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Company Limited(“Anifin” or “we”) operates an e-commerce platform
consisting of a website and mobile application (“marketplace”), together
with supporting logistics and payment infrastructure, for the sale and
purchase of consumer products in Ghana (“territory”).
These
general terms and conditions shall apply to buyers and sellers on the
marketplace and shall govern your use of the marketplace and related
services.
By
using our marketplace, you accept these general terms and conditions in
full. If you disagree with these general terms and conditions or any part
of these general terms and conditions, you must not use our marketplace.
If you
use our marketplace in the course of a business or other organizational
project, then by so doing you:
confirm
that you have obtained the necessary authority to agree to these general
terms and conditions;
bind
both yourself and the person, company or other legal entity that operates
that business or organizational project, to these general terms and conditions;
and
agree
that "you" in these general terms and conditions shall
reference both the individual user and the relevant person, company or
legal entity unless the context requires otherwise.
Registration
and account
You may
not register with our marketplace if you are under 18 years of age (by
using our marketplace or agreeing to these general terms and conditions,
you warrant and represent to us that you are at least 18 years of age).
You may
register for an account with our marketplace by completing and submitting
the registration form on our marketplace.
You
represent and warrant that all information provided in the registration
form is complete and accurate.
If you
register for an account with our marketplace, you will be asked to provide
an email address/user ID and password and you agree to:
keep
your password confidential;
notify
us in writing immediately (using our contact details provided at section
23) if you become aware of any disclosure of your password; and
be
responsible for any activity on our marketplace arising out of any
failure to keep your password confidential, and that you may be held
liable for any losses arising out of such a failure.
Your
account shall be used exclusively by you and you shall not transfer your
account to any third party. If you authorize any third party to manage
your account on your behalf this shall be at your own risk.
We may
suspend or cancel your account, and/or edit your account details, at any
time in our sole discretion and without notice or explanation, providing
that if we cancel any products or services you have paid for but not
received, and you have not breached these general terms and conditions, we
will refund you in respect of the same.
You may
cancel your account on our marketplace by contacting us as provided at
section 23.
Terms
and conditions of sale
You
acknowledge and agree that:
the
marketplace provides an online location for sellers to sell and buyers to
purchase products;
we
shall accept binding sales, on behalf of sellers, but Anifin is not a
party to the transaction between the seller and the buyer; and
a
contract for the sale and purchase of a product or products will come
into force between the buyer and seller, and accordingly you commit to
buying or selling the relevant product or products, upon the buyer’s
confirmation of purchase via the marketplace.
Subject
to these general terms and conditions, the seller’s terms of business
shall govern the contract for sale and purchase between the buyer and the
seller. Notwithstanding this, the following provisions will be
incorporated into the contract of sale and purchase between the buyer and
the seller:
the
price for a product will be as stated in the relevant product listing;
the
price for the product must include all taxes and comply with applicable
laws in force from time to time;
delivery
charges, packaging charges, handling charges, administrative charges,
insurance costs, other ancillary costs and charges, will only be payable
by the buyer if this is expressly and clearly stated in the product
listing;
products
must be of satisfactory quality, fit and safe for any purpose specified
in, and conform in all material respects to, the product listing and any
other description of the products supplied or made available by the
seller to the buyer; and
the
seller warrants that the seller has good title to, and is the sole legal
and beneficial owner of, the products, and that the products are not
subject to any third party rights or restrictions including in respect of
third party intellectual property rights and/or any criminal, insolvency
or tax investigation or proceedings.
Returns
and refunds
Returns
of products by buyers and acceptance of returned products by sellers shall
be managed by us in accordance with the returns page on the marketplace,
as may be amended from time to time. Acceptance of returns shall be in our
discretion, subject to compliance with applicable laws of the territory.
Refunds
in respect of returned products shall be managed in accordance with the
refunds page on the marketplace, as may be amended from time to time. Our
rules on refunds shall be exercised in our discretion, subject to
applicable laws of the territory. We may offer refunds, in our discretion:
in
respect of the product price;
local
and/or international shipping fees (as stated on the refunds page); and
by
way of store credits, wallet refunds, vouchers, mobile money transfer,
bank transfers or such other method as we may determine from time to
time.
