Last modified: September 1, 2026
These terms of use (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of the websites, products, and services that link to these Terms, including application programming interfaces, software, tools, developer services, data and documentation, content, events, and activities (collectively, the “Services”), provided by Forest Neurotech, LLC, doing business as Arbor Neuroscience (“Arbor,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). These Terms form a legally binding agreement between you and Arbor. By accessing or using the Services, you:
If you do not agree to these Terms or lack authority to bind the Organization, do not access or use the Services. For purposes of the warranty disclaimers, limitations of liability, indemnity, arbitration agreement, and any other provision that expressly refers to them, the “Arbor Parties” are Arbor, its parent Convergent Research, Inc. (“Convergent”), and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, successors, and assigns. Each Arbor Party other than Arbor is an intended third-party beneficiary of those provisions and may enforce them directly. Except as expressly stated, Convergent does not provide the Services and assumes no obligations under these Terms.
ARBITRATION NOTICE: THESE TERMS CONTAIN A BINDING ARBITRATION AGREEMENT INCLUDING A WAIVER OF ANY RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OR CLASS-WIDE ARBITRATION. PLEASE SEE THE ARBITRATION AGREEMENT AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER SECTION BELOW FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
Arbor Neuroscience is the business name of Forest Neurotech, LLC, a subsidiary of Convergent Research, Inc. Arbor is developing minimally invasive, ultrasound-based brain-computer-interface technology.
Please see our Privacy Policy, set out below on this page, which explains how Arbor collects, uses, and discloses personal information.
We may modify these Terms from time to time. If we make a material change, we will provide reasonable advance notice through the Services or by another appropriate means. Unless otherwise stated, changes apply prospectively when they become effective. Changes to the arbitration provision will not apply to disputes of which the parties had actual notice before the changes became effective. Your continued use of the Services after the effective date of revised Terms constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
You must be at least 18 years of age (or the age of majority in the jurisdiction in which you reside) to use the Services. The Services are not intended for anyone under 18. If you use the Services on behalf of another person or entity, you must have the authority to accept the Terms on their behalf. You must provide accurate and complete information to register for an account. You may not make your access credentials or account available to others outside your organization, and you are responsible for all activities that occur using your credentials.
You may access, and we grant you a non-exclusive right to use, the Services in accordance with these Terms. You will comply with these Terms and all applicable laws when using the Services. Arbor and its licensors retain all right, title, and interest in and to the Services.
We may suspend your access to the Services immediately, with or without notice, if we reasonably believe that you have violated these Terms, used the Services unlawfully, created a security or safety risk, or if suspension is necessary to comply with applicable law or a governmental request. We may terminate your access only as provided in Section 10.
The Services and all information, content, images, logos, trademarks, graphics, software, and other materials made available through them (collectively, the “Content”) are owned by Arbor, Convergent, or their licensors, as applicable, and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws in the United States and other countries.
The Content is provided for information purposes only and is not to be relied upon as professional opinion or advice. The Content is not guaranteed to be accurate, complete, reliable, current or error-free; use at your own risk.
Subject to these Terms, you are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Content for your internal, non-commercial research, evaluation, and informational purposes, and otherwise as expressly permitted through the Services or a separate written agreement. We may also publish Content under a Creative Commons or similar license, in which case the applicable license controls. Except as expressly permitted, you may not reproduce, modify, republish, distribute, resell, broadcast, reverse-engineer, create derivative works from, or otherwise exploit the Content, in whole or in part. All rights not expressly granted are reserved by Arbor, Convergent, and their licensors.
For your convenience and information, the Services may provide links to other services and features, including apps, tools, widgets, activities and plugins, which may be operated by entities not affiliated with us. We make no representations or warranties regarding any such service or feature. If you choose to access any link to other services or features, you understand that you are connecting directly to that service or feature and will be subject to any terms of use, policies and privacy practices of the party that operates the service or feature.
