THIS TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) constitutes a legally binding agreement by and between loopsio, a limited liability company organised under the laws of Scotland (“loopsio”) and the customer, whether personally or on behalf of an entity (“Customer”), with regard to access and use of loopsio’s website: loopsio.com (the “Website”) and any other media form, channel, mobile website or mobile application related, linked or otherwise connected thereto. Failure to agree and adhere to all of the terms, conditions and obligations contained herein results in the express prohibition of the Customer’s use of the Website, and the Customer is ordered to discontinue use immediately. Thereafter the relationship between Customer and loopsio shall cease and be of no further force and effect between the parties, except that any obligation of Customer to pay loopsio for services rendered shall remain and continue to be an ongoing obligation owed by Customer to loopsio.
1. Intellectual Property Rights
Unless otherwise indicated, the Website is the property of loopsio and all source code, databases, functionality, software, designs, audio, video, text, photographs and graphics of any nature and regardless of format (herein, collectively or individually, the “Content”) and the trademarks, service marks, and logos contained there (the “Marks”) are owned and controlled by loopsio and are protected by copyright and trademark laws and any other applicable intellectual property law or regulation of Scotland, foreign jurisdictions and international conventions. The Content and Marks are provided “As-Is” for your information and personal use only. Except as expressly provided herein, no part of the Website and no Content may be copied, reproduced, aggregated, republished, uploaded, posted, displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted, distributed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose whatsoever, without loopsio’s express prior written permission. loopsio reserves all rights in the Website, Content and Marks.
2. Ownership of Materials
Notwithstanding loopsio’s ownership of Submissions, as described in Paragraph 4 (“Customer Feedback"), all design and original source files created on Customer’s behalf (“Projects”) belong to Customer, and Customer shall be the sole owner of the copyright for all Projects. In the event that any operation of law would cause loopsio to become the owner of a Project, in whole or in part, rather than Customer, loopsio irrevocably and perpetually assigns its entire interest in the Project to Customer, without limitation. Customer warrants that any and all materials provided to loopsio as examples or as material to be incorporated into a project during the design process are owned by Customer and do not infringe on or misappropriate any third party’s rights, including, but not limited to, all intellectual property rights and any right of publicity. loopsio always reserves the right to share the Customer's design work publicy (social media, website, etc.) unless agreed upon as stated in section 18 of this document.
3. Third-Party Materials
In the event that any Project incorporates materials ("Content") that are not owned by loopsio and require a commercial license in order for Customer to legally reproduce, distribute, or publicly display the Project (“Third-Party Material(s)”), loopsio will inform Customer in writing that one or more Third-Party Materials have been incorporated into the Project and that Customer will need to purchase one or more licenses for the Third-Party Materials from the rights-holder(s) of said Third Party Materials in order to legally reproduce, distribute, or publicly display the Project. Said notice will include information sufficient for Customer to identify which licenses are required and who to contact in order to purchase said licenses. So long as loopsio has informed Customer of the incorporation of Third-Party Materials as described above, Customer assumes all responsibility for any consequences as a result of a failure by Customer to purchase one or more licenses for any Third-Party Fonts incorporated into a Project.
4. User Representations
By using the Website, Customer represents and warrants that: Customer has the legal capacity and agrees to comply with these Terms of Use; Customer is not a minor in the jurisdiction of their domicile; Customer will not access the Website through automated or non-human means; Customer will not use the Website for any illegal or unauthorized purpose; Customer’s use of the Website will not violate any applicable law or regulation.
5. Prohibited Activities
Customer shall not access or use the Website for any purpose other than that for which the Website is made available to the Customer. The Website may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavours except those related to the work performed by loopsio on behalf of the Customer. Further, Customer agrees to refrain from the following: Make any unauthorized use of the Website; Retrieve data or content for the purposes of creating or compiling a database or directory; Circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features on the Website; Engage in unauthorized framing or linking of the Website; Trick, defraud or mislead loopsio or other users; Interfere with, disrupt or create an undue burden on the Website or loopsio’s networks or servers; Use the Website in an effort to compete with loopsio; Decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Website; Bypass any measures on the Website designed to prevent or restrict access to the Website or any portion thereof; Harass, annoy, intimidate or threaten any of loopsio’s employees, independent contractors or agents providing services through the Website; Delete the copyright or other rights notice from any Content; Copy or adapt the Website’s software, upload or transmit, or attempt to do so, viruses, Trojan horses, or other material including anything that interferes with any party’s use of the Website or modifies, impairs, disrupts, alters, or interferes with the use, features, functions, operations or maintenance of the Website; Upload or transmit, or attempt to do so, any material that acts as a passive or active information collection or transmission mechanism; Disparage, tarnish or otherwise harm loopsio; Use the Website in a manner inconsistent with any applicable laws, statutes or regulations.
6. Customer Feedback
Customer acknowledges and agrees that any questions, comments, suggestions or other feedback or submission (each a “Submission”) shall be the sole property of loopsio and loopsio is under no obligation to keep a Submission confidential or take steps necessary to ensure the confidentiality of a Submission. loopsio shall be the sole and exclusive owner of all rights related to the Submission except to the extent that rights are granted to Customer under Paragraph 2 (“Ownership of Materials”), and shall at its sole and unrestricted discretion use and disseminate a Submission for any lawful purpose without permission, acknowledgment or compensation of or to the Customer. Customer agrees that it has the right to articulate and put forth the Submission and Customer hereby waives all claims and recourse against loopsio for its use of the Submission in accordance with the terms hereof and in its sole discretion hereafter.
