SheChat Terms of Service
1. INTRODUCTION
Welcome to SheChat!
Your use of SheChat is subject to these Terms of Service (these "Terms").
Thank you for reviewing these Terms – we hope you enjoy using SheChat.
If you have any question about, or if you wish to send us any notice in
relation to, these Terms, please contact us at
support@shechat.app
1.1 Compliance with these Terms
These Terms apply to you if you are a user of SheChat anywhere in the world.
Please review these Terms and our policies and instructions to understand how
you can and cannot use SheChat. You must comply with these Terms in your use
of SheChat and only use SheChat as permitted by applicable laws and
regulations, wherever you may be when you use this software.
If you do not agree to these Terms, you may not use SheChat and must
immediately terminate your use of this software and all services.
1.2 Contracting Entity
By using SheChat, you are agreeing to be bound by these Terms between you and
SheChat Team ("we", "and" "us").
We may specify in certain of our SheChat service-specific terms that you are
contracting with one of our affiliate companies or Service Providers (instead
of us) in relation to your use of the relevant SheChat service or feature to
which the relevant service-specific terms apply. Where this is the case, the
relevant contracting entity will be identified in the relevant SheChat
service-specific terms, and these Terms (and those relevant service-specific
terms) will apply between you and that identified contracting entity in
relation to your use of the relevant SheChat services or features.
1.3 Service Eligibility
The services of SheChat are not for use by anyone under the age of 18.
To use the services, you agree that: (i) you must be the "Minimum Age"
(described below) or older; and (ii) you are not already restricted by us from
using the services provided via SheChat.
We may change the Minimum Age from time to time based on our sole discretion.
Where this is the case, the users of SheChat who were below the new Minimum
Age when they started using the services under a previous Terms of Service may
continue to use them, as they have already reached the new Minimum Age since
then.
"Minimum Age" means 18 years old. However, if applicable law requires that you
must be older in order to lawfully use SheChat without parental consent
(including using of your personal data) then the Minimum Age is such older
age.
If applicable law requires you to obtain the consent from your parent or
guardian, then your parent or guardian must agree to these Terms (both for
themselves and on your behalf) before you can use SheChat.
1.4 Other general terms in relation to these Terms
We may translate these Terms into multiple languages, and in the event there
is any difference between the English version and any other language version
of these Terms, the English version will apply (to the extent permitted by
applicable laws and regulations).
2. ADDITIONAL TERMS AND POLICIES
We offer a diverse range of services and features within SheChat, so in
addition to these Terms, there may be certain additional terms and policies
that may be applicable to your use of all or part of SheChat, as set out in
this section and as otherwise notified to you from time to time. These
additional terms of service and policies all form part of and are incorporated
into these Terms.
2.1 SheChat policies
Besides these Terms, you must also comply with SheChat Privacy Policy which
sets out how we collect, store and use your personal information in using
SheChat.
2.2 Terms applicable to specific SheChat features
Some of our services and features may have additional terms specific to their
use (as notified by us to you), and you must comply with such additional terms
in your use of such services and features, as well as these Terms.
2.3 Inconsistencies
To the extent that any additional terms or policies are different from these
Terms, the relevant additional terms or additional policies will apply, except
that nothing in those additional terms or policies will (unless expressly
indicated otherwise in those additional terms or policies) amend the following
sections of these Terms:
- "Changes to these Terms and SheChat";
- "Our Intellectual Property Rights"; and
- "Liability for SheChat".
3. CHANGES TO THESE TERMS AND SheChat
We may make changes to these Terms above from time to time, so please come
back and review them.
In addition, as SheChat and user experiences are constantly evolving, we may
from time to time (and to the extent permitted by applicable laws and
regulations) add, change or remove features from SheChat (including in
relation to whether a service is free of charge or not), or suspend or
terminate a service altogether.
Where we consider that any changes to these Terms or SheChat are reasonably
material, we will (where reasonably practicable) notify you of such changes
by posting them on our website, through our services or by sending you an
email or other notification, and we will indicate when such changes will
become effective. By continuing to use SheChat after we make any change to
these Terms or SheChat, with or without notice from us, you are agreeing to
be bound by these revised Terms. If you object to any changes, you may close
your account.
4. YOUR ACCOUNT
You will need to create an account with us in order to access and use SheChat
via 1) using your existing account opened at third party social media
platforms (such as Facebook or Google) and 2) registering and logging in as
visitors. Under the circumstance you choose 1), we will have the right to
access, collect and use your information relating to these third party
accounts.
Any account that you open with us is personal to you and you are prohibited
from gifting, lending, transferring or otherwise permitting any other person
to access or use your account. Your account name, user ID and other
identifiers you adopt within SheChat remains our property and we can disable,
reclaim and reuse these once your account is terminated or deactivated for
whatever reason by either you or us.
You are responsible for: (i) safeguarding your account details, including any
password used to access your account and SheChat, and (ii) all use of SheChat
under your account. You must promptly notify us at
support@shechat.app
if you know or suspect that your password or account has been compromised. We
will regard all use of your account on SheChat as being by you, except where
we have received and acknowledged your notification to us regarding your
account/password being compromised.
SheChat may offer methods for deactivating your service-specific account –
please refer to SheChat for further guidance (if available) from time to time.
Please note that when you login as a visitor, there is always a risk of loss
of both your account and any interests linked with the account, such as gold
coins you prepaid. Therefore, we highly recommend you login through Facebook
or Google account, to avoid any risk of loss of information and gold coins.
5. PAYMENTS
You may, from time to time, make payments to us or third parties as part of
your use of SheChat (including for the provision of SheChat or provision of
certain additional features within SheChat). We may set out further terms
applying to such payments (including in relation to refunds (if any), billing
arrangements and any consequences of failing to make timely payments). You
must comply with all such terms in relation to your payments to us. You agree
that you are solely responsible for all fees and taxes associated with any
such payments, and that pricing and availability of items and products are
subject to change at any time.
SUBJECT TO MANDATORY APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS OR AS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED
BY US FOR A PARTICULAR ITEM OR PRODUCT WITHIN SheChat, IN NO CIRCUMSTANCES
WILL WE BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A REFUND FOR ANY PAYMENTS MADE BY YOU TO US IN
RELATION TO ANY ITEMS OR PRODUCTS WITHIN SheChat (WHETHER USED OR UNUSED).
We may process payments from you in SheChat via a third party service and you
agree to comply with that relevant third party's terms and conditions in
relation to the payment processing service, as further set out in the "Third
Party Content and Services" section below.
Also, you agree that:
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your purchase may be subject to foreign exchange fees or differences in
prices based on location (e.g. exchange rates); and
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we may calculate taxes payable by you based on the billing information that
you provide us at the time of purchase.
6. YOUR CONTENT
When you submit, upload, transmit or display any data, information, photograph
or other content in connection with your use of SheChat ("Your Content"), you
understand and agree that:
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you will continue to own and be responsible for Your Content;
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we will not sell Your Content to any third party;
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your Content will be shared with other users of SheChat in many ways. For
example, Your Content will be seen by other users of SheChat once you have
uploaded Your Content to SheChat;
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you are giving us and our affiliate companies the right to use Your Content
(with no fees or charges able by us to you) solely for the purposes of
providing, promoting, developing and trying to improve SheChat and our other
services, including new services that we may provide in the future;
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in using Your Content for these purposes, we and our affiliate companies may
copy, reproduce, host, store, process, adapt, modify, translate, perform,
distribute and publish Your Content worldwide by all distribution methods,
including those that are developed in the future;
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we may share Your Content with third parties that we work with to help
provide, promote, develop and improve SheChat, but these third parties
(other than our affiliate companies) will not make any separate use of Your
Content for their own purposes (i.e. for any purposes that are not related
to SheChat);
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we may use the name that you submit in connection with Your Content (whether
that be your account name, real name or otherwise); and
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you will comply with these Terms in your submission of Your Content.
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you are prohibited from posting and agree not to post any prohibited content
as determined by company, in its sole discretion and which includes, without
limitation: Sexually Explicit Material, Violence and Bullying, Hate Speech,
Sensitive Events, Unlawful Activity, IP Infringement.
In addition, you agree that we and our affiliate companies (subject to these
Terms, our SheChat Privacy Policy and applicable laws and regulations):
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are allowed to retain and continue to use Your Content after you stop using
SheChat – for example, where you have shared Your Content with other users
of SheChat;
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may be required to retain or disclose Your Content in order to: (i) comply
with applicable laws or regulations; (ii) comply with a court order,
subpoena or other legal process; or (iii) respond to a lawful request by a
government authority, law enforcement agency or similar body (whether
situated in your jurisdiction or elsewhere); and
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may need to retain or disclose Your Content in order to enforce these Terms,
protect our rights, property or safety, or the rights, property or safety of
our affiliate companies or other users of SheChat.
You understand that even if you seek to delete Your Content from SheChat, it
may as a technical and administrative matter take some time or not be possible
to achieve this – for example, we may not be able to prevent any third party
from storing or using any of Your Content that you have made public via
SheChat.
We reserve the right to block or remove Your Content for any reason, including
as is in our opinion appropriate or as required by applicable laws and
regulations.
You are solely responsible for Your Content and we recommend that you keep a
back-up copy of it at all times.
You must at all times ensure that: (i) you have the rights required to submit,
transmit or display Your Content, and to grant us the rights as set out in
these Terms; and (ii) Your Content (and our use of Your Content in accordance
with these Terms) does not infringe or violate the rights of any person or
otherwise contravene any applicable laws or regulations.
SheChat is not a storage service. You agree that we have no obligation to
store, maintain or provide you a copy of any content or information that you
or others provide, except to the extent required by applicable law and as
noted in SheChat Privacy Policy.
7. INFRINGEMENT OF RIGHTS
We may respond to notices of alleged infringement of rights (including
infringement of intellectual property rights, defamation and infringement of
other civil rights) and other claims and demands. If you have any such
infringement-related concerns, please contact
support@shechat.app.
8. THIRD PARTY CONTENT AND SERVICES
We are not responsible for and we do not endorse, support or guarantee the
lawfulness, accuracy or reliability of any content submitted to, transmitted
or displayed by or linked by SheChat, including content provided by users of
SheChat or by our advertisers. You acknowledge and agree that by using
SheChat, you may be exposed to content which is inaccurate, misleading,
defamatory, offensive or unlawful. Any reliance on or use of any content on or
accessible from SheChat by you is at your own risk. Your use of SheChat does
not give you any rights in or to any content you may access or obtain in
connection with your use of SheChat.
We also do not guarantee the quality, reliability or suitability of any third
party services provided, made available, advertised or linked through SheChat
and we will bear no responsibility for your use of or relationship with any
such third parties or third party services.
We may review (but make no commitment to review) content or third party
services made available through SheChat to determine whether or not they
comply with our policies, applicable laws and regulations or are otherwise
objectionable. We may remove or refuse to make available or link to certain
content or third party services if they infringe intellectual property rights,
are obscene, defamatory or abusive, violate any rights or pose any risk to the
security or performance of SheChat.
There may be, from time to time, third party content and services on SheChat
that are subject to further terms – for examples, terms from the relevant
third party that originally produced or created such content or service, or
terms from the relevant third party in relation to promotional activities
being held on SheChat. You agree to comply with any such further terms and
conditions as notified to you in relation to your use of such third party
content and services.
9. ADVERTISING CONTENT ON SheChat
SheChat may include advertising or commercial content. You agree that we are
allowed to integrate, display and otherwise communicate advertising or
commercial content in SheChat.
10. OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
All intellectual property rights in or to SheChat (including any future
updates, upgrades and new versions to SheChat), will continue to belong to us.
Except as expressly provided in these Terms, you have no right to use our
intellectual property rights. In particular, you have no right to use our
trademarks or product names, logos, domain names or other distinctive brand
features without our prior written consent. Any comments or suggestions you
may provide regarding SheChat are entirely voluntary and we will be free to
use these comments and suggestions at our discretion without any ment or other
obligation to you.
You may not copy, modify, reverse compile, reverse engineer or extract source
codes from SheChat, except to the extent that we may not prohibit you from
doing so under applicable laws or regulations or you have our prior written
consent to do so. Where applicable laws or regulations entitle you to reverse
compile or extract source codes from SheChat, you will first contact us to
request the information you need.
We may from time to time provide updates to SheChat. Such updates may occur
automatically or manually. Please note that SheChat may not operate properly
or at all if upgrades or new versions are not installed by you. We do not
guarantee that we will make any updates available for any of SheChat, or that
such updates will continue to support your device or system.
We may in our discretion provide technical support for SheChat (whether for
free or for a fee). We provide technical support without any guarantee or
warranty of any kind, and subject always to these Terms.
11. USE OF YOUR DEVICE BY SheChat
In order for us to provide SheChat to you, we may require access to and/or use
of your relevant device (e.g. mobile phone, tablet or desktop computer) that
you use to access SheChat – for example, we may need to use your device's
processor and storage to complete the relevant SheChat software installation,
or use your device's camera and microphone to provide video chat services to
you. You agree to give us such access to and use of your device.
You hereby authorize us to collect and use the address books, contact lists,
mail box, system application lists, device information, and unique device
identifiers contained in the Devices to which you have downloaded SheChat for
purposes of your use of the services.
We will provide further information regarding how SheChat uses and accesses
your device within SheChat or in another manner (e.g. via the relevant app
store as part of the installation process for SheChat on your device). You
understand that if you do not provide us with such right of use or access, we
may not be able to provide SheChat to you.
Any Personal Information (as defined in the SheChat Privacy Policy) that we
use or access within your device will be treated in accordance with these
Terms, including our SheChat Privacy Policy.
You may need an adequate internet connection in order to authentic your
SheChat account or use SheChat. You may also be required to activate certain
functionalities within SheChat in the manner described within SheChat. You may
not be able to use certain functionalities within SheChat if you do not comply
with such requirements.
Please note that we are not responsible for any third party charges you incur
(including any charges from your internet and telecommunication services
providers) in relation to or arising from your use of SheChat.
12. Do's and Don'ts
12.1 You agree that you will:
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comply with all applicable laws, including privacy laws, intellectual
property laws, anti-spam laws, export control laws, tax laws, and regulatory
requirements;
- strictly follow these Terms; and
- use SheChat in a good manner.
12.2 You agree that you won't:
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act in an unlawful or bad manner in connection with SheChat, including being
dishonest, abusive or discriminatory;
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post defamatory obscene, shocking, hateful, threatening or otherwise
inappropriate content or airing personal grievances or disputes;
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create a profile for anyone other than yourself (a real person);
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use or attempt to use another's account;
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steal or attempt to steal another's virtual property, such as virtual gifts;
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harass, abuse or harm another person;
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develop, support or use software, devices, scripts, robots, or any other
means or processes (including crawlers, add-ons, or any other technology or
manual work) to scrape SheChat or otherwise copy profiles and other data
from SheChat;
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bypass or circumvent any access controls or service use limits;
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copy, use, disclose or distribute any information obtained from SheChat,
whether directly or through third parties (such as search engines), without
the consent of us;
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use, disclose or distribute any data obtained in violation of these Terms;
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disclose information that you do not have the consent to disclose (such as
confidential information of others);
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violate the intellectual property rights of others, including copyrights,
patents, trademarks, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights;
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violate the intellectual property or other rights of us;
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post anything that contains software viruses, worms, or any other harmful
code;
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manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any message or
post transmitted through SheChat;
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create or operate a pyramid scheme, fraud or other similar practice;
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reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, decipher or otherwise attempt to
derive the source code for SheChat or any related technology that is not
open source;
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remove, cover or obscure any advertisement included in SheChat;
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use bots or other automated methods to access SheChat, add or download
contacts, send or redirect messages;
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monitor SheChat's availability, performance or functionality for any
competitive purpose;
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access SheChat except through the interfaces expressly provided by us, such
as its mobile applications;
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use SheChat for tasks that it is not intended for;
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override any security feature of SheChat; and/or
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interfere with the operation of, or place an unreasonable load on, SheChat
(e.g., spam, denial of service attack, viruses, gaming algorithms).
13. WARRANTY AND DISCLAIMER
We warrant to you that we will provide SheChat using reasonable care and
skill.
APART FROM THIS WARRANTY, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAWS AND
REGULATIONS, SheChat IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS AND
NEITHER US NOR ANY OF OUR AFFILIATE COMPANIES MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION OR
WARRANTY OR GIVES ANY UNDERTAKING IN RELATION TO SheChat OR ANY CONTENT
SUBMITTED, TRANSMITTED OR DISPLAYED BY SheChat, INCLUDING: (I) ANY
REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR UNDERTAKING THAT SheChat WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED,
SECURE OR ERROR-FREE OR FREE FROM VIRUSES; (II) THAT SheChat WILL BE
COMPATIBLE WITH YOUR DEVICE; OR (III) THAT SheChat WILL BE OF MERCHANTABLE
QUALITY, FIT FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NOT INFRINGE THE INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS OF ANY PERSON. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAWS AND
REGULATIONS, YOU WAIVE ANY AND ALL IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND
UNDERTAKINGS.
14. LIABILITY FOR SheChat
TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS, THE TOTAL
AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF US AND OUR AFFILIATE COMPANIES FOR ALL CLAIMS IN
CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS, OR SheChat, ARISING OUT OF ANY CIRCUMSTANCES,
WILL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US TO USE SheChat AND IN NO EVENT WILL
IT EXCEED $50.
TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS, IN NO EVENT WILL
WE OR ANY OF OUR AFFILIATE COMPANIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
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IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OR SheChat, FOR ANY DAMAGES CAUSED BY: (I)
ANY NATURAL DISASTER SUCH AS FLOODS, EARTHQUAKES OR EPIDEMICS; (II) ANY
SOCIAL EVENT SUCH AS WARS, RIOTS OR GOVERNMENT ACTIONS; (III) ANY COMPUTER
VIRUS, TROJAN HORSE OR OTHER DAMAGE CAUSED BY MALWARE OR HACKERS; (IV) ANY
MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE OF OUR OR YOUR SOFTWARE, SYSTEM, HARDWARE OR
CONNECTIVITY; (V) IMPROPER OR UNAUTHORISED USE OF SheChat; (VI) YOUR USE OF
SheChat IN BREACH OF THESE TERMS; OR (VII) ANY REASONS BEYOND OUR REASONABLE
CONTROL OR PREDICTABILITY;
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FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES;
AND/OR
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FOR ANY LOSS OF BUSINESS, REVENUES, PROFITS, GOODWILL, CONTENT OR DATA.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF THESE TERMS, NOTHING IN THESE TERMS
LIMITS OR EXCLUDES ANY OF YOUR STATUTORY RIGHTS IN YOUR JURISDICTION
(INCLUDING ANY RIGHTS UNDER APPLICABLE CONSUMER PROTECTION REGULATION), TO THE
EXTENT THESE MAY NOT BE EXCLUDED OR WAIVED UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS AND
REGULATIONS.
YOU AGREE THAT YOU INDEMNIFY US AND OUR AFFILIATE COMPANIES FROM AND AGAINST
ANY CLAIM, SUIT, ACTION, DEMAND, DAMAGE, DEBT, LOSS, COST, EXPENSE (INCLUDING
LITIGATION COSTS AND ATTORNEYS' FEES) AND LIABILITY ARISING FROM: (I) YOUR USE
OF SheChat; OR (II) YOUR BREACH OF THESE TERMS.
