WHALE TV TERMS OF USE
These Terms of Service (“Terms”) set out the terms pursuant to which Beijing Zeasn Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“we” or “us”) is willing to provide you, or the legal entity represented by you, (“you” or “your”) with access to the Whale TV portal.
Please read these terms carefully before
pressing the "accept" button. pressing the "accept" button
shall mean that you accept these terms and that you agree that they are
applicable to your access and use of the whale tv portal. your acceptance
constitutes the execution of a legally binding agreement between you and us
regarding your access and use of the Whale TV portal (“Agreement”). if you do not agree to these terms press, then you
should terminate the registration process by clicking "cancel" or the
“back-button”. if you press “cancel” or the “back-button” you will not be
allowed to access the portal.
These Terms govern your access to, and
use of, the Whale TV portal (“Portal”)
on your Internet connected product (“Device”).
The Portal contains a large number of applications (“APP(s)”) offered by third parties (“Content Partner(s)”). Each APP is identified by an icon on the
homepage or in the APP gallery of the Portal. If you click on the icon of an
APP, you leave the Portal, and are redirected to the website of the Content
Partner (“Website”). On its Website,
the Content Partner will provide you with an offer to access his services (“Services”). These Services may involve
providing you with access to all kinds of content, information and other
materials (all together referred to as “Content”).
Services are offered to you by the Content Partner, and your use of Services
and related Content is subject to your acceptance of the terms of service of
the respective Content Partner. The manufacturer of your Device is hereinafter
referred to as “Device Manufacturer”.
Furthermore, you agree to the following
provisions:
Usage of Portal:
You agree not to exploit the Portal, Services or Content in any unauthorized
way, including but not limited to, by trespass, burdening network or server
capacity or using the Portal, Services or Content other than for authorized
purposes. Copyright and other intellectual property laws protect the Portal,
Services and Content, and you agree to abide by and maintain all notices,
license information, and restrictions contained therein. Unless expressly
permitted herein or otherwise permitted in a separate agreement with us, you
may not modify, publish, network, rent, lease, loan, transmit, sell,
participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce, create derivative works
based on, redistribute, perform, display, or in any way exploit the Portal,
Services or Content in whole or in part. You may not decompile, reverse
engineer, disassemble, change, replace or attempt to root any software or
security components of your Device, the Portal or of the Content unless
specifically permitted by applicable mandatory law. Use of the Portal, Services
or Content to violate, tamper with, or circumvent the security of any computer
network, software, passwords, encryption codes, technological protection
measures, or to otherwise engage in any kind of illegal activity, or to enable
others to do so, is expressly prohibited.
Term of Agreement:
The Agreement is effective for the duration of your access and use of the
Portal. You may terminate it at any time by stopping your access and use of the
Portal. We also may terminate or suspend the Agreement, at any time, without
notice, and accordingly deny you access to the Portal, if in our sole
discretion you fail to comply with any of these Terms, your continued access
and use is harmful to the interests of any third party or is in violation of
any applicable law.
Legal Age:
You may not use the Portal if: (a) you are not of legal age to form a binding
contract with us, or (b) you are a person who is barred or otherwise legally
prohibited from accessing Content under the laws of the country in which you
are resident. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you must be at least 14 years of
age or the minimum age allowable under the laws of your jurisdiction (“Minimum Age”) to assume the
responsibilities under these Terms. If you are under the Minimum Age, you may
use the Portal ONLY if one of your parents or legal guardian’s consent. If you
use the Portal we will assume that you are the Minimum Age or older or, if you
are under the Minimum Age, that your parent or legal guardian has consented to
your use of the Portal.
Intellectual Property: All copyrights, trademarks and other rights, title, and
interest in and on the Portal (excluding the Services, Content and brand
features of the Content Partners) are and shall remain the property of Device
Manufacturer and us. Nothing in the Terms gives you a right to use any of the
trademarks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features of the
Device Manufacturer, the Content Partners or us. Any feedback, comments, or
suggestions you may provide to us is provided entirely voluntary, and we shall
be free to use such feedback, comments or suggestions as seen fit and without
any obligation to you. You retain your rights to any content you post or
display on the Portal. By submitting, posting or displaying content you grant
us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to
sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit,
display and distribute such content in any and all media or distribution
methods. This license specifically includes a right to use your content for the
marketing purposes related to the marketing of Devices and the Portal.
Content Disclaimer.
Unless specifically designated otherwise by us, we are not responsible for any
APP, Services and Content, or your use thereof, nor for any comment or content
you post on a Website or for the consequences thereof. The comments or content
you submit, post, or display on the Website may be able to be viewed by other
consumers in accordance with the terms and conditions and privacy policy of the
Content Partner offering the Service. Services and Content are not controlled,
reviewed or programmed by TPVN. Any such APPs, Services or Content are offered
to you by the Content Partners without any form of control by us. When you
click on an icon of an APP on the homepage or in the app gallery in the Portal,
the Portal will redirect your Device to the Website of a Content Partner where
you can gain access to the Services. You understand that by using the Services,
you may be exposed to Content that might be offensive, harmful, inaccurate or
otherwise inappropriate, or in some cases, postings that have been mislabeled
or are otherwise deceptive. We disclaim all liability for any Content,
including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any Content, or any
loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content
posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available to you via the Portal
on your Devices.
No Warranty.
