Terms of Service

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The following Terms of Service apply to use of the Krokee.com web site http://krokee.com (the “Website”), the Krokee products (“Products”) and the Krokee.com suite of web facilities (the “Web Facilities”, and together with the Website and the Products, the “Krokee.com Facilities”) operated, developed or made available by and through Wopata S.A.R.L. (“Wopata”).

1. Contract Formation.

A. By registering, accessing or using the Krokee.com Facilities you are bound by the terms and conditions set forth in this Wopata Terms of Service, as altered and amended from time to time. These Terms of Service (sometimes herein referred to as the “Agreement”), as altered and amended from time to time as provided herein, constitute a valid and binding agreement between you and Wopata.

B. This Agreement covers all use of the Website, Products and Service, the content, features and services provided and made available through the Krokee.com Facilities, and any new, updated or revised versions thereof. A separate End User License Agreement must be obtained in connection with use of Krokee Software products.

C. By accessing or using the Krokee.com Facilities you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth in the Wopata Privacy Policy, as altered and amended and in effect from time to time.

D. The Terms of Service in effect at the time of your access and use of the Krokee.com Facilities may be accessed at http://krokee.com/terms-of-service. The Wopata Privacy Policy in effect at the time of your access and use of the Krokee.com Facilities may be accessed at http://krokee.com/privacy.

2. Qualifications for Use of Facilities.

A. If you are residing in a jurisdiction which restricts the use of internet-based applications according to age, or which restricts the ability to enter into agreements such as this Agreement according to age, and you are is such a jurisdiction and under such age limit, you may not enter into this Agreement or use the Krokee.com Facilities. By using the Krokee.com Facilities you are representing that you are qualified to use the Krokee.com Facilities.

B. The use of the Krokee.com Facilities may be subject to restrictions imposed by local law or regulation. If you are residing in a jurisdiction where it is forbidden by law to offer or use software for internet communication, you may not enter into this Agreement and you may not use the Krokee.com Facilities. By using the Krokee.com Facilities you are representing that you have complied with all local laws and regulations.

3. User Obligations and Responsibility.

A. You agree to be responsible for any and all activity in connection with, or effected by the use of, your name, password or other online identification characteristics (“User Identification”).

B. Wopata cannot and does not assume responsibility for policing the use of the Krokee.com Facilities by hackers, imposters, or other persons or “bots” who gain access to the Krokee.com Facilities through, as a result of, or in consequence of, your User Identification.

C. You are responsible for keeping your User Identification secure.

D. You are obligated to comply with all laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders, licenses, permits, judgments, decisions or other requirements of any governmental authority that has jurisdiction over you, now in effect or later coming into effect, regarding online conduct and accessible content.

E. You are solely responsible for any and all conduct in entering, altering, modifying, sending or retrieving data, text information, screen names, graphics, photos, profiles, audiovisual clips, links or other materials (“Content”) submitted, posted, displayed, transmitted or shared using your User Identification.

1. Wopata does not claim ownership of any Content you submit, post, transmit or share using Krokee.com Facilities.
2. By submitting, posting, transmitting or sharing Content you grant to Wopata a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, worldwide right and license to use, copy, modify, prepare derivative works from, distribute, publicly display and publicly perform and process content through Krokee.com Facilities, including but not limited to, adapting the format for suitable display, displaying the content in search results, or posting a link to Content you have designated as public.

F. You agree to indemnify, hold harmless and defend Wopata and its affiliates, parent companies, subsidiaries, officers, directors, employees, agents and network service providers, against any and all damages, claims, actions, proceedings, and suits and all related liabilities, damages, settlements, penalties, fines, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, Wopata expenses, reasonable attorneys’ fees and other dispute resolution expenses) incurred by Wopata arising out of or relating to your:

1. violation or breach of any term of this Agreement or any applicable law or regulation;
2. use or misuse of the Krokee.com Facilities;
3. your violation of any rights of any third party, including but not limited to Intellectual Property Rights. For the purposes of this Agreement, Intellectual Property Rights includes, but is not limited to, any right or protection existing from time to time in a specific jurisdiction, whether registered or not, under any patent law or other invention or discovery law, copyright law, publicity, performance or moral rights law, trade secret law, confidential information law, right of privacy, industrial design law, trademark law, unfair competition or trade practices law, or other similar laws, and includes judicial decisions under common law or equity.

