TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Last
updated
June 29, 2025
AGREEMENT TO OUR LEGAL TERMS
We are Whats The
(
'Company', 'we', 'us', or
'our' )
.
We operate the
website
https://www.whatsthe.com
(the 'Site'
)
, as well as any other related products and services that
refer or link to these legal terms (the 'Legal
Terms' ) (collectively, the 'Services' ).
You can contact us by email
at support@whatsthe.com
or by mail to __________
, __________
,
Malta
.
These Legal Terms constitute a legally binding agreement
made between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity (
'you' ), and Whats The , concerning your access to and use of the Services. You
agree that by accessing the Services, you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by all
of these Legal Terms. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THESE LEGAL TERMS, THEN YOU ARE EXPRESSLY
PROHIBITED FROM USING THE SERVICES AND YOU MUST DISCONTINUE USE IMMEDIATELY.
Supplemental terms and conditions or documents that may
be posted on the Services from time to time are hereby expressly incorporated herein by
reference. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to make changes or modifications to
these Legal Terms from time to time
. We will alert you about any changes by updating the
'Last updated' date of these Legal Terms, and you waive any right
to receive specific notice of each such change. It is your responsibility to periodically review
these Legal Terms to stay informed of updates. You will be subject to, and will be deemed to
have been made aware of and to have accepted, the changes in any revised Legal Terms by your
continued use of the Services after the date such revised Legal Terms are posted.
We recommend that you
print a copy of these Legal Terms for your records.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. OUR SERVICES
The information provided when using the Services is not intended for
distribution to or use by any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such
distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation or which would subject us to any
registration requirement within such jurisdiction or country. Accordingly, those persons who
choose to access the Services from other locations do so on their own initiative and are solely
responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.
The Services are not tailored to comply with industry-specific
regulations (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Federal Information
Security Management Act (FISMA), etc.), so if your interactions would be subjected to such laws,
you may not use the Services. You may not use the Services in a way that would violate the
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA).
2. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
Our intellectual property
We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual
property rights in our Services, including all source code, databases, functionality, software,
website designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics in the Services (collectively,
the 'Content' ), as well as the
trademarks, service marks, and logos contained therein (the
'Marks' ).
Our Content and Marks are protected by copyright and
trademark laws (and various other intellectual property rights and unfair competition laws) and
treaties in the United States and around the world.
The Content and Marks are provided in or through the
Services 'AS IS' for your personal, non-commercial use or internal business purpose only.
Your use of our Services
Subject to your compliance with these Legal Terms, including the ' PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
' section below, we grant you a
non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to:
- access the Services; and
- download or print a copy of any portion of the Content to which you have properly gained access,
solely for your
personal, non-commercial use or internal business purpose .
Except as set out in this section or elsewhere in our
Legal Terms, no part of the Services and no Content or Marks may be copied, reproduced,
aggregated, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded,
translated, transmitted, distributed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited
for any commercial purpose whatsoever, without our express prior written
permission.
If you wish to make any use of the Services, Content, or
Marks other than as set out in this section or elsewhere in our Legal Terms, please address your
request to: support@whatsthe.com . If we ever grant you the
permission to post, reproduce, or publicly display any part of our Services or Content, you must
identify us as the owners or licensors of the Services, Content, or Marks and ensure that any
copyright or proprietary notice appears or is visible on posting, reproducing, or displaying our
Content.
We reserve all rights not expressly granted to you in
and to the Services, Content, and Marks.
Any breach of these Intellectual Property Rights will
constitute a material breach of our Legal Terms and your right to use our Services will
terminate immediately.
Your submissions and contributions
Please review this section and the '
PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
' section carefully prior to
using our Services to understand the (a) rights you give us and (b) obligations you have when
you post or upload any content through the Services.
Submissions: By directly sending us any question,
comment, suggestion, idea, feedback, or other information about the Services ( 'Submissions' ), you agree to
assign to us all intellectual property rights in such Submission. You agree that we shall own
this Submission and be entitled to its unrestricted use and dissemination for any lawful
purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you.
Contributions: The Services may invite you to chat,
contribute to, or participate in blogs, message boards, online forums, and other functionality
during which you may create, submit, post, display, transmit, publish, distribute, or broadcast
content and materials to us or through the Services, including but not limited to text,
writings, video, audio, photographs, music, graphics, comments, reviews, rating suggestions,
personal information, or other material ( 'Contributions' ). Any Submission that is publicly posted shall also be treated as
a Contribution.
