Last updated: 05.02.2021
TION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU AND YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER LEGAL RIGHTS THAT VARY FROM JURISDICTION TO JURISDICTION.
9. Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless DUCKY (and its suppliers) from and against any claims, suits, losses, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) brought by third parties resulting from or relating to: (i) Your use of any Game, (ii) Your UGC, or (iii) Your violation of this Agreement.
DUCKY reserves the right, at Your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which You are required to indemnify DUCKY and You agree to cooperate with our defense of these claims. You agree not to settle any matter without the prior written consent of DUCKY. DUCKY will use reasonable efforts to notify You of any such claim, action or proceeding upon becoming aware of it.
10. User Generated Content
On certain areas of our Services or otherwise, you may be able to chat with other users, and submit texts, files, images, photos, videos, sounds, musical works, works of authorship, text postings, games, and other materials and content ("User-Generated Content" or "UGC").
If you are a game developer (or its representative) and wish to submit your game to be published by DUCKY, you may upload some UGC (including the game itself, brief information about it, some video and audio materials related to the game) via our Publisher contact form. Please note, that by uploading your Game or game-related content to our website for possible publishing, you do not automatically enter a legal publishing contract with DUCKY. DUCKY is not under any obligation to publish the games submitted via our website, as well as to store elements that may be sent via the website and will not be bound to return elements sent by you.
If you are a job applicant and wish to submit your CV to the open position advertised on our website, you also may upload some UGC (including your name, contact details, your CV or portfolio) via our Job applicant's contact form.
Your uploading and posting of UGC is subject to the Terms and the following posting rules ("Posting Rules"):
A. You agree that your UGC is:
Accurate;Not confidential;Not in violation of law;Not in violation of contractual restrictions or third party rights, and that you have permission to use content from any other party whose personal or other information or intellectual property is contained in the UGC;Not abusive, harmful, libelous, profane, obscene, or otherwise objectionable;Not for commercial purposes or business solicitations; andFree of viruses, corrupting files, interference, cheat software, worms, or other malicious code.B. Responsibility of Postings. You understand and acknowledge that UGC is solely your responsibility, and that DUCKY is not responsible for the information, data, text, or other materials that may appear in UGC. Opinions expressed in UGC do not necessarily reflect the opinions of DUCKY. UGC is not necessarily reviewed by DUCKY prior to posting and DUCKY makes no warranties, express or implied, as to the UGC or to the accuracy and reliability of the UGC.
C. No Monitoring/Violation Notices. You acknowledge that DUCKY does not necessarily monitor any materials posted, transmitted, or communicated to or within the Games and other Services. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you further agree that DUCKY and its designees will have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to refuse, edit, move, or remove any UGC that is available via Games and other Services with or without notice to You.
D. Ownership and license of UGC. By displaying, uploading, distributing, or otherwise using Your UGC with any Service (Game, website, etc.), You automatically grant, and You represent and warrant that You have the right to grant to DUCKY an irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, and fully-paid worldwide license with the right to grant sublicenses to reproduce, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, edit, prepare derivative works of, incorporate into other works, and otherwise use Your UGC, solely to display Your UGC in any Game and Service. If You provide DUCKY any feedback or suggestions ("Feedback"), You hereby assign to DUCKY all rights in the Feedback and agree that DUCKY shall have the right to use such Feedback and related information in any manner it deems appropriate. DUCKY will treat any Feedback You provide to DUCKY as non-confidential and non-proprietary. You agree that You will not submit to DUCKY any information or ideas that You consider to be confidential or proprietary.
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT DUCKY MAY DELETE ALL UGC AT ANY TIME, AND WITHOUT NOTICE, IF DUCKY DEEMS THAT YOU MATERIALLY BREACH THESE POSTING RULES, THE TERMS, APPLICABLE LAW, OR FOR ANY OTHER REASON. DUCKY ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR ANY INFORMATION REMOVED FROM OUR GAMES AND SERVICES AND RESERVES THE RIGHT TO PERMANENTLY RESTRICT ACCESS TO SERVICES.
