Privacy Policy

The following Terms and Conditions of Service apply to all products and services provided by PLAN BE SDN BHD (hereinafter referred to as PlanBe Design) and in the event of any dispute are governed by the laws of Malaysia.

All work is carried out by PlanBe Design on the understanding that the client has agreed to our terms and conditions.

Copyright is retained by PlanBe Design on all design work including words, pictures, ideas, visuals and illustrations unless specifically released in writing and after all costs have been settled.

If a choice of designs is presented and one is chosen for your project, only that solution is deemed to be given by us as fulfilling the contract. All other designs remain the property of PlanBe Design, unless specifically agreed in writing.


Project Acceptance

  1. At the time of proposal, PlanBe Design will provide the customer with a written estimate or quotation by email.
  2. A copy of the written estimate or quotation is to be signed and dated by the customer to indicate acceptance and should be returned to PlanBe Design.
  3. Alternatively, the client may send an official purchase order in reply to the estimate or quotation which binds the client to accept our terms and conditions, or an email acknowledging acceptance of the quotation.
  4. For the avoidance of doubt, the PlanBe Design Terms & Conditions are what govern the job, not any conditions on the customer’s purchase order.
 

Design Charges

  1. Charges for design services to be provided by PlanBe Design will be set out in the written estimate or quotation that is provided to the customer. At the time of the customer’s signed acceptance of this estimate or quotation, indicating acceptance of the Terms & Conditions, a non-refundable payment of 50% of the quoted fee will become immediately due.
  2. Unless agreed otherwise with the Client, all design services require an advance payment of a minimum of fifty (50) percent of the project quotation total before the work commences and once quotation acceptance. The thirty (30) percent of the project quotation total will be collect once client confirmed the first draft design. The remaining twenty (20) percent of the project quotation total due upon completion of the work prior to upload to the server or release of materials.
 

Source Files

  1. We will supply proofs and PDF files as appropriate for printing, or other graphic files as detailed in the job scope or request.
  2. Charges for design work do not cover the release of our copyright design source files, including but not restricted to psd, AI, pdf or other source files or raw code; if the Client requires these files for transfer to an in-house or other designer, they will be subject to a separate quotation or ‘buy-out’ charge.
 

Charges for Other Services

  1. Charges for any additional services requested during the project that are over and above the estimated time or out of scope, will become fully payable (100% of the quoted amount) at the time of estimate or quotation acceptance.
  2. All FA (Final Artwork) files will be auto delete in our server after 3 months of project completion. Client will need to pay an additional charges about the requirement of request upload the files from our backup library.

Payment

  1. The customer will be provided with a proof Email from PlanBe Design to proceed deposit of the project and an Invoice prior to final publication. At this time the remainder of the amount due will become payable and any invoice queries must be submitted by email within 14 days of the invoice date.
  2. Accounts which remain outstanding for 30 days after the date of invoice, will incur late payment interest charge according to the bank charges on the outstanding amount from the date due until the date of payment.
  3. Payments may be made by online transfer or company cheque. Payments made by cheque must be previously agreed and may be subject to an administration charge. Cheques should not be sent in regular mail unless sent recorded delivery.
  4. Publication and/or release of work done by PlanBe Design on behalf of the client, may not take place before cleared funds have been received. Returned cheques will incur an additional fee. PlanBe Design reserves the right to consider an account to be in default in the event of a returned cheque.
 

Default

  1. An account shall be considered default if it remains unpaid for 30 days from the date of invoice, or following a returned cheque. PlanBe Design shall be entitled to remove PlanBe Design ‘s and/or the customer’s material from any and all computer systems, until the amount due has been fully paid. 
  2. This includes any and all unpaid monies due for services, including, but not limited to hosting, domain registration, search engine submission, design and maintenance, sub-contractors, printers, photographers and libraries.
  3. Removal of such materials does not relieve the customer of its obligation to pay the due amount.
  4. Customers whose accounts become default agree to pay all PlanBe Design ‘s reasonable legal and accounting expenses and third party collection agency fees in the enforcement of the debt and these Terms and Conditions.
 

Copyrights and Trademarks

  1. By supplying text, images and other data to PlanBe Design for inclusion in the customer’s website or other medium, the customer declares that it holds the appropriate copyright and/or trademark permissions. The ownership of such materials will remain with the customer, or rightful copyright or trademark owner.
  2. Any artwork, images, or text supplied and/or designed by PlanBe Design on behalf of the customer, will remain the property of PlanBe Design and/or its suppliers unless otherwise agreed in writing. 
  3. A licence for use of the copyright material is granted to the customer solely for the project defined in the scope or request and not for any other purpose.
  4. The customer may request in writing from PlanBe Design, the necessary permission to use materials (for which PlanBe Design holds the copyright) in forms other than for which it was originally supplied, and PlanBe Design may, at its discretion, grant this and may charge for the additional usage. Such permission must be obtained in writing before any of the aforesaid artwork, images, text, or other data is used.
  5. Any software, code, plugin or other third party material used in a web or digital project remains the property of the creator and any ongoing licence fees or fees for upgrades are the responsibility of the client, not PlanBe Design.
  6. By supplying images, text, or any other data to PlanBe Design, the customer grants PlanBe Design permission to use this material freely in the pursuit of the design.
  7. Should PlanBe Design, or the customer supply an image, text, audio clip or any other file for use in a website, multimedia presentation, print item, exhibition, advertisement or any other medium believing it to be copyright and royalty free, which subsequently emerges to have such copyright or royalty usage limitations, the customer will agree to allow PlanBe Design to remove and/or replace the file on the site.
  8. The customer agrees to fully indemnify and hold PlanBe Design free from harm in any and all claims resulting from the customer in not having obtained all the required copyright, and/or any other necessary permissions.
 

