Terms of Service

1.1 Contract. When you use our Services you agree to all of these terms. Your use of our Services is also subject to our Cookie Policy and our Privacy Statement, which covers how we collect, use, share, and store your personal information. You agree that by clicking “Join Now”, “Join Crowe”, “Sign Up” or similar, registering, accessing or using our services (defined below), you are agreeing to enter into a legally binding contract with Crowe. If you do not agree to this contract (“Contract” or “User Agreement”), do not click “Join Now” (or similar) and do not access or otherwise use any of our Services. If you wish to terminate this contract, at any time you can do so by closing your account and no longer accessing or using our Services

1.2 Services. This Contract applies to the Crowe Hive web page located at https://www.crowehive.com and other Crowe-related sites, apps, communications and other services that state that they are offered under this Contract (“Services”), including the offsite collection of data for those Services. Registered users of our Services are “Members”. This Contract applies to Members. There is no expectation of privacy vis-à-vis Crowe regarding any data or other information relating to or arising from your use of the Services.

1.3 Crowe. You are entering into this Contract with Crowe LLP (also referred to as “Crowe,” “we” and “us”).

1.4 Designated Countries. We use the term “Designated Countries” to refer to countries in the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA), and Switzerland. If you reside outside of the Designated Countries, you are entering into this Contract with Crowe and Crowe will be the controller of your personal data provided to, or collected by or for, or processed in connection with our Services. If you reside in the Designated Countries, you are not and will not be permitted to enter into this Contract with Crowe.

1.5 Members and Visitors. When you register and join the Crowe Service, you become a Member. If you have chosen not to register for our Services, you may access certain features as a “Visitor.” As a Visitor or Member of our Services, the collection, use and sharing of your personal data is subject to the Crowe Privacy Statement (which includes our Cookie Policy set forth in the Terms of Use and other documents referenced in the Privacy Statement and Terms of Use) and updates.

1.6 Change. We may modify this Contract, our Privacy Statement, Terms of Use, and our Cookies Policies from time to time. If we make material changes to it, we will provide you notice through our Services, or by other means, to provide you the opportunity to review the changes before they become effective. We agree that changes cannot be retroactive. If you object to any changes, you may close your account. Your continued use of our Services after we publish or send a notice about our changes to these terms means that you consent to the updated provisions.

2.1 Service Eligibility. The Services are not for use by anyone under the age of 18. To use the Services, you will: (a) be the Minimum Age or older; (b) only have one Crowe account, which must be in your real name; and (c) not already be restricted by Crowe from using the Services. Creating an account with false information is a violation of our terms, including accounts registered on behalf of others or persons under the age of 18. “Minimum Age” means 18 years old. However, if law requires that you must be older in order for Crowe to lawfully provide the Services to you without parental consent (including using of your personal data) then the Minimum Age is such older age.

2.2 Your Account. Members are account holders. You will: (a) choose a strong and secure password; (b) keep your password secure and confidential; (c) not transfer any part of your account (e.g., connections) and (d) follow the law and our list of Do’s and Don’ts and Professional Community Policies. You are responsible for anything that happens through your account unless you close it or report misuse. As between you and others (including your employer), your account belongs to you. Crowe will use commercially reasonable and appropriate technological and organizational measures in a way reasonably intended to protect against the possibility that unauthorized persons could access a Member’s account, including, for example only and not limited to, multi-factor authentication. You agree that you will not allow any other person or entity to use your credentials to gain access to the Services, and you will promptly notify Crowe if you become aware of any unauthorized use of your credentials. Crowe may, but is not obligated to, investigate any violation of security for the Services. Crowe may cooperate with law enforcement where criminal or unauthorized activity is suspected. By using the Services or sending, receiving, posting, accessing, or storing any electronic transmission via the Services, you consent and agree to cooperate, as well, in any such investigation. Such violations of security for the Services may result in criminal or civil liability.

