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SemaBOX Terms and Conditions of Use

Effective as of April 2021

Karibu to the SemaBOX Terms and Conditions of Use (“Terms”). The Terms you see below are important because they:

  • Outline your legal rights on SemaBOX
  • Explain the rights you give to us when you use SemaBOX services
  • Describe the rules everyone needs to follow when using SemaBOX
  • Contain a class action waiver and an agreement to resolve any disputes that may arise by arbitration

Please read these Terms, our Privacy Policy and any other terms referenced in this document carefully. We hope you’re sitting comfortably in a cool dry place.

1 Introduction

Thanks for choosing SemaBOX (“SemaBOX,” “we,” “us,” “our”). SemaBOX provides plug and play services with social and interactive features for recording podcasts and other content as well as other products and services that may be developed from time to time. By signing up or otherwise using any of these SemaBOX services, including all associated features and functionalities, websites and user interfaces, as well as all content and software applications associated with our services (collectively, the “SemaBOX Service” or “Service”), or accessing any music, videos or other content or material that is made available through the Service (the “Content”) you are entering into a binding contract with SemaBOX Ltd.

Your agreement with us includes these Terms and any additional terms that you agree to, as discussed in the Entire Agreement section below, other than terms with any third parties (collectively, the “Agreements”). The Agreements include terms regarding future changes to the Agreements, export controls, automatic renewals, limitations of liability, privacy, waiver of class actions, and resolution of disputes by arbitration instead of in court. If you wish to review the terms of the Agreements, the current effective version of the Agreements can be found on SemaBOX’s website. You acknowledge that you have read and understood the Agreements, accept these Agreements, and agree to be bound by them. If you don’t agree with (or cannot comply with) the Agreements, then you may not use the SemaBOX Service or access any Content.

In order to use the SemaBOX Service and access any Content, you need to

  1. Be 18 years or older, or be 13 years or older and have your parent or guardian’s consent to the Agreements,
  2. Have the power to enter a binding contract with us and not be barred from doing so under any applicable laws

You also promise that any registration information that you submit to SemaBOX is true, accurate, and complete, and you agree to keep it that way at all times.

2 Changes to the Agreements

Occasionally SemaBOX may make changes to the Agreements. When we make material changes to the Agreements, we’ll provide you with notice as appropriate under the circumstances, e.g., by displaying a prominent notice within the Service or by sending you an email. In some cases, we will notify you in advance, and your continued use of the Service after the changes have been made will constitute your acceptance of the changes. Please therefore make sure you read any such notice carefully. If you do not wish to continue using the Service under the new version of the Agreements, you may terminate your account by contacting us.

3 Working With US

3.1 Service Options

You can find a description of our Service packages on our website, and we will explain which Service options are available to you when you work with SemaBOX. Certain options are provided to you free-of-charge. The SemaBOX Service that does not require payment is currently referred to as the “Free Service.” Other options require payment before you can access them (the “Paid Subscriptions”).

Not all Services may not be available to all users. We will explain which services are available to you when you are signing up for the services. If you cancel your booking you may not be able to re-schedule within a specific period of time. Please note that service package smay change at any time without prior notice.

If you have purchased or received a code, gift card, pre-paid offer or other offer provided or sold by or on behalf of SemaBOX for access to a service package (“Code”), separate terms and conditions presented to you.

3.2 Special Offers

From time to time, we or others on our behalf may offer Special Offers of Paid Subscriptions for a specified period without payment or at a reduced rate (a “Special Offer”). SemaBOX may determine your eligibility for a Special Offer, and withdraw or modify a Special Offer at any time without prior notice and with no liability, to the extent permitted under applicable law.For some Special Offers, we’ll require you to provide payment.

4 Payments and Cancellations

4.1 Billing and Payments

To access SemaBOX services You make a payment in advance directly on the SemaBOX website. SemaBOX does not accept cash or in person payments.

SemaBOX may change the price for the services, from time to time and will communicate any price changes to you in advance and, if applicable, how to accept those changes. Price changes will take effect on the date of the price change.