You understand that Contributions may be viewable by other users of the
Services and possibly through third-party websites .
When you post Contributions, you grant us a licence (including use of
your name, trademarks, and logos): By posting any Contributions, you grant us an
unrestricted, unlimited, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free,
fully-paid, worldwide right, and licence to: use, copy, reproduce, distribute, sell, resell, publish,
broadcast, retitle, store, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, excerpt (in
whole or in part), and exploit your Contributions (including, without limitation, your image,
name, and voice) for any purpose, commercial, advertising, or otherwise, to prepare derivative
works of, or incorporate into other works, your Contributions, and to sublicence the licences granted
in this section. Our use and distribution may occur in any media formats and through any media
channels.
This licence
includes our use of your name, company name, and franchise name, as applicable, and any
of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, and personal and commercial images you
provide.
You are responsible for what you post or upload: By
sending us Submissions and/or posting Contributions through any part of the Services or making Contributions accessible through the Services by
linking your account through the Services to any of your social networking accounts, you:
- confirm that you have read and agree with our
' PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES ' and will not post, send, publish, upload, or transmit through the Services any Submission nor post any Contribution that is illegal, harassing, hateful, harmful, defamatory, obscene, bullying, abusive, discriminatory, threatening to any person or group, sexually explicit, false, inaccurate, deceitful, or misleading; - to the extent permissible by applicable law, waive any and all
moral rights to any such Submission
and/or Contribution ; - warrant that any such Submission
and/or Contributions are original to you or that you have the necessary rights and licences to submit such Submissions and/or Contributions and that you have full authority to grant us the above-mentioned rights in relation to your Submissions and/or Contributions ; and - warrant and represent that your Submissions
and/or Contributions do not constitute confidential information.
You are solely
responsible for your Submissions and/or Contributions and you expressly agree to reimburse us for any and
all losses that we may suffer because of your breach of (a) this section, (b) any third party’s
intellectual property rights, or (c) applicable law.
We may remove or
edit your Content: Although we have no obligation to monitor any Contributions, we
shall have the right to remove or edit any Contributions at any time without notice if in our
reasonable opinion we consider such Contributions harmful or in breach of these Legal Terms. If we
remove or edit any such Contributions, we may also suspend or disable your account and report you to
the authorities.
Copyright infringement
We respect the
intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that any material available on or through the
Services infringes upon any copyright you own or control, please immediately refer to the '
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENTS
' section below.
By using the Services, you represent and warrant
that:
(1) all registration information you
submit
will be true, accurate, current, and complete; (2) you will maintain the accuracy of
such information and promptly update such registration information as
necessary;
(3) you have the legal capacity and you agree to
comply with these Legal Terms;
(4) you are not under the age of
13;
(5) you are not a
minor in the jurisdiction in which you reside
, or if a minor, you have
received parental permission to use the Services
; (6) you will not access the Services through
automated or non-human means, whether through a bot, script or
otherwise; (7) you will not use the Services for any illegal
or unauthorised purpose; and
(8) your use of the Services will not violate any
applicable law or regulation.
If you provide
any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, we have the
right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use
of the Services (or any portion thereof).
4. USER REGISTRATION
You may
be required to register to use the Services. You agree to keep your password
confidential and will be responsible for all use of your account and password.
We reserve the right to remove, reclaim, or change a username you select if we
determine, in our sole discretion, that such username is inappropriate, obscene,
or otherwise objectionable.
5. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
You may not
access or use the Services for any purpose other than that for which we make the
Services available. The Services may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavours except those
that are specifically endorsed or approved by us.
As
a user of the Services, you agree not to:
- Systematically retrieve data or other content from the Services to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without written permission from us.
- Trick, defraud, or mislead us and other users, especially in any attempt to learn sensitive account information such as user passwords.
- Circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Services, including features that prevent or restrict the use or copying of any Content or enforce limitations on the use of the Services and/or the Content contained therein.
- Disparage, tarnish, or otherwise harm, in our opinion, us and/or the Services.
- Use any information obtained from the Services in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person.
- Make improper use of our support services or submit false reports of abuse or misconduct.
- Use the Services in a manner inconsistent with any applicable laws or regulations.
