Terms & Conditions
1. Your Acceptance
A. BookTraps Inc. ("BookTraps,"
"we," "us") provides software and personal
print-on-demand, self-publishing services that allow its customers to create,
design, layout, print and publish books and publications, including digital
versions thereof, (each referred to as a "Book" or "content" as
applicable in these Terms and Conditions and other user policies)
B. By using or visiting the BookTraps
application and website or any BookTraps products, software, data feeds, and
services provided to you on, from, or through the BookTraps website, mobile
application (collectively the "Service") you signify your agreement
to these terms and conditions (“Terms”)
C. Your access to and use of the App
are expressly conditioned on your acceptance of and compliance with these
Terms. Your use of the App constitutes your agreement to these Terms. If you do
not agree to these Terms, please do not use the App.
2. Service
A. The services offered by BookTraps Inc. ("BookTraps,"
"we," "us") include the BookTraps’ personal print-on-demand,
self-publishing services, the BookTraps application with the BookTraps sharing
community (the "Website"), our App for your app-enabled mobile device
("App") and any other features, content, or services offered from
time to time by BookTraps in connection with the Website or App (collectively,
the "Services").
B. You are a "Visitor"
(which means that you simply browse the Website or App) or you are a
"Member" (which means that you have registered with BookTraps and set
up an Account). The term "User" refers to a Visitor or a Member.
C. These Terms of Service apply to
all users of the Service, including users who are also contributors of Content
on the Service. “Content” includes the text, software, scripts, graphics,
photos, sounds, music, videos, audiovisual combinations, interactive features
and other materials you may view on, access through, or contribute to the
Service.
3. Changes to the Terms
A. BookTraps posts Terms on the
website or app.
B. BookTraps reserves the right at
any time to change all or any part of these Terms; change the App, including by
eliminating or discontinuing any content on or feature of the App; and change
any fees or charges for use of Service.
C. BookTraps posts such
modification 7days before the effective day, we inform 30 days before by SMS or
electronic mail in your account profile if the modifications are material.
D. Your continued use of the
Service after such notice will be deemed acceptance of such changes. Although
we may attempt to notify you when major changes are made to these Terms of
Service, you should periodically review the most up-to-date version.
E. If you do not agree to the
Modified Terms, you must stop using the Service. Your continued use of the
Service after the date the Modified Terms are posted will constitute your
acceptance of the Modified Terms.
4. Additional Terms
A. BookTraps can have other Policy
or Guidelines to manage and operate the Service.
B. The Terms, and your
relationship with BookTraps, shall be governed by the applicable law.
5. Registration
A. When and if you set up your
BookTraps account and register to use the App (become a “member”), you must
provide accurate and complete information with an agreement to the Terms. Then,
Booktraps consents your application.
B. BookTraps can terminate a
user's access to the Service or refuse to grant you, under appropriate
circumstances, for any of the following unless you obtain BookTraps' prior
written approval:
① When and if you have had any
other previous account which terminated before except any re-approval case.
② When and if you use fake,
illegal, vulgar, or otherwise offensive ID
③ When and if you gave us any
information provided by you is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete
④ When and if user is under the
age of 14 with no legal parental or guardian consent
⑤ When and if user is determined
to be a repeat infringer.
C. BookTraps is a place where
people of all ages, backgrounds, experience, and professions can publish, sell,
or buy creative content so we basically provide same service unless you notice
us that user is under 18. Anyone who is under 18 with legal parental or
guardian consent can use the Service.
D. Booktraps can postpone an
approval of membership if there are any technical and operating problems.
6. Accounts profile
A. You can access and modify to
your personal information at any time.
B. You have to maintain and update
your information to keep it accurate, current and complete. You can update in
your profile page or you can email us to modify.
C. You acknowledge that you cannot
claim any disadvantage caused by your untrue, inaccurate, not current or
incomplete information, and moreover we reserve the right to terminate your
access without prior notice.
7. Privacy
A. BookTraps Inc. ("BookTraps,"
"we," "us") respects your privacy, with the privacy of your
personal information. It will comply
with all applicable laws including “the law regarding the promotion of
information and communication network use and protection of information.”
8. Accounts
A. In order to access some
features of the Service, you will have to create a BookTrpas Account. You may
never use another's account without permission
B. You agree that you will be
solely responsible for all activity that occurs under your BookTraps account, and
you must keep your account password and other info secure.
C. You must notify BookTraps immediately
of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account.
D. Although BookTrpas will not be
liable for your losses caused by any unauthorized use of your account, you may
be liable for the losses of BookTraps or others due to such unauthorized use.
9. Notification
A. BookTraps can notify to members
by electronical mail or SMS
B. Instead of personal
notification, we can post on the Site or App
10. General Use of the Service - Booktraps
A. Booktraps provides the service
B. Booktraps has security system
to keep users’ privacy and the use of information collected through our Service
shall be limited to the purpose of providing the Service for which the Client
has engaged Booktraps.
C. Any reasonable complaints from
users should be welcomed and the results of the review could be posted on the
Site or App, or emailed to the users directly.
11. General Use of the Service – Permissions and
Restrictions
A. In your use of the Service, you
will comply with all applicable laws. BookTrpas reserves the right to
discontinue any aspect of the Service at any time
B. As part of BookTraps' policy,
BookTraps will terminate user access to the App if a user has been determined
to be an infringer for any of the following unless you obtain BookTraps' prior
written approval:
① Impersonate any person or
entity, falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with any
person or entity.
② Violate any applicable laws or
regulations.
③ Upload to, transmit through, or
display on the Service, any material that is unlawful, fraudulent, threatening,
abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene or otherwise objectionable, or infringes
our or any third party's intellectual property or other rights.
④ Restrict or inhibit any other
user from using the Service, including, without limitation, by means of
"hacking" or defacing any portion of the App. Transmit any software
or other materials that contain any viruses, worms, Trojan horses, defects,
date bombs, time bombs or other items of a destructive nature.
⑤ Modify, adapt, sublicense,
translate, sell, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of the Service.
⑥ Attempt to upload images by any
method to another user's account without permission. Access or use (or attempt
to access or use) another user's content without permission.
⑦ Engage in spamming or sales.
⑧ Use the Service to harm minors
in any way, including, but not limited to, by uploading content that violates
laws, child sexual exploitation laws and laws prohibiting the depiction of
minors engaged in sexual conduct
⑨ Remove any copyright, trademark
or other proprietary rights notices contained in or displayed on any portion of
the Service. "Frame" or "mirror" any portion of the Service,
or link to any page of or material on the Site other than the URLs provided by
us to you for such purposes as part of the Service, without our prior written
authorization
⑩ Any access to fail to comply
with the rules or otherwise fail to comply with these Terms
C. You agree not to copy, change,
translate, publish, broadcast, and distribute in any medium any part of the
Service or the Content without BookTrap's prior written authorization
D. BookTraps has the right (but
has no obligation) to review any Content and delete any Content that in the
sole judgment violates this Agreement.
E. BookTraps reserves the right
(but has no obligation) to investigate and take action in its sole discretion
against you if you violate this provision or any other provision of this
Agreement, including without limitation, removing Prohibited Content from the
Services, terminating your membership, reporting you to law enforcement
authorities, and taking legal action against you.
F. You periodically review the
most up-to-date version of any functional kit include SDK
12. Services
A. The Service provided by
BookTraps could be graded (gives different benefit) according to each member’s
virtual hierarchy on the App.
B. Booktraps provides Services everyday
if there are no technical or maintenance problem.
C. Technical, maintenance and
other issues may make the App unavailable from time to time. Booktraps makes no
commitment, warranty or guarantee that the Service will operate in a timely,
uninterrupted or error-free manner, or the Service will meet user’s purposes.
If or when technical, maintenance and other issues make the App unavailable, we
may inform you ahead by posting or emailing.
D. BookTraps may notify of regular
maintenance in all or any part of Service.
13. Content and Conduct
A. BookTraps is constantly
innovating in order to provide the best possible experience for its users.
B. You acknowledge and agree that
the form and nature of the Service which BookTraps provides may change from
time to time without prior notice.
C. You acknowledge and agree that
BookTraps can modify, change, discontinue in any free services and BookTraps is
not liable any of your possible loss.
D. You acknowledge and agree that any
incomplete Book or Content (Draft Project) could be deleted without prior
notice.
E. All versions of Content could
be deleted after 6 months.
F. You agree that you will not
post any Prohibited Content. "Prohibited Content" includes Book
Content or Other Content that: (i) is offensive, pornographic, or promotes
racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or
individual; (ii) bullies, harasses, or advocates stalking, bullying, or
harassment, of another person; (iii) involves the transmission of "junk
mail," "chain letters," unsolicited mass mailing, or
"spamming,"; (iv) is false or misleading or promotes, endorses or
furthers illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene,
defamatory or libelous; (v) promotes, reproduces, performs or distributes an
illegal or unauthorized copy of another person’s work that is protected by
copyright or trade secret law, such as providing pirated computer programs or
links to them, providing information to circumvent manufacturer-installed
copy-protection devices, or providing pirated music or links to pirated music files;
(vi) is involved in the exploitation of persons under the age of 18 in a sexual
or violent manner, or solicits personal information from anyone under 13; (vii)
provides instructional information about illegal activities such as making or
buying illegal weapons, violating someone’s privacy, or providing or creating
computer viruses and other harmful code; (viii) solicits passwords or
personally identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from
other Users; (ix) contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs,
cancelbots, corrupted files, or similar software; (x) violates any applicable
law, including, but not limited to laws and regulations governing export
control, unfair competition, anti-discrimination and false advertising; (xi) involves
commercial activities that are detrimental to the interests of BookTraps; or
(xii) otherwise violates this Agreement or creates liability for BookTraps. (
14. Crayons
A. Crayons will be provided to
Users by the means specified by BookTraps, such as purchases in the Services,
special offers and the like. The purchase unit, method of payment, and any
other terms and conditions for granting the Crayons will be determined by BookTraps
and indicated in the Services or on BookTraps’s website.
