中文｜会员服务条款
版本 V1.3
本文件适用于 Alice PLSC Insights 网站的会员申请、账号使用和专业内容访问。网站承担申请审核、会员管理及内容交付功能。
一、适用范围与接受条款
本条款适用于申请、获准注册或使用 Alice PLSC Insights（下称“平台”）会员服务的用户。申请人应在提交申请前阅读本条款，并通过独立勾选方式确认同意。提交申请不代表平台承诺接受申请或立即开通会员。平台可根据合理、合法的审核标准决定是否批准申请。
二、会员服务与内容性质
平台提供采购、物流、供应链及相关商业领域的研究观察、专业评论、框架、方法、工具和其他知识内容。平台的专业观察与分析主要结合三个方面：对北美商业环境及国际市场变化的持续观察、CIPS采购专业知识体系，以及多年中国企业采购培训与咨询实践。平台力求在信息梳理之外，解释变化背后的商业逻辑、专业关联与实践意义，为会员理解行业变化、拓展专业认知及形成独立判断提供参考。上述内容体现平台的研究视角与编辑方向，不构成对分析结论、决策效果或特定商业成果的保证。内容由平台自主选择、编辑、维护和更新；除另有明确约定外，不承诺固定每日、每周更新篇数或特定经营成果。内容属于一般专业信息与认知参考，不构成针对特定会员的法律、财务、投资或专项经营咨询。会员应自行判断其适用性。
三、账号、会员期限与访问范围
会员申请经审核批准并由平台确认开通后，获得约定的会员访问权限。标准会员有效期为自实际开通之日起一年，除另有明确约定外不自动续期。一个会员账号原则上仅供一名指定使用者使用，不得共享、转让、出租或出售。企业可为不同人员申请多个独立账号；组织范围的分发、培训、知识库使用或集中授权须另行获得书面许可。会员可访问的受限内容以其有效会员期间发布且获授权的内容为原则；续期或重新开通后，曾在其既往有效会员期间发布并获授权的内容可恢复访问，非有效期间发布的受限内容不自动补授。会员服务期届满后，会员仍可在该服务期结束之日起五年内，以原账号阅读其实际获授权服务期间首次发布的会员专属内容；未购买或未获授权期间首次发布的受限内容不自动开放。历史阅读权以平台持续运营、内容依法可提供及账号遵守本条款为前提，不构成永久服务承诺。会员独立形成的心得、经验和工作成果不因此受到限制；未经授权留存或传播的受保护内容仍受本条款约束。公开内容不受会员期限限制。会员应妥善保管账号凭证，发现疑似盗用或异常访问时及时通知平台。
四、知识产权归属
公开事实、新闻信息及第三方材料的权利仍归各合法权利人。平台或相关作者对其原创文字、评论、研究分析、具有独创性的框架、图表、工具表达、内容选择与编排等依法享有相应权利。本条款仅授予有限使用许可，不转让任何知识产权。
五、允许的使用
在会员权限有效且符合适用法律的前提下，会员可为本人学习、研究和工作参考阅读授权内容，制作私人笔记，并用自己的语言讨论所学认识。会员可以将通过学习获得的知识、方法和专业认识应用于自身工作和业务判断，但不因此取得复制、传播或商业化利用平台受保护的具体文章、图表、模板及其他知识成果的权利。适用法律允许的合理引用、合理使用或其他法定例外不受本条款不当限制；少量引用时应尽可能清楚标明 Alice PLSC Insights、作者和来源，不得以连续或系统性引用替代对原作品的授权。企业内部多人传播、集中培训、上传内部共享知识库或其他超出单一账号许可的使用，应事先取得平台授权。
六、禁止的使用
未经平台或相关权利人事先明确授权，会员不得：（1）复制、转载、转发或公开展示完整内容、实质性部分或连续多期内容；（2）批量截图、录屏、下载、抓取、印制或建立内容数据库；（3）将受保护的文章、框架、图表、工具模板等上传至公开网站、社交群组、共享网盘、企业共享知识库或可被第三方访问的 AI 系统；（4）将受保护内容用于模型训练、第三方再分发、对外培训、收费咨询或商业产品；（5）出售、转授权、交换或共享账号；（6）移除来源标识、冒充原创或规避技术访问限制。会员使用自己独立形成的心得、观点和工作问题借助 AI 工具，不因本条款受到禁止；上述限制亦不排除适用法律强制允许的行为。
七、平台义务与服务维护
平台应在会员有效期内提供与约定权限相符的合理访问服务，并以合理努力维护平台运行、处理已知的重要内容错误和会员合理反馈。平台可基于事实更正、信息过时、第三方权利争议或其他合理编辑原因更新、更正或撤回内容，并在合理可行范围内作出说明。因维护、网络中断、不可抗力或必要的编辑调整导致暂时不可用时，平台将采取合理措施恢复服务；发生重大、持续的服务中断时，依适用法律及具体情况提供适当补救。平台可在不实质降低已承诺核心权益的前提下调整栏目、界面或交付方式。
八、违规处理与责任
如有合理依据认为账号存在未经授权传播、共享或其他重大违反本条款的行为，平台可在适当情况下要求停止行为、删除未经授权的复制件、核实情况，并采取合理且相称的临时限制、暂停或终止措施。会员应对其依法构成违约或侵权的行为承担相应责任；平台可依据适用法律请求停止侵害、损害赔偿及其他可获得的救济。平台不会仅凭单方面认定即当然取得无限赔偿权；双方依法享有的申辩、救济和不可排除的法定权利不受影响。
九、隐私与申请信息
平台仅在必要且已告知的范围内处理申请人的姓名、联系信息、申请记录、协议确认记录及会员账号资料，用于审核、联系、开通、管理和安全保障。平台不将这些资料出售给第三方，不将其用于与申请无关的营销而未经适当同意。为提供服务而使用必要的技术服务商或依法披露信息时，将按适用法律和平台隐私政策处理。申请人可通过公布的联系方式提出个人信息相关请求。
十、在线确认、通知与条款变更
申请人主动勾选同意并提交申请时，平台可保存条款版本、确认时间及相关申请记录作为电子确认凭证。平台审核批准及会员实际开通时间另行记录。重要通知可通过申请人提供的邮箱、微信或其他约定方式发送。平台可更新条款，但对已开通会员的重大不利变更应依法提前告知并取得必要同意；新版本不应追溯剥夺已取得的法定权利。
十一、争议处理与其他
双方发生与本条款有关的争议时，应先善意沟通并尝试协商解决；协商不成的，依有管辖权的争议解决机构及适用法律处理。本条款不排除适用法律中不得排除的消费者保护、个人信息及知识产权法定权利。中英文文本均供会员阅读与理解；双方应尽合理努力使两种文本含义一致。如出现实质解释差异，应结合条款目的、适用法律及依法保障会员的强制性权利进行解释，不以译文差异排除任何法定权利。如个别条款被认定无效，其余条款在法律允许范围内继续有效。
English | Membership Terms of Service
Version 1.3
1. Scope and Acceptance
These Terms apply to individuals who apply for, register for, or use membership services offered through Alice PLSC Insights (the “Platform”). Applicants must review and actively agree to these Terms before submitting an application. Submission does not guarantee approval or immediate access. The Platform may approve or decline applications based on reasonable and lawful review criteria.