- Engage
in
unauthorised framing of or linking to the Services. - Upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) viruses, Trojan horses, or other material, including excessive use of capital letters and spamming (continuous posting of repetitive text), that interferes with any party’s uninterrupted use and enjoyment of the Services or modifies, impairs, disrupts, alters, or interferes with the use, features, functions, operation, or maintenance of the Services.
- Engage in any automated use of the system, such as using scripts to send comments or messages, or using any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools.
- Delete the copyright or other proprietary rights notice from any Content.
- Attempt to impersonate another user or person or use the username of another user.
- Upload
or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) any
material that acts as a passive or active information
collection or transmission mechanism, including without
limitation, clear graphics interchange formats (
'gifs' ), 1×1 pixels, web bugs, cookies, or other similar devices (sometimes referred to as 'spyware' or 'passive collection mechanisms' or 'pcms' - Interfere with, disrupt, or create an undue burden on the Services or the networks or services connected to the Services.
- Harass, annoy, intimidate, or threaten any of our employees or agents engaged in providing any portion of the Services to you.
- Attempt to bypass any measures of the Services designed to prevent or restrict access to the Services, or any portion of the Services.
- Copy or adapt the Services' software, including but not limited to Flash, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, or other code.
- Except as permitted by applicable law, decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Services.
- Except
as may be the result of standard search engine or Internet
browser usage, use, launch, develop, or distribute any
automated system, including without limitation, any spider,
robot, cheat utility, scraper, or offline reader that
accesses the Services, or use or launch any
unauthorised script or other software. - Use a buying agent or purchasing agent to make purchases on the Services.
- Make
any
unauthorised use of the Services, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of users by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email, or creating user accounts by automated means or under false pretences . - Use
the Services as part of any effort to compete with us or
otherwise use the Services and/or the Content for any
revenue-generating
endeavour or commercial enterprise. -
Use the Services to advertise or offer to sell goods and services. -
Sell or otherwise transfer your profile.
6. USER GENERATED CONTRIBUTIONS
- The creation, distribution, transmission, public display, or performance, and the accessing, downloading, or copying of your Contributions do not and will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or moral rights of any third party.
- You are the creator and owner of or have
the necessary
licences , rights, consents, releases, and permissions to use and to authorise us, the Services, and other users of the Services to use your Contributions in any manner contemplated by the Services and these Legal Terms. - You have the written consent, release, and/or permission of each and every identifiable individual person in your Contributions to use the name or likeness of each and every such identifiable individual person to enable inclusion and use of your Contributions in any manner contemplated by the Services and these Legal Terms.
- Your Contributions are not false, inaccurate, or misleading.
- Your Contributions are not unsolicited or
unauthorised - Your Contributions are not obscene, lewd,
lascivious, filthy, violent, harassing,
, slanderous, or otherwise objectionable (as determined by us). - Your Contributions do not ridicule, mock, disparage, intimidate, or abuse anyone.
- Your Contributions are not used to harass or threaten (in the legal sense of those terms) any other person and to promote violence against a specific person or class of people.
- Your Contributions do not violate any applicable law, regulation, or rule.
- Your Contributions do not violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party.
- Your Contributions do not violate any applicable law concerning child pornography, or otherwise intended to protect the health or well-being of minors.
- Your Contributions do not include any offensive comments that are connected to race, national origin, gender, sexual preference, or physical handicap.
- Your Contributions do not otherwise violate, or link to material that violates, any provision of these Legal Terms, or any applicable law or regulation.
Any
use of the Services in violation of the foregoing violates these Legal
Terms and may result in, among other things, termination or suspension
of your rights to use the Services.
7. CONTRIBUTION LICENCE
By
posting your Contributions to any part of the Services
or making Contributions accessible to the
Services by linking your account from the Services to any of
your social networking accounts
, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have
the right to grant, to us an unrestricted, unlimited, irrevocable,
perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, fully-paid, worldwide
right, and licence to host, use, copy, reproduce, disclose, sell,
resell, publish, broadcast, retitle, archive, store, cache, publicly
perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, transmit, excerpt (in whole
or in part), and distribute such Contributions (including, without
limitation, your image and voice) for any purpose, commercial, advertising,
or otherwise, and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other
works, such Contributions, and grant and
authorise sublicences of the foregoing. The
use and distribution may occur in any media formats and through any media
channels.
