IOF Membership Service Agreement

 

Effective Date of this Version: September, 2026

 

This IOF Membership Service Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into by and between you and International Orthodontics Foundation Limited ("IOF", or "we" or "us", as the case may be) in respect of your membership of IOF (the "Membership" or the "IOF Membership") and your enjoyment of the IOF Membership services (the "Services").

 

Please read this Agreement, the IOF Terms and Conditions and the IOF Privacy Policy (collectively, the "Entire Agreement") carefully. Your enjoyment of the Services (including your clicking to agree to this Agreement and making any payment for the Services) will be deemed that you have read and understood the Entire Agreement, agreed to the Entire Agreement, and accepted to be bound by this Agreement, the IOF Terms and Conditions and the IOF Privacy Policy.

 

1. Membership Registration

1.1 You can apply for and hold your IOF Membership after submitting your registration information to us via either of the following ways:

Our official website: iofglobal.org

1.2 You shall warrant that you have submitted the true, accurate, legal and valid personal information about you when registering for the IOF Membership. You shall further warrant that other personal information you provide from time to time to us is also true, accurate, legal and valid. If there is any change in your personal information, you shall promptly update your IOF account with your latest personal information.

1.3 You shall be solely responsible for duly taking care of your IOF account, account information and account password. You shall take all the necessary and effective measures to protect your account information and account password. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws, IOF shall assume no liability for any leakage of your account information (including your account password) not caused by IOF, and/or any loss caused by your improper use or care of your IOF account.

1.4 All information you set in or input into your Membership account must be compliant with laws, regulations, and public order and customs, and shall not infringe on the legitimate rights and interests of any third party. Otherwise, IOF shall have the right to adjust, restrict or cancel your Membership.

 

2. Membership Benefits

You can enjoy all the membership benefits associated with your IOF Membership except for the IOF premium benefits that need to be paid for. If you, when holding the IOF Membership, wish to enjoy the IOF premium benefits, you shall pay the fees therefor pursuant to Article 3.3 of this Agreement below. The IOF premium benefits are available only to the persons holding the IOF Membership. You can enjoy the IOF premium benefits only after you have registered with us for the IOF Membership and paid the relevant fees therefor.

 

3. Membership Fees

3.1 You are aware and agree that the validity of the IOF Membership is long-term effective (the "Term of Membership "), effective on the date of your registration. Your Membership will remain valid throughout the Term of Membership unless and until it is terminated according to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

3.2 If you register with us for the IOF Membership, we will not charge you any membership fees therefor. However, if you wish to enjoy the IOF premium benefits, you need to pay relevant fees to IOF.

3.3 When holding your IOF Membership, you can choose to pay the fees for the IOF premium benefits (collectively, the "Premium Benefits Fee") to us via the methods as indicated on our official website(the "Payment Account").

3.4 By paying the Premium Benefits Fee, you are aware and agree that the validity period of your enjoying the IOF premium benefits is one year (the "Term of Premium Benefits"), effective on the date when you pay the Premium Benefits Fee. You can keep enjoying the IOF premium benefits throughout the Term of Premium Benefits unless and until it is terminated according to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. If you wish to continue to enjoy the IOF premium benefits after the expiration of the Term of Premium Benefits (being one year), you shall pay the Premium Benefits Fee to for renewing the Term of Premium Benefits (for the immediately following one year) according to the requirements of Article 3.3 above.

3.5 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws, the Premium Benefits Fee shall be non-refundable once paid successfully.

3.6 You shall warrant that you have the right to use your Payment Account to pay the Premium Benefits Fee and such use would not infringe upon the rights of any third party.

3.7 Please note that your IOF Membership and the IOF premium benefits that you may enjoy are non-transferable.

3.8 You can email to info@iofglobal.org at any time to inform us that you wish to cancel your Membership registration or revoke the IOF premium benefits that you are enjoying provided, however, that the Premium Benefits Fee that has been paid shall be non-refundable or refund remaining part deducted reasonable fees therefor.

3.9 IOF shall have the right to adjust at its sole discretion the Term of Membership, the rate of the Premium Benefits Fee and/or the method of payment therefor from time to time, and will announce such adjustment(s) in line with the procedures set out in Article 5.6 below.

 

4. Intellectual Property

4.1 The intellectual property rights in the IOF platform and its related services, including software, technologies, programs, webpages and interface designs, trademarks, logos, and product and service names, are owned by International Orthodontics Foundation Limited or its affiliates.

4.2 All text, images, audio, video, and other content displayed or transmitted through IOF, including IOF's proprietary and original content and lawfully licensed third-party content, is protected by applicable copyright, trademark, patent, and other laws laws and regulations. Without the prior written permission of IOF or the relevant rights holder, no entity or individual may reproduce, record, download, republish,, modify,,, distribute, rent, sell, publicly display, or authorize any any third party to perform any of any of the of thething foregoing the foregoing any of the foregoing acts in relation to such content, or otherwise use or provide such content or create derivative works beyond the scope authorized by IOF. Any violation may result in legal liability under applicable law.

4.3 To promote the sharing and and dissemination of knowledge, you grant us a royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use content that you voluntarily publish and make publicly available on IOF, including but not limited to posts and comments. We may use such content across IOF products and services in various forms, including the IOF platform, IOF-related applications, and other online products or services. This license does not alter your ownership of or intellectual property rights in the content you publish, nor does it affect your lawful exercise of those rights.

4.4 To protect course content and the lawful rights and interests of relevant rights holders, IOF may implement necessary technical protection measures, including access controls, encryption, anti-hotlinking, and dynamic watermarks. Dynamic watermarks may contain account identifiers such as your member ID and access time. Such information will be used solely for content protection, infringement tracing, and dispute resolution, and will be retained only for as long as necessary to fulfil these purposes. You may not remove, obscure, alter, or circumvent any such technical protection measures.

4.5 If you violate any provision of this Section, IOF may, depending on the nature and impact of the violation, take measures including issuing a warning, restricting access, removing relevant content, suspending or terminating your membership, suspending or terminating access to relevant benefits, and preserving necessary evidence. If any conduct is suspected of infringing the lawful rights and interests of a third party or violating applicable laws or regulations, IOF may disclose necessary information to the relevant rights holders or competent authorities in accordance with law. If your violation causes any loss to IOF, its affiliates, or the relevant rights holders, you shall bear the corresponding liability in accordance with applicable law.

 

5. Miscellaneous

5.1 In order to facilitate you to receive relevant information about IOF and the information related to this Agreement in a timely manner, you agree that IOF has the right to notify you through any of the following methods: webpage announcement, page prompt, pop-up window, message notification, and notification via your contact information (such as email, telephone, SMS and contact address). Any of such notifications shall be deemed to have been received by you on the date on which IOF sends it. If multiple notification methods are used at the same time, the time when the notification is served shall be the earliest of all the used methods.

5.2 This Agreement shall be interpreted literally. To the extent permitted by laws and regulations, the principle of exclusion of ambiguity with an interpretation unfavourable to the drafting party shall not be adopted when interpreting this Agreement.

5.3 Both you and IOF agree that, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws, this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (excluding, however, the conflict of laws rules).

5.4 If there arising any controversy or dispute between you and IOF, it shall be resolved through friendly negotiation first. If such negotiation fails, you agree that such controversy or dispute shall be referred to and resolved by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC).

5.5 If you have any questions in relation to or comments on this Agreement (including inquiries or complaints), please contact us by email to info@iofglobal.org or other contact information provided by us. We will use our commercially reasonable efforts to reply to you as soon as possible after receiving your questions or comments.

5.6 We shall have the right to amend this Agreement from time to time at its sole discretion. Once any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement is amended, we will publicize such amendment on our official website, or notify you of the same by issuing an email to your email address or other means specified in Article 5.1. Such amendment will become effective upon the end of fifteen (15) working days immediately after such amendment is made. Before any amendment becomes effective, you can choose not to accept the amendment and cancel your Membership registration. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws, your continued access to or enjoyment of the Services after the notice period of amendment specified above will be deemed as your full acceptance of and agreement to the amended Entire Agreement. We recommend that you regularly check the information published on our official website to better protect your rights and interests.

5.7 If you breach or fail to comply with any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, IOF shall have the right to cancel your Membership or revoke the IOF premium benefits that you are enjoying at its sole discretion, in which case the Premium Benefits Fee you have paid shall be non-refundable.

5.8 Without prejudice to our right to early termination under Article 5.7 hereof above, to the extent permitted by applicable laws, we will cancel your Membership or revoke the IOF premium benefits that you are enjoying upon a prior written notice to you.