Please read these Terms of Use (“Terms of Use”) carefully. The World Chess Tennis Association  (“WCTA”), a registered association, owns and operates this website, https://chesstennis.org (“Site”). By registering for, logging into, visiting and/or otherwise using the Site in any way, you indicate that you understand and intend these Terms of Use to be the legal equivalent of a signed, written contract, and you accept these Terms of Use and agree to be legally bound by them. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, please do not access this Site or any pages thereof.

Reservation of Rights

We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of these Terms of Use at any time. Your continued use of the Site following reasonable notice of such modifications will be conclusively deemed acceptance of any changes to these Terms of Use. You agree that notice of changes to these Terms of Use posted on the Site constitutes reasonable and sufficient notice. At all times, you are bound by the then-current version of the Terms of Use and of all applicable laws.

Use of Content

The Content (as defined below) of this Site is available for informational purposes only. The posting of Content and access to this Site does not constitute, either explicitly or implicitly, any provision of services or products by WCTA.

Copyright and Trademarks

This Site (including the software and files), the computers hosting this Site, and content provided on this Site, including any text, music and sound, graphics, images, photographs, audio and video, footage, animations, podcasts, analyses, studies, reports, and downloads (all such content collectively, the “Content”) are the exclusive property of WCTA, are licensed to WCTA, or are publicly copyrighted, and are protected by law, including United States copyright, database, trade secret, and trademark law, as well as other state, national, and international laws and regulations. WCTA is a trademark or registered trademark in Switzerland and throughout the world. WCTA reserves all rights with respect to its proprietary information or material on this Site and will enforce such rights to the full extent of applicable copyright and trademark law. Except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use, WCTA does not grant any express or implied rights to you. All rights in the pages and Content are owned by WCTA and their respective licensors. You agree not to sell, distribute, publish, broadcast, circulate or commercially exploit Content in any manner without the express written consent of WCTA. Any downloading or otherwise copying from this Site will not transfer title to any software or material to you. Unless otherwise noted,   WCTA, and other brands featured on the Site constitute our trade/service marks. You agree not to, directly or indirectly, attempt to register, challenge or contest the validity of WCTA’s ownership of, such copyrights, trademarks or any other intellectual property of WCTA, or assist any third party in doing so.

Grant of License

WCTA grants to you a personal, revocable, nonexclusive, non transferable license to use this Site conditioned on your continued compliance with these Terms of Use. Limited portions of the Content available in the public areas of the Site may be accessed, printed and downloaded on an occasional basis for personal, scholarly, research or non-commercial purposes; provided that all hard copies contain all copyright and other applicable proprietary rights notices included in such content and information and/or appropriate attribution to WCTA in a form and manner acceptable to WCTA. For information on obtaining permission to use any Content beyond the uses permitted above, please send an email at hello@koosai.co. Unless and except as otherwise expressly permitted by these Terms of Use, you may not access, copy, reproduce, modify, create derivative works of, alter, publicly distribute, republish, upload, post, transmit, publicly perform or display, license, transfer, sell, mirror, frame, “deep link,” “scrape,” data mine, or otherwise use any information or material obtained from or through this Site, without written permission from WCTA. Any unauthorised use of this Site or the Content, or any violation of applicable laws, will terminate the permission granted herein.

No Offer or Advice

Any reference to a particular company, association or utility token is not an endorsement by WCTA of that company, association or utility token or a recommendation by WCTA.

No Reliance

Although WCTA has taken reasonable care to ensure that the information contained within this Site is accurate, no representation or warranty (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness by WCTA or their contractual partners. Opinions and any other Content are provided by WCTA for personal use and informational purposes only and are subject to change without notice. Nothing contained on this Site constitutes investment, legal, tax or other advice and is not to be relied on in making an investment or other decision.

No Warranty

The information and opinions contained on this Site, including hyperlinks or references to other sites, are provided ‘as is’ without any warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, to the fullest extent permissible pursuant to applicable law. You are responsible for evaluating the adequacy, accuracy, reliability, merchantability, non-infringement, completeness of any information or the content available on the Site or fitness for any particular purpose with respect to the Site or any of its Content. WCTA further assumes no responsibility for, and makes no warranties that, functions contained on this Site will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that this Site or the servers that make it available will be free of viruses or other harmful components.

Liability Waiver

Neither WCTA nor any of their respective affiliates, directors, officers, registered representatives or employees, nor any third party vendor, will be liable or have any liability, whether in contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise, for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, punitive or special damages arising out of or in any way connected with your access or use or inability to access or use the Site or reliance on the Content, or any failure of performance, interruption, defect, delay in transmission, computer viruses or other harmful components, or line or system failure associated with the site, regardless of our knowledge thereof. Where applicable law does not permit the limitation of liability, implied warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain damages set forth above, the aggregate liability of WCTA shall not exceed twenty Swiss francs (CHF20).

