Terms and Conditions

The following terms and conditions (together with any Agreement posted by us with respect to any capability, software or service that may be made available through the Site, the “Terms”) govern your access to and use of the internet site located at worldquant.com and the subpages thereof, including the information, data, tools, software code, illustrations, graphics, other visuals, text, products, services and other content (collectively, the “Content”) available on or through the internet site or the subpages thereof (the Website, subpages, and Content collectively referred to, and further defined below, as the “Site” or “Website”) as made available to you by WorldQuant, LLC (“Company”, “we” or “us”). We may change the Terms from time to time, by posting such changes on the Site and without notice to you. BY ACCESSING, VISITING OR USING THE WEBSITE, YOU ACCEPT IN THEIR ENTIRETY THE TERMS AND YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND AGREE TO THE TERMS AND THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF THE TERMS BY YOUR VIEWING AN INTERNET PAGE CONTAINING A HYPERLINK TO THE INTERNET PAGE WHERE THESE TERMS ARE DISPLAYED OR OTHERWISE. The terms “you” or “your” in the Terms refer to both you personally and any other person or entity on whose behalf you are accessing the Website, as the context requires.  If you do not agree to the Terms or any changes thereto, do not visit or use the Site further.

1. Disclaimer; No Offer, Solicitation or Advice: You acknowledge that: (a) we are a global investment management firm advising only private investment funds and we are not available to provide investment advisory or similar services to any other clients; (b) the Web Site is a resource for non-investor audiences such as potential employees, researchers, students, counterparties and industry participants; (c) under no circumstances should any information presented on the Site be used or construed as an offer, or solicitation of any offer, or other form of invitation or inducement, to sell or buy any securities, fund or other investments, or to provide a forecast, research or advice regarding investments or a recommendation to purchase, sell or hold any security, fund or other investment, or to pursue any investment style or strategy; and (d) we do not give any advice or make any representations as to whether any security, investment, investment strategy or investment style is suitable for you or will be profitable or avoid losses or is available, appropriate or suitable in all countries or other locations or for all investors; (e) we make reasonable efforts to provide accurate content on the Website, but we may not update or correct the Website even if are aware that it is inaccurate, outdated, or otherwise inappropriate; and (f) we may change all or any portion of the Site without notice to you. You agree that we are not liable for any action you take or decision you make in reliance on any Content. ALL CONTENT AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SITE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. NOTHING ON THE SITE IS INTENDED TO BE, AND YOU SHOULD NOT CONSIDER ANYTHING ON THE SITE TO BE, INVESTMENT, ACCOUNTING, TAX OR LEGAL ADVICE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE INVESTMENT, ACCOUNTING, TAX OR LEGAL ADVICE, YOU SHOULD CONSULT WITH YOUR OWN FINANCIAL ADVISORS, ACCOUNTANTS OR ATTORNEYS REGARDING YOUR INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND NEEDS.
2. Proprietary Rights. As between you and Company, and except for your Submitted Materials (as defined in Section 11 below), Company owns, solely and exclusively, all rights, title and interest in and to the Site, all the Content (including, for example, audio, photographs, illustrations, graphics, other visuals, text, video, copy, software, etc.), the look and feel, design and organization of the Site, and the compilation of the Content on the Site (all of the foregoing are included in the term the “Site” and the “Website”), including any copyrights, trademark rights, patent rights and other intellectual property and proprietary rights therein or thereto. Your use of the Site does not grant to you ownership of or rights to anything you may access on the Site.
3. Limited License. You may access and view the Content on the Site on your computer or other internet compatible device, and make limited copies of limited excerpts of the Content on the Site for your personal informational and non-commercial use only.
4. Prohibited Use. You shall not modify, distribute, transmit, perform, reproduce, publish, license, exploit, create derivative works from, transfer or sell any of the Site unless you have received the express written prior permission of Company and the applicable rights holder. You may not decompile, disassemble or otherwise reverse engineer all or any portion of the Website. You shall not remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notice or legend contained on (or printed from) the Website.
5. Trademarks. The trademarks, logos, service marks and trade names (collectively the “Trademarks”) displayed on the Website or on Content available through the Website, including WORLDQUANT, www.worldquant.com, and any other indicia of WorldQuant and its products and/or services are registered and/or unregistered Trademarks of ours and others and shall not be used in violation of applicable rights. Nothing contained on the Website should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on the Website without the express prior written permission of the Company and the applicable rights holder.
6. Security. You are solely responsible for the security of your computer system, including without limitation, using and maintaining appropriate anti-virus, firewall and backup software. Company disclaims any responsibility or liability for any problem with your computer systems, including any Malware (as defined below) that your computer systems receive as a result of your use of the Website. “Malware” means: (i) program code or programming instruction or set of instructions that disrupt, disable, harm, interfere with, otherwise adversely affect or without authorization access or delete any computer program, information, data, file or operation; or (ii) other code typically described as being malware, a virus, a Trojan horse, a worm, a backdoor or the like.
7. Monitoring, Reporting and Other Actions. We may monitor and record activity on the Website for any reason or for no reason. We may investigate any complaint or reported violation of our policies. We may report any activity that we suspect may violate law or regulation to regulators, law enforcement officials or other persons or entities that we deem appropriate without notice.  We may issue warnings, suspend or terminate use of the Website, deny access to all or part of the Website or take any other action that we deem appropriate without notice.  We have the right to terminate, change, suspend, impose limits on or discontinue any aspect of the Website or the Website’s services, or your access to or use thereof, at any time, and for any reason or no reason without notice.
8. Personal Information, Cookies and Privacy Policy. We are committed to respecting the privacy of the personal information of the individuals with whom we interact. We have developed a Privacy Policy to describe our privacy policies and practices, how we collect, use and disclose the personal information of individuals who visit the Website and how we use cookies. By accessing or using the Website or providing any personal information on the Website or otherwise to us, you are consenting to your personal information being collected, processed, used and shared, and our use of cookies, as provided in our Privacy Policy. Our information collection and use policies with respect to the privacy of such information are set forth in the Site’s Privacy Policy, which you acknowledge that you have read and agree to.

9. No Offer of Employment. Nothing in the Website constitutes an offer or promise of employment with Company with respect to any employment position described on the Website. Without notice, we may eliminate, modify or change any aspects of any employment described on the Website. Any offer of employment that may result as a result of your submission of information to us shall be solely in accordance with the specific terms of such offer of employment, not anything in the Website. By sending your personal information to apply for a position with us, you affirm that all information contained within your submission is accurate and that you have the right to provide us with any and all information that you submit.
10. User Registration. In order to access and use certain content, features, or functionality of the associate services provided and accessed through the Site (the “Services”), we may require that you register for the applicable Services and have a unique username and password combination (“User Credentials”) and provide certain additional information, which may include, without limitation, your email address, legal name, country of residence, zip code, etc., (collectively, a “User Account”). Each User Account can only be used by one user. You represent and warrant that all registration and account information you submit is truthful and accurate and you shall maintain and promptly update the accuracy of such information. Further, if you elect to become a registered user of the Services, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your User Credentials, and you shall be responsible and liable for any access to or use of the Services by you or any person or entity using your User Credentials, whether or not such access or use has been authorized by you or on your behalf, and whether or not such person or entity is your employee or agent. It is therefore critical that you do not share your User Credentials with anyone. You agree to immediately notify Company of any unauthorized use of your User Credentials or User Account, or any other breach of security. It is your sole responsibility to: (a) control the dissemination and use of your User Credentials and User Account: (b) update, maintain and control access to your User Credentials and User Account; and (c) cancel your User Account when you are no longer active on the Services. We reserve the right to deny access, use and registration privileges to any user of the Services if we believe there is a question about the identity of the person trying to access any account or element of the Services. Company shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this Section. All information collected herein shall be protected under our Privacy Policy. The Privacy Policy is available at https://www.worldquant.com/privacy-policy/.
11. Submitted Materials. Any and all information, reviews, comments, communications, creative and academic works, demos, ideas, photographs, suggestions, concepts, depictions, methods, systems, designs, plans, techniques, calculations, analyses, or other materials submitted or sent to us (including your Information, resumes, or other information and materials which you submit or post in connection with an online test or other evaluation procedure, or which you send to us via e-mail) (collectively, “Submitted Materials”) will be deemed not to be confidential or secret, and may be used by us in any manner consistent with the Terms and the Site’s Privacy Policy. You retain all ownership of the Submitted Materials (except for any Company intellectual property incorporated therein).

By submitting or sending Submitted Materials to us, you: (i) represent and warrant that (A) the Submitted Materials are original to you and no other party has any rights thereto, or (B) you have the necessary licenses, rights, consents and permissions to use such Submitted Materials, submit them to the Site and agree to the provisions of the Terms applicable to such Submitted Materials, and (C) that any “moral rights” in having the Submitted Materials edited, removed, modified, published, transmitted or displayed in a manner not agreeable to you have been waived, and (ii) you grant us and our affiliates from time to time a royalty-free, unrestricted, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and fully transferable, assignable and sublicensable right and license to use, copy, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works based upon, distribute, perform, display, make, sell and export such material (in whole or part) and/or to incorporate it into other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed (including any websites owned or operated by us). We cannot be responsible for maintaining any Submitted Material that you provide or submit to us, and we may delete or destroy any such Submitted Material at any time. You should therefore be careful and selective about the information that you disclose about yourself and others in your submissions to such areas of our Site, and in particular, you warrant that you have not disclosed and will not disclose any sensitive, proprietary or confidential information or material of a third party.

12. Prohibited Conduct. You warrant and agree that, while accessing or using the Website, you shall not: (a) impersonate any person or entity, (b) misrepresent your identity, identifying or contact information or affiliation with any other person or entity, whether actual or fictitious, including anyone from WorldQuant Brain or Company; (c) obtain or attempt to gain unauthorized access to other computer systems, materials, information or any services available on or through the Site through any means, including through means not intentionally made publicly available or provided for through the Site; (d) engage in spidering, “screen scraping,” “database scraping,” or any other automatic or unauthorized means of accessing, logging-in or registering on the Site, or obtaining lists of users or other information from or through the Site, including any information residing on any server or database connected to the Site; (e) use the Site in any manner that could interrupt, damage, disable, overburden or impair the Site or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Site, including sending mass unsolicited messages or “flooding” servers with requests; (f) use the Site in violation of Company’s or any third party’s intellectual property or other proprietary or legal rights; (g) use the Site in violation of any applicable law or the Terms; (h) attempt (or encourage or support anyone else’s attempt) to circumvent, reverse engineer, decrypt, or otherwise alter or interfere with the Site or its services; or (i) delete any Content on the Website.
13. Linking to the Website. You agree not to link directly to any page, image, graphic, text or other Content on the Website, such as using an “in-line” linking method to cause the image, graphic, text or other Content to be displayed on another website, unless expressly permitted by us in writing. You agree not to download or use images, videos, or graphics hosted on this Website for any purpose, including posting such images on another website, unless expressly permitted by us in writing. You agree not to link from any other website to this Website in any manner such that the Website, or any page of the Website, is “framed,” surrounded or obfuscated by any third party content, materials, advertising or branding. We may require that any link to the Website be discontinued, and/or revoke your right and ability to link to the Website from any other Website at any time.
14. Third Party Websites. If there are any links from the Website to third party websites or any third party websites link to the Website (“Linked Sites”), such links do not constitute an endorsement or sponsorship by us of such sites or any of the content on Linked Sites and we have no responsibility whatsoever for anything on Linked Sites. Any use of or reliance on a Linked Site is done at your own risk and you assume all responsibilities and consequences resulting such use or reliance.
15. Feedback. In the event that you provide us any ideas, thoughts, criticisms, suggested improvements or other feedback related to our Site or Services (collectively “Feedback”), you agree we may use the Feedback to modify our products and services and that you will not be due any compensation, including any royalty related to the product or service that incorporates your Feedback. You grant to us a worldwide, sublicensable, assignable, royalty-free, fully paid, perpetual, irrevocable right and license to make, have made, use, reproduce, modify, translate, distribute, transmit, create derivative works of, perform, display, import, sell, offer for sale, make, have made and otherwise exploit, without the requirement to make any payment to you or to any third party or the need to seek any third party permission, the Feedback in any form, media, or technology, whether now known or hereafter devised or developed, and to allow others to do the same. This is true whether you provide the Feedback in any content submitted publicly or privately, email or any other method of communication with us unless we have entered into a separate written mutual agreement with you that provides otherwise.
16. Copyright Agent. We respect the intellectual property rights of others, and require that the people who use the Site do the same. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please forward the following information to Company’s Copyright Agent, designated as such pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(2), named below: Your address, telephone number, and email address; A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed; A description of where the alleged infringing material is located; 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; An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; and A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf. Copyright Agent: Jeffrey Blomberg, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel. WorldQuant, LLC 1700 East Putnam Avenue, Third Floor Old Greenwich, CT 06870 voice: 203-344-6050 email: [email protected].
17. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. You alone are responsible for the content and consequences of any of your activities while you are visiting or using the Site. THE WEBSITE AND ALL CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE AND WE HEREBY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL SUCH WARRANTIES. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE OR THE CONTENT WILL BE TIMELY, SECURE, UNINTERRUPTED, COMPLETE OR ERROR FREE OR WILL MEET USERS’ REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT DEFECTS OR ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED, AND WE MAKE NO GUARANTEES OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO ANY EMPLOYMENT OR EMPLOYMENT RESULTS. NO RESULTS OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM US OR THROUGH THE SITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN. COMPANY ALSO ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY, AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR, ANY DAMAGES TO, OR MALWARE THAT MAY INFECT, YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR OTHER PROPERTY ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, OR BROWSING IN THE WEBSITE OR YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIALS, DATA, TEXT, IMAGES, VIDEO, AUDIO OR OTHER CONTENT FROM THE WEBSITE.
18. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WHATSOEVER SHALL WE, OUR AFFILIATES, CLIENTS, OR ANY INVESTMENT FUND OR FUND WITH WHICH WE ARE ASSOCIATED OR FOR WHICH WE PERFORM SERVICES, OR ANY OF OUR OR THEIR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR LICENSORS (ALL THE FOREGOING COLLECTIVELY, THE “PROTECTED PERSONS”) BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR LOST BUSINESS, SALES, SAVINGS OR PROFIT (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, STRIT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE), IN EACH CASE, ARISING FROM, OR DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATED TO, YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE, THE WEBSITE OR ANY CONTENT, MATERIALS AND FUNCTIONS RELATED THERETO, YOUR PROVISION OF INFORMATION VIA THE SITE, EVEN IF SUCH PROTECTED PERSON HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. LAWS OF SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF DAMAGES, SO TO THE EXTENT MANDATED BY SUCH LAWS, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO CERTAIN USERS. IN ADDITION, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE PROTECTED PERSONS TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING FROM THE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF THE SITE EXCEED, IN THE AGGREGATE, THE AMOUNT, IF ANY, PAID BY YOU TO COMPANY FOR YOUR USE OF THE SITE. THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SET FORTH ABOVE ARE TO SURVIVE AND REMAIN IN FORCE NOTWITHSTANDING ANY REMEDY’S FAILURE OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.
19. Indemnification. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless each of the Protected Persons from and against any and all suits, losses, claims, demands, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) that arise from or relate to: (a) your access to or use of the Website or any Content; (b) your breach of any provision of the Terms; (c) your violation of any applicable law, statute, ordinance, regulation or of any third party’s rights; or (d) any claim asserted by a third party which, if proven, would place you in breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or other provision of the Terms.
20. Location of Your Access to the Website.We control and operate the Site from our offices in the United States of America and any access or use of the Site by you will be deemed to be at our offices in the United States. We do not represent that the Site is appropriate or available for use in other locations. Persons who choose to access the Site from other locations do so on their own initiative, and are responsible for compliance with local laws and regulations, if and to the extent local laws and regulations are applicable. The Website is not directed to any person in any jurisdiction where publication or availability of the Website is prohibited, by reason of that person’s nationality, residence or otherwise. Persons subject to these restrictions must not access the Website.
21. Termination.Company has the right to terminate, change, suspend, impose limits on or discontinue any aspect of the Site or the Site’s services, or your access to or use thereof, at any time, and for any reason without notice or liability. Company maintains a policy that provides for the termination in appropriate circumstances of the Website use privileges of users who are repeat infringers of intellectual property rights.
22. Electronic communications.You consent to receive communications from us electronically and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.
23. Contacting the Website.If you have any questions relating to the Website, or if you would like to submit a complaint or other report to us (including any suspected violations of the Terms or applicable law, or any misconduct or other behavior by other users of the Website), please contact us at: [email protected].
24. Governing Law. The Terms shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to its choice of law provisions.
25. Arbitration. You and Company agree that any dispute that arises between us and you relating to any of the Website or the Terms that we and you cannot resolve informally will be submitted to binding arbitration pursuant to the rules of the American Arbitration Association in the Borough of Manhattan, New York State. Regarding the resolution of any dispute, you understand that:

