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Agreement to Our Legal Terms

Last Updated: March 10, 2025

We are Semayi Labs ("Company," "we," "us," "our"). We operate the website semayilabs.com (the "Site"), as well as any other related products and services that refer or link to these legal terms (collectively, the "Legal Terms" or "Services"). You can contact us by email at [insert email address] or by mail to [insert mailing address].

These Legal Terms constitute a legally binding agreement made between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity ("you"), and Semayi Labs, concerning your access to and use of the Services. You agree that by accessing the Services, you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by all of these Legal Terms.IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THESE LEGAL TERMS, THEN YOU ARE EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED FROM USING THE SERVICES AND YOU MUST DISCONTINUE USE IMMEDIATELY.

We will provide you with prior notice of any scheduled changes to the Services you are using. Changes to these Legal Terms will become effective seven (7) days after notice is given, except for changes related to bug fixes, new functionality, security updates, or court orders, in which case the changes will be effective immediately. By continuing to use the Services after the effective date of any changes, you agree to be bound by the modified terms. If you disagree with such changes, you may terminate your use of the Services as outlined in the "Term and Termination" section.

The Services are intended for users who are at least 13 years of age. All users who are minors in the jurisdiction in which they reside (generally under the age of 18) must have the permission of, and be directly supervised by, their parent or guardian to use the Services. If you are a minor, your parent or guardian must read and agree to these Legal Terms prior to your use of the Services.

We recommend that you print a copy of these Legal Terms for your records.

Table of Contents

1. Our Services

The information provided when using the Services is not intended for distribution to or use by any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation, or which would subject us to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction or country. Accordingly, those who choose to access the Services from other locations do so on their own initiative and are solely responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.

The Services are not tailored to comply with industry-specific regulations such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), or similar laws. If your interactions would be subject to such laws, you may not use the Services. Additionally, you may not use the Services in a way that would violate the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA).

2. Intellectual Property Rights

Our Intellectual Property

We are the owner or licensee of all intellectual property rights in our Services, including all source code, databases, functionality, software, website designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics in the Services (collectively, the "Content"), as well as the trademarks, service marks, and logos contained therein (the "Marks"). Our Content and Marks are protected by copyright and trademark laws (and various other intellectual property rights and unfair competition laws) in the United States and around the world. The Content and Marks are provided in or through the Services "AS IS" for your personal, non-commercial use or internal business purposes only.

3. User Representations

By using the Services, you represent and warrant that:

  1. You have the legal capacity and agree to comply with these Legal Terms;
  2. You are not under the age of 13;
  3. You are not a minor in the jurisdiction in which you reside, or if a minor, you have received parental permission to use the Services;
  4. You will not access the Services through automated or non-human means, such as bots or scripts;
  5. You will not use the Services for any illegal or unauthorized purpose;
  6. Your use of the Services will not violate any applicable law or regulation.

If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any current or future use of the Services (or any portion thereof).

4. Purchases and Payment

We accept the following forms of payment:

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • [CBE, Tele Birr or similar, assumed from context]

You agree to provide current, complete, and accurate purchase and account information for all purchases made via the Services. You further agree to promptly update account and payment information, including email address, payment method, and payment card expiration date, so that we can complete your transactions and contact you as needed. Sales tax will be added to the price of purchases as deemed required by us. We may change prices at any time. All payments shall be in U.S. dollars.

You agree to pay all charges at the prices then in effect for your purchases, including any applicable shipping fees, and you authorize us to charge your chosen payment provider for any such amounts upon placing your order. We reserve the right to correct any errors or mistakes in pricing, even if we have already requested or received payment. We also reserve the right to refuse any order placed through the Services and may, in our sole discretion, limit or cancel quantities purchased per person, per household, or per order. These restrictions may apply to orders placed by or under the same customer account, payment method, or billing/shipping address. We reserve the right to limit or prohibit orders that, in our sole judgment, appear to be placed by dealers, resellers, or distributors.

5. Policy

All sales are final, and no refunds will be issued.

6. Prohibited Activities

You may not access or use the Services for any purpose other than that for which we make the Services available. The Services may not be used in connection with commercial endeavors except those specifically endorsed or approved by us. As a user of the Services, you agree not to:

  • Systematically retrieve data or other content from the Services to create or compile a collection, compilation, database, or directory without written permission from us;
  • Trick, defraud, or mislead us or other users, especially in attempts to learn sensitive account information such as user passwords;
  • Circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Services, including those that prevent or restrict the use or copying of Content;
  • Disparage, tarnish, or otherwise harm, in our opinion, us and/or the Services;
  • Use any information obtained from the Services to harass, abuse, or harm another person;
  • Make improper use of our support services or submit false reports of abuse or misconduct;
  • Use the Services in a manner inconsistent with any applicable laws or regulations;
  • Engage in unauthorized framing of or linking to the Services;
  • Upload or transmit viruses, Trojan horses, or other material that interferes with any party’s uninterrupted use and enjoyment of the Services;
  • Engage in any automated use of the system, such as using scripts to send comments or messages, or using data mining, robots, or similar tools;
  • Delete the copyright or other proprietary rights notice from any Content;
  • Attempt to impersonate another user or person or use the username of another user;
  • Upload or transmit any material that acts as an information collection or transmission mechanism (e.g., spyware, web bugs, cookies);
  • Interfere with, disrupt, or create an undue burden on the Services or connected networks;
  • Harass, annoy, intimidate, or threaten any of our employees or agents;
  • Attempt to bypass any measures designed to prevent or restrict access to the Services;
  • Copy or adapt the Services’ software, including Flash, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, or other code;
  • Decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any software comprising the Services, except as permitted by law;
  • Use, develop, or distribute any automated system (e.g., spider, robot, scraper) that accesses the Services, except standard search engine or browser usage;
  • Use a buying or purchasing agent to make purchases on the Services;
  • Make unauthorized use of the Services, such as collecting usernames or email addresses for unsolicited email;
  • Use the Services to compete with us or for any revenue-generating endeavor not approved by us.

7. User Generated Contributions

The Services may provide you with the opportunity to create, submit, post, display, transmit, perform, publish, distribute, or broadcast content and materials to us or on the Services, including but not limited to text, writings, video, audio, photographs, graphics, comments, suggestions, or personal information (collectively, "Contributions"). Contributions may be viewable by other users of the Services and through third-party websites. When you create or make available any Contributions, you represent and warrant that:

  • The creation, distribution, transmission, public display, or performance of your Contributions does not infringe the proprietary rights (e.g., copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret) of any third party;
  • You are the creator and owner of, or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, releases, and permissions to use and authorize us and other users to use your Contributions;
  • You have the written consent, release, and/or permission of each identifiable individual in your Contributions to use their name or likeness;
  • Your Contributions are not false, inaccurate, or misleading;
  • Your Contributions are not unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, pyramid schemes, chain letters, spam, or mass mailings;
  • Your Contributions are not obscene, lewd, violent, harassing, libelous, slanderous, or otherwise objectionable (as determined by us);
  • Your Contributions do not ridicule, mock, disparage, intimidate, or abuse anyone;
  • Your Contributions do not violate any applicable law, regulation, or rule, including those concerning child pornography or the protection of minors;
  • Your Contributions do not include offensive comments related to race, national origin, gender, sexual preference, or physical handicap.

Any use of the Services in violation of the foregoing violates these Legal Terms and may result in termination or suspension of your rights to use the Services.

8. Contribution License

You agree that we may access, store, process, and use any information and personal data you provide through your Contributions. By submitting suggestions or feedback regarding the Services, you agree that we can use and share such feedback for any purpose without compensation to you. We do not assert ownership over your Contributions; you retain full ownership of them and any associated intellectual property rights. We are not liable for any statements or representations in your Contributions, and you are solely responsible for them. You expressly agree to exonerate us from any responsibility and refrain from legal action against us regarding your Contributions.

9. Guidelines for Reviews

We may provide areas on the Services for you to leave reviews or ratings. When posting a review, you must comply with the following criteria:

  1. You should have firsthand experience with the person/entity being reviewed;
  2. Your reviews should not contain offensive profanity, abusive, racist, or hateful language;
  3. Your reviews should not contain discriminatory references based on religion, race, gender, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, or disability;
  4. Your reviews should not reference illegal activity;
  5. You should not be affiliated with competitors if posting negative reviews;
  6. You should not make conclusions about the legality of conduct;
  7. You may not post false or misleading statements;
  8. You may not organize a campaign encouraging others to post reviews, whether positive or negative.

We may accept, reject, or remove reviews at our sole discretion. We have no obligation to screen or delete reviews, even if they are considered objectionable or inaccurate. Reviews are not endorsed by us and do not necessarily represent our opinions or those of our affiliates or partners. We do not assume liability for any review or related claims. By posting a review, you grant us a perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid, assignable, and sublicensable right and license to reproduce, modify, translate, transmit, display, perform, and/or distribute all content relating to the review.

10. Third-Party Websites and Content

The Services may contain links to other websites ("Third-Party Websites") as well as articles, photographs, text, graphics, designs, music, sound, video, information, applications, software, and other content or items originating from third parties ("Third-Party Content"). Such Third-Party Websites and Third-Party Content are not investigated, monitored, or checked for accuracy, appropriateness, or completeness by us, and we are not responsible for them. Inclusion of, linking to, or permitting the use of Third-Party Websites or Third-Party Content does not imply approval or endorsement by us. If you access Third-Party Websites or use Third-Party Content, you do so at your own risk, and these Legal Terms no longer govern. You should review the applicable terms and policies of any third-party websites or applications you use. We take no responsibility for purchases made through Third-Party Websites, which are exclusively between you and the third party.

11. Services Management

We reserve the right, but not the obligation, to:

  1. Monitor the Services for violations of these Legal Terms;
  2. Take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in our sole discretion, violates the law or these Legal Terms, including reporting such users to law enforcement;
  3. Refuse, restrict access to, or disable any of your Contributions or portions thereof;
  4. Remove from the Services or disable files and content that are excessive in size or burdensome to our systems;
  5. Manage the Services to protect our rights and property and facilitate proper functioning.

12. Privacy Policy

We care about data privacy and security. By using the Services, you agree to be bound by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Legal Terms. The Services are hosted in Ethiopia and the United States. If you access the Services from any other region with differing laws on data collection, use, or disclosure, you consent to the transfer and processing of your data in Ethiopia and the United States. We do not knowingly accept or solicit information from children under 13. If we learn that a child under 13 has provided personal information without verifiable parental consent, we will delete it as quickly as reasonably practical.

13. Term and Termination

These Legal Terms remain in full force and effect while you use the Services. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion and without notice or liability, to deny access to and use of the Services (including blocking certain IP addresses) to any person for any reason or no reason, including for breach of any representation, warranty, or covenant in these Legal Terms or applicable law. We may terminate your use or participation in the Services or delete any content you posted at any time, without warning, in our sole discretion. If we terminate or suspend your account, you are prohibited from registering or creating a new account under your name, a fake or borrowed name, or the name of any third party. We reserve the right to take appropriate legal action, including civil, criminal, and injunctive redress.

14. Modifications and Interruptions

We reserve the right to change, modify, or remove the contents of the Services at any time or for any reason at our sole discretion without notice. We have no obligation to update information on the Services and are not liable for any modification, price change, suspension, or discontinuance of the Services. We cannot guarantee the Services will be available at all times and may experience hardware, software, or maintenance-related interruptions, delays, or errors. You agree we have no liability for any loss, damage, or inconvenience caused by your inability to access or use the Services during downtime or discontinuance.

15. Governing Law

These Legal Terms and your use of the Services are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Ethiopia, applicable to agreements made and performed entirely within Ethiopia, without regard to its conflict of law principles.

16. Dispute Resolution

Informal Negotiations

To expedite resolution and control costs, the Parties agree to first attempt to negotiate any dispute, controversy, or claim related to these Legal Terms ("Dispute") informally for at least thirty (30) days before initiating arbitration. Informal negotiations begin upon written notice from one Party to the other.

Binding Arbitration

Any Dispute arising out of or in connection with these Legal Terms shall be referred to and resolved by the International Commercial Arbitration Court under the European Arbitration Chamber (Belgium, Brussels, Avenue Louise, 146) according to its rules. The number of arbitrators shall be one. The seat of arbitration shall be Ethiopia. The language of the proceedings shall be English. The governing law shall be the substantive law of Ethiopia.

Restrictions

Arbitration shall be limited to Disputes between the Parties individually. No arbitration shall be joined with any other proceeding, conducted on a class-action basis, or brought in a representative capacity on behalf of the general public or others.

Exceptions

The following Disputes are not subject to informal negotiations or binding arbitration:

  1. Disputes seeking to enforce or protect intellectual property rights;
  2. Disputes related to allegations of theft, piracy, invasion of privacy, or unauthorized use;
  3. Claims for injunctive relief.

If any part of this provision is found illegal or unenforceable, such Disputes shall be decided by a court of competent jurisdiction in Ethiopia, and the Parties agree to submit to its personal jurisdiction.

17. Corrections

There may be typographical errors, inaccuracies, or omissions in the Services, including descriptions, pricing, and availability. We reserve the right to correct any errors or omissions and update information at any time without notice.

18. Disclaimer

THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN AS-IS AND AS-AVAILABLE BASIS. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE SERVICES’ CONTENT OR LINKED WEBSITES AND ASSUME NO LIABILITY FOR:

  1. Errors, mistakes, or inaccuracies of content;
  2. Personal injury or property damage resulting from your use of the Services;
  3. Unauthorized access to our servers or stored information;
  4. Interruptions or cessation of transmission;
  5. Bugs, viruses, or similar issues transmitted by third parties;
  6. Loss or damage from use of content made available via the Services.

We do not endorse or assume responsibility for third-party products or services advertised through the Services.

19. Limitations of Liability

IN NO EVENT WILL WE OR OUR DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFIT, LOST REVENUE, OR LOSS OF DATA, ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. OUR LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CAUSE WILL BE LIMITED TO THE LESSER OF THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO US IN THE ONE (1) MONTH PERIOD PRIOR TO THE CAUSE OF ACTION OR [insert amount, missing in original]. Some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on implied warranties or damages, so these may not apply to you.

20. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless, including our subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, partners, and employees, from any loss, damage, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, due to:

  1. Your use of the Services;
  2. Breach of these Legal Terms;
  3. Breach of your representations and warranties;
  4. Violation of third-party rights, including intellectual property;
  5. Harmful acts toward other users connected via the Services.

We reserve the right, at your expense, to assume the defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to cooperate with our defense.

21. User Data

We will maintain certain data you transmit to the Services for managing their performance, as well as data relating to your use. Although we perform routine backups, you are solely responsible for all data you transmit or that relates to your activities on the Services. We have no liability for loss or corruption of such data, and you waive any right of action against us arising from such loss or corruption.

22. Electronic Communications, Transactions, and Signatures

Visiting the Services, sending us emails, and completing online forms constitute electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic communications and agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications provided electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communication be in writing. YOU AGREE TO THE USE OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES, CONTRACTS, ORDERS, AND DELIVERY OF NOTICES AND RECORDS OF TRANSACTIONS INITIATED OR COMPLETED VIA THE SERVICES. You waive any requirements under any laws requiring original signatures or non-electronic records.

23. SMS Text Messaging

Message Frequency and Opting Out

If you wish to stop receiving SMS messages from us, reply to any text with "STOP" You may receive a confirmation message of your opt-out.

Message and Data Rates

Message and data rates may apply to SMS messages sent or received, as determined by your carrier and mobile plan.

Support

For questions or assistance regarding SMS communications, email us at [insert email address].

24. California Users and Residents

If any complaint with us is not satisfactorily resolved, you can contact the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112, Sacramento, California 95834, or by telephone at (800) 952-5210 or (916) 445-1254.

25. Miscellaneous

These Legal Terms and any policies or operating rules posted by us on the Services constitute the entire agreement and understanding between you and us. Our failure to enforce any right or provision does not waive that right or provision. We may assign our rights and obligations to others at any time. We are not responsible for any loss, damage, delay, or failure to act caused by events beyond our reasonable control. If any provision is deemed unlawful, void, or unenforceable, it is severable and does not affect the validity of remaining provisions. No joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and us as a result of these Legal Terms or your use of the Services.

26. Contact Us

To resolve a complaint or receive further information regarding the Services, contact us at:

  • Email: [insert email address]
  • Mail: [insert mailing address]