Terms & Conditions
aydanit Basic Membership Agreement
PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY!
1. Acceptance of Terms
1.1 WELCOME TO aydanit'S BASIC SERVICE (the
"Service").
The following sets forth the terms and conditions
of the aydanit Basic Membership Agreement
(this "Agreement") between you and aydanit ("aydanit") under which aydanit offers you
access to the Service through the web site identified
by the uniform resource locator www.aydanit.com(the "Site").
Any user of this Site who has registered for the Service shall be referred to
as a "Member". Use of the Service indicates that you accept the terms
and conditions set forth below. If you do not accept all of the terms and
conditions, please do not use the Service. BY COMPLETING THE REGISTRATION
PROCESS AND CLICKING THE "I AGREE" CHECK BOX, YOU ARE INDICATING YOUR
CONSENT TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT, aydanit'S TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT
AND aydanit'S PRIVACY POLICY AND aydanit'S ANTI SPAM POLICY WHICH
ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE (COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS THE "aydanit
TERMS OF USE"). Terms not defined in this Agreement shall bear the same
meaning as that contained in the aydanit Terms of Use.
1.2 aydanit may amend this Agreement at any
time by posting the amended and restated Agreement on the Site. The amended and
restated Agreement shall be effective immediately upon posting. This Agreement
was last amended. Posting by aydanit of the amended and restated
Agreement and your continued use of the Service shall be deemed to be
acceptance of the amended terms. Also, the amended and restated Service will be
applied retroactively to our Members. This Agreement may not otherwise be
modified except in writing by an authorized officer of aydanit.
2. General
2.1 This Agreement and the aydanit Terms of
Use constitute the entire Agreement between each Member and aydanit and
govern the use of the Service, superseding any prior written or oral Agreements
in relation to the same subject matter herein.
2.2 aydanit and the Member are independent
contractors, and no agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or
franchiser-franchisee relationship is intended or created by this Agreement,
unless otherwise stated by aydanit.
2.3 This Agreement shall be governed by the laws
of the Location of aydanit's Headquarter without regard to its conflict
of law provisions. The parties to this Agreement hereby submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the Location of aydanit's Headquarter.
2.4 If any provision of this Agreement is held to
be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck and the remaining
provisions shall be enforced.
2.5 Headings are for reference purposes only and
in no way define, limit, construe or describe the scope or extent of such
section.
2.6 aydanit's failure to enforce any right
or failure to act with respect to any breach by a Member under this Agreement
will not waive that right nor waive aydanit's right to act with respect
with subsequent or similar breaches.
2.7 aydanit shall have the right to assign
its obligations and duties in this Agreement to any person or entity.
3. The Service
3.1 The Service will be offered free-of-charge for
an unspecified time period and has its core features(the "Service
Details"). The Service Details may be added to or modified, or suspended
for scheduled or unscheduled, from time to time at the sole discretion of aydanit
and will be posted on the Site. aydanit does not take any responsibility
for your misunderstanding or registering with no recognition of the Service
Details.
3.2 aydanit may terminate all or part of
the above Service Details at any time in its sole discretion. aydanit
reserves the right to charge for the Service at any time in its sole discretion.
3.3 The Service is offered only to business or
corporate entities (e.g. corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
sole proprietorship, etc.) that are capable of having a business name and
business address.
3.4 aydanit may issue a Member ID and
Password (which may be chosen by the Member during registration) to each Member
to access the Service through such Member's Account. Each Member shall be
solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of its Member ID and
Password and for all activities that occur under the Member ID and Password. A
set of Member ID and Password is unique to a single Account and no Member shall
share, assign or permit the use of its Account, Member ID or Password to
another person outside of the Member's business entity. Each Member
acknowledges that sharing of its Account with other persons, or allowing
multiple users outside of its business entity to use its Account (collectively,
"multiple use"), will cause irreparable harm to aydanit and
each Member shall indemnify aydanit against any loss or damages
(including but not limited to loss of profits) suffered by aydanit as a
result of such multiple use of an Account. Each Member hereby undertakes to
notify aydanit immediately of any unauthorized use of its Account, Member
ID or Password or any other breach of security. Each Member hereby agrees that aydanit
shall not be liable for any loss or damages arising from the Member's failure
to comply with this paragraph.