G. You may not use Krokee.com Facilities to harass, threaten, impersonate or intimidate other users of the Krokee.com Facilities, or third parties.

H. You may not use Krokee.com Facilities to perform any illegal or unauthorized act, or for any illegal or unauthorized purpose.

I. You may not sell, assign, rent, lease, act as an intermediary, service bureau, provider or otherwise purpose to grant access to or rights in or to the Krokee.com Facilities.

J. You may not modify, adapt or hack the Krokee.com Facilities, or modify any website so as to falsely imply that you or the website are affiliated or associated with Wopata or the Krokee.com Facilities.

K. You agree that you will not:

1. utilize the Krokee.com Facilities in a manner that violates any applicable local, state, national or international law or governmental regulation, policy procedure or ordinance;
2. charge any person for the use or distribution of the Krokee.com Facilities;
3. sell, assign, rent, lease, distribute, export, import, act as intermediary or provider, act as a service bureau, or otherwise grant rights in or to the Krokee.com Facilities, including, without limitation, through sublicense, to any other person or entity;
4. remove any proprietary notices from the Krokee.com Facilities, or from any content, services, programming, or features contained on or through the Krokee.com Facilities;
5. undertake, cause, permit or authorize the modification, creation of derivative works, translation, reverse engineering, decompiling, disassembling or hacking of the Krokee.com Facilities and/or data and/or content or programming transmitted, processed or stored by Wopata or other users of the Krokee.com Facilities;
6. collect any information or communication about the users of the Krokee.com Facilities by monitoring, interdicting or intercepting any process of or communication initiated by the Krokee.com Facilities or by developing or using any software or any other process or method that engages or assists in engaging in any of the foregoing;
7. use any type of bot, spider, virus, clock, timer, counter, worm, software lock, drop dead device, packet-sniffer, Trojan-horse routing, trap door, time bomb or any other codes or instructions that are designed to be used to provide a means of surreptitious or unauthorized access or that are designed to monitor, distort, delete, damage or disassemble the Krokee.com Facilities or its ability to communicate and function with other computers running the Krokee.com Facilities;
8. attempt to hack the Krokee.com Facilities or any communication initiated by the Krokee.com Facilities or to defeat or overcome any encryption and/or other technical protection methods implemented by Wopata with respect to the Krokee.com Facilities and/or data and/or content or programming transmitted, processed or stored by Wopata or other users of the Krokee.com Facilities;
9. interfere with or in any manner compromise any Wopata security measure; or
10. alter, modify, delete, or otherwise interfere with or in any manner compromise any content, programming, advertising, services and/or features contained on or through the Krokee.com Facilities, including, without limitation, the Krokee.com Facilities advertising and/or content delivery and display functionality.

L. If you believe that your Intellectual Property Rights have been violated or your copyright infringed, please provide the following information to Wopata following the notice provisions specified in http://krokee.com/notice:

1. an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;
2. a description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;
3. a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site;
4. your address, telephone number, and email address;
5. a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owners, its agent, or the law;
6. a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice 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.

4. Reservation of Rights.

A. You acknowledge and agree that the Krokee.com Facilities may be incorporated into, and may incorporate itself, software and other technology owned and controlled by third parties.

1. The use of any such third party software or technology that is incorporated in the Krokee.com Facilities is governed by this Agreement.
2. The use of third party software or technology may require you to explicitly accept a license agreement with a third party.

