Terms of Use

SPT is a company that provides real estate transaction services in Mexico, for foreigners.

By accessing or using our Website or by being provided with any of our “Services” and logging in to your SPT account, you agree to be bound by these terms of use (the “Terms of Use”) as well as our Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”), which is incorporated by reference into these Terms of Use and is available on the Website.

You will be asked to accept these Terms of Use as part of your account registration on the Website. Thus, if you do not wish to be bound by these Terms of Use, please do not access or use the Website.

These Terms of Use explain your obligations and responsibilities and SPT’s rights in connection with your access and use of the Website and the Services.

SPT may update or revise these Terms of Use from time to time and if your rights change, we will always notify you. If you do not agree to, or cannot comply with, the Terms of Use as revised, your sole recourse is to terminate your use of the Website.

You will be deemed to have accepted the Terms of Use as amended if you continue to use the Website and/or purchase our Services after any amendments are made.

Termination of the Services

SPT reserves the right to suspend, and/or terminate, at any time, without warning, full or partial access to the Website, including your account or any or all Transaction(s) you have created on the Website, as well as our Services. We additionally reserve the right to discontinue uploading information to such sites, accounts and documents, in which case we shall not be held responsible for any damages that you may incur. All information on the sptworld.org Website, and related publications is subject to change without prior notice.

Your Use of the Website

Unless you have entered into a distinct written agreement with SPT to that effect, (i) the Website and the Services are made available to you and provided exclusively for your personal and non-commercial use, (ii) you cannot resell the Services or the use of the Website. You cannot access and use the Services and the Website in a manner that competes with SPT’s activities.

You are prohibited from and agree not to submit to the Website any information that is inappropriate, obscene, or fraudulent. You are also prohibited, and you agree to refrain from transmitting or submitting to the Website any information that you know to be outdated, false or misleading. You are prohibited from and you agree not to engage in any activity related to the use of the Website that constitutes a criminal offence, unlawful action or violation of SPT’s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You are solely responsible for any document or information that you submit to the Website.

SPT will automatically and without notice suspend your access to the Website and to its services if SPT has reasonable grounds to believe that your use of the Website constitutes or is related to any criminal activity, unlawful act, violation of SPT’s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, or attempt to do the foregoing.

You must not use on the Website any form of destructive software such as viruses, worms, Trojan horses, time bombs, cancelbots or other harmful components, files, programs or computer codes designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functioning of the Website. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website, an Estate, other computer systems or networks connected to the Website by password extraction or other means; interfere with or disrupt networks or servers connected to the Website or violate the regulations, policies or procedures of such networks; and use, download or otherwise copy, or provide to a person or entity, the user directory or other user information.

To use some of the Website tools, you must register and create a personal user account. You will need to submit to SPT personal information such as your name, personal address, your email address, property address and phone number. Your account information must be true, accurate, complete and up-to-date at all times. Otherwise, your access to your account may be suspended or terminated automatically and without notice.

In several cases and where legally required, you may be required to prove your identify. SPT may use several third-party tools and methods to protect our Website from potential fraud. As such, you may be subject to submitting your government identification, providing additional information such as photos to validate your identification.

Other personal information about you may have to be submitted to the Website by you or other users in order to facilitate a Transaction. Such personal information may include marital status, age, driver license, purchase contracts, agreements related to the Transaction, contact information, telephone number, email address. We refer you to our privacy policy. Any personal information you provide us will be processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

You understand and agree that you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the passwords associated with your account. You agree that you will be solely responsible for activities that occur under your account. If you become aware of any unauthorized access or activity, whether criminal or illegal, you agree to notify SPT immediately at the following e-mail address: contact@sptworld.org

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from all damages and causes of action arising from any of your actions or omissions related to your use of the Website in violation of the present Terms of Use and/or SPT’s Privacy Policy or applicable laws. Neither SPT nor any other user, third party lawyer or other business partner assumes any responsibility or liability that may arise from any act or omission or unlawful, outdated, false or misleading content, transmission or upload by you or any other user.

