**Terms of Use for Hormies African Diaspora Marketplace**
Welcome to Hormies African Diaspora Marketplace! We're excited to have you join our community where individuals from the African diaspora connect, socialize, and conduct business. Before you start using our platform, please read these Terms of Use carefully:
1. **Acceptance of Terms**: By accessing or using Hormies African Diaspora Marketplace (hereinafter referred to as "the Platform"), you agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms of Use.
2. **User Eligibility**: You must be at least 18 years old to use the Platform. By using the Platform, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years old and have the legal capacity to enter into agreements.
3. **Account Registration**: To access certain features of the Platform, you may be required to create an account. You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information during the registration process and to update such information to keep it accurate, current, and complete.
4. **Code of Conduct**: Users of the Platform agree to conduct themselves in a respectful and professional manner. Discriminatory, offensive, or abusive behavior towards other users will not be tolerated.
5. **Transactions**: Hormies African Diaspora Marketplace facilitates transactions between users. All transactions conducted through the Platform are solely between the buyer and seller. We do not guarantee the quality, safety, or legality of any items or services advertised, the truth or accuracy of listings, or the ability of sellers to sell items or of buyers to pay for items.
6. **Content Guidelines**: Users are responsible for the content they post on the Platform, including listings, comments, and communications. Content must not violate any applicable laws or regulations, infringe upon any third-party rights, or contain any malicious code or malware.
7. **Intellectual Property**: Users retain ownership of the intellectual property rights in the content they post on the Platform. By posting content on the Platform, users grant Hormies African Diaspora Marketplace a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual license to use, modify, adapt, reproduce, distribute, and display such content.
8. **Privacy**: Your privacy is important to us. Please review our Privacy Policy to understand how we collect, use, and disclose information about you.
9. **Disclaimer of Warranties**: The Platform is provided on an "as-is" and "as-available" basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. We do not warrant that the Platform will be uninterrupted or error-free, nor do we make any warranties regarding the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of any content obtained through the Platform.
10. **Limitation of Liability**: In no event shall Hormies African Diaspora Marketplace, its officers, directors, employees, or agents be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including without limitation, loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, arising out of or in connection with your use of the Platform.
11. **Governing Law**: These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of [Jurisdiction], without regard to its conflict of law principles.
12. **Modification of Terms**: Hormies African Diaspora Marketplace reserves the right to modify or revise these Terms of Use at any time. The updated version will be effective upon posting. Your continued use of the Platform after the posting of the updated Terms of Use constitutes your acceptance of the changes.
13. **Contact Us**: If you have any questions or concerns regarding these Terms of Use, please contact us at support@hormies.com
By using Hormies African Diaspora Marketplace, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. Thank you for being part of our community!
Effective Date: 07/15/2024