Indemnification

You hereby indemnify, defend, and hold WCTA and any of their respective affiliates, directors, officers, registered representatives or employees, nor any third party vendor harmless from and against any and all liabilities, judgments, fines, damages, settlements and costs (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements) incurred in connection with any claim arising out of any breach by you of these Terms of Use or claims arising from your use of this Site. You will cooperate with us in the defence of any claim. We reserve the right, at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you.

Events Beyond WCTA’s Control

You expressly absolve and release WCTA and all of its officers, directors, employees, registered representatives, shareholders, legal representatives, attorneys, agents, successors and assigns, from any claim of harm resulting from a cause beyond its control including, but not limited to, the failure of electronic or mechanical equipment or communication lines, telephone or other interconnect problems, computer viruses or software failures, unauthorised access, theft, operator errors, severe weather, earthquakes, or natural disasters, strikes or other labor problems, wars, acts of domestic or foreign terrorism or governmental restrictions. WCTA does not warrant that this Site will be available at any time or that your access to this Site will be uninterrupted, timely or free from viruses or other harmful components. WCTA reserves the right to cease operating this website or to terminate your access and use of any part of this Site at any time without notice and for any reason.

User Representations

You represent and warrant to WCTA that you will not use this Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use, including but not limited to attempting or actually: (a) disrupting, impairing or otherwise interfering with the operation or integrity of the Site or circumventing any Site security system; (b) collecting any information about other users of the Site; (c) systematically, or by any automated means, extracting Content or other information or data contained in the Site to populate databases or other sites; or (d) engaging in any fraudulent or manipulative activity with respect to undertakings or utility tokens. WCTA may terminate your access and use of any part of the Site for such violations.

Linked Sites

Certain hyperlinks or referenced websites on the Site may for your convenience forward you to third parties’ websites, which generally are recognised by their top level domain name. Any descriptions of, references to, or links to other products, publications or services do not constitute an endorsement, authorisation, sponsorship by or affiliation with WCTA with respect to any linked site or its sponsor, unless expressly stated by WCTA. Any such information, products or sites have not necessarily been reviewed by WCTA and are provided or maintained by third parties over whom WCTA exercises no control. WCTA expressly disclaims any responsibility for the content, the accuracy of the information, and/or quality of products or services provided by or advertised on these third-party sites. WCTA reserves the right to terminate any hyperlink or hyperlinking program at any time.

Information Submitted By You

WCTA’s usage of your personal information is governed by our Privacy Policy, which forms part of these Terms of Use. You should not submit any confidential or proprietary information via the Site. By submitting any information or material to us through the Site, you grant us an unrestricted, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, transmit and distribute those materials or information. You also agree that WCTA is free to use for any purpose any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques that you submit to us through the Site. WCTA shall not be subject to any obligations of confidentiality regarding submitted information, except as agreed to by WCTA or as otherwise specifically agreed or required by law. You agree not to use this Site to upload, display or distribute any materials that are defamatory, threatening, obscene, harassing, or otherwise unlawful, or that incorporate the copyrighted, confidential or proprietary material of any other person or entity.

Jurisdiction, Severability

Any action arising out of these Terms of Use or the Site shall be litigated in, and only in, courts located in Sion, Canton of Valais, and you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of those courts and further agree that they are a convenient forum for you. In the event that any provision of these terms is held unenforceable, the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions will not be affected, and the unenforceable provision will be replaced with an enforceable provision that comes close to the intention underlying the unenforceable provision.

Social Media Disclosure

WCTA’s social media accounts are run by individual analysts or other WCTA team members. Social media posts are not necessarily the opinion of WCTA Invest as a whole. As a thematic contributor, WCTA and its related persons, uses conversations via social media as part of its marketing process. As a result, WCTA and partners as well as its related persons may (but do not necessarily) have financial interests in undertakings or utility tokens dealt with. 

Award Disclosure

WCTA and all of its officers, directors, employees, registered representatives, shareholders, legal representatives, attorneys, agents, successors and assigns did not pay a fee to be considered for or granted the awards. They did not pay any fee to the grantor of the awards for the right to promote the receipt of the awards nor was the company or its representatives required to be a member of an organisation to be eligible for the awards.

©2022, World Chess Tennis Association (“WCTA”®). All content is original and has been researched and produced by WCTA unless otherwise stated. No part of WCTA’s original content may be reproduced in any form, or referred to in any other publication, without the express written permission of WCTA. The content is for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as investment advice or an offer or solicitation in respect to any products or services for any persons who are prohibited from receiving such information under the laws applicable to their place of citizenship, domicile or residence.

Last update: 19 July 2022

Introduction
This Privacy Policy outlines the World Chess Tennis Association (" WCTA ", " we ", " our " or " the Association ") practices with respect to information collected from users who access our website at http://www.chesstennis.org (" Site "), or otherwise share personal information with us (collectively: " Users "). 

Grounds for data collection 
The processing of your Personal Information (i.e. any information that could potentially identify you by reasonable means; hereinafter "Personal Information") is necessary for the performance of our contractual obligations to you and to provide our services to you, to protect our legitimate interests and to comply with the regulatory obligations (legal and financial) to which we are subject.

By using the Site, you consent to the collection, storage, use, disclosure and other uses of your Personal Information as set forth in this Privacy Policy.

We encourage our Users to read the Privacy Policy carefully and to use it to make informed decisions. 

What information we collect?
We collect two types of data and information from Users. 

The first type of information is un-identified and non-identifiable information pertaining to a User(s), which may be made available or gathered via your use of the Site (“ Non-personal Information ”). We are not aware of the identity of a User from which the Non-personal Information was collected. Non-personal Information which is being collected may include your aggregated usage information and technical information transmitted by your device, including certain software and hardware information (e.g. the type of browser and operating system your device uses, language preference, access time, etc.) in order to enhance the functionality of our Site. We may also collect information on your activity on the Site (e.g. pages viewed, online browsing, clicks, actions, etc.).

The second type of information Personal Information which is individually identifiable information, namely information that identifies an individual or may with reasonable effort identify an individual. Such information includes:
- Device Information: We collect Personal Information about your device which includes geolocation data, IP address, unique identifiers (e.g., MAC address and UUID) and other information related to your activity on the Site. 
- Registration Information: When you register on our Site, we will ask you to provide certain information, including: your first and last name, your e-mail or postal address, and other information.

How do we receive information about you?
We receive your Personal Information from various sources:
- When you voluntarily provide us your personal details in order to register on our Site;
- When you use or access our Site in connection with your use of our services;
- From third party providers, services and public registers (for example, traffic analytics vendors).

What information we collect?
We do not rent, sell, or share Users’ information with third parties except as described in this Privacy Policy.

We may use the information for the following:
- Communicating with you: by sending you messages about our services, providing you with technical information and answering any customer service related questions you may have;
- Communicating with you and informing you of updates and new services;
- Show you advertisements when you use our Site (see the "Advertisements" section for more information); 
- Promote our websites and products (see the "Marketing" section for more information); 
- To conduct statistical and analytical surveys to improve the Site.
 
In addition to the different uses listed above, we may transfer or disclose Personal Information to our subsidiaries, affiliated companies and subcontractors.

In addition to the purposes listed in this Privacy Policy, we may share Personal Information with our trusted third party providers, who may be located in different jurisdictions across the world, for any of the following purposes: 
- Hosting and operating our Site;
- Providing you with our services, including providing a personalised display of our Site;
- Storing and processing such information on our behalf; 
- Serving you with advertisements and assist us in evaluating the success of our advertising campaigns and help us retarget any of our users;
- Providing you with marketing offers and promotional materials related to our Site and services; 
- Performing research, technical diagnostics or analytics;
 
We may also disclose information if we have good faith to believe that disclosure of such information is helpful or reasonably necessary to: (i) comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request; (ii) enforce our policies (including our Agreement), including investigations of potential violations thereof; (iii) investigate, detect, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities or other wrongdoing, suspected fraud or security issues; (iv) to establish or exercise our rights to defend against legal claims; (v) prevent harm to the rights, property or safety of us, our users, yourself or any third party; or (vi) for the purpose of collaborating with law enforcement agencies and/or in case we find it necessary in order to enforce intellectual property or other legal rights.

User Rights
You may request to: 
- Receive confirmation as to whether or not personal information concerning you is being processed, and access your stored personal information, together with supplementary information. 
- Receive a copy of personal information you directly volunteer to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. 
- Request rectification of your personal information that is in our control.
- Request erasure of your personal information. 
- Object to the processing of personal information by us. 
- Request to restrict processing of your personal information by us.
- Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

However, please note that these rights are not absolute, and may be subject to our own legitimate interests and regulatory requirements. 

If you wish to exercise any of the aforementioned rights, or receive more information, please contact our Data Protection Officer (“DPO”) using the details provided below:
hello(at)chesstennis.org.

Retention
We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to provide our services, and as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies. Retention periods will be determined taking into account the type of information that is collected and the purpose for which it is collected, bearing in mind the requirements applicable to the situation and the need to destroy outdated, unused information at the earliest reasonable time. Under applicable regulations, we will keep records containing client personal data, account opening documents, communications and anything else as required by applicable laws and regulations. 

We may rectify, replenish or remove incomplete or inaccurate information, at any time and at our own discretion.

Cookies
We and our trusted partners use cookies and other technologies in our related services, including when you visit our Site or access our services. 