2.3 Payment. If you buy any of our paid Services (“Premium Services”), you agree to pay us the applicable fees and taxes and to additional terms specific to the paid Services. Failure to pay these fees will result in the termination of your paid Services. Also, you agree that:

• a) Your purchase may be subject to foreign exchange fees or differences in prices based on location (e.g. exchange rates).
• b) We may store and continue billing your payment method (e.g. credit card) even after it has expired, to avoid interruptions in your Services and to use to pay other Services you may buy.
• c) If you purchase a subscription, your payment method automatically will be charged at the start of each subscription period for the fees and taxes applicable to that period. To avoid future charges, cancel before the renewal date. Learn how to cancel or suspend your Premium Services.
• d) All of your purchases of Services are subject to Crowe’s no-refund policy. Any Premium Services are non-refundable.
• e) We may calculate taxes payable by you based on the billing information that you provide us at the time of purchase.

You can get a copy of your invoice through your Crowe account settings under “Purchase History”.

2.4 Notices and Messages. You agree that we will provide notices and messages to you in the following ways: (1) within the Service, or (2) sent to the contact information you provided us (e.g., email, mobile number, physical address). You will keep your contact information up to date. Please review your settings to control and limit messages you receive from us.

2.5 Sharing. Our Services allow messaging and sharing of information or content in many ways, such as your profile, pictures, videos, slide decks, documents, links to news articles, and blogs. Information and content that you share or post may be seen by other Members, Visitors or others (including off of the Services). Where we have made settings available, we will honor the choices you make about who can see content or information (e.g., message content to your addressees, sharing content only to Crowe connections, restricting your profile visibility from search engines, or opting not to notify others of your Crowe profile update). We are not obligated to publish any information or content on our Service and can remove any or all of it in our sole discretion, with or without notice.

3.1 Your License to Crowe. As between you and Crowe, you own the content and information that you submit or post to the Services, and you are only granting Crowe and our “Affiliates” (i.e., companies controlling, controlled by or under common control with us), the following non-exclusive license: a worldwide, transferable and sublicensable right to use, copy, modify, adapt, translate, distribute, publish, create derivative works from, publicly display, perform, and process, information and content that you provide through our Services and the services of others, without any further consent, notice and/or compensation to you or others throughout the world in any media, now known or hereafter devised and to use the name that you submit in connection with the information and content. You expressly waive any and all “moral rights” (including rights of attribution or integrity) that may subsist in your information and content and agree that you have no objection to the publication, use, modification, deletion or exploitation of your information and content by Crowe or any of our licensees. We take no responsibility and assume no liability for any information or content posted or submitted by you. These rights are limited only in the following ways:

• a) You can end this license for specific content by deleting such content from the Services, or generally by closing your account, except (i) to the extent you shared it with others as part of the Service and they copied, re-shared it or stored it and (ii) for the reasonable time it takes to remove from backup and other systems.
• b) We will not include your content in advertisements for the products and services of third parties to others without your separate consent (including sponsored content). However, we have the right, without payment to you or others, to serve ads near your content and information, and your social actions (e.g. likes, comments, follows, shares) may be visible and included with ads, as noted in the Privacy Statement.
• c) By joining as a Member, you expressly consent to other Members or third-parties in general using any information or content that you post. Other Members may use any information or content that you post in or outside of the Services.
• d) While we may edit and make format changes to your content (such as, for example only, translating it, modifying the size, layout or file type, removing metadata, etc.), we will not modify the meaning of your expression.
• e) Because as between you and Crowe, you own the content and information posted to the Service and we only have non-exclusive rights to it, you may choose to make it available to others, including under the terms of a license, such as, for example, Creative Commons.

You and Crowe agree that we may access, store, process and use any information and personal data that you provide in accordance with the terms of the Privacy Statement and your choices (including settings). By submitting suggestions or other feedback regarding our Services to Crowe, you agree that Crowe can use and share (but does not have to) such feedback for any purpose without compensation to you. You shall only provide content or information that does not violate any applicable laws nor anyone’s rights (including intellectual property rights, privacy rights, publicity rights, etc.). You also agree that your profile information will be truthful. Crowe may be required by law to remove certain information or content in certain countries and remove any or all of it in our sole discretion, with or without notice.

3.2 Service Availability. We may change or discontinue any of our Services. We don’t promise to store or keep showing any information and content that you’ve posted. Crowe is not a storage service. You agree that we have no obligation to store, maintain or provide you a copy of any content or information that you or others provide, except to the extent required by applicable law and as noted in our Privacy Statement.

3.3 Other Content, Sites and Apps. By using the Services, you may encounter content or information that might be inaccurate, incomplete, delayed, misleading, illegal, offensive or otherwise harmful. Crowe’s policy is to not review content provided by our Members or others. However, please note that Crowe may, in its discretion, engage in monitoring, moderating or reviewing information or content posted or submitted to the Services. Crowe may also remove any information content that it deems, in its discretion, to violate any of the restrictions or prohibitions of this Contract (including the Do’s and Don’ts) or any of the provisions of the Professional Community Policy, or to be inappropriate (including inaccurate, incomplete, delayed, misleading, illegal, offensive or otherwise harmful information or content), or for any other reason, in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Crowe is under no obligation to undertake such moderating or review activities of its Members. You agree that we are not responsible for others’ (including other Members’) content or information or any moderating or review activity (or the lack thereof). We cannot always prevent this misuse of our Services, and you agree that we are not responsible for any such misuse. You also acknowledge the risk that you or your organization may be mistakenly associated with content about others when we let connections and followers know you or your organization were mentioned in the news.

3.4 Limits. Crowe reserves the right to limit your use of the Services, including the number of your connections and your ability to contact other Members. Crowe reserves the right to restrict, suspend, or terminate your account if Crowe believes that you may be in breach of this Contract or law or are misusing the Services (e.g., violating any of the Dos and Don’ts or Professional Community Policies).

3.5 Intellectual Property Rights. Crowe reserves all of its intellectual property rights in the Services. Using the Services does not give you any ownership in our Services or the content or information made available through our Services. Trademarks and logos used in connection with the Services are the trademarks of their respective owners. The Crowe trademarks, service marks, graphics, and logos used for our Services are trademarks or registered trademarks of Crowe and cannot be used by you without prior written permission from Crowe.

3.6 Automated Processing. We will use the information, content and data that you provide and that we have about Members to make recommendations for connections, content and features that may be useful to you. Keeping your profile accurate and up-to-date helps us to make these recommendations more accurate and relevant.

4.1 No Warranty. TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED UNDER LAW, CROWE AND ITS AFFILIATES (AND THOSE THAT CROWE WORKS WITH TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES) (A) DISCLAIM ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS (E.G. WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, ACCURACY OF DATA, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT); (B) DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE SERVICES WILL FUNCTION WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OR ERRORS, AND (C) PROVIDE THE SERVICES (INCLUDING CONTENT AND INFORMATION) ON AN “AS IS,” “WITH ALL FAULTS,” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED , INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE COMPLETENESS, CURRENTNESS, ACCURACY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. SOME LAWS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN DISCLAIMERS, SO SOME OR ALL OF THESE DISCLAIMERS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. YOU ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SELECTION OF THE SERVICE TO ACHIEVE INTENDED RESULTS AND FOR THE INSTALLATION, USE AND RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE SERVICE. CROWE DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT THE OPERATION OF THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, VIRUS FREE, OR CONTINUOUSLY AVAILABLE. CROWE MAKES NO WARRANTY REGARDING LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES OR THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE THAT MAY BE INCLUDED WITH OR LINKED TO THE SERVICE. USE OR ACCESS TO SUCH THIRD-PARTY LINKS AND SOFTWARE, OR WEBSITES IS DONE SO ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

4.2 Exclusion of Liability. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER LAW (AND UNLESS CROWE HAS ENTERED INTO A SEPARATE WRITTEN AGREEMENT THAT OVERRIDES THIS CONTRACT), CROWE AND ITS AFFILIATES (AND THOSE THAT CROWE WORKS WITH TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES) SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR OTHERS FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, OPPORTUNITIES, REPUTATION, PROFITS OR REVENUES, RELATED TO THE SERVICES (E.G. OFFENSIVE OR DEFAMATORY STATEMENTS, DOWN TIME OR LOSS, USE OF, OR CHANGES TO, YOUR INFORMATION OR CONTENT).
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE LIABILITY OF CROWE AND ITS AFFILIATES (AND THOSE THAT CROWE WORKS WITH TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES) FOR DIRECT DAMAGES EXCEED, IN THE AGGREGATE FOR ALL CLAIMS IN ANY WAY CONNECTED TO THIS CONTRACT, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF US $500. THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IS PART OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN YOU AND CROWE AND SHALL APPLY TO ALL CLAIMS OF LIABILITY (E.G. WARRANTY, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, CONTRACT, LAW) AND EVEN IF CROWE OR ITS AFFILIATES HAS BEEN TOLD OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH DAMAGE, AND EVEN IF THESE REMEDIES FAIL THEIR ESSENTIAL PURPOSE, AND REGARDLESS WHETHER OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACT HAVE BEEN BREACHED OR HAVE PROVED INEFFECTIVE. SOME LAWS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY, SO THESE LIMITS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA, INFORMATION OR CONTENT THAT RESULTS FROM USE OF THE SERVICES. BECAUSE SOFTWARE IS INHERENTLY COMPLEX AND MAY CONTAIN ERRORS, YOU ARE ADVISED TO VERIFY AND BACKUP YOUR RECORDS, INFORMATION AND CONTENT. CROWE SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR LOSS OF DATA, CONTENT, INFORMATION OR DOCUMENTATION ON THE SERVICES, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REASONABLE BACKUP PRECAUTIONS OF YOUR RECORDS, INFORMATION AND CONTENT.

5.1 Compliance. All Member and Visitors must adhere to the provisions of this Contract. Crowe has the right, but is not obligated, to strictly enforce this Agreement through self-help, active investigation, litigation and prosecution.

5.2 Disclosure. Crowe may also access and disclose any information related to your access and use of the Services for any lawful reason, including but not limited to: (a) responding to emergencies; (b) complying with the law (e.g., a lawful subpoena); (c) protecting Crowe’s rights or property and those of our clients; (d) protecting users of those services and other carriers from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful use of, or subscription to, such services; (e) to perform an engagement, including providing information to business partners assisting Crowe in its performance of the engagement; or (f) aggregating data. INDIRECT OR ATTEMPTED BREACHES OF THIS CONTRACT, AND ACTUAL OR ATTEMPTED BREACHES BY A THIRD PARTY ON BEHALF OF A MEMBER OR VISITOR, MAY BE CONSIDERED A BREACH OF THIS CONTRACT BY YOU.

5.3 Termination. Both you and Crowe may terminate this Contract at any time with notice to the other. On termination, you lose the right to access or use the Services. The following shall survive termination: (a) Our rights to use and disclose your feedback; (b) Members’ and/or Visitors’ rights to further re-share content and information you shared through the Service to the extent copied or re-shared prior to termination; (c) Sections 4, 6, 7, and 8.2 of this Contract; (d) Any amounts owed by either party prior to termination remain owed after termination. You can email Crowe.Hive.Support@Crowe.com to close your account.

6. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution. For those who live outside of Designated Countries, including those who live outside of the United States: You and Crowe agree that the laws of the State of Illinois, U.S.A., excluding its conflict of laws rules, shall exclusively govern any dispute relating to this Contract and/or the Services. You and Crowe both agree that all claims and disputes can be litigated only in the federal or state courts in Cook County, Illinois, USA, and you and Crowe each agree to personal jurisdiction in those courts.

If you live in the Designated Countries: You are not and will not be permitted to enter into this Contract with Crowe. In the event that you do so by acts or omissions that violate any provisions of this Contract (including the Do’s and Don’ts and Professional Community Policy ), you agree that the laws of the State of Illinois, U.S.A., excluding its conflict of laws rules, shall exclusively govern any dispute relating to this Contract and/or the Services and all claims and disputes can be litigated only in the federal or state courts in Cook County, Illinois, USA, and you agree to personal jurisdiction in those courts.

