Terms & Conditions — House of chances

WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Last update 14-02-2022  

1. OWNER OF THE WEB SITE

1.1. The Website is the property of Thierry Limpens,

Kuikenstraat 148

1620 Drogenbos

BELGIUM.

2. AGREEMENT FOR WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS

2.1.  These Terms and Conditions constitute a legally binding agreement between you, whether personally or in the capacity of an entity (“you”) and Thierry Limpens (“we”, “us” or “our”), regarding your access and use of the www.houseofchances.org Website as well as any other form of media, media channel, mobile Website or mobile application associated with, linked to, or otherwise associated with it (collectively expressed: the Site).

You agree that by accessing and using the Site you have read, understood and subscribed to all of the Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to all of the Terms and Conditions, you are expressly prohibited from using the Site and must stop using it immediately.

2.2. Additional Terms and Conditions or documents that may be posted to the Site from time to time are expressly incorporated herein by reference. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to make changes and modifications to these Terms and Conditions at any time for any reason.

2.3.  We will alert you to any changes by updating the “last update” date of these Terms and Conditions. You waive any right to receive a specific note regarding such change.

2.4.  It is your responsibility to check these Terms and Conditions periodically to stay informed of the updates. You will be the subject of and will be deemed to be aware of and have accepted any changed Terms and Conditions as a result of your continued use of the Site after the date on which the revised Terms and Conditions are posted.

2.5.  The information provided on the Site is not intended to be distributed or used by any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation or be the subject of any other what obligation to register within such district or country.

2.6.   Accordingly, persons who choose to access and use the Site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.

2.7.   Persons under the age of 13 and persons who do not have the full legal capacity are not permitted to use the Site. The Site is intended as a source of information for Users who are at least 13 years of age. All persons who are minors (usually under the age of 18) and persons who do not have the full legal capacity in the jurisdiction where they reside are not permitted to use the Site's commercial and other applications (web forms, submissions, payments) . We do not give them permission to provide data.

2.8.  If you are a minor, your parent or guardian must have read and approved the Terms and Conditions as well as the Privacy Policy before using the Site.

3. USER STATEMENTS

3.1.  By using the Site, you represent and warrant:

that any information you provide will be genuine, accurate, up-to-date and complete;
that you will ensure the accuracy of such information and immediately update the registration if necessary;
that you have the legal capacity and that you agree to comply with these Terms and Conditions;
that you are not under the age of 13 if you wish to read the information presented on the Site;
that in case you want to use the applications on the Site (web forms, registrations, commercial products), you are not a minor in the jurisdiction where you reside, or, if you are (a minor), you have then been given parental consent to use the Site;
that you will not consult and use the Site by access by automated or non-human means, be it by way of a robot, a script or otherwise;
that you will not use the site for any illegal or unauthorized purpose;
that your use of the Site will not violate any applicable law or regulation.

3.2.  If you provide information that is untrue, inaccurate, out of date, or incomplete, we reserve the right to interrupt or terminate our contractual relationship with you, if any, and all current and future use of the Site (or any part of it).

4. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES

4.1.  You may not consult or use the Site for any purpose that is outside the purpose for which we make the Site available. The Site may not be used in connection with commercial endeavors unless expressly supported and approved by us.

4.2.  As a User of the Site you agree:

that you do not systematically extract data and other content from the Site without our written permission to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or manual;
that you will not make unauthorized use of the Site, including User's Usernames and / or email addresses by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending requested emails or creating User accounts by automated means or under false circumstances ;
that you do not use a sales agent or a buying agent to make purchases on the Site;
that you will not use the Site to advertise or make offers to sell goods and / or services;
that you do not bypass, disable or interfere with security-related features, including features that prevent or restrict the use or copying of any content or that enforce restrictions on the use of the Site and / or its content;
that you do not engage in any unauthorized forming of or linking to the Site;
that you do not cunningly approach, deceive or mislead us and other Users, especially in an attempt to obtain sensitive information such as User passwords;
not to make improper use of our support services or make false reports of abuse and misconduct;
that you do not engage in any automated use of the system, such as using scripts to send comments or messages, or using any data mining, robots, or similar data collection and extraction tools;
that you do not impose an unnecessary burden on the Site or the networks or services associated with it, and that you are not the disruptor or instigator to do so;
that you do not attempt to impersonate another User or person or use the Username of another User;
that you do not sell or otherwise transfer your profile;
not to use information obtained through the Site to intimidate, abuse or harm anyone else;
that you will not use the Site as part of an effort to compete with us or even use the Site and / or its content for income-generating activities or for a commercial venture;
not to decrypt, decompile, or reverse engineer any or all of the software behind the Site;
that you do not attempt to circumvent any measures intended to prevent or restrict access to the Site or any part of it;
that you do not insult, make feel inconvenience, intimidate or threaten our employees or agents who provide any part of the Site to you;
that you do not destroy the notice of copyright or other proprietary rights to a text;
that you do not copy or modify Site software, including, but not limited to: Flash, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, or any other code;
that you do not upload or transfer (or attempt to do so): viruses, Trojans, or other material, including excessive capitalization and spam (repeated posting of the same text), all that interferes with any interrupted use and enjoyment of the Site by the parties, or that damages, affects, interrupts or interferes with the use, functions, operations, or maintenance of the Site;
that you are not uploading or transferring (or attempting to do so): any material that functions as a passive or active information gathering or providing mechanism, including (but without limitation) clear graphic exchange formats (“gifs”), 1x1 pixels, web bugs, cookies, or other similar devices (sometimes referred to as "spyware" or "passive collection mechanisms" or "pcms"); except when it results from standard search engines or from use of Internet browsing, from the use, launch, development, or distribution of any automated system;
that you do not engage in any of the following (but listed without limitation): spiders, robots, rogue utilities, scraper, or an offline reader accessing the Site and using or launching a non-automated script or other software;
that, in our opinion, you do not belittle, harm, or otherwise harm us and / or the Site;
that you are not using the Site in a way that is contrary to applicable laws and regulations.

