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vorevo.com - Regulations and Terms of Use


CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION

The Regulations below specifies the operation rules of the website vorevo.com and vorevo.pl. All legal relations between the User and Website Administrator, not referred to in the Regulations, shall be governed by the provisions of Polish law. The Regulations also specifies the obligations and scope of responsibility of the Administrator, as the entity managing and running the Website.

 

CHAPTER 2. DEFINITIONS

  1. Account - a place on the Website available for the User, where the User inserts and manages the data. Upon Website Users consent, data and Content are collected and processed in an ordered way in an IT system, for the purposes of services rendered by the Administrator.
  2. Ad - User's page containing data and texts, files, pictures, photos, films, sounds, musical pieces, artistic pieces, applications and other materials voluntarily or for an appropriate fee made available by the User on the Website, which other Users can get acquainted and which can be used by the Administrator on the conditions specified in this Regulations.
  3. Administrator - an owner and entity rendering a service of making the Website resources available to the Website Users - i.e.  Innovatoo Gwidon Salata - Kochanowski Piotr Andrzej Bogucki Spółka Cywilna Tax Identification Number /NIP/: 7251978988, Business Statistical Number /REGON/: 100555090.
  4. Article - User's page containing data and texts, files, pictures, photos, films, sounds, musical pieces, artistic pieces, applications and other materials - voluntarily made available by the User on the Website - with which other Users can get acquainted and which can be used by the Administrator  on the conditions specified in this Regulations.
  5. Content - all the materials and files of any format posted on the Website by the User: text, film, photo, audio file, document, other forms of communication.

  6. Linked Services - services rendered at the web addresses not related to Website.
  7. Messages - electronic mailbox used by the Website Users for communication purposes.
  8. Regulations - a document in question regulating the rights and obligations of the Users and Administrator and the attachments which are an integral part of the document.
  9. User - a person of major age with full capacity to perform acts in law who gained access to the services rendered by the Website by giving consent to the Regulations and completing the registration process. A person of minor age and/or person lacking full capacity to perform acts in law may also be considered as the User subject to approval of legal representative.
    In the Website there are two types of User: Individual (a private individual without legal personality.) and Institution (a legal person as well as an organisational entity without legal personality but with legal capacity granted by the legal provisions.)
  10. Username - a private and real name of the User in a Website, assumed by the User during Account registration.
  11. Website - the social and information portal VOREVO which can be found at the www.vorevo.com, vorevo.com , www.vorevo.pl and vorevo.pl web addresses; an internet platform enabling Users to look for ideas as Articles, to make new contacts, to exchange information, and to provide other services via Website.

 

CHAPTER 3. TECHNICAL CONDITIONS OF RENDERING SERVICES

  1. The Website is owned by Innovatoo Gwidon Salata - Kochanowski Piotr Andrzej Bogucki Spółka Cywilna Tax Identification Number /NIP/: 7251978988, Business Statistical Number /REGON/: 100555090.
  2. The subject of the Website's operation is keeping an Accounts database enabling Users to look for ideas as Articles, to make new contacts, to exchange information, and to provide other services via Website. The Administrator also allows the Website resources to be used by the Users in order to facilitate entering data and Contents.
  3. In order to use the Website's services you need to be equipped in devices allowing access to the internet, active email account and an internet browser to display websites.
  4. The Website's operation is based on the "cookies" files technology. The "cookies" files are small text files which are sent by the WWW server and saved on the hard disk of the computers of people visiting the Website's pages, in order to store the information and data acquired through the use of the Website by the User. If the User's internet browser does not allow to run "cookies" files, it does not mean that the User will not be able to use the Website. However, it may cause difficulties or errors in the Website's operation, which is why it is recommended to use software with the "cookies" function switched on. The Administrator does not bear responsibility for the consequences of using the Website with the "cookies" function switched off.
  5. The Administrator does not bear responsibility for disruptions in the Website operation caused by force majeure, failure of mechanical devices, database and server overload, other circumstances independent of the Administrator or dependent on third parties for whom the Administrator does not bear responsibility.


CHAPTER 4. SCOPE OF SERVICE AND COOPERATION WITH LINKED SERVICES

  1. The Website displays banners and links to other pages, sites and websites. By clicking the banner or link the User goes to a page owned by another owner operating under his/her own name and for his/her own account.
  2. The Website Administrator does not bear responsibility for the provision or quality of any information or service sold or advertised via or on the Website (guarantee, warranty), because their seller or service provider is a particular User or other entity.
  3. The Website Administrator does not bear responsibility for privacy protection practices and personal data protection provided by its Linked Services. In order to obtain more information about the privacy protection practices used by the Linked Services, please visit the Linked Services page and read carefully about the practices used and the scope of privacy protection.
  4. The Website Administrator does not control and does not bear responsibility for the contents appearing on Linked Services pages.
  5. The Website Administrator is not responsible for the consequences of the use of any information or material available on Linked Services pages which can be accessed by the links displayed on the Website.

 

CHAPTER 5. USING THE WEBSITE

a.      REGISTRATION

  1. In order to register on the Website you need to fill in the registration form correctly.
  2. User is under the obligation to provide authentic data. Detection of false data will result in restricting the Account for indefinite period.
  3. User is under the obligation to update the data provided in the registration form each time a change occurs.
  4. By registering on the Website, User agrees for his personal data to be processed according to Privacy Policy explained further in this Regulations and under the Data Protection Act (Ustawa o Ochronie Danych Osobowych) from 29 August 1997 and the Act on Rendering Electronic Services (Ustawa o Świadczeniu Usług Drogą Elektroniczną) from 18 July 2002, after later amendments.
  5. By registering, the User agrees for his personal data to be processed and for this data to be displayed (following the chosen options) on the Website.
  6. By completing the registration procedure on the Website, which results in the set up of an Account, the User represents and warrants that he/she has read and accepted the content of the whole Regulations.

 

b.      THE ACCOUNT

  1. User may have maximum 1 (one) Account on the Website.
  2. Forwarding the password to the Website's Account to third parties is prohibited. By doing so, you exempt the Administrator from any responsibility for damage caused by the User's non-statutory actions.
  3. Accounts that have not been used for more than 6 months after the last log on may be deleted without prior notification.
  4. If the User is found to be breaking the rules of the Regulations, the User's Account will be restricted or deleted, according to the Administrator's decision. The decision can be made without notifying the User or providing explanation.
  5. User may delete his/her Account at any time. After the Account has been deleted it cannot be retrieved. Comments posted on the Forum before the removal of User's Account will not be deleted.
  6. Every new Account needs to be activated, which can be done by replying to the message sent to User's email box and following the instructions given.
  7. Administrator has the right to restrict or delete User's Account without providing explanation or prior notification to the User.

 

c.      ENTERING CONTENTS

  1. When entering Content on the Website the User declares that:
    a)      The User is legally authorised to publish Content on the Website,
    b)      The Content presents the User or User's work and does not break the law in any way.
  2. Administrator has the right to compress/shrink the size of Contents entered by the User without prior notification.
  3. Administrator of the Website is not bound in any way by a maximum period of time in which he/she needs to verify Content entered by the User.
  4. Administrator is not responsible in any way for unauthorised use of Contents entered on the Website by third parties.
  5. Administrator has the right to reject, refuse to enter or delete any Contents for any reason or without a reason, including Contents which in Administrator's opinion breach the Regulations or may be offensive, illegal or may breach the rights of any people or entities, or violate or potentially violate the safety of any people or entities.
  6. Administrator is not responsible for monitoring the Website in order to detect inappropriate Contents or behaviour. Administrator is not responsible for Contents entered, is not obliged to alter or delete inappropriate Contents and is not responsible for behaviour of the User who entered such Contents, even if the Administrator decided to monitor the Website for any reason.
  7. User is solely responsible for Contents entered by him/her on the Website, through the Contents and in relation to the Contents as well as for any materials and information forwarded to other Users and for mutual relations with other Users.

 

d.      MESSAGES

  1. It is prohibited to use the Messages system as a means of distributing advertisements of products, services, commercial websites and other contents considered as SPAM.

