User Agreement

version from 10.07.2024

1. Preamble

This User Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the “User Agreement”) regulates the relationship between STNL MEDIA INVEST LIMITED (registration number: ΗΕ387553, address of record: 7 Florinis Street, Greg Tower, 2nd Floor PC 1065 Nicosia, Cyprus) a legal entity incorporated and acting in accordance with the law of the Republic of Cyprus (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) and an unlimited number of individuals and legal entities (hereinafter referred to as the “Users”).

2. General provisions

2.1. This User Agreement regulates the procedure and terms of use by the Users of the following resources: www.meteoprog.com, www.meteoprog.pl, mobile applications "Meteoprog" and other resources containing a hyperlink to this User Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the “Resources”), as well as the procedure and terms of use by the Users of the weather forecast data expressed in any form, posted and/or obtained using (through) the Resources, whether accessed freely (hereinafter referred to as the “Free Data”) or on a commercial basis (hereinafter referred to as the “Product”). Collectively, these are referred to as the “Weather Forecast Data”.

2.2. The valid edition of this User Agreement is available here. The User Agreement is made in English. Other language versions are translations of the User Agreement. In case of conflict between the terms of the English language version of the User Agreement and another language version, the English version of the User Agreement prevails.

2.3. The User's personal data defined by the Privacy Policy is stored and processed by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Privacy and Cookie Policy.

3. Alteration

3.1. This User Agreement may be changed by the Company after prior notification of the Users on such change. The Users are to be notified of such a change by a special pop-up information window (pop-up) when opening one of the Resources. The new edition of the User Agreement comes into force from the moment it is posted in a special section of one of the Resources specified in cl. 2. of the User Agreement, unless otherwise provided by the new edition of the User Agreement. The Users are solely responsible for familiarizing themself with the new editions of the User Agreement.

4. Acceptance of the User Agreement terms

4.1. The User's interaction with the sections of the Resources and/or any use of the Weather Forecast Data in full or in part means the Users agrees in full with all the terms of this User Agreement and is regarded as the fact of the User’s acceptance of this User Agreement. The Users confirms that they accept this User Agreement having a full understanding of the language in which this User Agreement is set out, with a full understanding of the content of the User Agreement, as well as the terminology used in the User Agreement.

5. Limitations of use in case of disagreement

5.1. If the Users disagree with any of the provisions of this User Agreement, the Users are not entitled to use the services of the Resources or the Weather Forecast Data in any way.

6. Procedure and terms of using the Weather Forecast Data

6.1. The Users agree to the following terms of use for the sections of the Resources, as well as the terms of use of the Weather Forecast Data.

6.2. The use of the Resources services and the Weather Forecast Data is intended solely for the Users personal, non-commercial use for informational purposes, except the use of the Product, provided on a commercial basis in accordance with Section 7 of this User Agreement.

6.3. The Resources and the Free Data are publicly available and accessible to all Internet users.

6.4. The Resources are available to the Users to review the Free Data posted on such Resources and to use other services available on the Resources.

6.5. The Weather Forecast Data is generated (created) using a special software system - automatic weather forecasting technology, which is managed by the Company. Despite advancements in meteorology and weather forecasting, there is always a margin of error in predictions that can result in deviations from actual observed values. Therefore, the Users should keep in mind the likelihood of inaccurate forecasts.

6.6. With consideration of the specifics of the above technology, the Company cannot guarantee the correctness, accuracy, and reliability of the Weather Forecast Data. The specified the Weather Forecast Data is generated automatically, using forecast and other data obtained from sources outside the control of the Company. Such the Weather Forecast Data are not subjected to additional control by experts in the field of meteorology.

6.7. The Weather Forecast Data are for advisory purposes only and cannot be used as an official source of weather data when planning events involving the risk of material damage or loss of life, nor can they be used in court when considering any kind of disputes, cases, and/or issuance of certificates, opinions, and other documents for legal entities or individuals, in particular, but not limited to insurance companies, government authorities regarding any kind of events, accidents, insurance claims, and others.

6.8. Considering the above, neither the Company, nor the copyright holder of the rights to the Resources and weather forecasting technology in automatic mode, as well as officials, staff of the Company, and the copyright holder are under no circumstances liable to the Users, as well as to any third parties, for the correctness, accuracy, and reliability of the Weather Forecast Data, in particular for the inconsistency of the Weather Forecast Data with the actual meteorological situation, as well as any possible damage, loss of property, or health incurred by legal entities and/or individuals as a result of using the provided the Weather Forecast Data.

6.9. The Resources might also feature astrological information and horoscopes that are intended solely for entertainment purposes. The Company makes no warranty, statement, or representation, express or implied, with respect to the accuracy, availability, completeness, or usefulness of any content or information related to astrological information, horoscopes, or other similar content based on forecasts or predictions contained on the Resources, and in so far as permitted by law, will not have any legal liability or responsibility (including liability for negligence) for any loss, damage, or injury (including death) which may result, whether directly or indirectly, from the supply or use of such information.

6.10. The Weather Forecast Data, horoscopes, or other similar content are provided by the Company to an unlimited number of Users. The information is presented on an “as it is” basis and may consist of personal opinions and views of separate advisors and, as such, the Company, the copyright holder of the rights to the Resources, as well as officials and staff of the Company take no liability for the recommendations, accuracy, validity, reliability, completeness, legality, quality, or applicability of any such information.

6.11. It is prohibited to use the Free Data for any commercial purposes, particularly in any media, on television, radio, Internet, information electronic displays, scoreboards, boards, etc., except as expressly provided for in this User Agreement.

6.12. The air quality data are based on the forecasts of concentrations of the main pollutants (PM2.5, PM10, NO2, SO2) of global and regional (European) air quality models presented on the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) online resource of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF).

7. Purchases

7.1. The Users has the right to purchase the Product from the list provided by the Company. The Product offers extendable real-time weather forecast data. The scope of the Product varies depending on the selected package.

7.2. The Product is available on a try-before-you-buy basis, there is free trial version Users can try to fully experience the Product prior to making the purchase. The Company encourage the Users to review the documentation and try the Product prior to making the purchase to ensure that it meets desirable requirements. The free trial version is been given for 14 (fourteen) calendar days, after expiration of which, the Users will pay for chosen subscription automatically.

7.3. All purchases made through the Resources are processed by a third-party payment processor, Paddle (paddle.com). Paddle may ask the Users for personal and/or non-personal information, such as your name, address, email address, credit card information, or other personal information. Paddle has a privacy policy (paddle.com/legal-buyers/) that describes their collection and use of personal information. The Company does not control Paddle or its collection or use of information. Any questions or concerns about Paddle’s practices should be directed to Paddle.

7.4. Paddle provides the Company with certain non-personal information relating to purchases made by visitors to the Resources. The non-personal information may include details of the purchase such as the date, amount paid, and product purchased. The non-personal purchase information may be linked to the Personal Information you provide to us (typically limited to the Users email address). Paddle does not supply the Company with any other personal information of the Users, such as name, street address, or credit card information.

8. Procedure and terms of use of Weather informers by the User

8.1. Weather informer is a program code that, when installed and executed, generates a graphic file on the corresponding website. The file contains the Weather Forecast Data updated in accordance with the established algorithm of such Weather informer (hereinafter referred to as the “Weather informers”). The Weather informers is available only on the Free Data and can be added by hyperlink to one of the Resources.

8.2. The Users are entitled to use the Weather informers by placing the program code of a specific Weather informer on the Internet website controlled by the Users.

8.3. The Weather informers used by the Users, in particular, the Weather Forecast Data obtained through such Weather informer, are subject to all terms of use of such the Weather Forecast Data provided for in cl. 6 of this User Agreement.

8.4. The Company holds all the exclusive rights to Weather informer provided under this User Agreement.

8.5. The Users are prohibited from altering, upgrading, decompiling, decrypting, or performing any other actions with the program code of the Weather informers and/or the Weather Forecast Data obtained through the Weather informer in any way.

8.6. The Users are prohibited from distributing, selling, or providing the Weather informers and the Weather Forecast Data obtained through the Weather informers, except in the form of posting the Weather informers on the User's website.

8.7. The Users agree that the Weather informers can be used by the Users on a specific website only in the form in which the Weather informers were downloaded by the Users from the Resources.

8.8. The Users agree that the installation by the Users of the Weather informers on a specific website is a confirmation that the Users have all the necessary rights and permissions to place the Weather informers on such a website.

8.9. The Users agree that the Company, at any time, without prior notice to the Users, is entitled to terminate the provision of the Weather Forecast Data for the Weather informers, as well as to require the Users to remove the Weather informers installed on the respective website without any compensation to the Users.

8.10. The Users agree that the Weather informers are used by the Users on an "AS IS" basis in accordance with generally accepted rules in international practice. That means that the Company is not responsible for problems arising during the posting of the Weather informers on the Resources, including as follows: compatibility problems with other software products (packages, drivers, etc.), inconsistencies in the results of using the Weather informer by the Users, etc.

8.11. The Users are prohibited from installing the Weather informers on websites containing information that violates the current legislation of the Republic of Cyprus, the European Union, and/or websites that mislead the Internet network users or download viruses and other malicious programs to users' devices.

9. Procedure and terms of use of the Weather Forecast Data provided through API

9.1. The Users are entitled to use the Weather Forecast Data provided through API and downloaded by the Users according to the access individually provided by the representative of the Company.

9.2. The Weather Forecast Data provided through API represent a certain form of providing the Weather Forecast Data, automatically updated in accordance with the established algorithm. They can be used by the Users for filling and functioning of their own programs, websites, and services, for realizing the possibility of familiarization through such programs, services, and websites with the provided the Weather Forecast Data (hereinafter referred to as "API").

9.3. The Users undertake, when displaying (familiarization) the Weather Forecast Data through programs, websites, and services using the API, to ensure that a notice is posted, as follows: “Based on the Meteoprog.com data,” as well as to post a hyperlink to the website https://www.meteoprog.com.

9.4. The API used by the Users, in particular the Weather Forecast Data obtained through the API, are subject to all terms of use of such the Weather Forecast Data provided for in cl. 6 of this User Agreement.

9.5. The Users are prohibited from altering or supplementing in any way the Weather Forecast Data provided through API.

9.6. The Users are prohibited from distributing, or selling the Weather Forecast Data provided through API, except in case of using the API as a part of the Product.

9.7. The Users agree that the API can be used by the Users only in the form in which such API format are provided to the Users.

9.8. The Users agree that the use of the API by the Users in programs, websites, or services is a confirmation that the Users possesses all the necessary rights and permissions to use such programs, websites, or services.

9.9. The Users agree that the Company at any time, without prior notice to the Users, is entitled to terminate the provision of the API to the Users, as well as to demand the removal of any links to any of the Resources located in the programs, websites, services of the Users without any compensation to the Users.

9.10. The Users agree that the API are provided to the Users on an "AS IS" basis in accordance with generally accepted rules in international practice. This means that the Company is not responsible for problems arising in the process of using the API by the Users, including as follows: compatibility problems with other software products (packages, drivers, etc.), inconsistencies in the results of using the API by the Users, etc.

9.11. The Users are prohibited from using the API on websites containing information that violates the valid legislation of the Republic of Cyprus, the European Union, and/or websites that mislead Internet users or download viruses and other malicious programs to users' devices.

10. Prohibition of other use of the Weather Forecast Data and the Resources

10.1. The Users and each User individually are duly notified and agree that any other use of the Weather Forecast Data not expressly provided for in this User Agreement is prohibited.

10.2. When using the Resources, the Users are prohibited from:

10.2.1. downloading, sending, transmitting, or in any other way posting and/or distributing the content that is illegal, harmful, detractive, offending morality, demonstrates (or is propaganda) violence and cruelty, violates intellectual property rights, promotes hatred and/or discrimination of people by racial, ethnic, gender, religious, social, contains insults to any person or organization, contains elements (or being propaganda) of pornography, child eroticism, is an advertisement (or propaganda) of sexual services (including masked under a type of other services), explains the procedure for the manufacture, consumption or other use of narcotic substances or analogues, explosives or other weapons;

10.2.2. violating the rights of third parties, including minors, and/or harm them in any way;

10.2.3. uploading, sending, transmitting, or in any other way posting and/or distributing any materials containing viruses or other computer codes, files, or programs designed to disrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer or telecommunications equipment or programs for unauthorized access, as well as serial numbers for commercial software products and programs to generate them, logins, passwords and other means for obtaining unauthorized access to paid resources on the Internet, as well as posting links to the above information;

10.2.4. collecting and storing personal data of others;

10.2.5. disrupting the normal operation of the Resources;

10.2.6. facilitating actions aimed at violating the restrictions and prohibitions imposed by the User Agreement.

11. Intellectual property rights

11.1. All facilities available on the Resources, including design elements, text, graphics, illustrations, videos, computer programs, databases, sounds, and other facilities, as well as any content posted on the Resources, are subject to exclusive rights of the Company and other copyright holders.

11.2. The use of the content, as well as any other elements of the Resources, is allowed only within the framework of the functionality offered by this or that section of the Resources. No elements of the content of the Resources are allowed to be used in any other way without the prior permission of the Company. The use means among the others as follows: reproduction, copying, processing, distribution on any basis, display in a frame, etc. The exceptions are cases directly provided for by law or the terms of this User Agreement.

11.3. The use by the Users of elements of the content of the Resources, as well as any content for personal non-commercial use, is allowed provided that all copyright protection marks, related rights, marks for goods and services, other notices of authorship are preserved, the name (or pseudonym) of the author/copyright holder is preserved unchanged, keeping the corresponding subject unchanged.

12. Right to judicial protection

12.1. The Company is entitled to apply to the court to protect its rights and interests in case of violation by the Users of the terms of this User Agreement.

13. Liability for non-compliance with this User Agreement

13.1. The Users agree that they are solely responsible to third parties and/or the Company for violation and/or non-fulfillment by such Users of the terms of this User Agreement.

14. Legal regulation

13.1. This User Agreement and the relations arising from the acceptance of the terms of the User Agreement are regulated in accordance with the norms of the valid legislation of the Republic of Cyprus.