Terms and Conditions (TAC)
By accessing and/or using the Websites/Apps and the functionalities offered on it, you agree that you have read, understand, and agree to be legally bound by the TAC set forth below. If you do not agree to be bound by these TAC, do not access or use the Websites/Apps. In agreeing to these TAC, you are responsible for periodically checking for changes and/or updates to these TAC. You can review the most current version of these TAC at any time on www.pubstar.io. These TAC may be modified by us at any time.
1. Right to access and use the Websites/Apps
PubStar grants you a limited right to access and use the Websites/Apps under the conditions as set out in the TAC. As between PubStar and you, title, ownership rights, and intellectual property rights in and to the Websites/Apps and any derivatives or modifications thereof, in whole or in part, remain with PubStar. You understand that PubStar may modify or discontinue the Websites/Apps or any of its features at any time in its sole discretion. The TAC does not entitle you to any support, upgrades, updates, add-ons patches, enhancements, or fixes for the Websites/Apps except in our sole discretion. You do not acquire any right, title, or interest in any content on the Websites/Apps by virtue of accessing the Websites/Apps or making use of the permitted uses allowed under these TAC. No license to use or reproduce any logo or trademark included on the Websites/Apps is granted to you by these TAC or otherwise. The trademarks, logos, service marks, and business names displayed on the Websites/Apps are protected, whether or not they are registered. Any unauthorized use of content or information posted on the Websites/Apps and any unauthorized reproduction, retransmission or other use of any part of the Websites/Apps may infringe our or third parties’ copyrights, trademarks, privacy, publicity, or other rights. This includes, without limitation, the use of automated systems or software to extract data from the Websites/Apps for commercial purposes (also known as screen scraping), unless where you have a written agreement with us particularly to this extent.
2. Privacy and use of cookies
Any information you provide during access to and use of the Websites/Apps is governed by PubStar’s Privacy Policy. By using the Websites/Apps, you agree to the collection, use, and sharing, if any, of your information as set forth in our Privacy Policy. Any dispute over privacy is subject to the TAC and the Privacy Policy.
In addition, we use cookies and other automated means of data collection on our Websites/Apps. Please read our Cookie Policy to understand how we use cookies and such other automated means on the Websites/Apps.
3. Limitations
In connection with your use of the Websites/Apps, you will not, and will not allow any third party to:
a) Link to or use the Websites/Apps in connection with any material that contains:
- Adult content, including nudity, sexual terms and/or images of people in positions or activities that are excessively suggestive or sexual;
- Obscene, defamatory, libelous, slanderous and/or unlawful content;
- Content that infringes upon the rights of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity or other personal or proprietary right, or that is deceptive or fraudulent;
- Inflammatory religious content;
- Politically religious agendas and/or any known associations with hate, criminal and/or terrorist activities; or
- Hate speech, whether directed at an individual or a group, and whether based upon the race, disability, sex, creed, national origin, religious affiliation, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or language of such individual or group.
b) Remove, obscure, or change any copyright, trademark, hyperlink, or other proprietary rights notices contained within the Websites/Apps;
c) Modify, adapt, disassemble, decompile, translate, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to discover the source code or structure, sequence, and organization of the Websites/Apps or any content contained therein;
d) Use the Websites/Apps in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Websites/Apps, PubStar, the third-party site, website, or application on which the Services are available, or any other person or entity; or
e) Collect any information (including, without limitation, email addresses) about other visitors of the Websites/Apps; create or transmit unwanted electronic communications to other visitors of the Websites/Apps; or otherwise interfere with such visitors’ enjoyment of the Websites/Apps.
Unless otherwise expressly authorized in these TAC or on the Websites/Apps, you may not take any action to interfere with the Websites/Apps or any other visitor’s use of the Websites/Apps. You expressly agree that you will not copy, reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, distribute, publicly display or screen scrape any content from the Websites/Apps without our prior written consent. You agree not to bypass any measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the Websites/Apps.
You agree not to use the Websites/Apps for illegal purposes (including, without limitation, unlawful, harassing, libelous, invasion of another’s privacy, abusive, threatening, or obscene purposes). You agree that you will comply with all laws related to your use of the Websites/Apps.
Where appropriate, for example in our contact form, you must use your own identity at all times and you must ensure that all information you provide is accurate and up to date to the best of your knowledge. Unless you have permission to do so (and can prove this), you must not use information about any other person.
4. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) Notice
We are committed to complying with U.S. copyright and related laws, and we require all users of the Services to comply with these laws. Accordingly, our users (including you) may not disseminate any material or content using the Services in any manner that constitutes an infringement of third party intellectual property rights, including rights granted by U.S. copyright law. Owners of copyrighted works who believe that their rights under U.S. copyright law have been infringed may take advantage of certain provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (the “DMCA”) to report alleged infringements. It is our policy in accordance with the DMCA and other applicable laws to reserve the right to terminate the rights of any user to access the Services if any such user is either found to infringe third party copyright or other intellectual property rights, including repeat infringers, or who we believe, in our sole discretion, are infringing these rights. Upon our receipt of a proper notice of claimed infringement under the DMCA, we will respond expeditiously to remove, or disable access to, the material claimed to be infringing and will follow the procedures specified in the DMCA to resolve the claim between the notifying party and the alleged infringer who provided the content in issue. Our designated agent (i.e., the proper party) to whom you should address such notice is: [email protected]. If you believe that content that you or a third party owns has been used via the Services in a way that violates your or someone else’s copyright or other intellectual property rights, please provide us with the following information:
- an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;
- a description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;
- a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located;
- your address, telephone number, and email address;
- a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright or intellectual property owner, its agent, or the law; and
- a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the information contained in your report is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner’s behalf.