4.2 Booking, Cancellation and Refunds Policy

Products/services purchased from SemaBOX may be refunded only if cancelled within the refund period specified below in this policy. Some products/services have different policies or requirements for a refund associated with them, including some products that are not eligible for a refund under any circumstance. Please see below for refund terms applicable to such products.

“Date of the transaction”, for the purpose of this Refund Policy, means the date of purchase of any product or service, which includes the date any renewal is processed by SemaBOX Ltd in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable product or service agreement (see here).

“Refund Period”, to qualify for a refund you may cancel a booking 48hrs before the scheduled date and time.

Standard Terms

  1. While we can sometimes accommodate same-day booking, please book your session 2 days in advance. We require payment to be made in full. Please contact us for rates.
  2. Late policy: your session begins at the time in which it was booked. Please be prompt to get the most out of your session.
  3. We do not offer refunds for sessions cancelled within 48hr of the date and time of the recording, only credit towards a future session.
  4. We offer a 50% refund for studio time that has been cancelled more than 48 hrs before the session
  5. To be eligible for refund or exchange, no work should have begun on project.
  6. Where a refund is approved the following refund period swill apply:

Card Payments + – Within 14 days of the date of the transaction.

Mobile Money – Within 48 hours of the date of the transaction.

  1. We understand that unplanned issues can come up and you may need to cancel an appointment. If that happens, we respectfully ask for scheduled appointments to be cancelled at least 48 hours in advance. Our staff want to be available for your needs and the needs of all of our clients. When a client does not show up for a scheduled appointment, another client loses an opportunity to be seen. Although we have always had a cancellation policy, circumstances have caused us to enforce a policy of charging for no-show appointments, and those appointments not cancelled within 48 hours. There is a fee of 50% applied if we do not receive a call or an email to cancel an appointment at least 48hrs in advance

 

5 Using our service

The SemaBOX Service and the Content are the property of SemaBOX or SemaBOX’s licensors. We grant you limited, non-exclusive, revocable permission to make use of the SemaBOX Service, and limited, non-exclusive, revocable permission to make personal, non-commercial use of the Content (collectively, “Access”). This Access shall remain in effect until and unless terminated by you or SemaBOX. You promise and agree that you are using the SemaBOX Service and Content for your own personal, non-commercial use and that you will not redistribute or transfer the SemaBOX Service or the Content.

The SemaBOX software applications and the Content are not sold or transferred to you, and SemaBOX and its licensors retain ownership of all copies of the SemaBOX software applications and Content even after installation on your personal computers, mobile handsets, tablets, wearable devices, speakers and/or other devices (“Devices”).

All SemaBOX trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, domain names, and any other features of the SemaBOX brand (“SemaBOX Brand Features”) are the sole property of SemaBOX or its licensors. The Agreements do not grant you any rights to use any SemaBOX Brand Features whether for commercial or non-commercial use.

You agree to abide by our User guidelines and not to use the SemaBOX Service, the Content, or any part thereof in any manner not expressly permitted by the Agreements. Except for the rights expressly granted to you in the Agreements, SemaBOX grants no right, title, or interest to you in the SemaBOX Service or Content.

Third party software (for example, open-source software libraries) included in the SemaBOX Service are made available to you under the relevant third-party software library’s license terms as published in the help or settings section of our desktop and mobile client and/or on our website.

6 Third Party Applications and Devices

The SemaBOX Service maybe integrated with or may otherwise interact with third party applications, websites, and services (“Third Party Applications”) and third party Devices to make the SemaBOX Service available to you. These Third Party Applications and Devices may have their own terms and conditions of use and privacy policies and your use of these Third Party Applications and Devices will be governed by and subject to such terms and conditions and privacy policies. You understand and agree that SemaBOX does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for the behavior, features, or content of any Third Party Application or Device or for any transaction you may enter into with the provider of any such Third Party Applications and Devices, nor does SemaBOX warrant the compatibility or continuing compatibility of the Third Party Applications and Devices with the Service.

