Effective February 17, 2015.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: FOR U.S. AND CANADIAN PLAYERS, DISPUTES ABOUT THESE TERMS OR RELATING TO APPS MINISTRY SERVICES GENERALLY MUST BE RESOLVED BY BINDING ARBITRATION AND ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS ONLY.
For more details, go to Section 17.
Please read these Terms of Service and our
Privacy Policy
carefully before using Apps Dev Games Services.
Whenever you use the Services, you agree to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of these Terms
of Service. If you don’t agree to all the terms and conditions you must not use our Services.
References to “Apps Dev Games,” “Us” or “We” mean Apps Dev Game Inc. located at 39 Saksaganskogo st, Kiev, Ukraine.
In all cases, “Apps Dev Games,” “Us,” or “We” includes agents, consultants, employees, officers and
directors.
1. Definitions
“Account” means an account you create when you access the Services.
“Community Rules” means the rules of conduct that govern your interaction with our Services
and other players.
“Services” refers to products, games, services, content, www.appsdevgame.com and/or the other domains provided by Apps Dev Game.
“Feature Terms” means any other rules related to specific services like platforms and APIs,
applications for mobile devices, forums, contests, subscriptions or loyalty programs that We may
publish which apply to your use of those specific services and state they are part of these Terms.
“Offers” means special programs, including offers, excursions, and special gifts, both
digital and tactile, that Apps Dev Game may offer from time to time to certain eligible players.
“Terms of Service” or “Terms” means these terms of service.
“User Content” means all the data that you upload or transmit on or through the Service. This
includes things like your profile picture or your in-game chat.
“Virtual Items” means (a) virtual currency, including but not limited to virtual coins, cash,
tokens, or points, all for use in the Service and (b) virtual in-game items.
“Apps Dev Game Corporate Family” refers to Apps Dev Game’s subsidiaries, parent companies,
joint ventures and other corporate entities under common ownership and/or any of their agents,
consultants, employees, officers and directors.
“Apps Dev Game Affiliates” refers to the Apps Dev Game Corporate Family plus Apps Dev Game’s
and the Apps Dev Game Corporate Family’s third-party content providers, distributors, licensees or
licensors.
2. CHANGES TO THESE TERMS
We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of the Terms,
Community Rules, Feature Terms, and Privacy Policy at any time by
posting the amended Terms, Community Rules, Feature Terms, or
Privacy Policy on our sites or within the Service (such as through
in-game notices). We may provide additional notice, such as an e-mail message or messaging within
the Services, of any material changes. Unless We state otherwise, changes are effective when posted.
If you continue to use the Services after the changes are posted you agree to the changes. New
versions of the Terms, the Community Rules and the Privacy Policy and
any other policies, codes or rules will be accessible at www.appsdevgame.com or from within the Services.
If you have a dispute with Apps Dev Game, the version of the Terms, the Community Rules, Feature
Terms, and the Privacy Policy in effect at the time Apps Dev Game
received actual notice of the dispute will apply to such dispute. However, if you keep using the
Service after the changes are posted, you are agreeing that the changes apply to your continued use
of the Services.
You can’t make changes to the Terms, Community Rules, Feature Terms, or Privacy Policy unless both you and Apps Dev Game sign a written
amendment.
If the Terms or the
Privacy Policy have provisions that conflict with other Apps Dev Game
terms or policies, the provisions in these Terms and the Privacy Policy
win.
3. ACCOUNT INFORMATION AND SECURITY
In order to use our Services, We may ask you to create an Account and select a password and/or
provide Us with certain personal information, which may include your name, birth date, e-mail
address, and, in some cases, payment information. This information will be held and used in
accordance with Apps Dev Game's Privacy Policy.
You agree to supply Apps Dev Game with accurate, complete, and updated information, particularly
your email address.
You are responsible for maintaining the security of your Account. Don’t share your Account details
with others or allow others to access or use your Account. You are solely responsible for any
activity in your Account whether or not authorized by you, including purchases made using any
payment instrument (for example, credit card, PayPal or social network or platform virtual
currency).
You must tell Us immediately of any actual or suspected loss, theft, fraud, or unauthorized use of
your Account or Account password.