A "cookie" is a small piece of information that a website assign to your device while you are viewing a website. Cookies are very helpful and can be used for various different purposes. These purposes include allowing you to navigate between pages efficiently, enable automatic activation of certain features, remembering your preferences and making the interaction between you and our Services quicker and easier. Cookies are also used to help ensure that the advertisements you see are relevant to you and your interests and to compile statistical data on your use of our Services. 

The Site uses the following types of cookies:
a. 'session cookies' which are stored only temporarily during a browsing session in order to allow normal use of the system and are deleted from your device when the browser is closed; 
b. 'persistent cookies ' which are read only by the Site, saved on your computer for a fixed period and are not deleted when the browser is closed. Such cookies are used where we need to know who you are for repeat visits, for example to allow us to store your preferences for the next sign-in; 
c. 'third party cookies' which are set by other online services who run content on the page you are viewing, for example by third party analytics companies who monitor and analyse our web access.

Cookies do not contain any information that personally identifies you, but Personal Information that we store about you may be linked, by us, to the information stored in and obtained from cookies. You may remove the cookies by following the instructions of your device preferences; however, if you choose to disable cookies, some features of our Site may not operate properly and your online experience may be limited.

We also use a tool called “Google Analytics” to collect information about your use of the Site. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users access the Site, what pages they visit when they do so, etc. We use the information we get from Google Analytics only to improve our Site and services. Google Analytics collects the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit sites, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this Site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy.

Third party collection of information
Our policy only addresses the use and disclosure of information we collect from you. To the extent you disclose your information to other parties or sites throughout the internet, different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of the information you disclose to them. Accordingly, we encourage you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policy of each third party that you choose to disclose information to. 

This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of companies that we do not own or control, or to individuals whom we do not employ or manage, including any of the third parties which we may disclose information as set forth in this Privacy Policy. 

How do we safeguard your information?
We take great care in implementing and maintaining the security of the Site and your information. We employ industry standard procedures and policies to ensure the safety of the information we collect and retain, and prevent unauthorized use of any such information, and we require any third party to comply with similar security requirements, in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Although we take reasonable steps to safeguard information, we cannot be responsible for the acts of those who gain unauthorised access or abuse our Site, and we make no warranty, express, implied or otherwise, that we will prevent such access.

Transfer of data outside the EEA 
Please note that some data recipients may be located outside the EEA. In such cases we will transfer your data only to such countries as approved by the European Commission as providing adequate level of data protection, or enter into legal agreements ensuring an adequate level of data protection.

Advertisements
We may use a third-party advertising technology to serve advertisements when you access the Site. This technology uses your information with regards to your use of the Services to serve advertisements to you (e.g., by placing third-party cookies on your web browser). 

You may opt-out of many third-party ad networks, including those operated by members of the Network Advertising Initiative ("NAI") and the Digital Advertising Alliance ("DAA"). For more information about this practice by NAI and DAA members, and your choices regarding having this information used by these companies, including how to opt-out of third-party ad networks operated by NAI and DAA members, please visit their respective websites: http://optout.networkadvertising.org/#!/ and http://optout.aboutads.info/#!/ .

Marketing
We may use your Personal Information, such as your name, email address, telephone number, etc. ourselves or by using our third party subcontractors for the purpose of providing you with promotional materials, concerning our services, which we believe may interest you.  

Out of respect to your right to privacy we provide you within such marketing materials with means to decline receiving further marketing offers from us. If you unsubscribe we will remove your email address or telephone number from our marketing distribution lists. 

Please note that even if you have unsubscribed from receiving marketing emails from us, we may send you other types of important e-mail communications without offering you the opportunity to opt out of receiving them. These may include customer service announcements or administrative notices.

Corporate transaction
We may share information in the event of a corporate transaction (e.g. sale of a substantial part of our business, merger, consolidation or asset sale). In the event of the above, the transferee or acquiring company will assume the rights and obligations as described in this Privacy Policy.

Minors
We understand the importance of protecting children’s privacy, especially in an online environment. The Site is not designed for or directed at children. Under no circumstances shall we allow use of our services by minors without prior consent or authorisation by a parent or legal guardian. We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from minors. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with Personal Information without their consent, he or she should contact us at hello(at)koosai.co.

Updates or amendments to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to periodically amend or revise the Privacy Policy; material changes will be effective immediately upon the display of the revised Privacy policy. The last revision will be reflected in the "Last modified" section. Your continued use of the Platform, following the notification of such amendments on our website, constitutes your acknowledgment and consent of such amendments to the Privacy Policy and your agreement to be bound by the terms of such amendments.

How to contact us
If you have any general questions about the Site or the information we collect about you and how we use it, you can contact us at hello(at)chesstennis.org.

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Last modified: 22 July 2022