Terms and Conditions

“Terms and Conditions” was last updated on May 2, 2021.

General User Agreement

This Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made by and between:

  1. My-Headhunter (“My-Headhunter”, “we”, “our” or “us”),
  2. The service provider (the “Service Provider”, “you”), a company/individual engaged in the business of providing the Services,
  3. The company or individual engaging the Services of the Service Provider (the “Customer”, “you”),

My-Headhunter, the Service Provider and Customer shall, where appropriate, be severally referred to as “Party”, and jointly as “Parties”.

The Service Provider and Customer shall, where appropriate, be jointly referred to as “Users”.

Acceptance of the Agreement terms and conditions

You must read, agree with and accept all of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement and the Privacy Policy, which forms an integral part and parcel of this Agreement and is read and construed with it as one, in order to use our platform located at www.My-Headhunter.com (“Platform”) and related software and services.

By accepting the terms and conditions of this Agreement, you agree:

  1. that you are 18 years or older;
  2. to abide by this Agreement and the processes, procedures, and guidelines described throughout the Platform;
  3. to abide by the terms of the Privacy Policy;
  4. to be financially responsible for your use of the Platform and the purchase or delivery of the Services; and
  5. to perform your obligations as specified by any contract for Services that you accept, unless such obligations are prohibited by law or by this Agreement. My-Headhunter reserves the right in its sole discretion to refuse, suspend, or terminate service to anyone for any reason or no reason.

Definitions and Interpretation

In this Agreement, the following words and expressions shall have the meanings indicated below unless the context requires otherwise.

“Account” means the user account you open when you register to become a User of the Platform.

“Confidential Information” means any and all information in whatever form or medium, disclosed orally or in writing or whether eye readable, machine readable or in any other form including, without limitation, commercial and financial information, the methods of operation and the various applications thereof, processes, formulae, plans, strategies, data, know-how, designs, photographs, drawings, specifications, technical literature and any other material made available by the Disclosing Party, in connection with the Proposed Transaction (and any information derived from such information), whether or not such information is designated as “Confidential Information” at the time of its disclosure.

Confidential Information shall not include any information that (a) is now or becomes publicly known other than by breach of this Agreement; (b) was, is or becomes available to the Recipient on a non-confidential basis from a person who, to the Recipient’s knowledge, is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with the Disclosing Party or otherwise prohibited from disclosing the information to the Recipient; (c) is information independently developed by the Recipient that in no way derives from the Confidential Information; (d) is discovered or created by the Receiving Party before disclosure by Disclosing Party; or (e) in accordance with clause 15.4.

“Customer” means the company or individual engaging the Services of the Service Provider through the Platform.

“Disclosing Party” has the meaning ascribed to it in clause 15.1.

“Dispute” has the meaning ascribed in clause 18.4.

“Platform” means the online platform My-Headhunter (www.My-Headhunter.com) wherein various translation or other translation-related services such as text editing (revision and review), copyrighting, creative writing, transcription, localization, adaptation, interpretation, design, proofreading, transcreation and content creation services, are marketed and offered using electronic medium. “Premium Project” means a Customer project that is run by an My-Headhunter project manager, who will utilize the platform to find service providers on behalf of the Customer by inviting Service Providers to submit bids.

“Payment Provider(s)” means parties offering services for accepting or making electronic payments by a variety of payment methods including credit card, bank-based payments such as direct debit, bank transfer, and real-time bank transfer based on online banking.

“Recipient’ has the meaning ascribed to it in clause 15.1.

“Rules” means the Rules of Arbitration of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre.

“Services” means translation, text editing (revision and review), copyrighting, creative writing, transcription, localization, adaptation, interpretation, design, proofreading, transcreation and content creation services and similar services to be provided through the Platform.

“Service Provider” means a company/individual engaged in the business of providing the Services through the Platform.

“My-Headhunter Project Manager” means a representative of My-Headhunter, having powers to coordinate the Service-provision on the Platform, and authority to communicate with Customers and Service Providers for posting projects and inviting relevant parties to bid.

In this Agreement, unless otherwise specified, reference to:

  1. a person includes any natural person, corporate or unincorporated body (whether or not having separate legal personality) or a reference to that person’s legal personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns;
  2. recitals or clauses are to recitals or clauses of this Agreement;
  3. words denoting the singular shall include the plural and vice versa; and
  4. references to dates are unless stated otherwise in accordance with the Gregorian calendar.

