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TERMS OF USE

Terms of Use
Welcome to IDEASVOICE !

IDEASVOICE helps via internet to connect entrepreneurs/project founders to individuals or businesses who are looking for projects to join as partners/associates. IDEASVOICE does not provide specific advice for business transmissions.

  1. Definitions.
  2. Rules and conduct.
  3. Specific rules for entrepreneurs.
  4. Specific rules for future partners.
  5. Specific rules for partnership with IdeasVoice.
  6. Policy of Confidentiality.

The following describes the terms applicable to the use of the www.ideasvoice.com website (the “Site”). Your use of the Site forms a legally binding contract with Ideas Voice SAS. (“IdeasVoice” or “us”) based on these Terms of Use. If you have registered as an Entrepreneur, you will be bound to these Terms of Use as well as additional terms in any applicable Entrepreneur Agreement. If you are a Future Partner, your use of the Site forms a legally binding contract with Ideas Voice SAS. (“IdeasVoice” or “us”) based on the terms and conditions in these Terms of Use, the Future Partner Agreement and applicable Services Schedule. PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY. If you do not accept the Terms of Use as stated here, do not use ideasvoice.com and its services. IDEASVOICE may revise these Terms of Use at any time by posting an updated version to this Web page.

0. Definitions

User: User means any person that is using the website.
Member: Member means any person that is registered to IDEASVOICE.
Project: Project means a professional project led by an entrepreneur. The project can be at different stage of progress such as the idea, the prototype, commercialization and industrialization, with an economic or social goal. All industry sectors are present. There can be innovative projects. Projects can concern sustainable development or social economy.
Associate or Future Partner: Future Partner means an individual or a business who is registered on ideasvoice.com. A future Partner has a partner profile with a username and a password for authentication. A future partner is looking for a project to join. He/She can be an employee wanting to bring his or her know-how. He/She can be an entrepreneur looking for a project to grow his or her activities. He can be an investor looking for projects to invest in.
Entrepreneur : Entrepreneur means a project founder registered on ideasvoice.com. An entrepreneur has an entrepreneur profile with a username and a password for authentication. An entrepreneur can have several projects. An entrepreneur can want to join another project as a future partner.

IDEASVOICE Partner : IDEASVOICE Partner means any organization which wants to work with IDEASVOICE. 3 types of partnerships exist on the site: professional partners who promote their services for entrepreneurs and can be contacted by our users; connectors partners who bring to their community IDEASVOICE services; sponsors partners who are involved in entrepreneurship and who support IDEASVOICE. The IDEASVOICE partner has a login and password allowing him to get to his space on the website. He can see the showcase but cannot contact entrepreneurs or future partners on the website.

1. Rules and Conduct

1.a) To use the Service, you should :

  • Be over 18 years old

1.b) In using IDEASVOICE, you accept to :

  • Respect the usual obligations and usage on the Internet,
  • Not use an illegal manner the website,
  • Not use any means that can damage or saturate the website,
  • Not use the website for other purpose than the one of the profile you have registered,
  • You shall provide IDEASVOICE with accurate, complete, and updated information. You have to do the necessary updates when needed,
  • You are solely responsible for activity that occurs on your account and shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Company password. You shall never use another user’s account without such other user’s express permission. You will immediately notify Company in writing of any unauthorized use of your account, or other account related security breach of which you are aware. Agree with our policy of confidentiality attached. You are responsible for the information you post and information transmitted to other members during discussion and exchange of messages,
  • You will not register several accounts for your own use. You shall not (i) select or use as a User ID or domain a name of another person with the intent to impersonate that person; (ii) use as a User ID or domain a name subject to any rights of a person other than you without appropriate authorization; or (iii) use as a User ID or domain a name that is otherwise offensive, vulgar or obscene.
  • By joining IDEASVOICE, you agree to receive reminders to maximize the visibility of your profile or your project as well as of your search.
  • When registering you confirm whether or not you wish to receive news from IDEASVOICE. You can make later a request to unsubscribe.

If you don’t agree with those terms, please do not register.

1.c) Rules about content:

During the year of your membership and the next 5 years, you agree not to use any device, software or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Site or which is intended to damage, interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information.
You agree not to take any action (including without limitation, spamming, advertisements, solicitations, or other forms of unauthorized solicitation or unsolicited) that imposes an unreasonable load on our infrastructure.
You agree not to take any action that may undermine the integrity of our system or the Services, such as: leaving feedback or ratings for yourself; using the Site in violation of local, state, national or international law; uploading of files or content that contain material that violates the intellectual property rights of any third party.
You are solely responsible for compliance with all applicable laws and regulations regarding your use of the Services and the transfer of the technologies or information with which you are involved, including without limitation, import/export requirements, and IDEASVOICE expressly disclaims any liability or responsibility thereto.
During the year of your membership and the next 5 years, you agree not to publish, transmit, share, or communicate:

  • Any content which negative impacts the reputation of IDEASVOICE, the website, and its members. Any content that involves the responsibility of IDEASVOICE outside the website,
  • Any personal data relating to a third party, such as addresses, phone numbers, email addresses,

1.d) Rules about others’ information.

During the year of your membership and the next 5 years, you agree:

  • Not to use personal data from members for other purposes, outside of IDEASVOICE,
  • Not to extract emails and other information for spamming and mailing without the consent of IDEASVOICE and its members,

1.e) Termination

IDEASVOICE may terminate your access to all or any part of the Service at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately, which may result in the forfeiture and destruction of all information associated with your membership. If you wish to terminate your account, you may do so by following the instructions on the Site. Any fees paid hereunder are non-refundable. All provisions of the Terms of Use which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.

1.f) Warranty Disclaimer

IDEASVOICE has no special relationship with or fiduciary duty to you. You acknowledge that IDEASVOICE has no control over, and no duty to take any action regarding: which users gains access to the Site; what Content you access via the Site; what effects the Content may have on you; how you may interpret or use the Content; or what actions you may take as a result of having been exposed to the Content. You release IDEASVOICE from all liability for you having acquired or not acquired Content through the Site. The Site may contain, or direct you to websites containing, information that some people may find offensive or inappropriate. IDEASVOICE makes no representations concerning any Content contained in or accessed through the Site, and IDEASVOICE will not be responsible or liable for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality or decency of material contained in or accessed through the Site or the Service.
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” AND IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND ANY WARRANTIES IMPLIED BY ANY COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR USAGE OF TRADE, ALL OF WHICH ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. THE COMPANY, AND ITS DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, PARTNERS AND CONTENT PROVIDERS DO NOT WARRANT THAT: (A) THE
SERVICE WILL BE SECURE OR AVAILABLE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME OR LOCATION; (B) ANY DEFECTS OR ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED; (C) ANY CONTENT OR SOFTWARE AVAILABLE AT OR THROUGH THE SERVICE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS; OR (D) THE RESULTS OF USING THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS. YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

2. Specific rules for entrepreneurs

IDEASVOICE helps the entrepreneur to look for partners in order to build the executive team and execute the project. Projects registered are professional projects with economic dimension.

2.a) General Conditions:

  • The location of the project has to be accurately recorded and updated when needed.
  • The residence of the entrepreneur has to be accurately recorded and updated when needed.
  • IDEASVOICE helps to connect people. It is not responsible of the outcome and of the final partnership agreement.
  • The project and the needs of the project are real. They should not serve another goal like looking for free advice or industrial spying.
  • When you subscribe the premium membership, your commitment outside of campaigns and promotions is a minimum of 2 months.

2.b) Content of the project :

  • You ensure the quality of your project (both in substance and form). The project you post has to be real. IDEASVOICE is not responsible for the quality of the project and the information you input. However, IDEASVOICE can ask you to improve the presentation of your project in order to be concise and explicit.
  • IDEASVOICE reserves the right to (i) remove, edit or modify any Content in its sole discretion, including without limitation any User Submissions, from the Site or Service at any time, without notice to you and for any reason (including, but not limited to, upon receipt of claims or allegations from third parties or authorities relating to such Content or if Company is concerned that you may have violated the Terms of Use, or if the project contains non ethics contents), or for no reason at all and (ii) to remove or block any User Submissions from the Service.
  • You ensure the quality of your video (content and style) and its compliance with our principles. All information you post on the website are under your own responsibility.
  • IDEASVOICE can revoke an entrepreneur in case of a report of an abuse.

3. Specific rules for Future Partners

  • Residence of the future partner to be accurately recorded and updated when needed.
  • Future partner’s profile and their wishes are accurate. They should not serve another goal like industrial spying.
  • The future partner registered on IDEASVOICE can be an employee with solid experience, an entrepreneur looking for growth, an investor, a business angel or a professional that is interested of being involved in an exciting project. The role of the partner is to bring his skills and experiences to help the project to succeed. The partner can also be an active investor wanting to commit himself in the project.
  • IDEASVOICE reserves the right to remove, edit or modify any Content in its sole discretion.
  • IDEASVOICE can revoke the registration of a future partner, in particular, if an abuse has been reported or if the person doesn’t respect ethics rules about moral, security, sectarianism, religion…
  • IDEASVOICE is not responsible for any damage or loss incurred as a result of any connection and dealings between members. All dealings are solely between the entrepreneur and future partners. In the event of a dispute, you release IDEASVOICE, its officers, employees, agents and successors in rights from claims, damages and demands of every kind, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, disclosed or undisclosed, arising out of or in any way related to such disputes and our service.
  • IDEASVOICE cannot be held liable for the actions of a Project Founder/an Entrepreneur.
  • When you subscribe the premium membership, your commitment outside of campaigns and promotions is a minimum of 2 months.

4. Specific rules for partnership with IdeasVoice

  • The residence of the partner must be filled correctly and updated in case of changes.
  • Registered partners are real entities or persons with a legal existence. Using IDEASVOICE should not be use for industrial espionage.
  • The partners share with IDEASVOICE a commitment towards entrepreneurship. Partners visible on the showcase of IDEASVOICE should communicate on their partnership with IDEASVOICE internally and outside their organization.
  • All our partners agree not to approach directly members of IDEASVOICE. The initiative of contact belongs to our members and visitors.
  • The report on contacts sent to our partners contain the total requests for contacts per month.

For professional partners

  • The professional partner of IDEASVOICE is an experienced professional recognized for his skills. His role is to provide added value to the problems encountered by the entrepreneur, only on his skills. The professional partner is in touch with IDEASVOICE members only if they have requested. The assignment of the partner may begin only after tacit agreement of the commercial proposal, in accordance with the contractual terms and conditions detailed in the proposal.
  • Professional partner listed on IDEASVOICE website is committed when he is in contact with entrepreneurs and future partners. He ensures his integrity and manages conflicts of interest between his duties and the project for which he provides his service.
  • In order that the partnership is beneficial to all of us, it is important to ensure a high level of professionalism and to provide tangible added value for the entrepreneur or the future partner.
  • The professional partner agrees to respect the rules of conduct and confidentiality of the consulting profession.
  • IDEASVOICE may also suspend the registration of a professional partner if it were to undermine morality, safety of persons or the State, to submit a sectarian or religious, and has other activity that impacts negatively IDEASVOICE image. Similarly, if abuse is reported concerning a professional partner, IDEASVOICE reserves the right to cancel the partnership.
  • IDEASVOICE responsibility cannot be held liable for any litigation between the professional, IDEASVOICE partner and the entrepreneur or the future partner. However, in case of repeated litigations, the partnership may be ended without retrocession of membership.
  • IDEASVOICE responsibility cannot be sought in the event of results from the partnership considered disappointing by the porfessional.
  • In case of malfunction or interruption of the website, IDEASVOICE responsibility cannot be engaged. IDEASVOICE will use all means necessary to restore the service quickly.

For connector partners

  • The connector partner of IDEASVOICE will implement enough communication actions during the partnership in order to allow an easy access to the website of IDEASVOICE for its members, users, consumers, participants.
  • The report on registered members through the partnership will contain name, email, type (entrepreneur / future partner), date of registration, indication on completion of the profile, city, country, unless a person of the group has requested to IDEASVOICE not to disclose his identity to the connector partner. At a total level, the transformation rate of premium subscription will be computed.
  • IDEASVOICE provides its services to users of the partner. In case of malfunction or interruption of the website, IDEASVOICE responsibility cannot be engaged. IDEASVOICE will use all means necessary to restore the service quickly.
  • IDEASVOICE responsibility cannot be sought in the event of results from the partnership considered disappointing by the partner.

5. Policy of confidentiality

For future partners :

In case the user defines a username in the settings, no personal information about the ID is displayed except to his/her contacts.
Other members can look at the profile and the wishes of a future partner. Personal data like social network links are not visible as long as the person is not connected to the future partner.
Comments and votes on projects are visible to all.
When two members are connected, in case the use of username, their IDs are disclosed to each other. Their messages remain private. The future partner is responsible for not disclosing the information he collects from the entrepreneur, for at least 6 years, except if the entrepreneur gives his formal agreement.

For registered members through the connector, IDEASVOICE can transmit a list of those members with name, email, type (entrepreneur / future partner), date of registration, indication on the completion of the profile, city, country. In the case where a member of the connector group opposes the diffusion of his/her identity to the connector, he/she must make a specific request to IDEASVOICE.

For entrepreneurs :

In case the user defines a username in the settings, no personal information about the ID is displayed except to his/her contacts.
Other members can look at the project and the needs of the project.
Personal data like social network links are not disclosed as long as the person is not among his/her contacts.
IDEASVOICE does not control information input from its members. The entrepreneur is responsible of the information he provides. He ensures that they are accurate and updated. It is recommended to not input strategic information related to the business plan or to the patent’s work on IDEASVOICE. To share such strategic information, you should prefer to sign a non-disclosure agreement with the third party and meet him/her previously.

When two persons are connected, in case the use of username, they are no longer anonymous. They exchange private messages. The entrepreneur is responsible for not disclosing the information he collects from the future partner, for at least 6 years, except if the future partner gives his formal agreement.

For registered members through the connector, IDEASVOICE can transmit a list of those members with name, email, type (entrepreneur / future partner), date of registration, indication on the completion of the profile, city, country. In the case where a member of the connector group opposes the diffusion of his/her identity to the connector, he/she must make a specific request to IDEASVOICE.

For partnership :

The name of the partner organization and the presentation of its activity is visible to all. The visitor can share the presentation to his/her network with friends. To contact the partner, the visitor must identify himself/herself and complete the contact form which will be sent to the partner. All contact requests are followed. IDEASVOICE sends a report of total of monthly contact requests to each partner on a semi-annual frequency.
Concerning the sharing of the partner’s presentation on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn by the public, IDEASVOICE does not manage moderation.

IDEASVOICE Intellectual Property Rights — Project Founders/Entrepreneurs

The Service provides you with the ability upload your content to the Site. IDEASVOICE will not have any ownership rights of your content, however, IDEASVOICE needs the following license to perform the Service. You hereby grant to IDEASVOICE the worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, right to (and to allow others acting on its behalf to) (i) use, host, display, and otherwise perform the Service on your behalf (e.g., use, host, stream, transmit, playback, transcode, copy, display, feature, market, sell, distribute and otherwise exploit (“Host”) the content, along with all associated copyrightable works or metadata, including without limitation photographs, graphics, and descriptive text (“Artworks”) in connection with the Service); (ii) (and to allow other users to) stream, transmit, playback, download, display, feature, distribute, collect, and otherwise use the content and Artworks; and (iii) use and publish, and to permit others to use and publish, the name(s), trademarks, likenesses, and personal and biographical materials of you and the members of your group, in connection with the provision of the Service.
You agree to pay all royalties and other amounts owed to any person or entity due to your submission of your content to the Service or the IDEASVOICE’s Hosting of the content as contemplated by these Terms of Use.
To enable IDEASVOICE to Host your content pursuant to the above provisions, you hereby grant to IDEASVOICE the worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable right to use, reproduce, copy, and display your trademarks, service marks, slogans, logos or similar proprietary rights (collectively, the”Trademarks”) solely in connection with the Service.

Information disclosed on IDEASVOICE – Entrepreneur

As long as the user is not registered, he has only access to general information on projects and future partners on the home page.
On the home page, there are projects with their title, 2 lines of the summary, the industry sector, the city.
Any member can look at the description of the project and at the needs of the project. Internet links and entrepreneur profile are not displayed.
He/She can also view the comments and the votes on the project.
Having his/her profile completed, he/she can send a request to connect to the entrepreneur. As soon as the request is accepted, he/she can see the profile and the ID of the entrepreneur.
The mailbox, the messages and the active contacts of each user remain private.
Information disclosed on IDEASVOICE – Future Partner

As long as the user is not registered, he has only access to general information on projects and future partners on the home page.
On the home page, there is a list of future partners with their username, main skills, industry wishes, location…
Any entrepreneur can look at the description of the profile and at the wishes. Internet links are not displayed.
Having his/her profile, project and one need completed, only entrepreneur can send a request to connect to the future partner. As soon as the request is accepted, the entrepreneur can see the complete and IDs are disclosed in case of the use of a username.
The mailbox, the messages and the active contacts of the future partner remain private.

Intellectual Property Rights — Users

The Service may provide users with the ability to add, create, upload, submit, distribute, collect, or post (“Submitting” or “Submission”) content, videos, audio clips, written forum comments, data, text, photographs, software, scripts, graphics, or other information to the Site (collectively, the “User Submissions”). By Submitting User Submissions on the Site or otherwise through the Service, you:
acknowledge that by Submitting any User Submission to the Site, you are publishing that User Submission, and that you may be identified publicly by your User ID in association with any such User Submission;
by Submitting any User Submissions through the Site or the Service, you hereby do and shall grant IDEASVOICE a worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully paid, sub licensable and transferable license to use, edit, modify, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, perform, and otherwise fully exploit the User Submissions in connection with the Site, the Service and IDEASVOICE’s (and its successors and assigns’) business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Site (and derivative works thereof) or the Service in any media formats and through any media channels (including, without limitation, third party websites). You also hereby do and shall grant each user of the Site and/or the Service a non-exclusive license to access your User Submissions through the Site and the Service, and to use, edit, modify, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display and perform such User Submissions solely for personal, non-commercial use. For clarity, the foregoing license grant to IDEASVOICE does not affect your other ownership or license rights in your User Submission(s), including the right to grant additional licenses to the material in your User Submission(s), unless otherwise agreed in writing;
represent and warrant, and can demonstrate to IDEASVOICE’s full satisfaction upon request that you (i) own or otherwise control all rights to all content in your User Submissions, or that the content in such User Submissions is in the public domain, (ii) you have full authority to act on behalf of any and all owners of any right, title or interest in and to any content in your User Submissions to use such content as contemplated by these Terms of Use and to grant the license rights set forth above, (iii) you have the permission to use the name and likeness of each identifiable individual person and to use such individual’s identifying or personal information as contemplated by these Terms of Use; and (iv) you are authorized to grant all of the aforementioned rights to the User Submissions to IDEASVOICE and all users of the Service;
you agree to pay all royalties and other amounts owed to any person or entity due to your Submission of any User Submissions to the Service;
that the use or other exploitation of such User Submissions by IDEASVOICE and use or other exploitation by users of the Site and Service as contemplated by this Agreement will not infringe or violate the rights of any third party, including without limitation any privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights, or any other intellectual property or proprietary rights; and understand that IDEASVOICE shall have the right to delete, edit, modify, reformat, excerpt, or translate any materials, content or information submitted by you; and that all information publicly posted or privately transmitted through the Site is the sole responsibility of the person from which such content originated and that IDEASVOICE will not be liable for any errors or omissions in any content; and that IDEASVOICE cannot guarantee the identity of any other users with whom you may interact in the course of using the Service.
IDEASVOICE does not endorse and has no control over any User Submission. IDEASVOICE cannot guarantee the authenticity of any data which users may provide about themselves. You acknowledge that all Content accessed by you using the Service is at your own risk and you will be solely responsible for any damage or loss to any party resulting therefrom.

Connection between future partners and entrepreneurs.

Comments are displayed to all members of IDEASVOICE. It is forbidden to insert ID and contact information in the comments.

Messages between future partners and entrepreneurs remain private.

Information disclosed on IDEASVOICE – Partnership

When the partnership is active, any user has access to his presentation. There is no direct contact information. To contact the partner from the website, the user must complete a contact form.

For more detail and contacting the partner, the user must sign in.

Information on identity stored in the partner private space is not disclosed to members and visitors.

Upgrades of our website
Last update of ideasvoice.com: July 2014
We apologize for dysfunctions you might encounter. Don’t hesitate to report us any problem! The Terms below might evolve in the future.

Terms of use updated in July 20th, 2014