3.5 aydanit reserves the right to change,
upgrade, modify, limit or suspend the Service or any of its related
functionalities or applications at any time temporarily or permanently without
prior notice. aydanit further reserves the right to introduce new
features, functionalities or applications to the Service or to future versions
of the Service. All new features, functionalities, applications, modifications,
upgrades and alterations shall be governed by this Agreement, unless otherwise
stated by aydanit.
All new features, functionalities, applications,
modifications, upgrades and alterations shall be governed by this Agreement,
unless otherwise stated by aydanit.
3.6 Each Member acknowledges that inability to use
the Service wholly or partially for whatever reason may have adverse effects on
its business. Each Member hereby agrees that in no event shall aydanit
be liable to the Member or any third parties for any inability to use the
Service (whether due to disruption, changes to or termination of the Service or
otherwise), any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions with respect to any
communications or transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof, or any damage
(direct, indirect, consequential or otherwise) arising from the use of or
inability to use the Service.
4. Member Responsibilities
4.1 Each Member hereby represents, warrants and
agrees to (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about
itself and its business references as may be required by aydanit and (b)
maintain and promptly amend all information to keep it true, accurate, current
and complete. Each Member hereby grants an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide
and royalty-free, sub-licensable (through multiple tiers) license to aydanit
to display and use all information provided by such Member in accordance with
the purposes set forth in this Agreement and to exercise the copyright,
publicity, and database rights you have in such material or information, in any
media now known or not currently known.
4.2 Each Member hereby represents, warrants and
agrees that the use by such Member of the Service and the Site shall not:
(a) contain fraudulent information or make
fraudulent offers of items or involve the sale or attempted sale of counterfeit
or stolen items or items whose sales and/or marketing is prohibited by
applicable law, or otherwise promote other illegal activities;
(b) be part of a scheme to defraud other Members
or other users of the Site or for any other unlawful purpose;
(c) infringe or otherwise abet or encourage the
infringement or violation of any third party's copyright, patent, trademarks,
trade secret or other proprietary right or rights of publicity and privacy;
(d) violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance
or regulation (including without limitation those governing export control,
consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
(e) contain information that is defamatory,
libelous, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing;
(f) contain information that is obscene or contain
or infer any pornography or sex-related merchandising or any other content or
otherwise promotes sexually explicit materials or is otherwise harmful to
minors;
(g) promote discrimination based on race, sex,
religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age;
(h) contain any material that constitutes
unauthorized advertising or harassment (including but not limited to spamming),
invades anyone's privacy or encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal
offence, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law or
regulation;
(i) involve attempts to copy, reproduce, exploit
or expropriate aydanit's various proprietary directories, databases and
listings;
(j) involve any computer viruses or other
destructive devices and codes that have the effect of damaging, interfering
with, intercepting or expropriating any software or hardware system, data or
personal information; and
(k) involve any scheme to undermine the integrity
of the computer systems or networks used by aydanit and/or any user of
the Service and no Member shall attempt to gain unauthorized access to such
computer systems or networks;
(l) link directly or indirectly to or include
descriptions of goods or services that are prohibited under this Agreement or
the aydanit Terms of Use; or
(m) otherwise create any liability for aydanit
or its affiliates.
4.3 Each Member represents, warrants and agrees
that with regards to information about or posted on behalf of any business
referee, it has obtained all necessary consents, approvals and waivers from its
business partners and associates to (a) act as such Member's business referee;
(b) to post and publish their contact details and information, reference
letters and comments on their behalf; and (c) that third parties may contact
such business referees to support claims or statements made about the Member.
Each Member further warrants that all reference letters and comments are true
and accurate and hereby waives all requirements for such Member's consent to be
obtained before third parties may contact the business referees.
4.4 Each Member acknowledges and agrees that aydanit
shall not be required to actively monitor nor exercise any editorial control
whatsoever over the content of any message or other material or information
created, obtained or accessible through the Service. aydanit does not
endorse, verify or otherwise certify the contents of any comments or other
material or information made by any Member. Each Member is solely responsible
for the contents of their communications and may be held legally liable or
accountable for the content of their comments or other material or information.
4.5 Each Member represents, warrants and agrees
that it has obtained all necessary third party copyright or trademark licenses
and permissions and shall be solely responsible for ensuring that any material
or information it posts on the Site or provides to aydanit or authorizes
kugbm to display does not violate the copyright, trademark, trade
secret or any other personal or proprietary rights of any third party or is
posted with the permission of the owner(s) of such rights.
4.6 Each Member may not use the Service to send
spam or otherwise send content that would violate the Agreement.
4.7 If any Member breaches the representations,
warranties and covenants of paragraphs 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 or 4.6 above, or
if aydanit has reasonable grounds to believe that such Member is in
breach of such representations, warranties and covenants, aydanit has
the right to suspend or terminate the Service and all Service Details with
respect to such Member without any compensation, and refuse any and all current
or future use of the Service or any other services that may be provided by aydanit.
Further, aydanit reserves the right in it sole discretion to remove any
material it reasonably believes that is unlawful, could subject aydanit
to liability, violates this Agreement or the aydanit Terms of Use or is
otherwise found inappropriate in aydanit's opinion. aydanit
reserves the right to cooperate fully with governmental authorities, private
investigators and/or injured third parties in the investigation of any
suspected criminal or civil wrongdoing. Further, aydanit may disclose
the Member's identity and contact information, if requested by a government or
law enforcement body, an injured third party, or as a result of a subpoena or
other legal action, and aydanit shall not be liable for damages or
results thereof and Member agrees not to bring any action or claim against aydanit
for such disclosure. In connection with any of the foregoing, aydanit
may suspend or terminate the Account of any Member as aydanit deems
appropriate in its sole discretion.
4.8 Each Member agrees to indemnify aydanit,
its employees, agents and representatives and to hold them harmless, from any
and all losses, claims and liabilities (including legal costs on a full
indemnity basis) which may arise from its submissions, posting of information
or deletion thereof, from such Member's use of the Service or from such
Member's breach of this Agreement or the aydanit Terms of Use. Each
Member further agrees that aydanit is not responsible, and shall have no
liability to it or anyone else for any material posted by such Member or third
parties, including fraudulent, untrue, misleading, inaccurate, defamatory,
offensive or illicit material and that the risk of damage from such material rests
entirely with each Member. aydanit reserves the right; at it own
expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise
subject to indemnification by the Member, in which event the Member shall
cooperate with aydanit in asserting any available defenses.
4.9 Member's information will be stored on our
servers and aydanit treats data as an asset that shall be protected and
use lots of tools (encryption, passwords, physical security, etc.) to protect
Member personal information against unauthorized access and disclosure.
However, third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or
private communications, and other users may abuse or misuse Member's personal
information that they collect from the Site. Therefore, although aydanit
works very hard to protect Member's privacy, aydanit does not promise,
and the Member should not expect, that your personal information or private
communications will always remain private.
5. Transactions between Buyers and Suppliers
5.1 Through the Site, aydanit provides an
electronic web-based platform for exchanging information between buyers and
suppliers of products and services. aydanit does not represent the
seller or the buyer in specific transactions and does not charge any
commissions from completing any transactions, unless otherwise stated by aydanit.
As a result, aydanit does not control and is not liable to or
responsible for the quality, safety, lawfulness or availability of the products
or services offered for sale on the Site or the ability of the suppliers to
complete a sale or the ability of buyers to complete a purchase.
5.2 Members are hereby made aware that there may
be risks of dealing with people acting under false pretences. aydanit
uses several techniques to verify the accuracy of the information our users
provide us when they register on the Site. However, because user verification
on the Internet is difficult, aydanit cannot and does not confirm each
user's purported identity (including, without limitation, aydanit Paid
Members). We encourage you to use the various tools available on the Site, as
well as common sense, to evaluate with whom you are dealing.