4. PRIVACY
Apps Dev Game's Privacy Policy tells you how We collect and use
information about you and your computer or mobile device, and how you can use the Services to share
such information with others. You understand that through your use of our Services you acknowledge
the collection, use and sharing of this information as described in Apps Dev Game’s Privacy Policy. If you don’t agree with the Privacy Policy, then you must stop using our Services.
We
encourage you to read the Apps Dev Game Privacy Policy carefully and
use it to make informed decisions.
5. USING OUR SERVICES
Who can use our Service: We are excited to have you start playing our games, but
there are some limits on who can use our Service.
You may not use our Service
if:
· You cannot enter into a binding contract with Apps Dev Game;
. You are under 13 years of age , in which case you must not create an Account, use
any part of the Service, or submit personal information through the Service or to Apps Dev Game (for
example, name, address, telephone number, email address);
· You are not allowed to receive
products, including services or software, from the United States, for example if you are located in
a country embargoed by the United States or if you are on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of
Specially Designated Nationals;
· You are a convicted sex offender; or
· You have
previously been banned from playing any Apps Dev Game game or using any Apps Dev Game Service.
If you are between the ages of 13 and 17, or under the age of majority where you live, you represent
that your legal guardian has reviewed and agreed to these Terms.
Additional Important Rules and Terms:
If you use our Service, you must follow
the Apps Dev Game Community Rules and all other Feature Terms that may apply. These additional rules
and terms apply in addition to these Terms and are important. Please read them. If you access the
Service from a social network or download the Service from another platform, such as Apple or
Google, you must also comply with its terms of service/use as well as these Terms.
Accessing our Service:
To access or play our games or create an account with Us, you may need an account with a social
network, like Facebook, and, if you are using our mobile Service, an account with the company that
provides your mobile applications, like an iTunes account. You may need to update third party
software from time to time to receive the Service and play Apps Dev Game’s Games.
We provide the games. You provide the equipment (computer, phone, tablet, etc.) and pay any fees to
connect to the Internet and app stores, or for data or cellular usage to download and use the
Service.
Service Changes and Limitations:
The Service is evolving and We may require that you accept updates to the Service as well as to the
Terms, Community Rules, and the Apps Dev Game Privacy Policy. From time
to time we may make you update the game or your software to continue to use Our Services. We may
perform these updates remotely including to Apps Dev Game software residing on your computer or
mobile device, without notifying you.
Apps Dev Game reserves the right to stop offering and/or supporting the Service or a particular game
or part of the Service at any time either permanently or temporarily, at which point your license to
use the Service or any part of it will be automatically terminated or suspended. If that happens,
Apps Dev Game is not required to provide refunds, benefits or other compensation to players in
connection with discontinued elements of the Service or for virtual goods previously earned or
purchased.
APPS MINISTRY MAY, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION LIMIT, SUSPEND, TERMINATE, MODIFY, OR DELETE ACCOUNTS OR
ACCESS TO THE SERVICE OR ANY PORTION OF IT AND PROHIBIT ACCESS TO OUR GAMES AND SITES, AND THEIR
CONTENT, SERVICES AND TOOLS, DELAY OR REMOVE HOSTED CONTENT AND APPS MINISTRY IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION
TO COMPENSATE YOU FOR ANY SUCH LOSSES OR RESULTS.
Deleting your Account:
You may stop using the Service at any time and may request that We stop making active use of your
data at any time by following the instructions in the Privacy Policy.
We are not required to provide refunds, benefits or other compensation if you request
deletion of your Account.
6. OWNERSHIP; LIMITED LICENSE
Games and Service:
The Service is comprised of works owned by Apps Dev Game, and it is protected by copyright,
trademark, trade dress, patent and other US and non-US intellectual property and other applicable
laws, rules or regulations. Apps Dev Game owns, has licensed, or otherwise has rights to use all of
the content that appears in the Service. These Terms do not grant you or any other party any right,
title or interest in the Service or any content in the Service.
So long as you abide by these Terms and any other rules, including the Community Rules, Apps
Dev Game grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable limited license subject to the
limitations in these Terms, to access and use the Service using a Apps Dev Game supported web
browser or mobile device solely for your own non-commercial entertainment purposes. You agree not to
use the Service for any other purpose.
