TERMS OF USE
(Last Modified: 1 July 2024)
- Introduction
- These Terms of Use (“Terms”) form a contract between you (“your” or “User(s)”) and Solutions Lab Pte. Ltd. (the “Company”, “us”, “we” or “our”), a company incorporated in Singapore, and governs your access to and use of the Blockchainspace Website (“Website”). The Website includes the website (www.blockchainspace.asia), the browser plug-in, mobile applications, APIs, documentation, software, updates, features, tools, and any materials made available from time to time by us.
- By using, visiting or accessing the Website (where applicable), you agree to accept and be bound by the terms and conditions set out in these Terms and the policies referenced herein and/or available by hyperlink. Please read these Terms carefully and in its entirety. You acknowledge and agree that our provision of the Website and related services to you is conditional on your agreement to these Terms.
- You agree that you have accepted our Terms and Privacy Policy, and other terms that may be displayed to you at the time you access the Website.
- Definitions and Interpretation
- In these Terms, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings:
“Intellectual Property Rights” includes all the worldwide rights, titles and interests including but not limited to copyright and related rights, trade marks, business names and domain names, rights in get-up, goodwill and the right to sue for passing off, rights in designs, rights in software, database rights, rights in confidential information (including know-how), patents, rights to inventions, trade secrets, and all other intellectual property and similar rights which subsist or will subsist now or in the future in any part of the world;
“Personal Data” means any data, whether true or not, about an individual who can be identified (a) from that data; or (b) from that data and other information to which we have or are likely to have access, including data in our records as may be updated from time to time;
“Privacy Policy” means our privacy policy located at [insert link];
“Third Party Service Provider(s)” means any third party service provider which provides services which are necessary in order for us to operate the Website and/or provide any associated services to you and any third party service provider which we engage in relation to the storage and/or processing of content and Personal Data;
“Third Party Services” means any services provided to you by Third Party Service Providers;
“User” means any person that uses the Website; and
“User Content” means all content that the relevant User may submit to the Website or otherwise transmit via the Website.
- Eligibility, Personal Data and Security
- Eligibility
You confirm that:
- you are at least 18 years old, and have the legal age of majority in your jurisdiction as is required to access our Website;
- you have not been restricted by us in using the Website; and
- you are otherwise fully able and competent to accept, abide and comply with these Terms of Use.
- Personal Data
Save that we will comply with all applicable law relating to data privacy (including the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 of Singapore), nothing in these Terms shall be deemed to impute an obligation of confidentiality on us with respect to your registration information. If required by law (including a court order and a government or regulatory demand or requirement having the force of law), we will disclose such information, including but not limited to your registration information, as so ordered.
- Security
For security purposes, including the investigation of whether any User is using the Website for fraud, money laundering, insider trading and/or other unlawful activity, we have the right, and sole discretion, to immediately:
- restrict your access to the entire Website or parts thereof;
- report your activity to the relevant law enforcement officials and provide evidence in support for such officials to conduct their investigations; and/or
- take any action which we deem appropriate to the circumstances.
- Anti-Money Laundering Provisions
- We reserve the right, at any time to:
- require you to provide additional information and documents at the request of any competent authority or in accordance with any applicable laws and regulations in relation to anti-money laundering or combating the financing of terrorism;
- share submitted information and documentation with third parties to verify the authenticity of the submitted information and you agree to this by using the Website; and
- withhold, suspend, restrict or terminate your access to the Website or any transactions carried out by you (whether partially or fully completed) on the Website, if you do not promptly provide us with the requested information or upon our discovery of any actual or suspected fraudulent activity, money laundering, criminal activity, and/or acts that are contrary to these Terms.
- You have the sole responsibility of ensuring that you have the legal rights in accordance with applicable laws to engage in any and all transactions carried out on this Website. To make sure all transactions (where applicable) are legally compliant, we may, but we are not obliged to, review the legality of the transactions carried out by you and take necessary actions in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
- Third Party Service Providers
- You acknowledge that we may incorporate the services of Third Party Service Providers to assist in providing any services to you on the Website and/or to enhance the Website. You hereby consent and authorise us to delegate the authorisations you provide to us to such Third Party Service Providers as we deem necessary to provide any services to you and/or to operate the Website.
