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Introduction
We,
the proprietors of eCosway Website have established
the terms set forth herein ("Terms of Use")
as standard terms to regulate all visitors to our
eCosway Website including, without limitation our
Business Owners and Shoppers. By reading these
Terms of Use and agreeing to be bound by them before
using the eCosway Website you will know what to
expect from us and what we expect from you as your
use and your continuing use of the eCosway Website
will be regulated by the terms herein. By logging
on to any eCosway Website, you hereby agree to
accept and be legally bound and to abide by these
Terms of Use. We hereby reserve the right to amend,
vary, add, or remove portions of these Terms of
Use from time to time at our sole discretion. If
you do not agree to abide by these Terms of Use,
as they currently exist or as amended, please do
not proceed to use the site and immediately cease
all further activities using the site. You can
always view the most current version (as amended
from time to time) of these Terms of Use at this
page. In addition, when using certain particular
eCosway services, you may be subject to other posted
guidelines and additional terms and conditions
applicable to such services. All such guidelines
and additional terms and conditions are hereby
incorporated by reference into these Terms of Use.
Please check these Terms of Use periodically for
changes. Your continued access or use of the eCosway
Website following the posting of changes to these
Terms of Use shall be deemed as your acceptance
to those changes.
If
you are an eCosway Business Owner or a Registered
eCosway Shopper, you have additional terms and
conditions as set forth in the Business Owner Agreement
or the Shopping Terms and Conditions, whichever
is applicable to you.
Intended Audience
The
eCosway Website is published by eCosway as a service
to eCosway Business Owners, Shoppers, and other
permitted visitors to the site. The site is a business
and commercial site. Using the site constitutes
a legal contractual relationship between the user
and eCosway and is therefore not intended for any
person or entity who is either under the age of
majority or has no legal capacity in their respective
countries to independently enter into a contract.
eCosway makes no claims that the content and information
posted on its site is appropriate or permissible
or may be legally downloaded in the country in
which you reside. Access to the materials on eCosway
Website may not be permitted in certain countries.
You are solely responsible for the compliance with
the laws in your country of residence before using
the site.
Trademarks
eCosway
does not allow the use, for any purpose (save and
except where expressly permitted) of its trade
names, trademarks, service names, service marks,
product names, product marks, URLs, website addresses,
logos, designs or symbols by any person, including
eCosway Business Owners or Shoppers, without its
prior written permission. This prohibition does
not apply to Business Owners using eCosway's official
material according to eCosway's official guidelines.
You
are not allowed to record or produce for the purpose
of sale or distribution of any eCosway events or
speeches without written permission from eCosway,
nor shall you copy, edit or reproduce for sale
or for personal use any recording, audio or video
tape presentations produced or provided by eCosway.
Disclaimer
of Warranties
Business
Owners, Shoppers and visitors to the eCosway Website
and other third party websites linked to its site
shall visit or use these sites solely at their
own risk. eCosway does not warrant that the service
provided will be accessible at all times, uninterrupted
or error-free. There may be delays, omissions,
interruptions and inaccuracies in the contents,
dissemination of news, information and other materials.
eCosway shall not be responsible for either the
availability or the contents of other third party
websites that may be linked to it.
eCosway
assumes no responsibility for the deletion of stored
email messages.
Although
eCosway will take reasonable steps to prevent the
introduction of viruses and other destructive elements
to its Website, it does not guarantee or warrant
that its site is free from any destructive elements
including but not limited to computer viruses,
hackers, or other technical sabotage. eCosway also
does not warrant that any contents downloaded from
its site and other third party sites linked to
it will be error-free.
The
Company shall not be responsible or liable for
any damage that may be caused to your computer
attributable to such download from its site or
third party sites linked to it.
PLEASE
NOTE THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS OF WARRANTIES:
THE
INFORMATION, MATERIALS AND SERVICES CONTAINED IN
ALL eCOSWAY SITES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
GRAPHICS, LINKS AND OTHER ITEMS, ARE BEING PROVIDED
TO YOU ON THE BASIS OF "AS IS AND WHERE IS" AND "AS
AVAILABLE," WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE.
eCOSWAY DOES NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY,
ADEQUACY, OR COMPLETENESS OF THE INFORMATION OR
MATERIALS, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS LIABILITY FOR
ANY ERRORS AND/OR OMISSIONS IN THE INFORMATION
AND MATERIALS. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED
BY LAW, eCOSWAY DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED
OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT,
MERCHANTABILITY, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Limitation of Liability
IN
NO EVENT SHALL eCOSWAY BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES,
INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DIRECT OR INDIRECT,
SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, COMPENSATORY, EXEMPLARY, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES, INCLUDING
WITHOUT LIMITATION LOST OR MISDIRECTED ORDERS,
LOST PROFITS, LOST REGISTRATION, LOST GOODWILL,
OR LOST OR STOLEN PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA, HOWEVER
CAUSED AND UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY ARISING
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH (1) USE OF THE COMPANY'S
SITES, OR THE INABILITY TO USE SUCH SITES BY ANY
PARTY; OR (2) ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR,
OMISSION, INTERRUPPTION, DEFECT, DELAYED OPERATION
OR TRANSMISSION; OR (3) LINE OR SYSTEM FAILURE
OR THE INTRODUCTION OF A VIRUS, OR OTHER TECHNICAL
SABOTAGE, EVEN IF eCOSWAY, ITS EMPLOYEES OR REPRESENTATIVES
THEREOF, ARE ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OR LIKELIHOOD
OF SUCH DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES.
Business
Owners and Shoppers hereby acknowledge that the
aforesaid disclaimer shall apply to all web content,
merchandise and services available at eCosway Shopping
Mall.
Where
certain jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion
or limitation of such liability, the liability,
if any, in such jurisdictions shall be limited
to the extent permitted by law.
Public Postings
Public
postings are subject to review, modification and
deletion by eCosway without prior notice. Although
eCosway reserves the right to block or delete public
postings and/or unsolicited emails that otherwise
violate this Agreement, it is not eCosway's obligation
or responsibility to do so.
Links to Other Sites
eCosway's
Website may contain links to numerous other sites,
including but not limited to Supplier sites and
sites providing other merchandise, which are owned
and operated by third parties. A link to a non-eCosway
Website does not mean that eCosway endorses or
accepts any responsibility for the contents, its
use or the products and services made available
through such sites. By utilizing such links, if
any, you acknowledge and agree that eCosway shall
not be responsible or liable in any way whatsoever
for the actions, content, access, privacy policies,
opinions expressed, representations given, services
provided, merchandise offered for sale or other
links provided at such sites.
You
hereby expressly waive any rights that you may
have as provided by the laws of your country of
residence against eCosway for its liability caused
either directly or indirectly, for any damages,
or losses caused or alleged to have been caused
by the use of or reliance on the actions, content,
accuracy, privacy policy, opinions or representations
expressed, products, or services provided through
such links or made available through these resources.
Should you have questions regarding such sites,
you should address them directly to the site administrator
of such particular websites.
Proprietary Rights
You
acknowledge that the eCosway Websites contain information,
data, photographs, graphs, software, videos, text,
typefaces, graphics, designs, music, sound, and
other material (collectively "Intellectual
Property") that are protected by copyrights,
patents, trademarks, trade secrets, or other proprietary
rights and that these rights are valid and protected
in all forms, technologies existing now or hereafter
developed.
The
eCosway Website and any portion therein that has
Intellectual Contents is copyrighted as a collective
work under the law of United States of America
(U.S.A.) and other international copyright laws.
The Company owns the copyright to the selection,
coordination, arrangement and enhancement of such
Intellectual Content. The eCosway name and logos
are trademarks of eCosway. All other trademarks
appearing at eCosway sites not belonging to eCosway
are the trademarks of their respective owners.
You
shall not modify, remove, delete, augment, add
to, publish, transmit, participate in transfer
or sale of, create derivative works from, distribute,
perform, display, or in any way exploit any of
the Intellectual Content or the sites, in whole
or in part.
If
no specific restrictions are displayed, you are
granted permission, to the extent necessary in
order to lawfully access and use the sites, to
display, download, archive, and to print in hard
copy, portions of the sites for your personal use
only, provided you do not modify the materials
and that you retain all copyright and other proprietary
notices contained in the materials.
You
cannot, without eCosway's prior written permission,
remove or mirror any material contained on any
eCosway Website on any other server. You agree
that you will not copy, disassemble, de-compile,
or otherwise reverse engineer any part of the eCosway
Website or otherwise attempt to obtain or learn
the source code, structure, algorithms, or ideas
underlying such sites, or to take any action contrary
to these Terms of Use.
The Company's Rights
The
Company cannot and does not screen the contents
of Business Owners' web sites and does not assume
any obligation to do so. However, each Business
Owner hereby agrees that the Company may monitor
his or her web site and its contents periodically.
The
Company reserves the right, at its sole and absolute
discretion, to deactivate, without notice and without
refund of any fees paid by any Business Owner or
Registered Shopper who violates the Business Owner
Agreement or Shopping Terms and Conditions or any
unlawful use of his or her websites.
The
Company has the right to electronically monitor
Business Owners' websites. The Company may disclose
any of the content, records, or electronic communication
contained in the sites where necessary, (i) to
satisfy any law, regulation, or official request
from any government authorities; (ii) if such disclosure
is reasonable or appropriate to operate this web
site; or (iii) to protect the rights and property
of the Company, its Users, Sponsors, Providers,
Licensors or Merchants.
The
Company is not responsible for screening, policing,
editing, or monitoring of the content of Business
Owners' websites. However the Company may investigate
allegations of copyright infringement, defamatory,
damaging, illegal or offensive content or materials
of Business Owners' websites and determine at its
sole discretion to remove or request the removal
of such content from the Business Owners' websites.
The
Company reserves the right to prohibit, edit or
remove content that it deems to be harmful to other
individuals or entities.
Online Conduct
You
acknowledge that all contents, whether publicly
posted or privately transmitted, is the sole responsibility
of the person from whom such contents originated.
This means that you are entirely responsible for
all contents that you post, email or otherwise
transmit via the eCosway service. eCosway does
not control any of the content posted via the eCosway
service and, as such, does not guarantee or warrant
the accuracy, integrity or quality of such contents.
You understand that by using the eCosway service,
you may be exposed to contents that are offensive,
indecent, or objectionable. Under no circumstances
will eCosway be liable in any way for any content,
including but not limited to, any errors or omissions
in any content, or for any loss or damage of any
kind incurred as a result of the use of any content
posted, emailed or otherwise transmitted via the
eCosway service.
Any
conduct by Business Owners or Shoppers that, in
the Company's opinion, restricts or inhibits other
Business Owners and Shoppers from using or enjoying
eCosway facilities will strictly be prohibited.
Business Owners and Shoppers agree to use eCosway
facilities only for lawful purposes. Business Owners
and Shoppers are prohibited from posting on or
transmitting through the eCosway services any unlawful,
threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar,
obscene, sexually explicit, profane, hateful, racially,
ethnically or otherwise objectionable material,
including but not limited to, any material that
encourages conduct that would be of a criminal
offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise
violate any applicable local, state, provincial,
territorial, national, or international law.
You
agree that you will not use the eCosway services
to:
- upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any
content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening,
abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory,
vulgar, obscene,
libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically,
or otherwise objectionable;
- harm any minor in any way;
- impersonate any person or entity or falsely state
or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with
a person or entity;
- forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers
in order to disguise the origin of any content
transmitted through the service;
- upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any
content that you do not have a right to transmit
under any law or under contractual or fiduciary
relationships
(such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information
learned
or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure
agreements);
- upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any
content that infringes any patent, trademark,
trade secret, copyright or other proprietary
rights of
any party;
- upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any
material 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;
- interfere with or disrupt the eCosway services
or servers or networks connected to the eCosway
services, or disobey any requirements, procedures,
policies
or regulations of networks connected to the eCosway services;
- intentionally or unintentionally violate any
applicable local, state, provincial, territorial,
national or international law, or any regulations
having the force
of law; or
- collect or store personal data about other users,
Business Owners or Registered Shoppers.
Advertising & Anti-Spam Policy
eCosway
shall immediately terminate your Business Owner
Agreement or your participation as a Registered
Shopper and bar your access to eCosway Website
if it suspects that you have carried out or are
otherwise connected with any spamming or have been
transmitting unsolicited bulk emails.
You
hereby acknowledge that you have viewed and agreed
to abide by eCosway's Advertising & Anti-Spam
Policy which is incorporated by reference into
and made a part of these Terms of Use.
Indemnity
You
agree to indemnify eCosway, its directors, officers,
employees and agents and keep them fully indemnified
and hold them harmless against any loss suffered
or liability incurred by eCosway as a result of
your unauthorized representations or actions in
breach of these Terms of Use. If you are a Business
Owner or a Registered Shopper, this provision shall
survive the termination of the Business Owner Agreement
or Shopping Terms and Conditions. Business Owners
further agree to indemnify eCosway from any and
all liabilities, claims whether pecuniary or non-pecuniary,
expenses and damages (including attorneys fees
and costs) arising out of the use of, or in connection
with use of an eCosway website or any official
eCosway material; including without limitation,
any claim of libel, defamation, violation of rights
of privacy or publicity, loss of service by other
Business Owners and infringement of intellectual
property or other proprietary rights.
Applicable Laws
These
Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of Malaysia, without
giving effect to any principles of conflicts of
law. You agree that any action at law or in equity
arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use
shall be filed only in the national, federal or
state courts located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
and you hereby submit to the jurisdiction of such
courts for the purposes of litigating such an action.
Provisions
Severable
If
any provision of these Terms of Use shall be unlawful,
void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that
provision shall be deemed severable from these
Terms of Use and shall not affect the validity
and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
These Terms of Use, together with your Business
Owner Agreement or Shopping Terms and Conditions
shall not be modified by you except with the consent
of eCosway stated in writing and signed by both
parties.
Notices
Any
notice given by either party must be in writing
and will be deemed duly served if delivered by
email notification to the Business Owner's or Registered
Shopper's official email address as allocated by
the Company or provided by the Business Owner or
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