Terms of Use

Effective as of Febrary 01, 2021.

Welcome to DutyCast. These Terms of Use describe the terms and conditions applicable to your access and use of the websites at dutycast.com (each a "Site"). This document is a legally binding agreement between you as the user(s) of the Sites (referred to as " you", "your" or " User" hereinafter) and the DutyCast entity listed in clause 2.1 below (referred to as " we", "our" or " DutyCast " hereinafter).

1. Application and Acceptance of the Terms

1.1 Your use of the Sites and DutyCast’s services, software and products (collectively the as the " Services" hereinafter) is subject to the terms and conditions contained in this document as well as the Privacy Policy, the Product Listing Policy and any other rules and policies of the Sites that DutyCast may publish from time to time. The Promotion Services referred to in the DutyCast Free Membership Agreement shall include Top Ranking and Sponsored Listing and any such other Services as may be announced by DutyCast from time to time. This document and such other rules and policies of the Sites are collectively referred to below as the "Terms". By accessing the Sites or using the Services, you agree to accept and be bound by the Terms. Please do not use the Services or the Sites if you do not accept all of the Terms.

1.2 You may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms if (a) you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with DutyCast, or (b) you are not permitted to receive any Services under the laws of Norway or other countries / regions including the country / region in which you are resident or from which you use the Services.

1.3 DutyCast may amend any Terms at any time by posting the relevant amended and restated Terms on the Sites. By continuing to use the Services or the Sites, you agree that the amended Terms will apply to you.

1.4 If DutyCast has posted or provided a translation of the English language version of the Terms, you agree that the translation is provided for convenience only and that the English language version will govern your uses of the Services or the Sites.

1.5 You may be required to enter into a separate agreement, whether online or offline, with DutyCast or our affiliate for any Service (" Additional Agreements"). If there is any conflict or inconsistency between the Terms and an Additional Agreement, the Additional Agreement shall take precedence over the Terms only in relation to that Service concerned.
1.6 The Terms may not otherwise be modified except in writing by an authorized officer of DutyCast.

2. Provision of Services

2.1 The DutyCast contracting entity that you are contracting with is Scale Up Tools AS if you are a registered member of the Sites and registered or resident in Norway. If you registered in a jurisdiction outside Norway, and mainland Norway, you are contracting with Scale Up Tools AS. If you registered in or are a resident of mainland Norway, you are contracting with Dutycast.

2.2 You must register as a member on the Sites in order to access and use some Services. Further, DutyCast reserves the right, without prior notice, to restrict access to or use of certain Services (or any features within the Services) to paying Users or subject to other conditions that DutyCast may impose in our discretion.

2.3 Services (or any features within the Services) may vary for different regions and countries. No warranty or representation is given that a particular Service or feature or function thereof or the same type and extent of the Service or features and functions thereof will be available for Users. DutyCast may in our sole discretion limit, deny or create different level of access to and use of any Services (or any features within the Services) with respect to different Users.

2.4 DutyCast may launch, change, upgrade, impose conditions to, suspend, or stop any Services (or any features within the Services) without prior notice except that in case of a fee-based Service, such changes will not substantially adversely affect the paying Users in enjoying that Service.

2.5 Some Services may be provided by DutyCast’s affiliates on behalf of DutyCast.

3. Users Generally

3.1 As a condition of your access to and use of the Sites or Services, you agree that you will comply with all applicable laws and regulations when using the Sites or Services.

3.2 You agree to use the Sites or Services solely for your own private and internal purposes. You agree that (a) you will not copy, reproduce, download, re-publish, sell, distribute or resell any Services or any information, text, images, graphics, video clips, sound, directories, files, databases or listings, etc available on or through the Sites (the "Site Content"), and (b) you will not copy, reproduce, download, compile or otherwise use any Site Content for the purposes of operating a business that competes with DutyCast, or otherwise commercially exploiting the Site Content. Systematic retrieval of Site Content from the Sites to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database or directory (whether through robots, spiders, automatic devices or manual processes) without written permission from DutyCast is prohibited. Use of any content or materials on the Sites for any purpose not expressly permitted in the Terms is prohibited.

3.3 You must read DutyCast’s Privacy Policy which governs the protection and use of personal information about Users in the possession of DutyCast and our affiliates.

3.4 DutyCast may allow Users to access to content, products or services offered by third parties through hyperlinks (in the form of word link, banners, channels or otherwise), API or otherwise to such third parties’ web sites. You are cautioned to read such web sites’ terms and conditions and/or privacy policies before using the Sites. You acknowledge that DutyCast has no control over such third parties’ web sites, does not monitor such web sites, and shall not be responsible or liable to anyone for such web sites, or any content, products or services made available on such web sites.

3.5 You agree not to undertake any action to undermine the integrity of the computer systems or networks of DutyCast and/or any other User nor to gain unauthorized access to such computer systems or networks.

3.6 You agree not to undertake any action which may undermine the integrity of DutyCast’s feedback system, such as leaving positive feedback for yourself using secondary Member IDs or through third parties or by leaving unsubstantiated negative feedback for another User.

3.7 By posting or displaying any information, content or material ("User Content") on the Sites or providing any User Content to DutyCast or our representative(s), and to the extent permitted under applicable laws, you grant an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, and sub-licensable (through multiple tiers) license to DutyCast to display, transmit, distribute, reproduce, publish, duplicate, adapt, modify, translate, create derivative works, and otherwise use any or all of the User Content in any form, media, or technology now known or not currently known in any manner and for any purpose which may be beneficial to the operation of the Sites, the provision of any Services and/or the business of the User. You confirm and warrant to DutyCast that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the above license. Information that is protected under data protection laws will only be used and kept in compliance with those laws.

4. Member Accounts

4.1 User must be registered on the Sites to access or use some Services (a registered User is also referred to as a " Member" below). Except with DutyCast’s approval, one User may only register one member account on the Sites. DutyCast may cancel or terminate a User’s member account if DutyCast has reasons to suspect that the User has concurrently registered or controlled two or more member accounts. Further, DutyCast may reject User’s application for registration for any reason.

4.2 Upon registration on the Sites, DutyCast shall assign an account and issue a member ID and password (the latter shall be chosen by a registered User during registration) to each registered User. An account may have a web-based email account with limited storage space for the Member to send or receive emails.

4.3 A set of Member ID and password is unique to a single account. Each Member shall be solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of your Member ID and password and for all activities that occur under your account. No Member may share, assign, or permit the use of your Member account, ID or password by another person outside of the Member’s own business entity. Member agrees to notify DutyCast immediately if you become aware of any unauthorized use of your password or your account or any other breach of security of your account.

4.4 Member agrees that all activities that occur under your account (including without limitation, posting any company or product information, clicking to accept any Additional Agreements or rules, subscribing to or making any payment for any services, sending emails using the email account or sending SMS) will be deemed to have been authorized by the Member.

4.5 Member acknowledges that sharing of your account with other persons, or allowing multiple users outside of your business entity to use your account (collectively, " multiple use"), may cause irreparable harm to DutyCast or other Users of the Sites. Member shall indemnify DutyCast, our affiliates, directors, employees, agents and representatives against any loss or damages (including but not limited to loss of profits) suffered as a result of the multiple use of your account. Member also agrees that in case of the multiple use of your account or Member’s failure to maintain the security of your account, DutyCast shall not be liable for any loss or damages arising from such a breach and shall have the right to suspend or terminate Member’s account without liability to Member.

5. Member’s Responsibilities

5.1 Each Member represents, warrants and agrees that (a) you have full power and authority to accept the Terms, to grant the license and authorization and to perform the obligations hereunder; (b) you use the Sites and Services for business purposes only; and (c) the address you provide when registering is the principal place of business of your business entity. For purposes of this provision, a branch or liaison office will not be considered a separate entity and your principal place of business will be deemed to be that of your head office.

5.2 Member will be required to provide information or material about your entity, business or products/services as part of the registration process on the Sites or your use of any Service or the member account. Each Member represents, warrants and agrees that (a) such information and material whether submitted during the registration process or thereafter throughout the continuation of the use of the Sites or Service is true, accurate, current and complete, and (b) you will maintain and promptly amend all information and material to keep it true, accurate, current and complete.

5.3 Upon becoming a Member, you consent to the inclusion of the contact information about you in our Buyer Database and authorize DutyCast and our affiliates to share the contact information with other Users or otherwise use your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Policy.

5.4 Each Member represents, warrants and agrees that (a) you shall be solely responsible for obtaining all necessary third party licenses and permissions regarding any User Content that you submit, post or display; (b) any User Content that you submit, post or display does not infringe or violate any of the copyright, patent, trademark, trade name, trade secrets or any other personal or proprietary rights of any third party (" Third Party Rights"); (c) you have the right and authority to sell, trade, distribute or export or offer to sell, trade, distribute or export the products or services described in the User Content and such sale, trade, distribution or export or offer does not violate any Third Party Rights and (d) you and your affiliates are not the subject of any trade restrictions, sanctions or other legal restrictions enacted by any country, international organization or jurisdiction.

5.5 Each Member further represents, warrants and agrees that the User Content that you submit, post or display shall:
a) be true, accurate, complete and lawful;
b) not be false, misleading or deceptive;
c) not contain information that is defamatory, libelous, threatening or harassing, obscene, objectionable, offensive, sexually explicit or harmful to minors;
d) not contain information that is discriminatory or promotes discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age;
e) not violate the Product Listing Policy, other Terms or any applicable Additional Agreements
f) not violate any applicable laws and regulations (including without limitation those governing export control, consumer protection, unfair competition, or false advertising) or promote any activities which may violate any applicable laws and regulations;
g) not contain any link directly or indirectly to any other web Sites which includes any content that may violate the Terms.

5.6 Each Member further represents, warrants and agrees that you shall/are:
a) carry on your activities on the Sites in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations;
b) conduct your business transactions with other users of the Sites in good faith;
c) carry on your activities in accordance with the Terms and any applicable Additional Agreements;
d) not use the Services or Sites to defraud any person or entity (including without limitation sale of stolen items, use of stolen credit/debit cards);
e) not impersonate any person or entity, misrepresent yourself or your affiliation with any person or entity;
f) not engage in spamming or phishing;
g) not engage in any other unlawful activities (including without limitation those which would constitute a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability, etc) or encourage or abet any unlawful activities;
h) not involve attempts to copy, reproduce, exploit or expropriate DutyCast’s various proprietary directories, databases and listings;
i) not involve any computer viruses or other destructive devices and codes that have the effect of damaging, interfering with, intercepting or expropriating any software or hardware system, data or personal information;
j) not involve any scheme to undermine the integrity of the data, systems or networks used by DutyCast and/or any user of the Sites or gain unauthorized access to such data, systems or networks;
k) not, and your director(s), officer(s), controlling party/ies, affiliates and legal jurisdiction in which any of the foregoing persons or entities is organized or has operations are not, persons or entities that are subject to any economic or fraud sanctions of any governmental, international or regulatory entities; and
l) not engage in any activities that would otherwise create any liability for DutyCast or our affiliates.

5.7 Member may not use the Services and member account to engage in activities which are identical or similar to DutyCast’s e-commerce marketplace business.

5.8 If Member provides a business referee, Member represents, warrants and agrees that you have obtained all necessary consents, approvals and waivers from your business partners and associates to (a) act as your business referee; (b) post and publish their contact details and information, reference letters and comments on their behalf; and (c) that third parties may contact such business referees to support claims or statements made about you. You further warrant and agree that all reference letters and comments are true and accurate and third parties may contact the business referees without the need to obtain your consent.

5.9 Member agrees to provide all necessary information, materials and approval, and render all reasonable assistance and cooperation necessary for DutyCast’s provision of the Services, evaluating whether Member has breached the Terms and/or handling any complaint against the Member. If Member’s failure to do so results in delay in, or suspension or termination of, the provision of any Service, DutyCast shall not be obliged to extend the relevant service period nor shall be liable for any loss or damages arising from such delay, suspension or termination.

5.10 Member acknowledges and agrees that DutyCast shall not be required to actively monitor nor exercise any editorial control whatsoever over the content of any message or material or information created, obtained or accessible through the Services or Sites. DutyCast does not endorse, verify or otherwise certify the contents of any comments or other material or information made by any Member. Each Member is solely responsible for the contents of their communications and may be held legally liable or accountable for the content of their comments or other material or information

5.11 Member acknowledges and agrees that the Services may only be used by businesses and their representatives for business use and not for individual consumers or for personal use.

5.12 Member acknowledges and agrees that each Member is solely responsible for observing applicable laws and regulations in its respective jurisdictions to ensure that all use of the Site and Services are in compliance with the same.

6. Breaches by Members

6.1 DutyCast reserves the right in our sole discretion to remove, modify or reject any User Content that you submit to, post or display on the Sites which we reasonably believe is unlawful, violates the Terms, could subject DutyCast or our affiliates to liability, or is otherwise found inappropriate in DutyCast’s opinion.

6.2 If any Member breaches any Terms, or if DutyCast has reasonable grounds to believe that a Member is in breach of any Terms, DutyCast shall have the right to take such disciplinary actions as it deems appropriate, including without limitation: (i) suspending or terminating the Member’s account and any and all accounts determined to be related to such account by DutyCast in its discretion; (ii) restricting, downgrading, suspending or terminating the subscription of, access to, or current or future use of any Service; (iii) removing any product listings or other User Content that the Member has submitted, posted or displayed, or imposing restrictions on the number of product listings or User Content that the Member may post or display; (iv) imposing other restrictions on the Member’s use of any features or functions of any Service as DutyCast may consider appropriate in its sole discretion; and (v) any other corrective actions, discipline or penalties as DutyCast may deem necessary or appropriate in its sole discretion.

6.3 Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the Terms, a Member would be considered as being in breach of the Terms in any of the following circumstances:
a) upon complaint or claim from any third party, DutyCast has reasonable grounds to believe that such Member has willfully or materially failed to perform your contract with such third party including without limitation where the Member has failed to deliver any items ordered by such third party after receipt of the purchase price, or where the items Member has delivered materially fail to meet the terms and descriptions outlined in your contract with such third party,
b) DutyCast has reasonable grounds to suspect that such Member has used a stolen credit card or other false or misleading information in any transaction with a counter party,
c) DutyCast has reasonable grounds to suspect that any information provided by the Member is not current or complete or is untrue, inaccurate, or misleading, or
d) DutyCast believes that the Member’s actions may cause financial loss or legal liability to DutyCast or our affiliates or any other Users.

6.4 DutyCast reserves the right to cooperate fully with governmental authorities, private investigators and/or injured third parties in the investigation of any suspected criminal or civil wrongdoing. Further, to the extent permitted by applicable laws and policies, DutyCast may disclose the Member’s identity, contact information and/or information regarding the Member’s account(s), transactions or activities carried out on or via the Site, if requested by a government or law enforcement body, an injured third party, or as a result of a subpoena or other legal action. DutyCast shall not be liable for damages or results arising from such disclosure, and Member agrees not to bring any action or claim against DutyCast for such disclosure.

6.5 DutyCast may, at any time and in our reasonable discretion, impose limitations on, suspend or terminate the Member’s use of any Service or the Sites without being liable to the Member if DutyCast has received notice that the Member is in breach of any agreement or undertaking with any affiliate of DutyCast including without limitation such breach involves or is reasonably suspected of involving dishonest or fraudulent activities. DutyCast shall not be required to investigate such breach or request confirmation from the Member.

6.6 Each Member agrees to indemnify DutyCast, our affiliates, directors, employees, agents and representatives and to hold them harmless, from any and all damages, losses, claims and liabilities (including legal costs on a full indemnity basis) which may arise from your submission, posting or display of any User Content, from your use of the Sites or Services, or from your breach of the Terms.

6.7 Each Member further agrees that DutyCast is not responsible, and shall have no liability to you or anyone else for any User Content or other material transmitted over the Sites, including fraudulent, untrue, misleading, inaccurate, defamatory, offensive or illicit material and that the risk of damage from such material rests entirely with each Member. DutyCast reserves the right, at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by the Member, in which event the Member shall cooperate with DutyCast in asserting any available defenses.

7. Transactions Between Buyers and Sellers

7.1 Through the Sites, DutyCast provides electronic web-based platforms for exchanging information between buyers and sellers of products and services. DutyCast additionally provides electronic web-based transaction platforms for Members to place, accept, conclude, manage and fulfill orders for the provision of products and services online within the Sites subject to the terms of the Transaction Services Agreement . However, for any Services, DutyCast does not represent either the seller or the buyer in specific transactions. DutyCast does not control and is not liable to or responsible for the quality, safety, lawfulness or availability of the products or services offered for sale on the Sites or the ability of the sellers to complete a sale or the ability of buyers to complete a purchase.

7.2 Users are hereby made aware that there may be risks of dealing with people acting under false pretences. DutyCast uses several techniques to verify the accuracy of certain information our paying Users provide us when they register for a paying membership service on the Sites. However, because user verification on the Internet is difficult, DutyCast cannot and does not confirm each User’s purported identity (including, without limitation, paying Members). We encourage you to use various means, as well as common sense, to evaluate with whom you are dealing.

7.3 Each User acknowledges that it is fully assuming the risks of conducting any purchase and sale transactions in connection with using the Sites or Services, and that it is fully assuming the risks of liability or harm of any kind in connection with subsequent activity of any kind relating to products or services that are the subject of transactions using the Sites. Such risks shall include, but are not limited to, mis-representation of products and services, fraudulent schemes, unsatisfactory quality, failure to meet specifications, defective or dangerous products, unlawful products, delay or default in delivery or payment, cost mis-calculations, breach of warranty, breach of contract and transportation accidents. Such risks also include the risks that the manufacture, importation, export, distribution, offer, display, purchase, sale and/or use of products or services offered or displayed on the Sites may violate or may be asserted to violate Third Party Rights, and the risk that User may incur costs of defense or other costs in connection with third parties’ assertion of Third Party Rights, or in connection with any claims by any party that they are entitled to defense or indemnification in relation to assertions of rights, demands or claims by Third Party Rights claimants. Such risks also include the risks that consumers, other purchasers, end-users of products or others claiming to have suffered injuries or harms relating to products originally obtained by Users of the Sites as a result of purchase and sale transactions in connection with using the Sites may suffer harms and/or assert claims arising from their use of such products. All of the foregoing risks are hereafter referred to as "Transaction Risks". Each User agrees that DutyCast shall not be liable or responsible for any damages, claims, liabilities, costs, harms, inconveniences, business disruptions or expenditures of any kind that may arise a result of or in connection with any Transaction Risks.

7.4 Users are solely responsible for all of the terms and conditions of the transactions conducted on, through or as a result of use of the Sites or Services, including, without limitation, terms regarding payment, returns, warranties, shipping, insurance, fees, taxes, title, licenses, fines, permits, handling, transportation and storage.

7.5 User agrees to provide all information and materials as may be reasonably required by DutyCast in connection with your transactions conducted on, through or as a result of use of the Sites or Services. DutyCast has the right to suspend or terminate any User’s account if the User fails to provide the required information and materials.

7.6 In the event that any User has a dispute with any party to a transaction, such User agrees to release and indemnify DutyCast (and our agents, affiliates, directors, officers and employees) from all claims, demands, actions, proceedings, costs, expenses and damages (including without limitation any actual, special, incidental or consequential damages) arising out of or in connection with such transaction.

8. Limitation of Liability

8.1 TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY DutyCast ON OR THROUGH THE SITES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS", "AS AVAILABLE" AND "WITH ALL FAULTS", AND DutyCast HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY WARRANTIES OF CONDITION, QUALITY, DURABILITY, PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ALL SUCH WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, CONDITIONS, AND UNDERTAKINGS ARE HEREBY EXCLUDED.

8.2 TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DutyCast MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE VALIDITY, ACCURACY, CORRECTNESS, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, STABILITY, COMPLETENESS OR CURRENTNESS OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SITES; DutyCast DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE MANUFACTURE, IMPORTATION, EXPORT, DISTRIBUTION, OFFER, DISPLAY, PURCHASE, SALE AND/OR USE OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OFFERED OR DISPLAYED ON THE SITES DOES NOT VIOLATE ANY THIRD PARTY RIGHTS; AND DutyCast MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND CONCERNING ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE OFFERED OR DISPLAYED ON THE SITES.

8.3 Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the Sites is done at each User’s sole discretion and risk and each User is solely responsible for any damage to DutyCast’s computer system or loss of data that may result from the download of any such material. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by any User from DutyCast or through or from the Sites shall create any warranty not expressly stated herein.

8.4 The Sites may make available to User services or products provided by independent third parties. No warranty or representation is made with regard to such services or products. In no event shall DutyCast and our affiliates be held liable for any such services or products.

8.5 Each User hereby agrees to indemnify and save DutyCast, our affiliates, directors, officers and employees harmless, from any and all losses, claims, liabilities (including legal costs on a full indemnity basis) which may arise from such User’s use of the Sites or Services (including but not limited to the display of such User’s information on the Sites) or from your breach of any of the terms and conditions of the Terms. Each User hereby further agrees to indemnify and save DutyCast, our affiliates, directors, officers and employees harmless, from any and all losses, damages, claims, liabilities (including legal costs on a full indemnity basis) which may arise from User’s breach of any representations and warranties made by User to DutyCast, including but not limited to those set forth in Section 5 hereunder.

8.6 Each User hereby further agrees to indemnify and save DutyCast, our affiliates, directors, officers and employees harmless, from any and all losses, damages, claims, liabilities (including legal costs on a full indemnity basis) which may arise, directly or indirectly, as a result of any claims asserted by Third Party Rights claimants or other third parties relating to products offered or displayed on the Sites. Each User hereby further agrees that DutyCast is not responsible and shall have no liability to you, for any material posted by others, including defamatory, offensive or illicit material and that the risk of damages from such material rests entirely with each User. DutyCast reserves 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 shall cooperate with DutyCast in asserting any available defenses.

8.7 DutyCast shall not be liable for any special, direct, indirect, punitive, incidental or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever (including but not limited to damages for loss of profits or savings, business interruption, loss of information), whether in contract, negligence, tort, equity or otherwise or any other damages resulting from any of the following:
a) the use or the inability to use the Sites or Services;
b) any defect in goods, samples, data, information or services purchased or obtained from a User or any other third party through the Sites;
c) violation of Third Party Rights or claims or demands that User’s manufacture, importation, export, distribution, offer, display, purchase, sale and/or use of products or services offered or displayed on the Sites may violate or may be asserted to violate Third Party Rights; or claims by any party that they are entitled to defense or indemnification in relation to assertions of rights, demands or claims by Third Party Rights claimants;
d) unauthorized access by third parties to data or private information of any User;
e) statements or conduct of any User of the Sites; or;
f) any matters relating to Services however arising, including negligence.

8.8 Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions, the aggregate liability of DutyCast, our employees, agents, affiliates, representatives or anyone acting on our behalf with respect to each User for all claims arising from the use of the Sites or Services during any calendar year shall be limited to the greater of (a) the amount of fees the User has paid to DutyCast or our affiliates during the calendar year and (b) the maximum amount permitted in the applicable law. The preceding sentence shall not preclude the requirement by the User to prove actual damages. All claims arising from the use of the Sites or Services must be filed within one (1) year from the date the cause of action arose or such longer period as prescribed under any applicable law governing this Terms of Use.

8.9 The limitations and exclusions of liability to you under the Terms shall apply to the maximum extent permitted by law and shall apply whether or not DutyCast has been advised of or should have been aware of the possibility of any such losses arising.

9. Force Majeure

9.1 Under no circumstances shall DutyCast be held liable for any delay or failure or disruption of the content or services delivered through the Sites resulting directly or indirectly from acts of nature, forces or causes beyond our reasonable control, including without limitation, Internet failures, computer, telecommunications or any other equipment failures, electrical power failures, strikes, labor disputes, riots, insurrections, civil disturbances, shortages of labor or materials, fires, flood, storms, explosions, acts of God, war, governmental actions, orders of domestic or foreign courts or tribunals or non-performance of third parties.

10. Intellectual Property Right

10.1 DutyCast is the sole owner or lawful licensee of all the rights and interests in the Sites and the Site Content. The Sites and Site Content embody trade secrets and other intellectual property rights protected under worldwide copyright and other laws. All title, ownership and intellectual property rights in the Sites and Site Content shall remain with DutyCast, our affiliates or licensors of the Site Content, as the case may be. All rights not otherwise claimed under the Terms or by DutyCast are hereby reserved.

10.2 "Dutycast", "DutyCast", and related icons and logos are registered trademarks or trademarks or service marks of Dutycast, and "Trade Guarantee", "EI Gateway" and related icons and logos are registered trademarks or trademarks or service marks of DutyCast Limited, in various jurisdictions and are protected under applicable copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights laws. The unauthorized copying, modification, use or publication of these marks is strictly prohibited.

10.3 DutyCast may have independent third parties involved in the provision of the Services (e.g., the authentication and verification service providers). You may not use any trademark, service mark or logo of such independent third parties without prior written approval from such parties.

11. Notices

11.1 All legal notices or demands to or upon DutyCast shall be made in writing and sent to DutyCast personally, by courier, certified mail, or facsimile to the following entity and address: DutyCast Norway Nedre Vollgate 3, 0158 Oslo The notices shall be effective when they are received by DutyCast in any of the above-mentioned manner.

11.2 All legal notices or demands to or upon a User shall be effective if either delivered personally, sent by courier, certified mail, by facsimile or email to the last-known correspondence, fax or email address provided by the User to DutyCast, or by posting such notice or demand on an area of the Sites that is publicly accessible without a charge. Notice to a User shall be deemed to be received by such User if and when.
a) DutyCast is able to demonstrate that communication, whether in physical or electronic form, has been sent to such User, or
b) immediately upon DutyCast posting such notice on an area of the Sites that is publicly accessible without charge.

11.3 You agree that all agreements, notices, demands, disclosures and other communications that DutyCast sends to you electronically satisfy the legal requirement that such communication should be in writing.

12. General Provisions

12.1 Subject to any Additional Agreements, the Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and DutyCast with respect to and govern your use of the Sites and Services, superseding any prior written or oral agreements in relation to the same subject matter herein.

12.2 DutyCast and you are independent contractors, and no agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchiser-franchisee relationship is intended or created by the Terms.

12.3 If any provision of the Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be deleted and the remaining provisions shall remain valid and be enforced.

12.4 Headings are for reference purposes only and in no way define, limit, construe or describe the scope or extent of such section.

12.5 DutyCast’s failure to enforce any right or failure to act with respect to any breach by you under the Terms will not constitute a waiver of that right nor a waiver of DutyCast’s right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches.

12.6 DutyCast shall have the right to assign the Terms (including all of our rights, titles, benefits, interests, and obligations and duties in the Terms to any person or entity (including any affiliates of DutyCast ). You may not assign, in whole or part, the Terms to any person or entity.

12.7 If you are from outside of mainland Norway, The Terms shall be governed by the laws of Norway without regard to its conflict of law provisions and the parties to the Terms agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Norway. If you are from mainland Norway, the Terms shall be governed by the laws of People’s Republic of Norway without regard to its conflict of law provisions and the parties to the Terms agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of People’s Republic of Norway.

COOKIE POLICY

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Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, storing your preferences, and generally improving your experience of a website. Cookies make the interaction between you and the website faster and easier. Cookies also allow us to count unique visitors, and see how they use the website, e.g. to help us improve how easily users can find what they are looking for.

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What is in a cookie?

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What to do if you don't want cookies to be set

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Cookies in emails

We also use cookies and similar technologies in some emails. These tell us whether you open an email and how you interacted with it. If you have enabled images, cookies may be set on your computer or device. Cookies will also be set if you click on any link within the email. The technology types we use are:

Web beacons: tiny, invisible images placed in emails to tell us whether you open them (and if so how often), how you interact with them (for example the time you spend reading the email), which email software and web browser you used, which device you used and your IP address. We also use web beacons to help us display emails in the best format for your device.
Link tracking: our emails contain several hyperlinks, each with a unique tag. When you click on a link the mailing company logs the click so that we can understand who has clicked through from an email to our website. We use this information to tailor future messages to you.
Cookies: our process for delivering emails may cause cookies to be set when you download images or when you click on a link.

How to control email cookies

If you don't want to accept cookies from our emails, just close the email before clicking on any links or downloading any images. You can also alter your browser settings to restrict or reject cookies. These settings will apply to all cookies on websites and emails.

