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Welcome to the Promopages.net Terms of Use
Agreement (the "Agreement"). This Agreement describes the terms and conditions
applicable to your use of the Promopages.net web site and services
available under the domain
www.promopages.net a site
owned and operated by Promo Portal Limited. We are registered in
England and Wales under company number 05310192 and
with our registered office at Suite 25 The Management
Centre, Marsh Lane, Preston PR1 8UQ. Our main trading address is
Centurion House Centurion Way Preston PR25 3GR. Our VAT number is
868 3703 88.
This Agreement is entered into between you as the user of the Site
(the "User") and Promopages.net. (the "Site")
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Application of and Acceptance of Terms and Conditions.
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1.1 |
For purposes of this Agreement, a "User" is any person who accesses
the Site for whatever purpose, regardless of whether such User has registered
with Promopages.net as a registered user or whether such User is a paying
customer for a specific service provided by Promopages.net. A User includes the
person using this Site and any legal entity which may be represented by such
person under actual or apparent authority.
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By accessing or using the Site, you hereby agree to accept the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement as a User, and you shall be bound by the
terms and conditions of this Agreement with respect to your access or use of
this Site and any further upgrade, modification, addition or change to this
Site. If you do not accept all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
please do not use this Site.
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Promopages.net 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. Posting by Promopages.net of the amended
and restated Agreement and your continued use of the Site shall be deemed to be
acceptance of the amended terms. This Agreement may not otherwise be modified,
except in writing by an authorised officer of Promo Portal Limited. |
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2.
Premium Services
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2.1 |
Access to the Site and some features are provided to all Users free
of charge. Promopages.net reserves the right, without prior notice, to restrict
access to certain areas or features of the Site.
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2.2 |
Promopages.net reserves the right to deny Premium Services to any User for
whatever reason in order to protect Promopages.net's interests. |
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3.
Users Generally
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3.1 |
Each User agrees that it shall not copy, reproduce or download any
information, text, images, directories, files, databases or listings available
on or through the Site (the "Promo Pages Content") for the purpose of
re-selling or re-distributing the Promopages.net Content, mass mailing (via
emails, wireless text messages, physical mail or otherwise), operating a
business that competes with Promopages.net, or otherwise commercially
exploiting the Promopages.net Content. Systematic retrieval of Promopages.net
Content from this Site to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a
collection, compilation, database or directory (whether through robots,
spiders, automatic devices or manual processes) without written permission from
Promo Portal Limited is prohibited. In addition, use of the content or
materials for any purpose not expressly permitted in this Agreement is
prohibited.
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3.2 |
Some of the Promopages.net Content displayed on this Site is provided or posted
by third parties ("Third Party Content"). Any Third Party Content is the sole
responsibility of the party who provided the content. Promopages.net is not
responsible for the accuracy, propriety, lawfulness or truthfulness of any
Third Party Content, and shall not be liable to any User in connection with
such User's reliance of such Third Party Content. In addition, Promopages.net
is not responsible for the conduct of any User's activities on the Site, and
shall not be liable to any person in connection with any damage suffered by any
person as a result of such User's conduct.
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3.3 |
Promopages.net may allow Users access to content, products or services offered
by third parties through hyperlinks to such third party's web site. You are
cautioned to read such sites' terms and conditions and/or privacy policies
before using such sites. User acknowledges that Promopages.net has no control
over such third party's web site, does not monitor such sites, and
Promopages.net shall not be responsible or liable to anyone for such web site,
or any content, products or services made available on such web site.
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Messages or information sent by a User through communication systems provided
by the Site, or through emails, fax or letters to addressees obtained from the
Site, shall not contain any of the materials described in the provisions of
Section 4.4 below.
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Promopages.net reserves the right to limit, deny or create different access to
the Site and its features with respect to different Users, or to change any of
the features or introduce new features without prior notice. Each User
acknowledges that inability to use the Site wholly or partially for whatever
reason may have adverse effects on its business. Each User hereby agrees that
in no event shall Promopages.net be liable to the User or any third parties for
any inability to use the Site (whether due to disruption, limited access,
changes to or termination of any features on the Site or otherwise), any
delays, errors or omissions with respect to any communications or transmission,
or any damage (direct, indirect, consequential or otherwise) arising from the
use of or inability to use the Site or any of its features.
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3.6 |
No User shall undertake any scheme to undermine the integrity of the computer
systems or networks used by Promopages.net and/or any other User and no User
shall attempt to gain unauthorised access to such computer systems or networks.
