1. Welcome to RFOX VALT
1.1 These terms and conditions (Terms) are between RedFOX Labs (we, us or our) and you, together the Parties and each a Party. These Terms govern your use of the RFOX VALT metaverse (RFOX or RFOX VALT).
1.2 We provide a software metaverse to enable owners and tenants (Sellers) of virtual stores (District) to advertise their goods, including Digital Assets, to potential customers, including you (Buyers) and facilitate access to a smart contract protocol to enable the sale and transfer of the ownership of Digital Assets. Digital Assets refers to unique non-fungible tokens, implemented on blockchain or distributed ledger technology using smart contracts. Digital Assets may also include Stores which are a special kind of NFT within the RFOX VALT ecosystem.
1.3 RFOX VALT is available at redfoxlabs.io and via other channels or website addresses.
1.4 In these Terms, you means (as applicable) (1) the person or entity registered with us as either a Buyer or Seller; or (2) the individual accessing or using VALT.
1.5 If you are using RFOX VALT on behalf of your employer or a corporate entity, you represent and warrant that you are authorised to act on behalf of your employer or the corporate entity and to bind the entity and the entity’s Personnel to these Terms. You are also severally bound in your personal capacity to these Terms.
2. Acceptance and RFOX VALT Summary
2.1 By using RFOX VALT, you will be deemed to have read, understood and agreed to be bound by these Terms together with our Privacy Policy, and that you agree to use the RFOX VALT at your own risk.
2.2 RFOX VALT is an experimental and developing metaverse and marketplace where Buyers and Sellers can find each other, and advertise, buy and sell Digital Assets within that metaverse and explore other services and features offered within the RFOX VALT metaverse.
2.3 RFOX VALT remains in a testing phase and as set out below we do not warrant or guarantee that RFOX VALT will operate free from errors or with uninterrupted access.
2.4 We provide RFOX VALT to users (including hosting and maintaining RFOX VALT) to:
(together the Marketplace Services).
2.5 You understand and agree that:
3. Eligibility
3.1 As a condition of access to RFOX VALT, you represent and warrant that
4. Registration, Account Access, and Security
Third Party Wallet
4.1 Your access to RFOX VALT is via a third party private key manager which you choose to use (for example: MetaMask, Ledger Wallet, Mist Browser or another Web3 wallet provider) (Third Party Wallet). Your access to your Third Party Wallet is entirely at your own risk and at no time will we have access to your private keys.
4.2 We will not have any responsibility or Liability for any loss of Digital Assets or Digital Currency from your Third Party Wallet from any breach of security or unauthorised access.
You agree that you will, at all times, always:
5. Sellers
5.1 A Seller wanting to sell a Digital Asset can only do so if they have an Account and are in possession of a District (either as an Owner or a Tenant) which is presently Open. The Seller must connect a Third Party Wallet containing the Digital Assets they wish to list for sale and then may create an offer to sell a Digital Asset for a particular price (Sale Price), set in Digital Currency (Listing).
5.2 Upon the sale of a Digital Asset in a Listing:
5.3 The Sale Price will include any Royalty Fee and Service Fee when displayed to a Buyer (Purchase Price).
5.4 We do not include any Taxes in the Sales Fee. The Seller must ensure that they include any appliable Taxes when setting the Sale Price of the Listing.
5.5 The Listing will automatically populate the details of the Digital Asset based on the Digital Asset’s unique identifier.
5.6 Once the Digital Asset has been sold it will be automatically transferred to the Buyer by a protocol over which we have no control and the Seller will no longer hold that Digital Asset.
5.7 As a Seller, you agree:
5.8 Upon a sale being made, you agree that the Purchase Price, less any Royalty Fee and Service Fees (the Net Sales Proceeds) should be recorded within your Digital Wallet. The deposit of Net Sales Proceeds will normally appear in your Digital Wallet within a short period of time of the Buyer making a purchase, but may be delayed due to factors beyond our control, including network congestion, Force Majeure Events and delays caused by Third Party Inputs.
5.9 You agree that if we, or a Quartermaster (or if you are a Tennant, a Seller), believes that a transaction is fraudulent, invalid, suspicious or breaches applicable law or these Terms that your District may be subject to a Breach Notice under the Conduct Rules.
6. Buyers
6.1 Once a Buyer has connected their Third Party Wallet, they may purchase Digital Assets from Sellers in a Listing as displayed on RFOX VALT. Any purchase made through RFOX VALT is an offer by the Buyer to purchase a particular Digital Asset from the Seller for the Purchase Price as set out in the Listing, at the time the Buyer makes the purchase.
6.2 It is the Buyer’s responsibility to check the purchase details, including the selected Digital Asset and Purchase Price, before making a purchase through RFOX VALT.
6.3 When the Buyer selects a Digital Asset to purchase and pays on RFOX VALT, the offer is deemed accepted by the Seller and results in a separate binding agreement between the Buyer and Seller for the supply of the Digital Asset in accordance with these Terms. Once the payment by the Buyer has been processed by the applicable Smart Contract, the Digital Asset should appear in the Buyer’s Third Party Wallet.
6.4 You agree to pay the Purchase Price at the time you make a purchase.
6.5 You must pay the Purchase Price using the nominated Digital Currency in the Listing. You must ensure that your Digital Wallet has sufficient funds to pay the Purchase Price or the purchase will not be processed. Gas fees may be applicable to the transaction. You can only make a purchase using RFOX VALT if your total Digital Currency balance is greater than the cost of the proposed purchase, inclusive of any gas fees which may apply.
6.6 You must not pay, or attempt to pay, the Purchase Price by fraudulent or unlawful means. In the absence of fraud or mistake, all payments made are final.
6.7 You agree that we may refuse to process any purchase if we believe that a transaction is fraudulent, invalid, suspicious or breaches applicable law or these Terms.
6.8 Title to Digital Assets will remain with the Seller until the Buyer has paid the Purchase Price in full and the blockchain record of the Digital Asset ownership has been updated. From the time the order is placed until title in the Digital Asset passes, the Buyer must not do anything which seeks to create an encumbrance, lien, charge, or other interest over the Digital Asset.
6.9 Risk in the Digital Asset will pass to the Buyer as soon as it is recorded as being in the Buyer’s Digital Wallet. Once risk in the Digital Asset passes, the Buyer will be solely responsible for it.
7. Refunds
7.1 As a Buyer, you are not entitled to return Digital Assets or receive a refund for change of mind or other circumstances.
7.2 Certain legislation, may confer you with rights, warranties, guarantees and remedies relating to the sale of Digital Assets by Sellers and to the provision of RFOX VALT by us to you which cannot be excluded, restricted or modified (Statutory Rights). Our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence or for any condition, warranty, right or liability implied in these Terms by law may not be able to be excluded under Statutory Rights.
7.3 Any refund or other right you may seek in relation to the purchase of a Digital Asset should be directed to the Seller only and not to us.
7.4 If Statutory Rights apply to you as a consumer, nothing in these Terms excludes your Statutory Rights. You agree that our Liability for RFOX VALT services being provided to a person or an entity defined as a consumer and entitled to those Statutory Rights is governed solely by these Terms and those Statutory Rights only.
7.5 Subject to your Statutory Rights and to the maximum extend permitted by law, we exclude all express and implied warranties, and you acknowledge that all material, work and services (including the provision of RFOX VALT and the Marketplace Services) are provided to you without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, whether in statute, at law or on any other basis.
7.6 As a Buyer, the Digital Assets provided by a Seller may also confer on your certain rights, warranties, guarantees and remedies by the Seller under Statutory Rights.
8. Communication
8.1 We may contact you via RFOX VALT using notifications within RFOX VALT, or via other communication channels, including emails which you have provided in connection with your Account in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
9. Intellectual Property and Content
9.1 We may allow you to, on or through RFOX VALT:
9.2 Sellers may post content to their District (Seller Content) and by doing so grant you a personal, non-exclusive, royalty-free, revocable, worldwide, non-transferable license to use and access the Seller Content within RFOX VALT. The Seller owns or licenses all rights, title and interest (including all Intellectual Property Rights relating to the Seller Content) in the Seller Content, subject to any license granted in respect of any Digital Assets the subject of a Listing by the Seller.
9.3 We do not have pre-approval of any Seller Content and each Seller is solely responsible for their Seller Content.
9.4 Unless otherwise indicated, we own or license all rights, title and interest (including all Intellectual Property Rights) in RFOX VALT, the Marketplace Services and all of the Content. Your use of RFOX VALT, Marketplace Services and your use of and access to any Content does not grant or transfer to you any rights, title or interest in relation to RFOX VALT, Marketplace Services or the Content.
9.5 You must not, without our prior written consent or the prior written consent owner of the Content (as applicable) or except as expressly permitted by these Terms:
9.6 Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a personal, non-exclusive, royalty-free, revocable, worldwide, non-transferable licence to use RFOX VALT and Marketplace Services, and access and view any Content for your personal use, and any other purpose contemplated by these Terms, in accordance with these Terms. All other uses are prohibited without our prior written consent.
9.7 You grant us a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty free, sub-licensable and transferable right and license to use, view, distribute, communicate, copy, store, modify and exploit in any manner the User Content to provide RFOX VALT and Marketplace Services and to promote RFOX VALT and Marketplace Services in any media, marketing or promotional material.
9.8 You agree that you are solely responsible for all User Content that you make available on or through RFOX VALT.
9.9 You represent and warrant that:
9.10 Despite anything to the contrary, to the maximum extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify us and hold us harmless in respect of any Liability that we may suffer, incur or otherwise become liable for, arising from or in connection with the User Content which you make available on or through RFOX VALT, including as a result of an Intellectual Property Breach.
9.11 The Content is not comprehensive and is for general information purposes only. It does not take into account your specific needs, objectives or circumstances, and is not advice, including financial or investment advice. While we will use reasonable attempts to ensure that the Content is accurate and completen, to the extent we are permitted by law we make no representation or warranty regarding the Content. The Content may be subject to change without notice. We do not undertake to keep the Content up-to-date and we are not liable if any Content on RFOX VALT is inaccurate or out-of-date.
10. Notice and Procedure to make a claim for infringement
10.1 If you believe that your Intellectual Property Rights (defined below) or the Intellectual Property Rights of a person who you represent have been infringed, you should contact that party directly. You may also contact us and the Seller or Quartermaster responsible for the Quarter where the District in which the infringement you believe has occurred. In doing so you should provide the following information:
10.2 We, or a Quartermaster (or if you are a Tennant, a Seller), may take steps to suspect or discipline a District or seek to request the removal of infringing Seller Content or Content to make it inaccessible via RFOX VALT, however the infringing material may still be accessible through other means.
11. Links
11.1 RFOX VALT may contain links to linked services. Those links are provided for convenience only and may not remain current or be updated by us or any Quartermasters.
11.2 We are not responsible for the content or privacy policies or practices of persons or companies associated with linked services. We will not be liable to you or any other person for any loss or cost arising in respect of use or access to linked services. When you access any linked services you do so entirely at your own risk.
11.3 Linked services should not be construed as an endorsement, approval or recommendation by us of the owners or operators of those linked services, or of any information, graphics, materials, products or services referred to or contained on those linked websites, unless and to the extent stipulated to the contrary.
12. Warranties
12.1 You represent, warrant and agree that:
13. Exclusions to liability
13.1 Despite anything to the contrary, to the maximum extent permitted by law, we and our Personnel will not be liable for, and you waive and release us and all of our Personnel from and against, any Liability caused or contributed to by, arising from or connected with:
14. Limitations on liability
14.1 Despite anything to the contrary, to the maximum extent permitted by law:
14.2 You are solely responsible for ensuring whether RFOX VALT is suitable for any particular use or for your specific circumstances.
14.3 You acknowledge and agree that we have made RFOX VALT available to you and has entered into these Terms with you in reliance upon the disclaimers and limitations of liability set out in these Terms which you agree represent a fair and reasonable application and allocation of risk between the parties and are essential to the agreement between you and us.
15. Indemnity
15.1 It is an essential condition of these Terms that you release and indemnity, defend and hold harmless us and our Personnel from any Liability arising from your use of RFOX VALT in any way, your breach of these Terms or in respect of any of your acts or omissions when using RFOX VALT or the Marketplace Services.
15.2 We reserve the right, at our cost, to assume exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject fo indemnification by you and in that case you agree to cooperate with us in relation to the defense of that matter.
15.3 You agree to reimburse us for any Taxes which arise in connection with your ownership of Digital Assets or activities on RFOX VALT which we are found to be liable to pay (always excluding tax on our net income).
16. Termination
16.1 If at any time you do not agree to these Terms, you should immediately cease using RFOX VALT. If you are a Seller, before you cease using RFOX VALT, you should remove any Listings from RFOX VALT. If you do not remove your Listings, then Buyers may still purchase Digital Assets from you despite you ceasing to use RFOX VALT.
16.2 We may suspend your access to RFOX VALT or terminate these Terms immediately on written notice to you, including by blocking your ability to trade Digital Assets on RFOX VALT, if:
16.3 These Terms will terminate immediately upon written notice by you, if we:
16.4 Upon expiry or termination of these Terms:
16.5 Termination of these Terms will not affect any rights or liabilities that a Party has accrued under it.
17. Binding Arbitration and Class Action Waiver
17.1 YOU SHOULD READ THE FOLLOWING SECTION CAREFULLY AS IT MAY SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS INCLUDING FILING ANY LAWSUIT AGAINST US
17.2 If a dispute arises in connection with your use of RFOX VALT or between you and a Seller, you agree to first engage in a good faith process to settle any dispute, claim, question, or disagreement by negotiations which shall be a condition to either party commencing legal proceedings or any arbitration (Informal Dispute Resolution).
17.3 If the parties are unable to reach an agreed outcome 30 days after the parties have commenced Informal Dispute Resolution, calculated from when a party provides the other with notice of the dispute, claim, question or details of disagreement, then eitehr party may initiate binding arbitration as the sole means to resolve that dispute, under the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce, with the following applying:
17.4 The parties agree that any arbitration shall be conducted in an individual capacity and not as a class or representative action and the parties expressly waive their right to file a class action or seek relief on a class action basis. YOU AND WE AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS ONLY IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS PARTICIPANT IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDINGS. Should this class action waiver be found to be void or unenforceable or struck out, then the whole of this clause shall be deemed to be severed in its entirety.
17.5 You have the right to opt-out and not be bound by this clause set out above by sending a written notice to our nominated RFOX Email of your decision within 30 days of your first use of RFOX VALT, otherwise you shall be bound to conduct yourself in accordance with this clause.
17.6 Nothing in this clause will apply to legal proceedings:
18. General
18.1 Whole Agreement: These Terms, together with any Conduct Rules or other rules or conditions of participation which we may post via RFOX VALT constitute the entire agreement between us and you with respect to your access to RFOX VALT and supercede any prior agreements, oral or written, between you and us. These Terms take precedence, to the extent of any inconsistency, over any rules or conditions of participation we publish which are inconsistent with these Terms.
18.2 Assignment: You must not assign or deal with the whole or any part of your rights or obligations under these Terms without our prior written consent.
18.3 Disputes: Neither party may commence court proceedings relating to any dispute arising from, or in connection with, this Agreement without first meeting with the other party to seek (in good faith) to resolve that dispute (unless that party is seeking urgent interlocutory relief).
18.4 Email: You agree that we are able to send electronic mail to you and receive electronic mail from you. You release us from any Liability you may have as a result of any unauthorised copying, recording, reading or interference with that document or information after transmission, for any delay or non-delivery of any document or information and for any damage caused to your system or any files by a transfer.
18.5 Force Majeure: We will not be liable for any delay or failure to perform our obligations under these Terms if such delay is due to any circumstance beyond our reasonable control (including but not limited to epidemics, pandemics, and Government sanctioned restrictions and orders, whether known or unknown at the time of entering into these Terms) (Force Majeure Event).
18.6 Governing law: These Terms governed by the laws of New South Wales. Each Party irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts operating in New South Wales and any courts entitled to hear appeals from those courts and waives any right to object to proceedings being brought in those courts.
18.7 Notices: Any notice given under these Terms must be in writing addressed to us at the address at the end of these Terms or to you at the address in your Account. Any notice may be sent by standard post or email, and will be deemed to have been served on the expiry of 48 hours in the case of post, or at the time of transmission in the case of transmission by email (or, where the time of transmission is not on a business day, 9am on the next business day).
18.8 Online execution: Your agreement to these Terms and entry into any agreements in respect of a Listing will be evidenced online via RFOX VALT and blockchain records. The blockchain records of any transactions shall be deemed to be conclusive evidencve of any such agreement.