5. CONTRIBUTIONS GENERATED BY THE USER

5.1.  The Website may provide the User with the opportunity to create, submit, post, display, transfer, perform, publish, distribute or broadcast content and materials to us or on the site , including, but not limited to: text, writings, video, audio, photos, graphics, comments, suggestions, or personal information or other materials (collectively referred to as “Contributions”).

5.2.  Contributions may be visible to other Users of the Website and by third-party Websites.

5.3. We accommodate Users who request their submission to be kept confidential and as their property. Users who create or make available any contributions will thereby propose and ensure that:

the creation, distribution, transmission, public display or performance, access, downloading, or copying of their contributions does not infringe or infringe any proprietary rights, including but not limited to copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or moral rights of any third party;
they are the creator, owner of, or in possession of the necessary licenses, rights, consents, disclosures, and permissions to use and authorize by us, the Site, and other Site Users of such Users' contributions at any way contemplated in the Site and its Terms and Conditions;
they have the written consent, release and / or consent of the contributions of all and of any identifiable individual to use their name or likeness in their publications in any manner contemplated in the Site and its Terms and Conditions ;
their contributions are not spurious, inaccurate or misleading;
their contributions are not unsolicited or permitted advertising, or promotional material, pyramid schemes, chain letters, spam, mass mailing, or other forms of job application;
that their contributions are not obscene, lewd, violent, harassing, defamatory, slanderous, or reprehensible in any other way (as determined by us);
their contributions do not ridicule, mock, belittle, intimidate anyone;
their contributions do not represent a violent overthrow of a government or cause, encourage or threaten anyone's physical or mental harm;
their contributions do not violate any enforceable law, regulation or legal rule;
their contributions do not violate any third-party's private or public rights;
their contributions do not contain elements that solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 18 or who exploit persons under the age of 18 in a sexual or violent manner;
their contributions do not violate child pornography laws or laws that otherwise protect the health and welfare of minors;
their contributions do not contain offensive comments related to race, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or any form of disability;
their contributions do not otherwise infringe or be linked to any element that violates any provision of these Terms and Conditions or any enforceable law, regulation or legal rule.

5.4.  Any use of the Website in violation of the foregoing is in violation of these Terms and Conditions and may result in, among other things, the termination or suspension of users' rights to use the site.

6. CONTRIBUTION LICENSE

6.1.  By posting contributions to any part of the Site or linking them to social network accounts through the Site, you automatically consent, propose and warrant that you have the right to grant us an unlimited, absolute , unquestionably, persistent, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, fully paid, worldwide right and license to host, use, copy, reproduce your contributions (including, without limitation, your image and voice), to make public, to sell, to resell, to publish, to broadcast, to re-title, to archive, to store, to redeem, to perform publicly, to display in public, otherwise to share (reformat), translate, transmit, summarize (in part or in full) and distribute, for any purpose, commercial, for advertisement, or otherwise, and to make derivative works of these contributions (or to prepare to make these), or to insert them into other work, and to assign and authorize licenses to all of the foregoing. The use and distribution can be in any media format and by any media channel.

6.2.  This license will apply to any format, media, or technology now known and to be developed later, and includes the use of your name, company name, and franchise name, as applicable, and any trademark, service mark, trade name, logo, personal and commercial images that you provide. You waive all moral rights in your contributions, and you ensure that moral rights are not otherwise assigned to your contributions.

6.3.  We do not assert ownership of your contributions. You retain all ownership in all of your contributions and any other intellectual property or other proprietary rights associated with your contributions. We are not responsible for your statements or representations in the contributions you make to any part of the Site.

