TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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updated December 18, 2022
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
These Terms of Use constitute a legally binding agreement made between you,
whether personally or on behalf of an entity (“you”) and ApHO Digital
Health Solutions
, doing business as ApHO
("
ApHO
," “we," “us," or
“our”), concerning your access to and use of the https://www.aphodigitalhealth.com website
as well as any other media form, media channel, mobile website or mobile application
related, linked, or otherwise connected thereto (collectively, the “Site”).
We are registered in
Uganda
and have our registered office at
Kampala
, Kamwookya
256
.
You agree that by
accessing the Site, you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by all of these
Terms of Use. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THESE TERMS OF USE, THEN YOU ARE EXPRESSLY
PROHIBITED FROM USING THE SITE AND YOU MUST DISCONTINUE USE IMMEDIATELY.
Supplemental terms and conditions or documents that may be posted on the Site
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 Terms
of Use from time to time
. We will alert you about any changes by updating the “Last updated” date of
these Terms of Use, and you waive any right to receive specific notice of each such
change. Please ensure that you check the applicable Terms every time you use our
Site so that you understand which Terms apply. 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 of Use by your continued use of the Site after the date such revised Terms of
Use are posted.
The information provided on the Site 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 Site 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.
The Site is not tailored to comply with industry-specific regulations (Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Federal Information Security
Management Act (FISMA), etc.), so if your interactions would be subjected to such
laws, you may not use this Site. You may not use the Site in a way that would
violate the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA).
The Site is
intended for users who are at least 18 years old. Persons under the age
of 18 are not permitted to use or register for the Site.
2. INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS
Unless otherwise indicated, the Site is our proprietary
property and all source code, databases, functionality, software, website
designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics on the Site
(collectively, the “Content”) and the trademarks, service marks, and logos
contained therein (the “Marks”) are owned or controlled by us or licensed to
us, and are protected by copyright and trademark laws and various other
intellectual property rights and unfair competition laws of the United States,
international copyright laws, and international conventions. The Content and the
Marks are provided on the
Site “AS IS” for your information and personal use only. Except as expressly
provided in these Terms
of Use, no part of the Site 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.
Provided that you are eligible to use the Site, you are
granted a limited license to access and use the Site and to 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. We reserve all rights not
expressly granted to you in and to the Site, the Content and the Marks.
By
using the Site, you represent and warrant that:
(1) all registration
information you submit will be true, accurate, current, and
complete; (2) you will maintain
the accuracy of such information and promptly update such
registration information as necessary
;
(3) you have the
legal capacity and you agree to comply with these Terms of
Use;
(4) you are not a minor in the
jurisdiction in which you reside
; (5) you will not access the Site
through automated or non-human means, whether through a bot, script, or
otherwise; (6) you will not use the Site for
any illegal or unauthorized purpose; and (7) your use of the Site 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 Site (or any portion thereof).
You
may be required to register with the Site. You agree to keep your
password confidential and will be responsible for all use of your
account and password. We reserve the right to remove, reclaim, or change
a username you select if we determine, in our sole discretion, that such
username is inappropriate, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.
You may
not access or use the Site for any purpose other than that for which we make the
Site available. The Site 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 Site, you agree not to:
- Systematically
retrieve data or other content from the Site 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 Site, including features that prevent or
restrict the use or copying of any Content or enforce
limitations on the use of the Site and/or the Content
contained therein.
- Disparage,
tarnish, or otherwise harm, in our opinion, us and/or
the Site.
- Use
any information obtained from the Site 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 Site in a manner inconsistent with any applicable
laws or regulations.
- Engage
in unauthorized framing of or linking to the
Site.
- 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
Site or modifies, impairs, disrupts, alters, or
interferes with the use, features, functions, operation,
or maintenance of the
Site.
- 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 (“gifs”),
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 Site or
the networks or services connected to the
Site.
- Harass,
annoy, intimidate, or threaten any of our employees or
agents engaged in providing any portion of the Site to
you.
- Attempt
to bypass any measures of the Site designed to prevent
or restrict access to the Site, or any portion of the
Site.
- Copy
or adapt the Site’s 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
Site.
- 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 Site, or using or
launching any unauthorized script or other
software.
- Use
a buying agent or purchasing agent to make purchases on
the Site.