The headings in this Agreement are for information only and are to be ignored in construing the same.

Creation of an Account

You must create an Account to use the Platform for requesting, receiving, offering and delivering the Services, and are responsible for the information that you provide to create the Account, the security of its passwords, and for any use of the Account.

If you become aware of any unauthorized use of your password, or Account, you shall notify us as promptly as possible.

My-Headhunter has no obligation to provide you with multiple accounts.

My-Headhunter may, upon the creation of your Account and thereafter from time to time request Users to provide documents, evidence and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations. You authorize us to retain certain information about you, and to obtain from certain third parties selected by us, including consumer credit bureaus and other consumer reporting agencies, information about you, to use in connection with the Platform use. You authorize us to use and retain this information in accordance with our policies and regulations. Users solely are responsible for assessing and verifying the identity and trustworthiness of the source and content of any third party communications. We are not responsible for verifying, and make no representations or warranty regarding any third party communications on the Platform and you release us from any liability for any third party communications you may receive or any actions you may take or refrain from taking as a result of any third party communication you receive on the Platform.

We may close, suspend or limit your access to your Account. Without limiting the foregoing, we may close, suspend or limit your access to your Account:

  1. if we determine that you have breached, or are acting in breach of, this Agreement or the My-Headhunter Code of Conduct;
  2. if you under-bid on any Service in an attempt to renegotiate the actual price privately, avoiding fees;
  3. if we determine that you have breached legal liabilities (actual or potential), including infringing someone else’s intellectual property rights;
  4. if we suspect, have reason to believe or determine that you may or have engaged, or are engaging, in fraudulent, or illegal activities;
  5. you do not respond to Account verification requests;
  6. you do not complete Account verification when requested within one week of the date of request;
  7. you are the subject of a sanctions regime, or our banking and payment relationships otherwise preclude us from conducting business with you;
  8. to manage any risk of loss to us, or any other person; or
  9. for other similar reasons.

If we close your Account due to your breach of this Agreement, you may also become liable for certain fees as described in this Agreement.

My-Headhunter, in its sole discretion, has the right to suspend or terminate your Account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Platform for any reason at any time. Such termination will result in the deactivation or deletion of your Account and your access to your Account, and the forfeiture and relinquishment of all content in your Account. My-Headhunter reserves the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason at any time.

Users expressly authorize My-Headhunter to use their trade marks/copy rights/ designs /logos and other intellectual property owned and/or licensed by them for the purpose of reproduction on the Platform, the Users’ Accounts and at such other places as My-Headhunter may deem necessary. It is expressly agreed and clarified that, except as specified agreed in this Agreement, each Party shall retain all right, title and interest in their respective trademarks and logos and that nothing contained in this Agreement, nor the use of the trademark / logos on the publicity, advertising, promotional or other material in relation to the services shall be construed as giving to any Party any right, title or interest of any nature whatsoever to any of the other Party’s trademarks and / or logos. In using the Platform, Users undertake to adhere to the terms of the Proprietary Rights and Copyright Infringement Policy.

My-Headhunter’s Role

The Users agree that My-Headhunter is acting as a facilitator and introducer only. In no event shall My-Headhunter be responsible for any actions taken by either the Customer or the Service Provider. My-Headhunter hereby disclaims any liability for any breach of this Agreement by either the Customer or the Service Provider, or for any other actions or omissions by either the Customer or the Service Provider.

My-Headhunter is not liable to Customer for Services performed and/or delivered to it by the Service Provider. Customer agrees and acknowledges that My-Headhunter shall not be liable, under any circumstances, to any other party, including Customer, for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary damages arising from or concerning any Service(s), whether or not Customer has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

The Customer and the Service Provider agree that they shall immediately notify My-Headhunter of any change in their relationship. In particular, the Customer and the Service Provider shall inform My-Headhunter of any work conducted by the Service Provider for the Customer beyond the scope or term of this Agreement, whether carried out under a consultancy agreement, employment agreement, or otherwise.

My-Headhunter will endeavour to ensure that its Platform is available 24 hours a day, however it will not be liable if, for any reason, the site is unavailable at any time or for any period. Access to the Platform may be suspended temporarily and without notice in circumstances of system failure, maintenance or repair or for reasons beyond the control of My-Headhunter. The My-Headhunter Platform may contain links to other websites outside of our control; We are not responsible for the content of these sites. My-Headhunter gives no guarantee that these links will work all of the time and it exercises no control over the availability of the linked sites. Likewise, references and links to any such websites must not be taken as an endorsement by My-Headhunter of opinions expressed on those sites or services provided by those sites. We take no responsibility for the privacy policies of any linked websites.