7. Management and Oversight
loopsio reserves the right to monitor the Website for violations of these Terms of Use and to take appropriate legal action in response to a violation of the Terms of Use or any applicable law, statute or regulation. loopsio further reserves the right to restrict or deny access to the Website or disable the Customer’s use of the Website. Such decision shall be in the sole discretion of loopsio, without notice or liability to Customer. All decisions regarding the management of the Website shall be at the sole discretion of loopsio and shall be designed to protect loopsio’s rights and property.
8. Privacy Policy
By using the Website, Customer agrees to be bound and abide by the Privacy Policy and the terms more particularly set forth therein and adopted and incorporated herein. The Website is hosted in the United Kingdom. Access of the Website from the EU, Asia or other region of the world may result in the applicability of laws, statutes or regulations differing from those of Scotland which govern personal data collection, use or disclosure. Customer’s continued use of the Website and transfer of data to the United Kingdom constitutes express consent of Customer to the transfer and processing of data in the United Kingdom. loopsio does not knowingly accept or solicit information from individuals under the age of 18. In accordance with the United Kingdoms' laws, upon the receipt of actual knowledge that an individual under the age of 13 has provided personally identifiable information to loopsio without parental consent, loopsio shall delete that information as soon as reasonably practical.
9. Returns and Refunds
loopsio reserves the right to deny refunds based on its own self discretion and without notice or liability to Customer. Refunds are applicable on payments made for work hours not yet submitted, and which have not resulted in work output. Refund requests are assessed on a case by case basis. loopsio reserves the right to take appropriate legal actions against Customer for breach of this paragraph.
10. Modification
loopsio reserves the right to change, alter, modify, amend or remove anything or any content on the Website for any reason at its sole discretion. loopsio reserves the right to modify or discontinue all or part of the Website without notice and without liability to Customer.
11. Connection Interruptions
loopsio does not guarantee or warrant the Website will be available and accessible at all times. Issues with hardware, software or other items may result in interruption delays or errors beyond loopsio’s control. Customer agrees that loopsio shall not be liable to Customer for any loss, damage or inconvenience caused by Customer’s inability to access or use the Website during any interruption in the connection or service.
12. Governing Law
These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Scotland without regard to conflict of law principals.
13. Litigation
Any legal action of whatever nature shall be brought in the courts of Glasgow, Scotland. The parties hereto consent to personal jurisdiction in said courts and waive all defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction and forum non conveniens with respect to venue and jurisdiction. Application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act are excluded from these Terms of Use.
14. Disclaimer
The Website is provided on an as-is, as-available basis. Customer agrees that its use of the Website and Services are at Customer’s sole risk. loopsio disclaims all warranties, express or implied, in connection with the Website and Customer’s use thereof, including the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. loopsio makes no warranties or representations about the accuracy or completeness of the Website or any content thereon or content of any websites linked to the Website and loopsio assumes no liability for any errors, mistakes or inaccuracies of content and materials, personal injury or property damage, of any nature whatsoever, any unauthorized access to or use of loopsio’s secure servers and/or any personal information and/or financial information stored therein, any interruption or cessation of transmission to or from the site, any bugs, viruses, Trojan horses or the like which may be transmitted to or through the Website by any third party and/or any errors or omissions in 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 through the Website. loopsio does not warrant, endorse, guarantee or assume responsibility for any product or service advertised or offered by a third party either through the Website, a hyperlinked website or any website or mobile application featured in any advertising.
15. Limitations of Liability and Indemnification
loopsio and its directors, employees, members, independent contractors or agents shall not be liable to Customer or any third party for any direct, indirect, consequential, incidental, special or punitive damages, including lost profit, lost revenue, lost data, legal fees, court costs, fines, forfeitures or other damages or losses arising from Customer’s use of the Website. Customer agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless, loopsio and its subsidiaries, affiliates and all respective officers, members, agents, partners, employees and independent contractors from and against any loss, damage, liability, claim or demand including reasonable legal fees and expenses, made by any third party due to or arising out of: (1) use of the Website; (2) breach of these Terms of Use; (3) any breach of Customer’s representations and warranties set forth herein; (4) Customer’s violation of the rights of any third party, including but not limited to intellectual property rights. Notwithstanding the foregoing, loopsio reserves the right, at Customer’s expense, to assume control and defence of any matter for which Customer shall be required to indemnify loopsio hereunder. Customer agrees to cooperate with the defence of such claims.
16. User Data
Customer is solely responsible for all data transmitted to or that relates to any activity Customer has undertaken using the Website. loopsio shall have no liability to Customer for any loss or corruption of any such data and Customer hereby waives any right of action against loopsio from any such loss or corruption.
17. Electronic communications, transactions and signatures
Customer hereby consents to receive electronic communications from loopsio and Customer agrees that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications sent via email or through the Website satisfy any legal requirement that such communication be in writing. Customer hereby agrees 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 loopsio or through the Website. Customer hereby waives 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.
18. Showcasing Work
loopsio reserves to right to share development and design work on digital channels including social media, website, etc. unless otherwise agreed upon. The Customer reserves the right to issue an NDA between themselves and loopsio, which in turn would void the right of loopsio to share or discuss Customer's work publicly.
19. Miscellaneous
These Terms of Use and any policies posted on the Website or regarding the Website constitute the entire agreement and understanding between the Customer and loopsio. Failure of loopsio to enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Use shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision or part of these Terms of Use is determined to be unlawful, void or unenforceable, that provision shall be severed from these Terms of Use but shall not otherwise affect the validity or unenforceability of the remaining provisions herein. Nothing in these Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy or on the Website shall be construed to constitute the forming of a joint venture, partnership, employment or agency relationship between Customer and loopsio.
20. Contact Information
For any questions or complaints regarding the Website, please contact loopsio at: hey@loopsio.com.
— Omar Tufayl, founder, loopsio