Terms of Use

Please read the Terms of Use carefully before accessing or using this Site.

ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

Semantix Information Technologies may change the Terms of Use and other guidelines and rules posted on the Site from time to time at its sole discretion. Your continued access or use of the Site, or any Materials or Services, constitutes your acceptance of the changes. Your access and use of the Site, Materials and Services will be subject to the most current version of the Terms of Use, rules and guidelines posted on the Site at the time of such use. Please regularly check the "Terms of Use" link on the home page of www.semantix.com to view the then-current terms. If you breach any of the Terms of Use, your authorization to access or use this Site, Services and Materials automatically terminates, and any Materials downloaded or printed from the Site in violation of the Terms of Use must be immediately destroyed.

THE SITE

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; LIMITED LICENSE TO USERS; TRADEMARK INFORMATION

The trademarks, logos and service marks ("Marks") displayed on this Site are the property of Semantix S.A. or other third parties. You are not permitted to use the Marks without the prior written consent of Semantix S.A. or such third party that may own the Marks. Semantix and the Semantix logo are trademarks of Semantix S.A..

For a current list of Semantix's Marks, as well as certain third-party Marks, please refer to the posted trademark information.

USE OF SITE AND SERVICES

• Collect, harvest, mine or engage in any other activity to obtain e-mail addresses, phone numbers, personal information or any other information about others.
• Use or attempt to gain access to or use another's account, password, Service, Materials or computer systems or networks connected to any Semantix server or to the Site without authorization from Semantix, whether through hacking, password mining or any other means.
• Remove or falsely add to any uploaded Materials any copyright, trademark or other legal or proprietary rights notices, author attributions or other information such as origin or source of the Material.
• Access or attempt to access any Material that you are not authorized to access or Materials through any means not intentionally made available through the Site or Services.
• Make available any files containing Materials where you do not own or control, or have not received the necessary licenses to, all Intellectual Property Rights, rights of privacy and publicity and all other rights in and to such Materials.
• Use any Materials in any manner that infringes any Intellectual Property Rights or other rights of any party.
• Disrupt or interfere with the security of, or otherwise cause harm to, the Site, or any Services, Materials, systems resources, accounts, passwords, servers or networks connected to or accessible through the Site or any affiliated or linked sites.
• Transmit unsolicited or bulk communications to any Semantix account holder or to any Semantix.com or affiliated e-mail address.
• Post or otherwise submit any software, programs or files that are harmful or disruptive of another's equipment, software or other property, including any corrupted files, time bombs, Trojan horses, viruses and worms.
• Create a false identity for the purpose of misleading others.
• Download any Materials posted by another that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally reproduced, distributed, performed or displayed in such manner.
• Disrupt, interfere or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Site or other affiliated or linked sites, Materials or Services.
• Breach any guidelines or other codes of conduct applicable to a particular Service or Materials.
• Access or use the Site in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden or impair any Semantix server or the network(s) connected to any Semantix server.
• Violate any applicable laws or regulations related to the access to or use of the Site, or engage in any activity prohibited by the Terms of Use.
• Post or otherwise submit any topic, name, material or information that is child pornography, defamatory, excessively violent, harassing, inappropriate, indecent, lascivious, lewd, obscene, profane, racist, unlawful, or otherwise objectionable.
• Prepare, compile, use, download or otherwise copy any Site user directory or other user or usage information or any portion thereof, or transmit, provide or otherwise distribute (whether or not for a fee) such directory or information to any third party.
• Engage in any chain letters, contests, junk e-mail, pyramid schemes, spamming, surveys or any other duplicative or unsolicited messages (commercial or otherwise).
• Violate the rights of Semantix or any third party (including rights of privacy and publicity) or abuse, defame, harass, stalk or threaten another.
• Use any Semantix domain name as a pseudonymous return e-mail address.
• Market any goods or services for any business purpose (including advertising and making offers to buy or sell goods or services), unless specifically allowed to do so by Semantix.

When using Services or Materials, you will be subject to any posted guidelines, rules or licenses applicable to such Services or Materials, in addition to the Terms of Use. Materials and Services provided by third parties (collectively, the "Third-Party Services") are governed by separate agreements accompanying such Materials and Services. Semantix offers no guarantees and assumes no responsibility or liability of any type with respect to the Third-Party Services, including any liability resulting from incompatibility between a Third-Party Service, Semantix Materials, Semantix provided Services or another Third-Party Service. You agree that you will not hold Semantix responsible or liable with respect to the Third-Party Services.

Certain Services and Materials will only be made available to users who have paid Semantix a fee for such Services and Materials. Such users may additionally be required to enter into a subscription agreement or other use agreement for that particular Service or Material. In addition to these Terms of Use, users of any Services that include Communications Venues may be required, in Semantix's sole discretion, to agree to a separate legal agreement on the Site or otherwise. Your access to such Communications Venues will be denied for violation of either the Terms of Use or the applicable agreement.