7 User-Generated Content

SemaBOX users may post, upload, or otherwise contribute content to the Service (which may include, for example, pictures, text, messages, information, playlist titles, descriptions and compilations, and/or other types of content) (“User Content”). For the avoidance of doubt, “User Content” includes any such content posted to the SemaBOX Support Community as well as any other part of the SemaBOX Service.

You promise that, with respect to any User Content you post on SemaBOX, (1) you own or have the right to post such User Content, and (2) such User Content, or its use by SemaBOX as contemplated by the Agreements, does not violate the Agreements or any other rights set forth within the User guidelines, applicable law, or the intellectual property, publicity, personality, or other rights of others or imply any affiliation with or endorsement of you or your User Content by SemaBOX or any artist, band, label, entity or individual without express written consent from SemaBOX or such individual or entity.

SemaBOX may, but has no obligation to, monitor, review, or edit User Content. In all cases, SemaBOX reserves the right to remove or disable access to any User Content for any or no reason, including User Content that, in SemaBOX’s sole discretion, violates the Agreements. SemaBOX may take these actions without prior notification to you or any third party. Removal or disabling of access to User Content shall be at our sole discretion, and we do not promise to remove or disable access to any specific User Content.

You are solely responsible for all User Content that you post. SemaBOX is not responsible for User Content nor does it endorse any opinion contained in any User Content. YOU AGREE THAT IF ANYONE BRINGS A CLAIM AGAINST SEMABOX RELATED TO USER CONTENT THAT YOU POST, THEN, TO THE EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER LOCAL LAW, YOU WILL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD SEMABOX HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND EXPENSES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEY FEES AND COSTS) ARISING OUT OF SUCH CLAIM.

8 Rights you grant us

In consideration for the rights granted to you under the Agreements, you grant us the right (1) to allow the SemaBOX Service to use the processor, bandwidth, and storage hardware on your Device in order to facilitate the operation of the Service, (2) to provide advertising and other information to you, and (3) to allow our business partners to do the same. In any part of the SemaBOX Service, the Content you access, including its selection and placement, may be influenced by commercial considerations, including SemaBOX’s agreements with third parties. Some Content licensed by, provided to, created by or otherwise made available by SemaBOX (e.g. podcasts) may contain advertising as part of the Content. The SemaBOX Service makes such Content available to you unmodified.

If you provide feedback, ideas or suggestions to SemaBOX in connection with the SemaBOX Service or Content (“Feedback”), you acknowledge that the Feedback is not confidential and you authorize SemaBOX to use that Feedback without restriction and without payment to you. Feedback is considered a type of User Content.

You grant SemaBOX a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, fully paid, worldwide license to use, reproduce, make available to the public (e.g. perform or display), publish, translate, modify, create derivative works from, and distribute any of your User Content in connection with the Service through any medium, whether alone or in combination with other Content or materials, in any manner and by any means, method or technology, whether now known or hereafter created. Aside from the rights specifically granted herein, you retain ownership of all rights, including intellectual property rights, in the User Content. Where applicable and permitted under applicable law, you also agree to waive and not enforce any “moral rights” or equivalent rights, such as your right to be identified as the author of any User Content, including Feedback, and your right to object to derogatory treatment of such User Content.

9 User guidelines

SemaBOX respects intellectual property rights and expects you to do the same. We’ve established a few ground rules for you to follow when using the Service, to make sure SemaBOX stays enjoyable for everyone. You must follow these rules and should encourage other users to do the same.

The following is not permitted for any reason whatsoever:

