From 953ffcd29a6252a91f071234cc04832c4676e748 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeffrey Lau Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2023 18:21:47 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add privacy policy and ToS from ribose-public See: #142 --- _config.yml | 3 + _pages/privacy.adoc | 186 ++++++++++++++++++- _pages/tos.adoc | 430 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 3 files changed, 613 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml index 3c00699..e73c39f 100644 --- a/_config.yml +++ b/_config.yml @@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ theme: jekyll-theme-open-project url: https://open.ribose.com emails: + press: press@ribose.com + privacy: privacy@ribose.com + support: support@ribose.com security: security.reports@ribose.com algolia_search: diff --git a/_pages/privacy.adoc b/_pages/privacy.adoc index 9823e3f..c4bf2a3 100644 --- a/_pages/privacy.adoc +++ b/_pages/privacy.adoc @@ -9,8 +9,188 @@ hero_include: index-page-hero.html --- :page-liquid: -== Under construction +== Introduction -Relevant issue: https://github.com/riboseinc/open.ribose.com/issues/142[^] +. Your privacy is of utmost importance to Ribose. We are committed to protecting any information you share with us. -In short, we don't collect any information from you. +. This Privacy Policy sets out the basis on which any Personal information which we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. + +. This Privacy Policy applies to all Services, and has been drafted to demonstrate compliance with the privacy laws of jurisdictions in which Ribose operates. We will handle your Personal information in accordance with Data Protection Legislation. + +. It also describes the choices available to you regarding Ribose's use of your Personal information, and the steps you can take to access Personal information; to request that we correct or delete it, or to complain about any aspect of our handling of your Personal information. + +. Registration of Your Account, its usage and the acceptance of the terms of this Privacy Policy indicates that you have reviewed this Privacy Policy and have agreed to be bound by it. + +. You are required to accept this Privacy Policy before registering Your Account (or before continuing to use the Service), and any users who use Your Account will also be required to expressly accept this Privacy Policy before first accessing (or before continuing to access) our Service through Your Account. If you do not agree to these terms you must leave our website immediately. If you choose to accept this Privacy Policy, we will keep a record of your acceptance in this regard. + +== Terms and definitions + +. "`Ribose`", "`we`" and "`us`" in this document refer collectively to the Ribose Group of companies, including Ribose Inc. (US), Ribose Limited (UK) and Ribose Asia Limited (HK). + +. "`Services`" means all products and services offered by Ribose, where each of those is referred to a "`Service`". + +. "`Your Account`" means a registered account at Services created by you. + +. "`Personal information`" means data relating to a living individual who is or can be identified either from the data or from the data in conjunction with other information that is in, or is likely to come into, our possession, and includes personal data as described in Data Protection Legislation. + +. "`Data Protection Legislation`" means the Hong Kong Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance and any other applicable law or regulation relating to the processing of personal data and to privacy such as California Consumer Privacy Act, the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 and Directive 95/46/EC, as such legislation shall be amended, revised or replaced from time to time, including by operation of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 ("`GDPR`") (and laws implementing or supplementing the GDPR). + +. "`User Data`" means data (which may include personal information) uploaded by you or others through Your Account, and may be any information, data or materials provided or utilized by you or others in connection with the Service, including, without limitation, user credentials, data shared to users or other parties in connection with Services, and/or any personal information provided by you during a support request, etc. Ribose is a Data Processor (as defined in Data Protection Legislation) in respect of the User Data. + +. "`External Resources`" means resources not operated by Ribose. + +== Information we collect from you + +We fully respect your right to privacy in relation to your interactions with the Service and endeavor to be transparent in our dealings with you as to what information we will collect and how we will use your information. + +=== Information you provide + +. Most of the personal information held by Ribose is supplied by you, the user. We only collect and use individual's information where we are legally entitled to do so. + +. Account and profile information. You will have to provide personal information in order to become a user of the Services ("user"). We collect information about you when you register for an account, create or modify your profile, set preferences, sign-up for or make purchases through the Services. The registration process asks for a full name, password and an email address. You also have the option of adding a profile photo, and other details such as birthday, phone and so forth to your profile information to be displayed in our Services. We keep track of your entered preferences within the