Users agree to indemnify Stash, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and Stride Bank from any third-party claims, damages, and legal costs arising from the user's Terms violations, improper platform use, intellectual property infringement, or content uploaded through the user's account.
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This provision extends indemnification obligations to claims arising from use of the user's account by any person, including unauthorized users, which may create financial exposure for users in the event of account compromise or unauthorized use. The obligation covers attorney's fees and expenses for both Stash and its Partner Bank.
Interpretive note: The enforceability of the indemnification clause's extension to claims arising from unauthorized third-party use of a user's account may vary by jurisdiction and depend on whether courts apply consumer contract scrutiny to standard-form indemnification provisions.
Under this clause, users are financially responsible for third-party claims, damages, and legal costs incurred by Stash and its affiliates resulting from Terms violations, platform misuse, or intellectual property infringement by the user or any person using the user's account. The agreement also includes Stride Bank, N.A. as a covered indemnified party.
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Compare across platforms →"You agree to indemnify, hold harmless and, at our option, defend us and our affiliates, and our and their officers, directors, employees, stockholders, agents and representatives, as well as Partner Bank (collectively, "Indemnified Persons"), from any and all third party claims, liability, losses, damages, expenses and/or costs (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorney's fees and expenses) arising from your improper use of the Platform or our Services or offerings, your violation of these Terms or any of the other Account Contracts, or your infringement, or the infringement or use by any other user of your account, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity, and your use of User Content and Submissions generated, uploaded, or otherwise provided by you in accordance with these Terms.Excerpt from Stash's Terms of Use (Superseded URL)
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This provision extends indemnification obligations to claims arising from use of the user's account by any person, including unauthorized users, which may create financial exposure for users in the event of account compromise or unauthorized use. The obligation covers attorney's fees and expenses for both Stash and its Partner Bank.
Under this clause, users are financially responsible for third-party claims, damages, and legal costs incurred by Stash and its affiliates resulting from Terms violations, platform misuse, or intellectual property infringement by the user or any person using the user's account. The agreement also includes Stride Bank, N.A. as a covered indemnified party.
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