Terms and condition

General Terms and Conditions

for Access and Use of the artèQ Investment Capital Platform

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY! THIS DOCUMENT REPRESENTS THE LEGAL BINDING BETWEEN ARTÈQ INVESTMENT CAPITAL AND THE USER. WE INVITE YOU TO READ THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS BEFORE USING THE PROVIDED SERVICES. PLEASE, ALSO CHECK OUR PRIVACY POLICY AND RISK STATEMENT THAT, MUTUALLY WITH THIS LEGAL DOCUMENT, REPRESENT THE SET OF LEGAL CLAUSES APPLIED TO THE USE OF OUR WEBSITE, PLATFORM, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.

Disclaimer

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions relating to our website and the use of our website. Nothing in this disclaimer will:

-       limit or exclude the Service Provider’s liability for misinterpretation of the information presented on the website;

-       limit any of the Service Provider’s liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law;

Our Crypto Services carry a high level of knowledge and risk, and can result in losses. The high level of risk means our Crypto Services is not suitable for everyone. If you are in any doubt, you should seek independent advice.

By submitting an application to request information or to initiate a commercial relationship with us, you confirm:

• that you have read the Disclaimer and all the documents supplied to you in connection with our Services and that you fully agree to them;
• that you understand and agree that our relationship may be amended from time to time, in which case you automatically agree to such modifications;

   

  General provisions

  The website is privately owned and operated. Throughout the site, the terms “we”, “us”, and “our” refer to the Owner of the platform. The Owner offers this website, including all information, tools and services available from this website to you, the User, conditioned upon your acceptance of all the provisions stated here.

  By visiting our website and/ or purchasing a Service from us, you engage in our “Service” and agree to be bound by the following Terms and Conditions (“Terms and Conditions”, “Terms”). In case you do not agree with the clauses of the present document, please stop using the Services.

  Any new features or tools which are added to the current line of Services shall also be subject to the Terms and Conditions. You can review the most current version of the document at any time on this page.

  1. INTRODUCTION

  1.1. Contracting Parties

  Royal Merit FZCO, a company organized under the laws of the United Arab Emirates, having its registered office at 1441, floor 14, Tamani Art Tower (business bay Dubai) - as Service Provider,

  and

  "The User" - any private or legal entity which benefits of any of our Services at https://arteq.io/.

  1.2. Representations

  Authority and Capacity. The parties and their legal representatives guarantee that they have the authority and capacity to enter into this agreement.

  Enforceability. This agreement constitutes a legal, valid, and binding obligation, enforceable against the parties according to its terms. 

  1.3. Definitions

  "Visitor" means any person who visits the websites but does not connect with a compatible wallet.

  "User" means the person or legal entity that connects with a compatible wallet and makes transactions on the platform;

  "Service" means any of the services described on our website at any given time, which are made available through the website, third party platform or directly to select collaborators and users, and subject to this agreement;

  1.4. Website Accuracy

  Although we intend to provide accurate and timely information on the website, it may not always be entirely accurate, complete or current and may also include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors.

  In an effort to continuously provide you with as complete and accurate information as possible, information may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be changed or updated from time to time without notice, including without limitation information regarding our policies, products and services. Accordingly, you should verify all information before relying on it, and all decisions based on information contained on the website are your sole responsibility and we shall have no liability for such decisions.

  Links to third party materials (including without limitation any websites) may be provided as a convenience but are not controlled by us. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for any aspect of the information, content, or services contained in any such third-party materials accessible or linked to from the website.

  1.5. Eligibility

  To be eligible to use any of the Services, the User must either be at least 18 years old, or legally incorporated, and reside in a country (or an area) in which the relevant Services are accessible and legally available. Please note that our Services are not available in every country.

  For the purposes of these Terms, applicable laws and regulations shall include the rules of any relevant regulatory authority or exchange and any applicable laws, rules, procedures, guidance, codes, standards and regulations (including, without limitation, accounting rules and anti-money laundering or sanctions legislation) in force from time to time.

  2. THE RIGHT TO USE THE SERVICES

  2.1. Procedures

  In order to avail access to our product and services, the User is required to connect to the platform with a compatible wallet. The User is responsible for keeping any wallet security information safe and secure. The User must not disclose these details to any person who is not authorized.

  The Users who intend to become content creators have the option to create a detailed profile, by providing their name, email address, phone number and a bio description.

  The User receives a limited, terminable, non-exclusive and non-transferable right of access and use the Services, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, exclusively for the purposes for which the Services are construed.

  2.2. Description of Services

  ArtèQ Investment Capital is a decentralized project which creates an NFT Investment Capital that brings together the finest masterpieces from the analog and digital world to the NFT space. Additionally, the company fosters cooperation between traditional and digital artists to co-create artworks for the NFT space and establish strategic partnerships with museums and art galleries to launch special NFT projects.