Returned
products shall be accepted and refunds issued by Anifin, for and on behalf
of the seller.
Changes
to our returns page or refunds page shall be effective in respect of all
purchases made from the date of publication of the change on our website.
Payments
You
must make payments due under these general terms and conditions in
accordance with the Payments Information and Guidelines on the marketplace
Rules
about your content
In
these general terms and conditions, "your content" means:
all
works and materials (including without limitation text, graphics, images,
audio material, video material, audio-visual material, scripts, software
and files) that you submit to us or our marketplace for storage or
publication, processing by, or onward transmission; and
all
communications on the marketplace, including product reviews, feedback
and comments.
Your
content, and the use of your content by us in accordance with these
general terms and conditions, must be accurate, complete and truthful.
Your
content must be appropriate, civil and tasteful, and accord with generally
accepted standards of etiquette and behaviour on the internet, and must
not:
be
offensive, obscene, indecent, pornographic, lewd, suggestive or sexually explicit;
depict
violence in an explicit, graphic or gratuitous manner; or
be
blasphemous, in breach of racial or religious hatred or discrimination
legislation;
be
deceptive, fraudulent, threatening, abusive, harassing, anti-social,
menacing, hateful, discriminatory or inflammatory;
cause
annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to any person; or
constitute
spam.
Your
content must not be illegal or unlawful, infringe any person's legal
rights, or be capable of giving rise to legal action against any person
(in each case in any jurisdiction and under any applicable law). Your
content must not infringe or breach:
any
copyright, moral right, database right, trademark right, design right,
right in passing off or other intellectual property right;
any
right of confidence, right of privacy or right under data protection
legislation;
any
contractual obligation owed to any person; or
any
court order.
You
must not use our marketplace to link to any website or web page consisting
of or containing material that would, were it posted on our marketplace,
breach the provisions of these general terms and conditions.
You
must not submit to our marketplace any material that is or has ever been
the subject of any threatened or actual legal proceedings or other similar
complaint.
The
review function on the marketplace may be used to facilitate buyer reviews
on products. You shall not use the review function or any other form of
communication to provide inaccurate, inauthentic or fake reviews.
You
must not interfere with a transaction by: (i) contacting another user to
buy or sell an item listed on the marketplace outside of the marketplace;
or (ii) communicating with a user involved in an active or completed
transaction to warn them away from a particular buyer, seller or item; or
(iii) contacting another user with the intent to collect any payments.
You
acknowledge that all users of the marketplace are solely responsible for
interactions with other users and you shall exercise caution and good
judgment in your communication with users. You shall not send them
personal information including credit card details.
We may
periodically review your content and we reserve the right to remove any
content in our discretion for any reason whatsoever.
If you
learn of any unlawful material or activity on our marketplace, or any
material or activity that breaches these general terms and conditions, you
may inform us by contacting us as provided at section 23.
Our
rights to use your content
You
grant to us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free license
to use, reproduce, store, adapt, publish, translate and distribute your content
across our marketing channels and any existing or future media.
You
grant to us the right to sub-license the rights licensed under section 7.1.
You
grant to us the right to bring an action for infringement of the rights
licensed under section 7.1.
You
hereby waive all your moral rights in your content to the maximum extent
permitted by applicable law; and you warrant and represent that all other
moral rights in your content have been waived to the maximum extent
permitted by applicable law.
Without
prejudice to our other rights under these general terms and conditions, if
you breach our rules on content in any way, or if we reasonably suspect
that you have breached our rules on content, we may delete, unpublish or
edit any or all of your content.
Use
of website and mobile applications
In this
section 8 words “marketplace” and "website” shall be used
interchangeably to refer to Anifin’s websites and mobile applications.
You
may:
view
pages from our website in a web browser;
download
pages from our website for caching in a web browser;
print
pages from our website for your own personal and non-commercial use,
providing that such printing is not systematic or excessive;
stream
audio and video files from our website using the media player on our
website; and
use
our marketplace services by means of a web browser, subject to the other
provisions of these general terms and conditions.
