Legal Disclaimer

MAD Universe is the owner of this site, corresponding to the URL address: www.maduniverse.co

We invite you to read the following legal notices that regulate access, navigation, and use of this site.

The User declares to have read and accept these notes and/or any other notes, legal notices, information or disclaimers published anywhere on the web portal, including the Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy sections.

The language of the content of the site is English.

This site promotes and provides information about the services provided by MAD Universe, including the freely viewable contents and the sections subject to non-periodic updates (such as the blog) and/or visitable upon registration, such as MAD Lab or relating to third-party tools (MAD Picks) with the contents and purposes better specified in each section.

Through the site it is also possible, by accessing the e-commerce section, to purchase una tantum or scalable credits, online calculator services to monitor your web marketing campaigns.

MANDATORY GENERAL INFORMATION

This site is published from ______________________, with registered office in ___________________, VAT number: _______________– tel: ___________________ – e-mail:___________________  pec: _______________________

______________________, as the owner of the domain, is responsible for the publication and for the technical application characteristics of the site, except for the limits set out in these notes.

The Portal is hosted by Hostinger –https://www.hostinger.com/it 

USE OF SERVICES AND INFORMATION.

The site is generally navigable, except in case of force majeure, continuously, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. However, it cannot be ruled out that it may occasionally be partially or totally offline for maintenance or other reasons, without such temporary or prolonged suspension constituting a breach of contract attributable to MAD Universe.

The information published on the Portal is available free of charge, except for the specific e-commerce section, to whose Terms and Conditions please refer.

The information contained on the site is purely informative and does not constitute a contractual proposal or a public offering of the services described pursuant to Article 1336 of the Italian Civil Code, nor can it be considered binding for any negotiation or commercial relationship.

In particular, the MAD Pick section describes the functionality of certain IT tools or products used and/or analyzed by MAD Universe.

In no way does MAD Universe recommend or solicit the adoption or purchase of such products or services, does not provide recommendations (explicit or implicit) on the same, nor does it promote, through advertising, such goods, products or services, excluding any agency, representation or other relationship with the relative manufacturers or distributors.

Where it describes its use and characteristics, it is specified that each evaluation corresponds to the experience of MAD Universe and does not represent a guarantee, test or inspection of the same good, product or service.

The site is subject to the provisions of Articles 12 and 13 of Legislative Decree 70/2003 and, although its content is promotional and describes the services offered, it does not engage in misleading or comparative advertising and, in any case, does not provide messages that do not comply with the regulations on commercial information pursuant to Legislative Decree 70/2003.

In the “Contacts” section, you can use the dedicated form to send a message to the company. Following this, the company will contact you by phone or email using the contact information provided in the contact form.

All rights to any electronic databases present and accessible on the site are reserved. Unless otherwise provided, extraction, reproduction, or any other use is prohibited, within the limits of Articles 64-quinquies and 64-sexies of Law No. 633 of April 22, 1941, as amended. In this regard, please note that pursuant to Article 102-ter of the aforementioned law, the legitimate user of the electronic database made available to the public may not cause harm to the owner of the copyright or other related right relating to the works or services contained in that database. Furthermore, the legitimate user of a database made available to the public in any way may not perform operations that conflict with the normal management of the database or that cause unjustified harm to the creator of the database. The extraction or re-utilization of insubstantial parts, evaluated in qualitative and quantitative terms, of the contents of the database for any purpose carried out by the legitimate user are not subject to the authorization of the creator of the database made available to the public for any reason. 


WARRANTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, users acknowledge that their use of the site is at their own risk. The website is provided “as is” and “as available.”

MAD Universe does not offer any specific guarantee regarding the results that are expected, hoped for or obtained with the use of the portal, nor regarding the accuracy, timeliness or updating of the information found therein.

To the extent permitted by Article 1229 of the Civil Code, users declare and guarantee to indemnify and hold harmless MAD Universe, its representatives, and any collaborators, partners, etc., from any liability, including legal fees, that may arise against them in connection with their use of the portal.

If applicable law does not allow for a disclaimer, MAD Universe’s liability shall in any event be limited to the fullest extent permitted by law.

MAD Universe declines all responsibility for any claims made by users relating to the inability to use the site and/or request information for any reason.

MAD Universe cannot be held in breach of its obligations nor be held liable for damages, claims or losses, direct or indirect, incurred by users due to the failure and/or defective functioning of the electronic equipment of the users themselves or of third parties, including Internet Service Providers, telephone and/or telematic connections not directly managed by MAD Universe or by persons for whom it is responsible, as well as from the actions of other users or other persons with access to the network.

MAD Universe reserves the right to temporarily or permanently discontinue its services or content (or any part thereof) at any time, without incurring any liability to users or third parties for the suspension or interruption of its services.

Furthermore, MAD Universe assumes no responsibility for inaccuracies, graphical errors, or explicit or implicit guarantees regarding the information, content, and software, nor for the merchantability or suitability for specific purposes of the data, goods, and services communicated through its site, except as permitted by law.

CONTENT SHARING CONTACT METHODS

The site currently does not have interactive channels (forum)

In the event that, subsequently, MAD Universe allows users to participate in blogs, forums, comment or share content, or through dedicated social channels or other sites, the user can interact with the site, posting comments, proposals or other, please remember that the User will be fully responsible for the truthfulness of his/her personal details (where indicated) or the attribution of the chosen nickname to him/her, as well as for the content published, regardless of the format and/or medium (video, audio, photos, texts, etc.). 

While MAD Universe has no responsibility or liability in this regard, nor any obligation to verify it, it reserves the right to not publish, at its sole discretion, material containing pornographic, paedophilic, obscene, immoral or decency content, inciting racial or political hatred, or, for any reason, material that does not comply with the law, ethics, or the privacy of individuals and institutions, as well as material that is unsuitable or inconsistent with the purposes of this site.

For general information, MAD Universe provides its contact details.

Users are invited to use these addresses only for lawful purposes related to the services provided by MAD Universe or to obtain information from the same, undertaking, in particular, to:

1) not to upload, post, privately send or otherwise transmit or disseminate content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory and/or libelous, vulgar, obscene, invasive of another’s privacy, racist, classist or otherwise objectionable;

2) falsify your identity or otherwise lie about your profession, interests or relationship with other individuals, whether partners, clients, collaborators or otherwise of MAD Universe;  

3) upload, post, privately send or otherwise transmit or disseminate any content that you do not have a right to transmit or disseminate under any law, contract, or fiduciary relationship (for example, inside information, confidential information learned through an employment relationship or protected by a confidentiality agreement);

4) upload, publish, privately send or otherwise transmit or disseminate any content that violates any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other industrial and/or intellectual property rights of third parties;

5) upload, post, privately send or otherwise transmit or disseminate any unauthorized or unsolicited advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any other form of solicitation;

6) upload, post, privately send or otherwise transmit or disseminate any material that contains viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software, hardware or telecommunications equipment of MAD Universe or any third party;

7) violate, intentionally or unintentionally, any applicable law or regulation, including laws regarding privacy or unfair competition, etc.

Due to the general scope of the law, this website is nevertheless comparable to a printed publication and therefore the provisions of Article 2 of Law No. 47 of 8 February 1948, regarding “Mandatory Information on Printed Materials,” apply. These include the place and year of publication, and the name and address of the printer and publisher. Specifically, the location is the location of the hosting data center (Vilnius or, for interoperability reasons, other data center in Europe, Germany, France, or the Netherlands), the printer’s details are the same as those of the hosting provider (Hostinger), and the publisher’s name and address are essentially those of MAD Universe, the owner of the website.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

This website, considered in its entirety, as well as all material contained therein, is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. The user acknowledges that by the term “website and content,” MAD Universe intends to refer to all content and technical-IT elements thereof, including, but not limited to, the software that enables its operation and related codes, electronic databases, texts, photographs, animations, audio and video files regardless of format, reproductions of trademarks, logos, etc., the technical solutions adopted, the graphic design, the structure and any other parts already created or to be created, virtual animations, multimedia and/or hypertext elements, regardless of format, the media they are contained in, their extension (by way of example but not limited to: mp3, wav, jpg, mpeg, gif, doc, etc.), size, versions in use, and the techniques (i.e tolls , API etc) used for their distribution and/or transmission.

No content from the site may be copied, reproduced, published, downloaded, reposted, transmitted, or distributed in any way, except for a single copy, on a single computer, for the exclusive and personal use of the person making the copy. Reproduction of legal content (Privacy Policy, Legal Disclaimers, Information, etc.) is strictly prohibited, as it was provided to MAD Universe under a legal services consultancy agreement, which is not transferable to third parties. Any violation will be prosecuted.

The MAD Universe logo reproduced on the site, as well as any other logos and trademarks shown, the graphic elements, images and materials present on this site are subject to the current copyright laws, regardless of their registration.

 Company names, product names, and/or registered trademarks that may appear on this site, including brands, product names, or other names of the tools mentioned in the MAD Picks Section or otherwise, may not be used for any form of advertising or otherwise to indicate sponsorship, endorsement, or affiliation with products or services without the prior written authorization of the company that holds the rights to them.

Anyone wishing to use elements owned by MAD Universe can contact the company that owns the rights to regulate the procedures for issuing a license for use.

The photographic material published was created directly by MAD Universe or purchased or used and reproduced in accordance with the law, including through digital image platforms. In particular, unless otherwise stated, the author of the images, reproduced under the Freepick license, is @vectorjuice.

MAD Universe has observed the most extensive safeguards to ensure that no one’s copyright is infringed. Nonetheless, MAD Universe remains available to evaluate any requests and/or claims by others regarding ownership of the intellectual property rights of the published material.

LINKS TO AND FROM EXTERNAL SITES

This site contains external links that provide direct access to other websites. Specifically, MAD Universe has posted a link to its LinkedIn page on its website, as well as a link to credit card payment applications (Strype or others) in the e-commerce section.

MAD Universe does not exercise any editorial control over the aforementioned external sites and consequently assumes no responsibility for the availability of such sites, their content, advertising and the products and/or services available on or from such sites, with the sole exception of sites owned by MAD Universe itself.

MAD Universe also reminds you that LinkedIn is subject to foreign legislation.

Accessing, browsing, updating content, posts, or otherwise on these sites implies acceptance of the transfer of data to these countries and their processing according to the different policies and guarantees.

MAD Universe will not be liable in any way for any direct or indirect damages that may be caused by the Internet user’s access to the site reproduced on social networks and/or third parties and by the user’s use of the contents and services of such site, except as expressly provided for by the Owner.

MAD Universe warns that once you leave its site you are no longer bound by the obligations expressed in this privacy policy, but by that of the external site you are visiting..

You may place a hyperlink to the MAD Universe homepage on your website, provided that you have obtained prior authorization from MAD Universe and, in any case, provided that such site does not contain themes, names, materials or information that are contrary to public decency, violent, pornographic or paedophilic, denigrating, offensive, obscene, inappropriate or illegal, that do not respect the dignity of the individual or intended to display or sell prohibited or illicit objects, substances and/or works, nor does it contain content that infringes copyright or property rights.

Hyperlinks to pages other than the site’s homepage are prohibited unless authorized.

You are also not permitted to frame any web page from this site within a frameset.

The existence of a hyperlink from a third-party site to this site does not in any way imply a collaboration between MAD Universe and this site, unless expressly stated.

ADOPTION OF SECURITY MEASURES

MAD Universe constantly monitors its website for security reasons, including intrusions, damage, or other IT violations. This compliance with international system security standards and the recommendations regarding the adoption of adequate security measures pursuant to Legislative Decree 196/2003, as amended by Legislative Decree 101/2018, and EU Regulation 2016/679 applies.

However, MAD Universe cannot provide any guarantee regarding the compatibility of the contents of this site with the user’s technical equipment and/or computer system, nor regarding the absence of errors or viruses, worms, bugs and “Trojan horses” on this site or on the server that hosts it and is not liable for any damage suffered as a result of such harmful factors.


IP ADDRESSES/STATISTICS

Please note that all IP addresses are recorded on the web server each time information is requested from the site. These addresses may be used by MAD Universe for statistical purposes to determine page access speed. This information will help MAD Universe develop the site and its services based on specific identified requirements.

All information will be treated with the utmost confidentiality, in full compliance with privacy legislation. For more information on compliance, please visit:by MAD UniverseIn accordance with EU Regulation 2016/679, users are invited to consult the “Privacy Policy” and “Cookie Policy” web pages, the contents of which are referred to.

SITE OPTIMIZATION

The site is optimized for navigation with all major browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Opera etc.) on both mobile and fixed devices.

CHANGES, APPLICABLE LAW AND JURISDICTION.

MAD Universe reserves the right to make changes to the site and these Legal Disclaimers at any time. Users should always refer to the Legal Disclaimers published at the time of consultation as the current version.

The Legal Disclaimers and the relationship between MAD Universe and users of the site have been prepared and are governed by Italian law. Any disputes between MAD Universe and users arising out of or in any way connected with the use of the site, regardless of the location of the servers or the nationality of the user, are subject to Italian jurisdiction, within the limits set forth in Article 5.1 of the 1980 Rome Convention and Articles 14 and 15 of the Brussels Convention, as well as, where applicable, the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No. 44/2001 of 22 December 2000.

In the first quarter of 2016, the European Commission made available a platform for online dispute resolution (ODR platform). The ODR platform aims to facilitate the amicable resolution, as an alternative to legal proceedings, of online disputes concerning contractual obligations arising from online sales or service contracts. The platform can be accessed at this link:http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr

If any provision of the Legal Disclaimers is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be construed in a manner that reflects the mutual intentions of MAD Universe and its users, in accordance with the remaining provisions of the Legal Disclaimers.

Failure by MAD Universe to exercise any right or provision of the Legal Disclaimer shall not constitute a waiver thereof unless expressly stated in writing by MAD Universe.