This
licence
will apply to any form, media, or technology now known or hereafter
developed, and includes our use of your name, company name, and franchise
name, as applicable, and any of the trademarks, service marks, trade names,
logos, and personal and commercial images you provide. You waive all moral
rights in your Contributions, and you warrant that moral rights have not
otherwise been asserted in your Contributions.
We
do not assert any ownership over your Contributions. You retain full
ownership of all of your Contributions and any intellectual property rights
or other proprietary rights associated with your Contributions. We are not
liable for any statements or representations in your Contributions provided
by you in any area on the Services. You are solely responsible for your
Contributions to the Services and you expressly agree to exonerate us from
any and all responsibility and to refrain from any legal action against us
regarding your Contributions.
We
have the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, (1) to edit, redact, or
otherwise change any Contributions; (2) to
re-categorise any Contributions to place
them in more appropriate locations on the Services; and (3) to pre-screen or
delete any Contributions at any time and for any reason, without notice. We
have no obligation to monitor your Contributions.
8. GUIDELINES FOR REVIEWS
We may provide you
areas on the Services to leave reviews or ratings. When posting a review, you must comply
with the following criteria: (1) you should have firsthand experience with the person/entity
being reviewed; (2) your reviews should not contain offensive profanity, or abusive, racist,
offensive, or hateful language; (3) your reviews should not contain discriminatory
references based on religion, race, gender, national origin, age, marital status, sexual
orientation, or disability; (4) your reviews should not contain references to illegal
activity; (5) you should not be affiliated with competitors if posting negative reviews; (6)
you should not make any conclusions as to the legality of conduct; (7) you may not post any
false or misleading statements; and (8) you may not
organise a campaign encouraging others to post reviews,
whether positive or negative.
We may accept,
reject, or remove reviews in our sole discretion. We have absolutely no obligation to
screen reviews or to delete reviews, even if anyone considers reviews objectionable or
inaccurate. Reviews are not endorsed by us, and do not necessarily represent our
opinions or the views of any of our affiliates or partners. We do not assume liability
for any review or for any claims, liabilities, or losses resulting from any review. By
posting a review, you hereby grant to us a perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide,
royalty-free, fully paid, assignable, and sublicensable right and licence to reproduce,
modify, translate, transmit by any means, display, perform, and/or distribute all
content relating to review.
As
part of the functionality of the Services, you may link your account with
online accounts you have with third-party service providers (each such
account, a 'Third-Party Account' ) by either: (1) providing your Third-Party
Account login information through the Services; or (2) allowing us to access
your Third-Party Account, as is
permitted under the applicable terms and conditions that govern your use of
each Third-Party Account. You
represent and warrant that you are entitled to disclose your Third-Party Account login
information to us and/or grant us access to your Third-Party Account, without breach
by you of any of the terms and conditions that govern your use of the
applicable Third-Party Account,
and without obligating us to pay any fees or making us subject to any usage
limitations imposed by the third-party service provider of the Third-Party Account. By granting us
access to any Third-Party
Accounts, you understand that (1) we may access, make available, and store
(if applicable) any content that you have provided to and stored in your
Third-Party Account (the 'Social Network Content' ) so that it is available on and through the
Services via your account, including without limitation any friend lists and
(2) we may submit to and receive from your Third-Party Account additional
information to the extent you are notified when you link your account with
the Third-Party Account.
Depending on the Third-Party
Accounts you choose and subject to the privacy settings that you have set in
such Third-Party Accounts,
personally identifiable information that you post to your Third-Party Accounts may be
available on and through your account on the Services. Please note that if a
Third-Party Account or associated
service becomes unavailable or our access to such Third-Party Account is terminated
by the third-party service provider, then Social Network Content may no
longer be available on and through the Services. You will have the ability
to disable the connection between your account on the Services and your
Third-Party Accounts at any time.
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS
ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR THIRD-PARTY ACCOUNTS IS GOVERNED SOLELY BY YOUR
AGREEMENT(S) WITH SUCH THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS. We make no effort to
review any Social Network Content for any purpose, including but not limited
to, for accuracy, legality, or non-infringement, and we are not responsible
for any Social Network Content. You acknowledge and agree that we may access
your email address book associated with a Third-Party Account and your
contacts list stored on your mobile device or tablet computer solely for
purposes of identifying and informing you of those contacts who have also
registered to use the Services. You can deactivate the connection between
the Services and your Third-Party
Account by contacting us using the contact information below or through your
account settings (if applicable). We will attempt to delete any information
stored on our servers that was obtained through such Third-Party Account, except the
username and profile picture that become associated with your
account.
10. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES AND CONTENT
The Services may
contain (or you may be sent via the Site ) links to other websites (
'Third-Party Websites' ) as well as articles,
photographs, text, graphics, pictures, designs, music, sound, video, information,
applications, software, and other content or items belonging to or originating from third
parties ( 'Third-Party Content'
). Such Third-Party Websites and Third-Party Content are not investigated,
monitored, or checked for accuracy, appropriateness, or completeness by us, and we are not
responsible for any Third-Party Websites accessed through the Services or any Third-Party Content posted on, available through,
or installed from the Services, including the content, accuracy, offensiveness, opinions,
reliability, privacy practices, or other policies of or contained in the Third-Party Websites or the Third-Party Content. Inclusion of, linking to, or
permitting the use or installation of any Third-Party Websites or any Third-Party Content does not imply approval or
endorsement thereof by us. If you decide to leave the Services and access the Third-Party Websites or to use or install any Third-Party Content, you do so at your own risk,
and you should be aware these Legal Terms no longer govern. You should review the applicable
terms and policies, including privacy and data gathering practices, of any website to which
you navigate from the Services or relating to any applications you use or install from the
Services. Any purchases you make through Third-Party Websites will be through other websites
and from other companies, and we take no responsibility whatsoever in relation to such
purchases which are exclusively between you and the applicable third party. You agree and
acknowledge that we do not endorse the products or services offered on Third-Party Websites and you shall hold us
blameless from any harm caused by your purchase of such products or services. Additionally,
you shall hold us blameless from any losses sustained by you or harm caused to you relating
to or resulting in any way from any Third-Party
Content or any contact with Third-Party
Websites.
11. ADVERTISERS
We allow
advertisers to display their advertisements and other information in certain areas of the
Services, such as sidebar advertisements or banner advertisements. We simply provide the
space to place such advertisements, and we have no other relationship with
advertisers.
12. SERVICES MANAGEMENT
We reserve the right,
but not the obligation, to: (1) monitor the Services for violations of these Legal Terms; (2)
take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in our sole discretion, violates the law or
these Legal Terms, including without limitation, reporting such user to law enforcement
authorities; (3) in our sole discretion and without limitation, refuse, restrict access to,
limit the availability of, or disable (to the extent technologically feasible) any of your
Contributions or any portion thereof; (4) in our sole discretion and without limitation, notice,
or liability, to remove from the Services or otherwise disable all files and content that are
excessive in size or are in any way burdensome to our systems; and (5) otherwise manage the
Services in a manner designed to protect our rights and property and to facilitate the proper
functioning of the Services.
13. PRIVACY POLICY
We care about data
privacy and security. Please review our Privacy Policy:
http://www.whatsthe.com/privacy_policy
. By using the Services, you agree to be bound by our Privacy Policy,
which is incorporated into these Legal Terms. Please be advised the Services are hosted in
Germany
. If you access the Services from any other region of the
world with laws or other requirements governing personal data collection, use, or disclosure
that differ from applicable laws in
Germany
, then through your continued use of the Services, you
are transferring your data to
Germany
, and you expressly consent to have your data transferred
to and processed in
Germany
.
Further, we do not knowingly accept, request, or solicit
information from children or knowingly market to children. Therefore, in
accordance with the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, if we receive
actual knowledge that anyone under the age of 13 has provided personal
information to us without the requisite and verifiable parental consent, we will
delete that information from the Services as quickly as is reasonably practical.
14. COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENTS
We respect the
intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that any material available on or
through the Services infringes upon any copyright you own or control, please immediately
notify us using the contact information provided below (a
'Notification' ). A copy of your Notification will be
sent to the person who posted or stored the material addressed in the Notification. Please
be advised that pursuant to applicable law you may be held liable for damages if you make
material misrepresentations in a Notification. Thus, if you are not sure that material
located on or linked to by the Services infringes your copyright, you should consider first
contacting an attorney.
15. TERM AND TERMINATION
These Legal Terms
shall remain in full force and effect while you use the Services. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OTHER
PROVISION OF THESE LEGAL TERMS, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION AND WITHOUT
NOTICE OR LIABILITY, DENY ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SERVICES (INCLUDING BLOCKING CERTAIN IP
ADDRESSES), TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY REASON OR FOR NO REASON, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION FOR
BREACH OF ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, OR COVENANT CONTAINED IN THESE LEGAL TERMS OR OF ANY
APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION. WE MAY TERMINATE YOUR USE OR PARTICIPATION IN THE SERVICES OR
DELETE
YOUR ACCOUNT AND
ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION THAT YOU POSTED AT ANY TIME, WITHOUT WARNING, IN OUR SOLE
DISCRETION.
If we terminate
or suspend your account for any reason, you are prohibited from registering and creating a
new account under your name, a fake or borrowed name, or the name of any third party, even
if you may be acting on behalf of the third party. In addition to terminating or suspending
your account, we reserve the right to take appropriate legal action, including without
limitation pursuing civil, criminal, and injunctive redress.
16. MODIFICATIONS AND INTERRUPTIONS
We reserve the
right to change, modify, or remove the contents of the Services at any time or for any
reason at our sole discretion without notice. However, we have no obligation to update any
information on our Services. We will not be liable to you
or any third party for any modification, price change, suspension, or discontinuance of the
Services.
We cannot
guarantee the Services will be available at all times. We may experience hardware, software,
or other problems or need to perform maintenance related to the Services, resulting in
interruptions, delays, or errors. We reserve the right to change, revise, update, suspend,
discontinue, or otherwise modify the Services at any time or for any reason without notice
to you. You agree that we have no liability whatsoever for any loss, damage, or
inconvenience caused by your inability to access or use the Services during any downtime or
discontinuance of the Services. Nothing in these Legal Terms will be construed to obligate
us to maintain and support the Services or to supply any corrections, updates, or releases
in connection therewith.
17. GOVERNING LAW
These Legal Terms
are governed by and interpreted following the laws of
Malta
, and the use of the United Nations Convention of Contracts for the International
Sales of Goods is expressly excluded. If your habitual residence is in the EU, and you are a
consumer, you additionally possess the protection provided to you by obligatory provisions
of the law in your country to residence. Whats The and yourself
both agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of __________ , which means that you may make a claim to defend your
consumer protection rights in regards to these Legal Terms in
Malta
, or in the EU country in which you reside.
18. DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Informal Negotiations
To expedite resolution and control the cost of any dispute,
controversy, or claim related to these Legal Terms (each a
'Dispute' and collectively, the 'Disputes' ) brought by
either you or us (individually, a 'Party' and
collectively, the 'Parties' ), the Parties agree to first
attempt to negotiate any Dispute (except those Disputes expressly provided below) informally
for at least __________ days before initiating arbitration. Such
informal negotiations commence upon written notice from one Party to the other Party.
Binding Arbitration
Any
dispute arising out of or in connection with these Legal Terms, including any question regarding
its existence, validity, or termination, shall be referred to and finally resolved by the
International Commercial Arbitration Court under the European Arbitration Chamber (Belgium,
Brussels, Avenue Louise, 146) according to the Rules of this ICAC, which, as a result of
referring to it, is considered as the part of this clause. The number of arbitrators shall be
__________ . The seat, or legal place, or arbitration shall be
__________
. The language of the proceedings shall be __________ . The
governing law of these Legal Terms shall be substantive law of
__________
.
Restrictions
The
Parties agree that any arbitration shall be limited to the Dispute between the Parties
individually. To the full extent permitted by law, (a) no arbitration shall be joined with any
other proceeding; (b) there is no right or authority for any Dispute to be arbitrated on a
class-action basis or to utilise
class action procedures; and (c) there is no right or authority for any Dispute to be
brought in a purported representative capacity on behalf of the general public or any other
persons.
Exceptions to Informal Negotiations and Arbitration
19. CORRECTIONS
There may be information on the Services that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies, or
omissions, including descriptions, pricing, availability, and various other information. We
reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions and to change or update the
information on the Services at any time, without prior notice.
