Sharechest

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Terms of Service: Company

Last Updated: Jan 1st 2023

1. Agreement to Terms

1.1 These Terms and Conditions (also referred to as the “Agreement”) constitute a legally binding agreement made between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity (“you” “client” or “Customer”) and 2773415 Ontario Inc., aka Sharechest (“us, “our”, “Sharechest”), concerning your access to and use of the website and services provided to clients.

We provide the following services:‍

  • our websites, applications and platform that helps bringing closer together our Customers, as investors and other of our clients, as issuers, in order to facilitate investments in companies. Our Services are further described on our website at https://sharechest.io/.
  • Technology used by clients to collect information relating to a service, product, or financing they provide
  • Registration, login, and account management tools for Sharechest users

You agree that by accessing the Site and/or Services, you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by all of these Terms and Conditions.

If you do not agree with all of these Terms and Conditions, then you are prohibited from using the Site and Services and you must discontinue use immediately. We recommend that you print a copy of these Terms and Conditions for future reference.

1.3 We may make changes to these Terms and Conditions at any time. The updated version of these Terms and Conditions will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. You are responsible for reviewing these Terms and Conditions to stay informed of updates. Your continued use of the Site represents that you have accepted such changes.

1.4 We may update or change the Site from time to time to reflect changes to our products, our users’ needs and/or our business priorities.

1.5 The information provided on the Site is not intended for distribution to or use by any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation or which would subject us to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction or country.

  • The Site is intended for users who are at least 18 years old. If you are under the age of 18, you are not permitted to register for the Site or use the Services without parental permission.
  • Our Privacy Policy also applies to your use of the site and our services, which sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us. By using the Site or our Services, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.

2. Acceptable Use

You may only use the Services for legitimate transactions.

You hereby represent and warrant that, unless expressly authorized in writing by us, you and your end users will not use the Services in any manner:

(i)          that is prohibited by Law or regulation or our policies made available to you, including these Terms of Services;

(ii)         that will disrupt third parties’ use or enjoyment of the Services, including if this use results in automated, constant and repeated requests for data other than as permitted under these Terms of Services and has a negative effect on our systems or network, including abnormal usage that overloads servers or causes portions of our network to be blocked (e.g. denial-of-services and distributed-denial-of-services attacks);

(iii)        that uses the Services to create, transmit, distribute or store material that violates Intellectual Property, privacy, publicity or other personal rights of individuals, export control, or that can otherwise be threatening, abusive, hateful or constitutes or encourages conduct that would be considered a fraud, a criminal offence or likely to give rise to civil liability;

(iv)        that results in (A) the sharing of credentials, identifiers and passwords among users or among users and third parties and (B) the distribution, disclosure or use of any of the Services in any format to or by unauthorized third parties (i.e. other than users), including through any time-sharing service, service bureau, network or by any other means;

(v)         that involves using any robot, spider, scraper, deep link or other similar automated data gathering or extraction tools, programs, algorithms, or methodology to access, acquire, copy or monitor the Services or any portion of the Services;

(vi)        that involves decompiling, disassembling, or otherwise reverse engineering or attempting to reconstruct or discover any source code or ideas or algorithms of any of the Services underlying technology by any means whatsoever;

(vii)       that involves penetrating our security, including, without limitation:

(A)         by posting or transmitting any file which contains viruses, worms, Trojan horses or any other contaminating or destructive features;

(B)         by interfering with the proper working of the Services;

(C)         by attempting to hack any security requirements or processes in the use of the Services;

(D)         by attempting to access any part of the Services (or any of their related systems, networks, servers or other equipment) which you are not authorized to access;

(E)         by attempting to disrupt in any manner the operation of the Services, its servers or network;

(F)         by disobeying any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of your network connected to the Services;

(G)         by manipulating identifiers to disguise the origin of any content transmitted or uploaded on to the Services, or the source of any content;

(H)         by modifying or altering the Services in any unauthorized manner.

(collectively, the “Abuses”).

You hereby agree and acknowledge that an indirect or attempted violation of this Section shall be considered an Abuse. If we discover that you (or your End Users) are about to commit any Abuse (including by facilitating an Abuse), we may suspend part or all of the Services pre-emptively with or without prior notice. If no prior notice was given, we will send you a written notice as soon as practicable and will conduct an inquiry to reasonably determine if the suspension of Services should be maintained.

3. Information you provide to us

3.1 You represent and warrant that: (a) all registration information you submit will be true, accurate, current, and complete and relate to you and not a third party; (b) you will maintain the accuracy of such information and promptly update such information as necessary; (c) you will keep your password confidential and will be responsible for all use of your password and account; (d) you have the legal capacity and you agree to comply with these Terms and Conditions; and (e) you are not a minor in the jurisdiction in which you reside.If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your user information (such as an identification code or user name) and/or password you must promptly notify us at hello@sharechest.io.

3.2 If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, we may suspend or terminate your account. We may remove or change a user name you select if we determine that such user name is inappropriate.

4. Content you provide to us

4.1 There may be opportunities for you to post content to the Site, or send feedback to us (User Content). You understand and agree that your User Content may be viewed by other users on the Site, and that they may be able to see who has posted that User Content.  This includes content posted to our Social Media channels.

4.2 You further agree that we can use your User Content for any other purposes whatsoever in perpetuity without payment to you, and combine your User Content with other content for use within the Site and otherwise. We do not have to attribute your User Content to you. When you upload or post content to our site, you grant us the following rights to use that content.

4.3 In posting User Content, including reviews or making contact with other users of the Site you shall comply with section 2 on Acceptable Use.

4.4 You warrant that any User Content does comply with section 2, and you will be liable to us and indemnify us for any breach of that warranty. This means you will be responsible for any loss or damage we suffer as a result of your breach of this warranty.

4.5 We have the right to remove any User Content you put on the Site if, in our opinion, such User Content does not comply with the Acceptable Use Policy.

4.6 We are not responsible and accept no liability for any User Content including any such content that contains incorrect information or is defamatory or loss of User Content. We accept no obligation to screen, edit or monitor any User Content but we reserve the right to remove, screen and/or edit any User Content without notice and at any time. User Content has not been verified or approved by us and the views expressed by other users on the Site do not represent our views or values.

4.7 If you wish to complain about User Content uploaded by other users please contact us at hello@sharechest.io or use the take down or report button.

5. Our content

5.1 Unless otherwise indicated, the Site and Services including source code, databases, functionality, software, website designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics on the Site (Our Content) are owned or licensed to us, and are protected by copyright and trade mark laws.

5.2 Except as expressly provided in these Terms and Conditions, no part of the Site, Services or Our Content may be copied, reproduced, aggregated, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted, distributed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose whatsoever, without our express prior written permission.

5.3 Provided that you are eligible to use the Site, you are granted a limited licence to access and use the Site and Our Content and to download or print a copy of any portion of the Content to which you have properly gained access solely for your personal, non-commercial use.

5.4 You shall not (a) try to gain unauthorised access to the Site or any networks, servers or computer systems connected to the Site; and/or (b) make for any purpose including error correction, any modifications, adaptions, additions or enhancements to the Site or Our Content, including the modification of the paper or digital copies you may have downloaded.

5.5 We shall (a) prepare the Site and Our Content with reasonable skill and care; and (b) use industry standard virus detection software to try to block the uploading of content to the Site that contains viruses.

5.6 The content on the Site is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from taking, any action on the basis of the content on the Site.

5.7 Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that Our Content on the Site is accurate, complete or up to date.

6. Link to third party content

6.1 The Site may contain links to websites or applications operated by third parties. We do not have any influence or control over any such third-party websites or applications or the third party operator. We are not responsible for and do not endorse any third party websites or applications or their availability or content.

6.2 We accept no responsibility for adverts contained within the Site. If you agree to purchase goods and/or services from any third party who advertises in the Site, you do so at your own risk. The advertiser, and not us, is responsible for such goods and/or services and if you have any questions or complaints in relation to them, you should contact the advertiser.

7. Site Management

7.1 We reserve the right at our sole discretion, to (1) monitor the Site for breaches of these Terms and Conditions; (2) take appropriate legal action against anyone in breach of applicable laws or these Terms and Conditions; (3) refuse, restrict access to or availability of, or disable (to the extent technologically feasible) any of your Contributions; (4) remove from the Site or otherwise disable all files and content that are excessive in size or are in any way a burden to our systems; and (5) otherwise manage the Site in a manner designed to protect our rights and property and to facilitate the proper functioning of the Site and Services.

7.2 We do not guarantee that the Site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.

7.3 You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programs and platform to access the Site and you should use your own virus protection software.

7.4 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, we reserve our rights to suspend, with or without notice, part or all of the Services for urgent security Issues, including any accounts involved in such Urgent Security Issue, if applicable. We may, at our sole discretion and at any time, suspend the provision of the Services if necessary to comply with any applicable Law.

8. Modifications to and availability of the Site

8.1 We reserve the right to change, modify, or remove the contents of the Site at any time or for any reason at our sole discretion without notice. We also reserve the right to modify or discontinue all or part of the Services without notice at any time.

8.2 We cannot guarantee the Site and Services will be available at all times. We may experience hardware, software, or other problems or need to perform maintenance related to the Site, resulting in interruptions, delays, or errors. You agree that we have no liability whatsoever for any loss, damage, or inconvenience caused by your inability to access or use the Site or Services during any downtime or discontinuance of the Site or Services. We are not obliged to maintain and support the Site or Services or to supply any corrections, updates, or releases.

8.3 There may be information on the Site that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies, or omissions that may relate to the Services, including descriptions, pricing, availability, and various other information. We reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions and to change or update the information at any time, without prior notice.

9. Intellectual property rights

“Intellectual Property ” means any and all intellectual property, including without limitation, works, inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, trade secrets, know-how, scientific formulae, data, information, images, reports, results, analysis, software, models, research and development information, technical information, prototypes, specifications, patterns, drawings, algorithms, products, compositions, processes and protocols, methods, tests, devices, computer programs, trade-marks and any and all proprietary rights provided under patent law, copyright law, trade mark law, design patent or industrial design law, semi-conductor chip or mask work law, or any other statutory provision or civil or common law principle applicable to the protection of intangible proprietary information or rights, including trade secret law, which may provide a right in any of the foregoing as well as any and all applications, registrations or other evidence of a right in any of the foregoing.

This Agreement does not transfer to you any intellectual property owned by the Operator or third parties, and all rights, titles, and interests in and to such property will remain (as between the parties) solely with the Operator. All trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with the  Application and Services, are trademarks or registered trademarks of the Operator or its licensors. Other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with the  Application and Services may be the trademarks of other third parties. Your use of the  Application and Services grants you no right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any of the Operator or third party trademarks.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Sharechest shall also be the sole owner of any suggestions, enhancement requests, recommendations or other feedback provided by Customer (or its end users) to Sharechest, so long as they relate to the Services (the “Feedback”), and Customer hereby assign to Sharechest, without limitation of any kind, all of its rights, titles and interests therein, Sharechest accepting such assignment. At our reasonable request and expense, you will complete and execute all necessary documents and take such other actions as we may reasonably require in order to assist us to acquire, develop and maintain our Intellectual Property in the Feedback.

10. Disclaimer/Limitation of Liability
You know your clients better than we do, and you are responsible for your relationship with them. Sharechest is not responsible for the products or services you publicize or sell, or that your clients purchase using the Services; or if you accept donations, for your communication to your clients of the intended use of such donations. You affirm that you are solely responsible for the nature and quality of the products or services you provide, and for delivery, support, refunds, returns, and for any other ancillary services you provide to your clients.

