TERMS OF USE
Last updated: 07.11.2024
1. THESE TERMS
- Welcome to RFU News.
- These terms of use govern your use and access to our services, including our website(s) RFU News at rfunews.com (also known as RFU Plus at rfuplus.com), our application(s), our application programming interfaces (APIs), our notifications and any information or content appearing therein (collectively our “Platform”).
- In these terms of use, “we” refers to Alitance Limited, a company registered and incorporated in the laws of Hong Kong. Our company registration number is 3091458 and our registered office is at 29 Austin Road, Unit 1102, 11/F, TST, Kowloon, Hong Kong (together with our subsidiaries, our holding company, and subsidiaries of our holding company from time to time). “You” shall mean a single: (i) individual, (ii) legal entity (corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, etc.), or (iii) agent acting on behalf of a single individual or entity.
- By using our Platform or otherwise using our services in any manner, you agree to these terms regardless of whether you are paying user or a non-paying visitor. If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use our Platform.
- You should also read our Privacy Policy and Cookies [click here] which sets out how we collect and use your personal information, and which sets out information about the cookies on our site.
- You must be 18 years of age or older to use the Platform. We do not otherwise knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 18 without permission. California residents under 16 years of age may have additional rights regarding the collection and sale of their personal information. Please see our Privacy Policy for more information. By using the Platform, you represent and warrant that you meet the foregoing eligibility requirements. If you do not meet these requirements, you must not access or use the Platform.
- If you are using the Platform on behalf of an entity, by using the Platform you represent that you have the necessary rights and authority to agree to these terms (and our Privacy Policy, Acceptable Use Policy and other documents referred to herein) on behalf of that entity.
2. HOW TO CONTACT US
- For any questions or problems relating to our Platform, our products or services, or these terms, you can contact us by emailing us at support@rfunews.com or writing to us at 29 Austin Road, Unit 1102, 11/F, TST, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
- We are the data controller in relation to our Platform and are responsible for your personal data. Please refer to our Privacy Policy which is available at [click here] for information about what personal data we collect and what we do with it. It is important that you read our privacy policy, which may be updated from time to time, and understand how we use your information and the rights that you have about your information.
- If we have to contact you, we will do so by telephone or by writing to you at the email address or postal address you provided to us.
- When we use the words "writing" or "written" in these terms, this includes emails.
3. CHANGES OF TERMS
- We may amend these terms from time to time by posting the updated terms on our Platform. If we make material changes, we will notify you of the changes before they become effective. By continuing to use our Platform and our services after the changes come into effect means that you agree to be bound by the revised policy.
4. AVAILABILITY OF OUR PLATFORM
- We try our best to ensure that our Platform is always available, but we do not guarantee that the operation of or access to our Platform will be uninterrupted or continuous. Our Platform may be interrupted for maintenance, repairs, upgrades, network or equipment failures.
- We are constantly changing and improving our Platform and the products or services we provide. We may from time to time change or discontinue any of the products or services we offer, or add or remove functionalities or features, and we may suspend or stop certain products, services, functionalities or features altogether. If we discontinue certain products, services, functionalities or features, we will give you advance notice where reasonably possible.
- We may release products, services, functionalities or features that we are still testing and evaluating. We will label such services as “beta”, “preview”, “early access” or “trial” or any words or phrases with similar meanings. You understand that these beta services are not as reliable as other products or services we offer.
- We reserve the right to limit your use of our Platform and the services we provide, including the right to restrict, suspend or terminate your account if we believe you are in breach of these terms or are misusing our Platform or any services we provide. In such case, we shall have no liability to you and no refund of remaining, pro-rated balance of subscription fees will be made our only liability for any of which will refund of any remaining, pro-rated balance of subscription fee (if any) paid by you.
- You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform or system in order to access our Platform. We do not guarantee that our Platform will be free from bugs or viruses.
5. YOUR ACCOUNT AND PASSWORD
- In registering for an account on our Platform, you must provide truthful, accurate and up-to-date information about yourself. You should choose a strong and secure password. You must keep your password secure and confidential.
