Terms & Condition
1. Introduction
Welcome to SupaScripts.com, an online platform owned by the Emerge Story Company, based in Nigeria. This User Agreement outlines the terms and conditions governing your use of our services. By accessing or using our website and services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to comply with, and be bound by, the following terms and conditions. Please read them carefully. If you do not agree with any part of these terms, you must not use our services.
2. Definitions
- “Platform": Refers to SupaScripts.com and all its services.
- "User": Refers to any individual or entity using the Platform.
- "Seller": Refers to screenwriters and/or individuals who own and/or list screenplays for sale on the Platform.
- "Buyer": Refers to directors, producers, and/or any other individuals/entities who purchase screenplays on/from the Platform.
- "Content": Refers to any material uploaded, posted, or otherwise made available on the Platform, including but not limited to screenplays, reviews, comments, and profiles.
3. User Accounts and Responsibilities
- Account Creation: To access certain features of the Platform, you must register for 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.
- Account Security: You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account information and password. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorised use of your account. SupaScripts.com is not liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with these obligations.
- Eligibility: By using the Platform, you represent and warrant that you are at least 13 years old and capable of entering into legally binding agreements
4. Use of the Platform
Permitted Use: You may use the Platform for lawful transactional, interactional, and collaborative purposes only. You agree not to use the Platform in any way that violates any applicable local, national, or international law or regulation. You also agree not to use the Platform in any way that can or will disable, overburden, or impair the Platform, or interfere with any other party's use of the platform.Prohibited Activities: You agree not to:
- Engage in any fraudulent activity.
- Post or transmit any content that is defamatory, obscene, offensive, or otherwise objectionable.
- Infringe on the intellectual property rights of others.
- Interfere with or disrupt the Platform or its services.
5. Content Standards
All content you submit must be your own original work and you must exclusively own or claim legal rights to the Intellectual Property. Such work must not infringe on any third-party rights, and you are solely responsible for the content you post on the Platform.
6. Transactions
- Listing Screenplays: Sellers may list screenplays for sale on the Platform. By listing a screenplay, you represent and warrant that you have the right to sell it and that it complies with all applicable laws and regulations.
- Purchasing Screenplays: Buyers may purchase screenplays listed on the Platform. All purchases are final, and refunds are subject to our refund policy. It is the Buyer's responsibility to review the screenplay description and terms of sale before making a purchase.
- c. Payment: All payments are processed through secure third-party payment processors. You agree to pay all fees and charges associated with your transactions on the Platform.
7. Intellectual Property
Ownership: The Platform and its original content, features, and functionality are owned by and will remain the exclusive property of the Emerge Story Company and its licensors, and are protected by international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws of Nigeria and foreign countries. Licence: By posting content on the Platform, you grant SupaScripts.com a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use, reproduce, modify, and distribute your content in connection with the Platform and the promotion of the Platform.
8. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Emerge Story Company shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits or revenues, whether incurred directly or indirectly, or any loss of data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from:- Your use of or inability to use the Platform.
- Any unauthorised access to or use of our servers and/or any personal information stored therein.
- Any interruption or cessation of transmission to or from the Platform.
- Any bugs, viruses, trojan horses, or the like that may be transmitted to or through the Platform by any third party.
- Any errors or omissions in any content or for any loss or damage incurred as a result of the use of any content posted, emailed, transmitted, or otherwise made available through the Platform.
9. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Emerge Story Company, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, and licensors from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, arising out of or in any way connected with your access to or use of the Platform or your violation of these Terms.
10. Termination
We may terminate or suspend your account and access to the Platform at our sole discretion, without prior notice or liability, for any reason whatsoever, including, without limitation, if you breach these Terms. Upon termination, your right to use the Platform will immediately cease.
11. Governing Law
These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Nigeria, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Any dispute arising from these Terms or your use of the Platform shall be resolved exclusively in the courts of Nigeria.
12. Changes to Terms and Conditions
We reserve the right to modify or replace these Terms at any time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Terms on our website and effecting the correct date. Your continued use of the Platform after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at:Emerge Story Company
Email: [email protected]
Effective Date: 9th July 2024
By using SupaScripts.com, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to these Terms and Conditions.
