Novelmine User Service Agreement

Date of Last Update: Sep 11th, 2025

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) constitute a legally binding agreement between you and us. By accessing, using or registering for the Services, you confirm that you have read, understood and agreed to the Terms. You confirm that you have read and understood our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the Terms, you are not authorized to access or use the Services and you must cease all such use immediately. In addition to these Terms, you agree to abide by any supplemental policies and terms related to the Services as well as any other operating rules, policies and procedures that may be published from time to time on the Services, each of which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The Services are available to individuals age 13 and over (this age limit may be higher in some jurisdictions as set forth in the Supplemental Terms – Jurisdiction-Specific). Any access to or use of the Services by anyone under 13 or the age of majority where you reside is expressly prohibited. If you are between the ages of 13 or the age of majority where you reside, you must review these Terms with your parent or legal guardian to confirm that you and your parent or legal guardian understand and agree to them.

 

This End User Service Agreement (“Agreement”) is made by and between you and Zongheng Culture Inc.(“Zongheng” , “we” , or “us”). WHEREAS “Zongheng entities” includes Zongheng and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, employees, agents, partners and licensors;

 

WHEREAS Zongheng operates and maintains its literature platform, including the website www.novelmine.net , along with other related websites, networks, software, and applications (collectively, the “Platform”);

 

WHEREAS Zongheng through the Platform provide you online literature reading services (“Services”), including, but not limited to, literary works (such as fictions, short stories, essays, etc.), comics, animations, and other types of media. The literary works, functions and other services provided through the Platform and where the context permits, applications, and software downloaded from the Platform collectively constitute the “Services”;

 

WHEREAS by clicking “i accept” or by downloading, installing, or otherwise accessing or using the services or any content provided through the platform, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions and other related terms and conditions, including the privacy policy (together, the “Terms”);

 

WHEREAS Non-Author User Content includes messages, photos, video, images, folders, data, text, feedback, suggestions and comments regarding the Services, other types of works and what you have created and made on the Platform (collectively “User Content”);

 

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE NOT CONSIDERED, AND SHALL NOT PRESENT YOURSELF AS, AN AGENT, EMPLOYEE, JOINT VENTURER, INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS OR PARTNER OF ZONGHENG (OR ANY OF ITS RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, PUBLISHING PARTNERS, LICENSORS OR LICENSEES). NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE DEEMED TO PLACE THE PARTIES IN THE RELATIONSHIP OF EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE, INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, PRINCIPAL-AGENT, PARTNERS OR JOINT VENTURERS.

YOU MAY NOT ASSIGN OR TRANSFER THE TERMS, OR YOUR RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE TERMS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OPERATION OF LAW OR OTHERWISE, WITHOUT OUR PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT. WE MAY ASSIGN OUR RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE TERMS AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE OR CONSENT.

THE FAILURE TO REQUIRE PERFORMANCE OF ANY PROVISION WILL NOT AFFECT OUR RIGHT TO REQUIRE PERFORMANCE AT ANY OTHER TIME AFTER THAT, NOR WILL A WAIVER BY US OF ANY BREACH OR DEFAULT OF THE TERMS, OR ANY PROVISION OF THE TERMS, BE A WAIVER OF ANY SUBSEQUENT BREACH OR DEFAULT OR A WAIVER OF THE PROVISION ITSELF.

USE OF SECTION HEADERS IN THE TERMS IS FOR CONVENIENCE ONLY AND WILL NOT HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE INTERPRETATION OF ANY PROVISION.

IF ANY PART OF THE TERMS IS HELD TO BE INVALID OR UNENFORCEABLE, THE UNENFORCEABLE PART WILL BE GIVEN EFFECT TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, AND THE REMAINING PARTS WILL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.

ZONGHENG MAY AMEND OR MODIFY THE TERMS AT ANY TIME IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION. AMENDMENTS AND/OR MODIFICATIONS WILL BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AFTER PUBLISHING THEM ON THE WEBSITE OR OTHERWISE PROVIDING YOU A COPY THEREOF, AND YOU WAIVE ANY RIGHT YOU MAY HAVE TO RECEIVE SPECIFIC NOTICE OF SUCH AMENDMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS. WE WILL INDICATE AT THE TOP OF THIS AGREEMENT THE DATE IT WAS LAST UPDATED. YOU AGREE TO, AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR, CHECKING THE TERMS PERIODICALLY, AS THEY MAY BE AMENDED OR MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME. BY CONTINUING TO USE OUR SERVICES, YOU ARE SIGNIFYING YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF ANY REVISED OR UPDATED TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE AMENDED TERMS, YOU MUST STOP USING OUR SERVICE(S).

 

1. Platform and Services

The Platform and the Services are the valuable property of Zongheng and its licensors and are protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws and treaties. We and our licensors own all rights, titles, and interest in and to the Platform and Services, including all copyright and other Intellectual Property Rights in the Platform and Services. The Platform and any documentation on the Platform are provided to you solely in accordance with this Agreement and are licensed, not sold. This Agreement and the license rights provided to you hereunder do not transfer to you any title or ownership, interest in or to the Platform or the Service or any Intellectual Property Rights therein.

 

Proprietary Rights. The Services are owned and operated by us. Unless otherwise explicitly specified by us, all materials that are included in, or otherwise a part of, the Services, including past, present, and future versions, domain names, source and object code, the text, site design, logos, graphics and icons and all registered and unregistered intellectual property rights related to these  are owned, controlled and/or licensed by us.

 

Our Content is protected from unauthorized use, copying and dissemination by copyright, trademark, patent, and other laws, rules, regulations and treaties. Your use of the Services does not transfer to you any ownership or other rights in the Services or the Content. Any use of our Content not expressly authorized by these Terms is prohibited. Any unauthorized use of the materials appearing on the Services may violate copyright, trademark, patent, and other applicable laws, rules, regulations, and treaties, and could result in criminal or civil penalties.

 

Copyright. All texts, images, diagrams, sound, animation and video files as well as their arrangement are subject to copyright law and all other laws pertaining to the protection of intellectual property. The contents of this Platform must not be copied, changed, distributed or otherwise be made available to third parties either for trade purposes or for distribution. Other usage on other platforms is equally inadmissible.

 

You may download the contents of this Website solely for your personal, non-commercial, private use, provided that you regard all copyright, brand and other protective laws, especially by not deleting the respective information or making it otherwise inaccessible or illegible. All changes or the use of the contents of our Website for any other purpose is a violation of our rights and is expressly forbidden.

 

Trademarks.If not otherwise indicated, all trademarks mentioned are brands protected by us. This especially pertains to the brands. These brands are protected nationally and internationally and must neither be reproduced nor copied, changed or used in any other way without the express prior permission of us.

 

2. License

Subject to the Terms of this Agreement and the Terms that govern your use of the Services and your compliance with any rules of conduct, we hereby grant you a personal, limited, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, and non-exclusive license to use the Services provided by Zongheng through the Platform, for your own personal, non-commercial entertainment use. The preceding states the entirety of your rights with respect to the Services and the Platform, and we reserve all rights not expressly granted to you in this Agreement.

 

Without limiting the forgoing, you agree you will NOT do, or authorize or permit any third-party to do, any of the following:

- Use the Services for any illegal purpose or in violation of any local, state, national, or international law;

- Use the Services for any commercial or business purposes or for any purpose other than your own personal entertainment use;

- Violate any right of a third-party, including by infringing or misappropriating any third-party Intellectual Property Right;

- Include or contain any material that is exploitive, obscene, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, hateful, defamatory, sexually explicit or pornographic, violent, inflammatory, or discriminatory based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age or other such prohibited ground or be otherwise objectionable;

- Involve stalking, attempting to exploit any individual or harm minors in any way by exposing them to inappropriate content or otherwise nor ask for personal information.

-Include sending, knowingly receiving, uploading, downloading, using, or reusing any material that does not comply with the User Content and site content standards set out in these Terms.Involve, provide or contribute any false, inaccurate or misleading information;

- Modify copies of any materials from this site nor delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials. Any modification or use of any Content any other purpose is a violation of our copyrights and proprietary rights and is strictly prohibited.

- Interfere with security-related features of the Platform, including without limitation: (a) disabling or circumventing features that prevent or limit use or copying of any content; or (b) reverse engineering or otherwise attempting to discover the source code of any portion of the Platform or Services;

- Interfere with the operation of the Platform or any user’s enjoyment of the Services, including, without limitation: (a) uploading or otherwise disseminating any virus, adware, spyware, worm, or other malicious code; (b) making any unsolicited offer or advertisement to another user of the Service; (c) attempting to collect personal information about another user or third party without consent; or (d) interfering with or disrupting any network, equipment, or server connected to or used to provide the Service, or violating any regulation, policy, or procedure of any such network, equipment, or server;

- Perform any fraudulent activity including impersonating any person or entity, claiming a false affiliation, accessing any other Service account without permission, or falsifying your age or date of birth; or

- Attempt to perform any of the acts described in this section, or assist or permit any person in engaging in any of the acts described in this section.

 

3. Non-Author User Content

Certain features of the Services may permit you to upload new User Content to the Platform, and to publish User Content on the Platform. The Services may also permit you too upload literary works and other content as an Author; doing so requires your agreement to the Author Agreement [1] and is not covered by this Agreement.

 

3.1 Limited License Grant to Zongheng

By uploading or publishing Non-Author User Content onto the Platform, you grant Zongheng a worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, fully-paid right and license (with the right to sublicense) to host, store, transfer, display, perform, reproduce, transmit, broadcast, modify for the purpose of formatting for display, and distribute your User Content, in whole or in part, in any media formats, and through any media channels now known or hereafter developed.

You hereby further agree to assign to Zongheng all right, title, and interest in and to any and all User Content, , and do hereby assign to Zongheng all rights, improvement, materials, and information on the results of tests and evaluations of the Platform or Services regarding the performance, features, and functionality of the Platform or Services and any and all inventions regarding an improvement of, or other change or addition to, the Platform or Service formulated or produced, in whole or in part, as a result of your User Content or what you have created or made, and all Intellectual Property Rights embodied therein, or resulting from, such User Content. and you hereby agree to cooperate with Zongheng in connection with the protection thereof and shall execute such documents (such as further deeds of transfer and assignment), if any, as required by Zongheng to perfect its rights hereunder.

You agree that all User Content may be used by Zongheng to improve or enhance the Platform and Services and, accordingly, to the extent the foregoing assignments do not transfer any ownership, interest in or to the User Content and the results thereof to Zongheng, you hereby grant to Zongheng an exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, fully sublicensable, transferable, royalty free, worldwide right, and license to copy, reproduce, modify, create derivative works of, publicly perform, publicly display, distribute, market, offer for sale, sell, have sold, import, have imported, make, have made, use, have used, and commercially exploit the User Content and all of the information and contents of any and all such User Content without restriction.