Services. While you are asked to provide Ribose with a real name and functional contact details, you can participate in all activities, such as spaces and conversations, using an alias ("screen name"). + +. Content you provide using the Services. This content includes information you enter into the platform and its applications, such as conversations, calendar, contacts, space memberships and so forth. You can also choose to upload specific contacts to Ribose from your own contact sources, but Ribose will not make and store copies of entire users' address books. Any contacts you upload will be accessible only by you unless and until you invite them to a Space and they choose to become a user, or if you expressly include information about them in Space Content (such as in uploaded files or conversations). + +. Information you provide through our support channels. This includes information provided to and interactions with the customer support functions of Services, including any information given our support team. You may be asked to provide contact information and other necessary information for solving a particular support case you reported. + +. Payment Information: We collect certain payment and billing information when you register for certain paid Services. + +=== Information we collect automatically from usage of Services + +. We collect information about you when you use our Services, including browsing our websites and taking certain actions within the Services. + +. Your usage of Services. We keep track of certain information about you when you interact with our Services, such as the features you use and their parameters. We also collect information about the Spaces and users you interact with. + +. Cookies. Our cookies page describes the cookies we use. You may set your browser to refuse cookies. However, some Services may not function properly if cookies are disabled. + +. Server logs. When you access our Services, our servers automatically record certain information, which may include your IP address, browser type, browser language, web request, interaction with services, date and time of request, the address of the web page visited before using the Service, and cookie information (see above). + +. Client information. When you login to our Services via a browser or mobile application ("`Client Device`"), our Services automatically record information that your Client Device sends to our Services. This information includes client configuration and plugins, language preferences, application identifiers, and crash data. + +. Communications. We retain communications between you and Ribose, whether or not you are a user of Services. If you sign up for Ribose newsletters, webinars, or other communications or you want to contact us generally, we will collect your contact information to fulfill your request. While providing you with customer support we may also gather additional information from you. + +. Location data. Certain Services may offer additional features, which require more detailed location-awareness than may be provided simply by your IP address. Detailed location information will only be collected if you choose to take up these Services, having been expressly notified. + +=== Information we receive from other sources + +. Integration of Services to third-parties. Certain Services allow user configured integration to third-party services, such as for the importing of contacts. The information we receive from these integrations depend on the parameters of the third-party services. + +. Partners. We work with partners who provide complementary services to our own, such as resellers, integrators or infrastructure providers, who provide us information about your interest in, usage of Services as well as other information and contacts necessary for us to sustain your usage of Services. + +. External access to Services. Some Services are offered on or through other third-party websites. Personal information provided to those sites may be sent to Ribose for the provisioning of Services to you. Such information is protected under this Privacy Policy while it is held by Ribose. + +. Third-parties. Marketing and advertising companies may provide us information about your interest in Services. + +== How we use information collected + +. Ribose uses the personal information it holds to provide and improve the Services, and to protect rights and property of Ribose and Ribose users. + +. To provide Services and personalize your experience. We use your personal information to provide Services to you, such as for authentication, provide support, and process necessary transactions. Services may include personalization features, for example, the ability to upload a profile picture, and in Services that include collaboration features it is necessary to identify users via by personal names. + +. To communicate with you. We use your personal information to send messages to you about your usage of Services, such as activity notifications and for customer support, as well as any updates to the Services themselves. In most cases, these communications can be tailored through the settings area within Your Account. + +. Personal information held by Ribose is only used and disclosed in accordance with the choices made by users; e.g., to join a collaborative Space and participate in conversations. Privacy settings for each Space are set by its Owner/Administrators; users joining a Space are made aware of these settings, and by joining, accept them. + +. Server logs. We use this information to administer the Services, to understand how visitors navigate through the Services and to enhance your experience using the Services. + +. Communications. Ribose uses this information in order to respond to your inquiries and improve our Services. + +. Cookies. Ribose uses cookies to improve the quality of the Services, including to facilitate the login and registration processes, personalize your experience, analyze and track user trends, measure advertising and promotional effectiveness. + +. IP address. We use your IP address and/or country preference in order to approximate your location to provide you with a better Service experience. + +. Location information. We may combine this information with information derived from your IP address (e.g., regional location) in order to improve your user experience (e.g., by using a particular language or presenting weather). + +=== How your information is shared + +. Ribose will not share Your Data without your consent or unless required by law (except as set out in this Privacy Policy). Ribose only discloses personal information to third parties (i.e., non-users) in the following circumstances. + +. With users of Services to facilitate collaboration. You may utilize functionality of Services to share content with other users, who are then able to see certain personal information of yours (such as your name) to identify the originator of that content. + +. With organization account administrators for management. If your access to Services is granted by an organization account, your account information and usage will be accessible by the organization account owner, and those authorized by the owner. + +. Within Ribose Group. When the third party is part of the Ribose Group and the information is required in order to provide the Services. Access to your personal information is restricted to Ribose employees, contractors and agents who need to process it on behalf of Ribose, and are bound by confidentiality requirements. + +. With contracted parties to facilitate provisioning. Service providers contracted by Ribose help perform payment processing and other necessary services for our delivery of Services to you, for which access or use of your personal information is necessary. Contracted parties are required to process such information in compliance with this Privacy Policy. + +. With third-parties. We will only share information with an external party if you have provided express consent to share such information with a particular third party. + +. With your integrations of third-party services. Your Account may have been configured to integrate with certain third-party services, and as such may give those third-parties access to Your Account and information within. We urge users to review privacy policies of those third-party services as their treatment of personal information and procedures are not controlled by us, as this privacy policy does not cover how third-parties use your information. + +. With explicit consent. In certain cases, you may provide express consent to allow us to display certain personal information, such as placing your name within a published success story. + +. To ensure safety. If we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary for the health or safety of yourself or any other person. + +. To comply with laws. If Ribose is required to disclose information by law, such as to comply with a subpoena (or a similar legal process) or an enforceable government request. Ribose will notify you when a legally binding request for disclosure of personal information is received, unless prohibited by law. + +. To protect our rights. If we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, enforce our Terms, detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues. Such information will be disclosed in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. + +. Business Transfers. If any Service becomes involved in a merger, acquisition, or any form of sale of some or all of its assets, we will provide notice before Your Data becomes subject to a different privacy policy. + + +== Children usage of Services + +. Ribose only offers its Services to organizations, and to individuals over the age of 13, and does not direct any of its Services to younger children. Individuals joining as a user are required to confirm that they are 13 or older. + +. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we will take steps to delete such information. If you become aware that a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. + + +== How we store and protect information + +=== How we protect information + +. Ribose takes security seriously for the protection of personal information. We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to, or unauthorized alteration, disclosure, or destruction, of your personal information. Details on the security schemes we comply with and specific security measures to protect against unauthorized access and disclosure are provided on our website. + +=== How long we retain information + +. Personal information. Ribose keeps personal information for as long as it required to provide the Services being used by Your Account, and for appropriate back-up and archival purposes. If a user is removed, personal information relating only to the user will be deleted immediately, except from back-ups that are retained for a reasonable period thereafter in case you decide to re-activate the Services. + +. Shared information. This information will remain under the control of the owner of the Space that contains it, or the organizational account that owns