Effective Date: March 15 2023
Last Updated: March 15 2023
The Terms of Use Agreement (“Agreement”), created on the effective date and last amended on date above, is made between you (“user,” “you” or “your”), and:
Website URL: www.gini.co
Company Name: More Champ Limited (Hong Kong) & Gini Technology Co. (USA) :
Address: 447 Broadway, New York, New York, 10013
E-Mail: founders@gini.co
The owner mentioned above includes its affiliated companies, websites, applications, software, and tools (the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), and, with this Agreement, outlines the rights and obligations that you and all users share, as well as any other media form, media channel, mobile website or mobile application related or connected thereto (collectively, the “website”), for the purpose of making use of any of the content, software, or other tools on the website (“services”).
All or a portion of the services offered by the Company on the website are paid in accordance with the terms below:
a.) Forms of Payment. We accept payment through the methods offered at the time of purchase or when a balance is due. The provider and method of payment are determined by your location, device, and purchased item. We reserve the right, at any time, to reject payment for any reason.
b.) Currency. Payments will be accepted on the website in the currency based on your location and in accordance with local laws.
c.) Refund Policy. Except when required by law, payments made by a user are not refundable by the company. Refund requests are administered on a case-by-case basis and, if granted, do so at the sole discretion of the company.
If any of the services offered by us are only available with a paid subscription, you will be billed in advance and on a recurring and periodic basis (such as daily, weekly, monthly, annually, or other agreed upon timeframes) at the end of each period. With each successful payment, the subscription will automatically renew under the same conditions unless canceled.
a.) Cancellation. You are entitled to cancel a subscription at any time and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Cancellation does not entitle you to a refund for any prior payments made.
b.) Fee Changes. If any changes occur to the subscription amount, you will be given notice of at least one (1) billing cycle prior to the change taking effect. Notice will be given by the e-mail on your registered account or profile.
c.) Free Trials or Pilots. Any free trial, pilot sample, or other abridged versions of our services that are offered shall be considered a one (1) time use based on the registering of a user’s e-mail. It is strictly prohibited for a user to create and register more than one (1) e-mail solely to access another free trial on the website.
Your access to and use of the website and the services is conditional upon your acceptance of and compliance with this Agreement, which applies to all the website’s visitors. If for any reason, you do not agree with any of the terms of this Agreement, you may not access the website or its services.
Additionally, your access to and use of the services is also conditional upon your acceptance of and compliance with our privacy policy which describes our policies and procedures on the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information which is initiated by and commences when you use the website. The privacy policy discloses details and discloses your privacy rights and protections under applicable laws. It is advised to read our privacy policy prior to accessing the website or its services.
a.) Minors (under the age of 18)
If any user is a minor in the jurisdiction where they reside, the minor must obtain permission from their parent or guardian to use the website. If a minor accesses the website, it is assumed that their parent or guardian has read and agrees to this Agreement and has given permission to the minor to use the website.
b.) Children (under the age of 13)
If any user is a child under the age of thirteen (13) years and from the United States, it is assumed that they have obtained permission and verifiable parental consent to use the website. Furthermore, this Agreement allows the protections mentioned under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection, specifically, 15 U.S. Code § 6502.
We do not claim that the website's content is appropriate or suitable for you or any visitor. No information, data, or information provided on the website is intended for distribution or use in any location where such usage is prohibited or is contrary to any law or regulation which would subject the Company to the legal liability of any type. Any such access or use of the website is to be utilized on your own initiative, and you are solely responsible for any legal compliance.
Any supplemental amendments or documents posted on the website following the effective date of this Agreement are to be considered expressly incorporated into this Agreement.
As a user of our services, whether on the website or mobile app, it is prohibited to engage in the following activities to:
We may provide you, either on the website or by a 3rd party, the right to leave a review or rating of the services provided. Said review or rating requires that you:
In our sole discretion, we may decide to accept, reject, or remove reviews. Our responsibility is to screen reviews to ensure that any postings regarding the website and its services are accurate and verifiable. Any reviews made by you or other users of the website do not represent our opinions or statements of the services or of our affiliates or partners. We do not assume liability, claims, or losses resulting from any review made on the website. By posting a review, you hereby grant us a perpetual, nonexclusive, worldwide, commercial, royalty-free, and assignable license (and sublicense ability) to reproduce, modify, translate, transmit by any means, display, perform, and/or distribute all content relating to such reviews made.
a.) Intellectual Property Infringement
It is our duty to respect the intellectual property rights of others. Therefore, it is our policy to respond to any claim that infringes on any trademark, copyright, or other intellectual property protected under law.
If you are an owner of any protected intellectual property that you feel is being used without your authorization, you must submit notice to us by any of the contact details mentioned herein and include a detailed description of the alleged infringement.
