Effective: November 14, 2019
(Please note that our Terms of Use Agreement is also referred to as the "Terms and Conditions")
OVERVIEW AND ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
You agree that by creating an account with Continental Identity Protection (“CIP”) or accessing or using our Services (as defined below), website(s) (such as this website, www.yourcreditcardinfo.com and www.continentalidentityprotection.com, www.portal.continental.com or any affiliated website or mobile application(s), as well as any content provided or accessible in connection with the website(s) or mobile application(s), including information, user interfaces, source code, reports, images, products, services, and data (each website and mobile application referred to herein as a "Website," and collectively, as "Websites"), you represent to CIP that you have read, understood, and expressly consent and agree to be bound by this Terms of Use Agreement, and the terms, conditions, and notices contained or referenced herein ("Agreement") whether you are a "Visitor" (which means that you simply browse or access a Website), or a "Customer" (which means that you have created an account with CIP, or enrolled or registered with a Website, or are accessing or using a Service).
At Customer's election, Customer may, from time to time, request to receive, and CIP may provide, free services or services subject to a fee, whether a recurring fee or a one-time transactional fee (each a "Service" and collectively as “Services”), and Customer's receipt and use of such Services shall, at all times, be subject to this Agreement. The term "Service" includes, but is not limited to, the provision of any of our products and services, including credit report(s), credit risk score(s), credit monitoring, credit score monitoring and credit score tracking (including all the data and information contained therein), the receipt of any alerts notifying you of changes to the information contained in your credit report(s), regardless of the manner in which you receive the Services, whether by email or mail, through a website or mobile application, by telephone, or through any other mechanism by which a Service is delivered or provided to you. The term "you" or "User" refers to a Visitor or a Customer. For purposes of this Agreement, the terms "we," "us" refer to CIP, its predecessors in interest, successors and assigns, and any of its third party service providers (including, without limitation, cloud service providers) that CIP uses in connection with the provision of the Services to you. If you are a Visitor and do not wish to be bound by this Agreement, you should immediately cease accessing and using the Websites. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, if you are a Visitor and continue to access and use a Website, by virtue of your continued access and/or use of the Website, you are indicating your acceptance of this Agreement and agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions contained herein. If you wish to become a Customer and make use of the Services, you will be prompted during the registration process to agree, and must agree, to be bound by this Agreement.
For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement expressly applies to: (a) your access to and use of the Websites; (b) any and all transactions between you and CIP through the Websites, including for the provision of any Services or of any credit, personal, financial or other information delivered as part of or in conjunction with free Services or paid Services, including any such information that may be archived to the extent made available on the Websites, such as (i) for your purchase of non-membership based Services such as Vantage Score(s), (ii) enrollment and use of free Services, and/or enrollment, purchase and use of membership based Services and (iii) your access to and use of calculators, credit resources, text, pictures, graphics, logos, button items, icons, images, works of authorship and other information and all revisions, modifications, and enhancements thereto contained in the Websites.
You may not browse the Websites, or create an account or register with CIP, or use or enroll in any Services, and you may not accept this Agreement, if you are not of a legal age to form a binding contract with CIP. If you accept this Agreement, you represent that you have the capacity to be bound by it. Before you continue, you should print or save a local copy of this Agreement for your records.
PERMISSIBLE PURPOSE AND CONSENTS
THE SERVICES AND WEBSITES ARE SUBJECT TO ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED HEREIN AND ALL APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS. PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF, ORDER OF, USE OF, AND/OR ACCESS TO, THE SERVICES AND WEBSITES CONSTITUTES YOUR AGREEMENT TO ABIDE BY EACH OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OR CONDITIONS, DO NOT USE, ACCESS OR ORDER ANY SERVICE OR ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITES. IF YOU HAVE ALREADY BEGUN ACCESSING OR USING THE SERVICES AND/OR WEBSITES AND DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT, IMMEDIATELY CEASE USING THE SERVICE OR WEBSITE AND/OR DISCARD ANY INFORMATION OR PRODUCTS YOU RECEIVED VIA ANY SERVICE OR WEBSITE (TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE), AND CALL CUSTOMER CARE AT 855-281-7681 TO CANCEL YOUR ACCOUNT WITH CIP. NOTE, YOU MAY ALSO BE ABLE TO DEACTIVATE YOUR PAID SERVICE AND RETAIN YOUR ACCOUNT WITH CIP ONLINE, AS AND TO THE EXTENT EXPLAINED IN FURTHER DETAIL BELOW.
You understand and agree that, by establishing an account with CIP, or submitting your order or enrolling for any Service (including an order for a Service that includes enrollment of your minor child in such Service), you have provided "written instructions" in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act, as amended ("FCRA"), for CIP, and its service provider, CSIdentity Corporation, an Experian company ("CSID"), to obtain your credit report and/or credit score(s) (or the credit report or credit score(s) of any minor children whom you have enrolled in a Service) on a recurring basis to provide them to you while you have an account with CIP, and such information may be obtained by Experian Information Solutions, Inc. ("Experian Credit Bureau") or any other credit or counseling reporting company. You understand and agree that, pursuant to such authorization, CIP, and its service provider, CSID, may access your credit profile (and those of any minor children whom you have enrolled in a Service), including without limitation, your credit report, credit score(s) and other related information, to, among other things, verify your identity (or those of any minor children whom you have enrolled) and to provide credit monitoring, credit scoring, credit score monitoring and tracking, identity monitoring, alerts for, among other things, dormant accounts, new accounts, inquiries, other changes to information contained in your credit report, fraud resolution, or card registry products. You understand and agree that CIP, and its service provider, CSID, may, from time to time, provide products, services, features and/or functionality to you, and that they shall be offered pursuant to the same authorization that you provided to CIP for CIP to obtain your credit report and/or credit score(s) on a recurring basis to provide them to you to review while you have an account with CIP.
You further understand and agree that, by establishing an account with CIP, or submitting your order or enrolling for any Service, you have provided "written instructions" in accordance with the FCRA for CIP to obtain and use the information you have provided, and your credit report and/or credit score(s) to notify you of credit opportunities and other products and services that may be available to you through CIP or through unaffiliated third parties (as explained in the section below entitled "General Description of Services"). In addition, you further understand and agree that, if you request certain loan offers as part of any Service, such as prequalified personal loan offers, you are authorizing CIP to send your information to lending partners on your behalf, and have provided "written instructions" in accordance with the FCRA to such lending partners to obtain information from your personal credit profile or other information from one or more consumer reporting agencies, such as TransUnion, Experian or Equifax, solely to prequalify you for credit options, offers or other credit opportunities, including prequalified personal loan offers, and to share such credit opportunities with CIP.
You understand and agree that CIP receives compensation for the marketing of credit opportunities or other products or services available through third parties, and that this compensation may impact how and where such credit opportunities, products or services appear on a Website (including, for example, the order in which they appear). You further understand and agree that many but not all credit opportunities available through third parties, such as prequalified credit and personal loan offers, may be made available to you in a Service, and such Service will not include all credit opportunities available through third parties. Please note that prequalification for a credit opportunity available through a third party does not guarantee approval, and you will need to submit an application with such third party if you choose to apply for a prequalified offer (and such application may result in a credit inquiry that can impact your credit score(s)).
You further understand and agree that, by using the Experian Boost Service or other Services using Linked Accounts (as defined below, including Financial Management Tools), you (i) authorize CIP and its service provider(s), including Finicity, to gain recurring access to your financial account(s) to obtain, use and store financial transactions ("Consumer Consent Transaction Data") to add and maintain transactions (e.g. addition of certain utility and mobile telecom bill payment history) to your Experian credit file, and if you elect to use Financial Management Tools for CIP to monitor and provide alerts and insights for your financial transactions for your own review (if Financial Management Tools are made available to you); and (ii) designate CIP, and its service provider(s), including Finicity, as your agent(s), and have provided "written instructions" in accordance with the FCRA, to add and maintain information to your Experian credit file using Consumer Consent Transaction Data, and such information may be provided on your behalf by CIP to the Experian Credit Bureau, and may be used and stored by the Experian Credit Bureau for any purposes lawfully permitted by the FCRA (e.g. use in lending decisions of certain utility and mobile telecom bill payment history added to your Experian credit file using Experian Boost), and/or to the same extent as any other information furnished to the Experian Credit Bureau for inclusion in your Experian credit file.