18.9 Relationship of Parties: These Terms are not intended to create a partnership, joint venture, employment or agency relationship (except to the extent set out in the Payment clause as limited payment collection agent) between the Parties.
18.10 Severance: If a provision of these Terms is held to be void, invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that provision is to be read down as narrowly as necessary to allow it to be valid or enforceable, failing which, that provision (or that part of that provision) will be severed from these Terms without affecting the validity or enforceability of the remainder of that provision or the other provisions in these Terms.
18.11 Wavier: Any failure of us to enforce any right or part of these Terms does not constitute a waiver of that right or part of the Terms unless it is made expressly and in writing.
19. Definitions
Applicable Laws means all laws, regulations, legislation, orders, rules, codes, instruments, court decisions, and decrees which apply to you in Your Jurisdiction.
Buyer has the meaning set out in clause 1.2.
Computing Environment means your computing environment including all hardware, software, information technology and telecommunications services and Systems.
Consequential Loss includes any consequential loss, indirect loss, real or anticipated loss of profit, loss of benefit, loss of revenue, loss of Digital Assets, coins or digital tokens, loss of business, loss of goodwill, loss of opportunity, loss of savings, loss of reputation, loss of use and/or loss or corruption of data, whether under statute, contract, equity, tort (including negligence), indemnity or otherwise.
Digital Assets has the meaning set out in clause 1.2.
Digital Currency means cryptographically secured tokens, the ownership of which is secured by public private key pairs on a Blockchain network/protocol.
Intellectual Property means any domain names, know-how, inventions, processes, trade secrets or confidential information; or circuit layouts, software, computer programs, databases or source codes, including any application, or right to apply, for registration of, and any improvements, enhancements or modifications of, the foregoing.
Intellectual Property Rights means for the duration of the rights in any part of the world, any industrial or intellectual property rights, whether registrable or not, including in respect of Intellectual Property including trademark, copyright, works of authorship, industrial designs or derivative works.
Informal Dispute Resolution has the meaning set out in clause 16.2.
Intellectual Property Breach means any breach or alleged breach (including by you or any of your Personnel) of any Intellectual Property Rights, or any breaches of third party rights including any Intellectual Property Rights of third parties.
Liability means any expense, cost, liability, loss, claim, damage, notice, entitlement, investigation, demand, proceeding or judgment (whether arising under statute, contract, equity, tort (including a claim for negligence), indemnity or otherwise), howsoever arising in connection with RFOX VALT, the Marketplace Services, including whether direct or indirect/consequential and/or whether present, unascertained, future or contingent and whether involving a third party or a party to these Terms or otherwise, and including any Taxes which we may be found liable for in relation to transactions between Buyers and Sellers.
Party and Parties has the meaning set out in clause 1.1.
Personnel means, in respect of a Party, any of that Party and their affiliate’s directors, employees, contractors, subcontractors, consultants, shareholders, suppliers, or agents.
RFOX VALT has the meaning set out in clauses above.
RFOX Email means an email address that we will provide prior to MVP launch.
Seller has the meaning set out in clause 1.2.
District means a virtual store in the RFOX VALT environment, which represents a grant of an irrevocable, worldwide, sublicensable, transferrable, exclusive license to use, subject to any Conduct Rules, of a virtual location within the RFOX VALT and which may be sub-licensed by an owner or tenant to a further tenant from time-to time to operate that location to advertise the sale of Digital Assets.
District NFT means a non-fungible token representing the right to operate a SHOP within the RFOX VALT environment.
District Owner means a person who owns a Digital Asset representing a SHOP in RFOX VALT.
Smart Contract means a software program which resides on Blockchain nodes and which operates independently of RFOX VALT and which may process changes in the ownership of Digital Assets.
System means all hardware, software, networks and other IT systems used by you from time to time, including a network.
Taxes means any taxes, duties or assessments (except for taxes which apply to our net income) now or hereafter claimed or imposed by any government authority associated with your use of RFOX VALT (including taxes payable which may arise from your ownership or transfer of Digital Assets or any activity conducted by you within RFOX VALT).
Tenant means a person who has entered into an agreement or arrangement to lease a SHOP from a SHOP Owner.
Your Jurisdiction means the country or state in which you are located or from which you access RFOX VALT.