SIDEQUEST VENTURES LTD (“SIDEQUEST VENTURES” or “we”, “our” or “us”) operates the sciencesheep®.com services, which include our blog articles, email newsletter, websites, and related social media pages (collectively, the “Services”).

These Terms of Service are part of the overall “Agreement” between you and us, which also includes:

1. Our Privacy Policy, which details how we collect and use your information.

By using the Services, you agree to be bound by this Agreement. We may modify this Agreement occasionally, and such modifications will take effect once posted on the Services. Your continued use of the Services after any such changes implies your agreement to such modifications. It’s important that you regularly review this Agreement to stay informed about any changes. If you disagree with the modifications, please discontinue use of the Services immediately.

Medical Disclaimer

The services provided by SIDEQUEST VENTURES are not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, psychotherapy, counseling, or physical or mental health services. All information provided by SIDEQUEST VENTURES is for informational purposes only, and you hereby assume all of the risk in using SIDEQUEST VENTURES’s services, including by way of example and not limitation, any risks that may arise from the SIDEQUEST VENTURES’s negligence. SIDEQUEST VENTURES strongly advises that you seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice because of information received from SIDEQUEST VENTURES. If you believe you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor, go to your local emergency room, or call the local emergency phone number supported by governmental authorities (example 911 in the united states) immediately. We do not examine, determine, or warrant the competence of any health care provider or any other type of service provider listed on this site. We do not warrant that the health care providers or any other type of service providers listed on the site are currently or properly licensed. Under no circumstances should this site be used to verify the credentials of medical providers or any other type of service providers. We do not recommend or endorse any specific tests, products, procedures or treatments, and we do not recommend or endorse any individual healthcare professional or treatment regimen. Your reliance on any information available through this site or in the materials is solely at your own risk. On behalf of your executors, administrators, heirs, next of kin, successors, and assigns, you hereby: (a) waive, release, and discharge from any and all liability for your death, disability, personal injury, property damage, property theft, or actions of any kind which may hereafter occur to you, the following entities or persons: SIDEQUEST VENTURES, its affiliated entities, its and their direct and indirect owners, and each of its and their directors, officers, employees, volunteers, representatives, and agents; and (b) indemnify, hold harmless, and promise not to sue the entities or persons mentioned above from any and all liabilities or claims made as a result of your use of SIDEQUEST VENTURES’s services. This release shall be construed broadly to provide a release and waiver to the maximum extent permissible under applicable law.

1. Content Proprietary Rights

1. With the exception of content posted by users of the Services (“User Content”), all materials contained on the Services, including all content, and the sound, audio, software, graphics, text and look and feel of the Services, and all trademarks, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property rights related thereto (“Proprietary Materials”), are owned or controlled by SIDEQUEST VENTURES, our subsidiaries or affiliated companies, contributors, our third party licensors, and/or our advertising partners. You may not modify, remove, delete, augment, add to, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, create derivative works from, or in any way exploit any Proprietary Materials, or any other protectable aspects of the Services, in whole or in part, unless specifically stated otherwise. Subject to your compliance with this Agreement and any other relevant policies related to the Services, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable limited license, subject to the limitations herein, to access and use the Services and Proprietary Materials for your own non-commercial entertainment purposes consistent with the intended purpose of the Services. You agree not to use the Services for any other purpose.

2. You may be able to post, upload, or submit content to be made available through the Services (“Your Content”). As a condition of your use of the Services, you grant us a nonexclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide, transferable, sublicenseable license to access, use, host, cache, store, reproduce, transmit, display, publish, distribute, modify and adapt and create derivative works (either alone or as part of a collective work) from Your Content. You also agree that (a) the other users of the Services shall have the right to comment on and/or tag Your Content and/or to use, publish, display, modify or include a copy of Your Content as part of their own use of the Services, and (b) we have the right to make any of Your Content available to third parties, so that those third parties can distribute, make derivative works of, comment on and/or analyze your Content on other media and services (either alone or as part of a collective work). By posting or submitting Your Content through the Services, you represent and warrant that you have, or have obtained, all rights, licenses, consents, permissions, power and/or authority necessary to grant the rights granted herein for Your Content. You agree that Your Content will not contain material subject to copyright or other proprietary rights, unless you have the necessary permission or are otherwise legally entitled to post the material and to grant us the license described above.

2. Third-Party Content & User Content

1. You acknowledge that the Services may include content provided by users. Any opinions, advice, statements, judgments, services, offers, or other information that constitutes part of the content expressed or made available by third parties, including content posted by our contributors or User Content, are those of the respective authors and not of SIDEQUEST VENTURES or its affiliates or any of their officers, directors, employees, or agents. While we retain the right to filter or reject User Content and other content posted by third parties, we review User Content and other third party content in a limited gate-keeper fashion and have no obligation to investigate whether any content or other User Content violate any term of this Agreement and will not do so in most cases. We neither endorse nor are responsible for the User Content or any other content posted to the Services by anyone other than SIDEQUEST VENTURES.

2. Just as you retain complete ownership of Your Content (subject to the license to us granted above), all other users of the Services retain ownership of their User Content. You may not modify, remove, delete, augment, add to, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, create derivative works from, or in any way exploit any User Content in whole or in part.

3. Restrictions on Use of Services.

You, as a user, agree to use the Services only for lawful purposes. You agree not to do any of the foregoing:

(a) you shall not license, sell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, reproduce, distribute, host, or otherwise commercially exploit the Services or any portion of the Services;

(b) you shall not frame or use framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or Services (including images, text, page layout or form) of Company;

(c) you shall not use any metatags or other “hidden text” using Company’s name or trademarks; (d) you shall not modify, translate, adapt, merge, make derivative works or services of, circumvent, decrypt, disassemble, decompile, reverse compile or reverse engineer any part of the Services except to the extent the foregoing restrictions are expressly prohibited by applicable law;

(e) you shall not use any manual or automated software, devices, or other processes (including but not limited to spiders, robots, scrapers, crawlers, avatars, data mining tools or the like) to „scrape,“ harvest, or download data from the Services (except that we grant the operators of public search engines revocable permission to use spiders to copy materials from the Website for the sole purpose of and solely to the extent necessary for creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or archives of such materials);

(f) you shall not use any data from the Services for the development of any software program (including but not limited to training a machine learning or artificial intelligence (AI) system);

(g) you shall not access the Services to build a similar or competitive website, application, or service;

(h) you shall not except as expressly stated herein, no part of the Services may be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted, or transmitted in any form or by any means;

(i) you shall not remove or destroy any copyright notices or other proprietary markings contained on or in the Services or use the Services in violation of any third party’s intellectual property or other proprietary or legal rights;

(j) you shall not use the Services in violation of any applicable law;

(k) you shall not attempt to gain unauthorized access to other computer systems through the Services;

(l) you shall not interfere with or attempt to interfere with the proper functioning of the Services or use the Services in any way not expressly permitted by this Agreement; and

(m) you shall not attempt to harm our Services or use the Services in a manner that could interfere with any party’s use or enjoyment of the Services, including but not limited to, by violating or attempting to violate any related security features, introducing viruses, worms, or similar harmful code into the Services, or interfering or attempting to interfere with use of the Services by any other user, host, or network, including by means of overloading, „flooding,“ „spamming,“ „mail bombing,“ or „crashing“ the Services. Any unauthorized use of the Services immediately terminates the licenses granted by Company pursuant to this Agreement.

4. Links

The Services may contain links or otherwise direct you to websites operated by third parties. We do not monitor or control the linked sites and make no representations regarding, and are not liable or responsible for the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, reliability or availability of, any of the content uploaded, displayed, or distributed, or products, or services available at these sites. If you choose to access any third party site, you do so at your own risk. The presence of a link to a third party site does not constitute or imply our endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation of the third party or of the content, products, or services contained on, or available through, the third party site. We reserve the right to disable links to third party sites.

5. Third Party Companies and Providers

The Services may enable you to request and receive products, information and services from businesses that are not owned or operated by us. The purchase, payment, warranty, guarantee, delivery, maintenance, and all other matters concerning the merchandise, services or information, opinion or advice ordered or received from such businesses are solely between you and such businesses. We do not endorse, warrant, or guarantee such products, information, or services, and are not liable for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such information or the quality of availability of such products or services. We will not be a party to or in any way be responsible for monitoring any transaction between you and third-party providers of such products, services, or information, or for ensuring the confidentiality of your credit card information. Any separate charges or obligations you incur in your dealings with these third parties are your responsibility and are not part of the fee, if any, charged for the Services. In addition, the Services may prompt you to establish an account with a third party service provider not owned or operated by us. Your agreement and understanding with any such third party service provider is solely between you and such service provider. Any disputes you may encounter with such third party service provider must be settled solely between you and the service provider.

6. Disclaimers and Limitations

The services are provided by us on an „As is“ and „As available“ basis. To the fullest extent permissible by applicable law, we disclaim all implied warranties, including but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Without limiting the foregoing, neither we nor any third-party provider makes any representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied: (I) as to the operation of the services, or the information, content, materials or products included thereon; (ii) that use of the services will be 100% secure, uninterrupted or error-free; (iii) as to the accuracy, reliability, or currency of any information, content, or service, provided through the services; or (iv) that the servers, or emails sent from or on behalf of us, are free of viruses or other harmful components. Sidequest ventures expressly disclaims any and all liability for the actions of its users or the contents of any user content. We will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages arising from the use of the services or the purchase of any product therefrom, even if we or such provider has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Under no circumstances will we be liable to you for more than the amount you have paid us in the one hundred and eighty (180) days immediately preceding the date on which you first assert any such claim, and if you have not paid any amounts during that time period, you acknowledge that your sole remedy is to cease using the services and terminate your account. Certain state laws do not allow limitations on implied warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain damages. If these laws apply to a user, some or all of the above disclaimers, exclusions, or limitations may not apply to such user, and such user may have additional rights.

7. Legality

You are subject to all laws of the state(s) and countries in which you reside and from which you access the Services and are solely responsible for obeying those laws. You agree we cannot be held liable if laws applicable to you restrict or prohibit your participation. We make no representations or warranties, implicit or explicit, as to your legal right to participate in any Services, contests, sweepstakes or tournaments offered through the Services nor will any person affiliated, or claiming affiliation with the Services have authority to make any such representations or warranties.