Terms Of Use
DEKOREA WEBSITE TERMS OF USE
1. TERMS OF
USE
Please read the terms of use (the "Terms of Use") set
forth below, as they apply to your access and use of our services, including
our various websites, APIs, email notifications, applications, buttons and
widgets (the “Services”), and any information, text, graphics, photos or other
materials uploaded, downloaded or appearing on the Services (collectively
referred to as the “Content”). Your access to and use of the Services signifies
your acceptance of these Terms of Use, your agreement to be bound by them and
any and all other applicable terms or policies referenced herein absolutely.
2. OTHER
APPLICABLE TERMS
2.1 You acknowledge that these Terms of Use refer to the additional terms
in our Website Privacy Policy, which also apply to your use of our Services.
2.2 Our Website Privacy Policy sets out the terms on which we process
any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us. By using our
Services, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided
by you is accurate. You understand that through your use of the Services you
consent to the collection and use (as set forth in the Website Privacy Policy)
of this information, including the transfer of this information both within and
outside of Singapore for storage, processing and use by us. As part
of providing you the Services, we may need to provide you with certain
communications, such as service announcements and administrative messages.
3. INFORMATION
ABOUT US
The Services are provided and operated by Octagon Global Trading Pte
Ltd. We are a private company limited by shares registered
in Singapore with Singapore Registered Company (UEN) 201412205M and
have our registered office at
4. CHANGES
TO OUR SERVICES
4.1 The Services that we provide are always evolving and the form and
nature of the Services that we provide may change from time to time without
prior notice to you. In addition, we may stop (permanently or temporarily)
providing the Services (or any features within the Services) to you or to users
generally and not be able to provide you with prior notice of such. We also
retain the right to create limits on use and storage at our sole discretion at
any time and without prior notice to you.
4.2 We make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether
expressed or implied, that our Services or any content on our site is accurate,
complete or up to date.
5. ACCESSING
OUR SERVICES
5.1 Our Services are made available free of charge.
5.2 We do not guarantee that our Services, or any content, will always
be available or be uninterrupted. Access to our Services is permitted on a
temporary basis. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any
part of our Services without notice to you. We will not be liable to you if for
any reason our Services are unavailable at any time or for any period.
5.3 You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to
have access to our Services.
5.4 You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access
our Services through your internet connection are aware of these Terms of Use
and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.
6. YOUR
LICENCE TO USE THE SERVICES
Octagon Global Trading Pte Ltd gives you a personal, worldwide,
royalty-free, non-assignable and non-exclusive licence to use the software that
is provided to you by us as part of the Services. This licence is for the sole
purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of the Services as
provided by Octagon Global Trading Pte Ltd, in the manner permitted by
these Terms of Use.
7 OUR
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
7.1 All intellectual property rights subsisting in respect of the
Services belong to Octagon Global Trading Pte Ltd or have been lawfully
licensed to Octagon Global Trading Pte Ltd for use in connection with
the Services. All rights under applicable laws are hereby reserved. You are not
allowed to upload, post, publish, reproduce, transmit or distribute in any way
any component of the Services or create derivative works with respect thereto,
as the website is copyrighted under applicable laws.
7.2 You agree that we are free to use, disclose, adopt and modify all
and any ideas, concepts, knowhow, proposals, suggestions, comments and other
communications and information provided by you to us (the “Feedback”) in
connection with the Services and/or your use of the Services without any
payment to you. You hereby waive and agree to waive all and any rights and
claims for any consideration, fees, royalties, charges and/or other payments in
relation to our use, disclosure, adoption and/or modification of any or all of
your Feedback.
8 YOUR
RIGHTS
8.1 You retain your rights to any Content you submit, post or display on
or through the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying Content on or
through the Services, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free
licence (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt,
modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute such Content in any and all
media or distribution methods (now known or later developed).
8.2 You agree that this licence includes the right for us to provide,
promote, and improve the Services and to make Content submitted to or through
the Services available to other companies, organisations or individuals who
partner with Octagon Global Trading Pte Ltd for the syndication,
broadcast, distribution or publication of such Content on other media and
services, subject to our terms and conditions for such content use.
8.3 Such additional uses by Octagon Global Trading Pte Ltd or
other companies, organisations or individuals who partner with Octagon
Global Trading Pte Ltd may be made with no compensation paid to you with
respect to the Content that you submit, post, transmit or otherwise make
available through the Services.
8.4 You agree that we modify or adapt your Content in order to transmit,
display or distribute it over computer networks and in various media and/or
make changes to your Content as are necessary to conform and adapt that Content
to any requirements or limitations of any networks, devices, services or media.
8.5 You are responsible for your use of the Services, for any Content
you provide, and for any consequences thereof, including the use of your
Content by other users and our third-party partners. You understand that your
Content may be syndicated, broadcast, distributed, or published by our partners
and if you do not have the right to submit Content for such use, it may subject
you to liability. Octagon Global Trading Pte Ltd will not be
responsible or liable for any use of your Content by Octagon Global
Trading Pte Ltd in accordance with these Terms. You represent and warrant
that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the rights
granted herein in relation to any Content that you submit.
9 LIMITED
LIABILITY AND WARRANTY
Please read this section carefully since it limits the liability
of Octagon Global Trading Pte Ltd and its parents, subsidiaries,
affiliates, related companies, officers, directors, employees, agents,
representatives, partners, and licensors (collectively, the “Entities of Octagon
Global Trading Pte Ltd” ). Each of the subsections below only applies up to the
maximum extent permitted under applicable law. Some jurisdictions do not allow
the disclaimer of implied warranties or the limitation of liability in
contracts, and as a result the contents of this section may not apply to you.
Nothing in this section is intended to limit any rights you may have which may
not be lawfully limited. We do not accept any responsibility whatsoever in
respect of such information.
9.1 Your access to and use of our services is at your sole risk and is
provided “as is” and “as available”. The services are for your personal use
only and the entities of Octagon Global Trading Pte Ltd make no
representation or warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including,
without limitation, any warranties on merchantability or fitness for any
particular purpose or non-infringement.
9.2 The entire liability of the entities of Octagon Global Trading
Pte Ltd and your exclusive remedy with respect to the services or
otherwise, is re-performance of defective services. Without limiting the
foregoing, this limitation applies to any statutory guarantees or warranties
which may be implied and cannot be excluded. In jurisdictions which do not
allow the exclusion or limitation of certain types of liability, our liability
will be limited to the maximum extent permitted by law. We do not endorse,
warrant or guarantee any material, product or service offered through us or our
service. We are not and will not be a party to any transaction between you and
any third party.
9.3 To the extent permitted by law, in no event shall the aggregate
liability of the entities of Octagon Global Trading Pte Ltd exceed
two hundred Singapore dollars (SGD 200)
9.4 The Entities of Octagon Global Trading Pte Ltd shall
not guarantee or assume any responsibility that:
- (a) the information presented in our Services is accurate,
adequate, current or reliable, or may be used for any purpose other than
for general reference;
- (b) the information presented in our Services is free of defect,
error, omission, virus or anything which may change, erase, add to or
damage your software, data or equipment;
- (c) messages sent through the internet including in connection with
the services will be free from interception, corruption, error, delay or
loss;
- (d) access to the Services will be available or be uninterrupted;
- (e) use of the Services will achieve any particular result; or
- (f) defects in the Services will be corrected.
9.5 Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in no event will
the entities of Octagon Global Trading Pte Ltd be liable to you
or any other person for any indirect, incidental, special, punitive or
consequential loss or damages, including any loss of business or profit,
arising out of any use, or inability to use, the information, Content or the
Services, even if any of the Entities of Octagon Global Trading Pte
Ltd has been advised of the possibility of such loss or damages.
9.6 You will exercise and rely solely on your own skill and judgment in
your use and interpretation of the information and use of the Services. You are
responsible to ensure that your use of the information and the Services
complies with all applicable legal requirements.
