Last updated: February 23rd, 2021
User’s Acknowledgment and Acceptance of Terms
By using https://linkage-ethiopia.com/ (“Website”) and its services, you will be bounded by these terms and conditions, and the privacy policy of ‘Linkage Ethiopia’ (“we”). If you do not agree to these terms and conditions and / or the privacy policy, you must not use this Website. Violating these can result in our decision to terminate our relationship.
This is a Website and email based service. You will need to contact us through online contact form or by email if you wish to access our service. We will send you emails or messages to communicate with you about your requests. We also send you emails from time to time to communicate about promotional offers or new features. You can unsubscribe from those marketing emails at anytime. Each account is for the use of a single person, family, an organization or a company and any accounts are not transferable to another user. Any requests that you submit on the Website are intended for your benefit only.
Our service and these Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Japan and the parties hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Japan courts.
Regardless of currency, all invoices and payable charges for our service originate from Japan and, as such, we are a Japan based business trading in Japan for tax purposes.
1.1 “Buyer” means the individual or organisation who buys or agrees to buy the Services from us.
1.2 “Contract” means the contract between the Supplier and the Buyer for the provision of Services incorporating these Terms and Conditions;
1.3 “Services” means the services that the Buyer agrees to buy from us;
1.4 “Terms and Conditions” means the terms and conditions for the provision of Services set out in this agreement and any special terms and conditions agreed in writing by us;
1.5 “Website” means linkage-ethiopia.com and any subdomains of these.
1.6 “Signup form” means the online web page where agreement to the our terms and conditions is made.
2.1 These Terms and Conditions shall apply to all contracts for the provision of Services by us to the Buyer and shall prevail over any other documentation or communication from the Buyer.
2.2 Any variation to these Terms and Conditions (including any special terms and conditions agreed between the parties) shall be inapplicable unless agreed in writing by us.
3.1 All orders for Services shall be deemed to be an offer by the Buyer to purchase Services pursuant to these Terms and Conditions and are subject to acceptance by us. We may choose not to accept an order for any reason.
4.1 The price of the Services shall be customised to the Buyer’s needs.
4.2 Payment of the services must be made in advance by credit card or cash. We do not offer prorated refunds or cancellations once the fee is paid.
4.3 Where applicable, if any payment is not paid on time we will be entitled immediately to cease or suspend the provision of the relevant Service until payment has been received.
4.4 If any payment is not paid within 10-day after due date, the contract shall be deemed terminated.
4.5 The service can be customised to the Buyer’s needs. Fees for additional work requested by the Buyer are due prior to any additional work commencing and can be made via credit card or cash.
4.6 Once you have paid, no refund will be granted. Refunds are available solely at the discretion of us.
5.1 Requests can be various types that can be executed using a computer or a phone and require a physical presence. The service includes domestic calls in Ethiopia but does not include any international phone calls made by us on the Buyer’s behalf. We may choose not to accept requests for any reason. Please check for details of what we can or cannot do on this Terms and Conditions 10.1.
5.2 If your request is clearly out of the scope of our service, we will let you know in the response. However, once we accept the request, you pay and we work and try to accomplish request, you will not given refund even though you didn’t receive the results you expected.
5.3 We reserve the right to decide at our sole discretion if a request is outside the scope of our abilities.
6.1 We act within the limits of our knowledge, skills, competence and experience.We shall perform the Services with reasonable skill and care required a good supplier. However, we do not guarantee that the Services will be uninterrupted, secure or error-free or that any data generated, stored, transmitted or used via or in connection with the Services will be complete, accurate, secure, up to date, received or delivered correctly or at all.
6.2 We make no warranties of any kind, expressed or implied for the services provided. Under no circumstances will we be liable in any way for any services it provides on the Website or through our service, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any responses and information we give you, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred in connection with use of such services made available via the service. We don’t guarantee that your requests can be accomplished.
6.3 We cannot guarantee that the information will not be leaked, lost, or altered by a third party. Therefore, we shall not be held liable for any loss or damage incurred by the customer or a third party arising from the leakage, loss, or falsification of information by a third party.
6.4 We shall perform the Services with reasonable skill and commitment to quality, however, we do not guarantee that the request can be fulfilled or delivered. Buyer agrees to recognize that there is risk involved in the provisions of our services. We cannot be held responsible for actions of third parties and in cases where customer requests encounter problematic details or undeliverable service, the fee for service is non-refundable.
7.1 The Services are subject to an initial contract period that the buyer and we agree. (7.2 and 7.3.)
7.2 Subject to clause 7.1, either party may terminate this agreement (as regards some or all of the Services) at any time for any reason by giving notice to the other. Should the account be terminated by the Buyer, account information will be required for account security purposes. After the end of the paid-for period, the Buyer will have no further access to the account and all data relating to the Buyer may be deleted within one month.
7.3 We may terminate this agreement (as regards some or all of the Services) or suspend some or all of the Services immediately on written notice if the Buyer breaches any term of this agreement, and any payment due remains payable and, if already paid, will be non-refundable.
7.4 We may terminate this agreement (as regards some or all of the Services) or suspend some or all of the Services should the Buyer become financially insolvent.
7.5 The Buyer may not use our service to arrange or in relation to any illegal or immoral activity.
8.1 The Buyer agrees that we will use vetted, interviewed and approved freelance staff (a third party) to fulfil the Buyer’s workload, task and project requirements.
8.2 We are not responsible for any loss or damages the Buyer or Buyer’s business may suffer as a result of fraudulent or negligent activity carried out by any agent, person, freelancer or company working in association with or on behalf of us. The Buyer accepts all responsibility and risk for sharing any sensitive data, including financial or payment information, with any agent, person, freelancer or company working in association with or on behalf of us.
8.3 We introduce third party services to the Buyer based on their needs. We will always do our best to provide the information to the Buyer through our diligent research. However, we shall not be held liable for damage incurred to the customer, or to property of the customer, by the introduction of service providers due to any of the reasons.
9.1 We may modify, replace, refuse access to, suspend or discontinue the Website, partially or entirely, or change and modify prices for all or part of the Services in our sole discretion. All of these changes shall be effective upon their posting on our site.
10.1 We cannot provide the Services the following Services
(1) the Services that require advanced translation contains a high degree of technical or industry specific terminology.
(2) the Services that require specialized knowledge and skills, that is Web design and graphic design, legal services, accounting operations, statistics etc.
(3) the Services that involve high risk or danger to our team, and are held in any of the following locations.
(4) the Services that we judged impossible to perform.
11.1 We reserve the right to periodically update the Website, which cannot be guaranteed for any period of time. We shall make every effort to ensure any prices shown are correct at the point at which the Buyer places an order.
11.2 We reserve the right to withdraw the Services from the Website at any time.
11.3 We shall not be liable to anyone for withdrawing the Services from the Website or for refusing to process an order.
11.4 Where the Services provided involve the purchase of services which may only be purchased by persons of a certain age the Buyer will be asked when placing the order to declare that they are of the appropriate legal age to purchase the services.
11.5 If we discover that the Buyer is not legally entitled to order certain Services, we shall be entitled to cancel the order immediately, without notice.
12.1 In the event of any breach of these Terms and Conditions by us the remedies of the Buyer shall be limited to damages, which shall in no circumstances exceed the price of the Services paid by the Buyer and we shall under no circumstances be liable for any indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage whatever.
12.2 To the extent permitted by law, we shall not be liable to the Buyer save as expressly provided for in this agreement and shall have no other obligations, duties or liabilities whatsoever in contract, tort or otherwise to the customer.
12.3 We disclaim any warranty or merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
12.4 We shall not be liable for any delay or failure to perform any of its obligations if the delay or failure results from events or circumstances outside its reasonable control, including but not limited to acts of suspend of external services, power outrage, strikes, lock outs, accidents, war, fire, flood or failure of any communications, telecommunications or computer system, and we shall be entitled to a reasonable extension of its obligations. We may have to suspend the Services due to any reasons.
13. When using the Service, the Registered you may not conduct any act that falls under, or is determined by us to fall under, any of the following:
(1) acts that violate any laws or regulations or that are associated with criminal activity;
(2) acts that defraud or threaten us, other Registered Users or other third parties;
(3) acts against public order and good morals;
(4) acts that infringe any IP Rights, portrait rights, privacy rights, reputation or other rights or interests of ours, other Registered Users or other third parties;
(5) acts that place an excessive burden on the network or system of the Service;
(6) acts to reverse-engineer or otherwise analyze the software or other systems provided by us;
(7) acts that are likely to interrupt the operation of the Service;
(8) acts to access the network or system of our improperly;
(9) acts to impersonate a third party;
(10) acts to use the user ID or password of other users of the Service;
(11) acts of exploitation, advertisement, soliciting or marketing through the Service without the our prior consent;
(12) acts to collect information of other users of the Service;
(13) acts that cause disadvantage, damage or uncomfortable feelings to other users of the Service or other third parties;
(14) acts that violate the Rules;
(15) acts to provide Antisocial Forces with profit;
(16) acts that are intended to meet unacquainted persons of the opposite sex;
(17) acts that, directly or indirectly, cause or facilitate the acts listed in Items (1) through (16) above;
(18) attempting to conduct any of the acts listed in Items (1) through (17) above; or
(19) other acts that we deems to be inappropriate.
14.1 If any term or provision of these Terms and Conditions is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction such provision shall be severed and the remainder of the provisions hereof shall continue in full force and effect as if these Terms and Conditions had been agreed with the invalid illegal or unenforceable provision eliminated.
15.1 We shall be entitled to alter these Terms and Conditions at any time but this right shall not affect the existing Terms and Conditions accepted by the Buyer upon making a purchase until the Buyer’s renews the contract.
15.2 We shall be entitled to alter the price of the Services provided at any time. Price changes will take effect in the next billing due, providing 10 business days’ notice has been provided within the Buyer’s account.
15.3 All of these changes shall be effective upon their posting on our site.
16.1 These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of Japan and the parties hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Japan courts.
If you have any questions about this, please email us at contact@linkage-ethiopia.com