B. You agree that:

1. Wopata, in its sole discretion, may discontinue or suspend your right to access the Krokee.com Facilities;
2. Wopata reserves the right to add or remove features or functions, or to provide upgrades, updates or programming fixes, to the Krokee.com Facilities at any time in its sole discretion.
   1. You agree to accept any and all such upgrades, updates or programming fixes presented to you, including version updates.
   2. You agree that your failure to accept any such fixes, updates and upgrades will permit Wopata to terminate your right to use the Krokee.com Facilities.
3. The Krokee.com Facilities may periodically communicate with Wopata servers and/or Wopata Products or Services used by other users.
4. Third party software included as part of the Krokee.com Facilities may periodically communicate with third party servers for the purposes described in the applicable license agreement or privacy policy between you and that third party.
5. Wopata has no obligation to develop or make available to you any subsequent versions of Krokee.com Facilities.

C. Wopata reserves the right to refuse service to anyone, for any reason, in its sole, absolute, unfettered discretion.

D. Wopata may, but is under no obligation to do so, remove Content and terminate accounts containing Content which Wopata determines, in its sole, absolute, unfettered discretion, are unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous, obscene, defamatory, or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate, or which violate the Terms of Service or the Intellectual Property Rights of third parties.

E. By submitting ideas, suggestions, documents, and/or proposals (“Contributions”) to Wopata through its suggestion, feedback or contact webpages, via email, by other means of communication, you acknowledge and agree that:

1. your Contributions do not contain confidential or proprietary information;
2. Wopata is not under any obligation of confidentiality, express or implied, with respect to the Contributions;
3. Wopata is entitled to use or disclose (or choose not to use or disclose) such Contributions for any purpose, in any way, in any media worldwide;
4. Wopata may have something similar to the Contributions already under consideration or in development;
5. your Contributions automatically become the property of Wopata without any obligation of Wopata to you; and
6. you are not entitled to any compensation or reimbursement of any kind from Wopata under any circumstances.

5. Access to and Use of Your Computational Facilities.

A. You authorize and grant permission for the Krokee.com Facilities to utilize the processor and bandwidth of your computational equipment and facilities for the limited purpose of facilitating the communication between, and transmittal of data, content, services or features, to you and other users.

B. You understand that the Krokee.com Facilities include appropriate organizational and technical measures to protect the privacy and integrity of the computational facilities utilized by you as a Wopata user; however, you acknowledge and agree that Wopata cannot give any warranties in this respect.

C. You understand that Wopata may track your registration and usage of the Krokee.com Facilities for quality control and maintenance purposes, to assist us in making improvements to the Krokee.com Facilities, to monitor your compliance with applicable law and the Terms of Service, and to provide advertising and other content of potential interest to you.

6. Links to Third Party Sites.

A. The links provided either through or framed within the Krokee.com Facilities and any website operated by Wopata or its affiliates are provided as a courtesy only, and the sites they link to are not under the control of Wopata.

B. You agree that Wopata is not responsible for the contents of any such linked site or any link contained within a linked site, including any changes or updates to such sites.

C. Wopata is providing these links merely as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not in any way imply or express affiliation, endorsement or sponsorship by Wopata of any linked site and/or any of its content therein.

D. Image hosting is subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant service provider. Please refer to the image hosing provider for details and information.

7. Intellectual Property Rights.

A. You agree that any and all any and all Intellectual Property Rights contained in or relating to the Krokee.com Facilities are and shall remain the exclusive property of Wopata and/or its licensors.

B. Nothing in this Agreement intends to transfer any Wopata Intellectual Property Rights to, or to vest any such Intellectual Property Rights in, you.

C. You are only entitled to the limited use of the Wopata Intellectual Property Rights granted to you in this Agreement. You agree that your account is non-transferable and any rights to your ID or contents within your account terminate upon your death. Upon receipt of a copy of a death certificate, your account may be terminated and all contents therein permanently deleted.

D. You agree not to take any action to jeopardize, limit or interfere with the Wopata Intellectual Property Rights.

E. You agree that any unauthorized use of the Wopata Intellectual Property Rights is a violation of this Agreement as well as a violation of intellectual property laws, including without limitation copyright laws and trademark laws.

F. You understand that all title and Intellectual Property Rights in and to any third party content that is not contained in the Krokee.com Facilities, but may be accessed through use of the Krokee.com Facilities, including, without limitation, any content, programming, advertising, services and/or features contained on or through the Krokee.com Facilities, is the property of the respective content owners and may be protected by applicable copyright or other intellectual property laws and treaties, and that each such third party expressly reserves all rights into such content.