My-Headhunter may: (i) make new applications, tools, features or functionality available from time to time through the Platform and (ii) add new options for the use of the Platform from time to time, the use of which may be contingent upon Users’s agreement to additional terms.

My-Headhunter may make commercially reasonable updates to the Platform from time to time. If My-Headhunter makes a material change to the Platform, My-Headhunter will inform Users, provided that Users have subscribed with My-Headhunter to be informed about such change.

My-Headhunter may discontinue the provision of the Platform or any portion or feature for any reason at any time without liability to the Users.

My-Headhunter will announce if it intends to discontinue or make backwards incompatible changes to the Platform, at any time without liability to the Users.

My-Headhunter is permitting the Users to market their services and request bids for services through the Platform. It is expressly agreed by Users that My-Headhunter shall under no circumstances be liable or responsible for any loss, injury or damage to Users or any other party whomsoever, arising on account of any transaction under this Agreement, undertaken through the Platform, or as a result of the Users providing services being in any way defective, or infringing/ violating any laws/ regulations/ intellectual property rights of any third party. You agree and acknowledge that you shall be solely liable for any claims, damages, allegation arising out of services offered and/or performed and/or requested and/or received through the Platform (including but not limited to quality, quantity, price, merchantability, use for a particular purpose, or any other related claim) and shall hold My-Headhunter harmless and indemnified against all such claims and damages. Further My-Headhunter shall not be liable for any claims, damages arising out of any negligence, misconduct or misrepresentation by Users or any of its representatives.

My-Headhunter under no circumstances will be liable to You for loss and/or anticipated loss of profits, or for any direct or indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary damages arising from the subject matter of this Agreement, regardless of the type of claim and even if You have been advised of the possibility of such damages, such as, but not limited to loss of revenue or anticipated profits or loss business.

Rights of My-Headhunter

Users agree and acknowledge that My-Headhunter, at all times during the continuance of this Agreement, shall have the right to remove/block/delete any text, graphic, image(s) uploaded on the Platform by the Users without any prior notice to My-Headhunter in the event the said text, image, graphic is found to be in violation of law, breach of any of the terms of this Agreement, terms and conditions of the Platform. In such an event, My-Headhunter reserves the right to forthwith remove/close the Account of the Users without any prior notice or liability to the Users whatsoever.

Appropriate disclaimers, terms and conditions, privacy policies and terms of use placed by My-Headhunter on the Platform shall be deemed incorporated into this Agreement.

At any time if My-Headhunter believes that the Users’ use of the Platform or the services offered by Users are in contravention of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, the terms and conditions of use of Platform, or any applicable law, My-Headhunter shall have the right either at its sole discretion or upon the receipt of a request from the legal / statutory authorities or a court order to discontinue/terminate this Agreement, and remove/block/close the Account of the Users and furnish such details about Users upon a request received from the legal/ statutory authorities or under a court order.

Using the Platform

Users must have an Account to use the Platform for offering and delivering the Services. If Users becomes aware of any unauthorized use of its password, or its Account, Users will notify My-Headhunter as promptly as possible.

Requests of bids by Users and offers for the provisions of Services shall be effected using the Platform.

Upon being selected by a Customer for the performance of their Services, Service Providers shall arrange to perform and deliver the services to the requirements, specifications and prices agreed upon with the Customer within the requested time.

Service Providers agrees to revise and amend the non-satisfactory services supplied to the Customer at their own cost and shall not hold My-Headhunter responsible in any manner whatsoever.

As a User of the Platform, You will be responsible for all content that you download, use, post, share, or upload. Users of the Platform must also comply with all applicable local, national, and international laws. My-Headhunter is not and shall not be responsible for user content and you should not download, use, post, share, or upload any content that may cause harm, offence, damage to others, or constitute an infringement of third party intellectual property rights or prohibited use of the Platform, as defined below.

Platform Users agree that when using the Platform, Users will not engage in or attempt to engage in any of the following practices, which constitute prohibited use of the Platform:

  1. Violating any applicable law or regulation;
  2. Uploading, transmitting, or otherwise sharing any content you do not have the right to upload, transmit, or share;
  3. Uploading, transmitting, or otherwise sharing content that infringes any trademark, patent, trade secret, copyright, publicity, privacy, or other right of My-Headhunter or of any third party;
  4. Fraudulently billing or attempting to fraudulently bill any Customer;
  5. Engaging, encouraging, aiding or abetting in any form of credit card fraud, skimming, phishing, identity theft, mail fraud or similar prohibited practices;
  6. Making or demanding payments without the intention of providing or receiving services in exchange for the payment;
  7. Uploading or transmitting content that infringes the law or third party rights, or which includes activities or statements which are discriminatory, offensive, obscene or defamatory or which may cause offence to others on grounds of nationality, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion, faith or disability;
  8. Uploading or transmitting content that is unlawful, fraudulent, untrue, stalking, harassing, libelous, defamatory, abusive, tortious, threatening, obscene, hateful, abusive, harmful or otherwise objectionable as determined in My-Headhunter’s sole discretion;
  9. Posting messages that support or condone any illegal activities, such as drug use, piracy, hacks, warez etc;
  10. Causing damage to My-Headhunter’s business, reputation, employees, members, facilities, or to any other person or legal entity;
  11. Attempting to intercept, collect or store data about third parties without their knowledge or consent;
  12. Attempting to decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Platform;
  13. Impersonating or misrepresenting your affiliation with any person or entity;
  14. Using the Platform to make fraudulent offers to sell or buy products, items, or services or to advance any type of financial scam such as “pyramid schemes,” “Ponzi schemes,” unregistered sales of securities, and securities fraud;
  15. Soliciting or processing payment outside of My-Headhunter’s Platform in violation of this Agreement ; or
  16. Providing any description/image/text/graphic which is unlawful, illegal, intimidating, obnoxious, objectionable, obscene, vulgar, opposed to public policy, prohibited by law or morality or is in violation of intellectual property rights including but not limited to trademark and copyright of any third party or of inaccurate, false, incorrect, misleading description or is derogatory in nature.

Information, opinions, statements and content on the Platform are provided for information purposes only and are not legal, financial, taxation, technical or expert advice. They must not be relied on by a User without first obtaining independent advice. My-Headhunter does not represent, warrant or guarantee that:

  1. any User is reputable, or will act in good faith, or according to their terms of engagement;
  2. any information on the Platform will be complete, reliable or accurate; or
  3. the User’s access to the Platform will be secure, available or uninterrupted.

Service Providers may voluntarily, or where applicable, may be requested by the Customers to sit a level exam, provided through the Platform, to assess their professional translation skills and assist the Customer in determining whether the Service Provider is able to produce a translation that is professionally usable and intelligible in the specified context and provided in a style, and wording that match comparable documents written in the target language.

You understand that, except for information, products or services clearly identified as being supplied by My-Headhunter, the Platform does not operate, control or endorse any information, products or services on the Platform in any way. You also understand that My-Headhunter cannot and does not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading through the Platform will be free of infection or viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other code that manifest contaminating or destructive properties. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to the Platform for the reconstruction of any lost data. It is solely your responsibility to evaluate the accuracy, completeness and usefulness of all opinions, advice, services, and other information provided through the Platform.

By creating an Account on the Platform, each Service Provider warrants, represents and guarantees to My-Headhunter that they have obtained all required licensing, permits and authorizations required of them under applicable laws and legislation for the provision of their services through the Platform. On-board freelance Service Providers further represent and warrant that they are based outside the United Arab Emirates (and will provide necessary document proof if requested for). Each Service Provider hereby agrees to indemnify and hold My-Headhunter harmless from any damages, losses, expenses or sanctions that it may incur or become subject to as a result of the Service Provider’s breach of said warranty, representation and guarantee. Service Providers recognize that among other remedies available to My-Headhunter, My-Headhunter shall have the right to immediately suspend and/or terminate the Accounts of Service Providers found in breach of this clause 6.10.

Users agrees to indemnify and keep indemnified My-Headhunter from all claims/losses (including advocate fee for defending/prosecuting any case) that may arise against My-Headhunter due to acts/omission on the part of Users pertaining to the prohibited uses of the Platform.

Premium Services

By selecting a product or service, you agree to pay My-Headhunter the one-time and/or monthly or annual subscription fees indicated (additional payment terms may be included in other communications). Subscription payments will be charged on a pre-pay basis on the day you sign up for an Upgrade and will cover the use of that service for a monthly or annual subscription period as indicated. Payments are not refundable.

