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Terms of Service

Copyrights

urnovl™ is a product of Anadyme Limited and is a registered trademark of it's service. All copyrights in and to the Website/App, including, but not limited to, Urnovl.co’s service, text, photos, graphics, software are owned by Urnovl.co and/or its licensors. The use of the Website/App, or any Content on the Website/App, except for use as expressly permitted in this Agreement, is prohibited and subject to civil and criminal penalties, including possible monetary damages, for copyright infringement. All rights not expressly granted to you in this Agreement are reserved to Anadyme Limited and/or is licensors.

Trademarks

All trademarks, service marks, trade names, slogans, logos, and other symbols of origin that appear on or in connection with the Website/App are the property of Urnovl.co and/or its affiliates or licensors. You may not copy, display or use any of these marks without prior written permission of the mark owner.

ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

By accessing and using this website , you accept and agree to be bound by the terms and provision of this agreement. In addition, when using this website’s particular services, you shall be subject to any posted guidelines or rules applicable to such services. Although we may endeavour to notify you of any changes made to these Terms of Service, it is advisable to review them periodically. Urnovl.co may, in its sole discretion, modify or revise these Terms of Service and policies at any time, and you agree to be bound by such modifications or revisions. Nothing in these Terms of Service shall be deemed to confer any third-party rights or benefits.

All such guidelines or rules are hereby incorporated by reference into the TOS. Any participation in this site will constitute acceptance of this agreement. If you do not agree to abide by the above, please do not use this site.

WEBSITE/WEB APP

These Terms of Service apply to all users of Urnovl.co Website/App, including writers/readers/pages who are also contributors of text content, information, and other materials or services on the Website.

This Website/App may contain links to third party websites that Urnovl.co has not control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party websites. Users are responsible for reading these third parties’ own Terms and Conditions or Privacy Policies. By using the Website/App, you expressly relieve Urnol.co from any and all liability arising from your use of any third-party website.

ACCOUNTS

When you first join our community, you may be prompted to register through facebook/twitter. (You may not be able to access this Website’s/App’s features without registering an account). Information gathered through social media are outlined in our privacy policy (link). When creating your account, you must provide accurate and complete information. Each account is unique and personally identifiable and therefore you should never use another user’s account or create multiple accounts to write/read content or share content in any social media. Any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account should be expressly reported to Urnovl.co through the following email: support@urnovl.co.

Although Urnovl.co will not be liable for your losses caused by any unauthorized use of your account, you may be liable for the losses of Urnovl.co or others due to such unauthorized use.

The administration of the site reserves the right to terminate any account without notice.

AGE RESTRICTION

In order to access and use this Website/App, you must be over 13 years old.

GENERAL USE OF THE WEBSITE

Urnovl.co hereby grants you permission to access and use this Website/App as set forth in these Terms of Service, provided that:

  • You agree not to distribute in any medium any part of the service without Urnovl.co's prior written authorization, unless Urnovl.co makes available the means for such distribution through functionality offered by the Service.

    This excludes content submitted under specific licences that allow such actions.

  • You agree not to alter or modify any part of the Website/App.

    This excludes content submitted under specific licences that allow such actions.

  • You agree not to access Urnovl.co Content through any technology or means other than the Website itself.

  • You agree not to use the Website for any of the following commercial uses unless you obtain Urnovl.co's prior written approval:

    • sale of access to the Website or its related services

    • the sale of advertising, sponsorships, or promotions placed on or within the Service or Content;

    • the sale of advertising, sponsorships, or promotions on any third-party website, targeted to the content of specific User Submissions or Urnovl.co content;

    • any use of the Website or its related services with the effect of competing with or displacing the market for Urnovl.co content, or its User Submissions.

  • You agree not to use or launch any automated system, including without limitation, "robots," "spiders," or "offline readers," that accesses the Website in a manner that sends more request messages to the Urnovl.co servers in a given period of time than a human can reasonably produce in the same period by using a conventional on-line web browser. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Urnovl.co grants the operators of public search engines permission to use spiders to copy materials from the site for the sole purpose of and solely to the extent necessary for creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or archives of such materials. Urnovl.co reserves the right to revoke these exceptions either generally or in specific cases. You agree not to collect or harvest any personally identifiable information, including account names, from the Website/App, nor to use the communication systems provided by the Website/App (e.g. comments, email) for any commercial solicitation purposes. You agree not to solicit, for commercial purposes, any users of the Website/App with respect to their User Submissions.