Privacy Policy
1. Introduction
Welcome to SupaScripts.com, the African screenplay market, for Supa African stories. A platform owned by pioneer story outfit, The Emerge Story Company, based in Lagos, Nigeria. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal information when you visit or use our website and services. By accessing or using SupaScripts.com, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
2. Scope of this Policy
SupaScripts, LLC respects and values your trust. This Privacy Policy seeks to notify you of the collection of some personal information about you while you use our website to sell or purchase any goods and/or services herein, engage with our content, or use any of our services, and the treatment and handling of such information. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this information or our privacy practices, kindly contact us via the methods set out in the How to Contact Us section at the end of this Privacy Policy
3. Agreement to Terms
By accessing, buying, selling and, or using any of our goods and, or services in any manner, you acknowledge that you accept the practices and policies outlined below and in our Terms of Use, and you agree that we will collect, use, and share your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy and out Terms of Use, then you should immediately discontinue use of the service without providing us with any personal information
4. Information We Collect
For the purpose of providing and improving our services to you, we may collect the following categories of information:- Personal information such as when you create an account with us, or contact us, or from third parties,
such as our partners who offer services you may apply to, or who provide information to validate or supplement
information that you may provide to us:
- Name
- Email address
- Phone number
- Payment information (credit card details, billing address)
- Usernames and passwords
- Job title
- Work contact information
- Employer’s details, and certain other information about yourself
- Optional demographics and characteristics as you may choose to provide for special information and, or to be
added to your profile:
- Age or birthdate
- Race and, or ethnicity
- National origin or ancestry
- Gender, gender identity and, or gender expression
- Information about your physical or mental disability, or mental condition
- Information about your hobbies and interests
- Non-personal information from the device and browser that you use to access our services:
- IP address
- Device type
- Browser type
- Operating system
- Online and, or unique identifiers
- Referring/exit pages
- Date/time stamps
- Clickstream data
- Geolocation information
- Audio-visual information as you may be required to share with us:
- Phone recordings
- Profile pictures
- Financial and transactional information such as when you attempt, initiate, or conclude a transaction on our platform:
- Credit or debit card information
- Bank account information
- Details of transactions initiated and/or conducted on the platform
- Screenplay titles, loglines, synopsis, and related data
- Mailing address
- Billing address
- Order history
- Internet activity or information concerning your interaction with the site, including when you access the site and your browsing activity on the site:
- Pages visited
- Viewed scripts (in the order they were viewed, and for how long)
- Cookies, tracking and similar technologies:
- Cookies as may be used to understand your preferences and tendencies, as well as improve and, or personalise your website experience:
- Strictly necessary cookies
- Analytic/performance cookies
- Functional cookies
- Web beacons
- Traffic data or tracking information provided by the site’s host or similar providers
- Analytics services that may be helpful for marketing purposes or for improving the site and app You can prevent the use of certain cookies by modifying your internet browser settings. If you disable or delete certain cookies in your internet browser, you may still access our site, however, you might not be able to access or use important functions or features of our site, and you may, for example, be required to re-enter your login details.
- User-generated content such as the information and content of communications that you share through the service:
- Script submissions
- Messages
- Posts
- Comments
- Responses
- Reviews
- And ratings you may submit through the site
5. How We Use Your Information
We use the collected information for various purposes, including but not limited to:- Service Delivery:
- To facilitate transactions between buyers and sellers
- To manage user accounts and provide customer support
- To process payments and complete transactions
- Improvement and Personalization:
- To understand and analyse usage trends
- To improve the functionality and user experience of our platform
- Personalise site interface (e.g., user profile information automatically appears on the site)
- To personalise content and advertisements
- Track login names and passwords
- Communication:
- To send transaction-related communications
- To send marketing and promotional messages, with the option to opt-out
- Legal and Security:
- To comply with legal obligations
- To protect against fraud, unauthorised transactions, and other liabilities
6. Sharing Your Information
We may share your personal information under the following conditions:- With Service Providers; third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf (e.g., payment processors, hosting services, financial services, analytics, communications providers, security and fraud prevention consultants)
- With Business Partners, to offer joint products or services
- For Legal Reasons, if required by law or in response to valid legal processes (e.g., subpoenas, court orders)
- Business Transfers, in the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred
- Other users and, or the public such as if you maintain a public profile and, or exchange messages with other users and, or comment publicly with your profile
7. Security of Your Information
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal information and the general information received from you against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no security system is impenetrable, whenever you give out personal information online, there is a risk that third parties may intercept and use that information and as such, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.To the extent permitted under applicable law, we assume no liability or responsibility for disclosure of your information due to errors in transmission, unauthorised access by third parties, other unauthorised actions by third parties, or other causes beyond our control.
You play an important role in keeping your information secure. Do not share your username or password with anyone. If you have reason to believe that your account is no longer secure, please contact us immediately at the contact information in the How to Contact Us section below.
8. Retention of Personal Information
We keep your personal information only for as long as needed to meet the purposes for which it was collected, address tax and legal requirements, and comply with other laws.- Legal Basis for Processing Your Personal Information When required, we rely on different legal grounds to collect and use your personal information, including:
- To fulfil a contract with you
- To comply with legal obligations
- With your consent (when required by law)
- For our legitimate business interests (like ensuring the security and functionality of our service)
9. Automated Decision-Making
We do not use automated decision-making processes, including profiling, that have legal or significant effects on you without human involvement.
10. Your Choices and Rights
You own and withhold certain rights regarding your personal information, including but not limited to:- Access and Update: you can access and update your personal information through your account settings
- Opt-Out: you can opt-out of receiving marketing communications by following the unsubscribe instructions in our emails. Note that you cannot unsubscribe from certain correspondence from us, including messages relating directly to your account, your hosted scripts, or any purchases and, or sales made through the site
- Data Deletion: you can request the deletion of your personal information, subject to certain legal obligations
11. Third-Party Links
For your convenience, our platform may contain links to third-party websites that you retain the rights to visit, or be redirected to. This Privacy Policy does not apply to these external sites, and we are not responsible for their content or privacy practices. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.
12. Children's Privacy
[SupaScripts.com] is not intended for children under the age of 18 without a guardian. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you’re aware of, or suspect that, someone under the age of 18 is using this service without permission, please notify us immediately by contacting us as detailed in the How to Contact Us section below. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected such information, we will take steps to delete it as soon as possible.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on our website and updating the effective date. Your continued use of our services after the changes take effect will constitute your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.
14. How to Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:Emerge Story Company
Email: [email protected]
Effective Date: [9 July 2024]