Disclaimer Clause

You acknowledge that you are using the Website and that you rely on it at your own risk. To the extent permitted by law, SPT does not offer any warranty of any kind with respect to the Website and SPT’s Services, all provided “as is”, “where is” and “as available”. The parties expressly exclude all representations, warranties and conditions, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties and conditions of merchantability, quality of services rendered, non- infringement and fitness for a particular purpose as well as those arising out of applicable law or otherwise under the market or normal course of business. We do not warrant that the Website will continue to operate without interruption or be free from error.

To the extent permitted by law, you agree that SPT is not responsible for any loss or damage of any kind, including, but not limited to, direct or punitive damages or other types of damages (including in particular, property damage, loss of information, programs or data, economic losses) arising from the use of the Website, any content provided, a third party Website, or that arises from any acts or omissions of a user, the inability to use or access the Website, whether SPT has been advised of the possibility of such damage or such loss, is reasonably foreseeable.

In all cases, you acknowledge that SPT’s total and aggregate liability for such damages that you may claim and that may be granted to you is limited to the value of our agreement with you.

IT Security

We comply with applicable laws governing the protection of personal information. In addition, we use encryption techniques to protect the confidentiality of your personal information or the documents or information submitted to the Website. However, we shall not be held responsible for any damages that you may incur as a result of your access to the web under some circumstances.

Telecommunication networks (including the Internet), electronic systems, email or telephone communications (including SMS) are neither secure nor confidential. They can be accessed, lost or intercepted, in much the same way as communications by other means (for example, by post). No electronic system is completely secure or error-free. We shall not be held responsible for any damages that you may incur from using our Website or from any exchange of e-mail or electronic messages (including SMS), whether originating from you or from us.

You alone are responsible for ensuring the protection and safekeeping of your data when using your computer platforms and devices.

SPT may, in its sole discretion, audit, analyze, monitor, track and record the activities conducted on the Website by you and other users. This can include logins and logouts, documents viewed, accessed or deposited, pages and sections accessed and features and functionalities used. SPT does so for recordkeeping purposes, to improve the Services and the features and functionalities of the Website as well as to document the activities conducted on the Website for law enforcement and legal proceedings purposes.

Trademarks and Intellectual Property

All web content (including text, illustrations, graphics, images, photographs, audio and video clips, software and codes available on the Website (collectively, the “Content”)), including the manner in which the Content is presented, is protected by copyright law, and belongs to SPT. You are prohibited from: (i) using, reproducing, modifying, adapting, translating, downloading or transmitting the Content, in whole or in part, or otherwise permit access; (ii) modifying, removing or covering any trademark or property notice included in or on the Content or the Website; and (iii) decompiling, disassembling, decrypting, extracting the Website or performing reverse engineering on the Website or their components, including, but not limited to, software, or assist anyone in doing the foregoing.

Certain names, words, titles, phrases, graphics, logos, icons or designs used on the Website may be trademarks belonging to SPT, our business partners, Legal Service Providers or used with the consent of third party owners. You agree not to remove, edit or otherwise alter trademarks, service marks, logos and other proprietary information contained on the Website. Trademarks and the information contained on the Website, including comments from users, may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, or used in any way without obtaining our prior written consent.

Social Media Platforms

Certain pages of the Website may be accessible through the following social media platforms: Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. Before consulting or using our Website through these social media platforms, you must read and comply with their respective terms of use and privacy policy.

Governing Law

These Terms of Use are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Mexico applicable therein, without regard to choice of law or conflicts of law principles. You agree that any dispute arising out of, or in connection with, the use of the Website or its services is to be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of courts located in Mexico.

Entire Agreement

These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and SPT regarding your access and use of the Website, the Services and any other subject matter herein, and they replace any previous agreement, representation, warranty or understanding, whether verbal or written, express or implied, in this regard. If any portion of these Terms of Use is declared or held unlawful, invalid, or unenforceable, then such portion of these Terms of Use shall be deemed severed and shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of these Terms of Use.

Assignment

You shall not assign or transfer your rights or obligations hereunder or otherwise without our prior written consent, which consent shall be at our sole discretion.

Information

Please send an e-mail to contact@sptworld.org for any questions regarding the operation of the SPT Website.