Terms of Use
Last revised – September 12, 2015
We, at Widiem Dot Com Ltd. ("Widiem") welcome you to Widiem.com web site (the "Website"). These Terms of Use contain the terms and provisions applicable to your access to and use of the Website and any other feature, content or application offered from time to time by us (the "Applications", and together with the Website, the "Services"). Your use of the Services is subject at all times to these Terms of Use (as the same may be modified by us from time to time) and all applicable laws, rules and regulations. Please read these Terms of Use carefully and contact us with any questions.
1. Acceptance of Terms
By accessing the Services, you agree that you have read, understand and agree to be legally bound by the terms and conditions set forth below. If you do not agree to be bound by these Terms of Use, please do not access or use the Services. These Terms of Use may be modified, changed or altered by us at any time without prior notice. In agreeing to these Terms of Use, you are responsible for periodically checking for changes and/or updates to these Terms of Use. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we will endeavor to notify you of any changes by posting notice of such changes on the Website. Your continued access or use of the Services after such changes are made conclusively demonstrates your acceptance of such changes. If you are less than eighteen years old, you are prohibited from registering for, or using the Services without parental consent, so if you are using the Services you agree that you are either at least 18 years old or have parental consent for using the Services. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case you are less than thirteen years old you are strictly prohibited from using the Services. By using the Service, you warrant to us that you are above the age of thirteen. In addition, parents or guardians of children over the age of thirteen should be aware that the Service is designed to appeal to a broad audience. Accordingly, it is your responsibility to determine whether any portion of the Service is inappropriate for your child.
2. Registration and Fees
Certain of our Services may require registration and payment as will be indicated with respect to such Service ("Paid Services"). Each user who wishes to join the Paid Services will have to pre-register through the Website. You hereby confirm that your details provided therein are true and accurate details in the registration form. Any identifiable information retrieved by us through and/or following the registration process will be kept by us in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Only after creating an account, you will be able to use the Paid Services. We reserve the right to deny or refuse any registration form or to cancel any existing accounts. Any and all payments made in connection with the Paid Services shall be non-refundable for any reason whether you used the Paid Services in whole or in part or have not used them at all unless less 14 days have passed as specified in section 13 (14 day money-back guarantee).
3. Services
We developed unique and proprietary tools for managing references, for locating research sources, and for self-promotion of scholars.
By using the Services, you will not:
- Violate any laws, third party rights or our policies, such as the prohibited and restricted items policies;
- Use our sites, services, or tools if you are not able to form legally binding contracts, or are temporarily or indefinitely suspended from using our sites, services, or tools;
- Circumvent or manipulate our fee structure, the billing process, or fees owed to us;
- Post false, inaccurate, misleading, defamatory, or libelous content (including personal information);
- Distribute or post spam, unsolicited, or bulk electronic communications, chain letters, or pyramid schemes;
- Distribute viruses or any other technologies that may harm, manipulate, extract unauthorized information from the Services, or the interests or property of users of the Services;
- Copy, modify, mine data or distribute rights or content from the Services or our copyrights and trademarks;
- Harvest or otherwise collect information about users, including email addresses, without their consent; or
- Use any crawlers, bots, algorithms or other automatic applications or codes in order to retrieve and collect information through our Services.
We have no obligation to post any content from you or anyone else. In addition, we may, in our sole and unfettered discretion, edit, remove or delete any content that you post or submit.
4. Privacy
We may collect certain information about users and third parties. Accordingly, you should review the terms and conditions of our Privacy Policy, by which you agree to be bound as a condition of visiting the Website and/or using the Services. The Privacy Policy is incorporated by reference into these terms of use.
5. Copyright
All content included on this Website and Applications, such as, but not limited to, images, text, graphics, logos, and button icons, is the sole and exclusive property of Widiem Dot Com Ltd. and is protected by copyright laws. The arrangement and compilation of all content on this Website and Applications are the exclusive property of Widiem Dot Com Ltd. and are protected by copyright laws. All Applications used on this Website are the property of Widiem Dot Com Ltd. or its Applications suppliers and is protected by copyright laws.
6. Trademarks
Certain marks used on our Services are our registered trademarks or service marks, owned by our suppliers or partners worldwide. Certain graphics, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts, and service names are our trademarks or service marks or owned by our suppliers, partners or affiliates. By agreeing to the terms and conditions as a Widiem subscriber you authorize Widiem to potentially list your company as a customer and to use your company’s logo for promotional purposes. If you wish to opt-out of this pre-authorization please email optout@Widiem.com. Our trademarks and service marks may not be used for any commercial or other purposes by any party without our prior written express consent. All other trademarks and service marks not owned by us that appear on this Website and Applications are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by us.
