Website Terms of Use
Last Modified: 06/26/2025
Acceptance of the Terms of Use
All websites (referred to as the “Website” herein) owned or operated by the Westlake Corporation family of companies (collectively, “Westlake”) are subject to these Terms of Use. By accessing, viewing, using, or downloading materials from the Website, you accept and agree, on behalf of yourself and all members of your household to the following terms and conditions, together with the “Privacy Policy” (found at https://westlake.com/privacy-policy) and “Terms of Sale” (found at https://www.westlakeroyalbuildingproducts.com/terms-conditions) which are incorporated herein (collectively, "Terms of Use"), which govern your access to and use of the Website, whether as a guest or a registered user of the Website. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, you must not access or use the Website.
The owner of the Website is based in the State of Texas in the United States. The Website are available only to people residing in the United States and Canada who can form legally binding agreements under applicable law. We make no claims that the Website or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. Access to the Website may be prohibited in certain countries outside the United States and Canada. If you access the Website from outside the United States and Canada, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for complying with the laws and regulations of your territory of access.
This Website is offered and available to users who are 18 years of age or older. If you are under 18, you may use the Website only with involvement of a parent or guardian. Westlake does not sell products to children, but it sells them to adults, who can purchase with a credit card or other permitted payment method. By using this Website, you represent and warrant that you are of legal age to form a binding contract with Westlake and meet all of the foregoing eligibility requirements. If you do not meet all of these requirements, you must not access or use the Website.
Changes to the Terms of Use
We reserve the right to make changes to the Website, Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and/or Terms of Sale at any time and in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them, and such changes apply to all access to and use of the Website thereafter. However, any changes to the dispute resolution provisions set forth in the section entitled “Governing Law and Jurisdiction” will not apply to any disputes for which the parties have actual notice prior to the date the change is posted on the Website. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page from time to time so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.
Grant of License
Subject to your compliance with these Terms of Use, Westlake or its content providers grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to access and make personal and non-commercial use of the Website. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of any Westlake software, or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of the Website or is contents; any downloading, copying, or other use of account information for the benefit of any third party; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. All rights not expressly granted to you in these Terms of Use are reserved and retained by Westlake or its licensors, suppliers, publishers, rightsholders, or other content providers. The Website may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of Westlake. You may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing Westlake's name or trademarks without the express written consent of Westlake. You may not misuse the Website. You may use the Website only as permitted by law. The licenses granted by Westlake terminate if you do not comply with these Terms of Use.
User Account Registration and Account Security
You are not obligated to register or create an account with us in order to access portions of this Website. If you choose, or are provided with, a user name, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your account is personal to you and agree not to provide any other person with access to this Website or portions of it using your user name, password or other security information. However, certain sections and features of this Website, such as certain features of the design tool feature or ordering process, are available only to visitors to this Website who have registered for user IDs and passwords (“Registered Users”).
It is a condition of your use of the Website that all the information you provide on the Website is correct, current and complete. You agree that all information you provide to register with this Website or otherwise, including, but not limited to, through the use of any interactive features on the Website, is governed by our Privacy Policy, and you consent to all actions we take with respect to your information consistent with our Privacy Policy. If you do not maintain such information, or we have reasonable grounds to suspect as much, we have the right to suspend or terminate your account and your use of this Website.
You further agree that you are responsible for all activities that occur under your Registered User account or password. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and for restricting access to your Registered User account and computer so others may not access the Website in violation of these Terms of Use. You may only have one active Registered User account on this Website at any given time and only you may use your designated account to access the Website. You also agree to promptly notify us of any unauthorized use of your username, password or any other breach of security that you become aware of involving or relating to this Website by emailing us at the “Contact Us” information provided on the Website. In addition, you agree to exit from your Registered User account at the end of each session. WE EXPLICITLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ANY AND ALL LOSSES AND DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS SECTION.
Accessing the Website and Account Usage
You must exercise caution, good sense and sound judgment in using the Website. You are responsible for any material and information you transmit to us through the Website (or through email) (“User Content”). You agree, represent and warrant that any User Content you transmit to us through the Website (or through email) is truthful, accurate, not misleading and offered in good faith, and that you have the right to transmit such User Content. We do not want you to, and you should not, send any confidential or proprietary User Content to us through this Website unless specifically requested by us. Please note that any unsolicited User Content sent to us will be deemed not to be confidential or proprietary. You are responsible for ensuring that all persons who access the Website through your internet connection or your Registered User account are aware of these Terms of Use and comply with them.
By submitting User Content, other than personally identifiable information, through the Website, you grant to us (or warrant that the owner of such information and material has expressly granted to us) a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and unrestricted right and license (a) to use, reproduce, display, modify, adapt, publish, translate, transmit and distribute or otherwise make available to others such User Content (in whole or in part and for any purpose) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or hereafter developed; (b) to exercise all copyright, trademark, publicity, privacy and other proprietary rights with regard to such User Content; and (c) to the extent included with any User Content, use your name, or screen name, hometown, photograph, portrait, picture, voice, likeness and biographical information as news or information in any and all media and for advertising or promotional purposes, whether or not in connection with your User Content. You also hereby grant each user of the Website a non-exclusive license to access the User Content submitted by you through the Website, and to tag, rate, review, comment on, use, reproduce, distribute, display and perform such User Content as permitted through the functionality of the Website and under these Terms of Use. You also agree that we are free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques that you send to us for any purpose. PLEASE DO NOT SEND US ANY IDEAS, SUGGESTIONS, OR OTHER CONTENT THAT YOU WISH US TO KEEP CONFIDENTIAL OR FOR WHICH YOU EXPECT TO RECEIVE COMPENSATION.
You shall not upload, post or otherwise make available on or through this Website any User Content protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right of any third party without the express written permission of the owner of such right(s). You shall be solely liable for any damages resulting from any infringement of copyright, proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from such a submission.
You acknowledge and agree that we reserve the right (but have no obligation) to do one or all of the following, at our sole discretion: (a) evaluate User Content before allowing it to be posted on the Website or any Forum; (b) monitor User Content; (c) alter, remove, reject, or refuse to post or allow to be posted, without notice to you, any User Content, for any reason or for no reason whatsoever; provided, however, that we shall have no obligation or liability to you for failure to do so or for doing so in any particular manner; and/or (d) disclose any User Content, and the circumstances surrounding their transmission, to any third party in order to operate the Website; to protect us, and the Website’s users and visitors; to comply with legal obligations or governmental requests; to enforce these Terms of Use; or for any other reason or purpose.
You agree not to use the Website:
(a) in any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local or international law or regulation (including, without limitation, any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the US or other countries – we reserve the right to investigate any alleged or suspected violations and if a criminal violation is suspected, we have the right to cooperate with law enforcement agencies in their investigations;
(b) for the purpose of exploiting, harming or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable information or otherwise;
(c) to transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material, including any "junk mail," "chain letter," "spam," or any other similar solicitation;
(d) to impersonate or attempt to impersonate the Westlake, a Westlake employee, another user or any other person or entity (including, without limitation, by using e-mail addresses associated with any of the foregoing);
(e) to engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of the Website, or which, as determined by us, may harm the Westlake or users of the Website, or expose them to liability;
(f) use the Website in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the site or interfere with any other party's use of the Website, including their ability to engage in real time activities through the Website;
(g) use any robot, spider or other automatic device, process or means to access the Website for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on the Website;
(h) use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the material on the Website, or for any other purpose not expressly authorized in these Terms of Use, without our prior written consent;
(i) use any device, software or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Website;
(j) introduce any viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful;
(k) attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage or disrupt any parts of the Website, the server on which the Website is stored, or any server, computer or database connected to the Website;
(l) attack the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack;
(m) to send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with the content standards set out in these Terms of Use;
(n) otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website; or
(o) assist or permit any other person in engaging in any of the activities described above.