All content, responses, answers, comments, ideas, proposals, photos and other information and materials that you post or submit to us or the Services (collectively, “Materials”) shall be handled as follows. While we may not review or monitor submissions of Materials, we reserve the right to block, refuse, delete, remove or edit, in whole or in part, any Materials that violate these Terms or that are otherwise objectionable, as determined by us in our sole discretion. We assume no liability in connection with any use of your Materials, including any errors or omissions contained therein, or for any loss or damage incurred as a result of any such use. You are solely responsible and assume all risks associated with any Materials you submit or that are submitted on your behalf.
You retain ownership of your Materials. You grant Arbor a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, and display your Materials solely as reasonably necessary to operate, provide, secure, and improve the Services, comply with applicable law, and exercise Arbor’s rights under these Terms. This license continues only for so long as reasonably necessary for those purposes, except that archival or backup copies may be retained as permitted by the Privacy Policy or applicable law. This paragraph does not apply to personal information, job applications, research or participant data, or materials governed by a separate agreement; those materials are governed by the Privacy Policy or applicable separate agreement. You represent and warrant that you have the rights necessary to provide the Materials and grant this license.
If you provide Arbor with any suggestions, ideas, or feedback concerning the Services or other potential products or services (collectively, “Feedback”), you grant Arbor and Convergent a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable, nonexclusive, royalty-free license, with the right to sublicense, to use and exploit the Feedback for any purpose.
Unless a separate written agreement provides otherwise, do not submit anything you consider confidential. Materials submitted under a confidentiality agreement, research protocol, informed-consent document, data-use agreement, or other separate agreement will be handled under that agreement.
Your Materials must adhere to all guidelines, rules, standards, and other requirements set forth by us.
You agree that you will not post or submit any Materials or use Services in a manner that violates any posted code of conduct or that otherwise: (1) is obscene, inappropriate, threatening, harassing, abusive, false, inaccurate, deceptive, libelous, defamatory, vulgar, pornographic, invasive of privacy or is otherwise injurious to third parties; (2) constitutes a criminal offense, gives rise to civil liability, or otherwise violates any local, state, national, or international law; (3) contains computer viruses, malware, bots, worms, Trojan horses or other harmful, disruptive, or destructive materials that limit the functionality of any computer software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment; (4) includes unsolicited advertisements, promotional materials, spam, junk mail, pyramid schemes or other forms of solicitation; (5) impersonates another person or entity or falsely states or misrepresents your affiliation with a person or entity; (6) misrepresents or disguises the origin of any Materials; (7) implies our endorsement of your content; (8) restricts or interferes with any other person’s ability to use or enjoy the Services, as determined by us in our sole discretion; (9) tampers with postings, registration information, submissions or content of other people; (10) uses any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means or interface not provided by us to access the Services; (11) extracts data or gathers or uses information available through the Services through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Services; (12) infringes a third party’s intellectual property rights, including any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity, or other proprietary rights of any party, including, without limitation, any content that is the subject of any third-party claim of infringement; (13) violates contractual or fiduciary relationships; or (14) violates these Terms, or uses the Services in any manner that is inconsistent with the purposes or objectives of the Services, as determined in good faith by us.
We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access to the Services and seek other legal or equitable remedies, upon becoming aware of any violation of this Acceptable Use Policy by you.
These Terms take effect when you first use the Services and remain in effect until terminated. You may terminate these Terms at any time by discontinuing use of the Services and Content. We may terminate these Terms for any reason on at least 30 days’ advance notice, or immediately upon notice if you materially breach these Terms, create a security or safety risk, or if termination is necessary to comply with applicable law or a governmental request. Provisions that by their nature should survive termination or expiration—including provisions concerning intellectual property, licenses, disclaimers, limitations of liability, indemnification, arbitration, and general terms—will survive.
UNLESS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN A SEPARATE WRITTEN AGREEMENT, THE SERVICES AND CONTENT ARE FOR GENERAL INFORMATIONAL AND RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY AND DO NOT CONSTITUTE MEDICAL ADVICE OR A SUBSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL CARE. THEY ARE NOT INTENDED FOR EMERGENCY USE OR FOR DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, OR CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING. THE SERVICES AND CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. THE ARBOR PARTIES MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND THAT THE SERVICES OR CONTENT WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, BE TIMELY, SECURE, ERROR-FREE, OR UNINTERRUPTED, BE FREE OF MALWARE OR OTHER HARMFUL CODE, OR THAT THE CONTENT OR RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, OR RELIABLE.
