Welcome to YallaMission
Thanks for using our products and services ("Services"). The Services are provided by YallaMission Ltd. ("YallaMission"), located at 38 El Moltaqa El Araby Sheraton Bldgs, Cairo Governorate 11799, Egypt.
By using our Services, you are agreeing to these terms. Please read them carefully.
Our Services are very diverse, so sometimes additional terms or product requirements (including age requirements) may apply. Additional terms will be available with the relevant Services, and those additional terms become part of your agreement with us if you use those Services.
“Terms and Conditions” was last updated on June 5, 2021.
General User Agreement
This Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made by and between:
1. YallaMission (“YallaMission”, “we”, “our” or “us”),
2. The service provider (the “Service Provider”, “you”), a company/individual engaged in the business of providing the Services,
3. The company or individual engaging the Services of the Service Provider (the “Customer”, “you”),
YallaMission, the Service Provider and Customer shall, where appropriate, be severally referred to as “Party”, and jointly as “Parties”.
The Service Provider and Customer shall, where appropriate, be jointly referred to as “Users”.
1. Acceptance of the Agreement terms and conditions
1.1 You must read, agree with and accept all of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement and the Privacy Policy, which forms an integral part and parcel of this Agreement and is read and construed with it as one, in order to use our platform located at (www.yallamission.com) (“Platform”) and related software and services.
1.2 By accepting the terms and conditions of this Agreement, you agree:
a. that you are 18 years or older;
b. to abide by this Agreement and the processes, procedures, and guidelines described throughout the Platform;
c. to abide by the terms of the Privacy Policy;
d. to be financially responsible for your use of the Platform and the purchase or delivery of the Services; and
e. to perform your obligations as specified by any contract for Services that you accept, unless such obligations are prohibited by law or by this Agreement. YallaMission reserves the right in its sole discretion to refuse, suspend, or terminate service to anyone for any reason or no reason.
2. Definitions and Interpretation
2.1 In this Agreement, the following words and expressions shall have the meanings indicated below unless the context requires otherwise.
“Account” means the user account you open when you register to become a User of the Platform.
“Confidential Information” means any and all information in whatever form or medium, disclosed orally or in writing or whether eye readable, machine readable or in any other form including, without limitation, commercial and financial information, the methods of operation and the various applications thereof, processes, formulae, plans, strategies, data, know-how, designs, photographs, drawings, specifications, technical literature and any other material made available by the Disclosing Party, in connection with the Proposed Transaction (and any information derived from such information), whether or not such information is designated as “Confidential Information” at the time of its disclosure.
Confidential Information shall not include any information that (a) is now or becomes publicly known other than by breach of this Agreement; (b) was, is or becomes available to the Recipient on a non-confidential basis from a person who, to the Recipient’s knowledge, is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with the Disclosing Party or otherwise prohibited from disclosing the information to the Recipient; (c) is information independently developed by the Recipient that in no way derives from the Confidential Information; (d) is discovered or created by the Receiving Party before disclosure by Disclosing Party; or (e) in accordance with clause 17.4.
“Customer” means the company or individual engaging the Services of the Service Provider through the Platform.
“Disclosing Party” has the meaning ascribed to it in clause 17.1.
“Dispute” has the meaning ascribed in clause 20.4.
“Milestone Dispute Resolution Process” means the process to be followed in accordance with the terms of clause 10.
“Milestone Payments” means the option provided by the Platform to the Customers to make controlled payments with respect to a Service, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
“Platform” means the online platform YallaMission (www.yallamission.com) wherein various translation or other translation-related services such as text editing (revision and review), copyrighting, creative writing, transcription, localization, adaptation, interpretation, design, proofreading, transcreation and content creation services, are marketed and offered using electronic medium.
“Premium Project” means a Customer project that is run by an YallaMission project manager, who will utilize the platform to find service providers on behalf of the Customer by inviting Service Providers to submit bids.
“Payment Provider(s)” means parties offering services for accepting or making electronic payments by a variety of payment methods including credit card, bank-based payments such as direct debit, bank transfer, and real-time bank transfer based on online banking.
“Recipient’ has the meaning ascribed to it in clause 17.1.
“Rules” means the Rules of Arbitration of the Cairo International Arbitration Centre.
“Services” means translation, text editing (revision and review), copyrighting, creative writing, transcription, localization, adaptation, interpretation, design, proofreading, transcreation and content creation services and similar services to be provided through the Platform.
“Service Provider” means a company/individual engaged in the business of providing the Services through the Platform.
“YallaMission Project Manager” means a representative of YallaMission, having powers to coordinate the Service-provision on the Platform, and authority to communicate with Customers and Service Providers for posting projects and inviting relevant parties to bid.
2.2 In this Agreement, unless otherwise specified, reference to:
a. a person includes any natural person, corporate or unincorporated body (whether or not having separate legal personality) or a reference to that person’s legal personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns;
b. recitals or clauses are to recitals or clauses of this Agreement;
c. words denoting the singular shall include the plural and vice versa; and
d. references to dates are unless stated otherwise in accordance with the Gregorian calendar.
2.3 The headings in this Agreement are for information only and are to be ignored in construing the same.
3. Creation of an Account
3.1 You must create an Account to use the Platform for requesting, receiving, offering and delivering the Services, and are responsible for the information that you provide to create the Account, the security of its passwords, and for any use of the Account.
If you become aware of any unauthorized use of your password, or Account, you shall notify us as promptly as possible.
YallaMission has no obligation to provide you with multiple accounts.
3.2 YallaMission may, upon the creation of your Account and thereafter from time to time request Users to provide documents, evidence and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations. You authorize us to retain certain information about you, and to obtain from certain third parties selected by us, including consumer credit bureaus and other consumer reporting agencies, information about you, to use in connection with the Platform use. You authorize us to use and retain this information in accordance with our policies and regulations. Users solely are responsible for assessing and verifying the identity and trustworthiness of the source and content of any third party communications. We are not responsible for verifying, and make no representations or warranty regarding any third party communications on the Platform and you release us from any liability for any third party communications you may receive or any actions you may take or refrain from taking as a result of any third party communication you receive on the Platform.
3.3 We may close, suspend or limit your access to your Account. Without limiting the foregoing, we may close, suspend or limit your access to your Account:
a. if we determine that you have breached, or are acting in breach of, this Agreement or the YallaMission Code of Conduct;
b. if you under-bid on any Service in an attempt to renegotiate the actual price privately, avoiding fees;
c. if we determine that you have breached legal liabilities (actual or potential), including infringing someone else’s intellectual property rights;
d. if we suspect, have reason to believe or determine that you may or have engaged, or are engaging, in fraudulent, or illegal activities;
e. you do not respond to Account verification requests;
f. you do not complete Account verification when requested within one week of the date of request;
g. you are the subject of a sanctions regime, or our banking and payment relationships otherwise preclude us from conducting business with you;
h. to manage any risk of loss to us, or any other person; or
i. for other similar reasons.
3.4 If we close your Account due to your breach of this Agreement, you may also become liable for certain fees as described in this Agreement.
3.5 YallaMission, in its sole discretion, has the right to suspend or terminate your Account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Platform for any reason at any time. Such termination will result in the deactivation or deletion of your Account and your access to your Account, and the forfeiture and relinquishment of all content in your Account. YallaMission reserves the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason at any time.
3.6 Users expressly authorize YallaMission to use their trade marks/copy rights/ designs /logos and other intellectual property owned and/or licensed by them for the purpose of reproduction on the Platform, the Users’ Accounts and at such other places as YallaMission may deem necessary. It is expressly agreed and clarified that, except as specified agreed in this Agreement, each Party shall retain all right, title and interest in their respective trademarks and logos and that nothing contained in this Agreement, nor the use of the trademark / logos on the publicity, advertising, promotional or other material in relation to the services shall be construed as giving to any Party any right, title or interest of any nature whatsoever to any of the other Party’s trademarks and / or logos. In using the Platform, Users undertake to adhere to the terms of the Proprietary Rights and Copyright Infringement Policy.
4. YallaMission’s Role
4.1 The Users agree that YallaMission is acting as a facilitator and introducer only. In no event shall YallaMission be responsible for any actions taken by either the Customer or the Service Provider. YallaMission hereby disclaims any liability for any breach of this Agreement by either the Customer or the Service Provider, or for any other actions or omissions by either the Customer or the Service Provider.
4.2 YallaMission is not liable to Customer for Services performed and/or delivered to it by the Service Provider. Customer agrees and acknowledges that YallaMission shall not be liable, under any circumstances, to any other party, including Customer, for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary damages arising from or concerning any Service(s), whether or not Customer has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
4.3 The Customer and the Service Provider agree that they shall immediately notify YallaMission of any change in their relationship. In particular, the Customer and the Service Provider shall inform YallaMission of any work conducted by the Service Provider for the Customer beyond the scope or term of this Agreement, whether carried out under a consultancy agreement, employment agreement, or otherwise.
4.4 YallaMission will endeavour to ensure that its Platform is available 24 hours a day, however it will not be liable if, for any reason, the site is unavailable at any time or for any period. Access to the Platform may be suspended temporarily and without notice in circumstances of system failure, maintenance or repair or for reasons beyond the control of YallaMission. The YallaMission Platform may contain links to other websites outside of our control; We are not responsible for the content of these sites. YallaMission gives no guarantee that these links will work all of the time and it exercises no control over the availability of the linked sites. Likewise, references and links to any such websites must not be taken as an endorsement by YallaMission of opinions expressed on those sites or services provided by those sites. We take no responsibility for the privacy policies of any linked websites.
4.5 YallaMission may: (i) make new applications, tools, features or functionality available from time to time through the Platform and (ii) add new options for the use of the Platform from time to time, the use of which may be contingent upon Users’s agreement to additional terms.
4.6 YallaMission may make commercially reasonable updates to the Platform from time to time. If YallaMission makes a material change to the Platform, YallaMission will inform Users, provided that Users have subscribed with YallaMission to be informed about such change.
4.7 YallaMission may discontinue the provision of the Platform or any portion or feature for any reason at any time without liability to the Users.
4.8 YallaMission will announce if it intends to discontinue or make backwards incompatible changes to the Platform, at any time without liability to the Users.
4.9 YallaMission is permitting the Users to market their services and request bids for services through the Platform. It is expressly agreed by Users that YallaMission shall under no circumstances be liable or responsible for any loss, injury or damage to Users or any other party whomsoever, arising on account of any transaction under this Agreement, undertaken through the Platform, or as a result of the Users providing services being in any way defective, or infringing/ violating any laws/ regulations/ intellectual property rights of any third party. You agree and acknowledge that you shall be solely liable for any claims, damages, allegation arising out of services offered and/or performed and/or requested and/or received through the Platform (including but not limited to quality, quantity, price, merchantability, use for a particular purpose, or any other related claim) and shall hold YallaMission harmless and indemnified against all such claims and damages. Further YallaMission shall not be liable for any claims, damages arising out of any negligence, misconduct or misrepresentation by Users or any of its representatives.
4.10 YallaMission under no circumstances will be liable to You for loss and/or anticipated loss of profits, or for any direct or indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary damages arising from the subject matter of this Agreement, regardless of the type of claim and even if You have been advised of the possibility of such damages, such as, but not limited to loss of revenue or anticipated profits or loss business.
5. Rights of YallaMission
5.1 Users agree and acknowledge that YallaMission, at all times during the continuance of this Agreement, shall have the right to remove/block/delete any text, graphic, image(s) uploaded on the Platform by the Users without any prior notice to YallaMission in the event the said text, image, graphic is found to be in violation of law, breach of any of the terms of this Agreement, terms and conditions of the Platform. In such an event, YallaMission reserves the right to forthwith remove/close the Account of the Users without any prior notice or liability to the Users whatsoever.
