Company Information

The website under www.MyNews.is.com and the services on these pages are being offered to you by:

Mearete SA
Via Maderno 24
6900 Lugano
cp [.at] mearete.com



Statement of Rights and Responsibilities

By using or accessing MyNews.is, you agree to this Statement.

  1. Privacy

    Your privacy is very important to us. We designed our Privacy Policy to make important disclosures about how you can use MyNews.is to share with others and how we collect and can use your content and information. We encourage you to read the Privacy Policy, and to use it to help make informed decisions.

  2. Sharing Your Content and Information

    You own all of the content and information you post on MyNews.is. In addition:

    1. For content that is covered by intellectual property rights, like texts, photos and videos (IP content), you specifically give us the following permission: you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any IP content that you post on or in connection with MyNews.is (IP License). This IP License ends when you delete your IP content or your account unless your content has been shared with others, and they have not deleted it.

    2. When you delete IP content, it is deleted in a manner similar to emptying the recycle bin on a computer. However, you understand that removed content may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time.

    3. When you publish content or information using the Public setting, it means that you are allowing everyone, including people off of MyNews.is, to access and use that information, and to associate it with you (i.e., your name and profile picture).

    4. We always appreciate your feedback or other suggestions about MyNews.is, but you understand that we may use them without any obligation to compensate you for them (just as you have no obligation to offer them).

  3. Safety

    We do our best to keep MyNews.is safe, but we cannot guarantee it. We need your help to do that, which includes the following commitments:

    1. You will not send or otherwise post unauthorized commercial communications (such as spam) on MyNews.is.

    2. You will not collect users' content or information, or otherwise access MyNews.is, using automated means (such as harvesting bots, robots, spiders, or scrapers) without our permission.

    3. You will not engage in unlawful multi-level marketing, such as a pyramid scheme, on MyNews.is.

    4. You will not upload viruses or other malicious code.

    5. You will not solicit login information or access an account belonging to someone else.

    6. You will not bully, intimidate, or harass any user.

    7. You will not post content that: is hateful, threatening, or pornographic; incites violence; or contains nudity or graphic or gratuitous violence.

    8. You will not use MyNews.is to do anything unlawful, misleading, malicious, or discriminatory.

    9. You will not do anything that could disable, overburden, or impair the proper working of MyNews.is, such as a denial of service attack.

    10. You will not facilitate or encourage any violations of this Statement.

  4. Registration and Account Security

    MyNews.is users provide their real names and information, and we need your help to keep it that way. Here are some commitments you make to us relating to registering and maintaining the security of your account:

    1. You will not provide any false personal information on MyNews.is, or create an account for anyone other than yourself without permission.

    2. If we disable your account, you will not create another one without our permission.

    3. You will not use your personal profile for your own commercial gain (such as selling your status update to an advertiser).

    4. You will keep your contact information accurate and up-to-date.

    5. You will not share your password, let anyone else access your account, or do anything else that might jeopardize the security of your account.

    6. You will not transfer your account to anyone without first getting our written permission.

    7. If you select a username for your account we reserve the right to remove or reclaim it if we believe appropriate (such as when a trademark owner complains about a username that does not closely relate to a user's actual name).

  5. Protecting Other People's Rights

    We respect other people's rights, and expect you to do the same.

    1. You will not post content or take any action on MyNews.is that infringes or violates someone else's rights or otherwise violates the law.

    2. We can remove any content or information you post on MyNews.is if we believe that it violates this Statement.

    3. We will provide you with tools to help you protect your intellectual property rights. To learn more, visit our How to Report Claims of Intellectual Property Infringement page.

    4. If we remove your content for infringing someone else's copyright, and you believe we removed it by mistake, we will provide you with an opportunity to appeal.

    5. If you repeatedly infringe other people's intellectual property rights, we will disable your account when appropriate.

    6. You will not use our copyrights or trademarks (including MyNews.is, the MyNews.is Logos), or any confusingly similar marks, without our written permission.

    7. If you collect information from users, you will: obtain their consent, make it clear you (and not MyNews.is) are the one collecting their information, and post a privacy policy explaining what information you collect and how you will use it.

    8. You will not post anyone's identification documents or sensitive financial information on MyNews.is.

  6. Special Provisions Applicable to Share Links

    If you include our Share Link button on your website, the following additional terms apply to you:

    1. We give you permission to use MyNews.is's Share Link button so that users can post links or content from your website on MyNews.is.

    2. You give us permission to use and allow others to use such links and content on MyNews.is.

    3. You will not place a Share Link button on any page containing content that would violate this Statement if posted on MyNews.is.

  7. About Advertisements and Other Commercial Content Served or Enhanced by MyNews.is

    Our goal is to deliver ads that are not only valuable to advertisers, but also valuable to you. In order to do that, you agree to the following:

    1. We do not give your content or information to advertisers directly without your consent but advertisers will be able to target their ads to user groups with specific interests and behaviors on MyNews.is.

    2. You understand that we may not always identify paid services and communications as such.


  8. Amendments

    1. We can change this Statement if we provide you notice (by posting the change on MyNews.is) and an opportunity to comment.

    2. For all changes we will give you a minimum of seven days notice. All such comments must be made on the MyNews.is Site Governance Page.

    3. If more than 7,000 users comment on the proposed change, we will also give you the opportunity to participate in a vote in which you will be provided alternatives. The vote shall be binding on us if more than 30% of all active registered users as of the date of the notice vote.

    4. We can make changes for legal or administrative reasons, or to correct an inaccurate statement, upon notice without opportunity to comment.

  9. Termination

    If you violate the letter or spirit of this Statement, or otherwise create risk or possible legal exposure for us, we can stop providing all or part of MyNews.is to you. We will notify you by email or at the next time you attempt to access your account. You may also delete your account or disable your application at any time. In all such cases, this Statement shall terminate, but the following provisions will still apply: 2.2, 2.4, 3-5, 7.3 and 10-13.

  10. Disputes

    1. You will resolve any claim, cause of action or dispute (claim) you have with us arising out of or relating to this Statement or MyNews.is exclusively in a court located in Switzerland. The laws of the State of Iceland will govern this Statement, as well as any claim that might arise between you and us, without regard to conflict of law provisions. You agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts located in Sitzerland for the purpose of litigating all such claims.

    2. If anyone brings a claim against us related to your actions, content or information on MyNews.is, you will indemnify and hold us harmless from and against all damages, losses, and expenses of any kind (including reasonable legal fees and costs) related to such claim.

    3. WE TRY TO KEEP MyNews.is UP, BUG-FREE, AND SAFE, BUT YOU USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK. WE ARE PROVIDING MyNews.is AS IS WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT MyNews.is WILL BE SAFE OR SECURE. MyNews.is IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS, CONTENT, INFORMATION, OR DATA OF THIRD PARTIES, AND YOU RELEASE US, OUR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS FROM ANY CLAIMS AND DAMAGES, KNOWN AND UNKNOWN, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH ANY CLAIM YOU HAVE AGAINST ANY SUCH THIRD PARTIES. IF YOU ARE A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT, YOU WAIVE CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE §1542, WHICH SAYS: A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS STATEMENT OR MyNews.is, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF THIS STATEMENT OR MyNews.is WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100) OR THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID US IN THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH CASES, MyNews.is'S LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

  11. Definitions

    1. By MyNews.is we mean the features and services we make available, including through (a) our website at www.MyNews.is.com and any other MyNews.is branded or co-branded websites (including sub-domains, international versions, widgets, and mobile versions); (b) our Platform; (c) social plugins such as the like button, the share button and other similar offerings and (d) other media, software (such as a toolbar), devices, or networks now existing or later developed.

    2. By Platform we mean a set of APIs and services that enable others, including application developers and website operators, to retrieve data from MyNews.is or provide data to us.

    3. By information we mean facts and other information about you, including actions you take.

    4. By content we mean anything you post on MyNews.is that would not be included in the definition of information.

    5. By data we mean content and information that third parties can retrieve from MyNews.is or provide to MyNews.is through Platform.

    6. By post we mean post on MyNews.is or otherwise make available to us (such as by using an application).

    7. By use we mean use, copy, publicly perform or display, distribute, modify, translate, and create derivative works of.

    8. By active registered user we mean a user who has logged into MyNews.is at least once in the previous 30 days.

    9. By application we mean any application or website that uses or accesses Platform, as well as anything else that receives or has received data from us. If you no longer access Platform but have not deleted all data from us, the term application will apply until you delete the data.

  12. Other

    1. This Statement makes up the entire agreement between the parties regarding MyNews.is, and supersedes any prior agreements.

    2. If any portion of this Statement is found to be unenforceable, the remaining portion will remain in full force and effect.

    3. If we fail to enforce any of this Statement, it will not be considered a waiver.

    4. Any amendment to or waiver of this Statement must be made in writing and signed by us.

    5. You will not transfer any of your rights or obligations under this Statement to anyone else without our consent.

    6. All of our rights and obligations under this Statement are freely assignable by us in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, or by operation of law or otherwise.

    7. Nothing in this Statement shall prevent us from complying with the law.

    8. This Statement does not confer any third party beneficiary rights.

    9. You will comply with all applicable laws when using or accessing MyNews.is.