2. Services and Nature of Content
The Platform provides research observations, professional commentary, frameworks, methods, tools and other knowledge resources relating to procurement, logistics, supply chains and related business fields. Its professional perspective draws on three complementary sources: ongoing observation of the North American business environment and international market developments; the CIPS professional procurement knowledge framework; and extensive experience in procurement training and consulting for businesses in China. Beyond organizing information, the Platform seeks to explain the business logic, professional connections and practical implications of developments, supporting members in understanding industry change, broadening professional perspectives and exercising independent judgment. This describes the Platform’s analytical approach and editorial direction, not a guarantee of any conclusion, decision quality or particular business outcome. Content selection, editorial direction and updates are at the Platform’s discretion. Unless expressly agreed otherwise, no fixed daily or weekly publication volume or business outcome is promised. Content is general professional information, not individualized legal, financial, investment or management advice. Members remain responsible for assessing its relevance and suitability.
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Following approval and activation by the Platform, a member receives the applicable access rights. The standard term is one year from actual activation, without automatic renewal unless expressly agreed. Each account is for one designated user and may not be shared, transferred, rented or sold. Organizations may arrange separate accounts for designated individuals; organization-wide redistribution, training, shared knowledge repositories or centralized licenses require separate written authorization. Restricted content is generally accessible only if published during an active, authorized membership period. Upon renewal or reactivation, content published during prior active authorized periods may become accessible again; content published during a lapse is not automatically included. After the membership service term ends, the member may continue to read restricted content first published during that member’s authorized service period for five additional years from the end of that service period, using the same account. Restricted content first published during any period without a paid or otherwise authorized entitlement is not automatically included. Historical access is subject to continued platform operation, lawful content availability and compliance with these Terms; it is not a promise of perpetual service. Independently developed notes, insights and work products remain the member’s own; unauthorized copies or distribution of protected content remain subject to these Terms. Public content remains publicly accessible. Members must safeguard account credentials and promptly report suspected compromise or unauthorized access.
4. Intellectual Property
Facts, public information and third-party materials remain subject to their respective owners’ rights. The Platform and relevant authors retain applicable rights in original writing, commentary, analysis, protectable frameworks, illustrations, tools, and original selection or arrangement of materials. Membership grants a limited license, not a transfer of intellectual property.
5. Permitted Use
Subject to valid access rights and applicable law, members may read authorized content for their own learning, research and professional reference, make private notes, and discuss insights in their own words. Members may apply knowledge, methods and professional insights learned through the service in their own work and decisions; this does not authorize reproduction, distribution or commercial exploitation of protected articles, diagrams, templates or other specific materials. Nothing in these Terms overrides statutory fair dealing, fair use, quotation or other mandatory exceptions. Limited quotations should identify Alice PLSC Insights, the author and source where reasonably practicable; systematic or extensive quotation must not be used to circumvent licensing. Redistribution to multiple colleagues, group training, shared repositories and uses exceeding a single-user license require prior authorization.
6. Prohibited Use
Without prior express authorization from the Platform or relevant rights holder, members must not: (a) reproduce, repost, forward or publicly display entire works, substantial portions or repeated issues; (b) systematically capture, record, download, scrape, print or compile content databases; (c) upload protected articles, frameworks, diagrams or templates to public websites, social groups, shared drives, shared corporate repositories or AI systems accessible to third parties; (d) use protected materials for model training, third-party redistribution, external training, paid consulting or commercial products; (e) sell, sublicense, exchange or share accounts; or (f) remove attribution, misrepresent authorship or bypass access controls. These Terms do not prohibit members from using AI tools with their own independently developed ideas, notes and work questions, nor do they override mandatory statutory exceptions.
7. Platform Responsibilities
During an active membership term, the Platform will use reasonable efforts to provide access consistent with agreed rights, maintain the service, address known material errors and respond reasonably to member feedback. The Platform may correct, update or withdraw content for factual corrections, obsolescence, third-party rights concerns or other reasonable editorial grounds, with an explanation where reasonably practicable. Maintenance, connectivity failures, force majeure and necessary editorial changes may cause temporary interruptions; the Platform will take reasonable steps to restore service. Material and sustained disruption will be addressed with appropriate remedies as required by applicable law and the circumstances. The Platform may change categories, presentation or delivery methods without materially reducing promised core rights.
8. Breaches and Remedies
Where there are reasonable grounds to suspect material unauthorized distribution, account sharing or other serious breaches, the Platform may seek clarification, require cessation or deletion of unauthorized copies, and impose proportionate temporary restrictions, suspension or termination where appropriate. Members are responsible for breaches or infringements to the extent established under applicable law. The Platform may seek injunctions, compensation and other remedies available by law. These Terms do not create an automatic right to unlimited damages or remove mandatory rights to contest claims or seek relief.
9. Privacy and Application Information
The Platform processes application names, contact details, application records, consent records and account information only for disclosed and necessary purposes, including review, communication, activation, administration and security. It does not sell this information to third parties or use it for unrelated marketing without appropriate consent. Necessary service providers and legally required disclosures are handled in accordance with applicable law and the Platform’s Privacy Policy. Applicants may contact the Platform regarding their personal information.
10. Electronic Acceptance, Notices and Changes
When an applicant actively accepts these Terms and submits an application, the Platform may retain the accepted version, timestamp and related application record as evidence of electronic acceptance. Approval and actual membership activation are recorded separately. Notices may be sent by email, WeChat or other agreed contact channels. Material adverse changes affecting active members will be communicated, and consent obtained where required by law. Updates do not retroactively extinguish mandatory legal rights.
11. Dispute Resolution and Other Provisions
The parties should first seek to resolve disputes arising from these Terms through good-faith communication and negotiation. Unresolved disputes will be handled by a competent forum under applicable law. Nothing in these Terms excludes mandatory consumer, privacy or intellectual property protections. Both Chinese and English texts are provided for members’ review and understanding, and the Platform will use reasonable efforts to keep them substantively consistent. In the event of a material interpretive difference, the purpose of the Terms, applicable law and non-waivable statutory rights shall guide interpretation; translation differences shall not remove mandatory rights. If any provision is invalid, the remainder continues to apply to the extent permitted by law.