  1. copying, redistributing, reproducing, “ripping,” recording, transferring, performing or displaying to the public, broadcasting, or making available to the public any part of the SemaBOX Service or the Content, or otherwise making any use of the SemaBOX Service or the Content which is not expressly permitted under the Agreements or applicable law or which otherwise infringes the intellectual property rights (such as copyright) in the SemaBOX Service or the Content or any part of it;
  2. using the SemaBOX Service to import or copy any local files that you do not have the legal right to import or copy in this way;
  3. transferring copies of cached Content from an authorized Device to any other Device via any means;
  4. reverse-engineering, decompiling, disassembling, modifying, or creating derivative works of the SemaBOX Service, Content or any part thereof except to the extent permitted by applicable law;
  5. circumventing any technology used by SemaBOX, its agents and licensors, or any third party to protect the Content or the Service;
  6. selling, renting, sublicensing or leasing of any part of the SemaBOX Service or the Content;
  7. circumventing any territorial restrictions applied by SemaBOX or it licensors;
  8. artificially increasing play counts, follow counts or otherwise manipulating the Service by (i) using any bot, script or other automated process, (ii) providing or accepting any form of compensation (financial or otherwise), or (iii) any other means;
  9. removing or altering any copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property notices contained on the Content or the Service or provided through the Service (including for the purpose of disguising or changing any indications of the ownership or source of any Content);
  10. circumventing or blocking advertisements in the SemaBOX Service, or creating or distributing tools designed to block advertisements in the SemaBOX Service;
  11. providing your password to any other person or using any other person’s username and password;
  12. “crawling” the SemaBOX Service or otherwise using any automated means (including bots, scrapers, and spiders) to view, access or collect information from SemaBOX or the SemaBOX Service;
  13. selling a user account or playlist, or otherwise accepting or offering to accept any compensation, financial or otherwise, to influence the name of an account or playlist or the content included on an account or playlist; or
  14. artificially promoting Content by automated means or otherwise.

Please respect SemaBOX, the owners of the Content, and other users of the SemaBOX Service. Don’t engage in any activity, post any User Content, or register and/or use a username, which is or includes material that:

  1. is offensive, abusive, defamatory, pornographic, threatening, or obscene;
  2. is illegal, or intended to promote or commit an illegal act of any kind, including violations of intellectual property rights, privacy rights, or proprietary rights of SemaBOX or a third party;
  3. includes your password or purposely includes any other user’s password or purposely includes personal data of third parties or is intended to solicit such personal data;
  4. includes malicious content such as malware, Trojan horses, or viruses, or otherwise interferes with any user’s access to the Service;
  5. is intended to or does harass or bully other users;
  6. impersonates or misrepresents your affiliation with another user, person, or entity, or is otherwise fraudulent, false, deceptive, or misleading;
  7. involves the transmission of unsolicited mass mailings or other forms of spam, junk mail, chain letters, or similar;
  8. involves commercial or sales activities, such as advertising, promotions, contests, sweepstakes, or pyramid schemes, that are not expressly authorized by SemaBOX;
  9. links to, references, or otherwise promotes commercial products or services, except as expressly authorized by SemaBOX;
  10. interferes with or in any way disrupts the SemaBOX Service, tampers with, breaches, or attempts to probe, scan, or test for vulnerabilities in the Service or SemaBOX’s computer systems, network, usage rules, or any of SemaBOX’s security components, authentication measures or any other protection measures applicable to the Service, the Content or any part thereof; or
  11. conflicts with the Agreements, as determined by SemaBOX.

You acknowledge and agree that posting any User Content that violates these User guidelines (or that SemaBOX reasonably believes violates these User guidelines) may result in immediate termination or suspension of your SemaBOX account. You also agree that SemaBOX may reclaim your username for any reason.

Please be thoughtful about how you use the SemaBOX Service and what you share. The SemaBOX Service includes social and interactive features, including the ability to post User Content, share content, and make certain information about you public. Remember that shared or publicly available information may be used and re-shared by other users on SemaBOX or across the web, so please use SemaBOX carefully and be mindful of your account settings. SemaBOX has no responsibility for your choices to post material on the Service.

Your password protects your user account, and you are solely responsible for keeping your password confidential and secure. You understand that you are responsible for all use (including any unauthorized use) of your username and password on the Service. If your username or password is lost or stolen, or if you believe there has been unauthorized access to your account by a third party, you must notify us immediately and change your password as soon as possible.

