TERMS OF USE
The use of the site https://franchiseassociation.bg is bound by these terms of use, by accessing (loading) the page you acknowledge and agree with them, you are obliged to follow them. By using this site you acknowledge that you have the right, authority and capacity to accept and be bound by these conditions.
I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
1.1. These Terms and Conditions are intended to regulate relations between the Bulgarian Franchise Association, hereinafter referred to as “Operator” and the users of the site Franchiseassociation.bg, regarding the services provided by its use.
1.2. The following terms used in these Terms and Conditions and the site Franchiseassociation.bg have the following meanings:
а) „Site”/ „Page” – internet resource accessible through the domain franchiseassociation.bg;
б) „User” – any person who visited and used the site/page;
II. GENERAL OBLIGATIONS OF USERS
2.1. When using the site all Users are obliged: to comply with the applicable international law, Internet ethics, the rules of morality and decency; not to undermine the reputation of others and not to call for violent change of the established constitutional order, to commitment of crime, violence or incitement of racial, national, ethnic or religious hatred, not to preach fascist or other antidemocratic ideology, not to infringe upon the property or moral rights, including intellectual property; not to publish data, trade or business secrets or other confidential information; not to interfere in any way in the proper operation of the system, not to use the flaws in the system for the extraction of information, not to test the security of the system, not to carry out actions to deliberately overload the system, not to circumvent and preclude technological protection measures; not to publish without the expressed written consent of the Operator materials containing advertising or offers of goods or services; not to use the Site to send unsolicited commercial messages (spam); not to violate the rights of intellectual property of the Operator, and to comply with all its obligations under these Terms of Use.
III. PERSONAL DATA
3.1. The operator reserves the right to collect, transfer and process information related to the use of the Site, and by accepting these Terms and Conditions (by the ways presented here) Users agree to the collection, transmission and processing of their personal data in accordance with these Terms of Use.
3.2. Personal data of users is used: for identification in contracts concluded by them; for reporting and accounting purposes with merchants; to organize raffles and surveys; for statistical analysis; for direct marketing purposes.
3.3. Held by the operator personal data will be used solely for the purposes for which it is provided, it will not be provided to third parties without the consent of Users, except when required by a mandatory rule of the current legislation (Law On Electronic Communications, Criminal Procedure Code, etc.). The Operator takes the necessary care and is responsible for the protection of personal data of users, except in cases of malicious acts of third parties.
3.4. By accepting these Terms and Conditions users are considered to be informed about their rights: 1) to object to the processing of their personal data for direct marketing purposes; 2) to be informed before personal data is disclosed for the first time to third parties or used on their behalf for the purposes of direct marketing by providing them with the opportunity to object to such disclosure or use.
IV. NTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
4.1. Copyright, trademarks and all other intellectual property rights on materials and files contained on the Site, together with its design and source code belong to the Operator and are protected by by the applicable in the sphere of intellectual property national and international legislation.
4.2. Under these Terms and Conditions Users grant to the Operator exclusive, unlimited, irrevocable and free right to use all materials published on the Site.
V. LIABILITY
5.1. Users are obliged to compensate and exempt from responsibility the Operator in lawsuits and other claims by third parties for all damages and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and costs) arising out of or in connection with the violation or failure to comply with these Terms of Use.
5.2. The Operator does not guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy and timeliness of the materials and information published on the site https://franchiseassociation.bg and is not liable for lost profits or damages resulting from the use of the information on this site.
5.3. The Operator does not guarantee uninterrupted and totally reliable access to the Site and bears no responsibility for any loss or damage arising as a result of problems with the access to the Site. The Operator reserves the right to suspend the Site at any time without giving reasons for this, including but not limited to, due to updates, enhancements, or prevention, as it is not responsible for such suspension.
5.4. The Operator is not responsible for the content of websites accessed through the Site hyperlinks and also the materials added to the site by the Users.
5.5. The Operator is not responsible and does not owe compensation to the person whose personal data is used by Site Users without given consent.
VI. FINAL PROVISIONS
6.1. The Operator can modify these Terms of Use at any time by publishing their new version. For services rendered prior to the date of entry into force of the modifications the rules of the current Terms of Use will apply.
6.2. If any of the provisions of these Terms of Use becomes invalid by judgment, the rest remains in force.
These Terms of Use shall enter into force for all Users of https://franchiseassociation.bg on 30.04.2013.