that Space. Ribose keeps this information for as long as it is required to provide the Services to those Spaces and/or the organization account. + +. Other obligations. We also retain some of your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, to resolve disputes, to enforce our agreements, to support business operations, and to continue to develop and improve our Services. Where we retain information for the improvement and development of Services, we take steps to anonymize such information, and only use this information to uncover collective insights about the usage of our Services, not to specifically analyze personal characteristics about you. + +. Marketing information. If you have elected to receive marketing emails from us, we retain information about your marketing preferences for a reasonable period of time from the date you last expressed interest in our Services, such as when you last opened an email from us or ceased using the Services. We retain information derived from cookies and other tracked data for a reasonable period of time from the date such information was created. + +== International transfers of personal information + +. Personal information held by Ribose is processed on servers located in the United States of America. + +. Transactions and communications using the Services will involve information being at least temporarily held in the jurisdictions where participating users are located. + +. Some Services allow users to expressly select the jurisdiction where the data processing and storage of the Service occurs, including the United States of America and Hong Kong, in which case the relevant personal information necessary will also be processed on servers located in those selected jurisdictions. + +. Because information processed for the Services is stored and transmitted in an encrypted state, no-one other than the intended participants or authorized personnel of Ribose, in any jurisdiction, will be able to see personal information "in clear". + + +== Your rights + +You can access, review and change your basic personal information through the Services, generally from the Services' settings area. You can request Ribose for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service. You can request that Ribose withdraw, restrict or object the processing of your personal data by erase your account. You can request that Ribose transfer the data that we collected to another organization, or directly to you. + +For any issue related to personal information, you will have to contact Ribose with a manual request by Feedback in our Services or {{ site.emails.privacy }}. You will need to identify yourself and the information requested to be accessed, changed or removed. We may decline manual requests that require disproportionate effort or that may infringe the rights of others. If we accept a removal request, we will start the process to remove your personal information stored on Services, normally 1 month, as long as it is not required to be retained by law and not necessary for legitimate business purposes. Due to the structure of our Services, after your personal information is removed, it may take not more than 150 days before residual copies are removed from our Services, and from our backup systems. + +== External links and apps + +This Privacy Policy only applies to our Services. Our Services may provide links to resources not operated by Ribose ("`External Resources`"). If you choose to submit personal information to any External Resource, your personal information is subject to their privacy policy. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy policy of any External Resources you visit. + +== Breach reporting + +. We will notify serious data breaches in respect of Your Data to the DPC without undue delay, and where feasible, not later than 72 hours after having become aware of same. If notification is not made after 72 hours, we will record a reasoned justification for the delay; however, it is not necessary to notify the DPC where the Personal information breach is unlikely to result in a risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons. A Personal information breach in this context means a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to, Personal information transmitted, stored or otherwise processed. + +. We will keep a record of any data breaches, including their effects and the remedial action taken, and will notify you of any data breach affecting your Personal information (which poses a high risk to you) when we are required to do so under Data Protection Legislation. We will not be required to notify you of a data breach where: + +.. we have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures that render the Personal information unintelligible to anyone not authorized to access it, such as encryption; or +.. we have taken subsequent measures which ensure that the high risk to data subjects is not likely to materialize; or +.. it would involve disproportionate effort, in which case we may make a public communication instead. + +. In the event of a serious data breach in respect of User Data, we will notify the relevant Data Controller of such breach as soon as reasonably practicable. + + +== Changes to this Privacy Policy + +. We may change this privacy policy from time to time. The date of the most recent revisions will appear on this page. If material changes are made to the Privacy Policy, we will notify you by placing a more prominent notice on our website or by sending you a notification in relation to this. + +. If you disagree with any changes to this privacy policy, you will need to stop using the Services and deactivate your account(s). + +== Contact Us + +If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or want to contact us regarding how we handle your personal information, please email {{ site.emails.privacy }}, or write to us at the address shown on our contact page. diff --git a/_pages/tos.adoc b/_pages/tos.adoc index 2705dd6..85e5000 100644 --- a/_pages/tos.adoc +++ b/_pages/tos.adoc @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: Terms of Service description: Ribose Terms of Service -revision_date: 2023-11-15 +revision_date: 2023-11-16 revision_date_template: "Last revised on: {{ revision_date | date: '%b %d, %Y' }}" permalink: /tos/ layout: page @@ -9,6 +9,430 @@ hero_include: index-page-hero.html --- :page-liquid: -== Under construction +== Terms -Relevant issue: https://github.com/riboseinc/open.ribose.com/issues/142[^] +. Ribose is the sole owner of the Ribose products, +software, services and web sites ("Services") of Ribose Inc. (a +British Virgin Islands corporation) ("Ribose", "we" or "us"). + +. Set out below are terms and conditions for use of the Services ("General +Terms"). + +. Additional legal notices and/or terms may be applicable to certain Services +("Additional Terms"). + +. The General Terms and the Additional Terms collectively form a legally binding +agreement between you and Ribose ("Terms"). Additional Terms +take precedence for any conflicts between the Additional Terms and General +Terms for that particular Service which the Additional Terms apply to. + +== Acceptance + +. Your usage of the Services constitutes your agreement to be bound by the Terms. +Clicking to accept or agree to the Terms also signifies your acceptance of the +Terms. + +. You are advised to check the General Terms periodically for updates, as your +continued use of the Services signifies your acceptance of any changed items. +General Terms can be found at link:{% link _pages/tos.adoc %}[Terms of Service]. + +== Provision of Services + +. Ribose subsidiaries and affiliated legal entities +("Subsidiaries and Affiliates") may provide the Services to you on behalf of +Ribose. You acknowledge and agree that Subsidiaries and +Affiliates will be entitled to provide the Services to you. + + +. Ribose is committed to providing the best experience for users. +You acknowledge and agree that the form and nature of the Services may change +from time to time without prior notice to you. + +. Ribose may temporarily or permanently stop providing the Services +in part or in full to you at Ribose's sole discretion without +prior notice. You may stop using the Services at any time without needing to +specifically inform Ribose. + +. You acknowledge and agree that if Ribose disables access to your +account, you may be prevented from accessing the Services, your account details +or any content associated with your account. + +. You acknowledge and agree that while Ribose may not currently +have set limits on transactions or capacity on the Services, such limits may be +set or changed by Ribose at any time, at Ribose's +sole discretion without prior notice. + +. Data provided by you to Ribose may be classified according to +type and origin. You represent and warrant that you will not use the Services +for any purposes prohibited by any laws or regulations applicable to the data +relating to your use of the Services, and you agree that your use of the +Services and any Content is solely at your own risk. + +== Intellectual Property + +. You acknowledge and agree that Ribose own all legal right, title +and interest in and to the Services, including any intellectual property rights +that subsist in the Services. Such rights belong to Ribose +globally where such rights exist and regardless of the status of registration +of those rights. + +. The Services may contain information designated confidential by +Ribose. You agree that you shall not disclose such information +without Ribose's prior written consent. + +. The Services and all of its contents (articles, text, photographs, images, +illustrations, graphics, video material, audio material, and software — +collectively, the "intellectual property"), are protected by patent, +copyright, trademark and other laws or various countries and international +conventions. The intellectual property is owned or controlled by +Ribose. The Services are protected by patents and inventions +("Patents and Inventions").  Additionally, the Services itself is +protected by copyright as a collective work and/or compilation. + +. No portion of the Services may be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, or +otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose that is not expressly permitted +by Ribose. + +. Except as expressly set forth in the Terms, you may not copy, download, +display, distribute, publish, enter into a database, perform, modify, create +derivative works, transmit, post, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or +in any way exploit any of our intellectual property or the Services itself, or +any part thereof. + +. You agree that you shall not remove, obscure, or alter any proprietary rights +notices (including copyright and trade mark notices) that may be affixed to or +contained within the Services. + +. The Ribose name and Ribose-branded seals, logos, +and related marks are registered trademarks/design marks of +Ribose, or otherwise unregistered marks that carry the goodwill +of Ribose. All rights reserved. Nothing in the Terms gives you +rights to use any of Ribose's trade names, trade marks, service +marks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features. + +. If you have been explicitly permitted by Ribose by a separate +written agreement to use any of these brand features, you agree that your use +of such features will comply with that agreement, the Terms, and +Ribose's brand feature guidelines. Ribose's brand +features guidelines can be requested by sending an email to +{{ site.emails.support }}. + +.. directly or indirectly challenge the validity, enforceability, or scope of +coverage of the Patents and Inventions or any patent or patent application +arising out of or from the Patents and Inventions in any jurisdiction, and, +without limiting the generality of the foregoing, agrees not to interfere with +the examination procedures or commence or participate in any opposition +procedures or judicial nullity action, whether complete or partial, with +respect to the Patents and Inventions; or + +.. file, or cause to be filed, any patent application based upon or arising out of +the Patents and Inventions including, without limitation, any improvement +patent applications or patents based on or related to the Patents and +Inventions or any patent applications or patents that design around the Patents +and Inventions.  Any invention that is based upon or arises out of the Patents +and Inventions shall be owned solely by Ribose and you agree to +assign any such invention to Ribose. + +== Account information and security + +. You may be required to provide information about yourself ("Personal +Information") in order to access certain Services or for continued use of +the Services. Such information may be requested as part of the registration +process for the Services or through your continued use of the Services. You +agree that Personal Information you provide to Ribose will always +be accurate, correct and up to date. + +. You agree and understand that you are solely responsible for access control to +your account, including keeping confidential of access credentials to your +account for access to the Services. Consequently, you agree that you are solely +responsible to Ribose for all activities that occur under your +account. + +. If you are aware of any unauthorized use of your account or your access +credentials, you agree to notify Ribose immediately at +{{ site.emails.support }}. + +. You agree to the use of your data in accordance with Ribose's +Privacy policy. Ribose's Privacy policy is located at +link:{% link _pages/privacy.adoc %}[Privacy Notice]. + +== Proper Use + +. You may not use the Services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by +the Terms, or cause damage on or through the Services. You promise that none of +your actions on or through the Services will violate any applicable local, +state, national or international law, regulation, generally accepted +practices or guidelines. + +. You agree to only access the Services through interfaces provided by +Ribose unless you have been specifically allowed to do so under a +separate agreement with Ribose. You agree not to access or +attempt to access the Services using automated means including through scripts +and crawlers. + +. You agree that you will not engage or attempt to engage in any activity that +interferes with or disrupts the Services or any part of that support, +constitute or facilitate the Services. + +. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Ribose, its officers, +directors, employees, agents, licensors, business associates, and suppliers +harmless from and against any actual or threatened claims, actions or +demands, liabilities and settlements including, without limitation, +reasonable legal and accounting fees, resulting from, or alleged to result +from, your use of the Services in a manner that violates or is alleged to +violate the Terms or any applicable law. + +== Content + +. Information accessible as part of or through your use of the Services may +originate from a third party other than Ribose ("Content"). +Such Content is the sole responsibility of the party whom such content is +originated from. Ribose makes no representation, recommendation +or warranty of any kind on such Content and accepts no responsibility or +liability in respect of any part of such Content. + +. You understand that certain Content presented in or through the Services, +including advertisements and sponsored content, may be intellectual property +owned by third parties who provide such Content to Ribose. You +agree not to modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative +works based on this Content in whole or in part unless you have been authorized +to do so by the owners of that Content. + +. Ribose reserves the right to screen, filter, review, modify, +refuse or remove any Content from the Services. + +== Your content + +. Ribose obtains no right, title or interest from you (or your +licensors) under the Terms or to any Content that you submit, post or +display on or through the Services other than the limited license stated below. +You agree that you are solely responsible for protecting and enforcing your +rights and Ribose has no obligation to do so on your behalf. + +. You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that Ribose +has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any Content that +you create, transmit or display through or in the Services, and hence solely +responsible for any consequences of such actions, including any damage or loss +to Ribose. + +. You agree you will not use any trade mark, service mark, trade