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+Important Legal Information:
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+The bug bounty program is an experimental and discretionary rewards program for the Parity community to reward those who are helping to improve the Parity software. 
+Awards are at the sole discretion of Parity Technologies Ltd.. 
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+We are not able to issue rewards to individuals who are on sanctions lists or who are in countries on sanctions lists (e.g. North Korea, Iran, etc). 
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+You are responsible for all taxes. All rewards are subject to applicable law. 
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+Finally, your testing must not violate any law or compromise any data that is not yours.