10 Infringement and reporting User Content

SemaBOX respects the rights of intellectual property owners. If you believe that any Content infringes your intellectual property rights or other rights, see SemaBOX’s copyright policy If SemaBOX is notified by a copyright holder, using the forms provided by SemaBOX, that any Content infringes a copyright, SemaBOX may in its sole discretion remove such Content from the Service, or take other steps that SemaBOX deems appropriate, without prior notification to the user or other party who supplied or posted that Content. If such user or other party believes that the Content is not infringing, he or she may in certain circumstances submit a counter-notification to SemaBOX with a request to restore the removed content, which SemaBOX may or may not honor, in SemaBOX’s sole discretion.

If you believe that any Content does not comply with the User guidelines, please fill out our notice form.

11 Service limitations and modifications

SemaBOX will make reasonable efforts to keep the SemaBOX Service operational. However, certain technical difficulties, maintenance or testing, or updates required to reflect changes in relevant laws and regulatory requirements, may, from time to time, result in temporary interruptions. SemaBOX reserves the right, periodically and at any time, to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, functions and features of the SemaBOX Service, with advance notice where possible, all without liability to you, except where prohibited by law, for any interruption, modification, or discontinuation of the SemaBOX Service or any function or feature thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if you have prepaid fees to SemaBOX for Paid Subscriptions that SemaBOX permanently discontinues prior to the end of the Pre-Paid Period (defined in the Payments and cancellations section), SemaBOX will refund you the prepaid fees for the Pre-Paid Period after such discontinuation. You understand, agree, and accept that SemaBOX will make reasonable efforts, although it has no obligation to maintain, support, upgrade, or update the Service, or to provide all or any specific content through the Service. SemaBOX and/or the owners of any Content may, from time to time, remove any such Content without notice. This section will be enforced to the extent permissible by applicable law.

12 Brand Accounts

If you establish a SemaBOX account on behalf of a company, organization, entity, or brand (a “Brand,” and such account a “Brand Account”), the terms “you” and “your,” as used throughout the Agreements, apply to both you and the Brand.

If you create a Brand Account, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to grant all permissions and licenses provided in the Agreements and to bind the Brand to the Agreements.

A Brand may follow users and create and share playlists, provided that the Brand does not take any action that implies an endorsement or commercial relationship between the Brand and the followed user, artist, songwriter, or any other person, unless the Brand has independently obtained the rights to imply such an endorsement. In addition, Brands must be transparent to our users about disclosing any endorsements or consideration provided to artists, songwriters, users, or any other party and must comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and codes of practice when engaging in the foregoing practices.

13 SemaBOX Support Community

The SemaBOX Support Community is a place for discussions and exchange of information, tips, and other materials related to the SemaBOX Service. By using the SemaBOX Support Community, you agree to the Community Terms.

14 Customer support

For customer support with account-related and payment-related questions (“Customer Support Queries”), please submit a ticket to our Customer Service department using the Customer Service contact form on the About Us section of our website. We will use reasonable endeavors to respond to all Customer Support Queries within a reasonable time frame but we make no promises that any Customer Support Queries will be responded to within any particular time frame and/or that we will be able to answer any such queries.

15 Export control

SemaBOX’s products may be subject to Kenyan export and re-export control laws and regulations or similar laws applicable in other jurisdictions.

You agree to comply with all applicable export and reexport control laws and regulations. Specifically, you agree that you shall not – directly or indirectly – sell, export, reexport, transfer, divert, or otherwise dispose of any products, software, or technology (including products derived from or based on such technology) received from SemaBOX under the Agreements to any destination, entity, or person prohibited by any applicable laws or regulations of Kenya or any other jurisdiction without obtaining prior authorization from the competent government authorities as required by those laws and regulations.

