Terms Of Service

Effective Date: 05/06/2024

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) are part of the agreement between Ponsatlas Teknoloji A.Ş. and its related entities (“Ponsatlas Teknoloji A.Ş.,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) and each visitor or registered user (each, a “user” or “you”) concerning the use of Ponsatlas Teknoloji A.Ş. websites, consulting, training, or mobile applications (collectively, the “Service”). The other part of the agreement is the Privacy Policy. By using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms (“Agreement”), whether or not you are a registered user. This Agreement sets out the legally binding terms for your access and use of the Service.

We may change this Agreement from time to time. If we make any changes, we will notify you by revising the “Effective Date” at the top of this Agreement and, in some cases, where appropriate, we may provide you with additional notice (such as adding a statement to the login screen or sending you an email notification). We encourage you to review this Agreement whenever you use our Services. Your continued use of the Service after any changes to this Agreement will constitute your acceptance of such modifications. If you disagree with any changes to this Agreement, you will need to stop using our Services.

1. Definitions

• Service: Ponsatlas Teknoloji A.Ş. websites, including but not limited to http://ponsatlas.com and any related websites.

2. User Age

You represent and warrant that you are 13 years of age or older and that your use of the Service will not violate any applicable law or regulation. If you are at least 13 years of age but under the age of 18, your parent or legal guardian must expressly consent to your use of the Service. If you are 18 years of age or older but have been deprived of legal and/or financial rights via a legal procedure, your legal and/or financial guardian must expressly consent to your use of the Service.

3. Ownership; Proprietary Rights

3.1. Ownership

Ponsatlas Teknoloji A.Ş. owns the Service. You acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by using the Service.

3.2. Copyright

All content (including without limitation any pictures, logos, images, text, and other materials) appearing on the Service is our property or the property of our licensors or suppliers and is protected by copyright law in Turkey and other countries. You agree not to use, display, reproduce, retransmit, modify, distribute, disseminate, sell, publish, create derivative works of, broadcast, circulate, or exploit any such content, in whole or in part, whether by email or any other means.

3.3. Trademarks

Unless otherwise indicated, all names, graphics, designs, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts, commercial markings, trade dress, and service names included on the Service are our trademarks or the trademarks of our licensors or sponsors (collectively, the “Trademarks”) and are protected by trademark law in Turkey and other countries. The Trademarks may not be used in any manner that is likely to cause confusion or in any manner that disparages or discredits us.

4. Registration

4.1. Registration Information

By registering for the Service, you acknowledge and agree that all registration information you submit is truthful and accurate and that you agree to maintain the accuracy of such information. Your registration is solely for your personal use, and you shall not authorize others to use your account. If you would like to change your username, please email us at info@ponsatlas.com. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to review and delete your registration should we find something that might be considered objectionable.

4.2. Term and Termination

This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect while you use the Service. You may terminate your registration at any time, for any reason, by contacting us. We may terminate your registration at any time, for any reason, effective upon sending notice to you at your registered email address.

5. Submissions; Acceptable Use Policy

5.1. Submissions; Monitoring

The Service enables you to post comments and other content (“Submissions”). You are solely responsible for all Submissions published or displayed through your account. You represent and warrant that: (i) you own the Submission or otherwise have the proprietary rights to the Submission, and (ii) your Submission does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyright rights, or other intellectual property rights of any person. You agree to comply with any Submission size and usage limitations. You acknowledge and agree that we have the right to monitor and to alter, edit, refuse to post, or remove any Submissions that you post, in whole or in part, for any reason or for no reason, in our sole discretion, and you agree that we do not have any obligation to use or respond to any Submission.

5.2. Grant of License to Submissions

By posting Submissions to our Service, you automatically grant, and represent and warrant that you have the right to grant us, a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, sublicensable (through multiple tiers), assignable, fully paid, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, copy, modify, adapt, publish, display, make, sell, create derivative works of, or incorporate into other works such Submissions, derive revenue or other remuneration from, communicate to the public, distribute (through multiple tiers), perform, or display such Submissions (in whole or in part) and/or to incorporate such Submissions in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing through multiple tiers of sublicensees, including the right to exercise the copyright, publicity, and any other rights over any of the materials contained in such Submissions for any purpose, including for purposes of advertising and publicity on our Service and elsewhere. No Submissions shall impose any obligation on us, whether of attribution or otherwise, and we shall not be liable for any use or disclosure of any such Submissions.

5.3. Acceptable Use Policy

We reserve the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action in our sole discretion against anyone who violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending communication from the Service and terminating the registration of such violators.

5.3.1. Restricted Content

You agree not to post or otherwise submit to the Service any Submission that:

• Is patently offensive and promotes racism, bigotry, hatred, or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
• Harasses or advocates harassment of another person;
• Is fraudulent, or promotes information that you know is false or misleading;
• Promotes illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory, or libelous;
• Infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary rights of any party, including promoting an illegal or unauthorized copy of another person’s copyrighted work, such as by linking to materials or other content, directly or indirectly, to which the user posting such material does not have a right to link;
• Contains restricted or password-only access pages or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or from another accessible page);
• Provides material that exploits anyone in a sexual or violent manner, or solicits personal information from anyone;
• Provides instructional information about illegal activities such as making or buying illegal weapons, violating someone’s privacy, or providing or creating computer viruses;
• Solicits passwords or personal identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other users;
• Involves commercial activities and/or sales without our prior written consent such as contests, sweepstakes, barter, advertising, or pyramid schemes;
• Uses sexually suggestive imagery or any other unfair, misleading, or deceptive content intended to draw traffic to a personal profile.

5.3.2. Other Prohibited Conduct

You agree not to engage in the following conduct:

• Transmit “junk mail,” “chain letters,” or unsolicited mass mailing or “spamming;”
• Collect user names or email addresses by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email;
• Advertise or solicit any user of the Service to buy or sell any products or services;
• Cover, obscure, or block any advertisements on the Service;
• Automate the use of the Service, such as by using scripts;
• Attempt to impersonate another registered user or person who is not a registered user of the Service; use the account, username, or password of another registered user at any time; disclose your password to any third party or permit any third party to access your account; or sell or otherwise transfer your registration;
• Use the Service for any illegal or unauthorized purpose; you agree to comply with all laws, rules, and regulations applicable to your use of the Service;
• Interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment or interfere with or disrupt the Service, services connected to the Service, or otherwise interfere with operations or services of the Service in any way.

6. Third-party Services

In order to provide you with a rich set of features, we may utilize third-party service providers. You agree that we can exchange information with our third-party service providers, under our Privacy Policy, as necessary to implement such features.

7. Links

We and/or third parties may provide links to other websites of possible interest to you. Because we have no control over unaffiliated websites, you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the availability of such websites and do not endorse and are not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, services, products, or other materials on or available from such websites. You also acknowledge and agree that we shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any content, advertising, services, products, or other materials on or available from such websites. All such websites shall be subject to the policies and procedures of the owner of such websites. We reserve the exclusive right, at our sole discretion, to add, change, decline, or remove, without notice, any feature or link to any of the Linked Sites from the Service and/or introduce different features or links to different users.

8. Disclaimer

8.1. Opinions

The opinions expressed in Submissions posted on the Service are not necessarily our opinions. We do not endorse any opinion, advice, or statement contained in a Submission. Further, we are not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any user of the Service.

8.2. Use at Own Risk

You expressly agree that use of the Service is at your sole risk. Neither Ponsatlas Teknoloji A.Ş., its affiliates, nor any of their respective employees, agents, third-party content providers, or licensors warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free; nor do they make any warranty as to the results that may be obtained from use of the Service, or as to the accuracy, reliability, completeness, correctness, timeliness, or usefulness of any information, service, or product provided through the Service.

8.3. "As Is" Basis

The Service is provided on an “as is” basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, warranties of title or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, other than those warranties which are implied by and incapable of exclusion, restriction, or modification under the laws applicable to these terms of service.

9. Limitation of Liability

9.1. Limitation

In no event shall we, our officers, directors, employees, agents, sponsors, advertisers, affiliates, successors, or assigns, be liable for (i) indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of the availability, use, reliance on, or inability to use the Service, even if we or our agents shall have been advised of the possibility of such damages regardless of the form of action, whether in contract, tort, or otherwise; (ii) indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of your reliance on content (including without limitation any Submissions) obtained through the Service or caused by the conduct of visitors to the Service; or (iii) for any claim attributable to errors, omissions, or other inaccuracies in, or destructive properties of, the Service. Under no circumstances will we be responsible for any damage, loss, or injury resulting from hacking, tampering, or other unauthorized access or use of the Service or your account or the information contained therein. Our aggregate liability to you or any third party arising in connection with use of our Service in any circumstance is limited to fifty dollars ($50).

9.2. Jurisdictional Limitations

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages. Accordingly, some of the above limitations may not apply to you.

10. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold us, our affiliates, officers, directors, and employees harmless from any claim, expense, or demand, including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use or misuse of the Service, or the uploading, posting, publishing, emailing, reproduction, distribution, or transmission of any content or other materials by you or users authorized by you or any violation of this Agreement by you, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party. You agree that under no circumstances will we be liable in any way for the accuracy, reliability, or quality of any Submission, and that you shall hold us harmless for (i) any errors or omissions in any Submission posted by you, or (ii) any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Submission posted by you. We reserve the right, at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will cooperate with us in asserting any available defense.

11. Privacy

We are committed to safeguarding your privacy. The terms regulating the handling of personal information and other information about you are described in our Privacy Policy. By using the Service, you consent to the processing described therein.

12. Additional Terms for Apple iOS Mobile Application

12.1. Apple’s Role

You agree that Apple is not a party to the Terms of Service, and that we are solely responsible for the mobile application and the content thereof.

12.2. Installation Limits

You agree that our mobile application may be installed on up to five iTunes authorized devices at any time.

12.3. License

The license granted to you for our mobile application is a non-transferable license to use the application on any iOS mobile device that you own or control and as permitted by the Usage Rules set forth in the App Store Terms of Service.

12.4. Maintenance and Support

We are solely responsible for providing any maintenance and support services with respect to the mobile application. You agree that Apple has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance and support services with respect to our mobile application.

12.5. Warranty

In the event of any failure of our mobile application to conform to any applicable warranty (see Section 8), you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price for the mobile application to you; and that, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple will have no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the Licensed Application.

12.6. Claims

You agree that we are solely responsible for addressing any claims by you or any third-party relating to our mobile application, or your possession or use of our mobile application. In the event of a third-party claim that our mobile application or your possession and use of our mobile application infringes that third party’s intellectual property rights, we, not Apple, will be solely responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement, and discharge of any such intellectual property infringement claim.

12.7. Third-Party Beneficiary

You agree that Apple, and Apple’s subsidiaries, are third-party beneficiaries of the Terms of Service, and that upon your acceptance of the Terms of Service, Apple will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce the Terms of Service against you as a third-party beneficiary thereof.

12.8. Compliance

You represent and warrant that (i) you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a “terrorist supporting” country; and (ii) you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.

13. Governing Law; Venue

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Turkey. You hereby submit to exclusive jurisdiction in the courts of the Republic of Turkey. You agree to receive service of process through email, certified mail, or by other means sanctioned by law, and you expressly waive any claim of improper venue and any claim that such courts are an inconvenient forum. We control and operate the Service from the Republic of Turkey. We do not represent that the materials on the Service are appropriate or available for use outside of the Republic of Turkey. Persons who choose to access this 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. Please note that your use of the Service may be subject to other local, state, national, and international laws.

14. General

If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions shall be enforced. You agree that this Agreement may be automatically assigned by us, in our sole discretion, to a third party. Section headings are for reference purposes only and in no way define, limit, construe, or describe the scope or extent of such section. This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding and agreement between us with respect to the subject matter hereof. The provisions of this Agreement will survive termination or expiration to the extent necessary to carry out the intentions of the parties. No waiver of any term of this Agreement shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term, and our failure to assert any right or provision under this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

15. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the Service, please contact Ponsatlas Teknoloji A.Ş., Suadiye Mh. Hakim Kemal Sk. No.2/1 D.18 Kadıköy İstanbul Türkiye by telephone at +90 (216) 987 22 23 or by email at info@ponsatlas.com.

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