Except
as expressly permitted by section 8.2 or the other provisions of these
general terms and conditions, you must not download any material from our
website or save any such material to your computer.
You may
only use our website for your own personal and business purposes in
respect of selling or purchasing products on the marketplace.
Except
as expressly permitted by these general terms and conditions, you must not
edit or otherwise modify any material on our website.
Unless
you own or control the relevant rights in the material, you must not:
republish
material from our website (including republication on another website);
sell,
rent or sub-license material from our website;
show
any material from our website in public;
exploit
material from our website for a commercial purpose; or
redistribute
material from our website.
Notwithstanding
section 8.6, you may forward links to products on our website and
redistribute our newsletter and promotional materials in print and
electronic form to any person.
We
reserve the right to suspend or restrict access to our website, to areas
of our website and/or to functionality upon our website. We may, for
example, suspend access to the website during server maintenance or when
we update the website. You must not circumvent or bypass, or attempt to
circumvent or bypass, any access restriction measures on the website.
You
must not:
use
our website in any way or take any action that causes, or may cause,
damage to the website or impairment of the performance, availability,
accessibility, integrity or security of the website;
use
our website in any way that is unethical, unlawful, illegal, fraudulent
or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or
harmful purpose or activity;
hack
or otherwise tamper with our website;
probe,
scan or test the vulnerability of our website without our permission;
circumvent
any authentication or security systems or processes on or relating to our
website;
use
our website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or
distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware,
computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit or other
malicious computer software;
impose
an unreasonably large load on our website resources (including bandwidth,
storage capacity and processing capacity);
decrypt
or decipher any communications sent by or to our website without our permission;
conduct
any systematic or automated data collection activities (including without
limitation scraping, data mining, data extraction and data harvesting) on
or in relation to our website without our express written consent;
access
or otherwise interact with our website using any robot, spider or other
automated means, except for the purpose of search engine indexing;
use
our website except by means of our public interfaces;
violate
the directives set out in the robots.txt file for our website;
use
data collected from our website for any direct marketing activity
(including without limitation email marketing, SMS marketing,
telemarketing and direct mailing); or
do
anything that interferes with the normal use of our website.
Copyright
and trademarks
Subject
to the express provisions of these general terms and conditions:
we,
together with our licensors, own and control all the copyright and other
intellectual property rights in our website and the material on our
website; and
all
the copyright and other intellectual property rights in our website and
the material on our website are reserved.
Anifin’s
logos and our other registered and unregistered trademarks are trademarks
belonging to us; we give no permission for the use of these trademarks,
and such use may constitute an infringement of our rights.
The
third party registered and unregistered trademarks or service marks on our
website are the property of their respective owners and we do not endorse
and are not affiliated with any of the holders of any such rights and as
such we cannot grant any license to exercise such rights.
Data
privacy
Buyers
agree to processing of their personal data in accordance with the terms of
Anifin’s Privacy and Cookie Notice.
Anifin
shall process all personal data obtained through the marketplace and
related services in accordance with the terms of our Privacy and Cookie
Notice and Privacy Policy.
The
third party registered and unregistered trademarks or service marks on our
website are the property of their respective owners and we do not endorse
and are not affiliated with any of the holders of any such rights and as
such we cannot grant any license to exercise such rights.
Sellers
shall be directly responsible to buyers for any misuse of their personal
data and Anifin shall bear no liability to buyers in respect of any misuse
by sellers of their personal data.
Due
diligence and audit rights
We
operate an anti-money laundering compliance program and reserve the right
to perform due diligence checks on all users of the marketplace.
You
agree to provide to us all such information, documentation and access to
your business premises as we may require:
in
order to verify your adherence to, and performance of, your obligations
under this Agreement;
for
the purpose of disclosures pursuant to a valid order by a court or other
governmental body; or
as
otherwise required by law or applicable regulation.