Unless you notify My-Headhunter before the end of the applicable subscription period that you want to cancel a subscription, your subscription will automatically renew and you authorize us to collect the then-applicable annual or monthly subscription fee for such subscription (as well as any taxes) using any credit card or other payment mechanism we have on record for you. Upgrades can be canceled at any time by submitting your request to My-Headhunter in writing.

Personal Subscription Services

Contract Formation

My-Headhunter will try to process your subscription promptly but does not guarantee that your subscription will be activated by any specified time. By submitting your payment and other subscription details, you are making an offer to us to buy a subscription. Your offer will only be accepted by us and a contract formed when we have successfully verified your payment details and email address, at which point we will provide you with access to your subscription. My-Headhunter reserves the right to reject any offer in its discretion, for any or no reason.

My-Headhunter may partner with third party content providers to offer bundled services, under which the payment for both the services will be collected by My-Headhunter. My-Headhunter will endeavor to provide a seamless access to all such third parties with a single one point access. There could be a gap in this seamless access due to a technology breakdown, temporary disconnection of the internet connection or any factors beyond the reasonable control of My-Headhunter. In such cases the contract will be formed once the access to the partner services are restored.

You are requested to read through the terms and conditions offered by content partners to My-Headhunter. Most partners offer bundled services for new users. Existing subscribers of partners are not eligible for bundled subscription. Should you happen to be one please note that the partner will be liable to reject your offer to subscribe under the bundled subscription not leading to contract formation as a result.

Payment details

When you purchase a subscription, you must provide us with complete and accurate payment information. By submitting payment details you promise that you are entitled to purchase a subscription using those payment details. If we do not receive payment authorization or any authorization is subsequently cancelled, we may immediately terminate or suspend your access to your subscription. In suspicious circumstances we may contact the issuing bank/payment provider and/or law enforcement authorities or other appropriate third parties. If you are entitled to a refund under these terms and conditions we will credit that refund to the card or other payment method you used to submit payment, unless it has expired in which case we will contact you.

My-Headhunter will use the services of quality third party payment service providers to process your payment. Payment options are primarily through credit card. My-Headhunter may offer other payment mechanisms from time to time.

The subscription price will be made clear to you on our sign-up pages or otherwise during the sign-up process and may vary from time to time, by region or by country. You agree to pay the fees at the rates notified to you at the time you purchase your subscription. Subscription to premium services on My-Headhunter are generally of yearly frequency. My-Headhunter however may choose to offer fixed term or fixed payment frequency offers from time to time. The currency in which your subscription is payable will be specified during the order process, depending on the service and your country of residence. Eligibility for any discounts is ascertained at the time you subscribe and cannot be changed during the term of your subscription. We will always tell you in advance of any increase in the price of your subscription and offer you an opportunity to cancel it if you do not wish to pay the new price.

Pricing error

If we incorrectly state a price to you whether online or otherwise, we are not obliged to provide you with a subscription at that price, even if we have mistakenly accepted your offer to buy a subscription at that price, and we reserve the right to subsequently notify you of any pricing error. If we do this, you may cancel the subscription without any obligation to us and we will refund you any money you have paid us in full, or you may pay the correct price. If you refuse to exercise either of these choices then we may cancel your subscription and will refund you any money you have paid us in full. We will always act in good faith in determining whether a genuine pricing error has occurred.

Code of Conduct

By using the Platform, Users agree to be bound by the My-Headhunter Code of Conduct, whose terms form an integral and binding part of this Agreement and are read and construed with it as one.

My-Headhunter’s Code of Conduct applies to all the services offered by My-Headhunter, including, but not limited to, the Milestone Dispute Resolution Services. It is agreed by you that you will make every endeavor at fair play and post reasonable and fair demands/offers on your dispute.

A User found to be in breach of the Code of Conduct during the Milestone Dispute Resolution Service process may automatically lose the dispute in favor of the other party involved, regardless of the origin of the dispute. The User who breached the Code of Conduct may also incur further disciplinary action, in addition to any other actions and remedies which we can take against it under the terms of this Agreement. For more information, read the Code of Conduct.

Breach

Without limiting our other remedies, to the extent you have breached this Agreement, you must pay us all fees owed to us and reimburse us for all losses and costs (including any and all of our employee time) and reasonable expenses (including legal fees) related to investigating such breach and collecting such fees.

You acknowledge and agree that:

  1. the damages that we will sustain as a result of your breach of this Agreement will be substantial and will potentially include (without limitation) fines and other related expenses imposed on us by our payment processors and Users and that those damages may be extremely difficult and impracticable to ascertain;
  2. if you breach this Agreement, we may fine you up to US$3,000 for each breach and/or we may take legal action against you to recover losses that are in excess of the fine amount;
  3. a fine of up to US$3,000 is a presently reasonable pre-estimate or minimum estimate of our damages, considering all currently existing circumstances, including (without limitation) the relationship of the sum to the range of harm to us that reasonably could be anticipated and the anticipation that proof of actual damages may be impractical or extremely difficult; and
  4. we may release the entire (or part of the) amount of the fine from your Account to us.

If we close your Account for a reason other than as a result of your breach of this Agreement, unless as otherwise specified in this Agreement, you will be entitled to receive any payment due from us to you.

In the event that we close your Account, you will have no claim whatsoever against us in respect of any such suspension or termination of your Account.

We reserve the right, but do not assume the obligation, to investigate any violation of the terms of this Agreement. We may investigate violations and may remove, disable access to, or modify any content that violates this Agreement. We may report any activity that we suspect violates any law or regulation to appropriate law enforcement officials, regulators, or other appropriate third parties. Our reporting may include disclosing appropriate User information. We also may cooperate with appropriate law enforcement agencies, regulators, or other appropriate third parties to help with the investigation and prosecution of illegal conduct by providing network and systems information related to alleged violations of these Terms.

Termination of User Accounts and effects of Termination

My-Headhunter may terminate your access to all or any part of the Website at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. If you wish to terminate this Agreement or your My-Headhunter premium services (if you have one), you may simply discontinue using the Website. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if you have a personal subscription for your account, such subscription / account can only be terminated by My-Headhunter if you materially breach this Agreement and fail to cure such breach within thirty (30) days from My-Headhunter notice to you thereof; provided that, My-Headhunter can terminate the Website immediately as part of a general shut down of our service. All provisions of this Agreement which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.

Indemnity

The Users indemnify and shall hold indemnified My-Headhunter, its partners, officers, employees, representatives, agents from and against all losses, damages, claims, suits, legal proceedings and otherwise howsoever arising from or in connection with any claim including but not limited to claim for any infringement of any intellectual property rights or any other rights of any third party or of law, concerning quality, quantity and any claim in relation to the Services, the breach of any of any warranties, representations or undertakings provided by the other Users or in relation to the non-fulfillment of any of their obligations or arising out of the other Users’ infringing any applicable laws, regulations including but not limited to intellectual property rights, Income Tax, Service tax, Value Added tax, and other relevant legislations.

Limitation of Liability

My-Headhunter under no circumstances will be liable to the Users for loss and/or anticipated loss of profits, or for any direct or indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary damages arising from the subject matter of this Agreement and/or their use of the Platform, receipt or performance of the Services or otherwise, regardless of the type of claim and even if the Users have been advised of the possibility of such damages, such as, but not limited to loss of revenue or anticipated profits or loss business.

Confidentiality

The Parties agree and acknowledge that in the course of their use of the Platform and interaction through/ because of it, each party (the “Recipient”) understands that the any of the other Parties (the “Disclosing Party”) may disclose certain Confidential Information. Such disclosure shall be subject to the terms of this clause.

The Recipient undertakes the following:

  1. The Recipient agrees to maintain the Confidential Information in strict confidence and shall not without the prior written approval of the Disclosing Party directly or indirectly, make known, divulge, publish or disclose any of the Confidential Information to any persons or entities other than its personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns as who have the need to know that information and are bound by non-disclosure obligations at lease as restrictive as this clause.
  2. The Recipient shall use its best endeavours to prevent the use or disclosure of the Confidential Information and undertakes to ensure that the Confidential Information is protected by security measures and is properly protected against theft, damage, loss and unauthorised access. Without prejudice to the foregoing, the Recipient agrees to ensure a degree of care that it would apply to its own confidential information and in any event not less than the reasonable degree of care.
  3. The Recipient shall confirm to the Disclosing Party in writing at any time on request of the Disclosing Party that it has complied with the provisions of this Agreement.
  4. The Recipient agrees not to modify, decompile, disassemble or otherwise reverse engineer any part of or all of the Confidential Information.
  5. The Recipient shall use Confidential Information only for the purpose of the Proposed Transaction between the parties of this Agreement and shall not use for its benefit or for any other purposes (including not utilizing it for advising other companies or entities or persons for competitive or any other purposes) whereas the Recipient shall not use or utilize the Confidential Information without the express written consent of Disclosing Party.
  6. The Recipient shall not reproduce the Confidential Information or any part thereof, in any form or medium without the express written consent of the Disclosing Party.

The Recipient shall not without the express prior written consent of the Disclosing Party disclose any Confidential Information to any person other than to such of its Affiliates, directors, senior executives and professional advisers who are necessarily required in the course of their duties to receive and consider the same for the purposes of the Proposed Transaction (“Authorized Recipients”). The Recipient shall procure that those of its Authorized Recipients to whom Confidential Information is disclosed shall observe and adhere to the terms of this Agreement in all respects as if they were Party to it or procure that they are bound by non-disclosure agreements at least as restrictive as this Agreement. In any event, the Recipient shall be liable for breach of any of the terms of the Agreement by such persons as if it were the Recipient which had breached that term.

The Recipient may disclose Confidential Information to the minimum extent required by (a) any order of any court of competent jurisdiction or any competent judicial, governmental or regulatory body; or (b) the rules of any listing authority, regulation, applicable law or stock exchange with jurisdiction over the Recipient. In such an event, the Recipient agrees that it will provide the Disclosing Party with prompt notice of such request or requirement and shall only disclose such Confidential Information to the extent required by such applicable rule, law or regulation or by the relevant government or regulatory authority or competent court.

All Confidential Information disclosed remains the property of the Disclosing Party. The Recipient (on its own behalf and on behalf of the Authorized Recipients) acknowledges and agrees that the disclosure and provision of Confidential Information under this Agreement by the Disclosing Party shall not be construed as granting any rights (whether express or implied by license or otherwise on the matters, inventions or discoveries to which such Confidential Information pertains or any copyright, trademark, or trade secret rights) upon the Recipient or the Authorized Recipients.

The Recipient (on its own behalf and on behalf of the Authorized Recipients) acknowledges and agrees that neither the Disclosing Party nor any of its officers, employees, agents or professional advisers make, or shall make, any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to, or assume any responsibility for, the accuracy, reliability or completeness of any of the Confidential Information or any other information supplied to the Recipient. The Recipient shall be responsible for making its own evaluation of such Confidential Information.

The Disclosing Party shall not be under any obligation to update or correct any inaccuracy in the Confidential Information or any other information supplied to the Recipient or be otherwise liable to the Recipient, the Authorised Recipients or any other person in respect of any such information. Each Party represents and warrants to the other that it is a corporation duly organized and validly existing in the jurisdiction of its incorporation. Each Party represents that it has full corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to do all things necessary for the performance of this Agreement. The Disclosing Party warrants that the Confidential Information has not been provided in breach of any other agreements with third parties.

In providing and receiving the Services, or in the course of negotiating the terms of the Services, the Users can, at their sole option, enter into separate non-disclosure agreements among themselves governing the same.

Relationship of Parties

Nothing in this Agreement will be construed as creating a relationship of partnership, joint venture, agency or employment between the Parties. My-Headhunter shall not be responsible for the acts or omissions of the Users and Users shall not represent My-Headhunter, nor have any power or authority to speak for, represent, bind or assume any obligation on behalf of My-Headhunter.

Force Majeure

None of the Parties shall be responsible or liable for any delay or failure to perform its obligations (other than an obligation to make payment) under this Agreement due to unforeseen circumstances or any event which is beyond that Party’s reasonable control and without its fault or negligence, but not limited to, acts of God, war, riots, embargoes, strikes, lockouts, acts of any Government authority, delays in obtaining licenses or rejection of applications under the Statutes, failure of telephone connections or power failure, fire or floods.

General Provisions

Construction of Terms. If any provision of this Agreement is held unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, that provision shall be severed and shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions.

Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United Arab Emirates, as applicable to the Emirate of Dubai.

Complete Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the complete agreement and sets forth the entire understanding and agreement of the Parties as to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes all prior discussions and understandings in respect to the subject of this Agreement, whether written or oral. This Agreement becomes binding upon the Users’ acknowledgment that they have read and agree to its terms and conditions and undertake to be bound by the same. In the absence of an explicit acknowledgment, the Users’ use of the Platform constitutes their acceptance of and undertaking to adhere to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

Dispute Resolution. Without prejudice to the provisions of clause 10, if a dispute of any kind whatsoever arises between the Parties in connection with, or arising out of, this Agreement (which shall include any dispute with respect to any notice, decision, determination, instruction, approval or consent (or any lack thereof) or certificate of, or any exercise of authority or discretion (or failure to exercise any such authority or discretion)) by, as the case may be, the Parties, whether during, before or after termination of this Agreement (“Dispute”), any Party may notify the other Party of the existence of such Dispute, and the Parties shall use their best efforts to settle amicably such Dispute. To that end, if the parties are not able to resolve the Dispute amicably within a period of thirty (30) days from the date on which either Party notifies the other Party of the existence of the Dispute, then after such thirty (30) day period the Dispute may be referred to arbitration in accordance with the following terms:

  1. If a dispute arises between you and My-Headhunter, our goal is to address your concerns and, if we are unable to do so to your satisfaction, to provide you with a means of resolving the dispute quickly. We strongly encourage you to first contact us directly to seek a resolution by emailing us at support@My-Headhunter.com If any Dispute is unresolved by amicable resolution, as per the above, such Dispute shall be referred by any Party to and finally settled under the Rules. There shall be three (3) arbitrators appointed in accordance with the Rules. The jurisdictional seat of arbitration shall be the Dubai International Financial Centre, Dubai, UAE, and the English language shall be used throughout the arbitration proceedings. The decision of the arbitration panel shall be final and non-appealable and shall be enforced in the same manner as if it were a final court judgment. The arbitral award shall equitably determine the manner in which the Parties shall pay all costs and expenses (including reasonable and properly incurred attorneys’ and arbitrators’ fees and costs) of the arbitration. Each Party agrees not to commence any proceedings before any court in relation to a Dispute except for the purposes of enforcement of the final arbitral award. Judgment on the final arbitral award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof or jurisdiction over a Party or its assets. All claims you bring against My-Headhunter must be resolved in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. All claims filed or brought contrary to this Agreement shall be considered improperly filed and a breach of this Agreement. Should you file a claim contrary to the terms of this Agreement, My-Headhunter may recover its legal fees and costs (including in-house lawyers and paralegals). If any proceeding by or against you is commenced under any provision of any bankruptcy or insolvency law, My-Headhunter will be entitled to recover all reasonable costs or expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) incurred in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement.
  2. In the event that a dispute arises between a Customer and a Service provider in relation to any of the Services, you will first attempt to resolve any differences that you have in relation to such Services. Any dispute that is not related to a Milestone Payment (which must be dealt with in accordance with the Milestone Disputes Policy) arising between you and another User will be handled in accordance with this clause. My-Headhunter will have full rights and powers to make a determination for all such disputes. Upon receipt of a dispute, My-Headhunter shall have the right to request the Service Provider and the Customer to provide documentation in support of their claim or position in relation to the dispute. You agree that My-Headhunter has absolute discretion to accept or reject any document provided. You also acknowledge that My-Headhunter is not a judicial or alternative dispute resolution institution and that we will make the determinations only as an ordinary reasonable person. In addition, we do not warrant that the documents provided by the parties to the dispute will be true, complete or correct and you agree to indemnify and (to the maximum extent permitted by law) hold My-Headhunter and any of our affiliates harmless against any damages or liability you may suffer as a result of any documentation or material subsequently being found to be false or misleading.
  3. In relation to disputes with any other users of the Platform, you hereby agree to indemnify My-Headhunter from any and all claims, demands, and damages, actual and consequential, of every kind and nature, known and unknown, that is related to such a dispute, our determinations or the use of the Milestone Dispute Resolution Services for Milestone Payments and/or for other Disputes.
  4. If you have a dispute with one or more Users, you release us (and our officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures and employees) from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes.

Waiver of Breach. The waiver by a party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement by the other party shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any other or subsequent breach by the party in breach.

Modification. My-Headhunter may make changes to this Agreement. Unless otherwise noted by My-Headhunter, material changes to the Agreement will become effective 30 days after they are posted, except if the changes apply to new functionality in which case they will be effective immediately. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that augment, enhance or otherwise change shall be subject to this Agreement.

Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any part of it is assignable, transferable, sub-licensable, sub-contractable or conveyable by the Users, either by operation of law or otherwise, without the express, prior, written consent of My-Headhunter signed by an authorized representative of such Party. My-Headhunter is at liberty to refuse such consent.

Contact support@My-Headhunter.com for any further information.