Effective December 2024
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Obligations
3. User-Generated Content Rights and Limitations
4. Third-Party Websites and Content.
5. Intellectual Property Rights
6. Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability.
7. General Terms.
8. Use of Service
9. Termination
10. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution.
11. Complaints
12. Contact Us
INTRODUCTION
1.1 THE AGREEMENT
These Terms and Conditions constitute a legally binding agreement made between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity (“you”) and VICTTOR IZIDOR LIMITED (“We,” “Us” or “Our”), concerning your access to and use of the WorldPhDs.com website as well as any other media form, media channel, mobile website or mobile application related, linked, or otherwise connected thereto (collectively referred to as, the “Site”).
These terms and conditions apply in addition to our:
- Privacy Policy, which outlines the information We collect, what We use it for, how We use it, as well as how it is protected.
- Cookie Policy, which provides information about the cookies we use, the purpose of the cookies and how long they are stored on your terminal.
YOU AGREE THAT BY ACCESSING THE SITE, YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, THEN YOU ARE EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED FROM USING THE SITE AND YOU MUST DISCONTINUE USE IMMEDIATELY.
1.2 DEFINITIONS
The parties referred to in this Agreement shall be defined as follows:
a. VICTTOR IZIDOR LIMITED as the creator, operator, and publisher of this Site, shall be referred to as Company, Us, Our or We, which term shall also include employees and affiliates of the Company.
b. You as the user of this site, will be referred to throughout this Agreement with such words as You, Your, User.
c. Member: Registered user of our services.
d. Visitor: Unregistered user.
e. Services: This applies to www.worldphds.com, worldphds.com -branded apps and other worldphds.com – related sites, apps, communications, and other services that state that they are offered under this contract, including the offsite collection of data for those services.
f. Contributions: text, writings, video, audio, photographs, graphics, comments, suggestions, or personal information or other material published on our Site by Users.
1.3 CHANGES & UPDATES
We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to make changes or modifications to these Terms and Conditions at any time and for any reason. Changes to these terms and conditions or documents, that may be posted on the Site from time to time, are hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference. We will alert you about any changes by updating the “Last updated” date of these Terms and Conditions, and you waive any right to receive specific notice of each such change.
It is your responsibility to periodically review these Terms and Conditions 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 Terms and Conditions by your continued use of the Site after the date such revised Terms and Conditions are posted.
2. OBLIGATIONS
2.1 AGE RESTRICTION
The Site is intended for users who are at least 18 years old. Persons under the age of 18 are not permitted to register on the Site. By using the Site, you represent and warrant that:
a. Information submitted is true, accurate and complete.
b. You have the legal capacity to enter into this Agreement.
c. You are not a minor in the jurisdiction where you reside or if a minor your parent or guardian has read and agreed to these Terms and Conditions prior to you using the site.
2.2 REGISTRATION, PASSWORD AND SECURITY.
As a user of the Site or Services, You may be asked to register with Us. When You do so, You will choose a user identifier, which may be Your email address or another term, as well as a password. You may also provide personal information, including but not limited to Your name.
a. You are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of your personal information.
b. You must not share personal information with any third party, and if You discover that your account has been compromised, You agree to notify Us immediately in writing. Email notification will suffice.
c. You are responsible for maintaining the safety and security of your personal information, as well as keeping Us updated on any changes to Your personal information.
d. Providing false information to create fraudulent accounts for the use of the Site and accompanying Services, shall be ground for immediate termination of this Agreement.
e. You agree to use a strong password and keep same confidential.
f. You are responsible for anything that happens through your account, unless you close it or report misuse.
2.3 SHARING
When you publish information on our Services, other Users can view, copy, and use that Information.
2.4 PAYMENT FOR SERVICES
You commit to financial integrity, by undertaking to honour your payment obligations with regards to Our Services and failure to pay Service fees will result in termination of Your paid Service. You also agree that:
a. We may store and continue billing your payment method, to avoid disruption in Your Services.
b. Refunds for purchase of Services are only available subject to Our refund policy.
2.5 NOTIFICATIONS
During Your use of Our Services, You accept that you will receive notices and Messages from Us through our Site, apps, and the contact information you provided Us with. However, You can limit these notifications using your control settings.
2.6 SERVICE AVAILABILITY
We reserve the right to discontinue or modify any of Our Services as well as the respective prices. We may communicate to you notice of the modification of our Services, however You agree We have no obligation to do so. To this end You agree that:
a. We are not obligated to store, maintain, or provide You a copy of any content or information that You provide, except as required by law, and noted in Our privacy policy.
b. We have no liability whatsoever for any loss, damage or inconvenience caused by Your inability to access or use the Site during any downtime or discontinuance of the Site.
c. We reserve the right to change, revise, update, suspend, discontinue, or modify the Site at any time for any reason without notice to You.
d. We will not be liable to you or any Third-Party for any interruptions on or discontinuance of the Site.
e. We cannot guarantee the Site will be always available.
