PLEASE
READ THERE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY!
1.
Acceptance of Terms
1.1 WELCOME TO skhrc.com FREE
SERVICE (the "SERVICE"). The
following sets forth the terms and conditions of the skhrc.com
Membership Agreement (this "Agreement") between you and
Algrotradezone.com E-Commerce Corp. (" skhrc") under which skhrc.com
offers you access to the Service through the web site identified by the uniform
resource locator www.skhrc.com (the "Site"). Use of the Service indicates
that you accept the terms and conditions set forth below. If you do not accept
all of the terms and conditions, please do not use the Service. BY COMPLETING
THE REGISTRATION PROCESS AND CLICKING THE "I AGREE" BUTTON", YOU ARE INDICATING
YOUR CONSENT TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT, skhrc'S PRIVACY POLICY WHICH ARE INCORPORATED
HEREIN BY REFERENCE (COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS THE " skhrc TERMS OF USE").
1.2 skhrc may amend this
Agreement at any time by posting the amended and restated Agreement on this
Site. The amended and restated Agreement shall be effective immediately upon
posting. This Agreement was last amended on January 5th, 2007. Posting by skhrc
of the amended and restated Agreement and your continued use of the Service
shall be deemed to be acceptance of the amended terms. This Agreement may not
otherwise be modified except in writing by an authorized officer of skhrc.
2. The Service
skhrc.com is offering two memberships
options, Free & Paid
2.1 The Service will be offered
free-of-charge for an unspecified time period and will have the following core
features (which may be added to or modified, or suspended for scheduled or
unscheduled maintenance purposes, from time to time at the sole discretion of
Agrotrade and notified to you) ("Free
Member Benefits"):
a)
b) c)
d) | Company Profile - allows each Member to
display and edit basic information about its business, such as year and place of
establishment, estimated annual sales, number of employees, and products and
services offered, etc. Products - allows
each Member to display and edit description, specification and image of five
products. Limited Buyer/Seller Trade Lead
Posting - allows each Member to post 10 leads on the Site for public display
offers to buy/sell products and services from other users of the
Site. |
2.1a The
Paid Membership Benefits
a) | Company Profile - allows each Member to
display and edit basic information about its business, such as year and place of
establishment, estimated annual sales, number of employees, products and
services offered, etc. |
b) | Website Builder: We offer our paid members to
make their websites using our website builder, also we offer them the free sub
domain eg. Companyname.skhrc.com. |
c) | Trade Lead Posting – allows each Member to
post on the Site for public display offers to buy or sell products and services
of the Member; |
d) | Unlimited Space for mail ID with maximum limit
is 2GB to avoid misuse due to spamming. If the user require it genuinely the
admin may increase the web mail space to the
user. |
2.2 skhrc may terminate all or part
of the above Free Member Benefits at any time in its sole discretion. skhrc
reserves the right to charge for the Service at any time in its sole
discretion.The site may also terminate any membership if found the abuse of any
service of the site against the site of any third party.
2.3 skhrc shall issue a Member ID
and Password (which shall be chosen by the Member during registration) to each
Member to access the Service through such Member's Account. Each Member shall be
solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of its Member ID and
Password and for all activities that occur under the Member ID and Password. A
set of Member ID and Password is unique to a single Account and no Member shall
share, assign or permit the use of its Account, Member ID or Password to another
person outside of the Member's business entity. Each Member acknowledges that
sharing of its Account with other persons, or allowing multiple users outside of
its business entity to use its Account (collectively, "multiple use"), will
cause irreparable harm to skhrc and each Member shall indemnify skhrc against
any loss or damages (including but not limited to loss of profits) suffered by
skhrc as a result of such multiple use of an Account. Each Member hereby
undertakes to notify skhrc immediately of any unauthorized use of its Account,
Member ID or Password or any other breach of security. Each Member hereby agrees
that skhrc shall not be liable for any loss or damages arising from the
Member's failure to comply with this paragraph.
2.4 skhrc reserves the
right to change, upgrade, modify, limit or suspend the Service or any of its
related functionalities or applications at any time temporarily or permanently
without prior notice. skhrc further reserves the right to introduce new
features, functionalities or applications to the Service or to future versions
of the Service. All new features, functionalities, applications, modifications,
upgrades and alterations shall be governed by this Agreement, unless otherwise
stated by skhrc.
