Terms of Use

01Eligibility

The Website is intended for adults and university students. You must be at least 13 years old to use it. If you are under 18, you may use the Website only with the involvement of a parent or guardian.

02Limited license

We grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and view the Website for personal, non-commercial, educational purposes, subject to these Terms. This license does not include any right to download (other than page caching), copy, modify, distribute, sell, or create derivative works from any content, or to use any data-mining, scraping, or similar tools.

03Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• Use the Website for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any applicable law or regulation.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the member area, other users’ accounts, or any system or network connected to the Website.
• Interfere with or disrupt the Website, its servers, or networks, including by introducing viruses or other harmful code.
• Scrape, crawl for bulk extraction, or systematically collect content, except as permitted by our robots.txt for ordinary search indexing.
• Impersonate the Society, its Founder, officers, or members, or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or organization.
• Remove or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notice.
• Use the Website or its content to provide investment advice or services to others.

04Changes to the Website

We may change, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Website at any time without notice, and we are not liable if any part of the Website is unavailable at any time.

05Accounts

Member accounts are issued by the Society at its discretion to current and former members. You must provide accurate information, keep your credentials confidential, and notify us promptly of any unauthorized use. You are responsible for all activity under your account.

06Member-only content

Content in the member area, including original presentations, documents, photographs, and the Executive Board directory, is provided for members’ personal reference only. You may not share your access, download content for redistribution, or publish member-only content outside the Society.

07Suspension and termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Website or the member area at any time, with or without notice, for any conduct that we believe violates these Terms or is harmful to the Society, its members, or others.

08Ownership

The Website and its content, including the PSU Trading Society and PSTS names and emblem, are the exclusive property of the PSU Trading Society and its Founder, Christopher R. Peckyno, in accordance with the Society’s bylaws, and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws. See our Disclaimers for permitted and prohibited uses.

09Feedback and submissions

If you send us ideas, suggestions, corrections, or other feedback, you grant the Society a perpetual, royalty-free license to use it for any purpose without obligation to you. Do not send us confidential or proprietary information.

10Copyright complaints

If you believe content on the Website infringes your copyright, email contact@psutradingsociety.com with a description of the work, the location of the material on the Website, your contact information, and a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized. We will review and respond promptly.

11Educational content; no advice

All content is educational and is not investment, financial, legal, accounting, or tax advice. Our Disclaimers set this out in full and form part of these Terms.

12Website provided “as is”

The Website is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied. We do not warrant that the Website will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free, or that any content is accurate or complete.

13Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Society and its Founder, officers, members, and contributors are not liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, trading losses, or loss of data, arising out of or relating to your use of or inability to use the Website, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Our total liability for any claim relating to the Website will not exceed one hundred U.S. dollars ($100).

14Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Society and its Founder, officers, members, and contributors from any claims, losses, liabilities, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising from your use of the Website or your violation of these Terms.

15Governing law and venue

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Website will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Pennsylvania, and you consent to their jurisdiction.

16Severability; entire agreement

If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in effect. These Terms, together with the Disclaimers and Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and the Society regarding the Website.

17Changes to these Terms

We may revise these Terms at any time by posting the revised version on this page with a new effective date. Your continued use of the Website after a revision means you accept the revised Terms.

18Contact

Questions about these Terms can be sent to contact@psutradingsociety.com.