WEBSITE TERMS OF USE
Smart Block Capitals (website: https://www.crytomaxcapitals.com) is a
Bitcoin-based trading platform that is wholly owned by Smart Block Capitals Global
Trading Limited. Smart Block Capitals Global Trading Limited (hereinafter referred to
as Smart Block Capitals) was incorporated under the International Business Companies
Act of 1994 of the Republic of Seychelles with a company number of 148707.
These terms of services, together with any other addenda, terms and conditions
or documents expressly incorporated herein constitute the entire agreement between
the parties (together, the Terms). In the event of any inconsistency between these
terms of services and any of the other addenda, terms and documents, the provisions
of these terms of services shall prevail to the extent of such inconsistency. All
other information provided on the Trading Platform or oral/written statements made
are excluded from these Terms and do not constitute a legal agreement between the
parties. Use of the Trading Platform and the Services is governed by these Terms.
By accessing, viewing or downloading information from the Trading Platform and
using the Services provided by the Smart Block Capitals Group, you acknowledge that
you have read and considered and understand our Risk Disclosure Statement and
Privacy Notice, and that you understand and agree unconditionally to be bound by
these Terms. Smart Block Capitals may, at any time, without notice, amend the Terms.
You agree to continue to be bound by any such amended Terms and that Crypto Max
Capitals has no obligation to notify you of such amendments. You acknowledge that it
is your responsibility to check these Terms periodically for changes and that your
continued use of the Trading Platform and Services offered by the Crypto Max
Capitals Group following the posting of any changes to the Terms indicates your
acceptance of any such changes.
The Trading Platform and the copyright in all text, graphics, images, software
and any other materials on the Trading Platform are owned by Smart Block Capitals,
including all trademarks and other Intellectual Property Rights in respect of
materials and Services on the Trading Platform. Materials on the Trading Platform
may only be used for personal use and non-commercial purposes.
You may display on a computer screen or print extracts from the Trading Platform
for the above-stated purposes only provided that you retain any copyright and other
proprietary notices or any of Smart Block Capitals's trademarks or logos, as shown on
the initial printout or download without alteration, addition or deletion. Except as
expressly stated herein, you may not without Smart Block Capitalss prior written
permission alter, modify, reproduce, distribute or use in any other commercial
context any materials from the Trading Platform.
You acknowledge that Smart Block Capitals and the Smart Block Capitals logo are
trademarks of Smart Block Capitals. You may reproduce such trademarks without
alteration on material downloaded from the Trading Platform to the extent authorised
above, but you may not otherwise use, copy, adapt or erase them.
You shall not in any circumstance obtain any rights over or in respect of the
Trading Platform (other than rights to use the Trading Platform pursuant to these
Terms and any other terms and conditions governing a particular service or section
of the Trading Platform) or hold yourself out as having any such rights over or in
respect of the Trading Platform.
1. Access Conditions
1.1: When accessing and using the Service, you must:
a) not carry out any activity that: (i) involves proceeds from any illegal or
unlawful activity (including activities relating to cryptocurrency tumblers, darknet
markets, money laundering or terrorism financing); (ii) publishes, distributes or
disseminates any illegal or unlawful material or information; or (iii) otherwise
violates, or could violate, any Applicable Law;
b) not attempt to undermine the security or integrity of the Smart Block Capitals
Groups computing systems or networks or, where the Services are hosted by a third
party, that third party's computing systems and networks;
c) not use, or misuse, the Services in any way which may impair the
functionality of the Services or Trading Platform, or other systems used to deliver
the Services or impair the ability of any other user to use the Services or Trading
Platform;
d) not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the computer system on which the
Trading Platform is hosted or to any materials other than those to which you have
been given express permission to access;
e) not transmit or input into the Trading Platform any files that may damage
any other person's computing devices or software; content that may be offensive; or
material or data in violation of any law (including data or other material protected
by copyright or trade secrets which you do not have the right to use);
f) not attempt to modify, copy, adapt, reproduce, disassemble, decompile or
reverse-engineer any computer programs used to deliver the Services or to operate
the Trading Platform except as is strictly necessary to use either of them for
normal operation;
g) ensure that all usernames and passwords required to access the Trading
Platform are kept secure and confidential; and
h) immediately notify Smart Block Capitals of any unauthorised use of your
password(s) or any other breach of security and Smart Block Capitals will reset your
password(s) upon such notification.