7. Permitted use
We grant you a limited, revocable, nonexclusive license to access and make personal use of the Services. The Services, in whole or in part, may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without our prior written express consent. You will not:
- Use the Services for any purposes other than the purpose expressly allowed by us herein;
- Rent, lease, loan, sell, resell, sublicense, distribute or otherwise transfer the licenses granted herein or any materials contained in the Services;
- Use the Services for any illegal purpose, or in violation of any local, state, national, or international law, including, without limitation, laws governing intellectual property and other proprietary rights, and data protection and privacy;
- Remove, circumvent, disable, damage or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Services, features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any content accessible through the Services, or features that enforce limitations on the use of the Services;
- Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to discover the source code of the Site or the Applications or any part thereof;
- Modify, adapt, translate or create derivative works based upon the Services; the content of the Services or any part thereof, except and only to the extent foregoing restriction is expressly prohibited by applicable law;
- Intentionally interfere with or damage operation of the Services or any user’s enjoyment of them, by any means, including uploading or otherwise disseminating viruses, adware, spyware, worms, or other malicious code; or
- Use the Services in order to provide similar services to any third party or for competing with our Service.
The Services may provide, or users may provide, links to World Wide Web sites or resources ("Third Party Material"). Because we have no control over such Third Party Material, you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the availability of such Third Party Material, and do not endorse and are not responsible or liable for any Third Party Material, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such Third Party Material. You further acknowledge and agree that we shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such Third Party Material, goods or services available on or through any such Third Party Material. ACCESS AND USE OF THIRD PARTY MATERIALS, INCLUDING THE INFORMATION, MATERIALS AND SERVICES ON OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THIRD PARTY MATERIALS IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.
9. Electronic communications
When you visit our Services, contact us through the Message Center, or send e-mails to us, you are communicating with us electronically. We therefore take this as your consent to receive communications from us electronically. By doing so you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any and all legal requirement that such communications be in writing.
10. Site information
The information contained on the Website and Services is for information purposes only. It is believed to be reliable; however we do not warrant its completeness, timeliness or accuracy.
11. Site policies, modification, and severability
We reserve the right to make changes to our Services, policies, and our Terms of Use at any time and in our sole discretion and without notice. In agreeing to these Terms of Use, you are responsible for periodically checking for changes and/or updates to these Terms of Use, and you should review those policies, terms and conditions each time you visit the Website or use the Services. Without derogating from the foregoing, we will endeavor to notify you of any changes by posting notice of such changes on the Site. Notwithstanding, changes to our Privacy Policy, regarding information we may collect or use or disclosure of collected information, shall only take effect when posting notice of such changes on the Website. If any of the terms or conditions herein shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that term or condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining term or condition.
12. Disclaimer of warranties and limitation of liability
WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE AND/OR SERVICES OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, OR APPLICATIONS INCLUDED ON THE SERVICES, AND YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THESE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE ERROR-FREE, UNINTERRUPTED, OR THAT IT WILL PROVIDE SPECIFIC RESULTS FROM USE OF THE SERVICES OR ANY CONTENT, SEARCH OR LINK ON IT. THE SERVICES AND THE CONTENT THEREIN ARE DELIVERED ON AN "AS-IS" AND "AS-AVAILABLE" BASIS. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE AND CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR FOR LOST PROFITS, REVENUES OR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NONINFRINGEMENT, SYSTEM INTEGRATION, DATA ACCURACY, QUIET ENJOYMENT AND FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL CODE. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DELAY, DIFFICULTY IN USE, INACCURACY OF INFORMATION, DEVICE VIRUSES, MALICIOUS CODE OR OTHER DEFECT IN OUR SERVICES. NO LICENSE TO THE USER IS IMPLIED IN THESE DISCLAIMERS. CERTAIN PROVINCIAL AND/OR STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.
13. Refund Policy
Widiem offers a fourteen (14) day money-back guarantee for the Paid Services. Subject to the terms described in this Section 13, if you are not completely satisfied with the Paid Services and you cancel your account within 14 days of subscribing for the Paid Services, you will be given a full refund of the amount paid for the Paid Services. Each user can only use the fourteen (14) day money-back guarantee once, and for only one account. Any user who has breached or whose account has been suspended or terminated due to the breach of any part of these Terms of Use has automatically forfeited the right to use the fourteen (14) day money-back guarantee.
Only first-time accounts are eligible for the fourteen (14) day money-back guarantee. For example, if you've had an account with us before, canceled and subscribed again, or if you have opened a second account with us, you will not be eligible for the fourteen (14) day money-back guarantee. Violations of these Terms of Use will waive your rights under the Refund Policy.
Notwithstanding the fourteen (14) day money-back guarantee, Widiem is not obligated to provide you a refund at any time. If you choose to cancel your account during your subscription term you will not be refunded in whole or in part. If you choose to downgrade your subscription level during your subscription term, you will not receive a cash refund at any time.
You may cancel your account by contacting Widiem through the Contact Us page or the Message Center.
14. Miscellaneous
By visiting the Website or using the Services, you agree that the laws of Tel Aviv, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Terms of Use. Any dispute arising from the Terms of Use or the use or misuse of the Website and/or Services, shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts in the district of Tel Aviv.
If any provision of these Terms of Use is held to be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision will be limited or eliminated from these Terms of Use to the minimum extent necessary and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Use will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. Any waiver of any provision of these Terms of Use will be effective only if made in writing and signed by us.