If you violate these Terms, or any of Our other terms that apply to you, We may take action against
you, up to and including permanently suspending your account. In addition, you may be breaking the
law, including violations of Apps Dev Game’s intellectual property rights. ANY ATTEMPT BY YOU TO
DISRUPT OR INTERFERE WITH THE SERVICE INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION UNDERMINING OR MANIPULATING THE
LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF ANY APPS MINISTRY GAME IS A VIOLATION OF APPS MINISTRY POLICY AND MAY BE A
VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS.
Your Account and Virtual Items:
Regardless of what anything else says in these Terms, the Community Rules, or any other Feature
Terms that apply to features you may choose to use, you do not own the Account that you create on
Our Service, including in Our games, and your Account is not your property. This also applies to
other stuff, like in-game currency or items, regardless of whether you “earned” those items in a
game or “purchased” them. Your account and any related items are owned by Apps Dev Game. Apps
Dev Game gives you a limited license to use your account and the related items while We offer the
Services
You are not allowed to transfer Virtual Items outside of the Service (i.e., in the “real world”),
for example by selling, gifting, or trading them. We won’t recognize those transfers as legitimate.
You are not allowed to sublicense, trade, sell or attempt to sell in-game Virtual Items for "real"
money, or exchange Virtual Items for value of any kind outside of a game. Any such transfer or
attempted transfer is prohibited and void, and We may terminate your Account because of it.
User Content:
If you transmit or upload User Content on the Service, you agree that it will be:
1. accurate;
2. not confidential;
3. not in violation of the law;
4. not in violation of contractual restrictions or other parties’ rights, and that you have
permission from any other party whose personal or other information or intellectual property is
contained within the User Content;
5. free of viruses, adware, spyware, worms or other malicious code;
6. in compliance with the Apps Dev Game Community Rules.
Your User Content will be processed by Apps Dev Game in accordance with its Privacy Policy.
You own your User Content, but you give Apps Dev Game a perpetual and irrevocable (other than as
provided below), worldwide, fully paid-up and royalty free, non-exclusive, license to use your User
Content and any modified and derivative works thereof in connection with the Service, including in
marketing and promotions. To the extent allowed by applicable laws, you waive any moral rights you
may have in any User Content (like the right to be identified as the author of the User Content or
the right to object to a certain use of that User Content).
Apps Dev Game’s license to your User Content ends when you request deletion of your User Content by
submitting a request to [email protected] stating
that you no longer want Apps Dev Game to use your User Content, with the following exceptions
1. User Content submitted in response to Apps Dev Game promotions (which will be subject to the
terms of the promotion);
2. User Content either shared with others which they have not deleted or already used publicly as
allowed under these Terms; and
3. User Content subject to a separate license with Apps Dev Game (which will be subject to the terms
of such license).
If you request deletion of your User Content we will take reasonable steps to remove your User
Content from active use, which may include suppression of your User Content in our systems. However,
User Content may persist in our systems, including back-up copies. We may also retain copies of User
Content if we are legally required to do so.
When you post your observations and comments on the Service such as in forums, blogs and chat
features, We cannot guarantee that other players will not use the ideas and information that you
share. If you have an idea or information that you would like to keep confidential and/or don’t want
others to use, don’t post it. APPS MINISTRY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OTHER PERSON’S USE OR
APPROPRIATION OF ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION YOU POST IN ANY FORUMS, BLOGS AND CHAT
ROOMS.
7. MONITORING USE OF SERVICE AND USER CONTENT
We have no obligation to monitor User Content and We are not responsible for monitoring the Service
for inappropriate or illegal User Content or conduct by other players. That said, We have the right,
in our sole discretion, to edit, refuse to post, or remove any User Content.
We may also, at our discretion, choose to monitor and/or record your interaction with the Service or
your communications with Apps Dev Game or other players (including without limitation chat text and
voice communications) when you are using the Service.
We are not responsible for information, materials, products or services provided by other players
(for instance, in their profiles). However, if someone is violating these Terms or misusing the
Service, please let Us know and write us to [email protected]
8. YOUR DEALINGS WITH OTHER PLAYERS
You are responsible for your interactions with other players. If you have a problem with another
player, We are not required to get involved, but We can if We desire.
If you have a dispute with another player, you release Apps Dev Game and its officers, directors,
agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, and employees, and all Apps Dev Game Affiliates from
responsibility, claims, demands and/or damages (actual or consequential) of every kind and nature,
whether known or unknown, resulting from that dispute or connected to that dispute. This includes
damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use or data.
