TERMS OF USE - PetConnect Trusted Dog Sitters

These Terms of Use were last updated on 19 June 2024; this is the first version.

A. GENERAL

Welcome to our Website! PetConnect hereby grants you access to the services it offers on the PetConnect Website in accordance with the Terms of Use set out below.

These Terms of Use apply to the PetConnect website www.petconnect.social (hereinafter the “Website”), operated by GEKCO Group BV, with its registered office at Hendrik van Veldekesingel 150/192, 3500 Hasselt, Belgium, and registered with the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises under company number 1009.321.226 (hereinafter referred to as “we”, “us” or “PetConnect”).

Please read the contents of these Terms of Use carefully before using our Website in any way. By using our Website, you expressly agree to the contents of these Terms of Use and undertake to comply with them. If you do not agree with the contents, we ask that you refrain from further use of our Website.

‍These Terms of Use apply solely to the use of our Website and not to the PetConnect App. To use the PetConnect App, please refer to the Terms of Use for the PetConnect App.

If you would like further information or wish to make any comments, please contact us at the following email address: socials@petconnect.social

A. NATURE OF THE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE

This Website is intended to inform you and provides information of a general nature.

The information on this Website is not tailored to your personal or specific circumstances or enquiries and cannot therefore be regarded as personal advice. This Website (and all materials provided on it) is made available ‘as is’ and without any warranties. The use of the Website and the information contained therein is therefore entirely at your own risk.

The content and information on the Website (including any hyperlinks) may be amended, modified or supplemented at any time without prior notice or notification.

A. UNAUTHORISED USE OF OUR WEBSITE

You are prohibited from using our Website:

For your own commercial purposes or for the commercial purposes of third parties;

To post, transmit or otherwise make available any content or information that is unlawful, offensive, threatening, racist, hateful, defamatory or harmful to PetConnect and/or third parties;

In a manner that unlawfully burdens, damages, interrupts, disrupts or impairs the efficiency of the Website.

A. NATURE OF THE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE

This Website is intended to inform you and provides information of a general nature.

The content and information on the Website (including any hyperlinks) may be amended, modified or supplemented at any time without prior notice or notification.

A. UNAUTHORISED USE OF OUR WEBSITE

You are prohibited from using our Website:

For your own commercial purposes or for the commercial purposes of third parties;

To post, transmit or otherwise make available any content or information that is unlawful, offensive, threatening, racist, hateful, defamatory or harmful to PetConnect and/or third parties;

In a manner that unlawfully burdens, damages, interrupts, disrupts or impairs the efficiency of the Website.

A. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
PetConnect owns (or holds a licence to) the intellectual property rights (including, but not limited to, copyright, trade marks, and design rights) relating to the design and content of the Website (including, but not limited to, text, graphics, logos, photographs, video files, audio files, HTML code, meta tags and icons).

You acknowledge the aforementioned rights and undertake not to use the protected designs and content in any way that infringes these rights. In particular, you are not permitted to reproduce, modify, distribute or use the Website’s designs and content, which are protected by intellectual property rights, for commercial purposes. The ability to download the design or content of the Website, in whole or in part, does not grant you permission for any use other than private and non-commercial use.

The use of the Website’s designs and content protected by intellectual property rights for any purpose other than strictly private and non-commercial use is only permitted with the express prior written consent of PetConnect.

A. DATA PROTECTION

We care about your privacy – that’s a fact! Your personal data will always be treated confidentially. For specific information on how we process your personal data, please refer to our Privacy Statement

A. WARRANTIES & LIABILITY

PetConnect endeavours to ensure that the information made available on our Website is accurate, complete, correct and up to date, but makes no guarantees in this regard. Should the information on our Website contain errors, or should certain information not be available on or via the Website, PetConnect will make every effort to rectify this as soon as possible. Should you notice any inaccuracies, please do not hesitate to contact us at socials@petconnect.social. PetConnect cannot be held liable for any inaccuracies or omissions in the information made available on our Website.

PetConnect does its utmost to maintain the Website and protect it against computer viruses, interruptions, network faults or any other form of disruption. In this context, PetConnect does everything possible to secure the Website using all reasonable means and to minimise the inconvenience caused by technical faults. Nevertheless, we cannot rule out the possibility of unauthorised technical actions or unauthorised interference by third parties. Nor can we guarantee uninterrupted access to the Website. PetConnect cannot under any circumstances be held liable for any malfunction or temporary (un)availability of the Website, or for any form of damage, whether direct or indirect, arising from access to or use of the Website.

The Website may contain hyperlinks to third-party websites or web pages, or refer to them indirectly. The inclusion of hyperlinks to these websites or web pages does not in any way imply implicit approval of their content. PetConnect cannot be held liable for the content available via third-party websites through hyperlinks posted on the Website, nor for the processing of Personal Data via these hyperlinks. PetConnect’s reference to a hyperlink via the Website does not necessarily imply a partnership between PetConnect and the holder or owner of that hyperlink and the underlying website.

PetConnect shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and/or consequential damages, such as (but not limited to) loss of data, loss of profit, third-party claims, loss of time and loss of opportunity, arising from the use of or inability to use the Website.

A. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Amendments – PetConnect reserves the right to amend these Terms of Use at any time and without giving any reason. Where we amend these Terms of Use, such amendments will be announced on the Website’s home page and will come into effect thirty (30) days after the announcement.

No Waiver – Any failure by you or us to exercise any right under these Terms of Use, or any delay in exercising such a right, shall not be deemed a waiver of that right. Such failure or delay shall not affect any other rights or obligations.

Severability – If one or more provisions in these Terms of Use are declared invalid or unenforceable by a court ruling, this shall only affect the provision(s) in question. Such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use, which shall therefore remain in full force and effect.

‍Applicable law & competent court – All agreements to which these Terms of Use apply shall be governed by Belgian law. Any disputes that may arise in relation to these Terms of Use shall fall exclusively within the jurisdiction of the courts competent for the judicial district in which PetConnect’s registered office is situated (unless the applicable law mandatorily prescribes a different court).