Effective Date: May 23, 2022

Welcome to ZEF Global! We’re delighted to have you on our website and maybe even using our service (the “Services”). Please continue reading to learn about the terms by which you may use our web and/or mobile services (collectively, the “Services”). If you have questions about this Agreement, please contact us by visiting our Help Center.

By accessing or using the Services, or by otherwise affirmatively stating your desire to use the Services, you signify that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by this Agreement and to the collection and use of your information as set forth in the ZEF Global Privacy Policy, otherwise you may not use the Services. Because our Services change relatively often, the terms in this Agreement and our Privacy Policy may change too. We will notify you via email in advance of any material changes to the terms. Upon making changes, we will update the “Effective Date” found at the top of this page. Your continued use of the Services after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the new terms.

USING THE SERVICES

In the use of certain Services, you may provide, post, upload, input or submit on or through the Services, including blog pages, message boards, comment or discussion features, chat rooms and forums information, content or other material (“Your Content”). You are solely responsible for Your Content. You assume all risks associated with the use of Your Content, including any reliance on its accuracy, completeness or usefulness by others, or any disclosure of Your Content that personally identifies you or any third party. You are solely responsible for creating and maintaining your own backup copies of your User Content if you desire

Some Services may allow you to:

• Provide, post, upload, input or submit on or through the Services, including blog pages, message boards, comment or discussion features, chat rooms and forums, Your Content. Remember that all information that is disclosed in blog, message board, comment or other public areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to share any of your personal information as part of Your Content;
• Use the Services as modified with Your Content; and/or
• Arrange for third parties to have access to Your Content subject to these Terms of Use.

Except as expressly permitted herein, you shall not:

• Access the Services by any means other than instructions provided by Company;
• Use the Services for any illegal or unauthorized purpose;
• Disrupt, damage, disable, alter, tamper, delete or interfere with the Services;
• Share with any third party any access codes or Account information, including without limitation your username and password that you may create or Company may provide in connection with the Services;
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Services or its related systems or networks, or otherwise override any security feature of exclusionary protocol;
• Reproduce, duplicate, copy, download, sell, resell, visit, or otherwise exploit the Services or Company Content for any commercial purpose without the express written consent of Company;
• Access the Services in order to: (1) build a competitive product or service, or (2) copy any ideas, features, functions, or graphics of the Services;
• Text and data mine except as permitted by ZEF Global’s Text and Data Mining Agreement. ZEF Global reserves all rights to make reproductions and extractions for text and data mining.
• or
• Provide, post, upload, input or submit on or through the Services, including blog pages, message boards, comment or discussion features, chat rooms or forums, or facilitate any of the foregoing, any content that:
  • Is unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, deceptive, fraudulent, invasive of another’s privacy, discriminatory, sexually oriented or tortious;
  • Infringes on any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity, or other proprietary right of any party;
  • Constitutes unauthorized or unsolicited advertising, junk or bulk e-mail, or any form of lottery or gambling;
  • Constitutes the selling or trading of any merchandise;
  • Constitutes the soliciting for advertisers/sponsors; conducting contests/raffles; displaying advertising/sponsorship art; promoting, soliciting or participating in chain letters or marketing/pyramid schemes;
  • Contains software viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs that are designed or intended to disrupt, damage, or limit the functioning of any software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment or to damage or obtain unauthorized access to any data or other information of any third party;
  • Contains links to sites that violate these Terms of Use, such as pornographic sites, defamatory sites, and so on; or
  • Impersonates any person or entity.

We generally do not pre-screen, monitor or edit the content posted by users of the Services. However, we have the right at our sole discretion to remove any content that, in our judgment, does not comply with the foregoing or is otherwise harmful, objectionable, or inaccurate. We are not responsible for any failure or delay in removing such content.

You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your Account and you are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your access codes and Account information. You must notify us immediately if you become aware of any unauthorized use of your access codes or account information. You acknowledge that use of the Services is for your personal use only.

OWNERSHIP

All rights (including without limitation, copyrights, trademarks, patents and trade secrets) in the Services and the content contained therein, other than Your Content, and all rights in the data concerning your use of the Services (“Company Content”) are and will remain the sole and exclusive property of Company and/or its licensors. No title to or ownership of any portion of the Services, the Company Content or any other products or services manufactured, sold and/or distributed or otherwise made available by Company, or any proprietary rights related to those products/services, is or will be transferred pursuant to or by virtue of these Terms of Use. Company hereby grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, revocable license to display and reproduce the Company Content (other than software code) solely for your personal use in connection with using the Services and to use the Services for your personal use in accordance with these Terms of Use. Company and its licensors reserve all rights not granted in these Terms of Use. There is no implied license granted under these Terms of Use.

By providing, posting, uploading, inputting or submitting (“Providing”) Your Content to the Services, you hereby grant Company a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, sublicensable and transferable license to use, distribute, reproduce, prepare derivative works of, perform, display, publish, post, reformat, index, archive, make available, link to, and otherwise use Your Content in all forms and media (whether now known or later developed) in connection with the Services.

