1.1 Your use of Cloud DX’s products, software, services and web sites (referred to collectively as the “Services” in this document) is subject to the terms of a legal agreement between you and Cloud DX. “Cloud DX” means Cloud DX Inc., whose principal place of business is at 100 - 72 Victoria Street South, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada N2G 4Y9.
1.2 Unless otherwise agreed in writing with Cloud DX, your agreement with Cloud DX will always include, at a minimum, the terms and conditions set out in this document. These are referred to below as the “Universal Terms”.
1.3 Your agreement with Cloud DX will also include the terms of any Legal Notices applicable to the Services, in addition to the Universal Terms. All of these are referred to below as the “Additional Terms”. Where Additional Terms apply to a Service, these will be accessible for you to read either within, or through your use of, that Service.
1.4 The Universal Terms, together with the Additional Terms, form a legally binding agreement between you and Cloud DX in relation to your use of the Services. It is important that you take the time to read them carefully. Collectively, this legal agreement is referred to below as the “Terms”.
1.5 If there is any contradiction between what the Additional Terms say and what the Universal Terms say, then the Additional Terms shall take precedence in relation to that Service.
2.1 In order to use the Services, you must first agree to the Terms. You may not use the Services if you do not accept the Terms.
2.2 You can accept the Terms by:
(A) clicking to accept or agree to the Terms, where this option is made available to you by Cloud DX in the user interface for any Service; or
(B) by actually using the Services. In this case, you understand and agree that Cloud DX will treat your use of the Services as acceptance of the Terms from that point onwards.
2.3 You may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms if:
(A) you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with Cloud DX; or
(B) you are a person barred from receiving the Services under the laws of Canada or other countries including the country in which you reside or the country from which you use the Services.
2.4 Before you continue, you should print or save a local copy of the Universal Terms for your records.
3.1 Where Cloud DX has provided you with a translation of the English language version of the Terms, you agree that the translation is provided for your convenience only and that the English language versions of the Terms will govern your relationship with Cloud DX.
3.2 If there is any contradiction between what the English language version of the Terms says and what a translation says, then the English language version shall take precedence.
4.1 Cloud DX has subsidiaries and affiliated legal entities around the world (collectively referred as “Subsidiaries and Affiliates”). Sometimes, these Subsidiaries and Affiliates will be providing the Services to you on behalf of Cloud DX. You acknowledge and agree that Subsidiaries and Affiliates will be entitled to provide the Services to you.
4.2 Cloud DX is constantly innovating in order to provide the best possible experience for its users. You acknowledge and agree that the form and nature of the Services which Cloud DX provides may change from time to time without prior notice to you.
4.3 As part of this continuing innovation, you acknowledge and agree that Cloud DX may stop (permanently or temporarily) providing the Services (or any features within the Services) to you or to users generally at Cloud DX’s sole discretion, without prior notice to you. You may stop using the Services at any time. You do not need to specifically inform Cloud DX when you stop using the Services.
4.4 You acknowledge and agree that if Cloud DX disables access to your account, you may be prevented from accessing the Services, your account details or any files or other content which is contained in your account.
4.5 You acknowledge and agree that while Cloud DX may not currently have set a fixed upper limit on the number of transmissions you may send or receive through the Services or on the amount of storage space used for the provision of any Service, such fixed upper limits may be set by Cloud DX at any time, at Cloud DX’s discretion without written notice to you.
5.1 In order to access certain Services, you may be required to provide information as part of the registration process for the Service, or as part of your continued use of the Services. While you are not required to provide personally-identifiable information, you agree that any registration information you give to Cloud DX will always be valid so that Cloud DX can provide the service you requested.
5.2 You agree to use the Services only for purposes that are permitted by:
(A) the Terms; and
(B) any applicable law, regulation or generally accepted practices or guidelines in the relevant jurisdictions.
5.3 You agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services by any means other than through the interface that is provided by Cloud DX, unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement with Cloud DX. You specifically agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services through any automated means (including the use of scripts).
5.4 You agree that you will not engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the Services (or the servers and networks which are connected to the Services).
5.5 Unless you have been specifically permitted to do so in a separate agreement with Cloud DX, you agree that you will not refactor, decompile, reverse engineer, reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade or resell the Products or Services for any purpose.
5.6 You agree that you are solely and personally responsible for (and that Cloud DX has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any breach of your obligations under the Terms and for the consequences (including any loss or damage which Cloud DX may suffer) of any such breach.
6.1 You agree and understand that you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of passwords associated with any account you use to access the Services.
6.2 Accordingly, you agree that you will be solely responsible to Cloud DX for all activities that occur under your account.
6.3 If you become aware of any unauthorized use of your password or of your account, you agree to notify Cloud DX immediately by sending an email to support@CloudDX.com
7.1 For information about Cloud DX’s data protection practices, please read Cloud DX’s privacy policy at http://www.CloudDX.com. This policy explains how Cloud DX treats your personal information, and protects your privacy, when you use the Services.
7.2 You agree to the use of your data in accordance with Cloud DX’s privacy policies available at the website listed in paragraph 7.1 above.
8.1 You understand that all information (such as data files, written text, computer software, music, audio files or other sounds, photographs, videos or other images) which you may have access to as part of, or through your use of, the Services are the sole responsibility of the person from which such content originated. All such information is referred to below as the “Content”.
8.2 You are aware that the Content presented to you as part of the Services, including but not limited to advertisements in the Services and sponsored Content within the Services may be protected by intellectual property rights which are owned by the sponsors or advertisers who provide that Content to Cloud DX (or by other persons or companies on their behalf). You may not modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on this Content (either in whole or in part) unless you have been permitted to do so by Cloud DX or by the owners of that Content, in a separate written agreement.
8.3 Cloud DX reserves the right (but shall have no obligation) to pre-screen, review, flag, filter, modify, refuse or remove any or all Content from any Service.
8.4 You understand that by using the Services you may be exposed to Content that you may find inaccurate or otherwise objectionable and that, in this respect, you use the Services at your own risk.
8.5 You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that Cloud DX has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any Content that you create, transmit or display while using the Services and for the consequences of your actions (including any loss or damage which Cloud DX may suffer) by doing so.
9.1 You acknowledge and agree that Cloud DX (or Cloud DX’s licensors) own all legal right, title and interest in and to the Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in the Services (whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever globally those rights may exist). You further acknowledge that the Services may contain information which is designated confidential by Cloud DX and that you shall not disclose such information without Cloud DX’s prior written consent.
9.2 Unless you have agreed otherwise in writing with Cloud DX, nothing in the Terms gives you a right to use any of Cloud DX’s trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features.
9.3 If you have been given an explicit right to use any of these brand features in a separate written agreement with Cloud DX, then you agree that your use of such features shall be in compliance with that agreement, any applicable provisions of the Terms, and Cloud DX's brand feature use guidelines as updated from time to time.
9.4 Other than the limited license set forth in Section 11 produced below, Cloud DX acknowledges and agrees that it obtains no right, title or interest from you (or your licensors) under these Terms in or to any Content that you submit, post, transmit or display on, or through, the Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in that Content (whether those rights happen to be registered or not, and wherever globally those rights may exist). Unless you have agreed otherwise in writing with Cloud DX, you agree that you are responsible for protecting and enforcing those rights and that Cloud DX has no obligation to do so on your behalf.
9.5 You agree that you shall not remove, obscure, or alter any proprietary rights notices (including copyright and trade mark notices) which may be affixed to or contained within the Services.
9.6 Unless you have been expressly authorized to do so in writing by Cloud DX, you agree that in using the Services, you will not use any trade mark, service mark, trade name, logo of any company or organization in a way that is likely or intended to cause confusion about the owner or authorized user of such marks, names or logos.
10.1 Cloud DX gives you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable and non-exclusive license to use the software provided to you by Cloud DX as part of the Services (referred to as the “Software” below). This license is for the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of the Services as provided by Cloud DX, in the manner permitted by the Terms.
10.2 You may not (and you may not permit anyone else to) copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, decompile or otherwise attempt to extract the source code of the Software or any part thereof, unless this is expressly permitted or required by law, or unless you have been specifically permitted to do so in writing by Cloud DX.
10.3 Unless Cloud DX has provided you with specific written permission to do so, you may not assign (or grant a sub-license of) your rights to use the Software, grant a security interest in or over your rights to use the Software, or otherwise transfer any part of your rights to use the Software.
11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Cloud DX a perpetual, irrevocable, global, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Cloud DX to display, distribute and promote the Services, and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services.
11.2 You agree that this license includes a right for Cloud DX to make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals with whom Cloud DX has relationships for the provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with the provision of those services.
11.3 You understand and agree that Cloud DX under this license shall be permitted, in performing the required technical steps to provide the Services to our users, to:
(A) transmit or distribute your Content over various public networks and in various media; and
(B) make such changes to your Content as are necessary to conform and adapt that Content to the technical requirements of connecting networks, devices, services or media.
