Last updated June 26, 2018

The Terms of Service Agreement (Agreement) set forth the legally binding terms for your use of the Services offered or provided by DesignIDK (DesignIDK, us, our, and we) whether you are a Visitor or a Registered User. This Terms of Collectively, Visitors and Authorized Users are referred to as “Users” or individually as a “User” or “you”. The Terms of Service govern your use and access to our services, including our website (Site), and related services, and any information, text, graphics, photos or other materials uploaded, downloaded or appearing on the Website (collectively referred to as Content).

By accessing and using the Service you signify your acceptance of these Terms of Service and agreement to be bound by them and any and all other applicable terms referenced herein absolutely.

Owner of DesignIDK

DesignIDK Limited

Hong Kong

info@designidk.com

Information about DesignIDK

Welcome to DesignIDK. The DesignIDK Platform is an information and social network for users to receive the latest interior news, and search for interior design ideas.

Use of the online Services offered on DesignIDK

Who can use it

Our Services are not intended for minors. You agree that by using the site, and the services you are at least 18 years of age and you are legally able to enter into a contract.

Registration

Access to certain functionalities of the DesignIDK Platform will require you to register with us. If you register with DesignIDK, you agree to provide us accurate information and update it as needed for accuracy. We will treat personally identifiable information you provide as part of registration in accordance with our Privacy Policy. You also may have the option to register for an account by linking your Facebook or Google account.

Privacy Policy

Our privacy practices are set forth in our Privacy Policy. By use of the DesignIDK Platform, you agree to accept the Privacy Policy, regardless of whether you are a registered user.

Profile for Business. If you are a professional services provider, you may set up a Business Profile. If you do, you give us the right to list your Business Profile in our directory of service providers, and you will be able to connect with others on the DesignIDK Platform while identified by your business profile.

Termination

You may end your agreement with us at any time for any reason by deactivating your account and discontinuing your use of the Services. You do not need to specifically inform us when you stop using the Services. We may permanently or temporarily suspend your use of the site or the service at any time for any reason, without any notice or liability to you. We may terminate your account at any time for any or no reason.

Feedback

You agree that we are free to use, disclose, adopt and modify all and any ideas, concepts, knowhow, proposals, suggestions, comments and other communications and information provided by you to us in connection with the Services and/or your use of the Services without any payment to you. You hereby waive and agree to waive all and any rights and claims for any consideration, fees, royalties, charges and/or other payments in relation to our use, disclosure, adoption and/or modification of any or all of your Feedback.

Content provided by the User

Definition of Your Content

DesignIDK enables you to post material, including without limitation photos, profile pictures, messages, and commentary. You may also post reviews of third-party service providers, third-party products, or third-party services (“Reviews”). All material that you display on the DesignIDK Platform will be referred to collectively as “Your Content.” You acknowledge and agree that, as part of using the DesignIDK Platform, Your Content may be viewed by the general public and will not be treated as private or confidential.

License and Permission to Use Your Content

You hereby grant to us and our affiliates, without compensation to you or others, a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully paid-up, worldwide license (including the right to sublicense through multiple tiers) to use, reproduce, process, adapt, publicly perform, publicly display, modify, prepare derivative works, publish, transmit and distribute Your Content, or any portion thereof, throughout the world in any format, media or distribution method (whether now known or hereafter created) for the duration of any copyright or other rights in Your Content. Such permission will be perpetual and may not be revoked for any reason, to the maximum extent permitted by law. Further, to the extent permitted under applicable law, you waive and release and covenant not to assert any moral rights that you may have in Your Content. If you identify yourself by name or provide a picture or audio or video recording of yourself, you further authorize us and our affiliates, without compensation to you or others, to reproduce, print, publish and disseminate in any format or media (whether now known or hereafter created) your name, voice and likeness throughout the world, and such permission will be perpetual and cannot be revoked for any reason, except as required by the applicable law. You further agree that we may use Your Content in any manner that we deem appropriate or necessary.

Ownership

We acknowledge and agree that you, or your licensors, as applicable, retain ownership of any and all copyrights in Your Content, subject to the non-exclusive rights granted to us in the paragraph above, and that no ownership of such copyrights is transferred to us under this agreement. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the attribution of such photos as submitted by you, and we will not license or sublicense to third parties individual photos or collections of photos.