Sharechest provides Services to you but we have no way of knowing if any particular purchase, sale, donation, order, or other transaction (each a “Transaction”) is accurate or correct, or typical for your business. You are responsible for knowing whether a Transaction initiated by your client is erroneous (such as a client purchasing one item when they meant to order another) or suspicious (such as unusual or large purchases, or a request for delivery to a foreign country where this typically does not occur). If you are unsure if a Transaction is erroneous or suspicious, you agree to research the Transaction and, if necessary, contact your client before fulfilling or completing the Transaction. You are solely responsible for any losses you incur due to erroneous or fraudulent Transactions in connection with your use of the Services.

Unless specifically included with the Services, Sharechest is not in the business of providing legal, financial, accounting, tax, health care, real estate or other professional services or advice. Consult the services of a competent professional when you need this type of assistance.

Except as provided in these Terms of Services, (i) we do not warrant that the Services will be uninterrupted or error free; (ii) we do not make any warranty as to the results that may be obtained from the use of the Services; (iii) Sharechest is the sole authorized person to make any representations or warranties on its behalf (iv) we do not warrant that the Services will be conform to representations by any other persons that are not compliant with the Documentation (v) the Services are provided on an “as is”, “where is”  and “as available” basis; (vi) to the maximum extent permitted by Law, we make no other representations, conditions, warranties or guarantees, express or implied, regarding the accuracy, quality, reliability or completeness of any outputs or information (including a Report) provided as a by or as a result of using the Services; and (vii) we expressly disclaim any and all implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement. Unless stated otherwise in these Terms of Services, you hereby waive your rights in any of the foregoing warranties, representations or conditions, whether express or implied.

Customer is solely responsible for the accuracy, truthfulness and quality of Customer Data and any content or information directly or indirectly delivered through or passed through the Services by Customer (or its End Users). We exercise no control over and accept no responsibility for the accuracy, truthfulness and quality of Customer Data, including, without limitation, violations of Intellectual Property, applicable Law and privacy rights.

You acknowledge and agree that any outputs (including Reports) produced by or obtained from the Services (or the use thereof) are for informational purposes only. We do not have any liability whatsoever for business decisions resulting from such outputs. You must ensure the outputs are accurate and consistent.

We do not operate the networks of, or have any control over the operations of, the wireless or other communications service providers through which you may access the Services. Accordingly, (a) we disclaim all responsibility and liability for or relating to your use of any such providers to access the Services and (b) we cannot guarantee the privacy or security of wireless data transmissions.

No other oral advices, written or electronically delivered information given by us or our representatives shall create any warranty.

11. Term and Termination

11.1 These Terms and Conditions shall remain in full force and effect while you use the Site or Services or are otherwise a user of the Site, as applicable. You may terminate your use or participation at any time, for any reason, by following the instructions for terminating user accounts in your account settings, if available, or by contacting us at hello@sharechest.io.

11.2 Without limiting any other provision of these Terms and Conditions, we reserve the right to, in our sole discretion and without notice or liability, deny access to and use of the Site and the Services (including blocking certain IP addresses), to any person for any reason including without limitation for breach of any representation, warranty or covenant contained in these Terms and Conditions or of any applicable law or regulation.If we determine, in our sole discretion, that your use of the Site/Services is in breach of these Terms and Conditions or of any applicable law or regulation, we may terminate your use or participation in the Site and the Services or delete your profile and any content or information that you posted at any time, without warning, in our sole discretion.

11.3 If we terminate or suspend your account for any reason set out in this Section 9, you are prohibited from registering and creating a new account under your name, a fake or borrowed name, or the name of any third party, even if you may be acting on behalf of the third party. In addition to terminating or suspending your account, we reserve the right to take appropriate legal action, including without limitation pursuing civil, criminal, and injunctive redress.

12. Privacy
You hereby agree and acknowledge that we use, collect and disclose Personal Data in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

Each party shall be responsible for complying with applicable Law to the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Data. Customer hereby agrees that Sharechest acts as its service provider and is not responsible for Customer’s collection, upload, use or handling  of their clients’ Personal Data on the Platform.

We will deploy commercially reasonable efforts to assist you to respond to individual privacy rights requests, such as the right to access or correct Personal Data. If we receive such requests about your End Users, we will advise you without further delay. The parties agree to collaborate in good faith as necessary to respond to such requests in accordance with the Law, and as otherwise required to comply with the Law.

13. Confidential information

“Confidential Information” means any and all information of a party (the “Disclosing Party”) which has or will come into the possession of the other party (the “Receiving Party”) concerning the business, properties, affairs or finances of the Disclosing Party, including proprietary information and trade secrets. Confidential Information must be indicated as confidential information, or it must be clear at the time of the disclosure that the information ought to be handled as Confidential Information.

Confidential information shall not include information which the Receiving Party can demonstrate: (i) is readily available to the public in the same form through no fault of the Receiving Party; (ii) did not originate from the Disclosing Party and was lawfully obtained by the Receiving Party in the same form from an independent third party without any restrictions on disclosure, or (iii) did not originate from the Disclosing Party and was in the possession of the Receiving Party in the same form prior to disclosure to the Receiving Party by the Disclosing Party.

The Receiving Party acknowledges and agrees that the Confidential information is proprietary information of the Disclosing Party, and may constitute Intellectual Property of the Disclosing Party, whether or not any portion thereof is or may be validly copyrighted or patented. The Receiving Party shall only use the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party for the purposes set forth in these Terms of Services and shall protect such Confidential Information with at lest the same degree of care and confidentiality, but not less than a reasonable standard of care and confidentiality, which the Receiving Party utilizes for its own confidential information.

The Receiving Party shall take all reasonable steps necessary to ensure that the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party is not made available or disclosed by it or by any of its Representatives to any third person except (i) as required by applicable Law, including a valid court order; (ii) with the prior written consent of the Disclosing Party or (iii) as authorized or reasonable inferred from these Terms of Services, such as for making and accepting payments on your behalf in the context of the Services. The Receiving Party will use due diligence to ensure that its Representatives are subject to the same obligations of confidentiality as it does.

The Receiving Party shall not make copies or reproductions of the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party (in any medium) except as required for the purpose of these Terms of Services (including for backups and business continuity purposes).

14. General
14.1 Visiting the Site, sending us emails, and completing online forms constitute electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic communications and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Site, satisfy any legal requirement that such communication be in writing.

You hereby agree 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 us or via the Site. You hereby waive 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 other than electronic means.

14.2 These Terms and Conditions and any policies or operating rules posted by us on the Site or in respect to the Services constitute the entire agreement and understanding between you and us.

14.3 Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms and Conditions shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision.

14.4 We may assign any or all of our rights and obligations to others at any time.

14.5 We shall not be responsible or liable for any loss, damage, delay or failure to act caused by any cause beyond our reasonable control.

14.6  If any provision or part of a provision of these Terms and Conditions is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that provision or part of the provision is deemed severable from these Terms and Conditions and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

14.7 There is no joint venture, partnership, employment or agency relationship created between you and us as a result of these Terms and Conditions or use of the Site or Services.

14.8 Neither party shall be liable for delays in or failure of performance hereunder due to causes beyond its reasonable control, including, but not limited to, acts of God or public enemy, acts of government in either its sovereign or contractual capacity, flood, earthquake or other natural disaster, strike or other labor disputes, acts of war, acts of civil disobedience, denial-of-services and distributed-denial-of-services, ransomware and other cyber-attacks that are not caused or facilitated by negligence (a “Force Majeure”). Any delay resulting from a Force Majeure will result in an extension of the corresponding obligation for a period equal to the time lost by reason by such cause.

14.9 A person who is not a party to these Terms and Conditions shall have no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of these Terms and Conditions.

14.10 In order to resolve a complaint regarding the Services or to receive further information regarding use of the Services, please contact us by email at hello@sharechest.io.