 

e.      FORUM

  1. Before posting a question on the forum the User needs to read the content of "Help" tab and previously posted threads on a similar topic.
  2. It is prohibited to add posts aimed solely at raising their total number.

CHAPTER 6. COPYRIGHT LAW AND OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS PROTECTION

  1. Administrator respects the intellectual property of others and demands the same from Users. User is not allowed to send to the server, integrate, enter, send by email, forward or in any other way give access to any materials which break the copyright laws, patenting laws, laws protecting trademarks, business secrets or other exclusive copyrights of people or entities. According to his/her rules the Website Administrator may, in appropriate cases, restrict the Accounts of Users who commit such a breach.
  2. A person who suspects that any Contents entered on the Website were entered unlawfully may notify the Administrator of their reasonable suspicion using the "Contact" tab on the Website. Administrator will consider such a claim valid after the author of the disputed Content has presented legal rights to the unlawfully copied item. Each time, Administrator will consider the claim and if it is found valid the Administrator will remove the prohibited material from the Website permanently, in no longer than 30 (thirty) working days from the submission of the claim.
  3. A person who suspects that any material posted on the Website breaches their right to privacy should notify the Administrator using the "Contact" tab on the Website. In such case the Administrator will call the logged Website User breaching privacy rights to immediately stop such actions. If the person called does not stop breaching privacy rights, the Administrator may remove the disputed material from the Website permanently, in no longer than 30 (thirty) days from the submission of the claim. The above procedure does not limit the right of the claimant to bring the matter to the court.
  4. Administrator owns the copyright to graphic elements of Website, including the "VOREVO" logo, as well as the layout of these elements and industrial property rights, including trademark registration rights and protection rights to trademarks entered on the Website. Users are prohibited from using the graphic elements and their layout and organisation as well as denotations owned by the Administrator. The only exception are situations clearly pointed in the Regulations or situations in which the Administrator gives his/her consent.

 

CHAPTER 7. PRIVACY POLICY

a.      USER'S DATA PROTECTION AND PROCESSING

  1. Information collected during registration may be used for distribution of materials of potential interest to the User as described in the registration form, as well as for notifying the User about changes and/or the opening of new sites or services on the Website. At any point, the User may unsubscribe from receiving such messages by notifying the Administrator.
  2. By registering on the Website the User agrees for the data provided, including User's email address, to be collected, processed and used by the Administrator for marketing, information, statistical and publishing purposes in mass media. The User also agrees for his/her behaviour and preferences to be researched aiming to improve the quality of services offered by the Administrator under the Act on Rendering Electronic Services (Ustawa o Świadczeniu Usług Drogą Elektroniczną) from 18 July 2002 (Dziennik Ustaw[1] 2002, no. 144, item 1204).
  3. User agrees for his/her data, including email address and password, to be distributed to entities cooperating with the Website as specified in point 5 in Chapter 10 of the Regulations in order to enable purchasing services via the Website.
  4. Administrator has the right to use the stored data to create databases (collection), demographic profiles of Website Users and to publish these statistics and other information describing tendencies in collective activity of the Users via the Website and services provided on the Website. Any such data will be provided anonymously, so that the given User cannot be identified.
  5. Administrator is not responsible for the stored data if he/she immediately deletes the data or restricts access to it, having been notified that the data was deleted from its original transmitting source or the access to it was restricted, or if court or any other relevant institution ordered the data to be deleted or access to it restricted.
  6. Administrator is not responsible for the stored data if he/she is not aware that the data or any activity related to it was unlawful at the moment of allowing access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) system's resources to the User. After receiving official notification or credible information that the data or any activity related to it is unlawful, the Administrator will immediately restrict access to such data.
  7. If the Administrator has been notified that the stored data provided by the User is unlawful and restricted access to it, he/she is not responsible to the User for any damage resulting from restriction of access.
  8. If the Administrator has received credible information that the stored data provided by the User is unlawful and restricted access to it, he/she is not responsible to the User for any damage resulting from restriction of access on the condition that the Administrator notifies the User immediately about the planned restriction of access.
  9. Administrator may process the following data related to the way electronic services are used by the User:
    a) denotations used to identify the User (User data) assumed by the User during registration,
    b) denotations used to identify telecommunications network or ICT system used by the User,
    c) information about the start, end and scope of each instance of using electronic service,
    d) information about the use of electronic services by the User.
  10. Administrator can provide information about the data mentioned in point 9 in Chapter 7a of the Regulations above to the state authorities for the purposes of any ongoing investigations.
  11. If a particular electronic service is no longer used the Administrator can only process this part of data specified in point 9 of Chapter 7a of the Regulations above which is:
    a) necessary for advertising, market research and research of the Users' behaviour and preferences aiming to improve the quality of services offered by the Administrator, upon the User's consent,
    b) necessary to explain the circumstances of prohibited use of services mentioned in point 12 below,
    c) allowed to be processed under separate legal acts or agreements.
  12. If the Administrator receives information about non-statutory use of electronic services by the User or against current regulations, the service provider may process User's data to the extent necessary to establish responsibility of the User under the condition that he/she will record the fact of receiving such information and its content, for evidential purposes.

 

b.      PRIVACY PROTECTION

  1. As a part of the provision of particular services the Administrator collects and processes data (other than personal data) necessary for the provision of these services.
  2. Administrator uses cookies technology in order to collect the permissible information about the Users. By saving short text information on the User's computer the technology allows to identify the User. As a result the User's behaviour and interests may become known.

 

CHAPTER 8. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS

a.      OF THE USERS

  1. Every User who wants to register on the Website needs to fill in all the required fields and provide authentic data.
  2. It is prohibited to create fictional Users Accounts. These will be deleted immediately.
  3. Before creating an Account on the Website, the User needs to read and accept the Regulations. It is not possible to create an Account without accepting the Regulations.
  4. Data entered by the User will be used by the Administrator to conclude, alter or terminate the User agreement.
  5. By registering the User agrees for the data to be entered and processed by Administrator.
  6. User can view, edit and delete his/her data and Contents from the Website.
  7. Account User is fully responsible for the consequences of entering Content on the Website and making them available to other people.
  8. Any of the User's activity within the Website should be in accordance with current legal regulations and norms of social behaviour.
  9. By entering Contents on the Website the User agrees for them to be viewed by other Users and the Administrator. In the instance of entering Contents which can be classed as a piece (as described by the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act /Ustawa o prawie autorskim i prawach pokrewnych/ from 4 February 1994[2], consolidated text from 1 August 2000[3], consolidated text from 17 May 2006[4]) the User gives the Administrator free and non-exclusive licence to use the pieces for the purpose of providing services within the Website and renounces to pursue any claims, including proprietary claims, against the Administrator if he/she decides to use the pieces, copy them for the purposes related to Website operation or delete them from the Website.
  10. It is prohibited to enter any Contents on the Website which depict or promote hatred, violence, discrimination, infringe personal rights, insult other people's dignity, breach Polish and international legal, moral and social norms, infringe copyrights.
  11. Should one User create a few identical or similar Accounts on the Website, Website Administrator has the right to delete chosen Accounts without prior notification to the User.
  12. Every User may delete his/her Account at any time.
  13. It is prohibited to pursue actions which aim to interrupt or destabilise Website's operation. Should such actions be traced the Administrator has the right to restrict or delete the Account. According to current Regulations such actions are prohibited and the Administrator has the right to undertake appropriate action, including seeking compensation for damage caused to Administrator.
  14. Every User agrees to receive information from Administrator.

 

b.      OF THE OWNER / ADMINISTRATOR

  1. Administrator reserves the right to delete the User's Account without notifying the User of the Account and without providing explanation for deleting the Account.
  2. The right described in point 1 above refers especially to Accounts which contain pornographic or adult Contents, Accounts which break the law, Accounts which infringe copyrights or personal rights of third parties, Accounts which may offend one's religious beliefs and Accounts which do not correspond with the aim of the Website.
  3. Administrator reserves the right to delete the Contents entered on the Website without notifying the User of these Contents and without providing explanation for deleting the Contents.
  4. Administrator reserves the right to delete, cut, edit Contents which are unlawful, vulgar, pornographic, offensive, considered to infringe copyrights or breach in any other way the norms of social behaviour within the Website.

 

CHAPTER 9. LIABILITY

a.      LIMITATION

  1. Administrator does not have any compensatory liability to the User or third parties, which includes consequential damages, consecutive damages, exemplary damages, incidental and peculiar damages as well as discretionary damages, including compensation for the loss of profits caused by User's activity within the Website or Linked Services, even if the Administrator was informed about the risk of such damages.
  2. Irrespective of any terms of the Regulations which have different content, any liability that the Administrator may have towards the User, irrespective of the activity, is limited to the amount paid for using the Website's services by the User to the Administrator over the duration of membership.

 

b.      TRANSFER

  1. User agrees to accept liability and compensate to the Website, its subsidiaries and affiliates, subcontractors and other entities and their board members, representatives, partners and employees for any damages, unfulfilled obligations, justified claims and demands of third parties (including costs of any legal services as specified by appropriate provisions) resulting from the User's activity within the Website which breached this Agreement and/or resulting from breaching this Agreement and/or User's declarations and obligations stated in this Agreement and/or Contents published by the User on the Website, through the Contents or in relation to them.

 

c.      EXEMPTION

  1. Administrator is not liable and is under no obligation (stated explicitly or implicitly) with regards to Users' Contents or the suitability and credibility of Users' Contents entered on the Website or in Linked Services, via them or in relation to them by the Users of the Website or Linked Services and the Contents need not reflect the opinions or rules governing the Website. Moreover, Administrator is not liable for any damage or loss caused by the Website Users, or tools and software used on the Website, Linked Services etc.
  2. Should the User decide to post a link to any website or service on the Website, it does not mean that the Administrator approves of such website or service. Should the User enter such websites or services offered by third parties, the User does it to his/her own responsibility and with full awareness of any possible consequences of such action.
  3. Administrator is not liable for advertisements or links provided by third parties and entered on the Website or in the Linked Services, with assistance or in relation to them which may cause any damage to the User and Administrator is not liable for any goods or services provided by third parties.
  4. Administrator is not liable for the behaviour of any User of the Website while online or at any other time.
  5. Administrator is not liable for any errors, omissions, intervals, removal, faults, delays in operation or transfer, faults of communication lines, theft, destruction or unlawful access to any of the User's communicates or such communicates being altered in an illegal or non-statutory way.
  6. Administrator in not liable for difficulties or technical faults of telephone networks or lines, computer systems in online mode, servers or internet providers, providers of computer equipment, software, errors in email box or receiver operation caused by technical difficulties or the World Wide Web, the Website or Linked Services overload, or for a few of these factors affecting operation at the same time, including harm and damages caused to the Users or other people's computers related to or resulting from participation or downloading Content from the Website or Linked Services.
  7. Administrator is not liable under any circumstances for any harm or loss, including bodily harm or death, resulting from using the Website or Linked Services, participation in events organised by the Website, Users' Contents entered on the Website or in Linked Services or through them, or from the Website Users' behaviour while online or at any other time.
  8. The Website and Linked Services are offered in their present state ("AS-IS") and according to their accessibility and the Administrator expressly excludes any warranty of fitness for a particular purpose and not breaching the rights. Administrator cannot ensure or promise any specific results of using the Website or Linked Services.

 

CHAPTER 10. PAYMENTS

  1. User can voluntarily use the following paid services which extend the Website's functionality:

    a) purchase of second and next Article
    Publishing of the first Article is free. Publishing of every successive Article is a payable service

    b) positioning of an Article in a search results
    Every User has a possibility to promote his/her Article at the beginning of search results.

    c) increasing User's disk space
    Every User gets 10MB of disk space for free. The User, for additional fee, can increase disk space for another 10 / 20 / 50 MB.

    d) publication of the Ad in the "Material sellers" tab
    Adding purchase Ads is for free. Adding sale Ads is a payable service.

    e) publication of the Ad in the "Material suppliers" box on the main page
    User can publish his/her Ad in the box "Material suppliers" on the main page of the Service for extra charge.

    f) award of "Authentic company" status
    A paid service on the Website - Administrator can verify User's Account on the User's demand.
    The Account which is positively verified is marked with a graphic symbol "Authentic company". This symbol is visible to every User of the Website. The symbol is always presented with the name of the User, who owns this symbol.  No matter what the verification result is, the User is informed whether a 'Authentic company' status can be awarded or not. Company data on the Website and other documents that may authenticate the User are the basis for verification.
    Only Users who are institution can be verified.

    g) verification of a third party institution
    A paid service in Website - Administrator can verify User's Account on another User's demand.
    The Account which is positively verified is marked with a graphic symbol "Authentic company". This symbol is only visible to the User who paid for this service. The symbol is presented with the name of the verified User. Results of the company verification are sent to the User who ordered the service.
    Company data on the Website and other documents that may authenticate the User are the basis for verification.
    Only Users who are institution can be verified.
  2. User who decides to purchase any of the paid services is still bound and needs to abide by the Regulations.
  3. Administrator is not responsible for:

    a) inaccurate entry of text messages or phone numbers,
    b) operation of mobile network providers, banks or other agents assisting with submitting payments.
  4. Card, electronic transfers and Premium text messages are processed by DotPay Accounting Centre (Centrum Rozliczeniowe DotPay), PayPal and Moneybookers according to their terms of service.
  5. Any complaints should be filed to the Administrator using the "Contact" tab on the Website.

 


CHAPTER 11. COMPLAINTS

  1. User can file a complaint to the Administrator whenever an error in the Website operation occurs.
  2. Any complaints should be filed to the Administrator using the "Contact" tab on the Website.
  3. Complaints will be considered by the Administrator within 14 days of filing a complaint. Administrator reserves the right not to address the complaints which result from unfamiliarity with the Regulations or legal provisions.
  4. Administrator reserves the right to interfere with the User Account in order to repair any errors in Website operation or errors or difficulties in Account operation.
  5. Administrator will not address complaints which refer to services provided by Linked Services via the Website. Administrator is under no obligation to forward the complaint to an appropriate entity which should be dealing with it.

 

CHAPTER 12. DISPUTES

  1. Disputes which may arise while exercising agreement made on the terms of this Regulations will be resolved in the first instance by mediation (article 183 (1) - 183 (15), code of civil procedure) and by a competent court for the area where the Administrator is ordinarily resident.
  2. All legal relations between the User and Website Administrator, not referred to in the Regulations, shall be governed by the provisions of Polish law.
  3. Should particular provisions in the above Regulations appear ineffective or containing loopholes the rest of the provisions are still valid. In such a case as agreed upon are considered these provisions of the Regulations which are closest to the economic purpose and attempt of the Parties to introduce an invalid regulation or fill this loophole effectively.
  4. Disputes between Members. User is solely responsible for mutual relations with other Website Users, Website developers (considered as third parties) and other entities with which the User communicates through the Website and/or Linked Services. Administrator reserves the right to engage in such disputes.

 

CHAPTER 5. FINAL PROVISIONS

  1. The Regulations can be found at http://vorevo.com/static/1,terms.
  2. Every potential User must read the contents of the Regulations before registering and accept all its provisions in order to proceed further.
  3. Administrator reserves the right to make exclusive changes to Regulations at any time and without providing explanation of such changes.
  4. Should any changes in the Regulations occur the Administrator will immediately publish a consolidated text of the Regulations on the Website. No significant changes will take effect back dated.
  5. If the User wishes to continue using the Website after such changes have been made, the User needs to accept the altered version of the Regulations and abide by it. Hence, it is important that the User regularly reads the Regulations. If the User does not agree to be bound by this Regulations and binding law he/she must immediately stop using the Website.
  6. The Regulations are effective from the day they are announced on the Website. Agreements made between the Users and Administrator before the Regulations take effect are subject to its provisions from the moment of User's acceptance of the Regulations.
  7. Should any of the provisions in this Regulations be changed or invalidated as a result of legally binding adjudication the rest of the provisions are still valid and binding to the parties.

 

[1] Polish name for Journal of Laws

[2] The original act can be found in the Polish Journal of Laws - Dziennik Ustaw - 1994, no. 24, item 83

[3] Dziennik Ustaw, 2000, no. 80, item 904

[4] Dziennik Ustaw, 2006, no. 90, item 631