3. USER GENERATED CONTENT RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS
3.1 OWNERSHIP OF USER CONTENT
You own all the content and personal information You provide to us, or post to the Service. You agree that by posting your Content on any part of the Site, or by making your contribution accessible to the Site, you automatically grant us a non-exclusive, and worldwide license to host, use, copy, publish, and store. However, the following limitations apply:
a. Your contributions may be viewable by other users of the Site and through third-party websites, hence your contributions shall be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary.
b. Ownership of Your content remains with you the User, We only obtain non-exclusive rights to it.
c. You reserve the right to terminate this license for specific content by deleting such content from the Services, or by closing your account. However, this may not affect content You shared with other Users while still using the Service prior to termination, where those users copied, stored, or re-shared it.
d. We shall not give other Users the right to publish your content beyond our Services, without obtaining your express consent.
3.2 PERSONAL DATA IN USER CONTENT
You consent that where Your content includes or contains personal data, it shall be subject to our Privacy Notice. You also promise to provide personal information that is not in violation of the law and the legal rights of others.
3.3 USER CONTRIBUTIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
When you create or make available any contribution on the site, you guarantee the following:
a. The creation, transmission, access, download and copy of Your contribution, will not infringe the legal, proprietary, or moral rights of any third party.
b. You are the creator and owner of, or have the necessary license, rights, consent, and permission to use and to authorise Us, the Site, and other Users of the Site, to use your Contributions in any manner contemplated by the Site and these Terms and Conditions.
3.4 LIMITATION OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR USER CONTENT
The User agrees that:
a. We are not responsible for User’s content and do not guarantee its veracity or authenticity during the use of our Services on the Site, as we do not review content provided by Users (both Visitors and Members).
b. We are not responsible for the products and services offered through our Services by third parties, as We merely provide a platform.
c. The use of other Users’ content and information published on our Services, is at your own risk.
d. While We may help connect Members offering their services with other Members requiring those services, We do not supervise, control, or monitor the performance of these services nor do We procure these services. And that nothing shall create an employment relationship between any Member offering services and Us.
e. We do not endorse any Member’s offered services.
f. When We assist Members register for or attend events organized by other Members advertised on our Site, We are not responsible for the conduct of such events, nor do we endorse same.
3.5 LIMITATIONS ON USE OF SERVICE
We reserve the right to restrict Your use of Our Services. If You are in breach of this Contract or misuse our Service by violating Our terms and conditions, we reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account.
4. THIRD- PARTY WEBSITES AND CONTENT
This Site may contain (or You may be sent via the Site) links to other websites (“Third-Party Websites”) as well as articles, photographs, text, graphics, pictures, designs, music, sound, video, information, applications, software, and other content or items belonging to or originating from third parties (“Third-Party Content”). On this premise You agree that:
a. We are not responsible for third-party websites as well as the veracity or reliability of its contents, products, and services.
b. The collection or process of your personal data or information on third-party websites, are subject to their respective terms and policies, contained on their websites.
c. Your decision to access third-party websites or use content found therein, is entirely at your own risk.
d. You are solely responsibility for reading applicable terms and policies (privacy and cookies) of third-party websites.
4.1 SOCIAL MEDIA
As part of the functionality of the Site, You may link your account with online accounts You have with Third-Party Service Providers (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn etc.) by either providing your third-party Account Login information through the Site or by allowing Us to access your Third-Party Account, as is permitted under the applicable terms and conditions that govern Your use of each Third-Party Account. In these circumstances You agree that:
a. You grant Us access to Your Third-Party Accounts, without breach by You of any terms and conditions, that govern your use of the applicable Third-Party Account.
b. By granting Us access to any Third-Party Account, you understand that we may access, make available, and store (if applicable) any content that You have provided and stored in Your Third-Party Account (“Social Network Content”), so that it is available through the Site via your account, including without limitation to friend lists.
c. YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR THIRD-PARTY ACCOUNTS IS GOVERNED SOLELY BY YOUR AGREEMENT(S) WITH SUCH THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS
d. We may access your email address book associated with a Third-Party Account and your contact list stored on your mobile device or computer solely for the purpose of identifying and informing you of those contacts who have also registered to use the Site.
Note: You can deactivate the connection between Your Third-Party Account(s) (Social Media Accounts) and Your account on Our Site through Your account settings.
5. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
Except for rights expressly granted under this agreement, We reserve all our intellectual property rights in our Services. However, any Trademarks, service mark or Logos used in connection with Our Service, are the properties of the respective owners.
6. DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
6.1 NO WARRANTY
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR ACCESS OR USE OF OUR SITE IS SOLELY AT YOUR RISK, AS SERVICES (BOTH CONTENT AND INFORMATION) ARE OFFERED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED THAT OUR SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAWS, WE DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED OR STATUTORY WARRANTY AS TO THE ACCURACY OF DATA, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
6.2 EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAWS, WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT. PARTICULARLY WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, REPUTATION (OFFENSIVE OR DEFAMATORY STATEMENTS) OR LOSS OF DATA (AS A RESULT OF DOWN TIME, USE OF OR CHANGES TO YOUR INFORMATION OR CONTENT.) WITH REGARDS TO THIS CONTRACT, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY AMOUNT THAT EXCEEDS THE TOTAL FEES PAID OR PAYABLE BY YOU TO US FOR THE SERVICES DURING THE TERM OF THIS CONTRACT.
6.3 INDEMNIFICATION
YOU AGREE TO DEFEND AND INDEMNIFY US FROM AND AGAINST ANY LOSS, DAMAGE, LIABILITY AND CLAIM OR DEMAND, INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEY’S FEES AND EXPENSES, MADE BY ANY THIRD PARTY DUE TO OR ARISING OUT OF YOUR:
A. Contributions
B. Use of the site
C. Breach of these terms and conditions
D. Breach of your representations and warranties.
E. Violations of the rights of a third-party, including but not limited to intellectual property rights.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT AT YOUR EXPENSE TO ASSUME EXCLUSIVE CONTROL AND DEFENSE OF ANY MATTER WHICH YOU ARE REQUIRED TO INDEMNIFY US. YOU AGREE TO COOPERATE AT YOUR EXPENSE, WITH OUR DEFENSE OF SUCH CLAIMS.
7. GENERAL TERMS
7.1 SEVERABILITY
If any part of these Terms of use are found to be unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, You and We agree that the court should review/interpret such part concerned such that it fulfils its intended purpose to the maximum extent permitted by the applicable law, to enable its enforceability. On the other hand, where the court cannot remediate the part concerned, You and We agree that the court remove such unenforceable part and still enforce the rest of the Contract.
7.2 NO WAIVER
Where We fail to act to enforce a breach of this Contract, it does not imply that We have waived our right to enforce this contract. This means that our failure to respond to one breach, does not waive our right to sue for another.
7.3 ASSIGNMENT/TRANSFER OF CONTRACT
You may not assign or transfer this Contract to anyone without Our consent. You agree that We may assign or transfer this contract to a party that buys it without Your consent. There will be no third-party beneficiaries to this contract.
7.4 ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Contract is the only agreement between us with regards to Our Services, and it Supersedes all prior agreements for the Services.
8. USE OF SERVICE
8.1 ACCEPTABLE USE OF OUR SERVICES
You agree that You will:
a. Use the Services in compliance with all applicable laws and regulatory requirements.
b. Provide accurate information
c. Create accounts and profile using Your real name.
8.2. PROHIBITED USE OF OUR SERVICES
You may not access or use this Site for any purpose other than that for which we make the Site available. As a User of this Site, You agree not to:
a. Create a false identity on www.worldphds.com to misrepresent Your identity, create a member profile for anyone other than Yourself or use another’s account.
b. Engage in unauthorised framing of or linking to the Site.
c. Decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of this Site, for which such code is not open source.
d. Attempt to bypass any measures of the Site designed to prevent or restrict access to the Site, or any portion of the Site.
e. Disclose information that you do not have consent to disclose.
f. Copy, use, disclose or distribute any information obtained from the Services, without Our consent.
g. Copy or adapt the Site’s software, including but not limited to flash, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, or other code.
h. Violate the intellectual property rights of others, which include copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets or other proprietary rights.
i. Upload or transmit anything that contains malware (virus, worms, trojans etc.) or any other harmful code.
J. Use the Site in a manner inconsistent with any applicable laws and regulations.
k. Violate Our `intellectual property rights without limitation, including using the word “WorldPhDs” Or our logos in any business name, email or URL and copying or distributing our technology, unless released under open-source licenses.
l. Interfere with, disrupt, or create an undue burden on the Site, or the networks or services connected to the Site (e.g., spam, denial of service attack etc.).
m. Use the Site as part of an effort to compete with Us.
n. Use bots or other automated methods to access the Services, add or download contacts.
o. Systematically retrieve data or other content from the Site, whether directly or indirectly, without Our consent.
9. TERMINATION
Either party may terminate this contract at any time, with notice to the other. In the event of a termination, You lose the right to access or use Our Services. However, the following provisions will survive the termination of this agreement:
a. We reserve the right of continuous use and disclosure of your feedback.
b. Members as well as Visitor’s retain the rights to further re-share content and information, previously shared by You through our Services.
c. Any amount outstanding to the account of either party remains unpaid even after termination.
10. GOVERNING LAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
These terms and conditions are subject to English law and the exclusive jurisdiction of English courts, which You acknowledge by Your use of this Site.
Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this contract, Parties agree will be determined in the first instance by negotiations between the Parties.
If negotiation fails, the parties will attempt to resolve the dispute in good faith, through an agreed Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedure.
Nothing in this clause shall be construed as prohibiting a party from applying to a court for interim injunctive relief.
11. COMPLAINTS
We respect the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that any material available on or through the Site infringes upon any copyright you own or control, please immediately notify us, using the contact information below.
12. CONTACT US
www.WorldPhDs.com
By VIL (LLC Reg: 16151193)
Wollaton NG8, Nottingham
United Kingdom
info@worldphds.com