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Welcome to Serai’s Supply Chain Solutions (SCS).
SCS comprises two products, Visibility and Traceability. SCS gives you a complete view of your supply chain partners, so you can gain more depth and breadth on your supply network and the players in it.
SCS can be accessed via:
Serai operates and provides SCS to you.
You confirm that by using SCS, you and your Company agree to these SCS Terms. We may update the SCS Terms from time to time. By continuing to use SCS, you are agreeing to the revised SCS Terms.
Customer support services are available from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. China time.
You are responsible for your Account’s security and information. We will only act on requests or instructions from your Account. Contact us if your Account is accessed without authorisation.
See Term >You are responsible for what you share on SCS and who you invite to join SCS. You confirm that you have the rights to the content you share, and will not hold us liable for what may happen as a result of what you share.
See Term >SCS Content is provided as general information only, we do not warrant or guarantee that it is accurate, complete, up to date or suitable for any purpose. We may use SCS Content about you to provide SCS to you.
See Term >We cannot guarantee that the Third Party Content is accurate, complete, up to date or suitable for any purpose. You will not hold us liable for anything related to the Third Party Solutions or Third Party Content.
You may be subject to additional terms, conditions and restrictions when accessing Third Party Content.
You will own all your Customer Data that you provide on SCS, and we will use such data to provide SCS to you. We have measures in place to protect your Customer Data.
See Term >We will Process your Customer Data to provide Derived Insights to you and others. You may use such insights for internal business purposes. We may also allow you to use Derived Insights for marketing purposes as long as you give us an attribution.
See Term >We respect your data privacy rights. We Process your personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Please make sure you comply with the Applicable Laws when sharing other individuals’ personal data with us.
See Term >We may share information about you and your Company (including SCS Content and your Customer Data) with others in accordance with these SCS Terms.
See Term >You must comply with all laws and regulations that apply when you use SCS and to adhere to these SCS Terms, including the Use Policy.
See Term >We do not make any representation or warranty or give any undertaking in relation to SCS.
You are responsible for your online security using SCS. SCS may be interrupted or suspended. Your use may occasionally be interrupted, or suspended if we suspect any misuse. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any suspension.
All Serai Intellectual Property belongs to us. You grant us a right to use your intellectual property and trademark for displaying on SCS. We also need you to respect others’ intellectual property. Tell us if you believe someone is breaching these SCS Terms about intellectual property.
See Term >SCS is a paid solution and certain additional SCS features will incur additional fees. Failure to pay the applicable fees may result in termination of such services. We may change or introduce additional fees at any time by prior notice. All payments are non-refundable.
See Term >These SCS Terms are valid until they are terminated. Both you and Serai may terminate at any time.
See Term >Both parties will treat the other party’s Confidential Information as confidential in accordance with these SCS Terms.
See Term >We will not be liable for any of your losses and damages from your use of SCS.
In any event, our total liability is limited to HK$1,000 or the fees you have paid us in the 6 months before your claim, whichever is higher.
This section contains terms necessary to facilitate theoperation of these SCS Terms, including:
SCS is not intended for Sanctioned Persons or users located in Sanctioned Territories.
See Term >We use Hong Kong law to govern our relationship with you. Any disputes will be resolved by arbitration in Hong Kong. Either party may seek a court order if it needs to enforce its rights.
See Term >1.1 Serai Limited (us, we or Serai) operates and provides SCS to you.
1.2 Serai’s business address is: Level 23, One Island East, 18 Westlands Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong.
1.3 All entities and all individuals who are using SCS are required to agree to these SCS Terms before they can use SCS.
1.4 In the case of Traceability, those who must agree to SCS Terms include:
1.5 Each party represents, warrants and undertakes to the other that:
1.6 You become a SCS user by creating an SCS account (Account). Your Company means the business represented by the Account that you are associated with. A business may be:
1.7 Our Privacy Policy and Use Policy form a part of these SCS Terms and are hereby incorporated by reference.
1.8 As an SCS user, you confirm that you accept these SCS Terms as an individual. If you are the first person associated with your Company to set up an Account, you also agree to these SCS Terms on behalf of your Company.