By Providing Your Content, you warrant and represent that: you own or otherwise control all of the rights to Your Content, including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for granting the permission specified above; your Content does not contain any unlawful statements, infringe upon the rights of others, breach any confidentiality obligation, violate a contract, or contain any material or instructions that might cause harm or injury; and you own or otherwise control all of the rights to Your Content, including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for granting the permission specified above.

FEEDBACK

You may from time to time provide Company with suggestions, ideas or other feedback regarding the Services (“Feedback”). Both parties agree that Company shall own such Feedback and is entitled, but not obligated, to use, develop and exploit it in any manner, without restriction or duty to compensate or seek permission from you.

THIRD-PARTY LINKS & ADS; OTHER USERS

1. Third-Party Links & Ads. Our websites may contain links to third-party websites and services, and/or display advertisements for third parties (collectively, “Third-Party Links & Ads”). Such Third-Party Links & Ads are not under the control of Company, and Company is not responsible for any Third-Party Links & Ads. Company provides access to these Third-Party Links & Ads only as a convenience to you, and does not review, approve, monitor, endorse, warrant, or make any representations with respect to Third-Party Links & Ads. You use all Third-Party Links & Ads at your own risk, and should apply a suitable level of caution and discretion in doing so. When you click on any of the Third-Party Links & Ads, the applicable third party’s terms and policies apply, including the third party’s privacy and data gathering practices. You should make whatever investigation you feel necessary or appropriate before proceeding with any transaction in connection with such Third-Party Links & Ads.
2. Other Users. Each user of our Services is solely responsible for any and all of its user content, which we do not control. We make no guarantees regarding the accuracy, currency, suitability, or quality of any such information, content or material. Your interactions with other users through our Services are solely between you and such users. You agree that Company will not be responsible for any loss or damage incurred as the result of any such interactions. If there is a dispute between you and any other user, we are under no obligation to become involved.

TERM AND TERMINATION

These Terms of Use remain in full force and effect while you use our Services. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to suspend or terminate your Account and/or access to all or part of the Services, with or without notice. You understand that any termination of your Account may involve deletion of Your Content associated with your Account from our live databases. Company will not have any liability whatsoever to you for any termination of your rights under these Terms of Use, including for termination of your Account or deletion of Your Content.

Upon termination, all rights granted to you in these Terms of Use will immediately cease.

To the extent that you have a subscription that extends beyond termination of these Terms of Use, unless such termination is due to your breach, the subscription shall remain in force for the period set forth in the subscription terms or subscription order.

Any provision of these Terms of Use that expressly or by implication is intended to continue in force after termination or expiration of these Terms of Use will survive.

INDEMNIFICATION

1. To the extent permitted by applicable law, you will defend, indemnify and hold harmless Company, its licensees, and their respective affiliates, parents and subsidiaries and their respective officers, directors, agents, representatives, successors and assigns (the “Company Indemnitees”) from and against all liability and expense, including without limitation reasonable counsel fees and costs, arising from any claim, suit or proceeding brought against a Company Indemnitee (i) claiming that Your Content infringes or misappropriates any patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary right of any third party; (ii) in connection with your violation of these Terms of Use; or your violation of applicable laws or regulations.
2. In the event of a claim triggering your obligation to indemnify, you shall provide us with (i) prompt written notice of any such claim; (ii) sole control over the defense and settlement of such claim and (iii) proper and full information and assistance to settle or defend any such claim.

DISCLAIMER

The Services and all materials contained therein are provided “as is”, without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, reliability, availability or fitness for a particular purpose. The use of the Services and all materials contained therein is at your own risk. Access to the Services may be interrupted and may not be error free. Neither Company nor anyone else involved in creating the Services or the material contained therein will be liable to you for any direct indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages arising out of your use of or inability to use the Services and all materials contained therein, even if Company has been advised of the possibility of such damages. The terms of this Section 7 shall apply to the fullest extent permitted by the law in the applicable jurisdiction.

CORRECTIONS

The Services may contain errors or inaccuracies and may not be complete or current. Company, therefore, reserves the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions (including after an order has been submitted) and to change or update information at any time without prior notice. Please note that such errors, inaccuracies, or omissions may relate to pricing, and we reserve the right to cancel or refuse to accept any order placed based on incorrect pricing or availability information.

INJUNCTIVE RELIEF

You agree that any breach of your obligations with respect to Company’s proprietary or intellectual property rights will result in irreparable injury to Company for which money damages are inadequate, and you therefore agree that Company shall be entitled to seek injunctive relief, without the requirement of posting a bond, in addition to any other relief that a court may deem proper.

PRIVACY POLICY & CONSENTS

Company will process and store profile information that you provide to Company (name and email) in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Company may also send you service announcements, administrative messages and other information in connection with your use of the Services. You may opt out of particular communications.

GOVERNING LAW

These Terms of Use will be governed by the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. The application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply. You agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located in Chester County, Pennsylvania for any actions related to this Agreement.

Contact Us

If you have any comments, requests, or questions, please email us at contact@zefglobal.org or contact us via 484-784-7190.