- If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential. You must not disclose it to any third party.
- You agree not to share your account credentials or give others access to your account. If and when we detect that an account is shared by multiple users, we may treat this as a security breach and suspend or terminate your account.
- We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use.
- If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your user identification code or password, you must promptly notify us at support@rfunews.com.
- You must not distribute, sell, lease, loan or trade any access to the Platform.
- You are responsible for all actions or activities that happens by, through or under your account, unless you report misuse.
6. USE OF THE PLATFORM
- You must comply with the Acceptable Use Policy and all applicable laws and regulatory requirements, including privacy laws and intellectual property laws in using or accessing the Platform.
- We give you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, non-exclusive and revocable licence to access and use our Platform. This licence is for the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of our Platform as provided by us and in the manner as permitted by these terms.
- This licence to use our Platform will terminate if you do not comply with these terms or other additional terms or conditions imposed by us from time to time.
7. GENERAL USE RESTRICTIONS
- We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in the Platform, including content, logos, graphics and images (together, the “Materials”) provided through it. This includes Materials that we may host on external platforms such as YouTube. These Materials are made available to you by us, and are the copyrighted and/or trademarked work of us or our licensors.
- The Materials are available in two categories:
- Free Access Materials: Certain Materials are accessible to all users without charge.
- Subscription Access Materials: Other Materials are exclusively available to our paid subscribers.
- Subject to your compliance with these terms, we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, and non-transferable for your personal use to:
- display, view, use, and play the Materials on a computer, mobile or other internet enabled or permitted device (“Device”) and/or print one copy of the Materials (excluding source and object code in raw form or otherwise) as it is displayed to you;
- stream the Materials using any of the widgets and/or other digital streaming internet video players, if any, provided on the Platform; or
- download and make one copy of the Materials solely for the same purposes as above.
- Except for the license set forth in the preceding paragraph, you acknowledge that you have no right, title or interest in or to the Platform, or any Materials. You are expressly prohibited from:
- using the Platform or the Materials for any commercial purposes;
- modifying, editing, copying, reproducing, creating derivative works from, reverse engineering, altering, enhancing, or exploiting any of the Materials in any manner not expressly permitted by this license.
- using the Materials in any way that infringes upon the intellectual property rights of others or the intellectual property rights pertaining to the Materials.
- uploading, posting, publishing, or distributing any of the Subscription Access Materials without prior written consent.
- Subject to Clauses 8.3 and 8.4, you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics provided as part of the Materials separately from their accompanying text.
- Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of the Materials on our Platform must always be acknowledged, except where the content is designated as user-generated. This acknowledgment must be maintained with any use or display of such Materials.
- You are not permitted to use any part of the Materials for commercial purposes without obtaining a prior license from us or our licensors. Unauthorized commercial exploitation of the Materials is strictly prohibited.
8. THIRD-PARTY SERVICES
- The Platform may contain links to third-party websites, services, content, apps, and advertisements for third parties (“Third-Party Services”). We are not responsible for third parties or their Third-Party Services. For instance, portions of the Service may be integrated into or linked to third-party sites, platforms, and apps that we do not control. This may include the ability to register or sign into the Platform using third-party sites, and to post or share the Materials on third-party sites. You shall comply with their terms of use and privacy policies. We shall take no responsibility for Third-party Services.
9. OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
- Our name “RFU News” or “RFU Plus” and our marks and logos are our trade marks (be it registered or unregistered) and may not be used without our express prior written consent.
- All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. Should you breach these terms by printing, copying, downloading, sharing, or reposting any part of the Materials, your right to access and use our Platform will terminate immediately. Upon termination, you are required, at our discretion, to either return or destroy all copies of the Materials that you have made. This includes both digital and physical copies.