  • In your use of the Website/App, you will otherwise comply with the terms and conditions of these Terms of service and all applicable local, national, and international laws and regulations.

  • Urnovl.co reserves the right to discontinue any aspect of the Urnovl.co Website/App at any time.

Your Content

Ownership:

You retain all rights and ownership in your content. Urnovl.co does not claim any ownership rights in your content. However you are required to grant a limited licence to Urnovl.co and others users of the service(outlined below in Licence to your Content and Accesing and Sharing your Content)

Collaborations:

By submitting content as a coauthor, you agree to be bound by the rules and licenses set by the first author of that content.

License to Your Content:

Even though we don’t claim ownership of your content, we do need certain licenses to your content in order to operate and enable the Services/App. When you upload or submit content to our Services, you grant Urnovl.co (and our parents and affiliates) a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable license to communicate, distribute, host, make modifications or derivative works (solely for the purpose of better showcase your work), publicly display, publicly perform, publish, reproduce, store, and use such content. The license granted by you or the license you have agreed to comply in the content of the first coauthor, is for the only purpose of operating, marketing, promoting, and improving our Services/Apps.

We will attribute to you if we incorporate your content into a Urnovl.co feature or into promotional or marketing materials.

Accessing and Sharing Your Content:

By submitting your content to our Services, you also give other Urnovl.co users the right to access and share your content via various social medial platforms integrated with Urnovl.co.

Our Service/App may also provide ways for you to limit the scope of use and access and other user’s access and use of your content (such as allowing you to make your content available under Creative Commons licenses). You are responsible for determining the limitations that are placed on your content and for applying the appropriate level of access to your content. We do not monitor or control what others do with your content. It’s your responsibility to let other users know how your content may be shared and adjust the setting related to accessing and sharing your content accordingly.

No confidentiality:

As a Urnovl.co account holder you may submit Content. You understand that whether or not Content is published, Urnovl.co does not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to Content.

You are responsible for your own content:

You are solely responsible for your own Content and the consequences of posting or publishing it. Urnovl.co does not endorse any Content or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed therein, and Urnovl.co expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with Content.

You own or have the right/licence to post such content:

You represent and warrant that you have (and will continue to have during your use of the Service) all necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions which are required to authorise Urnovl.co to use your Content for the purposes of the provision of the Service by Urnovl.co, and otherwise to use your Content in the manner contemplated by the Service and these Terms.

Don’t post copyrighted material:

You agree that Content you submit to the Service will not contain any third party copyright material, or material that is subject to other third party proprietary rights (including rights of privacy or rights of publicity), unless you are the rightful owner or have a formal licence or permission from the rightful owner, or are otherwise legally entitled, to post the material in question and to grant Urnovl.co the licence referred below in Licence to Your Content.

Follow house rules and other content guidelines:

You agree that your conduct on the Website/App as well as your submitted Content are compliant with Urnovl.co’s house rules(LINK) which will be updated from time to time.

The right to delete content/accounts:

Upon violation of these terms, Urnovl.co reserves the right to suspend or terminate any Content or Account without prior notice and at its sole discretion.

Termination of License:

You may terminate this license at any time by removing your content from the Services/Apps. However, you agree that Urnovl.co may retain and use copies of your content for archival or backup purposes and for the investigation purpose mentioned later.

Contact:

You have no obligation to provide Urnovl.co with ideas, suggestions or proposals (“Feedback”). If you Contact with Urnovl.co, we may use the content submitted for any purpose without compensation to you and have no obligation to keep the content submitted through Contact confidential.

Limitation of Liability:

IN NO EVENT SHALL URNOVL.CO BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM ANY (I) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT, (II) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF OUR SERVICES, (III) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (IV) ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM OUR SERVICES, (IV) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE, WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH OUR SERVICES BY ANY THIRD PARTY, AND/OR (V) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, EMAILED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA THE SERVICES, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE COMPANY IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE FOREGOING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW IN THE APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT URNOVL.CO SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR CONTENT OR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY AND THAT THE RISK OF HARM OR DAMAGE FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU.

Indemnity:

You agree to indemnify and hold Urnovl.co, its licensors, employees, sponsors, affiliates, successors, assigns, directors, officers, service providers and suppliers, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorney fees and costs, made by any third party due to or arising out of (i) the Content you submit, post or make available through the Service, (ii) your use of the Service, (iii) your breach of any of the representations and warranties herein or (v) the infringement or violation by you of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity.