WE, AND OUR AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS,
PARTNERS, AND LICENSEES (COLLECTIVELY, “ZEASN” FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION VI
AND VII) DO NOT REPRESENT, WARRANT OR PROMISE THAT THE PORTAL, WEBSITES OR
CONTENT, OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION OR MATERIALS THAT YOU RECEIVE, OR ARE
PROVIDED ACCESS TO VIA THE PORTAL WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, TIMELY, SECURE,
ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, OR THAT ANY DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED. THE PORTAL
IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS-IS” AND “AS-AVAILABLE” BASIS, AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE
WITHOUT NOTICE. ZEASN CANNOT ENSURE THAT ANY APP, SERVICE, CONTENT (INCLUDING
FILES, INFORMATION OR OTHER DATA) YOU ACCESS OR DOWNLOAD FROM OR VIA THE PORTAL
WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES, CONTAMINATION OR DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES. ZEASN EXPLICITLY
DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OF
ACCURACY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
Limitation of Liability. ZEASN DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR THE ACTS,
OMISSIONS AND CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH OR RELATED TO
YOUR ACCESS OR USE OF THE PORTAL, WEBSITES, SERVICES OR CONTENT. YOU ASSUME
TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ALL RISKS FOR YOUR ACCESS OR USE THEREOF, INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED THEREON. YOUR SOLE REMEDY AGAINST
ZEASN FOR ANY DAMAGE, COSTS OR DISSATISFACTION CAUSED BY THE ACCESS OR USE OF
THE PORTAL OR OF ANY OF THE APPS, WEBSITES OR CONTENT, IS TO STOP THE USE THE
PORTAL OR OF THE RESPECTIVE APPS, WEBSITE, SERVICES OR CONTENT.
Indemnification.
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold us harmless against all claims,
demands, causes of action, losses, expenses, damages and costs, including any
reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting or arising from or relating to your
access or use the Portal, Websites, Services or Content, your conduct on the
Portal, any activity related to your account (in case of Single Sign-On) by you or any other person, any material
that you submit to, post on or transmit through the Portal, your breach of
these Terms, your infringement or violation of any rights of another party.
Limitation on Access and Export Control. We reserve the right (but will not
have any obligation) to refuse access to APPs on the Portal. We also reserve
the right to access, read, preserve, and disclose any using information as we
reasonably believe is necessary to (i) comply with any applicable law,
regulation, legal process or governmental request, (ii) enforce the Terms,
including investigation of potential violations hereof, (iii) detect, prevent,
or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, (iv) respond to user
support requests, or (v) protect the rights, property or safety of us, our
users and of the public. We may, in our sole discretion, add or remove access to
any of the APPs or Websites in the Portal at any time. Furthermore, we reserve
the right, at any time in our sole discretion, to limit the availability and
accessibility of the Portal to any person, geographic area, or jurisdiction we
so desire. The Portal is subject to the
export control laws of, among others, the People’s Republic of China (“China”).
Changes to Device, Portal and/or Terms. We may, at our discretion, change,
update or upgrade features or the software of the Device or the Portal, for example
by adding or removing APPs or features or by providing you with an update of
the software. For as far as such changes have impact on these Terms, you will
receive a notice about the update of these Terms. You understand and agree that
if you use the Portal after the date on which the Terms have changed, we will
treat your use as acceptance of the updated Terms.
Payment Services.
Our Content Partners may offer you paid Content. If you wish to purchase paid
Content from a Content Partner, you will need to enter into a separate
agreement with such Content Partner. We are neither part of that agreement, nor
do we carry any liability for such an agreement. You shall be responsible for
all charges incurred through your payment account as well as for paying any
applicable taxes. We provide the Whale TV Payment Service to you subject to
your acceptance of the current Whale TV Payment Terms of Use. If you wish to
utilize the payment service offered by the Content Partner you may need to open
an account with a third party payment service provider. Upon opening this
account this payment service provider will require that you accept separate
terms and conditions that are applicable to its payment service.
Privacy and cookies. We strongly believe in protecting your privacy and to
inform you about the way we collect, use and store your personal data. Any
personal data that you provide to us, or that is collected by us is subject to
our Privacy Policy. The Portal makes use make use of "cookies" to
collect and store some of your personal data. A "cookie" is a small text file sent to your Device, which
allows us to recognize your Device the next time you visit.
Removals Policy.
We reserve the right to remove your comments and content which you have posted
or displayed on the Portal that allegedly infringe rights of third parties,
without prior notice and at our sole discretion. Alternatively, should you find
that someone else has posted, submitted uploaded, or is using content of which
infringes your intellectual property rights, then you can let us know via the
feedback function found using the blue button on your remote control unit.
Governing Law.
Your agreement with us shall be governed by and is construed under and in
accordance with the laws of the People’s Republic of China, excluding its
conflict of law provisions. The appropriate district court of Beijing, shall be
the only competent court to settle any disputes arising between you and us out
of or relating to the Agreement, unless applicable mandatory consumer law
requires us to do otherwise.
Miscellaneous.
Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be deemed
a waiver of such right or provision. In the event that any provision of these
Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of these
Terms will remain in full force and effect. No addition to or removal or
modification of any of the provisions of these Terms will be binding upon us,
unless made in writing and signed by our authorized representative. These Terms
and our Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and us regarding
your use of the Portal. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the
contrary, any claim of cause of action arising from or relating to use of the
Portal, or this Agreement must be filed within 13 (thirteen) calendar months
after such claim or cause of action arose, or will be considered as having been
expired. The “No Warranty” and “Limitation of Liability” provisions of this
Agreement are for the benefit of us as defined therein, and each of these
individuals or entities shall have the right to assert and enforce these
provisions directly against you on its own behalf.
About Us. The Portal is provided to you by:
BEIJING ZEASN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
BEIJING ZEASN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. , REGISTERED at SHANG 8 DESIGN + CREATIVE INDUSTRY PARK A3 BUILDING, 1 FLOOR, MIDDLE EAST FOURTH RING ROAD, CHAOYANG DISTRICT, BEIJING, CHINA