Introduction
Welcome to ArtSignet. ArtSignet ltd. and/or its affiliates ("ArtSignet") provide website features to you subject to the following conditions. If you visit ArtSignet.com, including any related websites, you agree to the following terms and conditions with ArtSignet Ltd. Please read them carefully.
Conditions
The following conditions will apply to a user of ArtSignet.com. A user will not:
• Violate any laws, third party rights or any of these terms and conditions;
• Use ArtSignet.com if it is not able to form legally binding contracts, is under the age of 18, or is temporarily or indefinitely suspended from using ArtSignet.com;
• Provide incorrect details regarding its identity, an item or any other information required or posted by it on ArtSignet.com;
• Distribute viruses or any other technologies that may harm ArtSignet.com, or its users;
• Use any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means to access ArtSignet.com for any purpose without our express hand written permission;
• Take any action that imposes or may impose a large load on our infrastructure;
• Interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the sites, services or tools, or any activities conducted on or with the sites, services or tools;
• Penetrate any prevented or restricted pages or services on ArtSignet.com.
• Copy, modify or distribute rights or content from ArtSignet.com, service or tools or any copyrights and trademarks of ArtSignet; or
• Collect information about users, including email addresses, without their consent.
Privacy
As a user of ArtSignet.com you accept our privacy policy, detailed in this section, and you expressly grant your consent to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your personal information as detailed below.
ArtSignet stores and processes your information on computers located in Israel, and which are protected by physical as well as technological security devices. It should be noted that in the future some of the computers may be located in the United States or in one or more European countries.
A user who submits personal information consents to the transfer and storage of that information on our servers in Israel, in accordance with the Privacy Protection Act, 1981.
ArtSignet may collect and store the following personal information:
• Email address, phone number, physical contact information;
• A user's profile created by the user, lists of artworks owned, created or purchased by a user;
• Transactional information based on a user's activities on the sites (such as bidding, buying, selling, item and content generate by a user or that relates to a user's account);
• Shipping information, and other information provided by a user in relation to a purchase or sell;
• Chats, discussions on forums, and correspondence sent to ArtSignet;
• Information of any user interaction with ArtSignet.com, services, content and advertising, including device ID, computer and connection information, statistics on page views, website traffic, IP address and web log information; and
• Additional information we ask users to submit to authenticate themselves.
Personal information collected by ArtSignet may be disclosed in response to legal requirements, or in response to claims that a listing or other content violates the rights of others, or protect anyone's rights, property, or safety, or in an effort to enforce policies made by ArtSignet. Such information will be disclosed in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
ArtSignet allows a user to erase all details submitted by the user on ArtSignet.com by sending an email to info@artsignet.com.
Account Protection
While opening an account on ArtSignet.com, the user will choose an account name and a password. The account name and password are personal and are for the use of the user who created the respective account. The user will be liable and responsible for every action taken in the name of its account.
Security
The user's details are stored on our servers in Israel, while in the future some of the servers may be located in the United States or in one or more European countries, and are protected against unauthorized access and disclosure. However, third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications, and other users may abuse or misuse the personal information of a user. Therefore, ArtSignet cannot guarantee that a user's personal information and details will remain private.
Marketing
We may send certain marketing communications or newsletters to users who submitted their email address in our website. Users who wish to remove themselves of the mailing list will contact us on info@artsignet.com and will be removed from the mailing list accordingly.
Limitation of Liability
ArtSignet will not be responsible of the content submitted, actions or omissions taken by any user to and on ArtSignet.com.
The user hereby consent and understands that ArtSignet is not a traditional auctioneer, but a platform which allows users to interact. ArtSignet are not involved in the actual transaction between buyers and sellers.
ArtSignet is not and will not provide any guarantees regarding the quality, safety or legality of items advertised, the truth or accuracy of users’ content or listings, the ability of sellers to sell items, the ability of buyers to pay for items, or that a buyer or seller will actually complete a transaction or return an item.
ArtSignet cannot provide guarantees regarding the authentication of items presented on ArtSignet.com. Please review our Check Authentication Policy as further described in the site.
It should be noted that Artsignet cannot guarantee continuous or secure access to its website due to a possibility of interference of different factors outside of our control. ArtSignet will not be liable for any loss of money, goodwill or reputation, or any special, indirect or consequential damages on behalf of users or any third party arising directly or indirectly of the use or inability to use ArtSignet.com.
Content
By submitting content of any kind to ArtSignet.com, the user grants Artsignet a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable (through multiple tiers) right to exercise any and all copyright, trademark, publicity, and database rights (but no other rights) a user may have in the content.
ArtSignet uses the content for the purpose of creating catalogs consisting thumbnails, short descriptions and other specifications as the case may be. In the case where the catalogs will be inaccurate a user will not hold ArtSignet responsible. The user agrees not to breach any copyright, trademark or other proprietary materials including identification markings or create any derivative works based on catalog content.
If you believe that a certain item or any other content displayed on ArtSignet.com constitute an infringement of your copyright, please send us a written letter to P.O.Box 4744 Jerusalem, Israel, signed by you, that consists of the following information: (i) description of the infringing item or content; (ii) relevant territory where your copyright applies; (iii) a short statement stating that you are the copyright owner of the relevant item.
Waiver
The user hereby waives any claim it may have towards ArtSignet with relation to any dispute with other users.
Indemnity
The user will indemnify and hold ArtSignet, including its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of a breach of these terms and conditions, on behalf of the user, or its violation of any law or the rights of a third party.
No Agency
No agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchiser-franchisee relationship is intended or created by these terms and conditions.
Notices
Legal notices will be served to ArtSignet registered address detailed below, whereas ArtSignet will serve legal notices to the email address provided by a user. Notice will be deemed given 48 hours after email is sent, unless there is an indication that the email address is invalid. Alternatively, if a user has provided a mailing address on ArtSignet.com a notice will be deemed given three days after the date of mailing.
Legal Disputes
These terms and conditions shall be governed in all respects by the laws of Israel, without regard to conflict of law provisions. A user agrees that any claim or dispute it may have against ArtSignet must be resolved exclusively by a competent court in Tel Aviv, Israel.
General
• The main office address of ArtSignet is P.O.Box 4744 Jerusalem, Israel. If any provision of these terms and conditions is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions shall be enforced. ArtSignet is entitled to assign these terms and conditions in its sole discretion;
• Headings are for reference purposes only and do not limit the scope or extent of such section;
• A failure to act on behalf of ArtSignet with respect to a breach by a user or other third party does not waive ArtSignet's right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches;
• These terms and conditions may be amended by ArtSignet at any time by posting the amended version on this site. Every amendment will be effective 30 days after it has been posted on ArtSignet.com;
• These terms and conditions sets forth the entire understanding and agreement between a user and ArtSignet with respect to the subject matter hereof;
• The following Sections survive any termination of these terms and conditions: Content, Liability, Indemnity and Legal Disputes.