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Terms of Use

Effective May 18, 2018

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Thanks for submitting to International Online Web Fest ("IOWF"). These Terms of Use (“Terms”) are a legal agreement between you and IOWF, and govern your use of all the text, data, information, graphics, photographs and more that we and our affiliates may make available to you (all of which we refer to as “Materials”), including our websites, software or other Downloadable Tools (as defined below) that we may provide through any of our websites (the “Platform” and together with the Materials, this “Website”). The terms "us" or "we" or "our" refer to IOWF, the owner of this Website. If you are entering into these Terms on behalf of a company or other organization, you hereby represent and warrant that you are authorized to enter into this Terms on behalf of such company or other organization.

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READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE BROWSING THIS WEBSITE. USING THIS WEBSITE INDICATES THAT YOU HAVE BOTH READ AND ACCEPT THESE TERMS. YOU CANNOT USE THIS WEBSITE IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS. THESE TERMS CONTAIN A DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND ARBITRATION PROVISION, INCLUDING A CLASS ACTION WAIVER THAT AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THESE TERMS AND WITH RESPECT TO DISPUTES YOU MAY HAVE WITH IOWF. YOU MAY OPT OUT OF THE BINDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER AS PROVIDED BELOW.

IF YOU ARE A USER LOCATED IN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA, SWITZERLAND OR UNITED KINGDOM, THE DATA PROCESSING ADDDENDUM ACCOMPANIES THESE TERMS AND SETS FORTH OTHER TERMS OF OUR AGREEMENT THAT APPLY SOLELY TO THE EXTENT ANY INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE TO CALENDLY INCLUDES PERSONAL DATA OF INDIVIDUALS LOCATED IN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA, SWITZERLAND AND THE UNITED KINGDOM.

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SCOPE

IOWF’s Platform facilitates access to all informations and materials about the International Online Web Fest. You may access and use the Platform in accordance with these Terms. Please note that these Terms govern your use of the Platform, including, but not limited to, the process through which you or your clients submit own projects to IOWF.

When using the features of the Platform you are subject to any agreements, policies or guidelines applicable to such features that may be posted from time to time. All such agreements, policies or guidelines, including the Privacy Policy and the Data Processing Addendum (as applicable) are hereby incorporated by reference into these Terms.

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GENERAL USE

We invite you to use this Website for your individual purposes and not for the purposes of reselling ("Permitted Purposes") – enjoy!

Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive and non-transferable license to use and to display the Materials and a limited, personal, non-exclusive and non-transferable right to access and use the Platform following set-up of a Free Account or Premium Account as set forth below. You have no other rights in the Platform or any Materials and you may not modify, edit, copy, reproduce, create derivative works of, reverse engineer, alter, enhance or in any way exploit any portion of the Platform or the Materials in any manner. If you make copies of any portions of this Website while engaging in Permitted Purposes then we ask that you be sure to keep on the copies all of our copyright and other proprietary notices as they appear on this Website.

Subject to these Terms, we also grant you a limited, personal non-exclusive, nontransferable license to download, install and operate any software, information or other content that we may from time to time have specifically identified within the Website as available for download solely in connection with accessing the Platform (“Downloadable Tools”). Such Downloadable Tools are also subject to the additional terms provided to you upon download.

Our Website is not intended for and may not be used by individuals under 13 years of age. By registering for a IOWF account, you promise that you are at least 18 years of age.

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ACCOUNT SETUP

To use the Platform, you don't need to set up a IOWF account. But in case you may establish a free account (“Free Account”) or a premium account (“Premium Account”). You are authorized by IOWF to set up one Free Account only. IOWF reserves the right to terminate any additional Free Accounts set up by you and any Free Accounts that have been inactive over 6 months.

When you create an account, we collect registration-related information such as name, address, e-mail and/or phone number. Once you submit the required registration information, we alone will determine whether or not to approve your proposed account. If approved, you will be sent an e-mail detailing how to complete your registration. For so long as you use the account, you agree to provide true, accurate, current, and complete information which can be accomplished by logging into your account and making relevant changes directly. You are responsible for complying with these Terms when you access this Website, whether directly or through any account that you may setup through or on this Website. Because it is your account, it is your job to obtain and maintain all equipment and services needed for access to and use of this Website as well as paying related charges. It is also your responsibility to maintain the confidentiality of your password(s), including any password of a third-party site that we may allow you to use to access this Website. Should you believe your password or security for this website has been breached in any way, you must immediately notify us.

IOWF or our billing processors could collect your billing information when you upgrade to a Premium Account (in case of payment required only). All of this registration information is protected in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

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SUBSCRIPTION PERIOD AND SUBSCRIPTION FEES

The subscription period for Free Accounts, can be year-to-year unless earlier terminated as provided in these Terms.

Premium Accounts could be subject to fees based upon the account type you've selected. For renewals, IOWF will automatically charge your credit card the amount of the then-current fee for your type of account, plus applicable taxes. All payments are non-refundable. To the extent that payment mechanisms are provided through third parties, you agree that IOWF will have no liability to you arising out of the acts or omissions of such third parties.

BY CREATING A PREMIUM ACCOUNT, YOU CONSENT TO ALLOW IOWF TO CHARGE YOUR CREDIT CARD, EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH ITS PAYMENT PROCESSORS, FOR THE AMOUNTS DUE FOR YOUR INITIAL SUBSCRIPTION PERIOD AND FOR ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTION PERIODS UNTIL YOUR ACCOUNT IS CANCELED OR TERMINATED. PLEASE PRINT OUT THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR YOUR RECORDS.

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RENEWAL/CANCELLATION

Premium Accounts will automatically renew for the same Subscription Period unless you cancel the account by the end of the then-current Subscription Period. You can cancel your account at any time by contacting customer service at internationalonlinewebfest@gmail.com. Cancellation will be effective immediately. Please note that after you cancel your account, you will not be able to use or access the Platform and you will not be entitled to a refund of any fees that you've paid.

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LEGAL COMPLIANCE

You agree to comply with all applicable domestic and international laws, statutes, ordinances, and regulations regarding your use of our Website. IOWF reserves the right to investigate complaints or reported violations of our Terms and to take any action we deem appropriate, including but not limited to canceling your Member account, reporting any suspected unlawful activity to law enforcement officials, regulators, or other third parties and disclosing any information necessary or appropriate to such persons or entities relating to your profile, e-mail addresses, usage history, posted materials, IP addresses and traffic information, as allowed under our Privacy Policy.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Our Website may contain our service marks or trademarks as well as those of our affiliates or other companies, in the form of words, graphics, and logos. Your use of our Website does not constitute any right or license for you to use such service marks/trademarks, without the prior written permission of the corresponding service mark/trademark owner. Our Website is also protected under international copyright laws. The copying, redistribution, use or publication by you of any portion of our Website is strictly prohibited. Your use of our Website does not grant you ownership rights of any kind in our Website.

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ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

By using the Website, you consent to receiving electronic communications from us. These electronic communications may include notices about applicable fees and charges, transactional information and other information concerning or related to this Website. These electronic communications are part of your relationship with us. You agree that any notices, agreements, disclosures or other communications that we send you electronically will satisfy any legal communication requirements, including that such communications be in writing.

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LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

Our Website may contain links to third party websites. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you. IOWF has no control over the legal documents and privacy practices of third party websites; as such, you access any such third party websites at your own risk.

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UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES

To be clear, we authorize your use of this Website only for Permitted Purposes. Any other use of this Website beyond the Permitted Purposes is prohibited and, therefore, constitutes unauthorized use of this Website. This is because as between you and us, all rights in this Website remain our property.

Unauthorized use of this Website may result in violation of various United States and international copyright laws. Because we prefer keeping this relationship drama-free, we want to give you examples of things to avoid. So, unless you have written permission from us stating otherwise, you are not authorized to use this Website in any of the following ways (these are examples only and the list below is not a complete list of everything that you are not permitted to do):

  • In a manner that modifies, publicly displays, publicly performs, reproduces or distributes any of this Website;

  • In a manner that violates any local, state, national, foreign, or international statute, regulation, rule, order, treaty, or other law;

  • To stalk, harass, or harm another individual;

  • To impersonate any person or entity or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;

  • To interfere with or disrupt this Website or servers or networks connected to this Website;

  • To use any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering or extraction methods in connection with this Website; or

  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion of this Website or any other accounts, computer systems, or networks connected to this Website, whether through hacking, password mining, or any other means.

