World Business Web

World Business Web

Terms and conditions

WORLD BUSINESS WEB User’s Terms and Conditions

CHAPTER I

Mission and Scope

Article 1 Mission and goals

(1) The mission and goals of the World Business Web network (WORLD BUSINESS WEB) is to provide information exchange platform between any legal businesses in the world thus helping them to develop and internationalize their businesses.

(2) To achieve our mission and goals, we make business related services available through WORLD BUSINESS WEB website network, as well as platform development, mobile applications and other to assist the web site users to connect with each other, exchange business information, find opportunities for business development and growth, develop their knowledge about international markets and improve the business and social environment locally and globally all over the world.

Article 2 Scope of the Terms and Conditions

(1) You agree that by registering on WORLD BUSINESS WEB network, or by using the website, including developer platform, mobile applications, and services, or other information provided as part of the WORLD BUSINESS WEB services (collectively referred to as the “WORLD BUSINESS WEB Services”), you agree to enter into a legally binding Terms and Conditions with World Business Web Association (www.worldbusinessweb.net) Sofia, Bulgaria, based on this WORLD BUSINESS WEB User Terms and Conditions, the WORLD BUSINESS WEB Privacy Policy and the WORLD BUSINESS WEB Copyright Policy, which is hereby incorporated by reference (collectively referred to as the “WORLD BUSINESS WEB Terms and Conditions”) and become a WORLD BUSINESS WEB user (collectively referred to as “User”).

(2) By accepting the WORLD BUSINESS WEB User Terms and Conditions and becoming a User you acknowledge that you have read and understood the terms and conditions of the WORLD BUSINESS WEB Terms and Conditions and that you agree to be bound by all of its provisions. The WORLD BUSINESS WEB User Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy and the WORLD BUSINESS WEB Copyright Policy are collectively referred to as WORLD BUSINESS WEB “Terms and Conditions”

(3) You may use the WORLD BUSINESS WEB web site either as individual or on behalf of a company, which may have separate Terms and Conditions with us, nevertheless you stay individually bound to this Terms and Conditions and the terms and conditions.

CHAPTER II

USER’S RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS

Article 3 Compliance with Applicable laws and the WORLD BUSINESS WEB Terms and Conditions

You must comply with all applicable laws, and the Terms and Conditions and the policies duly explained in the Articles which follow.

Article 4 License and warranty for your submissions to WORLD BUSINESS WEB

(1) As with other social and business networks, the user grants WORLD BUSINESS WEB an irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual, nonexclusive, unlimited, assignable, sub-licenseable, fully paid up and royalty-free right to us to copy, prepare derivative works of, improve, distribute, publish, remove, retain, add, process, analyze, use and commercialize, in any way now known or in the future discovered, any information you provide, directly or indirectly to WORLD BUSINESS WEB, including but not limited to any user generated content, ideas, concepts, techniques or data to the services, you submit to WORLD BUSINESS WEB, out any further consent, notice and/or compensation to you or to any third parties. Any information you submit to us is at your own risk of loss as noted in “Your Obligations” and “Your Rights” Parts of the WORLD BUSINESS WEB Terms and Conditions.

(2) The information you provide under this Terms and Conditions is owned by you, and you may request its deletion at any time, unless you have shared information or content with other users and they have not deleted it, or it was copied or stored by them.

(3) By providing information to us, you represent and warrant that you are entitled to submit the information and that the information is accurate, not confidential, and not in violation of any contractual restrictions or other third party rights. It is your responsibility to keep your WORLD BUSINESS WEB profile information accurate and updated.

Article 5 Eligibility of WORLD BUSINESS WEB services.

To be eligible to use the WORLD BUSINESS WEB Services, you must meet the following criteria and represent and warrant that you: (1) are 18 years of age or older; (2) are not currently restricted from the WORLD BUSINESS WEB Services, or not otherwise prohibited from having an WORLD BUSINESS WEB account, (3) are not a competitor of WORLD BUSINESS WEB or are not using the Services for reasons that are in competition with WORLD BUSINESS WEB; (4) will only maintain one WORLD BUSINESS WEB account at any given time; (5) have full power and authority to enter into this WORLD BUSINESS WEB Terms and Conditions and doing so will not violate any other Terms and Conditions to which you are a party; (6) will not violate any rights of WORLD BUSINESS WEB, including intellectual property rights such as copyright or trademark rights; and (7) agree to provide at your cost all equipment, software, and internet access necessary to use the WORLD BUSINESS WEB Services.

Article 6 Credentials to Sign-In.

You agree to: (1) Keep your password secure and confidential; (2) not permit others to use your account; (3) refrain from using other Users’ accounts; (4) refrain from selling, trading, or otherwise transferring your WORLD BUSINESS WEB account to another party; and (5) refrain from charging anyone for access to any portion of WORLD BUSINESS WEB, or any information therein. Further, you are responsible for anything that happens through your account until you close down your account or prove that your account security was compromised due to no fault of your own. To close your account, please e-mail us at account@worldbusinessweb.com

Article 7 Indemnification

You indemnify us and hold us harmless for all damages, losses and costs (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) related to all third party claims, charges, and investigations, caused by (1) your failure to comply with this Terms and Conditions, including, without limitation, your submission of content that violates third party rights or applicable laws, (2) any content you submit to the WORLD BUSINESS WEB Services, (3) any activity in which you engage on or through WORLD BUSINESS WEB, and (4) any of the above if done on behalf of the company you claim to represent.

Article 8 Payment for Services

(1) If you purchase any services that we offer for a fee, either on a one-time or subscription basis (“WORLD BUSINESS WEB Paid Services”), you agree to WORLD BUSINESS WEB and/or the payment service provider to storing your payment card information. You also agree to pay the applicable fees for the WORLD BUSINESS WEB Paid Services (including, without limitation, periodic fees for paid accounts) as they become due plus all related taxes, and to reimburse us for all collection costs and interest for any overdue amounts.

Article 9 Notifications and WORLD BUSINESS WEB Service Messages

(1) For purposes of service messages and notices about the WORLD BUSINESS WEB Services to you, notice shall consist of an email from WORLD BUSINESS WEB to an email address associated with your account, even we may have other contact information. You also agree that WORLD BUSINESS WEB may communicate with you through your WORLD BUSINESS WEB account or through other means including email, mobile number, telephone, or delivery services.

(2) You acknowledge and agree that we shall have no liability associated with or arising from your failure to use the above communication channel and maintain accurate contact details, including, but not limited to, your failure to receive critical information about the WORLD BUSINESS WEB Service.

Article 10 Mobile WORLD BUSINESS WEB Services

(1) WORLD BUSINESS WEB may offer the WORLD BUSINESS WEB Services through mobile applications created by it or third party developers (“Platform Developers”). If you use the WORLD BUSINESS WEB Services through a mobile device, you agree that information about your use of the WORLD BUSINESS WEB Services through your mobile device and carrier may be communicated to us, including but not limited to your mobile carrier, your mobile device, or your physical location. In addition, use of the WORLD BUSINESS WEB Services through a mobile device may cause data to be displayed on and through your mobile device. By accessing the WORLD BUSINESS WEB Services using a mobile device, you represent that to the extent you import any of your WORLD BUSINESS WEB data to your mobile device that you have authority to share the transferred data with your mobile carrier or other access provider. In the event you change or deactivate your mobile account, you must promptly update your WORLD BUSINESS WEB account information to ensure that your messages are not sent to the person that acquires your old number and failure to do so is your responsibility. You acknowledge you are responsible for all charges and necessary permissions related to accessing WORLD BUSINESS WEB through your mobile access provider. Therefore, you should check with your provider to find out if the WORLD BUSINESS WEB Services are available and the terms for these services for your specific mobile devices.

(2) Finally, by using any downloadable application to enable your use of the WORLD BUSINESS WEB Services, you are explicitly confirming your acceptance of the terms of the End User License Terms and Conditions associated with the application provided at download or installation, or as may be updated from time to time.

Article 11 User-to-User Communication and Information Sharing

WORLD BUSINESS WEB provide various forms of exchange of information such as WORLD BUSINESS WEB Environments and Questions and Answers (Q&A) where the Users can post their comments, questions and answers on particular topics and generally communicate with their business contacts.

(1) The ideas and information shared may be seen and used by other Users, and WORLD BUSINESS WEB cannot guarantee that other Users will not use the ideas and information that you share on WORLD BUSINESS WEB. If you have an idea or information that you would like to keep confidential and/or don’t want others to use, or that is subject to third party rights that may be infringed by your sharing it, do not post it to any WORLD BUSINESS WEB group or elsewhere on the WORLD BUSINESS WEB.

