General Terms & Conditions

Latest version: 27 July 2020

Terms and Conditions Unblocktalent.com

Unblocktalent.com and its group companies and affiliates (the “Company” or “we”) welcomes you (“User” or “you”) to our blockchain training platform. Our goal is to educate, inform and share knowledge with you on all aspects of blockchain (our “Service”) inter alia through our dedicated website https://www.unblocktalent.com/ (our “Website”).

 

You are invited to enjoy our Website and our Service in accordance with the terms and conditions hereunder.

 

1. Applicable terms and conditions

1.1 By connecting to, accessing or using our Website or our Service, you acknowledge that you have read and understood the terms and conditions, including our privacy policy and the disclaimer, as made available (and as amended from time to time) on our Website  (collectively, the “Terms“) and you agree to be bound by them and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations regarding your conduct on our Website or our Service

1.2 If you do not agree to the Terms, you should stop using our Website and/or our Services immediately.

1.3 The Terms may be revised and updated from time to time. We urge you to always check the last revision date (in the header of the Terms). The most recent version of the Terms is available online at https://www.unblocktalent.com/general-terms-and-conditions/ .

1.4 By connecting to, accessing or using our Website or our Service, you acknowledge that the Terms constitute a binding and enforceable legal contract between the Company and yourself and/or any person connecting to, accessing or using our Website or our Service.

 

2. Purpose

2.1 Our Website and our Service aims to expand your knowledge on blockchain and contains practical, informative and helpful information on blockchain, which will enable you to move forward regardless of whether you are completely new at blockchain or whether you are a blockchain professional. Our goal is to improve your skills and knowledge by providing you our Website and Services.

 

3. Privacy Policy

3.1 Our privacy policy describes our privacy approach and details on the information collected by us in connection with your use of our Website and Services. The most recent version of our privacy policy is available online at https://www.unblocktalent.com/privacy-statement/.

 

4. Conditions of Use

4.1 You are free to browse our Website to find out more on blockchain. However, certain conduct is strictly prohibited when using our Website and/or our Services.

4.2 You may not, whether by yourself or anyone on your behalf:

4.2.1 copy, modify, alter, adapt, make available, translate, port, reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any portion of our Website or our Service in any way;

4.2.2 hack, modify, reverse engineer or create derivative works of our Website or any part thereof or gain unauthorised access to any part of our Website;

4.2.3 use our Website and/or our Service for any illegal, unlawful, immoral or unauthorized purposes;

4.2.4 use our Website and/or our Service in any form of spam, unsolicited mail or a similar conduct;

4.2.5 use our Website in any way which is abusive, vulgar, racist, sexist, defamatory, sexually orientated or obscene or which will harass, distress, embarrass or inconvenience any person or which might restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of our Website by any person;

4.2.6 obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through our Website;

4.2.7 interfere with or violate Users’ rights to privacy and other rights, or harvest or collect data and information about Users without their express consent, whether manually or with the use of any robot, spider, crawler, any search or retrieval application, or use of any other automatic device, process or method to access our Website or our Service and retrieve, index and/or data-mine information;

4.2.8. interfere with or disrupt the operation of our Website, our Service or the servers or networks that host our Website and our Service, or disobey any laws or regulations or requirements, procedures, policies, or regulations of such servers or networks;

4.2.9 use our Website in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair our Website;

4.2.10 impersonate any person or entity or provide false information on our Website or through our Service, whether directly or indirectly;

4.2.11 falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity, or express or imply that the Company or any third party endorses you, your website, your business or any statement you make, or present false or inaccurate information about our Website or our Service;

4.2.12 to make available personal data about any person other than yourself, unless you have the express permission of that individual, for that specific purpose;

4.2.13 take any action that imposes, or may impose, in our sole discretion, an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our platform infrastructure or that may otherwise adversely affect the User’s experience in connection with our Website or our Service;

4.2.14 bypass any measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to our Website or our Service;

4.2.15 to create software or a database (electronic or otherwise) which replicates or mimics the data or functionality in our Website that includes any of its content;

4.2.16 create a browser, frame, border environment or GUI around our Website;

4.2.17 use our Website in any way that might bring Unblocktalent or its affiliated organisations into disrepute.

4.3 Your failure to comply with any of the provisions set forth herein may result in the termination of your access to our Website or our Service and may also expose you to civil and/or criminal liability.

