Terms and conditions
General Provisions
1. These Terms of Use of the Online.ua website govern access to the Online.ua website, all its pages, subdomains, archives, technical interfaces, APIs, RSS feeds, feedback forms, files, software modules, databases, materials, and other functional elements размещенные on or accessible through the Website.
2. For the purposes of these Terms:
2.1. “Website” means the set of digital resources, materials, functions, pages, subdomains, technical interfaces, and related informational elements available under the designation Online.ua.
2.2. “Website Administration” means a neutral functional designation of the person or persons who fully or partially provide technical, organizational, legal, editorial, informational, or other support for the Website.
2.3. “User” means any individual, legal entity, representative of a legal entity, automated system, search engine, AI agent, bot, crawler, scraper, aggregator, archiver, or any other entity that directly or indirectly accesses the Website.
2.4. “Website Materials” means all texts, headings, subheadings, images, videos, audio, graphics, tables, files, codes, databases, interfaces, data structures, tags, snippets, previews, advertising, partner, sponsored, archival, automatically generated, aggregated, or technically transformed elements размещенные on or accessible through the Website.
3. The use of the term “Website Administration” does not in itself imply an obligation to publicly disclose personnel, employees, contractors, internal organization, or specific individuals, except in cases and to the extent expressly provided by the legislation of Ukraine.
4. The Website is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. The Website Administration provides no warranties except those that cannot be excluded under mandatory provisions of law.
5. These Terms apply in conjunction with the Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Rules for Use of Materials, Rules for Search Engines and AI Agents, the notice of rights infringement page, and other special rules if they are размещенные on the Website. In case of conflict, special rules shall prevail in the relevant part.
Acceptance of the Terms
6. Any access to the Website, viewing of pages, reading, reproduction or use of Website Materials, following links, use of forms, indexing, caching, parsing, automated analysis, use of APIs, or any other actual use of the Website constitutes the User’s acknowledgment of and acceptance of these Terms.
7. If the User does not agree with these Terms in whole or in part, the User must immediately cease using the Website.
8. Unless otherwise expressly stated on a specific page or in special conditions of a particular functional element, these Terms:
8.1. do not constitute a public contract within the meaning of Article 633 of the Civil Code of Ukraine;
8.2. do not constitute an offer for the sale of goods, works, or services;
8.3. do not constitute an agreement for the provision of professional legal, financial, investment, medical, technical, or other advice;
8.4. do not create any relationship of representation, agency, partnership, joint activity, employment, fiduciary, or similar relationship between the User and the Website Administration.
Age and Legal Capacity
9. Open viewing of publicly available informational materials is permitted to the extent and in the manner that does not contradict the legislation of Ukraine, this Agreement, and other terms of use of the Website, unless other restrictions or special access conditions are established on the relevant page, section, or material.
10. The User confirms that they use the Website voluntarily, on their own behalf or on lawful grounds on behalf of another person, with the necessary legal capacity and/or authority, and without violating the rights of third parties.
Status of the Website
11. The Website is an informational internet resource and may contain:
11.1. proprietary materials;
11.2. third-party materials;
11.3. advertising, partner, sponsored, and promotional materials;
11.4. automatically generated, aggregated, technically processed, shortened, archived, or otherwise transformed elements.
12. In the absence of a separate explicit statement, the Website does not represent itself as a registered media entity.
13. The use on the Website of designations such as “editorial,” “news,” “review,” “archive,” “analytics,” “column,” “blog,” or similar does not in itself imply voluntary acceptance of any special legal status unless expressly stated otherwise.
14. Mandatory provisions of Ukrainian law that attach legal consequences to the actual dissemination of information, editorial control, copyright, personal data protection, advertising, child protection, electoral processes, sanctions regimes, martial law, information security, or other special circumstances shall apply regardless of the wording of these Terms.
Absence of Warranties, Service Obligations, and Ongoing Support
15. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Website Administration:
15.1. assumes no contractual, quasi-contractual, advisory, fiduciary, service, editorial, monitoring, or other obligations toward the User or any third party, except those expressly established by law;
15.2. does not guarantee continuous operation, uninterrupted availability, compatibility, error-free performance, security, timeliness, accuracy, completeness, or suitability of the Website or Website Materials for any particular purpose;
15.3. is not obliged to store archives, individual pages, versions of materials, user activity logs, or any other data beyond the scope and duration expressly required by law or chosen at its own discretion;
15.4. is not obliged to respond substantively to any inquiries, complaints, claims, or notices, maintain any specific communication channel, or explain the reasons for its decisions, except where expressly required by law.
16. The provisions of this section do not apply to the extent that a specific obligation is directly and unconditionally established by a mandatory rule of law.
Rules for Using the Website
17. The User must use the Website in good faith, lawfully, without violating the rights of third parties, without bypassing technical restrictions, and without creating excessive load on the Website infrastructure.
18. The User is prohibited from using the Website in a manner that:
18.1. violates the legislation of Ukraine;
18.2. infringes intellectual property rights, privacy rights, honor, dignity, business reputation, or other rights of third parties;
18.3. contains or distributes malicious code, automated harmful requests, spam, phishing, fraudulent schemes, unauthorized access tools, manipulative links, or other abuses;
18.4. involves circumvention of sanctions, interaction with sanctioned persons, or other activities prohibited by law;
18.5. causes or may cause technical, legal, reputational damage or harm to the security of the Website, the Website Administration, or any other person;
18.6. bypasses robots.txt, X-Robots-Tag, meta robots, rate limits, anti-bot mechanisms, authentication tools, technical restrictions, or other Website instructions.
19. Search engines, AI agents, aggregators, archivers, crawlers, scrapers, and other automated systems are considered Users within the meaning of these Terms.
20. The Website Administration has the right at any time and without explanation to restrict, suspend, block, or terminate access of any User to the Website in whole or in part, as well as to restrict access by IP address, geography, user-agent, traffic source, behavioral or technical characteristics, provided this does not contradict mandatory law.
Informational Nature of Materials
21. All Website Materials are of a general informational nature unless expressly stated otherwise on the relevant page.
22. Website Materials do not constitute individual legal, financial, investment, medical, tax, technical, or other professional advice, official conclusions, guarantees of results, representations of fact, recommendations for action or inaction, or confirmation of the accuracy of any facts.
23. The User independently and at their own risk evaluates the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, suitability, and legality of any information размещенные on the Website before relying on it or taking any actions.
24. Opinions, assessments, assumptions, criticism, analytical conclusions, columns, satire, translations, short announcements, headings, tags, previews, snippets, advertising messages, technically shortened and automatically transformed elements must not be interpreted outside the context of the full material and do not represent the position of the Website Administration unless expressly stated otherwise.
Third-Party Materials, Advertising, and External Resources
25. The Website may contain materials created, provided, commissioned, financed, or distributed by third parties.
26. Responsibility for the content, legality, accuracy, completeness, security, and other characteristics of such materials lies with the person who created, provided, commissioned, or distributed them, unless otherwise expressly provided by law.
27. Formatting, shortening, technical processing, labeling, categorization, archiving, depublishing, hiding, or removal of third-party materials does not mean acceptance of such materials by the Website Administration as its own and does not constitute recognition of their legality, illegality, accuracy, or inaccuracy.
28. The Website Administration is not obliged to conduct prior verification, fact-checking, legal review, or continuous monitoring of any third-party materials, except where such obligation is expressly imposed by law or a binding decision of a competent authority.
29. The presence on the Website of advertising, partner, sponsored, promotional, or other commercial materials does not imply endorsement, recommendation, confirmation, or acceptance of responsibility by the Website Administration in relation to such materials, goods, works, services, offers, or persons.
30. The presence of a link to an external resource does not imply endorsement, guarantee, confirmation, or acceptance of responsibility for such resource. Following external links is at the User’s own risk.
Intellectual Property
31. All rights to Website Materials, unless expressly stated otherwise, belong to the respective rights holders.
32. размещение of any material on the Website does not imply transfer of any intellectual property rights to the User or any third party.
33. Any use of Website Materials is permitted only in cases expressly provided by law, these Terms, special rules for the use of materials, or a separate written permission from the rights holder.
Notices of Rights Infringement and Complaints
34. If any person believes that any material, information, link, or other element of the Website violates their rights or legitimate interests, such person may submit a notice through the designated channel on the Website: [email protected].
35. Unless otherwise expressly required by law, the notice must contain sufficient information to identify the applicant, the disputed material, the nature of the violation, the legal basis of the claim, contact details, and the desired method of response.
36. The Website Administration has the right to request additional documents, proof of authority, documents relating to rights, or other explanations if necessary to properly assess the request.
37. Anonymous, incomplete, technically incorrect, repetitive, manifestly unfounded, overly general, abusive, or otherwise insufficient notices that do not allow identification of the disputed material may be left without consideration unless otherwise required by law.
38. The Website Administration has the right, without prior notice and without explanation, to temporarily restrict access to any material, page, file, or functional element during the review of a notice or in the presence of technical, legal, reputational, or security risks.
39. Any action or inaction by the Website Administration in relation to a notice, including receipt, review, forwarding, temporary blocking, removal, depublishing, leaving without consideration, or refusal to satisfy a claim, does not constitute automatic recognition of a violation, fault, liability, illegality, or inaccuracy of the relevant material.
40. Unless otherwise expressly provided by law, the Website Administration may conduct an initial technical review of a notice within approximately [3] business days and a preliminary review within approximately [10] business days. Such timeframes are indicative, not guaranteed, not mandatory, and do not create an obligation to make any specific decision.
41. If a notice concerns copyright and/or related rights infringement on the Internet, special requirements regarding the content of the notice, submission procedure, response timelines, and other procedures established by Ukrainian law and a separate Website page shall apply. In case of conflict, the law and the special page shall prevail.
42. The applicant is responsible for knowingly false, bad-faith, or abusive notices to the extent provided by law.
Personal Data and Cookies
43. Use of the Website may involve processing of personal data, technical data, cookies, access logs, network identifiers, device data, browser data, operating system data, referrer data, timestamps, session technical parameters, and other data necessary for operation, security, analytics, detection of abuse, protection of the Website, and compliance with legal obligations.
44. The procedure for processing such data is defined by the Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.
45. The rights of personal data subjects are exercised in accordance with Ukrainian law and the Privacy Policy. Requests regarding personal data may be sent to: [email protected].
46. The User may not transmit personal data of third parties through the Website without a proper legal basis.
47. The Website Administration has the right to hide, anonymize, delete, or otherwise restrict access to materials and data if necessary to comply with the law, protect rights, ensure Website security, or prevent abuse.
Technical and Organizational Measures
48. The Website Administration has the right to apply any technical, software, organizational, and legal protection measures not prohibited by law, including logging, traffic filtering, rate limiting, anti-bot tools, backups, technical access restrictions, threat detection, temporary blocking, network and application protection tools, integrity control mechanisms, and similar measures.
49. The application of any protection measures does not guarantee complete security, uninterrupted operation of the Website, or absence of technical risks.
Disclaimer of Warranties
50. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Website Administration provides no express or implied warranties regarding:
50.1. continuity, stability, error-free operation, or security of the Website;
50.2. accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or suitability of Website Materials for any purpose;
50.3. absence of technical risks, vulnerabilities, malicious components, incompatibilities, unauthorized interference, or other technical threats;
50.4. mandatory detection, correction, updating, backup, or preservation of any data or materials;
50.5. preservation of the structure, addresses, archives, links, pages, formats, or functionality of the Website.
Limitation of Liability
51. To the maximum extent permitted by Ukrainian law, the Website Administration shall not be liable to the User or any third party for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive, consequential, reputational, informational, non-material, property, or other losses, damages, or consequences related to the Website or its use or non-use.
52. The Website Administration is not responsible, including but not limited to, for:
52.1. access or inability to access the Website;
52.2. use or non-use of Website Materials;
52.3. interpretation, misinterpretation, citation, translation, retelling, shortening, ranking, caching, archiving, or other secondary use of Website Materials;
52.4. decisions, actions, or inaction of the User or third parties based on Website Materials;
52.5. actions of search engines, AI agents, social networks, messengers, browsers, aggregators, archivers, advertising systems, and other third parties;
52.6. actions or inaction of advertisers, partners, hosting providers, domain registrars, telecom operators, data centers, CDN providers, technical solution providers, and any other contractors;
52.7. technical failures, data loss, cyberattacks, blocking, power outages, network failures, software errors, hardware or software incompatibility;
52.8. force majeure, martial law, hostilities, missile attacks, cyber warfare, accidents, actions of authorities, sanctions, or other events beyond the reasonable control of the Website Administration.
53. Nothing in these Terms shall be interpreted as acceptance by the Website Administration of responsibility for the content, accuracy, legality, completeness, or timeliness of any materials, information, or external resources, except where such responsibility is expressly and unconditionally imposed by law or a final decision of a competent authority.
54. If the liability of the Website Administration cannot be fully excluded, it shall in any case be limited to the minimum extent required by law and, unless otherwise provided by such law, only to actually proven direct damages.
User Responsibility
55. The User bears full independent responsibility for:
55.1. the legality of their actions on the Website;
55.2. the accuracy, legality, and security of data transmitted through forms, messages, or other technical means of the Website;
55.3. compliance with the rights of third parties;
55.4. consequences of using the Website from their devices, networks, addresses, servers, or other technical identifiers;
55.5. consequences of their own interpretation or use of Website Materials.
56. In the event that any claim, demand, complaint, lawsuit, fine, sanction, or other liability is brought against the Website Administration arising from the User’s actions, violation of these Terms, or violation of law, the User shall, to the extent permitted by law:
56.1. provide necessary explanations, documents, and assistance;
56.2. compensate the Website Administration for documented losses, expenses, and costs of professional legal assistance;
56.3. take reasonable measures to independently resolve the dispute where possible.
Amendment of Terms and Termination of Website Operation
57. The Website Administration has the right at any time to amend, update, or supplement these Terms.
58. A new version of the Terms shall enter into force from the moment of its publication on the Website unless otherwise expressly stated.
59. The Website Administration has the right at any time to modify, restrict, suspend, or terminate the operation of the Website, individual pages, sections, archives, materials, data, or functionalities without notice and without compensation, unless otherwise expressly required by law.
Governing Law and Disputes
60. These Terms are governed by the laws of Ukraine.
61. All disputes, claims, and demands related to the Website or these Terms shall be resolved in accordance with the applicable legislation of Ukraine and rules of mandatory jurisdiction and venue.
62. Submission of a pre-trial request through the Website’s contact channel is permitted but is not a mandatory condition for judicial protection unless otherwise expressly required by law.
Final Provisions
63. If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions.
64. Such provision shall be interpreted or replaced to the extent closest to its original purpose, but only within the limits permitted by law.
65. Failure by the Website Administration to exercise any right shall not constitute a waiver of such right.
66. The User confirms that they use the Website voluntarily, independently, at their own risk, and under their own responsibility.
67. Contact channels предусмотренные by these Terms are размещенные separately on the Website: [email protected].
68. This Agreement was updated on 10.07.2026 and enters into force from the moment of its publication on this page of the Website. From this date, all previous versions of the Website Terms of Use shall cease to have effect, shall not apply, shall not be used for interpretation of rights, obligations, or liability of the Website Administration, Users, or third parties, and shall not create any legal consequences for further use of the Website. The only valid and binding version is the one размещенные on this page of the Website.