AMENDMENTS
This Agreement may be updated from time to time. You should check this Website regularly for updates to this Agreement. Each time you order, access or use any of the Services or Websites, you signify your acceptance and agreement, without limitation or qualification, to be bound by the then current Agreement. Modifications take effect as soon as they are posted to this Website (or any of the Websites, to the extent applicable to you), delivered to you, or reasonably made available to you in writing by CIP. However, no unilateral amendment will retroactively modify the parties' agreed-to dispute resolution provisions of this Agreement for then-pending disputes, unless the parties expressly agree otherwise in writing.
MODIFICATION OF SERVICES OR WEBSITES
CIP may, at its discretion, modify or discontinue any of the Services or Websites, or any portion thereof, with or without notice. You agree that CIP will not be liable to you, your minor children or any third party for any modification or discontinuance of any of the Service or Websites.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
The Services and Websites are meant to provide you a means to review your personal finance and/or credit information for educational purposes only, and to manage if and to the extent you so choose, and may notify you of credit opportunities and other products and services that may be available to you through CIP or through third parties (such as, among other things, advertisements or offers for available credit cards, loan options, financial products or services, or credit related products or services and other offers to Customers, the ability to track and collect certain consumer information specific to you, including but not limited to, credit score, loan and credit card monthly payment, total amount and interest rates). The Services and Websites are meant for your personal use only. The Services and Websites may also provide you other third-party product information, such as the availability of loans and other financial products or services, or credit related products or services (including credit repair or other credit education services). This includes receiving offers free of charge for various credit or other financial products or services based upon your self-identified credit attributes (and/or your consumer report or credit score). These offers may also be generic and may not contain offers based on information specific to you.
We will identify those Services that are provided to you free of charge. Some of the Services may require a fee at the time of Service purchase or enrollment, such as membership Services that require the payment of an ongoing fee for CIP's provision of such Services. By purchasing such Services and providing payment information, you represent that you are authorized to utilize the payment method presented and agree to pay the specified fee for paid Services, including any method offered or used through a mobile application. Furthermore, you agree and authorize us to, from time to time,: (i) submit a transaction using the card information provided, (ii) in the case of automatic recurring transactions, submit a transaction on a recurring basis (e.g., monthly or annual basis) for membership renewals, (iii) if necessary, obtain updates from card issuers for cards provided to us, and (iv) if necessary (and applicable) bill your mobile carrier or others via a mobile application if you authorize us to do so. You may cancel your subscription or enrollment for an ongoing paid Service at any time by calling Customer Care or by using any other method specified on the Websites or in the customer membership center.
For the sake of clarity, if at any time while you have an account with CIP, you decide to cancel your membership in a paid Service, you will be automatically enrolled in a free Service, as the cancellation of the paid Service will not cancel your account with CIP unless you so indicate. To de-activate your account in its entirety and no longer receive the free Service, you must de-activate your account by contacting Customer Care, or logging into your online account to deactivate your account, if available, and expressly de-activating your account to no longer receive such free Service. In all events, your account with CIP, (including your access to, and use of, any free or paid Services, and Websites, and regardless of whether you upgrade or downgrade any Services while maintaining your account), shall be governed by this Agreement and the terms and conditions contained herein.
You acknowledge and agree that CIP (including its Services and/or Websites) has not and does not provide you (or any minor child enrolled in a Service) legal, tax, financial, or other advice (including, without limitation, advice on how to improve or repair your credit or credit scores), and that its Services and/or Websites are not designed or intended to provide any such advice. As discussed above, and for your convenience, we may provide links to various other third party websites that may be of interest to you. The third party offers or links that may be displayed on a Website are from third party companies from which CIP may receive compensation. Compensation may impact how, where or whether a third party product, service or link appears on a Website. There may be other offers generally available to you (including those available in the marketplace) that are not available to you on our Websites. CIP does not make any guarantee or imply approval for any particular offer or opportunity made on our Websites. Further, CIP does not represent, warrant or guarantee any level of potential savings or other benefit should you choose to apply for a particular offer. Any suggestion or representation of possible savings are for illustrative purposes only and may vary based on your individual financial circumstances and the terms made available to you by the applicable issuer or lender. CIP disclaims all liability for any errors or omissions in any express or implied suggestions or representations related to possible savings made by CIP or its marketing partners. For complete information on any particular offer, see the terms and conditions on the issuer or lender's website. Once you click apply for any offers, you will be directed to the issuer or lender's website where you may review the terms and conditions of the applicable opportunity or offer before applying.
While CIP uses reasonable efforts to present the most accurate information, we show a summary to help you choose a third party service, not the full legal terms. CIP does not control or endorse such websites and is not responsible for their content, nor is it responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any information, data, opinions, offers, advice, or statements contained within such websites, nor can CIP guarantee your eligibility to take advantage of any of the information, data, opinions, offers, advice or statements contained within those websites. Please carefully read the terms and conditions or terms of use policies of any other third party company or website you may link to from our Websites. If you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to the Websites, you do so at your own risk. CIP reserves the right to terminate any link or linking program at any time. CIP disclaims all warranties, express and implied, as to the accuracy, validity, and legality or otherwise of any materials or information contained on such third party websites.
ACCOUNT WITH CIP; USE OF THE SERVICES
In consideration of your account with CIP, and/or your order of, access to, and/or use of any Service or Website, you agree to provide true, accurate, complete and current information about yourself and any minor children you are enrolling, or have enrolled, in any Service, when prompted to do so by the registration and application forms or requested to do so by CIP. If any information you provide is untrue, inaccurate or not current, or if CIP has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate or not current, CIP, at its sole discretion, has the right to suspend or terminate your account, or order of, use of, and/or access to, any Service or Website, and refuse all current or future orders of, use of, and/or access to, any Service or Website, or suspend or terminate any portion thereof. You acknowledge and agree that CIP may, in its sole discretion, retain any information you provide to it or generated by CIP (or its affiliates/suppliers) while you have an account with CIP, including any information about you (or any minor child you are enrolling, when enrolling in any Service) and any credit card or payment or other information obtained in connection with your account and/or the provision of any Service. If CIP does retain any such information, you acknowledge it is not obligated to retain that information for any specified period of time.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION BY BINDING ARBITRATION
PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY. IT AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS.
SUMMARY:
MOST CUSTOMER CONCERNS CAN BE RESOLVED QUICKLY AND TO THE CUSTOMER'S SATISFACTION BY CALLING CIP'S CUSTOMER CARE DEPARTMENT AT 1-855-281-7681. IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT THAT CIP'S CUSTOMER CARE DEPARTMENT IS UNABLE TO RESOLVE A COMPLAINT YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING A SERVICE OR WEBSITE TO YOUR SATISFACTION (OR IF CIP HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO RESOLVE A DISPUTE IT HAS WITH YOU AFTER ATTEMPTING TO DO SO INFORMALLY), WE EACH AGREE TO RESOLVE THOSE DISPUTES THROUGH BINDING ARBITRATION OR SMALL CLAIMS COURT INSTEAD OF IN COURTS OF GENERAL JURISDICTION TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. ARBITRATION IS MORE INFORMAL THAN A LAWSUIT IN COURT. ARBITRATION USES A NEUTRAL ARBITRATOR INSTEAD OF A JUDGE OR JURY, ALLOWS FOR MORE LIMITED DISCOVERY THAN IN COURT, AND IS SUBJECT TO VERY LIMITED REVIEW BY COURTS. ARBITRATORS CAN AWARD THE SAME DAMAGES AND RELIEF THAT A COURT CAN AWARD. ANY ARBITRATION UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS; CLASS ARBITRATIONS AND CLASS ACTIONS ARE NOT PERMITTED. FURTHER, IN ARBITRATION, BOTH YOU AND CIP WILL BE ENTITLED TO RECOVER ATTORNEYS' FEES FROM THE OTHER PARTY TO THE SAME EXTENT AS YOU WOULD BE IN COURT.