(2) WORLD BUSINESS WEB IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR A USER’S MISUSE OR MISAPPROPRIATION OF ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION YOU POST IN ANY WORLD BUSINESS WEB INFORMATION CHANNELS SUCH AS FORUMS, BLOG, ENVIRONMENTS, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, AND OTHER.

Article 12 Privacy Policy and Copyright Policy.

WORLD BUSINESS WEB Privacy Policy and Copyright Policy govern our treatment of any information, including personally identifiable information you submit to us and any copyrighted information, and agreeing with the WORLD BUSINESS WEB Terms and Conditions you agree with the WORLD BUSINESS WEB Privacy Policy and Copyright Policy. Please note that certain information, statements, data and content (such as photographs) which you may submit to WORLD BUSINESS WEB network platform might, or are likely to, reveal your gender, ethnic origin, nationality, age, religion and/or sexual orientation, and/or other personal information about you. You acknowledge that your submission of any information, statements, data, and content to us is voluntary on your part.

Article 13 User’s Rights

(1) On the condition that you comply with all your obligations under this Terms and Conditions, we grant you a limited, revocable, nonexclusive, non-assignable, non-sub-licenseable right to access, through a generally available web browser or mobile device or application (but not through scraping, spidering, crawling or other technology or software used to access data without the express written consent of WORLD BUSINESS WEB), view information and use the WORLD BUSINESS WEB Services that we provide on WORLD BUSINESS WEB website and in accordance with this Terms and Conditions.

(2) Any other use of WORLD BUSINESS WEB contrary to our mission and goals (such as seeking to connect to someone for purposes other than expressed in the Terms and Conditions, or to use information gathered from WORLD BUSINESS WEB network commercially unless expressly authorized by WORLD BUSINESS WEB and/or the concerned third party) is strictly prohibited and is a violation of these Terms and Conditions. We reserve all rights not expressly granted in this Terms and Conditions, including, without limitation, title, ownership, intellectual property rights, and all other rights and interest in WORLD BUSINESS WEB and all related items.

CHAPTER III

OUR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS

Article 14 Availability of Services

WORLD BUSINESS WEB shall provide, improve and expand the WORLD BUSINESS WEB Services. As with other network providers we retain the right to modify, replace, refuse access to, suspend or discontinue WORLD BUSINESS WEB, partially or entirely, or change and modify prices for all or part of the WORLD BUSINESS WEB Services in our sole discretion. All of these changes shall be effective upon their posting on our site or by direct communication to you unless otherwise noted. WORLD BUSINESS WEB also reserves the right to withhold, remove and or discard any content available as part of your account, with or without notice if deemed by WORLD BUSINESS WEB to be contrary to this WORLD BUSINESS WEB Terms and Conditions. WORLD BUSINESS WEB has no obligation to store, maintain or provide you a copy of any content that you or other Users provide when using the WORLD BUSINESS WEB Services.

Article 15 Third Parties

(1) WORLD BUSINESS WEB may include links to third party web sites (“Third Party Sites”). WORLD BUSINESS WEB enables Platform Developers to create applications (“Platform Applications”) that provide features and functionality using data and developer tools made available by WORLD BUSINESS WEB.

(2) You are responsible for evaluating whether you want to access or use a Third Party Site or Platform Application. You should review any applicable terms and/or privacy policy of a Third Party Site or Platform Application before using it or sharing any information with it.

(3) WORLD BUSINESS WEB is not responsible for and does not endorse any features, content, advertising, products or other materials on or available from Third Party Sites. WORLD BUSINESS WEB also does not screen, audit, or endorse Platform Applications. Accordingly, if you decide to access Third Party Sites or use Platform Applications, you do so at your own risk and agree that your use of any Platform Application is on an “as-is” basis without any warranty as to the Platform Developer’s actions, and that this WORLD BUSINESS WEB Terms and Conditions does not apply to your use of any Third Party Site or Developer Application.

(4) If you allow an Platform Application or Third Party Site to authenticate to or connect with your WORLD BUSINESS WEB account, that application or website can access information on WORLD BUSINESS WEB related to you and your connections. For additional information please refer to WORLD BUSINESS WEB Privacy Policy.

