Updated 1 July 2020
Part A – Our relationship with you
Who we areWe are ETHINKWEB CO., LTD (“ETHINK”, “we”, “us” and “our”), a company incorporated under the laws of Taiwan with company registration number 12696790, whose registered office is at 1ST FLOOR, NO.6 ALLEY 70, LANE 12, SEC.3 ,PA-THE ROAD TAIPEI 105, TAIWAN . ETHINK provides access to a technology conference hosted online that allows users to access talks, discussions and online networking opportunities streamed via the Internet at www.abs2020.com , https://abs.io (the “Website”) taking place 15 – 19 July 2020 (“Online Event”).These Terms govern your use of our service and access to the Online Event. As used in these Terms (the “Services”) means the service provided by ETHINK for watching and networking via the Online Event, including features and functionalities, the Website, and interfaces, as well as all content and software associated with our Services.Structure of termsThe agreement is between us and the person who completes the Online Event registration form upon purchasing a Ticket (or having a Ticket Purchased for them) (“Attendee”, “you” or “your”). Your agreement with us consists of:- Part A (Our relationship with you);
- Part B (Terms of Use);
- Part C (Attendee terms), which contains terms specific to registered users accessing the Online Event; and
- Part D (Additional Policies) Your use of our Services are also subject to the following policies which govern your access to and use of the Website and the Online Event mobile applications (“App”) available:
- Privacy Policy
- Cookie Policy
- Anti-harassment policy
- (collectively, the “Terms”)
- For questions about registration or assistance with any registration problems, please contact us at [email protected].
- If you have any other questions, concerns, or complaints, you may contact us at [email protected].
Part B – Terms of Use
- Access to Online Event
- is behaving in a manner that could disrupt, hinder or cause a nuisance to the Online Event or to the enjoyment of any other person or partner at the Online Event;
- represents a security or health & safety risk to the Online Event or to any person or partner; and/or
- fails to comply with, or is likely to fail to comply with, these Terms of Use or our Additional Policies (Part D);
- Changes or cancellation of the Online Event
- Photography, audio and video recording
- Your attendance at the Online Event
- Third party links
- Personal use only
- Usage terms
- Online Event App
- Intellectual property rights
- Acceptable Use
- violating any law, statute, ordinance or regulation;
- using the Services for any illegal purpose and you agree to use it in accordance with all relevant and applicable laws;
- promoting or providing information about illegal activities, promoting physical harm or injury against any group or individual, or promoting any illegal acts;
- uploading or transmitting through the Services any computer viruses, macro viruses, Trojan horses, worms or anything other harmful activity;
- overriding any security feature of the Website or jeopardise the security of your account or someone else’s account (such as allowing someone else to log in to the Website or use the Services as you);
- interfering with the operation of, or places an unreasonable load on, the Website (such as viruses, denial of service attack or gaming algorithms);
- using manual or automated software, devices or other means or processes to access, scrape or crawl the Website or any content or information contained in it or the Services;
- engaging in ‘framing’, ‘mirroring’, or otherwise simulating the appearance or function of the Website; removing any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices contained in or on the Website or from the Online Event;
- modifying, creating derivative works or copying or storing any significant portion of the Website or Online Event or any related technology (unless allowed by law or we expressly authorise);
- using filming equipment or other devices to record the Online Event;
- using the Website (or any part of it) in a manner which may result in; (i) the Website and/or the Online Event being interrupted, damaged, rendered less efficient or such manner designed to interfere with, interrupt or disrupt the normal operating procedures of a computer or Website; (ii) sharing any material which is unlawful, libellous, abusive, obscene, pornographic, discriminatory, harmful, fraudulent, deceptive, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar invasive of another’s privacy, hateful or otherwise objectionable, defamatory, offensive, or of an obscene or menacing character, or that may cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety; (iii) impairing the effectiveness or functionality of the Website or the Online Event; or (iv) violating or infringing the rights of any person, firm or company (including, but not limited to, IP, confidentiality and/ or privacy) of the Website;
- attempting to grant any unauthorised access to any part or component of the Website;
- copying or distributing any part of the Website in any medium without our prior written consent; and
- altering or modifying any part of the Website other than as may be reasonably necessary to use the Website for its intended use; or
- reverse engineering, decompiling, disassembling deciphering or otherwise attempting to obtain the source code or underlying ideas or information of or relating to the Website or any related technology, or any part thereof unless allowed by law;
- Compromising the security of the Services such as transmitting viruses, malware or destructive code;
- Attempting to circumvent restrictions on access or usage;
- Tampering with the Services or accounts of users such as hacking;
- harvesting, gathering or sharing private information from the conference, Services or accounts of its users without consent; or
- Partaking in hostile activities aimed at damaging the conference, Services or accounts of its users.