9.7 Without prejudice to the foregoing, if your use of the Services does
not proceed satisfactorily and/or where applicable you do not receive
appropriate responses to such use from us, as set out in these Terms of Use or
otherwise, you are advised to contact us at info@dekorea.com.sg. No such
lack of response shall be deemed to constitute any acquiescence or waiver.
9.8 The limitation of liability contained in these Terms of Use will
apply to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws.
10 CONTENT
ON THE SERVICES
10.1 All Content, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, is
the sole responsibility of the person who originated such Content.
10.2 You warrant that you are the sole owner of all Content and that any
such Content complies with those standards, and you will be liable to us and
indemnify us for any breach of that warranty and you will be responsible for
any loss or damage we suffer as a result of your breach of warranty.
10.3 Any content you upload to our site will be considered
non-confidential and non-proprietary, and we have the right to use, copy,
distribute and disclose to third parties any such content for any purpose. We
also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming
that any content posted or uploaded by you to our site constitutes a violation
of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy. We will
not be responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy
of any content posted by you or any other user of our site.
10.4 The views expressed by other users on our site do not represent our
views or values. We do maintain the right to remove any posting you make on our
site if, in our opinion, your post does not comply with our content standards.
We do not endorse, support, represent or guarantee the completeness,
truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any Content or communications posted
via the Services or endorse any opinions expressed via the Services. You
understand that by using the Services, you may be exposed to Content that might
be offensive, harmful, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate, or in some cases,
postings that have been mislabelled or are otherwise deceptive.
10.5 Under no circumstances will we be liable in any way for any
Content, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any Content,
or any loss or damage of any kind, incurred directly or indirectly as a result
of the use of the Services by any third party, including without limitation any
defamatory, offensive, or illegal conduct of the third party, or the use of any
Content posted, emailed, transmitted, or otherwise made available via the
Services or broadcast elsewhere.
10.6 We may not monitor or control the Content posted via the Services and,
we cannot take responsibility for such Content. Any use or reliance on any
Content or materials posted via the Services or obtained by you through the
Services is at your own risk.
11 CONTENT
COPYRIGHT POLICY
11.1 Octagon Global Trading Pte Ltd respects the intellectual
property rights of others and expects users of the Services to do the same. We
will respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with
applicable law and are properly provided to us. If you believe that your
Content has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement,
please provide us with the following information: (i) a physical or electronic
signature of the copyright owner or a person authorised to act on their behalf;
(ii) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;
(iii) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be
the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which
is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate
the material; (iv) your contact information, including your address, telephone
number, and an email address; (v) a statement by you that you have a good faith
belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorised
by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (vi) a statement that the
information in the notification is accurate, and that you are authorised to act
on behalf of the copyright owner.
11.2 We reserve the right to remove Content alleged to be infringing
without prior notice, at our sole discretion, and without liability to you. In
appropriate circumstances, we will also terminate a user's account if the user
is determined to be a repeat infringer. Our address for notice of alleged
copyright infringement appearing on the Services is info@dekorea.com.sg.
12 USE OF
THE SERVICES
12.1 We reserve the right at all times (but will not have an obligation)
to remove or refuse to distribute any Content on the Services, to suspend or
terminate users, and to reclaim usernames without liability to you. We also
reserve the right to access, read, preserve, and disclose any information as we
reasonably believe is necessary to (i) satisfy any applicable law, regulation,
legal process or governmental request, (ii) enforce the Terms of Use, including
investigation of potential violations hereof, (iii) detect, prevent, or
otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, (iv) respond to user
support requests, or (v) protect the rights, property or safety of Octagon
Global Trading Pte Ltd its users and the public.
12.2 We do not guarantee that our Services will be secure or free from
bugs or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your information
technology, computer programmes and platform in order to access our site. You
should use your own virus protection software.
