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The service agreement contains several high-impact risks for users. The company can terminate your access to the website and its services at any time, without cause or prior notice (risk_flags-1). They also broadly disclaim liability for various damages arising from website use or inability to use, service failures, or information issues (risk_flags-2). Furthermore, they offer no warranty for the accuracy or suitability of website content (risk_flags-3) and assume no responsibility for any viruses or damage to your equipment caused by website interaction (risk_flags-4). You are also required to indemnify the company for any claims, losses, or legal fees incurred due to your website use violating terms or law, including intellectual property claims (risk_flags-5).
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Risks of Service
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Critical terms that may expose users to significant or irreversible harm, such as loss of funds, privacy breaches, account termination without recourse, or limitations on legal rights.
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Termination Without Notice
The company may deny access to the website or terminate the Terms of Use and your access to the website at any time, with or without cause, and without prior notice.
Why it matters: Your access to the website and its services can be revoked by the company at any time, even without cause or warning, potentially disrupting your ability to use their services.
We may at any time, with or without cause, and without prior notice to you deny you access to the website. We may terminate these Terms of Use and your access to the website in whole or in part at any time without prior notice to you.
Accessing the Website, paragraph 3 · Citation strength: strong
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Broad Liability Exclusion
The company and its subsidiaries are not liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages related to the website's use or inability to use, information provided, failures of performance, errors, or delays, even if advised of such possibilities.
Why it matters: You may not be able to recover damages for losses you incur due to problems with the website, service failures, or information issues, as the company broadly disclaims liability.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL WE OR OUR SUBSIDIARIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT MAY ARISE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS WEBSITE, OR FROM YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THIS WEBSITE OR ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THIS WEBSITE; OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS OR LINE OR SYSTEM FAILURE; OR DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION WHEN REPLYING TO YOU BY E-MAIL OR OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS OR RECEIVING E-MAILS FROM YOU; EVEN IF WE AND/OR OUR SUBSIDIARIES ARE ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, LOSSES, OR EXPENSES.
Limitations of Liability, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
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No Warranty for Website Content Accuracy
The company states that website content is provided "AS IS" and without warranties of any kind, including implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
Why it matters: You cannot expect the website's content to be accurate, complete, or suitable for any specific purpose, and you have no recourse if it causes issues.
THIS WEBSITE CONTENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Limitations of Liability, paragraph 2 · Citation strength: strong
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No Responsibility for Viruses or Damage
The company and its subsidiaries assume no responsibility and are not liable for any viruses that may infect or damage your computer equipment or other property as a result of accessing, using, or browsing the website or downloading materials.
Why it matters: If your devices are infected or damaged by viruses originating from website interaction, the company disclaims all responsibility, leaving you to bear the costs and consequences.
WE AND OUR SUBSIDIARIES ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY, AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR, ANY VIRUSES THAT MAY INFECT OR DAMAGE YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR OTHER PROPERTY AS A RESULT OF YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, OR BROWSING OF THIS WEBSITE, THE WEB, OR YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIALS, DATA, TEXT, IMAGES, VIDEO, OR AUDIO FROM THIS WEBSITE OR THE WEB.
Limitations of Liability, paragraph 3 · Citation strength: strong
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User Indemnification of Company
You agree to indemnify and hold the company and/or its subsidiaries harmless from any claims, losses, expenses, demands, or liabilities, including attorneys' fees, incurred due to your website use violating Terms of Use or applicable law, including intellectual property claims.
Why it matters: You may be held responsible for the company's legal costs and damages if your use of the website leads to a claim against them, even if it's an intellectual property claim or due to violating terms or law.
You agree to indemnify and hold us and/or our subsidiaries harmless from and against any and all claims, losses, expenses, demands, or liabilities, including attorneys’ fees and costs, incurred by us in connection with any claim by a third party (including any intellectual property claim) arising out of your use of the website in violation of these Terms of Use or in violation of any applicable law.