Arbitration Agreement:
(a) CIP and you agree to arbitrate all disputes and claims between us arising out of this Agreement that are directly related to the Services or Websites to the maximum extent permitted by law, except any disputes or claims which, under governing law, are not subject to arbitration. This agreement to arbitrate is intended to be broadly interpreted and to make all disputes and claims between us directly relating to the provision of any Service and/or your use of any Website subject to arbitration to the fullest extent permitted by law. The agreement to arbitrate includes, but is not limited to: claims arising out of or relating to any aspect of the relationship between us arising out of any Service or Website, whether based in contract, tort, statute (including, without limitation, the Credit Repair Organizations Act) fraud, misrepresentation or any other legal theory; claims that arose before this or any prior Agreement (including, but not limited to, claims relating to advertising); claims that are currently the subject of purported class action litigation in which you are not a member of a certified class; and claims that may arise after the termination of this Agreement.
For purposes of this arbitration provision, references to "CIP," "we," and "us" shall include our respective parent entities, subsidiaries, affiliates (including, without limitation, our service provider, CSID), agents, employees, predecessors in interest, successors and assigns, websites of the foregoing, as well as all authorized or unauthorized users or beneficiaries of Services and/or Websites or information under this or prior Agreements between us relating to Services and/or Websites. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party may bring an individual action in small claims court. You agree that, by entering into this Agreement, you and CIP are each waiving the right to a trial by jury or to participate in a class action to the maximum extent permitted by law. This Agreement evidences a transaction in interstate commerce, and thus the Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this arbitration provision. This arbitration provision shall survive termination of this Agreement.
(b) A party who intends to seek arbitration must first send to the other, by certified mail, a written Notice of Dispute ("Notice"). The Notice to CIP should be addressed to: General Counsel, Continental Identity Protection LLC, 4550 New Linden Hill Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, DE 19808 ("Notice Address"). The Notice must describe the nature and basis of the claim or dispute and set forth the specific relief you seek from CIP ("Demand"). If CIP and you do not reach an agreement to resolve the claim within 30 days after the Notice is received, you or CIP may commence an arbitration proceeding. During the arbitration, the amount of any settlement offer made by CIP or you shall not be disclosed to the arbitrator until after the arbitrator determines the amount, if any, to which you or CIP is entitled.
You may obtain more information about arbitration from www.adr.org.
(c) The arbitration will be governed by the Commercial Dispute Resolution Procedures and the Supplementary Procedures for Consumer Related Disputes (collectively, "AAA Rules") of the American Arbitration Association ("AAA"), as modified by this Agreement, and will be administered by the AAA. If the AAA is unavailable or refuses to arbitrate the parties' dispute for any reason, the arbitration shall be administered and conducted by a widely-recognized arbitration organization that is mutually agreeable to the parties, but neither party shall unreasonably withhold their consent. If the parties cannot agree to a mutually agreeable arbitration organization, one shall be appointed pursuant to Section 5 of the Federal Arbitration Act. In all events, the AAA Rules shall govern the parties' dispute. The AAA Rules are available online at www.adr.org, by calling the AAA at 1-800-778-7879, or by writing to the Notice Address. The AAA Rules may change from time to time, and you should review them periodically.
All issues are for the arbitrator to decide, including the scope and enforceability of this arbitration provision as well as the Agreement's other terms and conditions, and the arbitrator shall have exclusive authority to resolve any such dispute relating to the scope and enforceability of this arbitration provision or any other term of this Agreement including, but not limited to any claim that all or any part of this arbitration provision or Agreement is void or voidable. However if putative class or representative claims are initially brought by either party in a court of law, and a motion to compel arbitration is brought by any party, then the court shall have the power to decide whether this agreement permits class or representative proceedings. The arbitrator shall be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall follow the applicable law. In this regard, the arbitrator shall not have the power to commit errors of law or legal reasoning, and any award rendered by the arbitrator that employs an error of law or legal reasoning may be vacated or corrected by a court of competent jurisdiction for any such error. Unless CIP and you agree otherwise, any arbitration hearings will take place in the county (or parish) of your billing address. If your claim is for $10,000 or less, we agree that you may choose whether the final arbitration hearing will be conducted solely on the basis of documents submitted to the arbitrator, through a telephonic hearing, or by an in-person hearing as established by the AAA Rules. If your claim exceeds $10,000, the right to a hearing will be determined by the AAA Rules. The payment of all arbitration fees will be governed by the AAA Rules.
(d) The arbitrator may make rulings and resolve disputes as to the payment and reimbursement of fees and expenses at any time during the proceeding or in the final award, pursuant to applicable law and the AAA Rules.
(e) Discovery and/or the exchange of non-privileged information relevant to the dispute will be governed by the AAA Rules.
(f) YOU AND CIP AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN YOUR OR ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. Further, unless both you and CIP agree otherwise, the arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person's claims, and may not otherwise preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding. The arbitrator may award injunctive relief only in favor of the individual party seeking relief and only to the extent necessary to provide relief warranted by that party's individual claim. If arbitration is chosen by any party, neither you nor we may pursue a Claim as part of a class action or other representative action. Claims of two (2) or more persons may not be combined in the same arbitration. If this specific subparagraph (f) is found to be unenforceable in its entirety, then the entirety of this arbitration provision shall be null and void. However, if only a portion of this subparagraph (f) is found to be unenforceable, then the unenforceable portion of the provision shall be stricken, and the remainder of subparagraph (f) enforced. Any claims not subject to individual arbitration under applicable law shall be stayed in a court of competent jurisdiction pending completion of the individual arbitration.
(g) The arbitration provision remains in full force and effect unless you opt out of the provision in accordance with subpart (h) or you and we otherwise agree in writing to set the provision aside. The arbitration provision survives, for example but without limitation, the cancellation or termination of the Agreement or the Services, the satisfaction of any obligations under the Agreement or the Services, the transfer, sale, or assignment of the Agreement or the Services or any rights under either, and the bankruptcy of any party.
(h) You may opt out of this arbitration provision by sending written notice to us of your decision to opt out. Notice must be sent by United States Postal Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested, to the Notice Address in subpart (b) above. The notice must be postmarked no later than 30 days after the date of your Agreement. You must retain proof of receipt. Your opt out notice must state that you reject the arbitration provision and include your name, address, Account number and personal signature. No one else may sign the opt out notice.
FCRA DISCLOSURES
The FCRA allows you to obtain a copy of all of the information in your consumer credit file disclosure from any consumer credit reporting company for a reasonable charge. The FCRA also states that individuals are entitled to receive a disclosure directly from the consumer credit reporting company free of charge under the following circumstances:
• You have been denied credit, insurance or employment in the past 60 days as a result of your report
• You certify in writing that you are unemployed and intend to apply for employment in the 60-day period beginning on the day you make the certification
• You are a recipient of public welfare assistance
• You have reason to believe that your file at the agency contains inaccurate information due to fraud
The FCRA also permits consumers to dispute inaccurate information in their credit report without charge. Accurate information cannot be changed. You do not have to purchase your credit report or other information from CIP to dispute inaccurate or incomplete information in your Experian Credit Bureau file or to receive a copy of your Experian Credit Bureau consumer disclosure.
The credit report you are requesting from CIP is not intended to constitute the disclosure of Experian Credit Bureau information required by the FCRA or similar state laws. Experian Credit Bureau's National Consumer Assistance Center provides a proprietary consumer disclosure that is different from the consumer credit report provided by CIP. This disclosure report must be obtained directly from Experian Credit Bureau by going to www.experian.com/dispute, or by calling 888- EXPERIAN.
