User agreement

User Agreement https://lalafo.gr/

 

1. General Terms

  1. This Agreement stipulates User terms of using the Service https://lalafo.gr/.
  2. For the purpose of this User Agreement the terms below shall have the following meaning:
  • Web Service shall mean Internet-resource (website) located on the Internet at the address https://lalafo.gr/, website applications on the basis of various operating systems and other services, as well as software, design (graphic presentation) of the website, its applications and other services, Data Base, any section (subsection) of the web services, as well as information placed on the web services by the Administration and the Users.
  • Administration shall mean Private limited company Yalla Classifieds (YALLA CLASSIFIEDS OÜ), address: Pärnu Road 22, 10141 Tallinn, Estonia registered and acting in accordance with the legislation of Estonia, which shall perform Web Service administration and own all exclusive ownership rights to the Web Service.
  • User shall mean any competent individual who has accepted the terms of this Agreement and is using the services offered by the Web Service.

​Based on Article 5n of the European Union Council Regulation No. 833/2014 of July 31, 2014 on restrictive measures in connection with Russia's actions destabilizing the situation in Ukraine Users and counterparties of the Service cannot be

  • the government of Russia (RF);
  • legal entities, organizations or bodies established (registered) in the Russian Federation;
  • representatives and/or counterparties of the abovementioned persons who act in their interests

The ban applies to any services (including advertising services) and goods specified in the Regulations.

  • Personal Account shall mean combination of User data and settings set (placed) by the User. Any User shall have the right to have only one Personal Account.
  • User’s Personal Information shall mean information or combined information about the User provided by the User independently during the process of registration or the Web Service usage, including personal data of the User, information which shall be automatically forwarded to the Administration when the Web Service is used, including also IP address, cookie information, information about the User’s browser and other information about the User.
  • Information shall mean any information placed by the User or the Administration on the Web Service.
  • Spam shall mean bulk, unauthorised mail and/or mail unexpected by the recipients or other mailing of advertising, informational, campaigning or other nature.
  • Merchandise shall mean products, works, services, material and technical resources, property and non-property rights.
  • Parties to this Agreement shall mean the Administration and the User.
    1. Any terms and concepts used in this User Agreement that are not indicated in the Terms and Definitions paragraph shall be interpreted in accordance with the content derived from the User Agreement text. Should any differences arise regarding interpretation of a term or a definition used in the User Agreement, the interpretation determined by the Administration shall be applied.
    2. Usage of materials and services offered by the Web Service shall be governed by the current legislative regulations, as well as by this Agreement.
    3. By using the services offered by the Web Service, the User shall join this Agreement and accept its terms and obligations to follow instructions on how to use the services of the Web Service (regardless of whether the user is registered on the website or not).
    4. When the Web Service is used on behalf of a company, such company shall accept this Agreement and its terms.
    5. The Administration shall have the right to unilaterally alter the terms of this Agreement at any time.
    6. If the User does not agree with the terms of this Agreement or amendments thereto, the User shall give up access to the Web Service and stop using the services offered by the Web Service.
    7. The Administration shall offer hereby its Users services on placement and search of advertising with the aid of the services offered by the Web Service.
    8. Provision of paid services is also regulated by special rules and/or agreements with third parties providing payment processing services.
    9. The User shall accept the provision that all materials and services of the Web Service, or any part thereof, may be accompanied by advertising. The User shall agree that the Administration shall carry no liability whatsoever and carry no obligations in connection with such advertising.
    10. Registration on the Web Service is voluntary. Once registered on the Web Service, the User shall gain access to additional services offered by the Web Service. The Administration shall reserve the right to demand at any time that the User confirms data indicated during the registration and to request documentary proof.
    11. The User shall need to create an account and account password to use the Web Service. The User shall keep the password confidential. The User shall be liable for the actions involving the usage of the email and password, as well as the actions performed in the User’s Personal Account. The User shall have the right to use services of the Web Service solely by logging in with his/her own email and password. While the Web Service works to protect the security of all Users’ contents and accounts, the Web Service cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat security measures. If the User has the grounds to believe that his/her Personal Account has been compromised, the User shall independently change the password. The User should notify the Web Service support immediately of any compromise or unauthorized use of his/her account.
    12. The Administration cannot guarantee that the User is the person he/she claims to be, or that the information provided by the User during the registration on the Web Service is true.
    13. The User shall bear liability for the information provided by him/her, while the Web Service shall provide the channel to distribute and publish the User’s data online.
    14. The User shall not use data provided by another User without the written consent of that User or without approval in any other way to use such data. All information obtained by the User about other Users in connection with using the Web Service may be used solely for entering into and performing transactions related to the Merchandise. Therefore, the User shall not use email address or a phone number of another User with the purpose of direct email marketing or any other delivery of unfavourable electronic messages, as well as for any other illegal acts or actions performed without the other Party’s knowledge and consent.
    15. The User is advised to interact with other parties using all tools available on the Web Service.
    16. The Administration shall reserve the right to refuse, at its own discretion, the User’s access to the services in situations where such User violates the terms of this Agreement.
    17. The Web Service shall have the right to restrict or terminate the User’s access in cases when such User violates other persons’ rights or the current legislation, as well as due to other reasons, at its own discretion.
    18. The User whose access to the services has been terminated or whose information is not true any longer shall have no right to register again without special permission by the Administration. Neither shall such User have the right to use registration information of another User in order to gain access to the Web Service and its services.

