Last updated: 29 December 2020
Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully before using Our Website. The Terms and Conditions protect your rights as well as ours.
1. Interpretation and Definitions
Interpretation
1.1 The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.
Definitions
1.2 For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions:
Country refers to Hong Kong SAR China.
Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us”, or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to SCIENCE STORYLAB LIMITED, a company incorporated in Hong Kong under company registration number 2532945.
Service means service provided from our Website.
Website refers to SCIENCE STORYLAB, accessible from https://www.sciencestorylab.com
Device means any device that can access the Website such as a computer, a cell phone or a digital tablet.
Third-party Website and/or Service means any services or content (including data, information, products or services) provided by a third-party that may be displayed, included or made available by the Website.
You means the individual accessing or using the Website and/or Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Website and/or Service, as applicable.
1.3 These Terms and Conditions are the contract between You and the Company. By using the Website and Service, you accept these Terms and Conditions in full. If you disagree with these Terms and Conditions, you must not use this Website and Service.
1.4 You must be at least 18 years of age to use our Website and Service; by using our Website and Service or agreeing to these Terms and Conditions, you warrant and represent to us that You are at least 18 years of age.
1.5 Your access to the Website and use of the Service is also conditioned on Your acceptance of and compliance with the Privacy Policy of the Company. Our Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your personal information when You use the Website and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You. Please read Our Privacy Policy carefully before using Our Website and Service.
2. Copyright notice
Copyright © 2017 SCIENCE STORYLAB
The Website and its original content, features and functionality are owned and controlled by SCIENCE STORYLAB and are protected by international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws. All the copyright and other intellectual property rights in our Website and the material on our Website are reserved.
3. Licence to use Website
3.1 You may:
(a) view pages from our Website in a web browser;
(b) download pages from the Website for caching in a web browser;
(c) print pages from our Website; and
(d) stream video files from our Website,
subject to the other provisions of these Terms and Conditions.
3.2 You may only use our Website for Your own personal and business purposes, and You must not use our Website for any other purposes.
3.3 Except as expressly permitted by these Terms and Conditions, You must not edit or otherwise modify any material on our Website.
3.4 Unless you own or control the relevant rights in the material, You must not:
(a) republish the material from our Website (including republication on another website);
(b) sell, rent, or sub-license material from our Website;
(c) show any material from our Website in public;
(d) exploit material from our Website for a commercial purpose; or
(e) redistribute material from our Website.
3.5 We reserve the right to restrict access to areas of our Website, or indeed our whole Website, at our discretion; You must not circumvent or bypass, or attempt to circumvent or bypass, any access restriction measures on our Website.
4. Acceptable use
4.1 You must not:
(a) use our Website in any way or take any action that causes, or may cause, damage to the Website or impairment of the performance, availability or accessibility of the Website;
(b) use our Website in any way that is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity;
(c) use our Website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, work, keystroke logger, rootkit or other malicious computer software;
(d) conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities (including without limitation scraping, data mining, data extraction and data harvesting) on or in relation to our Website without our express written consent;
(e) access or otherwise interact with our Website using any robot, spider or other automated means;
(f) use data collected from our Website for any direct marketing activity (including without limitation email marketing, SMS marketing, telemarketing and direct mailing).
(g) use data collected from our Website to contact individuals, companies or other persons or entities.
4.2 You must ensure that all information You supply to us through our Website, or in relation to our Website, is true, accurate, current, complete and non-misleading.
5. Limited warranties
5.1 We do not warrant or represent:
(a) the completeness or accuracy of the information published on our Website; or
(b) that the material on the Website is up to date.
5.2 We reserve the right to discontinue or alter any or all of our Website services, and to stop publishing our Website, at any time in our sole discretion without notice or explanation; and save to the extent expressly provided otherwise in these Terms and Conditions, you will not be entitled to any compensation or other payment upon the discontinuance or alteration of any Website services, or if we stop publishing the Website.
6. Limitation and exclusions of liability
6.1 Nothing in these Terms and Conditions will:
(a) limit or exclude any liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence;
(b) limit or exclude any liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
(c) limit any liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or
(d) exclude any liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.
6.2 The limitations and exclusions of liability set out in this Section 6 and elsewhere in these Terms and Conditions:
(a) are subject to Section 6.1; and
(b) govern all liabilities arising under these Terms and Conditions or relating to the subject matter of these Terms and Conditions, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort (including negligence) and for breach of statutory duty, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in these Terms and Conditions.
6.3 To the extent that our Website and the information and Services on our Website are provided free of charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.