If any request is made, and it is determined that you are not the owner of the intellectual property or do not have the authority to act on the owner’s behalf, you may be held accountable for damages which may also include costs related to attorneys’ fees for such misrepresentation.
b.) DMCA Notice and DMCA Procedure for Copyright Infringement Claims
You may submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by providing our company with the following information in writing (see 17 U.S.C 512(c)(3) for further detail):
Upon receipt of a copyright infringement notification, we will take whatever steps are required to remove the copyrighted content from the website or the services.
Except as otherwise indicated, all source coding, databases, functionalities, software, graphic designs, and media of any kind (e.g. audio, video, text, photos, etc.), content, trademarks, service marks, logos, and copyrights are considered to be intellectual and proprietary information (“intellectual property”). Such intellectual information is under our ownership and protected by local, state, national, and international laws and will be defended.
No intellectual property is permitted to be copied, reproduced, aggregated, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted, distributed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for commercial purposes without our express prior written permission.
You, as a user of the website or any of its services, agree to the following
In regard to any of the information submitted by you, if it should be deemed inaccurate, out of date, or incomplete, we reserve the right to terminate your access to the website or account and any future intended use.
If our website allows the creation of a user account of any type, you agree to be responsible for safeguarding its information including account data, connected e-mails, passwords, and any other personal information located therein. If you are made aware of any breach of unauthorized use of the account, to notify us as soon as possible. Furthermore, you agree not to disclose any password created with any 3rd party other than secured services used to assist with saving passwords on your behalf.
If the creation of a username is allowed when making an account, such username must be appropriate for public viewing and not violate any trademark, copyright, or other protected names or marks.
You acknowledge and agree that any questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, feedback, or other information regarding the website (“submissions”) provided by you is public and is not considered confidential unless otherwise stated. Upon submissions posted on the website, it becomes our exclusive property along with all intellectual property rights which may be used by us for any lawful purpose, commercial or otherwise, and without acknowledgment or compensation to you.
With the posting of your submissions, you agree to waive any rights to such submissions and acknowledge their transfer to us. In addition, you agree that after the posting of such submissions, there is no recourse. Therefore, you may not delete submissions to use them on another platform for your benefit or to reclaim their rights.
Our website or services may allow you to chat, make postings (available for public or private viewing), or other communication functionalities, and may provide you with the opportunity to create, submit, post, display, transmit, perform, publish, distribute, or broadcast content and materials on the website, including but not limited to, text, writings, video, audio, photos, graphics, comments, suggestions, personal information or other material (collectively known as the “content”). Content may be viewable by other users or the general public. As such, any content transmitted by you may be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary. When you create or make any content available on the website, you are accepting that:
By posting your content on our website, you grant us the right and license to use, modify and publicly perform, display, reproduce, and distribute such content. You retain any and all of your rights to any content you submit, post, or display and are responsible for protecting those rights. This license includes the right for us to make your content available to other users of the website, 3rd parties, and to the general public, with or without your consent.
Our website or services may contain links to 3rd party websites or services that are not owned or controlled by us. Therefore, we assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, terms of use, practices, services, experiences, activities, or any other acts by 3rd parties. You acknowledge that if you are to be re-directed or forwarded to such 3rd party website, you hold us harmless and free of liability for any action that should occur on such websites, which may or may not include damages, losses, or any other claims.
To ensure the best experience for all users of our website and services, we reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to do the following:
Your access to and use of our website or services is conditional upon your acceptance of our privacy policy. Our privacy policy describes our rules and procedures on the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information and details your privacy rights and how the law protects you and such data. It is recommended for all users to read to know their rights. Our privacy policy can be found at the following URL: www.gini.co/gini-privacy-policy
We maintain the right to store certain data that you have transmitted by the use of the website or any of our services. You are solely responsible for the data you transmit and how it relates to any activity you have undertaken when using the website and any of its services. Therefore, you agree that we have no liability to you for any loss, breach, or corruption of any data and hereby waive any right of action against us that may or may not arise from such loss, breach, or corruption.
We may terminate or suspend your account for any reason and at our sole discretion. If your account is suspended or terminated, we may or may not provide prior notice. Upon termination, your access to the website and/or services will cease immediately.
If you wish to terminate your relationship with us, such termination can be made by simply discontinuing your use of the website and its services.
By using our services, you grant gini the right to use your name, mark and logo on gini’s website and in gini marketing materials. You further agree that gini may state the fact that you are a gini customer without revealing specifics about the Agreement or the relationship.
The laws governing the company’s jurisdiction mentioned herein shall govern this Agreement, including your use and access to the website and services. Your use of this website, services, and any mobile app may be subject to other local, state, national, and international laws.