8. Disclaimer of Warranties.

A. THE KROKEE.COM FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS.” WOPATA DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, GUARANTEES AND CONDITIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF A COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, DEALING, OR TRADE USAGE.

B. WOPATA DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE KROKEE.COM FACILITIES WILL ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE, ACCESSIBLE, UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, ACCURATE, COMPLETE, ERROR-FREE, OR WILL OPERATE WITHOUT PACKET LOSS, NOR DOES Wopata WARRANT ANY CONNECTION TO OR TRANSMISSION FROM THE INTERNET, OR ANY QUALITY OF TRANSMISSIONS OF DATA MADE THROUGH THE KROKEE.COM FACILITIES.

C. WOPATA DOES NOT WARRANT, GUARANTEE OR REPRESENT THAT THERE ARE NO VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS IN ANY OF THE HTML CODE OR OTHER SOFTWARE, SERVICES OR FACILITIES, PROVIDED BY WOPATA, OR THAT THE KROKEE.COM FACILITIES WILL EMPLOY SUFFICIENT SECURITY METHODS.

D. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE ENTIRE RISK ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE KROKEE.COM FACILITIES REMAINS WITH YOU TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

E. As some jurisdictions do not allow some of the exclusions set forth in this Section; thus some of these exclusions may not apply to you.

9. Limitation of Liability.

A. IN NO EVENT SHALL WOPATA, ITS AFFILIATES, PARENT COMPANIES, SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR BUNDLED SOFTWARE PROVIDERS BE LIABLE WHETHER IN CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, WHETHER ACTIVE, PASSIVE OR IMPUTED), PRODUCT LIABILITY OR STRICT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER THEORY, FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY LOSS OF DATA, SERVICE INTERRUPTION, COMPUTER FAILURE OR PECUNIARY LOSS, ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE KROKEE.COM FACILITIES, INCLUDING ANY DAMAGES RESULTING THEREFROM, EVEN IF Wopata HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT WILL WOPATA’S LIABILITY TO YOU OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY EXCEED THE AMOUNTS PAID BY YOU TO WOPATA.

B. YOUR ONLY RIGHT WITH RESPECT TO ANY PROBLEMS OR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE KROKEE.COM FACILITIES IS TO CEASE USE.

C. Some jurisdictions do not allow some of the exclusions set forth in this Section; thus, some of these exclusions may not apply to you.

10. Termination.

A. This Agreement may be terminated anytime by Wopata with or without cause, by notice to you.

B. In the event of termination Wopata has no obligation to maintain, return or undertake any specific treatment with respect to any Content that you have created, posted, saved, stored or transmitted using the Krokee.com Facilities.

11. General Terms and Conditions.

A. Electronic Signatures.

1. You agree to the use of electronic communication in order to enter into contracts, place orders and create other records and to the electronic delivery of notices, policies and records of transactions initiated or completed through the Krokee.com Facilities.
2. You waive any rights or requirements under any laws or regulations in any jurisdiction which require an original (non-electronic) signature or delivery or retention of non-electronic records, to the extent permitted under applicable mandatory law.

B. Investigation and Disclosure to Governmental Authorities.

1. Wopata reserves the right to investigate allegations or occurrences which may involve any violations of the Terms of Service or Privacy Policy, and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who have participated in such violations.
2. You agree that Wopata may disclose information provided by you, or about you or your use of Krokee.com Facilities, in compliance with lawful process, or to comply with law enforcement requests or other legal, governmental or regulatory orders or actions.

C. Modification of the Agreement

1. Wopata may modify any of the terms and conditions contained in the Terms of Service, at any time and in Wopata’s sole, absolute and unfettered discretion, by posting a change notice or a new agreement on the Website. Modifications may include changes in the scope of available services, products or facilities.
2. IF ANY MODIFICATION IS UNACCEPTABLE TO YOU, YOUR ONLY RECOURSE IS TO TERMINATE USE OF THE KROKEE.COM FACILITIES.
3. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THE KROKEE.COM FACILITIES FOLLOWING POSTING OF A CHANGE NOTICE OR NEW AGREEMENT ON THE WEBSITE WILL CONSTITUTE BINDING ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHANGE.