Limitations of Liability, paragraph 5 · Citation strength: strong
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Sole Liability for Website Use and Access Requirements
You have the sole responsibility and liability for your use of this website and for providing or obtaining, and for maintaining, all necessary hardware, software, electrical power, telecommunications, Internet services, and other products or services to access and use the website.
Why it matters: You are fully responsible for ensuring you have all the necessary equipment and services to use the website, and for any issues arising from your use or failure to maintain these resources.
You agree and acknowledge that you have the sole responsibility and liability for your use of this website and for providing or obtaining, and for maintaining, all of the hardware, software, electrical power, telecommunications, Internet services, and other products or services necessary or desirable for you to access and use this website.
Accessing the Website, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
Data Use and Sharing
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Provisions detailing how user data is collected, processed, stored, and shared, including third-party disclosures and advertising practices.
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Broad Information Usage Rights
By submitting your information, you grant the company, its affiliates, and necessary vendors permission to use your information to fulfill your request for services, including copying, distributing, transmitting, reproducing, editing, translating, and reformatting it. While non-public personal information will not be publicly displayed, other information may be.
Why it matters: The company has broad rights to use and modify the information you provide for business purposes, and while non-public personal information is protected from public display, other submitted information may not be.
However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing, or submitting Your Information, you are granting us, our affiliated companies, and any vendors necessary to the course of your transaction permission to use Your Information to fulfill your request for services. That permission includes allowing us to copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display (we will never publicly display your non-public personal information), reproduce, edit, translate, and reformat Your Information.
Your Information, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
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Consent for SMS Communications
Providing your telephone contact information constitutes written consent to receive SMS communications (text messages) from the company, its subsidiaries, and service provider partners, including for application processing status, account information, loan information, and other updates.
Why it matters: By giving your phone number, you are automatically opting-in to receive various text messages related to your account or loan, which may include marketing or informational texts from multiple parties.
Providing your telephone contact information to us means you have consented in writing to receive SMS communications (text messages) from us, our subsidiaries, and our service provider partners, including but not limited to title and settlement partners. When consenting to messaging notifications, you authorize Better Home & Finance Holding Company, our subsidiaries our assigns, successors or servicing agents to send SMS Notifications (as defined below) to any phone number provided to us, our assigns, successors or service agents in connection with your account, application, loan, and closing.
Consent to Contact Third Parties for Employment Verification
By providing your employment information, you give written consent for the company and/or its subsidiaries to contact third parties as necessary to verify your income and employment.
Why it matters: The company can contact third parties to verify your employment and income once you provide that information, which might involve sharing your data with other entities without further explicit consent.
By providing us with your employment information you are providing written consent permitting us and/or our subsidiaries to contact third parties as necessary to verify your income and employment.
Consent to Employment Verification, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
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Consent to Contact Real Estate Agent
By providing your real estate agent's contact information, you grant written consent for the company and/or its affiliates to contact your agent to discuss your loan, including its status, milestones, and closing timelines.
Why it matters: Providing your real estate agent's contact details allows the company to communicate with them about your loan progress, which might involve sensitive financial information being shared with your agent.
By providing us with the contact information of your real estate agent, you are providing written consent permitting us and/or our affiliates to contact your real estate agent to discuss your loan, including status, milestones and timelines towards closing.
Consent to communicate with real estate agent, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
Cancellation and Renewal Terms
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Conditions and procedures related to account cancellation, service termination, refund policies, and automatic renewals.
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Watch Out For
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Less obvious clauses that could be unfavorable to the user, including one-sided terms, disclaimers, and restrictions on user behavior or rights.
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SMS Service Modification or Termination Without Notice
The company may modify or terminate its text messaging services at any time, for any reason, and without notice, including the right to terminate text messaging with or without notice, without liability to you.
Why it matters: The text messaging service you rely on for notifications can be changed or stopped at any time without warning, and the company is not liable for any issues this might cause you.
We may modify or terminate our text messaging services from time to time, for any reason, and without notice, including the right to terminate text messaging with or without notice, without liability to you.