If you live in California, you waive California Civil Code §1542, which says: "A general release
does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor
at the time of executing the release, which if known by him or her must have materially affected his
settlement with the debtor."
9. PAYMENT TERMS
We provide a service in the form of access to games and Virtual Items. In the Service you may use
"real world" money to obtain a limited license to use Virtual Items and/or other goods or services.
How it Works:
You get a limited license to Virtual Items by visiting the purchase page in one of our games,
providing your billing information, confirming your request and re-affirming your agreement to these
Terms.
On www.appsdevgame.com, the payment page will let you know what you can
use to pay when you make your purchase. We may change what you can use to pay from time to time, at
Our sole discretion. Virtual Items purchased in Our games on other platforms such as Facebook, Apple
iOS, or Android will be subject to those platforms’ payment terms and conditions. Apps Dev Game does
not control how you can pay on those platforms. Please review those platforms’ terms of service for
additional information.
When you get a limited license to use Virtual Items from our Services on www.appsdevgame.com, We may send you a confirmation email or text that
will have details of the items you have ordered. Please check that the details in the confirmation
message are correct as soon as possible and keep a copy of it for your records. Apps Dev Game keeps
records of transactions in order to deal with any future questions about that transaction.
For Virtual Items, your order will represent an offer to Us to obtain a limited license for the
relevant service(s) or virtual in-game item(s) which will be accepted by Us when We make the Virtual
Items available in your account for you to use in our games or debit your credit card or other
account through which you paid, whichever comes first. Your limited license to Virtual Items for use
in Apps Dev Game games is a service provided by Apps Dev Game that starts when We accept your
payment or redemption of third party virtual currency.
For orders to obtain a limited license to use Virtual Items, by clicking the button on the purchase
window or page you:
1. agree that We may start to supply your purchased Virtual Items immediately after you have clicked
that button; and
2. if you reside in the European Union, you acknowledge that you will therefore no longer have the
right to cancel under the EU's Consumer Rights Directive (as implemented by the law of the country
where you are located) once we start to supply the Virtual Item.
You understand that while you may “earn” "buy" or "purchase" Virtual Items in our Services, You do
not legally "own" the Virtual Items and the amounts of any Virtual Item do not refer to any credit
balance of real currency or its equivalent. Any "virtual currency" balance shown in your Account
does not constitute a real-world balance or reflect any stored value, but instead constitutes a
measurement of the extent of your limited license.
ALL SALES ARE FINAL:
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT APPS MINISTRY IS NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A REFUND FOR ANY REASON, AND THAT YOU
WILL NOT RECEIVE MONEY OR OTHER COMPENSATION FOR UNUSED VIRTUAL ITEMS WHEN AN ACCOUNT IS CLOSED,
WHETHER SUCH CLOSURE WAS VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY, OR WHETHER YOU MADE A PAYMENT THROUGH WWW.APPSDEVGAME.UA OR ANOTHER PLATFORM SUCH AS APPLE, GOOGLE, FACEBOOK,
OR ANY OTHER SITES OR PLATFORMS WHERE WE OFFER OUR SERVICES.
Third Party Virtual Currency and Game Cards:
You may also obtain a limited license to use Virtual Items by redeeming Apps Dev Game game cards or
third party virtual currency.
PURCHASES OR REDEMPTIONS OF THIRD PARTY VIRTUAL CURRENCY TO ACQUIRE A LICENSE TO USE VIRTUAL
ITEMS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW.
If you purchase third party currency or choose to make a payment in our Services through a third
party (like Facebook, Apple, or Google, etc.), you are agreeing to the third party’s payment terms,
and Apps Dev Game is not a party to the transaction.
Additional Payment Terms:
You agree to pay all fees and applicable taxes incurred by you or anyone using an Account registered
to you. Apps Dev Game may revise the pricing for the goods and services it licenses to you through
the Service at any time.
Subscriptions are also subject to additional terms, which can be found at Subscription Terms.
10. PROMOTIONS AND OFFERS
From time to time, We may offer limited time promotions. Please review the official rules (if any)
associated with the promotion. They will apply in addition to these Terms.