2.5 Each Member acknowledges that
inability to use the Service wholly or partially for whatever reason may have
adverse effects on its business. Each Member hereby agrees that in no event
shall skhrc be liable to the Member or any third parties for any inability to
use the Service (whether due to disruption, changes to or termination of the
Service or otherwise), any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions with
respect to any communications or transmission or delivery of all or any part
thereof, or any damage (direct, indirect, consequential or otherwise) arising
from the use of or inability to use the Service. Each Member further agrees that
any claim against skhrc for pre-mature termination of the Service and loss of
Free Member Benefits shall be limited to the amount of subscription fees paid by
the Member that are allocated (on a pro-rata basis) to the unused portion of the
subscription period.
2.6 skhrc reserve the right to make any
free service paid any time without any prior notice.
2.7
All payments made are non-refundable. skhrc reserves the right to modify the
subscription rates and payment conditions for any subsequent renewals terms upon
prior written notice to each Member.
2.8
skhrc reserves the right to change, upgrade, modify, limit or suspend the
Service or any of its related functionalities or applications at any time
temporarily or permanently without prior notice. skhrc further reserves the
right to introduce new features, functionalities or applications to the Service
or to future versions of the Service. All new features, functionalities,
applications, modifications, upgrades and alterations shall be governed by this
Agreement, unless otherwise stated by skhrc.
3. Member Responsibilities
3.1 Each Member hereby represents,
warrants and agrees to (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete
information about itself and its business references as may be required by
skhrc and (b) maintain and promptly amend all information to keep it true,
accurate, current and complete. Each Member hereby grants an irrevocable,
perpetual, worldwide and royalty-free, sub-licensable (through multiple tiers)
license to skhrc to display and use all information provided by such Member in
accordance with the purposes set forth in this Agreement and to exercise the
copyright, publicity, and database rights you have in such material or
information, in any media now known or not currently known.
3.2 Each Member hereby
represents, warrants and agrees that the use by such Member of the Service and
the Site shall not:
a) | contain fraudulent information or make
fraudulent offers of items or involve the sale or attempted sale of counterfeit
or stolen items or items whose sales and/or marketing is prohibited by
applicable law, or otherwise promote other illegal activities; |
b) | be part of a scheme to defraud other Members
or other users of the Site or for any other unlawful purpose; |
c) | infringe or otherwise abet or encourage the
infringement or violation of any third party's copyright, patent, trademarks,
trade secret or other proprietary right or rights of publicity and
privacy; |
d) | violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance
or regulation (including without limitation those governing export control,
consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false
advertising); |
e) | contain information that is defamatory,
libelous, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing; |
f) | contain information that is obscene or contain
or infer any pornography or sex-related merchandising or any other content or
otherwise promotes sexually explicit materials or is otherwise harmful to
minors; |
g) | promote discrimination based on race, sex,
religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age; |
h) | contain any material that constitutes
unauthorized advertising or harassment (including but not limited to spamming),
invades anyone's privacy or encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal
offence, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law or
regulation; |
i) | involve attempts to copy, reproduce, exploit
or expropriate skhrc's various proprietary directories, databases and
listings; |
j) | involve any computer viruses or other
destructive devices and codes that have the effect of damaging, interfering
with, intercepting or expropriating any software or hardware system, data or
personal information; and |
k) | involve any scheme to undermine the integrity
of the computer systems or networks used by skhrc and/or any user of the
Service and no Member shall attempt to gain unauthorized access to such computer
systems or networks; |
l) | link directly or indirectly to or include
descriptions of goods or services that are prohibited under this Agreement or
the skhrc Terms of Use; or |
m) | otherwise create any liability for skhrc or
its affiliates. |
3.3 Each Member represents, warrants
and agrees that with regards to information about or posted on behalf of any
business referee, it has obtained all necessary consents, approvals and waivers
from its business partners and associates to (a) act as such Member's business
referee; (b) to post and
publish their contact details and information, reference letters and comments on
their behalf; and (c) that
third parties may contact such business referees to support claims or statements
made about the Member. Each Member further warrants that all reference letters
and comments are true and accurate and hereby waives all requirements for such
Member's consent to be obtained before third parties may contact the business
referees.
3.4 Each Member acknowledges and
agrees that skhrc shall not be required to actively monitor nor exercise any
editorial control whatsoever over the content of any message or other material
or information created, obtained or accessible through the Service. skhrc does
not endorse, verify or otherwise certify the contents of any comments or other
material or information made by any Member. Each Member is solely responsible
for the contents of their communications and may be held legally liable or
accountable for the content of their comments or other material or information.