Semantix, in its sole discretion, may (but has no obligation to) monitor or review the Materials and Services at any time. Semantix may at any time without notice and in its sole discretion: (a) terminate a Service, access to or use of any Materials or an area of the Site where Materials are posted or submitted; and (b) disclose any information related to your use of a Service or Material, or the substance of any of your posted or submitted Materials, as Semantix deems necessary to comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request. You agree to use extra care when disclosing any personally identifiable information about yourself or your children in any Services or when you post or otherwise submit any Materials.

If you are required to establish an account in connection with a particular Service or Material, you must complete the designated registration process for such Service or Material. All required registration information that you provide must be current, complete and accurate and kept up to date on a prompt, timely basis. If required, you must also choose a user name and password for such account. It is your sole responsibility to keep your account number, user name, password and other sensitive information confidential. If you become aware of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security, you shall notify Semantix immediately. If any Services or Materials provide password-restricted access to your sensitive information (including customer lists and contractual terms), then by accessing or using this Site and setting up a password-restricted account for such Services or Materials, you consent to Semantix's display of such information via such Services or Materials and accept all risks of unauthorized access to such information.

USE OF SOFTWARE

USE OF SEMANTIX MATERIALS AND USER CONTENT

• The Semantix Materials and User Content may be accessed and used solely for personal, informational, non-commercial and internal purposes.
• The Semantix Materials and User Content may not be modified or altered in any way.
• The Semantix Materials and User Content on the Site may not be distributed or sold, rented, leased, licensed or otherwise made available to others.
• You may not remove any copyright or other proprietary notices contained in the Semantix Materials and User Content.
• You may not copy or distribute any graphics in the Semantix Materials or User Content apart from their accompanying text.
• You will not quote or display Semantix Materials or User Content, or any portions thereof, out of context.
• Semantix reserves the right to revoke the authorization to view, download and print the Semantix Materials and User Content available via this Site at any time, and any such use shall be discontinued immediately upon notice from Semantix.
• The rights granted to you constitute a license and not a transfer of title.
• Semantix Materials and User Content comprised of Software are subject to the additional provisions governing Software set forth herein.
• Any Semantix Materials or User Content made available only upon payment of a fee or execution of a separate agreement may only be viewed, downloaded and printed subject to your payment of such fee or execution of such separate agreement.
• Any Semantix Materials or User Content acquired upon your execution of a required separate agreement shall be provided with the additional rights and obligations set forth in that agreement, and your rights to such Semantix Materials or User Content shall immediately terminate if you fail to meet your obligations under or otherwise comply with such agreement or the terms and conditions of the Terms of Use.

Use of the Semantix Materials or User Content for any other purpose is expressly prohibited and may result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible.

The rights specified above to view, download and print the Semantix Materials and User Content available on this Site are not applicable to the design, layout or look and feel of this Site. Such elements of the Site are protected by law, including trade dress, trademark, unfair competition and other laws, and may not be copied or imitated in whole or in part. No Mark, graphic, sound or image from the Site may be copied or retransmitted unless expressly permitted by Semantix. In addition, various sections of the Site may showcase the work of creative professionals. Such Materials (whether Semantix Materials or User Content) belong to their creators, may be protected by Intellectual Property Rights and are for display purposes only. Accordingly, you may not download or print these works unless there is a notice associated with the work expressly permitting such uses.

USE OF SHARED CONTENT

SUBMITTED MATERIALS

In addition, by posting or otherwise submitting your User Materials that contain images, photographs, pictures, videos, webcasts or that are otherwise graphical in whole or in part ("Images"), you represent and warrant that: (a) you own the copyright in such Images, or that you have obtained all necessary license(s) from the copyright owner(s) of such Images to use such Images, or portions thereof, in keeping with your use in connection with the Site, the Services and as otherwise permitted by these Terms of Use; (b) you have the rights necessary to grant the licenses and sublicenses described in these Terms of Use; and (c) you have received consent from any and all persons depicted in such Images to use the Images as set forth in these Terms of Use, including the distribution, public display, public performance and reproduction of such Images. By posting or otherwise submitting Images, you grant to Semantix and all other users of this Site permission to use your Images in connection with their use permitted by these Terms of Use (including making prints and gift items incorporating such Images), including an unrestricted, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free and fully paid up license under all Intellectual Property Rights to copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, modify, translate, transmit and reformat your Images, with or without having your name attached to such Images, in any manner or form and for any purpose, with full rights to sublicense such rights through multiple tiers of distribution. You will receive no compensation with respect to the use of your Images.

You are solely and entirely responsible for all of your User Materials that you post or otherwise submit via the Site or Services. You shall assume all risks associated with the use of your User Materials including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of your User Materials. Semantix does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of your User Materials. You acknowledge and agree that by accessing or using the Site or Services, you may be exposed to User Materials from others that are offensive, indecent or otherwise objectionable.

SEMANTIX'S RIGHTS TO SUBMITTED USER MATERIALS

RESTRICTION AND TERMINATION OF USE

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES

WARRANTIES AND DISCLAIMERS

THIS SITE, SERVICES AND MATERIALS MAY INCLUDE TECHNICAL OR OTHER MISTAKES, INACCURACIES, OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. Semantix MAY MAKE CHANGES TO THE SITE, MATERIALS AND SERVICES, INCLUDING THE PRICES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF ANY SOFTWARE OR PRODUCTS LISTED, AT ANY TIME IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION AND WITHOUT NOTICE. THE SITE, MATERIALS AND SERVICES MAY BE OUT OF DATE, AND Semantix MAKES NO COMMITMENT TO UPDATE THE SITE, MATERIALS AND SERVICES.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT: (i) Semantix DOES NOT CONTROL, ENDORSE, OR ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY MATERIALS OR SERVICES OFFERED BY THIRD PARTIES, INCLUDING THIRD-PARTY VENDORS AND THIRD PARTIES ACCESSIBLE THROUGH LINKED SITES; (ii) Semantix MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER ABOUT ANY SUCH THIRD PARTIES, THEIR MATERIALS OR SERVICES; (iii) ANY DEALINGS YOU MAY HAVE WITH SUCH THIRD PARTIES ARE AT YOUR OWN RISK; AND (iv) Semantix SHALL NOT BE LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY MATERIALS OR SERVICES OFFERED BY THIRD PARTIES.

Semantix DOES NOT CONTROL OR ENDORSE THE MATERIALS FOUND IN ANY SERVICES AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY WITH REGARD TO THE SITE, SERVICES AND ANY ACTIONS RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND MATERIALS AND PARTICIPATION IN ANY SERVICES. MANAGERS, HOSTS, PARTICIPANTS AND OTHER THIRD PARTIES ARE NOT AUTHORIZED Semantix SPOKESPERSONS, AND THEIR VIEWS DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THOSE OF Semantix. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, Semantix WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY RELATED TO USER MATERIALS ARISING UNDER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, LIBEL, PRIVACY, PUBLICITY, OBSCENITY OR OTHER LAWS. Semantix ALSO DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE MISUSE, LOSS, MODIFICATION OR UNAVAILABILITY OF ANY USER MATERIALS.

THE USE OF THE SITE, SERVICES OR THE DOWNLOADING OR OTHER USE OF ANY MATERIALS IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND WITH YOUR AGREEMENT THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM, LOSS OF DATA OR OTHER HARM THAT RESULTS FROM SUCH ACTIVITIES. Semantix ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR ANY COMPUTER VIRUS OR OTHER SIMILAR SOFTWARE CODE THAT IS DOWNLOADED TO YOUR COMPUTER FROM THE SITE OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SERVICES OR MATERIALS. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM Semantix OR VIA THE SITE, SERVICES OR MATERIALS SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS OF USE. Semantix WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS THAT YOU MAY INCUR AS A RESULT OF SOMEONE ELSE USING YOUR PASSWORD OR ACCOUNT WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE OR ANY SERVICES OR MATERIALS, EITHER WITH OR WITHOUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE.

SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY MAY LAST, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. TO THE EXTENT PERMISSIBLE, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARE LIMITED TO NINETY (90) DAYS. INTERNATIONAL USERS

This Site can be accessed from countries around the world and may contain references to Semantix products, services and programs that are not available in your country. These references do not imply that Semantix intends to announce such products, services or programs in your country. The Site is controlled, operated and administered by Semantix S.A. from its offices within Greece. Semantix makes no representation that the Site, the Services or Materials are appropriate or available for use at other locations outside Greece, and access to the Site from territories where the Site, the Services or Materials are illegal is prohibited. If you access the Site from a location outside Greece, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws. See the section on export control laws below for further information.

PERSONAL INFORMATION AND PRIVACY

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

Semantix will, in appropriate circumstances, terminate the accounts of users who infringe the Intellectual Property Rights of others. Semantix will investigate notices of copyright infringement and take appropriate actions. If you believe that your work has been used or copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement and such infringement is occurring on this Site or on sites linked to from this Site or in connection with the Services or Materials, please provide written notification of claimed copyright infringement to the Designated Agent for this Site (identified below), which must contain the following elements:

• A physical or electronic signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest that is alleged to have been infringed;
• A description of the copyrighted work or works that you claim have been infringed and identification of what content in such work(s) is claimed to be infringing and which you request to be removed or access to which is to be disabled;
• A description of where the content that you claim is infringing is located on the Semantix site;
• Information sufficient to permit Semantix to contact you, such as your physical address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
• A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the use of the content identified in your Notice in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
• A statement by you that the information in your notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

Semantix's Designated Agent for Notice of claims of copyright infringement can be reached as follows:

By mail:
George Mamais  
Copyright Infringement Claims
Semantix S.A.
K. Tsaldari 62 St
11476
Athens, Greece

By telephone:
+30 210 6412065

By fax:
+30 210 6412068

By e-mail:

The Designated Agent should be contacted only if you believe that your work has been used or copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement and such infringement is occurring on the Site or on sites linked to from the Site or in connection with the Services or Materials. All other inquiries directed to the Designated Agent will not be responded to. Such inquiries should be made through the feedback procedure.

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