Terms & Conditions
Last updated
3/01/2024
AGREEMENT TO OUR LEGAL
TERMS
We are Forward Forensics Ltd
( "Company,"
"we," "us," "our" )
.
We operate
, as well as any other related products and services that refer
or link to these legal terms (the "Legal Terms"
) (collectively, the
"Services" ).
You can contact us by
email
at Forward Forensics Ltd
or by mail to
[email protected]
, Forward Forensics Ltd
,
Forward Forensics Ltd
.
These Legal Terms
constitute a legally binding agreement
made between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity (
"you" ), and
Forward Forensics Ltd , concerning your access to and use of the Services. You agree that
by accessing
the Services, you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by all of these Legal Terms. IF YOU
DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THESE LEGAL TERMS, THEN YOU ARE EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED FROM USING THE
SERVICES AND YOU MUST DISCONTINUE USE IMMEDIATELY.
Supplemental terms and
conditions or documents that may
be posted on the Services from time to time are hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference.
We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to make changes or modifications to these Legal Terms
at any time and for any reason . We will alert you about any changes by updating the
"Last updated" date
of these Legal Terms, and you waive any right to receive specific notice of each such change. It is
your responsibility to periodically review these Legal Terms to stay informed of updates. You will
be subject to, and will be deemed to have been made aware of and to have accepted, the changes in
any revised Legal Terms by your continued use of the Services after the date such revised Legal
Terms are posted.
We recommend that you print a
copy of these Legal Terms for your records.
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
1. OUR SERVICES
The information provided when using the Services 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 Services 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. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
Our intellectual
property
We are the owner or the
licensee of all intellectual
property rights in our Services, including all source code, databases, functionality, software,
website designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics in the Services (collectively, the
"Content" ), as well
as the trademarks, service marks, and logos contained therein (the
"Marks" ).
Our Content and Marks
are protected by copyright and
trademark laws (and various
other intellectual property rights and unfair competition laws) and treaties in the United
States and around the world.
The Content and Marks
are provided in or through the
Services "AS IS"
for your personal, non-commercial use or internal business
purpose only.
Your use of our
Services
Subject to your compliance with these Legal Terms, including the " PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
" section below, we
grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license
to:
- access the Services; and
- download or print a copy of any portion of the Content to which you have properly gained access.
solely for your
personal, non-commercial use or internal business purpose
.
Except as set out in
this section or elsewhere in our
Legal Terms, no part of the Services and no Content or Marks may be copied, reproduced,
aggregated, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded,
translated, transmitted, distributed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited
for any commercial purpose whatsoever, without our express prior written
permission.
If you wish to make any
use of the Services,
Content, or Marks other than as set out in this section or elsewhere in our Legal Terms, please
address your request to: Forward Forensics Ltd . If we ever grant you the
permission
to post, reproduce, or publicly display any part of our Services or Content, you must identify us as
the owners or licensors of the Services, Content, or Marks and ensure that any copyright or
proprietary notice appears or is visible on posting, reproducing, or displaying our Content.
We reserve all rights
not expressly granted to you
in and to the Services, Content, and Marks.
Any breach of these
Intellectual Property Rights
will constitute a material breach of our Legal Terms and your right to use our Services will
terminate immediately.
Your
submissions
Please review this section and the " PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
" section carefully
prior to using our Services to understand the (a) rights you give us and (b) obligations you have
when you post or upload any content through the Services.
Submissions: By directly sending us any question, comment,
suggestion, idea, feedback, or other information about the Services (
"Submissions" ), you agree to assign to us all
intellectual property rights in such Submission. You agree that we shall own this Submission and be
entitled to its unrestricted use and dissemination for any lawful purpose, commercial or otherwise,
without acknowledgment or compensation to you.
You are responsible for what you post or upload: By
sending us Submissions through any part of the Services you:
- confirm that you have read and agree with our
" PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES " and will not post, send, publish, upload, or transmit through the Services any Submission that is illegal, harassing, hateful, harmful, defamatory, obscene, bullying, abusive, discriminatory, threatening to any person or group, sexually explicit, false, inaccurate, deceitful, or misleading; - to the extent permissible by applicable law, waive any and all moral
rights to any such Submission
; - warrant that any such Submission
are original to you or that you have the necessary rights and licenses to submit such Submissions and that you have full authority to grant us the above-mentioned rights in relation to your Submissions ; and - warrant and represent that your Submissions
do not constitute confidential information.
