Welcome to Freelancezone.com.sg.com, the website and online service of Freelancezone.com.sg (“Freelancezone.com.sg,” “we,” “our” or “us”). Please read these Terms of Uses carefully. By accessing or using the website located at www.Freelancezone.com.sg.com (the “site”, “service”), you agree to be bound by this Terms of Use Agreement (“Agreement”) and all policies and guidelines incorporated by reference herein. This Agreement applies to all users, members, contributors and others who access the Service (“Users”).
If you are using the Site or the Service on behalf of any entity, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to accept these Terms on such entity’s behalf, and that such entity agrees to indemnify you and Freelancezone.com.sg for violations of these Terms. Nothing in these Terms will be deemed to confer any third party rights or benefits.
This Agreement hereby incorporates the terms of the following additional documents, including all future amendments or modifications thereto:
• The Contributor Agreement 
• Privacy Policy

1. USE OF OUR SERVICE

The terms and conditions appearing hereafter comprise the entire agreement between the Member (an individual subscriber for the Services, including the freelancer, or corporate/company subscriber for the services) and Freelancezone.com.sg and supersedes all prior agreements between the parties regarding the subject matter contained herein. 
By completing the registration process, you are indicating your agreement to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of the Freelancezone.com.sg as hereinafter appearing
In order to enter the Service, User needs to register for a Freelancezone.com.sg account and provide information which includes his/her email address, a username and a password. In order to be accepted as a Contributor, we may require you to submit valid photo identification.
All data requested during the Service registration process shall be given fully and correctly, provided the request of such data does not contradict any data protection law(s).You may never use another User’s account without permission. You are solely responsible for the activity that occurs on your account, and you must keep your account password secure. You must notify Freelancezone.com.sg immediately of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account. Freelancezone.com.sg will not be liable for any losses caused by any unauthorized use of your account.



2. SERVICE RULES

You agree not to engage in any of the following prohibited activities:
2.1 to comply with all applicable laws (and shall not contravene any applicable law) of the Republic of Singapore relating to the Services, including without limitation, the Broadcasting and Television Act, Common Gaming House Act, Computer Misuse Act, Copyright Act, Electronic Transactions Act, Films Act, Indecent Advertisements Act, Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act, Telecommunication Authority of Singapore Act, including any regulation made pursuant thereto and any items and conditions of any license granted to the Freelancezone.com.sg by the local internet service provider;
2.2 not to use the Service for any unlawful purpose including without limitation criminal purposes;
2.3 not to use the Service to send or receive any message which is offensive on moral, religious, racial or political grounds or of an abusive, indecent, obscene, defamatory or menacing nature.
2.4 not to persistently send messages or make postings on Freelancezone.com.sg or to any other Member or third party who access Freelancezone.com.sg without reasonable cause or for causing any threat, harassment, annoyance, inconvenience or anxiety to any person;
2.5 not to send, post and advertise messages on Freelancezone.com.sg that are not related freelance, part-time project such as property housing, service advertisements, female escort, etc. OR spamming the system by duplicating job posts through different job categories;
2.6 not to introduce, post or transmit any information or software which contains a virus, worm or other harmful component into the internet or FREELANCEZONE.COM.SG network system;
2.7 not to include in your job posting any alternative way of communication outside of FreelanceZone.com.sg that will include but not limited to Email address, Telegram ID, Facebook ID, WeChat ID, etc.
2.8 not to infringe any intellectual property rights of any person or retain information in any computer system or otherwise with an intention to do so;
2.9 not to violate, or attempt to violate the security of Freelancezone.com.sg and/or any web sites linked to Freelancezone.com.sg or gain unauthorized access to any computer system connected to the internet or any information regarded as private by other Members or persons, including but without limitation to accessing data and information not intended for them or logging onto a server or account which the Member is not authorized to access, attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or attempting to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization;
2.10 not to do anything or cause anything to be done which may be in breach of the Internet Code of Practice, any regulations, guidelines, instructions, etc in whatsoever form that the Singapore Broadcasting Authority may issue from time to time relating to the Service or otherwise.
2.11 copying, distributing, or disclosing any part of the Service in any medium, including without limitation by any automated or non-automated “scraping”;
2.12 using any automated system, including without limitation “robots,” “spiders,” “offline readers,” etc., to access the Service in a manner that sends more request messages to the Freelancezone.com.sg servers than a human can reasonably produce in the same period of time by using a conventional on-line web browser;
2.13 transmitting spam, chain letters, or other unsolicited email;
2.14 attempting to interfere with, compromise the system integrity or security or decipher any transmissions to or from the servers running the Service;
2.15 taking any action that imposes, or may impose at our sole discretion an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure;
2.16 uploading invalid data, viruses, worms, or other software agents through the Service;
2.17 collecting or harvesting any personally identifiable information, including account names, from the Service;
2.18 using the Service for any commercial solicitation purposes;
2.19 impersonating another person or otherwise misrepresenting your affiliation with a person or entity, conducting fraud, hiding or attempting to hide your identity;
2.20 interfering with the proper working of the Service;
2.21 accessing any content on the Service through any technology or means other than those provided or authorized by the Service;

We may, without prior notice, change the Service; stop providing the Service or features of the Service, to you or to Users generally; or create usage limits for the Service. We may permanently or temporarily terminate or suspend your access to the Service without notice and liability for any reason, including if in our sole determination you violate any provision of this Agreement, or for no reason. Upon termination for any reason or no reason, you continue to be bound by this Agreement. If your account is terminated for any reason, you must obtain written authorization from Freelancezone.com.sg prior to establishing another account. If you attempt to establish another account without obtaining such authorization, Freelancezone.com.sg may permanently ban you from the Service.
You are solely responsible for your interactions with other Freelancezone.com.sg Users. We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other Users. Freelancezone.com.sg shall have no liability for your interactions with other Users, or for any User’s action or inaction.


3. USER CONTENT

You agree not to submit User Content that:
3.1 is unlawful, abusive, obscene, pornographic, profane, harmful, threatening, harassing, vulgar, defamatory, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, or hateful racially or ethnically;
3.2 could infringe copyright laws or other proprietary or intellectual property rights without the explicit permission of the owner and the persons (or their legal guardians, where applicable) who are shown in the content, if applicable;
3.3 contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipments;
3.4 unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail”, “spam”, “chain letters”, “pyramid schemes”, or any other similar forms of solicitation.
To the best of your knowledge, all your User Content and other information that you provide to us is truthful and accurate.
Freelancezone.com.sg takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any User Content that you or any other User or third party posts or sends over the Service. You shall be solely responsible for your User Content and the consequences of posting or publishing it, and you agree that we are only acting as a passive conduit for your online distribution and publication of your User Content. You understand and agree that you may be exposed to User Content that is inaccurate, objectionable, inappropriate for children, or otherwise unsuited to your purpose, and you agree that Freelancezone.com.sg shall not be liable for any damages you allege to incur as a result of User Content.
By publishing any job ads or service ads containing User Content on the Service, you expressly grant, and you represent and warrant that you have all rights necessary to grant to Freelancezone.com.sg a royalty-free, sub-licensable, transferable, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, list information regarding, edit, translate, distribute, syndicate, publicly perform, publicly display, and make derivative works of all such User Content and your name, voice, and/or likeness as contained in your User Content, in whole or in part, and in any form, media or technology, whether now known or hereafter developed, for use in connection with the Service and Freelancezone.com.sg’s business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Service (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels.


4. PRIVACY

We care about the privacy of our Users. You understand that by using the Services you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personally identifiable information and aggregate data as set forth in our Privacy Policy and to have your personal information collected, used, transferred to and processed.
At Freelancezone.com.sg, we take your privacy seriously. We collects data and information about the registered Member or Company when he/she registers with Freelancezone.com.sg and sign in to our services. We use it only for customizing the advertisement and content you see on our website, fulfilling your requests for products and services, improving our services, contacting you, conducting research and providing anonymous reports for our internal use. 
We do not disclose information about your company, corporate or personal information that you provide, such as your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, personal references, etc., to outside parties, except when we believe the law requires it. But, we may record and share aggregated information with our partners.
Please keep in mind that when you apply for the project advertised on Freelancezone.com.sg, your resume data and any other information that you disclosed during your bid application will be made available to the companies you are applying to. 
We would also encourage you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to browse that are linked from Freelancezone.com.sg so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. We are not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on such websites outside the Freelancezone.com.sg domain name.


5. SECURITY

Freelancezone.com.sg cares about the integrity and security of your personal information. However, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat our security measures or use your personal information for improper purposes. You acknowledge that you provide your personal information at your own risk.


6. THIRD-PARTY LINKS

The Service may contain links to third-party websites, advertisers, services, special offers, or other events or activities that are not owned or controlled by Freelancezone.com.sg. Freelancezone.com.sg does not endorse or assume any responsibility for any such third-party sites, information, materials, products, or services. If you access a third party website from the Service, you do so at your own risk, and you understand that this Agreement and Freelancezone.com.sg’s Privacy Policy do not apply to your use of such sites. You expressly relieve Freelancezone.com.sg from any and all liability arising from your use of any third-party website, service, or content. Additionally, your dealings with or participation in promotions of advertisers found on the Service, including payment and delivery of goods, and any other terms (such as warranties) are solely between you and such advertisers. You agree that Freelancezone.com.sg shall not be responsible for any loss or damage of any sort relating to your dealings with such advertisers.


7. Service Providers

Freelancezone.com.sg uses other third parties to provide
7.1 a credit card payment gateway service for optional services,
7.2 a profiling/assessment service and
7.3 web analytics on our website. When you sign up for such services or by using our website, they may collect some information (e.g., credit card numbers, name) as necessary for the third party to provide that service.
These third parties are prohibited from using your personally identifiable information for any other purpose.


8. Member's Obligations

The Member shall:
8.1 be responsible for the set-up or configuration of his hardware and software for access to the Service;
8.2 comply with the rules of any network or network service provider through which the Member accesses the service;
8.3 be solely responsible for all information retrieved, stored and transmitted through the service by him;
8.4 be solely responsible for the accuracy of the Registration Data given to the Freelancezone.com.sg on initial application for the service;
8.5 be solely responsible for the maintenance of confidentiality of and the Member's password and login ID and all activities and transmission performed by the Member through his user ID;
8.6 be solely responsible for all the agreements between the employees and the hirers. Job-seekers are advised not to pay any upfront payment or any registration fee for the purpose of applying jobs. FreelanceZone.com.sg does not charge any fee or take any commission for finding and applying jobs.
8.7 immediately notify the Freelancezone.com.sg of any unauthorized use of the Member's account or any other breach of security known to the Member;


9. Fees (Applicable for Corporate/Company Members Only)

9.1 This clause shall not be applicable to individual freelancers who access or make postings of information and data at Freelancezone.com.sg for the purpose of seeking freelance project. The services shall be provided free of charge for these individual freelancers.
9.2 The subscription fees for the Services shall be at the applicable rate indicated in the Services Guide or such other rates as may be prescribed by the Freelancezone.com.sg from time to time upon posting the same at Freelancezone.com.sg or otherwise in writing in accordance with this Agreement.
9.3 Liability for the Subscription Fees shall accrue from the Commencement Date.
9.4 The Corporate/Company Member shall pay and maintain such deposits with the Freelancezone.com.sg as the Freelancezone.com.sg may require and shall increase such amount of such deposits from time to time when so required by the Freelancezone.com.sg.
9.5 Where Subscription Fees are payable, it shall be payable at or within such time as is stated in the invoice(s) issued by the Freelancezone.com.sg to the Member.


10. Maintenance of Service

The Freelancezone.com.sg may at any time deactivate or suspend the Member's access to Freelancezone.com.sg and/or the Services (as the case may be) without notice to carry out system maintenance, upgrading, testing, repairs and other related work. Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Freelancezone.com.sg shall not be liable for any loss and damage, costs and expense that the Member may suffer or incur, and no fees or charges payable by the Member to the Freelancezone.com.sg shall be deducted, refunded or rebated, as a result of such deactivation or suspension.


11. Termination of Service

11.1. Either Freelancezone.com.sg or the Member may terminate this service by giving prior notice in writing.
11.2 For corporate/company member, in the event of payable membership plan, if the member is not violating any of terms in this agreement, Freelancezone.com.sg will do the refund for the remaining amount within the next 30 working days after deducted the cost for the period of service use.
11.3 For corporate/company member, in the event of pay-per-posting, no refund will be made if the job advertisement had been posted and available online. Otherwise, Freelancezone.com.sg shall make a full refund on initial amount being paid by the member.
11.4 Freelancezone.com.sg may terminate this Agreement with immediate effect with no refund on the payment fee:
11.4.1 if in the opinion of the Freelancezone.com.sg, the Member has breached any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement (including without limitation clauses 9 and 10;
11.4.2 if the Member has provided any false or incomplete information to the Freelancezone.com.sg;
11.4.3 if, in the opinion of the Freelancezone.com.sg or any regulatory authority, it is not in the public interest to continue providing the Service to the Member for any reason; or
11.4.4 if the Member is declared a bankrupt or the Member enters into any compromise or arrangement with its creditors or an encumbrance lawfully takes possession or a receiver is validly appointed over the whole or part of the undertaking of the Member or proceedings are taken for the appointment of an administrator of or the winding up of the Member.


12. Suspension of Service

12.1 Without prejudice to any other rights or remedies of the Freelancezone.com.sg and notwithstanding any waiver by the Freelancezone.com.sg of any previous breach by the Member, the Freelancezone.com.sg may suspend the Service or any other service provided by the Freelancezone.com.sg in the event that any monies payable by the Member for the Service or that other service is not settled in full or any deposit or increase thereof required by the Freelancezone.com.sg is not paid by the Member.
12.2 Upon such suspension, the Service or such other service shall be deemed to be terminated as from the date of suspension stipulated by the Freelancezone.com.sg and the Member shall be liable for all charges and fees incurred up to and including the date of such suspension.


13. Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

Freelancezone.com.sg's content, including the information, names, images, pictures, logos and icons regarding or relating to Freelancezone.com.sg, its products and services (or to third party products and services), is provided "AS IS" and on an "IS AVAILABLE" basis without any representations or any kind of warranty made (whether express or implied by law) to the extent permitted by law, including the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.
Under no circumstances will Freelancezone.com.sg be liable for any of the following losses or damage (whether such losses where foreseen, foreseeable, known or otherwise): (a) loss of data; (b) loss of revenue or anticipated profits; (c) loss of business; (d) loss of opportunity; (e) loss of goodwill or injury to reputation; (f) losses suffered by third parties; or (g) any indirect, consequential, special or exemplary damages arising from the use of this portal regardless of the form of action.
Freelancezone.com.sg's does not warrant that functions contained in this web portal will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this web portal or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs.
Freelancezone.com.sg's liability under this Agreement shall not in any event exceed the total amount of fees and charges paid by the Member to the Freelancezone.com.sg for the period immediately preceding two (2) months prior to the incident giving rise to the relevant claim.
Freelancezone.com.sg does not warrant that Freelancezone.com.sg or any of the web sites linked to Freelancezone.com.sg will be free of any operational errors nor that it will be free of any virus, worm, or other harmful component.

14. Changes of this statement

The Freelancezone.com.sg reserves the right to amend the terms and conditions contained herein and in the Services Guide at any time upon notice (in such form as may be determined by the Freelancezone.com.sg) to the Member. Please review these terms regularly to ensure you are aware of any changes made by Freelancezone.com.sg. Your continued use of this Service after changes are posted means you agree to be legally bound by these terms as updated and/or amended.