fuze

Terms of Use

Updated on February 28, 2021.

Welcome to fuze (the "Platform"), available at fuze.video (the "Site"), and through the mobile application ("App").

We ask that you read these terms of use (the “Terms”) carefully, as they govern the relationship and serve as an agreement between you and us and set forth the terms and conditions by which you may access and use the Platform and our related websites, services, applications, products and content (collectively, “Services”). Access to certain Services or features of the Services (such as, by way of example and not limitation, the ability to submit or share User Content (defined below)) may be subject to age restrictions and not available to all users of the Services. Our Services are provided for private, non-commercial use. For purposes of these Terms, “you” and “your” means you as the user of the Services.

The Terms form a legally binding agreement between you and us. If you are under age 18, you may only use the Services with the consent of your parent or legal guardian. Please be sure your parent or legal guardian has reviewed and discussed these Terms with you.

Agreement to Terms

By using our Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you don't agree to be bound by these Terms, do not use the Services. If you are accessing and using the Services on behalf of a company (such as your employer) or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that company or other legal entity to these Terms. In that case, "you" and "your" will refer to that company or other legal entity.

Privacy Policy

Our Privacy Policy contains information on how we collect, use, and share your information. You acknowledge and agree that your use of the Services is subject to our Privacy Policy.

Changes

We may update the Terms from time to time, for instance when we update the functionality of our Services. If we do, we'll let you know by posting the updated Terms on the Site and may also send other communications. It's important that you review the Terms whenever we update them or you use the Services. If you continue to use the Services after we have posted updated Terms it means that you accept and agree to the changes. If you don't agree to be bound by the changes, you may not use the Services anymore. Because our Services are evolving over time we may change or discontinue all or any part of the Services, at any time and without notice, at our sole discretion. We may add, remove, suspend or alter access to any content available through or on the Services from our Services at any time and make no guarantee as to the availability or minimum amount of specific content.

Access

  1. Eligibility

    To use the Services, you must be at least 13 years of age and not otherwise barred from using the Services under applicable law. By using the Services, you represent and warrant that you (or your parent or legal guardian, as required by applicable law if you are unable to form a binding contract) have reviewed and agreed to these Terms.

  2. Registration

    Usage of certain features of the Services requires creating an account ("Account"). You can do this using the Services or through your account with third-party services such as Snapchat and Apple (each a "SSO Account"). If you use the SSO Account option your account will be created Account by using personal information, such as your name and email address and other personal information that your privacy settings on the SSO Account permit us to access, from your SSO Account.

  3. Accuracy

    If you register, you agree to provide us with accurate, complete and up-to-date information for your Account and to update such information to keep it accurate, complete and up-to-date. If you don't, we may suspend or terminate your Account. You agree that you won't disclose your Account password to anyone and you'll notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your Account. You're responsible for all activities that occur under your Account, including, without limitation, the posting of User Content (as defined below), and any communications or other contact you have with other users of the Services, whether or not you know about them. We may take actions we deem reasonably necessary to prevent fraud and abuse, including placing restrictions on user accounts or on the amount of content that can be accessed from the Services at any one time.

Content

  1. Definitions

    For purposes of these Terms: (i) "Content" means text, graphics, images, music, software, audio, video, works of authorship of any kind, and information or other materials that are posted, generated, provided or otherwise made available through the Services; and (ii) "User Content" means any Content that Account holders (including you) provide to be made available through the Services. User Content also includes, without limitation, any communications or content that you share with another user of the Services such as comments on other users' User Content or direct messages between you and another user of the Services ("Communications"). Content includes without limitation User Content.

  2. Content Ownership

    Except for any licensed rights granted under these Terms, we do not claim any ownership rights in any User Content and nothing in these Terms will be deemed to restrict any rights that you may have to use and exploit your User Content. Subject to the foregoing, we and our licensors exclusively own all right, title and interest in and to the Services and Content, including all associated intellectual property rights. You acknowledge that the Services and Content are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of the United States and foreign countries. You agree not to remove, alter or obscure any copyright, trademark, service mark or other proprietary rights notices incorporated in or accompanying the Services or Content.

  3. User-Generated Content

    By making any User Content available through the Services you hereby grant to us and our parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, licensee, successors, and assign an irrevocable, non-exclusive, perpetual, transferable, worldwide, royalty-free license, with the right to sublicense, use, copy, modify, create derivative works based upon, distribute, publicly display, and publicly perform your User Content in connection with marketing, promoting, operating and providing the Services and Content to you and to others and in connection with working with our brand partners and licensees.

  4. Personal Rights & Likeness

    By submitting User Content, in which you may appear including, without limitation, your photograph, you hereby grant us the unrestricted, unlimited, perpetual, worldwide to use your name, image, likeness, or other information or materials supplied by you including any third party materials as it appears in such User Content alone or as part of the User Content, in any medium now known or hereinafter developed in connection with the Services itself, and any advertising and promotion of the Services or us without payment of compensation to you and without seeking any further approval from you.

  5. Responsibility

    You are solely responsible for all your User Content. You represent and warrant that you own all your User Content or you have all rights that are necessary to grant us the license rights in your User Content under these Terms. You also represent and warrant that neither your User Content, nor your use and provision of your User Content to be made available through the Services, nor any use of your User Content by us on or through the Services, including, without limitation, in accordance with the rights granted to us in your User Content above, will infringe, misappropriate or violate a third party's intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy, or result in the violation of any applicable law or regulation. You represent and warrant that all of your User Content and your activities in connection with the Services will, at all times, comply with (i) the Terms; (ii) the Community Guidelines; (iii) all applicable laws, rules, and regulations; and (iv) any other guidelines or requirements that we may make available to you from time to time.

  6. Granted Rights

    Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant to you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license, with no right to sublicense, to download, view, copy, display and print the Content solely in connection with your permitted use of the Services and solely for your personal and non-commercial purposes. We retain and reserve all rights to that content, including, without limitation, all rights in and to the Site, App, Services, and all features, trademarks, trade names, service marks, trade dress, and the look and feel of the Site, App, and Services. Other than the right to use the Site, App, and Services as explicitly described in these Terms for your personal, limited use, no other rights are granted to you under these Terms.

  7. Others' Content

    Subject to our rights, you acknowledge that all User Content and any content related thereto are the property of the respective user that makes the User Content available through the Services or, if made explicit on the Services, us. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible or liable for your User Content, including, without limitation, any user's Communications, including yours.

Apps

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant to you a limited non-exclusive, non-transferable license, with no right to sublicense, to download and install a copy of the App on a mobile device or computer that you own or control and to run such copy of the App solely for your own personal non-commercial purposes. You may not copy the App, except for making a reasonable number of copies for backup or archival purposes. Except as expressly permitted in these Terms, you may not: (i) copy, modify or create derivative works based on the App; (ii) distribute, transfer, sublicense, lease, lend or rent the App to any third party; (iii) reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the App; or (iv) make the functionality of the App available to multiple users through any means. We reserve all rights in and to the App not expressly granted to you under these Terms.

App Access Terms

The following terms apply to any App accessed through or downloaded from any app store or distribution platform (like the Apple App Store or Google Play) where the App may now or in the future be made available (each an "App Provider"). You acknowledge and agree that:

  1. These Terms are concluded between you and us, and not with the App Provider, and we (not the App Provider), are solely responsible for the App. The App Provider has no obligation to furnish any maintenance and support services with respect to the App.
  2. In the event of any failure of the App to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify the App Provider, and the App Provider will refund the purchase price for the App to you (if applicable) and, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the App Provider will have no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the App. Any other claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs or expenses attributable to any failure to conform to any warranty will be our sole responsibility.
  3. The App Provider is not responsible for addressing any claims you have or any claims of any third party relating to the App or your possession and use of the App, including, but not limited to: (i) product liability claims; (ii) any claim that the App fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement; and (iii) claims arising under consumer protection or similar legislation.
  4. In the event of any third party claim that the App or your possession and use of that App infringes that third party's intellectual property rights, we will be solely responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement and discharge of any such intellectual property infringement claim to the extent required by these Terms.
  5. The App Provider, and its subsidiaries, are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms as related to your license to the App, and that, upon your acceptance of the Terms, the App Provider will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce these Terms as related to your license of the App against you as a third-party beneficiary thereof.
  6. You represent and warrant that (i) you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a terrorist-supporting country; and (ii) you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
  7. You must comply with all applicable third party terms of service when using the App.

Feedback

"Feedback" is feedback, comments and suggestions for improvements to the Services. You may submit Feedback by emailing us at [email protected]. You grant to us a non-exclusive, transferable, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, fully-paid, royalty-free license, with the right to sublicense, under any and all intellectual property rights that you own or control to use, copy, modify, create derivative works based upon and otherwise exploit the Feedback for any purpose.

Restrictions & Prohibitions

You may not:

  • access or use the Services if you are not fully able and legally competent to agree to these Terms or are authorized to use the Services by your parent or legal guardian;
  • make unauthorised copies, modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile or create any derivative works of the Services or any content included therein, including any files, tables or documentation (or any portion thereof) or determine or attempt to determine any source code, algorithms, methods or techniques embodied by the Services or any derivative works thereof;
  • distribute, license, transfer, or sell, in whole or in part, any of the Services or any derivative works thereof;
  • market, rent or lease the Services for a fee or charge, or use the Services to advertise or perform any commercial solicitation;
  • use the Services, without our express written consent, for any commercial or unauthorized purpose, including communicating or facilitating any commercial advertisement or solicitation or spamming;
  • interfere with or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Services, disrupt our website or any networks connected to the Services, or bypass any measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the Services;
  • incorporate the Services or any portion thereof into any other program or product. In such case, we reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts or limit access to the Services in our sole discretion;
  • use automated scripts to collect information from or otherwise interact with the Services;
  • impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent you or your affiliation with any person or entity, including giving the impression that any content you upload, post, transmit, distribute or otherwise make available emanates from the Services;
  • intimidate or harass another, or promote sexually explicit material, violence or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age;
  • use or attempt to use another’s account, service or system without authorisation from us, or create a false identity on the Services;
  • use the Services in a manner that may create a conflict of interest or undermine the purposes of the Services, such as trading reviews with other users or writing or soliciting fake reviews;
  • use the Services to upload, transmit, distribute, store or otherwise make available in any way: files that contain viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful;
  • any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising, solicitations, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or any other prohibited form of solicitation;
  • any private information of any third party, including addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, number and feature in the personal identity document (e.g., National Insurance numbers, passport numbers) or credit card numbers;
  • any material which does or may infringe any copyright, trademark or other intellectual property or privacy rights of any other person;
  • any material which is defamatory of any person, obscene, offensive, pornographic, hateful or inflammatory;
  • any material that would constitute, encourage or provide instructions for a criminal offence, dangerous activities or self-harm;
  • any material that is deliberately designed to provoke or antagonise people, especially trolling and bullying, or is intended to harass, harm, hurt, scare, distress, embarrass or upset people;
  • any material that contains a threat of any kind, including threats of physical violence;
  • any material that is racist or discriminatory, including discrimination on the basis of someone’s race, religion, age, gender, disability or sexuality;
  • any answers, responses, comments, opinions, analysis or recommendations that you are not properly licensed or otherwise qualified to provide; or
  • material that, in our sole judgment, is objectionable or which restricts or inhibits any other person from using the Services, or which may expose us, the Services or its users to any harm or liability of any type.

We are not obligated to monitor access to or use of the Services or to review or edit any content. However, we have the right to do so for the purpose of operating the Services, to ensure compliance with these Terms and to comply with applicable law or other legal requirements. We reserve the right, but are not obligated, to remove or disable access to any content, at any time and without notice, including, but not limited to, if we, at our sole discretion, consider it objectionable or in violation of these Terms. We have the right to investigate violations of these Terms or conduct that affects the Services. We may also consult and cooperate with law enforcement authorities to prosecute users who violate the law.

Copyright

We respect copyright laws and our users must do the same. It is our policy to terminate in appropriate circumstances account holders who repeatedly infringe or are believed to be repeatedly infringing the rights of copyright holders. Please see the Copyright Policy for further information.

Links & Third Party Resources

We make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that any Content (including User Content) is accurate, complete or up to date. Where our Services contain links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources. Such links should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked websites or information you may obtain from them. You acknowledge that we have no obligation to pre-screen, monitor, review, or edit any content posted by you and other users on the Services (including User Content).

Termination

We may terminate or suspend, in whole or in part, your access to and use of the Services, at our sole discretion, at any time and without notice to you. You may cancel your account by contacting us in writing at the below address. Upon any termination, discontinuation or cancellation of the Services or your account, the following Sections will survive: Content, Apps, and all sections below.

Disclaimers

THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, WE EXPLICITLY DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET ENJOYMENT AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. We make no warranty that the Services will meet your requirements or be available on an uninterrupted, secure, or error-free basis. We make no warranty regarding the quality, accuracy, timeliness, truthfulness, completeness or reliability of any information or content on the Services. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR USER CONTENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, COMMUNICATIONS, AND WE MAKE NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION OF ANY KIND IN REGARD TO USER CONTENT.

WE ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY USER'S OR THIRD PARTY'S FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ANY APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS. WE EXPLICITLY DISCLAIM ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY ACT OR OMISSION OF ANY USER OR OTHER THIRD PARTY. WE DO NOT, AND CANNOT CONTROL YOUR INTERACTION WITH ANY USER OR OTHER THIRD PARTY; WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY LIABILITY ARISING FROM SUCH INTERACTION.

Limitation of Liability

For the purposes of this Section, "fuze", "we", or "us" shall include us, Fuze, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, investors, agents, and successors and assigns.

  1. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NEITHER FUZE NOR ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, OR DELIVERING THE SERVICES WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, LOST REVENUES, LOST SAVINGS, LOST BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, LOSS OF DATA OR GOODWILL, SERVICE INTERRUPTION, COMPUTER DAMAGE OR SYSTEM FAILURE OR THE COST OF SUBSTITUTE SERVICES OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OR FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT FUZE OR ANY OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE, EVEN IF A LIMITED REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FUZE SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR CONTENT OR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY OR ANY THIRD PARTY'S CONTENT, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH CONTENT IS ACCESSED THROUGH THE SERVICES (INCLUDING ANY USER CONTENT), AND THAT ANY RISK OF HARM OR DAMAGE FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU.

  2. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE LAW OF THE APPLICABLE JURISDICTION, IN NO EVENT WILL FUZE'S TOTAL LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OR FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES EXCEED TWENTY HONG KONG DOLLARS (HK$20).

  3. THE EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF DAMAGES SET FORTH ABOVE ARE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN FUZE AND YOU.

Governing Law & Forum

Definitions

For the purposes of this section, "Disputes" shall collectively refer to a dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation or validity thereof or the use of the Services.

These Terms and any action related thereto will be governed by the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ("HKSAR"), without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. The exclusive jurisdiction for all Disputes between you and Fuze will be the courts located in the HKSAR, and you and Fuze each waive any objection to jurisdiction and venue in such courts.

General Terms

  1. Reservation of Rights

    We and our licensors exclusively own all right, title and interest in and to the Services, including all associated intellectual property rights. You acknowledge that the Services are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of the United States and foreign countries. You agree not to remove, alter or obscure any copyright, trademark, service mark or other proprietary rights notices incorporated in or accompanying the Services.

  2. Entire Agreement

    These Terms constitute the whole legal agreement between you and us and govern your use of the Services and completely replace any prior agreements between you and us in relation to the Services.

  3. Severability

    If any court of law, having jurisdiction to decide on this matter, rules that any provision of these Terms is invalid, then that provision will be removed from the Terms without affecting the rest of the Terms, and the remaining provisions of the Terms will continue to be valid and enforceable.

  4. Notices

    Any notices or other communications provided by us under these Terms will be given: (i) via email; or (ii) by posting to the Services. For notices made by email, the date of receipt will be deemed the date on which such notice is transmitted.

  5. Waiver

    Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of such right or provision. The waiver of any such right or provision will be effective only if in writing and signed by one of our duly authorized representatives. Except as expressly set forth in these Terms, the exercise by either party of any of its remedies under these Terms will be without prejudice to its other remedies under these Terms or otherwise.

Contact

You may contact us at: [email protected]