5.2 Appropriate disclaimers, terms and conditions, privacy policies and terms of use placed by YallaMission on the Platform shall be deemed incorporated into this Agreement.
5.3 At any time if YallaMission believes that the Users’ use of the Platform or the services offered by Users are in contravention of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, the terms and conditions of use of Platform, or any applicable law, YallaMission shall have the right either at its sole discretion or upon the receipt of a request from the legal / statutory authorities or a court order to discontinue/terminate this Agreement, and remove/block/close the Account of the Users and furnish such details about Users upon a request received from the legal/ statutory authorities or under a court order.
6. Using the Platform
6.1 Users must have an Account to use the Platform for offering and delivering the Services. If Users becomes aware of any unauthorized use of its password, or its Account, Users will notify YallaMission as promptly as possible.
6.2 Requests of bids by Users and offers for the provisions of Services shall be effected using the Platform.
6.3 Upon being selected by a Customer for the performance of their Services, Service Providers shall arrange to perform and deliver the services to the requirements, specifications and prices agreed upon with the Customer within the requested time.
6.4 Service Providers agrees to revise and amend the non-satisfactory services supplied to the Customer at their own cost and shall not hold YallaMission responsible in any manner whatsoever.
6.5 As a User of the Platform, You will be responsible for all content that you download, use, post, share, or upload. Users of the Platform must also comply with all applicable local, national, and international laws. YallaMission is not and shall not be responsible for user content and you should not download, use, post, share, or upload any content that may cause harm, offence, damage to others, or constitute an infringement of third party intellectual property rights or prohibited use of the Platform, as defined below.
6.6 Platform Users agree that when using the Platform, Users will not engage in or attempt to engage in any of the following practices, which constitute prohibited use of the Platform:
a. Violating any applicable law or regulation;
b. Uploading, transmitting, or otherwise sharing any content you do not have the right to upload, transmit, or share;
c. Uploading, transmitting, or otherwise sharing content that infringes any trademark, patent, trade secret, copyright, publicity, privacy, or other right of YallaMission or of any third party;
d. Fraudulently billing or attempting to fraudulently bill any Customer;
e. Engaging, encouraging, aiding or abetting in any form of credit card fraud, skimming, phishing, identity theft, mail fraud or similar prohibited practices;
f. Making or demanding payments without the intention of providing or receiving services in exchange for the payment;
g. Uploading or transmitting content that infringes the law or third party rights, or which includes activities or statements which are discriminatory, offensive, obscene or defamatory or which may cause offence to others on grounds of nationality, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion, faith or disability;
h. Uploading or transmitting content that is unlawful, fraudulent, untrue, stalking, harassing, libelous, defamatory, abusive, tortious, threatening, obscene, hateful, abusive, harmful or otherwise objectionable as determined in YallaMission’s sole discretion;
i. Posting messages that support or condone any illegal activities, such as drug use, piracy, hacks, warez etc;
j. Causing damage to YallaMission’s business, reputation, employees, members, facilities, or to any other person or legal entity;
k. Attempting to intercept, collect or store data about third parties without their knowledge or consent;
l. Attempting to decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Platform;
m. Impersonating or misrepresenting your affiliation with any person or entity;
n. Using the Platform to make fraudulent offers to sell or buy products, items, or services or to advance any type of financial scam such as “pyramid schemes,” “Ponzi schemes,” unregistered sales of securities, and securities fraud;
o. Soliciting or processing payment outside of YallaMission’s Platform in violation of this Agreement ; or
p. Providing any description/image/text/graphic which is unlawful, illegal, intimidating, obnoxious, objectionable, obscene, vulgar, opposed to public policy, prohibited by law or morality or is in violation of intellectual property rights including but not limited to trademark and copyright of any third party or of inaccurate, false, incorrect, misleading description or is derogatory in nature.
6.7 Information, opinions, statements and content on the Platform are provided for information purposes only and are not legal, financial, taxation, technical or expert advice. They must not be relied on by a User without first obtaining independent advice. YallaMission does not represent, warrant or guarantee that:
a. any User is reputable, or will act in good faith, or according to their terms of engagement;
b. any information on the Platform will be complete, reliable or accurate; or
c. the User’s access to the Platform will be secure, available or uninterrupted.
6.8 Service Providers may voluntarily, or where applicable, may be requested by the Customers to sit a level exam, provided through the Platform, to assess their professional translation skills and assist the Customer in determining whether the Service Provider is able to produce a translation that is professionally usable and intelligible in the specified context and provided in a style, and wording that match comparable documents written in the target language.
6.9 You understand that, except for information, products or services clearly identified as being supplied by YallaMission, the Platform does not operate, control or endorse any information, products or services on the Platform in any way. You also understand that YallaMission cannot and does not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading through the Platform will be free of infection or viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other code that manifest contaminating or destructive properties. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to the Platform for the reconstruction of any lost data. It is solely your responsibility to evaluate the accuracy, completeness and usefulness of all opinions, advice, services, and other information provided through the Platform.
6.10 By creating an Account on the Platform, each Service Provider warrants, represents and guarantees to YallaMission that they have obtained all required licensing, permits and authorizations required of them under applicable laws and legislation for the provision of their services through the Platform. On-board freelance Service Providers further represent and warrant that they are based outside the Egypt (and will provide necessary document proof if requested for). Each Service Provider hereby agrees to indemnify and hold YallaMission harmless from any damages, losses, expenses or sanctions that it may incur or become subject to as a result of the Service Provider’s breach of said warranty, representation and guarantee. Service Providers recognize that among other remedies available to YallaMission, YallaMission shall have the right to immediately suspend and/or terminate the Accounts of Service Providers found in breach of this clause 6.10.