The FCRA allows consumers to get one free comprehensive disclosure of all of the information in their credit file from each of the three national credit reporting companies (Experian Credit Bureau, Equifax®, and TransUnion®) once every 12 months through a central source. Georgia residents can receive two disclosures per year. Although comprehensive, the credit reports from each of the three national credit reporting companies that are available from CIP may not have the same information as a credit report obtained directly from the three national credit reporting companies or through the central source. To request your free annual report under the FCRA, you must go to www.annualcreditreport.com. CIP's Services are not related to the free FCRA disclosure that you are or may be entitled to.
TERRITORIAL RESTRICTIONS
Unless otherwise specified, the Services made available through the Websites are intended for use by U.S. consumers only. We make no representations or warranties that the information, products or services provided through the Services or the Websites are appropriate for access or use in other jurisdictions.
Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, however, you agree to comply with all local laws including, without limitation, laws about the Internet, data, email, export, or privacy. Specifically, you agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the U.S. and the country in which you reside. Notwithstanding the above, we reserve the right to limit the availability of the Services or the provision of any Services to any person, geographic area, or jurisdiction, at any time and in our sole discretion.
COMPLIANCE WITH LAW AND NOTICE OF PROSECUTION
Your access and use of the Services and Websites must comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations. Unauthorized access and use of the Services and/or Websites is expressly prohibited. For online customers, access to and use of password protected and/or secure areas of the Websites are restricted to authorized users only. Unauthorized individuals attempting to access these areas of the Websites may be subject to prosecution.
Further, failure to comply with all applicable laws, including but not limited to the FCRA, can result in state or federal enforcement actions, as well as private lawsuits. In addition, any person who knowingly and willfully obtains a consumer credit report or disclosure under false pretenses may face criminal prosecution.
AUTHENTICATION
CIP will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide Services to you in a timely manner, including instant online delivery of your credit report for online customers when available. For certain online Services, however, when the system is unable to authenticate you, you may be routed through an alternate authentication process, such as authentication through Customer Care or a manual authentication process. In the event CIP utilizes a manual authentication process, CIP will send a private access code via U.S. mail to the address in your credit file, which you can use to access your account online. This process is normally completed within five (5) to seven (7) days. In the event that you are routed through an authentication process, it is your responsibility to successfully complete authentication so that you can gain access to your account on the Website. Your account, including any membership or enrollment in a Service, will continue, including, if applicable, continuing to monitor your credit report(s) or score(s), all of which will be available to you once you complete authentication. Consequently, for any ongoing paid Services, you will continue to be billed for your membership and the associated services available to you until you cancel in accordance with this Agreement. Please note that, for most Services, CIP cannot offer a manual authentication process and will be unable to fulfill your order if you fail online authentication one or more times. In the event you fail online authentication one or more times, you may be directed to Customer Care to complete the authentication process over the telephone.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
CIP, and its service provider, CSID, may use your personal information to the extent necessary to authenticate your identity, process your order or request for, and provide, the Services to you, as well as for quality assurance, account and business maintenance, and such other business uses in accordance with applicable law.
RECEIPT, REVIEW AND ACCEPTANCE OF PRIVACY POLICY
By establishing an account with CIP, or submitting your order for or enrolling in any Service, you acknowledge receipt of the privacy policy applicable to the provision of Services (the “Privacy Policy”), and acknowledge that you have reviewed this policy, and agree to be bound by its terms. The policy can be accessed here: Privacy Policy, Your agreement to be bound by this Agreement includes your agreement to be bound by the Privacy Policy, subject to the express terms contained in the policy. If you do not agree to the terms of the Privacy Policy, you should cease accessing and using the Services and Websites (including by cancelling your account with CIP). Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, you agree to be bound by the Privacy Policy upon submitting information to CIP to submit your order or enroll in any Service, even if you do not ultimately consummate your order or enrollment for a Service.
ONLINE AND/OR MOBILE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
You must have an email address and provide the same to CIP, and have a Java-compatible browser to receive and/or access your Services online via a mobile application, if applicable. As an online (or mobile application) customer, you are agreeing to receive all notifications via email at the email address on file with CIP. You are obligated to update the email address on file when your email address changes. In the event that CIP is unable to deliver email messages to you, you agree to accept Service notifications in an alternative method, such as direct mail or SMS messages. If such notification feature is made available, we strongly encourage you to select SMS messaging as an alternative method of receiving notifications and alerts. You may select this method, if and when applicable, by accessing your Customer homepage online and changing your Alert Settings. Please note, mobile messaging rates may apply. All service alerts are also accessible online in your Alerts Center of your account.
The Services may offer features and services that are available to you via a Website, such as a mobile applications or mobile website. Standard messaging, data and other fees may be charged by your carrier. By using the mobile features, you agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and further agree that we may bill your carrier (if applicable) for any Services you authorize. You may also purchase services via mobile applications of third parties. Any third party mobile application purchases shall be governed by the purchase terms and conditions of the third party from which you are purchasing services. You also agree that we may send communications to your mobile device and collect information from your device, as described in our Privacy Policy and/or Ad Targeting Policy. You also agree that if you opt-in to receive SMS marketing offers, including from or on behalf of CIP, you agree to receive recurring autodialed text messages at the mobile phone number you provide. When SMS messaging is available, you can change your communication preferences at any time through the Mobile Center.
In the event that you fail to or otherwise do not update your email address or mobile phone number on file with CIP, and thus CIP is unable to deliver email or SMS messages to you, you nonetheless understand and agree that any paid Service will be fulfilled at the price agreed upon at the time that you placed your order or enrolled in the Service.
NO WARRANTY BY CIP
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES AND WEBSITES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. ALL SERVICES AND WEBSITES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" OR "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, CIP (AND ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS) EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OR GUARANTEES OF ANY KIND WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE OR NONINFRINGEMENT. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE SERVICES AND WEBSITES OR OTHER MATERIALS YOU MAY RECEIVE FROM CIP DO NOT CONSTITUTE LEGAL, TAX, ACCOUNTING OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL ADVICE. CIP (AND ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS) MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT (I) THE SERVICES ARE ACCURATE, TIMELY, SECURE, UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; AND (II) ANY RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE RELIABLE.
PROMOTIONAL (OR ACTIVATION) CODES
If you are using a promotional (or activation) code to obtain a Service, you are restricted to a one-time use of such promotional (or activation) code. Any subsequent, unauthorized use of the promotional (or activation) code will result in immediate termination of any associated Services without notice and in accordance with the termination provision(s) in the section entitled "Use of the Services," found herein.
Please note that if you improperly obtain a Service with a promotional (or activation) code (including via a promotional (or activation) code you obtained that was not intended for your use in the first instance), any credit card number you may have provided to us will also be charged with the fee for the Service that was obtained improperly.
Promotional codes cannot be applied to previously placed orders, and are not transferrable or redeemable for cash or credit, and may not be copied, reproduced, published or distributed in any form without the prior written approval of CIP. If you used a promotional code to obtain a Service for a discounted recurring (e.g. monthly) fee for a limited period of time ("Discount Term"), you will be billed the standard rate for your Service (as provided to you during the enrollment process) on a recurring basis at the expiration of the Discount Term, unless you cancel your Service prior to the end of the Discount Term pursuant to this Agreement.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT CIP WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU (OR ANY OF YOUR MINOR CHILDREN) FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES RESULTING FROM OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED TO YOUR ACCOUNT(S) WITH CIP, OR ACCESS TO, USE, OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES OR WEBSITES, OR FROM YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, INABILITY TO USE, OR RELIANCE UPON ANY WEBSITE OR LINKED WEBSITE, WHETHER FORESEEABLE OR NOT AND HOWEVER CAUSED, EVEN IF CIP HAS BEEN ADVISED OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THOSE DAMAGES. SOME JURISDICTIONS EITHER DO NOT ALLOW OR PLACE RESTRICTIONS UPON THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF DAMAGES IN CERTAIN TYPES OF AGREEMENTS; FOR THESE JURISDICTIONS, THE AFOREMENTIONED LIMITATION ON LIABILITY SHALL BE TO THE MAXIMUM DEGREE PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGIONG, YOU AGREE IN ANY EVENT THAT CIP'S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU (AND ANY OF YOUR MINOR CHILDREN) FOR ANY OR ALL OF YOUR LOSSES OR INJURIES (OR THOSE OF YOUR MINOR CHILDREN) FROM CIP'S ACTS OR OMISSIONS, REGARDLESS OF THE NATURE OF THE LEGAL OR EQUITABLE CLAIM, SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO CIP FOR THE SERVICE YOU PURCHASE FROM CIP DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE LIABILITY.
CONSENT FOR ELECTION SIGNATURES, RECORDS AND DISCLOSURE ("E-CONSENT")
Please read this information carefully and print a copy and/or retain this information for future reference.
Introduction. In order to provide you with credit opportunities available through third party lending platforms, including prequalified credit and personal loan offers, such third party lending platforms may need your consent to use and accept electronic signatures, records, and disclosures ("E-Consent"). This form notifies you of your rights when receiving electronic disclosures, notices, and information. By clicking on a link assenting to this Terms of Use Agreement, you acknowledge that you received this E-Consent and that you consent to conduct transactions using electronic signatures, electronic disclosures, electronic records, and electronic contract documents ("Disclosures").
Option for Paper or Non-Electronic Records. You may request any Disclosures in paper copy by contacting the third party lending platforms directly. The lending platforms will provide paper copies at no charge. The lending platforms will retain all Disclosures as applicable law requires.
Scope of Consent. This E-Consent applies to all interactions online concerning you and the third party lending platforms and includes those interactions engaged in on any mobile device, including phones, smart-phones, and tablets. By exercising this E-Consent, the third party lending platforms may process your information and interact during all online interactions with you electronically. The lending platforms may also send you notices electronically related to its interactions and transactions. Disclosures may be provided online at our or third party lending platforms' websites, and may be provided by e-mail.
Consenting to Do Business Electronically. Before you decide to do business electronically with the third party lenders, you should consider whether you have the required hardware and software capabilities described below.
Hardware and Software Requirements. To access and retain the Disclosures electronically, you will need to use the following computer software and hardware: A PC or MAC compatible computer or other device capable of accessing the Internet, access to an e-mail account, and an Internet Browser software program that supports at least 128 bit encryption, such as Microsoft® Internet Explorer, Netscape® or Mozilla Firefox®. To read some documents, you may need a PDF file reader like Adobe® Acrobat Reader X ® or Foxit®. You will need a printer or a long-term storage device, such as your computer's disk drive, to retain a copy of the Disclosures for future reference. You may send any questions regarding the hardware and software requirements directly to the third party lending platforms.
Withdrawing Consent. Your E-Consent with respect to Disclosures about credit opportunities, including prequalified credit and personal loan offers submitted through CIP for our third party lending platforms' consideration of your offer request cannot be withdrawn because it is a one-time transaction. If you are matched with one or more third party lending platforms, you are free to withdraw your E-Consent with those third party lending platforms at any time and at no charge. However, if you withdraw this E-Consent before receiving credit, you may be prevented from obtaining credit from the lending platforms. Contact the third party lending platforms directly if you wish to withdraw this E-Consent. If you decide to withdraw this E-Consent, the legal effectiveness, validity, and enforceability of prior electronic Disclosures will not be affected.
Change to Your Contact Information. You should keep third party lending platforms informed of any change in your electronic address or mailing address. You may update such information by logging into the third party lending platform's website or by sending the lending platform a written update by mail.
CONSENT. BY AGREEING TO THIS TERMS OF USE AGREMENT AND/OR USING ANY SERVICE OFFERING CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING PREQUALIFIED CREDIT AND PERSONAL LOAN OFFERS, YOU ASSENT TO THE E-CONSENT TERMS. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE READ THIS INFORMATION ABOUT ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES, RECORDS, DISCLOSURES, AND DOING BUSINESS ELECTRONICALLY. YOU CONSENT TO USING ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES, HAVING ALL DISCLOSURES PROVIDED OR MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU IN ELECTRONIC FORM AND TO DOING BUSINESS WITH THE LENDING PLATFORMS ELECTRONICALLY. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU MAY REQUEST A PAPER COPY OF THE ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND DISCLOSURES, WHICH WILL BE PROVIDED TO YOU AT NO CHARGE. YOU ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR CONSENT TO ELECTRONIC DISCLOSURES IS REQUIRED TO RECEIVE SERVICES FROM THIRD PARTY LENDING PLATFORMS OVER THE INTERNET.
NOT A CREDIT REPAIR ORGANIZATION OR CONTRACT
CIP offers access to your credit report, Vantage Score, and other credit information. CIP is not a credit repair organization, and is not offering to sell, provide or perform any service to you for the express or implied purpose of either improving your credit record, credit history or credit rating or providing advice or assistance to you with regard to improving your credit record, credit history or credit rating. You acknowledge and agree that you are not seeking to purchase, use, or access any of the Service and Websites (or any content in the Websites) in order to do so.
Accurate adverse information on your credit report cannot be changed. If you believe that your credit report contains inaccurate, non-fraudulent information, it is your responsibility to contact the relevant credit reporting company, and follow the appropriate procedures for notifying the credit reporting company that you believe that your credit report contains an inaccuracy. Any information provided to you regarding the procedures followed by the various credit reporting companies related to the removal of inaccurate, non-fraudulent information is provided without charge to you and is available for free. Any such information is not included as part of your credit score monitoring product but is provided free of charge to all consumers, regardless of whether they are Customers of the credit score monitoring product.
Vantage Score
Vantage Score is a consumer credit-scoring model, created through the three major credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion). The model is managed and maintained by an independent company, VantageScore Solutions, LLC, and is jointly owned by the three bureaus. CIP will utilize Vantage Score 3.0. This version has a scale of 300 to 850.
Higher scores represent a greater likelihood that you'll pay back your debts, so you are viewed as being a lower credit risk to lenders. A lower Vantage Score indicates to lenders that you may be a higher credit risk. There are three different major credit reporting agencies - Experian Credit Bureau, TransUnion® and Equifax® - that maintain a record of your credit history known as your credit report. Your Vantage Score is based on the information in your credit report at the time it is requested. Your credit report information can vary from agency to agency because some lenders report your credit history to only one or two of the agencies. As a result, your Vantage Score can vary if the information they have on file for you is different. Since the information in your report can change over time, your Vantage Score may also change.
Under certain circumstances, we will be unable to provide a credit score to you based on your particular credit behaviors, or a score may be unavailable at a particular time. Although your score may be unavailable at a given time, it may later become available, depending on a change in your credit behaviors or to the information a credit reporting agency has on file for you. Scores may be offered to you free of charge, or in some circumstances, may require a fee. Even if you pay a fee to obtain a score, a score may not always be available to you (even if a credit report is available to you). If a credit score is unavailable, you may want to learn more about the reasons a score is not available for you, and what actions you might be able to take so later a score may be generated for you. In the event a score is not available for you and you have questions, please call Customer Care.
CREATING AN ACCOUNT WITH CIP; REGISTERING FOR ANY SERVICE
To create an account or enroll or purchase any Service, you must have an address within the United States, provide a valid Social Security number, address, email address and date of birth and agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. In other limited circumstances, you may need to provide a valid telephone number so that CIP can process your order. You must provide valid billing information such as your routing number and checking or savings account number (ACH), credit card or debit card information to enroll in or purchase a paid Service, as explained in greater detail above. CIP will then evaluate your complete registration information.
In certain jurisdictions sales tax at state and local rates may apply, in which case you may be charged the applicable taxes in addition to the monthly fee and/or the price of the product.