15. NO LIABILITY FOR THIRD PARTIES
As set out in the "Third Party Content and Services" sections of these Terms,
various third parties may provide certain content, services or software within
SheChat.
THESE TERMS GOVERN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOU AND US. YOUR DEALINGS WITH ALL
THIRD PARTIES, INCLUDING THOSE FOUND THROUGH SheChat, ARE SOLELY BETWEEN YOU
AND THE RELEVANT THIRD PARTY. SUBJECT TO MANDATORY APPLICABLE LAWS AND
REGULATIONS, WE AND OUR AFFILIATE COMPANIES HAVE NO LIABILITY TO YOU IN
RELATION TO ANY THIRD PARTIES, INCLUDING ANY CONTENT OR SERVICES PROVIDED BY
SUCH THIRD PARTIES WITHIN SheChat.
16. TERMINATION
These Terms will apply to your use of SheChat until your access to SheChat is
terminated by either you or us.
We may suspend or terminate your access to your account or any or all of
SheChat: (i) if we reasonably believe that you have breached these Terms; (ii)
if your use of SheChat creates risk for us or for other users of SheChat,
gives rise to a threat of potential third party claims against us or is
potentially damaging to our reputation; (iii) if you fail to use SheChat for a
prolonged period; or (iv) for any other reason in our sole and absolute
discretion. Where reasonably practicable, we will give you notice of any
suspension or termination.
Upon termination of your access to SheChat (in whole or in part), you will
immediately permanently delete all copies of SheChat to which the termination
relates and you will immediately cease accessing and using SheChat.
Following termination of these Terms, we will only retain and use Your Content
in accordance with these Terms (in particular, the SheChat Privacy Policy).
Where we suspend or terminate all or part of SheChat, or where your access to
SheChat is terminated by you or us, we do not guarantee that we will be able
to return any of Your Content back to you and we may permanently delete Your
Content without notice to you at any time after termination. Please ensure
that you regularly back up Your Content.
17. GENERAL
These Terms are the entire agreement between you and us in relation to
SheChat. You agree that you will have no claim against us for any statement
which is not explicitly set out in these Terms. The words "include" and
"including" are to be construed without limitation. The invalidity of any
provision of these Terms (or parts of any provision) will not affect the
validity or enforceability of any other provision (or the remaining parts of
that provision). If a court holds that we cannot enforce any part of these
Terms as drafted, we may replace those terms with similar terms to the extent
enforceable under applicable laws and regulations, without changing the
remaining terms of these Terms. No delay in enforcing any provision of these
Terms will be construed to be a waiver of any rights under that provision. Any
rights and obligations under these Terms which by their nature should survive,
including any obligations in relation to the liability of, or indemnities (if
any) given by, the respective parties, will remain in effect after termination
or expiration of these Terms.
No person other than you and us will have any right to enforce these Terms
against any person, and you may not delegate, assign or transfer these Terms
or any rights or obligations under these Terms without our prior consent. We
may freely assign, transfer or sub-contract these Terms or our rights and
obligations under these Terms, in whole or in part, without your prior consent
or prior notice to you.
18. GOVERNING LAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Except to the extent that: (i) any applicable additional terms incorporated
into these Terms provide differently, or (ii) the applicable laws and
regulations of your jurisdiction mandate otherwise (for example, you may have
statutory rights in your jurisdiction in relation to bringing or defending
claims in a local court (including small claims court)):
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these Terms and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with
these Terms will be governed by the law of Hong Kong; and
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any dispute, controversy or claim (whether in contract, tort or otherwise)
arising out of, relating to, or in connection with these Terms, including
their existence, validity, interpretation, performance, breach or
termination, will be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration
administered by Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre in accordance
with its rules of arbitration in effect at the time of applying for
arbitration. The seat of the arbitration will be Hong Kong. The arbitration
proceedings will be conducted in English. The arbitral award is final and
binding upon both you and us.