6.11 Users agrees to indemnify and keep indemnified YallaMission from all claims/losses (including advocate fee for defending/prosecuting any case) that may arise against YallaMission due to acts/omission on the part of Users pertaining to the prohibited uses of the Platform.
7. Premium Projects
7.1 Subject to applicable fee arrangements, Customers may select to subscribe to the Premium Project service provided by YallaMission, where the YallaMission Project Manager will invite select Service Providers to bid for a Customer project, on behalf of the Customer. Upon receiving multiple bids, the YallaMission Project Manager will communicate the anticipated project cost to the Customer and request the customer to make enough payment to cover relevant expenses.
7.2 Users are informed that Project Managers will communicate with them through special Platform messages reserved for Project Managers, and will never request confidential information such as account numbers, passwords, or personal information. Should you have doubts or suspicions regarding messages received, please feel free to contact us for reporting the same by/through [email protected].
7.3 Users are informed that the YallaMission Project Manager will exercise judgement and best industry practices to facilitate and endeavor that the Customer receives the project deliverables up to the requested standard, however, Customers understand that use of the Premium Project service does not, in any way, indicate that we recommend or endorse any Service Provider or make any representation as to their skills or Services. For the avoidance of doubt, the main role of the YallaMission Project Manager in the Premium Project service is facilitating and coordinating the provisions of the Services by the selected Service Providers and providing Customers with the deliverables submitted by the Service Providers “as is”, whereby YallaMission does not make any express or implied warranties, representations or endorsements whatsoever (including without limitation warranties of title or non-infringement, or the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose) with regard to the Services, and YallaMission shall not be liable for any cost or damage arising either directly or indirectly from any such transaction. Customers fully relieve and forever release YallaMission from any and all liabilities and understand that opting for a Premium Project is a commercial decision taken at the sole discretion of the Customer, whereby it assumes total responsibility and risk for its use of the service. Where it is not possible to exclude liability under applicable law, you agree that YallaMission’s maximum liability for any corresponding claim shall be limited to an amount of 100 USD [.]
7.4 Users agree that any failure to reply to the “Request for payment authorization” and “General Request for Confirmation” messages within 14 days authorizes the YallaMission Project Manager to move forward with the project without any liability by YallaMission, as responses to these messages is for coordination purposes only.
8. Services, Fees and Commission
8.1 By using the Platform and posting a request for bids, Customers agree to use YallaMission to make all payments to the Service Providers whom Customers select through the Platform. By using the Platform and responding to a request for bids, Service Providers agree to use YallaMission to receive all payments from Customers who identify the Service Providers or whom Service Providers identify on the Platform. Users acknowledge that YallaMission earns its fees through transactions that take place on the Platform. The fees paid to by the Customer shall be subject to VAT, as applicable. Customers agree not to take any action directly or indirectly to circumvent these fees. If a Service Provider solicits payment from Customers outside the Platform, Customers agree to notify YallaMission immediately and Service Providers also agree to notify YallaMission immediately if a Customer seeks to pay them outside the Platform.
8.2 Your use of YallaMission constitutes your agreement to pay for any amounts that you authorize us to charge against your Account and, as appropriate, your credit card, bank account, or Payment Provider(s) available on the Platform. Such payments, once authorized, are final. You further authorize YallaMission to offset balances of Customers and Service Providers as deemed necessary, including, but not limited to deducting exchange fee variations, deducting costs related to Premium Projects, refunds, unsettled balances, and adjustments resulting from dispute resolutions that have been accepted by the Users.
8.3 YallaMission reserves the right to seek reimbursement from you, and you will reimburse YallaMission, if YallaMission discovers erroneous or duplicate transactions, or YallaMission receives a charge back from any Customer’s credit card company, bank, or Payment Provider(s) for any reason. You agree that YallaMission has the right to obtain such reimbursement by charging your Account, deducting amounts from future payments or withdrawals, charging your credit card, or obtaining reimbursement from you by any other lawful means. Failure to pay for reimbursements of charge backs is cause for termination of your Account, which shall not prejudice our right to claim payment due by any method provided for under this Agreement or by law. In the event of suspicious payment activity, illegal, or fraudulent actions, YallaMission reserves the right to temporarily or permanently suspend payment via your credit card and/or contact you, your bank or any other relevant third party to report such unusual activity and/or obtain additional information, or hold/freeze any fund in case of suspicion arising of illegal source of money without any liability to you by YallaMission.
8.4 The payment service operates in U.S. Dollars and therefore YallaMission is not responsible for currency fluctuations that occur when billing or crediting a credit or debit card denominated in a currency other than U.S. Dollars, nor is YallaMission responsible for currency fluctuations that occur when receiving or sending payment via wire transfer, check or automated clearinghouse to and from your Account. Payments made to YallaMission in currency other than U.S. Dollars may take up to eight weeks to process, depending on relationships among the banking and payment systems between the two countries. Consequently, balance adjustments may be delayed. Any amounts due to YallaMission shall be net of any taxes, interest, bank or intermediary commissions, fees or other charges and levies.
8.5 If, for any reason, YallaMission does not receive payment for any amounts that you have authorized to be paid for YallaMission services, you agree to pay such amount immediately upon demand by YallaMission. You also agree to pay any interest charges, attorneys’ fees and other costs of collection incurred by YallaMission in collecting from you the authorized but unpaid amount. In such case, YallaMission may, at its option, stop processing any further payments made by you and apply any amounts then held by YallaMission on your behalf toward any deficiencies, losses or costs that we have incurred as a result of your use of the provided payment service or other YallaMission services. We may also make appropriate reports to credit reporting agencies, financial institutions, tax agencies and law enforcement authorities, and cooperate with them in any resulting investigation or prosecution.
