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Terms of Use
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE:
Pakka Pte Ltd, (hereinafter referred to as the Company which term shall be deemed to mean and include the proprietors, successors in business, employees, agents, assigns, commissioned contractors and legal heirs) provides an on-line platform for innovators, product developers, vendors, researchers and interested parties to view, browse, collaborate, filter, organize, study, and connect and share data, content and/or materials to contribute to an environmentally conscious world and provide sustainable solutions by the use of compostable materials and products (hereinafter referred to as Services).
THE PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE USE OF WEBSITE:
These Terms of Use set forth the legally binding terms of your use of the website www.matterra.io including all content available through the www.matterra.io domain name (herein after collectively referred to as the ‘Website’) The Terms of Use apply to Browsers/Viewers and/or Members/Subscribers of the Company website. The term Members/subscriber includes any individual, firm, association of persons, company who register with the Website by creating an account with a unique email ID and password (Credentials) to access your respective accounts. You may not have more than one active account. Additionally, you are prohibited from selling, trading, or otherwise transferring your Credentials or account to another party. The term ‘Browser/Viewer’ means any individual, firm, company, association of persons who visit and browse the contents of the website and may or may not be potential interested party. In case you choose to be a Browser/Viewer, you may be required to provide/share certain personal data which is governed by the Privacy Policy.
By browsing and/or subscribing to the Website, you signify your assent to the terms and conditions (“Terms of Use”) and the terms and conditions of the ‘Privacy Policy’ of the Company’s, which is published on the Website for reference. In addition, when using particular services provided by us such as viewing any particular content, you may be subject to any additional guidelines or rules applicable to such services.
Kindly print these Terms of Use or save a copy of these Terms of Use for your records. If you do not agree to any of these terms, then please do not access or otherwise use this website or any other information contained in this website.
1. PURPOSE
This platform is only an information exchange platform for compostable materials to be used in the manufacturing and service industry. All technical and material management information provided by the Company or by the Viewer and/or Subscriber shall pertain to compostable products or materials used in making/manufacturing/treating/disposing compostable products
2. CHANGES
We reserve the right at any time to change the Terms of Use including but not limited to suspend/cancel, discontinue a service at any time without notice and make modifications and alterations in any or all of the content, products, images features and services or change/charge any subscription fees for use of the services contained on the Website without prior notice. You will be deemed to have accepted such change/s if you continue to access the Website subsequent to such changes. You are bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to review the current Terms and Conditions. Your continued use of the web site shall be deemed your consent to such changes.
3. ELIGIBILITY
You must be 18 years of age or older to visit or use our Website in any manner. By visiting the Website or accepting these Terms of Use, You represent and warrant to the Company that You are 18 years of age or older, and that You have the right, authority and capacity to use the Web Site and agree to and abide by these Terms of Use. You also represent and warrant to the Company that You will use the Website.in in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations.
4. REGISTRATION
a) When the Member/Subscriber and/or Viewer registers with the Company, certain information will be required to be provided by them, including without limitation, a valid name, address, contact number, email ID. The Registration services are free of charge. In addition to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, you agree that the Company may disclose to third parties, on an anonymous basis, certain aggregate information contained in your registration application. The Company will not disclose to any third party your name, address, e-mail address or telephone number without your prior consent, except to the extent necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable laws or in legal proceedings where such information is relevant.
b) The Subscriber and/or Viewer is responsible for maintaining the password and confidentiality of the account access information. The Subscriber and/or Viewer are not authorized to share their password or other account access information with any other party, temporarily or permanently, and breach of this obligation may tantamount to disabling the Account. The Subscriber and/or Viewer agrees to immediately notify the Company of any unauthorized use of your Account, and passwords and any change in the Registration details therein.
5. THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
The Website may contain links to third party websites that are not owned or controlled by the Company. The Company has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party websites. In addition, the Company will not and cannot censor or edit the content of any third party site. By using third party website, you expressly relieve the Company from any and all liability arising from your use of this Website and any third party website as aforesaid.