B. Crayons may not be exchanged or
used for cash, property or other economic gain other than the services and
Contents designated by BookTraps. The number of Crayons required for receiving
the services or Contents, as well as other terms for the exchange of Crayons,
will be determined by BookTraps and indicated in the Services or on BookTraps’s
website.
C. Crayons may only be used by the
account that obtained the same. Furthermore, Crayons provided by terminal
devices of different operating systems may not be carried over or combined,
even if they are under the same name, since the types of Crayons are different.
15. Rights
A. BookTraps retain all of
ownership rights (copyrights, intellectual property) in Content or Book.
B. By submitting Content to
BookTraps, you have only license to use service, you agree that Content you
submit to the Service will not be involved with any commercial purpose.
C. You acknowledge and agree that
your Content could be exposed, edited, modified, displayed to promote,
advertise, sponsor BookTraps.
D. Content you submit can be
exposed to any kind of Search engines, the Article, PR, Publications, Contests,
other Site or App.
16. Ending your relationship with
BookTraps
A. If you want to terminate your
legal agreement with BookTraps, you may notify and close your account in the
App. Your notice should be processed properly.
B. BookTraps will retain any part
of your Personal Data for as long as is reasonably required to fulfill the
purposes for which it was collected. Data retained in backups will be removed
only as the backups are purged in the normal course of BookTraps’ backup
procedures.
C. Re-registration could be limited
17. Restrictions on Use
A. BookTraps may restrict a user's
access to the Service with such as warning, temporary limitation, termination etc.
B. BookTraps may at any time
terminate its legal agreement with you if you have breached any provision of
the Terms, applicable laws.
C. In the case of each of A and B,
BookTraps shall, where possible, give reasonable notice.
D. You can
file a formal objection in the case of A and B to BookTraps, then we review in
a proper manner.
18. Limitation of Liability
A. To the
fullest extent permitted by law, in no event shall BookTraps, its officers,
directors, employees, or agents, be liable to you for any direct, indirect,
incidental, special, punitive, losses or expenses or consequential damages
B. You
agree that BookTraps shall not be liable to provide stable services in case of
uncontrollable events such as natural disaster, DDOS, IDC disability,
telecommunication-error.
C. You acknowledge that BookTraps shall
not be liable for any direct, indirect or consequential losses which may be
incurred by you.
D. You specifically
acknowledge that BookTraps shall not be liable for content: any (I) errors,
mistakes, or inaccuracies of content, (II) personal injury or property damage,
of any nature whatsoever, resulting from your access to and use of our
services, (III) any unauthorized access to or use of our secure servers and/or
any and all personal information and/or financial information stored therein,
(IV) any interruption or cessation of transmission to or from our services,
(IV) any bugs, viruses, Trojan horses, or the like, which may be transmitted to
or through our services by any third party, and/or (V) any errors or omissions
in any content or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of
your use of any content posted, emailed, transmitted, or otherwise made
available via the services, whether based on warranty, contract, tort, or any
other legal theory, and whether or not the company is advised of the
possibility of such damages.
E. BookTraps
only provide the services which help to develop your books, not guarantee for any
improvement of skills and ability.
F. Specifically,
for the free Service, BookTraps shall not be liable for any event arising.
19. Indemnity
A. To the extent permitted by
applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless BookTraps, its
corporation, officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any
and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and
expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees) arising from: (i) your
use of and access to the Service; (ii) your violation of any term of these
Terms of Service; (iii) your violation of any third party right, including
without limitation any copyright, property, or privacy right; or (iv) any claim
that your Content caused damage to a third party. This defense and
indemnification obligation will survive these Terms of Service and your use of
the Service.
20. Jurisdictional Issues
A. The Service is controlled and
operated by BookTraps from the Republic of Korea, and is not intended to
subject BookTraps to the laws or jurisdiction of any territory other than that
of the Republic of Korea.
B. You and BookTraps agree to
submit to the exclusive neighboring local jurisdiction of the courts of Korea
to resolve any legal matter arising.
21. Permission Requirements
A. Camera (Optional): Taking pictures to make contents
B. Storage (Optional): To save/read/modify/delete contents
C. Notification (Optional): To receive the notification from the server
Dated:
Jan 1, 2020