Terms Of Use
1. Introduction
1.1. Welcome to www.aptuslegal.com or www.kouvarapartners.com (the "Website").
1.2. The Website is the property of Nicoletta Kouvara & Partners LLC using the brand and logo of APTUS LEGAL (hereinafter referred to as "Aptus Legal" or "we" or “our” or “us”).
1.3. Aptus Legal is a brand name and logo that is owned and operated by Nicoletta Kouvara & Partners LLC, a lawyers’ limited liability company, authorized and regulated by the Cyprus Legal Council. The use of the name Aptus Legal is for description purposes only and does not imply that our people are in a partnership or are part of the LLC. Any reference in this Website to a “partner” means a partner, member, consultant or employee with equivalent standing and qualifications in Nicoletta Kouvara & Partners LLC.
1.4. The responsibility for the provision of services to a client is defined in the terms of engagement between us and the client.
1.5. Through the Website, you may from time to time have access to a variety of resources and content. These include, but are not limited to, web pages, data, messages, text, images, photographs, graphics, logos, audio and video such as podcasts and webcasts, and documents such as press releases, case studies, articles, viewpoints or other commentary, publications, newsletters, white papers and product data sheets ("Content").
1.6. The following are terms and conditions shall govern your ("You" or "Your") use of our Website. More specifically, by:
(a) accessing and/or using the Website or the Content provided on or through the Website, and/ or
(b) submitting any material and/ or information to or through our Website, you agree to follow and be bound by these terms and conditions concerning your access to and use of the Website and the Content ("Terms of Use").
(c) If you disagree with these Terms of Use, you should not use our Website in any way
1.7. You must be at least 18 years of age to use our Website. By using our Website, you warrant and represent to us that you are at least 18 years of age.
1.8. Our Website uses cookies. By using our Website, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of our Cookies Policy which are available for your review on our Website.
1.9 We may collect and process personal information via our Website in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which is available for your review on our Website.
1.10 You can contact us: (a) by post, using the postal address given above and the addresses published on the Website; (b) using our enquiry form on our Website; or (c) by email, using the email address published on our Website.
2. Reliance on the Website Content
2.1. The legal commentary, articles, newsletter, publications, information and any other Content contained on this Website are for general information and illustrative purposes and do not constitute legal advice. Published material or any Content should not be taken as providing legal advice and should not be acted on or relied upon as doing so.
2.2. Any published material or other Content does not intent to create a business or professional services relationship. They are not exhaustive and do not attempt to address every issue relevant to any situation and therefore you should not act upon them without seeking specific legal advice from us.
2.3. Furthermore, laws and regulations vary with jurisdiction and time. Compliance with the applicable law will always depend upon circumstances and facts at the time such law is examined. Any published Content on this Website may not reflect the most current legal developments, decisions, summaries, or viewpoints and may not have been updated after the date of first publication.
2.4. Aptus Legal is not responsible for any errors or omissions in the Content of this Website or for damages arising from the use or performance of this Website under any circumstances. Any reliance on the information or any Content of this Website is therefore solely at the user's own risk.
3. Intellectual Property
3.1 We, together with our licensors, own and control all the copyright, trademarks and other intellectual property rights in our Website and the Content (the “IP Rights”).
3.2. Unless otherwise stated, all IP Rights in any Content which appears on this Website (including, without limitation, the selection, arrangement and presentation of any publications displayed on the Website, the screen displays, the text, graphics, and overall design of the Website) belong to Aptus Legal and/or our licensors (as the case may be).
3.3. The names, logos, trademarks, and service marks of Aptus Legal that appear on the Website or in the Content may not be used in any advertising, publicity, promotion, or in any other manner implying the endorsement or sponsorship of Aptus Legal or affiliation with any service, without our prior express written permission;
3.4 You acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights in any and all of our IP Rights by downloading copyrighted material.
4. General Terms of Use
4.1 Our Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy set out how we will respect your privacy and how we use data collected by the Website. For additional and detailed information, please see our Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy.
4.2 We may revise these Terms of Use at any time, without notice. The revised Terms of Use will be effective when posted / published on the Website. Accordingly, if you disagree with and do not want to accept the Terms of Use, as these have been revised, you must discontinue to use our Website.
4.3 Except as expressly permitted by the Terms of Use, you must not edit or otherwise alter or modify any material, information and/or Content or any other item of our Website.
4.4 Unless you own or control certain relevant rights in the said material and/or Content, you must not: (a) republish any material and/or Content or IP Rights; (b) sell, license or sub-license any material and/or Content; (c) publicly screen any material and/or Content; (d) use or exploit any material and/or Content and/or IP Rights for a commercial purpose; or (e) redistribute any material and/or Content and/or IP Rights for any purpose.
4.5 We reserve the right to restrict access to certain sections/ parts of our Website, or our entire Website as a whole, at our discretion. Pursuant to this section, you must not circumvent or evade, or attempt to circumvent or evade, any restriction of access measures on our Website.
4.6 Furthermore, you must refrain from:
a) using our Website or Content in any way or take any action that causes, or may cause, damage or impairment of the performance, availability, visibility or accessibility of the Website or the Content;
(b) using our Website or Content in any way that is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity;
(c) using our Website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit or other malicious computer software;
(d) conducting any systematic or automated data collection activities (including, without limitation to, scraping, data mining, extraction and data harvesting) on or in relation to our Website without our clear and express written consent;
(e) accessing or otherwise interacting with our Website using any robot, spider or other automated means;(f) using our Website or Content in any way that is false or misleading, or in a way that is defamatory, degrading or derogatory of another;
4.7 You must ensure that all the information you supply to us through our Website, or in relation to our Website, is true, accurate, current, complete and non-misleading.
5 User details on Website
5.1 If you submit any enquiry or other application through our Website, you are responsible to ensure that the information you submit (including but not limited to, your full name, email address, phone number) are accurate, current and true.
5.2 Our Privacy Policy sets out in detail how we will respect your privacy and how we will process your personal data collected via our Website. We advise you to read our Privacy Policy carefully before you submit an application or an enquiry through our Website.
5.3 You warrant and represent that your content and your personal information will comply with the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
5.4 Your content and your personal information must not be illegal or unlawful and must not be capable of giving rise to legal action against any person (in each case in any jurisdiction and under any applicable law).
6 Limitation of Liability and Termination of use
6.1 We reserve the right at any time without notice or explanation at our sole discretion, to discontinue or modify any or all of our Website, to stop publishing our Website, to discontinue providing or limit access to the Website and to discontinue or modify or stop publishing any material or Content on our Website.
6.2 To the extent expressly provided otherwise in this Terms of Use, you will not be entitled to any compensation or other payment upon the discontinuance or alteration of any Website Services, or if we stop publishing the Website.
6.3 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations and warranties relating to the subject matter of the Terms of Use and the use of our Website and we expressly disclaim all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties regarding merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement with respect to the Website, all Content provided on or through the Website.
6.4 We may at our sole discretion terminate or limit your access to or use of the Website if we determine that you have infringed the IP Rights or rights of any third party or using this Website in a wrongful and/or unlawful manner.
6.5 We may remove Content that is confidential and/ or proprietary to a third party without that third party’s permission.
6.6 Except where expressly provided otherwise, the Website and all Content provided on or through the Website, are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.
7 Law and jurisdiction
7.1 These Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Cyprus.
7.2 Any disputes, claims or obligations (whether contractual or non-contractual) arising out or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation shall be governed by the laws of Cyprus and subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Cyprus.