  Users can buy, earn and own artèQ tokens, and start investing in a diversified NFT portfolio. Every holder, regardless of the number of tokens owned, profits from the Capital's development which reflects on the Token's price growth.

  2.3. User’s obligations

  The User accepts the full responsibility for all activities connected its compliance with the terms of this document. It is at all times the User who is a party to this agreement with us, and who has all rights and obligations set out in this document.

  The User accepts that we may contact the User through different means of communication, and provide general marketing information or other information about the Services.

  2.4. Usage

  Registration process. To use our Services, the Visitor will need connect a compatible wallet, and accept these Terms and Conditions, and hence becomes a User. The User agrees and represents that they will use our Services only for themselves or on behalf of the legal entity they are representing, and not on behalf of any third party, except for prior approval from us. The User is fully responsible for all activity that occurs under their wallet.

  Access to third parties. If the User grants express permission to a third party to access or connect to the wallet(s), either through the third party's product or service or through the website, the User acknowledges that granting permission to a third party to take specific actions on their behalf does not relieve them of any of your responsibilities under this Agreement. The User is fully responsible for all acts or omissions of any third party with access to the wallet(s) and any action of such third party shall be considered to be an action authorized by the User. Furthermore, the User acknowledges and agrees that they will not hold us responsible for, and will indemnify us from, any liability arising out of or related to any act or omission of any third party with access to the connected wallet(s).

  2.5. Prohibited usage

  Under all circumstances, the User is strictly prohibited from permitting, assisting or enabling any individual or entity not authorized from accessing or using the Services. In the event that the User’s Personal Information is lost or stolen, or if there are reasons to believe that the Services has been accessed by an unauthorized user, the User is required to immediately contact our Support Service. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, nothing in this document shall be construed, interpreted or applied to impose responsibility or liability on us or our affiliates for any and all activities arising from the authorized or unauthorized access of the Services.

  The following activities are prohibited and will result in immediate Services suspension or cancellation of the Services without the possibility of a refund, but with the possibility for us to impose supplementary fees and/or pursue civil remedies, in case of legal damages:

  -       Fostering or promotion of illegal, abusive, or irresponsible behavior;

  -       Misuse of system resources, such as programs that consume excessive network capacity, CPU cycles, or disk IO, disruption or interference of any data system or network, unauthorized collection or use of e-mail addresses, screen names or other identifiers, use of the Services to distribute software that covertly gathers information about a user or covertly transmits information about the user, monitoring data or traffic on any network or system without the express authorization of the owner of the system or network;

  -       Spam, Unsolicited Bulk Email, Forged Email, Phishing Email, etc;

  -       Transmission, distribution, or storage of any information, data or material that is protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret, or any other intellectual property rights. Any usage that prompts the receipt of abuse complaints pertaining to violation of any international copyright law will be discontinued;

  -       Access to other computers or networks without authorization;

  -       Providing false data on any contract or application: including fraudulent use of credit card numbers;

  -       Any conduct that is likely to result in retaliation against our network or website, including engaging in behavior that results in any server being the target of a DoS attack;

  -       Any attempt to probe, scan, penetrate or test the vulnerability of our systems or networks, or to breach our security or authentication measures, whether by passive or intrusive techniques;

  -       Any other activities viewed as illegal or harmful by any jurisdiction;

  2.6 Token airdrop

  If we decide to issue artèQ tokens for free in the form of airdrops and/or any other way, those artèQ token issued will be automatically blocked for a period of 6 months from the date of issuance and can be traded only after the expiration of time. 

   

   

  3. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

   

  The User hereby acknowledges and agree that we own the intellectual property rights for the website, the logo, the platform, the crypto project in its entirety and the underlying Token, for all present and future materials and services, including, but without limitation to, copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets, works, images, pictures, dialogues, music, sounds, videos, documents, drawings, figures, logos and any other material published on https://arteq.io/, including menus, web pages, graphics, colors, schemes, tools, the website's fonts and design, diagrams, layouts, methods, processes, functions and software which are part of https://arteq.io/, and are protected by copyright and by all other intellectual property rights. The User's possession, access, and use of our services do not transfer to the User, or to any third party, any rights, title, or interest in or to such intellectual property rights.

   

  The User must not, without prior written our consent:

  -           Republish material from https://arteq.io/

  -           Sell, rent or sub-license material from https://arteq.io/

  -           Reproduce, duplicate or copy material from https://arteq.io/

  -           Redistribute content from https://arteq.io/

   

  4. SECURITY

   

  Confidentiality. User’s privacy is important to us and we will abide by our Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to modify our Privacy Policy from time to time.

