ALETHEA GROUP, INC. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

Alethea Group, Inc. ("Alethea," "we," "us" or "our") provides our customers our online disinformation detection, assessment and mitigation services and related professional services agreed by you (together with the business entity, if any, that you represent, "You" or "Your") and Alethea from time to time (the "Services") through a registration page which references these Terms and Conditions of Service (the "Registration Page") on our website accessible online at www.alethea.com and any related sub-domains or portals (the "Website") and which may, depending upon the applicable Services, be made available to You through any customer portal to our Alethea platform (the "Platform") or mobile application made available by Alethea from time to time (the "App").

These Terms and Conditions of Service are a legal agreement (together with the terms agreed by You on the Registration Page, this "Agreement") between You and Alethea, establishing terms and conditions under which You shall subscribe to, purchase, access and use the Services, which may be provided to You through direct interaction with Alethea's personnel or through the Platform or App. The date You first agree to or accept this Agreement, or that You otherwise first access and use the Services following the date this Agreement is first made available on the Website, is referred to herein as the "Effective Date". The Fees (as defined herein), scope of Services, term of the Services, and other terms and conditions that You approve through the Registration Page shall be part of this Agreement. Your access to the Website is also subject to the terms and conditions of use of our Website at https://alethea.com/disclosures ("Website Terms") and our Privacy Policy at https://alethea.com/privacy ("Privacy Policy"). All such terms are hereby incorporated by reference into this Agreement; provided that this Agreement shall take precedence over any conflicting terms in the Website Terms or Privacy Policy.

BEFORE YOU ELECTRONICALLY SIGN THIS AGREEMENT OR CLICK ON THE "I ACCEPT" OR SIMILAR BUTTON OR ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES, CAREFULLY READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. BY EITHER ELECTRONICALLY SIGNING THIS AGREEMENT OR CLICKING ON THE "I ACCEPT" BUTTON OR USING THE SERVICES, YOU AND, IF APPLICABLE, THE BUSINESS ENTITY THAT YOU REPRESENT ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY AND ARE BECOMING A PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT. IF APPLICABLE, YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE BUSINESS ENTITY YOU REPRESENT. YOU HEREBY COVENANT TO ENSURE THAT ALL USERS THAT GAIN ACCESS TO THE PLATFORM AND/OR THE SERVICES FROM YOU ARE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, THEN DO NOT ELECTRONICALLY SIGN OR CLICK "I ACCEPT" OR A SIMILAR INDICATION OF AGREEMENT AND YOU SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED TO ACCESS AND/OR USE THE PLATFORM OR OTHER SERVICES.

1. PROVISION OF THE SERVICES TO YOU

1.1 Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Alethea will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide You the Services and hereby grants You a non-exclusive right to access and use the Services solely for Your personal use and not for resale, solely for the term, and subject to the limitations, set forth in the Registration Page.

1.2 As part of the registration process, if You are subscribing to access to Alethea's Platform (to the extent available), You will identify a user name and password for Your account and provide other information related to You and Your use of the Services ("Your Data"). Alethea reserves the right to refuse registration of, or cancel, passwords it deems inappropriate. If You receive access to an App from Alethea, You agree that such App is part of the Platform and licensed to You solely for Your use of the Services and for no other purposes.

1.3 Subject to the terms hereof, Alethea will endeavor to provide You with reasonable support services, through electronic mail or another online mechanism, in accordance with Alethea's standard practices.

1.4 You will cooperate with Alethea in connection with the performance of this Agreement by making available such personnel and information as may be reasonably required for provision of the Services. You represent and warrant that You have the right to provide all such information to Alethea and that all such provided information is correct and complete.

2. RESTRICTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

2.1 You shall not, directly or indirectly: reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to discover the source code, object code or underlying structure, ideas, know-how or algorithms relevant to the Services or the Platform, App or any other software, documentation or data related to the Services (the "Software"); modify, translate, or create derivative works based on the Services or any Software (except to the extent expressly permitted by Alethea or authorized within the Services); use the Services or any Software for timesharing or service bureau purposes or otherwise for the benefit of a third-party; or remove any proprietary notices or labels from any deliverables or output provided by Alethea or generated by the Services.

2.2 You represent, covenant, and warrant that You will use the Services only in compliance with this Agreement and all applicable laws and regulations and that You have all rights necessary to permit Alethea to use the Your Data as contemplated hereunder. You represent and warrant that You own all right, title and interest in and to such Your Data, including, without limitation, all copyrights and rights of publicity contained therein. Although Alethea has no obligation to monitor Your use of the Services or to take any actions in connection with Your use thereof, Alethea may do so and may prohibit any use of the Services it believes may be (or alleged to be) in violation of this Agreement.

2.3 You shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining any equipment and ancillary services needed to connect to, access or otherwise use the Services, including, without limitation, modems, hardware, server, software, operating system, networking, web servers, long distance and local telephone service (collectively, "Equipment"). You shall also be responsible for maintaining the security of the Equipment, Your account, passwords (including, but not limited to, administrative and user passwords) and files, and You shall be responsible for all uses of and activities that occur under Your account or the Equipment with or without Your knowledge or consent. You agree to (a) immediately notify Alethea of any unauthorized use of Your password or account or any other breach of security, and (b) ensure that You exit from Your account at the end of each session when accessing the Service.

2.4 By uploading or providing any Your Data to Alethea (whether directly, through the Platform or otherwise), You hereby grant and will grant Alethea and its affiliated companies are nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty free, fully paid up, transferable, sublicensable, perpetual, irrevocable license to copy, display, upload, perform, distribute, store, modify and otherwise use Your Data in connection with the provision of the Service and for Alethea to improve and exploit its Services without limitation.

3. CONFIDENTIALITY; PROPRIETARY RIGHTS

3.1 Each party (the "Receiving Party") understands that the other party (the "Disclosing Party") has disclosed or may disclose business, technical or financial information relating to the Disclosing Party's business (hereinafter referred to as "Proprietary Information" of the Disclosing Party). Proprietary Information of Alethea includes, without limitation, non-public information regarding features, functionality and performance of the Services, any Platform and App, and the format and content of deliverables and other outputs generated in connection therewith. Your Proprietary Information includes Your Data. The Receiving Party agrees: (i) to take reasonable precautions to protect such Proprietary Information of the Disclosing Party, and (ii) not to use (except in performance of the Services or as otherwise permitted herein) or divulge to any third-party any such Proprietary Information. The Disclosing Party agrees that the foregoing shall not apply with respect to any information after five (5) years following the disclosure thereof or any information that the Receiving Party can document (a) is or becomes generally available to the public, or (b) was in its possession or known by it prior to receipt from the Disclosing Party, or (c) was rightfully disclosed to it without restriction by a third-party, or (d) was independently developed without use of or reference to any Proprietary Information of the Disclosing Party or (e) is required to be disclosed by law.

3.2 The Platform is hosted on a prominent third-party hosting provider's infrastructure, and housed in such third-party's controlled data centers around the world, which are secured with a variety of physical safety measures to prevent unauthorized access. Alethea is not responsible for the acts or omissions of such third-party hosting providers.

3.3 Alethea will use commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to prevent the unauthorized access, use or disclosure of Your Data in violation of any applicable laws. You acknowledge, however, that Alethea cannot guarantee the security of such information given the nature of the internet. You also acknowledge that by issuing user identifiers and passwords for its authorized end-users, You control, define and manage access to the data that will be used by You and Your users (if applicable) within the Software. You are responsible for (i) compliance with all foreign and domestic privacy laws and regulations that may be applicable to Your use of the Software, (ii) securing all necessary prior consents for the collection, storage, and use of data within the Software, and (iii) creation of, and compliance with, applicable policies regarding access and use by users of any data.

3.4 Alethea shall own and retain all right, title and interest in and to (a) the Services, Platform and Software, all improvements, enhancements or modifications thereto, (b) any software, applications, inventions or other technology developed in connection with the Services or support, (c) all third-party data and content collected by Alethea in the course of performing the Services, and (d) all intellectual property rights related to any of the foregoing.

3.5 You hereby authorize Alethea to anonymize, collect and analyze data and other information relating to the provision, use and performance of various aspects of the Services and related systems and technologies (including, without limitation, Your Data and data derived therefrom), and during and after the term hereof to (i) use such information and data to improve, enhance and exploit the Services and for other development, diagnostic and corrective purposes in connection with the Services and other Alethea offerings, and (ii) disclose such data solely in aggregate or other de-identified form in connection with its business. You agree that Alethea shall solely own all improvements arising from such use of Your Data without limitation or restriction. No rights or licenses are granted except as expressly set forth herein.

3.6 In the event that You disclose to Alethea any suggestions, feedback or other improvements or enhancements to Alethea's products or services ("Feedback"), You hereby grant to Alethea a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable (through one or more tiers), transferable, worldwide license to copy, use, modify and otherwise exploit such Feedback at Alethea's sole risk.

4. PAYMENT OF FEES

4.1 You agree to pay to Alethea the fees for the Services set forth on the Registration Page in connection with Your purchase or subscription to our Services ("Fees"). We reserve the right to adjust pricing for our Services in any manner and at any time as we may determine in our sole and absolute discretion, other than for any specified period of time in which Fees are agreed on the Registration Page.

4.2 If You believe that Alethea has billed You incorrectly, You must contact Alethea no later than 30 days after the closing date on the first billing statement in which the error or problem appeared, in order to receive an adjustment or credit. Inquiries should be directed to Alethea's customer support department.