In addition, from time to time, We may promote Offers. We are not required to give, and players are
not required to accept, any Offer. Offers are not transferable, redeemable or exchangeable for other
things of value, except at our sole discretion. If you accept any Offer, you may have to sign a
declaration of eligibility and liability release, or sign other paperwork in order to get the Offer.
Some Offers will be subject to taxes and other charges, travel, or activities outside of the virtual
world, all of which will be disclosed before You accept the offer. If you accept an Offer you also
assume all liability associated with the Offer.
11. THIRD PARTY ADVERTISING
Our Service and our games may feature advertisements from Us or other companies. Our Privacy Policy explains what information We share with advertisers.
Please read it.
Sometimes We provide links in Our games or on the Service to other companies’ websites or to
companies who invite you to participate in a promotional offer and offer you some feature of the
Service or upgrade (such as in-game currency) in exchange. Any charges or obligations you take on in
dealing with these other companies are your responsibility.
We make no representation or promises about any content, goods or services these other companies
provide, even if linked to or from Our Service or games. Also, just because We allow a link to be
included in Our games or Service does not mean We endorse that linked site. We are not liable for
any claim relating to any content, goods and/or services of third parties.
Please also note that the linked sites are not under our control and may collect data or ask you to
provide them with your personal or other information, or they may automatically collect information
from you. When you use other companies’ services like these, the other company’s service may (or may
not) ask you for permission to access your information and content. We are not responsible for these
other companies’ content, business practices or privacy policies, or for how they collect, use or
share the information they get from you. Your relationship with that other company will control how
it can use, store, and share your information.
12. COPYRIGHT NOTICES/COMPLAINTS
We respect the intellectual property rights of others and ask that you should, too. We respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) and similar or equivalent local laws that may apply. We reserve the right to terminate any player's access to the Service if We determine that the player is a "repeat infringer." We do not have to notify the player before We do this. We also accommodate and do not interfere with standard technical measures copyright owners use to protect their materials.
13. FEEDBACK AND Unsolicited Ideas
Sometimes, We may request your feedback on certain features through a promotion or our customer insights program. Any feedback you provide at Our request through a promotion or program is subject to the rules of the specific promotion or program.
14. WARRANTY DISCLAIMER; SERVICES AVAILABLE ON AN “AS IS” BASIS
Neither Apps Dev Game nor any Apps Dev Game Affiliate makes any promise or guarantee that the
Service will be uninterrupted or error-free.
USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. IT IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED
BY APPLICABLE LAW, APPS MINISTRY AND ANY APPS MINISTRY AFFILIATE MAKE NO WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS OR
OTHER TERMS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ABOUT THE SERVICES. APPS MINISTRY AND ANY APPS
MINISTRY AFFILIATE DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS OR OTHER TERMS
OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, QUIET ENJOYMENT OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
If your state or country does not allow these disclaimers, they do not apply to you. If your state
or country requires a certain period for which a warranty applies, it will be either the shorter of
30 days from your first use of the Service or the shortest period required by law.
15. LIMITATIONS; WAIVERS OF LIABILITY
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE WE AND APPS MINISTRY
AFFILIATES ARE NOT LIABLE
(1) FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL OR DATA, IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER
ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SERVICE; OR
(2) FOR THE CONDUCT OF THIRD
PARTIES, INCLUDING OTHER USERS OF THE SERVICE AND OPERATORS OF EXTERNAL SITES.
THE RISK OF
USING THE SERVICE AND EXTERNAL SITES RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU AS DOES THE RISK OF INJURY FROM THE
SERVICE AND EXTERNAL SITES.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY ANY LAW THAT APPLIES, THE
DISCLAIMERS OF LIABILITY IN THESE TERMS APPLY TO ALL DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY THE SERVICE, OR
RELATED TO USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SERVICE, UNDER ANY CAUSE OF ACTION IN ANY JURISDICTION,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ACTIONS FOR BREACH OF WARRANTY, BREACH OF CONTRACT OR TORT (INCLUDING
NEGLIGENCE).
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS, THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF
APPS MINISTRY AND/OR THE APPS MINISTRY AFFILIATES IS LIMITED TO THE TOTAL AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID APPS
MINISTRY AND/OR THE APPS MINISTRY AFFILIATE IN THE ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY DAYS (180) DAYS
IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE ON WHICH YOU FIRST ASSERT ANY SUCH CLAIM.