Your Responsibilities for Your Content

By posting Your Content on the DesignIDK Platform, you represent and warrant to us that you have the ownership rights, or you have obtained all needed licenses or permissions from any necessary parties, to use Your Content in this manner. This includes obtaining the right to grant us the rights to the use of Your Content in accordance with this agreement. You are in the best position to judge whether Your Content is in violation of intellectual property or personal rights of any third-party. You accept full responsibility for avoiding infringement of the intellectual property or personal rights of others in connection with Your Content.

Limits

We reserve the right to edit, abridge, or remove Your Content, in whole or part, for any reason. We reserve the right to edit, refuse to post or remove Your Content submitted by you for any reason without notice. We do not guarantee that we will publish all of Your Content.

Disclaimer

You understand and agree that DesignIDK has no obligation to perform background searches or investigations on its users, and DesignIDK may not screen, approve, endorse, limit or select who can post information on the Service. Although DesignIDK may review, edit, remove or modify information from or on the Service, it does not control the sources of this information, and does not guarantee the accuracy, suitability, completeness, currency, quality, adequacy or applicability of any User Content or other information supplied or communicated by third parties. You agree that DesignIDK shall not be responsible for any such information. your reliance on any such information and content is at your own risk.

Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold us harmless from and against all liabilities, damages, claims, actions, costs and expenses (including without limitation legal fees), in connection with or arising from your breach of any of these Terms of Service and/or your use of the website. We may, if necessary, participate in the defence of any claim or action and any negotiations for settlement. No settlement which may adversely affect our rights or obligations shall be made without our prior written approval. We reserve the right, at our own expense and on notice to you, to assume exclusive defence and control of any claim or action.

Forbidden Use

You agree not to use the information, services or any other part of the DesignIDK Platform to take any action or actions that:

are contrary to DesignIDK’s public image, goodwill or reputation;
promote any illegal activity or content, including without limitation child or animal abuse, violence, illegal drug use, and underage drinking;
infringe on our or any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
express or imply that any of your statements, activities or causes are endorsed by us, without our prior written consent in each instance;
violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation, or encourage any conduct that could constitute a criminal offense or give rise to civil liability;
are libelous, defamatory, threatening, harassing, invasive of privacy, abusive, tortious, hateful, discriminatory, pornographic or obscene;
transmit any trade secret or other material, non-public information about any person, company or entity without the authorization to do so;
restrict or inhibit any other visitor from using the DesignIDK Platform, including, without limitation, by means of "hacking" or defacing any portion of the DesignIDK Platform;
modify, adapt, sub-license, translate, sell, reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any portion of the DesignIDK Platform;
remove any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices contained in the DesignIDK Platform;
sublicense, sell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, or convey any rights under the Terms to any third party, or otherwise commercially exploit or profit from the information or content of the DesignIDK Platform, or any portion thereof, in any manner whatsoever, except as expressly permitted herein;
"frame" or "mirror" any part of the DesignIDK Platform without our prior written authorization;
distribute any virus, worm or other similar or delete
rious files, scripts or programming routines;
interfere with or disrupt any services or equipment with the intent of causing an excessive or disproportionate load on the infrastructure of DesignIDK or its licensors or suppliers;
involve the preparation or distribution of junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or other deceptive or unsolicited bulk or commercial email
use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other manual or automatic device or process to retrieve, index, "data mine" the DesignIDK Platform or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the DesignIDK Platform or its contents, authentication and security measures;
forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any submission;
execute any form of network monitoring or run a network analyzer or packet sniffer or other technology to intercept, decode, mine or display any packets used to communicate between the DesignIDK Platform's servers or any data not intended for you;
harvest or collect information about any DesignIDK Platform visitors or members without their express consent

For information about the use of your personal data, you must refer to the privacy policy of DesignIDK which is hereby considered to be part of these Terms.

Limitations of liability

The site, applications and all content, documents or forms provided on or through your use of the site or applications are provided on an "as is," and "as available" basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, DesignIDK makes no representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied, including, without limitation, any warranties on merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose, title or non-infringement.

While we make every effort to ensure quality, DesignIDK makes no warranty that the site, applications or content will meet your requirements or that the results that may be obtained from use of the site will be accurate or reliable or that the quality of any services, information or other content obtained through the site, or in reliance on the content will meet your expectations.