3.5 Each Member represents,
warrants and agrees that it has obtained all necessary third party copyright or
trademark licenses and permissions and shall be solely responsible for ensuring
that any material or information it posts on the Site or provides to skhrc or
authorizes skhrc to display does not violate the copyright, trademark, trade
secret or any other personal or proprietary rights of any third party or is
posted with the permission of the owner(s) of such rights.
3.6 If any Member breaches
the representations, warranties and covenants of paragraphs 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
or 3.5 above, or if skhrc has reasonable grounds to believe that such Member is
in breach of such representations, warranties and covenants, skhrc has the
right to suspend or terminate the Service and all
Member Benefits with respect
to such Member without any compensation, and refuse any and all current or
future use of the Service or any other services that may be provided by skhrc.
Further, skhrc reserves the right in it sole discretion to remove any material
it reasonably believes that is unlawful, could subject skhrc to liability,
violates this Agreement or the skhrc Terms of Use or is otherwise found
inappropriate in skhrc' s opinion. skhrc reserves the right to cooperate fully
with governmental authorities, private investigators and/or injured third
parties in the investigation of any suspected criminal or civil wrongdoing.
Further, skhrc may disclose the Member's identity and contact information, if
requested by a government or law enforcement body, an injured third party, or as
a result of a subpoena or other legal action, and skhrc shall not be liable for
damages or results thereof and Member agrees not to bring any action or claim
against skhrc for such disclosure. In connection with any of the foregoing,
skhrc may suspend or terminate the Account of any Member as skhrc deems
appropriate in its sole discretion.
3.7 Each Member agrees to indemnify
skhrc, its employees, agents and representatives and to hold them harmless,
from any and all losses, claims and liabilities (including legal costs on a full
indemnity basis) which may arise from its submissions, posting of information or
deletion thereof, from such Member's use of the Service or from such Member's
breach of this Agreement or the skhrc Terms of Use. Each Member further agrees
that skhrc is not responsible, and shall have no liability to it or anyone else
for any material posted by such Member or third parties, including fraudulent,
untrue, misleading, inaccurate, defamatory, offensive or illicit material and
that the risk of damage from such material rests entirely with each Member.
skhrc reserves the right; at it own expense, to assume the exclusive defense
and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by the Member, in
which event the Member shall cooperate with skhrc in asserting any available
defenses.
4. Transactions between Buyers and Suppliers
4.1 Through the Site, skhrc provides
an electronic web-based platform for exchanging information between buyers and
suppliers of products and services. skhrc does not represent the seller nor the
buyer in specific transactions and does not charge any commissions from
completing any transactions. As a result, skhrc does not control and is not
liable to or responsible for the quality, safety, lawfulness or availability of
the products or services offered for sale on the Site or the ability of the
suppliers to complete a sale or the ability of buyers to complete a purchase.
4.2 Members are hereby made
aware that there may be risks of dealing with people acting under false
pretences. skhrc uses several techniques to verify the accuracy of the
information our users provide us when they register on the Site. However,
because user verification on the Internet is difficult, skhrc cannot and does
not confirm each user's purported identity
4.3 Each Member acknowledges that it
is fully assuming the risks of purchase and sale transactions when using the
Site to conduct transactions, such risks shall include, but not limited to,
mis-representation of products and services, fraudulent schemes, unsatisfactory
quality, failure to meet specifications, defective products, delay or default in
delivery or payment, cost mis-calculations, breach of warranty, breach of
contract and transportation accidents ("Transaction Risks"). Each Member
agrees that skhrc shall not be liable or responsible for any damages that may
arise a result of or in connection with any Transaction Risks.
4.4 Members are solely
responsible for all of the terms and conditions of the transactions conducted
on, through or as a result of use of the Site, including, without limitation,
terms regarding payment, returns, warranties, shipping, insurance, fees, taxes,
title, licenses, fines, permits, handling, transportation and storage.
4.5 In the event that any
Member has a dispute with any party to a transaction, such Member agrees to
release and indemnify skhrc (and our agents, affiliates, directors, officers
and employees) from all claims, demands, actions, proceedings, costs, expenses
and damages (including without limitation any actual, special, incidental or
consequential damages) arising out of or in connection with such transaction.
5. Use of Discussion Boards/Forums on the
Site
5.1 skhrc provides its Members use
of discussion boards on the Site free of charge to promote and encourage open,
honest and respectful communication between all of our Members. The discussion
boards on the Site shall not be used as a marketing platform by Members and
Members shall not post any information relating to trade leads, promotion of
their products or their company profile.