IF YOU HAVE NOT PAID
APPS MINISTRY OR ANY APPS MINISTRY AFFILIATE ANY AMOUNT IN THE ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY DAYS (180)
DAYS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE ON WHICH YOU FIRST ASSERT ANY SUCH CLAIM, YOUR SOLE AND
EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY DISPUTE WITH APPS MINISTRY AND/OR ANY APPS MINISTRY AFFILIATE IS TO STOP
USING THE SERVICE AND TO CANCEL YOUR ACCOUNT.
Some states or countries do not allow the
exclusion of certain warranties or the limitations/exclusions of liability described above. So these
limitations/exclusions may not apply to you if you reside in one of those states or countries.
16. INDEMNITY
If you use or misuse the Service, or if you violate these Terms or any other applicable rules, including the Community Rules or Feature Terms, and that results in loss or damage or in a claim or liability against Apps Dev Game or any Apps Dev Game Affiliate, you agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Apps Dev Game and/or the Apps Dev Game Affiliate (which means you agree to compensate Apps Dev Game and/or the Apps Dev Game Affiliate on a "dollar for dollar" basis) for that loss, damage, claim or liability, including compensating Apps Dev Game and/or the applicable Apps Dev Game Affiliate for our legal fees or expenses. If Apps Dev Game or the Apps Dev Game Affiliate wants to, they are allowed to take exclusive charge of the defense of any case on which you are required to compensate or reimburse them, and it will be at your expense. You also have to cooperate in Apps Dev Game’s and/or the Apps Dev Game Affiliate’s defense of these cases. Apps Dev Game and/or the Apps Dev Game Affiliate will use reasonable efforts to let you know if they learn of any claim on which you have to compensate or reimburse them. This will apply even if you stop using the Services or your account is deleted.
17. AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER
THIS SECTION ONLY APPLIES TO PLAYERS IN THE US AND CANADA.
Before bringing a formal legal case, please first
try contacting our Customer Support team (email to [email protected]) or try to find a resolution
on one of our forums. Most disputes can be resolved that way.
We Both Agree to Arbitrate
If we can’t resolve our dispute through Customer Service or on our
forums, you and Apps Dev Game or any member of the Apps Dev Game Corporate Family all agree
to resolve any claims relating to the Terms, the Privacy Policy, Feature
Terms or Apps Dev Game’s Services through final and binding arbitration. This applies
to all kinds of claims under any legal theory, unless the claim fits in one of the exceptions in the
Exceptions to Agreement to Arbitrate sub-section. It also applies even after you stopped using your
Apps Dev Game account or deleted it.
An arbitration proceeding is before a neutral arbitrator
instead of a judge and jury, so we are all giving up our right to a trial before a judge and
jury. Arbitrations have different rules than lawsuits in court. They are less formal
than lawsuits in courts, and provide limited opportunity to force the other side to share
information relevant to the dispute—a process called discovery. The arbitrator can award the same
damages and relief on an individual basis that a court can award to an individual. But, if any of us
does not like the arbitrator’s decision, the courts only have a limited ability to change the
outcome of arbitration or make the arbitrator reconsider his or her decision.
If we have a
dispute about whether this agreement to arbitrate can be enforced or applies to our dispute, we all
agree that the arbitrator will decide that, too.
Exceptions to Agreement to Arbitrate
We all agree that we will go to court to resolve disputes relating to
1. Your, Apps Dev Game’s, or a Apps Dev Game Corporate Family member’s intellectual property
(for example, trademarks, trade dress, domain names, trade secrets, copyrights or patents); or
2. Your violation of the Community Rules.
For more information about which court we
can go to for resolving these types of disputes, see Section 19 (Venue for Legal Disputes Not
Subject to Arbitration).
Also, any of us can bring a claim in small claims court either in
San Francisco, California, or the county where you live, or some other place we both agree on, if it
qualifies to be brought in that court.
In addition, if you, Apps Dev Game or a Apps Dev Game
Corporate Family member brings a claim in court that should be arbitrated or any of us refuses to
arbitrate a claim that should be arbitrated, the other of us can ask a court to force us to go to
arbitration to resolve the claim (i.e., compel arbitration). You, Apps Dev Game or the Apps Dev Game
Corporate Family member may also ask a court to halt a court proceeding while an arbitration
proceeding is ongoing.