You are solely responsible
for your Submissions and you expressly agree to reimburse us for any
and all losses that we may suffer because of your breach of (a) this section, (b) any third party’s
intellectual property rights, or (c) applicable law.
By using the Services,
you represent and warrant
that:
(1) you have the legal capacity and you agree to
comply with these Legal Terms;
(2) you are not a
minor in the jurisdiction in which you reside
; (
3) you will not access the Services through
automated or non-human means, whether through a bot, script or
otherwise; (4) you will not use the Services for any
illegal or unauthorized purpose; and (5) your use of the Services will not violate
any applicable law or regulation.
If you provide
any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, we have the right to
suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the
Services (or any portion thereof).
4. PROHIBITED
ACTIVITIES
You may not
access or use the Services for any purpose other than that for which we make the Services
available. The Services may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors
except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by us.
As a
user of the Services, you agree not to:
- Systematically retrieve data or other content from the Services to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without written permission from us.
- Trick, defraud, or mislead us and other users, especially in any attempt to learn sensitive account information such as user passwords.
- Circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Services, including features that prevent or restrict the use or copying of any Content or enforce limitations on the use of the Services and/or the Content contained therein.
- Disparage, tarnish, or otherwise harm, in our opinion, us and/or the Services.
- Use any information obtained from the Services in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person.
- Make improper use of our support services or submit false reports of abuse or misconduct.
- Use the Services in a manner inconsistent with any applicable laws or regulations.
- Engage
in
unauthorized framing of or linking to the Services. - Upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) viruses, Trojan horses, or other material, including excessive use of capital letters and spamming (continuous posting of repetitive text), that interferes with any party’s uninterrupted use and enjoyment of the Services or modifies, impairs, disrupts, alters, or interferes with the use, features, functions, operation, or maintenance of the Services.
- Engage in any automated use of the system, such as using scripts to send comments or messages, or using any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools.
- Delete the copyright or other proprietary rights notice from any Content.
- Attempt to impersonate another user or person or use the username of another user.
- Upload
or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) any material
that acts as a passive or active information collection or
transmission mechanism, including without limitation, clear
graphics interchange formats (
), 1×1 pixels, web bugs, cookies, or other similar devices (sometimes referred to as "spyware" or "passive collection mechanisms" or "pcms" ). - Interfere with, disrupt, or create an undue burden on the Services or the networks or services connected to the Services.
- Harass, annoy, intimidate, or threaten any of our employees or agents engaged in providing any portion of the Services to you.
- Attempt to bypass any measures of the Services designed to prevent or restrict access to the Services, or any portion of the Services.
- Copy or adapt the Services' software, including but not limited to Flash, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, or other code.
- Except as permitted by applicable law, decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Services.
- Except
as may be the result of standard search engine or Internet
browser usage, use, launch, develop, or distribute any automated
system, including without limitation, any spider, robot, cheat
utility, scraper, or offline reader that accesses the Services,
or use or launch any
unauthorized script or other software. - Use a buying agent or purchasing agent to make purchases on the Services.
- Make
any
unauthorized use of the Services, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of users by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email, or creating user accounts by automated means or under false pretenses . - Use
the Services as part of any effort to compete with us or
otherwise use the Services and/or the Content for any
revenue-generating
endeavor or commercial enterprise.
5. USER
GENERATED CONTRIBUTIONS
6. CONTRIBUTION
LICENSE
You and
Services agree that we may access, store, process, and use any information and
personal data that you provide and your choices
(including settings).
By submitting
suggestions or other feedback regarding the Services, you agree that we can use and
share such feedback for any purpose without compensation to you.
We do not
assert any ownership over your Contributions. You retain full ownership of all of your
Contributions and any intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights
associated with your Contributions. We are not liable for any statements or
representations in your Contributions provided by you in any area on the Services. You
are solely responsible for your Contributions to the Services and you expressly agree to
exonerate us from any and all responsibility and to refrain from any legal action
against us regarding your Contributions.
7. SERVICES
MANAGEMENT
We reserve the right,
but not the obligation, to: (1) monitor the Services for violations of these Legal Terms; (2)
take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in our sole discretion, violates the law or
these Legal Terms, including without limitation, reporting such user to law enforcement
authorities; (3) in our sole discretion and without limitation, refuse, restrict access to,
limit the availability of, or disable (to the extent technologically feasible) any of your
Contributions or any portion thereof; (4) in our sole discretion and without limitation, notice,
or liability, to remove from the Services or otherwise disable all files and content that are
excessive in size or are in any way burdensome to our systems; and (5) otherwise manage the
Services in a manner designed to protect our rights and property and to facilitate the proper
functioning of the Services.
8. TERM
AND TERMINATION
These Legal Terms
shall remain in full force and effect while you use the Services. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OTHER
PROVISION OF THESE LEGAL TERMS, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION AND WITHOUT
NOTICE OR LIABILITY, DENY ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SERVICES (INCLUDING BLOCKING CERTAIN IP
ADDRESSES), TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY REASON OR FOR NO REASON, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION FOR
BREACH OF ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, OR COVENANT CONTAINED IN THESE LEGAL TERMS OR OF ANY
APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION. WE MAY TERMINATE YOUR USE OR PARTICIPATION IN THE SERVICES OR
DELETE
ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION THAT YOU POSTED AT ANY TIME, WITHOUT WARNING, IN OUR
SOLE DISCRETION.
If we terminate
or suspend your account for any reason, you are prohibited from registering and creating a
new account under your name, a fake or borrowed name, or the name of any third party, even
if you may be acting on behalf of the third party. In addition to terminating or suspending
your account, we reserve the right to take appropriate legal action, including without
limitation pursuing civil, criminal, and injunctive redress.
9. MODIFICATIONS
AND INTERRUPTIONS
We reserve the
right to change, modify, or remove the contents of the Services at any time or for any
reason at our sole discretion without notice. However, we have no obligation to update any
information on our Services. We will not be liable to you
or any third party for any modification, price change, suspension, or discontinuance of the
Services.
We cannot
guarantee the Services will be available at all times. We may experience hardware, software,
or other problems or need to perform maintenance related to the Services, resulting in
interruptions, delays, or errors. We reserve the right to change, revise, update, suspend,
discontinue, or otherwise modify the Services at any time or for any reason without notice
to you. You agree that we have no liability whatsoever for any loss, damage, or
inconvenience caused by your inability to access or use the Services during any downtime or
discontinuance of the Services. Nothing in these Legal Terms will be construed to obligate
us to maintain and support the Services or to supply any corrections, updates, or releases
in connection therewith.
10. GOVERNING
LAW
These Legal Terms
shall be governed by and defined following the laws of
Forward Forensics Ltd
. Forward Forensics Ltd and yourself irrevocably consent
that the
courts of
Forward Forensics Ltd
shall have exclusive jurisdiction to resolve any dispute which may arise in
connection with these Legal Terms.
11. DISPUTE
RESOLUTION
Informal Negotiations
To expedite resolution and control the cost of any dispute,
controversy, or claim related to these Legal Terms (each a
"Dispute" and collectively, the "Disputes"
) brought by either you or us (individually, a
"Party" and collectively, the "Parties" ), the
Parties agree to first attempt to negotiate any Dispute (except those Disputes expressly
provided below) informally for at least Forward Forensics Ltd
days before
initiating arbitration. Such informal negotiations commence upon written notice from one
Party to the other Party.
Binding Arbitration
Any
dispute arising out of or in connection with these Legal Terms, including any question regarding
its existence, validity, or termination, shall be referred to and finally resolved by the
International Commercial Arbitration Court under the European Arbitration Chamber (Belgium,
Brussels, Avenue Louise, 146) according to the Rules of this ICAC, which, as a result of
referring to it, is considered as the part of this clause. The number of arbitrators shall be
Forward Forensics Ltd . The seat, or legal place, or arbitration
shall be
Forward Forensics Ltd
. The language of the proceedings shall be Forward Forensics Ltd
. The
governing law of these Legal Terms shall be substantive law of
Forward Forensics Ltd
.
Restrictions
The
Parties agree that any arbitration shall be limited to the Dispute between the Parties
individually. To the full extent permitted by law, (a) no arbitration shall be joined with any
other proceeding; (b) there is no right or authority for any Dispute to be arbitrated on a
class-action basis or to utilize class action procedures; and (c) there is no right
or authority for any Dispute to be brought in a purported representative capacity on behalf of
the general public or any other persons.
12. CORRECTIONS
There may be information on the Services that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies, or
omissions, including descriptions, pricing, availability, and various other information. We
reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions and to change or update the
information on the Services at any time, without prior notice.
13.