Purchases

Paid Content:

In addition to Free Content which is publicly available,the Service may, but is not obligated to, permit users to post Paid Content that may only be accessed after payment of a specified amount of Virtual Currency/tokens.

In the Service you may purchase, with “real world” money, a limited, personal, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to use (a) “virtual currency”, including but not limited to virtual cash or tokens, only usable inside the website/app; (b) “virtual goods(paid content)” (together with “virtual currency”, “Virtual Goods”); and (c) other goods or services (“Merchandise”). You are only allowed to purchase Virtual Goods from Urnovl.co or our authorised partners through the Service, and not in any other way.

Urnovl.co may manage, regulate, control, modify or eliminate Virtual Goods and/or Merchandise at any time, with or without notice. Urnovl.co shall have no liability to you or any third party in the event that Urnovl.co exercises any such rights.

The transfer of Virtual Goods and Merchandise is prohibited except where expressly authorized in the Service. You shall not sell, redeem or otherwise transfer Virtual Goods or Merchandise to any person or entity, including but not limited to Urnovl, another user or any third party, (unless authorised by the Service)

ALL PURCHASES AND REDEMPTIONS OF THIRD PARTY VIRTUAL CURRENCY MADE THROUGH THE SERVICE ARE FINAL AND NON-REFUNDABLE.

The provision of Virtual Goods for use in the Website/App is a service provided by Urnovl.co that commences immediately upon accepting your payment.

Fees and taxation:

You agree to pay all fees and applicable taxes incurred by you or anyone using an Account registered to you. Urnovl.co may revise the pricing for the goods and services offered through the Service at any time. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT URNOVL.CO IS NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A REFUND FOR ANY REASON, AND THAT YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE MONEY OR OTHER COMPENSATION FOR UNUSED VIRTUAL ITEMS IF AND WHEN AN ACCOUNT IS CLOSED, WHETHER SUCH CLOSURE WAS VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY.

Violation of Intellectual property rights

Urnovl.co respects copyright and intellectual property rights. Some rights of the authors and their content submitted on the site are transferable according to their respective creative commons licence chosen by the author.

If you notice that your content and or any part of the Urnovl.co website/app is subject to copyright infringement, you should immediately file a notice at support@urnovl.co along with necessary proof and explanation to support your allegation.

Urnovl.co may suspend or terminate any account that is suspected of copyright infringment without notice.

Termination of License

You may terminate this license at any time by removing your content from the Services/Apps. However, you agree that Urnovl.co may retain and use copies of your content for archival or backup purposes and for the investigation purpose mentioned later.

Contact

You have no obligation to provide Urnovl.co with ideas, suggestions or proposals (“Feedback”). If you Contact with Urnovl.co, we may use the content submitted for any purpose without compensation to you and have no obligation to keep the content submitted through Contact confidential.

Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT SHALL URNOVL.CO BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM ANY (I) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT, (II) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF OUR SERVICES, (III) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (IV) ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM OUR SERVICES, (IV) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE, WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH OUR SERVICES BY ANY THIRD PARTY, AND/OR (V) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, EMAILED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA THE SERVICES, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE COMPANY IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE FOREGOING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW IN THE APPLICABLE JURISDICTION. YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT URNOVL.CO SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR CONTENT OR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY AND THAT THE RISK OF HARM OR DAMAGE FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold Urnovl.co, its licensors, employees, sponsors, affiliates, successors, assigns, directors, officers, service providers and suppliers, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorney fees and costs, made by any third party due to or arising out of (i) the Content you submit, post or make available through the Service, (ii) your use of the Service, (iii) your breach of any of the representations and warranties herein or (v) the infringement or violation by you of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity.

Force majeure

We shall not be liable for any failure to perform our obligations hereunder where such failure results from any cause beyond our reasonable control, including, without limitation, mechanical, electronic or communications failure or degradation.

No waiver

Our failure to enforce any part of these Terms of service shall not constitute a waiver of our right to later enforce that or any other part of these Terms of Service. Waiver of compliance in any particular instance does not mean that we will waive compliance in the future. In order for any waiver of compliance with these Terms of Service to be binding, we must provide you with written notice of such waiver through one of our authorized representatives.

Governing law

This Agreement shall be governed, construed, and enforced in accordance with the laws of Cyprus, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. Your use of the Website may also be subject to other local, state, national, or international laws. You expressly agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any claim or dispute with Urnovl.co or relating in any way to your use of the Website/App resides in the courts of Cyprus.

Assignment

These Terms of service, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by Urnovl.co without restriction.
Date of Last Revision
14 July 2015