 

5. Registration and account

5.1 In order to use and access parts of our Website you will need to register and create a user profile as explained on our Website (“Login”). To register you will need to submit certain information and to choose a password. Your mail address will be your user name.

5.2 Your user name and password are personal to you so that you can use and access our Website.

5.3 You agree, accept and understand that:

1. you must ensure that all information held about you by us is up to date;
2. you can amend your registration details at any time through our Website;
3. you are and shall remain responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your user name and password;
4. you are solely liable for any use of our Website using your user name or password;
5. you must not disclose your password to any other person.

5.4 You will not share your user name or account information, including your password, with any other person. The Company is not liable for any improper use of your user name, password or account by any third party. If you think that your user name, name, password or account may have been compromised, you must inform us immediately.

5.5 You undertake that all the information supplied during registration is truthful, complete and correct. If the information you have supplied is incomplete or incorrect you agree to indemnify us against any loss or damage incurred by us and any third parties who may suffer damage as a result of the information that you have (or have not) supplied.

 

6. Intellectual Property Rights and User Generated Content

6. 1 Our Website, our Service and the Intellectual Property rights pertaining thereto, including, but not limited to, inventions, patents and patent applications, trademarks, trade names, copyrightable materials, graphics, text, designs (including the “look and feel” of our Website), specifications, methods, procedures, algorithms, data, technical data, interactive features, source and object code, files, interface, GUI and trade secrets, whether or not registered (collectively: “Intellectual Property“), are owned and/or licensed to the Company and subject to copyright and other applicable intellectual property rights under Dutch laws, foreign laws and international conventions.

6.2 Unblocktalent’s Company’s logo and all other proprietary identifiers used by the Company in connection with our Website and our Service (“Company Trademarks”) are all trademarks and/or trade names of the Company, whether or not registered.

6.3 All other trademarks, service marks, trade names and logos which may appear on our Website belong to their respective owners (“Third Party Marks”). No right, license, or interest to the Company Trademarks and the Third Party Marks is granted hereunder, and you agree that no such right, license, or interest shall be asserted by you with respect to the Company Trademarks or the Third Party Marks.

 

7. User representations and undertakings

7.1 As a condition for your use of our Website, you hereby represent and warrant that

1. you possess the legal authority to enter into these Terms and to form a binding agreement under any applicable law, to use our Website in accordance with these Terms, and to fully perform your obligations hereunder;
2. the execution of the Terms does not and will not violate any other agreement to which you are bound or any law, rule, regulation, order or judgment to which you are subject; and
3. you will not infringe or violate any of the Terms.

7.2 You acknowledge and agree that the Company may integrate commercials and  advertisements, whether within or beside our Website or our Service. All the information contained in such commercials and advertisements belongs solely to the advertisers and the Company makes no warranties or representations as to such advertisements, whether or not the Company has control over such advertisements. The Company, advertisers and/or third-parties related thereto may be entitled to certain shares of the earnings for such commercials. You agree, acknowledge and consent that you will not be entitled to any compensation of any kind whatsoever with respect to such monetary amounts.

 

8. Training courses

8.1 Unblocktalent offers training courses on blockchain for all levels of expertise, both to private individuals, groups of persons and companies (the “Participant(s)”). Reservations for training courses can be made by the Participant(s) or by company representatives (the “Customer”)

8.2 Training types that are or will become available are:

1. online training – on demand;
2. online training – instructor led;
3. online training - webinar
4. offline training – instructor led

8.3 A training course can only be applied for in writing. Registration of the training is only binding following confirmation thereof by the Company.

8.4 The Customer is responsible for assessing and determining the choice and suitability of the training course on the basis of the information made available by the Company.

8.5 A lack of prior knowledge on the part of a participant does not affect the Customer’s obligations under the contract. With the Company’s prior written permission, the Customer may replace a training course participant with another participant.

8.6 If, in the opinion of the Company, the number of registrations is a reason for doing so, the Company shall be entitled to cancel the training course, to combine it with one or more training courses or provide it at a later date. The Company reserves the right to change the location of the training course.

8.7 The Company is entitled to change the training course in organisational terms and in terms of content.

8.8 A cancellation must always be effected in writing prior to the training course for the part of the training course concerned. Cancellation or non-attendance does not affect the Customer’s obligations under the contract, including the obligation to pay the relevant training fee.

8.9 The Customer accepts that the Company determines the content and depth of the training course.

8.10 The Customer shall inform the Participants about the obligations under the contract and the rules of conduct and other rules prescribed by the Company for participation in the training course, and shall ensure compliance with these obligations and rules.

8.11 If the Company uses its own equipment or software to provide the training course, it does not guarantee that this equipment or software is free of errors and will function without interruption.

8.12 If the Company  provides the training course at the Customer’s location, the Customer shall ensure the availability of properly operating equipment and software

8.13 The Company may require that the Customer pay the amounts owed prior to the start of the training course. The Company may exclude Participants from the training course if the Customer fails to ensure payment on time, without prejudice to the other rights of the Company.

 

9. Links to Third Party Websites

9.1 Our Website and our Service may contain links to websites of third parties (“Third Party Websites”), whether such links have been suggested by the Company, shared by any User or posted by third parties. You hereby acknowledge that the Company has no control over such Third Party Websites, and you further acknowledge and agree that the Company is not responsible for the availability of Third Party Websites, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any services, content, advertisements, products, or any materials on or available Third Party Websites.

9.2 You further acknowledge and agree that the Company shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss whatsoever caused, or alleged to be caused, by or in connection with use of or reliance on any services, content, products or other materials available on or through any Third Party Websites. We refer to the terms of use and privacy policies governing the use of such Websites.

 

10. Disclaimer and Warranties

10.1 Our Website and our Service, including without limitation any content, data and information related thereto, are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis, without any warranties of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of title or non-infringement or implied warranties of use, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

10.2 The Company does not warrant that our Website or our Service will be uninterrupted or error-free. The Company may correct, modify, amend, enhance, improve and make any other changes to our Website and/or our Service at any time or to discontinue displaying or providing any information, content or features without a notice to you.

10.3 The Company hereby disclaims all warranties and conditions with regard to the use of our Website or our Service, including but not limited to the availability, reliability, or quality of our Website or our Service, and is not and shall not be responsible for any error, fault or mistake related to any content and information received through our Website or our Service.

 

11. Limitation of Liability

11.1 The use of our Website and our Service is solely at your own risk. In no event shall the Company be liable for any damages whatsoever including, but not limited to, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages of any kind, whether in an action of contract, negligence or other tortious actions resulting from or arising out of our Website or our Service, or the use or inability to use our Website or our Service, regardless of whether the Company or an authorized representative of the Company has been advised of the possibility of such damages, except where liability is mandatory, in which event liability for damages shall be limited to EUR 1,- (one Euro).

 

12. Indemnification

12.1 You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs, debts, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney’s fees) arising from:

1. your use of  our Website or our Service;
2. your violation of any term of these Terms;
3. your violation of any third party rights, including without limitation any intellectual property rights or privacy right of such third party; and
4. any damage of any sort, whether direct, indirect, special or consequential, you may cause to any third party with relation to our Website or our Service

12.2 This defense and indemnification obligation will survive these Terms.

 

13. Copyright infringement

13.1 The Company respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that your work has been copied or otherwise used in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide the following information in writing to the Company’s Copyright Agent:

1. the contact details of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright;
2. a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
3. a description of the material that you claim 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 sufficient to permit the Company to locate the material;
4. 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
5. a statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of a copyright that is allegedly infringed. 

13.2 The Company’s Copyright Agent can be reached through the following address: hello@unblocktalent.com.

 

14. General

14.1 These Terms do not, and shall not be construed to create any relationship, partnership, joint venture, employer-employee, agency, or franchisor-franchisee relationship between the parties hereto.

14.2 Any claim relating to our Website, our Service or the use thereof will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with Dutch law (the laws of the Netherlands) without reference to its conflict-of-laws principles.

14.3 Any dispute arising out of or related to our Website or our Service shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent court in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Claims for compensation shall expire if proceedings are not commenced before the competent court within one year of discovery thereof. If the Company is acting as the claiming party, it may, at its discretion, commence proceedings in a court that has jurisdiction other than by force of this provision. You agree to waive all defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction and forum non-convenience and agree that process may be served in a manner authorized by applicable law or court rule.

14.4 If any provision of this Terms is found to be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision will be deemed severable from this Terms and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

14.5 No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder will be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. Any heading, caption or section title contained herein is inserted only as a matter of convenience, and in no way defines or explains any section or provision hereof.

14.6 These Terms constitute the complete set of terms and conditions between you and the Company relating to the subject matter of these Terms  and supersedes any and all prior or contemporaneous written or oral agreements or understandings between you and the Company

14.7 For further information or questions please contact: hello@unblocktalent.com.