Alterations

  1. The customer agrees that changes required over and above the estimated work, or in addition to the agreed scope, or where the client makes changes to the supplied copy or changes required to be carried out after acceptance of the draft design, will be liable to a separate charge.
  2. The customer also agrees that PlanBe Design holds no responsibility for any amendments made by any third party, before or after a design is published.
 

Licensing

  1. Any design, copywriting, drawing, idea or code created for the customer by PlanBe Design, or any of its contractors, is licensed for use by the client on a one-time only basis and may not be modified, re-used, re-distributed, or resell in any way or form without the express written consent of PlanBe Design and any of its relevant sub-contractors.
  2. All design work – where there is a risk that another party make a claim, should be registered by the client with the appropriate authorities prior to publishing or first use or searches and legal advice sought as to its use.
  3. PlanBe Design will not be held responsible for any and all damages resulting from such claims.
  4. PlanBe Design is not responsible for any loss, or consequential loss, non-delivery of products or services, of whatever cause. The customer agrees not to hold PlanBe Design responsible for any such loss or damage.
  5. Any claim against PlanBe Design shall be limited to the relevant fee(s) paid by the customer.
 

Data Formats

  1. The client agrees to PlanBe Design’s definition of acceptable means of supplying data to the company.
  2. Text is to be supplied to PlanBe Design in electronic format as standard text (.txt), MS Word (.docx) or via e-mail / FTP or any shared folder.
  3. Images which are supplied in an electronic format are to be provided in a format as prescribed by PlanBe Design via e-mail / FTP. Images must be a quality suitable for use without any subsequent image processing, and PlanBe Design will not be held responsible for any image quality which the client later deems to be unacceptable.
  4. PlanBe Design cannot be held responsible for the quality of any images which the client wishes to be scanned from printed materials.
  5. Additional expenses may be incurred for any necessary action, including, but not limited to photography and art direction, photography searches, media conversion, digital image processing, or data entry services, colour correction and alteration of images.
 

Design Project Duration

Any indication given by PlanBe Design of a design project’s duration is to be considered by the customer to be an estimation. PlanBe Design cannot be held responsible for any project over-runs, whatever the cause. Estimated project duration should be deemed to be from the date that cleared funds are received by PlanBe Design for the initial payment or by date confirmed in writing by PlanBe Design.

Design Credits

The customer agrees to allow PlanBe Design to place websites and other designs, along with a link to the client’s site on PlanBe Design’s own website for demonstration purposes and to use any designs in its own publicity and portfolios.

Rights of Refusal

PlanBe Design will not include in its designs, any text, images or other data which it deems to be immoral, offensive, obscene or illegal. All advertising material must conform to all standards laid down by all relevant advertising standards authorities. PlanBe Design also reserves the right to refuse to include submitted material without giving reason. In the situation where any images and/or data that PlanBe Design does include in all good faith, and subsequently discovers is in contravention to such Terms and Conditions, the customer is obliged to allow PlanBe Design to remove the contravention without hindrance, or penalty. PlanBe Design is to be held in no way responsible for any such data being included.

 

Cancellation

  1. Cancellation of orders may be made initially by telephone contact and e-mail. However, PlanBe Design will need formal notification in writing to the company by official email or letter once the project with any provided quotation, invoices signed and agreed. The client will then be invoiced for all work completed over and above the non-refundable deposit that will have been made at the time of first ordering. 
  2. The balance of monies due must be paid within 30 days. 
  3. Please note: any cancellation which is not formally confirmed in writing and received by PlanBe Design within 14 days of such instruction being issued, will be liable for the full quoted cost of the project.
 

Disclaimer

  1. PlanBe Design makes no warranties of any kind, express or implied, for any and all products and/or services that it supplies. PlanBe Design will not be held responsible for any and all damages resulting from products and/or services it supplies. 
  2. PlanBe Design is not responsible for any loss, or consequential loss of data, or non-delivery of products or services, of whatever cause. While we take reasonable steps to investigate the materials we recommend, we accept no responsibility for the performance or quality of materials or any consequential loss arising from their failure. The customer agrees not to hold PlanBe Design responsible for any such loss or damage. Any claim against PlanBe Design shall be limited to the relevant fee(s) paid by the customer.
 

General

These Terms and Conditions supersede any previous Terms and Conditions distributed in any form. PlanBe Design reserves the right to change any rates and any of the Terms and Conditions at any time and without prior notice.

Acceptance of Terms and Conditions and Quotation

The placement of an order for design and/or any other services offered by PlanBe Design, by email, verbally or in writing, is deemed to be acceptance of these terms and conditions, which are freely available at www.plande.design.

An estimate validated by the customer’s signature on the estimate or quotation form, or by email, constitutes acceptance of the estimate or quotation and agreement to comply fully with all the Terms and Conditions and forms a Contract for Business between the signatory and PlanBe Design.