Terms of Use GoViber
General Terms and Conditions of Use
I. TERMS OF USE
A. "Yuboto Telecommunications and Internet, Ltd. ", d.b.a. "Yuboto Ltd. ", whose offices are located at Katsantoni and 2, Olympias str., Metamorfosi, Attiki (VAT Registration Number 998810496, registered at the Nea Ionia Tax Office), has created the yuboto.com website to offer information and services to its visitors/users under reg. No. 07-216 issued by the Hellenic Telecommunications & Post Commission. By using the services provided at yuboto.com, visitors/users indicate that they fully accept these Terms and Conditions of Use. Visitors/users of the website agree that they will comply and conform to the Terms and Conditions of Use described below every time they visit/use the website. In case of disagreement to one or more of these terms of use, the visitor/user should avoid visiting/using the website. Yuboto Ltd. reserves the right to modify the Terms of Use at any time, but will keep a notice posted on the website for a reasonable length of time in order to inform users of the fact. It is the responsibility of the users to stay informed of any such modifications while visiting yuboto.com. In case visitors/users continue to use the website after the modifications have been announced, it is presumed that they have accepted said modifications. If any service is used that is governed by more specific terms of use, the latter are considered in line with these Terms and Conditions of Use. If the specific terms of use of each service contradict these Terms of Use, the former prevail over the latter.
B. The general and specific terms of use mentioned below are posted in full on yuboto.com, and visitors may access them while browsing the website, as well as before and during registration to the provided services. Users are required to confirm that they acknowledge and accept the terms of use in order to receive the code needed to activate the account giving them access to the provided services. Yuboto Ltd. assumes that all users have read the terms of use and agree with them.
C. Minors are not allowed to register and use yuboto.com web pages and services, which by law are meant exclusively for adults. If minors voluntarily visit web pages or use services that could be deemed inappropriate, Yuboto Ltd. bears no responsibility whatsoever.
D. All who visit/use yuboto.com do so under the currently valid Terms and Conditions of Use; the latter may not be modified or otherwise interfered with. Acting in good faith, conforming to the principles of Art and Science and according to business ethics, Yuboto Ltd. provides a safe environment of use at yuboto.com, as well as accurate, comprehensive, valid, reliable and up-to-date information. However, users acknowledge and accept that in any case, given the nature of the services provided, Yuboto Ltd. may be unable to control entirely the content and safety of yuboto.com web pages and services. For that reason, Yuboto Ltd. offers no assurance or guarantee, and takes no responsibility as to the safety and content of the website. Therefore, users accept that they ought to evaluate content and that they bear responsibility for any risk, threat, or damage resulting from the use of the website or its content, including their decision to rely on the accuracy, comprehensiveness, validity, or usefulness of any yuboto.com content.
E. The website uses hyperlinks or banner ads that link to other web pages, the hosting providers of which are fully civilly and criminally liable for the safety, lawfulness, and validity of the content of their web pages and services, excluding Yuboto Ltd. from any culpability or responsibility, such as intellectual or industrial property rights or other third-party rights. Therefore, users are required to comply to the terms of use of those web pages and directly contact the providers of the latter for any issues that arise from visiting and/or using said web pages.
II. USER OBLIGATIONS
With the exception of any third-party rights, all of the original content on yuboto.com, such as any patented and protected trademarks, brand and company names, logos, photographs, designs, texts, and files in general, are part of the intellectual and industrial property of their beneficiary, Yuboto Ltd., and fall under the protection of the relevant legislative provisions. The aforementioned content, in whole or in part, cannot be sold, copied, modified, reproduced, broadcast, transmitted, traded, or distributed in any way by any user without a written permission to do so.
Any third-party products and/or services appearing on yuboto.com are part of the intellectual and industrial property of said third parties, who also bear responsibility for their content and their services and/or products.
Users accept and agree to comply and conform to the lawful and proper use of yuboto.com, subject to the provisions on data transmission and on the rendering and use of telecommunications services from Greece to EU member countries and third countries. Therefore, users agree on such terms as, but not limited to, the following:
They shall not cause harm to a minor, transmit, trade, or promote in any way content that is subject to legal and moral codes, especially illegally acquired material, wiretap records, terrorist material, child pornography, etc.
They shall not transmit or access content that: i) violates any third party rights, ii) violates fundamental human rights recognized by national law and by the European Convention on Human Rights (e.g. the right to confidentiality, the prohibition of discrimination based on any factor, including sex, race, skin color, language, religion, political views or other beliefs, nationality or social position), iii) is contrary to the law, and deviates from moral codes and business ethics, iv) violates in any manner third party privacy or their individual and social rights.
They shall not provide anyone with false information regarding the origin of the website content, damage in any way the reputation of Yuboto Ltd., prevent any user from accessing yuboto.com, or override the identity check performed by Yuboto Ltd.
They shall not in any way install or promote any sort of unsolicited or unauthorized advertisement or unasked electronic messages (spam), chain letters, pyramid systems, or any other kind of unwelcome content promotion, nor shall they install and promote advertisements without the written authorization of Yuboto Ltd.
They shall not install, promote, and/or make available any content containing digital viruses, or any other kind of code, files or programs designed to interfere with, destroy or limit the functionality of any software or telecommunications equipment, or prevent other users from using yuboto.com.
They shall not disclose personal or third-party information containing user or third party personal data, either during real-time conversations (chats, message boards) or while using any yuboto.com service with a multi-user communication feature.
They shall not use the service to inform and contact third parties or the competent Authorities in case of emergency as we cannot guarantee that a call will be successfully made and received during such a critical occasion. Yuboto Ltd. bears no responsibility whatsoever if a call or data transfer fails or if a call is unexpectedly disconnected.
Yuboto Ltd. bears no responsibility should the domestic peace of the called party be disturbed during quiet hours; therefore, users are required to respect the quiet hours, privacy, confidential communications, and moral codes of the called party. In addition, Yuboto Ltd. bears no responsibility whatsoever for malicious calls or call content that is offending, illegal and/or immoral, since the company exerts no control over calls and is unable to intervene. However, if complaints are filed, Yuboto Ltd. may immediately suspend any service rendered until the issue is resolved.
In case visitors/users use the website in an illegal or contrary to these Terms and Conditions manner, they are required to compensate Yuboto Ltd. for any direct or indirect, compensatory or consequential damage. Even if the rights defined in these Terms and Conditions are not exercised by Yuboto Ltd., it does not mean they are relinquished.
III. ACCESS CODES
In order to gain access to certain website services or connect to certain web pages, Yuboto Ltd. may ask users for identification data so as to issue a relevant Access Code. The data provided by users must always be true, accurate, valid and comprehensive. Users bear responsibility for all actions taken using the Access Code; if the latter is used in any unauthorized way or there is any kind of security breach (or even the possibility of one occurring), then users are obligated to immediately contact Yuboto Ltd.. Yuboto Ltd. does not share such data with third parties. Yuboto Ltd. bears no responsibility for any harm or damage incurred from the arbitrary or illegal use of the Access Code by third parties, obtained via a data breach or any other way, and reserves the right to ask users for compensation if the company suffers any kind of damage due to the arbitrary or illegal use of an Access Code. Yuboto Ltd. has the right to refuse to issue an Access Code, cancel an issued code, and terminate the services provided to users, as well as deny them current or future use of yuboto.com in case the Terms and Conditions of Use are violated. Users must be prudent and diligent as needed on the matter of Access Code safety, and refrain from sharing the Access Codes with any third parties.
Codes issued by Yuboto Ltd. are meant strictly for personal use, and the user, for whom codes are issued for, bears sole responsibility should they be lost or stolen. It is assumed that all activities connected to the name and code of a user have been carried out by that user, who also bears full responsibility for the content and use of the services used.
IV. PRIVACY POLICY
The Privacy Policy is accessible in full detail to Yuboto’s website visitors both during their navigation at yuboto.com website, prior to their registration for the provided services, and during the registration process. Confirmation that the Privacy Policy is acknowledged and accepted is a prerequisite for the registration process to be completed and the use of the services provided. Yuboto Ltd assumes that all users have read the Privacy Policy along with the terms of use.
Please refer to the Privacy Policy by clicking here.
V. COOKIES
Yuboto Ltd. may use cookies to identify users. Cookies are text files stored on each user's hard drive, have no access whatsoever to any documents or files on the user's computer, and are only used to facilitate user access to certain services for statistical reasons so that the company may determine which website services are useful or popular, or for marketing reasons. Users may set up their browser so as not to receive cookies, either in general or in specific instances. In that case, users will be unable to gain further access to these services.
Please refer to the Cookie Policy by clicking here.
VI. APPLICABLE LAW - JURISDICTION
These Terms and Conditions of Use and any modification thereof are governed by Greek Law. Any dispute arising from this contract shall be brought before the competent court of law in Athens.
VII. CONTACT DETAILS
Users may contact the Customer Service Department of Yuboto Ltd. by phone: +30 211 11 44 111, or by email: info[at]yuboto[dot]com.
Specific Terms of GoViber
I. GoViber Terms and Conditions
These general and specific terms of use are posted in full on yuboto.com and visitors may access them while browsing the website, both during their navigation at yuboto.com website, prior to their registration for the provided services, and during the registration process. Confirmation that the terms of use are acknowledged and accepted is a prerequisite for the registration process to be completed and the use of the services provided. Users are required to confirm that they acknowledge and accept the terms of use in order to receive the code needed to activate the account giving them access to the provided services. Yuboto Ltd. assumes that all users have read terms of use and agree with them.
II. CONTENT - LIABILITY
GoViber service is a web-based service that allows Viber messages to be edited, written and sent to mobile phones. This way, the users may access the web interface to send either bulk personal messages or in a business context, with the purpose of contacting consumers (CRM and Direct Marketing) sending corporate news, announcements, news, election issues, reminders, wishes, invitations, announcements of offers, announcement of new products and services, discount coupons. Through this online application and easy-to-use user interface, the registered users may send messages to a list of recipients at the touch of a button, enter new recipients (individually or even through data files), group the recipients, create / store templates, customize and schedule the time, frequency, and rate of messages sent.
Yuboto Ltd. provides mediation services and does not interfere in any way with the content of messages neither takes any other action on the information that may be produced by them.
Yuboto Ltd. collects and processes only the data entered by the registered user as Processing Manager, as well as security data for user browsing and activity.
The personal data that Yuboto Ltd. may collect from the user and / or end users when using the service are related to the following categories:
- User ID (Phone number, Username, Password, Email)
- User Billing Details (Company name, professional activity, registered address, VAT number id, tax office)
- End User / Recipients; Telephone Numbers
- Message log history and Service Usage
- User IDs when browsing (IP, Cookie)
Yuboto Ltd., regarding any personal data processing, has published the Privacy Policy at Yuboto.com, as well as at the service's website, and Yuboto Ltd. assumes that the user has carefully read and explicitly accepted it.
III. NETWORK AVAILABILITY & SECURITY
YUBOTO Ltd. undertakes the task of delivering Viber messages sent by GoViber users that hold an approved by Viber Sender id to users holding active viber accounts and/or SMS to mobile networks and is not responsible if some of them fail to deliver are delayed or distorted.
The successful and timely delivery depends on whether:
-The end user’s viber account is online and active.
-The geographic area where the user is located and whether the area is covered by the mobile network.
-The end user’s device is active.
-The weather conditions allow the proper operation of mobile networks
-The networks are overloaded.
As a result, Yuboto Ltd. is not responsible for any delays or failure in delivering the messages. On message delivery, a relative report is available to the sender, while a detailed log is maintained, according to the conditions for the protection of personal data and the legislation in force.
Yuboto Ltd. will take comprehensive, timely and proper action to maintain and ensure the availability of yuboto.com. Nevertheless, users accept that Yuboto Ltd. may modify and/or temporarily or permanently take the website off line, in whole or in part, with or without prior notification, considering that availability may be affected by user equipment, network provider activity, the number of users on the website at any given time, or other causes. Therefore, Yuboto Ltd. bears no responsibility for any kind of damage (compensatory, consequential, due to negligence, contractual, etc.) resulting from the use of the website or user inability to access it, from part or the whole of the website being off line, from the services being delayed, undelivered, interrupted or experiencing poor reception, from content loss, and from any kind or error. In any case, Yuboto Ltd. reserves the right to temporarily or permanently take the website off line, in whole or in part, at any time for maintenance or updates or any other reason.
IV. TERMS OF TEMPORARY OR DEFINITIVE SENDER ID DEACTIVATION
a) Temporary Account Deactivation Right (without monthly charge)
For the months when the user’s business does not send message campaigns, Viber allows the users to
temporarily disable their account. For example, if the users know that they will not send campaigns
during August, they must notify us in writing by the 15th of the previous month (July) in writing sot
that Viber temporarily disables the account and does not charge this month. The Temporary Disable
feature can be used for up to 3 months within a year and through the end users’ GOVIBER account.
Temporary shutdown on July 16 will temporarily disable in September, and in this case, August
will be charged as normal.
b) Permanent Account/Sender id Deactivation
The permanent Account/Sender id deactivation requests for the sender id that the user
wishes to disable the 1st day of the following month, must have been made through the
user’s GOVIBER account until the 15th of the previous month of the month. In this case,
the user’s account will be deactivated from the 1st of the following month and the monthly
minimum fee will not be charged. If the deactivation request is made after the 15th of the month,
according to Viber's policy, the user will be billed for minimum monthly consumption and the next month as well.