5. Limitation on Liability Disclaimers
ALL PROVISIONS SET OUT BELOW IN THIS SECTION 5 WILL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW.
THE WEBSITES/APPS, INCLUDING ALL CONTENT THEREIN, ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND YOU SHALL USE THE WEBSITES/APPS AT YOUR OWN RISK. PUBSTAR DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE WEBSITES/APPS, INCLUDING ALL CONTENT THEREIN, IN TERMS OF ITS CORRECTNESS, USEFULNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. PUBSTAR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. PUBSTAR DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITES/APPS OR CONTENT CONTAINED THEREIN OR THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE WEBSITES/APPS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE WEBSITES/APPS OR THE SERVERS THAT MAKE WEBSITES/APPS AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. YOU (AND NOT PUBSTAR) ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR, AND CORRECTION OF ANY OF YOUR SYSTEMS. PUBSTAR EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE WEBSITES/APPS. IN NO EVENT SHALL PUBSTAR, ITS PARENT, ITS SUBSIDIARY OR AFFILIATED COMPANIES, OR EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS (COLLECTIVELY, “RELEASED PARTIES”), BE LIABLE TO ANY PERSON OR ENTITY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSSES COSTS, OR EXPENSES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, RESULTING FROM
(I) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER,
(II) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE WEBSITES/APPS,
(III) ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION TO, FROM, OR VIA THE WEBSITES/APPS,
(IV) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE, WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH THE WEBSITES/APPS BY ANY THIRD PARTY,
(V) ANY ERRORS, MISTAKES, INACCURACIES, OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF ANY USE OF THE WEBSITES/APPS, OR
(VI) OTHERWISE RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE WEBSITES/APPS. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, IF THE RELEASED PARTIES ARE FOUND TO BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS THAT ARISES OUT OF, OR IS IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH, YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITES/APPS OR ANY CONTENT CONTAINED THEREIN, RELEASED PARTIES’ LIABILITY SHALL IN NO EVENT EXCEED FIVE US DOLLARS (US $5.00).
6. Indemnity
To the fullest extent permissible pursuant to applicable law, you agree that you will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless PubStar, its parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, each of the foregoing entities’ respective employees, officers, directors, representatives and agents from any and all claims, demands, causes of action, damages, losses, costs, and expenses in any way arising out of your use of the Websites/Apps in violation of these TAC, including without limitation
(i) all matters related to your access to and use of any PubStar online services, including, without limitation, your use of the Websites/Apps,
(ii) your violation of any provision contained in the TAC;
(iii) your violation of any third party right, including without limitation any copyright, intellectual property, or privacy right;
(iv) any claims that your use of the Websites/Apps caused damage to a third party, and/or
(v) violations of any and all applicable laws, rules, or regulations from any jurisdiction.
7. Links to Other Websites/Apps
The Websites/Apps, including content therein, may contain links to third-party Websites/Apps, webWebsites/Apps, or applications. These links are provided as a convenience to you. PubStar does not control and is not responsible for the content of such third-party Websites/Apps, webWebsites/Apps, or applications or the conduct of the operators of such third-party Websites/Apps, webWebsites/Apps, or applications, and does not make any representations regarding the accuracy, copyright or other statutory or regulatory compliance, legality, or decency of any of the content or other materials on such third-party Websites/Apps, webWebsites/Apps, or applications. PubStar encourages you to exercise discretion while browsing the Internet. If you decide to access linked third-party Websites/Apps, webWebsites/Apps, or applications, you do so at your own risk. Your use of all third-party Websites/Apps, webWebsites/Apps, or applications are subject to the applicable policies of those third parties.
8. Termination
PubStar reserves the right, at any time and in its sole discretion, to discontinue the use of the Websites/Apps in whole or in part, and prevent any person or entity from access to the Websites/Apps. Upon termination for any reason, Sections 5 (Limitation on Liability and Disclaimers), 6 (Indemnity) and 9 (General) will survive.
9. General
The TAC and your use of the Websites/Apps shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict of laws principles, unless otherwise stated by mandatory laws. Any action shall be brought exclusively in the courts located in the county of New York, New York and you hereby consent to such jurisdiction and venue to the extent permitted by applicable law. In no event shall any claim, action, or proceeding by you related in any way to the Websites/Apps be instituted more than one (1) year after the cause of action arose. If any provision of the TAC (or part of such provision) is found to be invalid or unenforceable by any court having competent jurisdiction, then that provision (or part of that provision) shall be deemed severable from the TAC and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions — that invalid or unenforceable (part of the) clause will be replaced by a valid and/or enforceable, as the case may be, (part of the) clause which is as close to the intention of the parties as possible. The failure of PubStar to insist upon or enforce any of the provisions of these TAC, or to exercise any rights or remedies under these TAC, will not be construed as a waiver of PubStar’s right to assert or rely upon any such provisions, rights, or remedies in that or any other instance; rather, the same will be and remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any term of these TAC shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term. These TAC, the Privacy Policy, and the Cookie Policy constitute the entire agreement between you and PubStar with respect to the offering of our Websites/Apps to you.
10. Questions
Should you have any questions regarding these TAC you may contact us at [email protected].