1.2: Use of the Services may be subject to limitations, including but not
limited to transaction volumes and the number of calls permitted to be made against
the relevant application programming interface. Any such limitations will be
advised.
1.3: By accessing the Trading Platform, using the Services or registering as a
Member, you represent, warrant and undertake that:
a) you have accepted the Terms;
b) you are at least 18 years of age and have the capacity to accept the Terms;
c) you are the legal owner (or an appropriately authorised representative of the
legal owner) of the funds you add to your account with Smart Block Capitals and that
the same funds derive from a legitimate source;
d) your use of the Services does not constitute a breach of Applicable Law;
e) you are aware of the risks in using the Services provided by the Crypto Max
Capitals Group and have the necessary experience and knowledge to understand the
risks involved in relation to each Service provided by the Smart Block Capitals
Group. These risks include the high volatility risk of Bitcoin itself, and that you
may lose all of the funds in your trading account if the market moves against you;
f) you acknowledge and agree that the Services should only be used by you if
you:
i) have knowledge and experience in highly volatile markets;
ii) are trading with Bitcoin you can afford to lose; and
iii) have a high risk tolerance;
g) you will not be involved or initiate any form of market manipulation,
including spoofing orders or otherwise;
h) the information or documents you provide as part of any ID verification
process are correct, genuine and up to date;
i) any Bitcoin witSmart Block Capitalsawal address you provide is your own and
that you have full control over this address;
j) you are not allowed to access or use the Services if you are located in,
incorporated or otherwise established in, or a citizen or resident of any Restricted
Jurisdiction, and that Smart Block Capitals reserves the right to close any of your
accounts immediately and liquidate any open positions if you are accessing the
Services from any Restricted Jurisdiction or have given false representations as to
your location, place of incorporation or establishment, citizenship or place of
residence;
k) you have not; (i) violated; (ii) been fined, debarred, sanctioned, the
subject of economic sanctions-related restrictions, or otherwise penalised under;
(iii) received any oral or written notice from any government concerning actual or
possible violation by you under; or (iv) received any other report that you are the
subject or target of sanctions, restrictions, penalties, or enforcement action or
investigation under, any Applicable Law (including but not limited to anti-money
laundering laws, counterterrorism financing laws, anti-corruption laws or economic
sanctions laws); and
l) neither you nor any of your affiliates is: (i) itself, or owned or
controlled by, a sanctioned person; (ii) involved in any transaction, transfer, or
conduct, whether or not by using or receiving the Services or the Trading Platform,
that is likely to result in you or your affiliates becoming a sanctioned person; or
(iii) located in, incorporated or otherwise established in, or a citizen or resident
of, a Restricted Jurisdiction.
1.4: You can open an initial account by providing your email address and full
name.
1.5: Smart Block Capitals reserves the right at any time to verify your identity
for the purposes of complying with the Seychelles Anti-Money Laundering Act 2006 or
any other Applicable Law.
1.6: We impose certain trading limits before you are required to conduct
Customer Due Diligence (CDD). You agree to cooperate with us in this process and
will provide all documentation/information that we may require to satisfy ourselves
of your identity and the purpose of the business relationship.
1.7: You agree that any trading or other instructions received or undertaken
through your account are deemed to be final and conclusive, and that Crypto Max
Capitals may act upon such instructions without any liability or responsibility
attached to it. In connection with any APIs offered on or through the Trading
Platform, you acknowledge and agree that:
a) Smart Block Capitals is permitted to share your data with any third parties
that possess your unique API key, and
b) Smart Block Capitals may rely and act upon the instructions (including, but
not limited to, instructions relating to order placement or the closing of
positions) of any third parties that possess your unique API key, and the Crypto Max
Capitals Group accepts no responsibility or liability for any loss arising from the
foregoing.
1.8: We may freeze any account in the event that we suspect or have reason to
believe you are engaged in suspicious trading or other activity or have breached any
of the above warranties or other provisions of these Terms. This may result in the
unwinding of any trades you have entered into. We expressly exclude any losses or
profits you would have made as a result of us closing your trade positions early or
you not being able to trade on the Trading Platform and you agree to indemnify us
completely against any third party action resulting from your conduct or us having
to close your positions early. Whilst your account is frozen we will conduct an
investigation and may require you to cooperate with our enquiries. During the
investigation stage you will not be able to make deposits or with Crypto Max
Capitalsawals to your account nor will you be able to trade. At the end of the
investigation we may, at our own discretion, decide to close your account for which
we are not required to provide you with any reasons for the same.
1.9: We reserve the right at our own discretion to close your account at any
time.
1.10: By using the Services, you accept that Smart Block Capitals reserves the
right to liquidate any trades at any time regardless of the profit or loss position.
1.11: It is your responsibility entirely to provide us with correct details
including your Withdrawal address. We accept no liability resulting in you not
receiving the Bitcoin witSmart Block Capitalsawn due to you providing incorrect or
out-of-date details. It is also your responsibility to ensure that instructions,
orders or transactions sent to Smart Block Capitals are well-formatted, clear and
denominated in the correct currency. Smart Block Capitals excludes all liability for
any incorrect transactions, including, but not limited to, Litecoin sent to Bitcoin
addresses.
1.12: It is our responsibility to maintain an orderly market and as such we may
at our own discretion halt trading on the Trading Platform due to market disruption
or other relevant external events. We exclude all liability for any claimed losses
or profits lost as a result of us halting trading.
2. Fees
2.1: You acknowledge and agree that, by using the Services, fees will apply.
2.2: Details of these fees are set forth on this webpage:
https://smartblockcap.com
2.3: Smart Block Capitals has the right to revise and update the applicable fees
at any time at its sole discretion. Any such revision or updates to the fees will
apply prospectively to any Services (including any transactions on the Trading
Platform) that take place following the effective time that the fee revision or
update is published on the Trading Platform.
3. Intellectual Property Rights
3.1: All Intellectual Property Rights relating to the Trading Platform, all the
material used on the Trading Platform and the Services including, but not limited
to, design, structure, layouts, graphical images and underlying source code belong
to the Smart Block Capitals Group. All rights are reserved.
3.2: You acknowledge that, except as otherwise agreed between the parties in
writing, all Intellectual Property Rights of the Smart Block Capitals Group in the
Trading Platform and the Services shall remain with the Smart Block Capitals Group.
3.3: You are not granted any right to use, and may not use, any of the Crypto
Max Capitals Groups Intellectual Property Rights other than as set out in these
Terms and subject to the following conditions:
a) you may only view and use the Services and the Trading Platform (or any part
of it or its contents) for your own personal use and may not copy, reproduce,
republish, upload, repost, modify, transmit, distribute or otherwise use the
Services and the Trading Platform (or any part of it or its content) in any way for
non-personal, public or commercial use without the prior written consent of Crypto
Max Capitals. All restrictions relating to use of the Services and the Trading
Platform in these Terms shall apply to data available through any APIs;
b) you may not remove or modify any copyright, trademark or other proprietary
notices that have been placed in any part of the Services; and
c) you may not use any data mining, robots or similar data-gathering or
extraction methods.
