Terms and Conditions

THIS IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND AUTODEALAZ® STATING THE TERMS THAT GOVERN YOUR WEBSITE USAGE. BY ACCESSING AND USING THE WEBSITE YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS, OR IF YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE OR AUTHORIZED TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS, THEN DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICE. YOUR ACCESS AND USE OF THE AUTODEALAZ® WEBSITE AND MOBILE APPLICATIONS, AS WELL AS ANY SERVICE, CONTENT, DATA AVAILABLE VIA THEM (TOGETHER, THE “SERVICE” OR THE “PLATFORM”) ARE GOVERNED BY THESE TERMS. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION, TO MAKE CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS TO THESE TERMS AND FOR ANY REASON WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE. ILLEGAL USE OF AUTODEALAZ® SERVICES ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE AND AUTODEALAZ® MAY TAKE LEGAL ACTION FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH ANY OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT.

Terms of Use

1. Acceptance of Terms of Use

Autodealaz.ng (the "Website") is an automobile online marketplace website operated by KAYKAY GLOBAL ENTERPRISE® and its affiliates (referred to as “Autodealaz” or “we”). Content is uploaded by Autodealaz® and other users of the Website.

These are the terms on which Autodealaz® allows you to access and use the service, whether as a registered vendor or a customer. Please read these Terms of Use carefully before you start to use the Website.

By accessing and using the Website, you are accepting these Terms of Use and agreeing to abide by them.

If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, then you are not permitted to use the service.

2. Autodealaz®'s Proprietary Rights

You agree that Autodealaz® (or its affiliates, as the case may be) is the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in the Website, mobile applications, and any other service, and the service itself is a collective work and/or compilation solely owned by Autodealaz®. The service is protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world.

You may not copy, distribute, reproduce, sell, lease, assign, rent, sublicense, or encumber any aspect of the Website, mobile applications, or any other services.

You also may not modify or create derivative works of any aspect of the Website, mobile applications, or any services, other than with respect to your own listings.

You may not disassemble or decompile, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to discover any source code contained on the Website, mobile applications, or any software or database connected to the Website and mobile application.

"Website" refers to any web application, mobile application, or any other service used to access the platform.

3. Content

"Content" refers to any listing, forums, event listings, reviews, postings, messages, text, files, images, photos, or any other material posted on the Website, or mobile application.

By posting Content on the Website:

  1. You grant Autodealaz® the non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sub-licensable right to use, copy, reproduce, distribute perform, display, modify, or create derivative works of the Content perpetually and for any lawful purpose Autodealaz® sees fit;
  2. You warrant that the holder of any rights, including moral rights in such Content, has completely and effectively waived all such rights, and validly and irrevocably granted to you the right to grant the license in the preceding sentence;
  3. You permit any other user of the Website to view, store, and reproduce such Content; and
  4. You grant Autodealaz® the right to prohibit the subsequent access, storage reproduction or use of said Content by any party to any extent Autodealaz® sees fit.
  5. Autodealaz® reserves the right to (1) refuse to share or display, (2) move; or (3) delete any Content posted on the Website.
  6. Autodealaz® aims to update the Website regularly and may change the Content at any time. Any of the Content may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.

4. Important Disclaimers

Autodealaz® disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including without limitation any guarantees regarding condition, quality, life duration, performance, accuracy, reliability, commercial value, and suitability for specific purposes all such guarantees are excluded.

Autodealaz® has no control over and does not guarantee the existence of automobiles published by users on the platform; The trustworthiness or accuracy of those published by the users. The ability of the users to sell automobiles; The ability of buyers to pay for automobiles; or that users will complete a transaction. Autodealaz® disclaims any liability in connection to automobiles posted by users on the platform.

Autodealaz® encourages buyers to check the goods before payment and to request the seller to provide documents confirming compliance of the automobile with applicable requirements of laws, regulations, rules, guidelines, and standards.

