Amendments to Broker Agreement

Brokers of Guardian - Effective 8-15-2021 
Brokers of Guardian General Agencies - Effective 8-15-2021

Brokers of Guardian (3-18-2019) 
Brokers of Guardian General Agencies (3-18-2019)

Terms and Conditions of Use for Guardian Group Status of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America ("Guardian")

Your downloading and use of Guardian's Group Status application, and your accessing and use of this Website, indicate your agreement to the Terms contained below and any modifications of these Terms made by Guardian, and constitute your representation that you have reviewed and agreed to all such Terms as well as the Privacy Policy to which a link is provided below, and that you are at least 18 years old. If you do not agree to the Terms below, you are not authorized to download or use Guardian Group Status and you should leave this Website immediately.

You are responsible for reviewing the Terms periodically for revisions to these Terms. If any revisions are unacceptable to you, you should discontinue using the Guardian Group Status app. Your continued use of Guardian Group Status following the posting of any such revisions will indicate your acceptance of the revised Terms.

Guardian makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of information provided, however information listed is not guaranteed to be accurate or up-to-date and may be subject to change without notice. For the most up-to-date information, please call the number listed in your plan documents.

Your Permission to use Guardian's Group Status.

Guardian is the owner or licensee of all rights in Guardian Group Status, its content, software, and services. Guardian Group Status is provided for personal, non-commercial use only. You have no right to reproduce or disseminate Guardian Group Status content or software in whole or in part, or make any other use of Guardian Group Status content, software or services if not expressly granted in these Terms. "The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America," "Guardian," the G Guardian Logo and other marks of Guardian, as well as marks of Guardian's licensors and providers, are proprietary to Guardian or its licensors and providers. No right, title or interest in those trademarks is granted to you in these Terms, and you are not authorized to reproduce or otherwise use any such trademarks absent prior express written approval from Guardian or the applicable licensor or provider.

Guardian's Group Status is provided "As Is"; You Are Responsible for Use of Guardian's Group Status.

SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH AND INFORMATION CONTAINED THROUGH GUARDIAN'S GROUP STATUS ARE PROVIDED AS IS AND AS AVAILABLE. GUARDIAN MAKES NO, AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY, WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE. FURTHER, GUARDIAN DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY THAT THE SITE WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES, WILL OPERATE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OR ERROR, OR WILL BE SECURE AND FREE OF TECHNOLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, UNAVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION, DOWNTIME, SERVICE DISRUPTIONS, COOKIES, VIRUSES, WORMS, "TROJAN HORSES", HACKING, OR OTHER HARMFUL OR DESTRUCTIVE ELEMENTS. GUARDIAN MAKES NO WARRANTY AS TO THE RELIABILITY, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, USEFULNESS, ADEQUACY, COMPLETENESS OR SUITABILITY OF THE SERVICES OR INFORMATION PROVIDED THROUGH GUARDIAN GROUP STATUS.

YOU AGREE TO BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR USE OF GUARDIAN'S GROUP STATUS. GUARDIAN, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AND INFORMATION PROVIDERS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE GUARDIAN GROUP STATUS EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

THESE LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY WHETHER THE ASSERTED LIABILITY OR DAMAGES ARE BASED IN CONTRACT (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BREACH OF WARRANTY), TORT (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE) OR ANY OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE GROUNDS. YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH GUARDIAN GROUP STATUS IS TO STOP USING GUARDIAN GROUP STATUS.

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR ALL HEALTH ISSUES, PARTICULARLY THOSE OF AN URGENT NATURE AND GUARDIAN MAKES NO GUARANTEE OF ANY PARTICULAR RESPONSE TIME TO ANY INQUIRY YOU MAY MAKE. ACCORDINGLY, IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, YOU SHOULD NOT USE THIS SITE FOR ASSISTANCE, BUT SHOULD INSTEAD SEEK APPROPRIATE EMERGENCY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.

Guardian is Not Responsible for Any Links To or From Other Sites.

Guardian's Group Status Search site may contain links to other Web sites, and other Web sites may provide links to this site. These links are provided for your convenience only. You should not consider any link to or from another site as an endorsement of that site by Guardian unless Guardian expressly states so. Guardian does not control and is not affiliated with these other sites or their owners, and assumes no liability or responsibility for such sites, including the functionality or security of any such sites or the accuracy of any content or services provided to you by such sites. Guardian does not guarantee or warrant that use of Guardian's Group Status or any linked site will be secure or free from technological difficulties including, but not limited to, unavailability of information, downtime, service disruptions, cookies, viruses, worms, "Trojan horses", hacking, or other harmful or destructive elements. You understand that you are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for safety and accuracy of data input and output.

You Agree that Guardian May Collect and Share Certain Information About You.

You agree that, should you elect to supply it, Guardian may use your e-mail address, to communicate with you to fulfill your smartphone app request. Guardian uses this information consistent with Guardian's Privacy Policy

Guardian may use tracking technologies which automatically record and store information about you and your visit to this Website and/or your use of Guardian Group Status, including: the internet domain and IP address from which you access the Website and/or Guardian Group Status; the type of browser software and operating system used to access the Website; the date and time you access the Website; the pages from which you enter, visit and exit the Website, and if you linked to the Website from another site, the address of that Website; and your user identity if you are logged in.

This tracking may be done by using a "cookie" which would be stored on your browser. If you do not wish to allow such cookies: you can configure most Internet browsers to refuse to allow new cookies, to prompt you before accepting new cookies, or to disables cookies altogether. Exactly how this is done is dependent on the browser you use. For more information on cookies, please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/

Guardian may use such information to help us identify click stream patterns, to improve the Website and application, and to learn about the number of visitors to the Website and the types of technology our visitors use, to ensure that the Website and application remain compatible with a selection of browsers and systems and are benefitting users.

Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

These Terms together with Guardian's Privacy Policy constitute the entire and only understanding between you and Guardian regarding your use of Guardian Group Status. No modification or attempted modification of these Terms by you shall be binding on Guardian unless made in writing and physically signed by an authorized representative of Guardian. Guardian may modify these Terms at any time and such modifications shall be effective immediately upon posting the modified terms and conditions on this site. Guardian Group Status is being provided by Guardian as a courtesy to you, and Guardian reserves the right to modify, suspend or discontinue this site, or any part thereof, at any time, with or without notice. In addition, your access to Guardian Group Status may be discontinued at any time if you violate the terms of this Agreement or if Guardian in its sole discretion determines, for any other reason, that it is no longer appropriate for you to have access to Guardian Group Status.

Notices sent to you by Guardian in connection with these Terms or your use of Guardian Group Status may be delivered to you by electronic mail, a general notice on the Website, or by any other legally permissible method.a

Failure by Guardian to enforce any provision of these Terms shall not be deemed a waiver of such provisions.