For certain Services and/or channels where Services are sold, we reserve the right to accept or decline some forms of payment, including, but not limited to "pre-paid" or "re-loadable" credit/debit cards.
SPOUSE/ADULT CHILDREN NOT INCLUDED (EXCEPT FOR FAMILY PLANS)
Except for family plan memberships (as provided in the " Terms and Conditions" below), CIP is not able to accept and process joint registration for two or more adults. Neither your spouse nor any other adult will be enrolled in any Service pursuant to your order.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS RELATED TO SERVICES
Credit Monitoring in Paid Services (Applicable to Multi-Bureau Monitoring)
Your paid membership in credit monitoring is effective for the period covered by your membership fee and continues upon your payment of the monthly/annual renewal fee. Renewal fees for your membership will automatically be charged, at the then current rate, to the credit card or other billing source authorized by you, on the first day of each successive membership term, until you cancel your membership. Should you choose to discontinue your membership for any reason before expiration of the then applicable membership term for which you have paid, you may cancel your membership and terminate further billing by calling 1-855-281-7681, or online, if that option is applicable and available to you. If you are an annual subscriber and choose to cancel within 180 days of when you were billed, you will be eligible to receive a prorated refund of your current year's membership fee. If you are a monthly subscriber and choose to cancel anytime during your monthly billing term, your membership and monthly billing will terminate at the end of your monthly billing term and you will not be eligible for a prorated refund of any portion of your paid monthly membership fee. CIP reserves the right to change the membership fee for any renewal term to be effective upon the renewal of your membership.
Please note, there are different processing times across the credit reporting companies, therefore you may not be enrolled in all of them at the same time. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to begin monitoring with the Experian Credit Bureau within 2 business days of successful enrollment (except as otherwise stated herein), while you are in your risk free trial period. We will also use commercially reasonable efforts to begin monitoring with Equifax and TransUnion within 4 business days of successful enrollment, though in some cases it may take longer so will not be initiated during the trial period (if a trial period applies). You acknowledge and agree that CIP does not control, and therefore is not responsible, for the enrollment process with the Experian Credit Bureau, Equifax or TransUnion. Similarly, we cannot guarantee that you will be successfully enrolled in monitoring with Experian Credit Bureau, Equifax or TransUnion.
If you order a Service that includes a single bureau credit monitoring product from CIP, CIP requests only the Experian Credit Bureau enroll you in its credit monitoring program. If you order a Service that includes a credit monitoring product from CIP that monitors credit files at three credit bureaus, CIP requests that the Experian Credit Bureau, Equifax and TransUnion enroll you in their respective credit monitoring programs. Your order of any single bureau credit monitoring product is conditioned upon successful enrollment by the Experian Credit Bureau in its credit monitoring program; if the Experian Credit Bureau is not able to enroll you, your order will be cancelled and you will not receive alerts or monitoring of changes to your Experian credit file.
Your order of any tri-bureau credit monitoring product (monitoring credit files at three credit bureaus) is conditioned upon successful enrollment by at least one credit bureau in its credit monitoring program. If no credit bureau is able to enroll you in its credit monitoring program, your order will be cancelled, and you will not receive alerts or monitoring of changes to any of your credit files. In the event that one or two credit bureaus, but not all three credit bureaus, is able to enroll you in their credit monitoring, credit monitoring will be provided by the bureau or bureaus that were able to enroll you; you will not receive alerts or monitoring of changes to the credit files of the bureau or bureaus that were not able to enroll you in their credit monitoring program.
In the event you order a three-bureau credit monitoring product, by placing your order, you agree that, if fewer than all three credit bureaus enroll you in their credit monitoring, CIP is authorized to monitor only the credit files at the bureau or bureaus that enrolled you. Any such credit monitoring will be provided at the price agreed upon; you will not be eligible for a price reduction, discount or refund. CIP will notify you in the event that fewer than all three credit bureaus enroll you in credit monitoring, but such notification may not occur during your trial period.
Credit Monitoring Membership With Risk Free Trial (Applicable to Single-Bureau Monitoring) You will be asked for valid credit card information when you sign up for the risk free credit monitoring trial. You will have full access to all features and benefits of your program during the 30 day risk free trial. CIP will verify your credit card information before processing your order. An authorization in the amount of one dollar may be issued on your credit card to make sure it is valid and in good standing and the one dollar authorization amount may count against your credit or debit limit. Additionally, your credit card may be charged a non-refundable $1 fee. for your Credit Report. The monthly/annual fee will be billed to the credit card or other billing source provided by you when you purchased credit monitoring, on the first day of your purchase and each successive membership term. You may cancel your membership by contacting customer service via telephone or online, if applicable. If you cancel the membership within the first 30 days, a full refund of the monthly/annual fee will be provided. If you purchase credit reports and/or scores during your trial period, they may be billed to the credit or debit card provided to us during enrollment. In the event that you purchase products from CIP using a different credit or debit card, or if you update your payment information with CIP, CIP will charge the latest card provided by you. Please note, if you have ever been a Customer and received a risk free trial, CIP may refuse to give you another risk free trial offer. Returning Customers will be billed the membership fee immediately upon renewal. During your trial period, you are eligible for one report and/or score as dictated by your specific membership terms.
Credit Monitoring Membership With Risk Free Trial (Applicable to Multi-Bureau Credit Monitoring): You will be asked for valid credit card information when you sign up for the risk free credit monitoring trial. You will have full access to all features and benefits of your program during the 30 day risk free trial. CIP will verify your credit card information before processing your order. An authorization in the amount of one dollar may be issued on your credit card to make sure it is valid and in good standing and the one dollar authorization amount may count against your credit or debit limit. Additionally, your credit card may be charged a non-refundable $1 fee for your Credit Report. The monthly/annual fee will be billed to the credit card or other billing source provided by you when you purchased credit monitoring, on the first day of your purchase and each successive membership term. You may cancel your membership by contacting customer service via telephone or online, if applicable. If you cancel the membership within the first 30 days, a full refund of the monthly/annual fee will be provided. If you purchase credit reports and/or scores during your trial period, they may be billed to the credit or debit card provided to us during enrollment. In the event that you purchase products from CIP using a different credit or debit card, or if you update your payment information with CIP, CIP will charge the latest card provided by you. Please note, if you have ever been a Customer and received a risk free trial, CIP may refuse to give you another risk free trial offer. Returning Customers will be billed the membership fee immediately upon renewal. During your trial period, you are eligible for one report and/or score as dictated by your specific membership terms.
Credit Monitoring Membership Where No Trial Period Applies: The monthly/annual fee for a credit monitoring membership will be billed immediately to the credit card or other billing source authorized by you. If an introductory rate applies, the monthly/annual fee for a credit monitoring membership will be billed immediately at the applicable introductory rate, and for each successive membership term, you will be billed at the applicable published standard rate as described on the Website and/or in the Service literature provided when you enroll.
Credit Monitoring Membership for a Pre-Defined Term: If you have agreed to a promotional offer for credit monitoring for a pre-defined term, your credit card or other authorized billing source will be billed the promotional membership fee immediately. Your credit monitoring membership will continue for the pre-defined term and membership benefits will expire at the end of this term. If you choose to cancel your monitoring membership during the pre-defined term, you will not be entitled to a refund, prorated or otherwise of the promotional membership fee.
Credit Monitoring in Unpaid Services (Applicable only if free Single-Bureau Monitoring is available in your Service) When you establish an account with CIP, we may request you to verify your identity prior to releasing certain information from your credit files. If you fail authentication, you understand and agree that we may suspend credit monitoring services, however, your account will remain active unless you expressly inform us otherwise.
IDENTITY ALERTS AND INTERNET SURVEILLANCE SCANS – TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Disclaimer. Because the Internet is vast, CIP, and its service provider, CSID, cannot guarantee that Identity Alerts (if available in your Service), including any internet surveillance scans and reports, will detect all possible instances of identity theft and/or potentially fraudulent, or otherwise improper, use of your information. Certain information contained in Identity Alerts may be obtained from criminal activities monitored on the Internet. Because of the dynamic nature of this data, the exchange platforms, and the fact that it may have been obtained from criminals, among other considerations, CIP and CSID cannot guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the Identity Alerts provided. Please understand that the third party databases monitored to enable Identity Alerts are subject to change.
Accuracy of Your Personal Information. As a condition for using and receiving Identity Alerts, you acknowledge and agree that you will keep any personal information required to enable the applicable Identity Alert accurate and current, including without limitation, your name, address, date of birth, e-mail address, telephone number, social security number, driver's license number, and financial account numbers (e.g. credit or debit card numbers, if applicable).
One-Time Dark Web Internet Surveillance Scan and Report (Applicable only if made available in your Service). Your Service may offer access to a one-time internet surveillance scan and report to identify activity associated with your identity. You acknowledge that CIP, and its service provider, CSID, may use your personal information to the extent necessary to perform a scan of applicable websites and database, and provide you with an opportunity to view the results of such scan. Please understand that this feature may not be available in your Service.
FAMILY PLANS - TERMS AND CONDITIONS
No Automatic Downgrade (Removal of All Adults and Children): If you, as the primary account holder for a family plan, remove all enrolled adults and/or children from your family plan, please understand that (i) you will continue to be enrolled in your family plan, and billed at the current rate, until you take action to update your membership, such as downgrading to an individual plan; and (ii) you will continue to enjoy the opportunity to enroll adults and/or children, as made available in your family plan.
Child Monitoring Alerts Only Visible to Primary Account Holder: Alerts for enrolled children will be made available only to the primary account holder, subject to the Child Monitoring terms provided below, even if an enrolled adult is a parent or legal guardian of such child.
No Ability to View Membership Details of Other Adult Members: You, as the primary account holder, will not be able to view or receive any credit information, identity alerts, or dark web reports, among other membership details, of adults enrolled in a family membership.
RISK FREE TRIAL
(Applicable only if a Risk Free Trial is offered for your Service)
Terms of Risk Free Trial for Monthly-Billed Memberships. For monthly billed memberships with a Risk Free Trial, if you cancel within the time period of your Risk Free Trial (as detailed in the offer for your Service, and defined here as the "Risk Free Trial Monthly Term"), you will receive a full refund of the amount you paid. However, if you cancel your membership after the Risk Free Trial Term, you will not be eligible for a full or prorated refund of your current month's paid membership fee.
Terms of Risk Free Trial for Annual-Billed Memberships. For annual billed memberships with a Risk Free Trial, cancellations taking place within your first thirty (30) days of membership, or within the first thirty (30) days after your annual membership renewal (or otherwise as detailed in the offer for your Service), are eligible for a full refund of that year's paid membership fee. All cancellations taking place more than 30 days after you make any annual membership fee payment are not eligible for a full or prorated refund of that year's paid membership fee.
SUBSCRIPTION BILLING MANGEMENT - TERMS AND CONDITIONS
(Applicable only where upgrades and downgrades between Services are offered)
Upgrades and Downgrades Between Services. If you accept an offer to upgrade your paid Service, you will have immediate access to the paid Service and your next subscription date will be at the higher upgraded pricing. If you decide to downgrade your paid service, your current service will continue to your next billing date at which time you will be moved to the downgraded program and your subscription will bill at the lower price point
CHILD MONITORING AND/OR CHILDSECURE® - TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Scope of Services. If made available in your Service, the Child Monitoring that will be performed is different than monitoring for persons over the age of eighteen (18). Please reference details provided at the time of enrollment for more information on the type and scope of Child Monitoring offered as part of your Service.
Certification as Parent or Guardian. A "Child" is defined as a minor under the age of eighteen (18). We will provide information about a Child only to the Child's parent or legal guardian. You certify that you are the parent or legal guardian of each child whom you have named on the Child Monitoring enrollment forms and that you understand and agree that enrollment may require CIP and/or its service provider, CSID, to obtain information about those children from a credit reporting company, if applicable, and that any information about those children that you obtain from CIP and/or its service provider, CSID, will be used solely for the purpose of protecting against or preventing actual or potential fraud with respect the children whom you are enrolling or have enrolled in Child Monitoring.
Proof of Guardianship. CIP and/or its service provider, CSID, may require, at their sole discretion, the parent or legal guardian to prove guardianship in order for the parent or legal guardian to receive the details on a Child's monitored information or request fraud resolution, which may include, but is not limited to, the Child's Social Security card and birth certificate, valid proof of identification, proof of residence, and/or a similar federal or court produced document demonstrating such relationship.
Automatic Unenrollment Prior to 18th Birthday. An enrollee in the Child Monitoring service is no longer considered a Child when the enrollee reaches his or her eighteenth (18) birthday and CIP and/or its service provider, CSID, reserve the right to automatically unenroll any Child enrolled in Child Monitoring within seven (7) days before their eighteen birthday, based on the date of birth information provided by you in the enrollment process. After that time period, you will not receive monitoring of any sort regarding that Child.
One-Time Child Identity Scan and Report (Applicable only if made available in your Service). Your Service may offer access to a one-time scan and report to determine if an Experian credit report exists for your Child. You acknowledge that CIP, and its service provider, CSID, may use information provided by you about your Child (including your Child's social security number), as your Child's parent or legal guardian, to the extent necessary to perform a scan of applicable Experian databases and provide you with an opportunity to view the results of such scan. Any information you obtain about your Child from CIP and/or its service provider, CSID, will be used solely for the purposes of protection against or preventing actual or potential fraud with respect to your Child. Please understand that this feature requires establishing an account with CIP and may not be available in your Service. Proof of guardianship, as provided above, may be required by CIP and/or its service provider, CSID, in their sole discretion before the results of the one-time child identity scan may be provided to you.
TRANSACTIONAL CREDIT REPORTS AND CREDIT SCORES – TERMS AND CONDITIONS
(Applicable for the following Services such as: Vantage Score)
When you use any Service or Website to access your personal credit report and/or credit score, you are certifying that you understand and agree to the following:
• You may access your credit report and/or score the on the date of delivery. Credit reports and/or scores may not be available for access after initial delivery date. You may choose to purchase a new credit report and/or score or wait until your next free refresh.
• Refunds will not be issued once we have delivered any report(s) included in the requested Service to you. Refunds will not be issued in the event a score is not available for you unless you cancel within the term of a Risk Free Trial
• If you have questions regarding your credit report or would like to dispute information, you may request an investigation by contacting the credit reporting company that supplied the information, as indicated in your credit report.
• For online customers, if you are inactive (have not clicked on an item or refreshed the page) for a period of 20 minutes or more when reviewing your credit report and/or credit score online, your session will conclude and you will be logged out for your protection.
DISCLAIMERS: You acknowledge that the information provided to you through the Vantage Score, including the score factors derived from the elements in your credit report, may change over time as your credit report changes. You also acknowledge that the score factor information on how to monitor your credit position assumes there will be no adverse changes in your credit performance. CIP is not responsible for the accuracy or contents of your credit file, including but not limited to information delivered in the credit report and/or score products. Please note that pursuant to section 609f of the FCRA, consumers can obtain their credit score at any time for a statutorily set fee.
IF A FRAUD RESOLUTION SERVICE IS AVAILABLE TO YOU AS A PART OF A SERVICE YOU ARE USING OR PURCHASED, THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS SHALL APPLY TO YOUR USE OF OUR ASSISTANCE
Obtaining Assistance: There are certain steps that you MUST FOLLOW in order to obtain assistance from a fraud resolution representative ("Assistance"). These steps include contacting a Customer Care Representative by calling 1-855-962-6943.
If you are a victim of Identity Theft (as defined below), which is defined for the purposes of this section as the act of knowingly transferring or using, without lawful authority, a means of identification with the intent to commit, or to aid or abet, any unlawful activity that constitutes a violation of federal law or a felony under applicable state or local law ("Identity Theft"), and you incur problems or suffer damages, you may call the number listed on this Website, or call 1-855-962-6943 and make a request for Assistance. Upon acceptance of your request, an CIP fraud resolution representative will contact you. If you contact CIP regarding fraud resolution, you are agreeing to permit CIP to order a copy of your credit report for any purpose relating to your request for Assistance.
