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SOGATHER GENERAL CONDITIONS OF SITE USE
Last amended: 5 June 2023
“General Conditions of the Site”: indicates the general conditions of use of the SoGather website entered into between the User acting in their individual capacity as an individual member, or a registered business in their capacity as a Community or Service Partner, specifically governing access to the Site.
REGISTRATION AND USER ACCOUNTS
1.1 Use of the Platform requires each User to register as an Individual Member, Service Partner or Community Partner in advance. Registration requires all mandatory fields in the registration form to be completed correctly and in full. Registration must be confirmed by SoGather before it comes into effect; confirmation takes the form of the provision and activation of a personal User account.
1.2 Only legal entities and natural persons and partnerships of unlimited legal capacity who are performing their commercial or independent professional activities can register as Users.
1.3 Users are obliged to provide complete, truthful information at all times. If the data provided by a User should change after registration, the User is obliged to notify SoGather of the change without undue delay by changing his or her personal data in the user account.
1.4 Users must keep their login details (especially passwords) secret and treat them with care. Additionally, they are obliged to notify SoGather by email immediately if there are indications that their login details have been and/or are being misused by third parties. SoGather shall not disclose the password of a User to third parties and shall never ask Users for their passwords by phone or email. As a rule, Users are liable for all activities performed using their login details if they are responsible for the misuse of their login details.
1.5 User accounts cannot be transferred.
2. GENERAL DUTIES OF THE USERS
2.1 Users must review, agree with and comply with SoGather’s community guidelines. This includes being polite when communicating with other Users. SoGather’s community communication tools may not be used for general promotional purposes.
2.2 Users are obliged to take the necessary precautions to secure their systems, especially by using the conventional security settings in their browsers and using up-to-date measures designed to protect against malware.
3. TERM AND TERMINATION
3.1 When a User account is successfully activated and provided by SoGather in accordance with the detailed provisions of item 1.1 of these GTC, an indefinitely applicable contract concerning use of the Platform in accordance with these GTC shall come into effect (the ‘Licence Agreement’).
3.2 SoGather can terminate the Licence Agreement at any time with no notice period by sending an email to the email address stored in the account of the User. Users can terminate the Licence Agreement at any time by deactivating their account.
3.3 This does not affect the right of both parties to terminate this Agreement without notice for good cause. In particular, SoGather has good cause if the User has infringed at least one of the GTC items.
4. LIABILITY
4.1 SoGather is in no way liable for services, that users or third-parties provide to each other via the platform.
4.2 SoGather is not liable for services provided to Users.
5. DATA PROTECTION
5.1 The Users undertake to process and use the personal data belonging to the other Users collected through direct communication or connection on the SoGather platform. The Users are obligated to use the received data exclusively for the purposes communicated explicitly to other Users.
5.2 Users agree to safeguard their personal data, especially contact details. When a User shares personal data with other Users at their personal discretion for the purpose of forming connections outside the SoGather ecosystem, the User understands and agrees that SoGather will not liable for subsequent outcomes.
5.3 SoGather undertakes to comply with the relevant data protection regulations of Singapore. For more specific information, please refer to the privacy policy (insert section link).
6. MISCELLANEOUS
6.1 The application and interpretation of these GTC are subject exclusively to the law of Singapore.
6.2 The place of fulfilment is Singapore. The exclusive place of jurisdiction for disputes with businesspeople, corporate bodies under public law and special funds under public law is also Singapore.
6.3 These GTC represent the entire agreement and arrangement between the parties with regard to the subject matter of the contract and replace all verbal or written agreements or arrangements between the parties with regard to the subject matter of the contract.
6.4 Amendments and supplements to these GTC must be made in writing in order to be effective. All other notifications in connection with this contract can, unless expressly agreed otherwise, be sent by email to the email addresses specified by the parties. However, notifications provided verbally and by phone are not sufficient.
6.5 If any provision of these GTC should be or become ineffective or null and void, either fully or in part, this shall not affect the effectiveness of the remaining provisions.
6.6 SoGather reserves the right to amend these GTC at any time and without giving reason with future effect. The amended provisions shall be updated on the SoGather website and email notification sent to the email address associated with the account of each User no later than two weeks before they are due to come into effect. The amendments shall be deemed accepted if no objections are raised to them in writing within two weeks of notification thereof. The Users shall be expressly notified of this consequence when they are notified of the amendments.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this policy on site use, please contact us.