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General Terms and Conditions for the Use Of Laughing
Kiwi Enterprises Member Area
Preamble
Upon registration as a user of Laughing Kiwi the user (hereinafter referred to as the "User") acknowledges and agrees that these General Terms and Conditions (hereinafter referred to as the "GTC") shall be binding to the contractual relationship between the User and Laughing Kiwi.
Laughing Kiwi operates the services of Laughing Kiwi on the
Internet under various top-level-domains (e.g. e.g. krissyjackson.com,
kickstartyourlife.net, mauritius2008.com). The entirety of the
websites on which Laughing Kiwi provides the services of Laughing
Kiwi are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Laughing
Kiwi Enterprises Websites".
These GTC shall govern the contractual relationship between the User and Laughing
Kiwi irrespective of from which of the Laughing Kiwi-Websites
the User registers with or logs in to the Laughing Kiwi-Websites.
1. Subject Matter
1.1. The Laughing Kiwi-Websites offer two alternatives of use to registered
users: (i) ONE (1) month free introduction (membership in this
forum is hereinafter referred to as the "Complementary
Membership"), and (ii) a private communication forum for
the initiation of business contacts (membership in this forum
is hereinafter referred to as the "Private Membership").
1.2. Payments for Private Membership shall be due and owing immediately after
the successful registration by the User. The User may effect
payment by (i) the automatic debit transfer systems offered
by Laughing Kiwi Enterprises, (ii) the accepted credit cards,
or (iii) by means of the available online payment systems. If
Laughing Kiwi Enterprises cannot collect any fees due and payable
from an account designated by the User due to lack of coverage
of said account, the User shall bear all costs arising there
from, including without limitation bank charges related to any
debit entries and/or similar charges. Laughing Kiwi Enterprises
is entitled to deliver invoices for the Private Membership fees
by e-mail to the User, and in addition Laughing Kiwi Enterprises
shall provide said invoices for download by the User in the
Premium Membership area of the -Laughing Kiwi Enterprises Websites
for a period of one (1) year from the date of invoicing.
1.3. Any use of any of the services and/or contents offered
on the Laughing Kiwi Enterprises -Websites in excess of the
scope of use as provided by Laughing Kiwi Enterprises is inadmissible
without the prior written consent of Laughing Kiwi Enterprises.
1.4.Laughing Kiwi Enterprises shall make available all data and/or information
provided by the User, unless said data and/or information breaches
(i) any applicable law or statute or (ii) any of the terms and
conditions of these GTC. Laughing Kiwi Enterprises is entitled
to remove any data and/or information not in compliance with
the foregoing provision without giving prior notice to the User.
1.5. The User acknowledges and agrees that it is technologically impossible
to achieve a 100 %-availability of Laughing Kiwi Enterprises
-Websites. Laughing Kiwi Enterprises shall strive to constantly
provide the Laughing Kiwi Enterprises -Websites to the extent
possible. Events such as for example maintenance works, safety
or capacity requirements, and/or events beyond Laughing Kiwi
Enterprises reasonable sphere of control (e.g. disruptions in
public communication networks, power failures etc.), may result
in short disturbances or in temporary interruptions of the services
provided on the Laughing Kiwi Enterprises Websites.
1.6. Laughing Kiwi Enterprises offers Laughing Kiwi Enterprises Private members
area solely with the intent to bring the User together with
other users , and Laughing Kiwi Enterprises merely provides
technological applications allowing the User to contact other
users. In no event shall Laughing Kiwi Enterprises participate
in any private communication among the User with other users.
If the User enters into agreements with other users via the
Laughing Kiwi Enterprises -Websites, Laughing Kiwi Enterprises
shall not be a contracting party to these agreements, and in
no event shall Laughing Kiwi Enterprises be responsible for
the execution and/or fulfillment of contracts between the User
and any other user. Laughing Kiwi Enterprises does not warrant
nor represent that the User may successfully establish the contact
to any other user regarding any agreements made via the Laughing
Kiwi Enterprises -Websites. Further, Laughing Kiwi Enterprises
shall not be liable to any user for a breach of duties under
these agreements.
2. Representations and Warranties upon Registration
2.1. The User must register prior to using any of the services on the Laughing
Kiwi Enterprises -Websites.
2.2. The User warrants and represents that all of the data
provided by the User for registration is accurate and complete.
The User shall report any changes in the registration data to
Laughing Kiwi Enterprises without undue delay.
It is inadmissible for the User to use pseudonyms or pen names.
2.3. The User warrants and represents that the User is of legal
age at the time of registration,
2.4. The User shall select a password upon registration. The
User is obliged to keep the password secret. Laughing Kiwi Enterprises
shall not disclose the password to any third party and Laughing
Kiwi Enterprises shall not request the User's password at any
time.
2.5. The User is entitled to register with the Krissyjackson.com
Members area only once, and the User may only establish one
(1) user profile. 2.6. It is technologically impossible for
Laughing Kiwi Enterprises to determine with certainty whether
any user registered with Laughing Kiwi Enterprises is in fact
the person which such user represents to be. Laughing Kiwi Enterprises
does not warrant nor represent the correctness of any user's
represented identity, and each user is solely responsible to
check the correctness of the identity of any other user.
3. Obligations of the User
3.1. The User is obliged
3.1.1. to provide true and non-misleading statements in the User's profile
and in the User's communication with other users, and to refrain
from using any pseudonyms or pen names.
3.1.2. to transmit to the Laughing Kiwi Enterprises -Websites
only photographs of the User which are not older than two (2)
years and which clearly and plainly identify the User. The User
warrants and represents that the public display of the photographs
delivered by the User to the Laughing Kiwi Enterprises -Websites
is permitted by law. The User shall not transmit any photographs
or images of any other person than of the User, nor of non-existent
persons or other beings (such as animals, fantasy beings, etc.).
The photographs delivered by the User shall not contain any
company logos.
3.1.3. to comply, when using the contents and services on the Laughing Kiwi
Enterprises -Websites, with all applicable laws and statutes,
including without limitation all intellectual property rights
and any other rights of any third party. In particular, without
limitation, the User shall not,
- use any insulting or defamatory contents, regardless of
whether said contents addresses any other user or any personnel
of Laughing Kiwi Enterprises or any other companies,
- use any pornographic contents or any contents not in compliance
with any applicable laws or statutes for the protection of
minors, and the User shall neither advertise nor promote,
offer or distribute any pornographic products or products
which do not comply with any applicable laws or statutes for
the protection of minors,
- unreasonably disturb any other user, in particular by using
SPAM
- use any contents protected by law or statute (e.g. by copyright,
trademark, patent, utility patent, or design patent laws),
without being entitled to do so, nor to advertise, promote,
offer or distribute any goods or services protected by law
or statute, or
- use or promote any unfair competition commercial practices,
including without limitation progressive customer acquisition
practices (such as, for example, chain distribution systems,
multilevel selling or pyramid sales).
3.1.4. to refrain from undertaking any of the following molesting
actions, even if they do not constitute a breach of any applicable
laws or statutes:
- Sending chain letters,
- Sending identical private messages to more than one (1)
user at the same time,
- Performing, advertising and promoting any form of multi-level
marketing, or
- Using any insinuating or sexual communication, neither suggestive
nor explicit.
3.2. The following actions are inadmissible to the User:
- Use of any mechanisms, software or scripts in connection
with the use of the -Laughing Kiwi Enterprises Websites. However,
the User may use the interfaces or software provided by Laughing
Kiwi Enterprises within the scope of the services available
on the Laughing Kiwi Enterprises -Websites.
- Blocking, overwriting, modifying and copying of any contents
of the Laughing Kiwi Enterprises -Websites, unless said actions
are mandatory for the proper use of the services on the Laughing
Kiwi Enterprises -Websites. For avoidance of doubt and as
an example, the use of "Robot/Crawler"-search engine
technologies is not mandatory for the proper use and is therefore
inadmissible;
- Distributing or publicly displaying the contents of any
of the websites of Laughing Kiwi Enterprises or any other
user,
- Performing any actions which may impair the operability
of Laughing Kiwi Enterprises infrastructure, including without
limitation actions which may unreasonably overload said infrastructure.
4. Changes in the Services on the Laughing Kiwi-Websites
Laughing Kiwi Enterprises reserves the right to modify the services offered
on the Laughing Kiwi Enterprises -Websites and/or to offer different
services than the ones offered at the time of the User's registration
at any time, to the extent reasonable to the User.
5. Termination of Membership, Repayment of Advance Payments
5.1. The User may terminate the Complementary Membership at any time without
cause.
5.2. The User may terminate the Premium Membership to the end of the minimum
runtime chosen by the User in the course of the registration
process, or to the end of any renewal period after said minimum
runtime, without cause, giving seven (7) work days notice.
