Terms and Conditions

Terms and conditions

Terms of Use

This Terms of Use Statement ("Statement") governs our relationship with users and others who interact with PiccoPets.com. By using or accessing PiccoPets.com you agree to this Statement.

Definitions

By " PiccoPets.com " we mean the features and services we make available, including through our website at PiccoPets.com and any other PiccoPets.com branded or co-branded websites - including sub-domains, international versions, and mobile versions; and other media, devices or networks now existing or later developed.

By "us," "we" and "our" we mean PiccoPets.com, PiccoPets.app, Picco Pets, Picco Pets Private Limited (incorporated in Singapore) and/or affiliates.

By "content" we mean the content and information you post on PiccoPets.com, including information about you and the actions you take.
By "post" we mean post on PiccoPets.com or content otherwise made available to us or other users.
By "use" we mean use, copy, publicly perform or display, distribute, modify, translate, and create derivative works of.
By "Google" we mean Google LLC - 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 USA
By "Facebook" we mean Facebook LLC - 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
By "Twitter" we mean Twitter Inc - 1355 Market St. Ste. 900 San Francisco, CA 94103 USA
By "Pinterest" we mean Pinterest Inc - 808 Brannan St. San Francisco, CA 94103 USA

Privacy

Your privacy is very important to us. We designed our Privacy Policy to make important disclosures to you about how we collect and use the information you post on PiccoPets.com. We encourage you to read the Privacy Policy, and to use the information it contains to help make informed decisions.

Cookies

This website uses cookies. By using this website and agreeing to these terms and conditions, you consent to our PiccoPets use of cookies.

User content

In these terms and conditions, “your user content” means material (including without limitation text, images, audio material, video material and audio-visual material) that you submit to this website, for whatever purpose.

You grant to PiccoPets a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate and distribute your user content in any existing or future media. You also grant to PiccoPets the right to sub-license these rights, and the right to bring an action for infringement of these rights.

Your user content must not be illegal or unlawful, must not infringe any third party's legal rights, and must not be capable of giving rise to legal action whether against you or PiccoPets or a third party (in each case under any applicable law).

You must not submit any user content to the website that is or has ever been the subject of any threatened or actual legal proceedings or other similar complaint.

PiccoPets reserves the right to edit or remove any material submitted to this website, or stored on PiccoPets' servers, or hosted or published upon this website.

Notwithstanding PiccoPets' rights under these terms and conditions in relation to user content, PiccoPets does not undertake to monitor the submission of such content to, or the publication of such content on, this website.

Offensive Material

You must not post any material that would be considered obscene, or otherwise offensive. This may include, but is not limited to material that that is:

  • threatening, intimidating or menacing;
  • indecent or obscene;
  • intended for harassment;
  • pornographic;
  • racially offensive.

Usage of PiccoPets.com

In order to provide a harmonious and effective environment for our community, please carefully adhere to the following Terms & Conditions when participating at PiccoPets. You must agree to the following rules if you wish to participate at PiccoPets.

1) Listings
Adoption: Only pets that are genuinely for adoption may be listed here. here. Adopters may not adopt a pet with the intention of reselling it.

Lost & Found: You may not submit multiple listings for the sole purpose of updating your post to the front of the pet listings. This is considered an abuse of the system and profiles in violation will be removed.

PiccoPets reserves the right to remove any listings deemed inaccurate or in violation of terms without prior notice, and the violating account may be blacklisted.

2) Comments
You may submit comments, feedback or enquiries at the Comment sections of each profile. You may not abuse this facility by hijacking the discussion with irrelevant information, repeated spam, abusive language or false accusations. You may not contact other members for any promotions, sales or solicitations, which are considered as spamming and would result in the blacklisting of your account.

3) Stud/Mating Service
Any form of offering or solicitation of stud/mating services are strictly prohibited at PiccoPets.

4) No Multiple Identities/Accounts
Each user should only maintain ONE (1) identity/account/username. If you need to create a new identity because of a lost password, username or e-mail address, please email us at hr@piccopets.com to reinstate or delete your previous account(s).

5) Avoid Flammable Topics - Religion, Politics & Racial Issues
Please be aware that certain topics, such as religion, politics and racial issues, can cause unnecessary disputes among members. Such topics are strictly prohibited here. If you wish to discuss these topics, please do so on other relevant forums set up for those specific purposes.

6) No Defamatory or Slanderous Statements
You should only post what is true to your experience and observation, but not accuse another party of acts or crimes that you are unable to provide supporting evidence for. This is considered an act of defamation and PiccoPets treats it seriously. If you have any disputes with the party in question, please contact them directly and try to resolve it in an amicable fashion instead of issuing slanderous statements.

7) Forum Rules & Guidelines
Our PiccoPets Forum contains its own set of extended Rules and Guidelines. Please refer to them in detail before you begin your participation at the forum.

8) Reporting Abuses & Scams
If you have witnessed any scams, problems or disputes, please Contact Us for further action. Irresponsible pet adopters, merchants or members may be blacklisted at our Scams page at the sole discretion of PiccoPets.

PiccoPets reserves the right to terminate and/or blacklist the account of any member found to be in violation of the above rules and guidelines.

Safety

We do our best to keep PiccoPets.com safe, but we cannot guarantee it. We need your help in order to do that, which includes the following commitments:
You will not send or otherwise post unauthorized commercial communications to users (such as spam).
You will not collect users' information, or otherwise access PiccoPets.com, using automated means (such as harvesting bots, robots, spiders, or scrapers) without our permission.
You will not upload viruses or other malicious code.
You will not solicit login information or access an account belonging to to someone else.
You will not bully, intimidate, or harass any user.
You will not post content that is hateful, threatening, pornographic, or or that contains nudity or graphic or gratuitous violence.You will not post content relating to firearms, weapons or goods that are illegal.
You will not use PiccoPets.com to promote or do anything unlawful, misleading, malicious, or discriminatory.
You will not facilitate or encourage any violations of these terms of use.

Registration and Account Security

Here are some commitments you make to us relating to registering and maintaining the security of your account:
You will not provide any false personal information on PiccoPets.com, or create an account for anyone other than yourself without permission.
You will not use PiccoPets.com if you are under 18.
You will not use PiccoPets.com if you are a convicted sex offender.
You will keep your contact information accurate and up-to-date.
You will not share your password, let anyone else access your account, or do anything else that might jeopardize the security of your account.
You will not transfer your account to anyone without first getting our written permission.

Protecting Other People's Rights

We respect other people's rights, and expect you to do the same.
You will not post content or take any action on PiccoPets.com that infringes someone else's rights or otherwise violates the law.
We can remove any content you post on PiccoPets.com if we believe that it violates this Statement.
If we removed your content for infringing someone else's copyright, and you believe we removed it by mistake, you can contact PiccoPets.com to appeal.
If you repeatedly infringe other people's intellectual property rights, we will disable your account when appropriate.
You will not use our copyrights or trademarks without our written permission.
If you collect information from users, you will: obtain their consent, make it clear you (and not PiccoPets.com) are the one collecting their information, and post a privacy policy explaining what information you collect and how you will use it.
You will not post anyone's identification documents or sensitive financial information on PiccoPets.com.

Third Party Integrations

PiccoPets.com uses Google Maps API(s) and by accepting our Terms you also agree to be bound by Google’s Terms of Service as at :-
https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms/
PiccoPets.com uses Facebook API(s) and by accepting our Terms you also agree to be bound by Facebook’s Terms of Service as at :-
https://www.facebook.com/terms.php
PiccoPets.com uses Twitter API(s) and by accepting our Terms you also agree to be bound by Twitters’s Terms of Service as at :-
https://twitter.com/en/tos

( For information on API(s) please visit the wikipedia article )

Amendments

We reserve the right to change this Statement and any other terms and conditions at any time without notice.

Termination

If you violate the letter or spirit of this Statement, or otherwise create possible legal exposure for us, we can stop providing all or part of PiccoPets.com to you. We will generally try to notify you, but have no obligation to do so. You may also delete your account at any time. In all such cases, this Statement shall remain binding.

Disputes

If anyone brings a claim against us related to your actions or your content on PiccoPets.com, you will indemnify and hold us harmless from and against all damages, losses, and expenses of any kind (including reasonable legal fees and costs) related to such claim.

Any dispute arising out of such use of PiccoPets.com is subject to the laws of the Republic of Singapore.

No Warranties

We try to keep PiccoPets.com, bug-free, and safe, but you use it at your own risk. we are providing piccopets.com “as is” without any express or implied warranties including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. we do not guarantee that PiccoPets.com will be safe or secure.

Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing paragraph, Picco Pets does not warrant that:

this website will be constantly available, or available at all; or
the information on this website is complete, true, accurate or non-misleading.

Nothing on this website constitutes, or is meant to constitute, advice of any kind.

Indemnity

PiccoPets.com is not responsible for the actions or content of third parties, and you release us, our directors, officers, employees, and agents from any claims and damages, known and unknown, arising out of or in any way connected with any claim you have against any such third parties. We will not be liable to you for any lost profits or other consequential, special, indirect, or incidental damages arising out of or in connection with this statement or PiccoPets.com even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages. applicable law may not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability or incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. In such cases, PiccoPets.com liability will be limited to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

You hereby indemnify PiccoPets and undertake to keep PiccoPets indemnified against any losses, damages, costs, liabilities and expenses (including without limitation legal expenses and any amounts paid by PiccoPets to a third party in settlement of a claim or dispute on the advice of PiccoPets' legal advisers) incurred or suffered by PiccoPets arising out of any breach by you of any provision of these terms and conditions, [or arising out of any claim that you have breached any provision of these terms and conditions].

Variation

PiccoPets may revise these terms and conditions from time-to-time. Revised terms and conditions will apply to the use of this website from the date of the publication of the revised terms and conditions on this website. Please check this page regularly to ensure you are familiar with the current version.

Assignment

PiccoPets may transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with PiccoPets' rights and/or obligations under these terms and conditions without notifying you or obtaining your consent.

You may not transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with your rights and/or obligations under these terms and conditions.

Severability

If a provision of these terms and conditions is determined by any court or other competent authority to be unlawful and/or unenforceable, the other provisions will continue in effect. If any unlawful and/or unenforceable provision would be lawful or enforceable if part of it were deleted, that part will be deemed to be deleted, and the rest of the provision will continue in effect.

Other

This Statement makes up the entire agreement between the parties regarding PiccoPets.com and supersedes any prior agreements.
If any portion of this Statement is found to be unenforceable, the remaining portion will remain in full force and effect.
If we fail to enforce any of this Statement, it will not be considered a waiver.
Any amendment to or waiver of this Statement must be made in writing and signed by us.
You will not transfer any of your rights or obligations under this Statement to anyone else without our consent.
All of our rights and obligations under this Statement are freely assignable by us in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, or by operation of law or otherwise.
Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent us from complying with the law.
This Statement does not confer any third party beneficiary rights.

If you have a query or complaint regarding your privacy in visiting piccopets.com you can email dpo@piccopets.com