- You acknowledge that your use of Third Party Services will require your agreement to certain additional terms and conditions provided by the applicable Third Party Service Provider. By using such Third Party Services (whether linked from our website, or otherwise presented to you for your use via our Website), you hereby agree to the applicable terms of service and privacy policies (as the case may be) of such Third Party Service Providers, including without limitation, any fees that may be charged by such Third Party Service Providers for such use.
- You agree that we are not in any way responsible or liable for the services and content offered by them or for anything in connection with such Third Party Services. Notwithstanding the fact that such Third Party Services may be accessible via our Website, we do not endorse or approve and make no warranties, representations or undertakings relating to the service or content of any Third Party Services. You acknowledge and agree that we may earn fees from Third Party Service Providers in connection with your use of such Third Party Services.
- You acknowledge and agree that we shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss suffered by you caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with your use of or reliance on any Third Party Service Providers and/or Third Party Services including without limitation, any damage or loss arising in relation to:
- your use or access of Third Party Services (whether incorporated into our services, accessed via our Website or otherwise);
- any information that you may provide to such Third Party Service Providers;
- any transaction conducted with or through the Third Party Services;
- any failure of any information, software or services posted or offered by such Third Party Service Providers;
- any error, omission or misrepresentation by such Third Party Service Providers; or
- any computer virus arising from or system failure associated with the Third Party Services.
- Further, you hereby expressly waive and release any and all claims, actions or otherwise which you have or may in the future have against the Company, its affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, shareholders, successors and assigns which may arise from your use of or reliance on any Third Party Service Providers and/or Third Party Services, including any of the circumstances set out in Clause 6.4, sub-paragraphs 6.4.1 to 6.4.6 (inclusive).
- Our Intellectual Property Rights
- We, or our licensors (as the case may be), own all Intellectual Property Rights in our content on/ used in relation to the Website. You can only use our Intellectual Property Rights for the specific purpose of using the Website.
- You acknowledge that the Website, our content are protected by copyright, trademark, and other applicable laws. You agree not to remove, alter or obscure any copyright, trademark, service mark or other proprietary rights notices incorporated in or accompanying the Website, our content.
- These Terms do not convey any proprietary interest in or to our Intellectual Property Rights.
- User Content. You may provide, submit, upload, make available or transmit your User Content to us for the purpose of it being used on the Website, or for use by any Third Party Service Providers. This may arise, for example, when you submit your feedback to us. You have and will retain sole ownership rights to all of your User Content. However, notwithstanding the termination of these Terms, when you submit your User Content to us, you hereby grant us a perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sub-licensable, transferable right and license to use, access, host, store, cache, reproduce, publish, display, distribute, perform, transmit, modify, adapt, and create derivative works of your User Content, without any further consent, notice and/or compensation to you or others, subject to the relevant legislations and the Privacy Policy.
- User Conduct
- You warrant that you will comply with any and all rules, regulations and/or applicable laws and regulations governing the practice of law in your jurisdiction in connection with the use of the Website.
- You agree not to:
- impersonate another person or User;
- use the Website other than as authorised and in accordance with these Terms;
- copy our content for any purpose that is not envisaged within these Terms;
- copy, modify, translate or create derivative works of our content or the Website or any part thereof;
- where applicable, send spam, unwelcomed communications, or material that is against public interest, order, national harmony or offends good taste and decency, to others, or act in an unlawful, defamatory, libelous, abusive, discriminatory or otherwise objectionable manner as determined by us, through the use of our Website;
- use any device, software, routine or use the Website in any way that interferes with any application, function, or use of the Website, that is intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept, or expropriate any system, data, or communication, including but not limited to our security mechanisms of the Website;
- reformat, frame or mirror the Website;
- decompile, disassemble or reverse-engineer the underlying software or application that is part of the Website or otherwise attempt to derive its source code;
- use the Website either directly or indirectly to support any activity that is illegal, fraudulent, abusive and/or amoral including but not limited to violating our Intellectual Property Rights or that of others;
- use the Website in such a way or attempt to commercially exploit any part of the Website without our permission, including without limitation, to modify any of the Website’s content in any way, or copy, reproduce, publicly display, distribute or otherwise use or communicate them for any public or commercial purpose without our permission;
- access and/or use the Website for the purposes of monitoring its availability, performance or functionality, or for any other benchmarking or competitive purposes; and
- authorise any third parties to do any of the above.
- Indemnification by the User
- To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company from and against all actual or alleged third party claims, damages, awards, judgments, losses, liabilities, obligations, penalties, interest, fees, expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses) and costs (including, without limitation, court costs, costs of settlement and costs of pursuing indemnification and insurance), of every kind and nature whatsoever, whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, matured or unmatured, or suspected or unsuspected, in law or equity, whether in tort, contract or otherwise (collectively, “Claims”), including, but not limited to, damages to property or personal injury, that are caused by, arise out of or are related to:
- your use or misuse of the Website or the content on the Website,
- your violation of these Terms;
- your violation of the rights of a third party (including their Intellectual Property Rights); and/or
- your violation of any terms and conditions of Third Party Service Provider that you have agreed to or whose services you have used or accessed.
- You agree to promptly notify the Company of any third party Claims and cooperate with the Company in defending such Claims. You further agree that the Company shall have control of the defense or settlement of any third party Claims. This indemnity is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other indemnities set forth in a written agreement between you and the Company.
- Except where otherwise provided in these Terms, where you have incurred any liability to us, whether arising from or under these Terms or otherwise, howsoever arising, we may without notice to you, set-off the amount of such liability against any liability of us to you arising from or under these Terms, whether either such liability is liquidated or unliquidated, present or future, accrued or contingent.
- Disclaimers
- Unless expressly provided for in writing by the Company, the Website is provided by us on an ‘as is’ and ‘as available’ basis without warranties or conditions of any kind, either express or implied. Your reliance on any information provided to you via the Website is entirely at your own risk and we reserve the right to remove any content from the Website at any time, for any reason, without notice. You acknowledge and agree that the Company shall not be liable for any damages arising from such removal.
- Access to the Website
- We will endeavour to the best of our abilities, within commercially reasonable means, to ensure that the Website is available at all times.
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- do not warrant that your use of the Website will be uninterrupted, error-free or bug-free or that the Website will meet your requirements;
- are not responsible for any delays, delivery failures, or any other loss or damage resulting from the transfer of data over communications networks and facilities, including the internet;
- shall not be responsible for non-performance of the Website caused by any use that is contrary to our Terms, instructions, or modification or alteration by any party other than us or our representatives, and will only provide support to correct such non-performance at our sole discretion; and
- shall not be responsible for any loss or damage arising from your failure to keep your passwords or other applicable seed phrases or keys secure and confidential.
- You acknowledge that the Website may be subject to limitations, delays and other problems inherent in the use of such facilities.
- Assumption of Risk
- You acknowledge and accept that the risk of lack of market acceptance and adoption, market volatility, lack of a secondary market for trading and/or restrictions on trading in a secondary market, unforeseen software bugs, volatile price fluctuations of the resources used, cybersecurity issues or disruptions remain, and the Company shall not be liable to you for any loss, damage or delay caused by the delay or failure of the Website, cyber hacking, fraud or any form of cybercrimes committed against the Company, the Website or you in respect of all matters.
- The regulatory status of blockchain technology is unclear or unsettled in many jurisdictions. In the event that any relevant authority makes changes to existing laws, regulations and/or rules or financial institutions make commercial decisions and such changes/decisions negatively impact the provision of the Website in various ways, the Company shall be entitled to cease providing access to the Website in any jurisdiction without incurring any liability whatsoever to you.
- You acknowledge and accept the risks of dealing with smart contracts and/or losing money due to fluctuations in the price of cryptographic digital assets (where applicable).
- You acknowledge and accept that we are not licensed or regulated under the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction (including that of the Republic of Singapore). You represent and warrant that your use of the Website does not violate any law of your relevant place of domicile and jurisdiction, and no further consent or approval from any governmental authority is required in connection with such use of the Website, and even if there are additional requirements or restrictions related to such use of the Website, you agree to comply with, and shall be solely responsible for complying with, any such laws or regulations. You represent and warrant that your use of the Website does not implicate or otherwise give rise to any legal or regulatory obligations on our part in respect of the laws of your relevant place of domicile and jurisdiction.