If you are requesting Assistance regarding an enrolled child, you will be required to re-certify your status as parent or guardian, and provide documents requested by CIP to verify your status as parent or guardian, including, but not limited to, the child's Social Security card and birth certificate, valid proof of your identification, and proof of your residence.
DISCLAIMERS: THE FRAUD RESOLUTION BENEFIT (INCLUDING ANY ASSISTANCE) IS DESIGNED TO HELP YOU PROTECT YOURSELF FROM IDENTITY THEFT VULNERABILITIES. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED IN ADDITION TO ANY PRECAUTIONS YOU SHOULD REASONABLY BE EXPECTED TO TAKE, INCLUDING PROTECTING YOUR ACCOUNT NAMES, PASSWORDS, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND OTHER PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION. CIP'S FRAUD RESOLUTION ASSISTANCE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A POLICY OR CONTRACT OF INSURANCE. CIP DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY OF LIEN, JUDGMENT, INVESTMENT, OR CRIMINAL SEARCHES IT MAY PERFORM ON YOUR BEHALF.
CIP is not obligated or responsible for providing Assistance for any request based on (a) an act of fraud, deceit, collusion, dishonesty or criminal act by you or any person acting in concert with you, or by any authorized representative of you, whether acting alone or in collusion with you or others, (b) authorized charges that you have disputed based on the quality of goods or services, (c) authorized account transactions or trades that you have disputed, or are disputing, based on the execution (or non-execution) of electronic transfers, trades or other verbal or written instructions or directions, (d) losses, damages or expenses arising out of any business pursuits, (e) losses, damages or expenses that were incurred or commenced prior to the membership, or (f) theft or damages of traveler's checks, tickets of any kind, negotiable instruments, cash or its equivalent, circulating currency, passports, documents, real property, animals, living plants or consumable items, motorized vehicles of any type, watercraft, aircraft, and items intended for storage, transport, display or habitation.
Reservation of Rights: CIP (including, for the purposes of this section, its agents, independent contractors, assigns or other expressly authorized third party) reserves the right to make an independent investigation of the facts and circumstances related to any Assistance request, including making contact by telephone, email, US Postal Service or otherwise, any service provider or related party it deems necessary, at its sole and absolute discretion and expense, regardless of whether you provide express authorization to make such contact for purposes of verifying and assisting you with your Assistance request.
CIP reserves the right to request that you provide corroborating evidence of the unauthorized transaction, Identity Theft or other facts related to your Assistance request, including a signed affidavit, law enforcement or governmental agency reports, receipts of expenses, insurance declaration forms, or any other corroborating evidence that we may deem necessary and reasonable. Further, CIP reserves the right to refuse any Assistance request or provide any Assistance in the event you fail or refuse to provide us with any requested corroborating evidence related to the Identity Theft.
CIP reserves the right not to provide you with any Assistance or discontinue your membership in the event CIP determines that you knew, or should reasonably have known, of an act of Identity Theft that commenced prior to the membership. If at any time you cancel your membership, CIP is no longer obligated to provide any fraud resolution assistance.
IF ANY IDENTIY RESTORATION SERVICE IS AVAILABLE TO YOU AS A PART OF A SERVICE YOU ARE USING OR PURCHASED, THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS SHALL APPLY TO YOUR USE OF OUR ASSISTANCE
Identity Restoration. There are certain steps that you must follow in order to receive the Service and obtain assistance from an Identity Restoration agent. These steps include contacting Customer Care at the phone number stated on your notification materials. Please note that you may be asked to provide a limited power of attorney to facilitate any Identity Restoration related work on your behalf, including without limitation, if applicable, investigating alerts and disputing fraudulent events.
If you contact us regarding identity restoration, you are agreeing to permit CIP to order a copy of your credit report for any purpose relating to your request for assistance, if applicable. "Identity Theft" means that your name, address, Social Security number, credit card, debit card or other personal identifying information was lost, stolen or was used without your knowledge or approval to commit fraud or other crimes.
THE IDENTITY RESTORATION FEATURE IS DESIGNED TO HELP YOU IN CONNECTION WITH RESOLUTION OF AN IDENTITY THEFT. THIS PRODUCT IS PROVIDED TO ASSIST WITH RESOLUTION AND IS SEPARATE FROM ANY AND ALL PRECAUTIONS YOU SHOULD REASONABLY BE EXPECTED TO TAKE, INCLUDING PROTECTING YOUR ACCOUNT NAMES, PASSWORDS, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND OTHER PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION. CIP'S IDENTITY RESTORAITON DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A POLICY OR CONTRACT OF INSURANCE AGAINST IDENTITY THEFT AND/OR THE CONSEQUENCES OF IDENTITY THEFT.
CIP, including its agents, independent contractors, assigns or other expressly authorized third party, reserves the right to make an independent investigation of the facts and circumstances related to any identity restoration request, including making contact by telephone, email, United States Postal Service or otherwise, to any service provider or any other person or entity that CIP deems necessary, in its sole and absolute discretion, regardless of whether you provide express authorization to make such contact for purposes of verifying and assisting you with your identity restoration assistance request.
CIP reserves the right to request that you provide corroborating evidence of the unauthorized transaction, Identity Theft or other facts related to your identity restoration request, including signed affidavits, law enforcement or governmental agency reports, receipts of expenses, insurance declaration forms, or any other corroborating evidence that we may deem necessary and reasonable. Further, CIP reserves the right to refuse any identity restoration request or provide any identity restoration assistance in the event you fail or refuse to provide us with any requested corroborating evidence related to a possible Identity Theft, including without limitation, a limited power of attorney.
CIP reserves the right not to provide you with any identity restoration assistance in the event CIP determines that you knew, or should reasonably have known, of an act of Identity Theft that commenced prior to your membership. If at any time you cancel your membership, CIP is no longer obligated to provide any identity restoration assistance.
If, at any time (including after beginning identity restoration assistance), you choose to discontinue using the Service, you may contact us at any time to cancel CIP's provision of or your receipt of any further assistance. You may contact us by calling the phone number stated on your notification materials.
MISCELLANEOUS
This Agreement (including the Privacy Policy, , other policies CIP may post from time to time and any terms which are incorporated by reference herein or hereinafter implemented) constitute the entire Agreement between CIP and you in connection with your account with CIP, or access or use of any Service or Website, and supersede any prior versions of the terms and conditions, if applicable. CIP may update these terms and conditions from time to time. No waiver of any breach of any provision of this Agreement will constitute a waiver of any prior, concurrent, or subsequent breach of the same or other provisions. This Agreement is effective until terminated by CIP. In the event of termination or the expiration of your account with CIP or your use of the Services or Websites, the Dispute Resolution by Binding Arbitration, Intellectual Property, Disclaimers, and Limitations of Liability provisions set forth in these terms and conditions, as well as any other terms and conditions that, by their nature, should survive termination, shall survive. In the event of a conflict between this Agreement, or any other notice, policy, disclaimer or other term contained in the Websites or otherwise, this Agreement will control. If any provision is deemed to be unlawful or unenforceable, it will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions. The section headings are for convenience only and do not have any force or effect. CIP may, in its sole discretion and at any time, change its corporate name, logo, Marks and other terms, phrases, graphics, logos, and icons associated with its common law or registered trademarks, service marks, and/or trade dress (collectively, CIP's "Brand"), which will not impact the enforceability of this Agreement. In the event CIP takes any action to change its Brand, CIP will notify you online, via e-mail, mail or through another means reasonably calculated to give you notice of the change in Brand. In all events, any changes to CIP's Brand will be effective immediately, and the terms of this Agreement shall remain unaffected by the change in Brand unless expressly contemplated through express revisions to this Agreement.