. If you do not fully agree to these Terms, you are not authorized to access or otherwise use the Site. Under these Terms, "use" or "access" of the Site specifically includes any direct or indirect access or use of the Site or any cached version of the Site and any direct or indirect access or use of any information or content on the Site, regardless of how obtained and the term "Site" includes, without limitation, any cached version thereof.

 

You should read through all the Terms carefully. The Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and Financial Adulting.  You are not authorized to use this Site unless you are at least 18 and able to enter into legally binding contracts.  We do not knowingly collect the information of anyone under the age of 18.

 

If you arrived on the Site after having been re-directed or otherwise clicking on another website, you agree that these Terms shall govern your use of this Site.

 

Limits on purchases.  In an effort to enhance your experience and give as many customers as possible the opportunity to purchase our services, we may place limits on. We also may, among other things, restrict orders placed by or under the same customer account, the same credit card, and/or orders that use the same billing and/or shipping address. We reserve the right to limit, cancel or prohibit orders that, in our judgment, appear to be placed in violation of this policy. We further reserve the right to cease doing business with customers who violate this policy. We may modify this policy at any time without prior notice. This policy applies to all purchases of Financial Adulting services, including, but not limited to, all purchases made through our Site.

 

Responsibility for applicable laws, rules and regulations.  Users agree that they are responsible for, and agree to abide by, all laws, rules and regulations applicable to their use of the Site, their use of any tool, service or product offered on the Site and any transaction they enter into on the Site or in connection with their use of the Site. We control and operate the Site from the United States, and all information is processed within the United States. We do not represent that materials on the Site are appropriate or available for use in other locations. By visiting and using our Site, you acknowledge that you are not a national of, or resident within, any of the countries that are subject to trade embargo under these laws and regulations or listed on any of the United States Government's lists of prohibited and restricted parties.

Rules and conduct. This Site may only be used for lawful purposes and is available only for your personal, noncommercial use, which shall be limited to viewing the Site, purchasing services, providing information to the Site and downloading product information for your personal review.  You are responsible for your own communications, including the transmission, posting and uploading of information and you are responsible for the consequences of such communications to the Site. You shall not, and shall not permit any third party using your account to, take any action, or submit content, that:

  • you know is false or misleading; 

  • infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary rights of any party; 

  • is patently offensive or promotes racism, bigotry, hatred, or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual; 

  • is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory, or libelous;

  • exploits people in a sexual or violent manner; 

  • contains nudity, violence, or offensive subject matter or contains a link to an adult website;

  • solicits personal information from anyone under 18; 

  • provides any telephone numbers, street addresses, last names, URLs, or email addresses; 

  • involves the transmission of "junk mail," "chain letters," or unsolicited mass mailing, instant messaging, "spimming," or "spamming;

  • contains restricted or password-only access pages or hidden pages or images;

  • furthers or promotes any criminal activity or enterprise or provides instructional information about illegal activities; 

  • solicits passwords or personally identifiable information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other users of this Site; 

  • includes a photograph of another person that you have posted without that person's consent;

  • contains software viruses or any other computer codes, files, or programs that are designed or intended to disrupt, damage, limit, or interfere with the proper function of any software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment or to damage or obtain unauthorized access to any system, data, password, or other information of Financial Adulting or any third party; or

  • impersonates any person or entity, including any employee or representative of Financial Adulting.

Additionally, you shall not: (i) take any action that imposes or may impose (as determined by Financial Adulting in its sole discretion) an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on Financial Adulting or its third-party providers’ infrastructure; (ii) interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site or any activities conducted on the Site; (iii) bypass any measures Financial Adulting may use to prevent or restrict access to the Site (or other accounts, computer systems, or networks connected to the Site); (iv) run Maillist, Listserv, or any form of auto-responder or "spam" on the Site; or (v) use manual or automated software, devices, or other processes to "crawl" or "spider" any page of the Site.

You shall not directly or indirectly: (i) decipher, decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to derive any source code or underlying ideas or algorithms of any part of the Site, except to the limited extent applicable laws specifically prohibit such restriction; (ii) modify, translate, or otherwise create derivative works of any part of the Site; or (iii) copy, rent, lease, distribute, or otherwise transfer any of the rights that you receive hereunder.

Proprietary rights and downloading of information from the Site.  The Site and all content and information on the Site are protected by copyright as a collective work and/or compilation, pursuant to applicable U.S. and international copyright laws and conventions and database rights.  You agree to abide by any and all copyright notices, information, or restrictions contained in or relating to any content on the Site. Copying, storing or otherwise accessing the Site or any content on the Site for other than for your personal, noncommercial use is expressly prohibited.

 

Copyright notifications. Financial Adulting will remove infringing materials in accordance with the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) if properly notified that content infringes copyright. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please notify Financial Adulting in writing. Your notice must contain the following information (please confirm these requirements with your legal counsel, or see the DMCA located at, 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3), for more information):

 

  • an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;

  • a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;

  • a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Site, sufficient for Miz Mooz to locate the material;

  • your address, telephone number, and email address;

  • a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and

  • a statement by you that the information in your notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

 

Under the DMCA, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material is infringing or was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification may be subject to liability. If you fail to comply with these notice requirements, your notification or counter-notification may not be valid. Our designated copyright agent for notice of alleged copyright infringement is:

 

Ashley Feinstein Gerstley

Attn: Ashley Feinstein Gerstley
70 Fulton St. #2 New York, NY 10038

Email: ashly@thefiscalfemme.com

 

In accordance with the DMCA and other applicable law, Financial Adulting has adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances and at Financial Adulting's sole discretion, users who are deemed to be repeat infringers. Financial Adulting may also at its sole discretion limit access to the Site and/or terminate the accounts of any users who infringe any intellectual property rights of others, whether or not there is any repeat infringement.

 

Your e-mail address and data; our privacy policy; data transmittal.  When you provide your e-mail address, name or other information to us in connection with your use or access to the Site, any service or tool provided on the Site or otherwise, you agree to allow the Site to add your e-mail address, name or other information provided to our database of users. You may receive one or more promotional e-mails from the Site. You are welcome to opt not to receive such promotional e-mails from the Site at any time. Please review our Privacy Policy for more information regarding our email and other data collection practices and safeguards, and how to opt not to receive such emails. Your use of the Site signifies your acknowledgment of, and agreement, with our Privacy Policy.   

 

Each user acknowledges and agrees that, regardless of such user’s physical location, we may store and process any data transmitted to the Site from such user at locations both within and outside of the United States.

 

In the event that you use any of our tools that we may from time to time offer that integrate in any way with a third party website to which you have provided data or information, you acknowledge and agree that such third party website shall be responsible for how the data or information you have provided to such website is handled.

 

Identity verification.  User verification on the Internet is difficult and we cannot, and do not assume any responsibility for, the confirmation of each user's purported identity.

 

You agree to (i) keep your password and online ID for both your account with us and your email account secure and strictly confidential, providing it only to authorized users of your accounts, (ii) instruct each person to whom you give your online ID and password that he or she is not to disclose it to any unauthorized person, (iii) notify us immediately and select a new online ID and password if you believe your password for either your account with us or your email account may have become known to an unauthorized person, and (iv) notify us immediately if you are contacted by anyone requesting your online ID and password.  Further, if we suspect any unauthorized access to your account, upon our request, you agree to promptly change your ID and password and take any other related action as we may reasonably request.

 

We discourage you from giving anyone access to your online ID and password for your account with us and your email account.  However, if you do give someone your online ID and online password, or if you fail to adequately safeguard such information, you are responsible for any and all transactions that the person performs while using your account with us or your email account, even those transactions that are fraudulent or that you did not intend or want performed.  

