Term of Service

Published date: 2024/06/12

Thank you for using GCATbio!

GCATbio (URL: https://www.gcatbio.com/, https://cn.gcatbio.com/; hereinafter referred to as "this Website" or "GCATbio") is operated by GCATbio Co., Ltd.(address: NO. 118, Xicheng Road, Jintan District, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China; (hereinafter referred to as "we",”us”, ”our” ）. We provide you with services such as sample data display, descriptions of product and services(hereinafter referred to as "Services").

This Term of Services (hereinafter referred to as "this Agreement") is a binding legal agreement between you and us. Please carefully read and confirm that you have fully understood this agreement before using this Website and Services, especially the terms of exemption or limitation of liability, applicable law, and dispute resolution. We have also introduced other terms and policies that supplement this agreement, such as the GCATbio Website Privacy Policy, which describes how we process personal information. IF YOU DISAGREE WITH THIS AGREEMENT, YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY STOP USING THIS WEBSITE. BY CHECKING "I HAVE READ AND AGREED TO ABIDE BY THE GCATBIO WEBSITE TERMS OF SERVICES AND THE GCATBIO WEBSITE PRIVACY NOTICE ", YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY ALL TERMS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES CONTAINED OR REFERENCED IN THIS AGREEMENT.

Content

Ⅰ. Account Registration and Management

Ⅱ. Guarantees

Ⅲ. Intellectual Property

Ⅳ. Disclaimers and Limited Liabilities

Ⅴ. Third-Party Links

Ⅵ. Indemnity

Ⅶ. Governing Law and Resolution of Disputes

Ⅷ. Alteration and Termination

Ⅸ. Contact US

Ⅰ. Account Registration and Management

You should abide by the following rules when applying for account registration and using related services on this Website:

1. When you register on this Website and useServices, you should operate it in person and shall not transfer your account;

2. You should provide genuine, legal and valid personal information in accordance with the requirements of this Website and update it in time when the information changes. YOU SHALL BEAR THE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES CAUSED BY YOUR UNTRUE REGISTRATION INFORMATION OR UNTIMELY UPDATE OF USER INFORMATION;

3. After successful registration, you should properly keep your personal account and password to prevent information disclosure. After the account and password are verified to be consistent, all operations in the account of this Website shall be regarded as your own actions, and you shall be fully responsible for such operations;

4. You should properly use your personal terminal device to avoid accessing, downloading, or installing websites or software that may contain viruses, Trojans or other malicious programs. YOU SHALL BE FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INFORMATION SECURITY RISKS AND THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE CAUSED BY THE IMPROPER USE;

5. If you find any unauthorized use of user account or security vulnerability, please inform us immediately to take corresponding measures.

Ⅱ. Guarantees

1. YOU GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL ABIDE BY APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS, SOCIAL ETHICS, AND THE PRINCIPLE OF GOOD FAITH, AND WILL NOT DISTURB THE NORMAL ORDER OF THIS WEBSITE IN THE PROCESS OF USING THIS WEBSITE, AND PROMISE NOT TO COMMIT THE FOLLOWING ACTS:

1) Visit or log in to this Website in any way not recognized by us, such as robot software, spider software, crawler software, screen brushing software, etc; 2) In any way, cause or may cause unreasonable or disproportionate material burden to this Website; 3) Interfere with the normal operation order of this Website and invade the information system of this Website; 4) Attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any software available on the operation of this Website or as the basis for the operation of this Website; 5) Delete or change any content on this Website in any way.

2. If we find or receive reports that you have violated this Agreement, we have the right to make independent judgment and take technical measures. At the same time, depending on the nature of your behavior, we have the right to take measures including but not limited to SUSPENDING OR TERMINATING THE SERVICE, RESTRICTING, FREEZING OR TERMINATING THE USE OF ACCOUNT, AND INITIATING LEGAL ACTS.

Ⅲ. Intellectual Property

1. We hereby grant you a limited non-exclusive license to visit the content of this Website, including but not limited to text, pictures, videos, animations, archives, materials, website architecture, website picture arrangement, web design, the trademarks (collectively referred to as "Content") can used only to obtain information about the products and services we provide ("Purpose") and are expressly prohibited for all other purposes.

2. The Content on this Website may be protected in whole or in part by applicable intellectual property laws. We and / or corresponding right subjects own their intellectual property rights according to law, including but not limited to trademark rights, copyrights, etc. In addition to the above limited license, we do not grant or imply the right or license to use any copyrighted content or trademark (registered or unregistered) of us or any third party.

3. Without our written consent, no one shall use, modify, copy, publicly disseminate, change, distribute, or publish the program or Content of this Website without authorization, and shall not use the design or use the design skills to use or take possession of the trademarks, the logo or other proprietary information (including images, text, web design or form) of us or our affiliates. The names and trademarks of us or its affiliates shall not be used in the form of meta tags or any other "hidden text" without our express written consent.

4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may download content from this Website to any computer only for the above purposes, provided that you maintain the integrity of all copyrights, trademarks and other legal notices and comply with any other terms and conditions that may apply to such Content. At the same time, without our express written consent, you shall not collect and use product information beyond the Purpose, make any derivative use of this Website or its Content, download or copy account information or use any data collection, robots or similar data collection and extraction tools for other commercial interests, The Content of this Website shall not be systematically obtained to directly or indirectly create or edit anthologies, compilations and databases (whether through robots, spiders, automatic instruments or manual operation), and the contents and materials on this Website shall not be used for any purpose not expressly permitted by this Agreement.

Ⅳ. DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITED LIABILITIES1. WE PERFORM THE BASIC GUARANTEE OBLIGATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW, BUT WE DO NOT BEAR THE CORRESPONDING LIABILITY FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT DUE TO THE FOLLOWING REASONS, SUCH AS OBSTACLES TO CONTRACT PERFORMANCE, DEFECTS IN PERFORMANCE, DELAY IN PERFORMANCE OR CHANGES IN PERFORMANCE CONTENT:

1) DUE TO NATURAL DISASTERS, STRIKES, RIOTS, WARS, GOVERNMENT ACTIONS, JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS AND OTHER FORCE MAJEURE FACTORS; 2) DUE TO POWER SUPPLY FAILURE, COMMUNICATION NETWORK FAILURE AND OTHER PUBLIC SERVICE FACTORS OR THIRD-PARTY FACTORS; 3) UNDER THE CONDITION THAT WE HAVE MANAGED IN GOOD FAITH, DUE TO ROUTINE OR EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEM MAINTENANCE, EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEM FAILURE, NETWORK INFORMATION AND DATA SECURITY AND OTHER FACTORS; 4) YOUR IMPROPER OPERATION; 5) YOU USE THIS WEBSITE AND RELATED SERVICES IN A MANNER NOT PERMITTED BY THIS AGREEMENT; 6) OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL OR IS NOT REASONABLY FORESEEABLE.

2. OTHER DISCLAIMERS:

1) WE WILL NOT BEAR ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SERVICE OBSTACLES CAUSED BY THE ERROR OF YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO TELEPHONE NUMBER, MAILING ADDRESS AND E-MAIL ADDRESS) OR THE FAILURE TO CHANGE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IN TIME; 2) WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TIME DELAY NOT CAUSED BY US (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE SAMPLING FAILURE CAUSED BY YOU, THE DELIVERY DELAY CAUSED BY THE LOGISTICS COMPANY AND THE TIME DELAY CAUSED BY FORCE MAJEURE); 3) WE DO NOT ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PERSONAL DATA DISCLOSURE OR POSSIBLE DISCRIMINATION BY OTHERS OR THE SOCIETY DUE TO YOUR PERSONAL REASONS, SUCH AS INFORMING OTHERS OF YOUR PERSONAL ACCOUNT AND PASSWORD OR SHARING YOUR REGISTERED ACCOUNT WITH OTHERS. 4）WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OTHER PROBLEMS CAUSED BY YOU, ANY THIRD PARTIES OR ANY PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED BY US.

3. THIS WEBSITE IS OPERATED BY THE GCATbio Co., Ltd., WHICH IS HEADQUARTERED IN CHANGZHOU, CHINA. WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATION OR GUARANTEE THAT IT IS POSSIBLE, APPROPRIATE OR LEGAL TO ACCESS AND USE THIS WEBSITE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES / REGIONS. BY VISITING THIS WEBSITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK, AND YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU COMPLY WITH ALL LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE JURISDICTION IN WHICH YOU VISIT THIS WEBSITE.

4. IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE PROVISIONS, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM AND EXCLUDE ANY AND ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, RESPONSIBILITIES AND OBLIGATIONS.

Ⅴ. Third-Party Links

1. Links to third party websites that jump from our website: this Website may include hyperlinks to other websites owned, managed and / or operated by third parties, which may have their own terms and conditions of use. The hyperlinks of these third-party websites are only provided for your convenience and do not constitute any recognition, recommendation, confirmation or affiliation statement of such third parties or such third-party websites or their contents. We make no representations or warranties in connection with your access to or use of such third-party websites or the content contained on such third-party websites. WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED BY YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF HYPERLINKS TO ANY THIRD-PARTY WEBSITE OR ANY CONTENT ON SUCH THIRD-PARTY WEBSITE.

2. Link to our website: you may not create hyperlinks to this Website unless expressly approved by us. Without our express written approval, you may not link to this Website by any statement or implication that you or your organization has any affiliation with us, or by any previous sponsorship, recognition, approval or recommendation to you or your organization. Any permitted links to this Website must clearly identify us as the owner of this Website. We reserve the right to redirect (to any page of our choice) or block any link to this Website.

Ⅵ. Indemnification

1. Based on the third-party requests, claims and losses caused by your access to and use of this Website in violation of this Agreement, you agree to compensate and exempt us and our officers, directors, employees, agents, contractors, suppliers and business partners from any claims, compensation, fines, costs and expenses arising from or related to this Agreement, including but not limited to:

1) Reasonable attorney's fees and legal fees and necessary expenses incurred to eliminate the impact; 2) Fines, liquidated damages or compensation for external expenses such as administrative punishment, judicial judgment and mediation within the scope of legal standards; 3) The specific amount of goodwill loss and reasonable expected interest loss can be calculated based on the relevant estimation standards obtained from the independent and reasonable analysis of the third party, our reasonable analysis and other reasonable methods for calculating income and loss; 4) Other consequential loss.

2. You agree to assist us and our officers, directors, employees, agents, contractors, suppliers and business partners to defend any dispute arising from your access to and use of this Website in violation of this Agreement, and you may not abandon your right to claim against any third party without our prior written consent. It is also not allowed to reach a settlement with any third party on any matter without our express authorization. 3. This provision shall remain in force after you stop using this Website or we stop services or deactivate your account.

Ⅶ. Governing Law and Resolution of Disputes

The establishment, signing, validity, interpretation, performance, modification, termination and dispute resolution of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Mainland of the People's Republic of China, regardless of the provisions on conflict of laws. You agree to submit any dispute arising from accessing or using this Website and / or involving this Agreement to Changzhou Jintan District People's court for litigation.

Ⅷ. Alteration and Termination

1. We may modify this Agreement from time to time according to changes in applicable laws, optimization of our services and protection of your legitimate rights and interests. We will issue an updated version through this Website and remind you of any changes in this Agreement through website announcements or other appropriate ways. AFTER THE CHANGE OF THIS AGREEMENT, IF YOU CONTINUE TO USE THIS WEBSITE AND RELATED SERVICES, YOU SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE ACCEPTED THE MODIFIED AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THE AMENDED AGREEMENT, YOU SHOULD STOP USING THIS WEBSITE AND RELATED SERVICES.

2. For material changes, we will also provide more significant notices (we may explain the specific changes of this Agreement by ways including but not limited to email, SMS or special notices on this Website).

3. We will also archive the historical version of this Agreement for your reference.

4. IN CASE OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES, WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO INTERRUPT OR TERMINATE THE SERVICES PROVIDED TO YOU WITHOUT NOTICE:

1) According to applicable laws, you should submit authentic information, and the personal data you provide is not genuine or inconsistent with the information at the time of registration, and you fail to provide reasonable evidence; 2) You violate applicable laws or this Agreement; 3) In accordance with applicable laws and regulations or requirements of competent authorities; 4) For safety reasons or other necessary circumstances.

Ⅸ. Contact Us

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions about this Agreement, you may send a written request to the address of the GCATbio Co., Ltd. (address: NO.118, Xicheng Road, Jintan District, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China) or email GCAT-public_cn@gcatbio.com. Generally, we will reply within 15 working days.

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