11.4 You confirm and warrant to Cloud DX that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the above license.
12.1 The Software which you use may automatically download and install updates from time to time from Cloud DX. These updates are designed to improve, enhance and further develop the Services and may take the form of bug fixes, enhanced functions, new software modules and completely new versions. You agree to receive such updates (and permit Cloud DX to deliver these to you) as part of your use of the Services.
13.1 The Terms will continue to apply until terminated by either you or Cloud DX as set out below.
13.2 If you want to terminate your legal agreement with Cloud DX, you may do so by:
(A) notifying Cloud DX at any time; and
(B) closing your accounts for all of the Services which you use, where Cloud DX has made this option available to you. Your notice should be sent, in writing, to Cloud DX’s address which is set out at the beginning of these Terms.
13.3 Cloud DX may at any time, terminate its legal agreement with you if:
(A) you have breached any provision of the Terms (or have acted in manner which reasonably shows that you do not intend to, or are unable to comply with the provisions of the Terms); or
(B) Cloud DX is required to do so by law (for example, where the provision of the Services to you is, or becomes, unlawful); or
(C) the partner with whom Cloud DX offered the Services to you has terminated its relationship with Cloud DX or ceased to offer the Services to you; or
(D) Cloud DX is transitioning to no longer providing the Services to users in the country in which you are resident or from which you use the service; or
(E) the provision of the Services to you by Cloud DX is, in Cloud DX’s opinion, no longer commercially viable.
13.4 Nothing in this Section shall affect Cloud DX’s rights regarding provision of Services under Section 4 of the Terms.
13.5 When these Terms come to an end, all of the legal rights, obligations and liabilities that you and Cloud DX have benefited from, been subject to (or which have accrued over time whilst the Terms have been in force) or which are expressed to continue indefinitely, shall be unaffected by this cessation, and the provisions of the following paragraph 20.7 shall continue to apply to such rights, obligations and liabilities indefinitely.
All sales of physical equipment are subject to a 30 day money back refund policy. Cloud DX will not be responsible for shipping charges for the return of physical equipment or product. Subscriptions for data services must be cancelled prior to their renewal date. After the initial 30 day refund policy has expired no refunds on unused portions of subscriptions will be granted.
15.1 NOTHING IN THESE TERMS, INCLUDING SECTIONS 14 AND 15, SHALL EXCLUDE OR LIMIT CLOUD DX’S WARRANTY OR LIABILITY FOR LOSSES WHICH MAY NOT BE LAWFULLY EXCLUDED OR LIMITED BY APPLICABLE LAW. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE, BREACH OF CONTRACT OR BREACH OF IMPLIED TERMS, OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, ONLY THE LIMITATIONS WHICH ARE LAWFUL IN YOUR JURISDICTION WILL APPLY TO YOU AND OUR LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
15.2 YOU EXPRESSLY AND IMPLIEDLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND THAT THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND “AS AVAILABLE.”
15.3 IN PARTICULAR, CLOUD DX, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AND ITS LICENSORS DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT TO YOU THAT:
(A) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS,
(B) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR FREE FROM ERROR,
(C) ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY YOU AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, AND
(D) THAT DEFECTS IN THE OPERATION OR FUNCTIONALITY OF ANY SOFTWARE PROVIDED TO YOU AS PART OF THE SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED.
15.4 ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICES IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR OTHER DEVICE OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.
15.5 NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM CLOUD DX OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS.
15.6 CLOUD DX FURTHER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
16.1 SUBJECT TO OVERALL PROVISION IN PARAGRAPH 14.1 ABOVE, YOU EXPRESSLY AND IMPLIEDLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT CLOUD DX, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AND ITS LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR:
(A) ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU, HOWEVER CAUSED AND UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY. THIS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO ANY LOSS OF PROFIT (WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY), ANY LOSS OF GOODWILL OR BUSINESS REPUTATION, ANY LOSS OF DATA SUFFERED, COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSS;
(B) ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OR DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF:
(I) ANY RELIANCE PLACED BY YOU ON THE COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY OR EXISTENCE OF ANY ADVERTISING, OR AS A RESULT OF ANY RELATIONSHIP OR TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY ADVERTISER OR SPONSOR WHOSE ADVERTISING APPEARS ON THE SERVICES;
(II) ANY CHANGES WHICH CLOUD DX MAY MAKE TO THE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY CESSATION IN THE PROVISION OF THE SERVICES (OR ANY FEATURES WITHIN THE SERVICES);
(III) THE DELETION OF, CORRUPTION OF, OR FAILURE TO STORE, ANY CONTENT AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DATA MAINTAINED OR TRANSMITTED BY OR THROUGH YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES;
(III) YOUR FAILURE TO PROVIDE CLOUD DX WITH ACCURATE ACCOUNT INFORMATION;
(IV) YOUR FAILURE TO KEEP YOUR PASSWORD OR ACCOUNT DETAILS SECURE AND CONFIDENTIAL;
(C) ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU BY MANUALLY ENTERING DATA INTO THE SERVICE. IT IS YOUR SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF ANY DATA THAT YOU MANUALLY ENTER INTO THE SERVICE. CLOUD DX IS IN NO WAY LIABLE FOR, AND NOT LIMITED TO, ANY ERRORS IN TRANSCRIBING MANUALLY ENTERED DATA, FALSELY ENTERED DATA, OR ACTIONS TAKEN BY YOU BASED ON THIS MANUALLY ENTERED DATA.
16.2 THE LIMITATIONS ON CLOUD DX’S LIABILITY TO YOU IN PARAGRAPH 15.1 ABOVE SHALL APPLY WHETHER OR NOT CLOUD DX HAS BEEN ADVISED OF OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH LOSSES ARISING.
17.1 It is Cloud DX’s policy to respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with applicable international intellectual property law (including, in the United States, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act) and to terminating the accounts of repeat infringers.
17.2 Cloud DX operates a trade mark complaints procedure in respect of Cloud DX’s advertising business.
18.1 Some of the Services are supported by advertising revenue and may display advertisements and promotions. These advertisements may be targeted to the content of information stored on the Services, queries made through the Services or other information.
18.2 The manner, mode and extent of advertising by Cloud DX on the Services are subject to change without specific notice to you.
18.3 In consideration for Cloud DX granting you access to and use of the Services, you agree that Cloud DX may place such advertising on the Services.
19.1 The Services may include hyperlinks to other web sites or content or resources. Cloud DX may have no control over any web sites or resources which are provided by companies or persons other than Cloud DX.
19.2 You acknowledge and agree that Cloud DX is not responsible for the availability of any such external sites or resources, and does not endorse any advertising, products or other materials on or available from such web sites or resources.
19.3 You acknowledge and agree that Cloud DX is not liable for any loss or damage which may be incurred by you as a result of the availability of those external sites or resources, or as a result of any reliance placed by you on the completeness, accuracy or existence of any advertising, products or other materials on, or available from, such web sites or resources.
20.1 Cloud DX may make changes to the Universal Terms or Additional Terms from time to time. When these changes are made, Cloud DX will make a new copy of the Universal Terms available at http://www.CloudDX.com and any new Additional Terms will be made available to you from within, or through, the affected Services.
20.2 You understand and agree that if you use the Services after the date on which the Universal Terms or Additional Terms have changed, Cloud DX will treat your use as acceptance of the updated Universal Terms or Additional Terms.
21.1 Sometimes when you use the Services, you may (as a result of, or through your use of the Services) use a service or download a piece of software, or purchase goods, which are provided by another person or company. Your use of these other services, software or goods may be subject to separate terms between you and the company or person concerned. If so, the Terms do not affect your legal relationship with these other companies or individuals.
21.2 The Terms constitute the whole legal agreement between you and Cloud DX and govern your use of the Services (but excluding any services which Cloud DX may provide to you under a separate written agreement), and completely replace any prior agreements between you and Cloud DX in relation to the Services.
21.3 You agree that Cloud DX may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the Terms, by email, regular mail, or postings on the Services.
21.4 You agree that if Cloud DX does not exercise or enforce any legal right or remedy which is contained in the Terms (or which Cloud DX has the benefit of under any applicable law), this will not be taken to be a formal waiver of Cloud DX’s rights and that those rights or remedies will still be available to Cloud DX.
21.5 If any court of law, having the jurisdiction to decide on this matter, rules that any provision of these Terms is invalid, then that provision will be removed from the Terms without affecting the rest of the Terms. The remaining provisions of the Terms will continue to be valid and enforceable.
21.6 You acknowledge and agree that each member of the group of companies of which Cloud DX is the parent shall be third party beneficiaries to the Terms and that such other companies shall be entitled to directly enforce, and rely upon, any provision of the Terms which confers a benefit on (or rights in favour of) them. Other than this, no other person or company shall be third party beneficiaries to the Terms.
21.7 The Terms, and your relationship with Cloud DX under the Terms, shall be governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario. You and Cloud DX agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, to resolve any legal matter arising from the Terms. Notwithstanding this, you agree that Cloud DX shall still be allowed to apply for injunctive remedies (or an equivalent type of urgent legal relief) in any jurisdiction.
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Last modified on February 2016