6. DISPLAY & OWNERSHIP OF CONTENTS & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
a) The Website contains material, such as software, text, graphics, images, designs, sound recordings, audiovisual works, and other material created/developed and provided by or on behalf of the Company (collectively referred to as the "Content"). The Content includes Product Descriptions. This Content is displayed on the website by the Company as the owner or beneficial right owners of the content
b) The nature and extent of Content available for free viewing on the Websites by the Users/ Viewers and/or Subscriber/Members shall be at the sole discretion of the Company.
c) Unauthorized use of the Content may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. You have no rights in or to the Content, and you will not use the Content except as permitted under this Agreement. No other use is permitted without prior written consent from the Company.
d) You may not sell, transfer, assign, license, sublicense, or modify the Content or reproduce, display, publicly perform, make a derivative version of, distribute, or otherwise use the Content in any way for any public or commercial purpose. The use or posting of the Content on any other website or in a networked computer environment for any purpose is expressly prohibited and could make you liable for copyright infringement.
e) If you violate any part of this Agreement, your permission to access and/or use the Content and the Website automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of the Content
f) The trademarks, service marks, and logos of the Company (Company Trademarks") used and displayed on the Website whether registered and/or unregistered trademarks or service marks are the proprietary of the Company. Nothing in this Terms of use should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use the Trademarks, without the Company’s prior written permission specific for each such use. Use of the Trademarks as part of a link to or from any site is prohibited unless establishment of such a link is approved in advance by the Company in writing. All goodwill generated from the use of the Company’s Trademarks accrues to the Company’s’ benefit
g) The Member/Subscriber may upload materials (whether submitted through registration, participation, public sharing, posting, uploading, linking, downloading and transferring, blogging, commenting, chatting, and/or bulletin board and forum participation) which may include, but is not limited to graphics, art, software, code, data, text, video, scripts, codes, photos, audio, opinions, descriptions, messages, files, documents, designs, models, images, audio-visual works, blueprints, samples test results, technical data pertaining to materials, profiles, actions, appearances, biographical information or other materials on Website (“Supplier Content”).
h) The individual Member/Subscribers owns all the Supplier Content uploaded by them on the Website. The Member/Subscriber is solely responsible for establishing and seeking the appropriate level of protections, certifications, permissions and configuration to authenticate and/or safeguard the Supplier Content. The Supplier Content may be uploaded by following certain instructions for preparing, formatting and uploading materials (images and attributes) as laid down by the Website.
i) By posting, sharing and/or displaying Supplier content you warrant that Supplier Content is non-infringing on the patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights of any third party.
7. LICENSE and WEBSITE ACCESS
a) The Company grants the Member/Browser a limited license to access the Website for personal use. This license does not include any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another vendor or any other third party; caching, unauthorized hypertext links to the Website and the framing of Content available through the Website, uploading, posting, or transmitting any content that you do not have a right to make available (such as the intellectual property of another party); uploading, posting, or transmitting any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; any action that imposes or may impose (in the Company’s sole discretion) an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Company’s infrastructure; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. You may not bypass any measures used by the Company to prevent or restrict access to the Website. Any unauthorized use by you shall terminate the permission or limited license granted to you by the Company.
b) The Subscribers/Members grants the Company a worldwide, royalty free, transferable and sublicensable right to use, copy, modify, distribute, publish and process, information and content that you provide through our Services.
8. MEMBERS/SUBSCRIBERS and VIEWERS RESPONSIBILITIES
a) You agree to access and use the Website and Services only for lawful purposes, and you agree not to interfere with another user’s access, use, or enjoyment of the Website and Services.
b) You shall ensure that the materials referred to in the Supplier Content are in accordance with the purpose, laws, regulations and standards applicable to compostable materials in the jurisdictions it is to be used .
c) Company encourages participation as exchange of information, perspectives and ideas provide important benefits to all participants. As a participant you may interact and disclose with other users sensitive and confidential information respectfully. If you disagree with the statements of another user, it is acceptable to engage in polite, mature debate. Name-calling, personal attacks, harassment, and other aggressive postings or behavior are not permitted
d) Derogatory and/or offensive content of any kind is not appropriate discourse. You are prohibited from posting, transmitting, or otherwise providing any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, indecent, profane, hateful, and/or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable material of any kind whatsoever including, but not limited to, any material which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law.
e) Members/Subscribers agree to buy the Services by paying the applicable fees and taxes and agree to any additional terms of conditions laid down by the Company. The access to information depends on the Subscription Model chosen by the Member/Subscriber. The Subscription Fees defers on the Model chosen. Failure to pay these fees will result in the termination of your paid Services. Also, you agree that
- Your purchase may be subject to foreign exchange fees or differences in prices based on location (e.g. exchange rates)
- Company may store and continue billing your payment method (e.g. credit card) even after your subscription has expired, to avoid interruptions in your Services and to use to pay other Services you may buy.
