This document (together with the documents referred to in it) sets out the terms of use on which you may make use of our Website. Please carefully read all terms and conditions before using our Website.
1. Acceptance of Website Terms and Conditions
1.1 You accept to the Website Terms and Conditions in full by using our Website.
1.2 You must not use our Website if you do not accept the Website Terms and Conditions.
2. Acceptable Use
2.1 We grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable, limited license to:
(a) view and use information accessible from the Website; and
(b) purchase goods or services from the Website.
2.2 You must not:
(a) cause damage or interfere with accessibility to the Website;
(b) use it in connection with illegal, fraudulent or harmful purposes or activities;
(c) store, transmit or distribute Malicious Computer Program; or
(d) conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities.
3. Intellectual Property Rights
3.1 We own or are licensed to use all intellectual property in the Website. The trademarks, servicemarks and logos displayed on this Website are registered and unregistered trademarks or servicemarks of the bestlinguists.com website.
3.2 You may only view and download Content on the Website for caching purposes and print a single copy of Content for personal use.
3.3 You must not:
(a) republish any Content from this Website;
(b) present any Content in public;
(c) reproduce or exploit any Content on this website for commercial purpose;
(d) edit or otherwise modify any Content on the website; or
(e) redistribute any Content from this website unless we expressly permitted redistribution.
4. Registration
4.1 If necessary, you must become a registered user to access certain services of the Website.
4.2 In that event you must:
(a) provide true and accurate information about yourself;
(b) not create accounts with false information;
(c) not transfer your account to someone else or allow someone else to share your account;
(d) at your sole responsibility keep your username and password safe; and
(e) agree to be bound by such other terms and conditions as we may specify for registration of membership.
4.3 We may suspend or terminate your membership if at our discretion:
(a) you breach any of these terms and conditions; or
(b) you breach Terms and Conditions for Posting or make an inappropriate comment.
5. Posting Policy
5.1 You may upload Post on the Website subject to this clause.
Intellectual Property Rights
5.2 You grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, world-wide license to use any Intellectual Property in Post, including rights to:
(a) copy, reformat, edit or translate;
(b) publicly perform or present;
(c) distribute for any purpose including for commercial or advertising purpose; and
(d) incorporate in our Website or any other works.
5.3 IP License in relation to that material ends when you delete that Post but you understand that even if you delete Post, we may still keep back-ups for a reasonable period of time.
Prohibited Posts
5.4 You must not upload any Post that:
(a) is unlawful or promotes illegal behaviour;
(b) is harmful, threatening, abusive or harassing;
(c) incites violence or is graphical of violence;
(d) is pornographic or exploits people in a sexual manner;
(e) is defamatory or libellous;
(f) relates to gambling;
(g) relates to alcohol;
(h) promotes racism, bigotry, hatred, physical harm or any other discriminatory behaviour;
(i) is false, misleading or fraudulent;
(j) consists of Malicious Computer Program;
(k) impersonates any person or entity or falsely misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
(l) violates or encourages violation of these terms and conditions;
(m) infringes or violates another’s rights including copyrights or intellectual property rights;
(n) invades another’s privacy;
(o) includes photograph or image of another person or another person’s property without their consent;
(p) reveals anyone’s identification documents or sensitive financial information;
(q) is posted to disrupt the operation of the Website and its related services; and
(r) advertises any company or their goods or services other than us.
Your Warranty in Post
5.5 By uploading Posts on our Website, you warrant that:
(a) you have the right and authority to provide the Post in the manner it is posted;
(b) you own the Post and have the right to assign copyright ownership and other Intellectual Property to us; and
(c) the Content is not prohibited content under clause 5.4.
Monitoring of Website
5.6 We have not reviewed and cannot review all Posts and we are not responsible for liability arising out of your Post.
5.7 We may, at our sole discretion, pre-screen, reject or remove any Post you provide for any reason.
6. Third Party Websites and Materials
6.1 In this clause:
(a) Third Party Material means material from a Third Party Website which are linked or framed to and from a Third Party Website.
(b) Third Party Website means a website operated by a third party.
6.2 We do not verify, endorse or approve Third Party Material.
6.3 We provide no warranty or representation about Third Party Material:
(a) regarding the quality, accuracy, merchantability or fitness for purpose of Third Party Material or products or services available from Third Party Website; or
(b) as to whether they infringe any intellectual property rights.
6.4 We are not responsible for:
(a) any offers, statements or representations that are made on behalf of a Third Party Website; or
(b) Malicious Computer Program from Third Party Websites.
6.5 We may receive payments from a Third Party Website in relation to goods or services supplied by them as a result of you linking to the Third Party Website from our Website.
7. No Warranty
7.1 The Website is provided ‘as is’ and we do not provide any express or implied representation or warranty and disclaims all responsibility as to:
(a) the availability of the Website and its associated services at the time you wish to use it;
(b) merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement;
(c) accuracy or validity of information and Content on the Website; and
(d) whether Content is free from Malicious Computer Program.
7.2 No Content on the Website constitutes advice of any kind and you should consult with an appropriate professional for professional advice.
8. Limitation of Liability
8.1 In this clause, a Covered Party means:
(a) us, our affiliates, and any officer, director, employee, sub-contractor, agent or successor; and
(b) each third party supplier of Content, their affiliates, and any officer, director, employee, subcontractor, agent or successor.
8.2 To the maximum extent permitted by law, a covered party is not liable for liability arising out of or related to:
(a) content provided to you for free-of-charge;
(b) inaccuracy, errors or omissions with content;
(c) unavailability or interruption of usage of the website and its services;
(d) any delay or failure in performance beyond the reasonable control of a covered party; and
(e) loss of data.
8.3 To the fullest extent permitted under the law, a covered party is not responsible for any indirect, special or consequential liability to a user (including legal fees) arising out of or from content or use of the website.
8.4 Exclusion of liability in clause 8.2 applies even if you expressly advise a covered party of the potential loss.
8.5 On this Website, any virtual points are assigned to users at our own discretion for spam control or other internal Website purposes only and shall never mean any equivalent material value or liability with respect to Website users.
8.6 We do not claim that information accessible from the Website is accurate or represents the facts, since such information has not been proved or tested scientifically, and we shall not be liable for any damage or loss resulting from such information.
9. Indemnity
9.1 You agree to indemnify us and undertake to keep us indemnified against any Liability (including legal fees) arising out of:
(a) your breach of these terms and conditions; and
(b) any Claim that you have breached these terms and conditions.
10. Cookies Policy
10.1 You agree that:
(a) we may store cookies on your device; and
(b) we may issue and request cookies from your device to collect both personal and non-personal information.
10.2 You may disable cookies on your browser if you do not agree to the Cookies Policy.
10.3 You agree that we may use, including but not limited to, following types of cookies:
(a) authentication cookies;
(b) session cookies;
(c) persistent cookies; and
(d) flash cookies.
10.4 We use cookies for the reasons including but not limited to:
(a) improve the performance by reporting any errors that occur;
(b) provide statistics about how the Website is used;
(c) remember settings that you use for our Website;
(d) identify and show that you are logged into the Website;
(e) link to social networks like Facebook and Twitter;
(f) provide more suitable ads tailored to you.
11. Breach of Terms and Conditions
11.1 If you breach any of these terms and conditions we may take appropriate actions including but not limited to:
(a) issuing a warning notice;
(b) suspending your access to the website;
(c) prohibiting your access to the website; or
(d) bringing court proceedings against you.
12. Termination
12.1 Website Terms and Conditions terminate automatically if we cease to operate the Website.
13. Jurisdiction
13.1 We make no representation that Content are appropriate or available for use in your location and jurisdiction. Persons who choose to access this Website from their locations do so on their own initiative, and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.
13.2 This Agreement is governed by the laws of the European Union.
13.3 The Parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Jurisdiction.
13.4 No Party may object to the jurisdiction of any of those courts on the ground that it is an inconvenient forum or that it does not have jurisdiction.
14. Amendment
14.1 We may make changes to the Website at any time without notice.
15. Whole Agreement
15.1 This Agreement embodies the whole Agreement between the Parties relating to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes all previous agreements in respect of your usage of our Website.
16. Assignment
16.1 We may transfer, sub-license or otherwise deal with our rights and obligations under these terms of use without notifying you or obtaining your consent.
16.2 You may not transfer, sub-license or otherwise deal with your rights and obligations under these terms of use.
17. Severability
17.1 If all of any part of any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, then:
(a) that provision is severed from this Agreement to the extent necessary to remove the invalidity or illegality; and
(b) the remaining provision of this Agreement remains valid and enforceable.
18. Survival of Certain Terms
18.1 The terms of this Agreement which are capable of having effect after this Agreement ends continue to have full effect, including clauses in relation to:
(a) protection of intellectual property;
(b) post-agreement restraints; and
(c) guarantees, warranties, indemnities and limitation of liability.
19. Interpretation
19.1 In this Agreement, unless the contrary intention appears:
(a) a reference to this Agreement or any instrument includes any variation or replacement of any of them;
(b) a reference to a person includes a body corporate, joint venture, association, government body, firm and any other entity;
(c) a reference to legislation includes any amendments to it, any legislation substituted for it, and any subordinate legislation made under it;
(d) the singular includes the plural and vice versa;
(e) words of one gender include any gender;
(f) headings do not affect the interpretation of this Agreement;
(g) reference to a Party includes that Party’s personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns;
(h) reference to a thing (including a right) includes a part of that thing;
(i) if a Party comprises two or more persons:
(i) reference to a Party means each of the persons individually and any two or more of them jointly;
(ii) a promise by that Party binds each of them individually and all of them jointly;
(iii) a right given to that Party is given to each of them individually; and
(iv) a representative, warranty or undertaking by that Party is made by each of them individually;
(j) a provision must not be construed against a Party only because that Party prepared it;
(k) a provision must be read down to the extent necessary to be valid and if it cannot be read down to that extent, it must be severed;
(l) if a thing is to be done on a day which is not a Business Day, it must be done on the Business Day before that day;
(m) another grammatical form of a defined expression has a corresponding meaning;
(n) the word “include” is used without any limitation;
(o) the rights, duties and remedies in this Agreement operate to the extent that they are not excluded by law; and
(p) examples are descriptive only and not exhaustive.
20. Definitions
20.1 The following words have these meanings unless the contrary intention appears:
(a) Agreement means the Website Terms and Conditions as amended from time to time.
(b) Claim means any claim, suit, action, demand, or right.
(d) Content means any material on the Website as amended from time to time including but not limited to text, document, image, logo, photo, audio material, video material and audio-visual material.
(e) Liability means responsibility for any loss (either direct or indirect), damage, injury, or expense.
(f) Malicious Computer Program includes programs that contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms or any other computer programming that may damage, modify, delete, detrimentally interfere with, access without authority or expropriate any system, data or personal information.
(g) Party means a party to this terms and conditions.
(h) Parties mean all parties to this terms and conditions.
(i) Post includes comments, images, photos, writings or any other material that you upload on our Website.
(j) Website means https://bestlinguists.com/ and includes social media pages including but not limited to related Facebook, Instagram and Twitter sites.
(k) Website Terms and Conditions means the terms and conditions set out in this document.
(l) We, Us or Ourselves refers to the bestlinguists.com website administration.
(m) You, Your or Yours refers to a user of this Website.