 

EACH USER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT: (1) NEITHER KNOW YOUR WORTH NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES WILL HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO ANY USER FOR ANY UNAUTHORIZED TRANSACTION MADE USING ANY USER’S ID OR PASSWORD; AND (2) THE UNAUTHORIZED USE OF YOUR ONLINE ID AND PASSWORD FOR YOUR KNOW YOUR WORTH ACCOUNT OR YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT COULD CAUSE YOU TO INCUR LIABILITY TO KNOW YOUR WORTH AND OTHER USERS.  Further, we may, without notice to you, suspend or cancel your account at any time even without receiving notice from you if we suspect, in our sole discretion, that your account with us or your email account is being used in an unauthorized or fraudulent manner.

 

Links to third party sites.  The Site may permit you to link to other websites or resources on the internet, and other websites or resources may contain links to the Site. When you access third-party websites, you do so at your own risk. Those other websites are not under Financial Adulting's control, and you acknowledge that Financial Adulting is not liable for the content, functions, accuracy, legality, appropriateness, or any other aspect of those other websites or resources. The inclusion on another website of any link to the Site does not imply endorsement by or affiliation with Financial Adulting You further acknowledge and agree that The Financial Adulting shall not be liable for any damage related to the use of any content, goods, or services available through any third-party website or resource.

Disclaimer.  The Site, including all content on the Site, is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. Use of the Site is at your own risk. KNOW YOUR WORTH DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS, REPRSENTATIONS AND ENDORSEMENTS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH REGARD TO INFORMATION ACCESSED FROM OR VIA THE SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL CONTENT AND MATERIALS, FUNCTIONS AND SERVICES PROVIDED ON THE SITE, WHICH ARE PROVIDED WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRARNTIES CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, USEFULLNESS, OR CONTENT OF INFORMATION, UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS, AND ANY WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  KNOW YOUR WORTH DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE OR ITS FUNCTION OR THE CONTENT AND MATERIALS OR THE SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE THEREBY WILL BE TIMELY, SECURE, UNINTERUPTED OR ERROR FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED. KNOW YOUR WORTH MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SITE WILL MEET USERS’ EXPECTATIONS OR REQUIREMENTS. NO ADVICE, RESULTS OR INFORMATION, OR MATERIALS WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN.  IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SITE, YOUR SOLE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.

Not Investment Advice.  THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THIS WEBSITE AND ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES AVAILBLE ON THIS WEBSITE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AND IN NO EVENT SHALL CONSTITUTE INVESTMENT ADVICE, TAX ADVICE, LEGAL ADVICE, INSURANCE ADVICE OR ADVICE THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED BY A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNT, LAWYER, STOCK BROKER, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL FOR WHICH A SIMILAR LICENSE WOULD BE REQUIRED.  USERS AND CUSTOMERS ARE ADVISED TO CONSULT WITH A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL WHEN MAKING ANY INVESTMENT DECISIONS.   

User content. Any and all content, comments, feedback, suggestions, ideas, concepts, questions or other communications (collectively "User Content") that you submit or post on the Site shall be deemed non-confidential and non-proprietary. By submitting or posting any User Content, you grant to Financial Adulting and its affiliates a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide, sublicensable and transferable license to copy, publish, translate, modify, create derivative works from, distribute, reproduce or use the User Content in any commercial or non-commercial manner whatsoever. Financial Adulting will be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in such User Content for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing products that incorporate or otherwise rely upon such information. Financial Adulting shall have no obligation to monitor User Content, use or display User Content, compensate you for submitting User Content, or respond to any User Content. Financial Adulting retains the right, in its sole discretion and without prior notice, to remove, revise or refuse to post any User Content for any reason or no reason.

By submitting User Content, you represent and warrant that the User Content does not (i) contain false or misleading information, (ii) infringe on the intellectual property rights of any third party, (iii) contain any libelous, defamatory, obscene, offensive, threatening or otherwise harassing content, (iv) contain any addresses, email addresses, phone numbers or any contact information or (v) contain computer viruses, worms or other harmful files. You are solely responsible for the User Content and you hereby agree to indemnify and hold Financial Adulting and its employees, agents and affiliates harmless from any and all damages, claims, expenses, costs or fees arising from or in connection with a breach of any of the foregoing representations or your violation of any law or rights of a third party.