If you should raise any dispute about the website, its content, or any of the services offered, it is required first to attempt to resolve the dispute formally by contacting us.
a.) Mediation. If a dispute cannot be agreed upon by the parties, it shall be moved to mediation for a period of 30 days with at least 10 hours to be committed by each party in accordance with the procedures of the United States Arbitration & Mediation. All costs related to said mediation shall be shared equally by both parties.
b.) Arbitration. If the dispute cannot be agreed upon during the mediation period, then the dispute will be submitted to binding arbitration in the jurisdiction of governing law.
We maintain the right to bring proceedings regarding the substance of any dispute in the courts of the country where you or we reside.
It is recognized to you, as a user of the website and any services offered, that they are provided on an “as-is,” “where is,” and “as available” basis, including faults and defects without warranty.
To the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, the company, on its own behalf and those of its affiliates, licensors, and service providers, expressly disclaim all warranties, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise, with respect to the said website and any services offered, including all implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement, and warranties that may arise out of the course of dealing, course of performance, usage or trade practice. Without limitation to the foregoing, we provide no warranty or undertaking, and make no representation of any kind, that the content or any services provided will meet your requirements, achieve any intended results, be compatible or work with any other software, applications, systems, devices, or services, including operating without interruption, or meet any performance or reliability standards or be error and bug-free from any defects that can or will be corrected.
Without limiting the foregoing, neither we nor any of our providers make any representation or warranty of any kind, express or limited, in regard to the following:
-The operation or availability of the website or any services, or the information content, and materials or products included herein;
-The website or any services being uninterrupted or bug-free;
-The accuracy, reliability, or currency of any information or content provided through the website or services; and
-The website or any services, servers, content, or e-mails sent on behalf of our company is free of viruses, scripts, trojan horses, worms, malware, timebombs, or any other harmful code.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain types of warranties or limitations on the applicable statutory rights of a consumer. Therefore, some or all of the above exclusions and limitations may not apply to you. The exclusions and limitations outlined in this section will be applied to the greatest extent under applicable law.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless, including any of our subsidiaries, agents, or affiliates and our respective officers, agents, partners, and employees, from and against any loss, damage, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, made by any 3rd party due to or arising out of the following:
-Our content;
-Use of the website or any of our services;
-Not able to use the website or any of our services;
-Any breach of this Agreement;
-Any beach of representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement;
-Any violation of the rights of a 3rd party, including but not limited to intellectual property rights; and
-Any overt harmful act toward any other user of the website or its services.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, we reserve the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to cooperate, at your expense, with our defense of such claims. We agree to use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action, or proceeding which is subject to this indemnification upon becoming aware of it.
Except as explicitly stated otherwise, any notices sent to us must be sent to founders@gini.co. Any notices sent to you regarding any communication that must be sent in accordance with this Agreement will be sent to the e-mail registered to any account created on the website.
If notice is required to be sent via standard mail for legal or other purposes, the mailing address in Section 1 of this Agreement should be used.
When accessing the website or any of its services, sending e-mails, online forms, esignatures, or any type or kind of electronic records or communication, you consent that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications we provide to you in such manner satisfies any legal requirement that such communication should be in writing. You hereby agree that the use of such electronic means will be regarded as sufficient and be viewed as the same as its physical counterpart. Furthermore, you hereby waive any rights or requirements under any statutes, regulations, rules, ordinances, or other laws in any jurisdiction which require an original signature or delivery or retention of non-electronic records.
If any complaint with us is not satisfactorily resolved, you can contact the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs in any of the methods below:
1625 North Market Blvd, Suite N 112,
Sacramento, California
95834
Telephone
(800) 952-5210
(916) 445-1254
If you are a user acting on behalf of the U.S. federal government, our website and its services are treated as a “commercial item” as defined under 48 C.F.R. § 2.101.
If you are a European Union (EU) resident, consumer, or user, it is recognized that you are entitled to specific protections on how your personal information is collected. We, in our privacy policy, attempt to be in accordance with such rules and regulations.
This Agreement and any policies or operating rules posted by us, on the website, or through any services or in respect to such constitute the entire Agreement and understanding between you, as a user, and us, as a company. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement will not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. This Agreement operates to the fullest extent permissible by law in accordance with the jurisdiction where we are located and to the protections that you, as a user, are entitled to in your jurisdiction. We reserve the right to assign any or all of our liabilities, services, and obligations to another party at any time. We shall not be responsible or liable for any loss, damage, delay, or failure to act caused by an event beyond our reasonable control.
If any provision, section, clause, or part of this Agreement is determined to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that said portion of this Agreement is determined to be severable and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining language.
It is understood that this Agreement does not create a joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship between you and us, the website, or any of its services. You agree that this Agreement will not be construed against us by virtue of having drafted and published on the website for your review. Therefore, you agree to waive any and all defenses that may have been assumed under this Agreement and the lack of signing by any party hereto.
If this Agreement has been translated, you agree that its original English text shall prevail in the case of a dispute.
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