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Third party cookies

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Cookies used by this website

Below is a list of the cookies that this website uses along with an explanation.

Cookie name	Cookie purpose	Cookie expiration
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PRIVACY POLICY

Effective Date: December 20, 2018

DutyCast, AS. (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the https://dutycast.com, https://app.dutycast.com, and website and the Dutycast mobile application (collectively, the “Services”). This page informs you of our policies and practices regarding the collection, use and disclosure of information which personally identifies you (“Personal Information”) when you use our Services. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”). We use your Personal Information for providing and improving the Services. By using the Services, you agree to the collection and use of your Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Information Collection and Use; Personal Information

We may ask you to provide us, or third parties may provide us, with certain Personal Information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personal Information may include, but is not limited to, your name, postal address, email address, and employer. We collect Personal Information for the purpose of providing the Services, identifying and communicating with you about the Services, responding to your requests/inquiries, servicing your purchase orders, improving our Services, and communicating with you about our Services, discounts, and promotions.

How Long We Keep Your Personal Information

How long we keep information we collect about you depends on the type of information, as described in further detail below. After such time, we will either delete or anonymize your information or, if this is not possible (for example, because the information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your information and isolate it from any further use until deletion is possible.

Account Information

We retain your account information for as long as your account is active and a reasonable period thereafter in case you decide to re-activate the Services. We also retain your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, to resolve disputes, to enforce our agreements, and to continue to develop and improve our Services. Where we retain information for Service improvement and development, it will be anonymized and used to uncover collective insights about the use of our Services, not to specifically analyze personal characteristics about you.

Managed Accounts

If the Services are made available to you through an organization (e.g., your employer), we retain your information as long as required by your employer under our agreement with your employer as required by the administrator of your account. If your account is deactivated, your information and conversations you may have had and actions you may have taken on the Services will remain in order to allow your team members to make full use of the Services.

Marketing Information

If you have elected to receive marketing emails from us, we retain information about your marketing preferences for a reasonable period of time from the date you last expressed interest in our Services. Every marketing email we send will provide you with the option to opt out of receiving future emails.

Information Collected Directly from You

We collect information about you when you provide it to us and automatically when you use the Services.

Log Data

We collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our website or use our Services (“Log Data”). This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Services that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics. In addition, we use third party services such as Google Analytics that collect, monitor and analyze this type of information in order to increase our Services’ functionality. These third-party service providers have their own privacy policies addressing how they use such information. When you access the Services by or through a mobile device, we collect certain information automatically, including the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device’s unique device ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, and your general location information as described further below.

Location Information

We use and store information about your general location. We use this information to provide features of our Services and to improve and customize our Services.

Cookies

Cookies are files with a small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a web site and transferred to your device. We use cookies to collect information in order to improve our Services. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. The “Help” feature on most browsers provide information on how to accept cookies, disable cookies or to notify you when receiving a new cookie. If you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some features of our Services and we recommend that you leave them turned on.

Do Not Track Disclosure

We do not support Do Not Track (“DNT”). Do Not Track is a preference you can set in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked. You can enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the “Preferences” or “Settings” page of your web browser.

Information Collected from Other Sources

We will enrich your Personal Information with additional Personal Information received from publicly accessible sources. We may also receive your information from services you integrate with Dutycast, from other users of Dutycast, or from our partners.

Other Users of the Services

Other users of our Services may provide information about you when they use the Services. For example, we receive your email address from other Service users when they provide it in order to invite you to the Services.

Partners

We work with partners who may market, sell, or support our Services. These partners may provide us your Personal Information so that we can contact you. We also may receive your Personal Information from advertising, market research, or data enrichment partners with whom we engage to identify prospective customers.

Service Providers who may Receive Your Personal Information

We may employ third-party companies and individuals (our “agents”) to facilitate our Services, to provide the Services on our behalf, to perform complementary services and/or to assist us in analyzing how our Services are used. Examples may include storing data, delivering messages, processing credit card payments, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, managing our agreements with you, supplementing the information you provide us in order to provide you with better service, and providing customer service. We do not transfer data to non-agent third parties. These third parties have access to your Personal Information only to perform specific tasks on our behalf and are under written obligation not to disclose or use your Personal Information for any purpose other than those disclosed in this Privacy Policy. Notwithstanding such legal and contractual obligations between us and such service providers, we remain potentially liable for any misuse of your Personal Information. We will only disclose Personal Information when we are required to do so in response to a lawful request by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.

Communications; Your Options

We may use your Personal Information to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send, or by emailing [email protected].

Security of Personal Information

The security of your Personal Information is important to us, and we strive to implement and maintain reasonable, commercially acceptable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the information we store, in order to protect it from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure. However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and we are unable to guarantee the absolute security of the Personal Information we have collected from you.