THE ARBOR PARTIES AND THEIR LICENSORS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND, ACCORDINGLY, THE LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE A CONSUMER, ANY STATUTORY RIGHTS THAT CANNOT BE WAIVED BY YOU ARE UNAFFECTED BY THIS SECTION.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL ANY ARBOR PARTY OR LICENSOR BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR LOST REVENUES, PROFITS, CAPITAL, OR OVERHEAD, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SERVICES, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), DELICT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY AND WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY, THE FOREGOING EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS APPLY ONLY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE ARBOR PARTIES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICES OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF US$100 OR THE AMOUNT YOU PAID ARBOR FOR THE SERVICES DURING THE 12 MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY. NOTHING IN THESE TERMS EXCLUDES OR LIMITS LIABILITY THAT CANNOT LAWFULLY BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED.
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Arbor Parties and their respective licensors, suppliers, and representatives from and against third-party claims, liabilities, losses, damages, judgments, settlements, fines, penalties, and reasonable attorneys’ fees to the extent arising out of or relating to (1) your use or misuse of the Services or Content; (2) your breach of these Terms; (3) Materials you submit or provide; or (4) the Arbor Parties’ authorized use of your Materials, including claims alleging infringement or violation of intellectual-property, privacy, publicity, or other proprietary rights. Arbor or the affected Arbor Party may assume the exclusive defense and control of a matter subject to indemnification, in which event you will reasonably cooperate with the defense. You may not settle an indemnified claim in a manner that admits liability by, or imposes obligations on, an Arbor Party without the prior written consent of Arbor and any affected Arbor Party.
These Terms and any dispute arising out of or relating to them or the Services are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, except to the extent applicable mandatory law provides otherwise.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, you and Arbor agree to arbitrate any controversy, claim, or dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Services, including any claim involving an Arbor Party and any claim based on contract, tort, negligence, statute, or regulation. Each Arbor Party other than Arbor is an intended third-party beneficiary of this arbitration agreement and may enforce it directly. EACH PARTY IS GIVING UP ITS RIGHT TO SUE IN COURT AND TO HAVE A CONTROVERSY, CLAIM, OR DISPUTE HEARD BY A JUDGE OR JURY, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED BELOW. The Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this Section.
THE ARBITRATOR, AND NOT A COURT, WILL DECIDE THRESHOLD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INTERPRETATION, APPLICABILITY, ENFORCEABILITY, AND FORMATION OF THIS ARBITRATION AGREEMENT, EXCEPT THAT A COURT WILL DECIDE ANY QUESTION CONCERNING THE ENFORCEABILITY OF THE CLASS-ACTION WAIVER. CLAIMS MAY BE BROUGHT ONLY IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION. THE ARBITRATOR MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE MORE THAN ONE INDIVIDUAL’S OR ENTITY’S CLAIMS OR PRESIDE OVER ANY CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.
Either party may exercise the right to arbitrate by providing the other party with written notice of any and all claims forming the basis of such right in sufficient detail to inform the other party of the substance of such claims. In no event shall the request for arbitration be made after the date when institution of legal or equitable proceedings based on such claims would be barred by the applicable statute of limitations.
Unless you and we otherwise agree, the arbitration will be conducted in the county where you reside by a single neutral arbitrator and in accordance with the then-current Consumer Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) if you are an individual using the Services for personal purposes, and the AAA’s Commercial Arbitration Rules otherwise (available online at www.adr.org or by calling 1-800-778-7879). The parties are entitled to representation by an attorney or other representative of their choosing. The parties agree to abide by and perform any award rendered by the arbitrator. The arbitrator shall issue the award in writing and therein state the essential findings and conclusions on which the award is based. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Payment of all filing, administration and arbitrator fees will be governed by the AAA's rules.
