PLAYERUNKNOWN Productions

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Terms and Conditions

PLAYER UNKNOWN PRODUCTIONS B.V.
Mt. Lincolnweg 38
1033SN Amsterdam
info@playerunknownproductions.net
privacy@playerunknownproductions.net

Version: 1.0, November 2021

Dear reader,

Welcome to the General Terms and Conditions for the Player Unknown Productions website (hereafter: “the Website” or “Our Website”). Player Unknown Productions is a studio set up to explore, experiment and create new technologies, pipelines, and gameplay. Together with a team of game developers and researchers, we explore new possibilities of interaction and connection within the game space.

Our website is also meant to inspire curious or interested parties by providing general insight in our company, our job openings, and our products and services. Our Website also enables us to communicate with our customers, potential job-applicants and anyone interested in news about Player Unknown Productions’ products or services.

Obviously some house rules apply to the use of Our Website. These house rules (“terms & conditions) are meant to provide clarity about what we expect from you and what you can expect from us.

Please do read on.

  1. Scope
    1. These terms and conditions apply to the use of the website: “WWW.PLAYERUNKNOWNPRODUCTIONS.NET”
    2. The Website is operated by: Player Unknown Productions B.V. (Hereafter: “We”, “Us”, “Our”). And available to: Any interested party who chooses to access Our Website online at the domain <playerunknownproductions.net> (hereafter: “Visitor”, “You”)
    3. Any other General Terms and Conditions Player Unknown Productions B.V. may use do not apply to the use of our Website, unless Player Unknown Productions has explicitly stated otherwise in writing.
  2. Our Website
    1. The Website operates on an “as is and as-available” basis. We reserve the right to change, modify, or remove the contents of the Website at any time or for any reason at our sole discretion without notice. We have no obligation to update any information on our Website. We also reserve the right to modify or discontinue all or part of the Website without notice at any time.
    2. We will not be liable to the Visitor or any third party for any modification, price change, suspension, or discontinuance of the Website.
    3. The Visitor acknowledges that content published or generated on the Website may be inaccurate, or based on outdated information.
    4. The Visitor acknowledges that no claim based on content generated through the Website can be made on the basis of Mistake under article 6:228 of the Dutch Civil Code or any other similar legal grounds.
    5. We cannot guarantee the Website will be available at all times. We may experience hardware, software, or other problems or need to perform maintenance related to the Website, resulting in interruptions, delays, or errors.
    6. We reserve the right to change, revise, update, suspend, discontinue, or otherwise modify the Website at any time or for any reason without notice to the Visitor. The Visitor agrees that we have no liability whatsoever for any loss, damage, or inconvenience caused by the Visitors inability to access or use the Website during any downtime or discontinuance of the Website.
    7. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions will be construed to obligate us to maintain and support the Website or to supply any corrections, updates, or releases in connection therewith.
    8. There may be information on the Website that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies, or omissions that may relate to the Website, including descriptions, price- estimates, availability, and various other information. We reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions and to change or update the information on the Website at any time, without prior notice.
    9. No rights may be derived from the content published to or generated on the Website.
    10. Your use of <www.playerunknownproductions.net> or any of its functionalities does not constitute an agreement or any other legal relation between you and Player Unknown Productions regarding the purchase of our Products and/or Services, unless Player Unknown Productions has explicitly stated otherwise in writing.
  3. Our Visitors
    1. Our Website is freely available online. Those persons who choose to visit from different locations around the world do so on their own initiative and are solely responsible for compliance with local laws, to the extent that any local laws are applicable to the access and use of this website. In particular, visitors warrant that they are at least 18 years old, or considered sufficiently mature under any local applicable laws in order to access this Website.
    2. It is not permitted to use Our Website for activities that are illegal and/or in violation with these terms and conditions.
    3. The Website operates on an “as is and as-available” basis. We reserve the right to change, modify, or remove the contents of the Website at any time or for any reason at our sole discretion without notice. We have no obligation to update any information on our Website. We also reserve the right to modify or discontinue all or part of the Website without notice at any time.
    4. We will not be liable to the Visitor or any third party for any modification, price change, suspension, or discontinuance of the Website.
    5. The Visitor acknowledges that content published or generated on the Website may be inaccurate, or based on outdated information.
    6. The Visitor acknowledges that their input to Our Website is their own responsibility. We are not liable for any input and generated by the Visitor and the Visitor acknowledges that no claim based on content generated through the Website can be made on any legal grounds.
  4. Data Traffic to and from Our Website
    1. We do not have any influence on or any insight in the data traffic from and/or to our visitors. We are merely a passive conduit. We do not give any warranties with regard to content of data such as but not limited to reliability and completeness.
    2. Each party is responsible for the content of data traffic originating from them or their organization. Where applicable the Code of Conduct as set out in clause 5 will apply to our Visitors.
    3. Visitor indemnifies and will keep us free from any damage compensation regarding any claim, accusation or court procedure from a third party with regard to the (content of) data traffic or information originating from the Visitor.
  5. Misuse of Our Website/Code of Conduct
    1. We reserve the right determine what constitutes ‘misuse’ of Our Website, and to determine the consequences for misuse, including to prevent further access to Our Website or its features to any Visitor, and to remove any content from Our Website at our sole discretion at any time.
    2. The Visitor shall make use of Our Website in a responsible manner. It is prohibited to use Our Website and/or other facilities offered in a manner that will result in:
      a) damage in the system of us and/or third parties; or
      b) interference with its use.
    3. The Visitor will ensure that such damage and/or interference is not the result of misconfiguration on the Visitor’s part.
    4. It is not permitted to use Our Website and/or facilities offered for activities that are illegal and/or in violation of the agreement. The foregoing includes amongst others the following activities:
      a) violation of a third party’s rights or facilitating the violation of a third party rights, such as but not limited to intellectual property rights and privacy rights;
      b) noncompliance to law and other applicable regulations;
      c) spamming (unrequested distribution (or creating the possibility for third parties) of advertisement and/or other messages);
      d) storage/distribution of (child) pornography;
      e) causing danger to the functioning of the computer systems or the network of us or third parties and/or for the services through the network, in particular caused by excessive sending of email or other data, badly secured systems or activity of viruses, Trojans or similar software;
      f) sexual intimidation, racial prejudice and/or the harassment of individuals in any other manner;
      g) distribution or making available to third parties in any other manner of obscene, insulting and tormenting material and/or other material of similar nature; h) threats;
      i) storage and distribution of viruses, worms and/or other destructive activities;
      j) unauthorized access (hacking) of accounts, systems and/or networks of third parties and/or us and/or the performance or non-performance of any other act that makes hacking possible.
    5. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, if forced by law or a court order; and/or a third party informs us and/or a suspicion exists that through Our Website a violation is made of the rights of a third party; there is a breach of these Terms and Conditions and/or the agreement and the resulting obligations in question has not been met wholly or partially, to bar access to Our Website and/or other facilities offered, to remove the information in question and/or suspend its other obligations until Visitor meets its obligations.
    6. We and/or third parties will never be liable for damage of whatever nature suffered by Visitor or third parties for measures taken by and/or on behalf of us on the basis of the previous clauses. Visitor indemnifies us from third parties for liability as a consequence of these measures.
    7. If the actions and/or failure to act of Visitor justifies this and/or the actions and/or failure to act of Visitor continues regardless of the measures under taken by us will be entitled to terminate the Visitors access to Our Website, without any damage compensation or restitution being required.
  6. Our Blogs, Forum, and other publications on our Website
    1. No rights may be derived from the content published to or generated on the Website.
    2. A “Developers Blog’, a message posted on a forum or other publications by us, our staff, or any of our associates are solely intended to inspire and encourage interest in the creative processes at Player Unknown Productions. Under no circumstances shall any statement published on Our Website be construed as a representation of any feature of a finalized Player Unknown Productions Product or Service.
    3. You grant us a non-exclusive, global, irrevocable license to publish any content you post to Our Website, to the extent that the law permits.
  7. Purchase of Player Unknown Productions’ Product and Services
    1. These terms and conditions exclusively govern the use of Our Website and do not apply to the sale and distribution of Player Unknown Productions’ Product and Services, unless explicitly stated otherwise in writing.
  8. Social Media Integration
    1. As part of the functionality of the Website, it could be possible for the Visitor to link with online social media accounts the Visitor has created with third-party service providers of social media platforms, thereby allowing us to access the Visitors Social Media Account as permitted under the applicable terms and conditions that govern the Visitor use of each Social Media Account.
    2. The Visitor represents and warrants that the Visitor is entitled to grant us access to the Visitor Social Media Account, without breach by the Visitor of any of the terms and conditions that govern the Visitor use of the applicable Social Media Account, and without obligating us to pay any fees or making us subject to any usage limitations imposed by the third-party service provider of the Social Media Account.
    3. By granting Our Website access to any Social Media Accounts, the Visitor understands that:
      a) we may access, make available, and store (if applicable) any content that the Visitor has provided to and stored in the Visitor Social Media Account that is available to us on and through Our Website, including any friend lists, and;
      b) we may submit to and receive from the Visitor Social Media Account additional information to the extent the Visitor is notified when the Visitor has linked with the Social Media Account through Our Website.
    4. Depending on the Social Media Accounts and subject to the privacy settings that the Visitor has set in such Social Media Accounts, personal data that the Visitor posted to the Visitor Social Media Accounts may be available on and through Our Website. We strongly urge our Visitors to check their privacy settings on Social Media Accounts and to be mindful of their privacy as well as the privacy of others when linking to Social Media Accounts through Our Website.
    5. If a Social Media Account or associated social media service becomes unavailable or our access to such Social Media Account is terminated by the third-party service provider, content published on social media may no longer be available on and through Our Website. We have no responsibility to retain any content published through Social Media Accounts.
    6. The Visitor will have the ability to disable any connection between Our Website and the Visitors Social Media Accounts at any time.
    7. The Visitor relationship with the third-party service providers associated with the Visitor Social Media Accounts is governed solely by the Visitor agreement(s) with those third- party service providers.
    8. We make no effort to review any social media content visible on Our Website for any purpose, including but not limited to, for accuracy, legality, or non-infringement, and we are not responsible for any content published on a social media platform operated by a third party service provider.
    9. The Visitor acknowledges and agrees that we may access the Visitor email address book associated with a Social Media Account and the Visitor contacts list stored on the Visitor mobile device or tablet computer solely for purposes of identifying and informing the Visitor of those contacts who have also registered to use the Website.
    10. The Visitor can deactivate the connection between the Website and the Visitor Social Media Account by contacting us using the contact information below or through the Visitor account settings. We will attempt to delete any information stored on our servers that was obtained through such a Social Media Account.
  9. Third Party Websites, Third Party Content, and Third Party Advertising
    1. The Website may contain or the Visitor may be sent through Our Website links to other third party websites as well as articles, photographs, text, graphics, pictures, designs, music, sound, video, information, applications, software, and other content or items belonging to or originating from third parties.
    2. Third-Party Websites and Third-Party Content are not investigated, monitored, or checked for accuracy, appropriateness, or completeness by us, we are not responsible for any Third-Party Websites accessed through the Website or any Third-Party Content posted on, available through, or installed from the Third-Party Websites, including the content, accuracy, offensiveness, opinions, reliability, privacy practices, or other policies of or contained in the Third-Party Websites or the Third-Party Content.
    3. Inclusion of, linking to, or permitting the use or installation of any Third-Party Websites or any Third-Party Content does not imply approval or endorsement thereof by us. If the Visitor decides to leave the Website and access the Third-Party Websites or to use or install any Third-Party Content, the Visitor does so at the Visitors own risk, and the Visitor should be aware these Terms and Conditions no longer govern.
    4. The Visitor should review the applicable terms and policies, including privacy and data gathering practices, of any website to which the Visitor navigates from the Website or relating to any applications the Visitor uses or installs from the Website. Any purchases the Visitor makes through Third-Party Websites will be through other websites and from other companies, and we take no responsibility whatsoever in relation to such purchases which are exclusively between the Visitor and the applicable third party.
    5. The Visitor agrees and acknowledges that we do not endorse the products or services offered on Third-Party Websites and the Visitor shall hold us harmless from any harm caused by the Visitor purchase of such products or services. Additionally, the Visitor shall hold us harmless from any losses sustained by the Visitor or harm caused to the Visitor relating to or resulting in any way from any Third-Party Content or any contact with Third-Party Websites.
    6. We allow advertisers to display their advertisements and other information in certain areas of the Website, such as sidebar advertisements or banner advertisements. If the Visitor is an advertiser, the Visitor shall take full responsibility for any advertisements the Visitor places on the Website and any services provided on the Website or products sold through those advertisements.
    7. Further, as an advertiser, the Visitor warrants and represents that the Visitor possesses all rights and authority to place advertisements on the Website, including, but not limited to, intellectual property rights, publicity rights, and contractual rights.
    8. We simply provide the space to place such advertisements, and we have no other relationship with advertisers.
  10. Intellectual Property
    1. All intellectual property rights to Our Websites, our products and our services are exclusively vested in Player Unknown Productions B.V., the Visitor only obtains the rights of use expressly granted in these terms of use.
    2. No Visitor or other third party is permitted to copy, remove and/or change any designation concerning copyrights, trademarks, trade names or any other intellectual property right found on Our Website without our consent.
  11. Personal data
    1. If Visitor is the ‘controller’ (‘verantwoordelijke’) in terms of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and we are the ‘processor’ (‘verwerker’) of personal data in terms of GDPR for Visitor, all mentioned is this article is applicable.
    2. Visitor acknowledges that the data processing as instructed to us is lawful. Visitor also acknowledges that they have ascertained that we offer appropriate technical and organizational measures as referred to in Article 28 paragraph 1 of the GDPR, which also includes security measures as referred to in Article 32 of the GDPR.
    3. Visitor will indemnify us against any allegation as a result of a violation of any person’s privacy related to the foregoing.
    4. Where Visitor is authorized, Visitor explicitly agrees with the registration of (privacy)information of Visitors in the privacy registration of us for administrative and management purposes. The privacy registration will only be accessible for us. This information will not be provided to third parties, in the sense of GDPR, unless us is obligated to do so on the basis of Dutch law or a court order.
    5. For additional information regarding privacy related issues please also refer to our privacy statement, and our cookie statement.
  12. Liability,
    1. Our total liability shall be limited to compensation for direct damage and to a maximum of € 1.000,- (thousand euros), whereby a sequence of events is regarded as one event.
    2. Our liability for indirect damage, including consequential damage, loss of profit, loss of savings, mutilated and/or lost data, delays, losses, damage as a result of a failure to provide the required information or assistance, damage through corporate inactivity and/or claims from third parties, is expressly rejected.
    3. Also excluded is the liability of ours due to mutilation, destruction or loss of data or documents.
    4. To the extent permitted by law our liability commences solely after we have been immediately and appropriately notified of a deficiency in writing, wherein a reasonable time period for correction of the deficiency is proposed and we culpably fail to meet our legal obligations. The notification of deficiency ought to be as detailed a description of the deficiency as possible so that we are able to react adequately.
  13. Warranties
    1. We offer no guarantee that Our Website will always be available, nor that The Website will continue to exist in perpetuity.
    2. We shall strive to repair any technical errors to the best of its ability, provided these technical errors have been reported in detail in writing to us. We at our sole discretion are entitled to repair, modify or replace Our Website.
    3. We entitled to claim the costs for repair, modification or replacement of the Website if the technical error in Our Website is deemed to be caused by mistakes made by Visitor, the result is of improper and non-careful use, the result is of other causes that may not be attributed to us or if Visitor could have reasonably detected the technical error during the acceptance period.
    4. We does not warrant the reconstruction and/or repair of mutilated and/or lost data and/or information. We does not warrant that the Website shall function without interruption or without technical errors, is suitable for every intended use of Visitor and/or will lead to results desired by Visitor during their use of the Website.
    5. We shall not be bound to repair, modify and/or replace the Website, we have explicitly agreed otherwise in writing.
    6. Any Warranty provided on Third Party Products is limited to the Third Party General Conditions as maintained by the supplier of those Third Party Products.
  14. Indemnification
    1. We shall protect Visitor from any allegation to the effect that use of Our Website violates a copyright valid in The Netherlands. us shall pay the damages, expenses, and court costs that Visitor is ordered to pay by the final court ruling, provided that Visitor:
      a) notifies us immediately, but no later than within 10 (ten) days after Visitor becomes aware of the infringement or could have become aware of the infringement, in writing of the existence of the allegation of infringement; and
      b) hands over the case completely to us, including all negotiations and arrangements that might lead to a settlement
    2. In case of any such allegation or possible allegation, we reserve the right to obtain a license or sub license on the intellectual property in question or to change or replace the Website in such a way that the Website will no longer infringe a copyright valid in The Netherlands.
    3. We shall not indemnify Visitor against an action in the event that:
      a) such is based on the fact that Third Party Products and Services provided to Visitor violate an intellectual property right, industrial property right or other right valid in the Netherlands or elsewhere;
      b) what has been provided by Visitor is part of or is delivered in conjunction with a Product and this combination results in a violation of an intellectual property right, industrial property right, or other right valid in the Netherlands or elsewhere;
      c) Visitor has made a change in the Website.
    4. If we and Visitor agree in writing that any intellectual property rights, industrial property rights or any other rights of ours, or a part thereof, will be transferred to the Visitor, the Visitor will indemnify us against any action insofar as such is based on a (partial) violation of an intellectual property right, industrial property right or any other right belonging to a third party.
  15. Governing Law & Dispute Resolution
    1. All legal relationships and agreements made between Us and You are governed by the laws of The Netherlands, unless otherwise agreed upon in writing. You and we explicitly agree that the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) is not applicable to the use of the Website.
    2. Unless otherwise stipulated by applicable law all disputes between parties, that cannot be resolved amicably, will be placed before the qualified court in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  16. Contact information
    1. Feel free to contact us by e-mail at info@playerunknownproductions.net.
      For business inquires please contact us at bd@playerunknownproductions.net.
      For privacy related queries please contact us at
      privacy@playerunknownproductions.net.
    2. Our contact-address is:
      Player Unknown Productions B.V.
      Mt. Lincolnweg 38
      1033SN, Amsterdam
      Netherlands
  17. Changes to the Terms and Conditions
    1. These Terms and Conditions may be updated from time to time. We will publish the most recent version of the terms and conditions on the Website.