16 Term and termination

The Agreements will continue to apply to you until terminated by either you or SemaBOX. However, you acknowledge and agree that the perpetual license granted by you in relation to User Content, including Feedback, is irrevocable and will therefore continue after expiry or termination of any of the Agreements for any reason. SemaBOX may terminate the Agreements or suspend your access to the SemaBOX Service at any time, including in the event of your actual or suspected unauthorized use of the SemaBOX Service and/or Content, or non-compliance with the Agreements, or if we withdraw Services and/or Content (in which case we shall provide you with reasonable notice in advance of doing so). If you or SemaBOX terminate the Agreements, or if SemaBOX suspends your access to the SemaBOX Service, you agree that SemaBOX shall have no liability or responsibility to you, and SemaBOX will not refund any amounts that you have already paid, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law. You may terminate the Agreements at any time. To learn how to terminate your SemaBOX account, please contact us through the Customer Service contact form which is available on our About Us page. This section will be enforced to the extent permissible by applicable law.

Sections 7, 8, 9, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24 herein, as well as any other sections of the Agreements that, either explicitly or by their nature, must remain in effect even after termination of the Agreements, shall survive termination.

17 Warranty disclaimer

YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE SEMABOX SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. SEMABOX AND ALL OWNERS OF THE CONTENT MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS AND DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. NEITHER SEMABOX NOR ANY OWNER OF CONTENT WARRANTS THAT THE SEMABOX SERVICE IS FREE OF MALWARE OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. IN ADDITION, SEMABOX MAKES NO REPRESENTATION NOR DOES IT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS (OR THE CONTENT THEREOF), USER CONTENT, DEVICES OR ANY OTHER PRODUCT OR SERVICE ADVERTISED, PROMOTED OR OFFERED BY A THIRD PARTY ON OR THROUGH THE SEMABOX SERVICE OR ANY HYPERLINKED WEBSITE, OR FEATURED IN ANY BANNER OR OTHER ADVERTISING AND SEMABOX IS NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS OF THE FOREGOING. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION WHETHER ORAL OR IN WRITING OBTAINED BY YOU FROM SEMABOX SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY ON BEHALF OF SEMABOX. WHILE USING THE SEMABOX SERVICE, YOU MAY HAVE ACCESS TO EXPLICIT CONTENT FILTERING FEATURES, BUT USE OF THESE FEATURES MAY STILL RESULT IN SOME EXPLICIT CONTENT BEING SERVED AND YOU SHOULD NOT RELY ON SUCH FEATURES TO FILTER ALL EXPLICIT CONTENT. THIS SECTION APPLIES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

THIS SECTION DOES NOT AFFECT YOUR STATUTORY RIGHTS AS A CONSUMER.

18 Limitation and time for filing

YOU AGREE THAT YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY PROBLEMS OR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE SEMABOX SERVICE IS TO UNINSTALL ANY SEMABOX SOFTWARE AND TO STOP USING THE SEMABOX SERVICE. YOU AGREE THAT SEMABOX HAS NO OBLIGATION OR LIABILITY ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS OR THE CONTENT THEREOF MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SEMABOX SERVICE, AND WHILE YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH SUCH THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS MAY BE GOVERNED BY SEPARATE AGREEMENTS WITH SUCH THIRD PARTIES, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY, AS WITH RESPECT TO SEMABOX, FOR ANY PROBLEMS OR DISSATISFACTION WITH THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS OR THE CONTENT THEREOF, IS TO UNINSTALL AND/OR STOP USING ANY SUCH THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS.

IN NO EVENT WILL SEMABOX, ITS OFFICERS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, DIRECTORS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, SUPPLIERS, OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR (1) ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES; (2) ANY LOSS OF USE, DATA, BUSINESS, OR PROFITS (WHETHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT), IN ALL CASES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SEMABOX SERVICE, DEVICES THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS, OR THIRD PARTY APPLICATION CONTENT, REGARDLESS OF LEGAL THEORY, WITHOUT REGARD TO WHETHER SEMABOX HAS BEEN WARNED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THOSE DAMAGES, AND EVEN IF A REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE; OR (3) AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SEMABOX SERVICE, THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS, OR THIRD PARTY APPLICATION CONTENT MORE THAN THE AMOUNTS PAID BY YOU TO SEMABOX DURING THE PRIOR TWELVE MONTHS IN QUESTION.

Nothing in the Agreements removes or limits SemaBOX’s liability for fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation, death or personal injury caused by its negligence, and, if required by applicable law, gross negligence.

YOU AGREE THAT ANY CLAIM AGAINST SEMABOX MUST BE COMMENCED (BY FILING A DEMAND FOR ARBITRATION UNDER RELEVANT KENYAN LAW WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE DATE THE PARTY ASSERTING THE CLAIM FIRST KNOWS OR REASONABLY SHOULD KNOW OF THE ACT, OMISSION, OR DEFAULT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM; AND THERE SHALL BE NO RIGHT TO ANY REMEDY FOR ANY CLAIM NOT ASSERTED WITHIN THAT TIME PERIOD.

THIS SECTION APPLIES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

19 Third party rights

You acknowledge and agree that the owners of the Content and certain distributors (such as app store providers) are intended beneficiaries of the Agreements and have the right to enforce the Agreements directly against you. Other than as set out in this section, the Agreements are not intended to grant rights to anyone except you and SemaBOX, and in no event shall the Agreements create any third party beneficiary rights. Furthermore, the rights to terminate, rescind, or agree to any variation, waiver, or settlement of the Agreements are not subject to the consent of any other person.

If you have downloaded the App from the Apple, Inc. (“Apple”) App Store or if you are using the App on an iOS device, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to the following notice regarding Apple. This Agreement is between you and SemaBOX only, not with Apple, and Apple is not responsible for the Service and the content thereof. Apple has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance and support services with respect to the Service. In the event of any failure of the Service to conform to any applicable warranty, then you may notify Apple and Apple will refund any applicable purchase price for the App to you; and, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple has no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the Service. Apple is not responsible for addressing any claims by you or any third party relating to the Service or your possession and/or use of the Service, including: (1) product liability claims; (2) any claim that the Service fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement; and (3) claims arising under consumer protection or similar legislation. Apple is not responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement and discharge of any third-party claim that the Service and/or your possession and use of the App infringe that third party’s intellectual property rights. You agree to comply with any applicable third-party terms, when using the Service. Apple, and Apple’s subsidiaries, are third party beneficiaries of this Agreement, and upon your acceptance of this Agreement, Apple will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce this Agreement against you as a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement.

20 Entire Agreement

Other than as stated in this section or as explicitly agreed upon in writing between you and SemaBOX, the Agreements constitute all the terms and conditions agreed upon between you and SemaBOX and supersede any prior agreements in relation to the subject matter of these Agreements, whether written or oral.

Please note, however, that certain aspects of your use of the SemaBOX Service may be governed by additional agreements. That could include, for example, access to the SemaBOX Service as a result of a gift card, free or discounted Special Offers, or together with other services. When you are presented with an offer for such aspects of your use, you will be presented with any related additional agreement, and you may have an opportunity to agree to additional terms. Some of those additional terms are listed on SemaBOX’s website. To the extent that there is any irreconcilable conflict between any additional terms and these Terms, the additional terms shall prevail.

21 Severability, waiver and interpretation

Unless as otherwise stated in the Agreements, should any provision of the Agreements be held invalid or unenforceable for any reason or to any extent, such invalidity or enforceability shall not in any manner affect or render invalid or unenforceable the remaining provisions of the Agreements, and the application of that provision shall be enforced to the extent permitted by law.

Any failure by SemaBOX or any third party beneficiary to enforce the Agreements or any provision thereof shall not waive SemaBOX’s or the applicable third party beneficiary’s right to do so.

As used in these Terms, the words “include” and “including,” and variations thereof, will be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”

22 Assignment

SemaBOX may assign the Agreements, and any of its rights under the Agreements, in whole or in part, and SemaBOX may delegate any of its obligations under the Agreements. You may not assign the Agreements, in whole or in part, nor transfer or sub-license your rights under the Agreements, to any third party.

23 Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold SemaBOX harmless from and against all damages, losses, and expenses of any kind (including reasonable attorney fees and costs) arising out of or related to: (1) your breach of the Agreements or any one of them; (2) any User Content you post or otherwise contribute; (3) any activity in which you engage on or through the SemaBOX Service; and (4) your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.

