Terms and conditions

Last updated June 2, 2024

1. AGREEMENT TO TERMS

These Terms and Conditions form a legally binding agreement between you, whether acting on your own behalf or on behalf of an entity ("you") and siftic ("Company", "we", "us", or "our"), regarding your access to and utilization of the https://www.siftic.com website, as well as any other forms of media, channels, mobile websites, or applications associated, linked, or interconnected with it (collectively referred to as the "Site"). By accessing the Site, you acknowledge that you have reviewed, comprehended, and consent to abide by all these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree with any part of these Terms and Conditions, you are explicitly prohibited from using the Site and must cease use immediately.

Additional terms and conditions or documents that may appear on the Site periodically are explicitly integrated into this agreement by reference. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to amend or modify these Terms and Conditions periodically. Changes will be communicated by updating the "Last updated" date of these Terms and Conditions, and you waive any requirement for specific notification of each change. It is your responsibility to review the applicable Terms each time you use our Site to understand the current terms that apply. By continuing to use the Site after any revised Terms and Conditions are posted, you will be deemed to have acknowledged and accepted those changes.

This Site does not adhere to industry-specific regulations such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), etc. Therefore, if your activities are governed by such laws, you are prohibited from using this Site. Additionally, you may not use the Site in any manner that would violate the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA).

The Site is designed for users who are at least 13 years old. Minors (typically under the age of 18) in their jurisdiction must have parental permission and direct supervision to use the Site. If you are a minor, your parent or guardian must read and consent to these Terms and Conditions before you can use the Site.

2. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Unless otherwise stated, the Site is our exclusive property. All source code, databases, features, software, website designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics on the Site (collectively referred to as the "Content"), as well as the trademarks, service marks, and logos contained therein (the "Marks"), are either owned or under our control, or licensed to us. They are protected by copyright, trademark laws, various other intellectual property rights, unfair competition laws of the United States, international copyright laws, and international conventions. The Content and Marks are provided on the Site "AS IS" for your personal use and information only. Except as expressly permitted in these Terms and Conditions, no part of the Site, Content, or Marks may be copied, reproduced, aggregated, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted, distributed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without our explicit prior written consent.

If you meet the eligibility criteria to use the Site, you are given a restricted license to access and utilize the Site. You may also download or print a portion of the Content, to which you have rightfully gained access, solely for your personal, non-commercial use. We retain all rights not explicitly granted to you regarding the Site, the Content, and the Marks.

3. USER REPRESENTATIONS

By using the Site, you affirm and warrant that: (1) all information you provide during registration is truthful, accurate, current, and complete; (2) you will maintain the accuracy of such information and update it promptly as needed; (3) you possess the legal capacity and agree to adhere to these Terms and Conditions; (4) you are at least 13 years old; (5) if you are a minor in your jurisdiction, you have obtained parental consent to use the Site; (6) you will not access the Site using automated or non-human methods, such as bots or scripts; (7) you will not use the Site for any unlawful or unauthorized purpose; and (8) your use of the Site will not violate any applicable laws or regulations.

If you provide any information that is false, inaccurate, outdated, or incomplete, we reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account and deny any and all current or future use of the Site (or any part thereof).

4. USER REGISTRATION

You may need to register with the Site. You agree to maintain the confidentiality of your password and take responsibility for all activities that occur under your account and password. We reserve the right to remove, reclaim, or modify any username you select if we determine, at our sole discretion, that the username is inappropriate, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.

4. PAYMENT

We accept the following forms of payment: - Visa - Mastercard
You agree to supply up-to-date, thorough, and precise purchase and account details for all transactions conducted through the Services. You also agree to promptly update account and payment information, such as email address, payment method, and payment card expiration date, to facilitate the completion of your transactions and ensure we can contact you as necessary. Sales tax will be applied to the purchase prices as required by us. We reserve the right to modify prices at any time. All payments must be made in US dollars.

You agree to settle all charges or fees at the current prices for your purchases, and you authorize us to debit your selected payment method for these amounts upon completing your purchase. If your purchase involves recurring charges, you consent to our automatically charging your payment method on a recurring basis without needing your explicit approval for each recurring charge, until you inform us of your cancellation.

We reserve the right to correct any errors or mistakes in pricing, even if we have already requested or received payment. We also reserve the right to refuse any order placed through the Site.

6. CANCELLATION & REFUND POLICY

Cancellation:

Refund:

Note: Refunds are not available if you cancel after the 7-day grace period.

7. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES

You are prohibited from accessing or using the Site for any purpose other than its intended use as provided by us. The Site may not be utilized for commercial activities unless explicitly endorsed or approved by us.

