Legal Notice
"Gadsbee
Limited" is a limited liability company registered in Hong Kong. It operates a number of
subsidiary and affiliate companies that are independent legal entities in their own right. For
the purposes of this Legal Notice the name "Gadsbee Limited” covers all these subsidiaries and
affiliates.
"Gadsbee Limited" has global outreach and is engaged in
the business of directing online advertisers to online publishers, which are suitable websites
that have ad spaces to offer. The company functions through a proprietary system that operates
in an automated manner. The advertiser clients create a personal user account, and then use the
facilities provided to find the best publishers for their products or services.
The
use of our website is governed by our terms and conditions (including the Advertiser and
Publisher Agreement) that are available on the website. Your acceptance of these terms and
conditions is deemed to have been given when you start using the services, even if you have not
specifically accorded the acceptance. Any person that accesses and uses our services through
your account will also be bound by these terms and conditions, and it will be your
responsibility to ensure compliance.
The information displayed on
this website is provided by "Gadsbee Limited" and we offer no explicit or implied
representations or warranties about its completeness, correctness, reliability, suitability or
availability. This applies to all forms of information, whether data, content, images, graphics
or any other and placed on the website for any purpose. As a part of our services, we will
always attempt to provide accurate information, but you alone will be responsible for any
consequences arising from the use of the website.
In order to offer
better services, we provide links to other websites. We expressly make it clear that we are not
recommending or endorsing these websites and you should use them at your discretion and risk.
These websites are not managed by "Gadsbee Limited" and we are not responsible for the
information presented there.
Despite our endeavour to keep the
website operating round the clock, it is possible that the services may be temporarily
unavailable due to technical problems beyond our control. You explicitly agree not to hold us
liable for any losses incurred by you as a result of such downtime.
Before
subscribing to our services and before making any decision based on the website content that
could have financial implications for you, you should take the opinion of a qualified
professional in this field. Neither "Gadsbee Limited" nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates
will be responsible for any loss incurred by anyone using this website or service.
General Terms and Conditions These
General Terms and Conditions (these “Terms”) govern the purchasing of any traffic by "Gadsbee
Limited", a Hong Kong entity (“Company”) and the person entering into this agreement as the
Publisher (“Publisher”) pursuant to which Company may purchase traffic from Publisher, in
accordance with specifics that may be further agreed between the parties. The following terms
and provisions govern the purchase of the traffic by Company from Publisher and the relationship
between Company and Publisher with respect to their relationship arising therefrom.
As
used herein, “Publisher” refers to the person or entity for whom the person entering into this
agreement indicates is to be the Publisher.
If Publisher is executing
and/or agreeing to these Terms online, electronically, through Company’s website, or through any
other means not as a manual signature, Publisher agrees and acknowledges that by affirmatively
indicating Publisher’s agreement to this Agreement, including by selecting the button or box
asserting the affirmation, such act shall stand in place of Publisher’s manual signature and
that it shall be as equally binding on Publisher as if Publisher had signed these Terms
manually. Publisher is hereby notified, and acknowledges, that Publisher may retain a paper or
other permanent copy of these Terms for Publisher’s own records.
1.
Procedures and Campaign Information
1.1. Prior to acceptance of Publisher into Company’s
program and technologies that allow for Publisher’s sale of traffic to Company in accordance
herewith, Publisher must accept these Terms and provide Advertiser all requested information
with regards to Company in the form, manner and time as requested by Company, including the
legal name of Publisher, the legal address of Publisher, and contact information for Publisher,
including a contact individual and such person’s telephone number and email address. Publisher
represents and warrants that all such information is true, complete, and accurate, and Publisher
covenants to update all such information promptly upon any change to the accuracy of such
information.