3.4: By submitting your content directly or indirectly to or through the Trading
Platform in any way, including, but not limited to, blogs, message boards, forums
and APIs (whether or not submitted through a third party), you grant the Crypto Max
Capitals Group a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable, sublicensable,
non-exclusive right and licence to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish,
translate, create derivative works from, distribute, communicate to the public,
perform and display all of your content (in whole or in part) worldwide and to
incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later
developed, for the full term of any rights that may exist in such content. The
Smart Block Capitals Group shall be the sole owner of any derivative work produced by
the Smart Block Capitals Group based on, or in any way connected with, your content,
and shall have the right to use such derivative work for any purpose, commercial or
otherwise, without any further obligation to you. You also permit any other users of
the Trading Platform to access, display, view, store and reproduce such content for
personal use. You waive (and to the extent you cannot waive, agree irrevocably not
to assert) any and all moral rights to which you may be entitled anywhere in the
world in respect of such content. Smart Block Capitals has the right, but not the
obligation, to monitor all conduct and content submitted to or through the Trading
Platform, and may in its sole discretion: (i) refuse to publish, remove or modify
content or disable access to content that it considers breaches these Terms; or (ii)
suspend or discontinue your opportunity to submit, post or upload content.
3.5: By submitting any content to the Trading Platform you warrant that you are
entitled to, and have all necessary Intellectual Property Rights over, that content
to submit it on the Trading Platform in accordance with these Terms.
3.6: Smart Block Capitals reserves the right to disclose your identity to any
third party who claims that any content posted or uploaded by you to the Trading
Platform constitutes a violation of their Intellectual Property Rights or of their
right to privacy.
4. Privacy Notice
4.1: For more details about Smart Block Capitals privacy and data protection
practices, please refer to our Privacy Notice available at the following webpage:
https://smartblockcap.com.
5. Third Party Websites
5.1: Smart Block Capitals links to third party websites that are not affiliated
or associated with the Smart Block Capitals Group (although branding, advertisements
or links relating to the Trading Platform or any Services may appear on these
websites) and Smart Block Capitals may send e-mail messages to you containing
advertisements or promotions including links to third parties. The Crypto Max
Capitals Group makes no representation as to the quality, suitability, functionality
or legality of the material on third party websites that are linked to, or to any
goods and services available from such websites. The material is only provided for
your interest and convenience. The Smart Block Capitals Group does not monitor or
investigate such third party websites and the Smart Block Capitals Group accepts no
responsibility or liability for any loss arising from the content or accuracy of
this material and any opinion expressed in the material should not be taken as an
endorsement, recommendation or opinion of any member of the Smart Block Capitals
Group.
5.2: Under no circumstances are you to create a hyperlink to any of the pages on
the Trading Platform, unless Smart Block Capitals provides you with its prior consent
to do so. If you do create a link to any of the pages on the Trading Platform, you
acknowledge that you are responsible for all direct or indirect consequences of the
link, and you indemnify each member of the Smart Block Capitals Group immediately
upon demand for all loss, liability, costs or expense arising from or in connection
with the link.
6. Warranties and Representations
6.1: You represent, warrant and undertake that:
a) you are authorised to access and use the Services and the Trading Platform.
In particular, each jurisdiction where you are located in, incorporated or otherwise
established in, or of which you are a citizen or resident, allows you to utilise the
Services and the Trading Platform;
b) if you are using the Trading Platform on behalf of or for the benefit of any
person or organisation, you must be authorised to do so. The relevant person or
organisation will be liable for your actions, including any breach of these Terms;
and
c) your use of the Trading Platform and the Services is at your own risk. You
agree that the Smart Block Capitals Group is not liable for any damage or harm
arising out of your use of the Trading Platform and Services.
6.2: You acknowledge and agree that:
a) the information provided on the Trading Platform is for general information
purposes only and is given in good faith. However, the information is selective and
Smart Block Capitals may not verify all information, which may not be complete or
accurate for your purposes and should not be relied upon without further enquiry.
The information and Services should not be construed as an offer or a recommendation
to trade or engage the Services provided by the Smart Block Capitals Group in a
particular manner and the information does not take into account the investment
objectives or financial situation of any particular person; and
b) Smart Block Capitals does not warrant that the use of the Trading Platform
will be uninterrupted or error-free. Amongst other things, the operation and
availability of the systems used for accessing the Trading Platform, including
public telephone services, computer networks and the internet, can be unpredictable
and may from time to time interfere with or prevent access to the Trading Platform.
Smart Block Capitals is not in any way responsible for any such interference that
prevents your access or use of the Trading Platform and the Services.
6.3: Smart Block Capitals has a trading arm that, amongst other things, transacts
in products traded on the Trading Platform. The trading arm primarily trades as a
market-maker. The trading arm is organised to be separate and distinct from the
business of the Trading Platform. Specifically, no front office personnel are shared
between the trading arm and the Trading Platform, the trading arms staff are
physically separated from the Trading Platforms staff while performing trades, and
the trading arm does not have access to any order flow, execution, customer or other
information of the Trading Platform on terms that are not otherwise available to any
other platform user. In addition, unless otherwise set forth in the terms of a
specific product of Smart Block Capitals, the trading arm receives access and trading
privileges only on the same terms as are available to any other user.
6.4: You warrant and represent that you are acquiring the right to access and
use the Trading Platform and agreeing to these Terms for the purposes of a business
and that, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any statutory consumer guarantees
or legislation intended to protect non-business consumers in any jurisdiction does
not apply to the supply of the Trading Platform or these Terms.
7. Accuracy and Availability of Services
7.1: You acknowledge, agree and understand that none of the Services amount to
investment advice or any marketing, or promotion or offer of any product or
investment to you or any third party. You are solely responsible for any losses,
damages or costs resulting from your reliance on any data or information that the
Smart Block Capitals Group may provide in connection with your use of the Services.
You will make your own independent decision to access or use the Services.
7.2: To the maximum extent permitted under Applicable Law, the Services and any
product, service or other item provided by or on behalf of the Smart Block Capitals
Group are provided on an as is and as available basis and the Smart Block Capitals
Group expressly disclaims, and you waive, any and all other warranties of any kind,
whether express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness
for a particular purpose, title or non-infringement or warranties arising from
course of performance, course of dealing or usage in trade. Without limiting the
foregoing, the Smart Block Capitals Group does not represent or warrant that the
Services are accurate, complete, reliable, current or error-free, or free of viruses
or other harmful components.
7.3: Smart Block Capitals shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that the
Services are available to you. However, access to the Services may be disrupted from
time to time due to necessary maintenance, technical issues, network and system
overloads or events outside of Smart Block Capitals control. Smart Block Capitals will
use commercially reasonable efforts to avoid downtime of the Services during
anticipated peak hours, but assumes no liability (whether for trading-related losses
or otherwise) if the Services or any part thereof are unavailable at any time or for
any period.
7.4: You acknowledge and agree that:
a) the Smart Block Capitals Group shall not have any liability, contingent or
otherwise, to you or to any third parties, for the correctness, quality, accuracy,
security, completeness, reliability, performance, timeliness, pricing or continued
availability of the Services (including the Trading Platform) or for delays or
omissions of the Services, or for the failure of any connection or communication
service to provide or maintain your access to the Services, or for any interruption
in or disruption of your access or any erroneous communications between the Crypto
Max Capitals Group and you, regardless of cause;
b) the Smart Block Capitals Group shall not have any liability or be responsible
in any way for your use of the internet to connect to the Services or any technical
problems, system failures, malfunctions, communication line failures, high internet
traffic or demand, related issues, security breaches or any similar technical
problems or defects experienced. You shall be responsible for any fees incurred in
order to connect to the internet for the purpose of using or accessing the Services;
c) you are solely responsible for your own hardware used to access the Services
and are solely liable for the integrity and proper storage of any data associated
with the Services that is stored on your own hardware. You are responsible for
taking appropriate action to protect your hardware and data from viruses and
malicious software, and any inappropriate material. Except as provided by Applicable
Law, you are solely responsible for backing up and maintaining duplicate copies of
any information you store or transfer through our Services. The Smart Block Capitals
Group will not be liable to you in the event that your hardware fails, is damaged or
destroyed or any records or data stored on your hardware are corrupted or lost for
any reason.
7.5: You must immediately notify Smart Block Capitals in the event that you
become aware of any of the Services malfunctioning or a trading error occurring or
if you otherwise experience any material malfunction or other connectivity problem
that adversely affects your access to or use of any Services.
7.6: You acknowledge, agree and understand that if you travel to any Restricted
Jurisdiction, our Services may not be available and your access to our Services may
be blocked. You acknowledge that this may impact your ability to trade on the
Trading Platform or monitor any existing orders or open positions or otherwise use
the Services. You must not attempt in any way to circumvent any such restriction,
including by use of any virtual private network to modify your internet protocol
address.
7.7: You acknowledge and agree that there are a series of inherent risks with
the use of mobile trading technology such as the Smart Block Capitals Mobile
Application including, but not limited to, latency in the prices provided. The
Smart Block Capitals Group shall not be liable for any and all circumstances in
connection with your use of the Smart Block Capitals Mobile Application in which you
experience a delay in price quotation or an inability to trade caused by network
circuit transmission problems or any other problems outside our direct control,
which include but are not limited to the strength of the mobile signal, cellular
latency, or any other issues that may arise between you and any internet service
provider, phone service provider or any other service provider. Furthermore, some of
the features available on the Trading Platform may not be available on the Crypto
Max Capitals Mobile Application. Users may also be required to download and install
updates to the Smart Block Capitals Mobile Application so as to maintain provision of
the Services. Your failure to do so might lead to certain parts of the Services
(including trading functions) becoming temporarily inaccessible to you until such
update has been downloaded and installed.
7.8: You acknowledge, agree and understand that certain of the Services
(including any software that may be produced, developed or published by the Crypto
Max Capitals Group from time to time) may be beta versions being tested at the time
of release (a Development Service). Consequentially, such Development Services may
be unstable and may change from time to time. The Smart Block Capitals Group does not
warrant that the functionality of Development Services will meet your requirements
or that the operation of Development Services will be uninterrupted or error-free.
Smart Block Capitals reserves the right, at any time and for any reason, to
discontinue, redesign, modify, enhance or change any Services (including the
Development Services).
7.9: You acknowledge, agree and understand that:
a) Smart Block Capitals Testnet is provided for informational and testing
purposes, and not for educational purposes;
b) whilst Smart Block Capitals Testnet uses the same market data and indices as
the Trading Platform, there may be discrepancies between the Smart Block Capitals
Testnet and the Trading Platform; and
c) any past performance and experience on and with Smart Block Capitals Testnet
is not a reliable indicator of future returns, performance and experience with the
Trading Platform.
8. Indemnification
8.1: You agree to indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Crypto Max
Capitals Group and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents,
contractors and licensors (together, the Associated Parties) immediately upon demand
from and against any and all claims, demands, lawsuits, actions, proceedings,
investigations, liabilities, damages, losses, costs or expenses, including
reasonable attorneys fees, in any way arising out of, in relation to or in
connection with, directly or indirectly, your or your authorised representatives:
a) use of, or conduct in connection with, the Services;
b) breach of these Terms or any other policy of the Smart Block Capitals Group;
or
c) violation of any Applicable Law or the rights of any other person or entity.
9. Limitation of Liability
9.1: Nothing in these Terms shall exclude or restrict the Smart Block Capitals
Groups or any of the Associated Parties liability for:
a) fraud; or
b) any other matter that cannot be excluded or limited under Applicable Law.