You acknowledge that you are solely responsible for your safety and understand that you should meet with other individuals for the completion of a transaction only in safe places in daylight hours. Autodealaz® disclaims any responsibility for the user’s interaction with any individual or organization.

5. Account Registration

  • To use certain features of the Service as a vendor you will register an account on the Platform (the “Account”) and provide certain information about yourself as prompted by the registration form.
  • You may create an Account as an individual or as an authorized representative of a company.
  • You can register only one Account and upload the proof of identity.
  • You acknowledge that you are solely responsible for safeguarding and maintaining the confidentiality of access details to your Account and that you are fully responsible and liable for any activity performed using your Account access details.
  • You hereby represent and warrant to us that you have reached the age of majority or are accessing the Service under the supervision of a parent or legal guardian. All users who are minors in the jurisdiction in which they reside (generally under the age of 18) must have the permission of, and be directly supervised by, their parent or guardian to use the Service. If you are a minor, you must have your parent or guardian read and agree to these Terms prior to you using the Service.
  • We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your Account, or your access to the Service, with or without notice to you, if you breach these Terms.
  • You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use, or suspected unauthorized use of your Account or any other breach of security. We cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with the above requirements.

6. Notification of Claims of Infringement

It is forbidden to post any Content that violates any international, federal, national, local copyright, patent, trademark, or other intellectual property laws applicable in Nigeria. Autodealaz® is not responsible for any Content submitted by a user that infringes another’s proprietary rights.

If you are aware of any Content that you believe infringes on your or a third party’s proprietary rights, please contact us.

Please include in any such notice:

  1. A link to the alleged infringing material;
  2. A description of the alleged infringing material;
  3. A statement contesting that the copyrighted material was not posted by the holder or permitted licensee of said copyright;
  4. Your contact details (including email address); and
  5. Your signature (physical or electronic).

If notified of Content which allegedly does not conform to these Terms of Use or infringes a third party’s proprietary rights, Autodealaz® may investigate the allegation and determine in its sole discretion whether to remove or request the removal of the Content. Autodealaz® has no liability or responsibility to users for performance or nonperformance of such activities.

7. Privacy Policy

Autodealaz® respects your privacy and has developed a detailed Privacy Policy that is incorporated into this Agreement. Please take the time to read our Privacy Policy found here. By agreeing to these Terms, you are also accepting the terms of our Privacy Policy.

8. Access and Linking to the Website

Your access to the Website is provided on a non-exclusive, temporary, and revocable basis by Autodealaz®, and Autodealaz® reserves the right to withdraw or amend your right to access the Website without notice.

You may not:

  1. Use any robot spider, scraper, or other automated means to access Autodealaz® and collect content for any purpose or otherwise copy or download content. A limited exception is granted to search engines and non-commercial public archives, but not for websites that include any form of classified listings; and
  2. Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including email addresses, without their consent.

You may establish a hyperlink on your website to the Website, or to postings within the Website, for non-commercial use, so long as you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage or take advantage of Autodealaz® reputation (or of any person connected to Autodealaz®).

You must not establish a hyperlink in a misleading way or suggest any form of association, approval, or endorsement of Autodealaz® or any other third party where none exists.

The Website must not be framed on any other website.

Autodealaz® reserves the right to withdraw or amend the above linking permission without advance notice. The website from which you are linking must comply in all respects with the content standards set out in these Terms of Use.

You may not: use automated means to post content on Autodealaz® (via the web interface) without our consent.

9. Limitations on Your Usage of the Website

Autodealaz® may establish any limitations, in our sole discretion, on your usage of the Website, including, but not limited to, limitations on the length of time that Content may remain on the Website, the file size of an individual item of Content, number of items of Content that can be posted.

10. Conduct & Acceptable Use; No Spam

You agree to not post, email, or make available through the Website any Content that is objectionable to Autodealaz® or in contradiction to applicable laws or regulations. In this regard, you agree not to post, email, or make available through the Website any Content that:

  1. Is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, libelous, invasive or any information harmful to minors;
  2. Is of a political nature and/or is critical of any government or municipal employee in any jurisdiction.
  3. Is pornographic or any kind of nudity, sexually explicit or perverse content;
  4. Is anti-Christian or in any way derogatory towards Christianity;
  5. Is anti-Islamic or in any way derogatory towards Islam;
  6. Is racist or discriminatory content towards any race, religion, creed, nationality, gender or any other grouping of individuals;
  7. Impersonates any another person;
  8. Includes personally identifiable information about another person without their permission;
  9. Is false or deceptive;
  10. Solicits the sale of goods or services, except when (1) posted in the appropriately designated area of the Website for such sales, or (2) emailed to another user of the Website who expressly wish to be contacted by you;
  11. Includes links to other websites, except when (1) expressly approved by Autodealaz® in writing, and (2) posted in a posting uploaded by you in the appropriately designated area;
  12. Advertises the sale of anything illegal under any applicable law or regulation in the jurisdiction you are selling the product from or to;
  13. Violates any applicable international, federal, national, local copyright, patent, trademark or other intellectual property laws;
  14. Contains any software viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful;
  15. Disrupts the normal flow with an excessive number of messages; or
  16. Uses misleading contact details to disguise the true origin.

You further agree not to:

  1. Contact people who do not wish to be contacted;
  2. Stalk or harass other users of the Website;
  3. Collect personal information about users for commercial or unlawful purposes;
  4. Post Content that is irrelevant or unrelated to the category or discussion thread where such Content is posted;
  5. Post the same good or service in more than two categories;
  6. To post, email, make available through the Website or contact Autodealaz® or any other users of the Website with any spam, junk mail, chain letters, pyramid or Ponzi schemes, or unsolicited email advertisements; or
  7. Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website, the server on which the Website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to the Website,
  8. For the avoidance of doubt, the above list of prohibited content and actions is not exhaustive and Autodealaz® reserves the right to (i) remove any content that it considers (in its absolute and sole discretion) to be objectionable or in contradiction to applicable laws or regulations without notice; and (ii) take necessary steps to prevent persons who post content and/or conduct themselves in contravention of this Clause from accessing the Website.

11. Dealings with Third Party Organization and Individuals

Autodealaz® operates the Website as an online community portal for automobile buyers, sellers, and community members. Autodealaz® does not sell any item listed on the Website directly and is never a party to any transaction between buyers and sellers. As a result, Autodealaz® does not (a) guarantee or ensure any item listed on the Website or any transaction between a buyer and seller, (b) collect or process payment or transfer of title on behalf of buyers or sellers, or (c) warehouse, store, ship or deliver any item listed on the Website. Furthermore, Autodealaz® is not responsible for, nor holds itself out as promoting, any interaction or dealing between you and 1 or more other user(s) of the Website, and Autodealaz® will not be liable in any way for any such interactions or dealings.

You will not hold Autodealaz® responsible for other users’ Content, actions or inactions, items they list, or the destruction of allegedly fake items. While we may help facilitate the resolution of disputes, Autodealaz® is not obliged to participate in any dispute between you and other user(s) of the Website. We have no control over and do not guarantee the quality, safety, or legality of items advertised, the truth or accuracy of users’ Content or listings, the ability of sellers to sell items, the ability of buyers to pay for items, or that a buyer or seller will complete a transaction or return an item. For certain categories, particularly motor vehicles, an offer initiates a transaction representing a buyer’s serious expression of interest in buying the seller’s item and does not create a formal contract between the buyer and the seller.

You acknowledge that Autodealaz® is not solely responsible for monitoring and verifying the accuracy of any Content posted on the Website.

12. Disclaimer of Warranties

The Website is provided without warranty and is provided on an “as is, as available” basis.