D. Relationship of Parties. Each party is an independent contractor, and nothing in this Agreement creates any partnership, joint venture, agency, franchise, or other relationship between the parties.

E. Force Majeure. Wopata not shall be liable under this Agreement by reason of any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations in this Agreement on account of strikes, shortages, riots, insurrection, fires, flood, storm, explosions, acts of God, war, governmental action, labor conditions, earthquakes, or any other cause, which is beyond the reasonable control of Wopata.

F. Assignment. Wopata may assign this Agreement in whole or in part without your approval. This Agreement shall be binding on, and inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable against, the parties and their respective successors and assigns.

G. Independent Investigation. You acknowledge that you have read this agreement and agree to all its terms and conditions. You represent and agree that you have independently evaluated the Krokee.com Facilities and are not relying on any representation, guarantee, or statement other than as set forth in this agreement.

H. Waiver.

1. No waiver or consent by any party of or to any breach or default of this Agreement by the other party will be effective unless evidenced in writing.
2. No waiver or consent effectively given as aforesaid will operate as a waiver or consent of or to any other right or other or further breach or default in relation to the same or any other provision of this Agreement.
3. Wopata’s failure to enforce your strict performance of any provision of this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of our right to subsequently enforce such provision or any other provision of this Agreement.

I. Notice. Every notice, consent or other communication provided for in this Agreement or arising in connection therewith shall be emailed to the parties.

Either party may change its email address by giving written notice to the other party to that effect. Every such notice, consent or other communication delivered shall be deemed to have been given and received on the day such communication was delivered and every notice, consent or other communication transmitted by email shall be deemed to have been given and received on the day such communication was transmitted by email, provided however that if such day falls on a weekend or statutory holiday, then the notice, consent or other communication shall be deemed to have been given and received on the next business day following such day.

1. Notices sent to Wopata shall be addressed to Wopata as specified in http://krokee.com/notice
J. Survival. Should any term or provision of this Agreement be deemed invalid, void or unenforceable either in its entirety or in a particular application, the remainder of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

K. Interpretation. In this Agreement, unless there is something in the subject matter or context inconsistent therewith: (a) words, in the singular number include the plural and such words shall be construed as if the plural had been used; (b) words in the plural include the singular and such words shall be construed as if the singular had been used; © words importing the use of any gender shall include all genders where the context or party referred to shall require, and the rest of the sentence shall be construed as if the necessary grammatical and terminological changes had been made; (d) the word person shall include an individual, a trustee, executor, administrator or legal representative, a partnership, an association, a body corporate, a trust, an unincorporated organization and a corporation; and (e) the word writing includes e-mail communications.

L. Language. The original English version of this Agreement may have been translated into other languages. In the event of inconsistency or discrepancy between the English version and any other language version of this Agreement, the English language version shall prevail.

M. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of France without regard to the conflict of law rules applicable therein, and shall be treated in all respects as if it was made and entered into in Bordeaux, France. The parties to this Agreement hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts having jurisdiction over contracts made and entered into and to be performed in Charleston, South Carolina. You agree not to bring claims on a representative, class member basis, or as a private attorney general, and agree not to assert any claims against Wopata unless such claims are asserted by you no later than one year following the date that your claim or cause of action arose, at which point said claims are forever barred.

N. Resolution of Disputes. Any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of, related to, concerning or in connection with this Agreement or to the breach, termination or invalidity thereof, or to the relationship of the parties hereto, shall be finally settled and determined solely and exclusively by arbitration administered by the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (the ICDR) under its then current International Arbitration Rules (the ICDR Rules). The written award of the arbitrators shall be final and binding upon the parties, and judgment on or enforcement of the award so rendered may be sought, had or entered in any court having jurisdiction.

O. Entire Agreement. This Agreement supersedes all prior written and oral representations, arrangements, negotiations, understandings and agreements between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and sets forth the entire complete and exclusive agreement and understanding between the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof.