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Service Agreement
– OmniCoin.com
Please note that in this Agreement "we"/"us"/"our" denotes
OmniCoin.com and "you"/"your" denotes you.
1. NATURE OF
SERVICE
1. The Service
is an online venue within which Users can display their coin collections and
contact other Users through the Service. You accept full responsibility for
your use of and conduct on this Service which must at all times be in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
2. PARTICIPATION
IN THE SERVICE
1. To use the
Service, you must first register with us, and agree the terms and conditions
laid out in this document.
2. Because participation in the Service involves the
assumption of legal rights and obligations, you must be 18 years of age or
older in order to participate. By clicking on the "I Accept" button, you
represent to us and to other Users that you are 18 years of age or older.
Sellers should note that transactions with persons aged under 18 years are most
likely to be unenforceable.
3. Users outside the
Canada
may participate in the Service solely at their own risk.
Non-Canadian residents should be aware that the laws and regulations in their
country of residence may differ from those in
Canada
and it is their responsibility to ensure they understand
how these laws may operate in any particular transaction involving the Service.
If you are unsure as to any provision of the law of the country where you
reside or how it may impact your rights and obligations under this Agreement,
you must either seek local law advice or not participate in the Service.
4. The currency in which all prices must be denominated
through the Service is US dollars.
5. We reserve the right to decline any application to
register for participation in the Service in our sole discretion.
3.
OmniCoin.com ROLE IN THE SERVICE
1. We have no
involvement in any transaction between buyers and sellers. Our role is that of
facilitator. We provide Users with the opportunity to participate in the
Service. Our obligations to you are limited to those described in Clause 4 of
this Agreement.
2. In particular, without limitation, you should be aware
that, unless specifically notified on the listing details, we
1. are not the owner of the items being sold;
2. do not have authority to act for any User and are not an
agent for any User;
3. do not have any involvement in the conduct or completion of
your transaction;
4. do not get involved if there is a dispute between Users -
it is the buyer's and the seller's responsibility to sort out the deal that
they make between themselves; and
5. have no control over and do not screen, monitor or assess
the quality, safety, or legality of items advertised; the truth or accuracy of
the listings and of any descriptions or photographs used; the ability of
sellers to sell items they list and their ownership of those items; or the
ability of buyers to buy items they bid on.
4. OmniCoin.com
OBLIGATIONS TO USERS
1. Subject to
your compliance at all times with the provisions of this Agreement, we will
provide you with access to the Service on the terms of this Agreement.
2. We will respect the privacy of your data which you
supply to us in the Registration Form, except as required by law. We will
respect privacy of your data in accordance with our privacy policy. We will
comply with applicable data protection legislation in respect of it. You agree
to keep your data accurate and up to date and promptly to send us any new or
revised personal data. We will not share any of your user information with
other parties.
3. You agree that we may disclose your personal data to
criminal investigatory, regulatory or rightholder-representing organizations,
such as the police, trading standards officers or collecting societies, without
notice to you and without incurring any obligation or liability to you. You
further agree that we may use your personal data in the ways advised in our
Privacy Policy and the Registration Form.
5. USERS'
OBLIGATIONS TO OmniCoin.com
1. You will
comply with the provisions of this Agreement and act lawfully and honestly at
all times in order to be able to continue to participate in the Service.
2. You warrant and undertake to us that all of the
details you supply in your Registration Form are true and accurate. Without
limitation, you warrant and undertake that any photographs of any item for sale
depicts the item accurately and that you have the right to include any such
photograph in the Service such that its inclusion does not infringe any third
party rights.
3. You agree to not link from the service to any other
website without our prior agreement. If we agree to allow you to include a link
from the Service to your personal website or any other website, you warrant and
undertake to us that the website being linked to does not contain any material
which infringes any third party intellectual property or other rights, is
defamatory, offensive or obscene or otherwise in breach of any provision of
this Agreement, or is a competitor to this Service. We reserve the right, in
our sole discretion, to remove any link which we consider breaches the
provisions of this Clause, without incurring any obligation or liability to you
or any third party.
4. You agree not to interfere with, disrupt or
jeopardize the Service whether, without limitation, by uploading unreasonably
or disproportionately large loads to our system; introducing any viruses,
trojan horses, worms or similar devices into the Service; or intercepting or
expropriating any system, data or personal information comprised in the
Service.
5. You are solely responsible for actions taken under
your password and for keeping it confidential, and should not disclose it to or
share it with anyone else. You cannot use your password for any unauthorized
purpose, for example, by permitting a third party to list or sell items under
it.
6. You agree to comply with all applicable laws,
statutes and regulations concerning your participation in the Service whether
as a bidder, buyer, person who lists items or a seller.
7. You agree to indemnify us for any liability to
taxation, duty, impost, contribution, charge or levy in the nature of taxation
(including all penalties, charges, costs and interest relating to any of them),
past, present or future, whether imposed by any authority in Canada or in any
other country, state or territory in the world, which we suffer as a
consequence of any agreement between you and any other person (excluding us)
arising from your use of the Service.
6. USERS'
OBLIGATIONS TO EACH OTHER
1. Where you are
using the Service in the capacity of a buyer, then: you warrant and undertake
that you have the legal right to buy or offer to buy any item for which you
bid.
2. Where you are using the Service in the capacity of listing
items for sale or seller, then:
1. You warrant and undertake that you have the legal
right to sell or buy or offer to sell that item and that the items for sale are
not subject to any third party rights, liabilities or encumbrances;
2. You agree to list your items in the right
category and to describe accurately and truthfully the item or items you are
selling;
3. You may not link in your listings to, or
include advertisements for, goods or other matters (a) that describe items that
you are not selling in the Service;(b) that you do not have the right to link
to or include; .
7. COMMUNICATIONS
IN THE SERVICE
As you know,
there are risks in dealing with people you do not know and we have no control
over such risks. You should always act with care in your communications with
other Users. Even though prohibited, people may provide information that is
offensive, false, harmful, or deceptive.
8. LIABILITY AND
RELEASE
1. Nothing in
this Agreement shall exclude or limit our liability in respect of death or
personal injury arising from our negligence.
2. Subject to Clause 9.3, any liability of ours in
contract, tort, negligence, pre-contract or other representations (except for
fraudulent representations) or otherwise arising out of or in any way connected
with the Service, including any suspension or discontinuance of the Service or
any User's participation in it shall be limited to the amount of the Listing
Fees paid in the 6 months preceding the event giving rise to any liability.
3. We exclude all liability for indirect, incidental or
consequential loss or damages, whether arising from loss of profits, loss of
revenue, loss of data, loss of use or otherwise and whether or not the
possibility of such loss has been notified to us.
9. DISCLAIMER OF
WARRANTIES
1. You agree
that your use of the Service is at your sole risk.
2. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws,
we exclude all and any warranties and conditions of any kind, whether express
or implied, including without limitation the warranties of satisfactory
quality, fitness for a particular purpose in respect of the Service and any
goods or data obtained or downloaded from it.
3. We make no warranty that the Service will meet your
requirements, that the Service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error
free or will operate as contemplated in this Agreement, nor do we make any
warranty as to the results that may be obtained from the use of the Service or
as to the accuracy or reliability of any information obtained from the Service
nor that defects, if any, in the Service will be corrected.
4. You acknowledge and agree that if you download or
obtain any material and/or data from the Service or any goods or services
through the Service you do so at your own discretion and risk.
5. No advice or information, whether oral or written,
obtained by you from us through or from the Service (unless fraudulent) shall
create any warranty not expressly stated in this Agreement.
10. INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS
You acknowledge
and agree that all copyrights (including rights in software), trade marks,
database rights and other intellectual property rights in and relating to the
Service are owned by OmniCoin.com.
11. INDEMNITY
You agree to
indemnify and hold us harmless in respect of all liabilities, loss, claims and
expenses that may arise from (a) any breach of this Agreement by you or through
parties using your User Account, and (b) any transaction in which you have
participated or intended to participate in using the Service including, without
limitation, any claim against us by a third party User that you have not
honored your commitments in respect of any particular sale or delivery.
12. AMENDMENT OF
THIS AGREEMENT
We reserve the
right to amend the provisions of this Agreement at any time. If we do amend
this Agreement, we shall display a notice on the Service home page for a period
of 30 days prior to the amendment going into effect, informing Users of the
amendment and the date on which it is to come into force. Any amendment we make
shall not affect any auction that is in progress and the terms and conditions
in force at the time such auction is commenced shall continue to apply until it
is concluded. Your continued use of the Service after any amendments to the
provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to be your binding acceptance of
such amendments.
13. MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
1. By clicking
"I Accept" you grant to us a right to display and store on our servers your
digital images and descriptions in your listings. You will retain the
rights to all images, textual descriptions and commentary.
2. You agree not to resell or assign your rights or
obligations under these terms and conditions. You also agree not to make any
unauthorized commercial use of the Service. We reserve the right to assign or
sub-contract any or all of our rights and obligations under this Agreement.
3. You agree not to make use of anyone else's personal
details other than as necessary to participate in the Service.
4. No agency, partnership, joint venture,
employee-employer or franchisor-franchisee relationship arises between us and
any User by reason of this Agreement.
5. Any notice to you or to us shall be made by either
email or regular mail.
6. This Agreement, together with any document expressly
referred to within its provisions, contains the entire agreement between us
relating to the subject matter covered and supersedes any previous agreements,
arrangements, undertakings or proposals, written or oral, between us in
relation to such matters. The parties unconditionally waive any rights to
rescind, repudiate or claim damages against the other on the basis of any
statement or representation made by or on behalf of the other (whether made
carelessly or not) not set out or referred to in this agreement unless such
statement was made or given fraudulently.
7. Any failure by us to exercise or enforce any right
or provision of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or
provision. If any provision of this Agreement is found by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree to give effect to
the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions
of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
8. The headings and section titles in these terms and
conditions are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.
9. We shall not be deemed to be in breach of this
Agreement or otherwise liable for any delay in performance or any failure to
perform of any obligations under this Agreement (and the time for performance
shall be extended accordingly) if and to the extent that the delay or failure
is due to circumstances beyond our reasonable control.
14. GOVERNING LAW
AND JURISDICTION
Each transaction
carried out under the Service shall be deemed to have been carried out in
Canada
. This Agreement and each translation carried out under
the Service shall be governed by the laws of
Canada
and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of
the courts of
Canada
.
15. NEWSLETTER
We will send out
at regular intervals a newsletter to provide details on important site
information, new features, special offers and promotions. All registered users
will receive this newsletter unless they have identified in the Data Collection
Notice that they do not wish to receive it, or have unsubscribed.
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