Terms & Conditions - IT Rate
Welcome to iTRate.co website. The following terms, conditions, and notifications (hereafter, "Terms") regulate your access and use of iTRate.co website. This also includes access and use of any services, or access through any other website, platform, or mobile app (hereinafter, "Site").
By accessing this Site in any way, you hereby agree to follow these Terms, as well as our privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”). Please read all these Terms carefully. If you do not agree and/or accept any or all of these Terms, you should stop using this Site.
Remember to revisit this page occasionally to check for the most current version of these Terms. We may and will modify these Terms or any additional terms that may apply to this Site. For example, to reflect changes in the new law or modifications to this Site. We may revise these Terms at any time, if necessary.
We will provide you with notice of any significant changes to these Terms by sending a notice to the email address you have indicated on iTRate.co provided to us and/or by posting a conspicuous notification of changes to these Terms on this page.
Changes will not be retroactive and will not take effect until 14 days after posting. However, any changes regarding new features or functionality on this Site, or changes made for legal reasons, will be effective immediately. If you do not agree to the modified Terms, you should stop using this Site.
The terms "we," "us," "our," and "iTRate" refer to iTRate, Inc., a company acting on behalf of itself and, where applicable, its affiliates and third-party licensors. The term "you" refers to the visitor of this Site and/or the person posting any content material on the Site. If you access or use this Site on behalf of a business, that business automatically accepts these Terms. Consequently, the term "you" also refers to that business.
Use of the Site
This Site provides the ability to find and exchange information about leading vendors, tech products, and business services. You can communicate with other users, and/or create new content, such as text/video reviews and testimonials. You can contact software vendors directly for communication and request their portfolios or product demos.
At iTRate, you can learn more about our vision of the digital world. We want you to know that all our reviews are 100% unbiased, relevant, and genuine. We have also created Community Guidelines and use special mechanisms to verify your identity. We have to make sure that firms and users are who they say they are. However, it's up to you to decide what data you want to provide to the community. Keep in mind that you can always post your reviews anonymously or refrain from posting any reviews at all.
By using this Site, you hereby ensure that all personal data that you provide on this Site is true, accurate, relevant, and comprehensive. If you have an account on iTRate ("Registered User"), you are responsible for maintaining your account information, monitoring, and any use of your account by any third party.
Additionally, you have to be at least 18 years old. iTRate does not intentionally collect information from anyone under the age of 18. We reserve the right, at our own discretion, at any time, and for any reason, to decline any person's access to this Site, services, and content offered. Such reasons include, but are not limited to, any violation of these Terms.
Note that all reviews, including any approvals, of third-party products, services, or sellers on this Site are the opinions of the authors of these reviews of such products, services, or vendors, and not the opinions of iTRate. We may occasionally provide rewards (gift cards) to encourage our visitors to leave reviews on this Site. However, no matter if the review is positive or negative, such rewards will always be independent.
Forbidden Activities
All the content on this Site (including, but not limited to, text comments and messages, audio, photos, graphics, videos, maps, icons, software, code, and other materials) and the ecosystem used to provide such content and information are the property of iTRate. Except as explicitly permitted by these Terms. You hereby agree not to modify, copy, distribute, transmit, transfer, display, reproduce, publish, post, license, sell, resell, or create derivative works in any way from this Site.
You further agree not to do the following:
Use this Site or any content on its pages for any commercial purposes unless you have our official written permission to do so;
Access, track, or copy any content or information from this Site. You must not use any plugins, tools, software solutions, programs, apps, robots, spiders, spyware, or other similar automated means and/or copy anything from the Site manually for any purpose without our explicit written authorization;
Break or in any way avoid the limitations related to any measures used to prevent or restrict access to this Site;
Engage in any activities that exert (or may exert), in our sole discretion, an unreasonable or disproportionate load on our network infrastructure;
Create a commercially sensitive intrusion by deep-linking to any part of this Site for any purpose without our express written permission;
Mirror or incorporate any portion of this Site into any other your or third-party website, or mobile app without our prior written permission;
Modify, translate, adapt, edit, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any software used by iTRate in connection with this Site or the content we provide;
Post reviews of products or services offered by your current employer or direct competitors of your current employer;
Log in to the Site using an alias that hides your true identity.
Privacy Policy
We at iTRate value your privacy and will do everything to protect it. You can review our current Privacy Policy here. It also includes regulations on how you can use this Site and insights to understand our practices.
User Obligations
iTRate users and site visitors agree not to take any actions, which may be considered as violation of the legislation or norms of international law, including in the area of intellectual property, copyrights, and/or related rights, as well as any actions, which result or may result in disruption of the normal Site functioning.
Any means of individualization, including trademarks and service marks, as well as logos and symbols contained on the pages of the Site are the intellectual property of iTRate. You are not allowed to reproduce or otherwise use the specified means of individualization and/or their elements without prior written permission of iTRate.
iTRate aspires to provide but does not control and does not guarantee confidentiality and protection of any information placed on the Site or received from the Site. iTRate takes reasonable measures to prevent unauthorized disclosure of information posted by users on the Site to third parties but is not liable if such disclosure has been made. In this regard, by submitting information to the Site, you consent to any reproduction, distribution, disclosure, or other use of such information. By posting information and materials, you also guarantee that they have all rights and powers necessary for this, subject to the terms of these Terms and that such posting does not violate protected rights and interests of third parties, international treaties, and the current legislation.
You are solely responsible for any information and materials posted on the Site. iTRate shall not initiate the placement of the said information, shall not select the recipients of information, shall not affect the content and integrity of the information posted, and at the time of placement of information on the Site, we do not know and cannot know whether such placement violates the current legislation, but iTRate shall be entitled to monitor, review, and/or delete any information and materials placed on the Site. By posting any information and materials, you do not become the co-author of iTRate and waive any claims for such authorship in the future. iTRate shall not pay any royalties or any other remuneration to users, both during and after the term of these Terms.
In case of third parties' claims to iTRate related to violation of the terms of these Terms by you, as well as with the information posted by you on the Site, you undertake to settle such claims, as well as to compensate iTRate for all losses and damages, including compensation of fines, court expenses, costs, and compensations.
iTRate is not responsible for your visiting and any use of external resources (third-party sites), links to which may be contained on the Site. We are not responsible for the accuracy, reliability, trustworthiness, and safety of any information, materials, recommendations, and services on external resources. Use of external resources is voluntary, at your own discretion, and at your own risk.
iTRate aspires to provide the reliability of the information posted on the Site but is not responsible for any inaccuracy and/or unreliability of the information and data, as well as malfunctioning of the services provided by the Site. You agree that iTRate bears no responsibility and has no direct or indirect obligations to you in connection with any possible or arising losses or damages related to any content of the Site, intellectual property, products, or services available on it or received through external sites or resources or other expectations of any user, which arose in connection with the use of the information posted on the Site or link to external resources. Under no circumstances, including but not limited to your inattention or negligence, iTRate shall be liable for any damages (direct or indirect, incidental or consequential), including, but not limited to loss of data or profits, related to use or inability to use the Site, services, data, information, files or materials on it, even if iTRate or its representatives were warned about the possibility of such losses. If the use of the Site results in the need for additional maintenance, correction, or repair of any equipment, as well as the data recovery, all related costs shall be paid by you.
You agree that all materials and services on the Site, or any portion thereof, may be accompanied by advertising, the placement of which is not initiated or controlled by the Site. You agree that iTRate is not responsible and has no obligations in connection with such advertising.
Feedback, Reviews, Comments, and Use of iTRate Services
We at iTRate always value your feedback, whether it’s comments, emails, reviews, phone calls, etc. Therefore, this Site contains various comment and feedback forms to encourage communication, in which you and third parties may actively take part. You can post your feedback and share your experience. Talk about firms, technology, and any related business services you want to discuss. You can also post or link to other related materials, videos, or other items on this Site. All interactive areas of this site are at your service.