No Class Actions
We all agree that we
can only bring a claim against each other on an individual basis.
That means:
1. Neither you nor Apps Dev Game nor any member of the Apps Dev Game Corporate Family can bring
a claim as a plaintiff or class member in a class action, consolidated action or representative
action.
2. The arbitrator cannot combine more than one person’s claim into a single case,
and cannot preside over any consolidated, class or representative arbitration proceeding (unless
we both agree to change this).
3. The arbitrator’s decision or award in one person’s case
can only impact the person who brought the claim, not other Apps Dev Game players, and cannot be
used to decide other disputes with other players.
If a court decides that this
subsection on “No Class Actions” is not enforceable or valid, then the entire Section 17 (Agreement
to Arbitrate and Class Action Waiver) will be null and void (i.e., go away). But, the rest of the
Terms, Feature Terms, Community Rules, and Privacy Policy will still apply.
The Arbitration Process
The American Arbitration Association
(AAA) will run the arbitration between you and Apps Dev Game or the Apps Dev Game Corporate Family
member, and AAA’s rules and procedures (including their Supplementary Procedures for
Consumer-Related Disputes, if applicable) will be used. If something in these Terms is different
than AAA’s rules and procedures, then we will follow these Terms instead.
You get to choose
whether the arbitration will take place in the county or province where you live or in San
Francisco, California. We could also hold the arbitration in some other place, but we both have to
agree to that.
If your claim is for US$10,000 or less, you don’t have to have the arbitration
in-person. If you don’t want to have it in-person, you can choose whether to have the arbitrator
decide our dispute based on documents we both give to the arbitrator, or have a hearing by phone. If
your claim is for more than US$10,000, we will follow AAA’s rules about whether the arbitration
hearing has to be in-person.
The arbitrator has to follow the law that applies when deciding
a dispute and either of us can challenge the arbitrator’s decision or award if the arbitrator didn’t
follow the law.
Either of us involved in the arbitration can ask the arbitrator to put his or
her decision or award, or his or her reasons for the decision or award, in writing. Also, either of
us can take the arbitrator’s decision or award to a court to confirm it or enter a judgment on it
(i.e., make it the same as a court judgment). Sometimes you can ask a court to change an
arbitrator’s decision or award, but those circumstances are limited.
Arbitration Costs
If your claim is for US$10,000 or less, Apps
Dev Game will pay your filing, administration and arbitrator fees associated with the arbitration,
if you ask. If you want Apps Dev Game to pay these fees, tell AAA when you start the arbitration
proceeding and Apps Dev Game will make arrangements to pay them.
If your claim is for more
than US $10,000, and arbitration is too expensive for you to afford when compared to filing a
lawsuit in court, Apps Dev Game will pay for as much of your part of the filing, administration and
arbitrator fees as the arbitrator decides is necessary to make the arbitration not too expensive for
you.
We won’t try to have you pay Us back for covering your fees and We won’t try to make you
cover our (or a Apps Dev Game Corporate Family member’s) fees unless the arbitrator decides that
your claims are frivolous and it is fair to make you do this under the circumstances.
Changes to Section 17 on Agreement to Arbitrate and Class Action Waiver
We will give you 60-days’ notice by email or through the Service if We change Section 17 on
our Agreement to Arbitrate and Class Action Waiver.
18. APPLICABLE LAW
The Federal Arbitration Act (including its procedural provisions) is
the law that will be applied to determine whether Section 17 (Agreement to Arbitrate and Class
Action Waiver) can be enforced and how it should be interpreted.
Apart from that, if you are
United States resident, these Terms and our relationship will be governed by California law, except
for its conflicts of laws principles.
And, if you reside outside of the United States, and it
is December 31, 2014, or earlier, these Terms and our relationship will be governed by the laws of
the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, except for its conflict of law provisions. If you reside outside the
United States, and it is January 1, 2015, or later, these Terms and our relationship will be
governed by Ukrainean law, except for its conflicts of laws principles.
19. VENUE FOR LEGAL DISPUTES NOT SUBJECT TO ARBITRATION
If you are a United States
resident, judicial proceedings (other than small claims actions) that are excluded from the
Arbitration Agreement in Section 17 must be brought in state or federal court in San Francisco,
California, unless we both agree to some other location. You and Apps Dev Game both consent to venue
and personal jurisdiction in San Francisco, California.
If you reside outside of the United
States, and it is December 31, 2014, or earlier, judicial proceedings must be brought in the courts
of Luxembourg, unless we both agree to some other location, and you and Apps Dev Game both consent
to venue and personal jurisdiction in Luxembourg.
If you reside outside the United States,
and it is January 1, 2015, or later, judicial proceedings must be brought in the courts of Ukraine, unless we both agree to some other location, and you and Apps Dev Game both consent to
venue and personal jurisdiction in Ukraine.
20. SEVERABILITY
Except as described in Section 17 under the “No Class Actions” heading, if any part of these Terms, Feature Terms, Community Rules or the Privacy Policy is not enforceable, the rest of these Terms, Feature Terms, Community Rules and the Privacy Policy still applies and is binding and any unenforceable term will be substituted reflecting our intent as closely as possible.
21. ASSIGNMENT
We may give our rights, or Our obligations, under these Terms, Feature Terms, Community Rules, or our Privacy Policy to any person or entity at any time with or without your consent. You may not give your rights or your obligations under these Terms, Feature Terms, Community Rules, or our Privacy Policy without first getting Apps Dev Game’s written consent, and any attempt to do so without our consent is void.
22. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
These Terms, and any other policies or rules We reference in these Terms, make up the entire agreement between you and Us relating to the subject matter of these Terms, and (except in the case of fraud or made a fraudulent misstatement) supersede all prior understandings of the parties relating to the subject matter of these Terms, whether those prior understandings were electronic, oral or written, or whether established by custom, practice, policy or precedent, between you and Us.
23. LANGUAGE OF THE TERMS
If We provide a translated version of these Terms, Feature Terms, the Community Rules, the Apps Dev Game Privacy Policy, or any other terms or policy, it is for informational purposes only. If the translated version means something different than the English version, then the English meaning will be the one that applies.
24. NO WAIVER
If We do not enforce a provision of these Terms, Feature Terms, the Community Rules, or our Privacy Policy, that does not waive our right to do so later. And, if We do expressly waive a provision of these Terms, Feature Terms, the Community Rules, or our Privacy Policy that does not mean it is waived for all time in the future. Any waiver must be in writing and signed by both you and Us to be legally binding.
25. NOTICES
We may notify you by posting something on www.appsdevgame.com, or in the Apps Dev Game game(s) you
play, and sending you an e-mail or using other ways of communicating with you based on the contact
information you provide to Us.
If you are a player in the United States, and you have to give
Us notice of something according to the Terms, Feature Terms, Community Rules, or our Privacy Policy, the notice must be in writing and addressed to Apps Dev Game
Inc, 39 Saksaganskogo st, Kiev, Ukraine., unless we have provided a more
specific method way of notifying us.
Any attempted notice that does not follow these rules
has no legal effect.
26. EQUITABLE REMEDIES
You agree that given the unique and irreplaceable nature of the
rights granted and obligations made under these Terms and the Community Rules, if you breach these
Terms, Feature Terms, Community Rules and/or our Privacy Policy, or intend to
breach these Terms, Feature Terms, Community Rules or Privacy Policy, money
damages alone will not be enough to repair the harm to Apps Dev Game. Therefore, for disputes that
are not required to be resolved through arbitration as described in Section 17, Apps Dev Game may
seek injunctive or other equitable relief (e.g., get a court order to make you stop doing whatever
you’re doing that is causing harm) if you breach or intend to breach these Terms, Feature Terms,
Community Rules or our Privacy Policy and Apps Dev Game does not have to post
any bond or surety or submit proof of damages.
You agree to limit your claims to claims for
money damages, as limited by Section 15 (Limitations; Waivers of Liability). And, you agree not to
seek injunctive or equitable relief or otherwise seek to stop Us from operating any aspect of the
Service or any Apps Dev Game Game.
27. FORCE MAJEURE
We are not liable for any changes or problems out of our control, for example changes or problems caused by like natural disasters, war, terrorism, riots, embargoes, acts of civil or military authorities, fire, floods, accidents, network infrastructure failures, strikes, or shortages of transportation facilities, fuel, energy, labor or materials.