6.4.  You are fully responsible for your contributions to the Site and you expressly agree to exonerate us from any and all responsibility of any legal action against us in relation to your contributions.

6.5.  As a result of an agreement that is sought with you before you publish contributions (and also after publishing, if necessary), we reserve the right to edit, redact, or change it in any other way.

6.6.  After your contributions have been published on the Site, we have the right to recategorize them in more appropriate places on the Site.

6.7.  We have an obligation to keep your contributions on the Site for at least ten years or, if less, for the life of the Site. It is expected that your contributions will remain on the Site for many more years than the ten-year timeframe.

6.8.  You have the right to request that your contributions be removed from the Site at any time for any reason, within a reasonable deadline.

7. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES AND CONTENT

7.1.  The Site may have links to other Websites (“third party Websites”) (or these links may be sent to you through the Site), as well as articles, photos, texts, graphics, images, designs, music, sound, video, information, applications, software and other content or items belonging to or originating from third parties (“Third Party Content”).

7.2.  These third-party Websites and third-party content have not been researched, monitored or checked by us for accuracy, suitability, completeness, and we are not responsible for any third-party Websites accessed through our Site or for any third-party content posted on the Site, made available through the Site or installed on it, including any content, accuracy, objection, opinion, reliability, privacy practices, or other policies of or included in the third-party Websites or the third-party content.

7.3.  Submitting third-party Websites and third-party content, linking to them, or permitting their use or installation, does not imply that we permit or permit this. If you decide to leave the Site and contact any third-party Websites or to install or use any third-party content, you do so at your own risk, and you should be aware that in that case these Terms and Conditions no longer apply.

7.4.  You should review the applicable Terms and Policies, including privacy and data collection practices, of any Website you navigate through the Site or that pertain to applications you use or install through the Site. Purchases you make through third-party Websites will be on other Websites and will be linked to other companies. We take no responsibility for anything related to such purchases that occur exclusively between you and the relevant third party.

7.5.  You agree and acknowledge that we make no warranty for the products or services offered on third-party Websites. You will also not charge us for damage caused by your purchase of those products or services. In addition, you will not charge us for any harm you have experienced or damage caused to you related to or arising from the third-party content or contact with third-party Websites.

8.  SITE MANAGEMENT

8.1. We reserve the right, but not the obligation, to:

monitor violations of these Terms and Conditions on the Website;
take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in our sole discretion, violates the law or these Terms and Conditions, including, but n ot limited to, that we report such Users to law enforcement officials;
at our sole discretion and without limitation, refuse, limit access to, reduce availability or disable (to the extent technically feasible) any contribution from a User or any part thereof;
at our sole discretion and without limitation, without notice or liability, to remove or block from the Website any files and content of excessive size or in any case burden our systems;
otherwise administer the Website in a manner appropriate to protect our rights and property and to facilitate the proper functioning of the site.

9. CHANGES AND INTERRUPTIONS

9.1.  We reserve the right to change, modify or remove any content from the Website at any time and for any reason at our sole discretion without notice. On the other hand, we have no obligation to update any information on our Website. We also reserve the right to change or discontinue all or any part of the Website at any time.

9.2.  We cannot be held responsible to the User or any third party for any modification, price change, interruption or discontinuation of the Website.

9.3. We cannot guarantee that the Site will always be available. We may have hardware and software or other problems, or we may need to perform maintenance work on the Website that results in interruptions, delays or errors.

9.4. We reserve the right to change, revise, update, suspend, discontinue or otherwise modify the Website at any time or for any reason without notice. Users agree that we cannot be held responsible for any loss, damage, or inconvenience caused by Users inability to access or use the Website during any suspension or interruption of the Website.

9.5.  Nothing in these Terms and Conditions is designed to require us to maintain and support the Website or, for this purpose, to issue any matter.

10. CORRECTIons

10.1.  There may be information on the Website with typographical errors, inaccuracies. There may be omissions on the Site, including descriptions, pricing, accessibility and various other information on the Site, at any time without notice.

11. APPLICABLE LAW AND COMPETENT COURT

11.1.  The validity, interpretation and / or application of the Terms and Conditions are subject to Belgian law, to the extent permitted by law by the provisions of the applicable international private law.

11.2. In the event of any disagreement related to the validity, interpretation and / or application of the Terms and Conditions, the Court and judicial authorities of Brussels / Halle (Belgium) have exclusive jurisdiction, to the extent permitted by law by the provisions of the applicable international private law.

12. CONTACT

In order to deal with a complaint regarding the Website, or to obtain further explanations about the Terms and Conditions and the Policy in general of the Site, please contact Thierry Limpens by e-mail: support@houseofchances.org, or by postal address: