Terms & Conditions

Planet Live Limited registered in England No 6648624 has designed, developed and runs an innovative game "Planet Soccer Live". These Terms of Use (the "Terms" or "Terms of Use") apply to the use of www.planetsoccerlive.com and participation in the Game Planet Soccer Live strongly recommends that Players and their parents ensure that a parental control system provided by an Internet Service Provider is activated on their computer. A parental control system is a software device which allows parents to monitor or limit their child's access to the Internet by defining access rights to websites and online services such as discussion forums, chat sites and instant messaging services on the basis of their age, maturity and experience on the Internet. Players are reminded that due to the lack of reliability of Internet networks generally, Planet Soccer Live cannot guarantee uninterrupted access to the Game or its performance in terms of volume and data transfer speeds. Planet Soccer Live reminds players of their obligation to respect third party rights, in particular in respect of trademarks, copyright, and privacy, as well as the legal and regulatory provisions that are applicable to the Internet. Players should only apply the advice provided by Planet Soccer Live in relation to the Game within the context of the Game. Planet Soccer Live does not guarantee any result of any sort by applying the information and advice provided by it. The Player therefore agrees that Planet Soccer Live shall not be liable for the Player's use of the information or advice provided in the framework of the Game, and accepts that the Player is the sole person controlling and managing the information and advice used, and responsible for using this information and advice. Having knowledge of all the information required for use of the website and the Game, the Player wishes to register and participate in the Game, in line with the following terms.

Definitions

Each of the terms used below has the following definitions: "Account": the personal account opened for the Player following the Player's registration, which the Player may access using their username and password. "Contents": All the elements (images, sound, text, graphics etc.) making up all or part of the Players' contributions and creations in the framework of the Game. "Game": the innovative and original Planet Soccer Live designed, developed and run by Planet Live Limited and under the registered name Planet Soccer Live. The game incorporates a number of elements (interface, software, images, text, graphics etc.) protected by intellectual property rights. "Form": the registration form that the Player must complete in order to play the Planet Soccer Live Game having read and accepted the Terms of Use. "Hosting": information processing and storage services for the Game and Contents, carried out by Planet Soccer Live and enabling the Game and its Contents to be accessible to any internet user and/or Player, directly or indirectly connected to the server. "Player": an individual who as registered with the Planet Soccer Live Game by completing the online Form and accepting the Terms.

Purpose of terms

The Terms define the terms and conditions under which the Player may access the www.planetsoccerlive.com website, and participate in the Game.

Acceptance of the terms

These Terms become binding upon Players when they register to use the www.planetsoccerlive.com website and participate in the Game using the Form at which point the Player must expressly accept the Terms by ticking the box "I have read and accepted the provisions of the Terms in their entirety", at the bottom of the web page where the terms are displayed. Registration and participation in the Game is also deemed to imply acceptance of any further modification of the organisation of the Game and the Terms as follows: Planet Soccer Live reserves the right to modify the Terms or the rules of the Game at any time. Each new version of the present Terms will be displayed on the website www.planetsoccerlive.com and the Player will be informed by e-mail or on the home page of the website of any such new version of the Terms. The Player is nonetheless advised to regularly consult these Terms of Use. Continued access to the web site and playing the Game after notification of any modification of the Terms of Use will be deemed to be acceptance of the modifications to the Terms of Use. If the Player does not agree to any new Terms of Use he should discontinue using the website and playing the Game. Planet Soccer Live reserves the right to evolve its Game. Technical alterations may be made without notice by Planet Soccer Live. Planet Soccer Live also reserves the right to withdraw the Game in whole or in part on not less than one month notice at any time without payment of compensation of any type save as provided in these Terms.

Duration

Registration shall permit a Player to use the www.planetsoccerlive.com website and participate in the Game unless and until Planet Soccer Live terminates the Player's right to do so as a consequence of any breach of the Terms by the Player. Planet Soccer Live may also terminate a Player's right to use the www.planetsoccerlive.com website and participate in the Game at any time on not less then one month prior written notice.

Free Participation in the game

Access to and participation in the Game is free, except for membership where a monthly / yearly fee is required. All Internet access and communication costs incurred for access to and playing the Game are the Player's responsibility.

Game registration terms

Persons who may participate Anyone may register to access and participate in the Game regardless of their age. However minors may only register and participate in the Game if they have obtained the permission of their parents or guardians. One sole account per Player Once a Form has been completed, an Account is allocated to the Player summarising their preferences.

Planet Soccer Live reserves the right to temporarily suspend access to the Account or to certain functions of the Game without notice for maintenance purposes. The unavailability of the Game will not give rise to any right to compensation. Each Player may only register once for the Game, and may only hold one Account. It is strictly prohibited for one Player to register more than one Account, to use an Account opened by another Player, or to use the username of another Player in a fraudulent manner. The opening of several Accounts by the same Player or the fraudulent use of another Player's Account or username may result in the closure of the Player's account, in the Player being prohibited from accessing the Game from any account.

Registration with the Game using the Form It is possible to register with the Game 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except in the event of unforeseen circumstances or events outside Planet Soccer Live control, and subject to any breakdowns or the need for maintenance required for the correct functioning and updates of the website and the Game. The communication protocols used by Planet Soccer Live are those used on the Internet at the date on which the present Terms are accepted by the Player, and any future protocols. Registration, as well as use of the Game requires a computer with Internet access, as well as the software and plug-ins available on the Internet, in particular on their editors' websites. In order to play, it is necessary to register by fully completing the sign up Form available at www.planetsoccerlive.com

Choice of username The Player selects a username and a password which will be requested each time the Player logs in to use the Game. The Player undertakes that their username will not be unlawful, infringe any third party rights will not be racist, defamatory or contrary to good moral standards. Equally, the names of the soccer player selected by the Player must not be unlawful, infringe any third party rights, be racist,or defamatory , or contrary to good moral standards. In selecting their username and the name of their soccer player, users must take care not to upset the sensibility of other Players, in particular younger Players. Not respecting this may result in exclusion from the Game and the removal of the Player's Account. The Players are informed that Planet Soccer Live may request their identity and contact details to be confirmed. Any false declaration, in particular with the aim of usurping a third party's identity, may result in removal of the Account without any compensation of any sort.

Confirmation and management of usernames Following submission of the Form, the Player will receive an email confirmation of their registration on the Game, which will confirm that the Player can access the www.planetsoccerlive.com website and/or view the present Terms at any time. The Player is solely responsible for the ensuring that their password remains confidential and shall take all necessary steps to ensure their password remain confidential, in particular in order to prevent a third party from usurping their identity or account to play. The Player authorises Planet Soccer Live to publish, disclose and use their username in the framework of the Game, in particular for classification tables and results of competitions organised by Planet Soccer Live.

Management and conservation of data related to registration In using the Game the Player may provide Planet Soccer Live with certain personal data. By providing such personal data and agreeing to these Terms the Player agrees to the use of their personal data in accordance with these Terms. Given the characteristics of the Game, the inherent risks related to the Contents proposed by the Players, and therefore the requirement to be able to identify the authors, Planet Soccer Live informs the Player that it will maintain copies of all such personal data for the entire period for which a Player's account is active and for a reasonable period thereafter. The Player is informed that any personal data concerning them are required in order to access and use the Game. With a Player's acceptance, expressed by ticking the boxes provided for this purpose, this information may be used for commercial and marketing purposes by Planet Soccer Live.

Virtual Soccer Player

At their registration, the Player is automatically credited with a certain sum of "Soccer Dollars", without any real value, which are not convertible, exchangeable or refundable, and may only be used within the framework of the Game. Some of the Game's functions are accessible for free using these "Soccer Dollars". These "Soccer Dollars" enable the Player to acquire items, clothes, haircuts etc and to access various things in Planet Soccer Live. Following their registration, the Player may take advantage of offers enabling them to credit their Account with "Soccer Dollars".

Membership

In addition to Soccer Dollars, the Game offers Players the opportunity to purchase membership, enabling the user access to multiplayer games and other premium features. The membership may be purchased by the Player by a number of methods, such as bank cards in the framework of a secure area dedicated to transactions. If you are contracting as a consumer, provided that the membership has not been used, a Player may cancel his purchase of a membership at any time within seven working days, beginning on the day after you received the membership. In this case you will receive a full refund of the price paid for the membership in accordance with Planet Soccer Live membership conditions outlined in this paragraph. Players under the age of 18 may only purchase the membership in the presence of their parents or guardians, who must ensure that the minors under their responsibility do not purchase the memberships without their express authorisation. Except as set out above in this paragraph, no sums paid to purchase the membership either by bank card will be reimbursed, including in the event of fraudulent/unauthorised use of a bank card held by a third party, a parent, guardian, or an adult responsible for a Player under the age of 18. Payments made by Players under the age of 18 will bind their parents where participation in the Game can be considered to constitute an act of every day life in the same way as an ordinary purchase. Furthermore, except as set out above in this paragraph no Player may claim any reimbursement of their membership. Any membership that is used/consumed within the framework of the Game in order to take advantage of a particular right or carry out a transaction, shall not be reimbursed.

Player's specific obligations

The Player must provide a valid email address in order to access the Game. The Player undertakes to respect the following when using the Game. Not to disrupt the functioning of the www.planetsoccerlive.com website, Not to reproduce all or part of a third party work without authorisation from the holders of the rights in such work, Not to reproduce and/or use a third party's trademark, corporate name, logo, or any other distinctive mark, Not to infringe the private life or image rights of any person who may be identified within the Contents, More generally not to transfer any elements which may infringe any intellectual property rights or third party rights, in particular trademarks, individual's rights or copyright.

Suspension / exclusion

In the event that the Player does not respect the obligations provided in the Terms, Planet Soccer Live reserves the right to suspend their access to the Game or to certain functions of the Game without notice. Likewise, in the event that internet users inform it that the Player is using the Game in a way which may cause harm to a third party, or which may be against good moral standards, public order or legal and regulatory provisions referred to in the present Terms, Planet Soccer Live reserves the right to suspend the Player's access to the Game, the Account and to the illegal contents in question. This suspension will not entitle the Player to any compensation. Furthermore, Planet Soccer Live reserves the right to exclude from participation in the Game any Player who upsets the correct running of the Game as well as any Player who does not fulfil all obligations of the present Terms. Exclusion is definitive and does not entitle the Player to any compensation other than that provided for mentioned above. Planet Soccer Live reserves the right to commence proceedings against any Player who causesharm to Planet Soccer Live through their breach of the Terms or otherwise.

Ownership of the contents

Each Player remains the sole owner of the Contents, creations, data, information and files communicated to Planet Soccer Live in the framework of the Game.

Planet Soccer Live intellectual property

Planet Soccer Live remains owner of: The Game, The database, and in particular its structure, created and managed by it for the management of the Game, All information, elements of know-how, specification documents and more generally all elements for the creation of the Game and the website, The intellectual property rights over all elements for the creation of the Game and the website, irrespective of whether they are graphic or technical, Trademarks, patents, names, acronyms, logos, colours, graphics, or other signs which may be used, created or implemented by Planet Soccer Live in the framework of the Game and the website. The Player therefore undertakes not to reproduce the elements referred to in the paragraph above in any way, either directly or indirectly, and not to alter the trademarks, patents, names, acronyms, logos, colours, graphics, or other signs appearing on the elements provided by Planet Soccer Live, and more generally to use or exploit these elements other than in the framework of the application of the present Terms. The Player undertakes not to file any patent application for them or on behalf of a third party, which has been created and/or developed in the framework of the present Terms, and in particular incorporating one or more elements of the Game and the Planet Soccer Live website. Planet Soccer Live reminds the Player that, in general: All text, photographs, games, videos, data, logos, images and other elements broadcast on the web pages of the Internet network are reserved and protected by intellectual property rights, such that only a private copy or use within a restricted family circle is authorised, Any other use constitutes infringement and/or breach of neighbouring rights, prohibited by the aforementioned Code and subject to proceedings before the courts with jurisdiction No work (text, photograph, games, video, data, logo, image or other work) may be reproduced, represented, translated or adapted in any form and on any media whatsoever, without the express authorisation of the author, their beneficiaries or assigns, Therefore, no Player has the right to reproduce, represent, broadcast, sell, modify, adapt, translate or contract out all or part of any elements reproduced on all or part of the website accessible at the URL www.planetsoccerlive.com, subject to sanctions (suspension or removal of the Account) and where applicable proceedings before civil or criminal courts, No Player may use all or part of a work of which they are not the author (text, games, photographs, videos, data, logos, images or other) in the framework of the Game, without express authorisation from the author, its beneficiaries or assigns. This rule applies in particular in the event of competitions or invitations for contributions from Players.

Transfer of intellectual property rights

The Player accepts to transfer the following rights to Planet Soccer Live: The right to make any alterations which are technically required to enable the rights to be exercised in other media and using different technical processes, in particular in order to convert the data into a digital format before being uploaded. The Parties accept that the rights transferred will include the following: For the reproduction right: the right to create any number of reproductions all or part of the creations on any known or unknown, current or future media, in particular on any optical, digital, paper, disc, network, disk, electronic, DVD, CD, CDI, CD-ROM, Internet, Extranet, "i-mode", Wap, etc. this list not being exhaustive. Planet Soccer Live reserves the right to reproduce all or part of the creations in order to use them for other games or electronic or audiovisual communications services, For the right to adapt: the right to adapt all or part of the creations, on any media indicated in the present article, and in any format of computer files, either known or unknown at the present time, the right to assemble them or integrate all or part of them in pre-existing or future works and on any media indicated in the present article. The right to adapt them also extends to the right to translate or modify the creations in whole or in part in any language, and the right to reproduce the resulting translations, on any media indicated in the present article, For the representation right: the right to broadcast all or part of the creations on any media, and using any method, known or unknown at present, and in particular by any telecommunications network, Internet, Intranet, Extranet, Wap etc, this list not being exhaustive, directly or indirectly, by any tele-broadcasting method, including by Hertzian, cable or satellite, in any format, Distribution right: the marketing for free or for value, including rental and the price of creations and their adaptation by any process and on any media, known or unknown at the present time, irrespective of the destination, for any public, without limitation, as well as the right to reassign to any third party, in whole or in part, in any format, and in particular by transfer, licence, or any type of contract, in any form, all or part of the rights transferred either on a temporary or definitive basis, The right to reassign to third party, in whole or in part, in any format, and in particular by transfer, licence, or any type of contract, in any form, all or part of the rights transferred either on a temporary or definitive basis. Planet Soccer Live undertakes to indicate the name of the Player, author of the creation, as well as the title of the creation, wherever possible on the basis of the technical conditions.

Proof, storage and archiving

Computerised registers stored in Planet Soccer Live's computer systems under reasonable security conditions, will be considered as the proof of communications and the sending of Forms, comments, as well as the transmission of information between each Player and Planet Soccer Live, enabling the latter to provide the treatment required by each Player. The Forms are archived on a reliable and durable media in order to provide a reliable and durable copy, in line with article 1348 of the Civil code. In the event of conflict between Planet Soccer Live's computerised registers and any document on written media or the Player's electronic file, it is expressly agreed between the parties that Planet Soccer Live's computerised registers will prevail over the Player's documents, and will be the sole documents accepted as proof.

Liability

It is expressly agreed that Planet Soccer Live is only subject to a best efforts obligation for the performance of the present Terms of use. The Player understands that they use the Game and the website at their own risk. The Player expressly accepts that given the information provided to the Player in the present Terms and the website, Planet Soccer Live has complied with its advice and information obligations regarding the characteristics of the Game and the website, and the functionalities provided. Although Planet Soccer Live takes steps to protect information in its possession, the nature of the Internet is such that information may flow over networks without appropriate security measures and may be accessed and used by unauthorised persons. Planet Soccer Live is not responsible for any possible misappropriation of passwords and more generally any transfer personal data arising in connection with such flow. Planet Soccer Live is not liable for any poor functioning of the website and/or the Game for any specific Internet browser. Planet Soccer Live does not guarantee that the website and/or the Game will work permanently without interruptions, that it does not contain any computer errors of any sort, or that the defects noted are to be repaired. Planet Soccer Live is not liable if the data relating to the registration of a Player do not reach it for any reason for which it cannot be liable (for instance an Internet connection problem, for any reason, a momentary breakdown of its servers for any reason, etc.) or reach it in an illegible or unmanageable format (for instance, if the Player does not have the adequate computer hardware or software for their registration, etc.). To the extent permitted by applicable laws, Planet Soccer Live excludes its liability for any harm of any form (personal, physical, financial or other) which may result from the Player's participation in the Game, nor be required to compensate indirect damages such as financial loss, loss of profits, loss of brand image, loss of Contents, creations, contributions or data, and in particular any files which could result from difficulties related to their transmission, reception and publication. Any action against the Player by a third party is assimilated to indirect damages, and therefore does not grant the Player any right to compensation. The Player provides personal information enabling access to the Game under their own responsibility.

Compulsory configuration - information on cookies

The Player's browser must accept cookies and JavaScript technology. Blocking cookies through the browser's settings or firewall prevents the Game functioning normally. Cookies are small files that Internet sites place on the computer's hard drive when the subscriber connects. These files are harmless and do not contain any personal information regarding subscribers. Most cookies used by Planet Soccer Live are session cookies, which are only active during the connection. Permanent cookies are only saved onto the subscriber's computer hard drive in order to identify the subscriber when they connect, in particular in order to enable them to exercise the rights and advantages acquired. Cookies are occasionally used to obtain statistics on the number of visitors to the website and the most popular sections, in particular in order to improve the Game by adapting it to its subscribers.

Transfer

The Player may not totally or partially transfer its registration either for free or for value. Planet Soccer Live may transfer to any corporate entity of its choice all or part of the rights and obligations defined in the present Terms, subject to informing the Player of this transfer.

Termination of relationship

Planet Soccer Live may withdraw access from the Player to the Game at any time under the terms provided in the present document. The Player may also withdraw from the Game and request that their membership be cancelled as mentioned above.

Confidentiality

Each party undertakes not to disclose to any third party any information provided to them by the other party, as well as any information it may have knowledge of as a result of the performance of the present Terms.