AUTODEALAZ® HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR ARISING BY STATUTE, CUSTOM, COURSE OF DEALING OR TRADE USAGE, WITH RESPECT TO THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES PROVIDED HEREUNDER. NOTWITHSTANDING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, AUTODEALAZ® SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS THE FOLLOWING WITH RESPECT TO THE WEBSITE:

  1. IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY SERVICE OR GOOD ACQUIRED BY YOU FROM A THIRD PARTY;
  2. OF THE ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, SECURITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE WEBSITE; OR
  3. FREEDOM FROM ANY ERRORS OR VIRUSES, TROJANS, WORMS, LOGIC BOMBS OR OTHER MATERIAL WHICH IS MALICIOUS OR TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL.

13. Limitation of Liabilities

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Autodealaz® hereby expressly excludes any liability for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, direct, indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential) loss or damage incurred by any user in connection with the Website or in connection with the use, inability to use, or results of the use of the Website, any websites linked to it and any materials posted on it, including, without limitation any liability for: loss of income or revenue; loss of business; loss of profits or contracts; loss of anticipated savings; loss of data; loss of goodwill; wasted management or office time; and for any other loss or damage of any kind, however arising and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable.

Autodealaz® is not liable for any damages or losses resulting to you or a third party from:

  1. The use or the inability to use the Website;
  2. Services or goods acquired through the Website;
  3. Any Content displayed on the Website; or
  4. A distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of the Website or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.

14. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Autodealaz®, its shareholders, officers, directors, employees, and agents from any claims, actions, demands, damages, losses or attorney fees alleging or resulting from your use or misuse of the Website or any Content, your breach of these Terms of Use, your violation of any third party’s proprietary rights, or any disputes between you and one or more users connected to or arising from the Website in any way.

15. Termination of Access to the Website

Autodealaz® reserves the right to block you or terminate you from accessing the Website for any breach of these Terms of Use at any time without any notice.

Autodealaz® reserves the right to delete any of your Content from the Website at any time.

Autodealaz® is not liable to you or a third party for any termination of your access to the Website or deletion of your posted Content.

You agree not to try to use the Website after said termination.

16. Violations of Terms of Use

Please notify us if you become aware of any violations by third parties of these Terms of Use.

17. Enforcement of Terms of Use

Autodealaz® reserves the right to take steps Autodealaz® believes are reasonably necessary or appropriate to enforce and/or verify compliance with any of these Terms of Use (including, but not limited to Autodealaz®’s right to cooperate with any legal process relating to your use of the Website, and/or a third-party claim that your use of the Website is unlawful and/or infringes such third party’s rights). You agree that Autodealaz® has the right without liability to you to disclose any registration data and/or account information to law enforcement authorities, government officials and/or third parties, as Autodealaz® believes is reasonably necessary or appropriate to enforce and/or verify compliance with any of these Terms of Use (including, but not limited to Autodealaz®’s right to cooperate with any legal process relating to your use of the Website, and/or a third party claim that your use of the Website is unlawful and/or infringes such third party’s rights).

18. Payment and Cancellation

  1. Services: Different premium services are purchased and accessed from different pages on autodealaz.ng. All prices are in Naira (NGN).
  2. Payment: All amounts payable by you must be received in full prior to commencement of Service. Cards accepted are Visa, Verve and Mastercard. You will be responsible for the payment of any present or future sales, use, excise or other similar tax (excluding taxes based on autodealaz.ng's net income) applicable to the services hereunder. Amounts paid hereunder are non-refundable.
  3. Cancellations and Refunds: All requests for refunds will be reviewed on a case by case basis and awarded at autodealaz.ng’s sole discretion. All approved refunds will be made through the original mode of payment only.
  4. Credit Card Information: The details collected do not include credit card details of customers. All credit card information will not be stored, sold, shared, rented or leased to any third parties.

19. General

You agree that the fact that these Terms of Use are in electronic format does not affect in any way their validity or enforceability.

These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and Autodealaz® regarding its subject matter and supersede any contemporaneous or prior oral or written agreements, representations, understandings or discussions between you and Autodealaz®, whether implied or express.

Autodealaz®’s delay or failure to exercise a right or act on a breach of these Terms of Use does not waive our right to do so in the future.

The provisions of these Terms of Use shall be deemed severable, and if any provision is determined to be illegal or invalid under applicable law, such provision may be changed to the extent reasonably necessary to make the provision, as so changed, legal, valid and binding.

You may not assign any part of these Terms of Use without Autodealaz®’s express written permission. Autodealaz® may assign these Terms of Use immediately upon posting a notice of such assignment on the Website

Privacy Policy

In order for the website to provide a safe and useful service, it is important for autodealaz.ng to collect, use, and share personal information.

Collection

We collect and store the following personal information:

  1. Email address, contact information, and (depending on the service used) sometimes financial information;
  2. Computer sign-on data, statistics on page views, traffic to and from autodealaz.ng and response to advertisements;
  3. Other information, including users' IP address and standard web log information.

Use

We use users' personal information to:

  1. Provide our services;
  2. Resolve disputes, collect fees, and troubleshoot problems;
  3. Encourage safe trading and enforce our policies;
  4. Customize users' experience, measure interest in our services, improve our services and inform users about services and updates;
  5. Communicate marketing and promotional offers to you according to your preferences;
  6. Do other things for users as described when we collect the information.

Disclosure

We don't sell or rent users' personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without users' explicit consent. We may disclose personal information to respond to legal requirements, enforce our policies, respond to claims that a posting or other content violates other's rights, or protect anyone's rights, property, or safety.

Communication and email tools

You agree to receive marketing communications about consumer goods and services on behalf of our third party advertising partners unless you tell us that you prefer not to receive such communications. If you don't wish to receive marketing communications from us, simply indicate your preference by following directions provided with the communication. You may not use our site or communication tools to harvest addresses, send spam or otherwise breach our Terms of Use or Privacy Policy. We may automatically scan and manually filter email messages sent via our communication tools for malicious activity or prohibited content. If you use our tools to send content to a friend, we don't permanently store your friends' addresses or use or disclose them for marketing purposes. To report spam from other users, please contact support@autodealaz.ng

Security

We use lots of tools (encryption, passwords, physical security) to protect your personal information against unauthorized access and disclosure.

All personal electronic details will be kept private by the Service except for those that you wish to disclose.

It is unacceptable to disclose the contact information of others through the Service.

If you violate the laws of Nigeria and/or the terms of use of the Service you forfeit your privacy rights over your personal information.

20. Governing Law & Dispute Resolution

These terms are governed by the laws of Nigeria.

In the event of any disputes between you and Autodealaz®, Autodealaz® is open to first attempting to resolve the dispute in an informal and amicable manner.

However, if either party believes that the dispute cannot be resolved in such a manner, then the parties agree that either party may refer any dispute arising out of, or in connection with, these Terms of Use, including any question regarding its existence, validity or termination, to be finally settled by binding arbitration. Such arbitration shall be held under the then-current Arbitration Rules of the Nigerian Judicial System by one (1) arbitrator appointed in accordance with such rules.

The seat of arbitration shall be the Nigerian Appeal Court. The arbitration shall be conducted in the English language. The arbitration award shall be final and binding on the parties. The arbitral tribunal may award reasonable attorneys’ fees and the cost of the arbitration to the prevailing party.

Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered by any court having jurisdiction thereof or having jurisdiction over the relevant party or its assets.

If the arbitral panel has not been formed, any party may seek interim relief from any court having jurisdiction thereof or having jurisdiction over the relevant party or its assets, to which both you and Autodealaz® hereto do hereby submit for this limited purpose.

21. Modifications to Terms of Use

Autodealaz® reserves the right at any time and from time to time to update, revise, supplement, and otherwise modify these Terms of Use and to impose new and/or additional rules, policies, terms, and/or conditions on your use of the Website (collectively referred to as “Additional Terms”). Such Additional Terms will be effective immediately and incorporated into these Terms of Use. Your continued use of the Website constitutes your acceptance of all such Additional Terms. Any Additional Terms are hereby incorporated into these Terms of Use by this reference.