Welcome to the Aafza platform (the "Site"). Please read the following Terms of Service carefully
before
using this Site or opening a Aafza account ("Account") so that you are aware of your legal rights
and
obligations with respect to Aafza and its affiliates and subsidiaries (individually and
collectively, "
Aafza ", "we", "us" or "our"). The "Services'' we provide or make available include (a) the Site,
(b)
the
services provided by the Site and by Aafza client software made available through the Site, and (c)
all
information, linked pages, features, data, text, images, photographs, graphics, music, sounds, video
(including live streams), messages, tags, content, programming, software, application services
(including,
without limitation, any mobile application services) or other materials made available through the
Site
or
its related services ("Content"). Any new features added to or augmenting the Services are also
subject
to
these Terms of Service. These Terms of Service govern your use of Services provided by Aafza
The Services include an online platform service that provides a place and opportunity for the sale
of
goods
between the buyer (“Buyer”) and the seller (“Seller”) (collectively “you”, “Users” or “Parties”).
The
actual
contract for sale is directly between Buyer and Seller and Aafza is not a party to that or any other
contract between Buyer and Seller and accepts no obligations in connection with any such contract.
Parties
to such transaction will be entirely responsible for the sales contract between them, the listing of
goods,
warranty of purchase and the like Aafza is not involved in the transaction between Users. Aafza may
or
may
not pre-screen Users or the Content or information provided by Users. Aafza reserves the right to
remove
any
Content or information posted by you on the Site in accordance to Section 6.4 herein. Aafza cannot
ensure
that Users will actually complete a transaction.
Before becoming a User of the Site, you must read and accept all of the terms and conditions in, and
linked
to, these Terms of Service and you must consent to the processing of your personal data as described
in
the
Privacy Policy linked hereto.
Aafza reserves the right to change, modify, suspend or discontinue all or any part of this Site or
the
Services at any time or upon notice as required by local laws. Aafza may release certain Services or
their
features in a beta version, which may not work correctly or in the same way the final version may
work,
and
we shall not be held liable in such instances. Aafza may also impose limits on certain features or
restrict
your access to parts of, or the entire Site or Services in its sole discretion and without notice or
liability.
Aafza reserves the right to refuse to provide you access to the Site or Services or to allow you to
open
an
Account for any reason.
By using aafza services or opening an account, you give your irrevocable acceptance of and consent
to
the
Terms of this agreement, including those additional terms and conditions and policies referenced
herein
And/or linked hereto.
If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use our services or access the site. If you are
under
the
Age of 18 or the legal age for giving consent hereunder pursuant to the applicable laws in your
country
(the
“legal age”), you must get permission from a parent or legal guardian to open an account and that
parent
or
Legal guardian must agree to the terms of this agreement. If you do not know whether you have
reached
the
Legal age, or do not understand this section, please do not create an account until you have asked
your
Parent or legal guardian for help. If you are the parent or legal guardian of a minor who is
creating an
Account, you must accept the terms of this agreement on the minor's behalf and you will be
responsible
for
All use of the account or company services using such account, whether such account is currently
open or
Created later.
Your privacy is very important to us at Aafza . To better protect your rights we have provided the Aafza Privacy Policy to explain our privacy practices in detail. Please review the Privacy Policy to understand how Aafza collects and uses the information associated with your Account and/or your use of the Services (the “User Information”). By using the Services or providing information on the Site, you: (i) Consent to Aafza collection, use, disclosure and/or processing of your Content, personal data and User Information as described in the Privacy Policy (ii) Agree and acknowledge that the proprietary rights of your User Information are jointly owned by you and Aafza ; and (iii) Shall not, whether directly or indirectly, disclose your User Information to any third party, or otherwise allow any third party to access or use your User Information, without Aafza ’s prior written consent. Users in possession of another User’s personal data through the use of the Services (the “Receiving Party”) hereby agree that, they will (i) comply with all applicable personal data protection laws with respect to any such data; (ii) allow the User whose personal data the Receiving Party has collected (the “Disclosing Party”) to remove his or her data so collected from the Receiving Party’s database; and (iii) allow the Disclosing Party to review what information have been collected about them by the Receiving Party, in each case of (ii) and (iii) above, in compliance with and where required by applicable laws.
Aafza grants you a limited and revocable license to access and use the Services subject to the terms
and
conditions of these Terms of Service. All proprietary Content, trademarks, service marks, brand
names,
logos and other intellectual property (“Intellectual Property'') displayed in the Site are the
property
of Aafza and where applicable, third party proprietors identified in the Site. No right or licence
is
granted
directly or indirectly to any party accessing the Site to use or reproduce any Intellectual
Property,
and no party accessing the Site shall claim any right, title or interest therein. By using or
accessing
the
Services you agree to comply with the copyright, trademark, service mark, and all other applicable
laws
that protect the Services, the Site and its Content. You agree not to copy, distribute, republish,
transmit,
publicly display, publicly perform, modify, adapt, rent, sell, or create derivative works of any
portion
of the Services, the Site or its Content. You also may not, without our prior written consent,
mirror or
frame any part or whole of the contents of this Site on any other server or as part of any other
website. In addition, you agree that you will not use any robot, spider or any other automatic
device or
manual process to monitor or copy our Content, without our prior written consent (such consent is
deemed
given for standard search engine technology employed by Internet search websites to direct Internet
users to this website).
You are welcome to link to the Site from your website, provided that your website does not imply any
endorsement by or association with Aafza . You acknowledge that Aafza may, in its sole discretion
and at
any
time, discontinue providing the Services, either in part or as a whole, without notice.
Any software provided by us to you as part of the Services is subject to the provisions of these Terms of Service. Aafza reserves all rights to the software not expressly granted by Aafza hereunder. Any third-party scripts or code, linked to or referenced from the Services, are licensed to you by the third parties that own such scripts or code, not by Aafza .
Some functions of our Services require registration for an Account by selecting a unique user
identification
("User ID") and password, and by providing certain personal information. If you select a User ID
that
Aafza
, in its sole discretion, finds offensive or inappropriate, Aafza has the right to suspend or
terminate
your
Account. You may be able to use your Account to gain access to other products, websites or services
to
which
we have enabled access or with which we have tied up or collaborated. Aafza has not reviewed, and
assumes no
responsibility for any third party content, functionality, security, services, privacy policies, or
other
practices of those products, websites or services. If you do so, the terms of service for those
products,
websites or services, including their respective privacy policies, if different from these Terms of
Service
and/or our Privacy Policy, may also apply to your use of those products, websites or services.
You agree to (a) keep your password confidential and use only your User ID and password when logging
in,
(b)
ensure that you log out from your account at the end of each session on the Site, (c) immediately
notify
Aafza of any unauthorized use of your Account, User ID and/or password, and (d) ensure that your
Account
information is accurate and up-to-date. You are fully responsible for all activities that occur
under
your
User ID and Account even if such activities or uses were not committed by you. Aafza will not be
liable
for
any loss or damage arising from unauthorized use of your password or your failure to comply with
this
Section.
You agree that Aafza may for any reason, in its sole discretion and with or without notice or
liability
to
you or any third party, immediately terminate your Account and your User ID, remove or discard from
the
Site
any Content associated with your Account and User ID, withdraw any subsidies offered to you, cancel
any
transactions associated with your Account and User ID, temporarily or in more serious cases
permanently
withhold any sale proceeds or refunds, and/or take any other actions that Aafza deems necessary.
Grounds
for
such actions may include, but are not limited to, actual or suspected (a) extended periods of
inactivity,
(b) violation of the letter or spirit of these Terms of Service, (c) illegal, fraudulent, harassing,
defamatory, threatening or abusive behaviour (d) having multiple user accounts, (e) buying products
on
the
Site for the purpose of commercial re-sale, (f) abnormal or excessive purchasing of products from
the
same
Seller or related group of Sellers, (g) voucher abuse (including, but not limited to, selling of
vouchers to
third parties, selling of vouchers or other credits at a significant markup above face value, and/or
abnormal or excessive use of vouchers on the Site), (h) creation, exploitation, or use of any
unauthorized
third-party software or products in conjunction with or operate the functions available on Aafza or
(h)
behaviour that is harmful to other Users, third parties, or the business interests of Aafza . Use of
an
Account for illegal, fraudulent, harassing, defamatory, threatening or abusive purposes may be
referred
to
law enforcement authorities without notice to you. If a legal dispute arises or law enforcement
action
is
commenced relating to your Account or your use of the Services for any reason, Aafza may terminate
your
Account immediately with or without notice.
Users may terminate their Account if they notify Aafza in writing (including via email at
support@aafza.com
) of their desire to do so. You understand and agree that your account will, at the earliest, be
terminated
twenty-four 24 hours after the request for termination. Notwithstanding any such termination, Users
remain
responsible and liable for any incomplete transaction (whether commenced prior to or after such
termination), shipment of the product, payment for the product, or the like, and Users must contact
Aafza
after he or she has promptly and effectively carried out and completed all incomplete transactions
according
to the Terms of Service. Aafza shall have no liability, and shall not be liable for any damages
incurred
due
to the actions taken in accordance with this Section. Users waive any and all claims based on any
such
action taken by Aafza .
You may only use the Services and/or open an Account if you are located in one of our approved
countries, as
updated from time to time.
The license for use of this Site and the Services is effective until terminated. This license will terminate as set forth under these Terms of Service or if you fail to comply with any term or condition of these Terms of Service. In any such event, Aafza may affect such termination with or without notice to you.You agree not to:
You acknowledge that Aafza and its designs shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to pre-screen, refuse, delete, stop, suspend, remove or move any Content, including without limitation any Content or information posted by you, that is available on the Site without any liability to you. Without limiting the foregoing, Aafza and its designs shall have the right to remove any Content (i) that violates these Terms of Service or our Prohibited and Restricted Items Policy; (ii) if we receive a complaint from another User; (iii) if we receive a notice or allegation of intellectual property infringement or other legal instruction or request for removal; or (iv) if such Content is otherwise objectionable. We may also block delivery of a communication (including, without limitation, status updates, postings, messages and/or chats) to or from the Services as part of our effort to protect the Services or our Users, or otherwise enforce the provisions of these Terms and Conditions. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content, including, without limitation, any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such Content. In this regard, you acknowledge that you have not and, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, may not rely on any Content created by Aafza or submitted to Aafza , including, without limitation, information in Aafza Forums and in all other parts of the Site. You acknowledge, consent to and agree that Aafza may access, preserve and/or disclose your Account information and Content to any legal, regulatory, or governmental authority, the relevant rights owner, or other third parties if required to do so by law, pursuant to an order of a court or lawful request by any governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over Aafza or in a good faith belief that such access preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce these Terms of Service or our Prohibited and Restricted Items Policy; (c) respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third parties, including intellectual property rights; (d) respond to your requests for customer service; or (e) protect the rights, property or personal safety of Aafza , its Users and/or the public.
Violations of this policy may result in a range of actions, including, without limitation, any or all of the following:
As stated above, Aafza does not allow listings that violate the intellectual property rights of
brands
or
other intellectual property rights owners (“IPR Owner”)
Except where expressly stated otherwise, the Users are independent individuals or businesses and
they
are
not associated with Aafza in any way and Aafza is neither the agent or representative of the Users
and
does
not hold and/or own any of the merchandise listed on the Site.
If you are an IPR Owner or an agent duly authorized by an IPR Owner (“IPR Agent”) and you believe
that
your
right or your principal ‘s right has been infringed, please notify us by email at support@aafza.com
and
provide us the documents requested below to support your claim. Do allow us time to process the
information
provided. Aafza will respond to your complaint as soon as practicable.
Complaints under this Section 8 must be provided in the form prescribed by Aafza , which may be
updated
from
time to time, and must include at least the following: (a) a physical or electronic signature of an
IPR
Owner or IPR Agent (collectively, “Informant”); (b) a description of the type and nature of
intellectual
property right that is allegedly infringed and proof of rights; (c) a description of the nature of
alleged
infringement with sufficient details to enable Aafza to assess the complaint; (d) URL(s) of the
listing(s)
which contains the alleged infringement; (e) sufficient information to allow Aafza to contact the
Informant,
such as Informant’s physical address, telephone number and e-mail address; (f) a statement by
Informant
that
the complaint is filed on good faith belief and that the use of the intellectual property as
identified
by
the Informant is not authorized by the IPR Owner or the law; (g) a statement by the Informant that
the
information in the notification is accurate, that the Informant will indemnify us for any damages we
may
suffer as a result of the information provided by the Informant, and that the Informant has the
appropriate
right or is authorized to act on the IPR Owner’s behalf in all matters relating to the complaint.
Aafza acknowledges a manufacturer’s right to enter into certain exclusive distribution agreements or
minimum
advertised price agreements for its products. However, violations of such agreements do not
constitute
intellectual property rights infringement. As the enforcement of these agreements is a matter
between
the
manufacturer and the sellers, Aafza does not assist in this type of enforcement activity and does
not
enforce exclusive distribution rights or price-control matters except within the countries that have
laws
specifically governing selective or exclusive distribution.
Each and every Seller agrees to hold Aafza and its Affiliates harmless from all claims, causes of
action,
damages and judgments arising out of any removal of any Content or product listings pursuant to or
in
relation to any intellectual property infringement claim.
Aafza will inform Seller when Aafza receives Buyer’s Purchase orders. Unless otherwise agreed with
Aafza
,
Seller should then make the necessary arrangements to have the purchased item delivered to Buyer and
provide
details such as the name of the delivery company, the tracking number, etc. to Buyer through the
Site.
Seller must use his/her best effort to ensure that Buyer receives the purchased items within,
whichever
applicable, the Aafza Guarantee Period or the time period specified (for offline payment) by Seller
on
Seller’s listing.
For the delivery of products by the Seller to the Buyer within the Bangladesh, the Seller and the
Buyer
may
choose the delivery service provided by the logistics service company in cooperation with Aafza .
Aafza
acts
as an intermediary that brings together the Seller and the Buyer with the logistics service company
chosen
by the Seller and/or Buyer. Seller and Buyer are the parties who appoint and use the services of the
logistics service company in delivering products from the Seller to the Buyer. Payment of shipping
costs
for
each service delivery of products is the responsibility of the Buyer and Seller.
By submitting Content for inclusion on the Services, you represent and warrant that you have all
necessary rights and/or permissions to grant the licenses below to Aafza . You further acknowledge
and
agree that you are solely responsible for anything you post or otherwise make available on or
through
the Services, including, without limitation, the accuracy, reliability, nature, rights clearance,
compliance with law and legal restrictions associated with any Content contribution. You hereby
grant
Aafza and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free,
sub-licensable and transferable license to use, copy, distribute, republish, transmit, modify,
adapt,
create derivative works of, publicly display, and publicly perform such Content contribution on,
through
or in connection with the Services in any media formats and through any media channels, including,
without limitation, for promoting and redistributing part of the Services (and its derivative works)
without need of attribution and you agree to waive any moral rights (and any similar rights in any
part
of the world) in that respect. You understand that your contribution may be transmitted over various
networks and changed to conform and adapt to technical requirements.
Any Content, material, information or idea you post on or through the Services, or otherwise
transmit to
Aafza by any means (each, a "Submission"), is not considered confidential by Aafza and may be
disseminated or used by Aafza without compensation or liability to you for any purpose whatsoever,
including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products. By making a
Submission
to Aafza , you acknowledge and agree that Aafza and/or other third parties may independently develop
software, applications, interfaces, products and modifications and enhancements of the same which
are
identical or similar in function, code or other characteristics to the ideas set out in your
Submission.
Accordingly, you hereby grant Aafza and its successors a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide,
non-exclusive, royalty-free, sub-licensable and transferable license to develop the items identified
above, and to use, copy, distribute, republish, transmit, modify, adapt, create derivative works of,
publicly display, and publicly perform any Submission on, through or in connection with the Services
in
any media formats and through any media channels, including, without limitation, for promoting and
redistributing part of the Services (and its derivative works). This provision does not apply to
personal information that is subject to our privacy policy except to the extent that you make such
personal information publicly available on or through the Services.
Each contributor to the Services of data, text, images, sounds, video, software and other Content is
solely responsible for the accuracy, reliability, nature, rights clearance, compliance with law and
legal restrictions associated with their Content contribution. As such, Aafza is not responsible to,
and
shall not, regularly monitor or check for the accuracy, reliability, nature, rights clearance,
compliance with law and legal restrictions associated with any contribution of Content. You will not
hold Aafza responsible for any User's actions or inactions, including, without limitation, things
they
post or otherwise make available via the Services.
In addition, the Services may contain links to third party products, websites, services and offers.
These third party links, products, websites and services are not owned or controlled by Aafza .
Rather,
they are operated by, and are the property of, the respective third parties, and may be protected by
applicable copyright or other intellectual property laws and treaties. Aafza has not reviewed, and
assumes no responsibility for the content, functionality, security, services, privacy policies, or
other
practices of these third parties. You are encouraged to read the terms and other policies published
by
such third parties on their websites or otherwise. By using the Services, you agree that Aafza shall
not
be liable in any manner due to your use of, or inability to use, any website or widget. You further
acknowledge and agree that Aafza may disable your use of, or remove, any third-party links, or
applications on the Services to the extent they violate these Terms of Service.
If Aafza in its sole discretion, believes that you may have engaged in any potentially fraudulent or suspicious activity and/or transactions, we may take various actions to protect Aafza, other Buyers or Sellers, other third parties or you from Reversals, Charge backs, Claims, fees, fines, penalties and any other liability. The actions we may take include but are not limited to the following:
For the purposes of this Section:
"Charge back" means a request that a Buyer files directly with his or her debit or credit
card
company
or debit or credit card issuing bank to invalidate a payment.
"Claim" means a challenge to a payment that a Buyer or Seller files directly with Aafza.
"Reversal" means the reversal of a payment by Aafza because (a) it is invalidated by the
sender's
bank,
(b) it was sent to you in error by Aafza , (c) the sender of the payment did not have authorization
to
send the payment (for example: the sender used a stolen credit card), (d) you received the payment
for
activities that violated these Terms of Service or any other Aafza policy, or (e) Aafza decided a
Claim
against you.
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Aafza , and its shareholders, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, agents, co-branders or other partners, and employees (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties") from and against any and all claims, actions, proceedings, and suits and all related liabilities, damages, settlements, penalties, fines, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, any other dispute resolution expenses) incurred by any Indemnified Party arising out of or relating to: (a) any transaction made on the Site, or any dispute in relation to such transaction (except where Aafza or its Affiliates is the Seller in the transaction that the dispute relates to), (b) the Aafza Guarantee, (c) the hosting, operation, management and/or administration of the Services by or on behalf of Aafza, (d) your violation or breach of any term of these Terms of Service or any policy or guidelines referenced herein, (e) your use or misuse of the Services, or (f) your breach of any law or any rights of a third party, or (g) any Content uploaded by you.
If any provision of these Terms of Service shall be deemed unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable under the law of any jurisdiction, then that provision shall be deemed sever-able from these terms and conditions and shall not affect the validity and enforce-ability of any remaining provisions in such jurisdiction nor the validity and enforce-ability of the provision in question under the law of any other jurisdiction
These Terms of Service shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh without regard to its conflict of law rules. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act, to the extent applicable, are expressly disclaimed. Unless otherwise required by applicable laws, any dispute, controversy, claim or difference of any kind whatsoever shall arising out of or relating to these Terms of Service against or relating to Aafza or any Indemnified Party under these Terms of Service shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration in Bangladesh in accordance with the Digital Commerce cell of Ministry of Bangladesh for the time being in force, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Section. There will be one (1) arbitrator and the language of the arbitration shall be English