If a court with authority over this Contract finds any part of it unenforceable, you and we agree that the court should modify the terms to make that part enforceable while still achieving its intent. If the court cannot do that, you and we agree to ask the court to remove that unenforceable part and still enforce the rest of this Contract. To the extent allowed by law, the English language version of this Contract is binding and other translations are for convenience only. This Contract (including additional terms that may be provided by us when you engage with a feature of the Services) is the only agreement between us regarding the Services and supersedes all prior agreements for the Services. If we don't act to enforce a breach of this Contract, that does not mean that Crowe has waived its right to enforce this Contract. You may not assign or transfer this Contract (or your membership or use of Services) to anyone without our consent. However, you agree that Crowe may assign this Contract to its affiliates or a party that buys it without your consent. There are no third-party beneficiaries to this Contract. You agree that the only way to provide us legal notice is at the addresses provided in Section 10. “Crowe” is the brand name under which the member firms of Crowe Global operate and provide professional services, and those firms together form the Crowe Global network of independent audit, tax, and consulting firms. “Crowe” may be used to refer to individual firms, to several such firms, or to all firms within the Crowe Global network. The Crowe Global Risk Consulting entities, Crowe Healthcare Risk Consulting LLC, and our affiliate in Grand Cayman are subsidiaries of Crowe LLP. Crowe LLP is an Indiana limited liability partnership and the U.S member firm of Crowe Global. Services to clients are provided by the individual member firms of Crowe Global, but Crowe Global itself is a Swiss entity that does not provide services to clients. Each member firm is a separate legal entity responsible only for its own acts and omissions and not those of any other Crowe Global network firm or other party. Visit www.crowe.com/disclosure for more information about Crowe LLP, its subsidiaries, and Crowe Global. The information included in the Services and the community is not – and is not intended to be – audit, tax, accounting, advisory, risk, performance, consulting, business, financial, investment, legal, or other professional advice. Some firm services may not be available to attest clients. The information is general in nature, based on existing authorities, and is subject to change. The information is not a substitute for professional advice or services, and you should consult a qualified professional adviser before taking any action based on the information. Crowe is not responsible for any loss incurred by any person who relies on the information discussed in the Services.

8.1. Do’s. You will:

• a) Comply with all applicable laws, including, without limitation, privacy laws, publicity laws, intellectual property laws, anti-spam laws, export control laws, tax laws, regulatory requirements, etc.;
• b) Provide accurate information to us and keep it updated;
• c) Post or upload only information and content that you own or that you have prior written permission from any third party identified, referenced or disclosed therein to do so;
• d) Use your real name on your profile; and
• e) Use the Services in a professional manner.

8.2. Don’ts: You will not:

• a) Create a false identity on the Crowe Hive, misrepresent your identity, create a Member profile for anyone other than yourself (a real person), or use or attempt to use another’s account;
• b) Develop, support or use software, devices, scripts, robots, or any other means or processes (including crawlers, browser plugins and add-ons, or any other technology) to scrape the Services or otherwise copy profiles and other data from the Services;
• c) Override any security feature or bypass or circumvent any access controls or use limits of the Service (such as caps on keyword searches or profile views);
• d) Copy, use, disclose or distribute any information obtained from the Services, whether directly or through third parties (such as search engines), without the consent of Crowe;
• e) Disclose, post or upload information or content that you do not own or do not have the authority or consent to disclose, post or upload (such as, for example only, confidential information of others (including your employer), pictures or videos of others, third party information or content, etc.);
• f) Violate the intellectual property rights, including copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights, privacy rights, publicity rights, or any other similar rights of others. For example only and not by way of limitation, do not copy or distribute (except through the available sharing functionality) the posts or other content of others without their permission, which they may give by posting under a Creative Commons license, or post or upload pictures or videos of others or that identify, reference or disclose others without their prior written permission, third party proprietary information or content, etc.;
• g) Violate the intellectual property or other rights of Crowe, including, without limitation, (i) copying or distributing Crowe content or other materials or (ii) copying or distributing our technology, unless it is released under open source licenses; (iii) using the word “Crowe” or our trademarks or logos in any business name, email, or URL;
• h) Post anything that contains software viruses, worms, or any other harmful code;
• i) Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, decipher or otherwise attempt to derive the source code for the Services or any related technology that is not open source;
• j) Imply or state that you are affiliated with or endorsed by Crowe without our express consent (e.g., representing yourself as an accredited Crowe trainer);
• k) Rent, lease, loan, trade, sell/re-sell or otherwise monetize the Services or related data or access to the same, without Crowe’s consent;
• l) Deep-link to our Services for any purpose other than to promote your profile or a Group on our Services, without Crowe’s consent;
• m) Use bots or other automated methods to access the Services, add or download contacts, send or redirect messages;
• n) Monitor the Services’ availability, performance or functionality for any competitive purpose;
• o) Engage in “framing,” “mirroring,” or otherwise simulating the appearance or function of the Services;
• p) Overlay or otherwise modify the Services or their appearance (such as by inserting elements into the Services or removing, covering, or obscuring an advertisement included on the Services);
• q) Interfere with the operation of, or place an unreasonable load on, the Services (e.g., spam, denial of service attack, viruses, gaming algorithms); and/or
• r) Violate the Professional Community Policy or any additional terms concerning a specific Service that are provided when you sign up for or start using such Service.

You shall be solely liable for any damages resulting from any violation of the foregoing restrictions, or any other harm resulting from your posting or uploading of information or content. You will indemnify Crowe against any damages, losses, liabilities, judgments, costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) arising out of a claim by a third party relating to any violation of the foregoing restrictions, breach of this Contract or any information or content that you post or upload.

• a) Overview. We respect the intellectual property rights and other rights of others. We require that information posted by Members be accurate and not in violation of the intellectual property rights or other rights of third parties. We provide a policy and process for complaints concerning information and content posted by our Members.
• b) Trademark Policy. If you in good faith believe that information or content posted by a Member infringes your trademark rights, please notify us immediately by contacting the Crowe Moderator of the Hive or as set forth in Section 10.
• c) Copyright Policy.
• (i) Complaints regarding content posted on the Services. Crowe respects the intellectual property rights of others and desires to offer a platform which contains no content that violates those rights. This Contract requires that information posted by Members be accurate, lawful and not in violation of the rights of third parties. To promote these objectives, Crowe provides a process for submission of complaints concerning content posted by our Members. Our policy and procedures are described and/or referenced in the sections that follow. Please note that whether or not we disable access to or remove content, Crowe may make a good faith attempt to forward the written notification, including the complainant’s contact information, to the Member who posted the content and/or take other reasonable steps to notify the Member that Crowe has received notice of an alleged violation of intellectual property rights or other content violation. It is also our policy, in appropriate circumstances and in our discretion, to disable and/or terminate the accounts of Members, or groups as the case may be, who infringe or repeatedly infringe the rights of others or otherwise post unlawful content. Please note that any notice or counter-notice you submit must be truthful and must be submitted under penalty of perjury. A false notice or counter-notice may give rise to personal liability. You may therefore want to seek the advice of legal counsel before submitting a notice or a counter-notice.
• (ii) Claims regarding copyright infringement.
  • (A) Notice of Copyright Infringement: Pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512), Crowe has implemented procedures for receiving written notification of claimed infringements. Crowe has also designated an agent to receive notices of claimed copyright infringement. If you believe in good faith that your copyright has been infringed, you may complete and submit a Notice of Copyright Infringement to the Crowe Moderator which contains:
    • 1. An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
    • 2. A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
    • 3. A description specifying the location on our website of the material that you claim is infringing;
    • 4. Your email address and your mailing address and/or telephone number;
    • 5. 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; and
    • 6. A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.
    • Please submit your notice to Crowe’s Copyright Agent by email to CroweLegal@Crowe.com
  • (B) Counter-Notice. If you believe that a notice of copyright infringement has been improperly submitted against you, you may submit a Counter-Notice, pursuant to Sections 512(g)(2) and (3) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. You should provide a written communication to the Crowe Moderator which contains:
    • 1. Your physical or electronic signature;
    • 2. Identification of the material removed or to which access has been disabled;
    • 3. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that removal or disablement of the material was a mistake or that the material was misidentified;
    • 4. Your full name, your email address, your mailing address, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District court (i) in the judicial district where your address is located if the address is in the United States, or (ii) located in the Northern District of Illinois (Cook County), if your address is located outside the United States, and that you will accept service of process from the Complainant submitting the notice or his/her authorized agent.
    • 5. Please submit your Counter-Notice to Crowe’s legal by email to CroweLegal@Crowe.com
      • (ii) Claims regarding content other than copyright infringement. For issues other than copyright infringement please visit our Help Center where you’ll find information on how to flag and report other types of content violations. Learn more:
      • Reporting Inappropriate Content, Messages, or Safety Concerns
      • Reporting any false profile or profile you believe may be false
      • (iv) Notice regarding Associated Press content on Crowe. Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. Neither these AP materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and non-commercial use. Users may not download or reproduce a substantial portion of the AP material found on this web site. AP will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing.
• (d) Other Rights Policy. If you in good faith believe that information or content posted by a Member infringes your rights not expressly identified above, please notify us immediately by contacting the Crowe Moderator of the Crowe Hive or as set forth in Section 10.

If you want to send us legal notices or service of process, please contact us CroweLegal@Crowe.com, or all other concerns please send to Crowe.Hive.Support@Crowe.com.