WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Last updated: 22 September 2025

1. YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH US

1.1 Ethara – Sole Proprietorship LLC, with its business address at PO Box 130001, Abu Dhabi, UAE (“Ethara”) is the UAE Event Delivery Partner for the International Multisport Tournament known as "Games of the Future Abu Dhabi 2025” (“Event”). This website (“Website”) is operated by Ethara. The Games of the Future — encompassing events such as the Games of the Future 2025 — are the exclusive intellectual property of Phygital International DMCC (UAE, reg. No. DMCC194758) (“Phygital”). The Games of the Future will be hosted in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in 2025 under the auspices of the Games of the Future.

1.2 These Website Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) contain the agreement between you and Ethara in respect of your access and use of our Website. Please read these Terms carefully. You form a contract with us and agree to comply with the terms and conditions set out herein or when you access and use our Website. In these Terms, references to “we”, “us” or “our” means Ethara. References to “you” and “your” are to users and visitors of our Website.

1.3 In order to access and use our Website, you must be over the age of 21 or such other age as may be the age of majority in your country of residence. If you are accessing and using the Website on behalf of a business or entity, then (a) “you” and “your” includes you and that business or entity, (b) you represent and warrant that you are an authorized representative of the business or entity with the authority to bind the entity to these Terms, and that you agree to these Terms on the entity’s behalf, and (c) your business or entity is legally and financially responsible for your access and use of the Website.

2. CHANGES TO THE TERMS

2.1 We amend these Terms from time to time, for instance when we update the functionality of our Website. We may use commercially reasonable efforts to notify users of any material changes to these Terms, such as through a notice on the Website; however, you should look at the Terms regularly to check for such changes. We will also update the “Last Updated” date at the top of these Terms to show the effective date of such Terms. Your continued access and use of the Website after the date of the new Terms constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms. If you do not agree to the new Terms, you must stop accessing and using the Website.

3. YOUR ACCESS AND USE OF THE WEBSITE

3.1 Your access and use of the Website is subject to these Terms and all applicable laws and regulations in the United Arab Emirates. You may not:

access and use the Website if you are not fully able and legally competent to agree to these Terms;
access or attempt to access the Website by any means other than the interface we provide or authorize;
delete or in any manner alter the copyright, trademark, and other proprietary rights notices or markings appearing on the Website as delivered to you;
collect or store personal data that may be obtained through the Website without the express permission of the data subjects or in compliance with any applicable data protection laws;
modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile, distribute, sell or create any derivative works of the Website or any content included therein, including any files, tables or documentation (or any portion thereof) or determine or attempt to determine any source code, algorithms, methods or techniques embodied in the Website;
interfere with or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website, disrupt the Website, or bypass any measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the Website;
incorporate the Website or any portion thereof into any other website, program or product. In such case, we reserve the right to refuse or limit access to the Website in our sole discretion;
use automated scripts to collect information from or otherwise interact with the Website;
upload or otherwise transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, junk, spam, or any other form of solicitation;
provide false or inaccurate information wherever you are asked to fill in or submit any information on the Website; and
use the Website to upload, transmit, distribute, store, or otherwise make available in any way, any illegal content/media or files that contain viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful.

3.2 We reserve the right, at any time and without prior notice, to remove or disable your access to our Website at our discretion for any reason including for violating these Terms.

4. OWNERSHIP\, USE AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

4.1 All content of the Website, including, but not limited to, all text, information, analyses, reports, documents/forms, graphics, logos/trademarks/service marks, software, video, and audio files and photos and the design, selection and arrangement thereof ("Website Content"), are owned by Ethara and/or its third-party licensors (including Phygital) as applicable. All intellectual property rights such as: copyright, trademarks, domain names, design rights, database rights, patents and all other intellectual property rights of any kind whether or not they are registered or unregistered (anywhere in the world), used as part of this Website are vested in Ethara and/or its third-party licensors (including Phygital) as applicable.

4.2 You acquire no rights in the Website other than the limited right to access and use the Website in accordance with these Terms. You may not make any part of the Website available as part of another website, whether by hyperlink framing on the internet or otherwise unless you have been expressly authorised to do so in writing by Ethara. You are not permitted to, and you agree that you will not, reproduce, transmit, distribute, modify, make derivative works from or use any part of the Website or the Website Content for any public or commercial purpose without the prior written approval of Ethara. You also agree to not use Website Content for illegal purposes. Ethara reserves the right to take legal action against anyone infringing these rights.

4.3 If you choose to communicate to us any feedback, ideas, or suggestions for improvement of the Website, you grant us free-of-charge, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable right to use, modify, share, distribute, and communicate such feedback for any and all commercial or non-commercial purposes, without charge and free of any obligation of attribution. You warrant that any such feedback you communicate to us is not subject to any license or any other third-party right.

4.4 While Ethara seeks to share the Website Content in a manner that it believes to be reliable, it makes no representation or warranty and accepts no liability in respect of the fairness, completeness, accuracy, quality, reliability or continued availability of any Website Content or any feature of the Website.