name, logo of +any company or organization in a way that is likely or intended to cause +confusion about the owner or authorized user of such marks, names or logos. + +. For content submitted, posted or displayed on or through the Services ("Your +Content"), you give Ribose a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, +royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, +publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute Your Content, for +the sole purpose of enabling Ribose to display, distribute, +provision and promote the Services ("Content License"). + +. Ribose may offer syndicated services through or in conjunction +with other parties. You allow Ribose to make Your Content +available to other parties whom Ribose has relationships for the +provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with +the provision of those services through the Content License. + +. You confirm and warrant to Ribose that you have all the rights, +power and authority necessary to grant the Content License. Furthermore, you +confirm and warrant that Ribose will not infringe any right of +any third party, or incur any liability or damages of any kind as a result of +your submission of Your Content to Ribose or providing the +Services to you. + +== Advertising content + +. You agree that Ribose may place advertising on the Services. Some +advertisements or promotions may be targeted to certain information stored on +or associated with the Services. Form, nature and implementation of advertising +by Ribose on the Services may change without prior notice. + +== External content + +. The Services may provide links to resources not operated by +Ribose ("External Resources"). You acknowledge and agree that +Ribose is not responsible for External Resources, and therefore +is not liable for any loss or damage which may be incurred by you as a result +of accessing External Resources, or as a result of placing reliance on External +Resources. + +. Ribose reserves the right to remove or de-link any External +Resources without giving prior notice and without incurring any liability on +its part. + +. You acknowledge and agree that quotations or comments of Ribose +personnel on External Resources do not reflect the opinion of +Ribose. + +== Ribose software + +. Ribose assigns you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, +non-assignable and non-exclusive license to use the software provided to you by +Ribose as part of the Services or for facilitation of providing +the Services to you ("Software"). This license is for the sole purpose of +enabling you to use the Services in accordance to the Terms. + +. You may not copy, download, display, distribute, publish, enter into a +database, perform, modify, create derivative works, transmit, post, decompile, +reverse engineer, disassemble, attempt to extract the source code or in any way +exploit the Software or any part thereof, unless required by law or explicitly +permitted by Ribose in writing. + +. The Software may require updating from Ribose from time to time. +You agree to receive such updates and permit Ribose to deliver +these to you in order to facilitate the providing of Services to you. + +== Transactions + +. Certain areas of the Services enable you to apply to join one or more of the +Ribose programs. The terms of those programs and the terms +governing your application for registration and participation in those programs +are set forth in the License Agreement(s) for such program(s). Your receipt of +an electronic or other form of order confirmation does not signify our +acceptance of your application, nor does it constitute an acceptance into the +program. Ribose reserves the right after receipt of your order to +accept or decline your application as provided in the License Agreement +governing the particular program(s) for which you apply. + +== Termination + +. The Terms will continue to apply until terminated as set out below. + +. You may terminate your legal agreement with Ribose, by: + +.. notifying Ribose through a written notice sent to +Ribose's address described at the beginning of the Terms; and + +.. close or delete your accounts for all Services, where this option is available +to you. + +. Ribose may terminate its legal agreement with you if: + +.. you have breached any provision of the Terms, or determined by +Ribose that you are unable to comply with the Terms; or + +.. Ribose is required to do so by law; or + +.. Ribose is no longer able to provide the Services to you + +. Upon termination of the Terms, all of the legal rights, obligations and +liabilities that you and Ribose have benefited from, been subject +to (or which have accrued over time whilst the Terms have been in force) or +which are expressed to continue indefinitely, shall be unaffected by this +cessation, and the provisions of sections "Disclaimer of Warranty, Limitation of Liability, and Release" and "Others" shall continue to apply to such +rights, obligations and liabilities indefinitely. + +== Disclaimer of Warranty, Limitation of Liability, and Release + +. Ribose does not guarantee the accuracy of information found on the +Services. Your reliance on information found on the Services is at your own risk. + +. THE SERVICES, AND ALL ITS CONTENTS, IS PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS." RIBOSE MAKES +NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT +LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR +PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THE RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES, DATA ACCURACY, +OR QUIET ENJOYMENT. + +. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL RIBOSE OR ANY OTHERS INVOLVED IN CREATING THE +SERVICES AND ITS CONTENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY, INCLUDING ANY +DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR OTHER DAMAGES +RESULTING FROM ANY CIRCUMSTANCE INVOLVING THE SERVICES OR ITS CONTENT +(INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY ERROR, OMISSION, +INTERRUPTION, DEFECT, FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, MISDIRECTED OR REDIRECTED +TRANSMISSIONS, FAILED INTERNET CONNECTIONS, UNAUTHORIZED USE OF THE SERVICES, +LOST DATA, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, BREACH OF SECURITY, LINE +FAILURE, DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY USER OF THE SERVICES, +OR COMPUTER VIRUS, WORM, TROJAN HORSE OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENT), EVEN IF YOU +HAVE ADVISED RIBOSE IN ADVANCE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. + +. RIBOSE DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE MATERIALS ON +THE SERVICES IN TERMS OF THEIR TIMELINESS, CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, +OR OTHERWISE. WHILE WE MAKE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO PROVIDE ACCURATE AND TIMELY +INFORMATION ABOUT RIBOSE ON THE SERVICES, YOU SHOULD NOT ASSUME THAT THE +INFORMATION PROVIDED IS ALWAYS UP TO DATE OR THAT THE SERVICES CONTAINS ALL THE +RELEVANT INFORMATION AVAILABLE ABOUT OUR COMPANY. WE UNDERTAKE NO OBLIGATION TO +VERIFY OR MAINTAIN THE CURRENCY OF SUCH INFORMATION. + +. Applicable law may not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the +limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages. +Accordingly, some of the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you. +However, in no event shall Ribose's aggregate liability to you or +any third party for damages, losses, and causes of action exceed the amount +paid by you, if any, for accessing the Services or $100, whichever is lesser. +You agree to bring any and all actions within one year from the date of the +accrual of the cause of action, and that actions brought after this date will +be barred. + +. In the event that you have a dispute with Ribose, you release +Ribose (and our officers, directors, agents, and employees) from +claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and +nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and +undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes. + +== Others + +. Ribose reserves the right to seek all remedies available at law +and in equity for violations of the Terms, including suspending or blocking +your access to the Services. + +. Nothing in the Terms shall constitute or be deemed to constitute a partnership +between the parties hereto and no party shall have the authority or power to +bind any other or create a liability against any other in any way or for any +purpose. + +. You shall not assign, +transfer, convey, license, subcontract, delegate or otherwise dispose of, +wholly or partially, any of your rights or obligations under the Terms +without obtaining the prior written notice of Ribose. + +. No delay or failure by +Ribose to enforce any of the Terms shall constitute a waiver of +any of our rights under the Terms. Neither the receipt of any funds by +Ribose nor the reliance of any person on our actions shall be +deemed to constitute a waiver of any part of the Terms. Only a specific, +written waiver signed by an authorized representative of Ribose +shall have any legal effect. + +. If any clause or provision +set forth in the Terms is determined to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable +under present or future law, the clause or provision shall be deemed to be +deleted without affecting the enforceability of all remaining clauses or +provisions. + +== Governing Law and Jurisdiction + +. User agrees that the +Terms and any disputes arising under or related to the Terms and/or the Privacy +Notice or to the Services will be governed by and shall be construed in +accordance with the laws of the Hong Kong SAR without regard to conflict of +laws, and the exclusive venue for any dispute relating to this Agreement shall +be in the courts of the Hong Kong SAR, provided that Ribose shall +always be permitted to bring any action or proceedings against user in any +other court of competent jurisdiction and Ribose shall always be +permitted to choose the laws of any other competent jurisdiction. + +. This +English-language Terms of Service statement is Ribose's official +agreement with users of the Services. In case of any inconsistency between this +English-language Terms of Service statement and its translation into another +language, this English-language document shall prevail. + +. Specifically excluded from +application to this Agreement is that law known as the United Nations +Convention on the International Sale of Goods. + +== Changes to Terms + +. Ribose reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, alter, or otherwise +change the Terms at any time. We will provide notice of such change on the +General Terms page. + +. Your continued use of the Services constitutes your acceptance of and agreement +to be bound by these +changes without limitation, qualification or change. If at any time you +determine that you do not accept these changes, please refer to section +"Termination" to terminate the relationship. + +== For More Information + +. If you have any questions regarding our Terms of Service, please send an +email to {{ site.emails.support }}.