12.3 You may not do any of the following while accessing or using the
Services: (i) access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of the
Services, Octagon Global Trading Pte Ltd's computer systems, or the
technical delivery systems of Octagon Global Trading Pte Ltd's providers;
(ii) probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any system or network or breach
or circumvent any security or authentication measures; (iii) access or search
or attempt to access or search the Services by any means (automated or
otherwise) other than through our currently available, published interfaces
that are provided by us (and only pursuant to those terms and conditions),
(scraping the Services without our prior consent is expressly prohibited); (iv)
forge any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any
email or posting, or in any way use the Services to send altered, deceptive or
false source-identifying information; or (v) interfere with, or disrupt, (or
attempt to do so), the access of any user, host or network, including, without
limitation, sending a virus, trojan, worm, logic bomb or other material which
is malicious or technologically harmful, overloading, flooding, spamming,
mail-bombing the Services, or by scripting the creation of Content in such a
manner as to interfere with or create an undue burden on the Services.
12.4 We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement
authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your
identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our Services
will cease immediately.
13 LINKING
TO US
You may link to our Services provided you do so in a way that is fair
and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. You must
not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association,
approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. You must not establish a
link to our Services in any website that is not owned by you. We reserve the
right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
14
THIRD-PARTY LINKS AND RESOURCES IN OUR SITE
14.1 The links from the Services may take you to other sites or services
and you acknowledge and agree that Octagon Global Trading Pte Ltd has
no responsibility for the accuracy or availability of any information provided
by third parties services and websites.
14.2 The Services may include advertisements, which may be targeted to
the Content or information on the Services, queries made through the Services,
or other information. The types and extent of advertising by Octagon
Global Trading Pte Ltd on the Services are subject to change. In
consideration for us granting you access to and use of the Services, you agree
that Octagon Global Trading Pte Ltd and its
third-party providers and partners may place such advertising on the
Services or in connection with the display of Content or information from the
Services whether submitted by you or others.
14.3 Links to other websites and services do not constitute an
endorsement by us of such websites or services, or the Information, products,
advertising or other materials available made available by such third parties.
15 INDEMNITY
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold us harmless from and against all
liabilities, damages, claims, actions, costs and expenses (including without
limitation legal fees), in connection with or arising from your breach of any
of these Terms of Use and/or your use of the website. We may, if necessary,
participate in the defence of any claim or action and any negotiations for
settlement. No settlement which may adversely affect our rights or obligations
shall be made without our prior written approval. We reserve the right, at our
own expense and on notice to you, to assume exclusive defence and control of
any claim or action.
16 SEVERANCE
The illegality, invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these
Terms of Use under the law of any jurisdiction shall not affect its legality,
validity or enforceability under the laws of any other jurisdiction nor the
legality, validity or enforceability of any other provision.
17 SEVERAL
USERS
If there are two or more persons adhering to these Terms of Use as a
user, they are jointly and severally liable.
18 WAIVER
No failure or delay by a party to exercise any right or remedy provided
under this agreement or by law shall constitute a waiver of that or any other
right or remedy, nor shall it prevent or restrict the further exercise of that
or any other right or remedy. No single or partial exercise of such right or
remedy shall prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any other
right or remedy.
19
TERMINATION
19.1 The Terms of Use will continue to apply until terminated by either
you or us as follows.
19.2 You may end your agreement with us at any time for any reason by
discontinuing your use of the Services. You do not need to specifically inform
us when you stop using the Services.
19.3 We may suspend or terminate your accounts or cease providing you
with all or part of the Services at any time for any reason, including, but not
limited to, if we reasonably believe: (i) you have violated these Terms of Use
or (ii) you create risk or possible legal exposure for us; or (iii) our
provision of the Services to you is no longer commercially viable. We will make
reasonable efforts to notify you by the email address associated with your
account (if any) or the next time you attempt to access your account (if any).
19.4 In all such cases, any provision of these Terms of Use that
expressly or by implication is intended to come into or continue in force on or
after termination of this agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
19.5 Nothing in this section shall affect our rights to change, limit or
stop the provision of the Services without prior notice, as provided above in Clause 4
(Changes to our services).