DISCLAIMER
THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN AS-IS AND AS-AVAILABLE
BASIS. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH
THE SERVICES AND YOUR USE THEREOF, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE MAKE NO
WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE SERVICES' CONTENT OR
THE CONTENT OF ANY WEBSITES OR MOBILE APPLICATIONS LINKED TO THE SERVICES AND WE WILL ASSUME
NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY (1) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT AND
MATERIALS, (2) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM
YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SERVICES, (3) ANY
UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE
SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN,
(4) ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM THE SERVICES, (5) ANY BUGS,
VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH THE SERVICES BY
ANY THIRD PARTY, AND/OR (6) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT AND MATERIALS OR FOR ANY
LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED,
TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA THE SERVICES. WE DO NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE,
GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE ADVERTISED OR OFFERED BY A
THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE SERVICES, ANY HYPERLINKED WEBSITE, OR ANY WEBSITE OR MOBILE
APPLICATION FEATURED IN ANY BANNER OR OTHER ADVERTISING, AND WE WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN
ANY WAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY THIRD-PARTY
PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES. AS WITH THE PURCHASE OF A PRODUCT OR SERVICE THROUGH ANY
MEDIUM OR IN ANY ENVIRONMENT, YOU SHOULD USE YOUR BEST
JUDGMENT AND EXERCISE CAUTION WHERE
APPROPRIATE.
14. LIMITATIONS
OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT WILL WE
OR OUR DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY
DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES,
INCLUDING LOST PROFIT, LOST REVENUE, LOSS OF DATA, OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR
USE OF THE SERVICES, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN,
OUR LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF
THE ACTION, WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO
THE LESSER OF THE AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU
TO US
OR
.
CERTAIN US STATE LAWS AND
INTERNATIONAL LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR
THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY
TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT
APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.
15. INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to
defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless, including our subsidiaries,
affiliates, and all of our respective officers, agents, partners, and
employees, from and against any loss, damage, liability, claim, or demand, including
reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, made by any third party due to or
arising out of:
(1) use of the Services; (2) breach of these Legal Terms; (3) any breach of your representations and
warranties set forth in these Legal Terms; (4) your violation of the rights of a third
party, including but not limited to intellectual property rights; or (5) any overt harmful act toward any other user
of the Services with whom you connected via the Services. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
we reserve the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense
and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to
cooperate, at your expense, with our defense of such claims. We will use reasonable
efforts to notify you of any such claim, action, or proceeding which is subject to this
indemnification upon becoming aware of it.
16. USER
DATA
We will maintain
certain data that you transmit to the Services for the purpose of managing the
performance of the Services, as well as data relating to your use of the Services. Although
we perform regular routine backups
of data, you are solely responsible for all data that you transmit or that
relates to any activity you have undertaken using the Services. You agree
that we shall have no liability to you for any loss or corruption of any such
data, and you hereby waive any right of action against us arising from any such
loss or corruption of such data.
17. ELECTRONIC
COMMUNICATIONS, TRANSACTIONS, AND SIGNATURES
Visiting the Services, sending us emails, and completing
online forms constitute electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic
communications, and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other
communications we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Services, satisfy any
legal requirement that such communication be in writing. YOU HEREBY AGREE TO THE USE OF
ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES, CONTRACTS, ORDERS, AND OTHER RECORDS, AND TO ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF
NOTICES, POLICIES, AND RECORDS OF TRANSACTIONS INITIATED OR COMPLETED BY US OR VIA THE
SERVICES. You hereby waive any rights or requirements under any statutes, regulations,
rules, ordinances, or other laws in any jurisdiction which require an original signature or
delivery or retention of non-electronic records, or to payments or the granting of credits
by any means other than electronic means.
18. MISCELLANEOUS
These Legal Terms and any policies or operating rules
posted by us on the Services or in respect to the Services constitute the entire agreement
and understanding between you and us. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or
provision of these Legal Terms shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision.
These Legal Terms operate to the fullest extent permissible by law. We may assign any or all
of our rights and obligations to others at any time. We shall not be responsible or liable
for any loss, damage, delay, or failure to act caused by any cause beyond our reasonable
control. If any provision or part of a provision of these Legal Terms is determined to be
unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision or part of the provision is deemed
severable from these Legal Terms and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any
remaining provisions. There is no joint venture, partnership, employment or agency
relationship created between you and us as a result of these Legal Terms or use of the
Services. You agree that these Legal Terms will not be construed against us by virtue of
having drafted them. You hereby waive any and all
defenses you may have based on the electronic
form of these Legal Terms and the lack of signing by the parties hereto to execute these
Legal Terms.
19. CONTACT
US
In order to resolve a complaint regarding the Services
or to receive further information regarding use of the Services, please contact us
at: