We operate and own the website CryptoCities.net. We are based in England.
This website provides quick and easy access to the CryptoCities Ethereum smart contracts. You do not need to use this website in order to interact with the contract, but it does make things a lot easier. We reserve the right to change any aspect of the website, the smart contracts, the game rules or game mechanics at any time. We will endeavour to announce these changes in our Discord channel, but this is not guaranteed.
All payments are made via MetaMask on the Ethereum network. When you make a purchase on CryptoCities you are acquiring ownership of the asset purchased. In the case of a rental payment you do not acquire ownership, but you do acquire the locations features for the duration of the rental. You will pay an Ethereum transaction fee when making payments, known as a "Gas Fee". We do not control this fee, and it can be heavily influenced by network congestion. When you list your assets on CryptoCities for sale or rental your authorize us to process any purchase of that asset immediately if the price is met. You also authorize us to deduct a 3.9% to 4.9% handling fee from the transaction. We will do this automatically via the smart contract when processing the transaction. We reserve the right to increase or decrease this handling fee without prior consent, although we do commit to provide as much advance warning of fee changes as possible. We will not be liable to any parties for claims of loss for any transaction conducted via our smart contract. We are not able to refund any fees, including discovery fees.
We warrant to you that the Services provided by us through our site will, be reasonably fit for all the purposes for which we claim on our site.
To the fullest extent permitted by English law we will not be liable for losses that result from our failure to comply with these Terms this includes but is not limited to;
i. loss of income or revenue;
ii. loss of business;
iii. loss of profits;
iv. loss of ether;
v. loss of data;
Nothing in this agreement excludes or limits our liability for:
viii. death or personal injury caused by our negligence;
ix. fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
x. any breach of the obligations implied by section 12 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979;
xi. defective products under the Consumer Protection Act 1987; or
xii. any deliberate breaches of these terms and conditions that would entitle you to terminate the Contract; or
xiii. any other matter for which it would be illegal for us to exclude or attempt to exclude our liability.
Applicable laws require that some of the information or communications we send to you should be in writing. When using our site, you accept that communication with us will be mainly electronic. We will contact you by e-mail or provide you with information by posting notices on our website. For contractual purposes, you agree to this electronic means of communication and you acknowledge that all contracts, notices, information and other communications that we provide to you electronically comply with any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. This condition does not affect your statutory rights.
By signing up you're opting in to receive basic system emails notifying you of your Account status. You may opt-out of receiving these emails at any time by going to your settings and turning off notification emails. You may also delist yourself from the site at any time in the same settings screen. If you wish to close your Account you can do this by emailing us at any time.
We may give notice to you at either the e-mail or postal address you provide to us when subscribing. Notice will be deemed received and properly served immediately when posted on our website, 24 hours after an e-mail is sent, or three days after the date of posting of any letter. In proving the service of any notice, it will be sufficient to prove, in the case of a letter, that such letter was properly addressed, stamped and placed in the post and, in the case of an e-mail, that such e-mail was sent to the specified e-mail address of the addressee.
The Contract between you and us is binding on you and us and on our respective successors and assignees. You may not transfer, assign, charge or otherwise dispose of a Contract, or any of your rights or obligations arising under it, without our prior written consent. We may transfer, assign, charge, sub-contract or otherwise dispose of a Contract, or any of our rights or obligations arising under it, at any time during the term of the Contract.
We will not be liable or responsible for any failure to perform, or delay in performance of, any of our obligations under a Contract that is caused by events outside our reasonable control (Force Majeure Event).
A Force Majeure Event includes any act, event, non-happening, omission or accident beyond our reasonable control and includes in particular (without limitation) the following:
i. strikes, lock-outs or other industrial action;
ii. civil commotion, riot, invasion, terrorist attack or threat of terrorist attack, war (whether declared or not) or threat or preparation for war;
iii. fire, explosion, storm, flood, earthquake, subsidence, epidemic or other natural disaster;
iv. impossibility of the use of railways, shipping, aircraft, motor transport or other means of public or private transport;
v. impossibility of the use of public or private telecommunications networks; and
vi. the acts, decrees, legislation, regulations or restrictions of any government.
Our performance under any Contract is deemed to be suspended for the period that the Force Majeure Event continues, and we will have an extension of time for performance for the duration of that period. We will use our reasonable endeavours to bring the Force Majeure Event to a close or to find a solution by which our obligations under the Contract may be performed despite the Force Majeure Event.
In line with the Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000 we are obliged to tell you that on the basis that performance of the Services occurs imminently on sending of the Confirmation Email that there is no cooling off (cancellation) period.
If we fail, at any time during the term of a Contract, to insist upon strict performance of any of your obligations under the Contract or any of these terms and conditions, or if we fail to exercise any of the rights or remedies to which we are entitled under the Contract, this will not constitute a waiver of such rights or remedies and will not relieve you from compliance with such obligations.
If any of these Terms or any provisions of a Contract are determined by any competent authority to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable to any extent, such term, condition or provision will to that extent be severed from the remaining terms, conditions and provisions which will continue to be valid to the fullest extent permitted by law.
These Terms and any document expressly referred to in them constitute the whole agreement between us and supersede all previous discussions, correspondence, negotiations, previous arrangement, understanding or agreement between us relating to the subject matter of any contract. We each acknowledge that, in entering into a Contract, neither of us relies on, or will have any remedies in respect of, any representation or warranty (whether made innocently or negligently) that is not set out in these Terms or the documents referred to in them. Each of us agrees that our only liability in respect of those representations and warranties that are set out in this agreement (whether made innocently or negligently) will be for breach of contract.
We have the right to revise and amend these Terms from time to time to reflect changes in market conditions affecting our business, changes in technology, changes in payment methods, changes in relevant laws and regulatory requirements and changes in our system's capabilities. You will be subject to the policies and Terms in force at the time that you order Services from us, unless any change to these Terms are required to be made by law or governmental authority (in which case it will apply to orders previously placed by you), or if we notify you of the change to these Terms before we send you the Confirmation Email (in which case we have the right to assume that you have accepted the change to the terms and conditions).
Persons under the age of 18 should use the Service only with the supervision of an adult.
We are the owner of all intellectual property rights in CryptoCities.net (‘our Site’) and in our App, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved. You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our site for your personal reference and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to material posted on our site.
You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.
Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of material on our site must always be acknowledged.
You must not use any part of the materials on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.
If you print off, copy or download any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.
The website, its look and feel, unregistered designs, literary and artistic works are owned exclusively by us. Any copying will be vigorously pursued by our Solicitors
Some material from the Website may be re-used without written permission where any of the exceptions detailed in Chapter III of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 apply.
You may use our Site and Services only for lawful purposes. You may not use our Site or Services:
In any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation.
In any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect, including but not limited to anything which is deemed abusive, offensive, anti-social, racist, distressing, harmful, threatening, defamatory or infringes any third party’s intellectual property rights.
For the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way.
To transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam).
To knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.
You also agree: Not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of our Site or Services in contravention of the provisions of our Terms. Not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt in any way: any part of our Site or Services; any equipment or network on which our Site is stored or our Services run on; any software used in the provision of our Site or Services; or any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.
Any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with the Service (including non-contractual disputes or claims) or our site will be governed by English law. Any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with the Service (including non-contractual disputes or claims) or our site will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
We may revise this policy at any time by amending the same on our Site. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we make, as they are legally binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in this acceptable use policy may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our Site.
We will determine, in our discretion, whether there has been a breach of this acceptable use policy through your use of our site. When a breach of this policy has occurred, we may take such action as we deem appropriate.
Failure to comply with this acceptable use policy constitutes a material breach of the Terms upon which you are permitted to use our Site and Services, and may result in our taking all or any of the following actions: Immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our Site and / or Services. Immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any posting or material uploaded by you to our Site and / or Services. Issue of a warning to you. Legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach. Further legal action against you. Disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary.
We exclude liability for actions taken in response to breaches of this acceptable use policy. The responses described in this policy are not limited, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.
The Data Protection Act 1998 and the Information Commissioner requires all Data Controllers to take the issue of security very seriously. This is our Security Statement.
1. We have a management and corporate commitment to information security within the organisation and provide clear direction, guidance and responsibilities and procedures in this respect.
2. The company has a compliance officer who deals with security of information and personal data.
3. All employees are briefed on the importance of personal data and security and confidentiality of information obtained.
4. We control physical security in relation to the information and personal data that is contained at our facilities and restrict access to the site, buildings, computer rooms, office desk, technology areas, equipment and other facilities where unauthorised access by people could compromise our security.
5. All proprietary or confidential information, including personal data, is contained or stored on computer and any that is contained and stored on manual files are locked up and secure.
6. We seek to control access to information and personal data, including existing procedures for authorising and authenticating users as well as software controls for restricting access and techniques for protecting data such as encryption.
7. We monitor and log access so as to assist in detection and investigation of security breaches and any attempted breaches where they occur.
8. Our staff are trained on security systems and we have relevant procedures in place in relation to the obligations under the Data Protection Act 1998. Accordingly staff are aware of information security issues and they can go to the compliance officer with any issues relating to the Data Protection Act, Privacy or personal data. From time to time we endeavour to provide external speakers or representatives of relevant bodies to carry out training or to deliver seminars on the relevant subject.
9. In respect of detection and investigation of breaches where they occur, we have in place relevant controls which should alert us to a breach in security. We endeavour to investigate every breach of security.
10. We are taking and will endeavour to continue to take all reasonable steps in order to protect our information and all personal data. However, the Company cannot guarantee the security of any personal information or data disclosed to it or collected by it.
With all those nasties out of the way ;-), we're pleased to welcome you to our site. We have many exciting new features planned.