10. USERS’ SUBMISSION
- We may now, or in the future, offer users of the Platform the opportunity to create, build, post, upload, display, publish, distribute, transmit, broadcast, or otherwise make available on or submit through the Platform, or on or in response to the Platform on any third-party platforms, or otherwise submit to us, content such as blogs, posts, comments, text, illustrations, files, images, graphics, photos, sounds, music, videos, information, content, ratings, reviews, data, questions, suggestions (“Submissions”).
- Accordingly, you represent and warrant that: (i) you are the original creator and writer of all Submissions that you make available through the Platform or you have all rights, licenses, consents and releases that are necessary to grant to us the licenses to such Submissions, as contemplated under these terms; (ii) neither the Submissions nor your posting, uploading, publication, submission or transmittal of the Submissions or our use of the Submissions (or any portion thereof) on, through or by means of the Platform will infringe, misappropriate or violate a third party’s patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other proprietary or intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy, or result in the violation of any applicable law or regulation; and (iii) your Submissions and your postings will not defame any person, including, without limitation, any business.
- Submissions are not private or confidential and may be read, collected, and used by others. To better protect your privacy, do not include information regarding your identity or contact information in Submissions that you post or upload to the Platform. You are responsible for your Submissions. You are fully responsible for all Submissions you contribute, in any manner, to the Platform, and for the accuracy of the same, and you represent and warrant you have all rights necessary to do so, in the manner in which you contribute it, and that we shall not need to obtain any licenses, rights, consents, or permissions from, or make any payments to, any third party for any use or exploitation of your Submissions in any and all media, whether now known or hereafter created, or have any liability to you or any third party as a result of any use of your Submissions as authorized in these terms.
- By submitting, posting or displaying your Submissions, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty free, fully paid up, transferable license to use, distribute, perform, display, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, transmit, translate, communicate and make available to the public your own Submissions or otherwise use your Submission in connection with the operation or use of the Platform or the promotion, advertising or marketing of the Platform or our business partners, in any and all media or distribution methods (now known or later developed).
- You waive any and all rights of privacy, publicity, or any other rights of a similar nature in connection with the use of the Submissions, or of your name, personality, likeness, image or voice in connection with offering, delivering, marketing, promoting, demonstrating and selling your Submissions, or any advertising or publicity relating thereto. You understand and agree that if you delete your account, it may not be possible to completely delete that content from our records, and that your Submissions will remain viewable as part of the Platform and to the extent that they were downloaded or stored by other users.
- We reserve its right to remove any suspected spams or any Submissions in the good faith belief that such removal is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process, applicable laws or government requests; (b) enforce these Terms; (c) respond to claims that any of Submissions violates the rights of third parties; (d) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues; or (e) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of us, our users, or the public.
11. OTHER OFFERINGS
- Subscription: When you sign up for the subscription, the service includes receipt of frequent content that may be of interest to you. You can opt out of receipt of the content by terminating the subscription at any time.
- Advertisements: The Platform may now, or in the future, include advertisements, which may be targeted to content or information on the Platform, in an effort to make them relevant to you. The types and extent of advertising are subject to change. In consideration for we granting you access to and use of the Platform, you agree that we and our third-party providers and partners may place such advertising on the Platform.
- Buttons, Links and Widgets: You have permission to use and share the Platform’s buttons, links, and widgets, subject to these terms (including the disclaimers and limitations of liability) and provided that: (a) your use and share of such buttons, links and widgets link only to the Platform; (b) you will not modify such buttons, links, or widgets or associated code in any manner; (c) you will not use or share any such buttons, links, or widgets in any manner which implies or suggests that we endorse, sponsor, or recommend the website on which such buttons, links and widgets are used or shared.
- Language Translation and Localization: The Platform incorporates language translation and localization services to facilitate user interaction and content accessibility. This service automatically adjusts the Platform’s displayed content, including but not limited to text, metadata, and multimedia elements such as articles and videos, based on the user's browser language settings or manual language selection. The Platform endeavors to provide accurate and effective translations; however, it does not warrant the precision of these translations. You acknowledge that discrepancies may occur in translations, and the Platform disclaims any liability for inaccuracies or misunderstandings arising from translation errors.
