Terms and Conditions
I. General Terms and Conditions for Use of the Website of oikia.com
I.1. Scope of Application and Users and Scope of Services
(1) The present Terms of Use govern the use of the Publidok S.r.l., with registered office in Milan (MI) Foro Buonaparte, 59 20121 and operational headquarters in Busca (CN) Via Po, 2 12022 - VAT number 09705620962 (hereinafter: "Owner") website: oikia.com (desktop and mobile versions) and the OIKIA applications (hereinafter: "oikia.com"), which website and applications are the property of the Owner Company.
(2) This page contains the TERMS AND CONDITIONS for use of the oikia.com website. By invoking or using oikia.com (hereinafter referred to as "use"), all users and visitors (hereinafter referred to as "user") acknowledge the validity of the terms and conditions of use. Access to oikia.com and the information related to all services implies compliance with and acceptance of all these Terms of Use (hereinafter: "Terms"), so it is advisable to familiarize yourself with them if you want to access and use the information for the purpose of the services offered by oikia.com. Owner reserves the right to change the Terms of Use at any time at its sole discretion.
(3) The use of any service offered by oikia.com (hereinafter: "Service" or "Services") grants the user the status of a User (hereinafter: "User" or "Users"), for which no registration is required, except for certain Services for which such registration might be required. In the event that the User desires a type of Service for which proper registration is required, the same will be done in the form expressly indicated for the relevant Service.
(4) Some of the Services offered through oikia.com are free of charge, however, the use of some of them depends on the cost effectiveness of purchasing paid options. Paid options (hereinafter: "Paid Options") means the purchase by the User of additional features specifically described in the process of posting messages within oikia.com.
(5) Any question related to billing, including the hypothesis of changes or corrections of titles and amounts, as well as the issuance of credit notes, must be handled by the User by contacting directly the administration of oikia.com at the following e-mail: [email protected].
(6) Type of Users, according to the use of oikia.com: VISITORS and USERS, as follows:
6.1. VISITORS are defined as those in connection with the use of oikia.com for the purpose of seeking information. They can access some services (e.g. property search) anonymously, while for other services (e.g. saving advertisements, searches to automatically receive information about new listings) it is necessary to register before use.
6.2. USERS are individuals, real estate agencies, construction companies and companies operating in the real estate sector who use oikia.com to provide services to Visitors. Users can access the services intended for them only after registering on oikia.com.
(7) Type of Users according to their age: adults and minors: the use of the Services is limited exclusively to adults. In the event that minors request and/or use the Service, the same must be authorized in advance by the respective minors' parents, guardians or legal representatives, who will be responsible for all actions performed through oikia.com by minors entrusted to them.
(8) Alternative for registered as well as non-registered Users/Users of oikia.com: by clicking on the "Agree" or "Submit" box, the User/User agrees that the terms and conditions of use of the website are binding on the User/User. The Owner reserves the right to modify these terms of use at its sole discretion. The User/User must once again agree to the modified requirements of use as described above by clicking the "Agree" or "Submit" box in order to continue using the services of oikia.com.
(9) On the oikia.com website, the Owner offers information pertaining to the real estate market, industry partners, and customer information related to real estate, including construction, sales, rentals, exchanges, market research for properties, and anything related to these types of services. Certain Services (e.g. favorite ads) are only available to registered Users.
(10) The Owner shall be entitled to suspend the Website in whole or in part and to modify the content and/or the Service at its sole discretion. The Owner does not guarantee the continuous availability of the website oikia.com. No claims with regard to the use or maintenance of the oikia.com website may be asserted against the Owner.
I.2. Protected Rights / Intellectual Property
(1) The entire content of the website (the pages it includes, the information or elements contained in the texts, documents, pictures, drawings, graphics, databases, software, logos, trademarks, trade names or other signs, illustrations, texts, wording, marks, pictures, videos, documents, etc.) are the intellectual and/or industrial property of the Owner of oikia.com or its contractual partners. Use of the oikia.com website does not grant the User any license or other rights of use with respect to the rights found on the website (e.g., protected commercial rights, copyright and related protected rights, etc.). Marks, designs, photographs, texts, parts of texts and other contents of the oikia.com website may neither be altered, copied, reproduced, used, supplemented nor otherwise exploited without the prior written consent of "oikia.com. Exceptions to this are the reproduction, processing or use of materials/data expressly offered for use.
(2) It is prohibited to carry out, directly or indirectly, any form of commercial exploitation of the Services by accessing, using, transferring information contained on oikia.com. Violation of this prohibition will be prosecuted according to the law. User acknowledges and agrees that use of the content and/or services offered by oikia.com is at User's sole risk and responsibility. Unless expressly authorized by the Owner or by third parties holding the relevant rights, or unless legally authorized, the User may not reproduce, transform, modify, decode, distribute, rent, make available to anyone or allow access through any form of communication with the public to any of the items mentioned in the preceding paragraph.
(3) The User undertakes to use oikia.com and all content and services in accordance with the law, morality, public order and in accordance with the provisions of these Terms. Likewise, the User undertakes to use the services and/or contents of oikia.com appropriately and not to use them for illegal activities contrary to good faith or criminal, violating the rights of third parties and/or provisions that violate intellectual property or any other norm of the legal system.
(4) The User undertakes not to transmit, enter, distribute and provide to third parties materials and information (data, messages, images, audio files and images, photos, software, etc.) that are contrary to the law, morality, public order and conditions. The use of oikia.com for purposes other than those intended by the Owner is prohibited.
(5) The Owner reserves the right not to grant access to the services and content of oikia.com at its sole discretion of its commercial policy. Likewise, it reserves the right to withdraw access to its pages without notice to any User who violates the provisions of this Legal Information.
I.3. Responsibility and Guarantees
(1) The owner shall be responsible for possible damages that may be inflicted to the user as a result from using the website ofoikia.com, only in case of deliberate actions or gross negligence.
(2) The owner cannot be held responsible for any damages or losses suffered by the user, whether direct or indirect, irrespective of whether they originate from the contract, a right to compensation or otherwise, in case the same fall into one of the following categories:
2.1. Missed benefits or indirect damages;
2.2. Accidental losses and missed benefits;
2.3. Missed business benefits;
2.4. Damaging the reputation and loss of data;
(3) The owner has made all reasonable efforts in order to guarantee that the information provided on the website oikia.com is accurate and complete as of the moment of its publishing. The owner does not engage in promises and does not assume any responsibility or guarantees regarding the information provided on the website, such as downloadable files, services offered by third parties, external links or other content, used directly or indirectly from the website oikia.com or such that can be accessed from this website. Furthermore, the owner reserves the right to make changes or to supplement to the information provided without advance notice.
(4) The Owner shall not be liable for any damages arising from misuse or abuse of the User's account by the User himself/herself, due to misuse or loss of the identification features or the data saved by the User.
(5) The Owner does not guarantee the continued availability or the proper display, downloading or use of the items and information contained on the oikia.com pages that may be prevented, hindered or interrupted by factors or circumstances beyond its control. Owner is not responsible for the information and other content integrated into third party areas or sites accessible from oikia.com. Owner assumes no responsibility for the information, content, products and services offered or provided through oikia.com by third party individuals and/or entities.
(6) Neither the Owner nor third party information providers assume any liability for damages, losses, claims or expenses arising from:
6.1. Interruptions, interruptions, errors, omissions, telephone failures, delays, blockages or interruptions of the electronic system caused by deficiencies, errors and overloads of telecommunications lines and networks, or any other cause beyond the control of the Owner;
6.2. The use of any illegal and/or malicious programs and with any type of media, such as viruses or anything else;
6.3. Improper or incorrect use of the Owner's Sites;
6.4. Navigational safety or errors caused by browser malfunction or by outdated versions of the browsers themselves or by outdated hardware.
I.4. Entering into Contracts with Third Parties through the oikia.com website
(1) The User acknowledges and accepts that all contractual or non-contractual relations formalized with advertisers, real estate agencies, construction companies, individuals and/or legal entities, other entities that publish real estate advertisements (hereinafter: "Advertisers") or third parties contacted through oikia.com, as well as participation in contests, promotions, sale of goods or services will be carried out solely and exclusively between the User and the Advertiser and/or third party.
(2) In connection with the foregoing, the User expressly acknowledges and agrees that the Owner shall not be liable for any damages of any nature whatsoever in connection with negotiations, conversations and/or contractual obligations with Advertisers or third party individuals and/or entities contacted through oikia.com.
I.5. Publication of advertisements and notices. Consultations
(1) The publication of advertisements shall be governed by these Terms and Conditions.
(2) The insertion/posting of advertisements is completely free of charge (without prejudice to the possibility of purchasing services that offer additional visibility to the advertisement itself).
(3) The Owner reserves the right to delete advertisements permanently or even temporarily, at its own discretion, without being obliged to notify the User.
(4) The User declares, before using the paid service, that he is aware that he cannot initiate procedures to request a refund of the expense once it has been made, except in cases where credits have been purchased and not all have been used, then it is possible to request a refund by writing to [email protected].
(5) The search for information on oikia.com and the display of advertisements are carried out by automatic procedures, the Data Controller disclaims any responsibility for the quality of the services offered, the results thereof, as well as the content, accuracy, reliability and compliance with the rules contained in these Terms.
(6) The User may in any case report any illegal, fraudulent, suspicious advertisements or advertisements that do not comply with the rules set out in these Terms by sending a message to oikia.com by e-mail using the dedicated page.
(7) Ads on oikia.com are posted by real estate agencies, construction companies, private users, etc. Their publication does not imply verification and/or approval by the Owner, nor does it imply any form of guarantee on the part of the latter with regard to the content of the same. The Data Controller is therefore not responsible for the truthfulness, correctness, completeness, as well as the legislation regarding confidentiality and/or any other aspect of the aforementioned advertisements
I.6. Availability
(1) The Owner shall endeavour to ensure the continued operation and accessibility of the Website - according to the technical, economic, company and organisational possibilities available.
(2) The Owner does not assume any liability or guarantee that the oikia.com website will be available uninterruptedly or at all, that it is free of errors or that errors will be corrected, still less that the oikia.com website or the aids are free of viruses or other dangerous components. The Owner expressly excludes all liability for damages of any kind arising from the provision of the oikia.com website or the aids to the extent permitted by law.
(3) The Owner accepts no liability for periods in which access is unavailable due to technical or other problems.
(4) The Owner reserves the right to disable access to oikia.com, permanently or even temporarily, in its sole and exclusive discretion. Recipients of the exclusion provision will be informed of this decision and will not subsequently access the site under another name or through other users.
(5) The User will be liable for damages of any kind that the Owner or its subsidiaries may suffer, directly or indirectly, as a result of any breach of the obligations arising from the Terms of Use relating to the use of oikia.com.
(6) The User shall indemnify the Owner against any sanctions, complaints or summons from third parties, including public authorities, against the Owner, its employees or collaborators, and in the event of any such found as a result of the User violating the rights of third parties by using oikia.com or services related thereto in a manner contrary to the provisions of these Terms of Use, then any liability shall be that of the User and the User shall be solely and exclusively liable for its actions and/or omissions before the legislative and judicial authorities
I.7. External links
(1) The oikia.com website contains external links leading to third-party websites. The Owner has no influence on the availability, quality and content of external websites to which links are provided, and accepts no liability for the content of external websites that violate applicable law or otherwise cause damage to users.
I.8. Protected pages
(1) The website includes some Cloudflare ssl Certificates (list the same, it is recommended to have them). Certificates from Cloudflare include not only effective encryption of user data during transmission to the web server, but also the identification of the provider oikia.com, and also authenticate the site to protect it from phishing.
(2) The user declares that he has read the general provisions of the certificate and the user agreement with the end customer, and that he has read and agrees to them. The Owner shall have no liability to the User in connection with the use of the certificate.
I.9. Passwords and user accounts
(1) Individual services (e.g. favorite ads) are only available to registered users. After registration and verification by oikia.com, the User receives a password allowing access to the user account.
(2) The User is responsible for protecting the confidentiality of the password and possibly other available data, as well as for all activities related to the user account. All unauthorized uses of the user account or other breaches of security must be reported immediately to the Owner. Registration of the user account, or signing up for a subscription, is tied to the User's affiliate number. User is not authorized to disclose or make the affiliate number or password available to others. Any disclosure of the affiliate number and/or password by the User may result in the termination of the User's account and/or suspension of the subscription.
(3) Data, contents and information known to the User on the basis of his/her user account must not be passed on to unauthorised third parties.
(4) The Owner reserves the right, without giving any reason, to allow or refuse registration or subscription for the subscription service. Owner further reserves the right, without assigning any reason, to block any user account or the receipt of individual subscription services.
I.10. Loading of destructive materials
(1) The Owner prohibits the loading of computer programs, files and other materials that contain destructive and disruptive elements such as viruses, corrupted files, "hidden" files (such as images embedded in audio files), worms, Trojan horses or bots for scrolling, displaying on multiple screens and for other activities that may completely destroy the integrity or functioning of the website or online communication.
I.11. Electronic attacks
(1) Electronic attacks of any kind on the oikia.com website, on any data associated with it or on the data of individual Users are prohibited.
(2) Any electronic attack results in the immediate exclusion of the User in whose sphere the attack falls and is prosecuted by civil and criminal law.
II. Other provisions
II.1. Duration and time limit
(1) The free services and/or content on oikia.com may be provided indefinitely as long as the user's account remains active; furthermore, where indicated, the services, including paid options, have a duration limited to the period of time indicated on the listing process page within oikia.com.
(2) Owner may unilaterally terminate, suspend or discontinue the Service and oikia.com at any time and without notice.
II.2. Changes
(1) The Owner reserves the right to make any changes it deems appropriate, and may modify, delete and add new content and/or services, as well as the manner in which they are presented and arranged.
II.3. Privacy
(1) Users' personal data shall be processed in accordance with the regulations in force. For more information, please read the Privacy Policy.
II.4. Changes
(1) Some pages of oikia.com have non-invasive or harmless cookies, and do not contain personal data: the only function of cookies is to personalize navigation. The user can activate his browser settings to refuse the installation of cookies. For more information, please see the Cookies Policy page.
II.5. Jurisdiction
The present terms and conditions for use of the website are based on the Bulgarian and European law. The Sofia court is hereby set as the competent court to solve any disputes. The Bulgarian law shall exclusively apply and the ratified European and international private law shall also apply.
II.6. Changes and Supplements, Severability Clause
(1) Any amendments and supplements to the present contract can only be made in written form.
(2) If one or more terms of these Terms and Conditions become invalid for any reason, this shall not affect the validity of the remainder of the Terms and Conditions of the oikia.com website.