STARPAY TERMS OF USE
As of May 13, 2024
Welcome to the Starpay Application. These Terms of Use govern your access of the Platform and use of the Services, as defined under these Terms of Use.
All references under these Terms of Use to “Starpay”, “we,” “us,” or “our” shall refer to Starpay Corporation and its related entities.
By accessing the Platform and/or using the Services, you, the Customer, agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, please do not access and/or use this Platform and/or the Services.
Section 1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
A. The terminology used in these Terms of Use are defined under Schedule 1.
B. Any reference in these Terms of Use to any provision of a statute shall be construed as a reference to that provision as amended, re-enacted or extended at the relevant time.
C. Under these Terms of Use, whenever the words ‘include’, ‘includes’ or ‘including’ are used, they will be deemed to be followed by the words ‘without limitation’.
D. Unless expressly indicated otherwise, all references to a number of days mean calendar days, and the words ‘month’ or ‘monthly’ and all references to a number of months shall refer to calendar months.
E. Clause headings are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of these Terms of Conditions.
F. In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between any two or more provisions under these Terms of Use, such conflict or inconsistency shall be resolved in favor of Starpay and the provision which is more favorable to Starpay shall prevail.
Section 1. ACCESS TO THE PLATFORM AND SERVICES
A. You agree to:
i. access the Platform and/or use the Services only for lawful purposes and in a lawful manner at all times and further agree to conduct any activity relating to the Services or the Platform in good faith;
ii. comply with any and all guidelines, notices, operating rules, and policies and instructions pertaining to the use of the Services and/or access to the Platform, as well as any amendments thereto issued by us from time to time; and
iii. ensure that any information or data you post or cause to appear on the Platform in connection with the Services is accurate.
B. Access to password protected areas of the Platform and/or use of the Services are restricted to Customers with Starpay accounts only. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain unauthorized access to such parts of this Platform and/or Services, or to any other protected information on the Platform, through any means not intentionally made available by us for your specific use.
C. If you are below 18 years old you must obtain consent from your parent(s) or legal guardian(s). By consenting to your acceptance of these Terms of Use, your parent(s) or legal guardian(s) are agreeing to take responsibility for:
i. your actions in your access and use of the Platform and/or the Services;
ii. any charges associated with your use of any of the Services; and
iii. your compliance with these Terms of Use. If you do not have consent from your parent(s) or legal guardian(s), you must cease accessing the Platform and using the Services.
Section 3. GENERAL USE OF THE SERVICES
A. Starpay operates a platform for a digital wallet that enables you to store electronic funds issued by Starpay and allows services such as electronic payment services that enable you to send and receive electronic money and payments from third parties authorized and approved by Starpay (the “Services“). Starpay reserves the right to amend any functionality offered by the Platform without prior notice to you.
B. Upon your registration with Starpay, an online account which holds electronic funds for use in online transactions (“Customer Account“) will be created for you.
C. Starpay acts as your agent solely in relation to the custody of your electronic funds in your Customer Account. Starpay maintains separate and independent funds for our corporate purposes and the funds available in your account are exclusively for your own use only. We ensure that you will receive, at face value, the redeemed amount in Philippine Peso. The monetary value is guaranteed regardless if the account has expired, terminated, or cancelled or should we decide to cease operations, except in the event of a fraudulent transaction or any investigation in relation to a fraudulent case involving your account or other applicable fees and charges. You understand and accept that:
i. Starpay is not licensed as a bank, nor do we provide banking services and/or functions which are integral or closely related to the banking business. Starpay is not allowed to extend any form of credit or lending, nor engage in the business of accepting deposits;
ii. the Customer Account is not covered by the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) and is not insured by any government agency; there is no voluntary or compulsory scheme in which Starpay is a member which compensates the Customer in the event Starpay becomes unable to satisfy claims relating to your Customer Account or otherwise in relation to the Services;
iii. The Customer Account will not earn monetary rewards and other similar incentives convertible to cash, nor special discount privileges;
iv. We are subject to the rules and regulations of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA).
v. Starpay does not act as a trustee or accept any fiduciary role in respect of the electronic funds in your Customer Account.
3.2. Registration
The registration process requires you to provide us with accurate and complete personal information, including your name, address, telephone number, date of birth and email address (“Registration Information“) in order to become and continue to be a Customer.
We may request for additional information or documentation at any time and for any reason, including but not limited to confirming your identity, age and/or to confirm your bank details or debit, credit, prepaid facilities, for example, cards which you have registered with us. You agree that you will provide such information and/or documentation promptly to us upon request. If you do not provide such information and/or documentation promptly, we may, without any liability to you, either limit your use of the Services or suspend or close your Customer Account.
You authorize Starpay to make any inquiries it considers necessary to validate and verify your identity (whether directly or through third parties) at any time for any reason whatsoever.
Each individual is only entitled to open one (1) Customer Account. If you open more than one Customer Account, Starpay shall contact you to identify your primary Customer Account and Starpay may, without any liability to you, close any other Customer Account(s) that you may have opened upon transferring any remaining account balances in any other Customer Account(s) to your primary Customer Account.
You may be required to have a username and/or password to access the Services and such username and/or password may either be:
i. created and provided by you; or
ii. issued to you by Starpay (in the event of request for issuance of a new username and/or password)
Starpay reserves absolute and sole discretion to invalidate any username and/or password assigned or created without providing you with any reason or prior notice and we shall not be liable for any loss, damage or expense suffered by you as a result of such invalidation.
3.3. Account information
A. You are required to ensure that all information provided to Starpay is accurate and up to date. In the event of any change in your information, you shall notify Starpay as soon as possible.
B. All Personal Data provided to Starpay will be handled, stored, and processed according to Starpay’s Privacy Policy. By accepting these Terms of Use, you acknowledge that you have read and agree with the Privacy Policy and consent to our collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Data for the purposes as set out in the Privacy Policy.
C. You are solely responsible for keeping your username and password to the Services secure. You are encouraged to change your password on a regular basis and we will not be liable for any disclosure or unauthorized use of your username or password. If your username or password has been compromised, you must inform Starpay immediately.
D. Any use of your username or password on the Starpay Platform shall be deemed use of the Services. Any information, data, or communication posted, transmitted, or issued during the period where you are logged in with your username and password (whether authorized or unauthorized) shall be deemed to be posted, transmitted, or issued by you. You will be solely responsible for any such transmission, notice or communication and agree to indemnify and hold harmless Starpay from any loss, damage, expense, and/or liability for actions attributable to the use of your username and password on the Starpay Platform.
3.4. Fees
You agree to pay the fees and charges plus applicable taxes related to the use of the Services as we may impose and as published in our Platform. These fees and charges are inclusive of all applicable Philippine taxes and will be debited from your account. In the event that these fees and other charges result in a debit balance in your account, the amount debited from your account upon availability of replenishment of funds without prior notice. We reserve the right to change the fees and changes as we deem necessary.
We reserve the right to decline acceptance of payment instruments, such as credit cards, debit cards or bank accounts, as funding methods at our sole discretion.You will be notified of other charges before they become due.
3.5. Adding funds to your account
A. You hereby authorize Starpay to receive funds on your behalf from your chosen payment source. You agree to upload electronic funds to your Customer Account in accordance with the directions available under the Cash In option in the Starpay Platform and the Frequently asked question section in the Starpay website (as may be amended by Starpay from time to time) and you agree that you will not use any unauthorized, invalid or illegal payment method to upload electronic funds to your Customer Account.
B. Starpay may conduct know-your-customer or due diligence checks in accordance with any applicable regulatory requirements, as well as an internal risk assessment, before clearing funds for receipt by your Starpay account.
3.6. Payment
A. Payment using the Services may only be made to merchants who are registered and
approved by Starpay (“Merchants”).
B. When you make a payment from your Customer Account, Starpay will, upon conducting all necessary checks and verification, authorize the transfer of the necessary electronic funds including any applicable fees or charges, from your Customer Account.
C. You acknowledge and agree that if there are insufficient funds in your Customer Account to make the necessary payment, Starpay will not authorize the payment and has the right to cancel the transaction. Starpay shall not be liable for any loss, or damage suffered, or incurred by you from a transaction being cancelled due to insufficient funds in your Customer Account.
3.7. Restricted activities
A. In connection with your use of the Starpay Application, Platform, Customer Account, or the Services, or in the course of your interaction with Starpay, another Customer, a Merchant or any other third party through the Starpay Application, you must not:
i. breach these Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy or any other policy featured on the Starpay Application;
ii. violate any laws, regulations or third party rights;
iii. infringe Starpay’s or any third party’s copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy;
iv. impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity;
v. act in a manner that is defamatory, libelous, unlawfully threatening or harassing;
vi. provide false, fraudulent, inaccurate or misleading information;
vii. unreasonably refuse to cooperate in an investigation by Starpay or provide confirmation of your identity or other requested information to Starpay;
viii. attempt to receive funds from both Starpay and a Merchant or other third party seller for the same transaction by submitting similar claims;
ix. use an anonymizing proxy;
x. control a Customer Account that is linked in any way to another account that has or suspected to be engaged in any restricted activities under these Terms of Use;
xi. use the Starpay Application, your Customer Account or the Services in a manner that results in or may result in complaints, disputes, claims, fines, penalties and other liabilities to Starpay, another Customer, a Merchant, or third parties;
xii. take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure or such other action that would pose a material risk or issue to our infrastructure;
xiii. distribute viruses, trojan horses, worms, or other computer programming technologies that may harm the Starpay Application, or the interests or property of any other Customers, Merchants, and any other third parties, including other users on the Starpay Application;
xiv. attempt to gain unauthorized access to or otherwise interfere or disrupt other computer systems or networks connected to the Platform or Services;
xv. distribute or promote obscene, pornographic, indecent or offensive material or any material that goes against any public policy and/or any applicable laws or regulations;
xvi. by way of act or omission, do anything that may cause us to lose any services from our internet service providers, payment processors, or other suppliers;
xvii. interfere with another’s utilization and enjoyment of the Platform or Services;
xviii. circumvent or manipulate our fee structure, billing process, or the fees owed to Starpay;
xix. transfer your Customer Account to another third party without our prior written consent;
xx. use the Services for, or in relation to, any illegal purpose or criminal activity of any nature, including, without limitation, the purchase of illegal downloads;
xxi. use the Services to facilitate any sale or purchase of any goods and/or services which infringe the intellectual property or other proprietary rights of any third party or prohibited goods and/or services; or
xxii. facilitate any illegal or unlawful or fraudulent activity of any nature.
xxiii. violate any laws, rules, or regulations of the government, or relevant governing bodies.
B. If we reasonably suspect that you are engaging in any of the restricted activities as set out in clause 3.7A above, we may, without any liability to you, take the following action(s):
i. report any suspicious or illegal activity to the relevant authorities;
ii. cancel or refuse any transactions;
iii. suspend or close any Customer Accounts;
iv. apply, at our sole discretion, prevention and detection procedures and refuse the execution of transactions if there are grounds to suspect that a Customer Account is being, or may be, used for illegal, unlawful or fraudulent purposes; or
v. take further steps as Starpay, in its reasonable discretion, may deem necessary, including taking legal action against you.
C. In the event of the suspension of your Customer Account, we will inform you of the suspension whenever reasonably possible, when warranted or as may be required by relevant laws, or regulations, and provide you with the opportunity to request for restoration of access if and when appropriate. Any restoration of access shall be at Starpay’s discretion and shall be subject to Starpay’s prevailing policies and procedures.
D. You understand that you shall hold Starpay free and harmless from any liabilities arising from any actions, losses, or damages appurtenant and in connection with clause 3.7.
3.8. Closure of Customer Account
A. You may request that Starpay closes your Customer Account at any time by contacting Starpay’s customer support team. Contact details of the Starpay customer support team are available on the Starpay website.
B. Closure of your Customer Account will not cancel any cleared transactions in which you have already undertaken electronic funds via your Customer Account.
C. In the event that Starpay closes your Customer Account , Starpay may contact you to notify you of your account’s closure.
D. You shall remain liable for all obligations related to your Customer Account for acts which were made by you before the Closure of your Customer Account. Closure of Customer Account does not relieve you of any liability pertaining to the respective Customer Account during this period. In the event of a pending investigation at the time your Customer Account is closed.
3.9. Inactive Accounts
A. Customer Account that has no monetary transaction for one hundred and eighty (180) days from the last monetary transaction, or account opening/registration is deemed inactive (“Inactive Account”).
B. An Inactive Account shall be charged a Maintenance fee based on the Charging Schedule, and every thirty (30) days thereafter, until the same account shall make a monetary transaction, or until the Customer Account reaches zero balance and closed by Starpay. See Charging Schedule in this table.
C. Once an Inactive Account’s balance becomes zero, the same shall be closed.
D. Once an account has been closed, it can no longer be used or retrieved. You will have to re-register with Starpay to enjoy Starpay Services.
E. Starpay may, at any time and at its absolute and sole discretion, discontinue your use of the Customer Account or the Services or any part of the Services. You agree that Starpay shall not be liable to you in relation to misuse of your Customer Account or the Services, and/or for any other reason beyond the control of Starpay.
F. Where applicable, Starpay may refund electronic funds which are in your Customer Account, as soon as practicable, after its closure through any payment method Starpay deems in its sole discretion most suitable, provided that you comply with the requirements as determined by Starpay, including but not limited to, presentation of valid identification document.
G. Starpay has the right not to return to you any disputed funds or any funds which relate to a breach of these Terms of Use until such time the dispute has been resolved or where a court of competent jurisdiction has decided on the matter.
H. Starpay reserves the right to carry out any necessary anti-money laundering, terrorism financing, fraud, or any other illegal activity checks before authorizing any withdrawal of your funds, including returning funds to you after you have closed your Customer Account.
Section 4. AVAILABILITY OF SERVICES
Starpay may, from time to time and without giving any reason or prior notice to you, upgrade, modify, suspend or discontinue the provision of, or remove, whether in whole or in part, the Platform or any Services and shall not be liable if any such upgrade, modification, suspension or removal prevents you from accessing the Platform or any part of the Services.
Section 5. REWARDS PROGRAM
You may be eligible to receive certain rewards through various incentive programs and/or promotional activities carried out in conjunction with Merchants and/or our Business Partners, which will be covered by a separate Terms of Use.
Section 6. PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES
6.1 Promotional Campaigns
If you participate in any of our promotional campaigns you are deemed to have also acknowledged and agreed to the Terms of Use of the respective campaign as published online.
6.2 Promotional material and marketing
A. You consent to and authorize our use of any information provided by you (including Personal Data) for the purposes of sending information and promotional notifications via e-mails, phone-calls, SMS, social networks, push notifications, in-app notifications, and communication apps.
B. Your acceptance of these Terms of Use shall constitute your consent for the purpose of the provisions of any spam control laws (whether in Philippines or elsewhere). You may subsequently opt out of receiving promotional e-mails by clicking on the appropriate hyperlink in any promotional e-mail.
C. To opt out of receiving any promotional or informational notifications at any of the above- mentioned communication channels please contact our customer support via phone or e- mail.
6.3 Hyperlinks. We may include hyperlinks to other Applications or content on the internet that are owned or operated by third parties. Such linked Applications or content are not under our control and we are not liable for any errors, omissions, delays, defamation, libel, slander, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, inaccuracy or any other objectionable material contained in the contents, or the consequences of accessing any such linked Applications. Any hyperlinks to any such Applications or content do not constitute an endorsement of such Applications or content by us and you agree that your access to or use of such linked Applications or content is entirely at your own risk.
6.4 Advertising. We may attach banners, java applets and/or such other material to the Platform for the purposes of advertising Starpay’s or our Business Partners’ products and/or services. For the avoidance of doubt, you shall not be entitled to receive any payment, fee and/or commission in respect of any such advertising or other promotional materials.
Section 7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
By accepting these Terms of Use, you represent and warrant that you submitted true and correct information and the transaction is legitimate; you are not violating any applicable laws or regulations through your use of the Starpay Application, your Customer Account and/or the Services; and you agree to defend, indemnify and hold Starpay, its Indemnitees, affiliates and authorized representatives harmless from any claim, demand (including legal fees and costs), fines, penalties or other liability incurred by Starpay due to or arising out of your breach of this representation and warranty. Starpay may report any suspicious activity to the relevant authorities without notifying you or taking your consent.
Section 8. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
8.1 Ownership. The Intellectual Property in and to the Platform and the Starpay Materials are owned, licensed to or controlled by us, our licensors or our service providers. We reserve the right to enforce our Intellectual Property rights to the fullest extent of the law.
8.2 Restricted use. No part or parts of the Platform, or the Starpay Materials may be reproduced, reverse engineered, decompiled, disassembled, separated, altered, distributed, republished, displayed, broadcast, hyperlinked, mirrored, framed, transferred or transmitted in any manner or by any means or stored in an information retrieval system or installed on any server, system or equipment without our prior written permission of the relevant copyright owners. Permission will only be granted to you to download, print, or use the Starpay Materials for personal and non-commercial uses, provided that you do not modify the Starpay Materials and that we or the relevant copyright owners retain all copyright and other proprietary rights contained in the Starpay Materials.
8.3 Trademarks. Nothing on the Platform and in these Terms of Use shall be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use (including, as a meta tag or as a ‘hot’ link to any other Application) any trademarks displayed on the Starpay Application and Platform, without our written permission (or that of any other applicable trademark owner, as may be relevant).
8.4 Submissions by you. You grant us a non-exclusive license to use the materials or information that you submit to the Platform and/or provide to us, including but not limited to questions, reviews, comments, and suggestions. When you post comments or reviews to the Platform, you also grant us the right to use the name that you submit or your username in connection with such review, comment, or other content. You shall not use a false e-mail address, pretend to be someone other than yourself or otherwise mislead us or third parties as to the origin of any submissions you make. We may at our sole discretion publish, remove or edit your submissions.
Section 9. COOKIES
- A cookie is a small piece of information that is placed on your computer which may track your activity within the Platform.
We use cookies for the following purposes:
i. enabling certain features and functions on the Platform, including but not limited to remembering your username, browsing preferences, and other Service preferences;
ii. building up a profile of how you and other users use the Starpay Application;
iii. improving the efficiency of the Platform;
iv. administering Services to you and to our advertisers; and
v. establishing usage statistics on the Platform.
Most internet browsers provide you the option of turning off the processing of cookies. You may turn off cookies while browsing the Platform but this may result in the loss of functionality, restrict your use of the Platform and/or delay or affect the way in which it operates.
Section 10. DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
10.1 Disclaimer. Starpay does not have control of any items you may purchase online using the Services and cannot guarantee that online transactions will be completed by the other party. Starpay disclaims all liability for any goods or services offered for sale by its Merchants and will not be responsible for the delivery or the condition of any goods or services purchased from third parties.
10.2 No representations or warranties. The Services, the Platform and the Starpay Materials are provided on an ‘as is’ and ‘as available’ basis. All data and/or information contained in the Platform, the Services or the Starpay Materials are provided for informational purposes only. No representations or warranties of any kind, whether implied, express or statutory, including the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, satisfactory quality or fitness for a particular purpose, are given in conjunction with the Platform, the Services or the Starpay Materials. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, we do not warrant:
i. the accuracy, timeliness, adequacy, commercial value or completeness of all data and/or information contained in the Platform, the Services or the Starpay Materials;
ii. that the Platform, the Services or that any of the Starpay Materials will be provided uninterrupted, secure or free from errors or omissions, or that any identified defect will be corrected;
iii. that the Platform, the Services or the Starpay Materials are free from any computer virus or other malicious, destructive or corrupting code, agent, program or macros; and
iv. the security of any information transmitted by you or to you through the Platform or the Services, and you accept the risk that any information transmitted or received through the Services or the Platform may be accessed by unauthorized third parties and/or disclosed by us or our officers, employees or agents to third parties purporting to be you or purporting to act under your authority. Transmissions over the internet and electronic mail may be subject to interruption, transmission blackout, delayed transmission due to internet traffic or incorrect data transmission due to the public nature of the internet.
10.3 Liability. You shall be responsible for any loss, cost, expense (including legal fees and expenses), damage, penalties or settlement sums whatsoever or howsoever caused (regardless of the form of action) arising directly or indirectly in connection with:
i. any access, use and/or inability to use the Platform or the Services beyond the control of Starpay;
ii. reliance on any data or information made available through the Platform and/or through the Services without first independently verifying the same. You should not act on such data or information without first independently verifying its contents;
iii. any system, server or connection failure, error, omission, interruption, delay in transmission, computer virus or other malicious, destructive or corrupting code, agent program, or macros you downloaded, or permitted to access your access;
iv. any use of or access to any other application, website or webpage linked to the Platform itself fraud, fault, delay, error or negligence on your part or other circumstances which are beyond the control of Starpay.
Section 11. TERMINATION OF SERVICES
11.1 Termination by us. In our sole and absolute discretion, we may, upon giving you notice at our earliest opportunity, terminate your use of the Platform, Services and/or disable your username and password with immediate effect. We may bar access to the Platform and/or Services (or any part thereof) for any reason whatsoever at our sole discretion, including a breach of any of these Terms of Use or where if we believe that you have violated any terms or conditions set out herein, or if in our opinion or the opinion of any regulatory authority, it is not suitable to continue providing the Services.
11.2 Termination by you. You may terminate your use of the Services by giving no less than seven (7) days notice in writing to us. Upon receipt of your termination notice, we will regard your notice as a formal request to us to close your Customer Account and the account closure process shall be in accordance with the provisions set out in this Terms of Use.
Section 12. NOTICES
12.1 Notices from us. You agree that all notices or other communications from us are deemed to have been given to you if:
i. communicated through any print or electronic media as we may select from time to time, will be deemed to be notified to you on the date of publication or broadcast; or
ii. sent by post or left at your last known address, received by you on the day following such posting or on the day when it was so left.
12.2 Notices from you. You may only give notice to us in writing sent to our designated address or e-mail address (as may be amended from time to time), and we shall be deemed to have received such notice only upon receipt. While we endeavour to respond promptly to notices from you, we cannot guarantee that we will always respond with consistent speed.
12.3 Other modes of notifications. Notwithstanding Clauses 12.1 and 12.2, we may from time to time designate other acceptable modes of giving notice (including but not limited to e-mail or other forms of electronic communication) and the time or event by which such notice shall be deemed given.
Section 13. GENERAL TERMS
13.1 Cumulative rights and remedies. Unless otherwise provided under these Terms of Use, the provisions of these Terms of Use and our rights and remedies under these Terms of Use are cumulative and are without prejudice and in addition to any rights or remedies we may have in law or in equity, and no exercise by us of any one right or remedy under these Terms of Use, or at law or in equity, shall (save to the extent, if any, provided expressly in these Terms of Use or at law or in equity) operate so as to hinder or prevent our exercise of any other such right or remedy at law or in equity.
13.2 No waiver. Our failure to enforce these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of these terms, and such failure shall not affect our right to later enforce these Terms of Use.
13.3 Severability. If at any time any provision of these Terms of Use become illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use shall not be affected or impaired thereby, and shall continue in force as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision was severed from these Terms of Use.
13.5 Governing law. Use of the Platform, the Services, and these Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Philippine law and you hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Philippine courts.
13.6 Venue of Litigation. Venue of all suits shall be in the competent courts of Taytay, Rizal to the exclusion of all other courts.
13.7 Injunctive relief. We may seek immediate injunctive relief if we make a good faith determination that a breach or non- performance is such that a temporary restraining order or other immediate injunctive relief is an appropriate or adequate remedy.
13.8 Amendments. We may, by notice through the Platform, or through publication, or by such other method of notification as we may designate (which may include notification by way of e-mail), vary these Terms of Use, such variation to take effect on the date we specify through the above means. If you use the Platform or the Services after such date, you are deemed to have accepted such variation. If you do not accept the variation, you must stop accessing or using the Platform and the Services and terminate your use of the Services. Our right to vary these Terms of Use in the manner aforesaid may be exercised without the consent of any person or entity who is not a party to these Terms of Use.
You agree that you have read and understood the amendments prior to acceptance thereof.
13.9 Correction of errors. Any typographical, clerical or other error or omission in any acceptance, invoice or other document on our part shall be subject to correction without any liability on our part.
oice or other document on our part shall be subject to correction without any liability on our part.
13.10 Language. In the event that these Terms of Use is executed or translated in any language other than English (“Non-English Language Version”), the English language version of these Terms of Use shall govern and shall take precedence over the Non-English Language Version.
13.11 Entire agreement. These Terms of Use shall constitute the entire agreement between you and us relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and replaces in full all prior understandings, communications and agreements with respect to the subject matter hereof.
13.12 Binding and conclusive. You acknowledge and agree that any records (including records of any telephone conversations relating to the Services, if any) maintained by us and/or our service providers relating to or in connection with the Platform and/or Services shall be binding and conclusive on you for all purposes whatsoever and shall be conclusive evidence of any information and/or data transmitted between us and you. You hereby agree that all such records are admissible in evidence and that you shall not challenge or dispute the admissibility, reliability, accuracy or the authenticity of such records merely on the basis that such records are in electronic form or are the output of a computer system, and you hereby waive any of your rights, if any, to so object.
13.13 Sub-contracting and delegation. We reserve the right to delegate or sub-contract the performance of any of our functions or obligations in connection with the Platform and/or Services to any service provider, subcontractor and/or agent on such terms as we may deem appropriate.
13.14 Assignment. You may not assign your rights under these Terms of Use without our prior written consent. We may assign our rights under these Terms of Use to any third party at our sole discretion.
13.15 Force Majeure. We shall not be liable for non-performance, error, interruption or delay in the performance of its obligations under these Terms of Use (or any part thereof) or for any inaccuracy, unreliability or unsuitability of the Platform and/or Services’ contents if this is due, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly to an event or failure which is beyond our reasonable control.
Section 14. COMPLAINTS. Any complaint regarding the Services must be communicated to Starpay Customer Contact Center:
Email address: help@starpay.com.ph
Landline: (02)8333-7827
Mobile: +639509867827, +639603071730 and +639217777722
Notify us as soon as you can, if you think there is an erroneous transaction or if you need more information about your transaction. We must hear from you no later than sixty (60) days from the transaction in issue:
i. Tell us your name and account number;
ii. Describe the error or the transaction that you are unsure about, and explain as clearly as you can why you belief that it is an error or why you need more information; and
iii. Tell us the amount involved in the suspected error.
We will determine whether an error occurred within seven (7) days after we hear from you and will correct any error promptly. If we need more time, however, we may take up to forty-five (45) days to resolve the complaint or question, and correct the error if warranted.
Section 15. BSP Circular No. 649
To the extent applicable, these Terms of Use are subject to BSP Circular No. 649, Series of 2009, which is deemed incorporated here by reference.
SCHEDULE 1
DEFINITIONS Unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have the following meanings in these Terms of Use:
“Business Partners” means external third party vendors and merchants. .
“Customer” means an authorized user of the Platform and/or the Services.
“Customer Account” is defined under clause 3.1 of these Terms of Use.
“Starpay Materials” means, collectively, all web pages on the Platform, including the information, images, links, sounds, graphics, video, software, applications and other materials displayed or made available on the Platform and the functionalities and/or services provided on the Platform.
“Indemnitees” means Starpay’s respective officers, employees, directors, agents, contractors and assigns.
“Intellectual Property” means all copyright, patents, utility innovations, trademarks and service marks, geographical indications, domain names, layout design rights, registered designs, design rights, database rights, trade or business names, rights protecting trade secrets and confidential information, rights protecting goodwill and reputation, and all other similar or corresponding proprietary rights and all applications for the same, whether presently existing or created in the future, anywhere in the world, whether registered or not, and all benefits, privileges, rights to sue, recover damages and obtain relief or other remedies for any past, current or future infringement, misappropriation or violation of any of the foregoing rights.
“Merchants” is defined under clause 3.6 of these Terms of Use.
“Personal Data” means data which can be used to identify, contact or locate an individual. Personal Data can include your name, e-mail address, billing address, shipping address, phone number and credit card information. Personal Data shall be deemed to include any data that you have provided to us when using the Services, regardless of whether you have an account with us.
“Platform” means (a) both the web and mobile versions of the Application operated and/or owned by Starpay; and (b) the mobile applications made available from time to time by Starpay, including the iOS and Android versions.
“Registration Information” is defined under clause 3.2 of these Terms of Use and may include Personal Data.
“Services” is defined under clause 3.1 of these Terms of Use.
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