The Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation (hereinafter referred to as "Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation") provides member services for the Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation Chinese official website (hereinafter referred to as "the Service") in accordance with these terms of service. By completing the membership registration process or starting to use the Service, members indicate that they have read, understood, and agreed to accept all the contents of these terms of service, and fully accept the existing and future service items and content derived from the Service. Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation reserves the right to modify or change the contents of these terms of service at any time. The modified terms of service will be published on the website, and Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation will not notify members individually. Members are advised to pay attention to such modifications or changes at any time. If members continue to use the Service after any modification or change, it is deemed that the members have read, understood, and agreed to accept such modifications or changes.
If you do not agree with the aforementioned method of revising or updating the terms of service, or do not accept any other provisions of these terms of service, you should immediately stop using the Service. If a member is a minor under the age of eighteen, their parent (or guardian) should read, understand, and agree to all the contents of this agreement and its subsequent modifications before registering as a member, using, or continuing to use the Service. When a member uses or continues to use Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation, it is presumed that the member's parent (or guardian) has read, understood, and agreed to accept all the contents of this agreement and its subsequent modifications. Members agree that all content, including expressions of intent, related to the use of the Service may be expressed in electronic documents.
2. Member Registration Obligations
To use the Service, members agree to the following: provide correct and up-to-date information as prompted by the Service registration form, and not register as a member in the name of a third party. Each member can only register one account and cannot register multiple accounts. Maintain and update personal information promptly to ensure its accuracy for optimal service.
If a member provides any incorrect or false information, fails to provide information as instructed, lacks necessary information, or registers multiple accounts, Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation has the right to suspend or terminate the member's account without prior notice and refuse the member's use of all or part of the Service. Members can register using their Facebook, Google, or Line accounts and passwords, and the Foundation will create the member's account based on the information provided by the member.
3.Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation Privacy Policy
The registration and other specific information of members are protected and regulated by the Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation "Privacy Policy."
4. Member Account, Password, and Security
After completing the registration process for the Chinese webpage donation service, members will obtain a specific password and member account. Maintaining the confidentiality and security of the password and account is the member's responsibility. Any actions taken using the password and account, whether or not personally entered by the member, will be considered as actions by the member, and the member will be fully responsible for all actions taken using the password and account. Members agree to the following: immediately notify Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation if their password or account is stolen or if any other security issues occur. The member's account, password, and member rights are for personal use only and cannot be lent, transferred, or shared with others. Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation is not responsible for any damages caused by unauthorized use of the account and password or other situations where Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation cannot verify whether the use is by the member. If Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation becomes aware that a member's account and password have been misused by others, it will immediately suspend the use of the account (including but not limited to processing transactions generated by the account). Members should regularly change their passwords and install protective software on their computer equipment or mobile devices. When members register using their Facebook, Google, or Line accounts and passwords, the combination of the account and password represents the member. When you log in to the Foundation's website using your Facebook, Google, or Line account, your password is processed by the social network, and the Foundation's website does not access your password. Logging in to the Foundation's website using your Facebook, Google, or Line account and password represents the member, and all actions taken using the Foundation's website services are considered actions by the member. You must properly set, maintain, and manage your social network account and password, including logging out of the Foundation's website and social network account after using the Foundation's website services. If you disclose your personal information, password, or payment information, allowing third parties to use it, you are fully responsible for the actions of the third party.
5. Protection of Children and Adolescents
To ensure the safety of children and adolescents using the internet and to avoid privacy violations, parents (or guardians) should fulfill the following obligations: accompany children under the age of twelve when using the Service; consider whether to give consent for adolescents aged twelve to eighteen to use the Service.
6. User's Legal Obligations and Commitments
Members commit not to use the Service for any illegal purposes or in any illegal manner and agree to comply with relevant laws and regulations of the Republic of China and all international practices for using the internet. Members who are users outside the Republic of China agree to comply with the laws of their country or region.
Members agree and guarantee not to use the Service to engage in activities that infringe on the rights of others or violate the law, including but not limited to: publishing or transmitting any defamatory, insulting, threatening, offensive, obscene, false, or illegal text, images, or any form of files; infringing or damaging the reputation, privacy, trade secrets, trademark rights, copyrights, patent rights, other intellectual property rights, and other rights of Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation or others; violating confidentiality obligations under the law or contract; impersonating others to use the Service; transmitting or distributing computer viruses; engaging in unauthorized commercial activities; publishing, transmitting, or sending spam, chain letters, illegal or unauthorized multi-level marketing messages and advertisements; or storing any data that infringes on the intellectual property rights of others or violates the law; causing trouble, discomfort, or violating general internet etiquette to other users or third parties; engaging in activities that do not conform to the purpose of the Service or that Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation deems inappropriate.
7. Changes to Service Content and Sending of Newsletters and EDM
Members agree that the scope of the Service provided by Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation may be increased, changed, or terminated based on business needs and actual circumstances, without individual notification to members. Members agree that Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation may increase, modify, or terminate related activities based on actual implementation and choose the most appropriate method to inform members. Members agree that Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation may periodically send newsletters or product information (EDM) to the email addresses registered by members. If members refuse to accept marketing messages after receiving them, Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation will stop sending marketing messages.
8. Service Suspension and Interruption
Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation will maintain the normal operation of the system and services using reasonable technical methods. However, in the following situations, Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation has the right to suspend or interrupt the provision of the Service: when necessary maintenance and construction of the electronic communication equipment of the Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation website are carried out; when sudden electronic communication equipment failures occur; when the electronic communication services applied for by the Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation website are suspended and services cannot be provided; when services cannot be provided due to force majeure factors such as natural disasters or other reasons not attributable to Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation.
9. Transaction Behavior
When members use the Service to make donations, they should follow the donation quantity and price mechanism provided by Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation. Members agree that when using the Service to make donations, Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation reserves the right not to accept orders or cancel donations before notifying the confirmation of the transaction. After members send a donation notification to Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation, the system will automatically send an acceptance notification, but this notification is not a donation receipt. Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation will separately notify whether the transaction is established and the donation receipt. If members arbitrarily cancel donation orders after using the Service to order products, or engage in any behavior that Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation deems inappropriate and causes operational inconvenience or damage to Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation, Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation may refuse the transaction or permanently cancel the member's qualification. If the fundraising project for which members donate belongs to the following situations:
When members use the Service to conduct transactions, they may exercise their rights in accordance with the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act.
10. Limitation and Exclusion of Liability
The various functions provided by the Service are provided as-is at the time of use. Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation does not bear any express or implied warranty responsibility for their performance, speed, completeness, reliability, security, accuracy, etc. Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation does not guarantee that the webpages, servers, domains, etc., of the Service will not contain computer viruses or other harmful programs; nor does it guarantee that the transmission and storage of emails, files, or data will be correct, uninterrupted, or error-free. Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation is not responsible for any damages caused by the failure, loss, or error of email, file, or data transmission or storage.
11. Intellectual Property Rights Protection
The software or programs used by Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation, all content on the website, including but not limited to works, images, files, information, data, website structure, website layout, and web design, are owned by Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation or other rights holders in accordance with the law, including but not limited to trademark rights, patent rights, copyrights, trade secrets, and proprietary technologies. No one may use, modify, reproduce, publicly broadcast, adapt, distribute, publish, publicly display, reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble without authorization. If members wish to quote or reprint the aforementioned software, programs, or website content, they must obtain prior written consent from Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation or other rights holders in accordance with the law. Respecting intellectual property rights is an obligation of members. If violated, members should be liable for damages to Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation (including but not limited to litigation costs and attorney fees). In principle, members agree not to engage in activities that infringe on the intellectual property rights of others when using the services of Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation. If members are involved in infringement, Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation may suspend all or part of the services or directly cancel the member's account.
12. Member Authorization to Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation
For the data uploaded, transmitted, entered, or provided by members, members agree that the Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation website may collect, process, store, transmit, and use such data within a reasonable scope to provide users with other information or services, compile member statistics, conduct network behavior surveys or research, or for any legal use. If members do not have the legal right to authorize others to use, modify, reproduce, publicly broadcast, adapt, distribute, publish, or sublicense such data, please do not upload, transmit, enter, or provide such data to Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation.
Once any data is uploaded, transmitted, entered, or provided to Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation by members, it is deemed that members have agreed that Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation may unconditionally use, modify, reproduce, publicly broadcast, adapt, distribute, publish, and sublicense such data, and members have no objections. Members must also ensure that Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation's use, modification, reproduction, public broadcasting, adaptation, distribution, publication, and sublicensing of such data does not infringe on the intellectual property rights or other rights of any third party; otherwise, members should be liable for damages to Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation (including but not limited to litigation costs and attorney fees).
13. Special Authorization Matters
To complete the delivery or return of goods (or gifts, etc.) for network transactions or activities provided by the Service, it may be necessary to use home delivery or courier services. Therefore, members agree and authorize Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation to provide the personal data necessary for delivery (such as recipient name, delivery address, contact phone number, etc.) to the home delivery or courier service provider as needed for the network transaction or activity to complete the delivery or return of goods (or gifts, etc.).
14. Refusal or Termination of Member Use
Members agree that Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation may terminate the member's password, account (or any part thereof), or use of the Service, and remove and delete any "member content" within the Service based on considerations of maintaining transaction security, for any reason, including but not limited to violations of the explicit provisions and spirit of these terms of service. Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation may also notify members using the contact information provided during registration, and terminate the Service or any part thereof upon notification. Furthermore, members agree that if the use of the Service is terminated, Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation is not liable to members or any third party.
15. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
The interpretation and application of these terms of service, as well as any disputes related to these terms of service, shall be handled in accordance with the laws of the Republic of China and the Taiwan Taipei District Court shall be the court of first instance jurisdiction.
16. Supplementary Provisions
These terms of service may be revised as needed and published on the website. These terms of service were updated on March 26, 2024, and will take effect upon publication on the website. If you have any comments on these terms of service, please feel free to contact us at ncf@nncf.org.