4.3 Alethea may choose to bill through an invoice, in which case, full payment for invoices issued in any given month must be received by Alethea thirty (30) days after the mailing date of the invoice. For all unpaid amounts, You shall pay to Alethea a finance charge of 1.5% per month on any outstanding balance, or the maximum permitted by law, whichever is lower, plus all expenses of collection. You shall be responsible for all taxes associated with Services other than U.S. taxes based on Alethea's net income.

4.4 You may be provided access to third-party payment processing services for You to pay Fees to Alethea. Your use of any such payment processing services is subject to Your agreement to the terms and conditions agreed between You and such payment processor. Alethea is not responsible for such payment processing services. As a condition of Alethea enabling payment processing services through any such payment processor, You agree to provide Alethea accurate and complete information about You and Your business, and You authorize Alethea to share it and transaction information related to Your use of the payment processing services provided by such third-party.

5. TERM AND TERMINATION

5.1 This Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and continue for the longer of the periods agreed in the Registration Page (with any Services applicable only for the terms specified in the Registration Page), upon which such period shall automatically renew, on a Service by Service basis, for successive periods of time equivalent to the initial period of Your subscription to such Service under the Registration Page, unless either party provided notice of non-renewal of such Service or unless such Service or this Agreement earlier terminated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

5.2 You agree that Alethea, in its sole discretion, may suspend or terminate Your account (or any part thereof) or use of some or all Services and remove and discard any content within the Services, for any reason, including, without limitation, for lack of use or if Alethea believes that You have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of this Agreement. Any suspected fraudulent, abusive or illegal activity that may be grounds for termination of Your use of Service, may be referred to appropriate law enforcement authorities. You agree that any termination of Your access to the Services under any provision of this Agreement may be effected without prior notice, and acknowledge and agree that Alethea may immediately deactivate or delete Your account and all related information and files in Your account and/or bar any further access to such files or the Services. Further, You agree that Alethea will not be liable to You or any third-party for any termination of Your access to the Services.

5.3 Either party may terminate this Agreement upon seven (7) days' notice (or without notice in the case of nonpayment), if the other party materially breaches any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement. You will pay in full for the Services up to and including the last day on which the Services are provided. Upon any termination, Alethea will make all of Your Data available to You for electronic retrieval for a period of thirty (30) days, but thereafter Alethea may, but is not obligated to, delete stored Your Data. All sections of this Agreement which by their nature should survive termination will survive termination, including, without limitation, accrued rights to payment, confidentiality obligations, warranty disclaimers, and limitations of liability.

6. LIMITED WARRANTY AND DISCLAIMERS

6.1 Alethea shall use reasonable efforts consistent with prevailing industry standards to maintain the Services in a manner which minimizes errors and interruptions in the Services. Services may be temporarily unavailable for scheduled maintenance or for unscheduled emergency maintenance, either by Alethea or by third-party providers, or because of other causes beyond Alethea's reasonable control, but Alethea shall use reasonable efforts to provide advance notice in writing or by e-mail of any scheduled service disruption.

6.2 EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION 6, THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ALETHEA DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. ALETHEA DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR FREE; NOR DOES ALETHEA MAKE ANY WARRANTY (A) AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE SERVICES (INCLUDING THAT THE RESULTS ARE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE), (B) THAT THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR (C) THAT QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS. FURTHER, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT ANY CATEGORIES OR LABELS UTILIZED BY ALETHEA TO IDENTIFY YOU OR ANY THIRD-PARTY ARE NOT WARRANTED OR REPRESENTED TO BE TRUE OR CORRECT.

6.3 Alethea is not responsible for the acts or omissions of any third-party in connection with this Agreement or the Services.

6.4 The Services may provide, or third-parties may provide, links or other access to other sites and resources on the Internet. Alethea has no control over such sites and resources and Alethea is not responsible for and does not endorse such sites and resources. You further acknowledge and agree that Alethea will not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any content, events, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource. Any dealings You have with third-parties found while using the Service are between You and the third-party, and You agree that Alethea is not liable for any loss or claim that You may have against any such third-party.

7. INDEMNIFICATION

7.1 Alethea shall defend You from all claims, demands, actions or other proceedings (collectively, "Claims") made or instituted by any third-party against You that arises out of (i) willful misconduct or gross negligence by Alethea or any of its Affiliates or their respective employees, agents or contractors; or (ii) any Claims that the Services (whether or not the Platform, App or any other component thereof) misappropriate or infringe the intellectual property of such third-party; provided that Alethea's obligation to pay damages shall not exist to the extent the applicable Claims arise only from combination of such items with Intellectual Property or other materials provided by You ((i) and (ii), collectively, "Alethea Indemnified Claims"), and Alethea shall indemnify and hold You harmless from and against all losses, liabilities, damages and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs) ("Losses") awarded to such third-party by an arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction or in a settlement approved by Alethea, as a result of such Alethea Indemnified Claims.

7.2 You shall defend Alethea and its directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents (the "Alethea Parties") from all claims made or instituted by any third-party against any of them and arising out of Your use of the results of the Services and all results thereof ("Client Indemnified Claims"), and You shall indemnify and hold harmless the Alethea Parties from and against all Losses (as defined above) awarded to such third-party by an arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction or in a settlement approved by You, as a result of such Client Indemnified Claims.

7.3 In connection with making a claim for indemnification hereunder the indemnified party shall provide (i) prompt written notice of any such applicable third-party Claim is given (except that this obligation shall only limit the indemnifying party's defense and indemnification obligations hereunder to the extent such failure materially prejudices the indemnifying party's defense of such action), (ii) the indemnifying party with sole control of the defense and settlement of the applicable indemnified claims (so long as any such settlement does not impose any admissions, restrictions or liability on the indemnified party) and (iii) all reasonably requested cooperation and assistance in connection with the defense of such Claim, at the indemnifying party's expense. The indemnifying party will have the right to control of the defense and settlement in consultation with the indemnified party of all Claims for which it is responsible for indemnification. The indemnified party shall not settle or compromise a Claim for which it is seeking indemnification without the prior written consent of the indemnifying party, and the indemnifying party shall not settle or compromise such a Claim in any manner that would impose any obligation on the indemnified party or otherwise have an adverse effect on the indemnified party's rights or interest, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party.

8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EXCEPT FOR BODILY INJURY OF A PERSON CAUSED BY ALETHEA'S BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT, ALETHEA AND ITS SUPPLIERS (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ALL EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIERS), OFFICERS, AFFILIATES, REPRESENTATIVES, CONTRACTORS AND EMPLOYEES SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT OR TERMS AND CONDITIONS RELATED THERETO UNDER ANY CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER THEORY: (A) FOR ERROR OR INTERRUPTION OF USE OR FOR LOSS OR INACCURACY OR CORRUPTION OF DATA OR COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS, SERVICES OR TECHNOLOGY OR LOSS OF PROFITS OR BUSINESS, OR LOSS OF GOODWILL OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES; (B) FOR ANY INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES; (C) FOR ANY MATTER BEYOND ALETHEA'S REASONABLE CONTROL; (D) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (E) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD-PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES, (F) SUBSTITUTE SERVICES, OR (G) FOR ANY AMOUNTS THAT, TOGETHER WITH AMOUNTS ASSOCIATED WITH ALL OTHER CLAIMS, EXCEED THE FEES PAID BY YOU TO ALETHEA FOR THE SERVICES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IN THE 12 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACT THAT GAVE RISE TO THE LIABILITY, IN EACH CASE, WHETHER OR NOT ALETHEA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

9. GOVERNMENT MATTERS

You may not remove or export from the United States or allow the export or re-export of the Services, Software or anything related thereto, or any direct product thereof in violation of any restrictions, laws or regulations of the United States Department of Commerce, the United States Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control, or any other United States or foreign agency or authority. As defined in FAR section 2.101, the Software and documentation are "commercial items" and according to DFAR section 252.227-7014(a)(1) and (5) are deemed to be "commercial computer software" and "commercial computer software documentation." Consistent with DFAR section 227.7202 and FAR section 12.212, any use modification, reproduction, release, performance, display, or disclosure of such commercial software or commercial software documentation by the U.S. Government will be governed solely by the terms of this Agreement and will be prohibited except to the extent expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement.

10. MISCELLANEOUS

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between You and Alethea and governs Your use of the Platform, App and Services and any results thereof, superseding any prior agreements between You and Alethea with respect thereto. You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when You use affiliate services, third-party payment processors, third-party content or third-party software.

You may not assign or transfer Your rights or obligations under this Agreement in whole or in part to any third-party without our consent. This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and permitted assigns. We and You are independent contractors and are not partners, joint venturers, agents, employees or representatives of the other party.

This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts without regard to its conflict of law provisions. With respect to any disputes or claims, You and Alethea agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY CLAIMS, COUNTERCLAIMS, CROSS-CLAIMS, OR THIRD-PARTY CLAIMS) ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT. FURTHER, EACH PARTY HERETO CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE OR AGENT OF EITHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF SUCH LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL PROVISION. EACH OF THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS PARAGRAPH IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE OTHER PARTY ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT.

The failure of Alethea to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of this Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Services or this Agreement must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred. A printed version of this Agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this Agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.

The section titles in this Agreement are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. If any part of this Agreement is held to be unlawful, void or unenforceable, that part will be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.

Notices to You may be made via either email or regular mail.

If You have any questions about this Agreement, please contact us at Info@Alethea.com.