1. INTRODUCTION – TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT

Dataships, including contractors, all data sources and suppliers, (collectively "Dataships", "we", "us" or "our") welcomes you to https://dataships.io (the "Website"). These terms and conditions of service (collectively, with Dataships' Privacy Policy, the "Terms of Use" or "Agreement") govern your use of the Website and the services, features, content or applications operated by Dataships (together with the Website, the "Services"), and provided to the user ("user", “users”, "you" or "your"). Our Data Processing Agreement under the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) forms underpins these Terms of Use.

Please read these Terms of Use carefully before using the Services. These Terms of Use apply to all users of the Services. If you are using the Services on behalf of an entity, organisation, or company, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind such organisation to these Terms of Use and you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use on behalf of such organisation. Agreeing to use the Services by clicking "Sign up" or “Sign In” constitutes your acceptance and agreement to be bound by these Terms of Use, and all other operating rules, policies and procedures that may be published from time to time on the Website by us, each of which is incorporated by reference and each of which may be modified from time to time without notice to you.

You acknowledge receipt of our Privacy Policy. If you ordered the Services on the Website, use the Website, or otherwise engage in any electronic transaction with respect to the Services, then you agree to receive any updates to our Privacy Policy by accessing the Website. By using our Website or purchasing our products or services, you agree that we may use and share your personal information in accordance with the terms of our Privacy Policy.

Dataships reserves the right, at any time and from time to time, to amend or to modify these Terms of Use without prior notice to you, provided that if any such alterations constitute a material change to these Terms of Use, Dataships will notify you by posting an announcement on the Website and/or sending you an email if you have consented to be contacted by such method. Amendments and modifications shall take effect immediately when posted on the Website. By continuing to access or use the Services after any such amendments or modifications, you agree to be bound by such amended or modified Terms of Use. For this reason, we encourage you to review the Terms of Use whenever you use the Services. If you do not agree to any change to these Terms of Uses, then you must immediately stop using the Services.

As a supplement to the official version of these Terms of Use, we have accompanied each section with simplified commentary to assist you in your comprehension of these Terms. However, it is the "Terms of Use" which govern your access and use of the Services, not the simplified commentary. You should always read the full text of the Terms of Use and not just the "In simpler terms” commentary or other explanations.

Some jurisdictions have consumer protection and other legislation which may apply to the services and which do not allow certain provisions. To the extent that a limitation, exclusion, restriction or other provision set out below is specifically prohibited by applicable law, such limitation, exclusion, restriction or provision may not apply to you.

2. DATASHIPS’ SERVICES

1. Services Overview

   Dataships’ Services are technology solutions offered through a single platform that help to build healthy and transparent data relationships between companies and their users. The Services are designed to enable a company’s users have access to the customer data that the company holds on them. The Services are also designed to allow the company to manage their customer’s data in a compliant manner through a managed customer database. Users may import and export Customer Data between the Services and certain Third-Party Platforms through supported integrations. The Services also include Dataships Code deployed on your internal IT infrastructure to enable the Dataships widget to be installed that will facilitate the Dataships Data Access Gateway tool via the Users website.

2. Provision of Services

   Each Service is provided on a subscription basis for a set term (typical on a monthly recurring basis). Dataships may also offer Professional Services. The scope of Professional Services will be as outlined in a Statement of Work referencing this Agreement and executed by both parties describing the work to be performed, fees and any applicable milestones, dependencies and other technical specifications or related information (this will be detailed in a “SOW”, otherwise known as a Statement of Work). Unless Professional Services are provided on a fixed-fee basis, you will pay Dataships at the hourly or daily rates set out in the SOW. You will reimburse Dataships for reasonable travel and accommodation expenses as incurred.

3. Access to Services

   You may access and use the Services solely for your own benefit and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. If you are given API keys or passwords to access the Services on Dataships’ systems, you will require that all Users keep API keys, user ID and password information strictly confidential and not share such information with any unauthorised person. User IDs are granted to individual, named persons and may not be shared. If you are accessing the Services using credentials provided by a third party (e.g., Google), then you will comply with all applicable terms and conditions of such third party regarding provisioning and use of such credentials. You will be responsible for any and all actions taken using you and your user’s accounts and passwords. If any User who has access to a user ID is no longer an employee (or Contractor) of yours, then you will immediately delete such user ID and otherwise terminate such User’s access to the Service. The right to use the Services includes the right to deploy Dataships’ Code on your technical infrastructure in order to enable the Dataships Data Access Gateway widget and similar functionality.

4. Deployment of Dataships Code

   Subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Dataships grants to you a limited, non-transferable, non-sub-licensable, non-exclusive license during any applicable subscription term to copy the Dataships Code in the form provided by Dataships solely to support the your use of Dataships’ services and otherwise in accordance with the Documentation and this Agreement. You must implement Dataships Code in order to enable features of the Services. You will implement all Dataships Code in strict accordance with the Documentation and other instructions provided by Dataships. You acknowledge that any changes made after initial implementation of Dataships Code may cause the Services to cease working or function improperly and that Dataships will have no responsibility for the impact of any such changes.

5. General Restrictions

   As a condition of use, you promise not to use the Services for any purpose that is prohibited by these Terms of Use. You are responsible for all activity in connection with the Services and the activity of any sub-user that uses your Account.

   You will not (and will not permit any third party to): (a) rent, lease, provide access to or sublicense the Services to a third party; (b) use the Services to provide, or incorporate these services into, any product or service provided to a third party; (c) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise seek to obtain the source code or non-public APIs to the Services, except to the extent expressly permitted by applicable law (and then only upon advance notice to Dataships); (d) copy or modify the Services or any documentation, or create any derivative work from any of the foregoing; (e) remove or obscure any proprietary or other notices contained in the Services (including without limitation (i) the "Powered by Dataships” designation that may appear as part of the deployment of the Services on the Data Access Gateway widget and (ii) notices on any reports or data printed from the Services; or (f) publicly disseminate information regarding the performance of the Services.

6. Dataships APIs

   If Dataships makes access to any APIs available as part of the Services, Dataships reserves the right to place limits on access to such APIs (e.g., limits on numbers of calls or requests). Further, Dataships may monitor you and your users’ usage of such APIs and limit the number of calls or requests you may make if Dataships believes that your usage is in breach of this Agreement or may negatively affect the Services (or otherwise impose liability on Dataships).

7. Trial Subscriptions

   If you avail of a free trial or evaluation subscription to the Service, then you may use the Services in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement for a period granted by Dataships (the "Trial Period"). Trial Subscriptions may not include all functionality and features accessible as part of a paid Subscription Term. If you do not enter into a paid Subscription Term, this Agreement and your right to access and use the Services will terminate at the end of the Trial Period. Dataships has the right to terminate a Trial Subscription at any time for any reason. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this agreement, Dataships will have no warranty, indemnity, support, or other obligations with respect to trial subscriptions.

8. Lawful use of the services

   In using the Services, you and your users must comply with, and refrain from violations of, any right of any other person, entity, law, or contractual duty, including without limitation the laws of the Ireland and the European Union, and including without limitation those laws forbidding: (a) distribution of child pornography, (b) forgery, identity theft, misdirection or interference with electronic communications, (c) invasion of privacy, (d) unlawful sending of commercial electronic messages or other marketing or electronic communications, (e) collection of excessive user data from children, or other improper data collection activities, (f) securities violations, wire fraud, money laundering, or terrorist activities, or (f) false advertising, propagating or profiting from frauds and unfair schemes. You will also comply with the affirmative requirements of law governing use of the Services, including but not limited to: (i) disclosure requirements, including those regarding notification of security breaches, (ii) records maintenance for regulated industries, and (iii) financial institution safeguards.

9. Agreed use of allotted service resources

   You shall not use any method to circumvent the provisions of these Terms of Use, or to obtain Services in excess of those for which they contract with Dataships. You shall not use any IP addresses outside of their assigned range. You shall not use any mechanism to exceed the amount of resources assigned to them through the Services, or to conceal such activities.

10. Notification regarding these Terms of Use

    You shall notify all persons who receive access to the Services of the provisions of these Terms of Use, and shall inform them that the terms of these Terms of Use are binding upon them.

11. Remedial action

    You shall notify Dataships if and when you learn of any security breaches regarding the Services, and shall aid in any investigation or legal action that is taken by authorities and/or Dataships to cure the security breach.

3. USER’S DATA

1. Rights to the User’s Data

   As between the parties, you retain all right, title and interest (including any and all intellectual property rights) in and to your users’ Customer Data as provided to Dataships. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, you hereby grant to Dataships a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free right to use, copy, store, transmit, modify, create derivative works of and display your user’s Customer Data solely to the extent necessary to provide the Services to you.

2. Storage of the User’s Data

   Dataships does not provide an archiving service. Dataships agrees only that it will not intentionally delete any User Data from any Service prior to termination of the User’s applicable Subscription Term. Dataships expressly disclaims all other obligations with respect to storage.

   Users are solely responsible for the preservation of their data which is saved onto Dataships’ virtual server. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Dataships shall have no responsibility to preserve data. Dataships shall have no liability for any data that may be lost, or unrecoverable, by reason of a user's failure to backup their data or for any other reason.

3. User Obligations

   3C.1 – The User is solely responsible for the accuracy, content and legality of all their User Data. The User represents and warrants to Dataships that the User has all necessary rights, consents and permissions to collect, share and use all the User’s Customer Data as contemplated in this Agreement (including granting Dataships the rights in Section 3.A and that none of the User’s Data will violate or infringe (i) any third party intellectual property, publicity, privacy or other rights, (ii) any Laws, or (iii) any Terms of Use, privacy policies or other agreements governing the User’s accounts with any Third-Party Platforms. The User will be fully responsible for any User Customer Data submitted to the Services by any Person as if it was submitted by the User.

   3C.2 – The User agrees not to use any Social Media Data obtained via the Services for the purposes of cookie tracking, ad exchanges, ad networks, data brokerages, sending electronic communications (including email) in violation of applicable Law, or any other activity or purpose that may be identified as prohibited by Dataships from time to time.

