Terms of Use
CHINA PLAYBOOK – HOT POT DIGITAL LIMITED
Terms of Use (these “Terms of Use”)
Hot Pot Digital Limited is a company registered in England under number 08136519 whose registered office is at Seventh Floor, 1 Kingsway, London, United Kingdom, WC2B 6XD Hot Pot Digital Limited agrees to make the China Playbook service, which allows you to access data containing information about trend forecasting and consumer activity in the Chinese market (the “Service”), accessible to you on the terms set out here. These Terms of Use apply to dealings that you may have with Hot Pot Digital Limited. When we mention "Hot Pot Digital Limited", "we", "us" or "our" in these Terms of Service, we are referring to Hot Pot Digital Limited, responsible for providing the Service to you.
Acceptance
In order to access the Service, you must accept these Terms of Use. If you do not accept these Terms of
Use, do not use the Service.
Access
You acknowledge that we cannot guarantee uninterrupted, timely or error-free access to the Service due
to events beyond our control and we or our contractors may also need to carry out maintenance from time
to time on the Service.
Support
If you encounter a problem in your access to or use of the Service and you need support, you should
contact nihao@hotpotchina.com
The Service
4.1 You acknowledge that, in offering the Service, we refer to, and rely on, information and data supplied
by third parties and we cannot guarantee the accuracy of such information. You further acknowledge that
we are unable to update the Service immediately upon becoming aware of any change in information or
data supplied by third parties and there may be a time lag in making any updates.
4.2 The Service may contain links to other independent third-party websites and applications (“Third-party
Sites”). Third-party Sites are not under our control, and we are not responsible for and do not endorse
their content or their privacy policies (if any). You will need to make your own independent judgement
regarding your interaction with any Third-party Sites, including the purchase and use of any products or
services accessible through them.
4.3 You acknowledge that we are not responsible for ensuring that the Service is sufficient and suitable
for your purposes, or for your interpretation of any information.
4.4 You acknowledge and agree that in using the Service, you may be exposed to content that is
offensive, indecent or objectionable, particularly in the context of varying cultural norms and regulations within China.
Your Obligations
5.1 You shall not use or access the Service in such a way to cause it to be interrupted, damaged,
rendered less efficient or in any way impaired.
5.2 You shall keep your usernames and passwords to access the Service strictly confidential and secure
and you must not share your username or password with anyone. You shall immediately change your
username and password if you know or suspect that any unauthorised third party becomes aware of them
or if you become aware of any unauthorised use of them or there is any breach of security known to or
suspected by you. You are responsible if you do not maintain the confidentiality of your username and
password.
5.3 You shall only use the Service for reference and research purposes related to understanding the
Chinese market (the “Purpose”).
5.4 You shall not use, store, copy, download, or deal with the Service or any information available through
the Service (“Content”) in any manner or for any purpose except those expressly permitted in these Terms
of Use or otherwise permitted in writing by us.
5.5 You shall be responsible for ensuring that the use of the Service by you:
5.5.1 does not interfere with another user’s use of the Service; and
5.5.2 does not contain any material detrimental to us and/or the Service, including, without
limitation, any viruses, trojan horses, trap doors, back doors, easter eggs, worms, time bombs, cancelbots
or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with,
surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information.
5.6 You shall promptly inform us if you discover any errors or inaccuracies in the Service.
5.7 You shall not attempt to interfere or tamper with the Service at any time.
5.8 You shall not use the Service in any way which may be in breach of any law, statute, regulation or
bye-law or code of practice of any applicable jurisdiction, including but not limited to, laws and regulations
specific to internet content and data in the People's Republic of China.
Use Of Content and the Service
6.1 Content is available to download from the Service. In your use of the Service and the Content, you
may provide reasonable ancillary reporting documents and information based on, or extracted from, the
Service and the Data, for use in accordance with the Purpose only provided that such reports attribute the
Content used to us in accordance with Clause 7 below.
6.2 In using the Services and the Content you must comply with any instructions or guidance that we may
publish in relation to such Content, which may include restrictions imposed by third parties from whom we
license the Content.6.3 You shall not:
6.3.1 adapt or translate the whole or any part of the Content;
6.3.2 publish, sell, resell, distribute, deal with or otherwise commercially exploit the Service or the
Content or any part of them;
6.3.3 re-post any Content in blogs or otherwise on the Internet without our prior written consent;
6.3.4 amalgamate the Service and/or the Content with any other data, use it as part of any other
application or distribute or circulate any Content;
6.3.5 use the Service or the content on behalf of any third party and, in any event, also comply
with Clause 7 below;
6.3.6 use or make use of the Service or the Content in any way which may be detrimental to our
reputation or harm our interests;
6.3.7 use the Service or the Content to compile a database; or
6.3.8 use the Service or the Content for the purposes of redistributing or reproducing commercial
information by the press or media or through any commercial network, cable or satellite system.
Intellectual Property Rights
7.1 You acknowledge that, as between you and us, we and our licensors own all Intellectual Property
Rights in the Service and the Content.
“Intellectual Property Rights” means all intellectual and industrial
property rights of any nature anywhere in the world, including, but not limited to, copyright and related
rights, trade marks and service marks, trade names and domain names, rights under licences, rights in
get-up, rights to goodwill or to sue for passing off or unfair competition, patents, rights to inventions, rights
in designs, rights in computer software, database rights, rights in confidential information (including, but
not limited to, know-how and trade secrets) and any other intellectual property rights, in each case
whether registered or unregistered and including all applications (or rights to apply) for, and renewals or
extensions of, such rights and all similar or equivalent rights or forms of protection which subsist or will
subsist now or in the future in any part of the world.
7.2 We hereby grant to you a limited personal, revocable, non-exclusive, non-assignable,
non-sublicensable licence to use the Service and the Content only for the Purpose.
7.3 We may insert or apply any applicable copyright, trade mark or other Intellectual Property Rights and
other marks and notices to or on the Service or the Content and you shall not remove, erase, obstruct,
change or object to any of the same. Whenever you reproduce any Content in accordance with these
Terms of Use, you shall always accredit the source as being the Service and us, by displaying a
statement of accreditation and disclaimer in the following form: The material reproduced here has been
obtained by me from the China Playbook service that is operated by Hot Pot Digital Limited. Hot Pot
Digital Limited owns or is the licensee of the material reproduced here but does not guarantee that any
such material is accurate, up-to-date or suitable for any particular purpose or circumstance.
7.4 You shall not reproduce, adapt, translate, arrange, make derivative works of or make available to any
third party, either directly or indirectly, the Service or the Content except in the manner and to the extentthat you are expressly permitted to do so in accordance with these Terms of Use and you undertake to
take all necessary steps to prevent access to the Service and the Content by any person except by you.
7.5 If you become aware of any improper or wrongful use of the Service or the Content or the Intellectual
Property Rights in any way, you shall inform us of such use as soon as reasonably practicable.
Limitation of liability
8.1 We have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of
business opportunity.
8.2 We are only responsible for loss or damage you suffer that is a foreseeable result of our breach of
these Terms of Use or our negligence up to the limit specified in Clause 8.3 below.
8.3 Our maximum aggregate liability under or in connection with these Terms of Use (including your use
of the Service) whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, shall in all circumstances be
limited to £1000. This does not apply to the types of loss set out in Clause 8.4 below.
8.4 Nothing in these Terms of Use shall limit or exclude our liability for: * death or personal injury resulting
from our negligence; * fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; and/or * any other liability that cannot be
excluded or limited by applicable law.
Termination
9.1 We may terminate these Terms of Use, and therefore your right to use the Service, immediately by
giving notice to you:
9.1.1 if you commit a material or persistent breach of these Terms of Use which you fail to remedy
(if remediable) within 14 days after the service of written notice requiring you to do so;
9.1.2 if you breach any of the provisions in Clauses 6 or 7 above in relation to permitted uses and
usage restrictions; and
9.1.3 if our agreement with the company you work for which purchased access to the Service on
your behalf comes to an end.
Changes and transfer of rights
10.1 We may amend these Terms of Use from time to time and we will make you aware of such
amendments, for example by posting a notice on the website.
10.2 We may transfer our rights and obligations under these Terms of Use to another organisation, but
this will not affect your rights or our obligations under these Terms of Use.
10.3 You may only transfer your rights or obligations under these Terms of Use to another person if we
agree in writing.
No Waiver
11. No failure or delay by us in exercising any right under these Terms of Use shall operate as a
waiver of such right or extend to or affect any other or subsequent event or impair any rights or
remedies in respect of it or in any way modify or diminish our rights under these Terms of Use.
Severability
12. If any provision in these Terms of Use shall become or shall be declared by any court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall in no
way affect any other provision or part of any provision, all of which shall remain in full force and
effect.
Governing Law
13. These Terms of Use (and all non-contractual relationships arising out of or connected to them)
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. You submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the English courts to settle any dispute or claim which may arise under, or in
respect of, these Terms of Use, except where, by law, such dispute or claim must be brought in
the jurisdiction in which you are domiciled, or where the relevant law contains mandatory
provisions that override such exclusive jurisdiction.
These Terms of Use were most recently updated on 4.3.2025
You may contact Hot Pot Digital Limited by email at info@hotpotchina.com