Terms and Conditions
Last updated: November 11, 2022
1. Introduction
Please read these terms and conditions carefully before using our Website.
These Terms and Conditions apply to all visitors, users, and others who access or use the Website. By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree with all these terms, then you are expressly prohibited from using the website and you must discontinue the use immediately.
Your access to and use of the Website is also conditioned on your acceptance of and compliance with the Privacy Policy of the Company. Our Privacy Policy describes our policies and procedures on the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information when you use the Website and informs you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you. Please read Our Privacy Policy carefully before using our Website.
The information provided on the Website 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 us to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction or country. Accordingly, those persons who choose to access the Website from other locations do so on their own initiative and are solely responsible for compliance with local laws if and to the extent local laws are applicable.
2. Interpretation and Definitions
2.1. Interpretation
The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.
2.2. Definitions
For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions:
Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “we”, “us” or “our” in this Agreement) refers to S.C. SEVIO SOLUTIONS S.R.L., a company incorporated under the laws of Romania, located in Iași Municipality, Iași County, Calea Chișinăului No. 104Bis-106, registered to Trade Register with No. J22/1250/2014, with company number 33470068;
Content refers to all source code, databases, functionality, software, website designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics on the Website.
Device means any device that can access the Website such as a computer, a cellphone, or a digital tablet.
Services refer to (i) the entire content available and updated on the Website; (ii) the comment function, offering readers the opportunity to interact with the Website; (iii) the possibility of subscribing to our newsletter to receive the best pieces of content; (iv) other functionalities offered by the Website.
Terms and Conditions (also referred as “Terms”) mean these Terms and Conditions that form the entire agreement between you and the Company regarding the use of the Website.
Third-party website means any services or content (including data, information, products, or services) provided by a third-party that may be displayed, included, or made available by the Website.
Website refers to AdTech, accessible from https://adtech.org.
You means the individual accessing or using the Website, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Website, as applicable.
3. General Provisions
These are the Terms and Conditions governing the use of this Website and the agreement that operates between you and the Company. Your access to and use of the Website is conditioned on your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms and Conditions.
These Terms and Conditions set out the rights and obligations of all users regarding the use of the Website, representing a legally binding agreement between the users and the Company. This Agreement applies to any and all services, information, texts, and other products, offered by us on the Website.
The Website is intended for users who are at least 18 years old. Persons who have not reached this age are not permitted to use or register for the Website.
You accept and acknowledge that the information provided by us through the Website does not constitute professional, financial, and/or investment advice, and no information on the Website constitutes a comprehensive, complete, or correct presentation of the issues discussed. By using the Website and/or the Services, you agree not to hold us liable for any possible damages arising from any decision that you make based on the information or other content made available through the Website.
4. License
Subject to these Terms and your compliance with these Terms, the Company hereby grants you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, and non-transferable license to use the Content for personal use. You agree not to use the Content for commercial purposes.
Except for the license above, you have no other rights to any Content. If you breach any of these Terms, the above license will automatically terminate.
5. Prohibitions
By accepting these terms, you agree that you will not:
- Create, develop, copy, or modify, alone or in association with other natural or legal persons, derivative works of the Website or the Content;
- Copy, interfere with the Content/any data or information to obtain a benefit for oneself or another or trade, sell or rent the Content whether commercially or free of charge;
- Use automated means, including scripts, robots, bots, spiders, crawlers, and/or any computer applications/programs that may deceive or simulate certain activities or statuses on the Website or, in any way, exploit certain functions or vulnerabilities of the Website to obtain advantages, for themselves or other Users, regarding the use of the Services offered through the Website;
- Make excessive requests for information or take any action that interferes with, disrupts, or imposes an undue burden on any server or network connected to the Website or negatively affects the quality or availability of any Content;
- Violate any security measure intended to limit or prevent access to the Website or Content;
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any Content, or any computer systems or networks connected to the Website or any server, whether through hacking, password mining, unauthorized use of another’s password/credentials, or any other means;
- Use the Website, Content, or any services provided for or in connection with any activity that (i) violates any applicable law or regulation or (ii) involves proceeds of any unlawful or illegal activity.
6. Intellectual property rights
The Content, design, structure, and other materials used within the Website, are protected by the national and international laws regarding intellectual property rights.
You have no right to copy, reproduce, download, store, modify, (re)distribute, publish, display, sell, rent, lease, or use (either in printed, electronic, or another format) any part of the Website/ any Content in whole or in part, in any way that does not comply with these Terms without our prior written permission. You are not entitled to recreate or attempt to extract the source code of the Website unless you have our written permission.
You acknowledge that we and our providers own the copyright in and to all Content under the applicable laws (including copyright laws, unfair competition laws, and other intellectual property laws), and we have reserved all rights in and to such Content.
Any trademarks, signs, service marks, or logos (hereinafter collectively the “Trademarks”) displayed on the Website or in connection with our services are registered and/or unregistered Trademarks belonging to us. No content or section of the Website and/or any reference to the services may be construed as representing a license or other right to use, imitate, or copy Trademarks, in whole or in part, or any derivative thereof. The use or misuse of AdTech’s trademarks or other intellectual property, except as expressly permitted by these Terms, is prohibited.
All other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names, and company names or logos mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Reference to any products, services, processes, or other information, by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier, or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation by us.
7. Submission of Comments
The following section describes the terms and conditions applicable to your use of the comment submission service at the AdTech website.
By clicking the “Post” box for your comment, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions and abide by all rules and policies set forth herein. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, do not submit your comment.
The Company has the right to take any of the following actions, in the Company’s sole discretion, at any time, and for any reason or no reason, without providing any prior notice:
- Restrict, suspend, or terminate your ability to submit comments, or any other content, to the Website;
- Change, suspend, or modify all or any part of the Website or the features thereof;
- Refuse or remove any material posted on, submitted to, or communicated through the Website by you;
- Deactivate or delete any screen names, profiles, or other information associated with you;
- Alter, modify, discontinue, or remove any content of the Website.
You agree that, when using or accessing the Website or any of the features thereof, you will not:
- Infringe the rights of any third party, including but not limited to any intellectual property rights, privacy rights, publicity rights, or contractual rights;
- Transmit or submit harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, deceptive, fraudulent, obscene, indecent, vulgar, violent, hateful, or otherwise objectionable content or material;
- Transmit or submit any unsolicited advertising, promotional materials, or spam; or
- Stalk or harass any user or visitor to the Website.
By submitting a comment on our Website, you agree to comply with the following rules concerning such submissions. You agree not to include in your comment:
- Any false, defamatory, libelous, abusive, threatening, racially offensive, sexually explicit, obscene, harmful, vulgar, hateful, illegal, or otherwise objectionable content;
- Any content that may be harassing of any other Website contributors or other third parties;
- Any content that personally attacks an individual whose identity can be easily learned from what you post;
- Any content that discloses private or personal matters concerning any person;
- Any content that you know to be false, misleading, or fraudulent;
- Any content that violates the property rights of others, including unauthorized copyrighted music, images or programs, trade secrets or other confidential or proprietary information, and trademarks or service marks used in an infringing fashion;
- Any use of profanity;
- Any content including advertisements or otherwise focused on the promotion of commercial events or businesses or any request for or solicitation of money, goods, or services for private gain;
- Any content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships;
- Any content that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; or
- Any content directly or indirectly soliciting responses from minors (defined as anyone under 18 years of age).
You are solely responsible for the comment you upload, post, transmit, or otherwise make available to others using this Website. Under no circumstances will the Company be liable for any comment posted on or made available through this Website by you or any third party.
The Company reserves the right to monitor all comments and to remove any comment posted on the Website that violates these Terms or is otherwise deemed objectionable by the Company in its sole discretion.
You will be asked to provide your name and e-mail address when submitting a comment. While we do not object to your use of a pseudonym instead of your actual name, we reserve the right to reject, change, disallow, or discontinue any submission name that, in our sole discretion, is objectionable or inappropriate for any reason. We require the submission of your email address, but we warrant that we will not intentionally publish your email address to an outside third party, apart from our own affiliates or subcontractors, without your consent.
You acknowledge and understand that the comments feature of the Website is designed to permit users to post information and commentary for public review and comment, and thus you hereby waive any expectation of privacy you may have concerning the information provided to the Website by you.
You are solely responsible for your interactions with other users or visitors of the Website. The Company shall have the right to monitor interactions utilizing the Website’s facilities, including any email functionality thereof, between you and other users of or visitors to the Website or any third parties. You acknowledge and agree that the Company, its affiliates, subsidiaries, licensees, and assigns shall not be, and you shall not seek to hold them, responsible for any harm or damage arising in connection with your interaction with other users of or visitors to the Website.
The Company doesn’t verify any information posted to or communicated via the comment sections of the Website by users and does not guarantee the proper use of such information by any party who may have access to the information. You acknowledge and agree that the Company does not assume, and shall not have, any responsibility for the content of messages or other communications sent or received by users of the Website.
8. Limitation of Liability
Although we make every effort to provide access to the Website and its services to as many users as possible, given the technical diversity of hardware devices, operating systems, and other technical specifications, we cannot guarantee compatibility and correct operation of all devices and operating systems used by you.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall the Company or its suppliers be liable for any special, incidental, indirect, or consequential damages whatsoever (including, but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, loss of data or other information, for business interruption, for personal injury, loss of privacy arising out of or in any way related to the use of or inability to use the Website, third-party software and/or third-party hardware used with the Website, or otherwise in connection with any provision of this Terms), even if the Company or any supplier has been advised of the possibility of such damages and even if the remedy fails of its essential purpose.
To the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, the Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Affiliates and its and their respective licensors and service providers, expressly disclaims all warranties, whether express, implied, statutory or otherwise, with respect to the Website, including all implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement, and warranties that may arise out of course of dealing, course of performance, usage or trade practice. Without limitation to the foregoing, the Company provides no warranty or undertaking, and makes no representation of any kind that the Website will meet your requirements, achieve any intended results, be compatible or work with any other software, applications, systems, or services, operate without interruption, meet any performance or reliability standards or be error-free or that any errors or defects can or will be corrected.
We reserve the right to deny you access to our services anytime for reasons beyond our reasonable control.
The services and Website content are strictly for informational purposes. No element on the Website should be interpreted as an offer from us for any kind of currency, financial instrument, investment advice, or recommendation (in order to purchase a currency, financial instrument, or develop an investment strategy).
We express no opinion about the future or expected value of any currency, security, or other interest. We don’t explicitly or implicitly recommend or suggest any investment strategy. The Content may not be used as a basis for any financial product or other product without our prior written consent.
The Website and the Content published may include inaccuracies or errors. We don’t guarantee the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, security, availability, or integrity of any content and disclaim all liability for any errors or other inaccuracies relating to the Website or the Content.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we assume no liability or responsibility for any:
a) errors, mistakes, or inaccuracies of any content;
b) property damage of any nature whatsoever, resulting from your access to or use of the Website;
c) any unauthorized access to or use of our servers and/or all information stored therein;
d) any bugs, viruses, trojan horses, or the like that may be transmitted to or through the Website by any third party;
e) any errors or omissions in any content or for any loss or damage incurred as a result of the use of any content posted, transmitted, or otherwise made available through the Website;
f) any third party’s defamatory, offensive, or illegal conduct.
In no event we (and our respective officers, directors, employees, members, agents, and affiliates) will be liable for:
a) any indirect, punitive, incidental, special, or consequential damages or damages for lost profits arising out of/in any way connected with your access to/use of the services or with the delay or inability to access, display, or use the Website;
b) any computer viruses, information, software, linked services, products, and services obtained through the service or otherwise arising out of the access to or use of the service, whether based on a theory of negligence, contract, tort, or strict liability.
9. Force majeure
In cases of force majeure, we will be released from our obligations.
According to the Romanian Civil Code, force majeure is any external, unpredictable, absolutely invincible, and unavoidable event. Included in this category are events such as (but not limited to):
a) war (declared or not), armed conflict or a severe threat thereof, hostilities, invasion, an act of a foreign enemy, extensive military mobilization;
b) civil war, uprising or revolution, military or illegitimate power, insurrection, civil disturbance or disorder, mass violence, an act of civil disobedience;
c) act of terrorism, sabotage, or piracy;
d) act of the authority, legal or illegal, acquisition to any law or government order, rule, regulation or directive, state of emergency, expropriation, forced acquisition, seizure of factories, requisition, nationalization;
e) natural event, scourge, epidemic, natural disaster such as but not limited to, violent storm, cyclone, typhoon, hurricane, tornado, blizzard, earthquake, volcanic activity, landslide, high tide, tsunami, flood, damage or destruction by lightning, drought;
f) explosion, incident, destruction of machines, equipment, factories, and any other kind of installations, prolonged interruption of transport, telecommunications, or electricity;
g) generalized labor conflict such as, but not limited to, boycott, strike, and closure of the enterprise, reduction of work pace, and occupation of factories and premises.
These events lead to the exclusion of responsibility also in the situation in which they occur at the level of subcontractors, sub-suppliers, and their subcontractors.
In case of force majeure, we will inform you within a maximum of five (5) days from the occurrence, and we will communicate the proof issued by the competent authorities within 15 (fifteen) days from the occurrence. Also, we will inform you of its termination within 15 (fifteen) days from the termination of the respective situation.
10. Indemnification
You will indemnify, defend, and hold us harmless (and our members, managers, directors, officers, employees, partners, consultants, contractors, agents, affiliates, successors, and assigns) from and against all third-party suits, actions, proceedings, and claims and forfeit all liabilities, damages, judgments, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of, related to, or in connection with:
- your use (or misuse) of and access to the Website or services;
- your violation of any of these Terms;
- your violation of any applicable law, rule, or regulation;
- any claim that any information provided by you to us in connection with the Website, including the Content, caused damage to, infringed upon, misappropriated, or otherwise violated the rights of any third party, including infringement, misappropriation, or other violation of third-party intellectual property rights, or violation of any right of privacy or publicity;
- any dispute you have with any third party relating to or in connection with the Website or services.
We reserve the right, at our expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will fully cooperate with us in asserting any available defenses and in pursuing such defense.
11. Links to Other Websites
Our Website may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not owned or controlled by the Company.
The Company has no control over and assumes no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services.
You further acknowledge and agree that the Company shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such web sites or services.
We strongly advise you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of any third-party websites or services that you visit.
12. Termination
We may suspend, terminate, or block your access to the Services, in whole or part, temporarily or permanently, for any violation or suspected violation, as we determine, without notice. your breach of these Terms will be considered a breach of contract.
Upon termination, your right to use the Website will cease immediately.
Considering the type of violation of these terms, we reserve the right to report to the competent authorities the respective violation, the author of the breach, or other data that could contribute to sanctioning the person/entity responsible.
13. Applicable Law and Jurisdiction
These terms shall be governed in all respects by the laws of Romania.
If you have any concerns or disputes about the Website, you agree first to try to resolve the dispute informally by contacting the Company. If we do not reach an agreement, then it will be settled by the competent courts on the territory of Romania.
14. For European Union (EU) Users
For users from the European Union and EEA, we have taken into account the national and international data protection regulations (GDPR), the legal provisions’ applicability being reflected in our Privacy Policy. It contains information about the personal data processed, the data subjects’ rights, the data recipients, and the transfer to a third country. We strongly recommend that you read it before using our Website.
15. Severability and Waiver
Severability
If any provision of these Terms is held to be unenforceable or invalid, such provision will be changed and interpreted to accomplish the objectives of such provision to the greatest extent possible under applicable law and the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.
Waiver
Except as provided herein, the failure to exercise a right or to require performance of an obligation under these Terms shall not affect a party’s ability to exercise such right or require such performance at any time thereafter nor shall the waiver of a breach constitute a waiver of any subsequent breach.
16. Changes to These Terms and Conditions
We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to periodically modify and improve the Website and/or the Content provided through it. We may add or remove functionality or features of the Website. We may also suspend or cease partially or entirely, temporarily, or permanently, the operation of the Website and/or the provision of any services.
At least 15 days before any amendment to the Terms and Conditions (e.g., to correspond to changes in the legislation or Services provided by us), we will publish a notice on the Website regarding the change in the T&Cs. The information will cover the provisions to be amended and the date on which the updated version of the Terms will enter into force by publication in accordance with the above provisions. Please check the Website frequently to stay informed on all the updates on the Terms and Conditions.
By continuing to access or use Our Website after those revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised terms. If you do not agree to the new terms, in whole or in part, please stop using the Website.
The minimum notice period of 15 days shall not apply if:
- the amendment is subject to a legal or regulatory obligation under which there is an obligation to amend the T&Cs;
- the change must be implemented to deal with an unforeseen and imminent threat to the protection of the services or clients from fraud, malware, spam, data security breaches, or other cybersecurity risks.
Supplemental terms and conditions or documents that may be posted on the Website from time to time are hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference.
17. Contact Us
If you have any questions about these Terms and Conditions, please feel free to reach us at the following addresses:
SEVIO SOLUTIONS S.R.L
Headquarter Address: Calea Chișinăului 104Bis-106, Iași Municipality, Iași County, Romania
E-mail: [email protected].
You can also contact us at any time using the contact form available on the Website.