These Terms of Use govern your use and access to our services, including our website(s), application(s), and application programming interfaces (APIs), and any other information or content appearing therein (collectively, our “Platform”).
BY USING OUR PLATFORM, YOU AGREE TO BE LEGALLY BOUND BY OUR TERMS OF USE REGARDLESS WHETHER YOU ARE A PAYING USER OR A NON-PAYING VISITOR. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, THEN YOU SHOULD NOT ACCESS OR USE THIS PLATFORM.
These TERMS OF USE are entered into and agreed to by CIS Consulting, based in Singapore, and its Affiliates (“CompareIndustrySoftware.com” “We” or “Us”), and all Users (as further described below) of the CompareIndustrySoftware.com Sites and Services (“Sites and Services”) as a condition of accessing and using those Sites and Services. Users to whom these Terms of Use apply may include, without limitation: potential software buyers, software vendors, software reviewers, industry insiders and media relations professionals (each a “User” or “You”), regardless of whether you are a paying user or a non-paying visitor.
Please read our PRIVACY POLICY which sets out how we collect and use your personal information. The Privacy Policy is available online at https://www.CompareIndustrySoftware.com/PrivacyPolicy. It is important that you read our privacy policy, which may be updated from time to time, and understand how we use your information and the rights that you have about your information.
If we have to contact you, we will do so by telephone or by writing to you at the email address or postal address you provided to us.
When we use the words "writing" or "written" in these terms, this includes emails.
Changes of Terms
We reserve the right to amend these Terms of Use from time to time by posting the updated terms on our Platform. You are responsible for checking these Terms of Use periodically for changes and updates. By continuing to use our Platform and our services after the changes come into effect means that you agree to be bound by the revised policy.
In consideration of the premises set forth above, you, the User, hereby agree as follows:
Your account and password
In registering for an account on our Platform, you must provide truthful, accurate and up-to-date information about yourself. You should choose a strong and secure password. You must keep your password secure and confidential.
You agree not to share your account credentials or give others access to your account. If and when we detect that an account is shared by multiple users, we may treat this as a security breach and suspend or terminate your account.
We have the right to disable any password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you are in breach of these terms.
You agree to follow our Acceptable Use Policy, which is set out at the end of these terms.
You are responsible for all actions or activities that happens by, through or under your account, unless you report misuse.
Use of the platform
You must comply with the Acceptable Use Policy and all applicable laws and regulatory requirements, including privacy laws and intellectual property laws in using or accessing the Platform. You accept
- That You have all necessary right, power and authority to enter into these Terms of Use Agreement and to fulfill your contractual obligations hereunder.
- That You will not avoid, bypass, reverse engineer, interfere with, deactivate, impair, descramble or otherwise circumvent any technical measure implemented by us to administer and protect our Platform.
- That You will not use any automated means or form of data scraping or data extraction to access, query, download or otherwise collect our Content or related information from our Platform, without our permission, or otherwise without authorization use or upload our Content; or create new links, reposts, or referrals through the use of any engine, software, tool, agent, device or mechanism (including automated scripts, spiders, robots, crawlers and data mining tools).
- That You will not duplicate, download, publish, modify or otherwise distribute our Content for any purpose other than for your own individual use.
- That You will not access our Platform by any means other than through interfaces expressly authorized by us and this Terms of Use Agreement.
Our rights
All intellectual property rights subsisting in the Platform or the products or services we provide belong to us or have been lawfully licensed to us. All rights under applicable laws are hereby reserved. You must not upload, post, publish, reproduce, transmit or distribute any content or component of our Platform in any way, or create any derivative works with respect to any such content or component.
We may (at our discretion but are not obliged to) review content or information submitted or posted by users on our Platform. We reserve the right to remove any content which we consider as offensive, harmful, deceptive, discriminative, defamatory or otherwise inappropriate or misleading, or content that we believe may be infringing rights of third parties. We do not endorse or support any views expressed by any users on our Platform.
Our name “CompareIndustrySoftware” and our marks and logos are our trade marks (be it registered or unregistered) and may not be used without our express prior written consent.
Integrations
We integrate with third-party software to provide a full suite of functionalities to our users. We are not responsible for any issues or loss arising from the use of any third-party software. Your access and use of the third-party software is governed by the terms of service or user agreements of that software.
Copyrights infringement claims
We respect the intellectual property rights of others and will not tolerate infringing activity on our Platform. If You are a copyright owner or agent, and You believe your rights under applicable Copyright laws are being infringed by Us or another person or entity using our Platform, You may submit to support@CompareIndustrySoftware.com a written notification pursuant to the Singapore Copyright Act at https://sso.agc.gov.sg/
We reserve the right to seek damages from any person who knowingly, materially submits a Copyright notification claim under this section in violation of the law.
Data Protection
Each of Us and User agrees, in fulfilling its respective obligations under this Terms of Use Agreement, to comply with all applicable data privacy legislation and with the terms of our Privacy Policy, which describes how we collect, use and safeguard your personal information (Information) to administer your Services and Site experience.
Your Representation
Our Platform is not intended for and may not be used by minors. By using our Platform, you represent that you are an adult and that you are able to legally enter into contractual agreements.
If you are using the Platform on behalf of an entity, by using the Platform you represent that you have the necessary rights and authority to agree to these terms (and our Privacy Policy, Acceptable Use Policy and other documents referred to herein) on behalf of that entity.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold Our Entities harmless from and against all liabilities, damages, claims, costs (including legal fees and costs), and expenses in connection with or arising from
- your breach of these terms,
- your breach of these terms,
- any misrepresentation made by you.
You also agree to fully co-operate with us in the defense or settlement of any claim in relation to or arising out of our Platform or these terms.
Limitation of liability
Neither We nor User will be liable for any consequential, special, indirect, exemplary or punitive damages arising out of or in any way related to these Terms of Use or the other party’s use of the Sites and Services, including without limitation loss of profits, revenue, interest, goodwill, loss or corruption of data or other interruption of business (whether in contract, tort or under other legal theory), even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
Termination
Termination By Us: We reserve the right in our sole discretion, without penalty and at any time without notice, to modify or discontinue (temporarily or permanently) User’s access to our Platform, or any part thereof if We believe that User is violating these Terms of Use. If User uses or attempts to use our Platform for any purpose that contravenes this Terms of Use Agreement (including without limitation tampering, hacking, data scraping, modifying or otherwise corrupting the security or functionality of our Platform), User may also be subject to civil and criminal liability.
Force Majeure
Neither party will be liable for any failure or delay of performance under these Terms of Use resulting from a force majeure event beyond the reasonable control of a party, including without limitation, natural disasters, acts of God, government regulations, war, terrorism, labor disputes and power failures.
Waiver and severability
Our failure to act with respect to a breach of these Terms of Use will not constitute a waiver and does not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches. If any of these Terms of Use shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable under applicable law, then that term shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining term or provision of these Terms of Use.
Entire Agreement
These terms constitute the entire agreement between any user and us in relation to the use of or any transactions on the Platform. These terms supersede and extinguish all other agreements, promises, assurances, warranties, representations and understandings between any user and us, whether written or oral, in relation to the use of or any transactions on the Platform.
You acknowledge that you will have no remedies in respect of any statement, representation, assurance or warranty (whether made innocently or negligently) that is not set out in these terms.
Other important terms
We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another organization. We will contact you to let you know if we plan to do this. If you do not wish to continue the contract with the transferee, you may contact us to end the contract within one (1) calendar month of us informing you of the proposed transfer and we will refund you any payments you have made in advance for any products not provided.
You may only transfer your rights or your obligations under these terms to another person if we agree to this in writing.
If a court finds part of this contract illegal, the rest will continue in force. Each of the paragraphs of these terms operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful, the remaining paragraphs will remain in full force and effect.
Even if we delay in enforcing this contract, we can still enforce it later. If we do not insist immediately that you do anything you are required to do under these terms, or if we delay in taking steps against you in respect of your breaking this contract, that will not mean that you do not have to do those things and it will not prevent us taking steps against you at a later date. For example, if you miss a payment and we do not chase you but we continue to provide the products, we can still require you to make the payment at a later date.
Contact
If you have any questions about these terms or the Acceptable Use Policy, please contact us by email at Support@CompareIndustrySoftware.com
Languages
In case of discrepancies between the English and Chinese language versions of these terms, the English version shall prevail.
Governing law and jurisdiction governing law and dispute resolution
These terms are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Singapore.
The courts of the Republic of Singapore shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with these terms.
Alternative dispute resolution is a process where an independent body considers the facts of a dispute and seeks to resolve it, without you having to go to court. If you are not happy with how we have handled any complaint, you may want to contact the Ministry of Trade and Industry Singapore via their website at https://www.mti.gov.sg.
Disclaimer
except as specifically set forth here in
- your use of our platform is at your own risk, and
- to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, our platform is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis, without warranties of any kind. We are not responsible for ensuring the legal and/or regulatory compliance of software products listed on our site. For information on a software product’s legal and/or regulatory compliance, please consult the software vendor directly through their website. We do not warrant that our sites will be secure, available or operate in an uninterrupted or error-free manner; that errors or defects will be corrected; or that the content on our sites is accurate or appropriate for you and your business needs.