11. User Conduct
You shall accept and abide by the following:
You agree not to use any Game to upload, distribute, or otherwise use any User Content (a) that violates any third-party right, including any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, moral right, privacy right, right of publicity, or any other intellectual property or proprietary right; (b) that is tortious, trade libelous, defamatory, false, or intentionally misleading, (c) that is harassing, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene, or offensive, hateful, sexually explicit, or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable, or that contains pornography, nudity, or graphic or gratuitous violence, or that promotes violence, racism, discrimination, bigotry, hatred, or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual, or is otherwise objectionable, (d) that is harmful to minors in any way; (e) that constitutes unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any other form of duplicative or unsolicited messages, whether commercial or otherwise; or (f) that violates of any law, regulation, or contractual obligations.You agree not to use any Game to (a) upload or distribute any computer viruses, worms, malicious code, or any software intended to damage or alter a computer system or data; (b) collect information or data regarding other users, including e-mail addresses, post and/or make available to the public any other user's personal information in the Games and/or any game-related services without their consent (e.g., using harvesting bots, robots, spiders, or scrapers); (c) disable, overly burden, impair, or otherwise interfere with servers or networks connected to Games (e.g., a denial of service attack); (d) attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website or Game or servers or networks connected to Games (e.g., through password mining); or (e) interfere with another user's use and enjoyment of any Game.You acknowledge and agree that DUCKY may use built-in tracking features to obtain information regarding Your use of the Games in order to improve the services we provide, and agree that such information is deemed to be User Content for all intents and purposes under these Terms.You shall not (a) improperly use DUCKY's support services, including without limitation submission of false reports of abuse or misconduct by any party; (b) disable, interfere with, or circumvent any security feature of the Games or any feature that restricts or enforces limitations on the use of or access to the Games or UGC; (c) participate in any activities and/or perform any actions that, in DUCKY's sole opinion, lead to, result in, or may result in an authorized user of the Games being defrauded of Virtual Currency or Virtual Items that user has earned through authorized gameplay and/or purchased in the Games; (d) sell DUCKY's Games or any of their parts, including but not limited to Virtual Currency or Virtual Items, user accounts, and/or access to user accounts to any party in exchange for real currency or items and/or services of monetary value; (e) engage in cheating or any other fraudulent activity deemed by DUCKY to be in conflict with the spirit of the Games; (f) use or take part in the use of any unauthorized third-party software designed to modify or interfere with Service and/or any DUCKY's Games; (g) share Your password or any credentials You may use to access Your account with anyone; (h) purchase, sell, rent, or give away Your account, or otherwise make available Your account to any third party; (i) create an Account using a false identity or information, or on behalf of someone other than Yourself.
12. Modifications of this Agreement
DUCKY is entitled at any time to amend or supplement these Terms and any related provisions (e.g. DUCKY's Privacy Policy). DUCKY shall publish any amendments to these Terms on its website (
www.playducky.com/) and may also use other means of notification (e.g. in-game, newsletter, pop-up). The date on which the latest update was made is indicated at the top of this document.
Such changes will only affect the relationship with You for the future. The continued use of the Services will signify Your acceptance of the revised Terms. If You do not wish to be bound by the changes, you must stop using the Services. Failure to accept the revised Terms may entitle either party to terminate the Agreement.
The applicable previous version will govern the relationship prior to Your acceptance. You can obtain any previous version from the DUCKY via contacting us at:
[email protected].
We recommend that You print a copy of this Agreement for Your reference and revisit this web-page from time to time to ensure You are aware of any changes.
13. Term and Termination
13.1. This Agreement runs for an indefinite term.
13.2. Either Party may terminate this Agreement at any time by giving 14 days notice (written or electronic communication, e.g. via e-mail, required). However, You may also terminate the User Agreement with immediate effect by deleting the Game from Your device or removing the Game from Your Facebook apps.
13.3. Either Party may terminate the User Agreement for cause without giving notice. The grounds for such termination for cause include material breach of these Terms of Service.
If we have reasonable ground to believe that You are in material breach of these Terms of Service, we may suspend Your access to our Game and/or terminate this User Agreement. Your breach of Section 1, 10 shall be considered a material breach.
13.4. Upon expiry, You will no longer be able to access the Game that was the subject matter of the User Agreement. Your in-game progress and any other Game-related data will be deleted. Only if DUCKY continues to operate the Game, You may again download the Game or access the Game on Facebook whereby a new User Agreement will start to run. However, any game-related data cannot be restored.
13.5. Without limiting the foregoing, DUCKY reserves the right to terminate this Agreement with any user who repeatedly infringes third-party copyright rights upon prompt notification to DUCKY by the copyright owner or the copyright owner's legal agent.
13.6. Upon termination of this Agreement, Your right to use the Game will automatically terminate immediately without right to refund to You for Virtual Currency or Virtual Items acquired, developed during, or purchased in the Games. You understand that any termination may involve deletion of Your UGC associated therewith from our live databases. Even after this Agreement is terminated, the following provisions of this Agreement will remain in effect: Sections 1.3, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, and 19.
14. Notice
Any notice provided to DUCKY pursuant to this Agreement should be sent to
[email protected].
15. Severability
If any provision of this Agreement is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unenforceable, the other provisions of this Agreement will be unimpaired, and the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed modified so that it is valid and enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by law.
EU Users
Should any provision of these Terms be or be deemed void, invalid, or unenforceable, the parties shall do their best to find, in an amicable way, an agreement on valid and enforceable provisions thereby substituting the void, invalid or unenforceable parts.In case of failure to do so, the void, invalid or unenforceable provisions shall be replaced by the applicable statutory provisions, if so permitted or stated under the applicable law.
Without prejudice to the above, the nullity, invalidity, or the impossibility to enforce a particular provision of these Terms shall not nullify the entire Agreement, unless the severed provisions are essential to the Agreement, or of such importance that the parties would not have entered into the contract if they had known that the provision would not be valid, or in cases where the remaining provisions would translate into an unacceptable hardship on any of the parties.
US Users
Any such invalid or unenforceable provision will be interpreted, construed, and reformed to the extent reasonably required to render it valid, enforceable, and consistent with its original intent. These Terms constitute the entire Agreement between Users and the Owner with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all other communications, including but not limited to all prior agreements, between the parties with respect to such subject matter. These Terms will be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law.
16. Entire Agreement
This Agreement is the final, complete and exclusive agreement between You and DUCKY with respect to the subject matters hereof (including all Games) and supersedes and merges all prior discussions and agreements between the parties with respect to such subject matters (including any prior End-User License Agreements and Terms of Service or Privacy Policy). Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision.
17. Interpretation
The section titles in this Agreement are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. The word "including" means "including without limitation". Your relationship to DUCKY is that of an independent contractor, and neither party is an agent or partner of the other.
18. Assignment
DUCKY may assign or delegate these Terms of Service and/or the DUCKY's Privacy Policy, in whole or in part, to any person or entity at any time with or without Your consent but taking into account Yours legitimate interests. Provisions about changes of these Terms will apply accordingly The terms of this Agreement shall be binding upon assignees. You may not assign or delegate any rights or obligations under the Terms of Service or Privacy Policy without DUCKY's prior written consent, and any attempted assignment in violation of the foregoing will be null and void.
19. Supplemental Policies
DUCKY may publish additional policies related to specific services such as forums, contests, or loyalty programs. Your right to use such services is subject to those specific policies and these Terms of Service.
20. No waiver
The DUCKY's failure to assert any right or provision under these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of any such right or provision. No waiver shall be considered a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term.
21. Applicable Law
The laws of the Republic of Cyprus shall apply; the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) shall be excluded.
Exception for European Consumers
However, regardless of the above, if the User qualifies as a European Consumer and has their habitual residence in a country where the law provides for a higher consumer protection standard, such higher standards shall prevail.
22. Venue of jurisdiction
The exclusive competence to decide on any controversy resulting from or connected to these Terms lies with the courts of the place where the DUCKY is based, as displayed in the relevant section of this document.
Exception for European Consumers
The above does not apply to any Users that qualify as European Consumers, nor to Consumers based in Switzerland, Norway, or Iceland.
US Users
Each party specifically waives any right to trial by jury in any court in connection with any action or litigation. Any claims under these terms shall proceed individually and no party shall join in a class action or other proceeding with or on behalf of others.
UK Users
Consumers based in England may bring legal proceedings in connection with these Terms in the English courts. Consumers based in Scotland may bring legal proceedings in connection with these Terms in either the Scottish or the English courts. Consumers based in Northern Ireland may bring legal proceedings in connection with these Terms in either the Northern Irish or the English courts.
23. Dispute resolution
Amicable dispute resolution
Users may bring any disputes to us, and we will try to resolve them amicably.
While Users' right to take legal action shall always remain unaffected, in the event of any controversy regarding the use of this Application or the Service, Users are kindly asked to contact us at the contact details provided in this document.
The user may submit the complaint including a brief description and if applicable, the details of the related order, purchase, or account, to the DUCKY's email address specified in this document. The Owner will process the complaint without undue delay at possible shortest terms, but in no way no longer than 30 days.
Online dispute resolution for Consumers
The European Commission has established an online platform for alternative dispute resolutions that facilitates an out-of-court method for solving any dispute related to and stemming from online sales and service contracts.
As a result, any European Consumer can use such platform for resolving any dispute stemming from contracts which have been entered into online. The platform is
available at the following link.
24. Apple Application Store Additional Terms and Conditions
The following additional terms and conditions apply to You if You are using a Game from the Apple Application Store. To the extent the other terms and conditions of this Agreement are less restrictive than, or otherwise conflict with, the terms and conditions of the Application Store Terms of Service will control.
24.1. Acknowledgement
DUCKY and You acknowledge that this Agreement is concluded between DUCKY and You only, and not with Apple, and DUCKY, not Apple, is solely responsible for Game and the content thereof.
24.2. Scope of License
The license granted to You for Game is limited to a non-transferable license to use Game on an iOS Product that You own or control and as permitted by the Usage Rules set forth in the Application Store Terms of Service.
24.3. Maintenance and Support
DUCKY is solely responsible for providing any maintenance and support services with respect to Game, as specified in this Agreement (if any) or as required under applicable law. DUCKY and You acknowledge that Apple has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance and support services with respect to Game.
24.4. Warranty
DUCKY is solely responsible for any product warranties, whether expressed or implied by law, to the extent not effectively disclaimed. In the event of any failure of Game to conform to any applicable warranty, You may notify Apple, and Apple may refund the purchase price for Game to You; and to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple will have no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to Game, and any other claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs or expenses attributable to any failure to conform to any warranty will be DUCKY's sole responsibility.
24.5. Product Claims
DUCKY and You acknowledge that DUCKY, not Apple, is responsible for addressing any claims of You or any third party relating to Game or Your possession and/or use of Game, including, but not limited to: (i) product liability claims; (ii) any claim that Game fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement; and (iii) claims arising under consumer protection or similar legislation. This Agreement does not limit DUCKY's liability to You beyond what is permitted by applicable law.
24.6. Intellectual Property Rights
DUCKY and You acknowledge that, in the event of any third-party claim that Game or Your possession and use of Game infringes the third party's intellectual property rights, DUCKY, not Apple, will be solely responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement and discharge of any such intellectual property infringement claim.
24.7. Legal Compliance
You represent and warrant that (i) You are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a «terrorist supporting» country; and (ii) You are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
24.8. Developer Name and Address
DUCKY's contact information for any end-user questions, complaints or claims with respect to Game:
DUCKY Limited, a company under laws of Cyprus, with registered address at: Boumpoulinas 1-3, BOUBOULINA BUILDING, Flat/Office 42, 1060, Nicosia, Cyprus.Email:
[email protected] 24.9. Third-Party Terms of Agreement
You must comply with applicable third-party terms of agreement when using a Game.
24.10. Third-Party Beneficiary
DUCKY and You acknowledge and agree that Apple, and Apple's subsidiaries, are third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement, and that, upon Your acceptance of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Apple will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce this Agreement against You as a third-party beneficiary thereof.