You agree that under the maximum extent permitted by law, Designidk will not be liable to you under any theory of liability. Without limiting the foregoing, you agree that DesignIDK specifically will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or exemplary damages, loss of profits, business interruption, reputational harm, or loss of data (even if Designidk has been advised of the possibility of such damages or such damages are foreseeable) arising out of and in any way connected with your use of, or inability to use, the site or products. Your use of the site, products, information, or services is at your sole risk.

Changes to these Terms

We may amend the Terms of Service from time to time in our sole discretion without notice or liability to you. It is your responsibility to review these Terms of Service periodically. By continuing to use the Services following such amendments to the Terms of Service, you agree to be bound by such amendments. If you do not agree to the Terms of Service, now or at any time, please do not use the Site or any Applications.

Content Copyright

DesignIDK respects intellectual property rights. We will respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with applicable law and are properly provided to us. If you believe that your Content has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide us with the following information: (i) a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf; (ii) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed; (iii) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is 10 to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material; (iv) your contact information, including your address, telephone number, and an email address; (v) a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (vi) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

Your Account

For parts of our Services, you have to register for a DesignIDK account. During account registration, you will be asked to provide details including your first name, last name, company name, email address, mobile phone number and a preferred password. You are responsible for safeguarding the password that you use to access the Services and for any activities or actions under your password. You must use "strong" passwords (passwords that use a combination of upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols) with your account. You must treat such information as confidential. You must not disclose it to any third party. DesignIDK cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with the above.

International Users

The Services can be accessed from countries around the world and may contain references to Services and Content that are not available in your country. These references do not imply that we intend to announce such Services or Content in your country. The Services are controlled and offered by us from our facilities in Hong Kong. We make no representations that Services are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who access or use the Services from other jurisdictions do so at their own volition and are responsible for compliance with local law.

Business Profile

Architects, design professionals, shops, and brands may register their business with us and create a DesignIDK Business Profile. Subject to the DesignIDK Terms of Service, business users can use the features made available by DesignIDK to promote their business on the DesignIDK Platform.

By creating a Business Profile, you acknowledge and agree to each of the following:

Authorized Person. You are a principal or employee authorized to create a Business Profile for the company.
Accurate Information.

You will provide accurate, truthful, and complete information regarding your company, and keep all company information up to date;
You will create only one Business Profile for each location of your company;
You will pick a company category that accurately describes your products and services; and
Business Profiles created for company categories not supported by DesignIDK will be removed without notice

License Information. If your profession or company requires licensure, you agree to provide all licensing information necessary to advertise your company online on DesignIDK. Additionally you represent that any licensing information you provide is accurate and up to date;

Projects. You agree that any Projects posted on your Business Profile represent your own work, and you will not claim credit for the work of others;

Affiliations. DesignIDK may enable you to display your affiliation with certain trade associations relevant to your company. You agree that you will only choose those organizations with which you are actually affiliated for display on your Business Profile, and promptly remove any affiliations if no longer current. You agree that in certain circumstances DesignIDK may display your affiliation with certain trade association partners on your DesignIDK Profile on your behalf, e.g. upon verification of membership by the trade association.

No Guaranteed Placements. The appearance of your Business Profile in DesignIDK search results is not guaranteed and is dependent on a number of factors, including without limitation the popularity and volume of photos, reviews, and user interactions.

Reviews. Customers may review your company on your Business Profile. You understand and agree that while all Reviews must follow our review terms, DesignIDK does not remove negative Reviews that do not violate our Review Policy, regardless of whether the company is a paying customer or not. DesignIDK may provide a means for you to request reviews from current and past customers, in which case DesignIDK will only use customer contact information for the purpose of sending the request.
Removal. If you remove or deactivate your Business Profile, subject to applicable law any postings, reviews, photos, or comments you upload prior to deactivation may remain published on the Site after removal or deactivation.

Reviews

DesignIDK may enable you to post Reviews. Reviews are considered Your Content. By posting a Review, you acknowledge and agree that:

You are not (a) a director, employee, officer, or principal (“Interested Party”) of the business whose products or services are the subject of the Review, (b) an Interested Party of a competitor of the business or individual whose products or services are the subject of the Review; or (c) related in any way, including by blood, adoption or marriage, to the business or individual whose products or services are the subject of the Review;
Your Review is based upon your first-hand experience with the products, or business or individual whose services, are the subject of the Review;
Your Review is accurate, truthful and complete;
You will not use the posting or removing of your Review to demand payment from any business or individual, except that bona fide refund requests made in connection with a bad customer experience are acceptable.