   3C.3 – The User agrees to obtain all necessary clearances, consents and approvals from its customers in order to use Social Media Data as required under all applicable Laws, including without limitation by disclosing in the User’s privacy policy information about the collection and use of its customers’ email addresses as set forth in this Agreement.

   3C.4 – Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the User agrees that Dataships may obtain and aggregate technical and other data about the User’s use of the Services that is non-personally identifiable with respect to User ("Aggregated Anonymous Data"), and Dataships may use the Aggregated Anonymous Data to analyse, improve, support and operate the Services and otherwise for any business purpose during and after the term of this Agreement, including without limitation to generate industry benchmark or best practice guidance, recommendations or similar reports for distribution to and consumption by the User and other Dataships customers.

4. ELIGIBILITY & REGISTRATION

4.1 The Services are not targeted towards, nor intended for use by, anyone under the age of 18. By using the Services, you represent and warrant that you are 18 years of age or older. If you are under the age of 18, you may not, under any circumstances or for any reason, use the Services. We may, in our sole discretion, refuse to offer the Services to any person or entity and change its eligibility criteria at any time. You are solely responsible for ensuring that these Terms of Use are in compliance with all laws, rules and regulations applicable to you and the right to access the Services is revoked where these Terms of Use or use of the Services is prohibited or to the extent offering, sale or provision of the Services conflicts with any applicable law, rule or regulation. Further, the Services are offered only for your use, and not for the use or benefit of any third party.

4.2 To sign up for the Services, you must register for an account on the Services (an "Account"). You must provide accurate and complete information and keep your Account information updated. You shall not: (i) select or use as a username a name of another person with the intent to impersonate that person; (ii) use as a username a name subject to any rights of a person other than you without appropriate authorisation; or (iii) use, as a username, a name that is otherwise offensive, vulgar or obscene. You are solely responsible for the activity that occurs on your Account, regardless of whether the activities are undertaken by you, your employees or a third party (including your contractors or agents), and for keeping your Account password secure. You may never use another person's user account or registration information for the Services without permission. You must notify us immediately of any change in your eligibility to use the Services (including any changes to or revocation of any licenses from state, provincial, territorial or other authorities), breach of security or unauthorised use of your Account. You should never publish, distribute or post login information for your Account. You shall have the ability to delete your Account, either directly or through a request made to one of our employees or affiliates. You agree to provide accurate information in your registration and not to share your password with third parties. You agree not to impersonate another person or to select or use a user name or password of another person. You agree to notify Dataships promptly of any unauthorised use of your account and of any loss, theft or disclosure of your password. Failure to comply with these requirements shall constitute a breach of these Terms of Use and shall constitute grounds for immediate termination of your account and your right to use the Website. Dataships will not be liable for any loss or damage as a result of your failure to provide us with accurate information or to keep your account secure.

5. SECURITY

5.1 Dataships agrees to use commercially reasonable technical and organisational measures designed to prevent unauthorised access, use, alteration or disclosure of any Service or User Data. However, Dataships will have no responsibility for errors in transmission, unauthorised third-party access or other causes beyond Dataships control.

5.2 Users shall utilise proper security protocols, such as setting strong passwords and access control mechanisms, safeguarding access to all logins and passwords, and verifying the trustworthiness of persons who are entrusted with account access information.

6. CONTENT

6.1 For purposes of these Terms of Use, the term "Content" includes, without limitation, information, data, text, written posts and comments, software, scripts, graphics, and interactive features generated, provided, or otherwise made accessible on or through the Services. For the purposes of this Agreement, "Content" also includes all User Content (as defined below).

6.2 All Content added, created, uploaded, submitted, distributed, or posted to the Services by users (collectively "User Content"), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, is the sole responsibility of the person who originated such User Content. You represent that all User Content provided by you is accurate, complete, up-to-date, and in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations. You acknowledge that all Content, including User Content, accessed by you using the Services is at your own risk and you will be solely responsible for any damage or loss to you or any other party resulting therefrom. We do not guarantee that any Content you access on or through the Services is or will continue to be accurate.

6.3 The Services may contain Content specifically provided by us, our partners or our users and such Content is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents, trade secrets or other proprietary rights and laws. You shall abide by and maintain all copyright notices, information, and restrictions contained in any Content accessed through the Services. You shall not sell, license, rent, or otherwise use or exploit any Content for commercial use or in any way that violates any third party right.

7. THIRD PARTY SERVICES

7.1 The Services may permit you to link to other websites, services or resources on the Internet, and other websites, services or resources may contain links to the Services. When you access third party resources on the Internet, you do so at your own risk. These other resources are not under our control, and you acknowledge that we are not responsible or liable for the content, functions, accuracy, legality, appropriateness or any other aspect of such websites or resources. The inclusion of any such link does not imply our endorsement or any association between us and their operators. You further acknowledge and agree that we shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such website or resource. It is your responsibility to protect your system from such items as viruses, worms, Trojan horses and other items of a destructive nature.

8. PAYMENTS & BILLING

1. Acceptable payment methods

   8A.1 Dataships accepts major credit cards and debit cards. Other forms of payment may be arranged by contacting Dataships at hello@dataships.io. Please note that any payment terms presented to you in the process of using or signing up for paid Services are deemed part of this Agreement.

   8A.2 We use third-party payment processors (the "Payment Processors") to bill you through a payment account linked to your Account on the Services (your "Billing Account") for use of the paid Services. The processing of payments may be subject to the terms, conditions and privacy policies of the Payment Processors in addition to this Agreement. We are not responsible for error by the Payment Processors. By choosing to use paid Services, you agree to pay us, through the Payment Processors, all charges at the prices then in effect for any use of such paid Services in accordance with the applicable payment terms and you authorise us, through the Payment Processors, to charge your chosen payment provider (your "Payment Method"). You agree to make payment using that selected Payment Method. We reserve the right to correct any errors or mistakes that it makes even if it has already requested or received payment.

2. Billing and terms

   8B.1 The term of this Agreement shall be monthly, to commence on the date that the User signs up electronically for the Services by creating an Account with an email address. All invoices are denominated, and User must pay, in Euros. Users are typically billed monthly on or about the first day of each month, with payment due no later than ten (10) days past the invoice date. Users are entirely responsible for the payment of all taxes. For specific pricing ranges, please refer to the Pricing Page on https://dataships.io. Monthly fees and renewal fees will be billed at the rate agreed to at purchase. You may cancel the Services at any time by contacting us at hello@dataships.io and informing us of your intention to cancel. At cancellation, your Account will be deactivated and you will no longer be able to log into our site and/or have any access to the Services. Except in the case of subscription commitments you have agreed to, which shall be non-refundable, as permitted by law, if you cancel, you agree that any start-up costs associated with setting up your Account ("Start-up Costs") shall be non-refundable, as permitted by law. With the exception of any subscription commitments agreed by you, if you paid fees in advance for any period longer than one month, then you may, with the exception of any Start-up Costs, obtain a refund on a pro rata basis for the period remaining after you cancel.

   8B.2 Some of the paid Services may consist of an initial period, for which there is a one-time charge, followed by recurring period charges as agreed to by you (e.g. set-up costs). By choosing a recurring payment plan, you acknowledge that such Services have an initial and recurring payment feature and you accept responsibility for all recurring charges prior to cancellation. We may submit periodic charges (e.g. monthly) without further authorisation from you, until you provide prior notice (receipt of which is confirmed by us) that you have terminated this authorisation or wish to change your payment method. Such notice will not affect charges submitted before we reasonably could act.

   8B.3 Users must provide current, complete and accurate information for your billing account. Users must promptly update all information to keep their billing account current, complete and accurate (such as a change in billing address, credit card number, or credit card expiration date), and they must promptly notify us or our payment processors if their payment method is cancelled (e.g. for loss or theft) or if they become aware of a potential breach of security, such as the unauthorised disclosure or use of their user name or password. Changes to such information can be made at in the Account section of the Dataships backend. If you fail to provide any of the foregoing information, you agree that we may continue charging you for any use of paid services under your billing account unless you have terminated your paid services as set forth above.

   8B.4 Users are restricted from registering multiple Accounts with the same billing details without first notifying Dataships of that intent. Otherwise, Dataships shall have the right to automatically flag such Accounts as fraudulent or abusive, and Dataships may, without notification to the User of such Account, suspend the service of such Account or any other Account used by such User. The use of referral codes by multiple Accounts having the same billing profile is not allowed. Dataships also reserves the right to terminate a User's Account if it is targeted by malicious activity from other parties.

3. c) Arrears

   8C.1 Payments not made within ten (10) days of invoicing will be deemed in arrears. For accounts in arrears, if any amount is more than ten (10) days overdue, without the requirement of providing notice of such arrears, Dataships may suspend service to such account and bring legal action to collect the full amount due, including any solicitors' fees and costs.

9. TERMINATION AND ACCESS

9.1. This Agreement is effective as of the Effective Date and expires on the date of expiration or termination of all Subscription Terms.

9.2 Dataships reserves the right, in our sole discretion, to terminate your access to all or any part of the Services at any time, with or without notice, effective immediately, including but not limited to as a result of your violation of any of these Terms of Use or any law, or if you misuse system resources. Any such termination may result in the forfeiture and destruction of information associated with your Account. Dataships may provide prior notice of the intent to terminate Services to you if such notice will not, in Dataships’ discretion, run counter to the intents and purposes of these Terms of Use. Except as otherwise set forth hereunder, any and all fees paid hereunder are non-refundable and any and all fees owed to Dataships before such termination shall be immediately due and payable, including any liabilities that may have been incurred prior to termination such as Dataships' costs for collection (including solicitor’s fees) of any such charges or other liabilities. Upon termination, any and all rights granted to Users by this Agreement will immediately be terminated, and Users shall promptly discontinue all use of the Services. All provisions of these Terms of Use which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, licenses of User Content, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.

9.3. Either party may terminate this Agreement (including all related Order Forms) if the other party (a) ceases operation without a successor; or (b) seeks protection under any bankruptcy, receivership, trust deed, creditors' arrangement, composition, or comparable proceeding, or if any such proceeding is instituted against that party (and not dismissed within sixty (60) days thereafter).

10. CONFIDENTIALITY

10.1 Users shall keep confidential any confidential information to which it is given access, and shall cooperate with Dataships' efforts to maintain the confidentiality thereof. Users shall not publish to third parties or distribute information or documentation that Dataships provides for purposes of operating and maintaining its systems, including material contained in estimates, invoices, or other such materials.

10.2 Each party (as "Receiving Party") agrees that all code, inventions, know-how, business, technical and financial information it obtains from the disclosing party ("Disclosing Party") constitute the confidential property of the Disclosing Party ("Confidential Information"), provided that it is identified as confidential at the time of disclosure or should be reasonably known by the Receiving Party to be confidential or proprietary due to the nature of the information disclosed and the circumstances surrounding the disclosure. Any Dataships Technology, performance information relating to any Service, and the terms and conditions of this Agreement will be deemed Confidential Information of Dataships without any marking or further designation. Except as expressly authorised herein, the Receiving Party will (1) hold in confidence and not disclose any Confidential Information to third parties and (2) not use Confidential Information for any purpose other than fulfilling its obligations and exercising its rights under this Agreement. The Receiving Party may disclose Confidential Information to its employees, agents, contractors and other representatives having a legitimate need to know, provided that such representatives are bound to confidentiality obligations no less protective of the Disclosing Party than this Section 10 and that the Receiving Party remains responsible for compliance by any such representative with the terms of this Section 10. The Receiving Party's confidentiality obligations will not apply to information that the Receiving Party can document: (i) was rightfully in its possession or known to it prior to receipt of the Confidential Information; (ii) is or has become public knowledge through no fault of the Receiving Party; (iii) is rightfully obtained by the Receiving Party from a third party without breach of any confidentiality obligation; or (iv) is independently developed by employees of the Receiving Party who had no access to such information. The Receiving Party may make disclosures to the extent required by law or court order, provided the Receiving Party notifies the Disclosing Party in advance and cooperates in any effort to obtain confidential treatment. The Receiving Party acknowledges that disclosure of Confidential Information would cause substantial harm for which damages alone would not be a sufficient remedy, and therefore that upon any such disclosure by the Receiving Party the Disclosing Party will be entitled to seek appropriate equitable relief in addition to whatever other remedies it might have at law.

11. PUBLICITY

11.1 Each User is permitted to state publicly that they are a User of the Services. Subject to Dataships' Privacy Policy, each User agrees that Dataships may include such User's name and trademarks in a list of Dataships User, online or in promotional materials. Each User also agrees that Dataships may verbally reference such User as a User of the Services. Users may opt out of the provisions in this Section 11.1 by e-mailing a request to hello@dataships.io .

12. WARRANTY DISCLAIMER

12.1. Dataships warrants, for the User’s benefit only, that each Service will operate in substantial conformity with the applicable Documentation. Dataships’ sole liability (and the User’s sole and exclusive remedy) for any breach of this warranty will be, at no charge to the User, for Dataships to use commercially reasonable efforts to correct the reported non-conformity, or if Dataships determines such remedy to be impracticable, either party may terminate the applicable Subscription Term and the User will receive as its sole remedy a refund of any fees the User has pre-paid for use of such Service for the terminated portion of the applicable Subscription Term. The limited warranty set forth in this Section 12.1 will not apply: (i) unless Customer makes a claim within thirty (30) days of the date on which the User first noticed the non-conformity, (ii) if the error was caused by misuse, unauthorised modifications or third-party hardware, software or services, or (iii) to use provided on a no-charge, trial or evaluation basis.

12.2. Except for the limited warranty in section 12.1, all services and professional services are provided "as is". Neither Dataships nor its suppliers makes any other warranties, express or implied, statutory or otherwise, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, title, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. Dataships does not warrant that the User’s use of the services will be uninterrupted or error-free, nor does Dataships warrant that it will review the User’s data for accuracy or that it will preserve or maintain the User’s data without loss or corruption. Dataships shall not be liable for the results of any communications sent or any communications that were failed to be sent using the Services. Dataships shall not be liable for delays, interruptions, service failures or other problems inherent in use of the internet and electronic communications, third-party platforms or other systems outside the reasonable control of Dataships. The User may have other statutory rights, but the duration of statutorily required warranties, if any, shall be limited to the shortest period permitted by law.

13. LIMITATION OF REMEDIES AND DAMAGES

13.1 In no event shall we, nor our directors, employees, partners, suppliers or content providers, be liable under contract, tort, strict liability, negligence or any other legal or equitable theory with respect to the services (i) for any lost profits, data loss, cost of procurement of substitute goods or services, or special, indirect, incidental, punitive, compensatory or consequential damages of any kind whatsoever, substitute goods or services (however arising), (ii) for any bugs, viruses, trojan horses, or the like (regardless of the source of origination), or (iii) for any direct damages in excess of (in the aggregate) of fees paid to us for the particular services during the immediately previous one month period, even if Dataships had been advised of, knew, or should have known, of the possibility thereof. Users acknowledge that the fees paid by him or her reflect the allocation of risk set forth in this agreement and that Dataships would not enter into this agreement without these limitations. Users hereby waive any and all claims against Dataships arising out of user's purchase or use of the services, or any conduct of Dataships' directors, officers, employees or representatives. Your sole and exclusive right and remedy in case of dissatisfaction with the services or any other grievance shall be your termination and discontinuation of access to or use of the services.

In addition, you agree that Dataships is not responsible for any data compiled by our services and that Dataships will not be liable, in any manner, as a result of your exposure to any defamatory, threatening, unlawfully harassing, obscene or otherwise unlawful content or data. In no event shall Dataships, or any third party provider of any component of the services or of any information delivered as part of the services, be liable to you and/or any party for any damages of any kind, including but not limited to direct, indirect, special, exemplary, punitive, consequential or similar damages arising out of or related to the services, content, products, the use or inability to use this website, or any linked website, including without limitation, lost profits, loss of use, business interruption, or other economic losses, loss of programs or other data, whether in an action of contract, negligence or other tortious action, even if Dataships is advised of the possibility of such damages, including liability associated with any viruses which may infect your computer equipment.

Some jurisdictions limit or prohibit the foregoing limitations, and in such jurisdictions the foregoing limitations shall be applied to the maximum extent permitted by law.

14. INDEMNIFICATION

14.1 You shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless us, our affiliates, or any related companies, partners, and each of our and their respective employees, directors, contractors, suppliers and representatives from all liabilities, claims, and expenses, including reasonable solicitors’ fees, that arise from or relate to your (or any third party using your account or identity in the services) use or misuse of, or access to, the services, content, or otherwise from your user content, violation of these Terms of Use or of any law, or infringement of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity. We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will assist and co-operate with us in asserting any available defences.

15. DISPUTE RESOLUTION

15.1 Mindful of the high cost of litigation, you and Dataships agree, where permissible by the applicable laws, to the following dispute resolution procedure: in the event of any controversy, claim, action or dispute arising out of or related to: (i) the Website; (ii) this Agreement; (iii) the Services; (iv) the breach, enforcement, interpretation, or validity of this Agreement; or (v) any other dispute between you and Dataships ("Dispute"), the party asserting the Dispute shall first try in good faith to settle such Dispute by providing written notice to the other party (by email or registered mail) describing the facts and circumstances (including any relevant documentation) of the Dispute and allowing the receiving party 30 days in which to respond to or settle the Dispute. Notice shall be sent (1) if to Dataships at: hello@dataships.io or 40 Dawson St., Dublin 2, Dublin, Ireland or (2) if to you at: your last-used billing address in your Account information. Both you and Dataships agree that this dispute resolution procedure is a condition precedent that must be satisfied prior to initiating any arbitration or filing any claim against the other party.

16. GENERAL TERMS

16.1 Neither you nor Dataships shall be liable for non-performance of the terms herein to the extent that either you or Dataships are prevented from performing as a result of any act or event which occurs and is beyond your or Dataships' reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of God, war, unrest or riot, strikes, any action of a governmental entity, weather, quarantine, fire, flood, earthquake, explosion, utility or telecommunications outages, Internet disturbance, or any unforeseen change in circumstances, or any other causes beyond either party's reasonable control. The party experiencing the force majeure shall provide the other party with prompt written notice thereof and shall use reasonable efforts to remedy effects of such force majeure.

16.2 The Website contains many of the valuable trademarks and other proprietary materials owned (e.g. logos, graphics and images), registered and used by Dataships. Any unauthorised use of trademarks and other proprietary materials of Dataships is strictly prohibited and all rights in same are reserved by Dataships. No use of any Dataships trademark may be made by any third party without express written consent of Dataships. Other products and company names mentioned in the Website may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

16.3 Elements of Dataships' Website are protected by trademark and other laws and may not, unless otherwise permitted hereunder, be copied in whole or in part. You may copy such images, text, screens, web pages, materials, data, Content and other information used and displayed on the Website for your personal or educational use only, provided that each copy includes any copyright, trademark or service mark notice or attribution as they appear on the pages copied. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, none of such images, text, screens, web pages, materials, data, Content and other information used and displayed on the Website may be copied, displayed, distributed, downloaded, licensed, modified, published, reposted, reproduced, reused, sold, transmitted, used to create a derivative work or otherwise used for public or commercial purposes without the express written permission of Dataships.

16.4 This Agreement, including all related agreements and policies incorporated by reference herein, constitutes the entire agreement between the parties related to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior or contemporaneous agreement between the parties relating to the Services. A valid waiver hereunder shall not be interpreted to be a waiver of that obligation in the future or any other obligation under this Agreement. The failure of either party to exercise in any respect any right provided for herein shall not be deemed a waiver of any further rights hereunder. In order for any waiver of compliance with these Terms of Use to be binding, we must provide you with written notice of such waiver through one of our authorised representatives. If any provision of this Agreement is prohibited by law or held to be unenforceable, that provision will be severed and the remaining provisions hereof shall not be affected such that this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect as if such unenforceable provision had never constituted a part hereof. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute the same instrument. This Agreement may be signed electronically or, as set out above, your access and use of the Services will manifest your consent to this Agreement. These Terms of Use are personal to you, and are not assignable, transferable by you except with our prior written consent. We may assign, transfer or delegate any of our rights and obligations hereunder without consent. No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment relationship is created as a result of these Terms of Use and neither party has any authority of any kind to bind the other in any respect. The section and paragraph headings in these Terms of Use are for convenience only and shall not affect their interpretation. All references to "laws," "rules," or "regulations" references any and all applicable laws, rules and regulations, whether domestic or foreign. Unless otherwise specified in these Terms of Use, all notices under these Terms of Use will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given when received, if personally delivered or sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested; when receipt is electronically confirmed, if transmitted by email; or the day after it is sent, if sent for next day delivery by recognised overnight delivery service. Electronic notices should be sent to hello@dataships.io.

1. INTRODUCTION – PRIVACY POLICY

If you are a visitor to the Dataships Website or a user of a Dataships Service (“Services”), then except as expressly set forth below, this Privacy Policy applies to your use of such Website or Service.

If you are a visitor to or user of a third-party website or service (“Third-Party Property”) that utilises any Dataships communication or messaging products (such as the Dataships Data Access Gateway widget), then any information you submit to such Third-Party Property (including via the Dataships product) is collected under the privacy policy of the owner of such Third-Party Property, and you should contact such owner with any related requests or inquiries you may have. If you have any inquiries specifically directed towards Dataships, please email us at hello@dataships.io

At Dataships, we respect the privacy rights of our users and recognise the importance of protecting the personal information we collect about you. Our Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand what information we collect and how we use and share that information. This Privacy Policy applies to our Websites and Services.

As used in this Privacy Policy, “Dataships,” “us” and “we” refers to Dataships and its affiliates. The “Website” means Dataships’ websites (https://dataships.io, www.dataships.ie, www.dataships.co.uk , and any successor URLS, mobile or localised versions and related domains and subdomains), and the “Services” means Dataships’ communications, applications and services, in each case in whatever format they may be offered now or in the future. The Websites and Services are collectively referred to herein as the “Offerings.”

2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

1. Information Related to Your Interaction with Dataships and the Offerings.

   1. Registration and Contact Information. 

      We collect information about you when you (a) register to use the Services and (b) otherwise provide contact information to us via email, mail, or through our Offerings. This information you provide may include your username, first and last name, email address, mailing address or phone number.

   2. Payment Information. 

      When you purchase the Services, we will also collect transaction information, which may include your credit card information, billing and mailing address, and other payment-related information (“Payment Information”). We describe how Payment Information may be collected and processed in Section 5.

   3. Technical, Usage and Location Information. 

      We automatically collect information on how you interact with the Offerings, such as the IP address from which you access the Offerings, date and time, information about your browser, operating system and computer or device, pages viewed and items clicked. We may also collect location information, including location information automatically provided by your computer or device. We use cookies and similar technologies to collect some of this information.

   4. Third Party Platforms. 

      We may collect information when you interact with our advertisements and other content on third-party sites or platforms, such as social networking sites. This may include information such as “Likes”, profile information gathered from social networking sites or the fact that you viewed or interacted with our content.

   5. Other Information.

      We may collect other information from you that is not specifically listed here. We may use any such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy or as otherwise permitted by you.

2. Customer Data.

   You may submit various types of information and data into the Services for hosting and processing purposes (“Customer Data”). Customer Data may include, without limitation, (a) personal information such as names, email addresses and phone numbers of your end user customers, potential customers and other users of and visitors to your websites, apps and other properties (“People”), which information may be input into the Services by you or collected by the Services using Dataships tags, scripts and other code implemented on such properties, and (b) information contained in communications between you and People using the messaging features of the Services.

   We will only use, disclose and otherwise process Customer Data for the purposes set forth in your agreement with us for the provisioning of the Services.

3. HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We use your information in the following ways:

• To provide, maintain and improve the Offerings and our other products and services, including to operate certain features and functionality of the Offerings (for example, by remembering your information so that you will not have to re-enter it during this or subsequent visits);
• To process your enquiries and otherwise deliver customer service;
• To process your payments, we share and use Payment Information as described in Section 5 (Payment Information);
• To control unauthorised use or abuse of the Offerings and our other products and services, or otherwise detect, investigate or prevent activities that may violate our policies or be illegal;
• To analyse trends, administer or optimise the Offerings, monitor usage or traffic patterns (including to track users’ movements around the Offerings) and gather demographic information about our user base as a whole;
• To communicate directly with you, including by sending you newsletters, promotions and special offers or information about new products and services. Your opt-out options for promotional communications are described in Section 7 (Your Controls and Choices);
• To deliver you advertising, including by serving and managing ads on the Offerings or on third party sites and to tailor ads based on your interests and browsing history. Please see Section 6 (Your Controls and Choices) for additional information on how to manage the ads you see; and
• In the manner described to you at the time of collection or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy.

4. SHARING YOUR INFORMATION WITH THIRD PARTIES

We do not sell, trade, share or transfer your personal information to third parties except in the following limited circumstances:

• We may share your personal information with third-party service providers to permit such parties to provide services that help us with our business activities, which may include assisting us with marketing, advertising our product/service offerings, or providing, maintaining and improving the features and functionality of the Offerings, among other things.
• We may share your personal information when we have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request, (b) enforce a Customer Agreement, including investigation of potential violations thereof, or (c) protect against imminent harm to our rights, property or safety, or that of our users or the public as required or permitted by law;
• We may share your personal information with third parties (including our service providers and government entities) to detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud or security or technical issues;
• We may share your personal information with our business partners who offer a service to you jointly with us, for example when running a cross-promotion;
• We may share your Payment Information to process your payments, as further described in Section 5 (Payment Information);
• We may share and/or transfer your personal information if we become involved in a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, or any form of sale of some or all of our assets;
• We may share your personal information with a third party if we have your consent to do so.

We may also share aggregated or anonymised information with third parties for other purposes. Such information does not identify you individually, but may include usage, viewing and technical information such as the types of Offerings our customers and users generally use, the configuration of their computers, and performance metrics related to the use of Offerings which we collected through our technology. If we are required under applicable law to treat such information as personal information, then we will only disclose it as described above. Otherwise we may disclose such information for any reason.

5. PAYMENT INFORMATION

When you make a purchase on the Offerings, any credit card information you provide as part of your Payment Information is collected and processed directly by our payment processor Global Payments. We never receive or store your full credit card information. Global Payments commits to complying with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) and using industry standard security. Global Payments may use your Payment Information in accordance with their own Privacy Policy here: https://www.globalpaymentsinc.com/en-ie/accept-payments/ecommerce/privacy

6. OTHER ACCESS TO OR DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION

The Offerings may also contain links to third party websites. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by us. Even if the third party is affiliated with us through a business partnership or otherwise, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such third party. We encourage you to familiarise yourself with the privacy policies of such third parties to determine how they handle any information they separately collect from you. Please be aware that we do not warn you when you choose to click through to another website when using the Offerings.

The Websites contain features that enable you to post reviews, comments or other content that is publicly viewable. You should be aware that any personal information you submit as part of those posts can be read, collected, or used by other visitors to the Websites, and could be used to send you unsolicited messages. We are not responsible for the personal information you choose to publicly post on the Websites. Please see our Services Terms of Use for more information and for other guidelines about posting content on the Websites.

7. YOUR CONTROL AND CHOICES

1. Opt-Outs. 

   We may provide you with the opportunity to “opt-out” of having your personal information used for certain purposes when we ask for this information. If you decide to opt-out, we may not be able to provide certain features of the Offerings to you.

2. Communication Preferences. 

   If you no longer wish to receive our promotional communications, you may opt-out of receiving them by following the instructions included on such communications or on the Offerings. Please note, however, that you may be unable to opt-out of certain service-related communications.

3. Blocking Cookies. 

   You can remove or block certain cookies using the settings in your browser but the Offerings may cease to function properly if you do so.

4. How We Respond to Do Not Track Signals. 

   Your Web browser may have a “do not track” setting which, when enabled, causes your browser to send a do not track HTTP header file or “signal” to each site you visit. At present, the Offerings do not respond to this type of signal.

8. ACCESSING AND UPDATING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

When you use the Offerings, we make good faith efforts to provide you with access to your personal information upon your request and either provide you the means to correct this information if it is inaccurate or to delete such information at your request if it is not otherwise required to be retained by law or for legitimate business purposes. You may access, review, correct, update, change or delete your information at any time. To do so, please contact us at hello@dataships.io with your name and the information requested to be accessed, corrected or removed, or if you are using the Service, sign in to your account, go to your profile, and make the desired changes. We may decline to process requests that are unreasonably repetitive or systematic, require disproportionate technical effort (for instance, requests concerning information residing on backup tapes), jeopardise the privacy of others or for which access is not otherwise required. In any case where we provide information access and correction, we perform this service free of charge.

Please note that if you cease using the Service or we terminate your access to the Service in accordance with your Customer Agreement, you may no longer have the ability to access or update your information.

We may retain your information as necessary to support the Offerings, comply with our legal obligations or resolve disputes. Note that content you post may remain on the Offerings even if you cease using the Offerings or we terminate your access to the Offerings.

9. CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy at any time. If we make changes, we will post them and will indicate on this page the policy’s new effective date. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you by email or through notice on the Offerings.

10. NO CHILDREN UNDER AGE 18

The Offerings are not intended for use by anyone under the age of 18, nor does Dataships knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are under 18, you may not attempt to register for the Offerings or send any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or email address. In the event that we confirm that we have collected personal information from someone under the age of 18, we will delete that information promptly.

11. SECURITY

The security of your personal information is important to us. We maintain a variety of appropriate technical and organisational safeguards to protect your personal information. We limit access to personal information about you to employees who we believe reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs. Further, we have implemented reasonable physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards designed to protect personal information about you. When you enter sensitive information (such as your password), we encrypt that information in transit using industry-standard Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption technology. No method of transmission over the Internet, method of electronic storage or other security methods are one hundred percent secure. Therefore, while we strive to use reasonable efforts to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.