1.9 If you do not agree to these SCS Terms, please do not use SCS.
1.10. We may update and make adjustments to SCS. We reserve the right to change these SCS Terms at any time without notice. We may notify you about changes to these SCS Terms. If you continue using SCS after the changes apply, you are agreeing to the revised SCS Terms. Please visit our website regularly to review these SCS Terms.
1.11. We will, as part of SCS, provide you with our standard customer support during Business Hours. Business Hours are 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. China time on a day that is not a weekend or a public holiday.
1.12. SCS includes any APIs Serai makes available to you for use in connection with SCS.
2.1. To use SCS, each user sets up an Account. You are responsible for your Account’s security and information. This includes:
2.2. You are responsible for ensuring that when an employee leaves your Company, they give up access to or deactivate their Account.
2.3. Please use your Account to send us requests and instructions. If you do not send your instructions or requests to us through SCS, we do not have to act on them. This includes:
2.4. We can act on requests and instructions from your Account without asking about their authenticity or verifying the user making the requests and instructions. You are responsible for all requests and instructions coming from your Account, regardless of whether they are authorised, unauthorised, inaccurate, mistaken or fraudulent. You agree to hold us harmless against any liability, claims or demands arising from such requests and instructions.
2.5. We will never ask you for your password. Notify us if you become aware of, or suspect, any unauthorised access of your Account at security@seraitrade.com. This includes:
3.1 You control what you share on SCS. Your Authorised Users can edit the content shared on SCS at any time.
3.2. You and your Company agree to hold us harmless against any liability, claims or demands arising from the content you share on SCS.
3.3. By agreeing to these SCS Terms, you represent and warrant to us that you have the rights, authorisations and licences to all the content you share on SCS. This includes:
4.1 Except as expressly specified otherwise and to the extent permitted under Applicable Laws, Serai owns all right, title and interest in and to SCS and SCS Content, including commercial rights and Intellectual Property Rights.
SCS Content is any information made available by Serai or available on SCS, including content from other SCS users, the public domain or other third party sources (including Third Party Solution providers) as well as Derived Insights. SCS Content includes Third Party Content and excludes Customer Data.
4.2. Serai will, for the duration of your subscription and subject to these SCS Terms, grant to you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable and revocable right to use SCS and the SCS Content (such granted rights being the Licence).
4.3. SCS Content is provided as general information. It is not intended to be formal advice. Please get professional or specialist advice before taking or refraining from any action based on the SCS Content.
4.4. We strive to create a platform of accurate and useful information. However, we do not warrant or guarantee that SCS Content is accurate, complete, up to date or suitable for any purpose.
4.5. By using SCS, you grant Serai the right to Process and create compilations and derivative works from SCS Content about you which includes your Company’s websites and social media.
Process means performing operations on data, such as collecting, recording, storing, modifying, using, disclosing and disseminating or any other meaning as provided by Applicable Laws.
4.6. We may Process SCS Content about you to:
5.1. Where you access products or services provided by a third party via SCS (Third Party Solution(s)), you may be subject to additional terms and conditions and privacy policies provided by Third Party Solution providers.
5.2. We cannot guarantee that the information provided by Third Party Solution providers (Third Party Content) is accurate, complete, up to date or suitable for any purpose.
5.3. The Third Party Content may only be used for internal use in the context of your business activities and you must not disclose any Third Party Content to the public. You must not use any Third Party Content which is a credit rating for the specific purpose of complying with any laws and regulations, including European Union laws.
5.4. You will look solely to the external provider of Third Party Solution providers for any loss, claims or damages arising from, or related to, the provision of such solutions. You specifically release Serai from any and all claims arising from or relating to the access or provision of any such Third Party Solutions. You agree that we are not a party to the contract between you and any external provider of Third Party Solution providers from whom you access any solutions.
6.1. You will own all right, title and interest in and to your Customer Data, and will have sole responsibility for the legality, reliability, integrity, accuracy and quality of your Customer Data.
Customer Data means the data that you or your Authorised Users provide on SCS, or that we provide on SCS on your behalf upon receiving your instructions.
