SBS (“SBS”) Website (the “Site”). By using the Site and/or any information, content or materials made available on the Site, you irrevocably agree that such use is subject to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, you may not use the Site.
SBS expressly reserves the right to modify the Terms of Use at any time in its sole discretion, and without notice to you, by including such alteration and/or modification in these Terms of Use. Any continued use by you of the Site after the posting of such modified Terms of Use shall be deemed to indicate your irrevocable agreement to such modified Terms of Use. Accordingly, if at any time you do not agree to be subject to any modified Terms of Use, you may no longer use the Site.
- SITE CONTENT
(a) SBS Content: Except as may be otherwise noted, the information, materials (including, without limitation, HTML, text, audio, video, white papers, press releases, data sheets, product descriptions, software and FAQs and other content) available on or from this website (collectively, “SBS Content”) are the copyrighted works of SBS and its licensors, and SBS and its licensors expressly retain all right title and interest in and to the SBS Content, including, without limitation, all intellectual property rights therein and thereto. Except as expressly permitted in these Terms of Use, any use of the SBS Content may violate copyright and/or other applicable laws.
(b) Third Party Content: In addition to SBS Content, the Site may contain information and materials provided to SBS by third parties (collectively, “Third Party Content”). Third Party Content is the copyrighted work of its owner, which expressly retains all right title and interest in and to the Third Party Content, including, without limitation, all intellectual property rights therein and thereto. In addition to being subject to these Terms of Use, Third Party Content may also be subject to different and/or additional terms of use and/or privacy policies of such third parties. Please contact the appropriate third party for further information regarding any such different and/or additional terms of use applicable to Third Party Content.
(c) Limited Site Content License: Except as provided in Section 1.4 below, SBS grants you the limited, revocable, non-transferable, non-exclusive right to use the Site and the associated SBS Content and Third Party Content (collectively, “Site Content”) by displaying the Site Content on your computer, and downloading and printing pages from the Site under the condition that (i) such activity is solely for your personal, education or other non-commercial use, (ii) you do not modify or prepare derivative works from the Site Content, (iii) you do not obscure, alter or remove any notice of copyright set forth on any Site pages or Site Content, (iv) you do not otherwise reproduce, re-distribute or publicly display any of the Site Content and (v) you do not copy any Site Content to any other media or other storage format.
(d) User Content: If you elect to display, post, submit or otherwise make available to others, on the Site any content or works of authorship, including, without limitation, images, software, audio files, text, or any other materials (collectively, “User Content”), you hereby grant to SBS a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide, non-exclusive right and license, including the right to grant sublicenses to third parties, to use, reproduce, publicly display, publicly perform, prepare derivative works from and distribute such User Content, for any purpose. In addition, you hereby irrevocably represent and warrant to SBS that (i) you have all necessary power, authority, right, title and/or licenses to grant to SBS the foregoing right and license and (ii) the posting, submission, display by you of User Content on the Site, and the exercise by SBS of the foregoing license does not and will not (1) violate any law or (2) infringe any intellectual property right of any third party. You hereby irrevocably agree to indemnify, defend and hold SBS, its affiliates, directors, officers, employees and agents harmless from and against any and all loss, costs, damages, liabilities and expenses arising out of or related to any third party claim resulting from a breach of the foregoing representations and warranties.
(e) Software: To the extent that the Site contains SBS Content or Third Party Content that is software available for download (“Software”), such Software is subject to, and your use of such Software is governed by, an applicable license agreement (each a “License Agreement”) accompanying, provided with, linked to or embedded in, such Software. You may not use any Software unless you first read and agree to all of the terms and conditions of the applicable License Agreement. ANY SOFTWARE AVAILABLE ON THE SITE IS WARRANTED, IF AT ALL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE APPLICABLE LICENSE AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS MAY BE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THE APPLICABLE LICENSE AGREEMENT, OR TO THE EXTENT NOT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, SBS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL IMPLIED OR STATUTORY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
(f) Trademarks: All trademarks, service marks and logos included on the Site (“Marks”) are the property of SBS or third parties, and you may not use such Marks without the express, prior written consent of SBS or the applicable third party.
(g) Monitoring of Site Content: SBS may, but is not obligated to, monitor Site Content, User Content and your use of the Site. SBS reserves the right to accept, reject or modify any Site Content or User Content, but assumes no liability based on its acceptance, rejection, modification or failure to modify any Site Content or User Content.
- USE OF SITE
(a) Submission of User Content: In connection with your use of the Site, you agree not to submit any User Content which (i) is unlawful, (ii) violates any right of publicity or invades the privacy of others, (iii) constitutes obscene, pornographic, indecent, profane or otherwise objectionable material, (iv) is discriminatory, hateful or bigoted toward, or abusive of, any group or individual, (v) is libelous or defamatory or (vi) violates any applicable law or government regulation.
(b) Prohibited Conduct: You may not use the Site to post, transmit or link to (i) any advertisement, promotional materials or solicitation related to any product or service that is competitive with SBS products or services or (ii) software or programs which contain any harmful code, including, but not limited to, viruses, worms, time bombs or Trojan horses. You may not deploy to the Site any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other application designed to retrieve, index, “data mine,” information from the Site.
(c) Registered Users: If you become a registered user of the Site in order to gain access to support or other limited access parts of the Site, you agree (i) that the information you provide to SBS in connection with your registration will be current, complete and accurate, (ii) not to choose a user name that violates any law or the intellectual property rights of others, or is offensive; provided that SBS reserves the right to reject the use of any user name for any reason or no reason, (iii) not to transfer, sell, convey or assign the right to use the Site to any third party without the prior written consent of SBS and (iv) not to permit any third party to use your user name and password to access the Site. You further agree that you are responsible for the conduct of any party that uses your account, whether or not authorized by you, and for any breach of the security of the Site related to the use of your user name and/or password.
(d) Indemnification: You hereby irrevocably agree to indemnify, defend and hold SBS, its affiliates, directors, officers, employees and agents harmless from and against any and all losses, costs, damages, liabilities and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) arising out of or related to you use of the Site.
(e) Export Control: You hereby represent and warrant that (i) you understand and acknowledge that some Site Content may be subject to export, re-export and import restrictions under applicable law, (ii) you will not use the Site or any Site Content in a manner that violates the U.S. Export Administration Act of 1979 and the regulations of the U.S. Department of Commerce and (iii) you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any country to which the United States has embargoed goods.
- LINKED WEBSITES
The Site may contain links to other websites that are not owned or operated by SBS, and you agree that SBS provides links to such websites solely as a convenience and has no responsibility for the content or availability of such websites, and that SBS does not endorse such websites or any products or services associated therewith. Your use of such websites will be subject to the terms of use applicable to each such website.
- DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
(a) Warranty Disclaimer: THE SITE AND THE SITE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED STRICTLY ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, AND SBS MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SITE OR THE SITE CONTENT IS COMPLETE, SUITABLE FOR YOUR PURPOSE, OR ACCURATE. ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND ITS LICENSORS, SBS HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHER WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE, AVAILABILITY OF THE SITE AND THE SITE CONTENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFIRNGEMENT. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO RESULTS OBTAINED THROUGH USE OF THE SITE AND/OR THE SITE CONTENT RESTS WITH YOU AND SBS MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT THE SITE AVAILABILITY WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, OR THE SITE AND/OR THE SITE CONTENT WILL BE ERROR FREE.
(b) Limitation of Liability: TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOU AGREE THAT SBS SHALL NOT BE LIABILE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED TO YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY AND ALL DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR STATUTORY DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OR PROFITS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF DATA., LOSS OF GOODWILL OR FOR ANY COST OF COVER OR COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES), EVEN IF SBS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND REGARDLESS OF THE LEGAL THEORY UNDER WHICH DAMAGES ARE SOUGHT, WHETHER IN BREACH OF CONTRACT OR IN TORT, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE.
- PRIVACY
You acknowledge that you have read, understand and agree to SBS’s Privacy Policy located here.
- LOCATION OF SITE AND YOUR USE
SBS operates or controls the operation of this Site from offices in Manila, Philippines. In addition, the Site may be mirrored, and other websites operated or controlled by SBS may be located, in various countries. SBS makes no representation or warranty that all of the features of this Site will be available to you from specific countries, or that they are permitted to be accessed from any country. You acknowledge that you are solely responsible for any decision by you to use of this Site from your locations, and that such use may be subject to, and that you are responsible for, compliance with applicable local laws.
- GENERAL
These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement and understanding between the parties concerning the subject matter hereof, notwithstanding any different or additional terms that may be contained in the form of purchase order or other document used by you to place orders or otherwise effect transactions hereunder, which such terms are hereby rejected. These Terms of Use supersede all prior or contemporaneous discussions, proposals and agreements between you and SBS relating to the subject matter hereof. No amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of these Terms of Use will be effective unless in writing and signed by an officer of SBS. If any provision of these Terms of Use is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining portions will remain in full force and effect and such provision will be enforced to the maximum extent possible so as to effect the intent of the parties and will be reformed to the extent necessary to make such provision valid and enforceable. No waiver of rights by SBS may be implied from any actions or failures to enforce rights under these Terms of Use. These Terms of Use are intended to be and are solely for the benefit of SBS and you and do not create any right in favor of any third party. These Terms of Use will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the France without reference to its conflict of laws principles. All disputes arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use will be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of a court of competent jurisdiction located in France, and each party irrevocably consents to such personal jurisdiction and waives all objections to this venue. All notices must be in writing and will be effective three (3) days after the date sent.