Terms
Terms and Conditions
1. Introduction
Welcome to doof and www.doof.com (the “Site”), owned and operated by The Money Gaming Corporation Limited. This user agreement (the “Agreement”) is an agreement between you (the “User”, “you” and “your”) and The Money Gaming Corporation Limited (the “Company”, “us”, “we” and “our”) which governs your use of the Site and our software (the “Software”).
2. Agreement
You should ensure that you read, understand and agree with all of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, which includes those terms and conditions expressly set out below and those incorporated by reference, which you can access by clicking on the relevant link, before you may become a user of the Site.
By accessing, browsing, using and/or registering for doof and the Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by and abide by the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement and our Privacy Policy. If you have any questions about this Agreement please contact Customer Services (support@doof.com).
We may amend, modify or change any of the terms of this Agreement at any time by giving you notice (”Notice”) by either email notification to the address you provided to us upon registration or by posting the amended Agreement on the Site. We may wish to modify the terms of this Agreement (including our Privacy Policy) to review, for example, jurisdictions in which we operate.
If you do not agree to the updated terms and conditions you may terminate your use of the Service by notifying us that you wish to terminate Your Account (as defined below). Your continued use of the Service (as defined below) or the Software will be deemed to constitute your acceptance of the changes to this Agreement.
3. Compliance With Laws
Using the Service may not be legal in some jurisdictions. You are responsible for verifying and complying with the law in any jurisdiction that applies to you before registering. The Service is directed only towards users who are not prohibited by the laws of any applicable jurisdiction from using the Service. The Company does not intend to enable you to contravene applicable law. You agree to comply with all applicable laws, statutes and regulations in relation to your use of the Software and the Service. The Company shall not be responsible for any illegal or unauthorised use of the Software and/or this Service by you.
4. The Service
doof is a Social Gaming Community. We provide a forum for users who register with us (“Users”) to access and play online games (the “Games”), as well as online chat, competition, blogging and other services (collectively the “Service”). While we intend the Site and the Service to be used by persons aged over 16, there is no mandatory age limit in respect of use of the Site or the Service.
5. Your Account
You may only have one account (”Your Account”), for which you will register using your own, correct name. You may not use the Service by means of another person’s account. Should you attempt to open more than one account, under your own name or under any other name, or should you attempt to use the Service by means of any other person’s account, we will be entitled to immediately close Your Account and bar you from future use of the Service.
You must choose a username and password during registration. You are responsible for all actions taken under that username and password and shall only use or utilise the Site using your own username and password. You must make every effort to keep your password safe and should not disclose it to any other person. You shall not sell or transfer your username to any other person. You shall also not permit, either directly or indirectly, any other person to utilise your username or password. If you have reason to believe that your account is no longer secure (for example, in the event of a loss, theft or unauthorised disclosure or use of your password, or any credit, debit or charge card number), you will immediately notify the Company. You may be liable for the losses incurred by us or others due to any unauthorised use of your account.
6. doof Credits
Throughout your doof experience and your use of the Service, you may accumulate “doof Credits”, which constitutes a limited license right to use a feature of the Service when, as, and if allowed by us. doof Credits are the fictional currency used in doof and it may be used to play Games or enter tournaments offered on the Site, purchase virtual goods or virtual services (including for the benefit of other Users) which are stored in the Users’ profiles and can be used to enhance the look of a User’s on-line persona or player, also known as an “Avatar”. doof Credits are purchased through the Site and 1 doof Credits costs approximately £0.10 (or its equivalent in other lawful currencies). Once purchased, doof Credits have no real value, and are not transferable or redeemable for any sum of money or monetary value from us, or otherwise, at any time
We may charge fees for the right to use doof Credits, or may distribute doof Credits without charge, in our sole discretion. Regardless of terminology used, doof Credits represent a limited license right governed solely by the terms of this Agreement. You agree that we have the absolute right to reduce, manage, regulate, control, modify and/or eliminate doof Credits as we see fit in our sole discretion, and that the Company will have no liability to you based on its exercise of such rights.
Notwithstanding any other language to the contrary, as used in this Agreement and throughout the Site in the context of doof Credits: (a) the term “sell” means “to transfer for consideration to another User or the Company the licensed right to use doof Credits in accordance with this Agreement” and (b) the term “buy” means “to receive for consideration from another User or the Company the licensed right to use doof Credits in accordance with this Agreement”. We may halt, suspend, discontinue, or reverse any Doof Tokens transaction (whether proposed, pending or past) in cases of actual or suspected fraud, violations of this Agreement or other laws or regulations, or deliberate disruptions to or interference with the Site or the Service.
7. Payment Terms.
If you buy doof Credits to purchase virtual merchandise or services, or otherwise buy products or services from us, then you agree to pay for any such doof Credits, purchases, products and services and we may charge your selected payment method to collect any such payments. You are required to keep your billing information current, complete, and accurate (such as a change in billing address, credit card number or expiration date) and notify us if your selected payment method is cancelled (e.g., for loss or theft).
You are responsible for all charges incurred under your account made by you or anyone who uses your account (including your children, family, or friends). If your payment method fails or your account is past due, we may collect fees owed using other collection mechanisms. Your account may be deactivated without notice to you if payment is past due, regardless of the amount in question. You are also responsible for paying any governmental taxes imposed on your purchase from or use of the Service, including, but not limited to, sales, use or value-added taxes. To the extent the Company is obligated to collect such taxes, the applicable tax will be added to your billing account.
Tournament entry fees placed or made with other Users when playing Games are solely at the User’s discretion. Any Games won or lost will result in an exchange of doof Credits between Users and the Company will not be responsible for any loss resulting therefrom.
8. Payment Transactions and Payment Fraud
Only entry fees placed with doof Credits from Your Account set up through this Site will be accepted for the Games and any doof Credits you win from other Users will be credited to Your Account (and doof Credits lost to other Users will be debited from Your Account). You are not permitted to withdraw, redeem or otherwise exchange for value any doof Credits in Your Account, save through the Games or the purchase of virtual goods or virtual services through the Site.
You may purchase doof Credits to be credited to Your Account by using an approved credit card, Pay-Pal or other means of payment that we approve from time to time. All payments into Your Account must be from a payment source on which you are the named account holder.
You may use the Software to communicate your tournament entry fees or payouts to other users through the Site. All entry fees placed by you are with other Users, not with us and are in respect of doof Credits only. We do not under any circumstances either place or accept entry fees ourselves.
In the case of suspected or fraudulent payment, including use of stolen credit cards, by any User, or any other fraudulent activity, we reserve the right to block a User’s account. We shall be entitled to inform any relevant authorities or entities (including credit reference agencies) of any payment fraud or otherwise unlawful activity, and may employ collection services to recover payments. We reserve the right to run credit checks on a User on the basis of the information provided to us on registration.
It is your sole responsibility to inform us of any changes to your personal details, including your address, your debit or credit card number and expiry date or issue number of any card, and any other information which may impact upon the use of Your Account. Failure to inform us of such changes may result in transactions being declined by your bank, building society or credit card company. We do not accept any liability or responsibility for transactions that are declined as a result of your failure to provide us with correct details. Please contact Customer Services to provide us with your new details. It is your responsibility to protect your debit and/or credit cards from loss or theft, please contact us immediately should your card be lost or stolen.
All disputes that arise between Users, including those related to payment fraud, are not the responsibility of the Company.
9. Ownership and Rights
doof is owned and operated by The Money Gaming Corporation Limited. You acknowledge and agree that the information found on this Site is either ours or a third party’s trademark, service marks, copyright, trade secret, patent information or proprietary rights (collectively “Intellectual Property”). You agree not to rent, lease, loan, distribute, create derivative works, copy, re-use, modify, adapt, attempt to decompile, decipher, disassemble, reverse engineer, decrypt or discover the source code of all or any portion of this Site or any Intellectual Property found on this Site, deploy any type of query program on the Site, create improvements, or seek to obtain protection on the content and Intellectual Property found on this Site. You further acknowledge and agree to not use the Site in any unlawful manner, for any unlawful purpose, or in any manner inconsistent with the terms and conditions set forth herein. The Service is made available for your personal use only. Any other use is strictly prohibited.
10. The Games
You should ensure that you have read and understand the rules of the games available through the Service (the “Games”). You agree to abide by the rules of each of the Games as published and periodically changed on the Site (the “Game Rules”). These Game Rules form part of the Agreement.
We may, from time to time, make additional Games available through the Service. This Agreement will apply to any Game Rules relating to such Games. We will let you know about, and give you the opportunity to read and agree to such Game Rules at the time additional Games are introduced to the Site.
We reserve the right to determine the results and winners of each of the Games in our sole discretion. By registering and/or participating in any Game or tournament you agree to be bound by these determinations. We will post lists of winners on the Site following each Game and/or tournament.
Entry to tournaments or Games may require payment of doof Credits to us, and any tournament entry fees with other Users in respect of Games will solely be made in doof Credits and subject to the terms of this Agreement.
11. Messages
You are welcome to post, transmit or submit chat, messages, photographs or other forms of communication or media (collectively “Messages”) within, or in connection with, the Site. The Company accepts no responsibility whatsoever in connection with or arising from such Messages. We do not endorse and have no control over the content of Messages submitted by others to or through the Site. Messages submitted to or through the Site are not reviewed by us prior to posting and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of the Company. We make no warranties, express or implied, as to the content of the Messages on the Site or the accuracy and reliability of any Messages and other materials available on or through the Site. Nonetheless, we reserves the right to prevent Users from submitting content to the Site and to edit, restrict or remove such Messages for any reason at any time.
The Company assumes no responsibility for actively monitoring the Site for inappropriate Messages. If at any time we choose, in our sole discretion, to monitor the Site, we nonetheless assume no responsibility for the content of the Messages, no obligation to modify or remove any inappropriate Messages, and no responsibility for the conduct of the User submitting any Message. In submitting Messages to or through the Site, you agree to strictly limit yourself to discussions about the subject matter for which the Site and the Service is intended. You agree that the Company accepts no liability whatsoever if it determines to prevent your Messages from being submitted or if it edits, restricts or removes your Messages.
12. User Submissions and Content
We may now or in the future permit posting, transmission or submission to journals, messageboards or forums through the Site of the Messages (as defined above) by you and other Users (“User Submissions”), and the hosting, sharing and/or publishing of such User Submissions. You understand that whether or not such User Submissions are published, the Company does not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any User Submissions.
Users retain all ownership rights in their User Submissions. By submitting User Submissions to the Site, you hereby grant to the Company, solely as necessary to provide the features and functionality of the part(s) of the Site or the Service within which you choose to make your User Submissions available, a worldwide, non-exclusive, assignable, fully paid-up, and royalty-free license to display, reproduce, distribute and perform (if applicable) your User Submissions within the Site in any media formats and through any media channels. This license does not grant the Company the right, except in providing the Service, to use your User Submissions for any other commercial purposes. By submitting User Submissions to the Site, in cases where you display your User Submissions for other Users to view, or when you directly exchange or otherwise provide your User Submissions to other Users as permitted by certain functionality and this Agreement, you hereby grant to such Users a non-exclusive license to display, reproduce, and perform (if applicable) such User Submissions solely as necessary for such Users to participate in the relevant functionality or activity. The foregoing licenses granted by you terminate as to specific User Submissions once you remove or delete any such User Submissions from the Site.
You shall be solely responsible for your own User Submissions and the consequences of posting or publishing them. In connection with User Submissions, you affirm, represent and/or warrant that: (i) you own, or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to use and to authorise the Company and other Users to use your User Submissions as necessary to exercise the license granted by you above and (ii) you have the written consent, release, and/or permission of each and every identifiable individual person in any User Submissions to use the name or likeness of each and every such identifiable individual person, to enable inclusion and use of the User Submissions in the manner contemplated by the Service and this Agreement.
In connection with User Submissions, you further agree that you will not: (i) submit material that is copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise subject to third-party proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights, unless you are the owner of such rights or have permission from their rightful owner to post the material and to grant the Company and other Users all of the license rights granted herein; (ii) publish falsehoods or misrepresentations that could damage the Company or any third party; (iii) submit material that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, libelous, threatening, pornographic, harassing, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, violate any law or is otherwise inappropriate; (iv) post advertisements or solicitations of business; or (v) impersonate another person.
You understand that when using the Site and the Service you will be exposed to User Submissions from a variety of sources, and that the Company is not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety, or intellectual property rights of or relating to such User Submissions. You further understand and acknowledge that you may be exposed to User Submissions that are inaccurate, offensive, indecent or objectionable, and you agree to waive, and hereby do waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies you have or may have against the Company with respect thereto, and agree to indemnify and hold the Company, its owners/operators, affiliates, and/or licensors, harmless to the fullest extent allowed by law regarding all matters related to your use of the Site. The Company does not endorse any User Submission or any opinion, recommendation or advice expressed therein, and the Company expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with User Submissions. If notified by a User or a content owner of a User Submission that allegedly does not conform to this Agreement, the Company may investigate the allegation and determine in good faith and in its sole discretion whether to remove the User Submission, which it reserves the right to do at any time. For clarity, the Company does not permit copyright infringing activities on the Site.
13. Prohibited Uses of the Site and Service
Illegal Funds: You declare that the source of funds used by you for purchasing doof Credits for use on the Site is not illegal and that you will not use the Service in any way as a money transfer system. You will not use the Service for any unlawful activity or prohibited transaction under the laws of any jurisdiction that applies to you. If the Company has suspicion that you may be engaging in or have engaged in fraudulent, unlawful or improper activity, including without limitation, money laundering activities, your access to the Service may be suspended or terminated immediately and/or Your Account blocked, and the Company shall be entitled to inform relevant authorities. You will cooperate fully with the Company to investigate any suspected unlawful, fraudulent or improper activity.
Collusion: Collusion occurs when two or more Users attempt to gain an unfair advantage by sharing knowledge of the Games or other information to other Users’ disadvantage. Any User who attempts to or colludes with any other User while using the Service may be permanently banned from using the Service or Software and their account may be terminated immediately. The Company will do its best to investigate complaints registered against Users suspected of collusion. If the Company is informed during play about suspected collusive behaviour, it may, in its sole discretion, terminate suspected Users’ access to the Service and/or block their accounts. However, under no circumstances shall the Company be liable for any loss, whatsoever, sustained by you as a result of the collusive, or otherwise unlawful activity of any person using the Service or the Software and no User shall have the right to require the Company to take any other steps against users suspected of collusion, cheating or any other form of fraud.
Access to the Site or any of its content from territories where such contents are illegal is prohibited: Those who choose to access the Site do so at their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with all local rules including, without limitation, rules about the internet, data, email, or privacy. You agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from or imported to the the country in which you reside. Users agree to abide by all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable content.
Non-private use: Any use of any of the Materials other than for private, non-commercial use is strictly prohibited. As a condition of your becoming a Use, you agree that you will not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by this Agreement. You may not use the Site or the Service in any manner that in our sole discretion could damage, disable, overburden, or impair it or interfere with any other person’s use and enjoyment of the Site or the Service. You may not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Site or the Service, or any part of them, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to the Site, or any part of them, through hacking, password mining or any other means or interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site or any activities conducted on the Site. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through the Site. You agree neither to modify the Site in any manner or form, nor to use modified versions of the Site or the Software, including (without limitation) for the purpose of obtaining unauthorised access to the Site.
Artificial Intelligence: You are not allowed to use any software program endowed with artificial intelligence in order to assist you in your use of the Service. You agree that you will not use any robot, spider, scraper, or other automated means to access the Site or use the Service for any purpose without our express written permission we reserve the right to take any action we see fit, including immediately blocking access to the Service to the offending User, terminating such User’s account and seizing all doof Credits held in such account.
14. Privacy Policy for Users
Please see details of our Privacy Policy.
15. Obligations of the Company
The Company has no obligation to check whether Users are using the Service in accordance with this Agreement or the Game Rules.
Under no circumstances shall the Company be obligated to investigate or pursue any complaints made by a User against any other User using the Service or to take any other action in connection therein, or take any action against a User for any reason, including without limitation for violating the terms of this Agreement. The Company may, in its sole discretion, decide to take appropriate action against any person it suspects to be engaging in any unlawful behaviour or otherwise violating the terms of this Agreement, but is under no obligation to do so.
You will not be entitled to a refund from the Company for any monies or Doof Tokens owed to you as a result of any other User’s misconduct, unlawful behaviour or otherwise whether or not the Company pursues any action against such User.
16. No Warranty
Your use of the Site is at your sole risk. In providing the Site and Service we agree to exercise reasonable skill and care. However, as with any other web pages and services provided over the internet, there may be times when the Service is interrupted and/or contains errors. We are not liable for any losses whatsoever, other than those which result from any fault, breach of this Agreement or negligence on our part and which are foreseeable by the parties at the time of this Agreement.
17. Limitations of Liability
You agree that you are free to choose whether to use the Service and do so at your own discretion and risk. Except in the situation of death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or in respect of fraudulent misrepresentation, we will not be responsible or liable to you for any other loss or damage that you or any third party may suffer as a result of using or in connection with your use of the Site.
We will not be liable for any losses, loss of business profits, loss of profits or other damages, which arise as a result of using the Service, Site or Software, other than those resulting from any fault, breach of this Agreement, or negligence on our part and which are foreseeable by the parties at the time of this Agreement.
You confirm that we shall not be liable to you or any third party for any modification to, suspension of or discontinuance of the Software or the Service.
In the event that you have any right, claim or action against any other User arising from the User ‘s use of the Site, you agree to pursue such right, claim or action independently of and without recourse to us, and you release the Company (and our parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents and employees) from all claims, liability, damages, losses, costs and expenses including legal fees known and unknown, arising from or in any way connected with such right, claim or action.
We shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by the User’s internet service provider with whom Users have contracted to gain access to the server that hosts the Site.
18. Termination
If Your Account is terminated by either you or us, the doof Credits standing to the credit of Your Account will be lost and/or will be returned to us. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to charge a small administrative fee or levy in respect of the termination by either you or us of Your Account for whatever reason.
19. General
We reserve the right to modify or terminate the Service or elements of the Service at any time and we will not be liable to you as a result of any such action. Any promotions, bonuses or special offers are subject to promotion-specific terms and conditions and we reserve the right to withdraw them at any time.
If any part of this Agreement shall be deemed unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed to be severable from the rest of this Agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any of the remaining provisions of this Agreement. In such cases, the part deemed invalid or unenforceable shall be construed in a manner consistent with applicable law to reflect, as closely as possible, the original intent of the parties.
No waiver by us of any terms of this Agreement shall be construed as a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach of any terms of this Agreement.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, nothing in this Agreement shall create or confer any rights or any other benefits to third parties. A person who is not a party to this Agreement has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of this Agreement.
This Agreement shall, with the Privacy Policy and Game Rules from time to time in effect, contain the entire agreement between you and us relating to the Service. You confirm that, in agreeing to accept this Agreement, you have not relied on any representation save insofar as the same has expressly been made a representation in this Agreement.
You may terminate Your Account at any time by giving us notice. We may terminate Your Account (including your username and password) if (i) for any reason we decide to discontinue to provide the Service, (ii) you have breached any of the terms of this Agreement, (iii) your use of the Service has been in any way improper or breaches the spirit of this Agreement, or (iv) for any other reason we see fit.
We reserve the right to transfer, assign, sublicense or pledge this Agreement, in whole or in part, to any person without notice and you will be deemed to consent to such assignment.
20. Governing Law
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
21. Dispute Resolution and Customer Service
Disputes between you and the Company regarding the Service may be reported to Customer Services. We encourage you to report all disputes between users to your local law enforcement body.
22. Contact Us
You may contact us at any time should you have any questions or need assistance. You must contact Customer Service if your personal information or credit details have changed. In addition if you forget your password, or suspect that someone else has learnt and used your password please contact Customer Services.
23. Your representations
By accepting these terms and conditions you confirm and agree that:
(i) You are of the age of legal consent for engaging in the activities provided by the Service under the laws of any jurisdiction that applies to you. We reserve the right to request additional information to validate your age.
(ii) All the details contained in your registration form as submitted to us are true and correct. You will promptly notify us of any changes to those details.
(iii) Your Account is for your sole, personal use only and it is not be used by you or any third party for the purpose of or in the course of any trade or business.
(iv) You shall not allow any third party to use Your Account, password or username to access or use the Service or the Software nor shall you reveal your means of payment to access or use the Service or Software to any person. You shall not allow any person under the age specified in 22(i) above any form of access to the Service or Software. We take no responsibility for any third party access to Your Account.
(v) You have verified and determined that your use of the Service does not violate any laws or regulations of any jurisdiction that applies to you. It is your responsibility to ensure that this is the case.
(vi) You fully understand the methods, rules and procedures of the Service and your use of the Service and Software will be made exclusively in accordance with this Agreement, Privacy Policy and Game Rules. You will not commit any acts or display any conduct that damages the reputation of the Company.
(vii) You are fully aware that once doof Credits are purchased, they are not redeemable or refundable in any way, and that as such there is a risk of losing money by using the Service and that you are fully responsible for any such loss. You agree that your use of the Service is at your sole risk.
(viii) You acknowledge that in registering and using the Service you have to provide us with certain personal details about yourself (including details regarding your methods of payment). While we will keep this information confidential, you agree that it may be necessary, from time to time, for us to disclose certain of these details to third parties and you consent to such disclosures. Please see our Privacy Policy for further information.