- Limitation of Liability
- Nothing in these Terms of Use excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, or our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by law.
- We shall not be liable whether in contract, tort (including for negligence or breach of statutory duty), misrepresentation (whether innocent or negligent), restitution or otherwise for:
- any loss of profits, sales, revenue, business, data, use, goodwill or other intangible losses, or pure economic loss;
- any indirect, incidental, exemplary, punitive, special or consequential loss, costs, damages, charges or expenses;
- any actions taken by us in good faith in accordance with the information and instructions you have provided to us via the Website or otherwise (where applicable);
- any loss or damage caused by malware, distributed denial-of-service attack, or other harmful material that may infect your device, programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of the Website;
- any damages relating to your access to, use of, or inability to access or use the Website;
- any damages relating to any conduct or content of any third party or another User, including without limitation, inaccurate, defamatory, offensive, unlawful or illegal conduct (where applicable);
- any content, services or goods provided by any Third Party Service Provider, including the quality of such services or goods; or
- any consequences arising in connection with any event which occurs by reason of forces outside of our control. This includes any event, or a series of related events, that is outside of our reasonable control, including but not limited to acts of God, acts of civil or military authority, acts of customs authorities, national emergencies, industrial action, fire, abnormally adverse weather conditions, earthquakes, catastrophes, wars, insurrections, riots, security threats, pandemics and/or material network or other material telecommunications failures and material delay by common carriers.
- Subject to the limitations on our liability set out herein, our total aggregate liability whether in contract, tort (including negligence or breach of statutory duty), misrepresentation (whether innocent or negligent), restitution or otherwise, including any professional and legal costs, arising in connection with these Terms, the access to and use of the Website and content, or the sale or purchase of any products on this Website, shall be limited to USD 100.
- For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing sets out our total financial liability to you in respect of any breach of these Terms, including but not limited to any Personal Data or data security breach.
- Modification to the Website
- To the maximum extent permitted by the applicable law, we reserve the right in our sole and absolute discretion, to amend, modify, alter or supplement these Terms and the Website from time to time, without prior notice to you.
- You should check back on the Website often to confirm that your copy and understanding of these Terms is current and correct. Your non-termination or continued use of the Website after the effective date of any amendments, changes, or updates constitutes your acceptance of these Terms, as modified by such amendments, changes, or updates.
- Termination
- The Company may, without notice and in its sole discretion, terminate these Terms and your right to access or use the Website at any time, and for any or no reason. You acknowledge and agree that we shall have no liability or obligation to you in such event and that you will not be entitled to a refund of any amounts that you have already paid to us, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
- Termination of these Terms shall not affect the effect of Clauses 6, 11, 12, this 13.2, 14 to 18.
- No termination shall release you from any liability which at any time of such termination has already accrued to the Company or which may accrue thereafter in respect of any act, omission or breach prior to such termination.
- Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
- These Terms of Use and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the Republic of Singapore.
- Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, including any question regarding its existence, validity or termination, shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration in Singapore, administered by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”) in accordance with the Arbitration Rules of SIAC (“SIAC Rules”) for the time being in force, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference in this clause. The seat of the arbitration shall be Singapore. The Tribunal shall consist of one arbitrator. The language of the arbitration shall be English.
- Waiver
No failure or delay by a party to exercise any right or remedy provided under these Terms or by law shall constitute a waiver of that or any other right or remedy, nor shall it preclude or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy. No single or partial exercise of such right or remedy shall preclude or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy.
- Severability
If any provision or part-provision of these Terms of Use is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable, it shall be deemed modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid, legal and enforceable. If such modification is not possible, the relevant provision or part-provision shall be deemed deleted. Any modification to or deletion of a provision or part-provision under this clause shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the rest of these Terms.
- Entire Agreement
Unless explicitly agreed between parties in writing, these Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes all previous discussions, correspondence, negotiations, arrangements, understandings and agreements between them relating to its subject matter.
- Third Party Rights
No one other than a party to these Terms, their successors and permitted assignees, shall have any right to enforce any of its Terms.