International Transfer of Personal Information

Your Personal Information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide Personal Information to us, please note that we transfer Personal Information to the United States and process it there pursuant to our Privacy Shield Certification.

Links To Other Sites

Our Services may contain links to other websites or online locations that are not operated or controlled by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site or location you visit. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Children’s Privacy

Only persons who are age 18 or older have permission to access our Services. Our Services are not intended to be used by anyone under the age of 13 (“Children”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you learn that your Children have provided us with Personal Information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Notice

When we collect your Personal Information, we’ll give you timely and appropriate notice describing what Personal Information we’re collecting, how we’ll use it, and the types of third parties with whom we may share it. This Privacy Policy serves as such notice, and any changes to our collection, use or disclosure of your Personal Information will be reflected in revisions to the Privacy Policy posted on our website.

Choice

As established and described in this Privacy Policy, we’ll give you choices about the ways we use and share your Personal Information, and we’ll respect the choices you make.

Accountability for Onward Transfer

If we transfer your Personal Information to another country, we may remain liable and will take appropriate measures to protect your privacy and the Personal Information we transfer.

Security

We’ll take appropriate physical, technical, and organizational measures to protect your Personal Information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, and destruction.

Data Integrity and Purpose Limitation

We’ll collect only as much Personal Information as we need for specific, identified purposes, and we won’t use it for other purposes without obtaining your consent. We’ll take appropriate steps to make sure the Personal Information in our records is accurate.

Access

If you wish to confirm the accuracy of your Personal Information or have it removed from our systems and records, you may contact us at the email address, telephone number or postal address provided in the How to Contact Us clause of this Privacy Policy.

Recourse, Enforcement and Liability

We’ll regularly review our continued adherence to these privacy obligations, and we’ll provide and maintain the independent mechanism specified in this Privacy Policy as a way to resolve complaints about our privacy practices.

Further, we acknowledge our potential liability for misuse of your Personal Information by us or our third-party service providers, as further set forth in this Privacy Policy.

For EU Users

This section applies only to Users located in the European Union.

Contact Information for the Data Controller

This paragraph pertains only to individuals for whom Dutycast is a “controller” within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the German Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (“GDPR”):

Controller of your Personal Information:

DutyCast, AS.

e-Innovation Centre, Priorslee, Telford, United Kingdom TF2 9FT.

Phone: +1 855-266-1567

Email: [email protected]

Legal Bases for Processing EU Users’ Personal Information

We only process your information when we have the legal basis to do so. That is, we will only process your Personal Information when:

We need it to provide you the Services;
You give us consent for a specific purpose; or
It satisfies Dutycast’s legitimate interests (which are not overridden by your data protection interests), such as for improving, marketing, and promoting the Services and protecting our legal rights;
We need to process your data to comply with our legal obligations.

Transfer of EU Users’ Personal Information Outside the EU

We may transfer your Personal Information to Dutycast-affiliated entities in third parties in the United States or other countries that may not have equivalent privacy and data protection laws to the country in which you reside. When we transfer Personal Information of customers in the European Economic Area or Switzerland to any such country, we make use of the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Frameworks, European Commission-approved standard contractual data protection clauses, binding corporate rules, or other appropriate legal mechanisms to safeguard the transfer. Please refer to the Section “EU-US and Swiss-US Privacy Shield” below.

EU Users’ Rights to Control Personal Information

You have control over your Personal Information. Below are the rights you have and the steps you can take to exercise them. Please note that your rights may be limited in certain cases: for example, if fulfilling your request would reveal information about another person, or if you ask to delete information which we or your employer are permitted by law or have compelling legitimate interests to keep, and it may take time for us to investigate your request. If you believe that we are not respecting your rights with regard to your Personal Information, you may lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority.

Right to Access

You have a right to request a copy of the Personal Information that Dutycast holds. To request this information, please email us at [email protected].

Right to Rectification

If you believe that any Personal Information that Dutycast holds is incorrect, you have the right to correct that information. You can change your Dutycast account information on the “Settings” page, and if you have any further concerns regarding the accuracy of your information, please email us at [email protected].

Right to Erasure, Restriction, or Objection to Processing

If you believe we do not have the right to process your information or you object to our processing for a particular purpose, or if you want us to erase your Personal Information altogether, please email us at [email protected].

Right to Withdraw Consent

If you gave us consent to process your Personal Information for a particular purpose, you have the right to withdraw that consent by emailing us at [email protected]. Your withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of our processing of your Personal Information prior to the withdrawal.

Data Portability

You have the right to obtain the Personal Information that you have directly submitted to Dutycast in a format you can transfer to another service provider. If you want to exercise this right, please email us at [email protected].

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Services after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy. If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you either through the email address you have provided us, or by placing a prominent notice on our website.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: [email protected] e-Innovation Centre, Priorslee, Telford, United Kingdom TF2 9FT.

[email protected]

e-Innovation Centre, Priorslee, Telford, United Kingdom TF2 9FT