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Reikan FoCal IQ Conditions of Use

Welcome to FoCal IQ (and any successor website(s) as applicable) (collectively the “Web Site” or “Site”). We provide website content and features to you subject to the following conditions. If you visit the Web Site, you accept these conditions. If you do not agree, you have no right to use this Web Site.

Using Site Content

Reikan Technology Ltd (as defined in section), are publishing on the Site the following information about the optical, mechanical and physical performance of cameras, lenses and other equipment (the “content” or “Site content,” or the “content of the Site”):

  • Measurements including but not exclusively autofocus performance, calibration consistency, vignetting from a large number of lenses.
  • Product and specifications information about cameras and lenses
  • Ranking of results for equipment
  • Reviews of commercially available equipment

To avoid doubt, the term “content” also includes all data, information, and material published on the Site, including but not limited to data, graphical data representations of any kind, value tables, graphs, logos, text, illustrations, graphics, pictures, images, photographs, software, videos, music, and sound.

You acknowledge and agree that you are permitted to use the Site and its content only as expressly set out in these conditions of use.

Linking to FoCal IQ Articles/Data:

You may not use any graphic or portion of graphic without our written permission. To inquire with the Web Site for such permission, please contact us. Nor may you use images of captures (either screen or window) of the Web Site's pages.

You are entitled to link to pages on the website, with the exception of hot-linking (the practice of inserting a link in a piece of HTML to an image on another server) to images.

The content of the Site is accessible to you either only for your own private personal use (“Private use”) or for limited professional use. Subject to your acceptance of these terms and conditions of use, Fair Use permits you to, for example:

  • Refer to Site content in your own published work (including but not limited to print or electronic media of any sort, videos, podcasts), so long as you clearly credit and provide links to our Site for your audience;
  • Establish links to the Site from your site;
  • Integrate limited extracts of the content within your own publications, magazine, website, or other media so long as such integration occurs without transforming our data, Reikan Technology scales, graphics, analyses, or other content,

provided that:

  • Such integration is done in a non-systematic manner;
  • Such integrated content remains clearly attributed to Reikan Technology: credits must be explicit and link(s) to the content must be highly visible;
  • Such integrated link(s) or quotations are relevant and are not detrimental to Reikan Technology.com, to Reikan Technology, or to any of its products or services.
  • Reikan Technology, at its sole discretion, can require you to cease and desist using the Site or its content in part or in whole.

Except as described above with respect to Fair Use, or as otherwise permitted in writing by Reikan Technology, you MAY NOT:

  • Copy, modify, reformat, distribute, license, transmit, sell, perform, publish, transfer, or otherwise make available any information available on the Site;
  • Remove, change, or obscure in any way anything on the Site or otherwise use any material obtained while using the Site;
  • Reverse engineer or decompile (whether in whole or in part) any software used on the Site;
  • Copy or use any material from the Site for any commercial purpose whatsoever;
  • Remove, obscure, or change any copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right notices contained in the original material or from any material copied or printed from the Site.

Use of Site content by other imaging professionals:

If you are an owner, authorized representative, legal affiliate, agent, or employee of a corporate entity involved in imaging, you are NOT PERMITTED to access the content of this Site without first receiving a specific license from Reikan Technology. Please contact us to obtain our terms and conditions for such professional use.

Other uses:

You understand that any and all other uses not specifically described above are excluded and must be explicitly granted by Reikan Technology. contact us at to obtain our terms and conditions for such uses.

All the information and content (such as text, design, layout, graphics, photos, images, logos, buttons, audio clips, video clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software) included on this Web Site are the property of Reikan Technology Ltd. (“we,” “us” or “our”), and its affiliates or its photographers, users and content suppliers and are protected by the copyright and trademark laws of the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. The compilation of all content on this Web Site is our exclusive property and is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. All software used on this Web Site is our property or the property of our licensors and protected by United States and international copyright laws.

This Web Site and any of its contents may not be copied, translated or distributed in any manner (electronic, web or printed) without our prior written consent. To inquire with the Web Site for such consent, please contact us. We actively seek out copyright violations on the Internet and in print and will use full legal force to deal with any infringement of our rights. The only exception to this rule is linking to articles/data pages (see below).

Trademarks

The FoCal mark and any other marks indicated on the Web Site are all trademarks of Reikan Technology Ltd in the United Kingdom and/or other countries. Other Reikan, FoCal / FoCal IQ graphics, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts, and service names are trademarks or trade dress of ours. Our trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not ours, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits us. All other trademarks not owned by us that appear on this Web Site are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by us.

Privacy

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Intellectual Property rights and protection

Reikan Technology and its logo are registered trademarks of Reikan Technology. Other trademarks referred to in the content of the Site are the property of third parties. Total or partial reproduction of Reikan Technology’s trademarks without the prior written authorization of Reikan Technology or such third parties is prohibited except as otherwise permitted in this document.

The software for the Site is proprietary software and you may not use it except as expressly allowed. You may not copy, reverse engineer, modify, or otherwise manipulate the software.

The data, information, icons, photographs, images, texts, layout, video sequences (with or without sound), and other documents available on the Site are subject to industrial and/or intellectual property laws and are accordingly the property of Reikan Technology or of third parties who have granted Reikan Technology restricted use of their material. For this reason, any reproduction, representation, adaptation, translation and/or transformation, in whole or in part, or transfer to another site of this material is forbidden, except as otherwise permitted in this document. Copying of material is authorized for private use.

Any reproduction, in whole or in part, of the Site or of one or several of its components, by whatsoever process, is forbidden without the express authorization of Reikan Technology and constitutes an infringement of the UK Intellectual Property law. Their total or partial reproduction is strictly forbidden without the prior written approval of Reikan Technology, except as otherwise permitted in this document.

You are subject to the provisions of the UK Data Protection Act, any breach of which is a criminal offense. You must refrain from using this Site or any of its content to collect, improperly solicit, misrepresent, obtain, or disseminate any information accessed in any way that is likely to undermine a person’s private life or reputation.

Costs

Private Use and Fair Use of Site content is entirely free of charge.

Contact Reikan Technology to inquire about potential charges for any other use.

Termination

Reikan Technology may, at its sole discretion, terminate or suspend access to all or part of the Site (including any right to access and use Site content) with or without cause and without prior notice. This right of termination is in addition to all other rights or remedies available to Reikan Technology provided in these Conditions of Use and by UK and international law.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability

THE WEB SITE AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY US ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE WEB SITE, ANY OF THE SERVICES OFFERED ON THIS SITE, OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, OR MATERIALS INCLUDED ON THIS WEB SITE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS WEB SITE AND THE SERVICES OFFERED ON THIS WEB SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO WITHDRAW OR DELETE ANY INFORMATION FROM THIS WEB SITE, OR CHANGE THE NATURE, FEATURES, FUNCTIONS, SCOPE, OR OPERATION OF THIS WEB SITE OR THE SERVICES OFFERED ON THIS WEB SITE, AT ANY TIME IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION

TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THIS WEB SITE, SERVICES, ITS SERVERS, OR E-MAILS SENT FROM WEB SITE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THIS WEB SITE OR ANY OF THE SERVICES OFFERED ON THIS WEB SITE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROVIDED, WILL FUNCTION AS DESCRIBED, CONSISTENTLY OR IN ANY PARTICULAR MANNER, OR WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ACCURATE, OR ERROR-FREE. NEITHER WE NOR ANY OF OUR AFFILIATES WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR (A) ANY ERRORS, INACCURACIES, OR SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS, INCLUDING POWER OUTAGES OR SYSTEM FAILURES; OR (B) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF, OR DELETION, DESTRUCTION, DAMAGE, OR LOSS OF, YOUR IMAGES OR ANY DATA, TEXT, OR OTHER INFORMATION OR CONTENT. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION OBTAINED BY YOU FROM US OR FROM ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY OR THROUGH THE PROGRAM, CONTENT, OPERATIONAL DOCUMENTATION, THE WEB SITE WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE CONDITIONS OF USE. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS WEB SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.

CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

Applicable Law

By visiting the Web Site, you agree that the laws of the United Kingdom, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Conditions of Use and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and us.

Modification and Severability

We reserve the right to make changes to the Web Site, policies, and these Conditions of Use at any time. If any of these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition.

Waiver

Reikan Technology’s failure to exercise any particular right or provision of these Conditions of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision unless acknowledged and agreed to by Reikan Technology in writing.

Assignment

In entering into these Conditions of Use, you undertake that you will not assign, re-sell, sub-lease, or in any other way transfer your rights or obligations under these Conditions of Use or any part thereof. Reikan Technology may assign these Conditions of Use in whole or in part to any third party at its discretion.

Force Majeure

Reikan Technology shall not be liable for any breach of these conditions of use due to a force majeure event, as defined by UK Law.

Notice

Notices to Reikan Technology must be given in writing by physical letter and sent to Reikan Technology’s last-published place of business in the United Kingdom.

Definitions

  • “Content” has the meaning given to it above;
  • “Conditions” or “Condition of Use” means the contract between Reikan Technology Ltd and you establishing these terms and conditions;
  • “FoCal IQ” means Reikan Technology Ltd, a company incorporated under the laws of England, registration number 05302558. FoCal IQ and/or Reikan Technology Ltd may also be referred to as “we” or “us” in the Conditions of Use (and “our” shall be construed accordingly);
  • “You” means the visitor to the Site who enters into these Conditions of Use (and “your” shall be construed accordingly).