5.3 Each Member acknowledges that it is fully
assuming the risks of purchase and sale transactions when using the Site to
conduct transactions, such risks shall include, but not limited to,
mis-representation of products and services, fraudulent schemes, unsatisfactory
quality, failure to meet specifications, defective products, delay or default
in delivery or payment, cost mis-calculations, breach of warranty, breach of
contract and transportation accidents ("Transaction Risks"). Each
Member agrees that aydanit shall not be liable or responsible for any
damages that may arise a result of or in connection with any Transaction Risks.
5.4 Members are solely responsible for all of the
terms and conditions of the transactions conducted on, through or as a result
of use of the Site, including, without limitation, terms regarding payment,
returns, warranties, shipping, insurance, fees, taxes, title, licenses, fines,
permits, handling, transportation and storage.
5.5 In the event that any Member has a dispute
with any party to a transaction, such Member agrees to release and indemnify aydanit
(and our agents, affiliates, directors, officers and employees) from all
claims, demands, actions, proceedings, costs, expenses and damages (including
without limitation any actual, special, incidental or consequential damages)
arising out of or in connection with such transaction.
6. Limitation of Liability
6.1 THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS
IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, AND aydanit HEREBY
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF CONDITION, QUALITY, DURABILITY, PERFORMANCE,
ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ALL
SUCH WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, CONDITIONS, UNDERTAKINGS AND TERMS ARE HEREBY
EXCLUDED.
6.2 aydanit MAKES NO WARRANTY OR
REPRESENTATION AS TO THE LEGALITY, TRUTHFULLNESS, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF
ANY INFORMATION DISPLAYED THROUGH THE SERVICE BY A MEMBER. NEITHER aydanit
NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES SHALL BE LIABLE FOR SUCH INFORMATION. FURTHER, aydanit
MAKES NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION AS TO AN ANY VERIFICATION RESULT. NEITHER aydanit
NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS (WHETHER
OR NOT NEGLIGENT, INTENTIONAL OR OTHERWISE).
6.3 Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained
through the Site is done at each Member's sole discretion and risk and each
Member is solely responsible for any damage to its computer system or loss of
data that may result from the download of any such material. No advice or
information, whether oral or written, obtained by any Member from aydanit
or through or from the Site shall create any warranty not expressly stated
herein.
6.4 Under no circumstances shall aydanit be
held liable for an delay or failure or disruption of the content or services
delivered through the Site resulting directly or indirectly from acts of
nature, forces or causes beyond its reasonable control, including without
limitation, Internet failures, computer, telecommunications or any other
equipment failures, electrical power failures, strikes, labor disputes, riots,
insurrections, civil disturbances, shortages of labor or materials, fires,
flood, storms, explosions, Acts of God, war, governmental actions, orders of
domestic or foreign courts or tribunals or non-performance of third parties.
6.5 Each Member hereby agrees to indemnify and
save aydanit, its affiliates, directors, officers and employees
harmless, from any and all losses, claims, liabilities (including legal costs
on a full indemnity basis) which may arise from such Member's use of the Site (including
but not limited to the display of such Member's information on the Site) or
from its breach of any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Each
Member further agrees that aydanit is not responsible and shall have no
liability to it, for any material posted by others, including defamatory,
offensive or illicit material and that the risk of damages from such material
rests entirely with each Member. aydanit reserves the right; at it own
expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise
subject to indemnification by you, in which event you shall cooperate with aydanit
in asserting any available defenses.
6.6 aydanit shall not be liable for any
special, direct, indirect, punitive, incidental or consequential damages or any
damages whatsoever (including but not limited to damages for loss of profits or
savings, business interruption, loss of information), whether in contract,
negligence, tort, strict liability or otherwise or any other damages resulting
from any of the following:
(a) the use or the inability to use the Site;
(b) any defect in goods, samples, data,
information or services purchased or obtained from a Member or a third-party
service provider through the Site;
(c) unauthorized access by third parties to data
or private information of any Member;
(d) statements or conduct of any Member of the
Site; or
(e) any matters relating to Paid Services however
arising, including negligence.