WEBSITE TERMS OF USE
arounddb.com and Around DB magazine are operated by Negentropy System Limited, a Hong-Kong registered company (Number: 76751714).
The term “you”, ”user” or “reader” refers to the user, visitor or advertiser of arounddb.com or the reader or advertiser of Around DB magazine.
Using the “Service” may include: online banner advertising; advertising in Around DB magazine; and any other service we agree to provide.
The “Publisher” refers to the company Negentropy System Limited and or any of it partners, directors, officers, employees and third-party content providers.
1. Limitations of use
1) The user shall use arounddb.com for lawful purposes only. The user shall not and shall not transmit through arounddb.com any data (including without limitation any content and pictures) which violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others, which is unlawful, misleading, deceptive, which is invasive of privacy, abusive, defamatory, threatening, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable or which encourages unlawful conduct. The user acknowledges that his/ her failure to do so may subject him/ her to civil and criminal liability.
2) arounddb.com and Around DB magazine contain copyrighted materials including but not limited to content, trademarks, photos, illustrations and graphics. The Publisher owns the copyright in the materials and in the selection, arrangement and layout of the information. Modification, copy, sale or use of the data in whole or in part, except as expressly approved by the Publisher in advance and in writing, violates our intellectual property rights. Under no circumstances you may copy, republish, download, redistribute, in whole or in part, any of the copyrighted materials found in arounddb.com or Around DB magazine unless it is for personal or non-commercial use. In the event of permitted copying, distribution, downloading of whole or part of arounddb.com or Around DB magazine, any material should not be altered from its original content or graphics, a quote should not be used out of context and the Around DB copyright notice must be included.
3) The user submitting material to any part of arounddb.com or Around DB magazine grants the Publisher a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right to use, modify, adapt and distribute such material in part or in whole.
2. Disclaimer and limitation of liability
arounddb.com and Around DB magazine are made available to the public by the Publisher, on an “as is” and “as available” basis. As we strive to keep the content error free, updated and uninterrupted, the user agrees that the use of arounddb.com and Around DB magazine is at the user’s sole risk. Neither the Publisher nor its affiliates, any of their respective directors, officers, employees and third-party content providers make any warranty of the accuracy or reliability of any data provided through arounddb.com or Around DB magazine, make no warranty that the site is free of viruses or other harmful components, or free of technical inaccuracies, omissions or typographical errors.
Neither the Publisher nor its affiliates, any of their respective directors, officers and employees and third-party content providers are liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect or punitive damages arising out of the user’s access to, or use of arounddb.com or Around DB magazine, or for any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, delay in transmission, delay in publishing, computer virus, unauthorised access to, alteration of data under any cause of action. The user acknowledges that the Publisher is not liable for the unlawful, defamatory or objectionable conduct of other users or third parties and that the risk of injury rests entirely with the user.
In no event will the Publisher or any person or entity involved in producing, creating or delivering arounddb.com or Around DB magazine be liable for any damages, including but not limited to, direct, indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages direct, incidental, consequential, indirect or punitive damages arising out of the user’s access to or inability to access to, or use of arounddb.com or Around DB magazine.
In no event will the Publisher, its affiliates, any of their respective directors, officers and employees and third-party content providers be liable, regardless of the cause or duration, for any claims and losses of any nature including, but not limited to, loss of profits, punitive and consequential damages prior to the execution of a transaction arising therefrom or occasioned thereby. Neither the Publisher nor its affiliates make any warranty for the results obtained from the use of the information, services, products and materials available from arounddb.com or Around DB magazine. The user agrees to hold harmless and defend the Publisher, its affiliates, their respective directors, officers and employees from and against all claims and expenses, including but not limited to legal fees arising out of the use of arounddb.com or Around DB magazine.
Your acceptance of this disclaimer and limitation of liability is an essential term of this agreement and your acceptance is essential to get granted access to arounddb.com.
3. Intellectual Property
All copyrights or trademarks appearing on arounddb.com are the property of their respective owners who may or may not be affiliated with the Publisher. arounddb.com and Around DB magazine and each of their logos are trademarks of the Publisher. Everything you read on arounddb.com or Around DB magazine is proprietary information protected by copyright or trademark unless otherwise mentioned, and may not be used except as provided herein or with the written permission of the Publisher.
4. Third party websites and content
The user finds advertising or other content on arounddb.com that link to the sites and services of our advertisers, partners, sponsors, licensors and other third parties. Any links from arounddb.com to other sites are provided for your convenience and ease access to other websites. In no event is the Publisher responsible for the content of any of those third-party websites. We have no control over the content or links that appear on these sites and are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from arounddb.com and for the terms of use and privacy policy that govern those websites.
