Terms & Conditions
Last updated: 08.08.2024
These Terms & Conditions are made between SC Haktos Creative SRL (hereby known as “Klarq” or “Company” or “Haktos”), a company registered Str. Panselelor 1, bl. P11, ap. 14, Sannicolau-Mare, jud. Timis, Romania, and “Customer”, meaning a person or business entity that accepts and agrees to the terms of this Agreement as of the earlier date (“Start Date”) where such person or entity either signs up on a form, signs an offer letter or uses the Service.
Klarq reserves the right to change or update this Agreement in its sole discretion, at any given time and without prior notice given to the Customers. Updates and/or modifications will be communicated no later than 30 days from the date of such updates or modifications and will be considered acknowledged through the Customer's continued use of the Service.
1. SAAS SERVICES AND SUPPORT
1.1. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Klarq will, to the best of their ability, allocate considerable effort to provide an uninterrupted and high level of quality, to the Customer, via the Service offered. Klarq reserves the right to deny registration of, or suspend any account, if it identifies or suspects any violations or non-compliant behavior, to the stipulated Terms & Conditions.
1.2 Subject to the terms hereof, Klarq will provide the Customer with reasonable technical support services in accordance with the Company's standard practice. Any Customer can contact [email protected], at any given time and for any support-related issues.
2. RESTRICTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
2.1 Customer will not, directly or indirectly: reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to discover the source code, object code or underlying structure, ideas, know-how or algorithms relevant to the Services or any software, documentation or data related to the Services (“Software”); modify, translate, or create derivative works based on the Services or any Software (except to the extent expressly permitted by Company or authorized within the Services);
2.2 Customer represents, covenants, and warrants that Customer will use the Services only in compliance with Company's standard published policies then in effect (the “Policy”) and all applicable laws and regulations. Customer hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Company against any damages, losses, liabilities, settlements, and expenses (including without limitation costs and lawyers' fees) in connection with any claim or action that arises from an alleged violation of the foregoing or otherwise from Customer's use of Services. Although Company has no obligation to monitor Customer's use of the Services, Company may do so and may prohibit any use of the Services it believes may be (or alleged to be) in violation of the foregoing.
2.3 Customer shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining any equipment and supplementary services needed to connect to, access or otherwise use the Services, including, without limitation, modems, hardware, servers, software, operating systems, networking, web servers and the like (collectively, “Equipment”). Customer shall also be responsible for maintaining the security of the Equipment, Customer account, passwords (including but not limited to administrative and user passwords) and files, and for all uses of Customer account or the Equipment, with or without Customer's knowledge or consent.
3. CONFIDENTIALITY: PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
3.1 Each party (the “Receiving Party”) understands that the other party (the “Disclosing Party”) has disclosed or may disclose business, technical or financial information relating to the Disclosing Party's business (hereinafter referred to as “Proprietary Information” of the Disclosing Party). Proprietary Information of Company includes non-public information regarding features, functionality, and performance of the Service. Proprietary Information of Customer includes non-public data provided by Customer to Company to enable the provision of the Services (“Customer Data”). The Receiving Party agrees: (i) to take reasonable precautions to protect such Proprietary Information, and (ii) not to use (except in performance of the Services or as otherwise permitted herein) or divulge to any third person any such Proprietary Information. The Disclosing Party agrees that the foregoing shall not apply with respect to any information after five (5) years following the disclosure thereof or any information that the Receiving Party can document (a) is or becomes generally available to the public, or (b) was in its possession or known by it, prior to receipt from the Disclosing Party, or (c) was rightfully disclosed to it without restriction by a third party, or (d) was independently developed without use of any Proprietary Information of the Disclosing Party or (e) is required to be disclosed by law.
3.2 Customer shall own all rights, titles, and interest in, and to the Customer Data. Klarq retains right, title, and interest in any derived data from Customer data. Klarq shall own and retain all rights, titles, and interest in and to (a) the Services and Software, all improvements, enhancements, or modifications thereto, (b) any software, applications, inventions, or other technology developed in connection with support, and (c) all intellectual property rights related to any of the foregoing.
3.3 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall have the right to collect and analyze data, and other information relating to the provision, use and performance of various aspects of the Services and related systems and technologies (including, without limitation, information concerning Customer Data and data derived therefrom), and the Company will be free (during and after the term hereof) to (i) use such information and data to improve and enhance the Services and for other development, diagnostic and corrective purposes in connection with the Services and other Company offerings, and (ii) disclose such data solely in aggregate or other de-identified form in connection with its business. No rights or licenses are granted except as expressly set forth herein.