- Your Contribution and Messages
- Impersonating or misrepresenting an individual or entity in a manner that is considered misleading or deceptive;
- Partaking in activities that are considered fraudulent, unlawful or false, such as scams;
- Using our site in any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation;
- Sending mass solicitation material without intent or purpose, such as spam;
- Knowingly transmitting any data, or sending or uploading any material, that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware;
- Knowingly sending, receiving, uploading, download, using or re-using any material that does not comply with our content standards;
- Violating the privacy of individuals, or distributing confidential or personal information relating to individuals;
- Violating or infringing any intellectual property or proprietary rights of individuals or entities, including but not limited to copyrights.
- Warranties
- Limitation of Liability
- Indemnity
- Survival
- Force majeure
- Governing law and jurisdiction
- Some final terms
- a reference to the Terms includes all its parts described in Part A, and includes any amendment to or replacement of them;
- headings are for reference purposes only and do not form part of the Terms;
- a reference to a statute, code or other law includes regulations and other instruments under it and consolidations, amendments, re-enactments or replacements of any of them;
- the singular includes the plural, and vice versa; and
- “includes”, “including”, “for example”, “such as” and similar terms are not words of limitation.
- If you are a consumer, nothing in these Terms excludes any of your applicable consumer or other statutory legal rights that cannot be waived.
- If an individual purchases a general Attendee ticket before purchasing a start-up ticket we reserve the right to grant a full, partial, or no refund at our sole discretion.
Part C – Attendee terms
Tickets and pricingYou will find details of attendee ticket pricing and fees for the Online Event here. Ticket prices for the Online Event are correct at the time of publication.We reserve the right to change the ticket prices at any time but any changes will not affect tickets that have already been purchased.A valid ticket entitles you to access the Online Event as an Attendee online.DeliveryOnce a successful ticket transaction has been completed, tickets are delivered in electronic soft-copy via email to the email address nominated by the Attendee. For some ticket types it may be necessary to complete required information such as the Attendee name or tax identification number before the tickets can be issued.The ticket acts as a receipt for the transaction and can be used to gain access to the Online Event listed on the ticket. The ticket reference number can be used to access the mobile app, in order to register for the Online Event.All tickets must be assigned to an Attendee, and all Attendee details must be complete within 30 days of receipt of your ticket. For the avoidance of doubt, this includes name, job title and company name. Ticket reassignment is not permitted.DiscountsWe are not obligated to offer any discounts for the Online Event and reserve the right to chance or withdraw a discount offer at any time in our sole discretion.Ticket name changesTicket name changes are not permitted.Refund and cancellationYour ticket remains our property and is a personal revocable license, which may be withdrawn, and access to the Online Event may be refused at any time upon a refund of the printed registration price.If you are eligible under applicable law to avail of a right to cancel your purchase of a ticket within 14 days without giving any reason and to receive a reimbursement of payments, you need to notify us in writing of your decision to cancel your Online Event ticket within 14 days of the day the contract for distance selling was concluded. The refund will be made in the same form as the original payment was received (for example, a credit card payment will refund to the same credit card account number). However, you acknowledge that when you purchased a ticket to the Online Event you agreed to the immediate download of digital content and that if you access the Online Event, the Services or any digital content you lose your right to withdraw.All purchases of Online Event tickets are non-refundable in their entirety after the end of this 14 day ‘cooling off’ period or immediately following your access of the Online Event, Services or any digital content. You acknowledge that all refunds are subject to deduction of a €10 or $10 transaction fee or as otherwise advised (depending on the currency of your original transaction).Our free and subsidised ticket promotions sometimes include a processing fee. This processing fee is non-refundable in its entirety.If an individual purchases a general Attendee ticket before purchasing a start-up ticket, we will not grant a full refund when the general Attendee ticket price has increased beyond the start-up ticket price.No resellingThe tickets you purchase are for your own personal use and may not be resold under any circumstances, including but not limited to use as part of any promotion or competition. This includes subsidised tickets.Reselling or otherwise transferring your ticket, not in accordance with the Terms, will void the ticket and the ticket holder will not gain access to the Online Event. Where there has been any resale or attempted resale of any tickets (or any other breach of this term), we reserve the right to cancel the relevant tickets with immediate effect.We reserve the right to cancel any ticket purchase made by any person or body whom we reasonably believe to be associated with any ticket reselling or ticket broker.Age limitationYou must be 18 years of age to use the Services. Minors may only use the Services under the supervision of an adult.Part D – Additional Terms
- Your use of our Services are also subject to the following policies which govern your access to and use of the Website and the App available: