Terms and Conditions
Welcome to textbook.popular.com.sg. POPULAR provides the content and services available on the website (the “Site”) to you subject to the following terms and conditions (“Terms and Conditions”). By accessing or using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed, without limitation or qualification, to be bound by these Terms & Conditions including our POPULAR's Data Protection Policy
1.Privacy
Please read our POPULAR's Data Protection Policy, which governs your privacy rights while using the Site. Reading our Data Protection Policy will help you understand our data privacy practices.
2.Purchase Related Policies
The products and services available on the Site, and any prizes thereof which we may award to you, are for personal use only. You may not sell or resell any of the products, services or prizes, whether you purchase or received from us. We reserve the right, with or without notice, to cancel or reduce the quantity of any orders that we believe, in our sole discretion, may result in the violation of our Terms and Conditions. Customers below the age of 21 are advised to seek parental consent prior to making any online purchases. By using our Site and Services you have represented that you have the legal capacity to do so or in the case of a minor (below 21 years), have obtained the consent of your parent or legal guardian, and they have agreed to the Terms and Conditions set out herein.
Please refer to other additional policies related to orders placed through this Site (such as order processing, shipping and handling, returns and exchanges).
3.Product Information
We attempt to be as accurate as possible when describing our products on the Site. To the extent permitted by Singapore law, we do not warrant that our product’s description, colour or any other content by reference available on the Site are accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free.
4.Intellectual Property
All content on the Site, including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, data compilations and software, and the compilation thereof (collectively, the “Content”) is the property of POPULAR, our affiliates, partners or licensors, and is protected by Singapore and international copyright laws.
The trademarks, logos, and service marks displayed on the Site (collectively the “Trademarks”) are the registered and unregistered marks of POPULAR, our affiliates, partners or licensors, in Singapore and other countries, and are protected by Singapore and international trademark laws.
Neither the Content or Trademarks nor any portion of the Site may be used, reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, accessed, modified, or otherwise exploited, in whole or in part, for any purpose without our prior written consent.
5.Notification of Infringement
POPULAR reserves the right to investigate notices of copyright, trademark and other intellectual property infringement ("Infringement") in respect of POPULAR Content, User Content and other material on the Site ("Infringing Material") and take appropriate action. If you believe that your work has been used or copied in a way that constitutes Infringement and such Infringement is occurring on this Site, please notify POPULAR in writing immediately in the form and containing the information prescribed by the Singapore Copyright Act (Cap. 63) ("Infringement Notice"). All Infringement Notices shall be sent to POPULAR addressed as follows:
POPULAR BOOK COMPANY(PTE.) LTD
15 Serangoon North Avenue 5, Singapore 554360
E-mail Address: cstextbook@popularworld.com
Fax No.: 65 6514 6586
POPULAR will duly consider all Infringement Notices submitted in the above manner. In return, you agree that you shall not take any legal action or exercise any legal remedy you may have against POPULAR in respect of any Infringing Material, unless you have first given POPULAR the Infringement Notice and sufficient opportunity to remove the Infringing Material, and thereafter POPULAR refuses or fails to remove the Infringing Material within a reasonable time. Where POPULAR removes the Infringing Material in response to your Infringement Notice, you agree not to exercise and you hereby waive, any right of action against POPULAR under applicable law which you may have in respect of any Infringing Material appearing on the Site prior to such removal by POPULAR. You acknowledge and agree that POPULAR has no control and cannot undertake responsibility or liability in respect of Infringing Material appearing on Linked Sites or other third party sites.
6.Your Obligations and Responsibilities
While accessing or using the Site, you shall comply with these Terms and Conditions and any specific warnings or instructions that are posted on the Site. You shall not make any changes or alteration to the Site or any Content or services provided by the Site and shall not do any action as such to impair the integrity or operation of the Site. Without limiting the generality of any other provision of these Terms and Conditions, if you default negligently or wilfully in any of the obligations set forth in these Terms and Conditions (including our Data Protection Policy), you shall be liable for all losses and damages caused to POPULAR, our affiliates, partners or licensors
7.Your Account
You may choose to register at our Site for an account. If you do, you will receive a login name and password for your account. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account, login name and password for restricting access to your computer. You hereby agree to accept responsibility for all activities under your account, login name and/or password. You also agree to provide only accurate, truthful information.
We reserve the right to refuse service and/or terminate accounts without prior notice if you violate these Terms and Conditions or if we decide, in our sole discretion, that it would be in POPULAR’s best interests to do so.
8.Ending These Terms
You may end your legal agreement with POPULAR at any time by deactivating your accounts and discontinuing your use of the Services. We may suspend or terminate your account or cease providing you with all or part of the Services at any time for any or no reason, including, but not limited to, if we reasonably believe: (i) you have violated these Terms and Conditions; or (ii) you create risk or possible legal exposure for us; (iii) your account should be removed due to prolonged inactivity; or (iv) our provision of Services to you is no longer commercially viable. We will make reasonable efforts to notify you by the email address associated to your account or the next time you attempt to access your account, depending on the circumstances. In all such cases, the Terms and Conditions shall terminate, including, without limitation, your license to use the Services, except that following sections shall continue to apply.
9.Third Party Links
Where our Site contains links to other websites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. If you use these links, you will leave our Site. We have not reviewed these third parties websites and we have no control over the contents of those websites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. We do not endorse or make any warranties or representations about the other websites, or any information, software or other products or materials found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of third party the websites linked to our Site, you do this entirely at your own risk.
10.User Submissions
We do not claim ownership of any information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, tags or other materials you submit for display or distribution to others through the Services (collectively “User Submissions”). As between you and us, you own all rights to your User Submissions. However, you grant us and our affiliates, representatives, sublicensees and assigns, an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully-paid, license (sublicensable through multiple tiers) throughout the universe to use, distribute, syndicate, license, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform, create derivative works and publicly display your User Submissions (in whole or in part) in any format or medium now known or later developed; provided, however, that our exercise of our rights under the foregoing license shall at all times be subjected to the limitations upon your disclosure of your User Submissions imposed on us under our Data Protection Policy. We reserve the right to display advertisements in connection with the User Submissions and to use the User Submissions for advertising and promotional purposes without any compensation to you. These advertisements may be targeted to the content or information stored on the Site/Services. In consideration for us granting you access and use of the Site and its Services, you agree that we may place such advertisements throughout our Site and Services. We do not pre-screen User Submissions, and you agree that you are solely responsible for all of your User Submissions. We are not required to host, display, or distribute any User Submissions, and may remove at any time or refuse any User Submissions and our authorised use of such submissions do not and will not infringe the rights of any third party (including, without limitation, intellectual property rights, rights of privacy or publicity, or any other legal or moral rights). You, and not we, are responsible for any consequences of sharing personal information about yourself on public areas of the Site/Service, such as your home address or the home address of others.
We own all rights, title, and interests in any compilation, collective work, or other derivative work created by us using or incorporating your content (but not your original content). When you use a feature on the Site/Services that allows users to share, transform, readapt, modify, or combine user content with other content, you grant us and our users an irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty free, perpetual, right and license in the universe to use, reproduce, modify, display, remix, perform, distribute, redistribute, adapt, promote, create derivative works, and syndicate your content in any medium and through any form of technology or distribution and to permit any derivative works to be licensed under these license terms. The rights granted under this Section 8 will survive the termination of these Terms.
All content and materials provided on the Site/Services are intended for general information, general discussion, education, and entertainment purposes only. Do not construe that such content is either endorsed or verified by us. The content is provided “AS IS”, and your use or reliance on such materials are solely at your own risk.
11.Warranty & Limitation of Liability
THE SITE IS PRESENTED "AS IS." WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OR THE SITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT SUCH REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES ARE NOT LEGALLY EXCLUDABLE.
YOU AGREE THAT, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE), UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, FOR ANY (a) INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS; (b) ACCESS DELAYS OR ACCESS INTERRUPTIONS TO THE SITE; (c) DATA NON-DELIVERY, MISDELIVERY, CORRUPTION, DESTRUCTION OR OTHER MODIFICATION; (D) LOSS OR DAMAGES OF ANY SORT INCURRED AS A RESULT OF DEALINGS WITH OR THE PRESENCE OF THIRD PARTY SITE LINKS ON THE SITE; (E) COMPUTER VIRUSES, SYSTEM FAILURES OR MALFUNCTIONS WHICH MAY OCCUR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SITE, INCLUDING DURING HYPERLINK TO OR FROM THIRD PARTY WEB SITES (F) ANY INACCURACIES OR OMISSIONS IN CONTENT OR (G) EVENTS BEYOND OUR REASONABLE CONTROL.
FURTHER, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS) RELATED TO THE SITE REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
12.Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold POPULAR and its officers, directors, shareholders, predecessors, successors in interest, employees, agents, subsidiaries and affiliates, harmless from any action, demands, loss, liability, claims, damages or costs (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), made against POPULAR resulting from third party due to or arising out of or in connection with your use of the Site. You also agree to indemnify us for any loss, damages, or costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from your use of software robots, spiders, crawlers, or similar data gathering and extraction tools, or any other action you may take that imposes an unreasonable burden or load on our infrastructure.
13.Waiver
No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising any right or privilege by POPULAR under the Terms and Conditions shall operate as a waiver of such right or privilege, nor shall partial exercise of any right or privilege shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or exercise of any other right or privilege.
14.Governing Law & Jurisdiction
The Terms and Conditions of the Site and all matters relating to your access to or use of, this Site and the provisioned Services shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Singapore. Your hereby agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Singapore courts.
15.Miscellaneous
You acknowledge and agree that these Terms and Conditions, which includes our POPULAR's Data Protection Policy, constitute the complete and exclusive agreement between us concerning your use of the Site, governs and supersedes all prior proposals, agreements, or other communications you have with regards to the Site.
We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to amend and update the Terms and Conditions at any time by posting the updated Terms and Conditions on the Site. Any changes are effective immediately upon posting to the Site. Your continued use of the Site constitutes your agreement to all such terms and conditions. We may, with or without prior notice, terminate any of the rights granted by these Terms and Conditions. You shall comply immediately with any termination or other notice, including, where applicable, by ceasing all use of the Site.
Nothing contained in these Terms and Conditions shall be construed as creating any agency, partnership, or other form of joint enterprise between us. Our failure to require your performance of any provision hereof shall not affect our full right to require such performance at any time thereafter, nor shall our waiver of a breach of any provision hereof be taken or held to be a waiver of the provision itself.
In the event that any provision of these Terms and Conditions shall be unenforceable or invalid under any applicable law or be so held by any applicable arbitral award or court decision, such unenforceability or invalidity shall not render these Terms and Conditions unenforceable or invalid as a whole. We will amend or replace such provision with one that is valid and enforceable and which achieves, to the extent possible, our original objectives and intent as reflected in the original provision.