As a user of the Site, you agree to refrain from the following: - Systematically retrieving data or other content from the Site to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without our written permission. - Attempting to deceive, defraud, or mislead us or other users, particularly in efforts to obtain sensitive account information like user passwords. - Bypassing, disabling, or otherwise interfering with security features of the Site, including those that restrict or prevent the use or copying of any Content, or enforce limitations on the use of the Site and its Content. - Damaging our reputation or that of the Site in our judgment. - Using information obtained from the Site to harass, abuse, or harm another person. - Misusing our support services or submitting false reports of abuse or misconduct. - Using the Site in a manner that violates any applicable laws or regulations. - Engaging in unauthorized framing or linking to the Site. - Uploading or transmitting viruses, Trojan horses, or any other harmful material that disrupts others' use and enjoyment of the Site, or interferes with its functionality. - Employing automated methods to interact with the system, such as using scripts for posting comments or messages, or employing data mining, robots, or similar tools for gathering information. - Removing copyright or other proprietary rights notices from any Content. - Attempting to impersonate another user or individual, or using another user's username. - Uploading or transmitting any material intended to collect or transmit information passively or actively, including gifs, 1x1 pixels, web bugs, cookies, or similar devices (commonly referred to as "spyware," "passive collection mechanisms," or "PCMs"). - Interfering with, disrupting, or excessively burdening the Site or its connected networks or services. - Harassing, annoying, intimidating, or threatening any of our employees or agents involved in providing the Site to you. - Trying to circumvent any measures on the Site intended to prevent or restrict access. - Replicating or modifying the Site's software, including Flash, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, or other code, except as permitted by applicable law. - Attempting to decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any software that forms part of the Site, unless allowed by law. - Using, launching, developing, or distributing any automated system (such as spiders, robots, cheat utilities, scrapers, or offline readers) that accesses the Site, or launching unauthorized scripts or other software. - Employing a buying agent or purchasing agent to make transactions on the Site. - Engaging in unauthorized use of the Site, including gathering usernames or email addresses of users through electronic or other means for sending unsolicited emails, or creating user accounts through automated means or under false pretenses. - Engage in using the Site to compete with us or utilize the Site and/or its Content for any revenue-generating activity or commercial enterprise. - Sell or transfer your profile to another party. - Utilize the Site for advertising or offering goods and services for sale.

8. USER GENERATED CONTRIBUTIONS

The Site may offer opportunities for you to engage in chats, contribute to blogs, participate in message boards, online forums, and other interactive features. You may have the option to create, submit, post, display, transmit, perform, publish, distribute, or broadcast content and materials on the Site or to us, which may include text, writings, videos, audios, photographs, graphics, comments, suggestions, personal information, or other materials (collectively referred to as "Contributions"). Contributions may be visible to other users of the Site and on third-party websites. Therefore, any Contributions you transmit may be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary. When you create or provide any Contributions, you affirm and warrant that: - The creation, distribution, transmission, public display, or performance of your Contributions, as well as the accessing, downloading, or copying of them, do not and will not violate the proprietary rights, including copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, or moral rights, of any third party. - You are the creator and rightful owner of the Contributions, or you possess all necessary licenses, rights, consents, releases, and permissions to use them and to authorize us, the Site, and other users of the Site to use your Contributions in accordance with the Site and these Terms and Conditions. - You have obtained written consent, release, and/or permission from every identifiable individual person included in your Contributions to use their name or likeness to allow inclusion and use of the Contributions in accordance with the Site and these Terms and Conditions. - Your Contributions are truthful, accurate, and not misleading. - Your Contributions are not unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, pyramid schemes, chain letters, spam, mass mailings, or any other form of solicitation. - Your Contributions are not obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, violent, harassing, libelous, slanderous, or otherwise objectionable as determined by us. - Your Contributions do not ridicule, mock, disparage, intimidate, or abuse anyone. - Your Contributions do not harass or threaten any other person in a legal sense or promote violence against any specific individual or group. - Your Contributions do not violate any applicable laws, regulations, or rules. - Your Contributions do not infringe upon the privacy or publicity rights of any third party. - Your Contributions do not violate any laws related to child pornography or any laws intended to protect the health or well-being of minors. - Your Contributions do not contain offensive comments related to race, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or physical disability. - Your Contributions do not otherwise violate, or contain links to material that violates, any provision of these Terms and Conditions, or any applicable law or regulation. Any use of the Site that contravenes the above conditions constitutes a breach of these Terms and Conditions and may result in, among other consequences, the termination or suspension of your rights to use the Site.

9. CONTRIBUTION LICENSE

We do not claim any ownership rights over your Contributions. You retain full ownership of all your Contributions and any intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights associated with them. We are not responsible for any statements or representations in your Contributions made by you in any area of the Services. You are solely responsible for your Contributions to the Services, and you explicitly release us from any and all liability and agree not to take legal action against us regarding your Contributions. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to: (1) edit, redact, or otherwise modify any Contributions; (2) re-categorize any Contributions to place them in more suitable locations within the Services; and (3) pre-screen or delete any Contributions at any time and for any reason, without prior notice. We are not obligated to monitor your Contributions.

10. SERVICES MANAGEMENT

We reserve the right, though not the obligation, to: 1. Monitor the Services to detect violations of these Legal Terms. 2. Take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in our sole discretion, violates the law or these Legal Terms, including reporting such users to law enforcement authorities. 3. Refuse, restrict access to, limit the availability of, or disable (to the extent technologically feasible) any of your Contributions or any part thereof, at our sole discretion and without limitation. 4. Remove from the Services or disable, without notice or liability, all files and content that are excessively large or impose a burden on our systems in any way. 5. Manage the Services to safeguard our rights and property and ensure the proper functioning of the Services.