Either party may bring an eligible individual claim in small-claims court. Either party may also seek temporary or preliminary injunctive relief from a court when necessary to preserve the status quo pending arbitration. Nothing in these Terms waives a right to seek public injunctive relief or another remedy that cannot lawfully be waived. If this arbitration provision is held unenforceable or arbitration is otherwise unavailable for a particular dispute, that dispute will be heard exclusively in the state or federal courts located in San Francisco County, California, and each party consents to their personal jurisdiction and venue, except to the extent applicable law requires otherwise.
Nothing in these Terms creates an employment, agency, joint-venture, or partnership relationship. A failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. If a provision is held unenforceable, it will be modified only to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable, and the remaining provisions will remain in effect. Arbor may assign these Terms in connection with a merger, reorganization, sale of assets, or by operation of law; you may not assign them without Arbor’s prior written consent. If a separate written agreement, research protocol, informed-consent document, clinical-study agreement, device or software license, data-use agreement, or event terms apply, that document controls to the extent of a conflict. Except for the Arbor Parties as expressly provided in these Terms, there are no third-party beneficiaries. These Terms and any applicable supplemental terms constitute the entire agreement between you and Arbor concerning their subject matter.
These Terms and any other documentation, agreements, notices, or communications between you and us are provided to you electronically. You consent to receive these electronic communications and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Services, satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. Please print or otherwise save a copy of all documentation, agreements, notices, and other communications for your reference.
If you have any questions about these Terms, please email us at info@convergentresearch.org. You also may write to: 811 Traction Ave, Suite 3C, Los Angeles, CA 90013-1861, Attn: Terms of Use.
Last modified: September 2, 2026
Forest Neurotech, LLC, doing business as Arbor Neuroscience (“Arbor,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the Personal Information we collect. Arbor is a subsidiary of Convergent Research, Inc. (“Convergent”). This Privacy Policy describes how Arbor collects, uses, discloses, and protects Personal Information when you access or use the websites, products, and services that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Services”). It also describes your privacy rights and choices. If we collect Personal Information in connection with clinical studies, human-subject research, employment, or another activity under a separate privacy notice or agreement, that separate notice or agreement will control.
We collect information that alone or in combination with other information in our possession could be used to identify you (“Personal Information”) as follows:
Personal Information You Provide: Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect Personal Information you provide directly, including as follows:
Personal Information We Receive Automatically From Your Use of the Services: When you visit, use, and interact with the Services, we may receive the following information about your visit, use, or interactions (“Technical Information”):
Other Personal Information: We may collect other Personal Information from a variety of sources:
Certain laws, such as GDPR, describe various lawful reasons to “process” (i.e. collect, use, and share) personal information. Our reasons for processing are described below:
We may use personal information for the following purposes:
Provide the Services: Legitimate interests
Marketing communications and use of non-essential cookies and other technologies: Consent
Safety and security: Legitimate interests
Research: Legitimate interests
Improve the Services and develop new services: Legitimate interests
Legal compliance and claims: Legal obligations
Other uses
Aggregated or De-Identified Information. We may aggregate or de-identify Personal Information and use the aggregated information to analyze the effectiveness of our Services, to improve and add features to our Services, to conduct research and for other similar purposes. In addition, from time to time, we may analyze the general behavior and characteristics of users of our Services and share aggregated information like general user statistics with third parties, publish such aggregated information or make such aggregated information generally available. We may collect aggregated information through the Services, through cookies, and through other means described in this Privacy Policy. We will maintain and use de-identified information in anonymous or de-identified form and we will not attempt to reidentify the information.
In certain circumstances we may provide your Personal Information to third parties without further notice to you, unless required by the law:
Please contact us as specified in the “How To Contact Us” section of this Privacy Policy if you would like to obtain more information about the affiliates, subsidiaries and other third parties with whom we may share personal information.
We offer you certain choices in connection with the personal information we collect from you. To update your preferences, limit the communications you receive from us, or submit a request, please contact us as indicated in the “How To Contact Us” section of this Privacy Policy. You can unsubscribe from our marketing mailing lists by following the “Unsubscribe” link in our emails or contacting us as specified in the “How To Contact Us” section below. We will apply your preferences going forward.
Depending on the laws that apply to you, including GDPR, you may have the rights provided below, some of which may apply generally, and some of which apply only in certain circumstances, described below:
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us as indicated in the “How To Contact Us” section below. If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), you also may lodge a complaint with the data protection authority in your country of residence.
The following table provides additional information about how we disclose Personal Information. You can read more about the Personal Information we collect in “Personal information we collect” above, how we use Personal information in “How we use personal information” above, and how we retain personal information in “Retention of Personal Information” below.
| Category of Personal Information | Disclosure of Personal Information |
|---|---|
| Identifiers, such as your contact details | We disclose this information to our affiliates, vendors and service providers, law enforcement, and parties involved in Transactions. |
| Commercial Information, such as transaction details, if we offer paid Services | We disclose this information to our affiliates, vendors and service providers, law enforcement, and parties involved in Transactions. |
| Network Activity Information, such as Content and how you interact with our Services | We disclose this information to our affiliates, vendors and service providers, law enforcement, and parties involved in Transactions. |
| Approximate Geolocation Data, such as location inferred from an IP address | We disclose this information to our affiliates, vendors and service providers, law enforcement, and parties involved in Transactions. |
| Account login credentials, if we offer account-based Services (Sensitive Personal Information) | We disclose this information to our affiliates, vendors and service providers, law enforcement, and parties involved in Transactions. |
To the extent provided for by law and subject to applicable exceptions, California residents have the following privacy rights in relation to their Personal Information:
We don’t sell or share Personal Information as defined by the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act. We also don’t process sensitive personal information for the purposes of inferring characteristics about a consumer.
Exercising Your Rights. California residents can exercise their CCPA privacy rights by sending their request to info@arborneuroscience.org.
Verification. In order to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, change, or deletion, we may require you to verify your credentials before you can submit a request to know, correct, or delete Personal Information. If you do not have an account with us, or if we suspect fraudulent or malicious activity, we may ask you to provide additional Personal Information and proof of residency for verification. If we cannot verify your identity, we will not provide, correct, or delete your Personal Information.
Authorized Agents. You may submit a rights request through an authorized agent. If you do so, the agent must present signed written permission to act on your behalf and you may also be required to independently verify your identity and submit proof of your residency with us. Authorized agent requests can be submitted to info@convergentresearch.org.
We may transfer your personal information to recipients in other countries that have different data protection laws. When we do so, we will protect that information as described in this Privacy Policy and will comply with applicable legal requirements, providing adequate protection for the transfer.
If we transfer personal information from the EEA, UK or Switzerland to a country that has not been recognized by the European Commission as providing an adequate level of data protection, we will use appropriate contractual terms with the recipients to safeguard the information. Further information about our data transfer safeguards may be obtained by contacting us as indicated in the “How To Contact Us” section below.
We will retain your personal information for the duration of our relationship, plus a reasonable period to comply with the applicable statute of limitation periods and records retention requirements under applicable laws, or during the pendency of any legal claims or lawful requests or investigations.
We may also anonymize or de-identify your Personal Information (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes, as described above, in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.
We implement commercially reasonable technical, administrative, and organizational measures to protect Personal Information both online and offline from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no Internet or email transmission is ever fully secure or error free. In particular, email sent to or from us may not be secure. Therefore, you should take special care in deciding what information you send to us via the Service or email. In addition, we are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Service, or third party websites.
The Services are intended for individuals at least 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from anyone under 18.
For your convenience and information, we may provide links to other online services, and may include third-party features such as apps, tools, communication platforms or communities, widgets and plugins. The privacy practices of the relevant third parties, including details on the information they may collect about you, is subject to the privacy statements of these parties, which we strongly suggest you review. These third-party services or features are not owned or controlled by us and we are not responsible for their information practices.
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in law or our practices. We will post the updated Privacy Policy and revise the “Last modified” date above. If changes are material, we may provide additional notice, such as a statement on our homepage or an email.
Arbor is responsible for processing Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy.
If you have any questions, requests or comments about this Privacy Policy or to exercise your rights, please email us at info@convergentresearch.org. You also may write to: 811 Traction Ave, Suite 3C, Los Angeles, CA 90013-1861, Attn: Privacy.