Terms & Conditions Silicon Canals

These are the Terms and Conditions (“Terms“) of Proudly Media BV (“Silicon Canals,” “we,” “us” or “our”), a company registered at the Dutch Chamber of Commerce with number 66395208.  By accessing or using (mobile) websites or any other Silicon Canals service (together, the “Service“) made available by Silicon Canals, however accessed, you agree to be bound by these Terms. The Service is owned or controlled by Silicon Canals. These Terms affect your legal rights and obligations. If you disagree with being bound by these Terms, do not access or use the Service.

Safety 

  1. You may not use the Service for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. You agree to comply with all laws, rules and regulations (for example state, local and provincial) applicable to your use of the Service, including but not limited to, copyright laws.
  2. You must not interfere or disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected to the Service, including by transmitting any worms, viruses, spyware, malware or any other code of a destructive or disruptive nature. You may not inject content or code or otherwise alter or interfere with how any Silicon Canals page is rendered or displayed in a user’s browser or device.
  3. You must not change, modify, adapt or alter the Service or change, modify or alter another website to falsely imply that it is associated with the Service or Silicon Canals.

General Conditions 

  1. Upon termination, all rights granted to you in these Terms will immediately cease.
  2. We reserve the right to refuse access to the Service to anyone for any reason at any time.
  3. You agree that you are responsible for all data charges you incur through use of the Service.
  4. We prohibit crawling, scraping, caching or otherwise accessing any content on the Service via automated means (except as may be the result of standard search engine protocols or technologies used by a search engine with the express consent of Silicon Canals).

Intellectual Property Rights 

  1. Silicon Canals hereby grants to you a non-transferable license to use the Service. You may not distribute or make the Service available over a network where multiple devices could use it at the same time. You may not rent, lease, lend, sell, redistribute or sublicense the Service. You may not copy (except as expressly permitted by this license), decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, attempt to derive the source code of, modify, or create derivative works of the Service, any updates, or any part thereof (except as and only to the extent any foregoing restriction is prohibited by applicable law or to the extent as may be permitted by the licensing terms governing use of any open sourced components included with the Service). Any attempt to do so is a violation of the rights of the Silicon Canals. If you breach this restriction, you may be subject to prosecution and damages. The Terms will govern any upgrades provided by Silicon Canals that replace and/or supplement the original Service, unless such upgrade is accompanied by updated terms in which case these terms will govern.
  2. The Service contains content owned or licensed by Silicon Canals (“Silicon Canals Content“). Silicon Canals Content is protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other laws, and, as between you and Silicon Canals, Silicon Canals owns and retains all rights in the Silicon Canals Content and the Service. You will not remove, alter or conceal any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices incorporated in or accompanying the Silicon Canals Content and you will not reproduce, modify, adapt, prepare derivative works based on, perform, display, publish, distribute, transmit, broadcast, sell, license or otherwise exploit the Silicon Canals
  3. The Silicon Canals name and logo are trademarks of Silicon Canals, and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of Silicon Canals. In addition, all page headers, custom graphics, button icons and scripts are proprietary rights of Silicon Canals, and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from Silicon Canals.

Third Parties 

  1. There may be links from the Service, or from communications you receive from the Service, to third-party (mobile) applications, websites or features. The Service may also include third-party content that we do not control, maintain or endorse. Silicon Canals does not control any of these third-party web services or any of their content. You expressly acknowledge and agree that Silicon Canals is in no way responsible or liable for any such third-party services or features. We strongly advise you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of any third-party web sites or services that you visit.

 No Warranty 

  1. The Service, including, without limitation, Silicon Canals Content, is provided on an “as is”, “as available” and “with all faults” basis. To the fullest extent permissible by law, neither Silicon Canals nor any of its directors, employees, managers, officers, partners, affiliates or agents (collectively, the “Silicon Canals Parties“) make any representations or warranties or endorsements of any kind whatsoever, express or implied, as to: (a) the Service; (b) the Silicon Canals Content; (c) user content; or (d) security associated with the transmission of information to Silicon Canals or via the Service. In addition, the Silicon Canals Parties hereby disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, title, custom, trade, quiet enjoyment, system integration and freedom from computer virus.
  2. The Silicon Canals Parties do not represent or warrant that the Service will be error-free or uninterrupted; that defects will be corrected; or that the Service or the server that makes the Service available is free from any harmful components, including, without limitation, viruses. The Silicon Canals Parties do not make any representations or warranties that the information (including any instructions) on the Service is accurate, complete, or useful.
  3. Although it is the intention of Silicon Canals for the Service to be available as much as possible, there will be occasions when the Service may be interrupted, including, without limitation, for scheduled maintenance or upgrades, for emergency repairs, or due to failure of telecommunications links and/or equipment.
  4. You acknowledge that your use of the Service is at your sole risk. The Silicon Canals Parties do not warrant that your use of the Service is lawful in any particular jurisdiction, and the Silicon CanalsParties specifically disclaim such warranties. Some jurisdictions limit or do not allow the disclaimer of implied or other warranties so the above disclaimer may not apply to you to the extent such jurisdiction’s law is applicable to you and these Terms.
  5. By accessing or using the Service you represent and warrant that your activities are lawful in every jurisdiction where you access or use the Service.

 Limitation of Liability 

  1. To the extent not prohibited by law, in no event shall the Silicon Canals Parties be liable to you for any loss or damages of any kind (including, without limitation, for any direct, indirect, economic, exemplary, special, punitive, incidental or consequential losses or damages) that are directly or indirectly related to:
  2. the Service;
  3. the Silicon Canals Content;
  4. user content;
  5. your use of, inability to use, or the performance of the Service;
  6. any action taken in connection with an investigation by the Silicon Canals Parties or law enforcement authorities regarding your or any other party’s use of the Service;
  7. any action taken in connection with copyright or other intellectual property owners;
  8. any errors or omissions in the service’s operation; or
  9. any damage to any user’s computer, mobile device, or other equipment or technology including, without limitation, damage from any security breach or from any virus, bugs, tampering, fraud, error, omission, interruption, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer line or network failure or any other technical or other malfunction, including, without limitation, damages for lost profits, loss of goodwill, loss of data, work stoppage, accuracy of results, or computer failure or malfunction, even if foreseeable or even if the Silicon Canals Parties have been advised of or should have known of the possibility of such damages, whether in an action of contract, negligence, strict liability or tort (including, without limitation, whether caused in whole or in part by negligence, acts of god, telecommunications failure, or theft or destruction of the service).

In no event will the Silicon Canals Parties be liable to you or anyone else for loss, damage or injury, including, without limitation, death or personal injury. Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitation of liability for personal injury, or of incidental or consequential damages, so this limitation may not apply to you.  The foregoing limitations will apply even if the above-stated remedy fails of its essential purpose.

  1. You agree that in the event you incur any damages, losses or injuries that arise out of acts of Silicon Canals or omissions, the damages, if any, caused to you are not irreparable or sufficient to entitle you to an injunction preventing any exploitation of any website, service, property, product or other content owned or controlled by the Silicon Canals Parties, and you will have no rights to enjoin or restrain the development, production, distribution, advertising, exhibition or exploitation of any website, property, product, service, or other content owned or controlled by the Silicon Canals
  2. Silicon Canals is not responsible for the actions, content, information, or data of third parties, and you release us, our directors, officers, employees, and agents from any claims and damages, known and unknown, arising out of or in any way connected with any claim you have against any such third parties.
  3. You agree that any claim you may have arising out of or related to your relationship with Silicon Canals must be filed within one year after such claim arose; otherwise, your claim is permanently barred.

Indemnification 

You agree to defend (at the request of Silicon Canals), indemnify and hold the Silicon Canals Parties harmless from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees and costs, arising out of or in any way connected with any of the following (including as a result of your direct activities on the Service or those conducted on your behalf):

  1. your breach or alleged breach of these Terms;
  2. your violation of any third-party right, including without limitation, any intellectual property right, publicity, confidentiality, property or privacy right;
  3. your violation of any laws, rules, regulations, codes, statutes, ordinances or orders of any governmental and quasi-governmental authorities, including, without limitation, all regulatory, administrative and legislative authorities; or
  4. any misrepresentation made by you.

You will cooperate as fully required by Silicon Canals in the defense of any claim. Silicon Canals reserves the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you, and you will not, in any event, settle any claim without the prior written consent of Silicon Canals.

Partial Invalidity

If, at any time, any provision of these Terms is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under any law of any jurisdiction, neither the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions nor the legality, validity or enforceability of such provision under the law of any other jurisdiction will in any way be affected or impaired.

No Waiver 

Failure of Silicon Canals to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of these Terms will not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. No waiver of any of these Terms will be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or any other term or condition.

Territorial Restrictions 

  1. The information provided within the Service is not intended for distribution to or use by any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation or which would subject Silicon Canals to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction or country. We reserve the right to limit the availability of the Service or any portion of the Service, to any person, geographic area, or jurisdiction, at any time and in our sole discretion, and to limit the quantities of any content, program, product, service or other feature that Silicon Canals
  2. No software from the Service may be downloaded, exported or re-exported: (a) into any European Union and/or U.S. embargoed countries or (b) to anyone on a sanction list maintained by the European Union and/or the U.S. Treasury Department’s list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Department of Commerce Denied Person’s List or Entity List. By downloading any software related to the Service, you represent and warrant that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of, any such country or on any such list.

Changes 

  1. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to change these Terms (“Updated Terms“) from time to time.
  2. Unless we make a change for legal or administrative reasons, we will provide reasonable advance notice before the Updated Terms become effective. You agree that we may notify you of the Updated Terms by posting them on the Service, and that your use of the Service after the effective date of the Updated Terms (or engaging in such other conduct as we may reasonably specify) constitutes your agreement to the Updated Terms. Therefore, you should review these Terms and any Updated Terms before using the Service.
  3. The Updated Terms will be effective as of the time of posting, or such later date as may be specified in the Updated Terms, and will apply to your use of the Service from that point forward. These Terms will govern any disputes arising before the effective date of the Updated Terms.

Governing law and jurisdiction 

  1. These Terms, and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it, are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Netherlands.
  2. All disputes between you and Silicon Canals (whether or not such dispute involves a third party) with regard to your relationship with Silicon Canals, shall be submitted exclusively to the competent court of law in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, without prejudice to the right of Silicon Canals as plaintiff to initiate proceedings before any other court having jurisdiction. The application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is expressly excluded.

Affiliates

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How to contact us

If you have any questions about these Terms of the Service, please email [email protected].