4. PAYMENT OF FEES
4.1 The Customer will pay Klarq the then applicable fees described in the Order Form for the Services, in accordance with the terms therein (the “Fees”). If the Customer's use of the Services exceeds the Service Capacity set forth on the Order Form or otherwise requires the payment of additional fees (per the terms of this Agreement), the Customer shall be billed for such usage and the Customer agrees to pay the additional fees in the manner provided herein. Klarq reserves the right to change the Fees or applicable charges and to institute new charges and Fees at the end of the Initial Service Term or then current renewal term, upon thirty (30) days prior notice to the Customer (which may be sent by email). If the Customer believes that the Company has billed the Customer incorrectly, the Customer must contact the Company no later than 60 days after the closing date on the first billing statement in which the error or problem appeared, to receive an adjustment or credit. Inquiries should be directed to the Company's customer support department, via[email protected]
4.2 The Company may choose to bill through an invoice, in which case, full payment for the invoices issued in any given month must be received by the Company thirty (30) days after the mailing date of the invoice. Unpaid amounts make the Customer liable to an immediate freeze or termination of Service.
5. TERM AND TERMINATION
5.1 Subject to earlier termination as provided below, this Agreement is for the Initial Service Term as specified in the Order Form, and shall be automatically renewed for additional periods of the same duration as the Initial Service Term (collectively, the “Term”), unless either party requests termination at least thirty (30) days prior to the end of the then-current term.
5.2 In addition to any other remedies it may have, either party may also terminate this Agreement upon thirty (30) days' notice (or without notice in the case of nonpayment), if the other party materially breaches any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement. The Customer will pay in full for the Services up to and including the last day on which the Services are provided. All sections of this Agreement which by their nature should survive termination will survive termination, including, without limitation, accrued rights to payment, confidentiality obligations, warranty disclaimers, and limitations of liability.
6. WARRANTY AND DISCLAIMER
Klarq shall use reasonable efforts consistent with industry standards to maintain the Services in a manner which minimizes errors and interruptions of the Services. Services may be temporarily unavailable for scheduled maintenance or for unscheduled emergency maintenance, either by Company or by third-party providers, or because of other causes beyond the Company's reasonable control, but the Company shall use reasonable efforts to provide advance notice by e-mail, of any scheduled service disruption. However, Klarq does not guarantee that the services will be uninterrupted or error free; nor does it make any warranty as to the results that may be obtained from use of the Services. Except as expressly set forth in this section, the Services are provided “as is” and the Company disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and suitability for a particular purpose and non-infringement.
7. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, except for bodily injury of a person, the Company and its suppliers (including but not limited to all equipment and technology suppliers), officers, affiliates, representatives, contractors and employees shall not be responsible or liable with respect to any subject matter of this agreement or terms and conditions related thereto under any contract, negligence, strict liability or other theory: (a) for error or interruption of use or for loss or inaccuracy or corruption of data or cost of procurement of substitute goods, services or technology or loss of business; (b) for any indirect, exemplary, incidental, special or consequential damages; (c) for any matter beyond company's reasonable control; or (d) for any amounts that, together with amounts associated with all other claims, exceed the fees paid by customer to company for the services under this agreement in the 12 months prior to the act that gave rise to the liability, in each case, whether or not company has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
8. MISCELLANEOUS
If any provision of this Agreement is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that this Agreement will otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable. This Agreement is not assignable, transferable or sublicensable by the Customer except with the Company&apo;s prior written consent. Klarq may transfer and assign any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement without consent. This Agreement is the complete and exclusive statement of the mutual understanding of the parties and supersedes and cancels any previous written and oral agreements, communications and other understandings relating to the subject matter of this Agreement, and that all waivers and modifications must be in a writing signed by both parties, except as otherwise provided herein. No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment is created as a result of this Agreement, and the Customer does not have any authority of any kind to bind the Company in any respect whatsoever. In any action or proceeding to enforce rights under this Agreement, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover costs and lawyers' fees. All notices under this Agreement will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given when received, if personally delivered; when receipt is electronically confirmed, if transmitted by fax or e-mail; the day after it is sent, if sent for next day delivery by recognized overnight delivery service; and upon receipt, if sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Company is registered