Scope of terms
Club Vitis has created a Platform that enables Users to participate, transact and connect in an online community related to all things wine. In order to use our Platform, the User must either sign in using a third-party application log-in, e.g. Facebook, or fill out a form and create a profile without a third-party application log-in. Please note, that the User may use our Platform without signing up which has limited access, in which case we will only be collecting data based on your consent to our cookie policy that you may find under the maintenance section below.
When registering via our online Platform, the User provide us with certain information, including email, password, username, name, country of origin, preferred language. When registering and signing in via third-party application login (such as Facebook), and the User authorize us to access certain account information from that third-party application, such as basic profile information; name, profile picture, e-mail address (optional), current city (optional). Some of this information will never be made public, such as password. Other information can be either hidden by default (email address, country of origin) or public by default (name and profile picture if third party application sign up). Geolocation will not be disclosed, but the User have the possibility to add a geotag when reviewing wines as a public user. The User can manage the visibility of this information under Profile Settings. Users submitted to the Platform will then be introduced to the various of reviews on wines based on criteria provided by the User, and the User can buy, rate and review wine ratings. By accepting these Terms, the User acknowledges that he has read, understood and accepted to be bound by all other related terms and agreements with Club Vitis, such as our
Privacy Policy. The Platform is intended for use by adults of legal drinking age in the jurisdiction in which you reside. If we receive notice or reasonably believe that someone under the legal drinking age has provided us with personal information, we will promptly delete the account and all personal information that has been provided to us.
Club Vitis as Platform provider
The User is aware that use of the Platform is without any responsibility for Club Vitis, as Club Vitis is only providing the Platform as a service to enable users to participate, transact and connect in an online community related to all things wine with various third-party vendors. Club Vitis is a Platform provider only, and we are not obliged to provide any background check or qualification and no approval procedure, system or process towards the Users and/or the content of the Platform. In no event shall Club Vitis be liable (directly or indirectly) for any losses and damages resulting from communications between Users and with possible third-party vendors.
Certain Restrictions
The rights granted to you in these terms of use are subject to the following restrictions: (a) you shall not license, sell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, reproduce, distribute, host or otherwise commercially exploit Platform or any portion of Platform, including the Web, (b) you shall not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other Platform (including images, text, page layout or form) of Club Vitis; (c) you shall not use any metatags or other “hidden text” using Club Vitis's name or trademarks; (d) you shall not modify, translate, adapt, merge, make derivative works of, disassemble, decompile, reverse compile or reverse engineer any part of Platform except to the extent the foregoing restrictions are expressly prohibited by applicable law; (e) you shall not use any manual or automated software, devices or other processes (including but not limited to spiders, robots, scrapers, crawlers, avatars, data mining tools or the like) to “scrape” or download data from any web pages contained in the Web (except that we grant the operators of public search engines revocable permission to use spiders to copy materials from the Web for the sole purpose of and solely to the extent necessary for creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or archives of such materials); (f) you shall not access Platform in order to build a similar or competitive website, application or service; (g) except as expressly stated herein, no part of Platform may be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means; and (h) you shall not remove or destroy any copyright notices or other proprietary markings contained on or in Platform. Any future release, update or other addition to Platform shall be subject to these terms of use. Club Vitis, its suppliers and service providers reserve all rights not granted in these terms of use. Any unauthorized use of the Platform terminates the licenses granted by Cub Vitis pursuant to these terms of use.
The User’s obligations
The User must at all times: Provide Club Vitis with correct account information of name, address and e-mail address, etc. Respect and comply with these Terms. Avoid posting personal data concerning itself or other, including especially special categories of data (such as information about a person’s health, addictions or allergies) or transmitting any content that is offensive, inappropriate or illegal, or otherwise in conflict with these Terms. Avoid posting any content that infringes or violates another person’s rights (including intellectual property rights, and rights of privacy and publicity). Failure to comply with the above may resolve in our deactivation of User account and/or banishment from the Platform and/or the functionalities with any notice or without notice at the sole discretion of Club Vitis. Using the Platform, the App or some of the functionalities may be prohibited or restricted in certain countries. The User is responsible for complying with the laws and regulations of the territory from which the Platform is accessed or used.
Platform functionalities
In order to gain access to the functionalities of the Platform, the User has to sign up and register as a User of the Platform. The User is solely responsible for any content of reviews, posting pictures and information made available on the Platform and the public. The User solely is responsible for all interactions with other Users or other third-party vendors in connection with the Platform.
Maintenance and support
The User is responsible for installing any available updates to the App. We have no responsibility for incidents due to missing updates, or otherwise.
Club Vitis Warranty
We do not provide any warranty unless specific and expressly stated. Third-party terms may include applicable disclaimers. Club Vitis underlines that it offers no warranty, explicit or implied, regarding accuracy of any reviews or information regarding the wines.
Liability limitation
Due to the nature of the services provided, in general no liability incurs with Club Vitis, as any potential liability lies with the Users. If in extraordinary cases Club Vitis should be liable, such liability is limited in the following ways: no indirect loss is covered, including but not limited to loss of data, revenue loss, edition sales, etc.; damages are under any circumstances limited to SGD 1; only claims based on gross negligence or intent of Club Vitis can be filed. Club Vitis is never liable for errors on the Platform, or underlying software, the services or any information provided by Users. The Platform and all its functionalities are provided to the User “as is”. The limitations and exclusions in this section(Liability limitation) apply to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.
Duration and Termination
These Terms are in force for as long as the Users account is active. Club Vitis is entitled to terminate a user account immediately if the User violates the regulations of these Terms. Vitis Club’s rights to user content shall not be affected by the termination of the Terms or a user account. Termination of a user account does not relieve you from any obligation under any other agreement that has not been specifically terminated, such as the Terms or
Privacy Policy.
Changes
These Terms may from time to time be amended at Vitis Club’s sole discretion, followed by a notification to the Users. Users are bound by any changes to the Terms when using the Platform after changes have been posted. An updated version of the Terms will at all-time be available at
www.vitis.clubMiscellaneous
If a clause in the Terms is not enforceable, the unenforceability of that clause will not affect any other sections of the Terms.
Law and venue
These Terms and any disputes arising hereof, or other disputes or claims arising out of or in connection with the use of the Platform shall be settled in accordance with Singapore law.
Club Vitis Email Marketing
When you opt-in to the Club Vitis email marketing service, we will send you a email to confirm your signup. You can cancel service at any time. Just click the unsubscribe button. After you click the unsubscribe button, we will send you an email message to confirm that you have been unsubscribed. After this, you will no longer receive email messages from us. If you want to join again, just sign up as you did the first time and we will start sending Club Vitis email marketing messages to you again. The frequency of Club Vitis offers and messages will vary. For all questions about the services provided, you can send an email to cs@vitis.club. If you have any questions regarding your privacy, please read our privacy policy: https://vitis.club/privacy