We may terminate your use of this Website or any of its features at any time and for any reason without notice for conduct violating these Terms of Use. Upon any such termination, you must destroy all site content obtained from this Website and all copies thereof. The provisions of these Terms of Use concerning Website security, prohibited activities, copyrights, trademarks, user submissions, disclaimer, limitation of liability, indemnity and jurisdictional issues shall survive any such termination. You agree that if your use of this Website is terminated pursuant to these Terms of Use, you will not attempt to use this Website under any name, real or assumed, and further agree that if you violate this restriction after being terminated, you indemnify and hold us harmless from any and all liability that we may incur therefore.
Website Content
We make conscientious efforts to display and describe the products available on the Website accurately and completely. We may update, withdraw, or amend the content on this Website, and any service or material we provide on the Website from time to time and in our sole discretion and without notice, but its content is not necessarily complete or up-to-date. The technical information, recommendations and other information made available on the Website, including specifications regarding particular products, are provided for convenience only and may not be relied upon as substitutes for thorough consultation with appropriately trained professionals familiar with your particular needs and circumstances. Westlake does not warrant that product descriptions or other content on this Website are accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free. Any of the material on the Website may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you or any other visitor to the Website, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents. We will also not be liable if for any reason all if any part of the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Website, or the entire Website, to users, including registered users.
This Website may include content provided by third parties, including materials provided by other users, bloggers and third-party licensors, syndicators, aggregators and/or reporting services. All statements and/or opinions expressed in these materials, and all articles and responses to questions and other content, other than the content provided by Westlake, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials. These materials do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Westlake. We are not responsible, or liable to you or any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third parties.
Privacy
All information we collect on this Website is subject to our Privacy Policy (found at https://westlake.com/privacy-policy). By using the Website, you consent to all actions taken by us with respect to your information in compliance with the Privacy Policy. Any personal information you provide on the Website will be used by us in accordance with the Privacy Policy.
Intellectual Property
Westlake respects the intellectual property of others.
The Website and its entire contents, features and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video and audio, and the design, selection and arrangement thereof), are owned by the Westlake, its licensors or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.
A. Copyright
Content made available on this Website, including information, data, software, images, photographs, videos, and other material (collectively “Site Content”) is protected by copyright, and, except as set forth below, the use of any Site Content available on this Website is strictly prohibited. No Site Content from this Website may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way without written permission of the rights owner, except that you may use Site Content purposely made available by us for downloading from this Website, provided that you (1) keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices, (2) use such information pursuant to any licenses associated with such Site Content, (3) do not copy or post such information on any networked computer or broadcast it in any media, (4) make no modifications to any such information, and (5) do not make any additional representations or warranties relating to such information. You agree not to circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security related features of this Website or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any Site Content.
Any unauthorized use or modification of any of the Site Content available on this Website is a violation of the copyrights and other proprietary rights of us (or any of our affiliate entities), or other copyright owners where so indicated. Permission for all other uses of Site Content contained herein, including reproducing and distributing multiple copies or using Site Content on any other website or networked computer or linking to any page at this Website except the “home page” of this Website must be obtained from us or the appropriate rights owner in advance; otherwise, such use is prohibited. Requests for such authorization from us should be submitted via an email at the “Contact Us” link provided on the Website. All design rights, databases and compilation and other intellectual property rights associated with this Website, in each case whether registered or unregistered, and related goodwill, are proprietary to us (and our affiliates). Except as otherwise expressly authorized herein or in writing in advance by us, you agree not to reproduce, modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute, or create derivative works based (whether in whole or in part) on all or any part of the Website or the Site Content.
B. Trademarks
You must not use any trademark owned by Westlake without the prior written permission of Westlake. In addition, graphics, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts, and service names included in or made available through the Website are trademarks or trade dress of Westlake in the U.S. and other countries. Westlake's trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not Westlake's, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits Westlake. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans on this Website are the trademarks of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by Westlake.
Links to/from the Website
We may provide on this Website, solely as a convenience to users, links to websites and resources provided by third parties. This includes links contained in advertisements, including banner advertisements and sponsored links. If you use these third-party websites, you will leave this Website. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and we accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access any of the third-party websites linked to this Website, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites. We do not make any warranty or representation regarding, or endorse or otherwise sponsor, any linked third-party websites or the information appearing thereon or any of the products or services described thereon. Links do not imply that we are legally authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol displayed in or accessible through the links; or that any linked website is authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol of Westlake.
YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES AND RESOURCES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, YOUR USE OF ANY CONTENT, INFORMATION, DATA, ADVERTISING, PRODUCTS, OR OTHER MATERIALS ON OR AVAILABLE THROUGH SUCH THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES AND RESOURCES, IS AT YOUR OWN RISK AND IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE (INCLUDING APPLICABLE PRIVACY POLICY) APPLICABLE TO SUCH SITES AND RESOURCES.
You may link to our homepage, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part.
This Website may provide certain social media features that enable you to: (a) link from your own or certain third-party websites to certain content on this Website; (b) send e-mails or other communications with certain content, or links to certain content, on this Website; and (c) cause limited portions of content on this Website to be displayed or appear to be displayed on your own or certain third-party websites. You may use these features solely as they are provided by us, solely with respect to the content they are displayed with, and otherwise in accordance with any additional terms and conditions we provide with respect to such features. Subject to the foregoing, you must not (1) establish a link from any website that is not owned by you; (2) cause the Website or portions of it to be displayed, or appear to be displayed by, for example, framing, deep linking or in-line linking, on any other site; (3) link to any part of the Website other than the homepage; or (4) otherwise take any action with respect to the materials on this Website that is inconsistent with any other provision of these Terms of Use.
You agree to cooperate with us in causing any unauthorized framing or linking immediately to cease. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
We may disable all or any social media features and any links at any time without notice in our discretion.
Interactive Forums
We may host message boards, chat rooms, blogs, and other interactive forums or services (each, a “Forum”) on the Website. Forums are intended to serve as discussion centers. Any user failing to comply with the Terms of Use may be expelled from and refused continued access to Forums in the future. You understand that our staff, outside contributors, or other users connected with us may participate in Forums or other aspects of the Website and may employ anonymous user names when doing so. You acknowledge and agree that Forums are public spaces and that your participation in such Forums creates no expectation of privacy. Further, you acknowledge that any personal information you communicate in Forums may be seen and used by others. We are not responsible for information that you or others choose to communicate in Forums, or for your actions or the actions of other users. We and our designated agents may remove or alter any information or content posted or otherwise disclosed in any Forum at any time for any reason. NEVERTHELESS, IF YOU CHOOSE TO MAKE ANY OF YOUR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE OR OTHER INFORMATION PUBLICLY AVAILABLE IN A FORUM OR OTHERWISE ON OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Social Network Pages
We maintain a presence on several social networking platforms, including facebook.com, youtube.com and X.com, (collectively, “Social Networking Pages”) to provide a place for people to learn more about us and to share experiences with our products. All comments, visuals and other materials posted by visitors to our Social Networking Pages do not necessarily reflect the opinions or ideas of Westlake. All visitors to our Social Networking Pages must comply with the respective social networking platform’s terms of use. We review some but not all postings to our Social Networking Sites, and we reserve the right to remove any postings that we have determined are inappropriate or offensive.
Disclaimer of Warranties
WE DO NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE, VALIDITY, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OF, OR OTHERWISE RESPECTING THE CONTENT AVAILABLE ON THIS WEBSITE OR ANY OTHER WEBSITES LINKED TO OR FROM THIS WEBSITE. DOWNLOADING OR OTHERWISE OBTAINING ANY CONTENT THROUGH THIS WEBSITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE CONTENT OF THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND ON AN “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY NON-INFRINGEMENT.