 

3.2 Limited License Grant to Other Users

By uploading or sharing User Content with other users of the Services, you grant those users a non-exclusive license to access and use such User Content, as permitted by these Terms and the functionality of the Service.

Representations and Warranties

You are solely responsible for any User Content that you upload or publish onto the Platform, and you are responsible for the consequences of posting or publishing such User Content. By posting or publishing User Content, you represent and warrant that:

- You are the creator or owner of the User Content, or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to authorize Zongheng and users of the Service to use and distribute your User Content as necessary to exercise the licenses granted by you in this section, in the manner contemplated by Zongheng, the Service, and these Terms; and

- Your User Content, and the use of your User Content as contemplated by these Terms, does not and will not: (i) infringe, violate, or misappropriate any third-party right, including any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, moral right, privacy right, right of publicity, or any other intellectual property or proprietary right; (ii) slander, defame, libel, or invade the right of privacy, publicity or other property rights of any other person; or (iii) cause Zongheng to violate any law or regulation.

 

4. Accounts and Registration

 

To access the Services, you must register for an account through the Platform. By agreeing to these Terms, you represent and warrant to us that: (a) you are at least thirteen (13) years of age; (b) you have not previously been suspended or removed from the Services; and (c) your registration and your use of the Services is in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. If you are under 18, you should have first obtained your parent’s or guardian’s permission before the registration of an account on the Platform.

 

If you are using the Services on behalf of an entity, organization, or company, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that organization to these Terms and you agree to be bound by these Terms on behalf of that organization.When you register for an account, you may be required to provide us with your personal information , such as your email address or other contact information. You agree that the information you provide to us is accurate and that you will keep it accurate and up-to-date at all times. When you register, you will be asked to set up a password for your account. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password, and you accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account.

 

You may register for and login to Platform using login functionalities provided by third-party platforms, such as Google,Facebook,Apple. In addition to the Terms, you agree to comply with the relevant third-party platform’s terms of service applicable to your use of such functionalities.You agree not to use the account, username, or password of another user at any time, nor to knowingly or recklessly disclose the password of the third-party login functionality you use to any third-party. You may delete your account at any time.If you have reason to believe that your account is no longer secure, may also request us to terminate your account at any time by email at support@novelmine.net.

 

5. Purchase and Payment

 

Zongheng may charge for certain Services under certain rates displayed on the Platform. Before you pay any fees, you must review the fee policy and method on the Platform, then accept the fees that you will be charged. If your payment is not successfully made, due to reasons such as invalid payment details, insufficient funds, or otherwise, we may suspend your access to the Premium Services until we receive your payment of the relevant Subscription Fees. You agree that you will be responsible for any outstanding amounts that remain unpaid. The service provider of the payment method you select (such as Apple, Google ,collectively, “Payment Service Providers”) may charge you certain fees, such as foreign transaction fees or other fees relating to the processing of your payment. Please contact the relevant Payment Service Provider(s) for details. The Payment Service Provider(s), rather than us, provide the relevant payment services to you in connection with your payment of the Subscription Fees. You may be subject to additional terms and conditions of the relevant Payment Service Provider for the payment services.All fees are in U.S. dollars and are non-refundable.

We may change the price of Subscription Fees including by adding additional fees or charge from time to time. We will notify any such changes to you in advance (e.g., by way of pop-up, push notification or in-App message). Unless otherwise stated in the price change notification, the modified price will take effect on and from the subscription term following your then current subscription term during which the price change is notified. If you do not accept the changes, Zongheng may discontinue the Service to you. Zongheng will charge the payment at the rate in effect at the time of purchase. You authorize Zongheng to charge all sums as described in these Terms, for the Service you select.

Unless otherwise required by applicable law or the refund policy of Apple or Google (as applicable), your payment of Subscription Fees for the Premium Services is non-refundable.

 

6. Infringement Notification

If you have an intellectual property rights-related complaint about any documentation uploaded and published on the Platform, you may contact us at the following email address:

Email: support@novelmine.net
Subject: ATTN: Legal Department (Copyright Notification)
Any notice alleging that documentation hosted by, or distributed through, the Platform infringe
Intellectual Property Rights must include the following information:
- A description of the copyright-protected work or other Intellectual Property RightS that you claim has been infringed;
- A description of the documentation that you claim is infringing and where it is located on the Platform;
- A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the use of said documentation on the Platform is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
- A statement by you that the above information in your notice is accurate and that, under penalty of perjury, you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner's behalf;
- An electronic or physical signature of the owner of the copyright or other right being infringed, if you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner; and
- Your address, telephone number, and email address.

 

7. Third-Party Services and Linked Websites

Zongheng may provide tools through the Platform that enable you to export information, including User Content, to third-party services, including through features that allow you to link your account on Zongheng with an account on any third-party service, such as Facebook, or through our of third-party buttons (such as “like” or “share” buttons). By using one of these tools, you agree that we may transfer that information to the applicable third-party service. Third-party services are not under our control, and we are not responsible for any third-party service’s use of your exported information. The Service may also contain links to third-party websites. Linked websites are not under our control, and we are not responsible for their content.

 

8.Termination

 

This Agreement begins on the day you agree to these terms and conditions and continues in effect up until it is terminated by you or Zongheng.

 

You may terminate your account at any time by contacting customer service at [support@novelmine.net]. If you terminate your account, you remain obligated to pay all outstanding fees, if any, incurred prior to termination relating to your use of the Services. If you violate any provision of these Terms, your permission from us to use the Service will terminate automatically.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Zongheng may: (i) terminate this Agreement at any time, solely within its discretion, (ii) discontinue or terminate your user account on the Service(s) or suspend or deny your access to the Service(s) at any time for any reason or no reason, with or without notice to you, (iii)Remove or refuse to post any User Content for any or no reason in our sole discretion, (iiii) within its sole discretion, immediately terminate this Agreement and deny you access to the Platform or Services, and/or your account(s) at any time without notice if: (a) you breach any provision of this Agreement; (b) you infringe any third party Intellectual Property Rights; (c) Zongheng is unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide to Zongheng; (d) you fail to promptly pay amounts due Zongheng from you; or (f) you violate the Privacy Policy, or any rules or codes of conduct set forth on the Platform. (g)in response to valid requests by law enforcement or other government agencies.We will have no liability whatsoever on account of any change to the Services or any suspension or termination of your access to or use of the Services.

 

9. Disclaimers and Consents

 

THE SERVICE(S) AND ALL CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH THE PLATFORM ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND ON AN “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. ZONGHENG ENTITIESDISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, RELATING TO THE SERVICES AND ALL CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH THE PLATFORM, INCLUDING: (A) ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT; AND (B) ANY WARRANTY ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE, OR TRADE. THE ZONGHENG ENTITIES DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES OR ANY PORTION OF THE SERVICES, OR ANY CONTENT PROVIDED THROUGH THE PLATFORM, WILL BE PUNCTUAL, UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR FREE OF ERRORS, VIRUSES, OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, AND DO NOT WARRANT THAT ANY OF THOSE ISSUES WILL BE CORRECTED.

 

NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM THE SERVICES OR ANY CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH THE PLATFORM WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY REGARDING ANY OF THE ZONGHENG ENTITIES OR THE SERVICES THAT IS NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS. YOU ASSUME ALL RISK FOR ANY DAMAGE THAT MAY RESULT FROM YOUR USE OF OR ACCESS TO THE SERVICES, YOUR INTERACTION WITH ANY OTHER SERVICE USER, AND ANY CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH THE PLATFORM. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOU USE THE SERVICES, AND USE, ACCESS, DOWNLOAD, OR OTHERWISE OBTAIN CONTENT THROUGH THE PLATFORM AND ANY ASSOCIATED SITES OR SERVICES, AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND THAT YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR PROPERTY (INCLUDING YOUR COMPUTER OR MOBILE DEVICE USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICE), OR THE LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR THE DOWNLOAD OR USE OF THAT MATERIAL OR CONTENT.

 

THE PLATFORM MAY CONTAIN LINKS OR EMBEDDED MATERIAL TO THIRD PARTY CONTENT, WHICH PLANTFORM HAS NOT REVIEWED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, OTHER WEBSITES AND THIRD PARTY SERVICES, FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF VISITORS, ADVERTISING PURPOSES, OR FOR OTHER SIMILAR FUNCTIONS RELATED TO PLANTFORM’S BUSINESS. PLANTFORM LINKING OR EMBEDDING TO THIRD PARTY CONTENT DOES NOT IMPLY AN ADVERTISEMENT OR ENDORSEMENT OF ANY GOOD, SERVICE, PRODUCT, OR OTHERWISE, PROVIDED BY SUCH THIRD PARTY. PLANTFORM IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY THIRD PARTY CONTENT LINKED OR EMBEDDED TO OR FROM THE PLATFORM AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY THIRD PARTY CONTENT, THE ACCURACY OF ANY INFORMATION FOUND ON ANY THIRD PARTY WEBSITE, OR THE QUALITY OF PRODUCTS OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY OR ADVERTISED ON SUCH THIRD PARTY WEBSITE.

 

SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY PROHIBIT A DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND YOU MAY HAVE OTHER RIGHTS THAT VARY FROM JURISDICTION TO JURISDICTION

 

10. INDEMNITY

 

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Zongheng, its parents, subsidiaries, and affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors (each an "Indemnified Party") harmless from and against any and all direct and indirect losses, claims, liabilities, expenses and costs, including, but not limited to, attorneys' fees and expenses, which may be sufferent or incurred by an Indemnified Party or asserted against an Indemnified Party, arising out or connected with your breach of these Term or any user of your accounts. You will assist and co-operate as fully as reasonably required by an Indemnified Party in the defence of any such claim or demands. The disclaimer, liability exclusion, liability limitation, release, and indemnity provisions in these Terms survive indefinitely after the termination of these Terms.

 

11. Limitation of Liability

 

IN NO EVENT WILL THE ZONGHENG ENTITIES BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, DATA OR ANY OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSS) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF, OR YOUR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE, THE SERVICES OR ANY CONTENT ON THE PLATFORM, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STATUTE, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT ANY ZONGHENG ENTITY HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE.

IN NO EVENT SHALL ZONGHENG’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU UNDER THIS AGREEMENT EXCEED FIFTY US DOLLARS ($50.00 USD).

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

EACH PROVISION OF THIS SECTION THAT PROVIDES FOR A LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES, OR EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES IS INTENDED TO AND DOES ALLOCATE THE RISKS BETWEEN THE PARTIES UNDER THESE TERMS. THIS ALLOCATION IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN THE PARTIES HERETO. EACH OF THESE PROVISIONS IS SEVERABLE AND INDEPENDENT OF ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF THESE TERMS. THE LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION WILL APPLY EVEN IF ANY LIMITED REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

 

12. Compliance with Law

 

You shall comply with all applicable laws regarding your use of the Services. Without limiting the foregoing, you may not download, use, or otherwise export or re-export the Services or any content on the Platform except in full compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, including, without limitation, the laws of the United States.

 

13. Consent to Electronic Communications

 

By using the Services, you consent to receiving certain electronic communications from us as further described in our Privacy Policy. Please read our Privacy Policy to learn more about our electronic communications practices. You agree that any notices, agreements, disclosures, or other communications that we send to you electronically will satisfy any legal communication requirements, including that those communications be in writing.

 

14. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

 

This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Washington, without regard to any conflict of law principles to the contrary. You hereby irrevocably consent to jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Seattle, Washington with respect to any proceeding regarding this Agreement.

 

You will not prosecute any action, suit, proceeding, or claim arising under or by reason of this Agreement except in such courts. The U.N. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods or any successor thereto is expressly disclaimed and does not apply to this Agreement.

 

15. Remedies

You agree that your obligations and representations, and the license limitations, stated herein, are necessary and reasonable in order to protect Zongheng, its business, and its licensors, and you expressly agree that monetary damages would be inadequate to compensate Zongheng fully for any breach of this Agreement, or for any misrepresentation made by you above. Accordingly, you agree and acknowledge that any such violation or threatened violation will cause irreparable injury to Zongheng and that, in addition to any other remedies that may be available, in law, in equity or otherwise, Zongheng shall be entitled to obtain injunctive relief against the breach or threatened breach of this Agreement, or the continuation of any such breach by you, or to remedy any misrepresentation made by you, without the necessity of proving the inadequacy of any legal remedy or monetary damages, and without the need to post any bond.

 

16. Changes and Modification

We may modify the Terms from time to time ("Updated Terms"), We may amend these Terms from time to time, to reflect changes to applicable laws, regulations, standards, industry codes or other instruments of a similar nature, or to reflect changes, updates or new features to the Platform and/or Services. 

We will use commercially reasonable efforts to notify you of any material changes to these Terms, such as through a notice on our Platform or a push notification.As you are not allowed to use the Services if you do not agree to follow these Terms, if you continue to access or use the Services after we have posted the Updated Terms, we will consider that you accept and agree to be bound by the Updated Terms. If you do not agree to the Updated Terms, you must stop accessing or using the Services and close your account (if applicable)

 

17. Contact us

If you have any questions concerning the Services or these Terms, please contact us via email: support@novelmine.net

Privacy Policy

Date of Last Update: Sep.11th, 2025

 

PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY (“POLICY”) CAREFULLY. SUBJECT TO ZONGHENG END USER SERVICE AGREEMENT, THE POLICY DESCRIBES DETAILS ABOUT HOW WE COLLECT, USE AND DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION. IF YOU ARE UNDER 18, DO NOT PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION UNLESS YOU HAVE FIRST OBTAINED YOUR PARENT’S OR GUARDIAN’S PERMISSION. If you do not agree with this policy, you should not use the Platform.

 

Thank you for reading our Policy and visiting the website www.novelmine.net, along with other related websites, networks, applications (collectively, the “Platform”). Zongheng Culture Inc. (“Zongheng”, “we,” or “us”), uses and maintains this Policy that summarizes when and how your personal information is collected, used, protected and disclosed in connection with your use of the Service(s) (defined below) on the Platform. The literature works, features, functions, and other services provided through the Platform, and where the context permits, software and applications downloaded from the Platform, collectively constitute the “Service(s)”.For the purposes of this policy, unless the context otherwise requires, “you” and “your” means you, the user of the Services, and “information” means information which we collect about you or which is provided to us by you, including your personal data.

 

Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under this Privacy Policy without your explicit consent. We will post any privacy policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice (including, for certain services, email notification of privacy policy changes).

 

Please note that Supplemental Terms – Jurisdiction-Specific at the end of this policy may apply to you depending on the jurisdiction from which you are accessing our services and using the Platform, which are deemed to be incorporated into this policy by reference.

 

1. Personal Information We Collect through the Platform

 

(1) Active Collection

Personal information may be collected in a number of ways when you visit or use our Service(s). We may collect information about you, including your nickname,age gender, your date of birth, email address,  mailing address, phone number, profile photo,geographic area and other contact and demographic information [2] when you register and set up an account. 

When you make a purchase, we may also collect your credit card or other payment or billing information ,such as third-party payment information (where required for the purpose of payment). Personal and demographic information may also be collected if you provide such information in connection with creating a profile or group, leaving comments, posting content, sending an email or message to another user or participating in any interactive chat rooms, forums, social media platform or other features on the Platform.,
If you provide feedback or contact us, or otherwise provide information voluntarily to us, our employees, or our contractors, the data will be collected by us as well.

In addition, from time to time we may collect demographic, contact or other personal information you provide in connection with your voluntary participation in surveys, contests, promotional offers and for other activities. You can access certain portion of our Service(s) without providing us with any personal information. However, you will not be able to utilize certain features that require registration or receive materials unless certain information is provided. From time to time we may change the information requested upon registration or with respect to certain features or Service(s), so this may not be a complete list.

 

(2) Log Files

When you use the Service(s), some information is also automatically collected, such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address, your operating system, the browser or mobile device type and language, access times, the address of a referring website, and your activity on the Platform. We also use website analytics tools on our Platform to retrieve information from your browser or mobile device, including the site you came from, the search engine(s) and the keywords you used to find our Platform or Service(s), the pages you view within the Platform, your browser add-ons, and your browser’s width and height and other information that assists us in improving the Service(s). We also deliver advertisements and provide website analytics tools on non-Zongheng sites and Service(s), and we collect information about page views on these third party sites as well. We treat this information as personal information if we combine it with or link it to any of the identifying information mentioned above.

 

(3) Cookies and Web Beacons

When you use the Service(s), we may send one or more cookies – small text files containing a string of alphanumeric characters – to your device. Cookies are small data files that are stored on a user’s hard drive at the request of a website or the Service(s) to enable the Website or the Service(s) to recognize users who have previously visited them and retain certain information such as customer preferences and history. We may use both session cookies and persistent cookies. A session cookie disappears after you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser and may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the Service(s). Please review your web browser “Help" file to learn the proper way to modify your cookie settings.

Please note that if you delete, or choose not to accept, cookies from the Service(s), you may not be able to utilize the features of the Service(s) to their full potential. We may use third party cookies on our Platform as well to collect and process certain analytics data. We currently do not respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals. We may adopt a DNT standard if one is established. In the meantime, you may opt out of certain types of tracking, including certain analytics and tailored advertising by changing your cookie settings. We may also automatically record certain information from your device by using various types of technology, including “clear gifs" or “web beacons.” Clear gifs (also known as web bugs or web beacons) are small, invisible graphic images that may be used on a website or Service(s) or in emails relating to the website or Service(s) to collect certain information and monitor user activity on the website or Service(s). This automatically collected information may include your IP address or other device address or ID, web browser and/or device type, the web pages or sites that you visit just before or just after you use the Service(s), the pages or other content you view or otherwise interact with on the Platform, and the dates and times that you visit, access, or use the Service(s). We also may use these technologies to collect information regarding your interaction with email messages, such as whether you opened, clicked on, or forwarded a message. This information is gathered from all users, and may be connected with other information about you.

We may display third-party content on the Platform, including third-party advertising. Third-party content may use cookies, web beacons, or other mechanisms for obtaining data in connection with your viewing of the third party content on the Platform. Information collected through third-party web beacons and buttons is collected directly by these third parties, not by Zongheng. Information collected by a third party in this manner is subject to that third party’s own data collection, use, protection and disclosure policies.

 

(4) Location Data

 

We may obtain information from third parties and sources other than the Service(s), such as our partners and advertisers.

information from Third Parties.

You may choose to share certain data with us from third parties or through your use of the Platform, we may collect such third party data. We have set out further detail on the information we receive from third parties below:

Social Networks. If you connect a social network account to the Platform, we will collect information from the social network that it makes available, which may depend on your use and settings on the social network.

Business Partners. If you choose to register to use the Platform using your social network account details (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google), you will provide us or allow your social network to provide us with your username and

Public Profile. We will likewise share certain information with the relevant social network such as your app ID, access token and the referring URL.

Advertisers and Advertising Networks. We use the information collected from you, and your interaction with the Platform and other third party sites, to infer your likely interests to provide you with more relevant advertising

 

(5) Device Identifiers

 

We automatically collect certain information from you when you use the Platform including when you are using the App without an account. Such information includes:
Identifiers and device information. We automatically log your IP address, mobile carrier, time zone settings, device identifiers including mobile advertising IDs, and the version of the app you are using. We will also collect information regarding the device you are using to access the Platform such as the model of your device, the device system, network type, device ID, your screen resolution and operating system.
Usage data. We automatically log your activity on the Platform, including the content you view on the Platform, how long you spent viewing such content,
access times, the URL of the website from which you came to our site, and other details about your use of and actions on the Platform.
Customer support information. We may collect details of your interactions with our customer service, such as the date, time and reason for contacting us, transcripts of any chat conversations.
Where you log-in from multiple devices, we will be able to use your profile information to identify your activity across devices.

(6) Information from Third Parties.Other Sources

We infer new information from other data we collect, including using automated means to generate information about your likely preferences or other characteristics(“inferences”). We infer your general geographic location (such as city, state, and country) based on your IP address, system region, Mobile Country Code, Mobile Network Code, and mobile carrier information.

 

2. How We Use the Personal Information We Collect

 

In general, we use personal information we collect to process your requests or transactions, to provide you with information or Service(s) you request, to inform you about other information, events, promotions, products or Service(s) we think will be of interest to you, to facilitate your use of, and our administration and operation of, the Service(s), to better understand the needs of our visitors, and for the purpose for which the information was provided. For example, we may use the information we collect:

•    to send you a welcoming email and to contact you about your use of the Service(s);

•    to provide the Service(s), products or information you request and to process any transactions in connection therewith;

•    to permit you to interact with other members of the Service(s) on our forum, chat, social media or other similar features;

•    to provide technical support, customer Service(s) and ensure the continued smooth operation of our Service(s);

•    for recruitment purposes, and if you are offered a job or become employed by us, or for other employment-related purposes;

•    to respond to your emails, submissions, comments, requests or complaints;

•    to analyze user characteristics and usage patterns in order to better understand how our products and Service(s) are used and market them more effectively;

•    to display content and advertising that are customized to your interests and preferences;

•    to analyze user characteristics and usage patterns in order to better understand how our products and Service(s) are used and market them more effectively;

•    to display content and advertising that are customized to your interests and preferences;

•    to send you newsletters, surveys, contest and sweepstakes announcements and to notify contest and sweepstakes winners;

•    to request feedback, perform research and analysis and to enable us to operate, develop, customize and improve the Service(s) and our publications, products and Service(s);

•    to contact you about our or a third party’s Service(s), products, activities, promotions, special events or offers and for other marketing, informational, product development and promotional purposes; and

•    to prevent or investigate actual or suspected fraud, hacking, infringement, or other misconduct involving the Service(s) or any of our products and Service(s).

In order to offer you more consistent and personalized experience in your interactions with us, information collected through one offering or portion of the Service(s) may be combined with information obtained through other offerings or portions of the Service(s). We may also supplement the information we collect with information obtained from other companies. For example, we may use Service(s) from other companies that enable us to derive a general geographic area based on IP address in order to customize certain Service(s) to your geographic area.

 

3. How we share your informationWhen We Disclose or Share Personal Information

Unless otherwise described elsewhere in this Policy, we will not disclose, share, sell or trade any personal information about you that we collect on the Platform to third parties. We may disclose or share your personal information to third parties in or outside your country if you consent to us doing so, as well as in the following circumstances:

•    Any information that you voluntarily choose to include in a publicly accessible area of the Service(s) will be available to anyone who has access to that content, including other users.

•    We work with third party service providers to provide website, application development, hosting, maintenance, and other service(s) for us. These third parties may have access to or process information about you as part of providing those service(s) for us. Generally, we limit the information provided to these providers to the extent is reasonably necessary for them to perform their functions, and we require them to agree to maintain the confidentiality of such information.

•    We may disclose information about you if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with state and federal laws, in response to a court order, judicial or other government subpoena or warrant, or to otherwise cooperate with law enforcement or other governmental agencies.

•    We also reserve the right to disclose information about you that we believe, in good faith, is appropriate or necessary to: (i) take precautions against liability; (ii) protect ourselves or others from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful uses or activity; (iii) investigate and defend ourselves against any third-party claims or allegations; (iv) protect the security or integrity of the Service(s) and any facilities or equipment used to make the Service(s) available; or (v) protect our property or other legal rights (including, but not limited to, enforcement of our agreements), or the rights, property, or safety of others.

•    Information about our users may be disclosed and otherwise transferred to an acquirer, successor, or assignee as part of any merger, acquisition, debt financing, sale of assets, or similar transaction, or in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership in which information is transferred to one or more third parties as one of our business assets.

•    We may make certain aggregated, automatically-collected, or otherwise non-personal information available to third parties for various purposes, including: (i) compliance with various reporting obligations; (ii) for business or marketing purposes; or (iii) to assist such parties in understanding our users’ interests, habits, and usage patterns for certain programs, content, Service(s), advertisements, promotions, and/or functionality available through the Service(s).

•    We will not share your personal information with other individuals or organizations without your permission.

 

4. Your Choices

Zongheng may give you certain options to control the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information. In such cases, you may decline to provide or share certain information with us, in which case we may not be able to provide to you some of the features and functionality of the Service(s). You may update, correct, or delete your account information and preferences at any time by accessing your account preferences page on the Service(s). If you wish to access or amend any other personal information we hold about you, you may contact us at [support@novelmine.net]. Please note that while any changes you make will be reflected in active user databases within a reasonable period of time, we may retain all information you submit for backups, archiving, prevention of fraud and abuse, analytics, satisfaction of legal obligations, or where we otherwise reasonably believe that we have a legitimate reason to do so.

If you receive commercial email from us, you may unsubscribe at any time by following the instructions contained within the email. You may also opt out from receiving commercial email from us by sending your request to us by email at [support@novelmine.net] or by writing to us at the address given at the end of this policy. We may allow you to view and modify settings relating to the nature and frequency of promotional communications that you receive from us in user account functionality on the Service(s).

Please be aware that if you opt out of receiving commercial email from us or otherwise modify the nature or frequency of promotional communications you receive from us, it may take up to fifteen (15) business days for us to process your request, and you may continue receiving promotional communications from us during that period. Additionally, even after you opt out from receiving commercial messages from us, you will continue to receive administrative messages from us regarding the Service(s).

 

5. Third-Party Service(s)

The Service(s) may contain features or links to websites and Service(s) provided by third parties. Any information you provide on third-party sites or Service(s) is provided directly to the operators of such Service(s) and is subject to those operators’ policies, if any, governing privacy and security, even if accessed through the Service(s). We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of third-party sites or Service(s) to which links or access are provided through the Service(s). We encourage you to learn about third parties’ privacy and security policies before providing them with information.

 

6. Children’s Privacy

Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. Our Site is a general audience site not directed to children under the age of 13. If you are  between 13 and 18 years old, you must read and accepet this policy under the name of your parent(s) or guardian(s). Further, you represent and warrant that you have obtained consent from your parent(s) or legal guardian(s) unless you indicate otherwise.We do not actively collect personal information from children under the age of 13.If we discover that we have inadvertently collected information from children under 13, we will delete the child’s information from our systems as soon as possible. If you become aware that personal information about a person under 13 has been provided to us, please immediately contact us through support@novelmine.net

 

7. Data Security

The security of your personal information is important to us. We follow generally accepted standards to use certain physical, managerial, and technical safeguards that are designed to improve the integrity and security of your personal information that we collect and maintain. Please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. We cannot and do not guarantee absolute security. If you have any questions about security on our Platform, you can contact us at support@novelmine.net

 

8. The security of your personal data

We take reasonable and appropriate technical and organizational measures to help protect personal data from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure and we cannot guarantee the security of your information transmitted via the Platform; any transmission is at your own risk.To help us protect personal data, we request that you use a strong password and never share your password with anyone or use the same password with other sites or accounts.

9. How long we keep your personal data

We retain your information for as long as it is necessary to provide you with the service or fulfill the transactions you have requested or authorized. Where we do not need your information in order to provide the service to you, we retain it only for so long as we have a legitimate business purpose in keeping such data, including to comply with our legal obligations, enforce our agreements, resolve disputes, and as necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims. After you have deleted your account, we may retain certain information in an aggregated and anonymised format

10. Where we store your personal dataInternational Users

Zongheng is a United States based company. By using our Services and providing us with information, you are consenting to the transferring, storing and processing of your information on computers located in the United States of America in the manner described in this Policy. You acknowledge and understand that the laws regarding personal information in the United States may be less stringent than the laws of your country or region and may not offer the same protections or rights as those laws. If you object to your personal information being transferred or used as described in this Policy, please do not use this Service.

The information that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, adestination outside of your country. It may also be processed by staff operating outside your country who work for us, for one of our suppliers or one of our business partners.By submitting your information, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with this policy and applicable law.

Location of Processing European Personal Data. We transfer personal data to other countries, some of which have notbeen determined by the European Commission to have an adequate level of dataprotection. When we do so, we use a variety of legal mechanisms, including contracts,to help ensure your rights and protections. To learn more about the European Commission’s decisions on the adequacy of personal data protections,please visit:https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data[1]protection/adequacy-decisions_en

 

11. Your California rights

Under California law, users who are California residents are entitled to request and obtain annually information about the personal information we have shared, if any, with other businesses for their own direct marketing during the prior calendar year. Alternatively, the law provides that if we have a privacy policy that either allows you to opt-out or opt-in to the use of your personal information by third parties for marketing purposes, we may instead provide you with information on how to exercise your disclosure choice options. We follow this alternative, as we do not share your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes unless you opt-in to such sharing at the point at which such information is collected.If you are a California resident and the processing of personal information about you is subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), you have certain rights with respect to that information.You have a right to request that we disclose to you the personal information we have collected about you and to receive additional information about our collection, use,disclosure, or sale of such personal information. You also have a right to request that we delete personal information under certain circumstances, subject to a number of exceptions. To make such requests, please contact us at the email address provided at the bottom of this policy. Further, to provide or delete specific pieces of personal information we will need to verify your identity to the degree of certainty required by law. If you have an account, we will verify your request by asking you to send it from the email address associated with your account or to provide information necessary to verify your account.

Note that we do not “sell” personal information as defined by the CCPA.You may designate, in writing or through a power of attorney, an authorized agent to make requests on your behalf to exercise your rights under the CCPA. Before accepting such a request from an agent, we will require the agent to provide proof you have authorized it to act on your behalf, and we may need you to verify your identity directly with us.

Finally, you have a right to not be discriminated against for exercising these rights set out in the CCPA.

 

12. EUROPEAN DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS

If the processing of personal data about you is subject to European Union data

protection law, you have certain rights with respect to that data:You can request access to, and rectification or erasure of, personal data;If any automated processing of personal data is based on your consent or a contract with you, you have a right to transfer or receive a copy of the personal data in a usable and portable format; If the processing of personal data is based on your consent, you can withdrawconsent at any time for future processing;You can to object to, or obtain a restriction of, the processing of personal data under certain circumstances;and For residents of France, you can send us specific instructions regarding the use of your data after your death. To make such requests, contact us at the email address provided at the bottom of this policy. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, but we encourage you to first contact us with any questions or concerns.

We rely on different lawful bases for collecting and processing personal data about you,for example, with your consent and/or as necessary to provide the products you use,operate our business, meet our contractual and legal obligations, protect the security ofour systems and our customers, or fulfill other legitimate interests.

 

13. Complaints

In the event that you wish to make a complaint about how we process your personal data, please contact us in the first instance at [support@novelmine.net] and we will endeavor to deal with your request as soon as possible. This is without prejudice to your right to launch a claim with your data protection authority or follow the dispute resolution process provided in the Terms of Service.

14. Changes

We will generally notify all users of any material changes to this policy, through a notice provided via the Platform. However, you should look at this policy regularly to check for any changes. We will also update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy, which reflects the effective date of such policy. Your continued access to or use of the Platform after the date of the updated policy constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy. If you do not agree to the updated policy, you must stop accessing or using the Platform.

15. How to Contact Us

Please contact us with any questions or comments about this Policy, information we have collected or otherwise obtained about you, our use and disclosure practices, or your consent choices by email  at [support@novelmine.net]
Zongheng
Attn: Privacy Policy Request
Please note that certain types of personal information that is necessary to check eligibility, such as birth date or age, cannot be deleted unless you close your Account. However, such information may be modified with sufficient verification of the new information. Note that the deletion of your data may lead to the termination of your account and applicable services.
To have access to your personal information, you must provide sufficient proof of identification as we request, and we reserve the right to deny access to any user if we believe there is a question about your identity. We will respond to all access requests within 30 days.
Moreover, we reserve the right to retain your information in our files if we believe it is necessary or advisable to resolve disputes, enforce the Zongheng End User License Agreement, and for technical and legal requirements and constraints related to the Service.