 

2. Usage of the Web Service. Advertisement Placement

  1. The Administration shall provide the right to place advertisements on the Web Service to all registered Users upon completion of a special User registration form.
  2. The User agrees not to take any actions that may be viewed as violating the legislation or regulations of international law, including those in the field of intellectual property, copyright and/or allied rights, as well as any actions that lead or may lead to the violation of normal Web Service operation.
  3. All transactions related to the Merchandise, works and services shall be entered into between the Users directly. The Web Service shall not serve as the participant and/or the mediator of the transactions entered into by the Users via the Web Service. The Administration shall not control or be held liable for such transactions.
  4. User’s comments and other entries on the Web Service shall not contradict the legislative requirements and generally accepted moral and ethical norms.
  5. The Web Service may contain links to third-party websites, advertisers, services, special offers, or other events or activities that are not owned or controlled by the Web Service. The Web Service does not endorse or assume any responsibility for any such third-party sites, information, materials, products, or services. If the User accesses any third party website, service or content from the Web Service, the User does so at his/her own risk and the User acknowledges that the Web Service shall not be held liable for the damage arising out of the User’s use of or access to any third-party website, service or content.
  6. The User grant the Web Service an unlimited, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable, worldwide license, to use, store, display, reproduce, distribute, publish, collect, process, demonstrate, copy, duplicate User Content (including images, photos, video and audio materials, databases, publications) on the Web Service solely for the purposes of operating, developing, providing, and using the Web Service. Nothing in these Terms restricts other legal rights the Web Service may have to User Content, for example under other licenses. The User shall grant access to the information placed by him/her to all Web Service Users. At that, the User shall reserve any intellectual property rights for the materials placed on the Web Service by him/her. Meanwhile, collection and processing of the information provided by the User shall be implemented with allowance for the Web Service’s “Privacy Policy”.
  7. The Web Service shall carry no liability for the violation of third party rights in connection with the User’s presentation of any information and data.
  8. The Web Service User shall place Advertisements in accordance with the Web Service instructions and provide reliable and complete information about Merchandise and terms of its realization. The User shall verify information about Merchandise indicated in the Advertisement, and in case of finding false or incomplete data, shall correct or add necessary information in the Advertisement.
  9. When placing an Advertisement about Merchandise, the User confirms that he/she is authorised to perform actions with regards to such Merchandise as indicated in the Advertisement.
  10. The User shall confirm that he/she possesses all necessary rights, licenses, permits to place information and data in the Web Service Advertisements, including all patents, trademarks, commercial secret, and intellectual property rights, or possesses appropriate written consent, license or permission given by third parties to use their names, images or any other objects.
  11. The Web Service shall have the right to request documentary proof from the User and/or additional information regarding the placed Merchandise or regarding the data submitted by the User. The Web Service shall have the right to put publication on hold until such documentation or information is received.
  12. The User shall have the right to sell on the Web Service any Merchandise belonging to him/her, provided no special permits are required thereto, and provided the current instructions for use are adhered to.
  13. In order to maintain high quality of services, the Web Service shall reserve its right to limit the number of active User Advertisements on the Web Service, as well as to restrict User’s activity on the Web Service.
  14. Merchandise description provided by the User in the Advertisement shall constitute the terms of such Merchandise sale.
  15. Delivery terms shall be included in the Merchandise description in the Advertisement.
  16. The terms of service provision or terms of sale and the merchandise description provided in the Advertisement, as well as other terms of the Advertisement shall not contradict the current legislation and this Agreement both at the moment of placing the Advertisement and later. If any term of the Advertisement is found to be in contradiction with the legislation or this Agreement as a result of entering amendments into the current legislation and/or the Agreement, such terms or such Advertisement shall be amended or modified by the User to eliminate any discrepancies. If it is impossible to make corresponding changes, the User shall eliminate such an Advertisement. In instances mentioned in this paragraph the Administration shall reserve the right to edit or remove such Advertisements without prior notification of the User.
  17. Advertisements about Merchandise and services contradicting the current legislation or generally accepted rules of morality, offensive and inappropriate, violating third party rights shall be prohibited from placement on the Web Service. The User shall make certain that the Merchandise offer does not contradict the current legislation and the terms of this Agreement. The list of merchandise and services prohibited from being published on the Web Service, set by the Rules of publishing Advertisements on the Web Service, is available in the How to Sell section at this address https://lalafo.gr/page/how-to-sell.