1.2. Upon Company’s receipt of Publisher’s acceptance of these Terms, and all
other information as required pursuant to Section 1.1 hereof, Company reserves the right to
review Publisher’s information and determine whether, in its sole discretion, to purchase
traffic from Publisher. Thereafter, from time to time, and in Company’s sole discretion, Company
may inform Publisher of a campaign that it desires to engage in with Publisher, including the
type of traffic to be purchased, the pricing model, start date, end date, and any additional
terms. Such information may be provided in the form of an “Insertion Order” or such other form
(collectively, an “Insertion Order”). Should Publisher accept such an Insertion Order, the
Parties shall proceed with the campaign in accordance with these Terms and the provisions as set
forth in the Insertion Order. In the event of any conflict between the Insertion Order and these
Terms, the provisions of these Terms shall control.
2.
Participation Conditions
2.1. Company has the right to reject and disable the purchase of any
and all traffic that it determines, in its sole discretion, does not comply with the Insertion
Order, its purchase requirements and the additional conditions and requirements set forth
herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that Company determines
that the traffic it is receiving from Publisher does not satisfy Company’s requirements,
including for quality of traffic, Company may disable or limit its purchase of traffic from
Publisher.
2.2. Publisher represents and warrants that is has the necessary ownership,
licenses, permissions, rights, and consents to sell and deliver the traffic to Company.
Publisher is solely responsible for selling the traffic to Company hereunder.
2.3. Without
limiting the generality of any of the foregoing, Publisher must satisfy all of the following
requirements in connection with any and all traffic sold to Company hereunder: (a) Publisher may
not cheat, defraud, or mislead, or attempt to cheat, defraud, or mislead, Company or any of the
traffic, in any manner; (b) Publisher may not engage in any activities that may be harmful to
Company’s image, goodwill, or reputation as determined by Company in its discretion; (c) Traffic
may not be directed from any sexual or erotic content that depicts any persons under the age of
18 years or in a manner that suggests that they may be under the age of 18 years; (d) Traffic
may not be directed from any content that is obscene, vulgar, illegal, unlawful, defamatory,
fraudulent, misrepresentative, libelous, harmful, harassing, abusive, threatening, invasive of
privacy or publicity rights, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, inflammatory, infringing
of any intellectual property, or otherwise inappropriate as determined by Company; (e) Traffic
may not be directed from content that depicts illegal activities, promotes or depicts physical
harm or injury to any group or individual, or promotes or depicts any act of cruelty to animals;
(f) Traffic may not be directed through means of or from content that contains software viruses
or any computer code, file, or program that is designed to interrupt, destroy, limit, monitor,
or inappropriately access or redirect any computer software, hardware, or other equipment; (g)
All traffic must be real and natural (human) – no bots or other forms of non-human traffic is
permitted; (h) Publisher must abide by all applicable local, national, and international laws
and regulations; (i) No auto-bookmarking, auto-refreshing, auto-focusing, homepage changing, 404
traffic, fake video players, or i-frames; (g) Publisher may not use any method to artificially
or fraudulently inflate the volume of traffic, including, without limitation, framing a banner’s
click-through destination, auto-spawning browsers, running spiders, automatically redirecting
users, or any other technique that may generate automatic or fraudulent traffic; (h) No
encouraging or incentivizing end users to visit, click or engage in any other action for the
purpose of generating traffic.
2.4. Publisher represents, warrants, and covenants that all
information provided to Company in connection herewith, including in an Insertion Order, is
correct, complete, and current, and will be kept correct, complete, and current.
3.
Payment Provisions
3.1. Company shall only have an obligation to pay Publisher for traffic
that complies with all of the following: (a) The traffic is traffic that is ordered by
Advertiser hereunder and subject to any caps imposed by Company (and no more than the traffic
ordered by Company hereunder – accordingly, if Publisher directs any more traffic to Company
hereunder than is ordered, Company is under no obligation to pay for such traffic); (b) The
traffic complies with the Insertion Order and all the requirements hereof, including, without
limitation, Section 2 hereof; (c) Publisher directs the traffic through the specified link or
links designated for Publisher by Company, as the same may change from time to time upon notice
to Publisher; and (d) Company is able to measure and attribute the traffic to Publisher using
Company’s methods and practices to measure traffic as selected and implemented by Company in its
reasonable discretion.