24 Choice of law, mandatory arbitration, and venue

24.1 Governing Law / Jurisdiction

The Agreements (and any non-contractual disputes/claims arising out of or in connection with them) are subject to the laws of Kenya, without regard to choice or conflicts of law principles.
Further, you and SemaBOX agree to the jurisdiction of the High Court of Kenya to resolve any dispute, claim, or controversy that relates to or arises in connection with the Agreements (and any non-contractual disputes/claims relating to or arising in connection with them) and is not subject to mandatory arbitration under Section 24.2.1.

24.2 ARBITRATION AGREEMENT

This Arbitration Agreement applies only to users in Kenya

24.2.1 Dispute resolution and arbitration

You and SemaBOX agree that any dispute, claim, or controversy between you and SemaBOX arising in connection with or relating in any way to these Agreements or to your relationship with SemaBOX as a user of the Service (whether based in contract, tort, statute, fraud, misrepresentation, or any other legal theory, and whether the claims arise during or after the termination of the Agreements) will be determined by mandatory binding individual (not class) arbitration. You and SemaBOX further agree that the arbitrator shall have the exclusive power to rule on his or her own jurisdiction, including any objections with respect to the existence, scope or validity of the Arbitration Agreement or to the arbitrability of any claim or counterclaim. Arbitration is more informal than a lawsuit in court. THERE IS NO JUDGE OR JURY IN ARBITRATION, AND COURT REVIEW OF AN ARBITRATION AWARD IS LIMITED. There may be more limited discovery than in court. The arbitrator must follow this agreement and can award the same damages and relief as a court (including attorney fees), except that the arbitrator may not award any relief, including declaratory or injunctive relief, benefiting anyone but the parties to the arbitration. This arbitration provision will survive termination of the Agreements.

24.2.2 Exceptions

Notwithstanding the clause above (24.2.1), you and SemaBOX both agree that nothing in this Arbitration Agreement will be deemed to waive, preclude, or otherwise limit either of our rights, at any time, to (1) bring an individual action in a Kenyan court or (2) bring an individual action seeking only temporary or preliminary individualized injunctive relief in a court of law, pending a final ruling from the arbitrator. In addition, this Arbitration Agreement doesn’t stop you or us from bringing issues to the attention of state agencies. Such agencies can, if the law allows, seek relief against us on your behalf (or vice versa).

24.2.3 No Class Or Representative Proceedings: Class Action Waiver

YOU AND SEMABOX AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN YOUR OR ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION. Unless both you and SemaBOX agree, no arbitrator or judge may consolidate more than one person’s claims or otherwise preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding. The arbitrator may award injunctive relief only in favor of the individual party seeking relief and only to the extent necessary to provide relief warranted by that party’s individual claim. If a court decides that applicable law precludes enforcement of any of this paragraph’s limitations as to a particular claim for relief, then that claim (and only that claim) must be severed from the arbitration and may be brought in court.

24.2.4 Notice; Process

A party who intends to seek arbitration must first send a written notice of the dispute to the other. The Notice must (1) describe the nature and basis of the claim or dispute; and (2) set forth the specific relief sought (“Demand”). We agree to use good faith efforts to resolve the claim directly, but if we do not reach an agreement to do so within 30 days after the Notice is received, you or SemaBOX may commence an arbitration proceeding. During the arbitration, the amount of any settlement offer made by you or SemaBOX shall not be disclosed to the arbitrator until after the arbitrator makes a final decision and award, if any. In the event our dispute is finally resolved through arbitration in your favor, and the arbitrator issues you an award that is greater than the value of SemaBOX’s last written settlement offer, then SemaBOX will instead pay you either the amount of the award or KES 10,000, whichever is greater. All documents and information disclosed in the course of the arbitration shall be kept strictly confidential by the recipient and shall not be used by the recipient for any purpose other than for purposes of the arbitration or the enforcement of the arbitrator’s decision and award and shall not be disclosed except in confidence to persons who have a need to know for such purposes or as required by applicable law.

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