- If you purchase a subscription, your payment method automatically will be charged at the start of each subscription period for the fees and taxes applicable to that period. To avoid future charges, you are required to cancel before the renewal date.
- To change or resign your paid services at any time, please send email to assist@gcahub.com. If you terminate a paid service, you may use your subscription until the end of your then-current term, and your subscription will not be renewed after your then-current term expires. However, you will not be eligible for a prorated refund of any portion of the subscription fee paid for the then- current subscription period. If you do not want to continue to be charged on a recurring basis, you must terminate your subscription/membership account before the end of the recurring term. Paid services cannot be terminated before the end of the period for which you have already paid, and the Company will not refund any fees that you have already paid
- You can view a copy of your invoice for the Subscription on the Company Website.
- The Company’s Services allows sharing of information in many ways, such as articles, group posts, links to news articles, etc. Information and content that you share or post may be seen by other Members and/or Browsers. In the event you want to get in touch with another Member/Subscriber to share more information, you may do so by directly messaging the Member/Subscriber. The information shared between the Parties will not be available on the platform and will be private and confidential between the Parties
9. WARRANTIES
a) The Member/Subscriber warrants that the Supplier Content pertaining to the products/materials as disclosed or uploaded by them are compostable products/materials and have been certified as ‘compostable products’ by a reputed certifying agency such as CIPET,TUV,BPI,DIN CERTCO,JBPA,ABA et.al. and other relevant certifying agencies in their respective countries and jurisdiction.
b) The Member/Subscriber represents and warrants that they either own all the necessary intellectual property rights Supplier Content or have the requisite permits to display, share, broadcast the intellectual property rights in the Supplier Content.
c) The Members/Subscribers represent and warrant that the Supplier Content is non-infringing on the patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights of others.
d) The Member/Subscriber warrant not to post, upload, submit or otherwise provide Supplier Content to Website that is protected by the intellectual property rights of others, unless the Member/Subscriber owns or have the necessary rights or licenses to do so.
e) The Company is not a publisher and cannot and does not guarantee or provide any warranty regarding the accuracy, quality, completeness, or usefulness of any Content, including the Supplier Content. Under no circumstances can or will the Company be liable for any loss or damage caused by reliance on Supplier Content or other material obtained through the Website. It is your responsibility to evaluate the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any opinion, judgment, advice, statement, service, offer, or other Content/Supplier Content available through the Website. Any opinions, judgments, advice, statements, services, offers or other content expressed or made available on Website are provided AS IS without warranty of any kind.
10. LIABILTIES & INDEMNITY
a) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company, including its affiliates, will not be liable in connection with this contract for lost profits or lost business opportunities, reputation (e.g., offensive or defamatory statements), loss of data (e.g., use of, or changes to, your information or content, contributary infringement, abetting infringement) or any indirect, incidental, consequential, special or punitive damages on account of erroneous and false display of Supplier Content by Members/Subscribers including fake or erroneous claims to compostability or unauthorized use of Supplier Content by third parties
b) Members/Subscribers are advised to seek legal opinion on the proprietary nature of the Supplier Content prior to uploading it on the Website or sharing it with other Members/Subscribers and seek appropriate legal/statutory protection ,if necessary at their own cost.
c) The Company is also at the liberty to conduct its own due diligence in respect of the products and materials referred to as compostable by Member/Subscriber and remove/delete any Supplier Content wrongly referred to as compostable.
d) The Company is not liable for loss of any kind in connection with divulgence of any information, including Confidential Information by the Members/Subscribers on the Website and also between the Members and/or Viewers between themselves. The Company/Website is merely a medium to connect the interested persons together. Any display and exchange of information is solely at the discretion of the Members and/or Viewers and the Company/Website disclaims any liability that may arise thereof.
e) The user/subscriber and, viewers agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, employees and agents, from and against any and all claims, causes of action, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, fees (including attorney’s fees) costs, debt, demands, recoveries, fines, penalties and expenses of any kind or nature arising from: (i) your use of and access to the Website; (ii) the violation or non- compliance of any term of these Terms of Use; (iii) the violation of any third party right, including without limitation any copyright, intellectual property right, or privacy right; or damage or loss to any data/material/composition. This defense and indemnification obligation will survive these Terms of Use and your use of the Website.
f) Company shall be under no liability whatsoever in respect of any loss or damage arising directly or indirectly out of the decline of authorization for any Transaction by the Members/Subscribers.
g) Company will not be held liable for any personal injury or property damage of any nature resulting from the access and use of the Website, or due to any virus, bug or other interruption or cessation from the Website caused due to third party.
h) Company will not be liable for any indulgence of cyber stalking, acts amounting to cybercrime, doing of any act which amounts to a nuisance or any other act violating any provisions of the law for the time being in force.
i) We reserve the right to disclosure of any personal information about the Member/Subscriber and Viewer and the use of the Website including its contents, without their prior permission if the Company in good faith believes that such action is necessary to:
- conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process;
- protect and defend our rights or property;
- enforce the Terms of Use;
j) Company shall not be held liable for any loss or liability resulting, directly or indirectly, from delays or interruptions due to electronic or mechanical equipment failures, telephone interconnect problems, defects, weather, strikes, walkouts, fire, acts of God, riots, armed conflicts, acts of war, or other like causes. The Website shall have no responsibility to provide access to the Website while interruption of the Website is due to any such cause shall continue.
k) Company shall not be held liable for any loss, damage or claim arising from any change in registration information, or resulting from any unauthorized use of User/ Subscribers account and passwords or from acting on any information posted by User or Subscriber
11. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
a) By subscribing/viewing the Company’s Services via e-mail or the Website you agree and acknowledge that you will be exposed to various ideas, suggestions, concepts, methods, systems, designs, plans, techniques, business information, inventions, how-to, or product/material information. Save as the Company’s business plans, models, technical data, customer information, price points (hereinafter known as Company Information), you agree
- such submission is non-confidential for all purposes and the Company has no obligation of any kind with respect to such submission.
- the information posted by you, including but not limited to Supplier Information is information (voluntarily placed by you) on public domain which all Viewers and Subscribers will have access to and you relinquish any/and all proprietary rights in respect of the same.
12. WEBSITE SITE RESTRICTIONS
Members/Subscribers and Viewers shall not use the Website in order to host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, update, distribute, share, store or destroy material, including without limitation any content on the Website
a. in violation of any applicable law or regulation.
b. in a manner that will infringe the copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property or proprietary rights of others or violate the privacy, publicity or other personal rights of others.
c. that belongs to another person and to which the Member and/or Viewer does not have any right to.
d. that is grossly harmful, harassing, blasphemous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, pedophilic, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, threatening, abusive or hateful or racially, ethnically objectionable, disparaging, relating to/or encouraging money laundering or gambling or otherwise unlawful in any manner whatsoever
e. harm minors in any way.
f. deceives or misleads the addressee about the origin of such message or communicates any information which is grossly offensive or menacing in nature.
g. impersonate another person or entity.
h. contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of customers computer systems or Website.
i. threatens the unity, integrity, defense, security or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign states or of public order or causes incitement to the commission of any cognizable offence or prevents investigation of any offence or insulting any other nation.
Members and/or Viewers are also prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Website, including, without limitation the following activities:
1. accessing data not intended for such User or logging into a server or account which the user is not authorized to access
2. attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization
3. attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to any website, overloading, "flooding", "spamming", "mail bombing" or "crashing";
13. TERMINATION
a) You’re free to terminate your account at any time by contacting us at assist@gcahub.com. Termination of account does not entitle you to a refund of fees paid; this is at the sole discretion of the Company.
b) The Company is also free to terminate (or suspend access to) your use of the Services or your account for any reason in our discretion, including your breach of these Terms. The Company has the sole right to decide whether you are in violation of any of the restrictions set forth in these Terms.
c) Account termination or termination of Services may result in destruction of any Content, including Suppliers Content associated with your account. You agree that the Company will not be liable to you or any third-party as a result of its termination of your right to use or otherwise access the Services and Account.
d) Terms of Liability & Indemnity; Intellectual Property Rights, Confidential Information; Warranties and Disclaimers; Dispute Resolution shall survive termination.
14. ASSIGNMENT
These Terms of Use, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by the Company without restriction.
15. JURISDICTION
These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Singapore and any dispute shall exclusively be subject to the jurisdiction of the appropriate Courts situated in Singapore.
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Terms of Use
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE:
Pakka Pte Ltd, (hereinafter referred to as the Company which term shall be deemed to mean and include the proprietors, successors in business, employees, agents, assigns, commissioned contractors and legal heirs) provides an on-line platform for innovators, product developers, vendors, researchers and interested parties to view, browse, collaborate, filter, organize, study, and connect and share data, content and/or materials to contribute to an environmentally conscious world and provide sustainable solutions by the use of compostable materials and products (hereinafter referred to as Services).
THE PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE USE OF WEBSITE:
These Terms of Use set forth the legally binding terms of your use of the website www.matterra.io including all content available through the www.matterra.io domain name (herein after collectively referred to as the ‘Website’) The Terms of Use apply to Browsers/Viewers and/or Members/Subscribers of the Company website. The term Members/subscriber includes any individual, firm, association of persons, company who register with the Website by creating an account with a unique email ID and password (Credentials) to access your respective accounts. You may not have more than one active account. Additionally, you are prohibited from selling, trading, or otherwise transferring your Credentials or account to another party. The term ‘Browser/Viewer’ means any individual, firm, company, association of persons who visit and browse the contents of the website and may or may not be potential interested party. In case you choose to be a Browser/Viewer, you may be required to provide/share certain personal data which is governed by the Privacy Policy.
By browsing and/or subscribing to the Website, you signify your assent to the terms and conditions (“Terms of Use”) and the terms and conditions of the ‘Privacy Policy’ of the Company’s, which is published on the Website for reference. In addition, when using particular services provided by us such as viewing any particular content, you may be subject to any additional guidelines or rules applicable to such services.
Kindly print these Terms of Use or save a copy of these Terms of Use for your records. If you do not agree to any of these terms, then please do not access or otherwise use this website or any other information contained in this website.
1. PURPOSE
This platform is only an information exchange platform for compostable materials to be used in the manufacturing and service industry. All technical and material management information provided by the Company or by the Viewer and/or Subscriber shall pertain to compostable products or materials used in making/manufacturing/treating/disposing compostable products
2. CHANGES
We reserve the right at any time to change the Terms of Use including but not limited to suspend/cancel, discontinue a service at any time without notice and make modifications and alterations in any or all of the content, products, images features and services or change/charge any subscription fees for use of the services contained on the Website without prior notice. You will be deemed to have accepted such change/s if you continue to access the Website subsequent to such changes. You are bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to review the current Terms and Conditions. Your continued use of the web site shall be deemed your consent to such changes.
3. ELIGIBILITY
You must be 18 years of age or older to visit or use our Website in any manner. By visiting the Website or accepting these Terms of Use, You represent and warrant to the Company that You are 18 years of age or older, and that You have the right, authority and capacity to use the Web Site and agree to and abide by these Terms of Use. You also represent and warrant to the Company that You will use the Website.in in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations.
4. REGISTRATION
a) When the Member/Subscriber and/or Viewer registers with the Company, certain information will be required to be provided by them, including without limitation, a valid name, address, contact number, email ID. The Registration services are free of charge. In addition to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, you agree that the Company may disclose to third parties, on an anonymous basis, certain aggregate information contained in your registration application. The Company will not disclose to any third party your name, address, e-mail address or telephone number without your prior consent, except to the extent necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable laws or in legal proceedings where such information is relevant.
b) The Subscriber and/or Viewer is responsible for maintaining the password and confidentiality of the account access information. The Subscriber and/or Viewer are not authorized to share their password or other account access information with any other party, temporarily or permanently, and breach of this obligation may tantamount to disabling the Account. The Subscriber and/or Viewer agrees to immediately notify the Company of any unauthorized use of your Account, and passwords and any change in the Registration details therein.
5. THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
The Website may contain links to third party websites that are not owned or controlled by the Company. The Company has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party websites. In addition, the Company will not and cannot censor or edit the content of any third party site. By using third party website, you expressly relieve the Company from any and all liability arising from your use of this Website and any third party website as aforesaid.
6. DISPLAY & OWNERSHIP OF CONTENTS & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
a) The Website contains material, such as software, text, graphics, images, designs, sound recordings, audiovisual works, and other material created/developed and provided by or on behalf of the Company (collectively referred to as the "Content"). The Content includes Product Descriptions. This Content is displayed on the website by the Company as the owner or beneficial right owners of the content
b) The nature and extent of Content available for free viewing on the Websites by the Users/ Viewers and/or Subscriber/Members shall be at the sole discretion of the Company.
c) Unauthorized use of the Content may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. You have no rights in or to the Content, and you will not use the Content except as permitted under this Agreement. No other use is permitted without prior written consent from the Company.
d) You may not sell, transfer, assign, license, sublicense, or modify the Content or reproduce, display, publicly perform, make a derivative version of, distribute, or otherwise use the Content in any way for any public or commercial purpose. The use or posting of the Content on any other website or in a networked computer environment for any purpose is expressly prohibited and could make you liable for copyright infringement.
e) If you violate any part of this Agreement, your permission to access and/or use the Content and the Website automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of the Content
f) The trademarks, service marks, and logos of the Company (Company Trademarks") used and displayed on the Website whether registered and/or unregistered trademarks or service marks are the proprietary of the Company. Nothing in this Terms of use should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use the Trademarks, without the Company’s prior written permission specific for each such use. Use of the Trademarks as part of a link to or from any site is prohibited unless establishment of such a link is approved in advance by the Company in writing. All goodwill generated from the use of the Company’s Trademarks accrues to the Company’s’ benefit
g) The Member/Subscriber may upload materials (whether submitted through registration, participation, public sharing, posting, uploading, linking, downloading and transferring, blogging, commenting, chatting, and/or bulletin board and forum participation) which may include, but is not limited to graphics, art, software, code, data, text, video, scripts, codes, photos, audio, opinions, descriptions, messages, files, documents, designs, models, images, audio-visual works, blueprints, samples test results, technical data pertaining to materials, profiles, actions, appearances, biographical information or other materials on Website (“Supplier Content”).
h) The individual Member/Subscribers owns all the Supplier Content uploaded by them on the Website. The Member/Subscriber is solely responsible for establishing and seeking the appropriate level of protections, certifications, permissions and configuration to authenticate and/or safeguard the Supplier Content. The Supplier Content may be uploaded by following certain instructions for preparing, formatting and uploading materials (images and attributes) as laid down by the Website.
i) By posting, sharing and/or displaying Supplier content you warrant that Supplier Content is non-infringing on the patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights of any third party.
7. LICENSE and WEBSITE ACCESS
a) The Company grants the Member/Browser a limited license to access the Website for personal use. This license does not include any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another vendor or any other third party; caching, unauthorized hypertext links to the Website and the framing of Content available through the Website, uploading, posting, or transmitting any content that you do not have a right to make available (such as the intellectual property of another party); uploading, posting, or transmitting any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; any action that imposes or may impose (in the Company’s sole discretion) an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Company’s infrastructure; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. You may not bypass any measures used by the Company to prevent or restrict access to the Website. Any unauthorized use by you shall terminate the permission or limited license granted to you by the Company.
b) The Subscribers/Members grants the Company a worldwide, royalty free, transferable and sublicensable right to use, copy, modify, distribute, publish and process, information and content that you provide through our Services.
8. MEMBERS/SUBSCRIBERS and VIEWERS RESPONSIBILITIES
a) You agree to access and use the Website and Services only for lawful purposes, and you agree not to interfere with another user’s access, use, or enjoyment of the Website and Services.
b) You shall ensure that the materials referred to in the Supplier Content are in accordance with the purpose, laws, regulations and standards applicable to compostable materials in the jurisdictions it is to be used .
c) Company encourages participation as exchange of information, perspectives and ideas provide important benefits to all participants. As a participant you may interact and disclose with other users sensitive and confidential information respectfully. If you disagree with the statements of another user, it is acceptable to engage in polite, mature debate. Name-calling, personal attacks, harassment, and other aggressive postings or behavior are not permitted
d) Derogatory and/or offensive content of any kind is not appropriate discourse. You are prohibited from posting, transmitting, or otherwise providing any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, indecent, profane, hateful, and/or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable material of any kind whatsoever including, but not limited to, any material which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law.
e) Members/Subscribers agree to buy the Services by paying the applicable fees and taxes and agree to any additional terms of conditions laid down by the Company. The access to information depends on the Subscription Model chosen by the Member/Subscriber. The Subscription Fees defers on the Model chosen. Failure to pay these fees will result in the termination of your paid Services. Also, you agree that
- Your purchase may be subject to foreign exchange fees or differences in prices based on location (e.g. exchange rates)
- Company may store and continue billing your payment method (e.g. credit card) even after your subscription has expired, to avoid interruptions in your Services and to use to pay other Services you may buy.
- If you purchase a subscription, your payment method automatically will be charged at the start of each subscription period for the fees and taxes applicable to that period. To avoid future charges, you are required to cancel before the renewal date.
- To change or resign your paid services at any time, please send email to assist@gcahub.com. If you terminate a paid service, you may use your subscription until the end of your then-current term, and your subscription will not be renewed after your then-current term expires. However, you will not be eligible for a prorated refund of any portion of the subscription fee paid for the then- current subscription period. If you do not want to continue to be charged on a recurring basis, you must terminate your subscription/membership account before the end of the recurring term. Paid services cannot be terminated before the end of the period for which you have already paid, and the Company will not refund any fees that you have already paid
- You can view a copy of your invoice for the Subscription on the Company Website.
- The Company’s Services allows sharing of information in many ways, such as articles, group posts, links to news articles, etc. Information and content that you share or post may be seen by other Members and/or Browsers. In the event you want to get in touch with another Member/Subscriber to share more information, you may do so by directly messaging the Member/Subscriber. The information shared between the Parties will not be available on the platform and will be private and confidential between the Parties
9. WARRANTIES
a) The Member/Subscriber warrants that the Supplier Content pertaining to the products/materials as disclosed or uploaded by them are compostable products/materials and have been certified as ‘compostable products’ by a reputed certifying agency such as CIPET,TUV,BPI,DIN CERTCO,JBPA,ABA et.al. and other relevant certifying agencies in their respective countries and jurisdiction.
b) The Member/Subscriber represents and warrants that they either own all the necessary intellectual property rights Supplier Content or have the requisite permits to display, share, broadcast the intellectual property rights in the Supplier Content.
c) The Members/Subscribers represent and warrant that the Supplier Content is non-infringing on the patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights of others.
d) The Member/Subscriber warrant not to post, upload, submit or otherwise provide Supplier Content to Website that is protected by the intellectual property rights of others, unless the Member/Subscriber owns or have the necessary rights or licenses to do so.
e) The Company is not a publisher and cannot and does not guarantee or provide any warranty regarding the accuracy, quality, completeness, or usefulness of any Content, including the Supplier Content. Under no circumstances can or will the Company be liable for any loss or damage caused by reliance on Supplier Content or other material obtained through the Website. It is your responsibility to evaluate the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any opinion, judgment, advice, statement, service, offer, or other Content/Supplier Content available through the Website. Any opinions, judgments, advice, statements, services, offers or other content expressed or made available on Website are provided AS IS without warranty of any kind.
10. LIABILTIES & INDEMNITY
a) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company, including its affiliates, will not be liable in connection with this contract for lost profits or lost business opportunities, reputation (e.g., offensive or defamatory statements), loss of data (e.g., use of, or changes to, your information or content, contributary infringement, abetting infringement) or any indirect, incidental, consequential, special or punitive damages on account of erroneous and false display of Supplier Content by Members/Subscribers including fake or erroneous claims to compostability or unauthorized use of Supplier Content by third parties
b) Members/Subscribers are advised to seek legal opinion on the proprietary nature of the Supplier Content prior to uploading it on the Website or sharing it with other Members/Subscribers and seek appropriate legal/statutory protection ,if necessary at their own cost.
c) The Company is also at the liberty to conduct its own due diligence in respect of the products and materials referred to as compostable by Member/Subscriber and remove/delete any Supplier Content wrongly referred to as compostable.
d) The Company is not liable for loss of any kind in connection with divulgence of any information, including Confidential Information by the Members/Subscribers on the Website and also between the Members and/or Viewers between themselves. The Company/Website is merely a medium to connect the interested persons together. Any display and exchange of information is solely at the discretion of the Members and/or Viewers and the Company/Website disclaims any liability that may arise thereof.
e) The user/subscriber and, viewers agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, employees and agents, from and against any and all claims, causes of action, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, fees (including attorney’s fees) costs, debt, demands, recoveries, fines, penalties and expenses of any kind or nature arising from: (i) your use of and access to the Website; (ii) the violation or non- compliance of any term of these Terms of Use; (iii) the violation of any third party right, including without limitation any copyright, intellectual property right, or privacy right; or damage or loss to any data/material/composition. This defense and indemnification obligation will survive these Terms of Use and your use of the Website.
f) Company shall be under no liability whatsoever in respect of any loss or damage arising directly or indirectly out of the decline of authorization for any Transaction by the Members/Subscribers.
g) Company will not be held liable for any personal injury or property damage of any nature resulting from the access and use of the Website, or due to any virus, bug or other interruption or cessation from the Website caused due to third party.
h) Company will not be liable for any indulgence of cyber stalking, acts amounting to cybercrime, doing of any act which amounts to a nuisance or any other act violating any provisions of the law for the time being in force.
i) We reserve the right to disclosure of any personal information about the Member/Subscriber and Viewer and the use of the Website including its contents, without their prior permission if the Company in good faith believes that such action is necessary to:
- conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process;
- protect and defend our rights or property;
- enforce the Terms of Use;
j) Company shall not be held liable for any loss or liability resulting, directly or indirectly, from delays or interruptions due to electronic or mechanical equipment failures, telephone interconnect problems, defects, weather, strikes, walkouts, fire, acts of God, riots, armed conflicts, acts of war, or other like causes. The Website shall have no responsibility to provide access to the Website while interruption of the Website is due to any such cause shall continue.
k) Company shall not be held liable for any loss, damage or claim arising from any change in registration information, or resulting from any unauthorized use of User/ Subscribers account and passwords or from acting on any information posted by User or Subscriber
11. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
a) By subscribing/viewing the Company’s Services via e-mail or the Website you agree and acknowledge that you will be exposed to various ideas, suggestions, concepts, methods, systems, designs, plans, techniques, business information, inventions, how-to, or product/material information. Save as the Company’s business plans, models, technical data, customer information, price points (hereinafter known as Company Information), you agree
- such submission is non-confidential for all purposes and the Company has no obligation of any kind with respect to such submission.
- The information posted by you, including but not limited to Supplier Information is information (voluntarily placed by you) on public domain which all Viewers and Subscribers will have access to and you relinquish any/and all proprietary rights in respect of the same.
12. WEBSITE SITE RESTRICTIONS
Members/Subscribers and Viewers shall not use the Website in order to host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, update, distribute, share, store or destroy material, including without limitation any content on the Website
1. in violation of any applicable law or regulation.
2. in a manner that will infringe the copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property or proprietary rights of others or violate the privacy, publicity or other personal rights of others.
3. that belongs to another person and to which the Member and/or Viewer does not have any right to.
4. that is grossly harmful, harassing, blasphemous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, pedophilic, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, threatening, abusive or hateful or racially, ethnically objectionable, disparaging, relating to/or encouraging money laundering or gambling or otherwise unlawful in any manner whatsoever
5. harm minors in any way.
6. deceives or misleads the addressee about the origin of such message or communicates any information which is grossly offensive or menacing in nature.
7. impersonate another person or entity.
8. contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of customers computer systems or Website.
9. threatens the unity, integrity, defense, security or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign states or of public order or causes incitement to the commission of any cognizable offence or prevents investigation of any offence or insulting any other nation.
Members and/or Viewers are also prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Website, including, without limitation the following activities:
1. accessing data not intended for such User or logging into a server or account which the user is not authorized to access
2. attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization
3. attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to any website, overloading, "flooding", "spamming", "mail bombing" or "crashing";
13. TERMINATION
a) You’re free to terminate your account at any time by contacting us at assist@gcahub.com. Termination of account does not entitle you to a refund of fees paid; this is at the sole discretion of the Company.
b) The Company is also free to terminate (or suspend access to) your use of the Services or your account for any reason in our discretion, including your breach of these Terms. The Company has the sole right to decide whether you are in violation of any of the restrictions set forth in these Terms.
c) Account termination or termination of Services may result in destruction of any Content, including Suppliers Content associated with your account. You agree that the Company will not be liable to you or any third-party as a result of its termination of your right to use or otherwise access the Services and Account.
d) Terms of Liability & Indemnity; Intellectual Property Rights, Confidential Information; Warranties and Disclaimers; Dispute Resolution shall survive termination.
14. ASSINGMENT
These Terms of Use, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by the Company without restriction.
15. JURISDICTION
These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Singapore and any dispute shall exclusively be subject to the jurisdiction of the appropriate Courts situated in Singapore.