- Make
any unauthorized use of the Site, 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 Site as part of any effort to compete with us or
otherwise use the Site and/or the Content for any
revenue-generating endeavor or commercial
enterprise.
- Sell
or otherwise transfer your
profile.
6. USER
GENERATED CONTRIBUTIONS
The Site may invite you to chat,
contribute to, or participate in blogs, message boards, online
forums, and other functionality, and may provide you with the
opportunity to create, submit, post, display, transmit, perform,
publish, distribute, or broadcast content and materials to us or on
the Site, including but not limited to text, writings, video, audio,
photographs, graphics, comments, suggestions, or personal
information or other material (collectively, "Contributions").
Contributions may be viewable by other users of the Site and through
third-party websites. As such, any Contributions you transmit may be
treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary. When you create or
make available any Contributions, you thereby represent and warrant
that:
- The creation,
distribution,
transmission, public display, or performance, and the
accessing, downloading, or copying of your Contributions do
not and will not infringe the proprietary rights, including
but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark, trade
secret, or moral rights of any third party.
- You are the
creator and owner of or have the necessary licenses, rights,
consents, releases, and permissions to use and to authorize
us, the Site, and other users of the Site to use your
Contributions in any manner contemplated by the Site and
these Terms of Use.
- You have the
written consent, release, and/or permission of each and every
identifiable individual person in your Contributions to use the
name or likeness of each and every such identifiable individual
person to enable inclusion and use of your Contributions in any
manner contemplated by the Site and these Terms of Use.
- Your
Contributions are not false, inaccurate, or misleading.
- Your
Contributions are not unsolicited or unauthorized advertising,
promotional materials, pyramid schemes, chain letters, spam,
mass mailings, or other forms of solicitation.
- Your
Contributions are not obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy,
violent, harassing, libelous, slanderous, or otherwise
objectionable (as determined by us).
- Your
Contributions do not ridicule, mock, disparage, intimidate, or
abuse anyone.
- Your
Contributions are not used to harass or threaten (in the legal
sense of those terms) any other person and to promote violence
against a specific person or class of people.
- Your
Contributions do not violate any applicable law, regulation, or
rule.
- Your
Contributions do not violate the privacy or publicity rights of
any third party.
- Your
Contributions do not violate any applicable law concerning child
pornography, or otherwise intended to protect the health or
well-being of minors.
- Your
Contributions do not include any offensive comments that are
connected to race, national origin, gender, sexual preference,
or physical handicap.
- Your
Contributions do not otherwise violate, or link to material that
violates, any provision of these Terms of Use, or any applicable
law or regulation.
Any
use of the Site in violation of the foregoing violates these Terms
of Use and may result in, among other things, termination or
suspension of your rights to use the Site.
By
posting your Contributions to any part of the Site
or making Contributions accessible to
the Site by linking your account from the Site to any of
your social networking accounts
, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that
you have the right to grant, to us an unrestricted, unlimited,
irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free,
fully-paid, worldwide right, and license to host, use, copy,
reproduce, disclose, sell, resell, publish, broadcast, retitle,
archive, store, cache, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat,
translate, transmit, excerpt (in whole or in part), and distribute
such Contributions (including, without limitation, your image and
voice) for any purpose, commercial, advertising, or otherwise, and
to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works,
such Contributions, and grant and authorize sublicenses of the
foregoing. The use and distribution may occur in any media formats
and through any media channels.
This
license will apply to any form, media, or technology now known or
hereafter developed, and includes our use of your name, company
name, and franchise name, as applicable, and any of the trademarks,
service marks, trade names, logos, and personal and commercial
images you provide. You waive all moral rights in your
Contributions, and you warrant that moral rights have not otherwise
been asserted in your Contributions.
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 Site. You are solely responsible for your Contributions to the
Site and you expressly agree to exonerate us from any and all
responsibility and to refrain from any legal action against us
regarding your Contributions.
We have
the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, (1) to edit, redact, or
otherwise change any Contributions; (2) to re-categorize any Contributions to
place them in more appropriate locations on the Site; and (3) to pre-screen or
delete any Contributions at any time and for any reason, without notice. We have
no obligation to monitor your Contributions.
8. GUIDELINES
FOR REVIEWS
We may
provide you areas on the Site to leave reviews or ratings. When posting a
review, you must comply with the following criteria: (1) you should have
firsthand experience with the person/entity being reviewed; (2) your reviews
should not contain offensive profanity, or abusive, racist, offensive, or hate
language; (3) your reviews should not contain discriminatory references based on
religion, race, gender, national origin, age, marital status, sexual
orientation, or disability; (4) your reviews should not contain references to
illegal activity; (5) you should not be affiliated with competitors if posting
negative reviews; (6) you should not make any conclusions as to the legality of
conduct; (7) you may not post any false or misleading statements; and (8) you
may not organize a campaign encouraging others to post reviews, whether positive
or negative.
We may
accept, reject, or remove reviews in our sole discretion. We have absolutely no
obligation to screen reviews or to delete reviews, even if anyone considers
reviews objectionable or inaccurate. Reviews are not endorsed by us, and do not
necessarily represent our opinions or the views of any of our affiliates or
partners. We do not assume liability for any review or for any claims,
liabilities, or losses resulting from any review. By posting a review, you
hereby grant to us a perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free,
fully-paid, assignable, and sublicensable right and license to reproduce,
modify, translate, transmit by any means, display, perform, and/or distribute
all content relating to reviews.
9. MOBILE
APPLICATION LICENSE
If you access the
Site via a mobile application, then we grant you a revocable,
non-exclusive,
non-transferable, limited right to install and use the mobile
application on
wireless electronic devices owned or controlled by you, and to access
and use
the mobile application on such devices strictly in accordance with the
terms
and conditions of this mobile application license contained in these
Terms of Use.
You shall not: (1) except as permitted by applicable law, decompile,
reverse engineer, disassemble, attempt to derive
the source code of, or decrypt the application; (2) make any
modification,
adaptation, improvement, enhancement, translation, or derivative work
from the
application; (3) violate any applicable laws, rules, or regulations in
connection with your access or use of the application; (4) remove,
alter, or
obscure any proprietary notice (including any notice of copyright or
trademark)
posted by us or the licensors of the application; (5) use the
application for
any revenue generating endeavor, commercial enterprise, or other purpose
for
which it is not designed or intended; (6) make the application available
over a
network or other environment permitting access or use by multiple
devices or
users at the same time; (7) use the application for creating a product,
service, or software that is, directly or indirectly, competitive with
or in
any way a substitute for the application; (8) use the application to
send
automated queries to any website or to send any unsolicited commercial
e-mail;
or (9) use any proprietary information or any of our interfaces or our
other
intellectual property in the design, development, manufacture,
licensing, or
distribution of any applications, accessories, or devices for use with
the
application.
Apple and Android
Devices
The following terms apply when you use
a mobile application obtained from either the Apple Store or Google Play
(each an “App Distributor”) to access the Site: (1) the license granted
to you for our mobile application is limited to a non-transferable
license to use the application on a device that utilizes the Apple iOS
or Android operating systems, as applicable, and in accordance with the
usage rules set forth in the applicable App Distributor’s terms of
service; (2) we are responsible for providing any maintenance and
support services with respect to the mobile application as specified in
the terms and conditions of this mobile application license contained in
these Terms of Use or as otherwise required under applicable law, and
you acknowledge that each App Distributor has no obligation whatsoever
to furnish any maintenance and support services with respect to the
mobile application; (3) in the event of any failure of the mobile
application to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify the
applicable App Distributor, and the App Distributor, in accordance with
its terms and policies, may refund the purchase price, if any, paid for
the mobile application, and to the maximum extent permitted by
applicable law, the App Distributor will have no other warranty
obligation whatsoever with respect to the mobile application; (4) you
represent and warrant that (i) you are not located in a country that is
subject to a U.S. government embargo, or that has been designated by the
U.S. government as a “terrorist supporting” country and (ii) you are not
listed on any U.S. government list of prohibited or restricted parties;
(5) you must comply with applicable third-party terms of agreement when
using the mobile application, e.g., if you have a VoIP application, then
you must not be in violation of their wireless data service agreement
when using the mobile application; and (6) you acknowledge and agree
that the App Distributors are third-party beneficiaries of the terms and
conditions in this mobile application license contained in these Terms
of Use, and that each App Distributor will have the right (and will be
deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce the terms and conditions
in this mobile application license contained in these Terms of Use
against you as a third-party beneficiary thereof.
10. 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 (each such account, a “Third-Party Account”) by either: (1) providing your
Third-Party Account login information through the Site; or (2) 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. You represent and warrant that you are
entitled to disclose your Third-Party Account login information to us and/or grant us
access to your Third-Party Account, without breach by you of any of the terms and
conditions that govern your use of the applicable Third-Party Account, and without
obligating us to pay any fees or making us subject to any usage limitations imposed by
the third-party service provider of the Third-Party Account. By granting us access to
any Third-Party Accounts, you understand that (1) we may access, make available, and
store (if applicable) any content that you have provided to and stored in your
Third-Party Account (the “Social Network Content”) so that it is available on and
through the Site via your account, including without limitation any friend lists and (2)
we may submit to and receive from your Third-Party Account additional information to the
extent you are notified when you link your account with the Third-Party Account.
Depending on the Third-Party Accounts you choose and subject to the privacy settings
that you have set in such Third-Party Accounts, personally identifiable information that
you post to your Third-Party Accounts may be available on and through your account on
the Site. Please note that if a Third-Party Account or associated service becomes
unavailable or our access to such Third Party Account is terminated by the third-party
service provider, then Social Network Content may no longer be available on and through
the Site. You will have the ability to disable the connection between your account on
the Site and your Third-Party Accounts at any time. PLEASE NOTE THAT 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. We make no
effort to review any Social Network Content for any purpose, including but not limited
to, for accuracy, legality, or non-infringement, and we are not responsible for any
Social Network Content. You acknowledge and agree that we may access your email address
book associated with a Third-Party Account and your contacts list stored on your mobile
device or tablet computer solely for purposes of identifying and informing you of those
contacts who have also registered to use the Site. You can deactivate the connection
between the Site and your Third-Party Account by contacting us using the contact
information below or through your account settings (if applicable). We will attempt to
delete any information stored on our servers that was obtained through such Third-Party
Account, except the username and profile picture that become associated with your
account.
11. SUBMISSIONS
You acknowledge and agree that any
questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, feedback, or other information regarding
the Site ("Submissions") provided by you to us are non-confidential and shall become
our sole property. We shall own exclusive rights, including all intellectual
property rights, and shall be entitled to the unrestricted use and dissemination of
these Submissions for any lawful purpose, commercial or otherwise, without
acknowledgment or compensation to you. You hereby waive all moral rights to any such
Submissions, and you hereby warrant that any such Submissions are original with you
or that you have the right to submit such Submissions. You agree there shall be no
recourse against us for any alleged or actual infringement or misappropriation of
any proprietary right in your Submissions.
We reserve the
right, but not the obligation, to: (1) monitor the Site for violations of
these Terms of Use; (2) take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in
our sole discretion, violates the law or these Terms of Use, 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 Site 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 Site in a manner
designed to protect our rights and property and to facilitate the proper
functioning of the Site.
13. PRIVACY
POLICY
We
care about data privacy and security. By using the Site, you agree
to be bound by our Privacy Policy posted on the Site, which
is incorporated into these Terms of Use. Please be advised
the Site is hosted in
the United States
. If you access the Site from any other
region of the world with laws or other requirements
governing personal data collection, use, or disclosure that
differ from applicable laws in
the United States
, then through your continued use of the
Site, you are transferring your data to
the United States
, and you agree to have your data
transferred to and processed in
the United States
.
14. COPYRIGHT
INFRINGEMENTS
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 provided below (a
“Notification”). A copy of your Notification will be sent to the person who posted or stored
the material addressed in the Notification. Please be advised that pursuant to applicable
law you may be held liable for damages if you make material misrepresentations in a
Notification. Thus, if you are not sure that material located on or linked to by the Site
infringes your copyright, you should consider first contacting an attorney.
These
Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect while you use the Site. WITHOUT
LIMITING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THESE TERMS OF USE, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO, IN OUR SOLE
DISCRETION AND WITHOUT NOTICE OR LIABILITY, DENY ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SITE
(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 TERMS OF USE OR OF ANY APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION. WE MAY
TERMINATE YOUR USE OR PARTICIPATION IN THE SITE OR DELETE
YOUR ACCOUNT AND
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.
16. MODIFICATIONS
AND INTERRUPTIONS
We reserve the right to change,
modify, or remove the contents of the Site at any time or for any reason at our sole
discretion without notice. However, we have no obligation to update any information on
our Site. We also reserve the right to modify or discontinue all or part of the Site
without notice at any time. We will not be liable to you or any third party for any
modification, price change, suspension, or discontinuance of the Site.
We cannot guarantee
the Site will be available at all times. We may experience hardware, software,
or other problems or need to perform maintenance related to the Site, resulting
in interruptions, delays, or errors. We
reserve the right to change, revise, update, suspend, discontinue, or otherwise
modify the Site 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 Site during any downtime or discontinuance of the Site. Nothing in
these Terms of Use will be
construed to obligate us to maintain and support the Site or to supply any
corrections, updates, or releases in connection therewith.
These Terms
shall be governed by and defined following the laws of
Uganda
. ApHO Digital Health Solutions and yourself irrevocably consent
that the courts of
Uganda
shall have exclusive jurisdiction to resolve
any dispute which may arise in connection with these terms.
To
expedite resolution and control the cost of any dispute, controversy, or
claim related to these Terms of Use (each "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
thirty (30) days before initiating arbitration. Such informal
negotiations commence upon written notice from one Party to the other
Party.
Any
dispute arising out of or in connection with this contract, 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 three
(3). The seat, or legal place, of arbitration shall be
Kampala,
Uganda
. The
language of the proceedings shall be English
. The governing law of the contract shall be the
substantive law of
Uganda
.
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.
Exceptions to Informal Negotiations and
Arbitration
The
Parties agree that the following Disputes are not subject to the above
provisions concerning informal negotiations and binding arbitration: (a)
any Disputes seeking to enforce or protect, or concerning the validity
of, any of the intellectual property rights of a Party; (b) any Dispute
related to, or arising from, allegations of theft, piracy, invasion of
privacy, or unauthorized use; and (c) any claim for injunctive relief.
If this provision is found to be illegal or unenforceable, then neither
Party will elect to arbitrate any Dispute falling within that portion of
this provision found to be illegal or unenforceable and such Dispute
shall be decided by a court of competent jurisdiction within the courts
listed for jurisdiction above, and the Parties agree to submit to the
personal jurisdiction of that court.
There may be
information on the Site 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 Site at any time, without prior notice.
THE SITE IS PROVIDED
ON AN AS-IS AND AS-AVAILABLE BASIS. YOU
AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND OUR 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 SITE 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 SITE’S CONTENT OR THE CONTENT OF ANY
WEBSITES LINKED TO THE SITE 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 SITE, (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 SITE, (5) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE WHICH
MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH THE SITE 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 SITE. WE DO NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE,
OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE ADVERTISED OR OFFERED BY A
THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE SITE, 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.
21. 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 SITE,
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
AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU TO US
DURING
THE six (6) mONTH
PERIOD PRIOR TO ANY CAUSE OF ACTION
ARISING
. 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.
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) your Contributions;
(2) use of the Site; (3) breach of these Terms of Use; (4) any breach of your representations and
warranties set forth in these Terms of Use; (5) your violation of the rights of a third
party, including but not limited to intellectual property rights; or (6) any overt harmful act toward any other user
of the Site with whom you connected via the Site. 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.
We will maintain
certain data that you transmit to the Site for the purpose of managing the
performance of the Site, as well as data relating to your use of the Site. 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 Site. 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.
24. ELECTRONIC
COMMUNICATIONS, TRANSACTIONS, AND SIGNATURES
Visiting the Site, 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 Site,
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 SITE. 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.
25. CALIFORNIA
USERS AND RESIDENTS
If any complaint
with us is not satisfactorily resolved, you can contact the Complaint
Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California
Department of Consumer Affairs in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N
112, Sacramento, California 95834 or by telephone at (800) 952-5210 or (916)
445-1254.
These Terms of Use and any policies or
operating rules posted by us on the Site or in respect to the Site constitute the entire
agreement and understanding between you and us. Our failure to exercise or enforce any
right or provision of these Terms of Use shall not operate as a waiver of such right or
provision. These Terms of Use 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 Terms of
Use is determined to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision or part of the
provision is deemed severable from these Terms of Use 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 Terms
of Use or use of the Site. You agree that these Terms of Use 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 Terms of Use and the lack of signing by
the parties hereto to execute these Terms of Use.
In order to resolve a complaint
regarding the Site or to receive further information regarding use of the Site,
please contact us at:
ApHO
Digital Health Solutions
Kampala
Kamwookya
256
Uganda
Phone:
+256 752600310
info@aphodigitalhealth.com