• Arbitration is final and binding. By agreeing to arbitration, you waive your right to resolve disputes in court, including the right to a jury trial. Arbitration is different from a court proceeding and is generally more limited.  The arbitrator’s decision is not required to include factual findings or legal reasoning.   Your right to appeal or seek to modify the arbitrator’s rulings is strictly limited.
• Additional Terms: Certain pages or Content on or accessible through this Website may contain separate terms and conditions, which are in addition to the Terms. In the event of a conflict, the additional terms and conditions will govern such pages or Content, as the case may be.

26. Miscellaneous. By using the Website, you represent and warrant that you agree to abide by and that you are fully able and capable of complying with all of the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations and warranties set forth in the Terms. Your and our respective representations, warranties, obligations, rights and remedies herein shall be deemed cumulative, and any party’s exercise of any one of such party’s rights or remedies shall not preclude such party’s exercise of any other right or remedy then available to it (whether hereunder, another written, signed contract or at law or in equity). Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. The Protected Persons are intended third party beneficiaries of the Terms. Nothing in the Terms, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other person other than you, us or the Protected Persons any rights, benefits or remedies of any nature whatsoever. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no provision herein shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any of our or your creditors hereto. You shall not assign the Terms or delegate any of your obligations under the Terms. Any purported assignment of the Terms in violation hereof is void.  The Terms constitute the entire understanding, and supersede all other understandings, between you and Company concerning the subject matter hereof. If any provision of the Terms is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Terms remain in full force and affect. As used in the Terms, unless the context otherwise requires, (i) words in the singular number or in the plural number shall each include the singular number and the plural number, (ii) the use of any gender shall include all genders, (iii) “including” (and any of its derivative forms, e.g. “includes”) means including but not limited to, and (iv) “will”, “should”, “must”, and “shall” are expressions of command, not merely expressions of future intent or expectation.