Visitor Legal Terms

Please read and indicate your acceptance of these Additional Terms by clicking on the link at the bottom of the page. You are about to enter into an Agreement with CUSIP Global Services. If you do not agree with these terms, then please do not click "I Accept". By clicking "I Accept", you agree to accept and be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

The CUSIP Data contained in vanguard.com, personal.vanguard.com, advisors.vanguard.com, and institutional.vanguard.com (the "Vanguard Web Site") consists of security identifiers and related descriptive information ("the CUSIP Database") and is protected under the U.S. copyright laws and is licensed with permission from CUSIP Global Services ("CGS"), on behalf of the American Bankers Association (ABA).

Visitor agrees and acknowledges that the CUSIP Database and the information contained therein is and shall remain valuable intellectual property owned by, or licensed to, CUSIP Global Services and the American Bankers Association ("ABA"), and that no proprietary rights are being transferred to visitor in such materials or in any of the information contained therein. Any use of the CUSIP Data by visitor outside of the clearing and settlement of transactions requires a license from CGS, along with an associated fee based on usage. Visitor agrees that misappropriation or misuse of such materials will cause serious damage to CGS and ABA, and that in such event money damages may not constitute sufficient compensation to CGS and ABA; consequently, visitor agrees that in the event of any misappropriation or misuse, CGS and ABA shall have the right to obtain injunctive relief in addition to any other legal or financial remedies to which CGS and ABA may be entitled.

Visitor agrees that it shall not publish nor distribute in any medium the CUSIP Database or any substantial portion of the information contained therein or summaries or subsets thereof to any person or entity. Visitor may not create or maintain a master file or database of CUSIP identifiers or descriptions for itself or any third party recipient that is intended to serve as a substitute for any CUSIP service.

Visitor agrees not to:

1. Violate the restrictions in any robot inclusion headers on the Vanguard Web Site or in any way bypass or circumvent any other measure employed to limit or prevent access to the CUSIP Data on the Vanguard Web Site;
2. Violate the security of the Vanguard Web Site or attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Web Site, CUSIP Data, materials, information, computer systems or networks connected to Vanguard server, through hacking, password mining or any other means; or
3. Interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Vanguard Web Site or any activities conducted on or through the Vanguard Web Site.

NEITHER CGS, ABA NOR ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES MAKE ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE ACCURACY, ADEQUACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE CUSIP DATABASE. ALL SUCH MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED TO VISITOR ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES AS TO MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE NOR WITH RESPECT TO THE RESULTS WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF SUCH MATERIALS. NEITHER CGS, ABA NOR THEIR AFFILIATES SHALL HAVE ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS NOR SHALL THEY BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, WHETHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL, EVEN IF THEY HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE LIABILITY OF, CGS, ABA OR ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES PURSUANT TO ANY CAUSE OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, EXCEED THE FEE PAID BY VISITOR FOR ACCESS TO SUCH MATERIALS IN THE MONTH IN WHICH SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION IS ALLEGED TO HAVE ARISEN. FURTHERMORE, CGS AND ABA SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR DELAYS OR FAILURES DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND THEIR CONTROL.

Visitor agrees that the foregoing terms and conditions shall survive any termination of its right of access to the materials identified above.