Welcome to www.closeventures.ch (the Site), a website managed by the company Close SA, based in route de Saint-Julien 198, 1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland (CSA).
1. Acceptance and modification of the Terms of Use
Your access to and use of the Site are governed by these terms of use (Terms of Use). By accessing, browsing and using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and accepted without reservation the Terms of Use, as amended by us from time to time.
If we decide to change our Terms of Use, we will upload the new version to the Site. We, therefore, invite you to consult these Terms of Use regularly to take note of any changes.
2. Access to the Site
By using the Site, you confirm that you are at least 18 years old and have full exercise of your civil rights. Persons under the age of 18 or whose exercise of civil rights is restricted by an adult protection measure are only allowed to use the Site with the consent and under the supervision of one of their parents or legal representatives.
If you are using the Site or its features on behalf of a legal entity, you confirm that you are authorized to do so.
The equipment and material (computer, software, telecommunication means, etc.) necessary to access the Site are at your sole expense, as are the telecommunication costs incurred by their use.
3. Copyright and intellectual property
The content of the Site and in particular, but not exclusively, the texts, brands, logos, graphics, photographs, videos, sounds, music, layouts, designs, know-how, technologies, products, services and processes, are the property of CSA or its affiliates or are used with the authorization of the owners and as such are protected by their copyrights, brands or any other intellectual or industrial property rights that are recognized according to the laws in force.
Subject to the provisions of article 4 below, no element of the Site may be interpreted as granting a license or a right to use an element presented on the Site.
4. Use of the Site
Subject to compliance with these Terms of Use, and to the extent specified herein, you are granted a revocable, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable and non-assignable right to access the Site and use its contents for your personal, non-commercial use only.
You may download, display or print the contents of the Site only for your personal, non-commercial use, and you may retain and reproduce any copyright or other proprietary notices contained in the information or other material you download. Any other use of the Site is prohibited, including without limitation: (i) using and/or accessing the Site for purposes other than those contemplated by these Terms of Use; (ii) copying, reproducing, modifying, adapting, altering the Site and/or its contents; (iii) creating derivative works of the Site or elements of the Site ; (iv) accessing or attempting to access the source code of the Site, using decompilation techniques, reverse engineering or any other means whatsoever; (v) making available to third parties all or part of the Site or the content to which access is restricted.
You agree not to violate any legal standards or use the Site for any unlawful purpose; not to include any false, incomplete or inaccurate information; not to include any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs or any other programs designed to damage, adversely affect, intercept or defeat any system, data or personal information
CSA does not guarantee that your use of an element presented on the Site does not infringe any right of a third party.
5. Information considered non-confidential
Any data and information that you transmit to the Site via the internet and that can identify you personally is protected and handled in accordance with our privacy policy. We encourage you to read the privacy policy carefully before you entrust us with personal data.
Any other information or material that you communicate via the internet to CSA, by e-mail or any other means, including dates, questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, graphics etc., will not be treated as confidential or proprietary. Anything you transmit or upload will become the property of CSA and may be used without restriction for any purpose. Such material may namely be reproduced, disclosed, transmitted, published, broadcast or uploaded. Specifically, CSA shall be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in any communication you send to the Site for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing, advertising and marketing products and services using such information. Any use of such information submitted by you will be without compensation to you or any third party.
By transmitting information, you represent that the content transmitted is your property, that it is not defamatory and that its use by CSA will not violate any right of a third party. CSA will not be obliged to use the information transmitted.
6. Disclaimer of warranties
WITHOUT LIMITING THE SCOPE OF SECTION 7 BELOW, ALL MATERIALS AND INFORMATION FOUND ON THE SITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”, ON AN “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
CSA DOES NOT WARRANT THAT ITS SITE OR CONTENT WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS OR BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE.
Any advice or information obtained from CSA in written or oral form by or during the use of the services made available on the Site does not give the right to any warranty that is not expressly mentioned in these Terms of Use.
7. Limitation of liability
You access, use and browse the Site at your own risk.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, CSA, ITS AFFILIATES, OR THE COMPANIES INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DELIVERING THE SITE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, COSTS, LOSSES, REDUCTION IN TURNOVER OR PROFITS, OR LIABILITIES OF ANY KIND (EVEN IF THE OCCURRENCE OF SUCH DAMAGE WAS KNOWN OR COULD HAVE BEEN FORESEEN BY CSA), WHICH MAY RESULT FROM THE USE OR, ON THE CONTRARY, THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF USING THE SITE OR ITS CONTENTS.
ANY USE OF MATERIALS DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. CSA accepts no liability for any damage or virus that may affect your computer or hardware as a result of accessing or using the Site or downloading materials from the Site, or for unlawful interference with computer systems.
CSA reserves the right to interrupt or suspend all or some of the functions of the Site. CSA accepts no responsibility whatsoever for any interruption or suspension of all or some of the functions of the Site resulting from the actions or omissions of CSA or a third party.
8. Change of information
The content of the Site may include inaccuracies or errors. CSA reserves the right, at any time and without prior notice, to modify, correct or improve such content but shall not be held liable for these errors or inaccuracies.
9. Links
As a service to our visitors, the Site may contain hyperlinks to other websites that are neither operated nor controlled by CSA. CSA cannot be held responsible for these sites and declines all liability for their content, legality, accuracy or function.
Any creation of hyperlinks with the Site is forbidden without prior written consent from CSA.
10. Non-compliance
Without limiting the rights otherwise provided, we reserve the right to deny you access to the Site or to refuse to provide the services displayed on the Site if you fail to comply with these Terms of Use.
11. Miscellaneous
These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between CSA and you with respect to access and use of the Site and its content. Any other provisions set out by CSA governing its relationship with you, particularly with regard to the provision of a service and our privacy policy, supplement the Terms of Use. In case of contradiction between them, priority is given to the other provisions.
If any provision of these Terms of Use is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the parties agree that their intentions as reflected in the invalid provision shall be carried out to the maximum extent permissible, and the other provisions of the Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect.
Any tolerance or waiver by CSA in the application of all or part of the clauses of these Terms of Use, however frequent and prolonged, shall not be deemed to be a waiver of their application.
The section titles of the Terms of Use are for information purposes only and may not alter or modify the terms in any way.
12. Applicable law and jurisdiction
These Terms of Use are governed solely by Swiss substantive law, without regard to conflict of laws provisions.
Any dispute or claim arising out of or relating to the use of the Site shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Geneva, Switzerland, subject to an appeal to the Swiss Supreme Court.