In most cases, the content available on arounddb.com or Around DB magazine represents the opinions of the respective information provider and advertisers. The goods and services advertised on arounddb.com or Around DB magazine are provided by the third party retailers and service providers under their own terms and conditions for their use which we do not have control over. The Publisher takes no responsibility for the quality of service related to the goods and services provided and shall not be liable for any loss or damage resulted from the use or engagement of them. The use or engagement of them constitutes direct dealings between the user and the particular third-party retailers and service providers. In addition, third party retailers and service providers may amend at any time, without prior notice, their own terms and conditions or terminate their use or engagement, and the publisher cannot be held responsible for informing the user of any such change or termination.
5. International Use
arounddb.com may not be available for use in locations outside the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
6. Changes to these Terms of Use
The Publisher has the discretion to update these terms and conditions at any time. It is the user’s responsibility to review them regularly and to keep informed of any change.
7. Others
Any dispute shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and exclusive jurisdiction of the Hong Kong courts.
8. Contact arounddb.com
For any enquiries, you can contact us at:
Negentropy System Limited
Address: Units 2505-6, 25/F United Asia Centre, 333 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Tel: +852 61171889
Email: [email protected]
ADVERTISING TERMS & CONDITIONS
1. All advertisements are accepted and published by the Publisher in reliance upon the representations of the client/Advertiser that such party is authorised to publish the entire contents and subject matter thereof and that the advertisement or part thereof or the publication of the advertisement does not in any way violate or breach any applicable laws. The clients/Advertisers shall indemnify and hold harmless the Publisher, its officers, agents and employees in respect of all or any costs, damages or other charges falling upon the Publisher including but not limited to legal actions or threatened legal actions arising from the publication of any advertisement together with any and all other losses resulting from the publication of any advertisement by the publisher, including but not limited to any claims or actions in respect of libel, slander, violation of any rights of privacy, copyright infringement, violation of trademark or any other intellectual property rights.
2. Any advertising contract will be considered completed when the total value of the contract has been fulfilled. All advertisements must be published within the contract period.
3. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event of any Advertiser failing to provide the Publisher materials required to effect publication before the Publisher’s deadline, the Advertiser is responsible for full payment of all and any of the advertising space booked and contracted. And in no case may the Advertiser postpone payment for a booked advertisement for any reason whatsoever. The Publisher bears no responsibility for neither the publication of, nor the reproduction quality of advertising materials that are submitted after the Publisher’s deadline as stated in respect of receipt of advertising materials.
4. The Publisher reserves the right to suspend/ stop any contracted advertisements should the advertiser fail to abide with the payment/credit terms as determined on the contract.
5. The Publisher will use its best endeavours to adhere to any schedule of dates for publication and in respect of requested positions for advertisements, but does not give any warranty of guarantee in respect thereof. It is a condition of acceptance of advertisement orders that no such warranty or guarantee is given.
6. The Publisher at all times reserves the right to edit, revise or reject in whole or part any advertisement with or without notice to the Advertiser and shall not in any way be liable for any loss or damage arising as a result of non-publication or amendment nor shall the Publisher provide any refund or other compensation in the event of non-publication or amendment as aforesaid.
7. The Publisher, its employees or agents shall not be responsible for errors in the insertion or omission of any advertisement, the content thereof and/ or any damage or loss howsoever occurring to drawings, films, photographs or other materials provided to the Publisher for the purpose of or in connection with any advertisement. Unless claimed by the Advertiser, all advertising materials provided to the Publisher may be disposed of after two months of publication date or proposed publication date without further notice.
8. The Publisher reserves the right to revise advertising rates upon written notice at any time in respect of any publication. The Publisher also reserves the right to revise and vary the circulation quantity in respect of any publication without prior notice. Advertising rates appearing on contracts do not guarantee any fixed circulation quantity and no warranty of such is made. The Publisher is not bound by any verbal or written circulation claims.
9. All complaints or claims regarding advertisements published must be made in writing to the Publisher within three (3) days following the date of publication and sent by registered post or recorded delivery to the registered office of the Publisher. No complaint or claim will be honoured if advertising material does not conform to the Publisher’s current technical specifications. Copies of the technical specifications are available from the Publisher upon request.
10. The Advertiser understands and agrees that editorial coverage is entirely unconnected to advertising. The Publisher does not promise any editorial coverage whatsoever in exchange for advertising. Both parties agree that no promise or guarantee of editorial coverage has been made or implied.
11. The placing of an order with the Publisher for the insertion of an advertisement shall amount to full acceptance of all the above conditions.
12. The Publisher reserves the right to amend, vary, replace or cancel any of the aforementioned terms and conditions without prior notice to the Advertiser. The Publisher shall in no way be liable for any loss or damage arising as a result of changes to the terms and conditions herein.
13. Any views expressed in articles and advertisements appearing in the Publication are not endorsed by the Publisher. No responsibility is accepted by the Publisher for the accuracy of any information contained in any articles or advertisements.