3.2. Company may, in its discretion, from time to time, provide
Publisher with a dashboard or reports that track and review traffic attributed to Publisher.
Company does not represent and warrant that the information available in the same will be
“real-time” and Company always reserves the right to recalculate traffic based on a number of
factors, including, without limitation, the discovery of fraudulent traffic or technical errors.
The form, content, and frequency of updates to any such information is subject to change in
Company’s discretion.
3.3. Following each calendar month, Company will make a good faith
attempt to provide Publisher, within ten (10) days of the close of that month, with finalized
measurements of traffic purchased from Publisher in that month (a “Stats Notice”). If Publisher
disputes any portion of the Stats Notice, Publisher must notify Company of such dispute within
thirty (30) days of Company sending the Stats Notice, setting forth in good faith and reasonable
detail the basis for the dispute. In the event that Publisher does not dispute the Stats Notice
within thirty (30) days of Company sending the same, Publisher shall be deemed to have accepted
the measurements therein as correct and binding. Advertiser reserves the right to recalculate
and reissue Stats Notices at any time in good faith.
3.4. Following Publisher’s receipt of
the Stats Notice, Publisher may issue an invoice to Company for the traffic sold and accounted
for in the Stats Notice.
3.5. Payments Procedure Order
3.5.1 Notwithstanding anything else
herein, Company may set a reasonable “Payment Floor.” Unless otherwise notified, the Payment
Floor shall be US$500. Company shall be under no obligation to make any payments to Publisher
until such time as the total amount outstanding and due to Publisher is at least the amount of
the Payment Floor.
3.5.2 Notwithstanding anything else herein, in the event that Publisher
fails to sell traffic to Company in an amount of at least the Payment Floor within any twelve
(12) month period, then Company may, at the end of that period, charge Publisher a maintenance
fee of the amount in the Publisher’s account, close out Publisher’s account, and Company shall
be released of any obligation to make any payments to Publisher.
3.5.3 Notwithstanding
anything else herein, in the event that Publisher fails to make a payment request for any
amounts accrued to Publisher within twelve (12) months of accrual, such amounts shall
automatically be deemed to be automatically forfeited at the end of the twelve (12) month period
and Company shall be released of any obligation to make payment to Publisher for such accrued
amounts.
3.5.4 Company may, in its discretion, refuse to process a payment or place a payment
hold for any good faith reason, including, without limitation, if it has a reasonable suspicion
that Publisher has breached these Terms. If Company makes a payment to Publisher and
subsequently determines that some or all of the payment was earned in breach of these Terms,
Company may set-off the amount of the payment accrued from the breach, plus any related fees
(including the costs of investigation and attorneys’ fees), from any future payments to
Publisher or Company may invoice Publisher for the set-off amount and Publisher must pay the
same within fourteen (14) days of invoice.
3.6. Publisher is responsible for all taxes,
banking commissions and fees incurred in connection with the sending and receipt of any payments
from Company hereunder.
3.7. Nothing herein, nor anything issues in connection herewith,
shall constitute or shall be deemed to constitute any promise or guarantee by Company that it
will purchase any amount of traffic.
4. Confidentiality;
Non-Solicitation.
4.1. Publisher covenants and undertakes that, during the Term and
thereafter, absent Advertiser’s prior written consent, all information, written or oral,
relating directly or indirectly to the order, these Terms, Advertiser or its business (actual or
planned), disclosed to it by the Company, developed by it or which otherwise became known to it
in connection with the performance hereunder, including, without limitation, any and all
advertiser and publisher information (including the identities of other advertisers or
publishers), patent applications, drawings, specifications, techniques, diagrams, computer
software, codes, charts, plans, statements, assessments, analyses, estimates, views and
opinions, know-how, processes, machines, practices, inventions, improvements and records
(“Confidential Information”), shall be maintained by it in full and absolute confidence, and it
shall not use such Confidential Information, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, for
its own benefit or for any purpose whatsoever except as specifically and explicitly provided
herein. Publisher will be responsible for ensuring that the obligations of confidentiality and
non-use contained herein are observed by its consultants, employees, subcontractors, and
affiliates. Publisher undertakes not to transmit or transfer the Confidential Information to any
third party, including but not limited to, daughter companies, sister companies and mother
companies, without Company’s prior written consent in each instance. Upon the termination of the
Term, for any reason whatsoever, Publisher shall return to the Company any and all Confidential
Information, including all records, products, and samples received, and any copies thereof, as
well as any notes, memoranda, or other writings or documentation which contain or pertain to the
Confidential Information or any portion thereof. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary
herein, the obligations under this Section shall survive the termination of these Terms and the
Term.
4.2. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in order to aid in the
protection of Company’s goodwill, confidential information, trade secrets, and other legitimate
business interests, Publisher hereby further agrees that during the Term hereof and for a period
of two (2) years following the termination of the Term for any reason, Publisher shall not
directly or indirect, for itself or on behalf of any person or entity, for compensation, or
gratuitously, anywhere in the world attempt to sell traffic to any downstream traffic purchaser
of Company, the identify of which was disclosed to Publisher by Company in connection
herewith.
4.3. Publisher acknowledges and agrees that the above restrictions are reasonable
as to duration and geographical restriction and waives any objection thereto. It is expressly
understood and agreed that although Publisher and Company consider the restrictions set forth
above to be reasonable, if a final judicial determination is made by a court or tribunal of
competent jurisdiction that the time or territory or any other restriction contained in these
Terms is an unenforceable restriction against Publisher, the provisions of these Terms shall not
be rendered void but shall be deemed amended to apply as to such maximum time and territory and
to such maximum extent as such court or tribunal may determine or indicate to be enforceable.
Alternatively, if any court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction finds that any restriction
contained in these Terms is unenforceable, and such restriction cannot be amended so as to make
it enforceable, such finding shall not affect the enforceability of any of the other
restrictions contained herein.
4.4. Publisher further acknowledges and agrees that, to the
extent Publisher is found to have violated any of the above provisions, the court or other
tribunal shall, in addition to all other remedies available to Company, extend the term of these
provisions for an amount of time equal to the amount of time that Publisher was in breach of the
provisions. Company shall also be entitled to seek further equitable and injunctive relief,
which shall be issued without the need for the posting of a bond.
4.5. Publisher acknowledges
and understands that, in the event of its breach of its obligations set forth in this Section 4,
it may be difficult or impossible to determine the true extent of the damages suffered by
Company. Accordingly, in the event of Publisher’s breach of this Section 4, and in addition to
any other remedies that may be available to Company hereunder and in law, Publisher agrees that
it shall be subject to liquidated damages of Ten Thousand Dollars (US$10,000) per violation.
These liquidated damages are not intended to be a penalty, but an attempt by the Parties to
reasonably ascertain the amount of actual damages that could occur from such a violation.
Publisher acknowledges and agrees that these liquidated damages are a minimum and that if actual
damages can be determined to be greater, then Publisher shall be liable for the greater
amount.
5. Term and Termination
The Term of the purchasing of
the traffic shall begin on the Start Date set forth in the campaign terms and end of the latest
End Date set forth in any Insertion Orders, unless earlier terminated by Company for any or no
reason upon forty-eight (48) hour notice to Publisher or by Company upon notice to Publisher in
the event of Publisher’s breach hereof.
