Charles Colvard Privacy and Legal Disclosures Information

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LEGAL NOTICES AND TERMS OF ACCESS
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The materials on this website are provided by Charles & Colvard, Ltd. as a service to its customers and may be used for informational purposes only. Single copies may be downloaded subject to the provisions below. By using this site, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree to them, do not use the site or download any materials from it.

CAUTION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS:

In accordance with the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Charles & Colvard notes that this website contains statements that look forward in time, which include everything other than historical information. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations at the time the statement was prepared and are subject to risks and uncertainties, including without limitation the limited operating history upon which the company and its prospects can be evaluated, the need for further development of the company's products, the company's reliance on Cree, Inc. as a developer and supplier of silicon carbide crystals, the small size of the current market for the company's products and uncertainty of market acceptance and demand for such products in the future. These and other risks and uncertainties, which are detailed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including Forms 10-K and 10-Q, (filed under C3, Inc.) could cause actual results and developments to be materially different from those expressed or implied by any of the forward-looking statements that may be found on this website.

TRADEMARK INFORMATION:

Charles & Colvard, Ltd. and the Charles & Colvard Created Moissanite logo are registered trademarks of Charles & Colvard, Ltd.

Charles & Colvard's trademarks may be used publicly with permission only from Charles & Colvard, Ltd. Fair use of Charles & Colvard's trademarks in advertising and promotion of Charles & Colvard products requires proper acknowledgement.

SINGLE COPY LICENSE:

The materials at this Site are copyrighted and any unauthorized use of any materials at this website may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. You may download one copy of the information or software ("Materials") found on the Charles & Colvard site on a single computer for your personal, non-commercial internal use only, unless specifically licensed to do otherwise by Charles & Colvard in writing or as allowed by any license terms which accompany or are provided with individual Materials. This is a license, not a transfer of title, and is subject to the following restrictions: you may not: (a) modify the Materials or use them for any commercial purpose, or any public display, performance, sale or rental; (b) decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble software Materials except and only to the extent permitted by applicable law; (c) remove any copyright or other proprietary notices from the Materials; (d) transfer the Materials to another person. You agree to prevent any unauthorized copying of the Materials.

OWNERSHIP OF MATERIALS:

Materials are copyrighted and are protected by worldwide copyright laws and treaty provisions. They may not be copied, reproduced, modified, published, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way, without Charles & Colvard's prior written permission. Except as expressly provided herein, Charles & Colvard and its suppliers do not grant any express or implied right to you under any patents, copyrights, trademarks, or trade secret information. Other rights may be granted to you by Charles & Colvard in writing or incorporated elsewhere in the Materials.

TERMINATION OF THIS LICENSE:

Charles & Colvard may terminate this license at any time if you are in breach of the terms of this Agreement. Upon termination, you will immediately destroy the Materials.

DISCLAIMER:

THE MATERIALS ON THIS WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF ANY KIND INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NONINFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL CHARLES & COLVARD OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF INFORMATION) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE MATERIALS, EVEN IF CHARLES & COLVARD HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS PROHIBIT THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Charles & Colvard and its suppliers further do not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information, text, graphics, links or other items contained within these materials. Charles & Colvard may make changes to these materials, or to the products described therein, at any time without notice. Charles & Colvard makes no commitment to update the Materials.

USER SUBMISSIONS:

Any material, information or other communication you transmit or post to this website will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary ("Communications"), with the exception of personally identifiable information governed according to our privacy policy. Charles & Colvard will have no obligations with respect to the Communications. Charles & Colvard and its designees will be free to copy, disclose, distribute, incorporate and otherwise use the Communications and all data, images, sounds, text, and other things embodied therein for any and all commercial or non-commercial purposes. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from this Site any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, or other material that would violate any law.

USER RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT AGAINST VIRUSES:

Charles & Colvard has no intention of distributing any electronic materials designed to deliberately cause errors in or disrupt use of any computer system. However, it is your responsibility to take precautions to ensure that whatever you may download from this website is free of such items as viruses and other items of a destructive nature.

USE OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION:

Information submitted to Charles & Colvard through forms on the website is governed according to Charles & Colvard's Privacy Policy (see below).

LINKS TO OTHER MATERIALS:

The linked sites are not under the control of Charles & Colvard and Charles & Colvard is not responsible for, nor does it warrant the accuracy of, the content of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. Charles & Colvard reserves the right to terminate any link or linking program at any time. Charles & Colvard does not endorse companies or products to which it links. If you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to this website, you do this entirely at your own risk.

APPLICABLE LAWS:

This site is controlled by Charles & Colvard from its offices, in Morrisville, NC, within the United States of America. Charles & Colvard makes no representation that Materials in the site are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and access to them from territories where their content is illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access this site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws.

CHARLES & COLVARD PRIVACY POLICY

Charles & Colvard respects your privacy.

COLLECTING YOUR INFORMATION:

We do not collect any personal information on this site, except for the information you provide when you fill out an information request form (ie. requesting to be added to our mailing list).

COOKIE POLICY:

The Charles & Colvard web site employs the use of cookies. Our website will write a cookie containing a variety of non-visitor specific information that allows us to identify unique sessions on our website, enable various functions to facilitate use of the website, and allow for general reporting of web usage statistics by user session.

PROTECTING YOUR INFORMATION:

We do not give or sell your information to other companies or individuals without your permission. We take reasonable security precautions to protect your information from unauthorized access.

REGARDING THIS POLICY:

Charles & Colvard is dedicated to protecting your privacy and the personal information you entrust to us. With this as our guiding principle, Charles & Colvard may revise this 'Privacy Policy' at any time by updating this posting. You should visit this page from time to time to review the current Charles & Colvard Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions about our policy or wish to be removed from our mailing list, please click here.

REGARDING THESE TERMS:

Charles & Colvard may revise these Terms at any time by updating this posting. You should visit this page from time to time to review the then-current Terms because they are binding on you. Certain provisions of these Terms may be superseded by expressly designated legal notices or terms located on particular pages at this Site.