20. DISCLAIMER
THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN AS-IS AND AS-AVAILABLE
BASIS. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH
THE SERVICES AND YOUR USE THEREOF, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE MAKE NO
WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE SERVICES' CONTENT OR
THE CONTENT OF ANY WEBSITES OR MOBILE APPLICATIONS LINKED TO THE SERVICES AND WE WILL ASSUME
NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY (1) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT AND
MATERIALS, (2) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM
YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SERVICES, (3) ANY
UNAUTHORISED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY
AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (4) ANY
INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM THE SERVICES, (5) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES,
TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH THE SERVICES BY ANY THIRD
PARTY, AND/OR (6) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT AND MATERIALS OR FOR ANY LOSS OR
DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, TRANSMITTED, OR
OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA THE SERVICES. WE DO NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME
RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE ADVERTISED OR OFFERED BY A THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE
SERVICES, ANY HYPERLINKED WEBSITE, OR ANY WEBSITE OR MOBILE APPLICATION FEATURED IN ANY
BANNER OR OTHER ADVERTISING, AND WE WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR
SERVICES. AS WITH THE PURCHASE OF A PRODUCT OR SERVICE THROUGH ANY MEDIUM OR IN ANY
ENVIRONMENT, YOU SHOULD USE YOUR BEST JUDGEMENT AND EXERCISE CAUTION WHERE APPROPRIATE.
21. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT WILL WE
OR OUR DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY
DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES,
INCLUDING LOST PROFIT, LOST REVENUE, LOSS OF DATA, OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR
USE OF THE SERVICES, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES.
22. INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to
defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless, including our subsidiaries,
affiliates, and all of our respective officers, agents, partners, and
employees, from and against any loss, damage, liability, claim, or demand, including
reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, made by any third party due to or
arising out of:
(1) your Contributions;
(2) use of the Services; (3) breach of these Legal Terms; (4) any breach of your representations and
warranties set forth in these Legal Terms; (5)
your violation of the rights of a third party, including but not limited to intellectual
property rights; or (6) any overt harmful act
toward any other user of the Services with whom you connected via the Services.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, we reserve the right, at your expense, to assume the
exclusive defence and
control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to
cooperate, at your expense, with our defence of such claims. We will use reasonable efforts to notify you
of any such claim, action, or proceeding which is subject to this indemnification upon
becoming aware of it.
23. USER DATA
We will maintain
certain data that you transmit to the Services for the purpose of managing the
performance of the Services, as well as data relating to your use of the Services. Although
we perform regular routine backups
of data, you are solely responsible for all data that you transmit or that
relates to any activity you have undertaken using the Services. You agree
that we shall have no liability to you for any loss or corruption of any such
data, and you hereby waive any right of action against us arising from any such
loss or corruption of such data.
24. ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, TRANSACTIONS, AND SIGNATURES
Visiting the Services, sending us emails, and completing
online forms constitute electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic
communications, and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other
communications we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Services, satisfy any
legal requirement that such communication be in writing. YOU HEREBY AGREE TO THE USE OF
ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES, CONTRACTS, ORDERS, AND OTHER RECORDS, AND TO ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF
NOTICES, POLICIES, AND RECORDS OF TRANSACTIONS INITIATED OR COMPLETED BY US OR VIA THE
SERVICES. You hereby waive any rights or requirements under any statutes, regulations,
rules, ordinances, or other laws in any jurisdiction which require an original signature or
delivery or retention of non-electronic records, or to payments or the granting of credits
by any means other than electronic means.
25. CALIFORNIA USERS AND RESIDENTS
If any complaint
with us is not satisfactorily resolved, you can contact the Complaint
Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California
Department of Consumer Affairs in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N
112, Sacramento, California 95834 or by telephone at (800) 952-5210 or (916)
445-1254.
26. MISCELLANEOUS
These Legal Terms and any policies or operating rules
posted by us on the Services or in respect to the Services constitute the entire agreement
and understanding between you and us. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or
provision of these Legal Terms shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision.
These Legal Terms operate to the fullest extent permissible by law. We may assign any or all
of our rights and obligations to others at any time. We shall not be responsible or liable
for any loss, damage, delay, or failure to act caused by any cause beyond our reasonable
control. If any provision or part of a provision of these Legal Terms is determined to be
unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision or part of the provision is deemed
severable from these Legal Terms and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any
remaining provisions. There is no joint venture, partnership, employment or agency
relationship created between you and us as a result of these Legal Terms or use of the
Services. You agree that these Legal Terms will not be construed against us by virtue of
having drafted them. You hereby waive any and all
defences you may have based on the electronic form of these
Legal Terms and the lack of signing by the parties hereto to execute these Legal
Terms.
27. CONTACT US
In order to resolve a complaint regarding the Services
or to receive further information regarding use of the Services, please contact us
at:
9. SOCIAL MEDIA