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3.7 |
We urge that you read Promopages.net's Privacy
Policy which governs the protection and use of each User's information
in Promopages.net's possession. Each User hereby accepts the Privacy Policy and
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Registered Users
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4.1 |
For terms applicable to unregistered users refer to section 5 of
this Agreement
Each User who has filled out an on-line registration form on the Site by giving
its information (such as name, address, telephone and fax number, email
address, details of its business, etc.) is a registered user of Promopages.net
(a "Registered User"). Promopages.net will establish an account ("Account") for
each Registered User and each Registered User will be assigned a user alias
("Member ID") and password ("Password") for log-in access to its own Account.
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If the Registered User is a business entity, you represent that:
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You have the authority to bind the entity to this Agreement; |
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The address you use when registering is the principal place of business of such
business entity; and |
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all other information submitted to Promopages.net during the registration
process is true, accurate, current and complete. |
For purposes of this provision, a branch or representative office will not be
considered a separate entity and its principal place of business will be deemed
to be that of its head office.
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Promopages.net may suspend or terminate a Registered User's
Account at any time by giving no less than 24-hour notice to the Registered
User; provided, however, that notice is not required for such termination if:
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In Promopages.net's determination, there is any breach of the
provisions of this Agreement by the Registered User; or |
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Promopages.net has reasonable grounds to suspect that such
information provided by a Registered User is untrue, inaccurate or is not
current or complete, or |
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Promopages.net believes that the Registered User's actions may
cause financial loss or legal liability to such Registered User,
Promopages.net's other Users, or Promopages.net or its affiliates. |
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A Registered User may not use our services for junk mail, chain letters or
spamming or the transmission of any unlawful, harassing, libelous, abusive,
threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene or otherwise objectionable material or
any kind or nature. Further, a Registered User shall not publish, distribute,
transmit or circulate any unsolicited advertising or promotional information or
any content that is obscene, indecent, seditious, offensive, defamatory,
threatening, or which incites or results in causing racial hatred,
discrimination, menace or breach of confidence.
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A Registered User may not sell, attempt to sell, offer to sell, give, assign or
otherwise transfer an Account, Member ID or Password to a third party without
the prior written consent of Promopages.net. Promopages.net may suspend or
terminate the Account of a Registered User or the transferee of a Registered
User in the event of a sale, offer to sell, gift, assignment or transfer in
violation of this Section.
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Promopages.net may refuse registration and deny the issuance of an Account and
associated Member ID and Password to any User for whatever reason.
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4.7 |
Premium Buyer services incur a charge as specified in the respective
registration and upgrade pages. All prices are in GBP £ Sterling. In accordance
with sections 6.1 and 13.1 (a) of the Consumer Protection (Distance Selling)
Regulations Act 2000, on payment and access of your premium buyer account any
funds paid will be non-refundable. |
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Users Who Post Information on Promopages.net
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5.1 |
No sales agency relationship is created between any User and Promopages.net,
our affiliates, directors, officers or employees by virtue of Promopages.net's
display of any of the User's information on the Site.
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5.2 |
Each User hereby represents, warrants and agrees to:
Provide Promopages.net with true, accurate, current and complete information to
be displayed on the Site; and
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Maintain and promptly amend all information to keep it true,
accurate, current and complete. Each User hereby grants an irrevocable,
perpetual, worldwide and royalty-free, sublicensable (through multiple tiers)
license to Promopages.net to display and use all information provided by such
User 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. |
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5.3 |
Each User hereby represents, warrants and agrees that it has obtained all
necessary third party copyright, trademark trade secret or patent licenses and
permissions, or such other licenses or permissions as may be required in
connection with any other personal or proprietary rights of any third party
(including but not limited to rights of personality and rights of privacy), for
any material or information it posts on the Site or provides to Promopages.net
or authorises Promopages.net to display. (Third party copyrights, trademarks,
trade secret rights, patents and other personal or proprietary rights affecting
or relating to material or information displayed on the Site (including but not
limited to rights of personality and rights of privacy), or affecting or
relating to products that are offered or displayed on the Site, are hereafter
referred to as "Third Party Rights.") Each User hereby represents, warrants and
agrees that it shall be solely responsible for ensuring that any material or
information it posts on the Site or provides to Promopages.net or authorises
Promopages.net to display does not, and that the products represented thereby
do not, violate any Third Party Rights, or is posted with the permission of the
owner(s) of such rights. Each User hereby represents, warrants and agrees that
it has the right to manufacture, offer, sell, import and distribute the
products it offers and displays on the Site, and that such manufacture, offer,
sale, importation and/or distribution of those products violates no Third Party
Rights.