Article 16 Disclosure of User Information

You acknowledge, consent and agree that we may access, preserve, and disclose your registration and any other information you provide if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary in our opinion to: (1) comply with legal process, including but not limited to civil and criminal subpoenas, court orders or other compulsory disclosures; (2) enforce this WORLD BUSINESS WEB Terms and Conditions; (3) respond to claims of a violation of the rights of third parties, whether or not the third party is a User, individual, or government agency or institution; (4) respond to customer service inquiries; or (5) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of WORLD BUSINESS WEB, our Users or the public.

Article 17 Connections and Interactions with other Users

You are solely responsible for your interactions with other Users. WORLD BUSINESS WEB may limit the number of connections you may have to other Users and may, in certain circumstances, prohibit you from contacting other Users through use of the WORLD BUSINESS WEB Services or otherwise limit your use of the WORLD BUSINESS WEB Services. WORLD BUSINESS WEB reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other members and to restrict, suspend, or close your account if WORLD BUSINESS WEB determines, in our sole discretion, that doing so is necessary to enforce this WORLD BUSINESS WEB Terms and Conditions.

Article 18 Disclaimer

(1) USERS CAN NOT RELY ON WORLD BUSINESS WEB, ANY INFORMATION THEREIN, OR ITS CONTINUATION. WE PROVIDE THE PLATFORM FOR WORLD BUSINESS WEB AND ALL INFORMATION AND SERVICES ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. WE DO NOT PROVIDE ANY EXPRESS WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS.

(2) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OF

(3) MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED OR HARMED BY WORLD BUSINESS WEB OR ANYTHING RELATED TO WORLD BUSINESS WEB, YOU MAY CLOSE YOUR WORLD BUSINESS WEB ACCOUNT AND TERMINATE THIS TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER IV (“TERMINATION”) AND SUCH TERMINATION SHALL BE YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY.

(4) WORLD BUSINESS WEB IS NOT RESPONSIBLE, AND MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES FOR THE DELIVERY OF ANY MESSAGES (SUCH AS INMAILS, POSTING OF ANSWERS OR TRANSMISSION OF ANY OTHER USER GENERATED CONTENT) SENT THROUGH WORLD BUSINESS WEB TO ANYONE. IN ADDITION, WE NEITHER WARRANT NOR REPRESENT THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE WILL NOT INFRINGE THE RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES. ANY MATERIAL, SERVICE, OR TECHNOLOGY DESCRIBED OR USED ON THE WEBSITE MAY BE SUBJECT TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OWNED BY THIRD PARTIES WHO HAVE LICENSED SUCH MATERIAL TO US, SERVICE, OR TECHNOLOGY.

(5) WORLD BUSINESS WEB DOES NOT HAVE ANY OBLIGATION TO VERIFY THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSONS SUBSCRIBING TO ITS SERVICES, NOR DOES IT HAVE ANY OBLIGATION TO MONITOR THE USE OF ITS SERVICES BY OTHER USERS OF THE COMMUNITY; THEREFORE, WORLD BUSINESS WEB DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY FOR IDENTITY THEFT OR ANY OTHER MISUSE OF YOUR IDENTITY OR INFORMATION.

(6) WORLD BUSINESS WEB DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE SERVICES IT PROVIDES WILL FUNCTION WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OR ERRORS IN FUNCTIONING. IN PARTICULAR, THE OPERATION OF THE SERVICES MAY BE INTERRUPTED DUE TO MAINTENANCE, UPDATES, OR SYSTEM OR NETWORK FAILURES. WORLD BUSINESS WEB DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES CAUSED BY ANY SUCH INTERRUPTION OR ERRORS IN FUNCTIONING. FURTHERMORE, WORLD BUSINESS WEB DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY MALFUNCTIONING, IMPOSSIBILITY OF ACCESS, OR POOR USE CONDITIONS OF THE WORLD BUSINESS WEB SITE DUE TO INAPPROPRIATE EQUIPMENT, DISTURBANCES RELATED TO INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS, TO THE SATURATION OF THE INTERNET NETWORK, AND FOR ANY OTHER REASON.

Article 19 Limitations of liability

(1) Neither WORLD BUSINESS WEB nor any of our subsidiaries, affiliated companies, employees, owners, or directors (“WORLD BUSINESS WEB Affiliates”) shall be liable for (a) any damages, or (b) any special, incidental, indirect, punitive or consequential damages or loss of use, profit, revenue or data to you or any third person arising from your use of the Service, any platform applications or any of the content or other materials on, accessed through or downloaded from WORLD BUSINESS WEB.

