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YOU HEREBY CLEARLY DECLARE AND UNDERTAKE THAT YOU (“USER”) HAVE, BY VISITING/USING THE WEBSITE OF ARÇELİK A.Ş. (“ARÇELİK”) AT THE ADDRESS OF https://www.garageinnovationhub.com (“PORTAL”), READ THE BELOW TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN WHOLE AND UNDERSTOOD THE CONTENT THEREOF, THAT YOU HAVE UNCONDITIONALLY ACCEPTED AND APPROVED THESE PARTICULARITIES, AND THAT YOU WILL MAKE NO PLEA. UPDATES ARE MADE BY OFFICIALS OF ARÇELİK AND PUBLISHED ON THE PORTAL.

DEFINITIONS:

Terms- of-Use Agreement

Subsidiary, refers to those companies, more than 50% of the equity capital or voting rights of which are directly or indirectly held by their “controlling company”, or to those companies which control, are controlled by or are under common control with any of the Parties to this Agreement.

Platform: Refers to the website with the domain name https://www.garageinnovationhub.com which is accessed via the web.

Subscriber(s): Refers to those real persons who have subscribed to the platform and whose subscription has been approved by Garagehub.

Subscription: The process of entering into the system the required information in the relevant section of the website, receiving by email the activation code sent automatically by the system and having the activation process completed.

Garage Innovation Hub: 

1. Propose and Implementation

1.1 Arçelik provides the Subscriber with access to the Garagehub Portal under the Terms of Use.

1.2 The Garagehub Portal provides a digital interaction and communication opportunity, by which individuals, companies and institutions may exchange information and experiences among each other, entrepreneurs may promote their products and company, apply to support programs, individuals and companies may create cooperation opportunities among each other, access to instructive written and visual contents and to the events and announcements aimed at the ecosystem. 

1.3 Any agreements to which the Subscriber is subject such as any contract or undertaking, etc., whether individual or made with third persons, shall not prejudice the implementation of the terms and conditions of these Terms of Use.

2. Implementation and Notifications

3.1 Access to the Arçelik Garagehub Portal and the provision of the Application is free of charge.

3.2 The Subscriber is responsible for any (i) identity details, (ii) contact details, (iii) photos or (iv) contents put into, transmitted to or sent through the Portal. The identity and contact details provided for subscription are deemed to be up-to-date, correct and reliable. In case the contents are unlawful, ARÇELIK shall exercise its right to immediately remove from the Portal the said contents. In such a case, the Subscriber(s) may not claim any rights from ARÇELIK, and ARÇELIK reserves its right to recourse to and indemnity from the External Inventor(s) for any damages to be incurred by it due to unlawful posts and contents.

3.3 The Subscriber(s) may not act unlawfully in the Platform. They may not act in breach of the legislations in force or in a way disturbing society or other subscribers.  Particularly the acts listed in Article 8 of Law no. 5651 on the Regulation of Publications in Internet Environment and the Fight Against the Crimes Committed Through These Publications, they may not publish, post, distribute or circulate false, unfair, obscene and inappropriate contents or unlawful materials or information, or act in breach of relevant legislation which will be in force on the incident date.  Otherwise, Arçelik reserves its right to file a criminal complaint or to impose any administrative (including but not limited to canceling the subscription, canceling the application(s) made to any of the Garagehub programs or ending the relationship with Garagehub), legal and penal sanctions. 

3.4. The subscriber(s) should consist of persons who have turned the age of 18. Arçelik is in no way responsible directly or indirectly for the subscription to the website of those persons under the age of 18. 

3.5. The Subscriber(s) accept, declare and undertake during subscription to the Platform, that they will use all the fields in accordance with their intended use and by complying with the limitations. 

3.6. Any contents shared by the Subscriber(s) in the Platform are stored in such databases which are protected by special firewalls. Arçelik is not responsible for those circumstances where these information are seized by third persons beyond the control of Arçelik and they are used in bad faith. 

3.7. The undertaking and control of the accuracy and lawfulness of any content provided by the Subscriber(s) in the Platform is entirely under the responsibility of the Subscriber(s). In case the contents are unlawful, Arçelik shall exercise its right to immediately remove from the Platform the said content. In such a case, the Subscriber(s) may not claim any rights from Arçelik, and Arçelik reserves its right to recourse to and indemnity from the Subscriber(s) for any damages to be incurred by it due to unlawful posts and content. 

3.8. Arçelik and the Subscriber(s) who have made an application through this Platform accept that they will not gain any title and status such as the representative, agency, commercial representative, partner, solution or business partner of each other.

3.9. Arçelik by no means undertakes to provide service through this Platform uninterruptedly or in a certain way.

4. Rights and intellectual property rights in relation to posts on the Portal

4.1. The Subscriber(s) accept, declare and undertake that any product, design, idea or software subject to the Platform, which can be deemed as an artistic work, is in compliance with any legal regulations, that the Intellectual and Industrial Property rights of third persons have not been breached, that he/she is solely responsible for the claims for rights and compensations to be received from third persons in this respect, and that he/she is individually responsible for any claims that Arçelik or Subscribers may be faced with.

4.2. Particularities involving any intellectual rights of any content declared in the Platform including but not limited thereto, are binding upon the Subscriber(s). The Subscriber(s) may not use the artistic works, software or materials which are protected by the Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works and other legislation in force in relation to copyrights without obtaining permission of right holders. 

4.3. The Platform shall under no circumstances and conditions be used unlawfully, offensively, in a way to damage the security of society, against the constitutional regime and the state, or for any act which may constitute a crime under the laws of the Republic of Turkey. Otherwise, Arçelik shall exercise its right to remove from the Platform the aforementioned content due to such acts and the like. All the responsibilities to arise for this reason shall rest with the party in breach of the rules.

4.4. Arçelik reserves its right to change or remove at all times the Content appearing in the Platform or the comments and information added by the Subscribers. Subscribers are obliged to urgently make any changes and/or corrections requested by Arçelik. Any requests for change and/or correction by Arçelik may also be fulfilled by Arçelik itself, if deemed necessary.

4.5. Subscribers accept to comply, while using the Platform, with Turkish Penal Code, Turkish Commercial Code, Code of Obligations, the Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works, the Decree Laws and legal regulations in relation to Protection of Trademark and Patent Rights, provisions of any legislation currently in force as well as the legislation which will enter into force in the future, and with any notifications to be issued in relation to the Platform.  Subscriber(s) shall bear any legal, penal and financial liability which might arise from any use in breach of notifications and laws.

5. Liability

5.1. In cases of unauthorized use, the Subscriber who caused this unauthorized use is responsible for the damages and losses to be incurred by Arçelik or third persons. The Subscriber is obliged, as soon as he/she comes to know any unauthorized use of his/her user name and password or any attempt to seize the same, to take the necessary measures and to inform Arçelik. 

5.2. All the responsibility for the transactions carried out through the Subscriber’s account, shall rest with the Subscriber. 

5.3. By accepting the terms of use, the Subscriber has accepted the responsibility for all the transactions carried out in case of use of the Portal in any manner. The Subscriber has the right whether or not to make an attempt according to the content appearing in the Portal or any communication and organization to be made through the Portal, regardless of the source and/or purpose thereof.  The legal consequences of the decision to be taken in this respect shall rest with the Subscriber. 

5.4. Arçelik is entitled to terminate the Portal, access to the Portal and/or the Subscriber’s subscription due to any use including the use of the contents and Services provided through the Portal in faulty or unlawful practices or unlawfully, and it cannot be held responsible for any material, non-material, legal or financial consequences and damages to arise or for the indirect damages such as loss of earnings. 

6.6. In this Portal, there may be some sub and supra websites operated by third persons, not owned by and the operation of which is not controlled Arçelik, and links to/information about them may be provided.  Arçelik has no guarantee or special undertaking with regard to these websites, regarding their content, availability, security, confidentiality policies and that the communication will be provided continuously. Arçelik cannot be held responsible for the personal information provided to the aforementioned websites, for the content and services used from these websites and for the confidentiality policies and practices of these websites. Likewise, Arçelik cannot be held responsible for the links to and information about the websites of third persons provided by Subscribers.

7. Confidentiality

The Parties agree that all commercial, technical and other information and documents they have provided/will provide to each other according to the content and scope of this subscription are confidential information unless otherwise stated. Neither Party may disclose any such Confidential Information to any third party without the written consent of the other Party.

8. Term and Termination

The parties may unilaterally terminate the subscription to the Portal. The term of the Terms of Use Agreement starts upon the Subscriber’s subscription to the Portal, and remains in force until it is terminated by Arçelik or the Subscriber. 

9. Settlement of Disputes

The implementation and interpretation of the Terms of Use shall be governed by Turkish Law. Istanbul Çağlayan Courts and Execution Offices shall be competent in resolution of any disputes or differences arising from the Terms of Use, which cannot be resolved by mutual negotiations.