If iTRate grants you (as a Registered User or otherwise) access to the Site, you are solely responsible for your use of such interactive areas and use them at your own risk. By using such areas, you hereby agree not to post, link, upload, transmit, distribute, store, create, or otherwise publish through this Site any of the following content:
Any data, text, audio/video content, tables, photos, graphs, animation, screenshots, code, or any other similar information material ("Content") that is in any way unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, suggestive, harassing, threatening, abusive, invasive of privacy or publicity, offensive, inflammatory, fraudulent or otherwise objectionable;
Unwanted promotions, political campaigns, advertisements, contests, sweepstakes, or appeals;
Content that may in any way encourage or constitute a criminal offense, violate the rights of any person or company, or otherwise violate any law (including, without limitation, local, state, national, or international laws);
Content that may violate or illegally take credit for any trademark, trade secret, patent, copyright, or any other intellectual or proprietary right of any party;
Content that poses as posted by any individual, company, or organization or otherwise misrepresents your affiliation with any person or organization, including iTRate;
Private information of any third party, including, without limitation, name, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, social security numbers, financial information, and credit card numbers;
Viruses, corrupted data, or other harmful, destructive, or malicious files;
Unrelated content that doesn't fit the interactive area(s) in which such Content is posted.
iTRate is not responsible or liable for any posted, stored, or uploaded content that is received from you or any third party. We are not responsible for any loss or damage of such content, nor liable for any errors, defamation, libel, omissions, falsehoods, obscenity, pornography, or profanity that you may encounter from any party on the Site.
iTRate is not responsible for any statements or content submitted by any user in any comment field, in any article, or another interactive area of the Site. iTRate has no obligation to review, edit, or track any Content posted or distributed through any text field or interactive zone of the site.
We at iTRate reserve the right to remove, review, or edit without notice any Content posted or stored on this Site at any time and for any reason. As iTRate.co visitor, you are fully responsible for backing up and replacing any Content that you post or store on this Site, at your own expense and effort.
Licensing and Use of Submissions
Note that by providing your Content to this Site via posting or linking to this Site, email, including any product or service reviews (text or video), questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, opinions, etc., contained in any materials (individually and collectively "Materials"), you hereby allow iTRate a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, irrevocable (except as provided in our Privacy Policy) and fully sublicensable right to use, modify, post, create derivative works from, and publicly display such materials.
You hereby acknowledge that iTRate will use your materials only with your permission or in order to cooperate with lawful government requests or court orders. You also recognize and agree that none of your Content will have confidential or proprietary third party data or information that you have no right to publicly disclose.
You consent that your Content, your name, and, if you include a photo in your profile or provide a video review, your personal images, and any other private characteristics or personal information you include in your Content may be used by iTRate and our affiliates on other websites. Such content submission may include ads on social media sites, platforms, mobile apps, and/or other marketing materials.
If you agree to all of the above, this means that:
You implicitly (except as stated in our Privacy Policy) authorize, grant access and license to the provider of the product or service in question and its affiliates, successors, and assigns, and/or iTRate and its affiliates and successors, and each of their respective licensees and employees, officers ("Authorized Persons"), the right to publicly display, perform, transmit, stream, reproduce, record, photograph, digitize, adapt, create derivative works from, use, sell, lease, rent, license, or otherwise use and permit others to use your name, image, likeness/appearance, voice, and bio and review Content, each and all exclusively to the extent and the way it is reflected in the Review Content that you voluntarily submit to this Site;
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you irrevocably waive all legal and equitable rights relating to all liabilities, claims, demands, actions, suits, damages, and expenses, including but not limited to claims for copyright or trademark infringement, moral rights, libel, defamation, invasion of privacy (including invasion, false reporting, public disclosure of private facts and misappropriation of name or likeness), breach of publicity rights, physical and mental integrity, and infringement of privacy rights;
You guarantee that you are at least eighteen (18) years old and that you have every right and full authority to grant rights under this Agreement, and further represent and warrant to each Authorized Person that you will provide only truthful and correct statements and other content in connection with Authorized Persons' use of the Materials and the license granted under these Terms that does not and will not infringe any rights (including, without limitation, copyright);
You hereby agree that you do not request that any personally identifiable information is used in connection with the Content, or any derivative works or updates thereto. You also have no objections regarding the publication, use, editing, removal, and exploitation of the submitted Content by iTRate or its licensees and successors. You permanently waive and consent not to claim or assert any rights to any moral rights of the author in any Content. You will have no claims against iTRate, its licensees, and successors.
Disclaimer
All information provided on the Site is provided in "as is" without warranty of any kind, express or implied. iTRate fully, to the extent permitted by the law, disclaims all liability, express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and guarantees of the legality of any information, product, or service obtained or purchased through this Site.
iTRate makes no claims with respect to any third-party, e.g. company reviews on the Services. We do not advise users and site visitors to choose any certain firm or service on the basis of the given reviews or ratings. Service and company reviews are based solely on the opinions of the reviewers themselves and should not be perceived as statements of fact. iTRate does not provide any warranties or representations of quality, reliability, or user content. Your purchase or use of any third-party products or services, reviewed on the Site, is at your own risk and discretion. We do not guarantee the accuracy and liability for any errors or other inaccuracies relating to the information of services and products displayed on this Site. This includes the pricing, screenshots, videos, product/service features, vendor company information, overall product descriptions, etc.
Liability claims against the author based on damage of a material or intellectual nature caused by the use or non-use of the information provided or by the use of incorrect or incomplete information are fundamentally excluded. This does not apply in cases where the author has been proven guilty of gross negligence. All offers are non-binding. iTRate reserves the right to temporarily or completely change, supplement, delete, or make public all or any part of the Site or its pages without special notice.
Links to External Sites
For direct or indirect references to external websites (hyperlinks) that are outside of the iTRate's area of responsibility, liability will only come into effect if the user (content provider) is aware of the contents and if it is technically possible and reasonable for him/her to remove the link if there is unlawful content. The author hereby explicitly declares that at the time of linking to the external websites no illegal contents could be detected therein. No liability whatsoever is accepted for the present or future design, contents, or ownership of external websites to which links have been established. The author is explicitly not responsible for the contents of all websites that have been changed after linking to this Site. This statement shall apply to all links and references within this Site, as well as to links within the author's guestbook, his/her discussion forums, listservs, newsletter lists, and all other forms of databases accessible from external sources. For illegal, incorrect, or incomplete contents and in particular for damage arising from the use or non-use of the information provided in this way, the responsibility lies solely with the provider of the linked site and not the one who has linked to it.
Copyrights and Trademark Rights
We indicate the authorship in all publications the images, graphics, texts, sound documents, and video sequences used or to use our own images, graphics, sound documents, and video sequences or unlicensed images, graphics, texts, sound documents, and video sequences. All brand names and trademarks mentioned and referred to in this Site proposal are protected by third parties and are subject without restriction to valid trademark rights and ownership rights of their registered owners. A mere reference shall not constitute grounds for the trademark not to be protected by third-party rights. The copyright for published objects created by iTRate belongs exclusively to us. Duplication or utilization of such graphs, texts, sound files, and video sequences in other electronic or printed publications shall be prohibited unless we have granted our explicit written permission.
Legal Effect of Disclaimer
This disclaimer constitutes part of the website linked to this Site. If parts or individual formulations of this text do not no longer or do not completely correspond to the legal situation, the remaining parts of the document and their content shall remain unaffected.
Processing and Use of Personal Data
The purpose of the processing of personal data:
Providing the User with the services of the Site;
Sending notices regarding the Site's services and changes to the Site;
Preparation and sending responses to your requests;
Performing informational mailing;
Sending information about the products and services of iTRate, as well as promotional and informational emails regarding the products/services of iTRate and its partners.
The list of actions with personal data, to which you express your consent: collection, systematization, accumulation, storage, clarification (update, modification), use, depersonalization, transfer to third parties for the above purposes, as well as any other actions provided for by applicable legislation as non-automated and automated methods.
iTRate pledges to take all necessary measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access or disclosure.
This consent is valid until revoked by you sending the appropriate notice (after registration) with notification to the iTRate email address.
General Provisions
The use of the materials and services of the Site, as well as placement of your materials on the Site, shall be governed by the norms of the current legislation. All possible disputes arising out of or in connection with these Terms shall be resolved in accordance with the laws at the location of iTRate.
Nothing stated in these Terms shall be construed as establishing between you and iTRate an agency relationship, a partnership relationship, a joint venture relationship, a personal employment relationship, or any other relationship not expressly provided for in these Terms.
A court decision that any provision of these Terms is invalid or unenforceable shall not invalidate any other provisions of these Terms.
Inaction on the part of iTRate in case of violation of the provisions of these Terms by any of the users does not deprive iTRate of the right to take appropriate actions to protect its interests and copyrights to legally protected materials of the Site later. You hereby confirm that you are familiar with all the clauses of these Terms and unconditionally accept them.