6. Indemnification
To
the fullest extent of the law, Publisher accepts full responsibility for, shall indemnify
Company and hold Company (including its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, managers, agents,
directors, employees, contractors, partners, licensees, and licensors) harmless for any damages,
third-party claims, expenses, reasonable attorneys’ fees and all other costs, and all
threatened, pending or completed action, suit, proceeding or alternative dispute resolution
mechanism, or any hearing inquiry or investigation that Company believes may lead to the
institution of any such action, suit, proceeding or alternative resolution mechanism, whether
civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or otherwise, or any other expenses or damages
that Company suffers (hereinafter, collectively, a “Claim”) by reason of, connected to, or
arising in part or in whole out of any aspect of Publisher’s traffic, Publisher’s actions or
omissions, or Publisher’s breach hereof. Publisher shall indemnify Advertiser (including its
subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, managers, agents, directors, employees, contractors,
partners, licensees, and licensors) against any and all expenses, losses, claims, damages, and
liabilities, joint or several, including, without limitation, attorney’s, investigation, legal,
court and other out-of-pocket obligations, fees and costs, and costs of being a witness,
incurred by reason of, in connection with or arising in part or in whole out of such a Claim or
for any other damages that Company may suffer out of any of the foregoing.
7.
Disclaimers of Warranties and Limitations of Liability
7.1. Company’s activities and services
provided hereunder or made available in connection herewith are provided or made available “AS
IS” and without any warranty or condition, express, implied, or statutory. Company specifically
disclaims to the fullest extent any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a
particular purpose, non-infringement, title, information accuracy, integration,
interoperability, and quiet enjoyment. Company disclaims any warranties for viruses or other
harmful components in connection herewith.
7.2. Under no circumstances will Company be liable
for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, punitive, or exemplary damages (even if
Advertiser has been advised of the possibility of such damages), including loss of revenue or
anticipated profits or lost business. Company is no in no way responsible for any websites,
applications, or other material that is not under the direct control of Company, including any
websites, applications, or other material to which purchase traffic may later be directed.
7.3.
In no event will Company’s liability arising here-from from any cause of action whatsoever
exceed the aggregate amount of the lesser of (a) the amounts actually paid by Company to
Publisher hereunder during the three (3) months prior to the date that the claim arose; and (b)
Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000).
8. Disputes
To the maximum
extent permitted by law, these Terms, as well as any claim, cause of action, or dispute that may
arise between Company or Publisher or from these Terms, shall be governed by the laws of the
Hong Kong without regard to conflict of law provisions. For any claim between the Parties, each
Party agrees to submit and consent to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction in, and the
exclusive venue of, the courts located in the Hong Kong. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the
event that Company must bring a cross-claim or similar claim against Publisher for
indemnification in a cause of action already pending against Company, Company may bring such
claim and any other related claims against Publisher in the jurisdiction and venue where the
cause of action is already pending. PUBLISHER AGREES THAT IT MAY BRING CLAIMS ONLY IN ITS
INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR
REPRESENTATIVE ACTION.
9. Miscellaneous
Nothing herein is
deemed to create any partnership, joint venture, agency, franchise, sales representative, or
employment relationship between the Parties. Neither Party has any authority to make or accept
any offers or representations on the other Party’s behalf. Neither Party shall hold itself out
as the agent of the other Party. Neither Party shall take any action or make any statement that
contradicts anything herein. Each Party acknowledges and agrees that they are an independent
affiliate to the other Party in all manners and respects. Any waiver by either Party of a breach
of any provision hereof shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach
hereof. If one or more of the provisions herein shall for any reason be held to be excessively
broad as to scope, activity, or subject matter so as to be unenforceable at law, such
provision(s) shall be construed and reformed by the appropriate judicial body by limiting and
reducing it (or them), so as to be enforceable to the maximum extent compatible with the
applicable law as it shall then appear. Publisher may not assign or transfer its obligations or
rights hereunder without the prior written consent of Company. This document represents the
entire agreement of the Parties with regards to the matters set forth herein. Any modification
of hereof must be in writing and signed by both parties. The section headings contained herein
are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation
hereof. As used herein, the term “including” is illustrative and not limitative. If this
document is translated and executed in any language other than English and there is any conflict
as between the translation and the English version, the English version shall control.
Company
responsible for serving Managed service clients and other campaign management:
Gadsbee
Limited
SUITE C, LEVEL 7, WORLD TRUST TOWER, 50 STANLEY STREET, CENTRAL, HONG KONG
This
agreement was last updated on January 31, 2024