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Each User hereby represents, warrants and agrees that information submitted to
Promopages.net for display on the Site shall not:
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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; |
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be part of a scheme to defraud other Users of the Site or for any
other unlawful purpose; |
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relate to sale of products or services that 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 or privacy, or any other Third Party Rights; |
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violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation
(including without limitation those governing export control, consumer
protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising); |
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be defamatory, libelous, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully
harassing; |
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be 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; |
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promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality,
disability, sexual orientation or age; |
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contain any material that constitutes unauthorised 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; |
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solicit business from any Users in connection with a commercial
activity that competes with Promopages.net; |
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contain 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; |
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link directly or indirectly to or include descriptions of goods or
services that are prohibited under this Agreement; |
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otherwise create any liability for Promopages.net or its
affiliates. |
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Promopages.net reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any material
displayed on the Site which it reasonably believes is unlawful, could subject
Promopages.net to liability, violates this Agreement or is otherwise found
inappropriate in Promopages.net's opinion. Promopages.net 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, Promopages.net may disclose the User'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
Promopages.net shall not be liable for damages or results thereof and User
agrees not to bring any action or claim against Promopages.net for such
disclosure. In connection with any of the foregoing, Promopages.net may suspend
or terminate the Account of any User as Promopages.net deems appropriate in its
sole discretion. User agrees that Promopages.net shall have no liability to
User, including no liability for consequential or any other damages, in the
event Promopages.net takes any of the actions mentioned in this Section, and
that User agrees to bear the risk that Promopages.net may take such actions.
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6.Transactions between
Buyers/Distributors/Traders and Suppliers
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6.1 |
Through the Site, Promopages.net provides an electronic web-based platform for
exchanging information between buyers and suppliers of products and services.
Promopages.net does not represent the seller nor the buyer/distributor/trader
in specific transactions and does not charge any commissions from completing
any transactions. As a result, Promopages.net 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/distributors/traders to
complete a purchase.
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Users are hereby made aware that there may be risks of dealing with people
acting under false pretences. Promopages.net 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,
Promopages.net cannot and does not confirm each User's purported identity
(including, without limitation, Trade Verified 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.
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Each User acknowledges that it is fully assuming the risks of purchase and sale
transactions when using the Site to conduct transactions, and that it is fully
assuming the risks of liability or harm of any kind in connection with
subsequent activity of any kind relating to products or services that are the
subject of transactions using the Site. Such risks shall include, but are not
limited to, mis-representation of products and services, fraudulent schemes,
unsatisfactory quality, failure to meet specifications, defective or dangerous
products, unlawful products, delay or default in delivery or payment, cost
mis-calculations, breach of warranty, breach of contract and transportation
accidents. Such risks also include the risks that the manufacture, importation,
distribution, offer, display, purchase, sale and/or use of products or services
offered or displayed on the Site may violate or may be asserted to violate
Third Party Rights, and the risk that User may incur costs of defense or other
costs in connection with third parties' assertion of Third Party Rights, or in
connection with any claims by any party that they are entitled to defense or
indemnification in relation to assertions of rights, demands or claims by Third
Party Rights claimants. Such risks also include the risks that consumers, other
purchasers, end-users of products or others claiming to have suffered injuries
or harms relating to product originally obtained by Users of the Site as a
result of purchase and sale transactions in connection with using the Site may
suffer harms and/or assert claims arising from their use of such products. All
of the foregoing risks are hereafter referred to as "Transaction Risks.". Each
User agrees that Promopages.net shall not be liable or responsible for any
damages, liabilities, costs, harms, inconveniences, business disruptions or
expenditures of any kind that may arise a result of or in connection with any
Transaction Risks.
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Users 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.
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In the event that any User has a dispute with any party to a transaction, such
User agrees to release and indemnify Promopages.net (and our agents, affiliates
and directors) 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.
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7.Limitation of Liability
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7.1 |
The features and services on the Promopages.net site are provided on an "as is"
and "as available" basis, and Promopages.net 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.
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7.2 |
Promopages.net makes no representations or warranties about the validity,
accuracy, correctness, reliability, quality, stability, completeness or
currentness of any information provided on or through the site. Promopages.net
does not represent or warranty that the manufacture, importation, distribution,
offer, display, purchase, sale and/or use of products or services offered or
displayed on the site does not violate any third party rights; and
Promopages.net makes no representations or warranties of any kind concerning
any product or service offered or displayed on the Promopages.net site.
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Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the Site is done at each
User's sole discretion and risk and each User 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 User from Promopages.net or through or from the Site shall
create any warranty not expressly stated herein.
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Under no circumstances shall Promopages.net be held liable for a 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.
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Each User hereby agrees to indemnify and save Promopages.net, 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 User's use of the Site (including but not limited to the display of
such User's information on the Site) or from its breach of any of the terms and
conditions of this Agreement. Each User hereby further agrees to indemnify and
save Promopages.net, 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 User's breach of any
representations and warranties made by User to Promopages.net, including but
not limited to those set forth in Sections 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5 above. Each User
hereby further agrees to indemnify and save Promopages.net, 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,
directly or indirectly, as a result of any claims asserted by Third Party
Rights claimants or other third parties relating to products offered or
displayed on the Site. Each User hereby further agrees that Promopages.net 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 User. Promopages.net
reserves the right; at its 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 Promopages.net in asserting any available
defenses.
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Promopages.net 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:
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any defect in goods, samples, data, information or services
purchased or obtained from a User or a third-party service provider through the
Site; |
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violation of Third Party Rights or claims or demands that Users' manufacture,
importation, distribution, offer, display, purchase, sale and/or use of
products or services offered or displayed on the Site may violate or may be
asserted to violate Third Party Rights; or claims by any party that they are
entitled to defense or indemnification in relation to assertions of rights,
demands or claims by Third Party Rights claimants; |
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unauthorised access by third parties to data or private information of any
User; |
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statements or conduct of any User of the Site; or |
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any matters relating to Premium Services however arising, including negligence. |
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8.
Intellectual Property
Rights
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8.1 |
Promo Portal Limited is the sole owner or lawful licensee of all the rights to
the Site and the Promopages.net Content. The Site and Promopages.net Content
embody trade secrets and intellectual property rights protected under worldwide
copyright and other laws. All title, ownership and intellectual property rights
in the Site and Promopages.net Content shall remain with Promo Portal Limited,
its affiliates or licensors of the Promopages.net Content, as the case may be.
All rights not otherwise claimed under this Agreement or by Promo Portal
Limited are hereby reserved.
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8.2 |
The Promo Portal name and logos are registered trade marks owned by Promo
Portal Limited. The following list of trade marks are owned by Promo Portal
Limited: Promo Pages; Trade Verified; Promo Store; Promo City; Promo Artwork;
Promo Rewards; Promo Partners; Promo Post; Promo Training; Promo Gram; Promo
Passport; Promo People and Promo Source. All other trade marks, product names
and company names or logos used in our site are our property or that of their
respective owners. No permission is given by us in respect of the use of any
such trade marks, get-up, product names, company names, logos or titles and
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Notices
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9.1 |
All notices or demands to or upon Promopages.net shall be effective if in
writing and shall be duly made when sent to Promo Portal Limited in the
following manner: to Promo Portal Limited, Suite 25 The Management Centre,
Marsh Lane, Preston PR1 8UQ, United Kingdom.
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9.2 |
All notices or demands to or upon a User shall be effective if either delivered
personally, sent by courier, certified mail, by facsimile or email to the
last-known correspondence, fax or email address provided by the User to
Promopages.net, or by posting such notice or demand on an area of the Site that
is publicly accessible without a charge. Notice to a User shall be deemed to be
received by such User if and when:
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Promopages.net is able to demonstrate that communication, whether
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immediately upon Promopages.net's posting such notice on an area of the Site
that is publicly accessible without charge. |
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10.
General
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10.1 |
Subject to any additional agreements relating to Trade Verification
Services, this Agreement and the Privacy Policy
constitute the entire agreement between the User and Promo Portal Limited
with respect to access to and use of the Site,
superseding any prior written or oral agreements in relation to the same
subject matter herein.
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10.2 |
Promopages.net and the User are independent contractors, and no agency,
partnership, joint venture, employee-
employer or franchiser-franchisee relationship is intended or created by
this Agreement.
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10.3 |
If any provision herein is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such
provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions
shall be enforced.
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10.4 |
Headings are for reference purposes only and in no way define, limit,
construe or describe the scope or extent of such
section.
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10.5 |
Promopages.net's failure to enforce any right or failure to act with
respect to any breach by a User under these terms
and conditions will not waive that right nor waives Promopages.net's
right to act with respect with subsequent or similar
breaches.
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10.6 |
Promopages.net shall have the right to assign its obligations and duties
in this Agreement and in any agreement relating
to Premium Services to any person or entity.
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10.7 |
This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with
English law. You agree, as we do, to submit to
the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts. |
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