8.6 Payment to YallaMission:
a. YallaMission as such shall not charge any fee for providing webspace/display on the Platform however the Service Providers shall pay to YallaMission 20% of all gross income that is made/generated by the Service Providers using the Platform. Customers engaging Premium Projects shall be subject to the fees found in the fee schedule, as amended from time to time by YallaMission.
b. It is expressly agreed by the Parties hereto that YallaMission shall debit the amount of amounts mentioned under subparagraph (a) from the payment made to Service Providers’ Accounts. It is also expressly agreed that settlements made to Service Providers account are made at the time of final acceptance by the Customer for the delivery of the Service. Service Providers shall have any payments due to them from the Customers available for withdrawal following 14 days of the date in which the amounts due under subparagraph (a) are settled. Following the withdrawal request and the delivery of the amounts into the Service Provider’s bank account (or the designated payment settlement method), YallaMission shall have no further liability to the Service Provider with regard to those amounts. Service Providers are responsible for any taxes including VAT applicable to the amount paid to YallaMission and/or any income generated through the Platform, and Service Providers will pay YallaMission without any reduction for taxes or set-offs.
c. Perform your obligations as specified by any contract for Services that you accept, unless such obligations are prohibited by law or by this Agreement. YallaMission reserves the right in its sole discretion to refuse, suspend, or terminate service to anyone for any reason or no reason.
8.7 YallaMission, and as part of its internal procedures, will be reconciling all balances as per set schedules, which are to be treated as part and parcel of this Agreement, on quarterly bases, during which time it shall endeavor to apply corrections to balances, seek reimbursements, refunds and other measures it deems appropriate.
8.8 YallaMission reserves the right and is within its full discretion to determine the method by which a client (employer) refund request is processed. YallaMission will credit the client’s virtual wallet only. No refunds will be granted to banks, credit cards, PayPal, or any other institution.
9. Milestone Payments
9.1 The Platform will provide Customers with the option to make controlled payments with respect to a Service through Milestone Payments.
9.2 Subject to their agreements with the Service Provider, the Customer can make a Milestone Payment, which will be locked from the Customer’s Account and cannot be claimed by the Service Provider until:
a. the Customer and Service Provider agree that the funds can be claimed by the Service Provider;
b. if there is a dispute, the Customer and Service Provider have concluded the Dispute Resolution Process and the Dispute is resolved in the Service Provider’s favour;
c. the Customer instructs us to pay a Service Provider for services performed by the Service Provider in respect of a project or contest; or
d. the Customer acknowledges that the Service Provider has completed the Services to the full and complete satisfaction and approval of the Customer.
9.3 If a Customer does not approve of the Service Provider’s work product, the parties may elect to resolve the issue under the Dispute Resolution Process.
9.4 If we have not received any instructions from a Customer in respect of a Milestone Payment within 10 working days after the day that the Milestone Payment was paid and the Customer has not logged into their Account during that time, the Milestone Payment will be unlocked and released back to the Customer.
10. Milestone Dispute Resolution Services
10.1 YallaMission offers the Milestone Dispute Resolution Services to Users who have elected to use the Milestone Payment feature. You agree and acknowledge that: (i) YallaMission is not providing legal services; (ii) YallaMission will not advise you regarding any legal matters; and (iii) if you desire to have legal counsel, you will seek an independent legal counsel from those licensed to practice law in your jurisdiction. You will not rely on YallaMission for any such counsel.
10.2 In the event of a dispute between a Customer and a Service Provider regarding a return or release of Milestone Payments, either Customer or Service Provider may elect to use the Milestone Dispute Resolution Services offered by YallaMission as set out in the Milestone Disputes Policy. The Customer and/or the Service Provider will notify YallaMission that they wish the matter to be addressed through the Milestone Dispute Resolution Services.
10.3 You agree to indemnify and (to the maximum extent permitted by law) hold YallaMission and any of our affiliates harmless against any damages or liability you may suffer as a result of using the Milestone Payments and/or Milestone Dispute Resolution Services.
11. Account Management
11.1 You may have funds in your Account if you have prepaid for fees or charges or for services to be provided to you via the Platform. If you are a Service Provider, you may have funds if you have successfully completed a Service, and funds have been released to you. There are also circumstances where funds will have been credited to your Account in relation to an affiliate program or a referral program.
11.2 Funds in your Account are held by us in our operating accounts held with reputable financial institutions. Funds in your Account are not held separately by us and may be commingled with our general operating funds and funds of other User’s Accounts. You agree that you will not receive interest or other earnings on the funds that YallaMission places in commingled accounts for your benefit. In consideration for your use of the YallaMission Platform, you irrevocably transfer and assign to YallaMission any ownership right that you may have in any interest that may accrue on funds held in commingled accounts. This assignment applies only to interest earned on your funds, and nothing in this Agreement grants YallaMission any ownership right to the principal of the funds you maintain with YallaMission. In addition to or instead of earning interest on commingled accounts, YallaMission may receive a reduction in fees or expense charged for banking services by the banks that hold your funds.
11.3 If your Account has a balance, but has had no activity for at least six (6) consecutive months, your Account will be placed on “Inactive” status. YallaMission will notify you that your Account is Inactive by sending an email to your registered email address and give you the option of keeping your Account open and maintaining the balance or withdrawing the balance. If, within thirty (30) days of such notice, your Account has no activity, YallaMission will automatically deduct the entire balance of your Account.
11.4 If your Account has a negative amount of funds, we may:
a. set-off the negative amount of funds with funds that you subsequently receive into your Account;
b. if you have funds in multiple currencies in your Account and one of the currencies becomes negative for any reason, we may set-off the negative amount against funds you maintain in a different currency balance (at an exchange rate applied by us);
c. reverse payments you have made from your Account to other User Accounts on the Platform;
d. deduct amounts you owe us from money you subsequently add or receive into your Account; or
e. immediately suspend or limit your Account until such time as your Account no longer has a negative amount.
In the event that we offset a negative amount of funds pursuant to this section, it may be bundled with another debit coming out of your Account.
11.5 YallaMission reserves the right to collect any funds owed to us by any other legal means.
11.6 You acknowledge and agree that:
a. we are not a bank or other licensed financial institution and do not provide banking services or any financial services to you;
b. the funds shown in your Account (which may include Milestone Payments and/or any prepayment of fees and charges which you owe to us) represent our unsecured obligations to you with respect to your rights to direct us to make payment in relation to the purchase and sale of Service Provider’s Services through the Platform and provision of the Service Provider’s Services;
c. to the extent that we are required to release funds from your Account to you, you will become our unsecured creditor until such funds are paid to you;
d. we are not acting as a trustee or fiduciary with respect to such funds or payments;
e. the amount of funds showing in your Account is not insured and is not a guaranteed deposit;
f. funds may only loaded into your Account, or released from your Account, by us and you must only use the mechanisms available on the Platform to pay for, or receive funds in respect of Service Provider Services;
g. we will hold funds in respect of the amount of your Account (including Milestone Payments) in an account held by us with a financial institution (or in any manner that we decide in our sole discretion from time to time) and such funds are not segregated into a separate account; and
h. we may commingle your funds with funds of other User’s and our own funds and such commingled funds could be used to pay other Users or for our general corporate purposes or otherwise, however, we will remain obliged to release or refund funds at your direction in accordance with this Agreement.
12. Code of Conduct
12.1 By using the Platform, Users agree to be bound by the YallaMission Code of Conduct, whose terms form an integral and binding part of this Agreement and are read and construed with it as one.
12.2 YallaMission’s Code of Conduct applies to all the services offered by YallaMission, including, but not limited to, the Milestone Dispute Resolution Services. It is agreed by you that you will make every endeavor at fair play and post reasonable and fair demands/offers on your dispute.
12.3 A User found to be in breach of the Code of Conduct during the Milestone Dispute Resolution Service process may automatically lose the dispute in favor of the other party involved, regardless of the origin of the dispute. The User who breached the Code of Conduct may also incur further disciplinary action, in addition to any other actions and remedies which we can take against it under the terms of this Agreement. For more information, read the Code of Conduct.
13. Breach
13.1 Without limiting our other remedies, to the extent you have breached this Agreement, you must pay us all fees owed to us and reimburse us for all losses and costs (including any and all of our employee time) and reasonable expenses (including legal fees) related to investigating such breach and collecting such fees.
13.2 You acknowledge and agree that: (1) the damages that we will sustain as a result of your breach of this Agreement will be substantial and will potentially include (without limitation) fines and other related expenses imposed on us by our payment processors and Users and that those damages may be extremely difficult and impracticable to ascertain; (2) if you breach this Agreement, we may fine you up to US$3,000 for each breach and/or we may take legal action against you to recover losses that are in excess of the fine amount; (3) a fine of up to US$3,000 is a presently reasonable pre-estimate or minimum estimate of our damages, considering all currently existing circumstances, including (without limitation) the relationship of the sum to the range of harm to us that reasonably could be anticipated and the anticipation that proof of actual damages may be impractical or extremely difficult; and (4) we may release the entire (or part of the) amount of the fine from your Account to us.
13.3 If we close your Account for a reason other than as a result of your breach of this Agreement, unless as otherwise specified in this Agreement, you will be entitled to receive any payment due from us to you.
13.4 In the event that we close your Account, you will have no claim whatsoever against us in respect of any such suspension or termination of your Account.
13.5 We reserve the right, but do not assume the obligation, to investigate any violation of the terms of this Agreement. We may investigate violations and may remove, disable access to, or modify any content that violates this Agreement. We may report any activity that we suspect violates any law or regulation to appropriate law enforcement officials, regulators, or other appropriate third parties. Our reporting may include disclosing appropriate User information. We also may cooperate with appropriate law enforcement agencies, regulators, or other appropriate third parties to help with the investigation and prosecution of illegal conduct by providing network and systems information related to alleged violations of these Terms.
14. Termination of User Accounts and effects of Termination
14.1 Your Account may be terminated by YallaMission in the event:
a. You fail to make payment of the sum demanded after You have been served a 48 hours written notification, through the Platform or otherwise;
b. You commit a material breach of any representation, obligations, covenant, warranty or term of this Agreement and the same is not cured within 30 days after written notice given by YallaMission;
c. You become bankrupt or make any composition or arrangements with your creditors or being a company, have a proposal for a voluntary arrangement for a composition of debts or scheme of arrangement or have an application to the court for an appointment of an administrator, or have a winding up order made or (except for the purposes of reconstruction) a resolution for voluntary winding up passed or a receiver appointed or possession taken by or on behalf of any creditor of any property the subject of a charge or a receiver appointed under a debenture;
d. If You have/are in infringement of the third party rights including intellectual property rights; or
e. You breach the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
14.2 Your Account may be suspended, cancelled, or terminated for convenienceby YallaMission after serving you a written notice of 30 days. The Account will be suspended or terminated by YallaMission and this Agreement shall, in its respect, automatically stand terminated after expiry of such period, without the need for a court order or notarized notices or otherwise. YallaMission shall remove links to your Account and shall withdraw your access to the other Users with immediate effect subject to completion of any ongoing bids submitted or services being performed to other User(s). In such events:
a. All amounts owed by you to YallaMission shall become immediately due upon receipt of the final electronic bill, and shall, where possible, be off-set against any amounts due to you under clause 13.2(b) below.
b. Any outstanding balance due to you under your Account shall be discharged to you, and shall represent any and all amounts due to you from YallaMission. Upon the discharge of these amounts, YallaMission shall have no further financial liabilities, administrative, or other commitments whatsoever due to you, and you shall fully and forever release YallaMission and all of its past, present and future officers, agents, directors, employees, investors, shareholders, administrators, affiliates, divisions, subsidiaries, parents, predecessor and successor corporations, successors and assigns, from, and agree not to sue or otherwise institute or cause to be instituted, any legal or administrative proceedings concerning, any loss, damage, claim, duty, obligation or cause of action relating to any matters of any kind, whether presently known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, that you may possess, arising from any omissions, acts or facts in connection with this Agreement.