(2) This limitation of liability shall apply regardless of whether you base your claim on contract, tort, statute or any other legal theory, and we knew or should have known about the possibility of such damages.

CHAPTER IV

TERMINATION

Article 20 Mutual rights of termination

You may terminate this Terms and Conditions, for any or no reason, at any time, with notice to WORLD BUSINESS WEB. This notice will be effective upon WORLD BUSINESS WEB processing your notice. WORLD BUSINESS WEB may terminate the Terms and Conditions for any reason or no reason, at any time, with or without notice. This cancellation shall be effective immediately or as may be specified in the notice. Termination of your WORLD BUSINESS WEB account includes disabling your access to WORLD BUSINESS WEB and may also bar you from any future use of WORLD BUSINESS WEB.

Article 21 Misuse of the Services

WORLD BUSINESS WEB may restrict, suspend or terminate the account of any User who abuses or misuses the Services. Misuse of the Services includes inviting other Users with whom you do not know or you do not share “Business Environment” to connect; abusing the WORLD BUSINESS WEB messaging services; creating multiple or false profiles; using the Services commercially without WORLD BUSINESS WEB’s authorization or for conducting of business, competitive and any type of intelligence or data mining, or for promotional and/or advertising purposes without an appropriate Terms and Conditions with WORLD BUSINESS WEB, infringing any intellectual property rights, or any other behavior that WORLD BUSINESS WEB, in its sole discretion, deems contrary to its purpose. In addition, and without limiting the foregoing, WORLD BUSINESS WEB has adopted a policy of terminating accounts of Users who, in WORLD BUSINESS WEB’s sole discretion, are deemed to be repeat infringers.

Article 22 Effect of Termination

Upon the termination of your WORLD BUSINESS WEB account, you lose access to the Services. In addition, WORLD BUSINESS WEB may block access to the Services from an IP address or range of IP addresses associated with those of terminated Users. The termination of your WORLD BUSINESS WEB account does not relieve you of any responsibility under this Terms and Conditions, except Articles … (“User’s Rights and Obligations”) and …. (“Our Rights and Obligations”) hereof.

CHAPTER V

LAW AND ARBITRATION

Article 23 Applicable law

The applicable law of this Terms and Conditions shall be the Bulgarian Law. All legal procedures including arbitration shall be held before the competent Bulgarian institutions. For any disputes the relative court shall be the Sofia City Court, regardless of your country of origin or where you access WORLD BUSINESS WEB.

CHAPTER VI

GENERAL TERMS

Article 24 Modification and used language

(1) If any provision of this Terms and Conditions is found to be illegal, void, or unenforceable, we retain the right to modify it so as to render it enforceable and effective to the maximum extent possible in order to effect the intention of the provision; In such cases validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Terms and Conditions will not be affected in any way.

(2) WORLD BUSINESS WEB uses English language as the language of its services with accessibility and comprehensibility purposes. In case of misunderstanding of any provisions of this Terms and Conditions, these provisions shall be interpreted and explained by the WORLD BUSINESS WEB owners in Bulgarian language.

Article 25 Notices

We may notify you via postings on WORLD BUSINESS WEB web site. You may contact us via email at:

wbw@worldbusinessweb.com.

Article 26 Entire Terms and Conditions

You agree that this Terms and Conditions constitutes the entire, complete and exclusive Terms and Conditions between you and us regarding the Services and supersedes all prior Terms and Conditions and understandings. You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use or purchase certain other WORLD BUSINESS WEB services, third-party content or third party software.

Article 27 Amendments to this Terms and Conditions

We reserve the right to modify, supplement or replace the terms of the Terms and Conditions, effective upon posting at www.worldbusinessweb.com or notifying you otherwise. If you do not want to agree to changes to the Terms and Conditions, you can terminate the Terms and Conditions at any time per Article ….. (Termination).

Article 28 No informal waivers, agreements or representations

Our failure to act with respect to a breach of this Terms and Conditions by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to that breach or subsequent similar or other breaches. Except as expressly and specifically contemplated by the Terms and Conditions, no representations, statements, consents, waivers or other acts or omissions by any WORLD BUSINESS WEB Affiliate shall be deemed legally binding on any WORLD BUSINESS WEB Affiliate, unless documented in a physical writing hand signed by a duly appointed and authorized officer of WORLD BUSINESS WEB.

Article 29 No Injunctive Relief

In no event shall you seek or be entitled to rescission, injunctive or other equitable relief, or to enjoin or restrain the operation of the Service, exploitation of any advertising or other materials issued in connection therewith, or exploitation of the Services or any content or other material used or displayed through the Services.

Article 30 Assignment and Delegation

You may not assign or delegate any rights or obligations under the Terms and Conditions. Any purported assignment and delegation shall be ineffective. We may freely assign or delegate all rights and obligations under the Terms and Conditions, fully or partially without notice to you.

CHAPTER VII

USER’s CODE OF CONDUCT

Article 31 Observation of Code of Conduct

(1) As a condition to access WORLD BUSINESS WEB, you agree to this User Terms and Conditions and to strictly observe the following Code of Conduct rules:

  1. Comply with all applicable laws, including, without limitation, privacy laws, intellectual property laws, export control laws, tax laws, and regulatory requirements;
  2. Provide accurate information to the WORLD BUSINESS WEB network and update it as necessary;
  3. Review and comply with our Privacy Policy;
  4. Review and comply with notices sent by WORLD BUSINESS WEB concerning the WORLD BUSINESS WEB Services; and
  5. Use the Services in a professional, conscientious and good will manner.

(2) As a condition to access WORLD BUSINESS WEB, you agree to this User Terms and Conditions and to strictly observe the following Code of Conduct rules:

  1. Do not Act dishonestly or unprofessionally by engaging in unprofessional behavior by posting inappropriate, inaccurate, misleading or objectionable content to WORLD BUSINESS WEB;
  2. Do not Duplicate, license, sublicense, publish, broadcast, transmit, distribute, perform, display, sell, rebrand, or otherwise transfer information found on WORLD BUSINESS WEB (excluding content posted by you) except as permitted in this Terms and Conditions, WORLD BUSINESS WEB’s developer terms and policies, or as expressly authorized by WORLD BUSINESS WEB;
  3. Do not Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, decipher or otherwise attempt to derive the source code for any underlying intellectual property used to provide the Services, or any part thereof;
  4. Do not Include information in your profile or elsewhere, except in designated fields, that reveals your identity or sensitive personal information such as an email address, phone number or address or is confidential in nature;
  5. Do not Create a user profile for anyone other than a natural person and/or legally incorporated juridical entity;
  6. Do not Utilize information, content or any data you view on and/or obtain from WORLD BUSINESS WEB to provide any service that is competitive, in WORLD BUSINESS WEB’s sole discretion, with WORLD BUSINESS WEB;
  7. Do not Imply or state, directly or indirectly, that you are affiliated with or endorsed by WORLD BUSINESS WEB unless you have entered into a written Terms and Conditions with WORLD BUSINESS WEB (this includes, but is not limited to representing yourself as an accredited WORLD BUSINESS WEB trainer if you have not been certified by WORLD BUSINESS WEB as such);
  8. Do not Adapt, modify or create derivative works based on WORLD BUSINESS WEB or technology underlying the Services, or other Users’ content, in whole or part, except as permitted under WORLD BUSINESS WEB’s developer program;
  9. Do not Rent, lease, loan, trade, sell/re-sell access to WORLD BUSINESS WEB or any information therein, or the equivalent, in whole or part;
  10. Do not Deep-link to the Site for any purpose, (i.e. including a link to a WORLD BUSINESS WEB web page other than WORLD BUSINESS WEB’s home page) unless expressly authorized in writing by WORLD BUSINESS WEB or for the purpose of promoting your profile or a Group on WORLD BUSINESS WEB;
  11. Do not Use manual or automated software, devices, scripts robots, other means or processes to access, “scrape,” “crawl” or “spider” any web pages or other services contained in the site;
  12. Do not Use bots or other automated methods to add or download contacts, send or redirect messages or other permitted activities other than through WORLD BUSINESS WEB-sanctioned tools such as its application programming interfaces or its own services or integrations with other, partner services;
  13. Do not Access, via automated or manual means or processes, WORLD BUSINESS WEB for purposes of monitoring its availability, performance or functionality or for any competitive purpose;
  14. Do not Attempt to or actually access WORLD BUSINESS WEB by any means other than through the interfaces provided by WORLD BUSINESS WEB;
  15. Do not Attempt to or actually override any security component included in or underlying WORLD BUSINESS WEB;
  16. Do not Engage in any action that directly or indirectly interferes with the proper working of or places an unreasonable load on our infrastructure, including but not limited to unsolicited communications to other Users or WORLD BUSINESS WEB personnel, attempts to gain unauthorized access, or transmission or activation of computer viruses;
  17. Do not Remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices contained in or on WORLD BUSINESS WEB, including those of both WORLD BUSINESS WEB and any of its licensors;
  18. Do not Remove, cover or otherwise obscure any form of advertisement included on WORLD BUSINESS WEB;
  19. Do not Harass, abuse or harm another person, including sending unwelcomed communications to others using WORLD BUSINESS WEB;
  20. Do not Collect, use or transfer any information, including but not limited to, personally identifiable information obtained from WORLD BUSINESS WEB except as expressly permitted in this Terms and Conditions or as the owner of such information may expressly permit;
  21. Do not Share information of non-Users without their express consent;
  22. Do not Interfere with or disrupt WORLD BUSINESS WEB, including but not limited to any servers or networks connected to WORLD BUSINESS WEB;
  23. Do not Invite people to join your network for other purposes except business contacts as related to the mission and goals of WORLD BUSINESS WEB and these Terms and Conditions;
  24. Do not Upload a cartoon, symbol, drawing, company logo or any content other than a head-shot photograph of yourself in your profile photo;
  25. Do not Use or attempt to use another's account without authorization from the Company, or create a false identity on WORLD BUSINESS WEB;
  26. Do not Infringe or use WORLD BUSINESS WEB’s brand, logos and/or trademarks, including, without limitation, using the word “WORLD BUSINESS WEB” in any business name, email, or URL or including WORLD BUSINESS WEB’s trademarks and logos except expressly permitted by WORLD BUSINESS WEB;
  27. Do not Upload, post, email within WORLD BUSINESS WEB, transmit or otherwise make available or initiate any content that:
    • a) Falsely states, impersonates or otherwise misrepresents your identity, including but not limited to the use of a pseudonym, or misrepresenting your current or previous positions and qualifications, or your affiliations with a person or entity, past or present;
    • b)Is unlawful, libelous, abusive, obscene, discriminatory or otherwise objectionable;
    • c)Adds to a content field content that is not intended for such field (i.e. submitting a telephone number in the “title” or any other field, or including telephone numbers, email addresses, street addresses or any personally identifiable information for which there is not a field provided by WORLD BUSINESS WEB);
    • d) Includes information that you do not have the right to disclose or make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as insider information, or proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure Terms and Conditions);
    • e) Infringes upon patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights or other proprietary rights;
    • f) Includes any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or any other form of solicitation. This prohibition includes but is not limited to (a) using WORLD BUSINESS WEB invitations to send messages to people who don’t know you or who are unlikely to recognize you as a known and/or trustworthy business contact; (b) using WORLD BUSINESS WEB to connect to people who don’t know you and then sending unsolicited promotional messages to those direct connections without their permission; and (c) sending messages to distribution lists, business environments within the WORLD BUSINESS WEB, or Environments;
    • g) Contains software viruses, worms, or any other computer code, files or programs that interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment of WORLD BUSINESS WEB or any User of WORLD BUSINESS WEB;
    • h) Forges headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any communication transmitted through the Services; and/or
  28. Do not Participate, directly or indirectly, in the setting up or development of a network that seeks to implement practices that are similar to sales by network or the recruitment of independent home salespeople to the purposes of creating a pyramid scheme or other similar practices.

Article 32 Complaints regarding posted content

(1) We built WORLD BUSINESS WEB to help you develop the business of the company you are representing, and to help businesses find opportunities and succeed. To achieve this purpose, we encourage our Users to share truthful and accurate information. We also respect the intellectual property rights of others. Accordingly, this Terms and Conditions requires that information posted by Users be accurate and not in violation of the intellectual property rights or other rights of third parties.

(2) To promote these objectives, WORLD BUSINESS WEB provides a process for submission of complaints concerning content posted by our Users. Our policy and procedures can be found here (complain@worldbusinessweb.com):

WORLD BUSINESS WEB Copyright Policy.

Claims regarding Copyright Infringement.

Claims regarding content.