5.3. Laughing Kiwi Enterprises may terminate the contract in accordance with
the applicable laws and statutes. If Laughing Kiwi Enterprises
terminates the contract for good cause, Laughing Kiwi Enterprises
may do so without any term of notice. A good cause is defined
as an event, which makes it unacceptable for Laughing Kiwi Enterprises
to continue the contract until the end of the termination period,
taking into account all circumstances of the individual case
and weighing the interests of Laughing Kiwi Enterprises against
the User's. A good cause includes without limitation any the
following events:
- If the User does not comply with any applicable law or statute,
- If the User breaches a contractual obligation, in particular
an obligation set forth in Sections 2 or 3,
- If the reputation of the services offered on the Laughing
Kiwi Enterprises -Websites is substantially impaired by the
online-presence of the User (if, for example, it turns out
after the registration of the User that the User had been
convicted legally binding of a criminal offense, and if said
conviction is known to other users),
- If the User promotes any communities or associations (or
any of their methods or activities) under observation by the
competent authorities for the public safety or the protection
of minors, or
- If the User causes damage to any other user(s).
5.4. In the event of a good cause in accordance with Section
5.3 and notwithstanding Laughing Kiwi Enterprises right to terminate
the contract in accordance with Section 5.3, Laughing Kiwi Enterprises
is entitled to:
- delete the contents provided by the User,
- issue a warning, or
- block the User's access to the services on the Laughing
Kiwi Enterprises -Websites.
5.5. In the following cases, the User shall not be entitled
to claim repayment of any the User's advance payments:
- If Laughing Kiwi Enterprises has terminated the contract
for good cause pursuant to Section 5.3,
- If Laughing Kiwi Enterprises has blocked access of the User
in accordance with to Section 5.4, or
- If the User has terminated the contract; however, the User's
right to claim repayment of any of the User's advance payments
shall not be excluded if the User has terminated the contract
upon a good cause attributable to Laughing Kiwi Enterprises.
6. Responsibility for Data and/or Information provided by the User
6.1. Responsibility for Data and/or Information provided by the User 6.1. Laughing
Kiwi Enterprises does not make any warranties or representations
regarding any data and/or information provided or made available
by any user on any of the Laughing Kiwi Enterprises -Websites
or on any external websites linked to. In particular, without
limitation, Laughing Kiwi Enterprises does not warrant nor represent
that said data and/or information is true or accurate, nor that
it fulfills or serves any particular purpose(s).
6.2. The User may report any activities of any other user(s)
not in compliance with (i) the applicable laws or statutes to
Laughing Kiwi Enterprises
7. Restriction of Liability
Laughing Kiwi Enterprises - is not liable for damages of any
sort pertaining to any persons using the Laughing Kiwi Enterprises
-websites
8. Indemnification
8.1 The User warrants and represents that any contents, data and/or information
in the services of the Laughing Kiwi Enterprises -Websites provided
by the User is free of any rights of any other user or any third
party. The User further warrants and represents that the User
complies with the applicable laws and statutes and the terms
and conditions of these GTC, when using the Laughing Kiwi Enterprises
-Websites. The User shall indemnify and hold Laughing Kiwi Enterprises
harmless from and against any and all actions, claims, losses,
damages, liabilities, awards, as well as reasonable costs and
expenses (including legal fees) resulting from or arising out
of any litigation or any breach of the foregoing warranties,
or which is based on a claim of an infringement. Laughing Kiwi
Enterprises reserves all further rights and claims for damages.
9. Data Protection
Laughing Kiwi acknowledges and agrees that any data provided
by the User to Laughing Kiwi is extremely important to the User
and Laughing Kiwi shall therefore be particularly sensitive
in dealing with said data. Laughing Kiwi shall adhere to all
applicable statutory provisions regarding data protection. In
particular, Laughing Kiwi shall not disclose any personal data
of the User to any third party without being entitled to do
so.
10. Final Provisions
10.1. The contract constitutes the entire and exclusive statements of the agreements between the parties with respect to its subject matter and there are no oral or written representations, understandings or agreements relating to the contract which are not fully expressed in the contract.
10.2. Laughing Kiwi Enterprises reserves the right to amend
these GTC at any time, without giving reasons, unless an amendment
is unreasonable to the User. Laughing Kiwi Enterprises shall
give due notice of any amendments of these GTC to the User.
If the User does not object to the applicability of the revised
GTC within two (2) weeks after receipt of said notice, the amended
GTC shall be deemed to be accepted by the User. Laughing Kiwi
shall inform the User about the User's right to object and of
the relevance of the objection deadline in said notice.
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