Rules of the ITE Connect Platform Use

Version dated 1st of December 2022

Welcome to the ITE Connect Platform, being a web-resource aimed to unify the organisers, participants and visitors of exhibitions and otblack;background:white'her cultural events, organised by the Company for the purpose of friendly interaction, communication and experience sharing. You may also review the Personal Data Processing and Security Policy at: https://privacy-en.ite-connect.com and the Cookies Policy at: https://cookies-en.ite-connect.com. The Administration grants you access to using the Platform and its functionality subject to the terms and conditions of these Rules ('Rules'). You are required to carefully examine the Rules that constitute a public offer in accordance with Article 437 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation.

1. Terms and Definitions

1. Authorisation means identification of a registered User to gain access to the Profile and functionality of the Platform by entering the User’s login or mobile number, or any other data and the password.

2. Administration means the Company and the persons authorised by the Company to administer the Platform.

3. Company means Limited Liability CompanyITE Expo International, INN: 7708333955, OGRN 1187746748694, registered office: 3 Verkhnyaya Krasnoselskaya Street, building 2, premise I, Moscow, 107140, phone: +7 495 136 37 70, e-mail address: [email protected].

4. Content means any design elements, illustrations, graphic images, photos, video, music, scripts, texts and other items posted on the Platform, including the User Content, the rights to which may reside in the Company, Users or any other persons.

5. Personal Information means any information provided by the User about themselves upon Registration or use of the Platform, including the User’s personal data, including his/her full name, mobile number, e-mail address, city/town and country of location, nationality, etc., as well as information that is automatically provided to the Administration during the use of the Platform via the software installed on the User’s device, including the operating system type, host IP address, visited sections of the Platform, and cookies.

6. User means the person who has completed Registration on the Platform, as well as the person who failed to complete Registration but who uses the Platform. The following persons may be Users: (а) an individual, if the same is provided for by the functionality of the Platform; and (b) a legal entity that is the organiser or participant of events, on behalf of which the duly authorised person acts.

7. User Content means any images, photos, video, music, text and other item posted by Users on the Platform.

8. Software means the entirety of software applications securing the Platform operation that are technologically accessible and required for the User to use the Platform, the rights to which reside with the Company or its licensors.

9. Profile means the Platform page that posts the User’s Personal Information and other information.

10. Platform means the service for communication and interaction of organisers, participants and visitors of exhibitions and other activities organised by the Company (including all levels of the specified domain both operating on the date of the User’s acceptance of these Rules and to be launched and taking effect throughout their effective term), a mobile version of the website, applications and other resources. The Platform is accessible via the following websites:

ite-connect.com

dairytech-connect.com

aquatherm-connect.com

airvent-connect.com

mitt-connect.com

mosbuild-connect.com

transrussia-connect.com

expoelectronica-connect.com

securika-connect.com

analitika-connect.com

miningworld-connect.com

rosupack-connect.com

worldfood-connect.com

weldex-connect.com

yugagro-connect.com

pharmtech-connect.com

woodex-connect.com

11. Registration means the creation by the User of his/her Profile on the Platform.

2. General Provisions

1. These Rules of the Platform Use (hereinafter, the ‘Rules’) constitute an agreement by and between the User and the Company and determine the rules of using the Platform, including the procedure for posting and using information, the rights and obligations of Users and the Company on the Platform.

2. The User’s Registration on the Platform constitutes a complete and unconditional acceptance of the Rules by the User (offer acceptance).

3. The Platform use by the User means that the User accepts and agrees to comply with all the Rules without any reservations and exceptions. Registration on the Platform is only possible, if the User accepts the Rules. If the User disagrees with the Rules, the User shall not proceed with Registration on the Platform and/or shall immediately cease to use the Platform.

4. The Administration may unilaterally make amendments and/or additions to the Rules without any special notice to this effect. The version of the Rules in effect is always accessible on the Internet at: https://policy-en.ite-connect.com The Administration recommends that Users regularly review the Rules for any amendments and/or additions. A new version of the Rules shall take effect upon posting on the Internet at the address specified above, unless such new version of the Rules provides otherwise. If the User disagrees with any amendments and/or additions to the Rules, they User shall cease using the Platform.

3. Registration on the Platform

1. To gain access to all capabilities of the Platform, a person shall complete Registration on the Platform to create the Profile by filling in the registration form.

2. The User shall select one of registration form options based on the User’s status: (а) an individual, if the same is provided for by the functionality of the Platform; or (b) the authorised officer acting for and on behalf of a legal entity.

3. The User shall select one of registration form options based on the User’s status: (а) an individual, if the same is provided for by the functionality of the Platform; or (b) the authorised officer acting for and on behalf of a legal entity.

4. The registration form content depends on the User’s status: (а) an individual shall provide Personal Information about himself/herself required for Registration and any other information optionally, (b) the authorised officer acting for and on behalf of a legal entity shall provide the details of the legal entity, Personal Information about himself/herself as the authorised officer and any other information optionally.

5. The Administration may – at any time, without notifying the User accordingly – change the options and content of registration forms, as well as the procedure for completing them.

6. When completing a registration form, the autocompletion option may be available to the User that entails the automatic registration completion upon entering one of the legal entity details, such as the name, OGRN, INN (applicable only to legal entities) or Personal Information, such as the full name, mobile number, e-mail address (applicable only to individuals).

7. The User agrees that the registration form may be pre-completed by the Administration based on the details that have been previously received by the Company pursuant to Russian laws, including the details constituting the User’s personal data.

8. The User may introduce changes to the pre-completed registration form in order to update information and/or rectify any errors in the details previously provided by the User, if the same is covered by the Platform functionality.

9. Upon Registration, the User determines the login and password required for the User to access the Platform on his/her own, but the Administration may establish its requirements to the same (the number of characters, case of letters (upper of lower case), existence of numbers, etc.). The login is any combination of letters and/or numbers determined by the User and/or the User’s mobile number. The login and password are unique identifiers of the User’s Profile on the Platform.

10. Below please find password-creation recommendations for Users: try to use a random combination of letters, numbers and symbols when creating a password. The longer your password, the better, as it will be harder for malicious users to compromise your account. Change your password every few months to avoid a potential leak. Do not use the same password for several accounts. If malicious users have compromised one website, they will attempt to use passwords obtained to access other websites and applications.

11. Do not communicate your passwords, PIN/CVV/CVC/SMS codes to anyone. Do not follow suspicious links. Malicious users may deliver a link to a phishing website and steal passwords to your accounts.

12. On Registration and use of the Platform, it is strongly prohibited to: (а) get registered in the name of any other person, (c) provide false details about yourself as an individual and false details about a legal entity, and (c) take any actions aimed at interfering with normal Platform functioning and at unauthorised receipt of Users’ data.

13. The User agrees to provide only accurate and true information in a registration form, Profile and maintain such information up-to-date.

14. The User shall bear full liability for the safety of his/her login and password and shall not convey his/her login and password to any third parties. The User may allow the keeping of his/her login and password (through the use of cookies) on his/her software and hardware for subsequent Authorisation on the Platform.

15. On registration, the User confirms he/she has the requisite legal capacity (applicable to legal entities) or legal personality (applicable to individuals).

16. The User shall be fully liable for the information provided upon Registration being accurate, up-to-date and compliant with Russian laws, as well as for such information being free and clear from any third party claims.

4. Authorisation on the Platform

1. To gain access to the Platform functionality in full, the User shall complete Authorisation on the Platform.

2. Once the Authorisation has been completed, any and all actions of the User on the Platform shall be deemed taken for and on behalf od the User as the Profile owner.

3. The User shall be liable for all actions taken by him/her on the Platform, as well as for all actions taken on the Platform by any other persons acting for the User and/or with the use of the User’s Profile.

4. The User shall be liable for any consequences that may result from unauthorised Authorisation on the Platform, being the authorisation by any other person without the User’s permission

5. The User shall immediately communicate to the Administration any unauthorised Authorisation on the Platform and/or any other violation (suspected violation) of his/her password confidentiality.

6. The User may restore his/her login and password through the use of the Platform functionality.

5. Information on the Platform

1. The User may, at his/her discretion, specify additional Personal Information and post User Content in his/her Profile. The User acknowledges and agrees that all the information contained in the Profile may be used by the Administration for purposes of operating and developing the Platform.

2. The User shall, on his/her own, determine the conditions of other Users gaining access to such information, save for the Personal Information, access to which cannot be restricted, as the Platform functionality has no such option.

3. The User acknowledges and agrees that the Personal Information he/she has specified and other information, as well as the User Content, access to which has not been restricted by the User, shall be deemed publicly available both to other Platform Users and to the entirety of Internet users, with reference to special aspects of the Platform architecture and functionality.

4. Any information posted by the User on the Platform, including the User Content, shall not be intended for collection and further dissemination by any third parties without the User’s separate consent. The Administration shall not bear liability for the use by any third parties of information posted by the User on the Platform.

5. By posting information, including the User Content, on the Platform, the User guarantees that he/she possesses the requisite rights to post such information. If the User has no requisite rights to post any information on the Platform, the User shall not post such information.

6. The User undertakes not to post on the Platform the following information that:

• is defamatory, offensive, slanderous/discrediting the honour and/or dignity of any third parties, threatening;
• aims to cause harm to third parties;
• infringes the rights of individuals to privacy and public order;
• promotes discrimination of humans by race, ethnicity, gender identity, religious beliefs, social status, sexual orientation or by other features;
• contains extremist materials, encourages and/or induces to change the constitutional order, unleash a war, a religious, racial or ethnic discord, contains attempts to incite hostility or calls for violence;
• contains pornographic materials or any other materials running contrary to moral principles;
• offends religious sensibilities of individuals;
• contains links to other web resources whose content runs contrary to Russian laws and/or the Rules; and
• is otherwise not compliant with Russian laws and/or the Rules and/or the purposes of creating and operating the Platform.

7. The Administration may pre-moderate information and User Content scheduled to be published by the User, whereupon any information and/or User Content and any other information found to be not compliant with the Rules may, upon the Administration’s unanimous decision, not be published, provided that the Administration is not obliged to notify the User thereof.

8. The Administration may moderate any published information and User Content, whereupon any information and/or User Content and any other information found to be not compliant with the Rules may, upon the Administration’s unanimous decision, be deleted without notice to the User.

9. During moderation, the Administration may request the User to provide any details attesting to the accuracy, relevance and compliance with laws, including on intellectual property, of any information and/or User Content published or scheduled to be published by such User. In this case, the User shall furnish such attestations to the Administration within 48 hours; otherwise, the Administration reserves the right to delete information and/or User Content of such User or abstain from publishing them without notice to the User.

10. Moderation of information or User Content constitutes the right of the Administration, rather than its duty. If, for any reason whatsoever, the Administration has not moderated information and/or User Content, the Administration shall not and cannot be held liable for compliance of such information and/or User Content with Russian laws and/or the Rules.

11. If the User breaches the Rules, including in terms of posting information on the Platform, the Administration reserves the right to block the User Profile or restrict the functionalities of the User’s use of the Platform and/or the terms of such use, and/or to delete the User’s information, including the Personal Information and User Content, and/or delete the User Profile.

12. In any event, the Administration may block the User Profile at any time, for any reason or for no reason.

6. Intellectual Property

1. The User shall be granted a non-exclusive free-of-charge licence to use the Software in line with its intended purpose, namely, for purposes of using the Platform functionality. The User may use the Software for its express intended purpose applying methods provided for by the Software functionality and pursuant to the Rules.

2. The exclusive rights to the Software and Platform are vested in the Company and/or the relevant licensors of the Company. All information and the Content incorporated in the Platform and Software, except for the User Content, belong to the Company and/or other titleholders.

3. The licence granted to the user pursuant to the Rules shall not apply to trademarks, service marks, trade names and other means of identification of the Company or any other persons.

4. The User hereby acknowledges and agrees that he/she does not and will not have any intellectual property rights to the Software and that the User’s licence rights are limited to the rights granted to the User pursuant to the Rules.

5. The Rules entitle the User to use the Platform and Software pursuant to the Rules and are strictly conditioned upon the User’s obligation not to violate and not to be engaged in any actions that violate any conditions of the Rules, and especially in actions that may result in infringing intellectual property rights and/or any deviation from the licence provisions under the Rules.

6. The User is prohibited to:

• avoid any technical restrictions incorporated in the Software;
• decompile or reverse engineer the Software;
• create copies of the Software and Platform design;
• alter, process, supplement, disseminate or take any other actions that are not expressly specified in the Rules as acceptable, in respect of the Software;
• take any actions aimed at destabilising the Platform operability;
• attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Platform management or to its closed sections (sections access to which is granted only to the Administration);
• convey, including for value, his/her Profile (account) to any other Users and/or third parties without the prior permission of the Administration; and
• post advertising and other marketing materials on the Platform within the prior permission of the Administrator.

7. The Administration may:

• at any time, without notice to the Administration, suspend access or the opportunity to use the Software, including the restriction of access to the Software from certain IP addresses, without compensating the User for any costs or losses, if the User violates the Rules;
• perform service maintenance, for which reason suspend the Software operation. The Administration may, at its discretion, notify the User of the time, duration and nature of maintenance by posting the relevant notices on the Platform;
• determine the structure, type, substance, functionality and composition of the Content (except for the User Content) and other items to be posted on the Platform, without notice to the User; and
• post in the Software and on the Platform advertising and other information materials, tips and offers for Users

8. After termination of the Rules for any reason, the licence granted to the User under the Rules shall be automatically terminated, and the User shall immediately cease to use the Software and the Platform.

9. The User guarantees to the Company that it has the required rights to the User Content posted, including copyright, and that the use of the User Content on the Platform does not infringe third party rights and the legislation.

10. By posting the User Content on the Platform, the User entitles the Administration to use such User Content to operate the Platform by the required methods and to the extent to be determined by the Platform functionality and architecture, including the use of the User Content in promotional materials, advertisements and interface of the Platform. The Administration may confer the granted rights to the User Content to any third parties for purposes of operating the Platform. If so required by the legislation, the provision shall be treated as the User’s granting to the Company of a non-exclusive free-of-charge licence to use any information posted by the User, including the User Content.

11. The said right to use the User Content shall be granted to the Company for the period of posting it on the Platform and apply throughout the world. In case of deleting the User Content from the Platform, a permission to its use granted by the Administration shall be deemed revoked, but the Administration reserves the right, as and where required by technical aspects of the Platform operation, to retain archive copies of the User Content without any time limit.

12. Deletion of the User Content from the Platform and/or the expiry of the non-exclusive right term shall not necessitate the removal of promotional and advertising materials containing the User Content image from circulation.

13. Except for cases set forth by the Rules, the effective legislation of the Russian Federation, agreements by and between the User and the relevant titleholder, the Content cannot be copied (reproduced), processed, distributed, framed, published, conveyed, sold or used otherwise either fully or in part without the prior consent of the Administration.

14. No reproduction, copying, collection, classification, storage, transfer of information from the Platform for commercial purposes and/or for purposes of retrieving the Platform database for commercial or non-commercial purposes or its use either in full or in any part by any method without the consent of the Administration is permitted. The use of automated scripts (software applications, bots, crawlers and other means of automated collection of information) to collect information and/or interact with the Platform without the consent of the Administration is prohibited.

15. The User may post links to the Platform website on the condition that it will be done in good faith without causing any harm to the Company’s reputation, and it is prohibited to post links so as to give the appearance of any cooperation, approval or support on the part of the Company without the knowledge of the latter.

7. Disclaimer

1. The Platform may be used only if there is access to the Internet. The User shall secure access to the Internet, gain and pay for such access subject to the terms and conditions and pursuant to the rates of his/her communications provider or Internet access provider on his/her own.

2. The Software shall be provided ‘AS IS’ without any representations and warranties as for the quality. The Administration shall not be liable for any errors and/or defects present in the Software.

3. The Administration shall take commercially reasonable efforts to secure the proper Software functioning in the round-the-clock mode but shall not bear liability, if any Software failure occur for any reasons, and gives no guarantees as of its error-free and uninterrupted operation. The Administration shall not bear liability for any failures and delays in the Software operation, as well as for any potential consequences of such failures and delays.

4. The Company shall take commercially reasonable efforts to secure the support of Users but gives no guarantees regarding the accessibility of support. Unless the Platform interface and functionality provide otherwise, Users shall be supported via a support form.

5. Any complaints arising out of the Platform use shall be submitted either within a year of the occurrence of the ground for submitting a complaint or a claim, or within a longer period, if the same is provided for by mandatory provisions of Russian laws.

8. Liability. Limitation of Liability

1. The Administration shall not bear liability for potential failures and interruptions in the Platform operation and the loss of information caused thereby. The Administration shall not bear liability for any harm to the equipment, computers, laptops and other devices of the User caused or related to the Platform use.

2. The Platform contains (or may contain) links to other web-resources and/or any other content owned by, or originating from, third parties. The Administration shall not bear any liability for the accessibility of such web-resources and for their content, including for any opinions or assertions expressed on these web-resources, as well as for any consequences of going to these web-resource and using their content.

3. A link to any web-resource, product, service, any information of commercial or non-commercial nature posted on the Platform does not constitute an approval or recommendation in respect of such products (services) on the part of the Administration.

4. The User shall bear liability for his/her actions aimed to maintain confidentiality of registration data, including against third party access, on his/her own. The Administration shall not bear liability for the User’s losses resulting from any actions of third parties who gained access to the User’s data at the initiative, through the fault or negligence of the User.

5. The User shall bear liability under the effective legislation of the Russian Federation for any actions of posting and using information on the Platform, including Personal Information, other information in his/her Profile and User Content.

6. The User shall compensate for the losses caused to the Company, if such losses resulted from the bringing of any third party complaints and/or claims related to the Platform use by the User, as well as from being held liable, if such liability occurred for the User’s failure to comply with the requirements established by applicable laws or the Rules.

7. Under any circumstances, the Company’s liability towards the User shall be limited by the amount of one thousand roubles (RUB 1,000), and no lost profit shall be compensated.

9. Rules of Protecting User Information

1. The Administration shall process Personal Information of the Users, including personal data of the Users, for purposes of discharging their obligations to grant to the Users access to the Platform and its functionality.

2. Personal Information received by the Administration from the Platform use by the User shall be processed subject to the terms and conditions of the Personal Data Processing and Security Policy available at: https://privacy-en.ite-connect.com and the Cookies Policy available at: https://cookies-en.ite-connect.com, subject to the Rules. If there exist any discrepancies between the Rules and the Policies, the said Policies shall prevail.

3. The Administration shall take legal, organisational and technical measures to secure the protection of Personal Information from unauthorised/accidental access, destruction, alteration, blocking, copying, distribution and other wrongdoings.

4. The Administration may employ User authentication technologies, including with the use of cookies, and apply such technologies for marketing purposes to examine Users’ preferences. Such identification is of a non-personalised and generalised nature, and the Administration shall not monitor actions of separate Users and shall not transfer any details about them to third parties.

5. To the extent of the Platform functioning, the Administration shall, pursuant to applicable laws, secure the secrecy of messages and maintain confidentiality of Personal Information of the Users, except for the cases set forth by Russian laws.

6. The User agrees that if the Platform allows sending messages, then outgoing and incoming messages of the User are subject to certain automated processing by the Platform applications for a fully-fledged transfer, acceptance and storage of messages, while the User Content to be published may, prior to or after its publication, be subject to the pre-moderation or moderation procedure.

10. Dispute Resolution Procedure

1. The pre-trial resolution of disputes as between the Company and Users is mandatory. In case of any dispute, the Company or the User shall submit – via the Platform interface or by e-mail (in respect of the User – to be specified in the Profile) – a complaint describing the substance and claims made. A complaint shall be considered within 30 calendar days. If there is no response to the complaint or if the parties fail to reach a compromise, a dispute may be referred to the court at the location of the Company.

2. Disputes arising by and between the Users may be considered by the Company. Upon the occurrence of any dispute, the User shall deliver a communication (complaint) to the Company describing the substance, claims made and evidence in support of the complaint. To clarify the details of dispute, the Company may contact the parties in dispute. The complaint shall be considered by the Company within 10 calendar days (such period may be extended, as and where required to obtain any evidence from the parties in dispute). The Company’s decision shall be communicated to the parties in dispute via the Platform interface. When considering disputes between the Users, the Company adheres to the principles of reasonableness and fairness. For purposes of the Agreement, the Company’s decision shall be conclusive and not subject to review. In case of disagreement with the Company’s decision, the Users may, for resolving a dispute as between each other, go to court in the manner established by laws.

11. Notices

1. The parties to these Rules recognise a legal force and effect of electronic correspondence, including via the Platform interface and e-mail. The parties confirm that any exchange of documents, letters, notices, communications and other correspondence shared by any of the methods specified in this section has the evidential significance, legal force and effect, including when settling disputes between the parties to these Rules in litigation.

2. The User agrees to the receipt from the Administration of any notices and communications in respect of holding any competitions, promotions, other marketing activities for the Users.

12. Miscellaneous

1. The Rules are subject to and governed by the legislation of the Russian Federation irrespective of the User’s location. Invalidity of one or more provisions of the Rules held in the established procedure by the effective court ruling shall not invalidate the Rules in general. If one or more provisions of the Rules are held invalid in the established procedure, the parties shall discharge the obligations assumed pursuant to the Rules using methods that most closely correspond to the ones implied when entering into the Rules.

2. The Rules shall take effect for the Users upon their accession and shall be valid for an unlimited period.

3. The Company may assign the rights and obligations hereunder to any third parties without the need to obtain an additional consent from the User.