   

  Processing of personal data. The use of the platform entail collecting and processing of User’s personal data that is collected through specific cookies.

   

  We are the Controller and Processor, in accordance with the international data protection regulations. The User can find all the relevant legal details relating to data Protection in the Privacy Policy section of the website.

   

  5. SPECIAL DISCLAIMER

   

  OUR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS." WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESSED, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE REGARDING THE PLATFORM’S SERVICES, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY THAT THEY WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR FREE OR FREE OF RISK OR ADVERSE ELEMENTS, OR THAT ANY CONTENT, INCLUDING THE CUSTOMER DATA, WILL BE SECURE OR NOT OTHERWISE LOST OR DAMAGED. EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR QUIET ENJOYMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF ANY COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE.

   

  6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.

   

  Limitation of liability.  If we are held responsible for paying damages to the User as a consequence of breaches of any of the obligations under this Agreement, such damages may in no event include compensation for indirect loss or damages of any kind which may arise as a result of, or in connection with, such breach. Indirect loss includes, but is not limited to, loss of profit of any kind, losses as a consequence of disrupted operations, loss of data, lost savings. Our liability under this Agreement is therefore limited to direct loss, unless otherwise set out in mandatory applicable law, for example, damages due to gross negligence or intent.

   

  If standardized sanctions are agreed, these standardized sanctions shall be the sole and exclusive remedy for the matter and no other claims may be made based on the same situation.

   

  Even though we will use appropriate care to ensure secure transmission of information between the User and the Services, the User recognizes that the Internet is an open system and that we cannot warrant that a third party cannot or will not intercept or alter data during the transmission. We take no responsibility for such unauthorized access to, use or alternation or publication or loss of data. Neither are we responsible for lack of availability of the Services when this is directly or indirectly caused by the User or by circumstances for which the User is responsible or the reconstruction of data regardless of cause.

   

  7. FORCE MAJEURE

   

  If the use and execution of the Services are wholly or partly prevented or materially impeded by circumstances beyond the parties’ control, both parties’ obligations are suspended for as long as the circumstances are relevant and as long as these circumstances last. Each party may, however, in accordance with section 10 of this Agreement, terminate the Agreement if the force majeure makes it particularly burdensome for that party to continue the Agreement.

   

  In the event that law, rules or regulations applicable to the use or delivery of the Services is changed or new rules or regulations are adopted after the Services have been made available on the market and this prevents us from fulfilling the User’s instructions regarding processing of personal data or other obligations in this Agreement, and/or this requires full or partial termination of access to the Services for a limited or indefinite period of time, this shall be considered as a force majeure circumstance. We are in no way responsible for any such or other force majeure circumstance.

   

  8. TRANSFER OF SERVICES

   

  The User is not entitled to transfer all or part of the right to use the Services to another entity. We may fully or partially transfer its rights and obligations under the Agreement to subsidiaries or other companies within the same group, hereunder use these as sub-contractors, provided that this is done in such a manner that it is ensuring compliance with the obligations under all relevant data protection laws from the User’s perspective.

   

  9. COMPLAINTS

   

  The Company shall maintain effective and transparent procedures for the reasonable and prompt

  handling of complaints received from the User and shall keep a record of each complaint and the measures taken for its resolution or handling.

   

  The Parties agree to make every reasonable effort for resolving any disputes between them

  before commencing any litigation proceedings.

   

  10. GOVERNING LAW

   

  This Agreement is governed by and construed in accordance with all the applicable international laws. Exclusive jurisdiction and venue for any action arising under this Agreement are in the Courts of Justice from the headquarters of Royal Merit FZCO, and both parties hereby consent to such jurisdiction and venue for this purpose. In any action or proceeding to enforce or interpret this Agreement, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover from the other party its costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) incurred in connection with such action or proceeding and enforcing any judgment or order obtained.

   

  11. ENTIRE AGREEMENT

   

  These Terms and Conditions, together with the Privacy Policy and the Risk Policies constitute the entire agreement between the parties concerning any level of contractual relationship.

  No change, consent or waiver to this Agreement will be effective unless in writing and signed by the party against which enforcement is sought. Our failure to enforce its rights under this Agreement at any time for any period shall not be construed as a waiver of such rights. Unless expressly provided otherwise, each right and remedy in this Agreement is in addition to any other right or remedy, at law or in equity, and the exercise of one right or remedy will not be deemed a waiver of any other right or remedy.

   

  12. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF TERMS

   

  The User acknowledges that they:

  (a) have read this agreement prior to initiation of use of our Services;

  (b) understand the terms of this agreement;

  (c) have signed this agreement voluntarily by requesting the use of our Services;

   

  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement.