"THIS IS A FAIRLY LENGTHY DOCUMENT, AND IT CONTAINS MANY IMPORTANT PROVISIONS THAT AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. You shall not use the Services for any purpose that is prohibited by these Terms of Service and acknowledge that you are responsible for all of your activity in connection with the Services. "
Last modified: January 1, 2017.
This Agreement governs your use of the qr-stories.com website, including, without limitation, the uploading and spreading of QR Code (“QR Code”) including photographs, illustrations, documents or other graphic or multimedia works (“Contents”) onto or from the qr-stories.com website. QRstories is a web application offered by mobileapart GmbH (to be hereinafter referred to as MOBILEAPART).
Introduction
This Agreement contains the complete terms and conditions that apply to you in joining, registering, becoming a paid member and all other activities you will make in our website. By using this Web site, you agree to be bound by its terms of use and shall comply thereof. This Agreement describes and encompasses the entire agreement between us and you, and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements, representations, warranties and understandings with respect to the Site, the content and computer programs provided by or through the Site, and the subject matter of this Agreement. Amendments to this agreement can be made and effected by us from time to time without specific notice to your end. Agreement posted on the Site reflects the latest agreement and you should carefully review the same before you use our site.
Description of the Website
A user can generate free QR Code using images and multimedia contents.
A user shall spread a QR Code only if he or she agrees to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Use of the site & PROHIBITIONS
The Site allows you to post offers, sell and advertise online. You understand and agree, however, that you will use this site including its tools and services with full sense of responsibility and in a manner that is consistent with these Terms and in such a way as to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. You agree that you will use the site and its services in compliance with all applicable local, state, national, and international laws, rules and regulations, including any laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from your country of residence and all United States export control laws. However, you are prohibited to do the following acts, to wit:
(a) use our sites, including its services and or tools if you are not able to form legally binding contracts, are under the age of 18, or are temporarily or indefinitely suspended from using our sites, services, or tools(b) posting of an items in inappropriate category or areas on our sites and services;
(c) collecting information about users’ personal information;
(d) maneuvering the price of any item or interfere with other users’ listings;
(e) post false, inaccurate, misleading, defamatory, or libelous content;
(f) take any action that may damage the rating system.
(b) post any blogs, items, messages, and or contents that are inappropriate and fails to observe sense of decency and or would offend other persons;
(c) republish, sell, rent or sub-license any materials from this website including republication on another website;
(h) use our website in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the website; or in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity.
(i) you shall not upload onto the Website, or use the Website to spread, any QR Code or other material or content that is libelous or slanderous or otherwise defamatory, obscene or indecent.
(j) you shall not post personal documents or confidential information as stated by the German legislation or by the legislation of the country where QRstories is spread.
(k) you shall not upload or post onto the Website, or use the Website to transfer, any QR Code or other material or content that contains or constitutes viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other code with malicious, disruptive and/or destructive features. You shall not use any false or misleading information (e.g., false or misleading names, email addresses or URLs) when using the Website, including, without limitation, with respect to the origin or source of any QR Code or other material or content that you use on it.
QRstories reserves the right to decide whether any image and related contents are appropriate and comply with this Agreement for violations other than copyright infringement and violations of intellectual property law, such as, but not limited to, pornography, obscene or defamatory material. QRstories may remove any such QR Code or contents and/or block a user's access to the web site for uploading such material in violation of this Agreement at any time, without prior notice and at its sole discretion. You may not use the Website and the QR Code generated by it in a fraudulent manner, or otherwise in a manner for which the Website is not reasonably intended to be used.
Links to Third Party Sites
The Site, Services or Materials may include links that will take you to other sites outside of the Site ("Linked Sites"). The Linked Sites are provided by QRstories to you as a convenience and the inclusion of the links do not imply any endorsement by QRstories of any Linked Site. QRstories has no control of the Linked Sites and you therefore acknowledge and agree that QRstories is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, any link contained in a Linked Site or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. You further acknowledge and agree that QRstories is not responsible for any form of transmission (e.g. webcasting) received from any Linked Site.
Notification of Claims of Infringement
If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof and believe that any user image or other content infringes upon your copyrights, you may submit a notification by providing our Team with the following information in writing:
I. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
II. Identification of the copyrighted image or contents claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted images or contents distributed online or off-line are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such images or contents with support specification (online and off-line);
III. 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 and information reasonably sufficient to permit MOBILEAPART to locate the material;
IV. Information reasonably sufficient to permit MOBILEAPART to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address;
V. 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 owner, its agent, or the law; and
VI. 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.
To send notifications of claimed infringement: mobileapart GmbH, Martinstrasse 27, 57462 Olpe; email: hello (at) mobileapart.com; fax:+49.2761.9778966.
You are aware that in the case of missing information your notification of claimed infringement shall not be effective.
Registration / Member account
For you to complete the sign-up process in our site, you must provide your username and a valid email address, and any other information needed in order to complete the signup process. You must qualify that you are 18 years or older and must be responsible for keeping your password secure and be responsible for all activities and contents that are uploaded under your account. You must not transmit any worms or viruses or any code of a destructive nature.
As a condition of becoming a member of this website including the use of its tools, applications and services, you are required to register with the site and be required to provide password and user name. You must complete the full registration process and shall provide the site with accurate, complete, and updated registration information. Failure to do so shall constitute a breach of the Terms of Use, which may result in immediate termination of your account.
You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password. You agree not to use the Member Account, Member profile, username, or password of another Member at any time. You agree to notify us immediately if you suspect any unauthorized use of your Member Account or Member profile or access to your password. You are solely responsible for any and all use of your Member Account and Member profile. You must not transmit any worms or viruses or any code of a destructive nature. Any information provided by you or gathered by the site or third parties during any visit to the site shall be subject to the terms of qr-stories.com’s Privacy Policy.
In addition, you may not register for a Member Account on behalf of an individual other than yourself or register a Member Account on behalf of any group or entity. Furthermore, you may not use or attempt to use another’s Member Account without authorization from us or create a false identity on our Services.
Term
This Agreement will remain in full force and effect while you use the Website. You may terminate your membership at any time for any reason by following the instructions on the “TERMINATION OF ACCOUNT” in the setting page. We may terminate your membership for any reason at any time. If you are using a paid version of the Service and we terminate your membership in the Service because you have breached this Agreement, you will not be entitled to any refund of unused subscription fees. Even after your membership is terminated, certain sections of this Agreement will remain in effect.
Links & Framings
Illegal and/or unauthorized uses of the Services, including unauthorized framing of or linking to the Sites will be investigated, and appropriate legal action may be taken. Some links, however, are welcome to the site and you are allowed to establish hyperlink to appropriate part within the site provided that:
(i) you post your link only within the forum, chat or message board section;
(ii) you do not remove or obscure any advertisements, copyright notices or other notices on the placed at the site;
(iii) the link does not state or imply any sponsorship or endorsement of your site and
(iv) you immediately stop providing any links to the site on written notice from us.
However, you must check the copyright notice on the homepage to which you wish to link to make sure that one of our content providers does not have its own policies regarding direct links to their content on our sites.
Payments
qr-stories.com has the sole discretion to provide the terms of payment. Unless otherwise agreed, payment must first be received by qr-stories.com prior to the latter’s acceptance of membership. Unless credit term has been agreed upon, payment for the membership service shall be made by credit card. qr-stories.com has all the discretion to cancel or deny membership. qr-stories.com is not responsible for pricing, typographical, or other errors in any offer by qr-stories.com and reserves the right to cancel any orders arising from such errors.
Billing
By starting your qr-stories.com membership, you are expressly agreeing that we are authorized to charge you a monthly membership fee at the then current rate, and any other charges you may incur in connection with your use of the qr-stories.com service to the Payment Method you provided during registration (or to a different Payment Method if you change your account information). Please note that prices and charges are subject to change with notice. As used in these Terms of Use, “billing” shall indicate either a charge or debit, as applicable, against your Payment Method. The membership fee will be billed at the beginning of the paying portion of your membership and each month thereafter unless and until you cancel your membership. We automatically bill your Payment Method each month on the calendar day corresponding to the commencement of your paying membership. Membership charges are fully earned upon payment. In the event your paying membership began on a day not contained in a given month, we bill your Payment Method on the last day of such month. For example, if you started your qr-stories.com membership or became a paying member on January 30th, your next payment date is February 28th and your Payment Method would be billed on that date. For certain Payment Methods, the issuer of your Payment Method may charge you a foreign transaction fee or related charges. Check with your bank and credit card issuers for details. PAYMENTS ARE NONREFUNDABLE AND THERE ARE NO REFUNDS OR CREDITS FOR PARTIALLY USED PERIODS. We may change the fees and charges in effect, or add new fees and charges from time to time, but we will give you advance notice of these changes by email. If you want to use a different Payment Method or if there is a change in Payment Method, such as your credit card validity or expiration date, you may edit your Payment Method information by visiting our website and clicking on the “Billing” link, available at the top of the pages of the qr-stories.com website. If your Payment Method reaches its expiration date and you do not edit your Payment Method information or cancel your account (see, “Cancellation” below), you authorize us to continue billing that Payment Method and you remain responsible for any uncollected amounts
Ongoing Membership
Your qr-stories.com membership will continue month- to-month unless and until you cancel your membership or we terminate it. You must cancel your membership before it renews each month in order to avoid billing of the next month’s membership fees to your Payment Method. We will bill the monthly membership fee to the Payment Method you provide to us during registration (or to a different Payment Method if you change your account information). Membership fees are fully earned upon payment.
Cancellation
You may cancel your qr-stories.com membership at any time. WE DO NOT PROVIDE REFUNDS OR CREDITS FOR ANY PARTIAL-MONTH MEMBERSHIP.
Refund Policy
PAYMENTS ARE NONREFUNDABLE AND THERE ARE NO REFUNDS OR CREDITS FOR PARTIALLY USED PERIODS.
Modification of terms of use
We may edit, delete or modify any of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, at any time and in our sole discretion, by posting a notice or a new agreement on our site. YOUR CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN OUR PROGRAM, VISITING OUR SITE, FOLLOWING OUR POSTING OF A CHANGE NOTICE OR NEW AGREEMENT ON OUR SITE WILL CONSTITUTE BINDING ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHANGE.
Acknowledgment of rights/ Intellectual Property Rights
You hereby acknowledge that all rights, titles and interests, including but not limited to rights covered by the Intellectual Property Rights, in and to the site, and that You will not acquire any right, title, or interest in or to the Program except as expressly set forth in this Agreement. You will not modify, adapt, translate, prepare derivative works from, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise attempt to derive source code from any of our services, software, or documentation, or create or attempt to create a substitute or similar service or product through use of or access to the Program or proprietary information related thereto.
Fraud
FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES are highly monitored in our site and if fraud is detected qr-stories.com shall resort all remedies available to us, and you shall be responsible for all costs and legal fees arising from these fraudulent activities.
Chat rooms, forums, communications and other materials posted by you
You are responsible for the content of your communications, messages and posts, and its consequences. We reserves the right to terminate your registration if we become aware, at our sole discretion, that you are violating any of the guidelines set forth in this agreement and privacy policy. While we want to encourage an open exchange of information and ideas, yet, we do not review postings made in any chat rooms, forums and other public-posting areas on the site. You can expect these areas to include information and opinions from a variety of individuals and organizations other than us. We do not endorse or guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of any posting, regardless of whether the posting comes from a user, from a celebrity or “expert” guest, or from a member of our staff.
By participating in this site, you understand and agree not to post or transmit any material that, in our judgment, is defamatory, abusive, obscene, threatening or unlawful in any way, or any material that infringes on the rights of others or contains any virus or other computer programming routine which may interfere with or damage the site or otherwise interrupt on the ability of others to use or enjoy the same. We reserve the right to delete, move or edit any postings that come to our attention that we consider unacceptable or inappropriate, whether for legal or for any other reason. Furthermore, we reserve the right to deny access to anyone who we believe, in our sole discretion, has in any way breached these Terms or where we reasonably believe a user does not comply with any relevant age restrictions on the site.
Warranty disclaimer and exclusions / limitations of liability
You represent and warrant that (a) all of the information provided by you to our website to participate in the Service is correct and current; and (b) you have all necessary right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform the acts required of you hereunder.
You hereby accepts and agree that it is beyond our control, and no duty to take any action regarding: which users gain access to the Site or use the Services; what effects the Content may have on you; how you may interpret or use the Content; or what actions you may take as a result of having been exposed to the Content. You release us from all liability for you having acquired or not acquired Content through the Site or the Services.
It should noted that the Site or Services may contain, or direct you to sites containing, information that some people may find offensive or inappropriate. We make no representations concerning any content contained in or accessed through the Site or Services, and we will not be responsible or liable for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality or decency of material contained in or accessed through the Site or the Services. THE SERVICE, CONTENT, AND SITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
In addition, we make no representation that the operation of our site will be uninterrupted or error-free, and we will not be liable for the consequences of any interruptions or errors. We may change, restrict access to, suspend or discontinued the site or any part of it at anytime. The information, content and services on the site are provided on an “as is” basis. When you use the site and or participate herein, you understand and agree that you participate at your own risk.
Confidentiality
You agree not to disclose information you obtain from us and or from our clients, advertisers and suppliers. All information submitted to by an end-user customer pursuant to a Program is proprietary information of qr-stories.com. Such customer information is confidential and may not be disclosed. Publisher agrees not to reproduce, disseminate, sell, distribute or commercially exploit any such proprietary information in any manner.
Non-assignment of rights
Your rights of whatever nature cannot be assigned nor transferred to anybody, and any such attempt may result in termination of this Agreement, without liability to us. However, we may assign this Agreement to any person at any time without notice.
Non-Waiver
Failure of the qr-stories.com to insist upon strict performance of any of the terms, conditions and covenants hereof shall not be deemed a relinquishment or waiver of any rights or remedy that the we may have, nor shall it be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the terms, conditions or covenants hereof, which terms, conditions and covenants shall continue to be in full force and effect.
No waiver by either party of any breach of any provision hereof shall be deemed a waiver of any subsequent or prior breach of the same or any other provision.
Jurisdiction
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of Germany, without any reference to conflict-of-laws principles.
Any dispute, controversy or difference which may arise between the parties out of, in relation to or in connection with this Agreement is hereby irrevocably submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Germany, to the exclusion of any other courts without giving effect to its conflict of laws provisions or your actual state or country of residence.
The entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof is embodied on this agreement and no other agreement relative hereto shall bind either party herein.
Your rights of whatever nature cannot be assigned nor transferred to anybody, and any such attempt may result in termination of this Agreement, without liability to us. However, we may assign this Agreement to any person at any time without notice.
In the event that any provision of these Terms and Conditions is found invalid or unenforceable pursuant to any judicial decree or decision, such provision shall be deemed to apply only to the maximum extent permitted by law, and the remainder of these Terms and Conditions shall remain valid and enforceable according to its terms.