Indemnification.  You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Financial Adulting and affiliates, and each of their members, contractors, suppliers, officers, directors, representatives, agents, and employees (collectively, the "Indemnitees") from and against any and all liability, damages and costs (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees) that arise from or relate to your use or misuse of the Site, including without limitation with respect to any claim arising out of any content that you submit or breach or alleged breach of any of your obligations set forth in these Terms. Financial Adulting reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you. You shall not settle any matter without the written consent of Financial Adulting. You shall cooperate as fully as reasonably required in the defense of any claim.

 

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.  iN NO EVENT SHALL KNOW YOUR WORTH, ITS AFFILIATES OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR CONTENT OR SERVICE PROVIDERS BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, LOSSES OR CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING FROM OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, OR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE OR THE CONTENT AND MATERIALS OR FUNCTIONALITY ON OR ACCESSED THROUGH THE SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF REVENUE, OR ANTICIPATED PROFITS, OR LOST BUSINESS, DATA OR SALES OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF DAMAGE, TANGIBLE OR INTANGIBLE IN NATURE, EVEN IF J.CREW OR ITS REPRESENTATIVE OR SUCH INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THIS LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

 

 

Miscellaneous Provisions.

Governing Law. This Agreement and all disputes or issues arising from it shall be governed exclusively by the laws of New York without regard to conflict or conflict of law principles.

Dispute Resolution. As a condition precedent to any other legal recourse (unless such legal recourse seeks injunctive relief), any parties to a dispute involving the Site shall make good faith efforts to come to resolution. An initial meeting to resolve the dispute shall be conducted by the parties at a meeting to be held via teleconference within fourteen (14) working days of a written request, which request shall specify in reasonable detail the nature of the dispute to be resolved at such meeting. The meeting shall be attended by representatives of the parties and any other person that may be affected in any material respect by the resolution of such disputes.  Such representatives shall have authority to settle the dispute and shall attempt in good faith to resolve the dispute.  The parties shall submit any unresolved dispute to binding arbitration before the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”) pursuant to the AAA’s expedited rules with proceedings to take place in New York, New York.  In the event of arbitration, the parties shall be responsible for their own legal fees and expenses, and the costs and expenses of the arbitrator and any fees charged by the AAA shall be apportioned equally between the parties.

 

Assignment. This Agreement and the rights and liabilities of the parties hereto inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns. Financial Adulting may assign this Agreement to any successor entity. User may not assign without the written permission of Financial Adulting.

Severability. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction or an arbitrator finds any provision of this Agreement, or any portion thereof, to be unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the remainder of these Terms will continue in full force and effect.

Attorneys’ Fees. In the event any Party shall commence any claims, actions, formal legal action, or arbitration to interpret and/or enforce these Terms, or relating in any way to this Agreement, including without limitation asserted breaches of representations and warranties, the prevailing party in any such action or proceeding shall be entitled to recover, in addition to all other available relief, its reasonable attorney’s fees and costs incurred in connection therewith, including attorneys’ fees incurred on appeal.

No Waiver. No waiver of or by Financial Adulting shall be deemed a waiver of any subsequent default of the same provision of this Agreement.

Headings. All headings are solely for the convenience of reference and shall not affect the meaning, construction or effect of this Agreement.

Complete Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to your access and use of the Site, and supersedes and replaces all prior understandings or agreements, written or oral, regarding such subject matters.

Modifications. Financial Adulting reserves the right to change any of the provisions posted herein and you agree to review these Terms each time you visit the Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of any changes to these Terms constitutes your acceptance of such changes. Financial Adulting does not and will not assume any obligation to provide you with notice of any change to this document and you acknowledge and agree to same. Unless accepted by Financial Adulting in writing, you may not amend these Terms in any way.

Updated December 1, 2021

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