THE LIMITED EXPRESS WARRANTIES APPLICABLE TO THE PRODUCTS ARE PROVIDED IN THE APPLICABLE TERMS OF SALE OR ON THE WEBSITE FOR THE PRODUCTS.
Limitation of Liability
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WESTLAKE AND EACH OF ITS AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, DIVISIONS, PARENT AND RELATED COMPANIES (COLLECTIVELY, THE “RELEASEES”) WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THIS WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT OR LINKS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES CAUSED BY OR RELATED TO ERRORS, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DEFECTS, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, OR ANY COMPUTER VIRUS OR LINE FAILURE. RELEASEES WILL ALSO NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
RELEASEES SHALL NOT HAVE ANY LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ACTS, OMISSIONS OR CONDUCT OF ANY USER OR OTHER THIRD PARTY.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Westlake and its directors, officers, employees, agents and contractors harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) or other expenses that arise directly or indirectly out of or from (i) your breach of any provision of these Terms of Use; (ii) your activities in connection with this Website; or (iii) unsolicited information or User Content you provide to us through the Website.
Waiver and Severability
No waiver by Westlake of any term or condition set forth in these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of the Westlake to assert a right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect.
Entire Agreement
The Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy, and Terms of Sale constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and Westlake with respect to the Website and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to the Website.
Jurisdictional Issues
If you are located in the United States, you agree that any dispute in connection with the Website, these Terms of Use will be governed by the laws of the State of Texas and the United States of America.
If you are located in Canada (other than the province of Quebec), you agree that any dispute in connection with the Website or these Terms of Use will be governed by the laws of the province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein. You also consent to the adjudication of any disputes arising in connection with the Website or these Terms of Use in the Superior Court of Justice for the province of Ontario, sitting in Toronto, Ontario.
If you are located in the province of Québec, any dispute in connection with the Websiteor these Terms of Use will be governed by the laws of the province of Québec and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein. You also consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of the district of Montreal to adjudicate any dispute arising in connection with the Website or these Terms of Use.
Notice for California Users
Under California Civil Code Section 1789.3, California users of the Website are entitled to the following specific consumer rights notice: The Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs may be contacted in writing at 400 R Street, Suite 1080, Sacramento, California 95814, or by telephone at (916) 445-1254 or (800) 952-5210.
Promotions
Any sweepstakes, contests, or similar promotions made available through the Website will be governed by specific rules that are separate from the Terms of Use. By participating in any such sweepstakes, contest, or promotion, you will become subject to those rules, which may vary from the terms and conditions set forth herein and which, in addition to describing such sweepstakes, contest, or promotion, may have eligibility requirements, such as certain age or geographic restrictions. It is your responsibility to read the applicable rules to determine whether or not your participation, registration and/or entry are valid. You agree to read the applicable rules, which are linked from the particular activity, and to review our Privacy Policy which, in addition to these Terms of Use, governs any information you submit in connection with such activities.
Third-Party Content
Any information, statements, opinions or other information provided by third parties (“Third Party Content”) and made available on this Website are those of the respective author(s) and not Westlake. We do not guarantee the validity, accuracy, truthfulness, completeness, reliability or usefulness of any opinion, advice, service, offer, statement or other Third-Party Content on the Website other than those from an authorized representative of Westlake acting in his/her official capacity. Under no circumstance will we be liable for or in connection with any loss or damage caused by your reliance on any Third-Party Content.
Limitation on Time to File Claims
ANY CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM YOU MAY HAVE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OF USE OR THE WEBSITE MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES; OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
All matters relating to the Website and these Terms of Use, and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Texas without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Texas or any other jurisdiction).
Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of, or related to, these Terms of Use or the Website shall be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of the United States or the courts of the State of Texas, in each case located in the City of Houston and County of Harris, although we retain the right to bring any suit, action or proceeding against you for breach of these Terms of Use in your country of residence or any other relevant country.
You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.