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INDEMNIFICATION

You alone are responsible for any violation of these Terms by you. You agree to indemnify and hold IOWF, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, employees, resellers or other partners and licensors harmless from any claim, demand, loss, or damages, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of or related to your Data, or the use thereof, including but not limited to allegations that any processing of your Data by IOWF and/or you under this Agreement violates any applicable law or regulation, or infringes the privacy or intellectual property rights of a third party, your User Content, your use of the IOWF Properties, your violation of these terms, or your violation of any law.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT

We respect the intellectual property rights of others and encourage you to do the same. Accordingly, we have a policy of removing Submissions that violate the intellectual property rights of others, suspending access to this Website (or any portion thereof) to any user who uses this Website in violation of someone’s intellectual property rights, and/or terminate in appropriate circumstances the account of any user who uses the Website in violation of someone’s intellectual property rights.

Pursuant to Title 17 of the United States Code, Section 512, we have implemented procedures for receiving written notification of claimed copyright infringement and for processing such claims in accordance with such law. If you believe your copyright or other intellectual property right is being infringed by a user of this Website, please provide written notice to our Agent for notice of claims of infringement at internationalonlinewebfest@gmail.com.

To be sure the matter is handled immediately, your written notice must:

  • Contain your physical or electronic signature;

  • Identify the copyrighted work or other intellectual property alleged to have been infringed;

  • Identify the allegedly infringing material in a sufficiently precise manner to allow us to locate that material;

  • Contain adequate information by which we can contact you (including postal address, telephone number, and e-mail address);

  • Contain a statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted material or other intellectual property is not authorized by the owner, the owner's agent, or the law;

  • Contain a statement that the information in the written notice is accurate; and

  • Contain statement, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright or other intellectual property right owner.

Unless the notice pertains to copyright or other intellectual property infringement, the Agent will be unable to address the listed concern.

We will notify you that we have removed or disabled access to copyright-protected material that you provided if such removal is pursuant to a validly received DMCA take-down notice. In response, you may provide our Agent with a written counter-notification that includes the following information:

  1. Your physical or electronic signature;

  2. Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled, and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled;

  3. A statement from you under the penalty of perjury, that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled; and

  4. Your name, physical address and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of a court for the judicial district in which your physical address is located, or if your physical address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district in which we may be located, and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of allegedly infringing material or an agent of such person.

We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to terminate the account or access of any user of this Website who is the subject of repeated DMCA or other infringement notifications

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WARRANTY DISCLAIMER

THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "WITH ALL FAULTS" AND THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE WEBSITE IS WITH YOU. WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND (EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY) WITH RESPECT TO THE WEBSITE, WHICH INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED OR STATUTORY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.

THIS MEANS THAT WE DO NOT PROMISE YOU THAT THE WEBSITE IS FREE OF PROBLEMS. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, we make no warranty that the Website will meet your requirements or that the Website will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free, or that defects in the Website will be corrected. We make no warranty as to the results that may be obtained from the use of the Website or as to the accuracy or reliability of any information obtained through the Website. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you through the Website or from us or our subsidiaries/other affiliated companies will create any warranty. We disclaim all equitable indemnities.

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LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

IOWF WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR YOUR DISPLAYING, COPYING, OR DOWNLOADING ANY MATERIALS TO OR FROM THE WEBSITE. IN NO EVENT WILL IOWF BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, EXTRAORDINARY, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOSS OF DATA, REVENUE, PROFITS, USE, OR OTHER ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE) HOWEVER ARISING, EVEN IF WE KNOW THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

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DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND ARBITRATION; CLASS ACTION WAIVER.

Please Read This Provision Carefully. It Affects Your Legal Rights.

This provision facilitates the prompt and efficient resolution of any dispute (with the exception of the enforceability of the Class Action Waiver clause below) that may arise between you and us. Effectively, then, “dispute” is given the broadest meaning enforceable by law and includes any claims against other parties relating to services or products provided or billed to you (such as our licensors, suppliers, dealers, or third-party vendors) whenever you also assert claims against us in the same proceeding.

This provision provides that all disputes between you and us will be resolved by binding arbitration because acceptance of these Terms constitutes a waiver of your right to litigation claims and all opportunities to be heard by a judge or jury. We prefer this because we believe arbitration is less drama-filled than litigation. To be clear, there is no judge or jury in arbitration, and court review of an arbitration award is limited. The arbitrator must follow this agreement and can award the same damages and relief as a court (including attorney’s fees). YOU AND IOWF AGREE THAT, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BELOW, ANY AND ALL DISPUTES, AS DEFINED ABOVE, WHETHER PRESENTLY IN EXISTENCE OR BASED ON ACTS OR OMISSIONS IN THE PAST OR IN THE FUTURE, WILL BE RESOLVED EXCLUSIVELY AND FINALLY BY BINDING ARBITRATION RATHER THAN IN COURT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PROVISION.

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Pre-Arbitration Claim Resolution

For all disputes, you must first give us an opportunity to resolve the dispute which is first done by e-mailing us at internationalonlinewebfest@gmail.com the following information: (1) your name, (2) your address, (3) a written description of your claim, and (4) a description of the specific relief you seek. If we do not resolve the dispute within 60 days after receiving your notification, than you may pursue your dispute in arbitration. You may pursue your dispute in a court only under the circumstances described below.

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Arbitration Procedures

If this provision applies and the dispute is not resolved as provided above (Pre-Arbitration Claim Resolution) either you or we may initiate arbitration proceedings. The London Court of International Arbitration "LCIA", www.lcia.org, or the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), www.adr.org, will arbitrate all disputes, and the arbitration will be conducted before a single arbitrator. The arbitration will be commenced as an individual arbitration, and will in no event be commenced as a class arbitration. This provision governs in the event it conflicts with the applicable arbitration rules. Under no circumstances will class action procedures or rules apply to the arbitration. So long as you place a request in writing prior to commencement of the arbitration, we will pay all arbitration fees and associated costs and expenses. But, you will still be responsible for all additional fees and costs that you incur in the arbitration which include but are not limited to attorneys’ fees or expert witnesses.

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Class Action Waiver

Except as otherwise provided in this provision, the arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person’s claims, and may not otherwise preside over any form of a class or representative proceeding or claims (such as a class action, consolidated action or private attorney general action) unless both you and IOWF specifically agree to do so following initiation of the arbitration. If you choose to pursue your dispute in court by opting out of the Arbitration Provision, as specified above, this Class Action Waiver will not apply to you. Neither you, nor any other user of this Website can be a class representative, class member, or otherwise participate in a class, consolidated, or representative proceeding without having complied with the opt-out requirements above.

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Other

You understand and agree that by accepting this provision in these Terms, you and we are each waiving the right to a jury trial or a trial before a judge in a public court. If any clause within this provision (other than the Class Action Waiver clause above) is found to be illegal or unenforceable, that clause will be severed from this provision whose remainder will be given full force and effect. If the Class Action Waiver clause is found to be illegal or unenforceable, this entire provision will be unenforceable and the dispute will be decided by a court. This provision will survive the termination of your account with us or our affiliates and your discontinued use of this Website. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, we agree that if we make any change to this provision (other than a change to the Notice Address), you may reject any such change and require us to adhere to the language in this provision if a dispute between us arises.

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GENERAL TERMS

We think direct communication resolves most issues – if we feel that you are not complying with these Terms, we will likely tell you. We may even provide you with recommended necessary corrective action(s) if possible. However, certain violations of these Terms, as determined by us, may require immediate termination of your access to this Website without prior notice to you. The Arbitration Act 1996, of legislation.gov.uk and applicable UK law, without regard to the choice or conflicts of law provisions, will govern these Terms to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. Except for disputes subject to arbitration as described above, any disputes relating to these Terms or this Website will be heard in the courts located in London, UK. Except as otherwise set forth in the dispute resolution provision, if any of these Terms are deemed inconsistent with applicable law, then such term(s) will be interpreted to reflect the intentions of the parties, and no other terms will be modified. By choosing not to enforce any of these Terms, we are not waiving our rights. These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and the Data Processing Addendum (as applicable), contain the entire agreement between you and us and, therefore, supersede all prior or contemporaneous negotiations, discussions or agreements between IOWF and you about the Website and our services. The rights of IOWF under our Terms will survive the termination of our Terms.

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CHANGES

We may amend our Terms at any time by publishing revised Terms on our Website and/or by sending an e-mail to the address you gave us. The latest copies of our Terms will be posted on our Website, and you should review all Terms prior to using our Website. Continued use of this Website following notice of any such modifications indicates you acknowledge and agree to be bound by the modifications. Therefore, it is important for you to periodically review our Terms to make sure you still agree to them. If you object to any such modifications, your sole recourse will be to cease using this Website. IOWF reserves the right to change any and all features of our Website, at any time without notice.

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CONTACT US

If you have any questions about these Terms or otherwise need to contact us for any reason, you can reach us at internationalonlinewebfest@gmail.com or Bigtower Pictures - 20 Bunhill Row, EC1Y 8UE  London, UK.

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