5.2 Each Member acknowledges that all
data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages or
other materials ("content"), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted
through a discussion board on the Site, are the sole responsibility of such
Member from whom the content originated. This means that the posting Member, and
not skhrc, is entirely responsible for all content that is uploaded or posted
via our discussion boards on the Site. skhrc does not control the content
posted via discussion boards and therefore does not guarantee the accuracy,
integrity or quality of such content.
5.3 skhrc reserves the right to
delete or edit any postings in its sole discretion without prior notice. skhrc
may monitor posting activities of any Member who is in breach of this Agreement
and may restrict their ability to post messages on the discussion boards on the
Site. Under no circumstances will skhrc be liable in any way for any content,
including (without limitation) any errors or omissions in any content, or for
any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of the discussion
boards by such Member. Each Member agrees to evaluate and bear all risks
associated with the use of any content including any reliance on its accuracy or
completeness. Each Member understands that by using the skhrc discussion boards
on the Site, such Member may be exposed to content that is offensive, indecent
or objectionable.
5.4 Without prejudice to each
Member's responsibilities under Clause 3 of this Agreement, each Member agrees
not to use the discussion boards on the Site to:
5.4.1 upload, post or e-mail any
content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous,
defamatory, vulgar, obscene, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or
racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
5.4.2 harm minors in any
way;
5.4.3 impersonate any person or
entity, falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person
or entity or disguise the origin of any content;
5.4.4 "stalk" or otherwise
harass another;
5.4.5 collect or store personal data
about other users;
5.4.6 upload, post or e-mail any
content that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under
contractual or fiduciary relationships;
5.4.7 upload, post or e-mail any
content that infringes any intellectual property rights of any party;
5.4.8 upload, post or
e-mail any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising, promotional materials, "junk
mail", "spam", "chain letters", or any other form of solicitation;
5.4.9 upload, post or
e-mail any content that contains computer viruses or any other computer code,
files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of
any computer software, hardware or telecommunications equipment;
5.4.10 upload, post or
e-mail any content that contains a complaint regarding skhrc services or refers
to such a complaint on the Site or to any other Members; any such complaint must
be directed to the customer service e-mail on the Site; or
5.4.11 violate any
applicable national or internal laws or regulations.
5.5 Each Member acknowledges that
skhrc does not pre-screen content but that skhrc shall have the right (though
not the obligation) in its sole discretion to move, modify or remove any content
that is posted or uploaded on the discussion boards on the Site.
5.6 Each Member grants to
skhrc a perpetual, world-wide, royalty-free irrevocable, non-exclusive licence
(including the right to sub-license through multiple tiers) to use, reproduce,
modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute,
perform and display any content (in whole or part) such Member uploaded, posted
or e-mailed and/or to incorporate such content in other works in any form, media
or technology now known or developed.
5.7 Each Member shall indemnify and
hold skhrc and its subsidiaries, affiliates, employees, officers, agents or
partners harmless from and against any direct or indirect loss or damage
(including consequential loss and loss of profits, goodwill or business
opportunities arising from any third party claim in relation to any content such
Member uploaded, posted or e-mailed on or through the discussion boards on the
Site, such Member's use of the discussion boards on the Site, or such Member's
breach of the provisions set out in Clause 5.4.
5.8 On being made aware of
any such breaches, skhrc may ban, delete or prohibit any content that relates
to those breaches or that skhrc in its sole discretion consider to be harmful
to the public or the rights of skhrc or any of its affiliates, licensors,
partners or Members.
5.9 skhrc reserves the right to take
whatever action it deems necessary to prevent a Member's breach of Clause 5.4
including the following:
5.9.1 issue a warning letter to the
relevant Member (where the breaches skhrc are deemed by skhrc to be minor);
or
5.9.2 ban the relevant
Member from discussion boards on the Site (where the breaches are deemed by
skhrc to be major).
All incidents will be logged and skhrc's
decision shall be final in all such cases.
5.10 All information and/or other
content posted on the Site by the skhrc.com service team or by Members or third
party partners is supplied for information purposes only and shall not under any
circumstances be construed as legal and/or business advice or a legal opinion.
Members are encouraged to seek independent professional advice in such
situations.
6. Limitation of Liability
6.1 THE FEATURES AND SERVICES ON THE
AGRTRADEZONE SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, AND skhrc
HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF CONDITION, QUALITY, DURABILITY,
PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. ALL SUCH WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, CONDITIONS, UNDERTAKINGS AND
TERMS ARE HEREBY EXCLUDED.
