Terms of service
TERMS & CONDITIONS OF USE
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY AND THOROUGHLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE.
These Terms & Conditions of Use (the “Terms”) govern the terms and conditions of your use of this website, namely www.thefarmette.pk, or any other domain that is used in its place (hereinafter referred to as the “Website”), which includes all the services, features, and functions used by you in course of the use of the Website (hereinafter referred to as the “Services”).
Your use of the Website for the aforementioned purpose creates a binding and legally-enforceable contract between yourself and The Farmette Private Limited doing business as “The Farmette” (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) regarding the use of the Website, receipt of the Services and matters ancillary thereto. By accessing this Website and receiving the Services, you acknowledge that you have read, understand, and accept these Terms. If you do not agree with any of these Terms, you shall discontinue the use of this Website immediately.
- Eligibility Criteria: By creating an account with this Website (hereinafter referred to as your “Account”), you represent that you are at least eighteen (18) years of age. Furthermore, you have not been convicted of any crime, including terrorism, fraud, and money laundering. If you are a minor, your parent or guardian can open the Account on your behalf in his or her own name and, in such case, the term “you” in these Terms shall refer to you and your parent or guardian.
- Legal Persons: In the event that you are creating this account on behalf of a company, partnership, trust, or any other legal person or association of persons (the “Entity”), you warrant that you have the necessary authorizations to create and access this Account on behalf of such Entity and bind the Entity. You further agree to e-mail the soft copy of any such authorization to the Company within twenty-four (24) hours of the creation of this Account.
- Account Creation: If you fulfill the eligibility criteria mentioned in Clauses 1.1 and 1.2 above, you are entitled to create your Account. You shall ensure that all information that you provide in the process of creation of your Account is accurate and verifiable. You further represent that you are in possession of all the original documents to confirm the information provided by you in such process and authorize the Company to require and verify such information and documents if considers necessary.
- No Multiple, Fake Accounts: You are only permitted to use one account at a time. You may not create an account on behalf of any person, whether authorized or not. You may not impersonate any other person while using this Website.
- No Assignment: The account created by you under this Clause is for your personal use only. You shall not transfer, assign or sublicense your account to any third party.
Disclaimer
- Errors and Defects: The Company does not warrant that the electronic functions contained in or on the Website will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that the Company, or the server that makes the Website available, are free of viruses or bugs or represents full functionality.
- Protection of Data: The Company remains committed to protecting the integrity and privacy of your data. However, the Company shall not be liable for any unauthorized access or use of your information or any other negative consequence despite its best efforts to avoid the same.
- No Warranty: The Website and all information and/or material contained therein, provided therewith, available on or accessed through it are provided on “as is” and “as available” basis only, without warranty of any kind. The Company disclaims, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all warranties, either express or implied, statutory or otherwise, conditions, representations, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, reliability, timeliness, completeness, adequacy, currentness and non-infringement of third party rights. Except where prohibited by law, this disclaimer also includes any expressed or implied warranties arising from any course of dealing, usage, or trade practice.
- Liability: When using the Website, information may be transmitted over a medium that is beyond the control and jurisdiction of the Company. Accordingly, the Company assumes no liability for or relating to the delay, failure, interruption, or corruption of any data or information transmitted in connection with the Services.
- your obligations under any contract(s)/agreement(s) with third parties;
- any judgment, decree or writ binding upon yourself;
- all laws, rules, and regulations of your jurisdiction, including laws pertaining to confidentiality, privacy, and security; and
- best practices and professional code of conduct.
- to publish any news, photographs, images, documents, or information without verifying their contents for authenticity;
- for any illegal, fraudulent, harmful, malicious, or unlawful activity;
- to upload information or make claims that may be misleading;
- to disseminate any political, religious, or ideological messages, information, or propaganda;
- to promote hate speech;
- to form any interest groups or unions;
- to form any romantic or affectionate relationships;
- in an abusive manner, by gaining unauthorized access to the same;
- by uploading material that is not original or infringes upon the rights of third parties; or
- to advertise yourself by damaging the reputation of your professional competitors.
- if there has been a breach of the Terms by you;
- to comply with any government or court order;
- to comply with any legal provision requiring the same;
- if any criminal proceedings have been commenced against you;
- if you become insolvent or become party to insolvency proceedings.
- Maintenance Downtime
The Company may, in rare cases, be required to shut down the Website temporarily for maintenance and/or up-gradation. While this suspension may be undesirable for you, the Company will try its best to avoid this outcome and it will do so only when it is absolutely necessary and in the best interests of its valued customers.
- No Liability
- No Liability Upon Loss: Neither the Company nor its owners, partners, shareholders, directors, management, executives, employees, or other representatives, nor any of its holdings, affiliates, subsidiaries, or associated companies, shall be liable or responsible for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, punitive and/or consequential damages or losses suffered by you or any person arising out of:
- any reliance placed by you on the completeness, accuracy, or existence of any advertising, or as a result of any relationship or transaction between you and any advertiser or sponsor whose advertising appears on the services;
- the quality or originality of the items purchased by you while using the Website. You agree that the Company provides no warranty that the items available on the Website are original works of art. The items on sale on the Website are being sold by third parties who have no connection with the Company. The Company has not conducted, and is not liable for conducting, any due diligence or checks on the items being sold on the Website. Any purchase made by you on the Website shall solely be at your own risk;
- any changes to the Services, or for any permanent or temporary cessation in the provision of the Services (or any features within the Services;
- the deletion of, corruption of, or failure to store, any content and other communications data maintained or transmitted by or through your use of the services;
- your failure to provide the Company with accurate account information;
- its or its users’ failure to perform or delay in performing any of their obligations or the Services when such failure or delay is by reason of force majeure, that is, circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the Company. For the purposes of this Clause, “force majeure” means and includes accident, bad weather, power failure, strike, lockout, riot, protest, delay by you or a third party, traffic jam, unforeseen problems with transport, blockade, civil strife and commotion, fire, natural disaster, flood, earthquake, explosion, epidemic, insurrection, war or warlike conditions, terrorism or threat of terrorism, embargo, an act of God, judgment, order or decision of any judicial, semi-judicial or quasi-judicial forum (including courts and regulatory authorities), actions of governments or governmental agencies, compliance with any law, rule, regulation, judicial order, or governmental order, whether or not reasonable, lawful or valid, or other similar causes beyond the control of the Company;
- any physical, medical, or health injury or harm caused to you by your use of any of the Company’s software, hardware, gadget, device, equipment, or machinery.
By using this Website, you agree to defend and indemnify the Company, its owner(s), shareholder(s) (if applicable), director(s) (if applicable), officers, employees, affiliates, agents, licensors and suppliers and hold them harmless from and against all or any consequences, actions, claims, losses, liabilities, demands and settlements including, without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, resulting from, or alleged to result from, or arising out of, or alleged to arise out of:
8.1 your breach or violation of any of these Terms;
8.2 your misuse of the Website;
8.3 the actions of any person using the User ID and password assigned to you for the Website;
8.4 any misrepresentations made by you while using the Website;
8.5 any violation of any applicable laws, rules, regulations and code of conduct whether knowingly or otherwise, while using this Website.
- Intellectual Property Rights of the Company
- Title to Intellectual Property: Save as otherwise stated, all intellectual property in the Website, its software and the Services, whether in trademarks, copyrights, patents, designs, methods, secrets, source codes, or otherwise, whether registered or unregistered, shall vest in and is the sole and exclusive property of the Company (the “Intellectual Property”). This Intellectual Property also includes but is not limited to:
- the Company name and logo;
- all text, images, artwork and graphics in the Company, including its layout and design of the Website application;
- all graphical user interfaces on the Website; and
- all copyrights in the software of the Website.
- Use of Intellectual Property: You may only use this Intellectual Property in a manner expressly permitted by the Company. Your use of the Website or otherwise receipt of the Services does not give you the right to copy, modify, distribute, reproduce, broadcast, publish, sell, license or derive the source code of any or all of the Intellectual Property. You may only make one copy of the Intellectual Property for internal backup purposes only.
- Third-Party Breach: In the event that you suspect a breach of the IPRs of the Company by a third party, you shall promptly notify the Company of such breach, and shall provide all reasonable information in the Company’s attempts to take all legal measures necessary to protect its Intellectual Property.
- International Protection: Intellectual Property is protected by national copyright law and international copyright conventions. Any use of the Intellectual Property not expressly permitted by the Terms shall be considered a breach of the Terms.
- Violation: If you violate or breach any of the Terms, your permission to use the Website and the Intellectual Property automatically terminates.
- Rights Reserved: All rights not expressly granted herein or are reserved by the Company.
- Survival: This Clause shall survive the termination of these Terms.
- Links to Third-Party Resources
Any hyperlink to any third-party source or resource on the Website is provided for your convenience and ease of reference only. The Company does not necessarily recommend, endorse or approve, and is not responsible or liable for, any third-party content that may be accessed through any hyperlink on the Website.
- Independent Contractors
Nothing in the Terms shall be construed to create a relationship of agency, partnership, joint venture or other formal business entity or fiduciary relationship between you and the Company (collectively as the “Parties” and individually as a “Party”).
- Entire Understanding
- These Terms constitute the complete agreement and sets out the entire understanding concerning the arrangement between the Parties on the subject matter hereof and shall, as of the effective date hereof, supersede all prior agreement(s) or understanding(s) between the Parties as well as all other communications, representations, promises, proposals, oral or written, negotiations, conversations, or discussions between or among the Parties relating to the subject matter of the Terms.
- Notices
- Any notice required to be served under the Terms shall be deemed to have been served if either delivered through e-mail, registered post, or courier service at the respective addresses of the Parties provided, and in such a case it shall be deemed (whether it is actually or not) to have been received at the time when such e-mail, registered post or courier would, in the normal and ordinary course, be delivered to the Party to be served.
- Governing Law & Jurisdiction
13.1 Governing Law: These Terms and your use of the Website shall be governed, interpreted, and construed solely in accordance with the applicable laws for the time being in force in the Punjab Province of Pakistan.
13.2 Jurisdiction: In the event of any dispute(s) between the Parties arising from, or in connection with, or under these Terms or your use of the Website, the court(s) of competent jurisdiction, civil and/or criminal (as the case may be), at Lahore, Pakistan shall have exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate upon such dispute(s).
The Company may, at its sole discretion, at any time and without prior notice:
- change, alter, revise, modify, amend or update any or all of these Terms;
- change the nature of its services; and
- make amendments to the Website
without any liability upon itself, provided that this provision may not prevent the Company from notifying you of any such changes for your convenience. Your continued use of the Website shall indicate your acceptance of such changes.
Any failure or delay by the Company to exercise, enforce or demand its rights or remedies under these Terms at any time for any period shall not operate or be construed as a waiver or relinquishment of the Company’s right to enforce strict performance thereof. No single or partial exercise or enforcement by the Company of any right or remedy under the Terms or the law shall preclude any other or future exercise or enforcement of any right or remedy by such party under these Terms or the law. Any waiver of these Terms shall only be valid if it is in writing by the Company.
The headings in these Terms are for your use of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of these Terms.