  18. Usage of paid services may not guarantee that the Advertisement shall not be blocked by the Administration in the event of violation of this Agreement. When the rules of placing Advertisements are violated, money paid for the services shall not be refunded.
  19. It shall be prohibited to include in the Advertisement references to the websites containing offers on how to sell, use or any other information about goods and services.
  20. The User shall not spread or provide assistance in spreading information about the services delivered by:
  • other trading platforms, Internet auctions and/or Internet stores;
  • other web services offering the same products and services as the ones displayed on the Web Service, for the same or lower price;
  • other web services offering products and services prohibited from being sold on the Web Service.
    1. The User shall not use automatic programs to gain access to the Web Service without the Administration’s written permission. Usage of computer programs that allow placement of Advertisements bypassing the standard procedure of Advertisement placement shall be prohibited, unless there is the Administration’s written permission.
    2. While using or accessing the Web Service, the User shall not:
  • infringe the copyright, trademark, patent, and/or other intellectual property rights that belong to the Web Service or other third parties, as well as shall not copy, reproduce, alter, distribute or make public any information available on the Web Service without the prior Administration’s written permission;
  • breach or circumvent any laws, third-party rights or our systems, policies or determinations of the user`s account status;
  • use the Web Service if he/she is not able to enter into legally binding contracts (for example, if the User is under 18 years old), or if the User’s access to the Web Service has been restricted or terminated;
  • post false, inaccurate, misleading, deceptive, defamatory, or libellous content;
  • transfer his/her account to another party without the Web Service’s consent;
  • distribute or post spam, unsolicited or bulk electronic communications, chain letters, or pyramid schemes;
  • distribute viruses or any other technologies that may harm the Web Service or the interests or property of users;
  • use any robot, spider, scraper, data mining tools, data gathering and extraction tools, or other automated means to access the Web Service for any purpose, except with the prior consent of the Web Service;
  • interfere with the working of the Web Service or impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure;
  • collect information about Users without their consent.
    1. Information provided by the User and the User’s actions on the Web Service shall not:
  • be false, inaccurate or deceiving;
  • contribute to fraud, deceit or abuse of trust;
  • lead to transactions involving stolen or counterfeit items;
  • violate or encroach on the third party’s property, commercial secret, or privacy right;
  • contain information harming someone’s reputation or business standing, or giving offence to someone;
  • contain defamation or threat whomsoever;
  • call to commit a crime, or ignite ethnic discord;
  • give rise to, support or call to terrorist and extremist activities;
  • be obscene or of pornographic nature;
  • contain computer viruses, as well as other computer programs aiming, in particular, to cause harm, unauthorised intrusion, covert interception or acquisition of any system data or the system itself, or any of its parts, or personal information, or any other data (including the Web Service data);
  • contain materials of advertising nature;
  • violate third parties’ intellectual property rights, right for personal image protection, and other relevant third party rights;
  • violate in any other way the applicable legislation.
    1. While using the Web Service services, the User shall have no right to place Advertisements on the Web Service, enter into or execute any transaction that can lead to violation of the applicable legislation by the Web Service and/or by the User.
    2. The Administration shall have the right to advertise Merchandise by placing an Advertisement thereof in a manner different from the one applied by the User while placing the Advertisement about such Merchandise.
    3. The Administration shall have the right to move, interrupt, end or prolong the duration of any Advertisement due to reasons dependent or independent on the Web Service.
    4. The Administration shall have the right to end Advertisement demonstration at any time due to the violation of the rules stipulated by this Agreement, as well as due to violation of other Users’ rights, or violation of the current legislation, or due to other reasons.
    5. The Administration shall have the right to edit Advertisements, move them to other sections, as well as perform other actions with the Users’ Advertisements.
    6. The Administration shall have the right to refuse placement (publishing) of Advertisements without giving reasons.
    7. Requirements for the design of Advertisement are provided in the Rules of publishing Advertisements on the Web Service in the How to Sell section at the address https://lalafo.gr/page/how-to-sell.
    8. The User shall bear full and exclusive liability for the Advertisement content in accordance with the current legislation. The Web Service accepts no responsibility and assumes no liability for any User content that the User or a third party posts or transmits using the Web Service.