Anifin’s
role as a marketplace
You
acknowledge that:
we
do not confirm the identity of all marketplace users, check their credit
worthiness or bona fides, or otherwise vet them;
we
do not check, audit or monitor all information contained in listings;
we
are not party to any contract for the sale or purchase of products
advertised on the marketplace;
we
are not involved in any transaction between a buyer and a seller in any
way, save that we facilitate a marketplace for buyers and sellers and
process payments on behalf of sellers;
we
are not the agents for any buyer or seller, and accordingly we will not
be liable to any person in relation to the offer for sale, sale or
purchase of any products advertised on our marketplace; furthermore we
are not responsible for the enforcement of any contractual obligations arising
out of a contract for the sale or purchase of any products and we will
have no obligation to mediate between the parties to any such contract.
We do
not warrant or represent:
the
completeness or accuracy of the information published on our marketplace;
that
the material on the marketplace is up to date;
that
the marketplace will operate without fault; or
that
the marketplace or any service on the marketplace will remain available.
We
reserve the right to discontinue or alter any or all of our marketplace
services, and to stop publishing our marketplace, at any time in our sole
discretion without notice or explanation; and you will not be entitled to
any compensation or other payment upon the discontinuance or alteration of
any marketplace services, or if we stop publishing the marketplace.
We do
not guarantee any commercial results concerning the use of the
marketplace.
To the
maximum extent permitted by applicable law and subject to section 13.1
below, we exclude all representations and warranties relating to the
subject matter of these general terms and conditions, our marketplace and
the use of our marketplace.
Limitations
and exclusions of liability
Nothing
in these general terms and conditions will:
limit
any liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or
exclude
any liabilities or statutory rights that may not be excluded under
applicable law.
The
limitations and exclusions of liability set out in this section 13 and
elsewhere in these general terms and conditions:
are
subject to section 13.1; and
govern
all liabilities arising under these general terms and conditions or
relating to the subject matter of these general terms and conditions,
including liabilities arising in contract, in tort (including negligence)
and for breach of statutory duty, except to the extent expressly provided
otherwise in these general terms and conditions.
In
respect of the services offered to you free of charge we will not be
liable to you for any loss or damage of any nature whatsoever.
Our
aggregate liability to you in respect of any contract to provide services
to you under these general terms and conditions shall not exceed the total
amount paid and payable to us under the contract. Each separate
transaction on the marketplace shall constitute a separate contract for
the purpose of this section 13.4.
Notwithstanding
section 13.4 above, we will not be liable to you for any loss or damage of
any nature, including in respect of:
any
losses occasioned by any interruption or dysfunction to the website;
any
losses arising out of any event or events beyond our reasonable control;
any
business losses, including (without limitation) loss of or damage to
profits, income, revenue, use, production, anticipated savings, business,
contracts, commercial opportunities or goodwill;
any
loss or corruption of any data, database or software; or
any
special, indirect or consequential loss or damage.
We
accept that we have an interest in limiting the personal liability of our
officers and employees and, having regard to that interest, you
acknowledge that we are a limited liability entity; you agree that you
will not bring any claim personally against our officers or employees in
respect of any losses you suffer in connection with the marketplace or
these general terms and conditions (this will not limit or exclude the
liability of the limited liability entity itself for the acts and
omissions of our officers and employees).
Our
marketplace includes hyperlinks to other websites owned and operated by
third parties; such hyperlinks are not recommendations. We have no control
over third party websites and their contents, and we accept no
responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your
use of them.
Indemnification
You
hereby indemnify us, and undertake to keep us indemnified, against:
any
and all losses, damages, costs, liabilities and expenses (including
without limitation legal expenses and any amounts paid by us to any third
party in settlement of a claim or dispute) incurred or suffered by us and
arising directly or indirectly out of your use of our marketplace or any
breach by you of any provision of these general terms and conditions or
the Anifin codes, policies or guidelines; and
any
VAT liability or other tax liability that we may incur in relation to any
sale, supply or purchase made through our marketplace, where that
liability arises out of your failure to pay, withhold, declare or
register to pay any VAT or other tax properly due in any jurisdiction.
We
accept that we have an interest in limiting the personal liability of our officers
and employees and, having regard to that interest, you acknowledge that we
are a limited liability entity; you agree that you will not bring any