- We may (at our discretion but are not obliged to) review content or information submitted or posted by users on our Platform. We reserve the right to remove any content which we consider as offensive, harmful, deceptive, discriminative, defamatory or otherwise inappropriate or misleading, or content that we believe may be infringing rights of third parties. We do not endorse or support any views expressed by any users on our Platform.
12. SUBSCRPITION
- Certain features of the Platform are accessible at no cost. However, access to specific premium features, including exclusive news coverage, news articles and videos in multiple languages, requires a paid subscription (“Subscription”). Material available varies by Subscription tier as follows:some text
- Insider Annual: This tier offers daily exclusive videos, weekly strategic insights, and in-depth articles. It is available at a discounted annual rate.
- Insider Monthly: A monthly subscription that provides access to select exclusive content, though less comprehensive than the Insider Annual plan.
- All Access: Our premium tier, offering the most exclusive content at a higher subscription fee.
- Subscription fees are billed at the beginning of your subscription cycle and upon each renewal. Fees vary depending on the selected Subscription tier. The Platform engages Stripe, a third-party service provider, for handling all payment processing activities. By subscribing or purchasing services on the Platform, you expressly agree to be bound by the terms and conditions and privacy policies of Stripe. You should review these documents independently at Stripe's official website. The Platform does not store, nor does it have access to, any user's credit or debit card information. All such information is processed and secured by Stripe, in accordance with their security protocols and privacy policies.
- We reserve the right to increase Subscription prices at any time. The new subscription price will apply to your next subscription cycle upon renewal. If you do not agree with the price increase, you have the option to cancel your Subscription. If you do not cancel your Subscription before your renewal date following the price increase notice, it will be deemed that you have accepted the new price for the upcoming subscription cycle. For monthly subscriptions, you will receive at least one month's notice before any price increase takes effect.
- Some Subscriptions may start with a free trial. Unless you cancel before the free trial ends, charges for the Subscription will commence at the end of the trial period.
- Annual Subscriptions: These Subscriptions are billed upfront and offer a significant discount compared to monthly plans. Due to their discounted nature, annual Subscriptions are non-refundable except as required by law. Cancellation of an annual Subscription will prevent future billing but will not result in a refund of any portion of the upfront fee. The Subscription will remain active until the end of the paid term.
- Monthly Subscriptions: Monthly Subscribers have greater flexibility. Subscriptions can be cancelled at any time by 11:59 p.m. HK time on the day before your next billing cycle to avoid charges for the next period. Upon cancellation, your access to subscription features will continue until the end of the current billing period. We reserve the right to not renew your Subscription at its discretion.
- We may now, or in the future, offer referral program where users can earn discounts or other benefits by referring new subscribers to the Platform. The specifics of the benefits, including how they are calculated and any limits on their use, will be detailed in the referral program terms. Participants in the referral program must ensure that their referrals are made in good faith to genuine contacts who meet the criteria of potential subscribers. We reserve the right to review and potentially revoke referral benefits if the program is found to be used fraudulently or in a manner that violates the terms of the program or these terms.
13. FEEDBACK
- We value and welcome feedback on our Platform. You agree that we are free to use, disclose, adopt and/or modify any feedback and any information (including any ideas, concepts, proposals, suggestions or comments) provided by you to use in connection with our Platform or any products or services we offer, without any payment to you.
- You hereby waive and agree to waive any rights to claim for any fees, royalties, charges or other payments in relation to our use, disclosure, adoption and/or modification of any of your feedback.
14. Copyright and Trademark Infringements
- Only the intellectual property rights owner or the owner’s authorized agent is permitted to report potentially infringing materials to us as set forth below. If you are not the intellectual property rights owner or the owner’s authorized agent, you should contact the intellectual property rights owner and they can choose whether to use the procedures set forth in these terms.
- Notification: We respect the intellectual property rights of others, and we require you to do the same when using the Platform.
- We may, in appropriate circumstances and at our discretion, terminate service and/or access to the Platform for users who infringe the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that your work is the subject of copyright infringement and/or trademark infringement and appears on the Platform, please provide us the following information:
- A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
- Identification of the copyrighted and/or trademarked work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a full list of such works at that site.
- Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled at the website or services, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material.
- Information sufficient to permit us to contact you as the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which you may be contacted.
- A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright and/or trademark owner, its agent, or the law.
- A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
- Our agent for notice of claims of copyright or trademark infringement on this website or services can be reached as follows:
By email: legal@rfunews.com
- Please also note that any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing may be subject to liability.
15. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
- Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the Materials on our site is accurate, complete or up to date.
- Your use of the Platform is at your own risk. Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our site, the Materials may include inaccuracies or typographical or other errors. We do not warrant the accuracy or timeliness of the Materials available through the Platform. We have no liability for any errors or omissions in the Materials, whether provided by us or our licensors.
- WE, FOR OUTSELVES AND (INCLUDING OUR HOLDING COMPANY(IES), SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS (COLLECTIVELY, “OUR ENTITIES”)), MAKE NO EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, OR GUARANTEES IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLATFORM, ANY MATERIALS, OR ANY OTHER CONTENT, PRODUCT OR SERVICE ON THIRD-PARTY WEBSITE AVILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO YOU THROUGH THE PLATFORM, PARTICULARLY RELATING TO THE QUALITY, SUITABILITY, TRUTH, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIAL CONTAINED OR PRESENTED ON THE PLATFORM AND/OR THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE PLATFORM, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE MATERIALS AND THE THIRD PARTY CONTENT.
- TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE PLATFORM, THE SERVICES, MATERIALS, THIRD PARTY CONTENT, AND ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED OR PRESENTED ON THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE” AND “WHERE-IS” BASIS WITH NO WARRANTY OF IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS.
- WE DO NOT PROVIDE ANY WARRANTIES AGAINST VIRUSES, SPYWARE OR MALWARE THAT MAY BE INSTALLED ON YOUR COMPUTER. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DELAY OR DISRUPTION IN OUR PLATFORM OR ANY DEFECT, VIRUSES, BUGS OR ERRORS. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONDUCT OF OR ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION SUBMITTED OR POSTED BY ANY USER OF THE PLATFORM (WHETHER ONLINE OR OFFLINE).
16. LIMITATION ON LIABILITIES
- YOU AGREE THAT TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE OR OUR ENTITIES WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY.
- WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, YOU AGREE THAT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE AND OUR ENTITIES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES RESULTING FROM YOUR DISPLAYING, COPYING, OR DOWNLOADING ANY MATERIAL OR THIRD PARTY CONTENT TO OR FROM THE PLATFORM.
- IN NO EVENT SHALL WE AND OUR ENTITIES BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, EXTRAORDINARY, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOSS OF DATA, REVENUE, PROFITS, USE OR OTHER ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE) HOWEVER ARISING, EVEN IF WE KNOW THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
- YOUR SOLE REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE SITE IS TO STOP USING THE SITE.
- OTHER THAN THE TYPES OF LIABILITIES THAT WE CANNOT EXCLUDE OR EXEMPT BY LAW, THE LIABILITIES OF WE AND OUR ENTITIES TO YOU (ON AGGREGATE) ARE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID US (IF ANY) FOR THE USE OF OUR PLATFORM OVER THE LAST TWELVE (12) MONTHS.
17. INDEMNITY
- You agree to indemnify and hold we and Our Entities harmless from and against all liabilities, damages, claims, costs (including legal fees and costs), and expenses in connection with or arising from (i) your breach of these terms, and/or (ii) any misrepresentation made by you.
- You also agree to fully co-operate with us in the defence or settlement of any claim in relation to or arising out of our Platform or these terms of use.
18. TERMINATION
- These terms will continue to apply until terminated by either you or us as follows.
- You may stop using the Platform any time by deactivating your account.
- We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access to our Platform, if we reasonably believe:
- you are in serious or repeated breach of these terms (including a prolonged failure to settle any payment);
- you are using the Platform in a manner that would cause a real risk of harm or loss to us, other users, or the public;
- we are requested to do so by government or regulatory authorities or as required under applicable laws, regulations or legal processes; or
- our provision of the Platform to you is no longer possible or commercially viable.
In any of the above cases, we will notify you by the email address associated with your account or at the next time you attempt to access your account, unless we are prohibited from notifying you by law.
- Where we consider necessary or appropriate, we will report any breach of these terms (or the Acceptable Use Policy) to law enforcement authorities and we will cooperate with such authorities by disclosing your identity and providing any information about you within our systems to them.
19. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
- Subject to Clause 18.3, these terms constitute the entire agreement between any user and us in relation to the use of or any transactions on the Platform. These terms supersede and extinguish all other agreements, promises, assurances, warranties, representations and understandings between any user and us, whether written or oral, in relation to the use of or any transactions on the Platform.
- You acknowledge that you will have no remedies in respect of any statement, representation, assurance or warranty (whether made innocently or negligently) that is not set out in these terms.
- In some instances, additional or different terms, posted on the Platform, apply to your use of certain parts of the Platform (“Additional Terms”). To the extent there is a conflict between these terms and any Additional Terms, these terms will control unless the Additional Terms expressly state otherwise.
20. OTHER IMPORTANT TERMS
- We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another organisation. We will contact you to let you know if we plan to do this. If you do not wish to continue the contract with the transferee, you may contact us to end the contract within one (1) calendar month of us informing you of the proposed transfer and we will refund you any payments you have made in advance for any products not provided.
- You may only transfer your rights or your obligations under these terms to another person if we agree to this in writing.
- If a court finds part of this contract illegal, the rest will continue in force. Each of the paragraphs of these terms operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful, the remaining paragraphs will remain in full force and effect.
- Even if we delay in enforcing this contract, we can still enforce it later. If we do not insist immediately that you do anything you are required to do under these terms, or if we delay in taking steps against you in respect of your breaking this contract, that will not mean that you do not have to do those things and it will not prevent us taking steps against you at a later date. For example, if you miss a payment and we do not chase you but we continue to provide the products, we can still require you to make the payment at a later date.
21. CONTACT
- If you have any questions about these terms or the Acceptable Use Policy, please contact us by support@rfunews.com.
22. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
- These terms are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
- The courts of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with these terms.
ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
As part of the terms of use, you agree not to misuse the Platform or help anyone else to do so. For example, you agree not to do any of the following in connection with the Platform:
- use our Platform for unlawful or unauthorised purposes;
- re-sell or attempt to benefit in a commercial fashion from any data, content or information available on the Platform;
- probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any system or network;
- breach or otherwise circumvent any security or authentication measures or service use limits;
- access, tamper with, or use non-public areas or parts of the Platform;
- interfere with or disrupt any user, host, or network, for example by sending a virus, trojan, worm, logic bomb, or any other material that is malicious or technologically harmful, overloading, flooding, spamming, or mail-bombing any part of the Platform, or by scripting the creation of any content in such manner as to interfere with or create an undue burden on the Platform;
- reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, decipher or otherwise attempt to derive the source code for the Platform or any related technology that is not open source;
- access, search, or create accounts for the Platform by any means (automated or otherwise) other than our publicly supported interfaces (for example, "scraping" or creating accounts in bulk) or attempt to do so;
- send unsolicited communications, promotions or advertisements, or spam;
- forge any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email;
- send altered, deceptive, or false source-identifying information, including "spoofing" or "phishing";
- conduct surveys, contests, or pyramid schemes, or promote or advertise products or services without appropriate authorisation;
- abuse referrals or promotions;
- post, publish, upload, display, distribute, or share materials that are unlawful, inappropriate, profane, pornographic, obscene, indecent, libelous, defamatory, abusive, or knowingly false, and/or that infringe intellectual property rights;
- violate the letter or spirit of our terms of use;
- violate applicable laws or regulations in any way; or
- violate the privacy or infringe the rights of others.