 

3. Paid Services

  1. Users may order paid services on the Web Service.
  2. Types of paid services:
  • VIP Advertisement
  • Move my Advertisement to top х2
  • Highlight
    1. Prices for the services and the procedure of ordering paid services are indicated in the corresponding pages of the Web Service.
    2. The Web Service User who has paid for the Web Service services shall have the right to request refund of the money from the Administration. The decision to issue or deny a refund shall be taken by the Administration unilaterally.
    3. Money paid for the services that have not been provided shall be refunded by the Administration in the following instances:
  • The service failed to be provided due to technical reasons occurring on the Web Service.
  • Other individual occasions at the discretion of the Administration.
    1. The Administration shall have the right to refuse a refund of the User’s funds in cases when:
  • The User consistently violates the terms of this Agreement.
  • The service has been activated, including cases when the Advertisement has been deleted after moderation.
  • The User has placed an Advertisement about products, services and offers that are forbidden.
  • Any deficiencies of the payment system. The Web Service shall bear no liability for the operation of the payment systems used by the Users to pay for the Web Service services. Refund of money in this case shall be considered on a case-by-case basis.
  • Other cases at the discretion of the Administration.
    1. Refund procedure shall be decided on a case-by-case basis between the Administration and the User.

 

4. Communication and Notices

  1. The User’s correspondence with the Administration and the Web Service shall be performed via email [email protected] and/or the address, which is indicated in clause 1.2. of this User agreement. The User can access the Web Service for resolution of any query.
  2. The User shall be prohibited from placing comments, discussions or other messages on the Web Service regarding actions of the moderators and the Administration.
  3. The Web Service respects the intellectual property rights of others.

According to copyright laws, the Web Service shall respond to claims of copyright infringement on the Web Service.

A copyright owner or his/her authorized representative (the claimant) can report alleged copyright infringements on the Web Service by sending a Notice to the Web Service’s support.

The Web Service can take any action which may include removing the reported content from the Web Service.

If the relevant content is removed in response to a Notice, the Web Service may notify the person who posted it on Web Service so he/she have the opportunity to send a counter-notice. The Web Service may also send a complete copy of the Notice to others, if necessary.

The claimant bears full material, legal, and any other liability for the accuracy and reliability of the information specified in his/her Notice.

 

5. Software

  1. The Administration is the exclusive owner of the domain name where the website is located, the website itself, its mobile applications, as well as all the Web Service and all the Web Service software.
  2. When installing the software, the Administration shall provide the User with the personal free non-exclusive license to use the software without the right of its assignment to third parties.
  3. Such license shall be designated solely to provide the User with the possibility to use the Web Service services and derive benefits from it, in accordance with the Web Service functions.
  4. It is forbidden to copy, alter, distribute, sell, exchange or lease completely or partially any part of (the Web Service) Administration’s intellectual property items (including its software), as well as to “crack” or try to retrieve the source code of the software without the Administration’s written permission.

 

6. Disclaimer

  1. All information (including personal data) provided by the User on the Web Service, shall be placed by the User in order to sell the User’s Merchandise. Further information about collection and processing of personal data is provided in the Privacy Policy.
  2. The User shall place certain information about himself/herself solely in his/her interests, including in order to facilitate communication with the User and/or identification of the User.
  3. By placing information about himself/herself, the User understands and agrees that such information is placed on the Web Service publicly, i.e. is available to any visitor or Users of the Web Service.
  4. The User understands and accepts all risks connected with such placement of information, including, but not limited to the risk of the email address getting to spammers’ address lists, risk of the email address getting into the hands of all kinds of fraudsters, risk of the telephone number getting to SMS-spammers and/or SMS-fraudsters, and any other risks caused by such placement of information.
  5. With regards to the Merchandise, the Web Service shall not serve as a dealmaker, mediator, buyer or seller.
  6. The Web Service shall bear no liability for the arrangement and performance (execution) of transactions between the Web Service Users, for any losses, lost profit or income, financial losses or indirect, actual, side or punitive losses as a consequence of entering into a transaction, as well as a result of unlawful actions of any person.
  7. By using services of the Web Service, the User shall agree to use the Web Service and its services at his/her own risk and shall carry all risks with regards to using Advertisements located on the Web Service.
  8. The Web Service is an instrument for the Users to place their Advertisements with regard to Merchandise the sale and/or purchase of which is allowed by law, this Agreement and other rules of the Web Service usage.
  9. The Web Service may not always verify Advertisements placed by the Users, and, as consequence, the quality, safety, legality and conformity of the Merchandise to its description, as well as the seller’s ability to sell, and the buyer’s ability to buy the Merchandise shall be out of the Web Service’s control.
  10. The Web Service may not exercise control over the reliability of the information placed by the Users in their Advertisements.
  11. The Web Service, its Administration, management and employees shall bear no liability whatsoever for the content or reliability of the Advertisements located on the Web Service.
  12. The Administration, its management and employees shall bear no liability whatsoever for the content of any messages (including those received by the Users in their inbox and/or on mobile phone), as well as for any usage of the Users’ contact information.
  13. The User agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Web Service and its respective officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any claims, suits, proceedings, disputes, demands, liabilities, damages, losses, costs and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees (including costs of defence of claims, suits or proceedings brought by third parties) that are in any way related to the User’s access to or use of the Web Service, the User’s content, or the User’s breach of any terms of this User agreement.
  14. The User understands that the fact of Advertisement placement on the Web Service shall not guarantee that offering, sale and/or acquisition of any Merchandise is valid and legal. The User shall be the sole decision taker in entering into a transaction.
  15. As long as the legislation permits, the total liability of the Web Service to cover any claims shall be restricted to the amount that has been paid by the User for using the Web Service services or (at the discretion of the Web Service) to the repeated provision of such services to the User.
  16. The User agrees that all disputes between the User and other users and/or the Web Service visitors (including those arising as a result of entering into transactions) shall be resolved by the User independently without involving the Administration.
  17. The Web Service shall bear no liability for any access of third parties to the Web Service services and/or any information about the Users (including their personal data), which has been gained without consent (authorisation) and/or awareness of the Administration.
  18. The User agrees that the Administration shall bear no liability and shall have neither direct, nor indirect obligations before the User in connection with any possible or actual losses and damage related to the Web Service content and/or as a result of the transactions performed by the User, copyright registration and information about such registration, product and services available on the Web Service or any other contacts the User has established using the information on the Web Service.
  19. The Administration shall carry no liability for any software failures, crashes and other technical and software disorders, as well as for the errors, software viruses, etc. that might be passed on to the Web Service or through the Web Service by the third parties.
  20. The User shall act exclusively in accordance with the current legislation and this Agreement, as well as bear full liability in accordance with the legislation for his/her actions or inaction on the Web Service and while utilising the Web Service services.
  21. If the User’s rights are violated by another Web Service User (unlawful use of an intellectual property item, etc.), the User whose rights have been violated shall have the right to address the Administration or its moderators with a complaint. The Administration shall review the complaint and, if found justified, shall take measures to stop violation of the User’s rights.

 

7. Duration of the Usage Rights

  1. This Agreement shall take effect from the moment when the User begins using the Web Service services, irrespective of the User’s registration or Advertisement placement, and shall remain in full force and effect indefinitely.
  2. The User shall have the right to terminate the right of using the Web Service services at any time. Once this is done, the User shall have no right to place new Advertisements.
  3. The Web Service shall reserve its right to stop, at its own discretion, the User’s access to the Web Service with or without cause or notice. The User whose access to the services has been terminated or whose data has ceased to be valid shall have neither the right to register again without obtaining a special permission of the Administration thereto, nor be able to use registration information of another User in order to gain access to the Web Service.

 

8. Miscellaneous

  1. Should any disputes arise, the Parties to this Agreement shall resolve them by means of negotiations. Disputes that arise while executing this Agreement and providing services by the Web Service shall be resolved in accordance with the current legislation.
  2. Resolution of all disputes shall be governed by the legislation of Estonian Republic.
  3. The Web Service shall reserve its right to amend this Agreement unilaterally and without notifying the Users. New edition of the Agreement shall take effect once it is published on the Web Service.
  4. Nothing in this Agreement shall be understood and interpreted as establishment of agency relationship between the User and the Administration, or relationship of association, cooperation, personal hire, or any other sort of relationship, unless expressly stipulated by this Agreement.
  5. If the Court holds any provision of this Agreement invalid or unenforceable, no other provisions of this Agreement shall be impacted by such Court decision.
  6. Inaction of the Administration when any of the Users violates provisions of this Agreement shall not deprive the Administration of the right to take appropriate measures in the future to protect its interests and rights.
  7. All other terms and circumstances, which are not stipulated by this Agreement, shall be decided on a case-by-case basis.

 

The User shall confirm that he/she has read all the provisions of this Agreement and accepts it fully and unconditionally.