11. PRIVACY POLICY

We prioritize data privacy and security. Please review our Privacy Policy at siftic.com/privacyPolicy. By using the Services, you agree to adhere to our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Legal Terms. Please note that the Services are hosted in the United States. If you access the Services from another region with laws or requirements governing the collection, use, or disclosure of personal data that differ from those in the United States, your continued use of the Services constitutes consent to transfer your data to and process it in the United States. Additionally, we do not knowingly collect, request, or solicit information from children or market to them. In compliance with the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, if we become aware that a person under the age of 13 has provided personal information to us without verifiable parental consent, we will promptly delete such information from the Services.

12. COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENTS

We value the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that any material available through the Services infringes upon a copyright you own or control, please promptly notify us using the contact information provided below (a "Notification"). A copy of your Notification will be forwarded to the person who posted or stored the material in question. Please be aware that under applicable law, you may be held accountable for damages if you misrepresent information in your Notification. Therefore, if you are uncertain whether material on or linked to by the Services infringes your copyright, it is advisable to seek advice from legal counsel before proceeding with a Notification.

13. TERM AND TERMINATION

These Legal Terms will remain valid and enforceable for the duration of your use of the Services. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THESE LEGAL TERMS, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT, AT OUR SOLE DISCRETION AND WITHOUT NOTICE OR LIABILITY, TO DENY ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SERVICES (INCLUDING BLOCKING CERTAIN IP ADDRESSES) TO ANY INDIVIDUAL, FOR ANY REASON OR NO REASON WHATSOEVER. THIS INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, BREACH OF ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, OR COVENANT CONTAINED HEREIN OR ANY APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION. WE MAY TERMINATE YOUR USE OR PARTICIPATION IN THE SERVICES, DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT, AND REMOVE ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE POSTED AT ANY TIME, WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE, AT OUR SOLE DISCRETION. If your account is terminated or suspended for any reason, you are not allowed to register or create a new account under your own name, a false or borrowed name, or the name of any other person, even if you are acting on behalf of that person. Along with terminating or suspending your account, we retain the right to initiate appropriate legal actions, which may include civil, criminal, and injunctive remedies.

14. DISCLAIMER

The Site is provided on an "as-is" and "as-available" basis. You agree that your use of the Site and our services will be at your sole risk. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, regarding the Site and your use thereof, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We make no warranties or representations regarding the accuracy or completeness of the Site's content or the content of any linked websites. We assume no liability or responsibility for: 1. Errors, mistakes, or inaccuracies of content and materials. 2. Personal injury or property damage of any nature resulting from your access to and use of the Site. 3. Any unauthorized access to or use of our secure servers and/or any personal or financial information stored therein. 4. Any interruption or cessation of transmission to or from the Site. 5. Any bugs, viruses, Trojan horses, or similar which may be transmitted to or through the Site by any third party. 6. Any errors or omissions in any content and materials or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any content posted, transmitted, or made available via the Site. We do not warrant, endorse, guarantee, or assume responsibility for any product or service advertised or offered by a third party through the Site, any linked website, or any website or mobile application featured in any banner or other advertising. We are not involved in monitoring transactions between you and third-party providers of products or services. As with any purchase or transaction, whether through the Site or elsewhere, you should use your best judgment and exercise caution where appropriate.

15. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY

WE OR OUR DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS, LOST REVENUE, LOSS OF DATA, OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. REGARDLESS OF ANYTHING ELSE STATED HEREIN, OUR LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION, WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT, IF ANY, THAT YOU PAID TO US. CERTAIN STATE AND INTERNATIONAL LAWS MAY 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 MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

16. USER DATA

We will retain certain data that you transmit to the Site to manage its performance and data related to your usage of the Site. While we conduct regular backups of data, you are solely responsible for all data you transmit or that pertains to any activities you undertake on the Site. You agree that we bear no liability to you for any loss or corruption of such data, and you hereby waive any claims against us arising from such loss or corruption.

17. MISCELLANEOUS

These Terms and Conditions, together with any policies or operating rules posted by us on the Site or related to the Site, constitute the entire agreement and understanding between you and us. 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. These Terms and Conditions operate to the fullest extent permitted by law. We may assign any or all of our rights and obligations to others at any time. We shall not be responsible or liable for any loss, damage, delay, or failure to act caused by any cause beyond our reasonable control. If any provision or part of a provision of these Terms and Conditions is determined to be 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. No joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship is created between you and us as a result of these Terms and Conditions or your use of the Site. You agree that these Terms and Conditions will not be construed against us by virtue of having drafted them. You hereby waive any and all defenses you may have based on the electronic form of these Terms and Conditions and the lack of signing by the parties hereto to execute these Terms and Conditions.

18. CONTACT US

For assistance with resolving a complaint regarding the Site or for further information about using the Site, please reach out to us at: Email: contact@siftic.com