Terms of Service

By using Qassia (qassia.com and all constituent pages, hereinafter "the Web site"), a World Wide Web-based information databasing service provided by the operator of the Web site (hereinafter "the Operator"), the User of the Website, defined as any individual, corporation, or organization directly or indirectly accessing information published on the World Wide Web by the Web site, in whole or in part, by any means (hereinafter "the User"), automatically agrees to be bound by the following terms and conditions ("Terms of Service").

Scope of Instrument

While this document outlines the basic Terms of Service and the acceptable usage policy for the Web site, the existence of this document does not imply that the Operator countenances any or all activity or usage not expressly covered by this document. While certain types of usage, behavior, and activity have been expressly prohibited herein, any type of usage which runs contrary to behavior deemed not acceptable by societal norms is strictly prohibited. The Operator is the sole judge of what is deemed acceptable or not.

Operator's Discretion

The Web site operates at the Operator's pleasure. The Operator reserves the right to shut down part or all of the Web site for any duration at any time, without prior notice. Usage of the Web site is a privilege, not a right.

Overview

The Web site is a semi-public forum for the purposes of sharing information. The User may submit information to the Web site. The Operator is not responsible for checking, maintaining, or verifying any of the information contributed by users. While the Operator will strive to ensure technical competence, the Operator is not liable for the loss of information, the wrongful crediting of information, or any other technical issue.

Fees

Usage of the Web site is free of charge, and no fees are charged to the User for utilizing the Web site. All essential actions, from the creation of a user account, the addition of websites to the directory, or any other action necessary for utilizing the Web site and benefiting from the Web site, will forever be free of charge.

However, the Operator may introduce optional services in exchange for fees.

Eligibility

A user account is defined as the assignment of a login by Qassia, pursuant to the filling out of a "sign up" form by the User or his/her representative. Not everyone is eligible for the creation of a user account.

1. The User must be of 16 years of age or older to be eligible for the creation of an account.

2. The User is not eligible to create an account if the User already has created an account in the past. The User may create, maintain and use a total of only 1 (one) user account during his/her lifetime. The User is explicitely forbidden from signing up or creating another user account if the user has already created a user account in the past. Should the User create more than one user account, the User's usage priviliges will be terminated, the User's data may be made public, and the User will be prohibited from using Qassia.

Valuation Mechanism

The Web site uses a valuation mechanism termed "Qassia dollars" (or expressed as "dollars" or the dollar sign ($) for purposes of convenience). Qassia dollars are not legal tender. Qassia dollars are a concept introduced and used solely for the sake of quantitatively measuring the extent of contribution of users of the Web site. Qassia dollars may not be "exchanged" for legal tender of any "real" currency.

In other words, Qassia dollars are not "real money" such as US dollars or Australian dollars or Kuwaiti dollars, and cannot be "redeemed" or "withdrawn" to the User's bank account. Think of Qassia dollars as "play money" or "Monopoly™ money".

The User must accept that the accumulation of Qassia dollars in his/her user account has no meaning except as a measure of the User's activity at the Web site, and that any or all Qassia dollars in the user account may be removed by the Operator, without reason or explanation.

The User may be awarded Qassia dollars pursuant to the completion of certain actions on the Web site. The amount of Qassia dollars awarded, while publicized on the Web site, may be changed at any time without prior notice. Nor must the amount of Qassia dollars awarded necessarily reflect documentation of the same on the Web site.

Basic Regulations

1. The User shall immediately desist from continued access to the Web site should the User not fully understand and agree to unhesitatingly and perkily abide by the Terms of Service.

2. The User alone is responsible for keeping the User's password secure, and for the information the User posts to the Web site.

3. The User may not use the Web site to abuse, harass, or threaten any individual, corporation, organization, or religious belief.

4. The User may not add copyrighted material to the Web site or otherwise use Qassia to infringe on a third party's intellectual property.

5. The User may not use the Web site to defraud, deceive, or otherwise mislead any individual, corporation, or organization.

6. The User may not use the Web site to libel any individual, corporation, or organization, or to publicize misinformation about any individual, corporation, or organization.

7. The User must comply fully with all instructions or restrictions imposed by any form of communication by the Operator or their representatives, such as, but not limited to, administrative staff.

Basic Conditions

1. For security purposes, the Operator reserves the right to refuse service to the User or any other individual, corporation, or organization, at all times, without prior notice and without providing an explanation.

2. The Operator is in no way obliged to maintain or operate the Web site. the Operator reserve the right to shut down all services and availability of all or any functionality of the Web site, at any time, without prior notice or explanation, for any duration.

3. Any information the User submits to the Web site, other than the User's email address or password, may be irreversibly made public.

4. The Operator reserves the right to permanently and irreversibly edit, delete, destroy, or modify any or all information submitted by any user, without providing any notification or explanation to the user.

5. The Operator reserves the right to monitor, intercept, or delete messages sent via the Web site's communication systems, if deemed necessary or appropriate, without notification or explanation to the affected user(s).

The User may not upload any material to the Web site which infringes on a third party's intellectual property rights. It is the Users responsbility to ensure that the uploading or posting of information to the Web site does not violate any copyright. By uploading material to the Web site, the User agrees that the Operator have the right to publish the material on the Web site.

The copyright of all and any material found on this website is the exclusive property of either the respective users or the Operator of the Web site, unless otherwise expressly stated. The information on the Web site, including but not limited to text, data, and digital images, may not be copied, reproduced, stored, downloaded, forwarded, or otherwise distributed, neither in whole nor in part. No material found on, at, or within the Web site is in the public domain unless expressly stated. The User may only access the information on the Web site (such as but not limited to text, data, or digital photographs) by accessing the Web site.

Liability

Any direct or indirect usage of any form of information provided by the Web site construes acknowledgement that the Operator is not liable for any consequences arising from the usage of the Web site. The Operator provides no warranty, guaranty, guarantee, or any other protection regarding the use of the Web site, the use of information derived from the Web site. The User uses the Web site solely at his, her, or their own risk. Any usage of the Web site acknowledges that the User understands that solely the User is responsible for any consequences arising from usage, or lack thereof, of the Web site, not the Operator.

1. The Operator shall not be held responsible or liable for any damages resulting directly or indirectly from a loss of information, misrepresented information, incorrect information, unavailability of information, unavailability of service, or other problem caused by the Web site, whatever the cause.

2. The Operator is not responsible nor liable for the erroneous transfer of information, the misrepresentation of information, or any other problematic handling of information which may be caused by, amongst other things, software malfunction, which in turn may have been caused by human error on the part of the Operator and/or the Operator's representatives.

3. The Operator is not responsbile nor liable for any consequences which may or may not arise from a lack of communication from the Operator and/or their representatives, or a failure to respond to communications by the Operator and/or their representatives.

4. The Operator is not responsible or liable for the theft or unauthorized use of any information submitted to the Web site, or any theft or damages directly or indirectly resulting from the submission of information to the Web site.

Jurisdiction

This operation of the Web site falls under the legal jurisdiction of the Republic of the Philippines. The User's usage of the Web site constitutes an agreement to abide and be bound by the laws of the Republic of the Philippines.

Further Information

For further information regarding our Terms of Service, or clarification as to what constitutes acceptable use, please contact Qassia.

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