6.2 skhrc MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS
OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE VALIDITY, ACCURACY, CORRECTNESS, RELIABILITY, QUALITY,
STABILITY, COMPLETENESS OR CURRENTNESS OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH
THE SITE.
6.3 Any material downloaded or
otherwise obtained through the Site is done at each Member's sole discretion and
risk and each Member is solely responsible for any damage to its computer system
or loss of data that may result from the download of any such material. No
advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by any Member from
skhrc or through or from the Site shall create any warranty not expressly
stated herein.
6.4 Under no circumstances shall
skhrc be held liable for an delay or failure or disruption of the content or
services delivered through the Site resulting directly or indirectly from acts
of nature, forces or causes beyond its reasonable control, including without
limitation, Internet failures, computer, telecommunications or any other
equipment failures, electrical power failures, strikes, labor disputes, riots,
insurrections, civil disturbances, shortages of labor or materials, fires,
flood, storms, explosions, Acts of God, war, governmental actions, orders of
domestic or foreign courts or tribunals or non-performance of third parties.
6.5 Each Member hereby
agrees to indemnify and save skhrc, its affiliates, directors, officers and
employees harmless, from any and all losses, claims, liabilities (including
legal costs on a full indemnity basis) which may arise from such Member's use of
the Site (including but not limited to the display of such Member's information
on the Site) or from its breach of any of the terms and conditions of this
Agreement. Each Member further agrees that skhrc is not responsible and shall
have no liability to it, for any material posted by others, including
defamatory, offensive or illicit material and that the risk of damages from such
material rests entirely with each Member. skhrc reserves the right; at it own
expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise
subject to indemnification by you, in which event you shall cooperate with
skhrc in asserting any available defenses.
6.6 skhrc shall not be liable for
any special, direct, indirect, punitive, incidental or consequential damages or
any damages whatsoever (including but not limited to damages for loss of profits
or savings, business interruption, loss of information), whether in contract,
negligence, tort, strict liability or otherwise or any other damages resulting
from any of the following:
a) | the use or the inability to use the
Site; |
b) | any defect in goods, samples, data,
information or services purchased or obtained from a Member or a third-party
service provider through the Site; |
c) | unauthorized access by third parties to data
or private information of any Member; |
d) | statements or conduct of any Member of the
Site; or |
e) | any matters relating to Paid Services however
arising, including negligence. |
7. Intellectual Property Rights
7.1 skhrc is the sole owner or
lawful licensee of all the rights to the Site and the skhrc Content. The Site
and skhrc Content embody trade secrets and intellectual property rights
protected under worldwide copyright and other laws. All title, ownership and
intellectual property rights in the Site and skhrc Content shall remain with
skhrc, its affiliates or licensors of the skhrc Content, as the case may be.
All rights not otherwise claimed under this Agreement or by skhrc are hereby
reserved.
7.2 “ skhrc” , “skhrc.com” and
related icons and logos are registered trademarks or trademarks or service marks
of skhrc.com in various jurisdictions and are protected under applicable
copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights laws. The unauthorized
copying, modification, use or publication of these marks is strictly prohibited.
8. General
8.1 Subject to any additional
agreements relating to Paid Services, this Agreement and the Privacy Policy
constitute the entire agreement between the Member and skhrc with respect to
access to and use of the Site, superseding any prior written or oral agreements
in relation to the same subject matter herein.
8.2 skhrc and the Member
are independent contractors, and no agency, partnership, joint venture,
employee-employer or franchiser-franchisee relationship is intended or created
by this Agreement.
8.3 If any provision herein is held
to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck and the remaining
provisions shall be enforced.
8.4 Headings are for reference
purposes only and in no way define, limit, construe or describe the scope or
extent of such section.
8.5 skhrc’s failure to enforce any
right or failure to act with respect to any breach by a Member under these terms
and conditions will not waive that right nor waives skhrc's right to act with
respect with subsequent or similar breaches.
8.6 skhrc shall have the
right to assign its obligations and duties in this Agreement and in any
agreement relating to Paid Services to any person or entity.
8.7 Linking/Framing: You may link to this
Site provided that you notify us in writing and agree to remove such link
immediately upon request by us to do so. You may not link to this site in a way
that results in this site being displayed in a frame on your site if the framing
obscures any of the content of the page being framed.
8.8 This Agreement shall be governed
by the laws of the India Government without regard to its conflict of law
provisions. The parties to this Agreement hereby submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction of Delhi High court (India ).