6.2. You grant Serai and its Affiliates (entities that are under us, or that we directly or indirectly own more than 50% of) a perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, sublicensable, royalty-free, worldwide licence to use your Customer Data for the purpose of the following:
You do not grant Serai any other rights in Customer Data, except as otherwise agreed in these SCS Terms.
6.3. Where Serai Processes your Customer Data, Serai will:
7.1. You grant Serai (and its sub-contractors) a right to Process your Customer Data and provide the Derived Insights to you, other SCS users (including Network Owners and Network Contributors in your supply network) and other third parties (provided that such Derived Insights do not expressly identify you).
Derived Insights means data and other know how we create and own by Processing Customer Data, where the results do not resemble the underlying data.
7.2. Serai will own all right, title and interest in and to the Derived Insights, including all commercial rights and Intellectual Property Rights.
7.3. Serai grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable and revocable licence, to receive and use (but not modify or sell) the Derived Insights for your internal business use.
7.4. You may also use the Derived Insights for your marketing purposes provided any such use has Serai’s prior written approval, and must attribute Serai in your use of the Derived Insights.
8.1. We respect the data privacy rights of data subjects, we Process your personal data according to our Privacy Policy.
8.2. Where you provide personal data about another person, you must direct that person to our Privacy Policy. You must comply with all Applicable Laws, such as obtaining consent from the other person to share his/her personal data with us.
We may share information about you and your Company (including SCS Content and your Customer Data) with:
10.1. You agree to comply with all laws and regulations that apply when you use SCS (Applicable Laws) and to adhere to these SCS Terms.
10.2. Other than the personal data you provide to register for an Account or invite someone to join SCS, you must ensure that there is no personal data within the Customer Data that you give us for the purpose of SCS. In the event that there is personal data in the Customer Data, you will ensure that the Processing of such personal data shall comply with Applicable Laws, including but not limited to clarifying the source of such data, justifying the legitimacy of the Processing, notifying the personal data subject, and obtaining consent to transfer (including any cross-border data transfer), share or disclose such data to us for Processing. For the avoidance of doubt, we do not intend to Process such personal data.
11.1. To the extent permitted by Applicable Laws and unless otherwise stated in these SCS Terms, SCS is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. Neither Serai nor any of its Affiliates make any representation or warranty or give any undertaking in relation to SCS. This includes any representation, warranty or undertaking that SCS:
11.2 Your use of SCS is entirely at your own risk. You should use your own virus protection software.
11.3. Transmitting information over the internet or mobile networks is not completely secured. The security measures we implement do not remove the possibility of fraud or cyber-attacks, such as hacking, spyware and viruses. We cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted to and from SCS via the Internet or mobile network.
11.4. We are not liable for any loss or damage arising from risks relating to any transmission.
11.5. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict all or any part of SCS for operational reasons. For example, this may occur during maintenance, to implement service upgrades or when there is a suspected breach of security.
11.6. We may also suspend or revoke your right to use all or any part of SCS if you breach these SCS Terms or misuse SCS. This also applies if you are suspected of misusing SCS.
11.7. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any suspension. We are not liable to you for any disruptions caused by any suspension if we were unable to provide you with reasonable notice.
12.1. Intellectual Property Rights:
12.2. We respect the Intellectual Property Rights of others. We want to offer a platform where no content violates those rights. We reserve the right to remove any content that is in violation of these SCS Terms. Give us notice at hello@seraitrade.com if you believe that someone on SCS is infringing your intellectual property or posting your proprietary content.
12.3. You agree and acknowledge that Serai’s Intellectual Property Rights include our:
12.4. You may not copy, modify, create derivative works, reverse compile, reverse engineer or extract source codes from SCS, and you may not sell, distribute, redistribute or sublicense SCS, except in each case to the extent that Serai may not prohibit you from doing so under Applicable Laws or you have Serai's prior written consent to do so. Where Applicable Laws entitle you to reverse compile or extract source codes from SCS, you will first contact Serai to request the information you need.
12.5. Subject to clause 12.6, you grant to Serai a perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, sublicensable, royalty-free, worldwide licence to use, copy, modify, distribute, publish and process your Company name, brand, logo and registered or unregistered trademarks (Brand Assets) for Serai's marketing of SCS (including identifying you or your Company as a SCS user). Serai will use your Brand Assets in accordance with any reasonable instructions that we are notified of at hello@seraitrade.com.
12.6. You grant to Serai a perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, sublicensable, royalty-free, worldwide licence to use, copy, modify, distribute, publish and process your Brand Assets that you provide onto or via SCS without any further consent, notice and/or compensation to you or to others for the purpose of providing SCS. You can end this licence for your Brand Assets by deleting such content from SCS, or generally by closing all the Accounts associated with your Company, except:
12.7. You may give feedback to us on the services and functions of SCS. Once you give feedback to us, the feedback belongs to us exclusively. We will get all interest or Intellectual Property Rights which may have been generated from your feedback. We may use your feedback and use it on SCS without any further consent, notice and/or compensation to you or to others.
13.1 SCS is a paid service and certain additional SCS features may require additional fees.
13.2 You agree to pay the applicable fees and taxes for your paid services. Failure to pay these fees may result in the termination of such services. Also, you agree that :
13.3 Except as required by Applicable law, payments are non-refundable, including fees and other charges.
13.4 If you cancel your subscription, your Account will expire at the end of your billing cycle.
13.5 We may calculate taxes payable by you based on the billing information that you provide us at the time of purchase.
13.6. We may change or introduce any additional fees for SCS at any time by prior notice. Any such changed or introduced fees willapply at the conclusion of your then-current subscription term.
13.7 Serai is not responsible for processing any payments. We may use a third party payment processor (Payment Processor) to assist in processing your payment informationwhen you make a purchase on Serai. For further information on how your personal data may be processed by such Payment Processors, please refer to the Payment Processor’s PrivacyPolicy.
13.8 When you make a purchase on Serai, the relevant Payment Processor’s terms of service and privacy policy shall govern and apply to information collected via your transaction. We encourage you to read the terms of service and privacy policy of the relevant Payment Processor prior to providing any information regarding payment.
14.1 These SCS Terms are valid and effective until terminated in accordance with this clause 14.
14.2 We may terminate the operation of SCS, your right to use SCS or we may deactivate or remove your Account. Serai may do this at any time for any reason, without providing you with notice, without being liable to you.
14.3 You may also terminate these SCS Terms at anytime for any reason, by cancelling your subscription via your Account.
14.4 If either you or we terminate these SCS Terms:
14.5 You acknowledge and agree that, following termination of these SCS Terms:
14.6 Any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities of the parties that have accrued up to the date of termination, including the right to claim damages in respect of any breach of these SCS Terms which existed at or before the date of termination will not be affected or prejudiced.
14.7 After these SCS Terms are terminated, these clauses will continue to apply to you, your Company and Serai:
15.1. Except otherwise specified in these SCS Terms, each party must treat the other party’s Confidential Information as confidential and in accordance with this clause 15. Confidential Information means any information that is marked confidential or that a party is ought reasonably to have known was confidential.
15.2. Any properly disclosed Confidential Information will be used by the party receiving the information (Receiving party) only to the extent reasonably necessary for the performance of these SCS Terms.
15.3. The Receiving Party will use reasonable care to protect the Confidential Information received from the party disclosing information (Disclosing party), and as if it were protecting its own Confidential Information.
15.4. Subject to these SCS Terms, the Receiving party must not disclose any Confidential Information to any person except:
15.5. Any Confidential Information will not be considered confidential under these SCS Terms if:
15.6. If a party is required to disclose any information under clause 15.4(c), it will, if and to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws:
15.7. You agree that if you as a Receiving Party give Confidential Information to anyone without our permission, you may damage SCS and Serai. You may cause irreparable harm to our reputation, finances and development progress. It may be difficult to state a dollar sum figure for the harm and injury caused by such actions. We have the right to use any legal actions we have to protect Serai and our rights and also go to court to seek an injunction:
16.1. To the fullest extent allowed by law, we will not be liable for any direct or indirect losses or damages you suffered from using SCS, regardless of whether such losses and damages come from these SCS Terms or by our negligence. We will also not be liable regardless of whether we knew you would incur any loss from our actions.
16.2. In any event, our total liability (unless involving personal injury) towards you is capped at the higher of (a) HK$1,000 and (b) total amount of fees paid to Serai in relation to SCS in the 6 months preceding the claim.
17.1. Each party is an independent entity. These SCS Terms will not constitute, create or give effect to a joint venture, pooling arrangement, principal/agency relationship, partnership relationship, employer/employee or formal business organisation of any kind. Neither Serai nor you will have the right to bind the other without the other’s express prior written consent.
17.2. If any part of these SCS Terms may be or be come invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, you agree that these SCS Terms are automatically changed by the necessary minimum to make them valid. If this minimal change is not possible, the invalid parts will be considered deleted.
17.3. A change, addition or deletion to these SCS Terms under this clause does not affect the validity of other parts of these SCS Terms.
17.4. Failure to exercise or delay in exercising a right or remedy under these SCS Terms does not operate as a waiver or prevent further exercise of that or of any other right or remedy. Any waiver of a right or remedy under these SCS Terms will be effective only if it is in writing and signed by the party granting it. It is only effective in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it is granted. A single or partial exercise of a right or remedy under these SCS Terms does not prevent a further exercise of that or of any other right or remedy.
17.5. A person who is not a party to these SCS Terms shall have no rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Ordinance (Cap. 623) to enforce or enjoy the benefit of any terms of these SCS Terms. The consent of any person who is not a party to these SCS Terms is not required to rescind or vary these SCS Terms.
17.6. Except as expressly provided in these SCS Terms, the rights of a party under these SCS Terms are in addition to and do not exclude or limit any other rights or remedies provided to them by law or in equity.
17.7. These SCS Terms is the entire agreement between the parties about its subject matter and replaces and supersedes all previous agreements, understandings, representations and warranties about that subject matter. Each party agrees that in entering into these SCS Terms it:
17.8. Unless otherwise mutually agreed between the parties, there will be no incorporation of any additional, different or other terms and conditions to these SCS Terms – including any terms and conditions contained or referenced in any order, acceptance, acknowledgment, or other document (whether from Serai or a third party) or established by trade usage or prior course of dealing.
17.9. Serai may, at anytime and without notice to you, set off any liability of yours to Serai against any liability of Serai to you.
18.1. SCS is not available to Sanctioned Persons. By using SCS and agreeing to these SCS Terms, you confirm that your Company is not a Sanctioned Person. You also confirm that nobody involved in your Company is a Sanctioned Person. This includes you, your shareholders, directors, individuals or organisations who own or benefit from your Company.
18.2. Users in or ordinarily resident in a Sanctioned Territory cannot access SCS. This includes using IP proxies, VPNs, or other methods to disguise their location for accessing SCS.
18.3. You cannot use SCS for or on behalf of any Sanctioned Person.
18.4 Sanctioned Person means any person or organisation designated as a Sanctioned Person on the following lists.
This also applies to persons or organisations that are:
18.5 Economic Sanctions Law means any laws, regulations, or other orders that apply to you or us that relate to:
These include Economic Sanctions Laws of:
18.6 Sanctioned Territory means any country or other territory subject to a general embargo under Economic Sanctions Law. This includes exports, imports, and financial or investment embargoes.
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19.2 Any dispute, controversy, difference or claim arising out of or relating to these SCS Terms , including the existence, validity, interpretation, performance, breach or termination thereof or any dispute regarding non-contractual obligations arising out of or relating to it will be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration administered by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) under the HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules in force when the Notice of Arbitration is submitted. The law of this arbitration clause will be Hong Kong law. The seat of arbitration will be Hong Kong. The number of arbitrators will be one. The arbitration proceedings will be conducted in English.
19.3 Nothing in these SCS Terms prevents us from seeking urgent injunctive or similar relief from any court of competent jurisdiction if we need to enforce our rights under these SCS Terms. You irrevocably agree that the courts of Hong Kong have non-exclusive jurisdiction to settle any such dispute or claim.