14.3 YallaMission shall not be liable for any loss or damages (direct, indirect or inconsequential) incurred by you or other Users by virtue of suspension or termination of your/their Accounts.
15. Indemnity
15.1 The Users indemnify and shall hold indemnified YallaMission, its partners, officers, employees, representatives, agents from and against all losses, damages, claims, suits, legal proceedings and otherwise howsoever arising from or in connection with any claim including but not limited to claim for any infringement of any intellectual property rights or any other rights of any third party or of law, concerning quality, quantity and any claim in relation to the Services, the breach of any of any warranties, representations or undertakings provided by the other Users or in relation to the non-fulfillment of any of their obligations or arising out of the other Users’ infringing any applicable laws, regulations including but not limited to intellectual property rights, Income Tax, Service tax, Value Added tax, and other relevant legislations.
16. Limitation of Liability
16.1 YallaMission under no circumstances will be liable to the Users for loss and/or anticipated loss of profits, or for any direct or indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary damages arising from the subject matter of this Agreement and/or their use of the Platform, receipt or performance of the Services or otherwise, regardless of the type of claim and even if the Users have been advised of the possibility of such damages, such as, but not limited to loss of revenue or anticipated profits or loss business.
17. Confidentiality
17.1 The Parties agree and acknowledge that in the course of their use of the Platform and interaction through/ because of it, each party (the “Recipient”) understands that the any of the other Parties (the “Disclosing Party”) may disclose certain Confidential Information. Such disclosure shall be subject to the terms of this clause.
17.2 The Recipient undertakes the following:
a. The Recipient agrees to maintain the Confidential Information in strict confidence and shall not without the prior written approval of the Disclosing Party directly or indirectly, make known, divulge, publish or disclose any of the Confidential Information to any persons or entities other than its personal representatives, successors and permitted assignsas who have the need to know that information and are bound by non-disclosure obligations at lease as restrictive as this clause.
b. The Recipient shall use its best endeavours to prevent the use or disclosure of the Confidential Information and undertakes to ensure that the Confidential Information is protected by security measures and is properly protected against theft, damage, loss and unauthorised access. Without prejudice to the foregoing, the Recipient agrees to ensure a degree of care that it would apply to its own confidential information and in any event not less than the reasonable degree of care.
c. The Recipient shall confirm to the Disclosing Party in writing at any time on request of the Disclosing Party that it has complied with the provisions of this Agreement.
d. The Recipient agrees not to modify, decompile, disassemble or otherwise reverse engineer any part of or all of the Confidential Information.
e. The Recipient shall use Confidential Information only for the purpose of the Proposed Transaction between the parties of this Agreement and shall not use for its benefit or for any other purposes (including not utilizing it for advising other companies or entities or persons for competitive or any other purposes) whereas the Recipient shall not use or utilize the Confidential Information without the express written consent of Disclosing Party.
f. The Recipient shall not reproduce the Confidential Information or any part thereof, in any form or medium without the express written consent of the Disclosing Party.
17.3 The Recipient shall not without the express prior written consent of the Disclosing Party disclose any Confidential Information to any person other than to such of its Affiliates, directors, senior executives and professional advisers who are necessarily required in the course of their duties to receive and consider the same for the purposes of the Proposed Transaction (“Authorized Recipients”). The Recipient shall procure that those of its Authorized Recipients to whom Confidential Information is disclosed shall observe and adhere to the terms of this Agreement in all respects as if they were Party to it or procure that they are bound by non-disclosure agreements at least as restrictive as this Agreement. In any event, the Recipient shall be liable for breach of any of the terms of the Agreement by such persons as if it were the Recipient which had breached that term.
17.4 The Recipient may disclose Confidential Information to the minimum extent required by (a) any order of any court of competent jurisdiction or any competent judicial, governmental or regulatory body; or (b) the rules of any listing authority, regulation, applicable law or stock exchange with jurisdiction over the Recipient. In such an event, the Recipient agrees that it will provide the Disclosing Party with prompt notice of such request or requirement and shall only disclose such Confidential Information to the extent required by such applicable rule, law or regulation or by the relevant government or regulatory authority or competent court.
17.5 All Confidential Information disclosed remains the property of the Disclosing Party. The Recipient (on its own behalf and on behalf of the Authorized Recipients) acknowledges and agrees that the disclosure and provision of Confidential Information under this Agreement by the Disclosing Party shall not be construed as granting any rights (whether express or implied by license or otherwise on the matters, inventions or discoveries to which such Confidential Information pertains or any copyright, trademark, or trade secret rights) upon the Recipient or the Authorized Recipients.
17.6 The Recipient (on its own behalf and on behalf of the Authorized Recipients) acknowledges and agrees that neither the Disclosing Party nor any of its officers, employees, agents or professional advisers make, or shall make, any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to, or assume any responsibility for, the accuracy, reliability or completeness of any of the Confidential Information or any other information supplied to the Recipient. The Recipient shall be responsible for making its own evaluation of such Confidential Information.
17.7 The Disclosing Party shall not be under any obligation to update or correct any inaccuracy in the Confidential Information or any other information supplied to the Recipient or be otherwise liable to the Recipient, the Authorised Recipients or any other person in respect of any such information. Each Party represents and warrants to the other that it is a corporation duly organized and validly existing in the jurisdiction of its incorporation. Each Party represents that it has full corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to do all things necessary for the performance of this Agreement. The Disclosing Party warrants that the Confidential Information has not been provided in breach of any other agreements with third parties.
17.8 In providing and receiving the Services, or in the course of negotiating the terms of the Services, the Users can, at their sole option, enter into separate non-disclosure agreements among themselves governing the same.
18. Relationship of Parties
18.1 Nothing in this Agreement will be construed as creating a relationship of partnership, joint venture, agency or employment between the Parties. YallaMission shall not be responsible for the acts or omissions of the Users and Users shall not represent YallaMission, nor have any power or authority to speak for, represent, bind or assume any obligation on behalf of YallaMission.
19. Force Majeure
19.1 None of the Parties shall be responsible or liable for any delay or failure to perform its obligations (other than an obligation to make payment) under this Agreement due to unforeseen circumstances or any event which is beyond that Party’s reasonable control and without its fault or negligence, but not limited to, acts of God, war, riots, embargoes, strikes, lockouts, acts of any Government authority, delays in obtaining licenses or rejection of applications under the Statutes, failure of telephone connections or power failure, fire or floods.
20. General Provisions
20.1 Construction of Terms. If any provision of this Agreement is held unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, that provision shall be severed and shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions.
20.2 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Egypt, as applicable to the State of Cairo.
20.3 Complete Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the complete agreement and sets forth the entire understanding and agreement of the Parties as to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes all prior discussions and understandings in respect to the subject of this Agreement, whether written or oral. This Agreement becomes binding upon the Users’ acknowledgment that they have read and agree to its terms and conditions and undertake to be bound by the same. In the absence of an explicit acknowledgment, the Users’ use of the Platform constitutes their acceptance of and undertaking to adhere to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
20.4 Dispute Resolution. Without prejudice to the provisions of clause 10, if a dispute of any kind whatsoever arises between the Parties in connection with, or arising out of, this Agreement (which shall include any dispute with respect to any notice, decision, determination, instruction, approval or consent (or any lack thereof) or certificate of, or any exercise of authority or discretion (or failure to exercise any such authority or discretion)) by, as the case may be, the Parties, whether during, before or after termination of this Agreement (“Dispute”), any Party may notify the other Party of the existence of such Dispute, and the Parties shall use their best efforts to settle amicably such Dispute. To that end, if the parties are not able to resolve the Dispute amicably within a period of thirty (30) days from the date on which either Party notifies the other Party of the existence of the Dispute, then after such thirty (30) day period the Dispute may be referred to arbitration in accordance with the following terms:
a. If a dispute arises between you and YallaMission, our goal is to address your concerns and, if we are unable to do so to your satisfaction, to provide you with a means of resolving the dispute quickly. We strongly encourage you to first contact us directly to seek a resolution by emailing us at [email protected] If any Dispute is unresolved by amicable resolution, as per the above, such Dispute shall be referred by any Party to and finally settled under the Rules. There shall be three (3) arbitrators appointed in accordance with the Rules. The jurisdictional seat of arbitration shall be the Cairo International Financial Centre, Cairo, Egypt, and the English language shall be used throughout the arbitration proceedings. The decision of the arbitration panel shall be final and non-appealable and shall be enforced in the same manner as if it were a final court judgment. The arbitral award shall equitably determine the manner in which the Parties shall pay all costs and expenses (including reasonable and properly incurred attorneys’ and arbitrators’ fees and costs) of the arbitration. Each Party agrees not to commence any proceedings before any court in relation to a Dispute except for the purposes of enforcement of the final arbitral award. Judgment on the final arbitral award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof or jurisdiction over a Party or its assets. All claims you bring against YallaMission must be resolved in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. All claims filed or brought contrary to this Agreement shall be considered improperly filed and a breach of this Agreement. Should you file a claim contrary to the terms of this Agreement, YallaMission may recover its legal fees and costs (including in-house lawyers and paralegals). If any proceeding by or against you is commenced under any provision of any bankruptcy or insolvency law, YallaMission will be entitled to recover all reasonable costs or expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) incurred in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement.
b. In the event that a dispute arises between a Customer and a Service provider in relation to any of the Services, you will first attempt to resolve any differences that you have in relation to such Services. Any dispute that is not related to a Milestone Payment (which must be dealt with in accordance with the Milestone Disputes Policy) arising between you and another User will be handled in accordance with this clause. YallaMission will have full rights and powers to make a determination for all such disputes. Upon receipt of a dispute, YallaMission shall have the right to request the Service Provider and the Customer to provide documentation in support of their claim or position in relation to the dispute. You agree that YallaMission has absolute discretion to accept or reject any document provided. You also acknowledge that YallaMission is not a judicial or alternative dispute resolution institution and that we will make the determinations only as an ordinary reasonable person. In addition, we do not warrant that the documents provided by the parties to the dispute will be true, complete or correct and you agree to indemnify and (to the maximum extent permitted by law) hold YallaMission and any of our affiliates harmless against any damages or liability you may suffer as a result of any documentation or material subsequently being found to be false or misleading.
c. In relation to disputes with any other users of the Platform, you hereby agree to indemnify YallaMission from any and all claims, demands, and damages, actual and consequential, of every kind and nature, known and unknown, that is related to such a dispute, our determinations or the use of the Milestone Dispute Resolution Services for Milestone Payments and/or for other Disputes.
d. If you have a dispute with one or more Users, you release us (and our officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures and employees) from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes.
20.5 Waiver of Breach. The waiver by a party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement by the other party shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any other or subsequent breach by the party in breach.
20.6 Modification. YallaMission may make changes to this Agreement. Unless otherwise noted by YallaMission, material changes to the Agreement will become effective 30 days after they are posted, except if the changes apply to new functionality in which case they will be effective immediately. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that augment, enhance or otherwise change shall be subject to this Agreement.
20.7 Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any part of it is assignable, transferable, sub-licensable, sub-contractable or conveyable by the Users, either by operation of law or otherwise, without the express, prior, written consent of YallaMission signed by an authorized representative of such Party. YallaMission is at liberty to refuse such consent.
20.8 Contact [email protected] for any further information.