5. AVAILABILITY OF WEBSITE

5.1 You understand that Ethara, at its sole discretion, may limit, suspend or terminate your access to the Website. You also understand that Ethara may modify or discontinue the Website at its sole discretion. Ethara has no obligation to continue making the Website available to you; and you have no expectation of continued, uninterrupted, access to the Website.

6. MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS

6.1 Ethara may contact you by phone, whatsapp, and/or send you marketing communications including by email and/or SMS when you sign up to receive updates regarding the event or otherwise consent to receiving marketing communications from us. Such marketing communications may relate to our products and services and/or events we deliver, organize or sponsor. You may unsubscribe from any marketing communications at any time by notifying us in writing that you no longer wish to receive such communications.

7. THIRD PARTY HYPERLINKS

7.1 The Website may contain hyperlinks or references to third-party websites, platforms, applications or other websites. Any such hyperlinks or references are provided for your convenience only. We have no control over third-party websites and accept no legal responsibility for any harm or loss resulting from your use of such third-party websites. Your use of a third-party service may be governed by the terms and conditions of that third party service.

8. DATA PROTECTION AND PRIVACY

8.1 By accessing and using our Website, you agree and understand that we may collect, use, store and process your personal data in accordance with our Privacy policy. We fully respect the privacy of individuals who access and use the Website and only process personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws. Our Privacy Notice is incorporated into and forms part of these Terms.

9. INDEMNITY

9.1 You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Ethara, its parents, subsidiaries, and affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors from any and all claims, liabilities, costs, and expenses, including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees and expenses, arising out of a breach by you of these Terms or arising out of any breach of your obligations, representations and warranties under these Terms.

10. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

10.1 Subject to section 11 below, you expressly acknowledge and agree that your access and use of the Website is at your sole risk and responsibility. The Website is provided "as is" and "as available" with no representations or warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. You assume total responsibility and the entire risk for your access and use of the Website. Without limiting the foregoing, we do not warrant that (a) the Website will meet your requirements or expectations or achieve the intended purposes, (b) the Website will not experience outages or otherwise be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free, (c) the information supplied via the Website will be accurate, complete, current, error- free, completely secure or reliable, or (d) that defects in the website will be corrected.

11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

11.1 Nothing in these terms excludes our liability for (i) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, death or personal injury caused by our negligence; or (iii) for any other liability that cannot be limited or excluded under applicable UAE laws.

11.2 Subject to section 11.1, under no circumstances, whether under contract, strict liability, the result of negligence or otherwise, shall we be liable to you or any third party for any loss or damage (including any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exceptional loss or damage) resulting from the subject matter of these terms or as a result of your access and use of the Website.

11.3 Subject to the remainder of this section 11 our total aggregate liability to you is capped at AED 1000 (one thousand Emirati Dirhams).

12. TERMINATION OF THESE TERMS

12.1 We may suspend and/or terminate your access and use of the Website at our sole discretion, at any time and without notice to you (and without the need for a court order). You hereby agree that we will not be liable for such suspension or termination to you or any third party.

13. GENERAL TERMS

13.1 No partnership: You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, contractor, or agency relationship exists between us in relation to these Terms.

13.2 Right to Contact. We reserve the right to contact you in order to evaluate compliance with these Terms. You will cooperate fully with us to investigate any suspected unlawful, fraudulent, or improper activity.

13.3 Severability: If any provision of these Terms is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, and can be deleted without altering the essence of these Terms, the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision will be severed and the remaining provisions will remain in full force or effect.

13.4 No Waiver: Any failure by us to enforce any terms set out in these Terms or other policies with you is not a waiver of our rights to enforce those terms.

13.5 Survival: All such terms set out in these Terms that expressly or by implication survive the expiration or termination of these Terms including Sections 4,9,10 and 11, shall continue in effect after the expiration or termination of these Terms.

13.6 Assignment and third-party rights: You may not assign or sub-contract any of your rights or obligations under these Terms to any third party unless we agree in writing. We may assign, transfer or sub-contract any of our rights or obligations under these Terms to any third party at our discretion and without the need to notify you or seek your consent.

13.7 Governing law and jurisdiction: These Terms shall be governed by the laws of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the federal laws of the United Arab Emirates as applicable in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Any dispute regarding these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts in Abu Dhabi.

13.8 Entire agreement: These Terms, including the hyperlinked privacy notice, set out the entire understanding and agreement between you and us with respect to your access and use of the Website.

13.9 Language: Any local language translation (where applicable) of these Terms exist for reference purposes only, and the English version will take precedence over all other language translations except where otherwise mandated by applicable law.

13.10 Contact us: You acknowledge and agree that we will have no obligation to provide you with any support or maintenance in connection with the Website. However, subject to the other provisions of these Terms we will attempt to help you with any queries or problems that you may have with the Website. You may contact us at [insert email address for user support].