9.2: Subject to the foregoing, to the maximum extent permitted by Applicable
Law:
a) in no event shall the Smart Block Capitals Group or any of the Associated
Parties be liable for any:
i) indirect or consequential loss; or
ii) loss of profit, business opportunity, revenue or goodwill, in each case,
whether arising from breach of contract, tort (including negligence), breach of
statutory duty or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with authorised or
unauthorised use of the Services or these Terms, even if an authorised
representative of the Smart Block Capitals Group or any of the Associated Parties has
been advised of, knew of or should have known of the possibility of such damages;
and
b) the Smart Block Capitals Groups and the Associated Parties aggregate
liability in contract, tort or otherwise (including any liability for any negligent
act or omission) howsoever arising out of or in connection with the performance of
its obligations under these Terms in respect of any one or more incidents or
occurrences shall be limited to the total net amount of Bitcoin received by Crypto
Max Capitals from you by way of trading fees in connection with your use of the
Trading Platform in the six-month period immediately prior to the date of the
incident, or the first incident of a series of connected incidents, giving rise to a
claim made by you under these Terms.
10. Calculations
10.1: All calculations performed by the Trading Platform's trading engine and as
verified by Smart Block Capitals are final. As noted in Clause 7, the Crypto Max
Capitals Group does not warrant that the use of the Trading Platform will be
uninterrupted or error-free.
11. Termination and Remedies for Breach of these Terms by You
11.1: The Smart Block Capitals Group reserves the right to seek all remedies
available at law and in equity for violations of these Terms, including without
limitation, the right to restrict, suspend or terminate your account or deny you
access to the Trading Platform without notice; and
a) The Smart Block Capitals Group shall be entitled to disclose information
(including, but not limited to, your user identity and personal details) when
cooperating with law enforcement enquiries (whether or not such enquiries are
mandatory under Applicable Law) or where permitted under or otherwise compliant with
Applicable Law.
12. Confidentiality
12.1: You undertake not to disclose to any person or persons any Confidential
Information that you may acquire in the course of your use of the Trading Platform.
12.2: For the purposes of these Terms, Confidential Information shall mean any
written information (including information provided in electronic form) or oral
information which is confidential or a trade secret or proprietary and which is
clearly identified as confidential at the time of disclosure or would be assumed by
a reasonable person to be confidential under the circumstances surrounding the
disclosure. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information shall not
include information which is: (i) already known by you prior to receipt from us;
(ii) publicly known or becomes publicly known through no wrongful act of you; (iii)
rightfully received from a third party without you having knowledge of a breach of
any other relevant confidentiality obligation; or (iv) independently developed by
you. The obligations of this clause do not prevent you from disclosing Confidential
Information either: (A) to a third party pursuant to a written authorisation from
us; or (B) to satisfy a requirement of, or demand by, a competent court of law or
other tribunal or governmental, or administrative or regulatory or self-regulatory
body or listing authority or any Applicable Law, provided that Smart Block Capitals
is notified prior to such disclosure to the extent permitted by Applicable Law.
13. Absence of Waiver
13.1: Any failure or delay by the Smart Block Capitals Group to enforce any of
the Terms or exercise any right under the Terms will not be construed as a waiver to
any extent of our rights.
14. Force Majeure
14.1: Neither party is liable for delay in meeting its obligations due to any
cause outside its reasonable control including acts of God, riot, war, malicious
acts of damage, fires, electricity supply failures and government authority and
edicts.
15. Survival
15.1: Should any provision of these Terms be held to be void, invalid,
unenforceable or illegal by a court, the validity and enforceability of the other
provisions shall not be affected. If any provision is determined to be
unenforceable, you agree to an amendment by Smart Block Capitals of such provision to
provide for enforcement of the provisions intent, to the extent permitted by
applicable law.
16. Governing Law
The Terms and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection
with them are governed by and construed in accordance with English law. The
International Business Companies Act 1994 is the principal legislation that governs
corporates in the Republic of Seychelles.
17. Dispute Resolution
Subject to the Applicable Law of your jurisdiction, the courts of England have
non-exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising from or connected with
these Terms (including a dispute relating to the existence, validity or termination
of these Terms or the consequences of their nullity or any non-contractual
obligation arising out of or in connection with these Terms).