6.4 We will not be liable to You in respect of any losses arising out of any event or events beyond our reasonable control.
6.5 We will not be liable to You in respect of any business losses, including (without limitation) loss of or damage to profits, income, revenue, reputation, use, production, anticipated savings, business, contracts, commercial opportunities or goodwill.
6.6 We will not be liable to You in respect of any loss or corruption of any data, database or software.
6.7 We will not be liable to You in respect of any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage.
6.8 You accept that we have an interest in limiting the personal liability of Our officers and employees and, having regard to that interest, You acknowledge that we are a limited liability entity; You agree that You will not bring any claim personally against Our officers or employees in respect of any losses You suffer in connection with the Website and/or Service or these Terms and Conditions (this will not, of course, limit or exclude the liability of the limited liability entity itself for the acts and omissions of Our officers and employees).
7. Breaches of these Terms and Conditions
7.1 Without prejudice to Our other rights under these Terms and Conditions, if You breach these Terms and Conditions in any way, or if we reasonably suspect that You have breached these Terms and Conditions in any way, we may:
(a) send You one or more formal warnings;
(b) temporarily suspend Your access to our Website;
(c) permanently prohibit You from accessing our Website and/or from using our Service;
(d) contact Your institution and request that they block Your access to our Website and/or Service; and/or
(e) commence legal action against You, whether for breach of contract or otherwise.
7.2 Where we suspend or prohibit or block your access to our Website and/or Service or a part of our Website and/or Service, You must not take any action to circumvent such suspension or prohibition or blocking.
8. Variation
8.1 We may revise these Terms and Conditions from time to time.
8.2 The revised Terms and Conditions shall apply to the use of our Website and Service from the date of publication of the revised Terms and Conditions on the Website, and You hereby waive any right You may otherwise have to be notified of, or to consent to, revisions of these Terms and Conditions.
8.3 If You do not agree to the new terms, in whole or in part, please stop using our Website and Service.
9. Disclaimer
9.1 The Service and Website are provided to You “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” and with all faults and defects without warranty of any kind, express or implied.
9.2 The information contained on the Website is for general information purpose and/or for general guidance on matters of interest only.
9.3 The Company assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions in the contents of the Service and Website, or for the results obtained from the use of this information. Even if the Company takes every precaution to insure that the content of the Website and Service are both current and accurate, errors can occur. Plus, given the changing nature of laws, rules and regulations, there may be delays, omissions or inaccuracies in the information contained on the Website and Service.
9.4 In no event shall the Company be liable for any special, direct, indirect, consequential, or incidental damages or any damages whatsoever, whether in action of contract, negligence or other tort, arising out of or in connection with the use of the Service and/or Website, or the contents of the Service and/or Website.
9.5 The Company reserves the right to make additions, deletions, or modifications to the contents on the Service and Website at any time without prior notice.
9.6 The Company does not warrant that the Website is free of viruses or other harmful components.
9.7 The Service and Website may contain views and opinions which are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any other author, agency, organization, employer or company, including the Company.
9.8 The Company will not be liable to You or anyone else for any decision made or action taken in reliance on the information given by the Service and/or Website or for any consequential, special or similar damages, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
10. External Links Disclaimer
10.1 The Website may contain links to external Third-party Websites and/or Services that are not owned, provided, controlled or maintained by or in any way affiliated with the Company.
10.2 Please note that the Company does not guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of any information on these external Third-party Websites and/or Services.
10.3 The Company has no control over, and assumes no responsibilities for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any external Third-party Websites and/or Services.
10.4 We strongly advise You to read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of any Third-party Websites and/or Services that You visit.
11. Entire agreement
Subject to Section 6.1, these Terms and Conditions, together with Our Privacy Policy, shall constitute the entire agreement between You and Us in relation to Your use of our Website and/or Service and shall supersede all previous agreements between You and Us in relation to Your use of our Website and/or Service.
12. Law and Jurisdiction
12.1 These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Hong Kong, Special Administration Region (S.A.R.) China.
12.2 Any disputes relating to these Terms and Conditions shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Hong Kong.
12.3 These Terms and Conditions may have been translated if We have made them available to You on our Service and/or Website. You agree that the original English text shall prevail in the case of a dispute.
13. Disputes Resolution
If You have any concern or dispute about the Service and/or Website, You agree to first try to resolve the dispute informally by contacting the Company.
14. Contact Us
If you have any questions about these Terms and Conditions, You can contact us:
By email: [email protected]
By visiting this page on our Website: https://www.sciencestorylab.com